October 18, 2010

Obama: Dems Are Losing Because Voters Are Irrational, Cowardly
— Ace

Over the weekend, while fundraising in Sean Bielat's area...

President Barack Obama said Americans' "fear and frustration" is to blame for an intense midterm election cycle that threatens to derail the Democratic agenda.

"Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared,” Obama said Saturday evening in remarks at a small Democratic fundraiser Saturday evening. “And the country's scared.”

Obama told the several dozen donors that he was offering them his “view from the Oval Office.” He faulted the economic downturn for Americans’ inability to “think clearly” and said the burden is on Democrats “to break through the fear and the frustration people are feeling.”

“You can respond in a couple of ways to a trauma like this,” Obama said, referring to the economy. “One is to pull back, retrench and respond to your fears by pushing away challenges, looking backwards. Another is to say we can meet these challenges and we are going to move forward. And that’s what this election is about.”

Most Democrats believe this, or some variation of it; but 90% of office-holders do not say it. They do not give in to their angry id and impugn voters' judgments over the sin of deeming their failures to be actual failures.

Bill Clinton tended to avoid this almost always.

But Obama is different. He believes this deeply, and furthermore, he has such an ego that he feels he'd be demeaning himself to suppress his true beliefs.

He won't lower himself to your level -- it's that simple. Clinton would, Obama won't.

Posted by: Ace at 07:55 AM | Comments (136)
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1

From on high, Barry, savior of mankind and healer of the earth and the universe, condescends once again to his ignorant inferiors.

"Like me yet, insects?"

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at October 18, 2010 07:57 AM (RkRxq)

2 Being a liberal means never having to take responsibility for your failures.

Posted by: EC at October 18, 2010 07:58 AM (mAhn3)

3 WTF, people? Didn't your Marxist handlers ever get you into a freaking college?

Posted by: Barry O at October 18, 2010 07:58 AM (FcR7P)

4 I could've sworn I read about this on some smart military blog yesterday ...

Posted by: Waterhouse at October 18, 2010 08:00 AM (KF/Jh)

5
Fear?  Fear!

DO NOT FEAR THE WELFARE STATE. 

Posted by: Colbert & Huffington at October 18, 2010 08:00 AM (0fzsA)

6 No wonder this prick has no friends. What an insufferable asshole.

Posted by: nevergiveup at October 18, 2010 08:01 AM (0GFWk)

7 Another is to say we can meet these challenges and we are going to move forward. Umm, Barry? What do you think we're getting ready to do on Nov. 2? That's right, we're going to defiantly march into the voting booths and demand, "Mr. Obama, put down that umbrella!"

Posted by: t-bird at October 18, 2010 08:02 AM (FcR7P)

8 An Ivy League Liberal admitting they made a mistake? If you believe they are capable of that, then I have a bridge for sale in Brooklyn.

Posted by: Mike Hunt at October 18, 2010 08:03 AM (1PeEC)

Posted by: faithful serf at October 18, 2010 08:03 AM (0fzsA)

10

You people are such hillbilly bible-thumping racist morons.  I really need to get those "re-education centers" open.

Anyway...remember to vote Democrat!

Posted by: Barack Obama at October 18, 2010 08:03 AM (VmtE9)

11 He won't lower himself to your level -- it's that simple. Clinton would, Obama won't.

Clinton was a better liar. Obama for some reason just doesn't give a shit that you know he is lying. It may be that he knows the MFM will cover for him or he knows something else.

Or it could be that he doesn't care because he does not plan to run in 2012.

Posted by: Vic at October 18, 2010 08:04 AM (/jbAw)

12 Courage for the lion!  Brains for Biden! Stimulus for all, amen!!! Pay no attention...

Posted by: The Wizard of 0 at October 18, 2010 08:04 AM (kb0wl)

13 It's a proven scientific fact that Obama is ten kinds of awesomeness, bitches.

Posted by: The White House Press Office at October 18, 2010 08:04 AM (Jl3/t)

14 This is why I felt the Clinton 1994 comparisons to Obama 2010 fell apart...

Bill was a smarter operator than Obama because he knew how to split the difference and take credit for everything.  Obama's too arrogant to do that, meaning that he's going to fight Congress tooth and nail for the next two years and end up losing to a Republican challenger.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at October 18, 2010 08:05 AM (wDKwf)

15

Dear Leader,

We still have the vote.

Sincerely,

We, the People.

Posted by: USMC 8541 at October 18, 2010 08:05 AM (v3pYe)

16 I would have responded to this post more quickly but I couldn't find my crayons.  When do we get to eat paste again?

Posted by: Typical voter at October 18, 2010 08:05 AM (3ll0O)

17 Here's the question, are voters correct in being afraid of the direction in which Obama's policies are leading the country?  See, that's the part that goes whizzing right past him.

