December 22, 2010

Obama As The Comeback Kid
— DrewM

Charles Krauthammer wrote about this last week and that was before DADT was repealed and START was ratified.

Now that the lame duck has wrapped up, Obama Comeback Fever has gone to 11!

Greg Sargent of the Washinton Post is practically giddy over it all.

So this afternoon, the Senate voted to ratify New START after months of partisan wrangling and passed the bill giving health benefits to 9/11 heroes after, well, years of partisan wrangling. This, on the same day that Obama signed the repeal of don't ask don't tell, a civil rights milestone. All in all, a pretty productive day.

It's obvious enough that Obama's rebound was remarkable, in that he has defied expectations of gridlock to rack up a fusillade of major accomplishments that have placed him in a stronger position than many expected. But there's more: It turns out he will also emerge from the session with far more kudos from the public than Republicans have earned.

To Democratsliberals I say, enjoy it while you can.

To Republicans/conservatives on't buy the hype.

Yes, a lot got done partially because of the RINO sellouts Ace talked about earlier but mostly because the House was still controlled by the Democrats. The legislation that passed looked very different if Boehner was the Speaker instead of Pelosi.

Obama is getting a lot of credit now for being "bipartisan" and "getting things done" but he only had to deal with a handful of Republican Senators. It was easier to cut deals with a handful of mushy Senators, some of whom aren't coming back (by Robert Bennett, Judd Gregg and Kit Bond).

From the tax deal to a medium term Continuing Resolution, the lame duck was about playing defense for Republicans. You wouldn't have known it judging by the press coverage but Harry Ried is and will be the Majority Leader, not Mitch McConnell. John Boehner hasn't broken down in tears while grabbing the gavel from Nancy Pelosi's hands just yet.

Majorities matter.

Everything changes in two weeks. The House alone won't be enough to undo all the damage the Democrats and some fellow traveling Republicans have done in the last two years but it will be a start. The terms of the debate will change and Obama will be forced into taking and defending unpopular and liberal positions again.

Posted by: DrewM at 04:48 PM | Comments (105)
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1 i blame krauthammer for it...he wouldnt shut the fuck up.

Posted by: str8 outta at December 22, 2010 04:49 PM (dwOwg)

2 I blame krauthammer for it. he wouldnt shut the fuck up.

Posted by: str8 outta at December 22, 2010 04:51 PM (dwOwg)

3 wow, a double.....my bad.

Posted by: str8 outta at December 22, 2010 04:51 PM (dwOwg)

4 Libtards are fantastic at claiming victories they haven't won.

Posted by: steevy at December 22, 2010 04:52 PM (ROcaa)

5 So this jackoff thinks legislation including treaties rammed through in lame duck sessions by the losing side is a good thing?

When's the fucking shooting war start.

Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at December 22, 2010 04:53 PM (eCAn3)

6 Oh wait! They don't have 67 votes in the Senate.

Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at December 22, 2010 08:52 PM (wOtDN)

Why the hell would they need 67 votes?

Posted by: Oldcat at December 22, 2010 04:54 PM (z1N6a)

7 Good pep talk, DrewM. 

This is in your honor. 

Posted by: Y-not at December 22, 2010 04:54 PM (IDL9N)

8 I blame krauthammer for it. he wouldnt shut the fuck up.

Posted by: str8 outta at December 22, 2010 08:51 PM (dwOwg)

Hey, the guy's a shrink.  Maybe he has some nefarious mind-fuck in store for the libs.  Last time I watched the Wizard of Oz, I swear I saw Dr. K behind the curtain.

Posted by: Ombudsman at December 22, 2010 04:55 PM (c1oyg)

9

Comeback my ass.

It's actually perfect timing with the holidays.

People will be stuck in shit traffic with even shittier weather only to see 'American Recovery & Reinvestment Acts' clusterfuck signs everywhere.

People are still asking what's most important -- where in the hell are the jobs??

Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 22, 2010 04:57 PM (HKj3n)

10

I wrote something similar in the other thread. The lame duck didnt hinder the Democrats after the election, it emboldened them. They dont have to  worry about electoral consequences. Red state Democrats will fall in line.

Also, there are some bitter Republicans who feel spurned by conservatives making the moderate block larger and more defiant. Murkowski has become the liberal Republican in the caucus. Bennett is busy giving the Tea Party the bird and I dont think Voinovich is happy about the fate of his friends.

