The #OVISB (oh-VIZ-bee) Game - Friday's Version

“Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.” – Japanese Proverb

Given the popularity of last Friday’s post, let’s have some fun this week on Twitter. We’ll call it the “Obama’s Vision is So Bad” (or #OVISB) game. All you need to play is a good sense of humor.

Here’s a couple simple rules:

1) No profanity or other forms of nastiness – don’t take us off message; and,

2) No meanness – leave the red meat for the convention.

We want jokes the general public will laugh? Why? Because all great humor contains a kernel of truth and, more important, we want as many people to laugh at these jokes as possible – even Democrats!

To make it easier, each day we’ll pick a theme. Today’s theme is “Current Events.” To play, just start each tweet with “#OVISB” and write your punch-line. Here are a few examples to get your creative juices flowing:

Theme: “Current Events”

Obama’s Vision is So Bad…

#OVISB he thinks it’s OK to blame Bush for the economy but takes credit for W’s military.

#OVISB he gets his tax advice from Tom Daschle, no! Tim Guenthner, no! Kathleen Sebelius, no! Oh, forget, who needs to pay taxes anyway.

#OVISB he couldn’t hear what his minister was saying. (Oh wait! That’s a lack of hearing, not a lack of vision.)

#OVISB he thinks his poll numbers will never go down.

#OVISB he knows the only poll numbers that count are his numbers, not his policy’s numbers.

#OVISB he bought into the concept Reid and Pelosi were only there to help him.

#OVISB he has to borrow Nancy Pelosi’s.

#OVISB he thinks Rush Limbaugh is a greater threat to America than North Korea, Iran, China,…

#OVISB he thinks every third world country should have satellite TV, especially North Korea.

#OVISB he has no problem with releasing Guantanamo detainees but sics his press secretary on Rick Santelli.

#OVISB he went to a fortune-teller that used a rear-view mirror.

#OVISB he wants to repeat history. Who knows? It might turn out different this time.

#OVISB he blames Santelli, Cramer and GM’s CEO for the bad economy but not Pelosi, Reid and card carrying members of the UAW.

#OVISB he's building new railroads while China is preparing to launch our astronauts.

The #OVISB (oh-VIZ-bee) Game - Thursday's Version

“Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.” – Japanese Proverb

Given the popularity of last Friday’s post, let’s have some fun this week on Twitter. We’ll call it the “Obama’s Vision is So Bad” (or #OVISB) game. All you need to play is a good sense of humor. Here’s a couple simple rules:

1) No profanity or other forms of nastiness – don’t take us off message; and,

2) No meanness – leave the red meat for the convention.

We want jokes the general public will laugh? Why? Because all great humor contains a kernel of truth and, more important, we want as many people to laugh at these jokes as possible – even Democrats!

To make it easier, each day we’ll pick a theme. Today’s theme is “Family.” To play, just start each tweet with “#OVISB” and write your punch-line. Here are a few examples to get your creative juices flowing:

Theme: “Family”

Obama’s Vision is So Bad…

#OVISB he keeps reminding his mother he’s the first black president.

#OVISB he lets his hot wife wear outfits like she’s trawling rodeo drive.

#OVISB he didn’t think twice when Michelle asked if the White House had a mother-in-law’s apartment.

#OVISB he has trouble finding important family documents (like birth certificates).

#OVISB he thought Chicago Style Pizza was named after him.

#OVISB he has to use his wife’s vision.

#OVISB instead of a TV in every room, he has a mirror in every room.

#OVISB he thinks his teleprompter is a mirror.

#OVISB he didn’t even know his brother had a beer company.

#OVISB he needs his mother-in-law around to remind him.

The #OVISB (oh-VIZ-bee) Game - Wednesday's Version

“Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.” – Japanese Proverb

Given the popularity of last Friday’s post, let’s have some fun this week on Twitter. We’ll call it the “Obama’s Vision is So Bad” (or #OVISB) game. All you need to play is a good sense of humor. Here’s a couple simple rules:

1) No profanity or other forms of nastiness – don’t take us off message; and,
2) No meanness – leave the red meat for the convention.

