Obama: I Regret Not Speaking Slower And Using Smaller Words. If I Had, You'd Realize How Lucky You Are I Let You Have Me As Your President
Bumped
Bumped by ace. Make sure you check out the sneaky changes Slublog made to the unemployment chart, which I missed on first glance. Also, embedded video added after the fold.
You might think Obama's greatest regret as President would be, oh I don't know, massive unemployment, crushing debt, or even a couple of hundred dead Mexicans. If you did think any of those things, you'd be wrong."When I think about what we've done well and what we haven't done well," the president said, "the mistake of my first term - couple of years - was thinking that this job was just about getting the policy right. And that's important. But the nature of this office is also to tell a story to the American people that gives them a sense of unity and purpose and optimism, especially during tough times." Mr. Obama acknowledged the dissonance between others' perception of his strength as an expert orator, and his own. "It's funny - when I ran, everybody said, well he can give a good speech but can he actually manage the job?" he said. "And in my first two years, I think the notion was, 'Well, he's been juggling and managing a lot of stuff, but where's the story that tells us where he's going?' And I think that was a legitimate criticism." Pressed by Rose about what he felt he needed to explain better to the American people, the president corrected that he wanted to do more "explaining, but also inspiring."Liberals simply can't fathom the idea that people don't like their policy ideas and the results they produce when we're stupid enough to let them run things. No, it's always our fault for not "getting it". Well, they are going to get it at the ballot box come November. Related: The Obama campaign released a new chart showing what unemployment will be like in a second Obama term (if God forbid, there is one).
Video:
Comments
Posted by: toby928© at July 12, 2012 06:49 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: AndrewsDad at July 12, 2012 06:50 PM (vYJuY)
Posted by: toby928© at July 12, 2012 06:51 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: wheatie at July 12, 2012 06:51 PM (MbB0O)
"Let me be clear."
"LET ... ME ... BE ... CLEAR!"
Posted by: The Q at July 12, 2012 06:51 PM (B/yDO)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny at July 12, 2012 06:52 PM (Ho2rs)
Posted by: toby928© at July 12, 2012 06:53 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: steevy at July 12, 2012 06:53 PM (Xb3hu)
Posted by: Methos at July 12, 2012 06:53 PM (6LvlL)
Posted by: King Barry the Explainer at July 12, 2012 06:53 PM (Y+DPZ)
We REALLY need to redo those charts... as bad as that one looks it does not count the amount of people who no longer count as unemployed...
the BASELINE should be the Workforce Participation rate from the end of the Bush Admin.... which means current unemployment is about 10.9%.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 12, 2012 06:53 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Dr Spank at July 12, 2012 06:54 PM (k1XCX)
His biggest regret is that the american people are too stupid to understand how amazing he and his religion are.
Posted by: dan-O at July 12, 2012 06:54 PM (sWycd)
Posted by: Stupid Phuckstick in Denial at July 12, 2012 06:54 PM (mxnUd)
Jobs destroyed and prevented.
Posted by: toby928© at July 12, 2012 06:54 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 06:55 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: B. HUSSEIN Obama at July 12, 2012 06:55 PM (k1XCX)
Posted by: toby928© at July 12, 2012 06:55 PM (QupBk)
For instance, get in their faces!
Posted by: Barry O at July 12, 2012 06:55 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Iblis at July 12, 2012 06:55 PM (9221z)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 06:56 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Tonic Dog at July 12, 2012 06:56 PM (X/+QT)
Posted by: t-bird at July 12, 2012 06:56 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Teleprompter of the United States at July 12, 2012 06:56 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: Beefy Meatball at July 12, 2012 06:56 PM (mxnUd)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 12, 2012 06:56 PM (lZBBB)
And by "getting the policy right" I mean screwing America in as many ways as possible for at least the next few generations.
Now where's my nine iron?
Posted by: Barky O'Dogeater at July 12, 2012 06:57 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: Fritz at July 12, 2012 06:57 PM (02fNe)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 06:57 PM (piMMO)
15....Jobs destroyed and prevented.
And that's the actual truth of it, right there.
#BeatingOnAmerica
....Daddy regrets that he didn't beat on us hard enough.
Posted by: wheatie at July 12, 2012 06:57 PM (MbB0O)
On target analysis of the "between the lines" there Drew.
Are they gonna let you preview the interview this weekend and do an analysis Monday after it airs?
teej puts down the valu-rite and backs slowly away.
Posted by: teej at July 12, 2012 06:57 PM (AiZkN)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at July 12, 2012 06:57 PM (kCw7A)
Policy's been great. Trotsky Chomsky approved. These rethuglicans keep dropping racist dog-whistles like the word "results".
Plebes just don't understand what's good for them.
Posted by: barack obumbles at July 12, 2012 06:57 PM (p18em)
Posted by: runningrn at July 12, 2012 06:58 PM (WGmy2)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 12, 2012 06:58 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 12, 2012 06:58 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: fluffy at July 12, 2012 06:58 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: DaveA at July 12, 2012 06:59 PM (864A5)
Want to hear a great speaker, Barry?
Listen to a Reagan speech.
Posted by: TexasJew at July 12, 2012 06:59 PM (g//qp)
Posted by: andycanuck at July 12, 2012 06:59 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: t-bird at July 12, 2012 07:00 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 07:00 PM (piMMO)
-scoamf
Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny at July 12, 2012 07:00 PM (Ho2rs)
Jobs destroyed and prevented.
Posted by: toby928© at July 12, 2012 06:54 PM (QupBk) Yep.... IMO the Government cannot really create Jobs... but it sure can destroy them....
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 12, 2012 07:00 PM (lZBBB)
Yeah, you know, the media with it's right winger bias has been so hostile towards him and blackballed Michelle and him from appearing on any tv shows.
Posted by: runningrn at July 12, 2012 07:00 PM (WGmy2)
Posted by: toby928© at July 12, 2012 07:00 PM (QupBk)
26Hmmm.... soooo.... let me get this straight.... Obama's problem is that even though he gives speaches every single F'n Day... he does not give enough 'Narrative'? Enough 'Story'?
Yup.
He just didn't bludgeon us enough....for the brainwashing to 'take'.
Posted by: wheatie at July 12, 2012 07:01 PM (MbB0O)
...will go down in history as the single stupidest thing this country has ever been hornswoggled into.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at July 12, 2012 07:01 PM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: toby928© at July 12, 2012 07:02 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at July 12, 2012 07:02 PM (kCw7A)
Posted by: teej at July 12, 2012 07:02 PM (AiZkN)
Jeebus, what a preening jackass.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at July 12, 2012 07:02 PM (uMSNt)
Posted by: SCoaMF at July 12, 2012 07:02 PM (eHIJJ)
Posted by: Barry O'Barry at July 12, 2012 07:02 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: runningrn at July 12, 2012 07:03 PM (WGmy2)
people that gives them a sense of unity and purpose and optimism,
especially during tough times."
Yeah, stories about unity. It's O'Fuckstick's specialty.
That is, unless you're a small business owner, a gun owner, a Christian, a white person, a rich person, a Republican, a lawful resident, an Arizonan, a home schooler, or a tonsil-grabbing M.D.
Posted by: Cicero at July 12, 2012 07:03 PM (QKKT0)
Yup, this administration will go down as the PROOF of Abraham Lincoln's famous Line...
That you CAN fool all of the people some of the time... and some of the people ALL of the time... and end up as President because of it...
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 12, 2012 07:03 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: toby928© at July 12, 2012 07:03 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: toby928© at July 12, 2012 06:51 PM (QupBk)
Threadwinner nominee
Posted by: Cicero at July 12, 2012 07:04 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: president say stuff at July 12, 2012 07:04 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: andycanuck at July 12, 2012 06:59 PM (vDl/w)Not to mention that he's pretty much been reading the same speech off the teleprompter for the last three years.
Posted by: model_1066 at July 12, 2012 07:04 PM (YbQJm)
Of course it's not, but the "you're too stupid to get me" excuse is the only thing his ego will allow him to say.
And apparently his advisers have been reading Lakoff again - "framing, messaging, just keep repeating your claim, pretend the other guy isn't even there..."
When you take a step back to look at it, it's pretty pathetic.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 12, 2012 07:05 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Y-not at July 12, 2012 07:05 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 07:05 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: nickless at July 12, 2012 07:05 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: toby928© at July 12, 2012 07:05 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Joe Biden, VP... No, really, the VP at July 12, 2012 07:05 PM (eHIJJ)
Posted by: Barky O'Dogeater at July 12, 2012 07:06 PM (QKKT0)
That
you CAN fool all of the people some of the time... and some of the
people ALL of the time... and end up as President because of it...
****
From 'Shit Lincoln Said'?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 07:06 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: model_1066 at July 12, 2012 07:06 PM (YbQJm)
Posted by: president folks obama at July 12, 2012 07:06 PM (vDl/w)
HE is his religion.
Posted by: Mr_Write at July 12, 2012 07:06 PM (VJUQK)
Tips his cap. How ya doing kid?
Posted by: teej at July 12, 2012 07:06 PM (AiZkN)
Obama 2012 - Let Me Tell You A Story...
Posted by: t-bird at July 12, 2012 07:06 PM (FcR7P)
I'd bet that if you add up how long all his speeches have been, it's probably more that the total of all the presidents since WWII.
Posted by: Optimizer at July 12, 2012 07:07 PM (As94z)
If you disbelieve they have a plan to take over anyway after an election defeat, please contact me off-line. I have some important investment opportunities to pitch. Hey, airbody need bridges. Word!
Q: "What size shotgun should I buy for my wife?"
A: "Recoil may be the issue for smaller females. You may want to consider a subgun if she's smaller than you."
http://tinyurl.com/br8lm53
Posted by: Thorvald at July 12, 2012 07:07 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: Alex at July 12, 2012 07:07 PM (79B50)
Posted by: runningrn at July 12, 2012 07:07 PM (WGmy2)
I will rule an island, and the birds and the turtles shall revere me."