Posted by: swamp_yankee at December 22, 2010 04:57 PM (3DIBw)

Posted by: Y-not at December 22, 2010 04:58 PM (IDL9N)

12 If DADT repeal is "a civil rights milestone," then there aren't any more milestones to be had.

Posted by: Rajiv Vindaloo at December 22, 2010 04:59 PM (BZ2Bm)

13 "So this afternoon, the Senate voted to ratify New START after months of partisan wrangling and passed the bill giving health benefits to 9/11 heroes after, well, years of partisan wrangling. This, on the same day that Obama signed the repeal of don't ask don't tell, a civil rights milestone. All in all, a pretty productive day." A drunk who has thrown rocks through all your windows, shit in your flower beds, anally violated your dog and passed out on your front lawn has been busy in the same manner, but I would hardly call it "productive".

Posted by: Nighthawk at December 22, 2010 04:59 PM (wai1i)

14 Paul Beagla,  "The Forehead", wasn't impressed by the flurry of activity done during the lame-duck session and neither will anybody else, save for the hard-core faithful.  We are going to still experience anemic economic growth (if any) for the next 2 years at least.

The cry for 2012 will be, "It's the economy (jobs!) stupid!" 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 22, 2010 05:01 PM (c0A3e)

15

Poll an unemployed person his thoughts on START or DADT.

They'll probably look confused as to the first question and they'll just shrug to the second.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 22, 2010 05:01 PM (HKj3n)

16 We haven't seen the full dimensions of Osama Obama's "victory" yet. How long will it take the Russkies to pull a stunt that proves "START II" should have been printed on toilet paper? How long before the Epic Repeal of DADT leads to response-damaging problems in the military? How long before businesses close thanks to his environmental policies?

And there's always the border....

The Traitor-in-Chief has been damn lucky so far. His minions in the MSM have been able to lie for him for two years. But he strikes me as a human who doesn't learn from reality. He's only one arrogant Executive Order away from disaster.

But his Big Win in the past few days did give Pissy Chrissy Matthews his semi-annual erection, I'm sure.

Posted by: MrScribbler© at December 22, 2010 05:02 PM (Ulu3i)

17 So Jake Tapper goes full-blown Chris Matthews and congratulates Obama on DADT.  Then he goes Helen Thomas and argues that DADT means gay marriage should be legal.  If journalist ethics were an animal they'd be on the endangered species list.

Posted by: CrustyB at December 22, 2010 05:04 PM (qzgbP)

18 But, but, but oblowhard is going to focus like a frigging laser on jobs for the next 2 years. He said so. I must be true. (lying bastard)

Posted by: Ronster at December 22, 2010 05:05 PM (9q4PA)

19 Here's a milestone: We are a Socialist country now.

The GOP will do nothing to reverse it, nothing.

Posted by: Cherry π at December 22, 2010 05:05 PM (+sBB4)

20

They'll probably look confused as to the first question and they'll just shrug to the second.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 22, 2010 09:01 PM

Being unemployed myself -- and Osama Obama gets a little of the credit for that -- I'll say I'm somewhat "meh" on DADT, mainly because it was senseless. IMO, having gays serve in the military is not in and of itself bad, but any push to liberalize the UCMJ or the way the military does what it does (and that will happen, thanks to the fucking libs) is dangerous and destructive.

START? The Mohammedan Mouthpiece and every member of Congress who let this piece of shit go through should be indicted for treason.

Posted by: MrScribbler© at December 22, 2010 05:07 PM (Ulu3i)

21 The "Comeback Kid" meme is beyond laughable. It's Christmas. Nobody's outside the beltway and the MFM is even paying attention, and won't be until after New Year's Day ... just in time to see the GOP take over the House at the same moment all the latest new laws, regulations and taxes (state and local) start kicking in all over the nation. Oh, and gas prices are up 20 cents in the last week, and more news stories are coming out about people losing medical coverage in 2011 due to Obamacare regulations. If the MFM is dumb enough to play this angle, Obama better bathe in it while he can, because it'll only last ten days.

Posted by: Rajiv Vindaloo at December 22, 2010 05:08 PM (BZ2Bm)

22 I'm sure they had a round of celebratory Vodka shots in the Kremlin today.

Posted by: steevy at December 22, 2010 05:09 PM (ROcaa)

23 @19
Seek help.  Really.

Posted by: pep at December 22, 2010 05:09 PM (8lSIO)

24 I hope oblowhard never comes back from Hawaii. Maybe a shark will feast on him.

Posted by: Ronster at December 22, 2010 05:12 PM (9q4PA)

25 Majorities matter.

Starting with the 80% of the country that self-identifies as conservative or moderate, while Barry governs as a liberal.  We stopped the worst of the lame-duck agenda, and are poised to move things in our direction.  It won't happen overnight, but the ship of state is turning.  Be of good cheer. 