Posted by: alexthechick at October 18, 2010 08:05 AM (bQ5xy)

18 What a detestable shitbag.

Posted by: Clint Billman at October 18, 2010 08:05 AM (k4bdL)

19 Yes, I freely admit it. I am scared.

Scared for the future of this wonderful country. Scared that the man in the White House is so out of touch with America that he feels comfortable mocking the intelligence of its citizens. Scared that his policies, and that of his minions, will do irreparable damage to the most vibrant and resilient economy the world has ever known. Scared that my freedoms, which were fought for by great men before us, will be destroyed by the anti-democratic and pro-authoritarian tendencies of our current president.

So, yes; I am scared. What of it?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo ( NJConservative) at October 18, 2010 08:06 AM (LH6ir)

20 Awesome. Be more elitist, insulting, condescending BEFORE the election. The lack of critical strategic thinking skills among the Donkeys is unprecedented. We're going to be hearing how freakin stupid we commoners are for the next 2 years. Good. Any chance the rotting corpse of Peter Jennings can be brought back on election night? I think the nation is going to have another tantrum soon. Having little O' as a 2 year whining loser lame duck is going to give me a great deal of sadistic pleasure. Can hardly wait.

Posted by: cali grump at October 18, 2010 08:06 AM (hL0k8)

21 Don't forget - the modern libtard left, of which Obama counts himself as a proud member, thinks Bill Clinton was just another Republican.  So that's why Obama won't "stoop" to our level - that would be to surrender to the evil fascist empire!

Posted by: chemjeff at October 18, 2010 08:06 AM (RY/Dc)

22
That poor, poor chicken.

Posted by: Dang Straights at October 18, 2010 08:07 AM (fx8sm)

23 "...facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared..."

Scared?  The only ones scared are current Democrat officerholders.  Respectfully submitted, Mr. Obama seems to have a hard time distinguishing between scared and royally pissed.

He believes that his pet policies about taking over this country are supported by facts, science, and rationality.  Fine.  That would make him not only narcissistic, but also delusional.  His pet theories have led to ruin, destruction, and failure every time they've been tried.  What he's facing is massive repudiation at the hands of the rational public.

Trust me, Mr. Obama; I'm clear-headed, calm, and rational.  I'm going into the voting booth in a couple of weeks in cold blood, premeditatively, and with malice aforethought.

Posted by: Keith Arnold at October 18, 2010 08:09 AM (Jdtsu)

24 The amateur psychiatrists who were diagnosing Obama with narcissistic personality disorder back in 2008 were, wonder of wonders, onto something.  Obama's current pronouncements suggest he is on his way to becoming completely unglued, which is what happens when a narcissist is struck by even a glimpse of really.  If it weren't so dangerous for our country, it would be a great comedy road show.  His evocation of  "facts and science" is especially laugh-worthy, given his commitment to the climate change scam, and his belief that space exploration means exploring ways to flatter Muslims for their 11th century development of a melange of ancient Greek and Hindu discoveries.

Especially laugh-provoking is Obama's observation that the country is "scared."  He knows, and we know that only a complete imbecile wouldn't be scared with him at the helm.

Posted by: Minnie Rodent at October 18, 2010 08:09 AM (PZLW0)

25 is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared,

Really?  Who told you this, oh anointed one?  Did you learn this during one of your special conversations with God?

I've always found that my thinking got much clearer when there was some potential danger ahead of me. 

Posted by: wiserbud at October 18, 2010 08:10 AM (EW49d)

26 Did you read the end about how he manages under such criticism?

Barf.

What a self-centered prick.  I would have thought that Billy Jeff would have set the gold standard on that issue, but apparently not.

Posted by: Travis at October 18, 2010 08:10 AM (8MYJ5)

27 This is the Dem's awesome political strategy - tell the voters straight out how stupid and yellow they are for judging the Dem's programs on their merits rather than their intentions?

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at October 18, 2010 08:10 AM (9hSKh)

28 Right out of "The West Wing" ...

Abbey Bartlet
: Memory lapses, loss of cognitive function, failure to reason, failure to think clearly. And I can't tell you if it's going to happen. I don't know if it's going to get better, I don't know if it's going to get worse. But we had a deal. And that deal is how you justified keeping it a secret from the world. It's how you justified it to God... It's how you justified it to me.

Posted by: Jose Extranjero at October 18, 2010 08:10 AM (tE8FB)

29
...facts and science

Scientific Marxism, boys and girls.

Posted by: Dang Straights at October 18, 2010 08:10 AM (fx8sm)

30 "we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared"?! This no talent ass clown graduated law school? Firstly, the brain is more like software, dipshit. Nextly, "not to always think clearly" means what, 1 time in 10 we're programmed to not think clearly? If this human buttplug was a wee bit smarter, I'd think this is projection. But I'm pretty sure he's dumber than Jimmy Carter. Hell, dumber than Billy Carter, who's been dead quite some time now.