...and the canine population in my realm shall be my supper.
Posted by: Mr_Write at July 12, 2012 07:07 PM (VJUQK)
Posted by: Bosk at July 12, 2012 07:08 PM (n2K+4)
Posted by: mark at July 12, 2012 07:08 PM (c+oUe)
Posted by: steevy at July 12, 2012 07:08 PM (Xb3hu)
It also makes the person ignoring the facts appear quite crazy.
Which, of course, it is.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at July 12, 2012 07:08 PM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: Laura Castellano at July 12, 2012 07:08 PM (fuw6p)
----
Clearly the answer is more styrofoam columns!
Posted by: Y-not at July 12, 2012 07:09 PM (5H6zj)
Detailing my awesomeness requires extra explanation sinceAmericans are mostly stupid, except when they vote for me or send me money.
Fore! Word!
-Barack Obama
Posted by: Meremortal at July 12, 2012 07:09 PM (Usk3+)
Posted by: huerfano at July 12, 2012 07:09 PM (bAGA/)
President Obama believes that millions of Americans have lost their homes, their jobs and their livelihood because he failed to tell a good story...
Posted by: t-bird at July 12, 2012 07:09 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Sonnyspats at July 12, 2012 07:09 PM (Qr9Rc)
Posted by: runningrn at July 12, 2012 07:10 PM (WGmy2)
Posted by: MBM at July 12, 2012 07:10 PM (kCw7A)
Stop sucking, reader!
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 12, 2012 07:10 PM (sClIO)
Posted by: steevy at July 12, 2012 06:53 PM (Xb3hu)
steevy is my north star
Posted by: Max Power at July 12, 2012 07:10 PM (q177U)
Posted by: Pol Pot at July 12, 2012 07:10 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: toby928© at July 12, 2012 07:10 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: steevy at July 12, 2012 07:10 PM (Xb3hu)
I'm thinking the $1,000,000,000,000 dollar bill would be appropriate.
Posted by: nickless at July 12, 2012 07:10 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Mr_Write at July 12, 2012 07:10 PM (VJUQK)
Posted by: Harry Reid at July 12, 2012 07:10 PM (KZI7g)
I think the Sandusky thread got stomped by an ace thread not too long after it went up. Plus, we had started talking about it on an earlier thread.
Posted by: Y-not at July 12, 2012 07:10 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: model_1066 at July 12, 2012 07:11 PM (YbQJm)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at July 12, 2012 07:11 PM (kCw7A)
Posted by: runningrn at July 12, 2012 07:11 PM (WGmy2)
I've been waiting for this. And no smoking in your own car. It's for the children, ya know. What I want to know is who is gonna pick up the slack on all those taxes smokers' pay?? Probably just the rich.....
Posted by: JMKN1 at July 12, 2012 07:12 PM (JMKN1)
Posted by: steevy at July 12, 2012 07:12 PM (Xb3hu)
Ask a campaigner, and the answer will always be "more speeches".
Posted by: Optimizer at July 12, 2012 07:12 PM (As94z)
Posted by: runningrn at July 12, 2012 07:12 PM (WGmy2)
Anyone want a hot dog?
Posted by: barack obumbles at July 12, 2012 07:12 PM (p18em)
It's everywhere without attribution. A simple ©, and Geoff would give Scrooge McDuck a run for his money.
Posted by: toby928© at July 12, 2012 07:12 PM (QupBk)
...and articulate!
Posted by: Mr_Write at July 12, 2012 07:13 PM (VJUQK)
Posted by: Jerry Sanduskydick at July 12, 2012 07:13 PM (Usk3+)
Posted by: Injuin Blackfoot Barry, The One Who Eats Dogs at July 12, 2012 07:13 PM (KZI7g)
Posted by: Charlie Rose at July 12, 2012 07:13 PM (FcR7P)
My management consultant fee for providing this solution is only $5M.
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 12, 2012 07:13 PM (ybh9g)
Great story.
Posted by: Fritz at July 12, 2012 07:14 PM (02fNe)
Posted by: steevy at July 12, 2012 07:14 PM (Xb3hu)
Posted by: Baraka Christos at July 12, 2012 07:14 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: Emperor Barky the 1st at July 12, 2012 07:14 PM (MbB0O)
Posted by: nickless at July 12, 2012 07:14 PM (MMC8r)
is going to be beaten(if he is going to be),so I wont have to suffer
until November.Posted by: steevy
A little suffering is good for the soul.
Besides, having the Left cocooned in the warm blinkie of the MSM and slanted polling means that Nov 6 is going to be like having their skin ripped off their faces.
And then we make it worse with mockery. Hopefully a fuckload of them move to France.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 12, 2012 07:15 PM (sClIO)
Posted by: t-bird at July 12, 2012 07:06 PM (FcR7P)
About a Man named Jed? A poor Mountaineer who barely kept his family fed?
But then one day while clinging to his rifle, and hunting poor defensless animals, without a license, he created an oil Spill... which forced us to fine him Millions of Dollars for clean up and penalties.
Hey.... its a story....
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 12, 2012 07:15 PM (lZBBB)
How the heck are they going to enforce that? Will children be indoctrinated in schools to rat out their parents? A lot of rich, celebutard Democrats live in Santa Monica. The dirty, little secret is that a lot of those Hollywood doofuses smoke civvies (to keep their weight down).
Posted by: runningrn at July 12, 2012 07:15 PM (WGmy2)
Ask a campaigner, and the answer will always be "more speeches".
Posted by: Optimizer at July 12, 2012 07:12 PM (As94z)
But he isn't a campaigner. He just wanted to eat his waffles.He does some good fundraising for himself.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 12, 2012 07:15 PM (z1N6a)
I've been waiting for this. And no smoking in your own car. It's for the children, ya know. What I want to know is who is gonna pick up the slack on all those taxes smokers' pay?? Probably just the rich.....
Posted by: JMKN1 at July 12, 2012 07:12 PM (JMKN1)I remember riding in airplanes what had ashtrays in the armrests.
Posted by: model_1066 at July 12, 2012 07:15 PM (YbQJm)
Everyone knows he the smartest man ever to be president.
Posted by: Chris "tingle legs" Mathews at July 12, 2012 07:16 PM (KZI7g)
Posted by: Chauncy in Chancellorsville at July 12, 2012 07:16 PM (Dll6b)
I'll take the bludgeonings, please.
Posted by: Mr_Write at July 12, 2012 07:16 PM (VJUQK)
I know it's hard, but leave California now. We took a massive financial hit to get out of there, but are starting to rebound from it.
Posted by: Y-not at July 12, 2012 07:16 PM (5H6zj)
Gotta get some stuff done. I'm sure I'll get some laughs outta this thread when I get back.
Get him stampeding horde.
Posted by: teej at July 12, 2012 07:17 PM (RM1gx)
Posted by: SCOAMF at July 12, 2012 07:17 PM (WGmy2)
In response, Romney criticized the president’s leadership.
“President Obama believes that millions of Americans have lost their homes, their jobs and their livelihood because he failed to tell a good story. Being president is not about telling stories. Being president is about leading, and President Obama has failed to lead. No wonder Americans are losing faith in his presidency,” he said in a statement.
A spokesperson for the Republican National Committee was also quick to pounce on Mr. Obama’s comments, telling reporters in an emailed statement, “With 23 million people struggling under our slow economy, the decision for voters isn’t ‘can the president tell a good story,’ it’s ‘can the president create jobs.’”
Posted by: andycanuck at July 12, 2012 07:17 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: steevy at July 12, 2012 07:17 PM (Xb3hu)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at July 12, 2012 07:17 PM (kCw7A)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 12, 2012 07:17 PM (ybh9g)
Posted by: huerfano at July 12, 2012 07:17 PM (bAGA/)
Posted by: Jim Treacher at July 12, 2012 07:17 PM (X3KAb)
Posted by: Bosk at July 12, 2012 07:17 PM (n2K+4)
NOW, that was a great story and you guys bought it.
Posted by: Injuin Blackfoot Barry, The One Who Eats Dogs at July 12, 2012 07:17 PM (KZI7g)
I just noticed you have the Hash of the Devil, 'elzebubb.
Posted by: t-bird at July 12, 2012 07:17 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Chauncy in Chancellorsville at July 12, 2012 07:18 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 12, 2012 07:18 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 12, 2012 07:19 PM (lZBBB)
Pressed by Rose about what he felt he needed to explain better to the American people, the president corrected that he wanted to do more "explaining, but also inspiring."
The most inpriring thing we have to look forward to is your defeat in November.
Sir.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at July 12, 2012 07:19 PM (d0Tfm)
"Where The Jobs Went", a bedtime story by Barack Obama.
Posted by: t-bird at July 12, 2012 07:19 PM (FcR7P)
Well, OK I can't lie that much.
Posted by: Injuin Blackfoot Barry, The One Who Eats Dogs at July 12, 2012 07:19 PM (KZI7g)
Posted by: steevy at July 12, 2012 07:19 PM (Xb3hu)
Maybe I should have used puppets...
Posted by: Jeffrey Dauhmer at July 12, 2012 07:19 PM (sClIO)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2012 07:20 PM (qVPyj)
Posted by: Bedtime Stories with Barack at July 12, 2012 07:20 PM (AzwZn)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at July 12, 2012 07:21 PM (d0Tfm)
Emporer... New Clothes....
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 12, 2012 07:18 PM
-----------------------------
We think his outfit is FABULOUS!
Posted by: MSM at July 12, 2012 07:21 PM (ay6+/)
Romney 2012 - "Once Upon A Time" Is Enough
Posted by: t-bird at July 12, 2012 07:21 PM (FcR7P)
-fin
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at July 12, 2012 07:22 PM (agXfn)
Posted by: Will Folks at July 12, 2012 07:22 PM (KZI7g)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at July 12, 2012 07:22 PM (ZhEoC)
Posted by: t-bird at July 12, 2012 07:23 PM (FcR7P)
I was robo-polled TWICE today. I lied about everything and said I was a Dem gonna vote for the zero FOR SURE.