Posted by: pep at December 22, 2010 05:14 PM (8lSIO)

26 So Jake Tapper goes full-blown Chris Matthews and congratulates Obama on DADT.  Then he goes Helen Thomas and argues that DADT means gay marriage should be legal.  Jake Tapper got his start writing for Salon. And pretty much everything he wrote there was exactly what Salon wanted: deeply, deeply leftist. Go look at it sometime and be repulsed. He's never been anything but a doctrinaire liberal, and that's exactly why ABC was comfortable hiring him and giving him one of the most important jobs in TV news with almost no on-air preparation whatsoever. When's the last time ABC even hired someone from, say, National Review? Much less handed them such a prestigious position immediately after walking in the front door?

Posted by: Rajiv Vindaloo at December 22, 2010 05:14 PM (BZ2Bm)

27 I have to wonder if these congress critters have some secret overtime hourly pay in their self granted compensations. Nothing but lies and obfuscations for 6 years, and then two sharpened number 2 pencils and at their desks when the gavel drops right before the end?

Posted by: KZnextzone at December 22, 2010 05:15 PM (KV50p)

28 What are you, Kraut's cousin or something?

Yep.  I'm from the Swedish Krauthammers. 

Posted by: pep at December 22, 2010 05:16 PM (8lSIO)

29

We can never let up, ever.  This is the lesson. 

Posted by: journolist at December 22, 2010 05:17 PM (LwLqV)

30 We got a preview of the next 2 years when Obama took credit for the tax rate extension. The House Republicans will have some success with their fiscal agenda, the economy will recover, even a little, and Obama will take credit for that too, the same way Clinton took credit for the balanced budget during his term.

Get used to it. It's what we all wanted, remember?

Posted by: navybrat at December 22, 2010 05:17 PM (zBUlJ)

31 35 I'm sure they'll find something for David Frum or Chris Buckley real soon.....

Posted by: steevy at December 22, 2010 05:17 PM (ROcaa)

32 Yep.  I'm from the Swedish Krauthammers. 

Posted by: pep at December 22, 2010 09:16 PM (8lSIO)

Krauts a scandi? that explains alot

Posted by: robtr at December 22, 2010 05:18 PM (hVDig)

33

After the glorious tax deal, a lib friend of mine was in hysterics, claiming he wouldn't vote for Obama again. I told him, "Another quaalude, you love him again." He'd be back in the fold in a week.

Sure enough, today he was singing to his photo of Obama, "Baby, come back, you can blame it all on me. I was wrong, and I just can't live without you."

 

Posted by: Jingo at December 22, 2010 05:18 PM (JlBmQ)

34 They can't anyway. Not without enough actual votes (not Republicans, since at least 5 to 15 will always side with Obama) to override a veto.

Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at December 22, 2010 09:09 PM (wOtDN)


The GOP will do nothing in 2012/13 either.  They are like the girlfriend that led you on in high school.  Socialism is here to stay, comrade.

Posted by: Cherry π at December 22, 2010 05:19 PM (+sBB4)

35 The last two weeks should definitively silence those bemoaning the loss of Mike Castle. START and DADT repeal would not have happened without the anti-conservative collaboration of a Sacred Band of RINOs just like him.

Posted by: CoolCzech at December 22, 2010 05:20 PM (tJjm/)

36 Yep.  I'm from the Swedish Krauthammers. 

Posted by: pep at December 22, 2010 09:16 PM (8lSIO)


FUCKIN SKANDI

Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at December 22, 2010 05:20 PM (eCAn3)

Posted by: elliot m at December 22, 2010 05:20 PM (pDWjd)

38

I say let him believe his own press coverage. Let him have the holiday off. He'll come back after the New Year and be every bit the loser he's been over the past two years -- maybe even more.

He is a Fuck Up. His mother was dirty hippy dippy fuck-up and his dad was degenerate commie fuck-up. It's in his DNA. He doesn't know how to be anything but a fuck-up.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 22, 2010 05:20 PM (HKj3n)

39 I'm not usually a fan of partisan politics for partisanship's sake, but fer chrissake, why did we have to hand Obama and the Democrats a win on START? In this instance, it would not have hurt one iota to wait until the Republicans controlled the House and ratify it (in the Senate) then.  As it is, it looks like a Democrat win. And just how much scrutiny did this deal get, anyway? When it comes to bargaining on national security, no amount is too much.  All I know is that the Russians were strongly in favor - which is a good sign that it is a bad deal for us. The Russians
 just finished a major modernization of their nuclear forces, and ours are 35 years old and haven't been tested outside of a computer simulation (uh, climate change, anyone?) for almost as long. The whole thing smells to me, and another thing I know for sure is that liberals don't give a damn about national security if they can trade it for a few votes short term. Correction, they don't care about it at all.


Posted by: West at December 22, 2010 05:22 PM (lgK3r)

40 When does the new Congress start? Yesterday?

Posted by: Diondrum at December 22, 2010 05:22 PM (Eqa5p)

41 "but a fuck-up"

Those 2 words shouldn't be in the same sentence, unless you have been to every gym in America.