We want jokes the general public will laugh? Why? Because all great humor contains a kernel of truth and, more important, we want as many people to laugh at these jokes as possible – even Democrats!

To make it easier, each day we’ll pick a theme. Today’s theme is “Change.” To play, just start each tweet with “#OVISB” and write your punch-line. Here are a few examples to get your creative juices flowing:

Theme: “Change”

Obama’s Vision is So Bad…

#OVISB he meant change is all we’ll have left to give to our grandchildren.

#OVISB he thought talking about change meant Michelle still had to deal with the diapers.

#OVISB by “change” he meant what’ll be left of the dollar when his term is over.

#OVISB the only change he’ll leave us will be in our pockets.

#OVISB he thinks change has an expiration date.

#OVISB he thought change was all we’d hope for.

#OVISB he thought change meant what he’d do with his campaign promises.

#OVISB he thought change meant freeing Guantanamo terrorists and “terrorizing” returning freedom fighters.

#OVISB when he talked of change he was talking about Michelle’s hormones.

#OVISB change is only two years away.

The #OVISB (oh-VIZ-bee) Game - Tuesday's Version

“Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.” – Japanese Proverb

Given the popularity of last Friday’s post, let’s have some fun this week on Twitter. We’ll call it the “Obama’s Vision is So Bad” (or #OVISB) game. All you need to play is a good sense of humor. Here’s a couple simple rules:

1) No profanity or other forms of nastiness – don’t take us off message; and,

2) No meanness – leave the red meat for the convention.

We want jokes the general public will laugh? Why? Because all great humor contains a kernel of truth and, more important, we want as many people to laugh at these jokes as possible – even Democrats!

To make it easier, each day we’ll pick a theme. Today’s theme is “Hope.” To play, just start each tweet with “#OVISB” and write your punch-line. Here are a few examples to get your creative juices flowing:

Theme: “Hope”

Obama’s Vision is So Bad…

#OVISB he thinks Hope refers to a time when comedians told jokes that didn’t hurt presidents.

#OVISB he thinks Hope is where Bill Clinton was born.

#OVISB when he said “hope” he meant he “hoped” we forget his campaign promises.

#OVISB “hope” is all we have left.

#OVISB we went from more hope to hopeless.

#OVISB half of him sees himself as the Great White Hope.

#OVISB hope is all we got – forget about faith and, well, you can’t even deduct charity anymore.

#OVISB he hoped you’d buy his idea of change.

#OVISB he hoped you wouldn’t notice how stimulating he could be.

#OVISB he hoped change was good enough.

#OVISB he hopes the media stays on his side.

#OVISB he hopes it really is Astroturf.

#OVISB he hopes he can get away with blaming Bush forever.

The #OVISB (oh-VIZ-bee) Game - Monday's Version

“Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.” – Japanese Proverb

Given the popularity of last Friday’s post, let’s have some fun this week on Twitter. We’ll call it the “Obama’s Vision is So Bad” (or #OVISB) game. All you need to play is a good sense of humor. Here’s a couple simple rules:

1) No profanity or other forms of nastiness – don’t take us off message; and,
2) No meanness – leave the red meat for the convention.

We want jokes the general public will laugh? Why? Because all great humor contains a kernel of truth and, more important, we want as many people to laugh at these jokes as possible – even Democrats!

To make it easier, each day we’ll pick a theme. Today’s theme is “Eyesight.” To play, just start each tweet with “#OVISB” and write your punch-line. Here are a few examples to get your creative juices flowing:

Theme: “Eyesight”
Obama’s Vision is So Bad…

#OVISB he has to ask David Patterson for political advice.
#OVISB he asked Stevie Wonder to help him read music.
#OVISB he plans to submit next year’s budget in Braille.
#OVISB I hear he’s thinking of appointing a certain three rodents to his cabinet.
#OVISB he once asked Ray Charles for directions.
#OVISB when he was in college, he once participated in a double-blind experiment – one both sides.
#OVISB word is his next cabinet appointee will be a window slat.
#OVISB well, except when it comes to seeing himself in the mirror.
#OVISB Nancy and Harry stepped in to be his seeing-eye dogs.
#OVISB even Helen Keller gave up.
#OVISB he can’t tell the difference between tea leaves and Astroturf.