I want Obama to get very cocky and think he's gonna win, then the crushing defeat as results roll in will that much more satisfying.
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 12, 2012 07:23 PM (ybh9g)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 12, 2012 07:23 PM (KZI7g)
Posted by: the Gypsies at July 12, 2012 07:23 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: steevy at July 12, 2012 07:23 PM (Xb3hu)
Why do I suddenly get an image of Obama in a Mr. Rogers Sweater?
Come on boys and girls, and evil rethuglicans... can you say vote for Barry? I know you can....
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 12, 2012 07:24 PM (lZBBB)
---------------------------------------
Well that's California!
Thank God I don't have to worry about that kind of shit here in Florida cuz................OK.............what's that drone doing buzzing my neighborhood! Dammit!
Posted by: Nukie at July 12, 2012 07:24 PM (AzwZn)
Posted by: Injuin Blackfoot Barry, The One Who Eats Dogs at July 12, 2012 07:24 PM (KZI7g)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 12, 2012 07:25 PM (ybh9g)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at July 12, 2012 07:25 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: t-bird at July 12, 2012 07:25 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: President Wee Wee at July 12, 2012 07:25 PM (02fNe)
Why do I suddenly get an image of Obama in a Mr. Rogers Sweater?
Come on boys and girls, and evil rethuglicans... can you say vote for Barry? I know you can....
All I can envision is him up late at night watching You Porn.
Posted by: Billy Bob, the guy who drinks in SC at July 12, 2012 07:25 PM (KZI7g)
Posted by: steevy at July 12, 2012 07:25 PM (Xb3hu)
Their tears will be as ambrosia, their cries as birdsong, and they shall rend their garments in grief.
And we will dip with gusto...
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at July 12, 2012 07:26 PM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: The Raven, revised 2012 edition at July 12, 2012 07:26 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Temujin at July 12, 2012 07:26 PM (sClIO)
Posted by: The Messenger at July 12, 2012 07:27 PM (+XVQe)
Posted by: Nukie at July 12, 2012 07:27 PM (AzwZn)
Update: Mitt Romney responds in an official statement
resident Obama believes that millions of Americans have lost their homes, their jobs and their livelihood because he failed to tell a good story. Being president is not about telling stories. Being president is about leading, and President Obama has failed to lead. No wonder Americans are losing faith in his presidency.AT THE LINKPosted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at July 12, 2012 07:27 PM (qwK3S)
Posted by: Injuin Blackfoot Barry, The One Who Eats Dogs at July 12, 2012 07:27 PM (KZI7g)
I wish. The hard lessons need to be relearned by the electorate every couple of generations.,
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 12, 2012 07:27 PM (ybh9g)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2012 07:28 PM (qVPyj)
The effing nerve of this dude.
Posted by: Will Not Assimilate For Food at July 12, 2012 07:28 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 12, 2012 07:28 PM (ccXZP)
Just one of the regs being implemented in 2014, they just haven't drafted it yet. Wait and see!
124 I remember riding in airplanes what had ashtrays in the armrests.
Yea, I remember them. And they actually gave you a sammitch of something to eat instead of 3 peanuts and a glass of water. Never gonna see those days again.
128
I know it's hard, but leave California now. We took a massive
financial hit to get out of there, but are starting to rebound from it.
Last time I was in CA was in the '70s. Sitting on a bench looking @ the Golden Gate bridge. A woman came up and sat on the other end of the bench, sitting her cute little daughter in between us. It wasn't 30 seconds before she started bitching at me to put my smoke out...she had a CHILD with her! Guess she couldn't sit on the next bench over. I left town a couple days later and haven't been back since.
Posted by: JMKN1 at July 12, 2012 07:28 PM (JMKN1)
Posted by: The October Surprise at July 12, 2012 07:28 PM (KZI7g)
Posted by: Temujin at July 12, 2012 07:26 PM (sClIO)
Sorry, but I thinkthats a style book violation.... shouldnt it read "back to rape, and pillage, and rape"....
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 12, 2012 07:28 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: the same '12 at July 12, 2012 07:30 PM (xXhWA)
No other President had to deal with the aftermath of the financial
collapse of the Euro, the Tsunami/earthquake in Japan, the failure of
greedy banks and Wall Street or other acts of God that are beyond
President Obama's control! No other president has faced any crisis of
greater magnitude than President Obama!"
-------------------------------------------------------------------
You forgot to mention those job stealing ATMs.
Posted by: They're stealing our jobssss at July 12, 2012 07:30 PM (qyjnV)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2012 07:30 PM (qVPyj)
I don't fucking care how or where--JUST GO AWAY.
Posted by: RoyalOil at July 12, 2012 07:31 PM (kSaUf)
Oh piffle, he "led" us right off a cliff pedal to the metal. Can't you fell that nice cool breeze on the way down? The ground looks awful far away, so its all good so far.
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 12, 2012 07:31 PM (ybh9g)
Posted by: True Believer at July 12, 2012 07:31 PM (G8vOc)
“There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism – by vote. It is merely the difference between murder and suicide.”
Posted by: Ayn Rand at July 12, 2012 07:32 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: elliot m at July 12, 2012 07:32 PM (zPich)
No shit. I was in those gas lines back then, during the Dark Days of Cahtah. I still can't believe that stories about those times weren't passed down. Proof that those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at July 12, 2012 07:33 PM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: Treponema pallidum at July 12, 2012 07:34 PM (sClIO)
Posted by: barry soetoro at July 12, 2012 07:34 PM (QupBk)
The Romney campaign has exceeded my expectations thus far,and I thought it would be pretty good.
The protracted primary was the best thing that could have happened to the Republican Party. Romney had to fight for his position, and he saw that going after the administration would pay off.
Posted by: Alex at July 12, 2012 07:34 PM (79B50)
No internet back then, so all the history was on Sony Betamax tapes. Nobody has a Beta player anymore, so it was like the library at Alexandria being burned.
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 12, 2012 07:35 PM (ybh9g)
Posted by: toby928© at July 12, 2012 07:35 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: President Wee Wee at July 12, 2012 07:35 PM (02fNe)
Posted by: barry soetoro at July 12, 2012 07:34 PM (QupBk)
LOL.... "candygram.... candygram for Soetoro... candygram"....
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 12, 2012 07:35 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 12, 2012 07:36 PM (ccXZP)
With Democrats, it's always about the messaging never the message.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at July 12, 2012 07:36 PM (CP+yl)
I hope not. You just can't be pro-abortion on the national ticket.
Posted by: toby928© at July 12, 2012 07:37 PM (QupBk)
I could accept that. In a closet somewhere she's probably got those hot black high heel stompy boots.
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 12, 2012 07:38 PM (ybh9g)
-fin
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at July 12, 2012 07:38 PM (agXfn)
Someone should do a "sudden clarity Clarence" for the Dems to let them not it's not their stories, it's their policies.
http://www.quickmeme.com/Sudden-Clarity-Clarence/
Posted by: BS Inc. at July 12, 2012 07:39 PM (P2Ufm)
Posted by: somebody else, not me at July 12, 2012 07:40 PM (nZvGM)
Posted by: Wm T Sherman at July 12, 2012 07:41 PM (w41GQ)
So Romney will have to be his own attack dog. She's nice, and she's talented, but a campaigner? I don't see it.
Posted by: t-bird at July 12, 2012 07:41 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: seamrog at July 12, 2012 07:41 PM (HxyKt)
Posted by: toby928© has a moment of clarity at July 12, 2012 07:41 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2012 07:42 PM (qVPyj)
Posted by: Cicero at July 12, 2012 07:42 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: soothsayer, of the Wolverines at July 12, 2012 07:42 PM (xIzGn)
Posted by: toby928© has a moment of clarity at July 12, 2012 07:43 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Fritz at July 12, 2012 07:43 PM (02fNe)
Posted by: Cicero at July 12, 2012 07:43 PM (QKKT0)
But this could be a trial balloon by Romney to see the reactions because picking her would be somewhat controversial even on the Right.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 12, 2012 07:43 PM (ccXZP)
"It's funny - when I ran, everybody said well, he can give a good speech, but can he actually manage the job?" he said.
This sentence is what you call 100% puregrade-A prime inspected bullshit:
1. "It's funny"... no Barry, it is NOT funny, you fuckwhit.
2. "when I ran"... no Barry, you didNOT run, youWERE run, dickwipe.
3. "everybody said well, he can give a good speech"... no Barry, nobodybut Brian Williams fansever thought you gave a good speech, dildo-breath.
4. "but can he actually manage the job"... no Barry,everybody with anIQ above room temperature knew youwould screw the pooch bigtime, but you surprised even them bythen proceeding toeat it.
5. "...he said."... no Barry,you didNOT "say" -you "read",breaking into a flop-sweat for fearthat some Americanism like "corpsman" wouldpop up.
Jeebus!
Posted by: sherlock at July 12, 2012 07:44 PM (f29LO)
RoMONEY, on the other hand has to explain his shady history at Bain, his spooky religion that has a history of prejudice against blacks AND his treatment of dogs. But perhaps his biggest affront to normal, everyday normal Americans is his obscene car garage elevator. That is the real boner-killer.
Posted by: deskrat at July 12, 2012 07:44 PM (iBaHp)
Posted by: soothsayer, of the Wolverines at July 12, 2012 07:44 PM (KUrJA)
Posted by: Fritz at July 12, 2012 07:43 PM (02fNe)
Why would you assume he doesn't already have one?
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at July 12, 2012 07:45 PM (agXfn)
Posted by: sherlock at July 12, 2012 07:46 PM (f29LO)
On the ROOTS scale, she is a couple of shades blacker than Barack. This could flummox some of the NAACP types.
So there's that.
Posted by: Cicero at July 12, 2012 07:46 PM (QKKT0)
I don't remember Condi campaigning for Bush....ever.