Posted by: Cherry π at December 22, 2010 05:22 PM (+sBB4)

42 47 "Yesss,let the hate flow.Embrace the Dark Side!!"

Posted by: Emperor Palpatine at December 22, 2010 05:23 PM (ROcaa)

43 I can see a situation in which Obama does not veto a repeal. He will do as he did with the tax extentions, and act as if it is a win for him. Then when Congress repeals Obamacare we will be reading articles about the Comeback Kid again.
Anyway, that is how Steven Spielberg will spin things.

Posted by: elliot m at December 22, 2010 05:23 PM (pDWjd)

Posted by: stuiec at December 22, 2010 05:24 PM (EjyHt)

45 I used to respect Krauthammer but his man crush on Obama has been evident fot a long time. the comback kid meme is extreme wishful thinking. he is going nowhere but down in the coming two years.

Posted by: exceller at December 22, 2010 05:24 PM (Z7Znk)

46 Honestly I don't think a damn person is buying into the "comeback kid" crap for Obama. No one alive. Its an emperor's new clothes thing, they all are agreeing to agree on it, but they know its not true.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at December 22, 2010 05:24 PM (61b7k)

47 YEesh, libtards are such cheap dates. They don't know what's coming to them when Pelotwat disappears. They got the low-hanging fruit: a treaty that was negotiated by Republican presidents, and reversed Clinton's DADT. At this rate of capitulations that look like "victories", I'm gonna put the death of Obamacare sometime around April.

Posted by: Apologetic California at December 22, 2010 05:24 PM (8VZ5l)

48 Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 22, 2010 09:20 PM

No question at all.

But he's a fuck-up who has been coddled, advanced and protected by people who are much smarter -- and therefore much more dangerous -- than he is.

The snake of American Totalitarianism still needs to have its head cut off, and Osama Obama is the head.

Yes, I mean "cut off" only as in "cut off from power and authority."

Posted by: MrScribbler© at December 22, 2010 05:24 PM (Ulu3i)

49 I would nominate this post for the annual WIMPY awards for GOP bloggers, but Lowery beats DrewM in the Most Apologetic category. Even Drew knew better than to proclaim, as Lowery did, that the Senate's Eunuchs had put up a good fight and had fired a shot across the Socialists bow. On the other hand, even Lowery knew better than to blame the START flop on Pelosi's control of the House. Hello, mcDrew?!?

Posted by: Bawny Fwank at December 22, 2010 05:25 PM (6KMA1)

50 Yeah,our nukes might not even work even if we used them.Who thinks Obama would authorize their use....for ANY reason??

Posted by: steevy at December 22, 2010 05:27 PM (ROcaa)

51 @48: It's all about RINOs anxious to help enact a liberal agenda before the conservatives come next month. THAT's what drove this coup-like lame duck session.

Posted by: CoolCzech at December 22, 2010 05:27 PM (tJjm/)

52 For the 3,000th time in my life, I am ashamed of my congress.

Posted by: Cherry π at December 22, 2010 05:28 PM (+sBB4)

53 49 When does the new Congress start? Yesterday?

No, January 3rd, 2011.

Which is why the fiends got most of their garbage bills through - the Calvary hasn't arrived yet. 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 22, 2010 05:28 PM (c0A3e)

54

Somebody put me some knowledge here.  So yesterday, I hear Cavute's sub interview the 'Stache.  They talked about how Ebola is leading us into international law, where we have to answer to some third-world dictator, but would have no recourse.

Then I see the repeat of The Constitution Show on Beck with Judge Nappy and Glenn reminding viewers that "We the People" have the power to overturn a tyrannical govt whenever we wish.

So my question is, during the next two years, if Zero gets a deadlocked SCOTUS and allows for international law to influence whatever he's trying to cram down our throats, will it really be hard to get out from whatever is signed on our behalf, OR, since our Founding Documents give us an "out" clause, can we just say, Eff you.  We're Americans.  We're not honoring the agreement made by a guy who dishonored his oath to the Constitution?

Posted by: RushBabe at December 22, 2010 05:29 PM (qxsyW)

55

been coddled, advanced and protected by people who are much smarter

Of course.

And it goes to why none of this 'comeback' nonsense even matters.

Most of his appeal was the fact that he was oh-so-very-smart. Law review don't you know. College professor adjunct to boot! just Grade A smarts. and his speeches, oh my goodness, the eloquence!

Bloom's been off that rose for quite some time and there's no way to get that magic back.

