"This is a big ocean liner, not a speedboat..." - pure framed genius!

[zulchzulu]

The closing comment from Obama deserves applause!

[tridim]

1. A perfect analogy

I'm still thinking about it 5 minutes later.

[bbinacan]

2. Have you never heard

that phrase before? It's an oldie but a goodie.

[zulchzulu]

14. I certainly heard it before, but it was a great phrase to remind people...

Granted, I can see Ann Coulter Et Al.. saying it's snobby because "Americans can hardly afford ocean liners, let alone speed boats". I won't be surprised...

:puke:

[bdamomma]

3. damn straight.

[Inchworm]

4. Loved that

:thumbsup:

[high density]

5. I'm sure Fox News and the NY Post will assume he means we're the Titanic

:eyes:

[valerief]

6. Damn, I'm certain you're right! nt

[Berry Cool]

12. Me too, but then I thought "Naah, we're more like the Exxon Valdez."

The previous captain left the navigation to others, possibly because he was drunk; they ran the ship into icebergs, and now there's a huge goddamn mess. Obama is now at the helm of the ship and he has to not only patch the hole and keep it from sinking, he's gotta clean up the mess. Not gonna happen quickly. But that doesn't mean you don't try.

[valerief]

17. They'd never bad-mouth their oil buddies. nt

[demwing]

7. Good imagery, but a pretty common analogy

One you hear in Management and Operations meetings, where one side wants changes made the day before yesterday, and the other is trying to politely use some perspective and logic to offset an irrational request.

[Cha]

8. It was brilliant..I heard that

and thought "what a good way to wrap this baby up".

[JSK]

9. First thing I thought of was the Titanic

Sorry.

[stillcool]

11. Post #5 beat you to it..

[Blue_Roses]

15. that's just it...Titanic tried to be a "speed boat" and look what happened!

If they had not been going so fast because of the timeline to reach NY then that incident would have never happened.

[jefferson_dem]

10. I love the way he took a step back and framed the state of things - big picture.

Ace job.

[CreekDog]

13. with 15 members of the crew who think they get to steer it a diff. direction than the captain

:eyes:

[MarjorieG]

16. Isn't that Olbermann? Did Obama say freighter? More workman-like.

[redqueen]

18. It's been said before.

It's a good analogy IMO.

[depakid]

19. Better than good framing. Accurate.

There's a lot of inertia in the administrative agencies (due in no small part to Bush hirees)- and a lot of friction in the cowardly Congress.