You Can Say That Again!

White House adviser: Obama has brought 'enormous change'

Washington (CNN) -- The White House rejected criticism Sunday that President Obama has not delivered on his promise of "change" during his first year in office.

White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett said the president has brought about "enormous change."

That is certainly true - Øbama was responsible for a Republican Senator in MA and Republican governors in NJ and VA... Oh, and yet another House Democrat retires after seven terms, bringing the total to twelve, along with two senators and a governor. You know something? This is change we can believe in...

I also liked this howler:

Obama's travels have established relationships with world leaders that "lay a foundation for keeping America safe and making us a partner around the world," she added.

I'm confused. Is it all the bowing and scraping Øbama has done to various foreign leaders that keep us safe? Is losing the Olympics and failing to achieve any sort of consensus about climate change making us a partner around the world?

And lastly:

Jarrett also credited the president with having "pulled back the economy from the brink of disaster."

Hmmm. From a lot of vantage points, it appears that the stimulus didn't do anything, that all that was done was to kick the problem further down the road. GM and Chrysler are still reeling despite bailouts; unemployment is still in double digits; it's simply too early to tell if we are "back... from the brink of disaster." If anything, it may have stopped the plummet, but there's no pulling back yet.

But hey, at least Øbama's not spending all of his time playing golf like W, right?

That is all.