He'll never be anything but an unmitigated failure.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 22, 2010 05:29 PM (HKj3n)

56 I can't wait for the ONT to tell my tale of traveling home on the trolley tonight.

Posted by: mpfs at December 22, 2010 05:30 PM (3TjSM)

57 59 Yeah,our nukes might not even work even if we used them.Who thinks Obama would authorize their use....for ANY reason??

He wont.  Recall the story from earlier this year where we might not even use nukes to retaliate in the event of a chem/bio attack? 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 22, 2010 05:30 PM (c0A3e)

58 44 The last two weeks should definitively silence those bemoaning the loss of Mike Castle. START and DADT repeal would not have happened without the anti-conservative collaboration of a Sacred Band of RINOs just like him.

Posted by: CoolCzech at December 22, 2010 09:20 PM (tJjm/)

< That is absolutely right. Politics has forever changed with the left's power base of progressives in media and liberal think tanks and now in every branch of government - unified to advance an ideology at the cost of good-faith and fair dealing, the will of the people and the constitution.  

An unwavering commitment to principles must be pursued.

Posted by: journolist at December 22, 2010 05:31 PM (LwLqV)

59 Jan 3rd, 2011, Boehner will say, "Roll Tide", and all will be well.

Posted by: Cherry π at December 22, 2010 05:31 PM (+sBB4)

60 I just want to see the GOP House refuse to fund the FCC after this new internet power grab.  Then I'll know we're for real - not until.

Posted by: Roger at December 22, 2010 05:32 PM (tAwhy)

61 Screw him.  We are NOT a Progressive nation.
Barack Obama hails 'season of progress'"If there's any lesson to draw from these past few weeks, it's that we are not doomed to endless gridlock," Mr Obama said. "We've shown in the wake of the November elections that we have the capacity not only to make progress but to make progress together."

Posted by: momma at December 22, 2010 05:33 PM (penCf)

62 Jan 3rd, 2011, Boehner will say, "Roll Tide" This round's on'a me!!!! *hiccup*, and all will be well.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 22, 2010 05:33 PM (HKj3n)

63 Politics has forever changed with the left's power base of progressives in media and liberal think tanks and now in every branch of government - unified to advance an ideology at the cost of good-faith and fair dealing, the will of the people and the constitution.  

An unwavering commitment to principles must be pursued.

Posted by: journolist at December 22, 2010 09:31 PM (LwLqV)


Not to mention that more radicals than ever are in every nook and cranny of the federal government and the military, plus they know lots of "top secret" info.  They will sabotage the next GOP admin.  WikiLeaks is a primer.

Posted by: Cherry π at December 22, 2010 05:34 PM (+sBB4)

64 We're not honoring the agreement made by a guy who dishonored his oath to the Constitution?

Posted by: RushBabe at December 22, 2010 09:29 PM (qxsyW)

I am not sure what you are referring to but we are governed by our constitution. Until it is amended it's the law of the land. For Obama to agree to some overriding document would be unconstitutional.

Regarding the supreme court though, they can do whatever they want it seems. Once they rule the only place to go is the street if Americans aren't happy with it.

Posted by: robtr at December 22, 2010 05:34 PM (hVDig)

65 I think it's awesome that Obama's approval rating is up eleventy-billion percent!

Posted by: Socialist Media-Whores at December 22, 2010 05:35 PM (THQxs)

66 69 I just want to see the GOP House refuse to fund the FCC after this new internet power grab.  Then I'll know we're for real - not until.

I was thinking the same thing myself.  Where is the downside for the GOP?   I doubt there is a large coterie of citizens out there who really want the government in charge of the internet.  What politician will want to defend that?  I wouldn't be surprised to see it happen.

Posted by: pep at December 22, 2010 05:35 PM (8lSIO)

67 This is still the uber-liberal 111th Congress. Unfortunately, RINOs did what RINOs do.  Let's look to January to celebrate rollback and gridlock.

Posted by: getreal at December 22, 2010 05:36 PM (+6REq)

68 If we were going to lose on something big, I'm glad that it was DADT and not something else.

Posted by: gm at December 22, 2010 05:37 PM (ABUrf)

69 44 The last two weeks should definitively silence those bemoaning the loss of Mike Castle. START and DADT repeal would not have happened without the anti-conservative collaboration of a Sacred Band of RINOs just like him.

Posted by: CoolCzech at December 22, 2010 09:(tJjm/)

What about the Bush tax cuts, omnibus spending bill and DREAM Act, I'll take 60% from a Republican in a solid blue state like Massachusetts or Delaware over 0% from a radical leftist like Martha Coakley.

Posted by: swamp_yankee at December 22, 2010 05:37 PM (3DIBw)

70 Any of the assholes in the media discussing why the "Party of No" who only wanted to obstruct and see Obama fail suddenly isn't the "Party of No" anymore, for absolutely no apparent reason? No?

