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By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  January 23rd, 2010 at 03:00 PM  | 

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Oh, this should be fun:

Plouffe stepping up role as adviser to White House

David Plouffe, the man who managed President Barack Obama’s campaign, will be taking on an expanded role as an outside adviser to the White House, according to sources familiar with the plan, a move that comes just days after a stunning defeat for Democrats in a Massachusetts Senate special election.

And why is it fun? Because as the Fix kind of notes, Plouffe’s relevant career can be summed up by two iterations of ‘OfA:’

  • Obama for America.  A group dedicated to electing Barack Obama President.  Accomplishments: the nomination and election of a single-term Senator with no executive experience President of the United States, in the face of both primary and general election opposition.
  • Organizing for America.  A group dedicated to championing and popularizing the legislative and executive achievements of the Democratic party.  Accomplishments: two words, one of which is ‘jack.’

So… the White House is bringing in a guy that’s good at running a group that makes one other guy look good, and who is involved with a group that is noticeably bad at making a political party look good.  And who has wasted no time whatsoever in telling members of said political party to simply intensify what they’re doing, now.

I repeat: oh, this should be fun.

Moe Lane

Crossposted to Moe Lane.

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  • http://charlemagne-the-hammer.blogspot.com/ DerKrieger

    …a Dick Morris.

    Plouffe will be out there telling the Dems to either push harder for socialism or telling them to lie to get reelected/elected and then when on office go back to the far Left.

    The GOP theme in 2010 IMO should be the fight against domestic socialists.

  • SteveLA
  • Leopard1996

    Not doing Jack, only a Jersey Shore boy can put that point in the way you expressed it.

  • Bobcat51

    the driver and the passngers who keep turning left .

    Another truck load of BS from the WH; the horses have bolted from the stable Barry,…,to late to shut the door we have already seen who you are without your mask on!.

    I have some Greek Columns I can sell ya !

  • throwback59

    enough said.

  • http://www.facebook.com/pages/Governor-C-L-Butch-Otter/292986829831?ref=ts erikgershengorn

    Is a crock

  • chbroussard

    As Carly Simon says, ‘Nobody Does It Better’. And nobody says it better than you, Mo..

  • redneck_hippie

    He would be the musical equivalent of a matinee idol empty suit.

    If you don’t know who he was, here is a clip that, I believe, foreshadows the post-neo-Plouffe version of Obama at his next big performance:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVDB6Ils714&feature=related

    And re Plouffe, I have another visual. You know when your pillow is all flat and uncomfortable and won’t support your head comfortably. What Plouffe will do is punch Obama and squeeze him and plump him up until the drones recognize their king, once again.

  • bobojake
  • bobojake
  • freedomfighterforliberty

    OBAMA CAN CALL WHOEVER HE WANTS. IT WILL DUE HIM NO GOOD. OBAMA CANT SEE PAST HIS NOSE. A LARGE NUMBER OF FOLKS SAY HE’S VERY SMART, NOT SO. OBAMA WILL SURPASS JIMMY CARTER AS THE WORST PRESIDENT EVER. NO MATTER WHAT TEAM OR INDIVIDUAL HE ASSEMBLES THEY WILL NOT HELP HIM TILL HE GOES INTO REHAB FOR EGO-ITIS, HE HAS ALL THE SYMPTOMS. THE USE OF I EVERY FIFTH WORD IN A SENTENCE. SUDDEN OUTBURST OF ANGER WHEN HE LOOSES. LASHING OUT AT HIS OWN COUNTRY AND IT’S PEOPLE VS. GOING AFTER OUR COUNTRIES ENEMIES AND THE TERRORIST THAT INHABIT THEM. YEP EGO-ITIS FOR SURE. I’D OFFER TO HELP HIM BUT I’M A CENTER RIGHT CONSERVATIVE AND I REALLY WANT HIS AGENDA AND POLICIES TO FAIL.. IT’S NOTHING PERSONAL I JUST LOVE MY COUNTRY AND WANT IT TO BE AS OUR FOUNDERS INTENDED IT TO BE AND THE WAY IT WAS TILL THE PROGRESSIVE EXTREMIST CAME ALONG.

  • discerningconservative

    Your Caps Lock is on. This problem is easily fixed.

    1. Locate the key on your keyboard that says “Caps Lock”

    2. Press it once

    3. Never press it again

  • sta46

    the taxpayers are picking up the tab for this.
    Pay plouffe 80 gazillion dollars to stuff something down our throats that we most assuredly do not want and we get the privilege of underwriting his efforts “on our behalf”… great.
    I don’t suppose he would consider using the 1.4 mil he got from oslo for plouffe’s salary? His charity of choice was probably ACORN, which would be why we haven’t heard anything about it. He could have scored big if he had given it to the Red Cross for Haiti.