Or campaigning for anyone.
She has never run for any elective office.
This was all started by Bill Kristol talking about this.
Posted by: wheatie at July 12, 2012 07:46 PM (MbB0O)
Posted by: toby928© has a moment of clarity at July 12, 2012 07:46 PM (QupBk)
In the Navy, yes, you can sail the seven seas.
In the Navy, yes, you can put your mind at ease.
In the Navy, come on now people, make a stand.
In the Navy, can't you see we need a hand.
In the Navy, come on, protect the motherland.
In the Navy, come on and join your fellow, man.
In the Navy, come on, people, and make a stand.
In the Navy, in the Navy.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 12, 2012 07:46 PM (sClIO)
Posted by: mark at July 12, 2012 07:47 PM (c+oUe)
Posted by: The Dems at July 12, 2012 07:47 PM (I2fq9)
Posted by: tasker at July 12, 2012 07:47 PM (r2PLg)
No real troll spells everything correctly, but it was a nice try. Throw in some exclamation points next time as well. Remember, your motivation is passionate ignorance.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at July 12, 2012 07:48 PM (agXfn)
this really angers me
Obama is nothing but excuses and platitudes. Empty rhetoric. Trite and glib stroking.
Posted by: soothsayer, of the Wolverines at July 12, 2012 07:49 PM (Y4TdB)
Posted by: Lon in Lonsdale at July 12, 2012 07:49 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: toby928© has a moment of clarity at July 12, 2012 07:49 PM (QupBk)
Well, besides that time.
And that time.
And of course I can't be held responsible for that time.
Did I promise that time?
Are you recording my promises?
I'm certain I never promised that time.
Maybe you could just hold it?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at July 12, 2012 07:49 PM (CP+yl)
Posted by: soothsayer, of the Wolverines at July 12, 2012 07:49 PM (Y4TdB)
And Mulligans. Don't forget the Mulligans. One per hole.
Posted by: somebody else, not me at July 12, 2012 07:50 PM (nZvGM)
Please God let this just be a prick tease of Drudges to get him some free press.
She would be a disaster, but she does know football and plays a mean piano.
Two great reasons to pick her, and that and the fact she has Bush hanging off her ass.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 12, 2012 07:50 PM (KZI7g)
Posted by: steevy at July 12, 2012 07:50 PM (Xb3hu)
The narrative is coming apart.
Posted by: Fritz at July 12, 2012 07:51 PM (02fNe)
We gave him $800 billion--and he didn't even give us his best stories?
Posted by: tasker at July 12, 2012 07:51 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: president say stuff at July 12, 2012 07:52 PM (QupBk)
She would be better that "I am Mr big shot, Colin Powell.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 12, 2012 07:52 PM (KZI7g)
-------------------------------------
She has a stealth sensual warmth that only stiffs like Mitt and Muammar can apparently see.
Adds NOTHING to the ticket. She's an alien to Conservatives.
Posted by: Nukie at July 12, 2012 07:52 PM (AzwZn)
Posted by: Waterhouse at July 12, 2012 07:53 PM (61WCK)
Posted by: NAACP at July 12, 2012 07:53 PM (FcR7P)
Moody's downgrades Italy's government debt rating 2 notches, keeps outlook negative
Surprise level: 0.0
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 12, 2012 07:53 PM (sClIO)
So what is Obama trying to tell us?
We gave him $800 billion--and he didn't even give us his best stories?
You will have to buy the book.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 12, 2012 07:53 PM (KZI7g)
Posted by: Managing Stuff Inc. at July 12, 2012 07:53 PM (QjSgY)
Posted by: toby928© at July 12, 2012 07:53 PM (QupBk)
Adds NOTHING to the ticket. She's an alien to Conservatives
I agree and she has LOTS of baggage that conservatives will not like. A totally stupid move.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 12, 2012 07:55 PM (KZI7g)
I couldn't tell if she was wearing kleenex boxes for shoes.
Idiot. Proper etiquette for a former National Security Adviser is to curtsey.
Posted by: Cicero at July 12, 2012 07:55 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: Methos at July 12, 2012 07:55 PM (6LvlL)
Posted by: eureka! at July 12, 2012 07:56 PM (ZIccV)
********
You mean the one that Pelosi built?
You Dems are soooooo bipartisan after you lose the House!
Posted by: tasker at July 12, 2012 07:56 PM (r2PLg)
children, ya know. What I want to know is who is gonna pick up the
slack on all those taxes smokers' pay?? Probably just the rich.....
Posted by: JMKN1 at July 12, 2012 07:12 PM (JMKN1)I remember riding in airplanes what had ashtrays in the armrests.
***
I don't believe smoking should be permitted inside public spaces such as courthouses, city hall, or libraries, nor on airplanes or buses ... but that's the extent of it. Florida put a smoking ban for restaurants on the ballot several years ago and I voted against it, but it passed by a considerable margin.
Heaven forbid that someone might want to eat at a particular establishment and the business-owner not bend over for them. That being said, now that it is in place, I sure do enjoy it.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 07:56 PM (piMMO)
Mitt may be using Meggie Mac as his adviser on the state of Tea Party opinion.
Posted by: Cicero at July 12, 2012 07:56 PM (QKKT0)
In his mind his policies worked because his inner-narrative says they worked. So in his mind his only failing was getting you and me to subvert reality as well and accept his narrative.
This is the first time in his life this has happened. And that's why he's depressed.
Posted by: runninrebel at July 12, 2012 07:57 PM (N/1Dm)
I smell disinformation from somewhere, AKA dirty trick.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 12, 2012 07:57 PM (KZI7g)
Posted by: mark at July 12, 2012 07:57 PM (c+oUe)
As for Condi as VP - Jeebus, I hope not. She's no politician, which is a compliment to her but would be a liability as a running mate.
Posted by: antisocialist at July 12, 2012 07:57 PM (j/nZn)
Now, I then ask, please give me the facts now, if this is true, I'd like to know it and understand it and possibly explain it to others. They then say "this is what everyone is saying, google it, it's got to be on the internet"....but meanwhile, the thought has been put in your head and since you only read headlines, you aren't googling anything.
Posted by: just me at July 12, 2012 07:57 PM (oZfic)
Well, to give her the benefit of the doubt, she is a pianist and it is very easy to permanently damage someone's hands with a crushing handshake where they don't recover full use for playing. (remember somebody tried that with Sarah Palin?) I wouldn't want to shake hands with people I don't know in this day and age of crazies.
At a fundraiser where folks pay to get in, okay but not where any nutball can waltz in and do some stupid thing.
Plus you get cooties from shaking hands. ewwwww
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at July 12, 2012 07:57 PM (CP+yl)
I hear "false" but that is a weenie word.
Sounds like the kind of pussyfooting done by Brooks in the NYT.
Why is it so hard to say "liar?" Shit, everyone said it about Bush.
Why is "falsehood" and "things he said are false" OK when speaking about Preezy, but "liar" is not?
Posted by: TheLittlShiningMan at July 12, 2012 07:59 PM (PH+2B)
****
She does. She fills his foreign policy hole and will make it easier for those who can't bail on one of their own to feel less guilt about voting for the honkey.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 07:59 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: tasker at July 12, 2012 07:59 PM (r2PLg)
Condi has no constituency... and has never run for public office herself...
This would be nothing more than pandering to Racial and Group Politics... going after the Woman and Black Voting blocks....
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 12, 2012 08:00 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: toby928© at July 12, 2012 08:00 PM (QupBk)
Your "friends" are playing you for a fool. Did you change cat food on them recently?
Posted by: Cicero at July 12, 2012 08:00 PM (QKKT0)
This better be bullshit.
Posted by: TexasJew at July 12, 2012 08:00 PM (g//qp)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 07:59 PM (piMMO)
Nope.... she's a Neo Con.... and tied WAY to closely to Bush... this would allow Obama to run agianst the 'Bush Policys' instead of against Romney....
Snatching defeat from the Jaws of Victory...
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 12, 2012 08:01 PM (lZBBB)
Honestly if Romney has a foreign policy hole at the time when people voted for Obama he had a hole the size of Ecuador.
and will make it easier for those who can't bail on one of their own to feel less guilt about voting for the honkey.
That's just not happening.
Posted by: tasker at July 12, 2012 08:01 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at July 12, 2012 08:01 PM (CP+yl)
Posted by: The Drizzle at July 12, 2012 08:01 PM (ysCLj)
Posted by: TheLittlShiningMan at July 12, 2012 07:59 PM (PH+2B)
You should watch the ad again. It says "he lied about Hillary Clinton" and then shows clinton nagging at Obama
Posted by: robtr at July 12, 2012 08:02 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: tasker at July 12, 2012 08:02 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 08:02 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: TexasJew at July 12, 2012 08:03 PM (g//qp)
the quals for VP are the same for Pres.
Obama may not be on some ballots this Nov.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at July 12, 2012 08:03 PM (CP+yl)
Posted by: Beto at July 12, 2012 08:03 PM (BAnPT)
Posted by: toby928© at July 12, 2012 08:03 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 12, 2012 08:01 PM (lZBBB)
No she isn't a Neo Con, the Neo Cons didn't like her. I think she would be great. The only worry I have is her ties to Bush.
Posted by: robtr at July 12, 2012 08:04 PM (MtwBb)
make it easier for those who can't bail on one of their own to feel
less guilt about voting for the honkey.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse
Hmmm. Not heading over to the NAACP conference seems more and more like not such a great idea.
double hmmm. All we need is for Romney to keep pressing and for obama's base to not turn out, or stay home. Gay marriage is probably not sounding like the great idea he thought it was.
Posted by: Blue Hen at July 12, 2012 08:04 PM (c9Ivb)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at July 12, 2012 08:04 PM (CP+yl)
The Bush connection is not good. But, she would eat Biden alive and when The October surprise comes, she could answer that creditably.
It splits the Black vote and gains women. It also stops the racist attacks on the Mormon church and Willard.