And down the memory hole it goes.......

Posted by: The Mega Independent at December 22, 2010 05:38 PM (5I0Yr)

71 I hear that Chuck Johnson changed one of his minds again. Why don't one or three dozen of you run along and chat on his blog.

Posted by: Diondrum at December 22, 2010 05:39 PM (Eqa5p)

72

"Everything changes in two weeks. The House alone won't be enough to undo all the damage the Democrats and some fellow traveling Republicans have done in the last two years but it will be a start. The terms of the debate will change and Obama will be forced into taking and defending unpopular and liberal positions again."

I want some of what you're smokin'. 

What, precisely, gives you the indication that "everything" is going to change?

The media was all-in on Barky in '08 and they're still all-in.  Plenty of so-called Republicans and conservatives and the ever-elusive "moderates" are dying to vote for this guy again.

As Journolist (The Moron) said up thread, never ever let up on any of these assholes.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at December 22, 2010 05:40 PM (fLHQe)

73 I told him, "Another quaalude, you love him again."

Her womb is so polluted that she can't be punished with a baby...

Posted by: BarryO at December 22, 2010 05:41 PM (5I0Yr)

74 Posted by: gm at December 22, 2010 09:37 PM

You mean like the...ummm....I dunno...START Treaty?


Posted by: MrScribbler© at December 22, 2010 05:41 PM (Ulu3i)

75

I am not sure what you are referring to but we are governed by our constitution. Until it is amended it's the law of the land. For Obama to agree to some overriding document would be unconstitutional.

It's the "One World Governance" crap he's so dreamy about.   Have you noticed when Obama and Pelosi say they're quoting stuff from the Constitution, they're actually citing the Soviet Constitution, where " a house is a basic human right,"  A job is a basic human right," etc. ?

While it's not a Constitutional matter per se, notice how the Congress and the Courts told the FCC to back off the net neutrality.  They just ignored it.

Bam and Holder and their new ATF guy are jonesing for a UN agreement on personal firearms.  What's to say he doesn't go the dictator route on this too?  They just ignore what they don't like.

Posted by: RushBabe at December 22, 2010 05:42 PM (qxsyW)

76 But things are not going to be getting back to "normal".

Posted by: sickinmass at December 22, 2010 09:39 PM (1rflU)

Did you used to write for Jimmy Carter? I am going to go get my sweater.

Posted by: robtr at December 22, 2010 05:42 PM (hVDig)

77 But things are not going to be getting back to "normal".

I keep waiting for someone to convince me that America hasn't been Socialist since 2009.  You're not helping.

Posted by: Cherry π at December 22, 2010 05:42 PM (+sBB4)

78 Krauthammer is an idiot. He actually thinks two years of the Bush Tax cuts and 2% off the payroll tax will stimulate the economy.

Here's how stupid Krauthammer is: real people who actually work for a living have to spend on: gas for their cars; electricity bills and gas bills; groceries; clothing. That's the main part of their expenditures. Its going up and up and up due to Bernanke throwing money at everything and Chinese demand and decades of anti-production laws in the US.

Hence super-tight commodity prices (particularly energy) moving up (already) to $4 a gallon (out here in CA) and totally negating for average folks whatever minor fiscal stimulus was accomplished with a two year extension of the Bush Tax Cuts and the one year payroll tax reduction of ... 2%.

Krauthammer's a full retard. He can't grasp the fact that Average Joes don't have drivers and assistants and six figure incomes from Fox News.

Obama will live and die by the question "Are you better off now than you were four years ago?" The answer for most is no. Older guys laid off (past say, 40) will NEVER get rehired at the same wages/responsibility. Outsourcing/H1-Bs will continue with Joe Straight White Guy first fired and last hired. Unemployment will stutter along at 10% nominally (more like 20% real) as the US is hammered by high labor costs in services (done cheaper by a factor of 8 to 10 in China/India/SE Asia) and has limited manufacturing growth (about 9% of Jobs and GDP currently).

Look, Krauthammer and Voivonivich and the like are the enemy as surely as Chris Matthews and Obama are the enemy. They are part and parcel of a post-American, post National elite who have as their primary allegiance others in their class (like neo-feudal lords) and despise Nation and Tradition and everything else.

DADT? Yeah that's a disaster. Because most gays are like Bobby Trendy far more than John Basilone, and will be a flamboyant, drag queen disaster, as protected class folks untouchable. Like Muslim jihadis in the military? Wait till you get gays in there like in the Catholic Priesthood. There is only one reason a "fabulous" group like Gays would join the military and a desire for camoflauge and MRE isn't it.

Posted by: whiskey at December 22, 2010 05:42 PM (L03mw)

79 "But things are not going to be getting back to "normal"." I've heard all that before, 33 years ago.

