The Obama plan for the economy is now clear. It’s a 3 part plan.

1)      Retreat

2)      Lecture

3)      Campaign

That’s it…lock stock and barrel. It’s as easy as 1,2,3…A,B,C…

On Friday, S&P dropped the United States from the AAA rating we’ve held since 1917. We held AAA through the 1ts World War…through the Great Depression…through the 2^nd World War…through the malaise of Jimmy Carter. The United States has been able to withstand everything thrown at her…everything until…Obama.

Part 1

As S&P announced their downgrade of our credit rating, Obama put the first part of his plan into action. He retreated to Camp David for the weekend.

He apparently left Washington so quickly, he forgot to pack his teleprompter as no word from the president came over the weekend regarding the downgrade. Oh…his radio address went ahead as scheduled because THAT was prerecorded on Thursday.

One can only surmise that it is technically impossible to do a live radio broadcast from Camp David.

While Obama was in retreat (hiding), his minions went forth with their talking points to label the deal signed last week “The Tea Party Downgrade.” One by one they turned up on the Sunday talk circuit repeating the exact same line in full belief that if you all say the same thing, over and over, it will be true.

Silly liberals.

One did however stand out from the pack. Cokie Roberts claimed the downgrade was the fault of the Constitution. This is hardly going off the reservation though considering a pre-retreat Obama blamed the lack of economic response was due to a “big, messy, tough democracy.”

Part 2

Upon coming out of retreat (hiding) on Monday, Obama took to the microphone, now being reunited with his teleprompter, and delivered yet another lecture to the oh-so-uneducated masses.

During the lecture, Obama made it clear that political gridlock was to blame (ignoring the fact that over the weekend S&P made it known that adoption of the Ryan budget would have averted the downgrade) and that tax hikes were needed (ignoring the fact that raising taxes according to economic experts is exactly the wrong thing to do during a depressed economy) and that he himself would put forth some measures with a committee having his full support (ignoring the fact that his previous committee made recommendations which he…ignored).

Contained in the lecture was Obama’s insistence that S&P were not to be believed because the United States (in his opinion) is still a AAA country in which investment is still a great idea.

A curious thing was happening while Obama lectured…the DOW dropped yet another 130 points. That’s correct…the DOW…DROPPED…130 points WHILE our leader was leading from the leader’s leading lectern.

It seems that more people believe S&P than Obama.

It’s getting harder and harder to discern a difference between Obama’s style of leadership and that of the captain of the Titanic.  Both ran their ships into an iceberg and both seemed, or seem, intent on steering their ship all the way to the bottom.

Part 3

Now, with both the Retreat and Lecture portions of the plan complete, Obama will finally employ part 3 of the plan, the most important part of the plan, to him, and hit the campaign trail.

For those seeking the highest office in the land, the whistle stop train tours has always been the standby mode but sadly, that is not possible. Taking a page from a successful politician, Obama, for this swing, will travel by bus.

The Obama bus tour will make its way through the Midwest, and Obama will certainly spend his appearances trumpeting all his economic virtues. He will tell those gathered to see him how he’s put America back to work, how he’s brought us all from the economic brink, how much better off we all are that before he took the on the mantle of power and just how lucky we are to have him at the helm in this time of uncertainty.

While campaigning, he is certain to throw the Tea Party, republicans in general, Bush, the House and talk radio under his bus while he tells those wealthy enough to pay $38,500.00 each to dine with him that the rich need to pay more taxes.

It will be quite a sight to see.

In case you were wondering, Wall Street closed down 633 points today.

Yes, the Retreat, Lecture and Campaign strategy is clearly a winning plan.