Posted by: cali grump at October 18, 2010 08:11 AM (hL0k8)

31 Indeed, Barry, indeed...how right you are. I am looking backwards, back to a time when the Presidency of the United States wasn't held by a narcissistic commie traitor prick like you. And a time when I wasn't scared that my country was headed towards some Marxist nightmare.

What a detestable little man-child.

Posted by: Clint Billman at October 18, 2010 08:11 AM (k4bdL)

32 He won't lower himself to your level -- it's that simple. Obama won't. Clinton would, cuz he might have gotten a broad out of it....

Posted by: Faye Kinnit at October 18, 2010 08:11 AM (l1oyw)

33 #28 - really - should be reality.  Sorry.

Posted by: Minnie Rodent at October 18, 2010 08:12 AM (PZLW0)

34 If y'all weren't so afraid and emotional, you'd understand what he was saying there.

Posted by: Silrette at October 18, 2010 08:12 AM (+ZT5h)

35 Gee Thanks Obama...  before you.. I didn't realize I was a racist, stupid redneck, bible and gun clinger... now I am scared and cant think clearly.  Thanks for diagnosing me for the last 2 years... appreciate it.

Posted by: Timbo at October 18, 2010 08:13 AM (ph9vn)

36 See, proles, the problem's with you.

Posted by: nickless at October 18, 2010 08:13 AM (MMC8r)

37 The American people acted stupidly.

Posted by: Barack Obama on Nov 3 at October 18, 2010 08:13 AM (7BU4a)

38 Buckle up, people.  If the repubs win big, you'll be seeing executive orders and judicial mandates up the yingyang.  The dem congress has been giving him the power since he was innaugerated.  Beware the snakes.   

Posted by: Name Withheld at October 18, 2010 08:13 AM (HsoiQ)

39

More "fuck you" benevolence from your master:

http://tinyurl.com/273la95

HA headlines

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at October 18, 2010 08:14 AM (RkRxq)

40 Or from the X-Files ...

Barbara Doggett: I didn't expect to. You know he doesn't think clearly about this. He can't. He thinks he failed Luke. In his mind, he can never do enough, never suffer enough, for what happened. I think if you can help him find the man who did this, maybe... he could move on.

Posted by: Jose Extranjero at October 18, 2010 08:14 AM (tE8FB)

41 Honey, I'm bringing my guns to this knife fight.

Posted by: Michelle, Queen of Electioneering at October 18, 2010 08:14 AM (GwPRU)

42 33
...facts and science

Scientific Marxism, boys and girls.

Posted by: Dang Straights at October 18, 2010 12:10 PM (fx8sm)


How fortunate we are to have the Cosmic Spock-Jesus in there to explain the ineffable scientific truths to we ignorant plebes. Yes, how blessed are we.

Posted by: Clint Billman at October 18, 2010 08:15 AM (k4bdL)

43
Just as long as the dems get their asses kicked,  I don't care so much about the "why" at this point.

Posted by: Dang at October 18, 2010 08:15 AM (TXKVh)

44 I suppose the most galling thing is the childish superiority complex of this manchild- it's could never be Obama's fault. You're the idiot- idiot face. This is a bad enough trait if he was running a self-serve laundromat, much less the biggest job in the world.

Posted by: jjshaka at October 18, 2010 08:15 AM (G+Mg1)

45 Most Democrats believe this but won't say it. In other words, most Dems are neo-marxists. Standing in the way of "facts" and "science" , i.e.. the coming of paradise is False Consciousness which exists as a result of capitalism and human "hard-wiring"--Marx+psycho-babble=neo-Marxist. Without the teleprompter Obama can't help but speak like this, he was hard-wired from infancy to think and, when he lets his guard down, speak like this. Remarkable.

Posted by: abec at October 18, 2010 08:15 AM (O07mY)

46

He faulted the economic downturn for Americans’ inability to “think clearly”......

Barry doesn't understand that he is in the mess that he is right now precisely BECAUSE Americans are able to "think clearly".  Because of his inability to understand this basic concept, the next two years are going to be very interesting, indeed.

On the upside, we'll be getting lots and lots of change - the Democrats/Socialists should be effectively neutered for a very long time to come.....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at October 18, 2010 08:16 AM (lxuuX)

47 Kucinich only ahead by 4!

this is Wicket worthy

Posted by: Jose at October 18, 2010 08:16 AM (mnYZc)

48 Being a liberal means never having to take responsibility for your failures.

Posted by: EC at October 18, 2010 11:58 AM (mAhn3)

Actually it is worse then that. Liberals demand more power specifically because if past failures.

So two years ago it was vote for us because FM/FM crashed the economy!Well...who stopped Bush and McCain from reforming Fm/FM before the crash?!?

I guess their slogan this year should be, vote us back in so we can do the same think for your tax bill and energy costs that we did for your health care!