Still a VERY bad choice for conservatives, especially if we win. She is then the presumptive nominee in 2020?
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 12, 2012 08:04 PM (KZI7g)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 12, 2012 08:05 PM (sClIO)
Just got back from an interview for a direct sales position that I *really really* WANT.
It was supposed to last 30-45 min. but ended up at about 1:45 min.
They kept asking if I had anymore questions...
Is this a good sign or a bad one?
Posted by: Deety at July 12, 2012 08:05 PM (ttkVJ)
against Romney....Snatching defeat from the Jaws of Victory...
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 12, 2012 08:01 PM (lZBBB)
Like keeping Guantanamo open? I hope he does. Romney probably has that commercial ready to roll.
Posted by: Blue Hen at July 12, 2012 08:05 PM (c9Ivb)
Posted by: robtr at July 12, 2012 08:04 PM (MtwBb)
******
Well you float Condi out there so that people who oppose Portman for the same reason will be relieved.
Posted by: tasker at July 12, 2012 08:05 PM (r2PLg)
-------------------------------------------
Great point!
What's Mitt going to say if he picks Portman?
Well, I vetted/considered an elegant, accomplished black woman but decided to go with an old white guy?
This is just dumb.
Posted by: Nukie at July 12, 2012 08:05 PM (AzwZn)
This is some Bushite shit. They were all foreign policy and crap on the economic front.
Romnsy better find a conservative immediately.
Posted by: TexasJew at July 12, 2012 08:05 PM (g//qp)
But how can the American people forgive Romney for driving a gay youth to suicide by cutting his hair? Is that who you want answering the phone at 3 am?
Posted by: deskrat at July 12, 2012 08:05 PM (OApiq)
Posted by: steevy at July 12, 2012 08:05 PM (Xb3hu)
He couldn't stop laughing.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at July 12, 2012 08:05 PM (CP+yl)
Posted by: toby928© at July 12, 2012 08:05 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Zombie Ricky Ricardo at July 12, 2012 08:06 PM (/i3Yt)
hey, so often I'm ahead of the curve....
we'll see
but nothing they do isn't planned and calculated to the nth degree
romney and his team get this...
they are making the VP stuff excruciating for the libs/dems
and it's going to continue like this
Posted by: just me at July 12, 2012 08:06 PM (oZfic)
Posted by: steevy at July 12, 2012 08:07 PM (Xb3hu)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at July 12, 2012 08:07 PM (CP+yl)
Posted by: Beto at July 12, 2012 08:07 PM (BAnPT)
Surprise picks would include any number of folks: Rand Paul, Allen West, Rick Snyder, Nikki Haley.... hell, Dick Cheney, even.
Until Mitt says it aloud, I wouldn't take anything to the bank.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 08:07 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: toby928© at July 12, 2012 08:05 PM (QupBk)
She fucked up everything she attempted.
Posted by: TexasJew at July 12, 2012 08:07 PM (g//qp)
Pick some damn new people!
Posted by: Nukie at July 12, 2012 08:07 PM (AzwZn)
277 It can't be Rubio; not a natural citizen.
the quals for VP are the same for Pres.
Obama may not be on some ballots this Nov.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at July 12, 2012 08:03 PM (CP+yl)
I couldn't have said it better myself.
Posted by: 9/11 Truther at July 12, 2012 08:07 PM (7+pP9)
It can't be Rubio; not a natural citizen.
Rubio was born in Miami, FL. He is a natural citizen.
http://tinyurl.com/yb2ll5n
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 12, 2012 08:07 PM (KZI7g)
More anecdotes! We need more anecdotes!
Example: Let me tell you about a little success story called Solyndra.
Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at July 12, 2012 08:07 PM (IGYyt)
Now I know I've read on this site many times by commenters that this should be a prime requirement for holding any office. You know, the 'dart at an open page of the phone book' theory.
Here's your chance.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 12, 2012 08:07 PM (ccXZP)
Yes.
It splits the Black vote and gains women. It also stops the racist attacks on the Mormon church and Willard.
I doubt it would split the black vote and gain the female vote--plus it would only buffer that one singular attack on the Mormon church--the MSM will have plenty more.
Posted by: tasker at July 12, 2012 08:07 PM (r2PLg)
You mean these - http://bit.ly/NDwASd ?
I doubt it will be Condi, hasn't she said the only thing she'd run for is NFL commissioner?
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at July 12, 2012 08:08 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: steevy
We're morons?
Posted by: Blue Hen at July 12, 2012 08:08 PM (c9Ivb)
But, I'm not sure she'd be a good VP choice, especially since she said that's not her strength. But it's fun to watch them totally freak out over this one though
Posted by: just me at July 12, 2012 08:08 PM (oZfic)
277 It can't be Rubio; not a natural citizen.
the quals for VP are the same for Pres.
Obama may not be on some ballots this Nov.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at July 12, 2012 08:03 PM (CP+yl)
Cut. Jib. Newsletter
Posted by: PaulBot at July 12, 2012 08:08 PM (7+pP9)
romney and his team get this...
Hey, thanks for the inside dope on the Romney campaign, curious. It must be really expensive to maintain that direct hotline from the Romney camp to your mom's basement.
Posted by: Cicero at July 12, 2012 08:09 PM (QKKT0)
I doubt it would split the black vote and gain the female vote--plus
it would only buffer that one singular attack on the Mormon church--the
MSM will have plenty more.
Posted by: tasker
It doesn't have to split either. obama can't afford either to be reduced. He not only has to win both, he has to win both big.
Posted by: Blue Hen at July 12, 2012 08:09 PM (c9Ivb)
... Posted by: Nukie at July 12, 2012 08:07 PM (AzwZn)
They already know their way around the revolving door?
Posted by: Beto at July 12, 2012 08:09 PM (BAnPT)
Posted by: somebody else, not me at July 12, 2012 08:10 PM (nZvGM)
Posted by: Beerologist at July 12, 2012 08:10 PM (SwJJZ)
US Federal case law, that's how. He's native born. The citizenship of his parents is irrelevant.
Read up.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 12, 2012 08:10 PM (sClIO)
----------------------------------
Did he need a haircut or not?
I'm guessing he did.
See, Mitt gets shit done!
He doesn't wait for others to get off their asses and do it!
Posted by: Nukie at July 12, 2012 08:10 PM (AzwZn)
Never mind that you've repeatedly been caught fudging data and using dodgy statistical methods, your models produce results at odds with empirical observation, and you'll stop at nothing to prevent honest assessment of your work. The reason people don't trust you is that you haven't communicated clearly enough.
Yeah, right.
Posted by: JEM at July 12, 2012 08:10 PM (o+SC1)
I've already pre-wadded my panties in anticipation.
Posted by: Chris Matthews at July 12, 2012 08:10 PM (HtUdo)
Because pointing out that Barry is a oblivious narcistic fuckup will only carry a thread so far.
Posted by: toby928© at July 12, 2012 08:10 PM (QupBk)
Whuy is everyone treating this rumor as anything more than a rumor??
Posted by: steevy
We're morons?
Posted by: Blue Hen at July 12, 2012 08:08 PM (c9Ivb)
Well, Da Huh!
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 12, 2012 08:10 PM (KZI7g)
Posted by: and irresolute at July 12, 2012 08:11 PM (Q492A)
Posted by: just me at July 12, 2012 08:11 PM (oZfic)
... Posted by: Nukie at July 12, 2012 08:07 PM (AzwZn)
They already know their way around the revolving door?
-------------------------------------
Sure, they understand the "way Washington works", but the way Washington works is the fucking problem.
Posted by: Nukie at July 12, 2012 08:12 PM (AzwZn)
Posted by: Truman North, iPhone snob at July 12, 2012 08:12 PM (I2LwF)
---------
Interesting game. The only way to win is to not play.
Posted by: W.O.P.R., noted formatting genius at July 12, 2012 08:12 PM (IrbU4)
Depends.
Were they taking extra time because they were interested and it was a conversation?
Or was it more like and interrogation?
Did it drag out because of your questions, their answers and did they act put out about the quantity or quality of your questions?
Their demeanor throughout the interview COULD be a clue.
Or maybe not. Don't get your hopes up but think hard about the job and whether you really want it and what the downsides are. (there's always downsides so be honest with yourself) Have an answer BEFORE they call back.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at July 12, 2012 08:12 PM (CP+yl)
277 It can't be Rubio; not a natural citizen.
the quals for VP are the same for Pres.
Obama may not be on some ballots this Nov.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at July 12, 2012 08:03 PM (CP+yl)
The ppl are finally getting the message.
Posted by: C2C Listener at July 12, 2012 08:13 PM (7+pP9)
Of an earflapped Dumbshit
Who was bringing up 2 very sullen girls.
They wore perma frowns,
like their mother-
Their "father" was a girl.
And then one day earflaps went and met this fellow,
Who had fish line hair and funny ice blue teeth-
*************************************
well, y'all know the rest of the story.
Big finish now...
...that's the day, they became the Asshole bunch!
Posted by: Chariots of Toast at July 12, 2012 08:13 PM (eNURf)
Posted by: Deety at July 12, 2012 08:13 PM (ttkVJ)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at July 12, 2012 08:14 PM (CP+yl)
I'm guessing he did.
See, Mitt gets shit done!
He doesn't wait for others to get off their asses and do it!
Posted by: Nukie at July 12, 2012 08:10 PM (AzwZn)
What he said! LOL
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 12, 2012 08:14 PM (KZI7g)
campaign, curious. It must be really expensive to maintain that direct
hotline from the Romney camp to your mom's basement.
Posted by: Cicero at July 12, 2012 08:09 PM (QKKT0)
At least I'm honest that I'm an Independent...you sound more and more like not a conservative each day....Your "attacks" are highly transparent...
Posted by: just me at July 12, 2012 08:14 PM (oZfic)
Posted by: Deety at July 12, 2012 08:05 PM (ttkVJ)
It can go either way. There is one group of headhunters that says it's a good thing and that they want you.
