Obama: Corny Island

Obama makes his fourth appearance on Jay Leno -- second as prez -- during a West Coast fundraising swing. The Daily Beast's Lloyd Grove: "Leno seemed content to provide the nation’s top Democrat with an informercial masquerading as a guest-shot."

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A fitting metaphor for a stalled presidency.

Wash Post TV critic Lisa de Moraes: Leno went out of his way to make Obama feel welcome, devoting most of his opening monologue to bashing the GOP and its presidential hopefuls: 
●“As you know, a Libyan rebel has admitted to killing Gaddafi. He said he shot Gaddafi twice in the temple. To which Michele Bachmann said: “I didn’t know he was Jewish.”

●“They say Moammar Gaddafi may have been one of the richest men in the world . . . 200  billion dollars. With all of the billions he had, he spent very little on education or health care for his country. So I guess he was a Republican.”

●“Earlier today, Rick Perry unveiled his new tax plan. He says he wants a flat tax. He believes that the tax should be flat, just like the Earth.”

●“In an interview with Parade magazine, Rick Perry said that after meeting with Donald Trump — there’s a meeting of the minds right there — he says he isn’t sure that Obama’s birth certificate is real. He says there’s room for debate. The good news is, Perry loses every debate he’s been involved in.”

(H/t NewsBusters)