Posted by: 18-1 at October 18, 2010 08:16 AM (7BU4a)

49 Heh.  Rush is talking about the unflattering pics of The One on Drudge.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 18, 2010 08:16 AM (UOM48)

50
The democrat cemetery is shovel ready!

Posted by: Dang at October 18, 2010 08:16 AM (TXKVh)

51 I wonder if he was trying to be FDR and fucked it up.

So, yes; I am scared. What of it?

Me too.  But fear isn't always a bad thing; it's very healthy to say, "Hey, I'm afraid this horrible thing could happen, so I'm going to take these steps to keep it from happening."

Posted by: HeatherRadish at October 18, 2010 08:17 AM (Vz9lf)

52

If nobody's done it yet, click on over to Dr. Sanity's site and read her diagnosis of The Vapid One's® psychosis. And I blasted him pretty good, too.

He's as arrogant as he is stupid. We're not scared, we're wide awake, for the first time in quite a while.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 18, 2010 08:17 AM (3jxR/)

53

Harry Reid insults Chilean miners by implying that they are all narcissistic, delusional assholes:

http://tinyurl.com/2v4hxcn

 

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at October 18, 2010 08:18 AM (RkRxq)

54
LIBERTY IS BUT A JOKE.  WING NUTS.

Posted by: Colbert & Huffington at October 18, 2010 08:18 AM (0fzsA)

55 On a rational level,  in view of Obama's  haunting Ohio recently, it looks like Dem strategists have sent  him forth to try to salvage a sinking ship.  Somehow, I don't think the faculty and students of Ohio State U will be enough to roll back the tide.

Posted by: Minnie Rodent at October 18, 2010 08:18 AM (PZLW0)

56 "we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared"?!

...not true, but he wouldn't know science if it bit him in the ass at Man Country.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at October 18, 2010 08:19 AM (Vz9lf)

57 I can't vote, I've run out of Midol.

Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at October 18, 2010 08:19 AM (HaYO4)

58 Funny, we were planning to have David Frum as a guest analyst on our show sometime in January to discuss this very topic. Imagine that.

Posted by: Parker and Spitzer at October 18, 2010 08:20 AM (6uiF7)

59 #56  Me too.  But fear isn't always a bad thing; it's very healthy to say, "Hey, I'm afraid this horrible thing could happen, so I'm going to take these steps to keep it from happening."

Or if you're in a bad situation, take the steps required to get out of it. 

And FDR was wrong anyway.  There is plenty to fear, not just fear itself.  Living in a country with greatly diminished living standards, for one thing.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at October 18, 2010 08:21 AM (9hSKh)

60
Here's some facts:
The recession 'technically' ended in June 2009, that is before any of the Stimulus was spent.

The Stimulus did not end the recession, and it did not even help the recovery. Fact: the trillion-dollar Stimulus failed.

Posted by: Senator Soothsayer (R-AoS) at October 18, 2010 08:21 AM (gM4zK)

61
speaking of Colbert...

what happened at their rally? I forgot all about it.Or is it next week?

Posted by: Senator Soothsayer (R-AoS) at October 18, 2010 08:22 AM (gM4zK)

62 when i said i could shit skittles and that you could eat them without contracting ecoli poisoning i was speaking metaphorically.....jeez

Posted by: bho the greatest thing since sliced bread only your too dumb to recognize it at October 18, 2010 08:22 AM (eOXTH)

63 Was the fact that he had "President" monogrammed on his seat on the "O-Force One" campaign plane not a clue that he was just a wee bit self absorbed?

Posted by: AE at October 18, 2010 08:22 AM (1bZ96)

64 65 So...is it fair to assume on November 3...Michelle goes back to being ashamed of her country?

Posted by: Mallamutt at October 18, 2010 12:21 PM (OWjjx)

I looking forward to seeing the designer bag she will be wearing over her head.

Posted by: maddogg at October 18, 2010 08:22 AM (OlN4e)

65 This is exactly what his base believes already, and he is trying to rally his base, so...

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at October 18, 2010 08:23 AM (Snu7z)

66 Barry's angry.  He can't eat his waffle in peace.  Watch out.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 18, 2010 08:23 AM (UOM48)

67 50 Most Democrats believe this but won't say it. In other words, most Dems are neo-marxists.

Well, duh.

Posted by: Vanguard of the Proletariat at October 18, 2010 08:24 AM (3ll0O)

68 Colbert is quite an evangelical Catholic, you know.

Posted by: Senile Bishop at October 18, 2010 08:24 AM (Snu7z)

69 52Kucinich only ahead by 4!

this is Wicket worthy

Posted by: Jose at October 18, 2010 12:16 PM (mnYZc)

I've got a meme right here...