  • partyof1

    news to me

  • freedomfighterforliberty

    SORRY BUT YOU’LL HAVE TO GET USE TO IT. IT’S MY SIGNATURE.

  • discerningconservative

    That might be the most idiotic thing I have ever heard.

  • mbecker908

    This idiot is a complete fool.

    And no, we don’t have to “get used to” anything. Prepare to be ignored.

  • katnandu

    Ellie Light

  • bk
  • izoneguy

    November doesn’t need to be a nightmare for Democrats

    By David Plouffe
    Sunday, January 24, 2010

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/22/AR2010012204216.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

    This moron writes up what Obama & the dems are going to do.
    Easy pickings. The democratic parties carcass will be picked clean
    even before the November elections if they follow this fools plan.

  • bobmontgomery

    Who is connected to the Blackberry?

  • blooch

    I’d let you explain it to my kids…not that throwback59 fellow. I can tell he’s got a dirty mind ; )

  • Old_Crow

    but Plouffe did it in the WaPo article.
    The democrats, if they follow this nonsense, will lose big this fall.
    But more important, how much more destruction will they do to our economy, our security before we can throw them out.

    To quote Senator Bayh, “If the Massachusetts election wasn’t a wake up call, you’re never going to wake up”.

    Plouffe and Obama want to stay asleep, living in dreamland.

  • RedBeard

    Like it or not, typing in all caps is viewed by just about everyone on line as the equivalent of shouting, and it’s considered quite rude. If you want a distinctive signature, try one that doesn’t put a “Kick Me” sign on your back.

    You’re welcome. This first counselling session was free, Next one will be $95 per hour.

  • wolfster38

    under the bus !

  • adamwatkins

    and I swear I saw him doubling down on a hard 20.

    Guess he just knows an ace is coming. Or maybe he was deluding himself to think it was a soft 20. Not sure which.

    (j/k, btw)

  • http://keydesignsllc.com bkeyser

    in honor of David Plouffe’s return to Team Beat a Dead Horse.

  • discerningconservative
  • nessa
  • izoneguy

    These idiots really believe in this crap.
    They feel that inside every hard working capitalist
    is a Marxist dying to receive a handout. LOL

    The sicker thing is this – that they can con millions of Americans in believing this non-sense. There is a place for these beliefs & values – it is called Europe – if you believe in hope & change – catch the next flight over and have a nice socialist life…….

  • clintonformccain

    Who could make this stuff up? One of Pouffe’s suggestions to Democratic candidates in November is NO BED WETTING. Well, alrighty then.

    No bed-wetting. This will be a tough election for our party and for many Republican incumbents as well. Instead of fearing what may happen, let’s prove that we have more than just the brains to govern — that we have the guts to govern. Let’s fight like hell, not because we want to preserve our status, but because we sincerely believe too many everyday Americans will continue to lose if Republicans and special interests win.

  • rsss

    Are you new to the Internet?

    I agree with the previous posters, please either turn off the Caps Lock key or kindly refrain from posting in the future. I come here often to read great blog posts & comments, and don’t appreciate having to scroll past yours in All Caps.

  • ModernAgeFan

    Don’t say that too loud. I think Plouffe is on to something with this strategy. It sounds like a winner to me. He should convince Obama go all in on this one. I hope they sit around all day and explain to each other how the American people will be inspired by this.

    I know I don’t have anything to worry about really. Its not like any rational / sensible talk makes it into the white house echo chamber.

  • sharonmcp

    In the scene shown here from The Ghost Breakers, Larry Lawrence (Bob Hope) and Mary Carter (Paulette Goddard) inquire of Geoff Montgomery (Richard Carlson) about the nature of creatures known as “zombies,” providing the set-up for a Bob Hope zinger:

    Lawrence: “You live here?”

    Montgomery: “Yes.”

    Lawrence: “Then maybe you know what a zombie is”

    Montgomery: “When a person dies and is buried, its seems there are certain voodoo priests who … who have the power to bring him back to life.”

    Carter: “How horrible!”

    Montgomery: “It’s worse than horrible because a zombie has no will of his own. You see them sometimes walking around blindly with dead eyes, following orders, not knowing what they do, not caring.”

    Lawrence: “You mean like Democrats?”

  • mbecker908

    and worthy of being totally ignored.