Posted by: CoolCzech at December 22, 2010 05:43 PM (tJjm/)

80 Sure enough, today he was singing to his photo of Obama

Yikes! May I suggest new friends?

Posted by: Retread at December 22, 2010 05:43 PM (jgBjp)

81 Socialism Day - 2nd Anniversary Celebration 1/20/2011

Posted by: Cherry π at December 22, 2010 05:45 PM (+sBB4)

82 The MFM is just trying to create this meme - and not for the first time. It's because they lie about everything, natch.

Posted by: Merovign, Strong on His Mountain at December 22, 2010 05:53 PM (bxiXv)

83 24 Here's a milestone: We are a Socialist country now. The GOP will do nothing to reverse it, nothing. Sorry to say, thats how I see it. GOP is all on board. Most Americans too passive to do anything but go along.

Posted by: Mush McConnell at December 22, 2010 05:54 PM (6KMA1)

84

Considering we have 42 Senators and a super minority in the house, we did get wins on the ominbus spending bill, DREAM Act and a partial win on tax cuts.

The Dems could have passed DADT at any time, but decided to wait until after the elections to help Blue Dogs. That was not a big shocker.

The passage of START sucks, but guys like Johanns, Isakson, Alexander, Corker, Bennett, Lugar, Murkowski were just as reponsible for its passage as Republicans from blue states, where Obama and his policies remain popular. Purging the Mike Castles would not have stopped it.

So the Dems dont have to worry about elections and kicked it into hyper-drive. I dont think things are as bad as they could have been.

And things will change in two weeks.

Posted by: swamp_yankee at December 22, 2010 05:54 PM (3DIBw)

85 Truthfully, we dodged a huge bullet with the REAM Act. I'm basically where I've been since January 2009... "Oh they haven't killed the country yet? Great!"

Posted by: The Mega Independent at December 22, 2010 06:01 PM (5I0Yr)

86 But things are not going to be getting back to normal

Sing it, brother!

Posted by: Eeyore at December 22, 2010 06:03 PM (8lSIO)

87 @swamp_yankee How will things change? That "change" thing started 2 years ago. Gonna change it back? I doubt it.

Posted by: Diondrum at December 22, 2010 06:04 PM (Eqa5p)

88

Oh yeah, Thad Cochran voted for START too.

No matter, we dont blame Republicans from red states only Republicans from states where Democrats rule and Obama is very popular.

Posted by: swamp_yankee at December 22, 2010 06:05 PM (3DIBw)

89

Posted by: RushBabe at December 22, 2010 09:29 PM (qxsyW)

RushBabe - allow me to answer.

Man has been endowed by his creator certain inalienable rights. Freedom and the pursuit of liberty.  Liberty is thus acrosanct. The law of equity and later torts and our legal system is based on justice whose foundation is based on reason anchored in the ultimate of precepts - that man endeavors to be free and to pursue that which his benefactor endowed, liberty.

Liberty is something our founding fathers knew would be under constant threat.  The founding fathers rightfully knew, as Plato wrote, that man is a Political Animal whose nature is prone to corruption.  Our system is imperfect but our understandings are not.

The Declartion of Independence and the Constitution were not written in pretextural terms.  They were explicit and written in literal terms based on the noble gift of liberty.  

In sum, we are a free people, designed by our creator to pursue liberty and freedom as enunciated by our founding fathers.

 

Posted by: journolist at December 22, 2010 06:08 PM (LwLqV)

90

103.

Sorry elections have consequences. Deal with it. They had two years to do whateve they wanted. In two weeks, they cannot initiate anymore legislatoin. The stampede is over. We will also have the power of the purse and investigative powers. We can start squeezing them, drying up funds, and holding hearings.

The battle will lie in Senate appointments (gee I really wish we had a few more Republicans) and Obama's pending abuse of agency/regulatiy powers.

Posted by: swamp_yankee at December 22, 2010 06:10 PM (3DIBw)

91 The stampede is over. You're fucking delusional. Your squishes have not yet begun to fold n flop. Two more years of the same

Posted by: Mush McConnell at December 22, 2010 06:17 PM (6KMA1)

92 107 The stampede is over.

You're fucking delusional. Your squishes have not yet begun to fold n flop. Two more years of the same
  Other then engaging in hyperbole and acting hysterical, name one piece of the Obama legislative agenda that is going to pass the House.

Posted by: swamp_yankee at December 22, 2010 06:21 PM (3DIBw)

93

Kratos,

Calvary is where our Lord was crucified.

Cavalry might of saved Him if St. Peter had some.

