American Idol... Well.... Not Really

Humph. It's Tuesday night. My Sharpies are ready and there's no American Idol... well, at least not the kind I want to watch. Instead it's another American...and an Idol to some... President Obama.

Well... dang it... I'm in the mood to review and draw so... I will. Mr. President, meet Lizzy and her Sharpies.

Ok... he's walking out. He has an interesting cadence to his walk. He's standing at a podium wearing a suit. I wonder how many suits he has? He's got a red tie on tonight. I remember when he got together with all the former Presidents... The Republicans had blue ties on and the Dem's had red... and President Obama had... blue. Whoops.

Apparently there's gonna be some kind of tax cut. That's gonna show up on my check on April 1. Which is good because my rent is going up.

President Obama gets a lot of flack about his use of teleprompters... and it appears tonight he's not using the standard ones beside the podium:

But rather one rolling text under the camera he's looking at.

There's the phrase invest... a lot.

SOmething about health care... and I heard Medicaid. And believe you me, talk to a parent with a child who gets medicaid and they can tell you all kinds of ways they could freaking revamp THAT system.

He said something about not spending but saving. Which... seems odd considering the size of the budget he's proposing... not a lot of saving.

We all need to be worried about the greater good... I think.

Okay - onto questions:

First is Jennifer Loven - She's got a nice suit on with a wide label and is in DESPERATE need of some conditioner. She asked about the regulation of the banking industry but it didn't seem to be wise with the troubles we've had in the past. The answer is that apparently AIG is different and... yeah... something... we don't have an FDIC for insurance companies. Um... there was a lot more but I get bored easily.

Next Up is Chuck Todd - I'm always intrigued by people who have a first name for a last name... I bet that gets so messed up when they do the last name first thing.... Anyways... Todd Comma Chuck is wearing a nice dark suit with a blue tie. He's got a kicky goatee and much better hair than Miss Loven. Chuck asks "Why haven't you asked for something specific for the public to sacrifice".... President Obama then... stutters a bit and says he's gonna answer in several parts. Hm... let's listen. I'll tell you if I think he answers. He thinks folks are sacrificing left and right. He's right there. I think Chuck's a little off on that question. Yeah for fast forward!!!

Ok - I've come up with a drinking game for when the President talks. If she says heath care, energy or education, one shot. If he says growth, 2 shots.

Chuck has a followup question and yeah... I think the President answered it. Move on Chuck.

Now we have Jake Tapper who has on a lavender shirt and lavender stripped tie. Nice Jake - different!! He asks if the President will sign a budget if it doesn't include a middle class tax cut? (And some other stuff.. but again... )

OOO - Health Care!! DRINK!!

ENERGY - 2 times - DRINK DRINK

Education!!! DRINK!!!!

Thanks for that question Jake!!!! I needed a little relaxing!

Energy!!! Drink!!! Energy AGAIN!!!! DRINK!!!!

Health Care, Energy, Education!!! DRINK DRINK DRINK.

Man... he keeps this up and I'll stimulate the economy all on my own just with alcohol sales!!!

Ok... Up next is Chip Reid. Chip is another dark suit and blue tie. He asked about the amount of the budget and isn't that contrary to what he's saying he wants to pass on to our children. Or something like that. Um.... GROWTH!!! 2 times. 3 times!!! Energy! Education!! Heath care!!! My bottle's almost GONE!!!

Can I be honest with you guys? I really wish any of this made sense to me. As a former presidential candidate it probably should, but it really... doesn't. It's confusing and... yeah.... I think I'd rather have the President sing something from Motown....

The President does a lot of gesturing with his right arm. And when you watch him on fast forward it's almost like he's doing a Hula.

Next up the President asks if Lourdes is there? Who??? Ok... she's a lady with a Spanish accent and asking about the problem with the violence in Mexico and it spilling over the border. She's wearing a LOVELY lavender jacket. (Sorry - the Lavender didn't show up well at all in scanning) LOL - he said something about "these drug cartels that have gotten completely out of hand"... because as long as they play nice we'll be happy to have them? Oh... I think not.