  • sharonmcp

    He did display one intelligent moment while writing that article…

    “Voters are always smarter than they are given credit for.”

    I also found this strategy interesting…

    “We need to make our case on the economy and jobs — and yes, we can remind voters where Republican policies led us — and if we do, without apology and with force, it will have impact. ”

    I guess Fluffy never read this from Politico.

    “Perhaps the greatest measure of Obama?s declining support is that just 50 percent of voters now say they prefer having him as president to George W. Bush, with 44 percent saying they?d rather have his predecessor. Given the horrendous approval ratings Bush showed during his final term, that?s somewhat of a surprise and an indication that voters are increasingly placing the blame on Obama for the country?s difficulties instead of giving him space because of the tough situation he inherited. The closeness in the Obama/Bush numbers also has implications for the 2010 elections. Using the Bush card may not be particularly effective for Democrats anymore.”

  • aesthete

    Crap, I couldn’t think of anything more idiotic on short notice.

  • discerningconservative

    It was kind of hard to top.

  • ex_scientia_vires

    It doesn’t take a CBO accountant to do this math: Plouffe the Astroturfer is put in charge of WH shenanigans, as “Ellie Light” carpet-bombs the country with an Obama-phile manifesto.
    When the cover is blown off of Ellie Light, it will make this sound: “PLOUFFE!”

  • bigalsouth

    . . . that the longer that the Obama Administration governs, the more the independents discover that THEIR “Hope and Change” is not the same as OBAMA’S “Hope and Change.” Once buyer’s remorse sets in and the tingle subsides, the Dems are left to their tried and sadly true method of pushing their agenda: They lie like dogs.

  • johnt

    are the same thing. The media can cover them on the first, the second is much tougher, not that they haven’t tried.
    As another measure of the Obama crowd’s stupidity this works. As a measure of the importance or lack of it in regards substance it’s also indicative.

  • freedomfighterforliberty

    YOU CANT CHANGE A LEOPARD’S SPOTS. THE FAVOR HE DID FOR ME FRIDAY IN OHIO WAS TO SHOW MORE DEFIANT ARROGANCE THAN EVER. I WATCHED HIS ANGER SPEW AND LASH OUT ON THE VERY PEOPLE THAT ARE WAITING FOR HIM TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT WILL PUT US BACK ON THE PATH OF PHYSICAL RESPONSIBILITY. AFTER LISTENING TO HIM RANT, I CALLED MY STOCK BROKER AND SOLD ALL MY STOCK AND PLACED THE CASH INTO A SAFE LOW YIELD FUND UNTIL THIS CLUELESS SO CALLED LEADER GETS IT, “WHICH HE NEVER WILL”.

    IF BERNANKE IS NOT APPROVED THE MARKET WILL DROP 500 POINTS, AND THE FACT THAT OBAMA SUPPORTS HIM PUSHED ME OVER THE EDGE ON INVESTING. HE’S 0 FOR 4 ON MAJOR ENDORSEMENTS, WHICH LEAVES ME NO CHOICE BUT TO GIVE THIS MAN AND HIS EXTREME FAR LEFT AGENDA AND POLICIES AN EMPHATIC AND RESOUNDING NO.

    ALL THE PLOUFFE’S, AXLEROD’S, EMANUEL’S, JERRETT’S AND THE LIKE WILL ONLY DEEPEN THE HOLE OF ANGER AND DISCONTENT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, AFTER ALL THEY SPORT THE SAME SPOTS AS THEIR LEADER.

  • izoneguy

    Even cash won’t be safe……
    Precious metals like lead & brass will give
    you the most bang for your buck.
    Easy to trade as well.

    Bottled water & toilet paper will be more valuable than cash.
    Stock up now.

    Between now and the 2010 elections (if we have them) will
    be the critical time…..
    If Obama pulls anything wierd after 2010,
    well let’s say – I would not see a 2012 run by Obama if he
    tried to pull a fast one.

  • Scope

    all in Caps. Every time, he has been asked not to post in Caps, as it is seen as screaming on the computer. He sarcastically tells everyone -tough, deal with it, it is his comfort zone. He has only been a member for less than 5 days. I suspect that he will wear out his welcome very soon, simply because he has very bad computer manners, and, an attitude to boot.

  • Scope

    he has been asked with every one of his 6 posts to stop using caps. He just tells us “tough, get used to it.”

  • muffin

    If you think it’s expensive now, just wait until it’s more expensive than gold.

    Hubby always laughed at me for stockpiling toilet paper, but I was ahead of the curve. HA!