There is another group of headhunters that say it can be a good thing if you were prepared for it and ask some interesting questions about the company and not necessarily about the job. Some interviewers use it as part of the interview to see what they can gleen from you using that tactic.
Like if it's a sales job you can look at their website and see if they have new products coming out etc. and ask about them or notice they are expanding to a new location or something. It shows you did some homework and are interested in the company.
The fact that it lasted so long is a good sign
Posted by: robtr at July 12, 2012 08:14 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: tasker at July 12, 2012 08:14 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: deskrat at July 12, 2012 08:05 PM (OApiq)['i]
As long as he can still punch a hippie with one hand and answer the phone with the other, I'm all in.
Posted by: Not Drinking Nearly Enough at July 12, 2012 08:15 PM (HtUdo)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 12, 2012 08:15 PM (ybh9g)
Now with a pro-abortion RINO Bush retread. Super duper.
And you wonder how he lost to McCain last time..
Posted by: TexasJew at July 12, 2012 08:15 PM (g//qp)
Posted by: Beto at July 12, 2012 08:15 PM (BAnPT)
Posted by: teej at July 12, 2012 08:16 PM (ZFXqT)
I'm not sure what they mean but then, I don't think they do either.
Federal Outlays
2009 3,517,677B
2010 3,456,213B
2011 3,603,061B
2012 3,795,547B estimated
Posted by: toby928© at July 12, 2012 08:16 PM (QupBk)
public spaces such as courthouses, city hall, or libraries, nor on
airplanes or buses ... but that's the extent of it. Florida put a
smoking ban for restaurants on the ballot several years ago and I voted
against it, but it passed by a considerable margin.
Heaven forbid
that someone might want to eat at a particular establishment and the
business-owner not bend over for them. That being said, now that it is
in place, I sure do enjoy it.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse
Oh, I agree. Back when you could smoke on planes there were still newscasters reading the news with a haze of smoke around them. It was what was considered 'normal'. My mom grandma always said not to smoke when I was young. It's bad for you, it will make you sick. That was probably 20 years before the government said it 'might' be harmful. Anyone with an ounce of sense could see that people who smoked didn't breath all that well when they got older. I don't smoke in people's houses, or around people who don't smoke. Hell, I don't even smoke in my own house. That being said....when they don't let people smoke anywhere somebody is gonna have to make up that huge dollar shortfall the cigarette taxes used to provide.
Posted by: JMKN1 at July 12, 2012 08:16 PM (JMKN1)
Flash for Mr. Obama: We heard your message; we received it loud and clear; we understood it perfectly; and then we rejected it completely out of hand.
Isn't it November yet?
Posted by: alwyr at July 12, 2012 08:16 PM (j+vBZ)
---
It'd be the first time he was ever on par...
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at July 12, 2012 08:17 PM (HPQnO)
Posted by: Beerologist at July 12, 2012 08:10 PM (SwJJZ)
Trick question for them: which of his budgets did that?
All of his budgets were soundly rejected.
All he did was spend the HUGE amounts of money the DEMOCRAT Congress and Senate voted in during 2007-2008, and then have blocked budgets since then to keep Republicans from cutting those increases back down.
But then, what effect would that have? They're liberals, they lie about everything.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 12, 2012 08:17 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: and irresolute at July 12, 2012 08:17 PM (Q492A)
It was definately more of a conversation. They seemed kinda jazzed about the questions and gave really specific answers.
Good answers btw.
Posted by: Deety at July 12, 2012 08:17 PM (ttkVJ)
Posted by: Unemployed since February at July 12, 2012 08:17 PM (ptP00)
I presume Scott would appoint a Republican to fill the vacancy.
Posted by: toby928© at July 12, 2012 08:19 PM (QupBk)
That's not settled law it's in contention.
Read up.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at July 12, 2012 08:14 PM (CP+yl)
Bitter, you can not be serious. Why do you think Mexican women come over the border to have their kids? The USA grants citizenship to ANYONE born on US soil or territory. There was a question about Barry Goldwater, since when he was born in AZ is was still a territory and not a state.
My son when to Duke MBA school. All the foreign married students arrived with a 8 month pregnant wives, and then have a second child while still in school. You needed a nursery at graduation.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 12, 2012 08:19 PM (KZI7g)
Posted by: tasker at July 12, 2012 08:19 PM (r2PLg)
that Cuba had become a thoroughly totalitarian state, and would likely
remain so for some time. They had endured many disappointments, and
their lives would never be easy. But slowly and surely they made a
better life for our family than they had had as children, or could have
ever been possible for them in Cuba. Three of their children were born
Americans. Mario [the Senator’s older brother, born in Cuba] had
naturalized after returning from the army. And in 1975, they, too,
became citizens of the United States."
From Rubio's own autobiography.
Rubio IS a citizen but NOT a natural born citizen with at least one parent (some say two is required) a citizen.
Read up.
And questioning the requirements needed to qualify for VP or Pres. is not the same as 9/11 trutherism or even birtherism.
It's a question of the interpretation of the words natural born citizen in the constitution and it has not been settled. YET.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at July 12, 2012 08:20 PM (CP+yl)
which means it's gonba be Rubio
It Must Be Rubio. He is the X factor that completes the formula.
Posted by: soothsayer, of the Wolverines at July 12, 2012 08:21 PM (YO+5B)
(Tip not Tipper)
All politics is local.
The Electoral college-- win it you bastards.
Posted by: tasker at July 12, 2012 08:21 PM (r2PLg)
Mitch Daniels wouldn't be bad and has the benefit of not removing a Senator, Congressman/woman or Governor.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at July 12, 2012 08:21 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 12, 2012 08:21 PM (KZI7g)
So i'm lined up on the 8th tee,dogleg left 547 yards over the stream, wind blowin in my face and i played it safe and went with the 3 iron. I look back at that today and i think that i could've cleared the trees with my 2-driver and saved a stroke.
Took a nine when it could've been an eight. That's haunted me for the last two years.
Haunted.
Posted by: Barry at July 12, 2012 08:21 PM (HPQnO)
How are you defining settled? No, I'm not trolling or being bitchy, I am legitimately interested in what you would consider to be settled. A Supreme Court ruling? What?
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at July 12, 2012 08:22 PM (Gk3SS)
Condi, West, Rand, Haley, Rubio, Portman, etc....
A pros and cons thread.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 08:23 PM (piMMO)
----
Surely this will lock up the Asian vote!
Posted by: Mittens at July 12, 2012 08:23 PM (HPQnO)
The citizenship of the parents has NOTHING to do with being natural born, aka born on US soil.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 12, 2012 08:24 PM (KZI7g)
Mitch has a lot of plusses. Minuses:
* Almost as boring as Pawlenty
* Short and bald
* The wife thing
* That JebBushian tendency to scold the base
Posted by: AmishDude at July 12, 2012 08:24 PM (T0NGe)
KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai called Thursday on Taliban supreme leader Mullah Omar to give up fighting his US-backed government in return for the chance to run for president of the war-torn nation.
Mullah Omar, the one-eyed Taliban leader who has been on run since the United States toppled his regime in late 2001, is one of the world's most wanted men and is leading a Taliban insurgency aimed at ousting Karzai.
Karzai has repeatedly called on Omar and other insurgents fighting against his administration to renounce violence and accept peaceful reintegration.
"I repeat my call on all Afghans, those who aren't the puppets of others and have (only) issues with us at home -- they're welcome for any talks," he told a news conference.
"Mullah Mohammad Omar can come inside Afghanistan anywhere he wants to. He can open political office for himself but he should leave the gun.
"He along with his friends can come and create his political party, do politics, become a candidate himself for the elections. If people voted for him, good for him, he can take the leadership in his hand," Karzai said.
The Taliban have repeatedly turned down Karzai's peace offers and earlier this year withdrew from exploratory talks with the United States in Qatar.
Posted by: steevy at July 12, 2012 08:24 PM (Xb3hu)
This man has a disordered mind, but since he's somehow worshiped now he thinks he can do no wrong. Anything bad (aka unemployment) is obviously not his fault since he's special.. So obviously the only thing wrong here is that the American people are alittle 'slow'.. So he needs to explain his idiotic policies better.
He really does have a megalomaniacal personality. He doesn't care about us.. he sees us as an obstacle. That is dangerous for us all.
Posted by: The Teller of Hard Facts at July 12, 2012 08:24 PM (mLZe7)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at July 12, 2012 08:21 PM (Gk3SS)
It's a circular firing squad you want, eh? I say Palin.
Posted by: mugiwara at July 12, 2012 08:25 PM (KI/Ch)
Posted by: The Teller of Hard Facts at July 12, 2012 08:24 PM (mLZe7)
The only thing slowing him down is the 25 million or so of us that are HEAVILY armed.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet has been drinking already at July 12, 2012 08:26 PM (9TTOe)
* Almost as boring as Pawlenty
* Short and bald
* The wife thing
* That JebBushian tendency to scold the base
Oh yes, he's not perfect by any means and I think the wife thing would result in him not accepting. My preference is Jindal but I would rather he stay in the governorship.
I am amused by the whole Romney will announce in the next several weeks eleventy thing. No. You don't say. There's an election coming up and Romney is going to announce who his VP is? Quelle surprise!
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at July 12, 2012 08:27 PM (Gk3SS)
Excellent question.
Short answer, DO NO HARM.
Select someone who will do no harm. The election is about Barry, period.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 12, 2012 08:27 PM (KZI7g)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2012 08:27 PM (qVPyj)
353....It Must Be Rubio. He is the X factor that completes the formula.
Posted by: soothsayer, of the Wolverines at July 12, 2012 08:21 PM (YO+5B)
So you think that Rubio's version of the Dream Act will be a vote-getter?
I'm not so sure.
I remember how Rick Perry was leading in the polls, until he made that "You don't have a heart" remark.
And that was in Florida!....at the debate there.
