"My Little 10 Percent" Club.

I don't get it. Is the president secretly pandering in code to the one-man-one-woman crowd in the Heartland, nevermind those pesky gays who want their equal rights too?

Or is he just pretty much tone deaf?

In Cannon Falls, Minn., the president compared negotiating with House Republicans to negotiating with his wife.

“In my house,” Obama noted, “if I said, ‘You know, Michelle, honey, we got to cut back, so we’re going to have you stop shopping completely. You can’t buy shoes; you can’t buy dresses; but I’m keeping my golf clubs.’ You know, that wouldn’t go over so well.”

In Decorah, he said: “Everybody cannot get 100 percent of what they want. Now, for those of you who are married, there is an analogy here. I basically let Michelle have 90 percent of what she wants. But, at a certain point, I have to draw the line and say, ‘Give me my little 10 percent.

But if you'd try some time...
you just might find:
You get what you need.

ADDED:
Re.: Why do conservatives always have to brand people traitors? Why can’t they just say “You’re mistaken”?

Why do Democrats (and the media) have to brand conservative women as witches or kooks? Why doesn't the media speak out when Democrats label the Tea Party as terrorists? Why does Joe Biden get a free pass for all the stupid remarks that pass from his lips?

Why is it all funny games making fun of one credible candidate? (*wiping my eyes* He Put.... the Family Dog ... in a Car Carrier ... on the Station Wagon Roof! Didja hear that one already? Dog got so frightened, he *hahaha ... wait for it, oh this is killing me...* he PISSED down the back window until Mitt, the family driver got out of the car to check on him. Really, Letterman's got nothing on this funny stuff! Can you cackle with me on this one? The dog... on the roof... of the station wagon. Named Seamus -- pronounced "Shame Us" for all you with no Gaelic background.)

And then when the macho, more manly fella (Dog Woulda Stayed Home, yes he would!) steps up to declare his candidacy, all of a sudden he's the more credible, electable one because he comes off as ... more manly? Why is it the girl writers at the NYTimes do the doggie humor, while the fellas opine on economics, families, and foreign policy impacts? Is there a Larry Summers explanation on that one?

Honestly Maureen, either stick to the jokey jokes (which aren't so funny, I gotta tell ya, especially when they're retold over and over and over again: Hey, didja hear about the Mormon who strapped the setter to the roof of the station wagon?) or be a political columnist.

But making fun when times are crying out for serious reportage and analysis, and then acting all shocked when the American people vote as they do, based on silly stories and overrated images ... I'm starting to think the American media, Boomers that they are, is a good deal responsible for the leadership we get stuck with.

Honestly -- Israeli settlements, the healthcare mandate legal rejection, Libya/Afghanistan/Iraq ... the only thing you can think to write about is what your gal pal Gail Collins beat to death before she left on her "Feminist Book Writing" gig?

Why not opt for an early retirement and leave the female-writer slot open to somebody who can pretend, at least, at actually covering the political news and not secretly crowing for this candidate or that?

Funny thing is, I suspect the next time we have some unexpected news tragedy, they'll want to get all serious then. Can't see the consequences from this far out, I suspect.