DENNIS KUCINICH


ITS TIME TO COME HOME

Posted by: Serious Cat at October 18, 2010 08:25 AM (bAySe)

70 since you didn't let me eat my waffle, play golf, buy shrimp or listen to michelle's anti fat kid agenda......i couldn't perform....and the teleprompter has a mind of it's own......and a blog....i can't even use my blackberry....

Posted by: bho the greatest thing since sliced bread only your too dumb to recognize it at October 18, 2010 08:26 AM (eOXTH)

71 Yesterday I saw a rally for Anna Little, the GOP candidate running against Frank Pallone (NJ-6). Republicans actually daring to come out and hold a rally here would have been unthinkable before. She seems to have a good shot at Pallone, who has been occupying that seat since forever.

Posted by: Tushar at October 18, 2010 08:26 AM (lDfjO)

72 So the recession is over but we're too damned stupid to realize that as well? Also, sure seems like someone's cooking the books to keep the unemployment rate under 10%. Any bets it will unexpectedly get revised upward in a most unprecedented manner after the election? Hope and change my ass. Votes and pudding, baby.

Posted by: cali grump at October 18, 2010 08:26 AM (hL0k8)

73

Dear Leader,

We still have the vote.

Sincerely,

We, the People.


For now.

Posted by: Dear Leader at October 18, 2010 08:26 AM (x7g7t)

74 78 52Kucinich only ahead by 4!

this is Wicket worthy

Posted by: Jose at October 18, 2010 12:16 PM (mnYZc)

I've got a meme right here...

DENNIS KUCINICH


ITS TIME TO COME HOME

How long will it take after a Kucinich loss for his hot British redhead wife to divorce him?

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at October 18, 2010 08:27 AM (wDKwf)

75 oops, i'm too dumb to spell you're right.....

Posted by: bho the greatest thing since sliced bread only you're too dumb to recognize it at October 18, 2010 08:27 AM (eOXTH)

76 Teleprompter Jeebus dug himself a giant hole that collapsed in on itself, and now he's waiting for someone else to dig him out.

Posted by: What Harry Reid Meant at October 18, 2010 08:29 AM (VmtE9)

77
HeatherCelery already pointed it out but...yeah, when we get scared we get an andrenaline rush that, among other things, helps us focus on the dangers (priorities) at hand.


Posted by: Senator Soothsayer (R-AoS) at October 18, 2010 08:29 AM (gM4zK)

78 Perhaps.  Just perhaps, the American people are just waking up from a potentially fatal slumber and after a quick lookaround are saying, "WTF"??

Posted by: Soona at October 18, 2010 08:30 AM (HsoiQ)

79

"that's what this election is abount"

That's funny, I his press secretary this election was about local issues.

Posted by: OCBill at October 18, 2010 08:31 AM (YJvVE)

80 We are the irrational cowards we've been waiting for.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at October 18, 2010 08:31 AM (zDAlI)

81 66 Here's some facts:
The recession 'technically' ended in June 2009, that is before any of the Stimulus was spent.
The Stimulus did not end the recession, and it did not even help the recovery. Fact: the trillion-dollar Stimulus failed.
Posted by: Senator Soothsayer (R-AoS) at October 18, 2010 12:21 PM (gM4zK)

Regarding the Porkulus, yesterday I heard Claire McCaskill state that 40% of the Porkulus was tax cuts. Last week I heard another Dimbulb say the same thing. How do they rig their accounting for Porkulus to produce such an obvious lie?

Posted by: ya2daup at October 18, 2010 08:31 AM (UzjcV)

82

Dear Leader,

We still have the vote.

Sincerely,

We, the People.

Posted by: USMC 8541
------------
Not for long...

Posted by: B H Obama at October 18, 2010 08:32 AM (f9c2L)

83 Obama told the several dozen donors that he was offering them his “view from the Oval Office of the Sun King.”

FIFY

Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at October 18, 2010 08:33 AM (jCKHk)

84 Just got another anti-Spratt mailer from the State Republican Party. Looks like they are sending out one per week to everyone in the 5th district.

That has got to cost some change. 700,000 people at 44 cents per card.

Posted by: Vic at October 18, 2010 08:34 AM (/jbAw)

85 Of course Kucinich is up by only 4. He's not liberal enough. What don't you wingnuts understand?

Posted by: Daily Kossucks at October 18, 2010 08:34 AM (6uiF7)

86
Obama's mistake was saying "it's gonna take more than a few months to fix the mess that took eight years to create."

Obama put a [wait for it...] a timetable on his economic recovery. More than a few months have passed and things are worse. Twenty-one months, to be exact.

Twenty-one months of promises and excuses. People are stupid but not that stupid.

Posted by: Senator Soothsayer (R-AoS) at October 18, 2010 08:35 AM (gM4zK)

87 Obama's trying to project strength by assuming the unfuckwithable stature.   Strangely enough, the Republicans seem to be unprepared for this. 

