Smarter than a 5th Grader

...Harvard Smart & Harvard Tough

POTUS is smarter than most of us, our friends, and our family members.  In any given situation, he is almost certainly the smartest guy in the room – unless he’s chatting Energy Policy with Dr. Chu or Economics with Paul Krugman – then it’s a draw.  We the People appreciate his ability to pronounce nuclear and choose words actually in the dictionary. (though “struh-teee-ger-ry” was quite…creative) We know this President is not going to make the U.S. look ridiculous on the international stage.  We like that “Hah-vahd” trained lawyer thing.  Bet he does the NY Times crossword puzzle in pen, too. 

Perhaps he could make an appearance on Jeopardy and use his winnings to lower the deified debt or buy more bees for Mrs. Obama's garden and White House Honey Ale.   POTUS deserves a LOT of Honey Ale.  POTUS and VPOTUS need to take a night off and hang out in their “I voted for Gore” shirts.  They need to kick back during a GOP debate and take a drink every time St. Ronald of Reagan’s name is invoked.  Or, they could take a drink each time a “false fact” is offered or each time “real” science is questioned.  Then again, the latter may result in cancellations of all scheduled appointments and appearances the next day.   POTUS deserves it – especially after yesterday.  Yesterday he invoked the “Matt Birk” rule.

Matt Birk is also a Harvard Alum and an NFL knock-‘em-on-their-ass player.  Pro-Bowler Matt Birk, the current Baltimore Raven and former Minnesota Viking Center, is a perpetual mention in “Top 10 Smartest Athletes” feature stories.  Matt Birk’s intelligence allows him to read and react to the defense, protect his quarterback, and when necessary - clean the clock of a D-lineman.   Matt Birk is smart and tough.  Yesterday, POTUS did some “clock cleaning” of his own – and it was about damn time.

September 19, 2011 was group flash-back day.  This was the leader we voted for.  Our hearts, minds, and “guts” chanted (and really meant) “Four More Years!”  His tone was smart and tough – Touchdown Obama! 

While he stopped short of acknowledging the class warfare “they” started more than a decade ago, he did emphasize that the “new way forward” and our choices are based on “math.”  Oh no, Mr. President – not math, that’s for smart people …and 5^th graders.  To quote another Harvard guy, “Hey John of Orange – How do you like THEM apples?”

Smart people realize when you employ the same tax-cuts, loopholes, and coddle the “not-so-much job-creators" tactics and GOP “struh-teee-ger-ry” for 10 years, and “math” confirms these same “nice tries” are not working, a new game plan is required.   It’s time to go to the locker room, draw up something new on the chalkboard, and beat the pants off of them in the second half of the game.  

POTUS finally recognized the GOP’s “run the ball, run out the clock” strategy is losing the economic “game” for We the People.  Yesterday, he signaled that his administration is going to force a turn over and go back to a “balanced offense” where even the “job-creators-who-only-create-jobs-overseas” and fly their corporate jets to the Super Bowl need to pay their fair share.  

The President appealed to the We the People to throw the yellow flag, call a foul and penalize the GOP for delay of game and unsportsmanlike conduct.  The rules of game moving forward are going to be fair and the GOP had better get with the game plan.

Keep cleaning their clocks, Mr. President; Four more years.