    All caps are too difficult to read. Drives my eyes crazy, so I can’t “deal with it.” Therefore, I can’t read any of his posts. Any one else have this problem?

  • freedomfighterforliberty

    I’VE ALWAYS USED THE CAPS, I’M 67 AND AS A LEOPARDS SPOTS SO AM I. I STATED PREVIOUSLY DON’T TAKE IT PERSONAL.. IF YOUR OFFENDED SORRY. THERE ARE FAR GREATER ISSUES THAN TO WORRY ABOUT AN OLD MAN, IF YOU NEED TO IGNORE ME PLEASE DUE SO.

  • http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens

    This is a site administrator.

    Please stop the all-caps posting. It’s aggravating and disruptive of our community.

    You are a guest. Please behave as one and take that one, reasonable step to fit in by stopping the all-caps as you have been asked.

    thank you,

  • Jeff Weimer

    You’re young enough to figure out how to use the computer enough to access, sign up, and post to this site, you’re young enough to learn to be polite.

  • Jeff Weimer

    If you are so disinterested in whether or not people read your comments, why do you write them?

  • Spartan4Life

    Remember during the campaign how Plouffe and the other minions were so focused on not making Obama seem like an “angry black guy”?

    Based on what I heard from mouthpieces Bobby Gibbs and Val Jarrett this AM on the Sunday shows it sounds like we are about to get both Obama barrels beginning on Wednesday night.

    I love Obama the Elitist posing as Obama the Populist. I am pretty sure this act will be so phony as to not fool anyone(I hope). I, for one, am not watching SOTU because I am sure it will be a crock of anything but the truth.

  • bigalsouth

    I would rather everyone unite to hate a disrespectful “guest” who continues to alienate himself due to bad manners.

    Sorry, I would not allow a guest in my house to crap in my living room.

  • Scope

    posts that are not in all Caps, so eyesight can’t be an excuse.

  • rsss
  • freedomfighterforliberty

    Don’t use all Caps

    Typing a message in all capital letters is considered the equivalent of yelling online, and can be interpreted as being rude. Please don’t use all caps unless you have a very good reason to do so, and then state the reason (e.g. “I’m visually impaired, please excuse the use of all caps”). If others think you’re yelling by using all caps, you might get a rude response, or no response at all. But if you explain why, people will be tolerant.

    I HAVE AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION, BUT WONT USE THAT FOR AND EXCUSE, I NEVER HAVE. YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD TIME. I’VE POSTED ON HUNDREDS OF SITES WITH NO PROBLEM.. THIS WILL BE THE LAST WORDS YOU’LL HAVE TO LOOK AT FROM ME.

  • mbecker908
  • Scope

    it is actually easier to read comments when you don’t use all caps. That is another part of why it is frowned upon. I think your problm is more related to stubbornness.

  • Finrod

    Multiple studies have shown that lower case is easier to read than upper case– quit making excuses for not knowing how to turn off caps lock.

    Amusing story: I know one company where one obnoxious employee insisted on sending email in all caps despite being told repeatedly not to. So one of the admins simply disabled caps lock on that computer. Problem solved!

  • Scope

    Now he has just ignored Niel. If he didn’t leave on his own, Neil would have helped out.

  • mbecker908
  • http://chucksomerville.com/ Chuck From Dayton

    …will zoom text with [Ctrl][Plus-sign].

    And once zoomed, the (large) upper/lower case will be easier to read than all caps.

  • http://chucksomerville.com/ Chuck From Dayton

    I was going to ask the same thing.

    It’s not just an idle question, however. I expect there are laws against the White House (funded by you and me) paying for anything related to promoting particular candidates or parties.

    The announcement said this ‘insulatnt’ was going to work for the party (not the White House) but there was mention of other White House staff helping with this ‘strategy formulation’ and those staffers better be doing that nights and weekends ‘off the clock’ or it is still inappropriate use of taxpayer funds.

    I did NOT agree to have my tax dollars pay for Dems!

  • acat

    He was elected to the State Senate, then re-elected a couple times.

    (Illinois State Senators serve 2 year terms)

    Mew

  • acat

    LET HIM!

    Mew

  • acat

    How does Angry Black Man create more jobs?

    How does he reduce crime or lower taxes or make education affordable or enforce our borders or prosecute the war against terror?

    I’m betting on a polling spike – a small one, driven by the same type of sheep who spiked around “Cool Cultured Black Man” – followed by an even sharper decline as nothing significant changes.

    Mew

  • GCBWI