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 18, 2010 08:35 AM (8lCJT)

88 Another one of my irrational, cowardly friends got laid off from his job on Friday.

Posted by: lauraw at October 18, 2010 08:37 AM (APijA)

89
...yesterday I heard Claire McCaskill state that 40% of the Porkulus was tax cuts.

1) for who? that's what we're all wondering, right?
2) these are the same people who want to raise all our taxes and they would've already if not for election.


Posted by: Senator Soothsayer (R-AoS) at October 18, 2010 08:37 AM (gM4zK)

90 ... we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared...

This from the Telebinky Kid, who is so inept and scared to speak off-the-cuff under any circumstance.

Posted by: ya2daup at October 18, 2010 08:37 AM (UzjcV)

91 18

Dear Leader,

We still have the vote.

Sincerely,

We, the People.

Posted by: USMC 8541

Absolutely!

Posted by: Dianna at October 18, 2010 08:38 AM (qrFCz)

92

I hear the comparison to 1994 constantly.  Republicans win Congress,  unpopular liberal President becomes more centrist and wins reelection in 1996.  We're told if it happened then, it could well happen today

Except for the fact that Bill Clinton was politically smarter than Obama by a mile.  He had a big ego to be sure, but he didn't let it delude him into thinking he could continue to stay far left of the mainstream and somehow magically recapture the support of the American people based on his personal charm.

Posted by: Reggie1971 at October 18, 2010 08:39 AM (b68Df)

93 I'm afraid he's right. Now Democrats will win the elections by 40%.

Posted by: Relatively Common First Name at October 18, 2010 08:39 AM (zDAlI)

94 Not really.  Obama just likes to denigrate Americans and piss them off.  Any Americans.

Posted by: iknowtheleft at October 18, 2010 12:32 PM (G/MYk)

 

Agree.  I have to keep remembering that he's an agitator, not a president.  His role from the Soros/dem/communist viewpoint is that of a divider.  They want civil unrest.  Hell, after Nov 2, they may start to stir up violence. 

Posted by: Soona at October 18, 2010 08:39 AM (HsoiQ)

95
I might be talking out of my ass here but I think most of those tax cuts went to companies making solar panels and shit. And to people buying solar panels and electric cars and efficient appliances and shit.

In other words, stupid tax cuts designed to change social behavior.


Posted by: Senator Soothsayer (R-AoS) at October 18, 2010 08:40 AM (gM4zK)

96 So now Obama thinks he's Batman? "A superstitious, cowardly lot!"

Posted by: Abdominal Snowman at October 18, 2010 08:40 AM (1Bu4F)

97 It's looking as if things will end up solid in the House, and with a Tea Party caucus, to boot.  The TPC will, I hope, strive to lead, and succeed.

In the Senate, we'll likely be short of a majority, but even if we get one, it will be fragile, fragile, fragile.  My view is we're better with being short, but having, always, ALWAYS, the 41 votes needed.  RINOs be damned.

And fuck the bipartisanship thing. 

Now, if Berzork and his eminent team can just hold the bunker mentality, their elitist stance, keep bellowing the demagogery, and if the house majority can prove to the voters that they can be trusted, we can sort out who we need to run . . .

 . . . and run this unspeakably horrible group out in November of '12.

Posted by: Boris Yeltsin at October 18, 2010 08:40 AM (4sQwu)

98 I have PTSD from being repeatedly butt fucked by Bammy and the libs in charge.  So I should submit to more?

BTW, my PTSD must account for my irrational belief that I read something like this post yesterday.

Posted by: Frayed Ends of Sanity at October 18, 2010 08:40 AM (gbCNS)

99 Gee, calling voters irrational and cowardly is an interesting approach. Insulting people into voting for you. Not sure if that's something I'd try. Hell, I don't even think Hitler had to do that.

But then again, I'm a Bible and gun clinger. What do I know?

Posted by: shibumi at October 18, 2010 08:40 AM (OKZrE)

100 #29 Posted by: wiserbud at October 18, 2010 12:10 PM (EW49d)

Bingo! Fear, when faced, has a mind clearing effect. Its like the last scene in 300 when we think Leonidas is going to bow to Xerxes but really, he is really getting ready to throw the spear.

I was afraid in November 2008 but I still did not vote for Obama. However, I have been pretty angry for the past 20 months so November is kind of like my Thermopylae.

Posted by: BigDaddy1964 at October 18, 2010 08:42 AM (pOcKt)

101

my wife, a committed abortion access voter, said Obama was mentally unbalanced during the primaries and thus couldn't vote for him.  I thought he was just another garden variety lefist who got good press coverage.  The more he talks the more is I am coming to see the wisdom is her insight. 

She thinks he will come unravelled after the midterm elections and is very fearful of the ensuing harm that could result from it.

Normally when a man has a big button that you can push to make him go off message I always suggest you hit that button as often as possible.  I'm not so sure with Obama.  He might just snap and take the car out of the ditch and over the cliff.

