Obama calls snarky assholes to arms

Yesterday the President actually spent time talking to bloggers. Apparently there was some mix-up and instead of calling over to the State Department to discuss the situation in Iran, Obama accidentally dialed into a conference call where progressive bloggers were trying to organize a group session on World of Warcraft. After realizing the horrible mistake he had made by accidentally acknowledging the concerns of people to the left of him, he cracked a joke about dwarven mages and then lied to the group, telling them they were the key to keeping pressure on lawmakers to pass health care reforms. He implored them to stop bitching about what he was doing and for God's sake put on some pants and clean up a little, so they could turn their rage, snarky cat pictures, ill-written satire, grandiose notions of inflated self-importance, and rage onto those who were standing in the way of reform.

"It is important just to keep the pressure on members of Congress because what happens is there is a default position of inertia here in Washington," the president said during an invitation-only conference call. "And pushing against that, making sure that people feel that the desperation that ordinary families are feeling all across the country, every single day, when they are worrying about whether they can pay their premiums or not... People have to feel that in a visceral way. And you guys can help deliver that better than just about anybody."

In a roughly 25-minute session with a handful of prominent progressive bloggers, the president also asked for help combating disinformation about his health care plan.

"I know the blogs are best at debunking myths that can slip through a lot of the traditional media outlets," he said. "And that is why you are going to play such an important role in our success in the weeks to come."

After he assured the bloggers that the noises they heard in the background certainly wasn't Rahm Emanuel stifling laughter at the preceding statement the President had made, he implored them to get out there and start debunking. Really, I do think logic is really going to get through to Bill Kristol. Same with Glen Beck and his latest deranged rant. Bloggers are also going to convince Max Baucus that the $1.5 million he gets from health-related companies isn't as important as listening to a bunch of left-wing bloggers who don't live in his conservative state. Yeah. It was nice of Barry to pretend though.

Still, if he wants there to be pressure on lawmakers...shouldn't the White House be the one pushing the message and the importance of a public plan instead of sitting back and letting Congress *shudder* hash it out? Flip the switch from 'passive' to 'active'. Maybe that would be a better strategy than patting bloggers on the back for pointing out that the Senate is comprised of idiots, health care needs to be passed, and that Glen Beck might just be retarded.