Now it's... Kevin's turn. Kevin is from Stars & Stripes. And he has a gray jacket with a lavender tie. Hmmm... I need to go check style.com and see if lavender is the new black. He asked about budget cuts in veteran's programs. The President says there's a whole host of issues that need to be looked at and that the savings should come from reforming the procurement system. Um... I'm lost. What are we procuring exactly? Military toilet paper or bombers?

Ed Henry, come on down!!!!! Well... no... not really... stay there and ask your question... with your fun red-stripped tie (Seriously - guys are at SUCH a disadvantage in work wear... suits suits suits... I wonder what Adam from AI would wear if he were a reporter???) Ed asks about the budget and aren't we going to just have a bigger debt with all this spending. And the President answers with a lot of health care answers which of course means that I'm just about under the table. I hope I can drink and draw... we'll see won't we???

Oh - Major Garrett - he's from Fox... I see him ALL the time... ALL day long. I think his name is really Homer. At any rate, Major has on a medium gray suit (actually TOTALLY matches the color of his hair) a light blue shirt (everyone else aforementioned was white unless specified lavender) and a yellow tie.... He asks about the global currency question and stuff and he says we all have to take steps to lift the economy.

And something squeeked.

And the President called Major "Garrett".... see... last names shouldn't be last names.

And the President doesn't see the need for a Global Currency.

Now it's Mike Allen - CRIMENY - what's with all these double first name guys??? Mike is balding with glasses, which I'm excited to draw, because these guys are getting BORING. Mike has a blue shirt and a green and pink stripped tie. Hm... who dressed Mike? MORE IMPORTANTLY there is some sort of sound guy behind Mike with a PLAID SHIRT ON!!!! He (Mike... not the guy with the plaid shirt) wants to know if the president is reconsidering his plan to cut interest rate deduction and does he regret proposing it. The President thinks it's the right thing to do and then said "Tax Policy" which is my cue to fast forward.

OOO - now I will TOTALLY stand behind the President in this. The question basically is that isn't it a bad idea to reduce the amount of a deduction that people get for charitable contributions because people will stop giving. Basically the President said "I'm hoping that when you're giving a contribution it's to help the guy down the street, not just get a tax deduction" AMEN!!!

Hasn't it been an hour yet???

It is Kevin Chappell's turn to ask a question now. He's got on a dark suit and a GOLD tie.. NICE. He's asking about the great number of children who are now homeless and what the President would say to them. The President says he needs to make sure the parents have a job. Which is true. But they have to be jobs that PAY something. $7.50 at MacDonald's don't cut it my friends.

Ok... to Ann Compton. She's wearing a red jacket and pearls and has a cute bob haircut. She asks if race has come into play at all in the last 64 days or has the last 64 days been a color-blind time (I SWEAR she said color-blonde). He says he thinks the last 64 days have been him trying to get the economy going.

Jon Ward - MORE GLASSES - Yeah!!! AND ANOTHER LAVENDER TIE!!! Did I not get the memo???? John wants to know about the Presidents thoughts about stem-cells and the morality and specifically that more progress has been made with adult stem cells than embryonic. Good question. HE answers that's a hard one and he does wrestle with it. He thinks his guidelines meet the test.

My little clock says we're at 52 minutes.... Surely we're almost done? Give me 2 hours of idol ANY night over this.

Stephen Collins - gray suit gray shirt, gray tie... some sort of European accent. Wondering about Israel. Seriously.... this conflict has been going on for a couple bajillion years. Let's not even pretend we're going to solve it, mmmkay?

I don't know that Stephen doesn't have legs... but I'm bored so I'm pretending.

WOOO HOO!!!! It's done!!!! Thank you Mr. President. It's time for Dancing With The Stars!!! Woz is SO going home.