Posted by: Jeff at October 18, 2010 08:44 AM (A3tpD)

102 Posted by: HeatherRadish at October 18, 2010 12:17 PM (Vz9lf)

Oh yes! Fear is a wonderful thing for focusing the mind. And my mind is focused on one thing: getting rid of every vestige of our neo-marxist president and his fellow travellers.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo ( NJConservative) at October 18, 2010 08:47 AM (LH6ir)

103 119 Will there be a slurpee involved?

Posted by: AE at October 18, 2010 08:49 AM (1bZ96)

104 70 65 So...is it fair to assume on November 3...Michelle goes back to being ashamed of her country?

Posted by: Mallamutt at October 18, 2010 12:21 PM (OWjjx)

I looking forward to seeing the designer bag she will be wearing over her head.

Posted by: maddogg at October 18, 2010 12:22 PM (OlN4e)

Nah, they are going on a little Oriental Excursion right after the election... a little whirlwind tour of the Capitals of Asia.... lots of shopping to be done.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 18, 2010 08:51 AM (AdK6a)

105

If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names—Elbert Hubbard

Posted by: directionally challenged guy at October 18, 2010 08:52 AM (V+DKx)

106

He might just snap and take the car out of the ditch and over the cliff.

Not that it couldn't happen, but I'm not worried too much. If it came right down to it, in the face of the tsunami that's coming, any order that was given that looked at all suspicious would be ignored.

I also expect that the new Congress will be looking over Obama's shoulder so much he'll think he has a monkey on his back.

Which he will. A great, big, monkey: the American public, breathing down his neck with a hot fire that cannot be dismissed or mistaken.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 18, 2010 08:52 AM (3jxR/)

107

Narcissism and meglomania do not go well with a coke habit.

I wonder when the last time was that he really did a line or two?

Posted by: SGT Dan at October 18, 2010 08:53 AM (GgXZc)

108

Dear Leader,

We still have the vote.

Sincerely,

We, the People.

Posted by: USMC 8541 at October 18, 2010 12:05 PM (v3pYe)

Yes, and if you like your Vote, you can keep your vote!

Posted by: Barry Soetor er... Barrak Obama... Liar in Chief at October 18, 2010 08:53 AM (AdK6a)

109 Oh yes! Fear is a wonderful thing for focusing the mind. And my mind is focused on one thing: getting rid of every vestige of our neo-marxist president and his fellow travellers.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo ( NJConservative) at October 18, 2010 12:47 PM (LH6ir)

 

This doesn't stop Nov 2.  This is going to have to be an ongoing battle with these people well beyond my lifetime.  We not only have to clean out congress and the presidency, but many of the marxist state governments.  Then there's the education system, the judicial system, etc.  There's a lot of hard, dirty work ahead.

Posted by: Soona at October 18, 2010 08:54 AM (HsoiQ)

110

Posted by: iknowtheleft at October 18, 2010 12:49 PM (G/MYk)

Yep, it will all come down to a bunch of arguements about standing... they will argue that the American People, or States, do not have standing to contest Federal Power grabs...

Posted by: Barry Soetor er... Barrak Obama... Liar in Chief at October 18, 2010 08:55 AM (AdK6a)

111 99 Obama's mistake was saying "it's gonna take more than a few months to fix the mess that took eight years to create."
Posted by: Senator Soothsayer (R-AoS) at October 18, 2010 12:35 PM (gM4zK)

Let's examine the "eight years to create this mess" lie:

1935: Social Security became law

1938: Fannie Mae created

1965: Medicaid and Medicare Parts A & B became law

1968: Fannie Mae "privatized"

1970: Freddie Mac created

1977: Community Reinvestment Act became law

1989: Freddie Mac "privatized"

1997: Medicare Part C became law

2006: Medicare Part D became law

These programs comprise an overwhelming majority of the federal government's underfunded budget liabilities and their histories pre-date the last eight years by a considerable margin.

Posted by: ya2daup at October 18, 2010 08:57 AM (UzjcV)

112 He gets us. Obama really gets us.

Posted by: Kenyans Against Colonialism at October 18, 2010 08:59 AM (yZe/r)

113 Yes, when my employees are stealing me blind and giving the money to people who want to kill me, refusing to lock the doors to keep the thieves and homeless out of my facility, dictating what I can eat and what I can drive, hiding my ammunition and attempting to pry the guns out of my hands, threatening me with property seizure "for the greater good" - yes, then I get a trifle riled up.  First I attempt to fire them.  If that doesn't work, then I'll have to attempt to eradicate them before they eradicate me.

Posted by: kathysaysso at October 18, 2010 09:01 AM (ZtwUX)

114

Nah, they are going on a little Oriental Excursion right after the election... a little whirlwind tour of the Capitals of Asia.... lots of shopping to be done.

