A few months after Obama's watermelon enterprise with Timothy Geithner failed, Barack decided to try his hand at painting the centerlines in the middle of highways. The Department of Transportation was able to give him an affirmative action hiring preference, and he was put to work immediately on the weekends when he wasn't too busy masquerading as POTUS.
On the first day, Barack managed to paint 1.8 miles of highway centerlines. His supervisor was quite pleased.
On the second day, however, Barack only painted 0.4 miles.
On the third day, he only painted an additional three feet.
Puzzled, the supervisor called Barack in for performance counseling.
He started by telling him, "Mr. President, you did a great job on day one. 1.8 miles is excellent for a first-day centerline painter. But, on the following two days, your performance became increasingly poor. Do you have an explanation?"
Barack, looking somewhat surprised and not understanding his supervisor's disappointment, replied, "Well, each day, I get farther and farther from that ol' paint can. By now it's quite a long walk back after each line I paint and it's gettin' farther all the time. What's a president to do?" |
