Talkin' to us 'tards

By A. Barton Hinkle

"This is a complex issue, and the longer it was debated, the more skeptical people became. I take my share of the blame for not explaining it more clearly to the American people."

—Barack Obama, State of the Union.

"There's a lot in the bill that people are going to like. It's just a question of understanding it."

—ABC's Cokie Roberts, Dec. 20.

"What are the immediate plans for recalibrating the message or intensifying the message to explain better to the American people what you're trying to do?"

—Question to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, Jan. 20.

It mighty big of man with nice voice to take blame like that. Him not need to. Head honchos not often take blame. Most times after big screw-up, head honchos say they have "full confidence" in someone who work for them — right before pushing someone off edge of cliff, or letting someone twist "slowly, slowly" in wind, like tricky Nixon guy did with man who ran FBI."