People across the country were horrified by that....and Perry was only defending the thing about In-State Tuition.
Rubio's list of goodies for illegals goes way beyond that.
Posted by: wheatie at July 12, 2012 08:28 PM (MbB0O)
Posted by: DR. Ron Paul at July 12, 2012 08:28 PM (61WCK)
Romney is going to have the first two years to get the required reforms through to avoid or, most likely, recover from DOOM. That if he has the DOOM perspective and if he has the balls to push reforms through.
And if he does have the right perspective along with the balls it requires, he'll probably get trounced in his reelection bid.
Posted by: runninrebel at July 12, 2012 08:29 PM (N/1Dm)
Recent polling--Obama +0.8%
******
Ohio 18 electoral votes. Toss up.
Recent polling --Obama +2.6%
*****
Virginia 13 electoral votes. Toss up.
Recent polling --Obama +3.0%
All within the Margin of error.
Rubio, Portman or McDonnell.
Posted by: tasker at July 12, 2012 08:29 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: mugiwara at July 12, 2012 08:25 PM
Well, the MBM wouldn't have to go through her trash or e-mails. Again.
Posted by: huerfano at July 12, 2012 08:29 PM (bAGA/)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet has been drinking already at July 12, 2012 08:29 PM (9TTOe)
Portman is a crossbow man...
Posted by: Mittens at July 12, 2012 08:30 PM (HPQnO)
Posted by: hannitys_hybrid at July 12, 2012 08:31 PM (zpqa2)
Posted by: Blue Hen at July 12, 2012 08:31 PM (c9Ivb)
Do not cross the streams.
I should have stipulated that Palin is not to be included as that's too easy of a choice to stir up crap. Hmmmmm. *taps chin* Hmmmmm. Who would make the Horde the most batshit? *taps chin*
I know! Jeb Bush!
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at July 12, 2012 08:31 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: tasker at July 12, 2012 08:32 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Bob Dole at July 12, 2012 08:32 PM (HPQnO)
Posted by: tasker at July 12, 2012 08:33 PM (r2PLg)
read what i said and not what you think i said.
There's court cases going on right now over this definition and not over Obama's BC.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at July 12, 2012 08:33 PM (CP+yl)
Posted by: Olympia Snowe at July 12, 2012 08:33 PM (HPQnO)
Posted by: tasker at July 12, 2012 08:34 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: tasker at July 12, 2012 08:32 PM (r2PLg)
That would do it for me. Straight to the funny farm.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet has been drinking already at July 12, 2012 08:34 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: runninrebel at July 12, 2012 08:35 PM (N/1Dm)
Oh yes, he's not perfect by any means and I think the wife thing
would result in him not accepting. My preference is Jindal but I would
rather he stay in the governorship.
Mitch won't do it. The wife thing I suspect hides a mental health issue. No way any man would want to put his wife through the kind of scrutiny of a campaign with that hanging over her head.
Posted by: Alex at July 12, 2012 08:35 PM (79B50)
Posted by: sTevo at July 12, 2012 08:35 PM (VMcEw)
I think it's Olympia for the win.
Posted by: tasker at July 12, 2012 08:35 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: just me at July 12, 2012 08:36 PM (oZfic)
Posted by: mugiwara at July 12, 2012 08:25 PM (KI/Ch)
Palin v. Rice? Two woman enter, one woman leave?
Just a data point for those of you who always lecture the rest of us on strategy, Denninger over at market-ticker.org, who is pushing the libertarian candidate for the most part, is shitting bricks right now over how this makes Mitt unassailable in the fall.
I'm not sure I buy it, I'm just saying a guy who thinks about these things and isn't on our side thinks this is an impressive way to go. I maintain my own feeling of 'meh.'
Posted by: Methos at July 12, 2012 08:38 PM (6LvlL)
Posted by: toby928© at July 12, 2012 08:16 PM (QupBk)
This is one of the arguments the libs are going to make hard, and it might work because the refutation gets a little complicated to make to people with 10 second attention spans. But the libs are trying to take advantage of the fact that the fed govt fiscal year runs from 10/1 to 9/30, so FY 2009 (10-08 to 9-09) would have been the last budget that Bush signed. So from the numbers up there, it looks like O's first budget actually had less spending than W's last, with "modest" increases since then.
But the key point is that the Dems didn't pass a budget for FY 2009 until after Obama took office. Then they added some $400B bill for (I think) transportation and then the $800B porkulus. Plus payouts for TARP are being debited against Bush, but as banks repay the loans the receipts are credited to Obama. So to show Obama as the big spender we know he is, you have to compare how much more we spend now compared to FY 2008.
This meme of theirs got some attention about a month or so back when some objective journalist from Bloomberg or Reuters basically put that graph out with talking points almost directly from the DNC. It has been debunked at a number of blogs (try Pethokoukis).
Posted by: somebody else, not me at July 12, 2012 08:40 PM (nZvGM)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at July 12, 2012 08:40 PM (agXfn)
The citizenship of the parents has NOTHING to do with being natural born, aka born on US soil.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 12, 2012 08:24 PM (KZI7g) Rep. John Bingham of Ohio, considered the father of the Fourteenth Amendment, confirms the understanding and construction the framers used in regards to birthright and jurisdiction while speaking on civil rights of citizens in the House on March 9, 1866: find no fault with the introductory clause [S 61 Bill], which is simply declaratory of what is written in the Constitution, that every human being born within the jurisdiction of the United States of parents not owing allegiance to any foreign sovereignty is, in the language of your Constitution itself, a natural born citizen…[6]
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 12, 2012 08:41 PM (lZBBB)
Jon Huntsman
Lindsay Graham
*****
Huntsman would send conservatives over the edge. Jeb would send everybody over the edge.
Lindsay Graham manages, at times, particularly with regard to foreign policy, to sound really great and often he nails it on the Sunday talkies.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 08:41 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Johnny "shitstain" Roberts at July 12, 2012 08:55 PM (Iz6HE)
from forbes no less...
Posted by: just me at July 12, 2012 09:09 PM (oZfic)
mental health issue. No way any man would want to put his wife through
the kind of scrutiny of a campaign with that hanging over her head.
Posted by: Alex at July 12, 2012 08:35 PM (79B50)
Exactly; especially after the way those cocksuckers have gone after Ann Romney there's no way they wouldn't be making Cheri Daniels out to be the biggest fucking nympho tramp ever to take multiple inputs from lowlifes on a daily basis.
Posted by: Captain Hate (dagny solidarity) at July 12, 2012 09:20 PM (bZyMR)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 12, 2012 09:25 PM (SRto7)
If Obozo would pull his head out of his ass (there's a big shiny mirror there and The Bamster loves to look at the reflection) he night notice (a) he can't manage or juggle dick; and (b) he doesn't talk so good.
News flash from planet Uranus to Obozo; you're just a SCOAMF
Posted by: Comanche Voter at July 12, 2012 09:31 PM (oe1aw)
there and The Bamster loves to look at the reflection) he night notice
(a) he can't manage or juggle dick; and (b) he doesn't talk so good.
****
Hey! I've been trying to get a mirror-mailing campaign going and nobody will join me.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 09:38 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Harry Chapin's Zombie at July 12, 2012 09:57 PM (Tlix5)
"Sorry guys, I just got in over my head."
It would redeem his entire term in office.
(well, not really, but I'd feel better anyway. The Uncle Joe could get sworn in and then he'd have to go to the convention and pick a running mate; wow, the possibilities are endless.)
Posted by: dissent555 at July 12, 2012 09:59 PM (yR6A1)
Recent polling --Obama +3.0%"
How is it possible that Obama is even CLOSE in states like Virginia, W Virginia, Penn, etc, etc !?!? He promised to bankrupt the coal industry! Do people not care about their family members who work in coal? Romney needs to run commercials about this all day long in those states. I cannot believe this. We are screwed
oh and barry, guess what? half our electricity comes from coal, IDIOT. It doesn't come from the wall you damned marxist fool!
Coal industry workers pay attention and spread the word for gods' sake!
Posted by: The Teller of Hard Facts at July 12, 2012 10:07 PM (mLZe7)
OBAAAMA...IS A...STUTTERING...CLUSTERFUCK...OF A ...MISERABLE...FAILURE!
Posted by: Jaibones at July 12, 2012 10:27 PM (joIGH)
Posted by: d_fitz at July 12, 2012 11:19 PM (5UbuI)
Have I missed any of the things that make Obama's policies unable to work, and which he didn't anticipate happening or being able to frustrate his intentions?
So here's the question: If Obama's policies depend on being implemented only in a static, uneventful, peaceful, passive, pliant, inert world in order to work, why the hell should we think he's intelligent or can come up with any good policies?
Obviously, he can come up with policies that work only in non-real circumstances that cannot possibly occur. And this is the mark of the most intelligent man ever to hold the office of president? This is a man we'd want to keep in office?
Posted by: David at July 12, 2012 11:52 PM (fIkHQ)
I'm just going to go ahead and say it: EN FUEGO!!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at July 13, 2012 09:15 AM (4df7R)
Kenya maybe?
I denounce myself.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 13, 2012 09:16 AM (sbV1u)
Because Federal government tit suckers - myself included - live in Northern VA and WVA and skew the results in what would normally be a
Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 13, 2012 09:20 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 13, 2012 09:20 AM (05RcU)
Really, Pawlenty? I guess that way they can go you think Mitt is white, check out this guy! Okay, same is true for Portman and Ryan, too.
I don't think it will be Ryan - Mitt is not running on the Ryan budget. And honestly the Ryan budget is too timid, anyway.
But Ryan is from Wisconsin. And vetters in Wisconsin can look up Kleefisch.
Just saying.
Posted by: Golan Globus at July 13, 2012 09:20 AM (7vSU0)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny at July 13, 2012 09:20 AM (Ho2rs)
Do the words " Inner CIty" ring a bell
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 13, 2012 09:21 AM (05RcU)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny at July 13, 2012 09:20 AM (Ho2rs)
Well yeah, but only if you brush your teeth first
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 13, 2012 09:22 AM (05RcU)
And it's no surprise that the whole CAC electoral map updates has been scrapped since Obama has taken a big lead in the swing states.
