Just like little Preston, President Obama is spending someone else’s money. The only difference is, the “Blank Check” main character’s $1 million wouldn’t even begin to cover the bill Obama has run up.
On Wednesday, the president fittingly visited the mansion that the “Blank Check” character purchases in the film to hold a fundraiser and exchange pleasantries with his richest supporters in Texas.
Obama arrived at the home — aptly dubbed a “castle” by its owner, filmmaker Robert Rodriguez — in the West Austin neighborhood of Pemberton Heights to mingle with the 150 guests who spent upwards of $5,000 per ticket.
He emphasized his desire to “get out of Washington” and visit folks in other parts of the country.
“Let me talk to people who are doing the right thing and struggling, so that they know they’re being heard by at least someone in Washington,” Obama explained, having just reiterated his refusal to visit the struggling migrants at the Texas border. “Let’s remind the country of what we should be working on, so that we might prod Congress into doing the right thing.”
By getting out of Washington via Austin, President Obama stepped right into Hollywood. According to IMDb, the castle at 1415 Wooldridge Drive is none other than that from the 1994 Walt Disney film that chronicles 12-year-old Preston’s fiscal adventure funded by a generous blank check.
How ironic that Obama would walk in the footsteps of a money hungry little boy just as he’s running up the national debt himself. As of February, the national debt had increased nearly $7 trillion since the president took office. That’s 7 million times the amount that the “Blank Check” character had to spend.
And, just as a 12-year-old child ignores the advice and admonitions of his parents, President Obama has gotten quite comfortable with evading members of Congress, even when they threaten him with lawsuits for his abuse of executive power.
As Obama rubbed elbows with rich people in the “Blank Check” castle, these lawmakers — Democrats and Republicans alike — criticized the president for refusing to visit the Texas border when he could make time for fundraisers, beer and pool. The president said he doesn’t want to engage in political “theater,” which is ironic considering the Austin fundraiser landed him on what was once a movie set.
The day after Obama’s appearance at the castle home, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) voiced his own concerns about the border crisis and the $3.7 billion in emergency funding that the president has asked Congress for with a just-too-perfect phrase.
“I can tell you this: We’re not giving the president a blank check,” said Boehner.