Posted by: bigred at December 22, 2010 06:22 PM (cX9pO)

94 going forward the rino's will ne neutered ... they vote yes on liberal bills ... guess what ... there will be no more liberal bills out of the house and they'll be terrified to vote no ... de-fund this administration ...

Posted by: Jeff at December 22, 2010 06:29 PM (HSLMa)

95 What is this? the Eeyore thread?

Posted by: Older Guy at December 22, 2010 06:49 PM (yPwNF)

96 My, you have high expectations of this 112th congress. I don't. I think the Rs will posture for the grassroots but take no risks, instead fail to put the screws to Obama over anything for fear of incurring MSM wrath and losing their precious majority. Akin to the weak football team that improbably finds itself in a lead and does nothing thereafter but try to protect its lead. You know how that turns out. Yes, that's the way the R's roll.

Posted by: rrpjr at December 22, 2010 06:59 PM (M+fXw)

97 Obama has come closer with this START treaty, to fulfilling those promises he made in Iowa, three years ago, to that peace group. With DADT, 'net neutrality'
the EPA regulation, he aims at 'fundamental transformation, who understands this,
Huckabee, Romney, Daniels. (they think it's about the budget) it is, The Zadroga
bill was a violation of the agreement made with the original 9/11 claims, Feinberg
should remember he administered it, is he saying he was wrong, Why do you think the NRSC backed Murkowski and Castle and Grayson, they didn't want to upset
the applecart.

Posted by: justin cord at December 22, 2010 07:19 PM (c0+w5)

98 112 going forward the rino's will ne neutered ... they vote yes on liberal bills ... guess what ... there will be no more liberal bills out of the house and they'll be terrified to vote no ...

de-fund this administration ...

Posted by: Jeff at December 22, 2010 10:29 PM (HSLMa)


You bought into that Bagger shit too? Fucking chump.


Posted by: Jim Badass DeMint at December 22, 2010 07:21 PM (EL+OC)

99

Posted by: pep at December 22, 2010 09:14 PM (8lSIO)

34 30 @19
Seek help. Really.

Posted by: pep at December 22, 2010 09:09 PM (8lSIO)


Check the front of your underwear for cheetos dust. Really.

Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at December 22, 2010 09:14 PM (wOtDN)

Check the basement drain for leaking sewer gas really.

Posted by: Krazy Kat at December 22, 2010 07:51 PM (Vqtet)

100 Krauthammer is just doing what pundits do: tack into the political wind to try and stay relevant. Very few pundits avoid this tactic in a long career, it's why you have to withhold that last modicum of trust concerning any of them. (When they think the audience is going to sleep, they find a way to metaphorically shiv a few of them to stir up controversy. It's always carefully crafted to be plausible, too, whatever incitement they choose to profer.)

Krauthammer's genius is that he saw this coming and decided to jump out in front of the (predominantly white and liberal) media parade, with his baton of castigation and his whistle of reproach, so he gets the credit. Well played, sir.

Sadly, for his own "side" in this debacle, his maneuver represents an own goal. It makes him look good, but costs his own team points.

Posted by: K~Bob at December 22, 2010 07:56 PM (Lsd4q)

101 Comeback kid, huh? This isn't the soft bigotry of low expectations. It's the same old story; if you're consistently mediocre, you'll get noticed, praised and promoted the first (and perhaps only) time that you show competence. But if you're consistently competent, you'll be taken for grated and ignored. That's the American Way, folks. That's why at every level and in every profession, this country is being run by bumbling, incompetent twits. Fortunately for us, our country's enemies are even more incompetent than our county's leaders are. That's the only reason why our country wins wars.

Posted by: Brian at December 22, 2010 09:52 PM (sYrWB)

102

. This DC elite worked for Walter Mondale .He has rebranded himself as a supposed conservative to get worked in DC where eveyone is a Democrat.

Fox lets him play this pr game but fall for his scam.

Posted by: bert at December 22, 2010 10:18 PM (LJeqA)

Posted by: asics shoes at December 23, 2010 10:03 PM (Uw8og)

104

The same people (Obama, the Dems and the suck-up media) who thought passing health care was such a huge success are now congratulating themselves for all the lame duck "accomplishments." 

With the exception of extending the tax cuts - why exactly should unemployed Americans losing their homes and their life savings care about repealing DADT or ratification of START? 

Posted by: Suzy at December 23, 2010 10:37 PM (swULW)

105 nonsense meme of the day. They know it and so do the public and they know we voters know its BS.The media has been blowing him for 2+ years. they aren't about to stop now. Unfortunatly for them, the only suckers stupid enough to believe the happy horseshit they push are the liberals and lefty braindead. They lost all credibility long, long ago. People are openly laughing at this idiotic meme.

Posted by: Ex Dem at December 24, 2010 01:39 PM (2nR+j)

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