Posted by: DrSmith at July 13, 2012 09:22 AM (nRxw3)
That's not really the problem in VA - unless you count Hampton.
It's more that libs in NoVA - which is very heavily populated - bend the curve toward the blue.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 13, 2012 09:23 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at July 13, 2012 09:23 AM (mFxQX)
Posted by: dogfish at July 13, 2012 09:23 AM (N2yhW)
Keep fucking that chicken Greg.
You've already shown, on multiple occasions, you're an intellectual midget when it comes to statistics.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 13, 2012 09:24 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 13, 2012 09:21 AM (05RcU)
Does WVa even have any cities? And I'm not being sarcastic either!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at July 13, 2012 09:24 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Mama AJ at July 13, 2012 09:24 AM (SUKHu)
Poor hapless Mitt...
Could Santorum have done any worse?
Posted by: DrSmith at July 13, 2012 09:24 AM (ltZ2R)
"It's funny - when I ran,
everybody said, 'well he can give a good speech but can he actually
manage the job?'" he said. "And in my first two years, I think the
notion was, 'Well, he's been juggling and managing a lot of stuff, but
where's the story that tells us where he's going?' And I think that was a
legitimate criticism."
Of course the only legitimate criticism of his majesty is that he's been working so hard but he hasn't told us enough stories. Does he still give himself a solid B+
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 13, 2012 09:25 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: Fox 2! at July 13, 2012 09:25 AM (RJOgX)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at July 13, 2012 09:25 AM (4df7R)
And here we were worried that you had been replaced by the pod people.
Posted by: fluffy at July 13, 2012 09:26 AM (z9HTb)
*SPIT*
Posted by: KayInMaine at July 13, 2012 09:27 AM (/Aauo)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at July 13, 2012 09:27 AM (4df7R)
job was just about getting the policy right. And that's important. But
the nature of this office is also to tell a story to the American people
that gives them a sense of unity and purpose and optimism, especially
during tough times."
As Rush would say, it's all about symbolism over substance with the left.
Posted by: Soap MacTavish at July 13, 2012 09:28 AM (vbh31)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at July 13, 2012 09:28 AM (4df7R)
That's gotta be a sock.
Are you KayInMaine? Or are you KayInMaine?
Just in case....can anyone here spare some lithium?
Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 13, 2012 09:29 AM (sbV1u)
K Insane isn't usually that forward. Has she ever mentioned her desire to make the cattle cars run on time explicitly?
Posted by: fluffy at July 13, 2012 09:30 AM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 13, 2012 09:29 AM (sbV1u)
If we were on lithium you think we'd be here?
Posted by: Tami at July 13, 2012 09:30 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: fluffy at July 13, 2012 09:31 AM (z9HTb)
Posted by: DrSmith at July 13, 2012 09:22 AM (nRxw3)
The poll with 26% Repub sampling?
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 13, 2012 09:31 AM (UZQM8)
Come for the lithium, stay for the Valu-Rite.
Yeah. We'd be here.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 13, 2012 09:31 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: Soap MacTavish at July 13, 2012 09:32 AM (vbh31)
Don't confuse him with facts that completely and utterly demolish his argument.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 13, 2012 09:33 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at July 13, 2012 09:24 AM (4df7R)
I can't believe West Virginia is really in play. I mean I know they are rather inbred down there, but still
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 13, 2012 09:34 AM (05RcU)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 13, 2012 09:34 AM (05RcU)
Oh and not that there is anything wrong with that
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 13, 2012 09:35 AM (05RcU)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 13, 2012 09:34 AM (05RcU)
Isn't that coal country? How are they not in open revolt at this point?
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 13, 2012 09:35 AM (UZQM8)
Yes and 43% demo 31% indy Posted by: Velvet Ambition at July 13, 2012 09:36 AM (mFxQX)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at July 13, 2012 09:37 AM (RFeQD)
Blind Democrat devotion runs deep and for generations prior in the Mountaineer State.
Posted by: Soap MacTavish at July 13, 2012 09:38 AM (vbh31)
On Medicare Part D too!
Thank you George Bush!
Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 13, 2012 09:38 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 13, 2012 09:35 AM (UZQM
you would think so?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 13, 2012 09:39 AM (05RcU)
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at July 13, 2012 09:40 AM (mFxQX)
You've already shown, on multiple occasions, you're an intellectual midget when it comes to statistics.
Math is hard.
Posted by: Dr Barbie at July 13, 2012 09:42 AM (evdj2)
Sadly, his team hasn't done a good job framing everything for context.
No other President had to deal with the aftermath of the financial
collapse of the Euro, the Tsunami/earthquake in Japan, the failure of
greedy banks and Wall Street or other acts of God that are beyond
President Obama's control! No other president has faced any crisis of
greater magnitude than President Obama!
Posted by: runningrn at July 12, 2012 07:07 PM (WGmy2)
You forgot to mention that no other president was married to a big furry beast who gets to travel the worlds on our dime.
Posted by: Killerdog at July 13, 2012 09:44 AM (CZrbJ)
had to go out of state to avoid marrying a cousin, unfortunately he
married a gal from Kentucky
Was he pulling your leg?
Posted by: fluffy at July 13, 2012 09:44 AM (z9HTb)
West Virginia may be coal country, but it is also union country. Most of those coal miners are members in the UMW, United Mine Workers.
They have to see the disconnect between union voting instructions (Democrat)and how this sort of thing is affecting their lives (global warming hocus-pocus), but coal mining is not too glamorous and frankly most coal-miners don't want to be doing it and don't really care about passing it on to their kids.
It's easy to mock West Virginia, but it's full of basically nice, hard-working people, who are poorer (on the whole) than most of the rest of the country because West Virginia is a poor state. A pretty place, but a poor state. And the poverty of the state is linked to the dominance of Democrat politics (indirectly) that have dominated the state for a long time. Stockholm symdrome or something like that. They are abused and seem to like it.
I see it in people that are from "Appalachian" parts of Ohio. Loyalty to each other, loyalty to the people who are always promising to make things better and stand up to "The Man", and constantly screwing them over. It's always the "big boys" in Washington, or Wall Street , or somewhere else that are screwing them over. The cognitive dissonance is head-banging weird most days.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at July 13, 2012 09:46 AM (RFeQD)
had to go out of state to avoid marrying a cousin
I have a few second and third cousins I'd hit?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 13, 2012 09:47 AM (05RcU)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 13, 2012 09:29 AM (sbV1u)
----------->>>
Nope, that's real Kay Insane that dropped in to spray us with her spittle while she fantsizes about helping Bill "Airs" [sic]murder 40 million Americans that don't agree withtheir political philosophy. I wonder ifher neighbors know she is a homicidal bitch?
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop in solidarity with dagny at July 13, 2012 09:58 AM (M0NzJ)
Posted by: fluffy at July 13, 2012 09:30 AM (z9HTb)
-------------->>>
I don't remember her ever being quite that ... explicit in her desire to kill the opponents of her collectivist utopia. I think this is an indicator of her desperation, because she is concerned that her God-Kind is going down like a Kenyan prince on a tasty morsel of dog.
I think Ace or a cob-logger needs to smite her with the ban-hammer for this.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop in solidarity with dagny at July 13, 2012 10:05 AM (M0NzJ)
*SPIT*
Posted by: KayInMaine at July 13, 2012 09:27 AM (/Aauo)
I'm sure this is a BS post. Maybe KayinMaine's son is home from college. There are liberals that believe this. There are conservatives that pray for the day they try.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 13, 2012 10:49 AM (9TTOe)
"Dude, you flunked every class you took."
"Oh. Never mind."
Posted by: Michael at July 13, 2012 11:17 AM (Hl5ka)
Processing 0.06, elapsed 0.224 seconds.
15 queries taking 0.1747 seconds, 467 records returned.
Page size 211 kb.
Powered by Minx 0.7 alpha.
Dale's ECB
Election Projection
Federal Review
Real Clear Politics
Rasmussen Reports
Gallup
Zogby
FoxNews Polls
Sabato/Crystal Ball
Paul Anka Haiku Contest Announcement
Integrity SAT's: Entrance Exam for Paul Anka's Band
AllahPundit's Paul Anka 45's Collection
AnkaPundit: Paul Anka Takes Over the Site for a Weekend (Continues through to Monday's postings)
George Bush Slices Don Rumsfeld Like an F*ckin' Hammer
Democratic Forays into Erotica
New Shows On Gore's DNC/MTV Network
Nicknames for Potatoes, By People Who Really Hate Potatoes
Star Wars Euphemisms for Self-Abuse
Signs You're at an Iraqi "Wedding Party"
Signs Your Clown Has Gone Bad
Signs That You, Geroge Michael, Should Probably Just Give It Up
Signs of Hip-Hop Influence on John Kerry
NYT Headlines Spinning Bush's Jobs Boom
Things People Are More Likely to Say Than "Did You Hear What Al Franken Said Yesterday?"
Signs that Paul Krugman Has Lost His Frickin' Mind
All-Time Best NBA Players, According to Senator Robert Byrd
Other Bad Things About the Jews, According to the Koran
Signs That David Letterman Just Doesn't Care Anymore
Examples of Bob Kerrey's Insufferable Racial Jackassery
Signs Andy Rooney Is Going Senile
Other Judgments Dick Clarke Made About Condi Rice Based on Her Appearance
Collective Names for Groups of People
John Kerry's Other Vietnam Super-Pets
Cool Things About the XM8 Assault Rifle
Media-Approved Facts About the Democrat Spy
Changes to Make Christianity More "Inclusive"
Secret John Kerry Senatorial Accomplishments
John Edwards Campaign Excuses
John Kerry Pick-Up Lines
Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney
Torments in Dog-Hell
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)