Page 6 September 13 , 2012 TORRANCE TRIBUNE One Man’s Opinion Political Penguin By Gerry Chong in poverty. By Duane Plank as well, that the POTUS was on his way to Carlos, the neighborhood talking cat, “The GM bailout story is falling flat too So proud of the Kid, who has been a November cakewalk. had wrapped his life vest around his chest as the company’s profits have fallen 52 vacationing in Florida. Not invited on the Pathetically, the struggling CNN network and had floaters around all four legs. He percent from last year and there is growing trip, but that’s okay. Sent him a text, which just flipped on an interview with some dude had tucked his whiskers inside his diving fear of another bankruptcy filing. Since he didn’t return all that quickly, querying if named will.i.am. Guess he is in some Pea mask and tightened the mini-flippers on taxpayers own 500,000 shares of GM, he was watching the monotonous game that Band. Why, oh why, does a network like CNN both rear paws. He hunched in anticipation, our loss would be catastrophic, dwarfing was opening up the NFL football season. that is struggling for ratings and relevancy staring at the ocean. “Wazzup, cat?” I asked. Solyndra. Perhaps Obama should have hired He said, “No--watching the DNC turn their cameras and airtime overtime to “The tsunami is coming,” he replied, “and Bain Capital to advise him on corporate convention.” And the darn good speech by some nondescript musician? And then inform it’s gonna be HUGE! The signs are investments. Slick Willie Clinton. Which made a lot of us that what he says matters? everywhere. “Obama had faced the possibility of not people happy. Clinton is a great speaker, Democrat, Republican. Doesn’t matter “The Beach Boys are retuning their being able to fill the 74,000-seat Bank of whatever else you may think about him. what some rich, privileged actor or singer instruments and warming their voices to America stadium during the convention, so Now that the political nominating says, does it? Hope none of you out there sing ‘Wipe Out’ all over again. Romney used the threat of a rain to move his speech conventions have come and gone, the real race are foolish enough to be swayed by their has more money now than Obama and is to the 20,000-seat indoor arena. The wave for the presidency starts in earnest. According pampered pinings. out-raising him by $25 million per month. is building and it’s going to be a monster. to the polls, the incumbent ex-community So while all of this conventioning is going Wipe Out! Sand at the bottom is churning and the organizer, the POTUS, Mr. Barack Obama, on, where is the erstwhile Mayor of La La “The Washington Post/ABC poll shows wave’s peak is growing. holds a little bit of a lead over Mitt “The Land, the once-named Tony Villar? As the Obama’s popularity among women had been “Gasoline prices at Labor Day were the Glove” Romney. City of the Angels continues to face a heck 57-39 in his favor in April, but had fallen highest in history as Obama’s war on oil Was looking to the plasma, with the lovely of a lot of crucial problems? Why, according to a negative 46-50 by June. His attempt and coal have taken their toll. Michelle Obama extolling her husband’s to published reports, the renamed Antonio to create a Republican war against women “With $16 trillion in national debt, virtues on the opening night of the Democratic Villaraigosa has been freeloading his way had failed. each taxpayer’s share of the debt is over convention. Shockingly, she notes that her through both of the recent convention sites. “The first to desert the sinking ship was $140,000--almost three times his average hubby has done a wonderful job in his As even his supporters worry that the City Rahm Emanuel, who has left the Obama annual income of $50,000. first three-plus years on the job…as the Hall is on the verge of going broke, like campaign during the convention! More “Even as Democrats claim we’re minions chant in the stands in Charlotte, a lot of other cities in the Great Bankrupt Democrats too will distance themselves better off than we were four years ago, North Carolina, “Four more years!” Which State of California. Speaking of bankrupt, from Obama as the size and scope of the the World Economic Forum says U.S.’ the POTUS will probably get. Not all too wonder when the next boffo movie will tidal wave becomes clearer. international competitiveness has fallen for often that an incumbent President, unless feature the failed ex-Gov. of California, “Obama’s overall job approval rating four consecutive years and in fact dipped he has made a major misstep, gets tossed Arnold Schwarzenegger? has fallen to 43 percent, while Romney’s from fifth to seventh in the last 12 months to the wayside after four years, so help me, Expendable? Nice. likeability factor now equals Obama’s. alone.” Jimmy Carter. So the battle is now being engaged in earnest. “Food stamp participation has risen in Looking forward, the cat said, “Next week, And, incredibly, the very handsome and Hope you are paying a little attention to this, the last few months from 45 million to I’m going to put on my Dallas Cowgirls’ debonair James Carville, Democratic honk more than the time you waste on Facebook 46.7 million, a record high, and the cost cheerleading outfit, pull my blonde wig down extraordinaire, thought that the first night of or sending a useless text or Tweet out? Grow of the program has risen 43 percent in the tight, hike up my four boots and my bra, the Demo convention was just riveting, as he up, folks. We are electing a President…Which last two years. There are now as many and start chanting, ‘We’re number seven, commented on the left-leaning CNN network. is a tad bit more important than incessantly people on Food stamps as there are living we’re number seven!’” • And that, if the next couple of nights went playing with your cell phone, right? •
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