Like, OMG! (reuters)
President Obama has waited all this time to throw down the big Oval Office address to the nation. Tuesday night at 8 p.m. will be the debut Oval chat of his presidency — carried live on all four networks, says Yahoo.
Because nothing says “I mean business” like wooden, artificial remarks to the pool camera from behind the Resolute desk to an impatient, non-cable audience who thought they were tuning into “Losing it with Jillian.”
White House deputy press secretary Bill Burton gave a preview:
The president is going to talk directly with the American people about some of the steps that we’ve taken to stop the flow of oil into the Gulf, some of the things we’ve done to mitigate the damage that’s caused by the oil that’s spilled out already and what we’re going to do moving forward here, how we’re going to help to make the people of Mississippi and Alabama and Florida and all these states in the Gulf whole again as a result of the damage that’s been caused.
He’ll talk a little bit about workers’ safety. He’ll talk to them about food safety, as well, to make sure that the American people know that we’re doing everything that we can, that we’re monitoring in each and every place possible to ensure that folks are made whole, that the American people are kept safe.
Phew! Good thing NCIS is a repeat tomorrow. But how will the president “make whole” all the viewers missing Jimmy Kimmel’s pre-game NBA show?