Obama's Vision is So Bad...

“Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.” – Japanese Proverb

Call them the New Blues Brothers – struttin’ their stuff along with their band, spreadin’ their own special brand of retro-blues all over this land. Neither all the tea at the tea party nor that elusive fortieth Senate vote appear enough to halt these renegade strangers from a time long ago forgotten. Take heart, kind friends. There may be one thing we can use to begin to chip away at their collectivist armor – humor.

Yes, humor, the same thing we all laughed at during the Clinton years and (admit it) during the W years. Gone are the days when comedians treated the president with at least a little deference. Nope, this drip, drip, drip of negative campaigning among late night comedians has begun already – even for the Grand Exalted One. Why there’s Leno making jokes about Obama’s live-in mother-in-law, Conan having fun with the tax follies of his cabinet appointees and Jimmy Fallon mocking the Barack dipsy-doodle on the extended war in Afghanistan.

But, you know, there’s just one thing wrong with this current brand of funniness – the mouthpieces aim much of it at someone other than the president (they mostly target past-president George W. Bush and the Republicans). And guess who comes out smelling like a rose? Barack himself!

Surprisingly, the bed-time comics, despite all their research, just can’t seem to come up with the Obama equivalent of Bush’s malapropisms (which were sooo horrible) or Clinton’s peccadillo’s (not that they were important or anything). To be effective and enduring, comedy must possess a kernel of truth. For some reason, Leno, Letterman and poor Wanda Sykes just can’t seem to see the warts beyond those Dumbo ears. Alas, love often leaves one so blind…

“Blind?!” Ah, perhaps we should return to the theme of our opening paragraph. Beyond the Charles-like lobes and Ted Baxter-like arrogance lies a truth worth lampooning over and over and over – Barack Obama has no vision. After spending years campaigning as the un-Bush, the new president came into office seeking merely to destroy, not create. What’s sorely missing from his many photo-op speeches is the “City on the Hill” vision of Ronald Reagan or the “Man on the Moon” vision of John F. Kennedy. Nope, Obama seems satisfied to simply reverse the “make the world safe for democracy” vision of George W. Bush. Heck, it looks like he also wants to undo the “it’s all about the economy” credo of Bill Clinton.

Barack Obama has no vision. Or worse, he’s got a really bad vision. I tend to side with the latter.

Hmm, I could see a new stand up success for the first humorist who develops a monologue following this motif…

Obama’s vision is so bad,…

…I hear he’s going to submit next year’s budget in Braille.

Obama’s vision is so bad,…

…he keeps reminding his mother he’s the first black president.

Obama’s vision is so bad,…

…he can’t tell the difference between tea leaves and Astroturf.

Obama’s vision is so bad,…

…we went from more hope to hopeless.

Obama’s vision is so bad,…

…by “change” he meant what’ll be left of the dollar when his term is over.

Obama’s vision is so bad,…

…when he said “hope” he meant he “hoped” we forgot his campaign promises.

Obama’s vision is so bad,…

…he didn’t think twice when Michelle asked if the White House had a mother-in-law’s apartment.

Obama’s vision is so bad,…

…he gets his tax advice from Tom Daschle, no! Tim Guenthner, no! Kathleen Sebelius, no! Oh, forget it, Democrats don’t needs to pay taxes anyway.

Obama’s vision is so bad,…

…he thought change meant freeing Guantanamo terrorists and “terrorizing” returning freedom fighters.

Obama’s vision is so bad,…

…he thinks every third world country should have satellite TV, especially North Korea.

Obama’s vision is so bad,…

…he has to ask David Patterson for political advice.

Heh, heh. I could really see somebody going somewhere with this.