 

I'm thinking that the next two years, he's going to be taking many junkets to the far corners of the earth issuing executive orders from 35000 feet, leaving VP Sheriff Joe Biteme to get pummeled with the day to day anger.

Posted by: Soona at October 18, 2010 09:04 AM (HsoiQ)

115 On the plus side, O's arrogance is helping alot of people to realize what a bad idea it was to put this man in the the most powerful office in the land, and his approval is suffering for it.

On the negative side, he won by 52% of the vote.  Even after it was shown what a no-experience Marxist he was.  The fact that that large a number of voters would fall for it is proof that we are in a bad bad way.  Liberalism has spread throughout and infected society at so wide a range of levels to the point that we are being taken over by it's madness.

An enormous number of people do not comprehend how we got to be such a great nation, and are flushing it down the toilet.

Posted by: Tehschlip at October 18, 2010 09:11 AM (xm1A1)

116 It's called arugula you Applebee's-eating, Walmart-shopping, NFL-watching, SUV-driving, ignorant fat-fuck white trash! Now get out there and vote for me you dumbass backwoods redneck motherfuckers! Jesus!

Posted by: Barry O at October 18, 2010 09:13 AM (QcFbt)

117
"Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared,” Obama said Saturday evening in remarks at a small Democratic fundraiser Saturday evening. “And the country's scared.”

Not scared, Mr President: Angry. A deep, cold anger toward you and your enablers, for what you have done to this country in two short years. Deal with it.

Posted by: Brown Line at October 18, 2010 09:15 AM (VrNoa)

118 "You are in an oval office... the peasants are really pissed off..."  
">"attack the peasants!"

(*a hundred thousand thanks to Iowahawk, blessings be upon him)

Posted by: Minnie Rodent at October 18, 2010 09:20 AM (PZLW0)

119 They do not give in to their angry id

Morbius, that thing out there  - ! It's you!

Posted by: thisheavenlyhell at October 18, 2010 09:27 AM (8uDC8)

120 You can't possibly lower yourself to my level, you jug-eared divot artist.  You'd have to elevate yourself first, something a congenitally cranially-infarcted specimen like yourself is incapable of doing.  Do us all a favor--when you hit the ball into the water hazard go after it--and don't come up until the bubbles stop....

Posted by: ipw533 at October 18, 2010 09:29 AM (dfNJO)

121 Y'know what, Jackass?  I am scared.  If I actually take the time to think about what you're trying to do to this country, it is scary.  What's scarier is that you currently have a band of idiots that can bring you within striking distance of your objectives.

But that's where it ends.  Because as much as you might scare me you piss me off even worse.  That's a really bad combination, because now I'm ready to come after you and yours and stomp the lot of you like the cockroaches that you are.  It's 2010, so you personally are safe.  But your minions are not, and after we're done Walpurgisnacht will look like a BBQ on the beach.  We will stuff their ripped-out nuts in your smarmy mouth and hang your worthless carcass like a piniata for the next two years.

Pray for January 2013, Jugears.  Because then there's a slight chance your pain might end.  Crap.  Who am I kidding?  Eat your gun now, asswipe, because I'm going to make sure your every last living day is an exercise in misery....

Posted by: ipw533 at October 18, 2010 09:45 AM (dfNJO)

122 "Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared," Obama said Saturday...

Speak for yourself, Muttonhead. Some people manage to focus the mind when they're "scared." Don't project you're own insecurities on all those bitter-clingers. Speaking of which, is this not the same pep talk he gave as Candidate Obama to another group of well-heeled contributors? Those bitter-clingers are living rent free in Obama's head now and, apparently, has been for years. And Obama is still the one-trick pony he always was. Mr. Intellectual has no capacity to learn anything new.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at October 18, 2010 09:55 AM (swuwV)

123 Resolve & anger != fear

Posted by: Purple Avenger at October 18, 2010 10:36 AM (iXYhK)

124 <blockquote>Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared,”</blockquote>

How about economics and basic math you fucking idiot? Yeah, we are all just too damn stupid for your brilliant job wrecking, economy destroying, take it up the ass from the world brilliance.

Posted by: Head Moron at October 18, 2010 10:44 AM (CHrmZ)

125 This racist country is INTENTIONALLY trying to make Obama look bad.  The people SHOULD say "thank you" for his superhuman efforts, but do they?  NO, the ungrateful hating bastards just HOARD THEIR CASH and wait to hire employees just out of spite (Huge tax increases, uncertainty over health care costs, etc. - - JUST MEAN EXCUSES from these Nazi teabaggers)...

Posted by: Kortezzi at October 18, 2010 10:48 AM (zAZNI)

126 Thank you. May I have one more?

Posted by: Butt Fucked 52%er at October 18, 2010 11:37 AM (gbCNS)

127 Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared,"

And I thought it was Slow Joe Biden who was supposed to be the dumb one in the White House. This statement is just packed with weapons-grade stupid.

Also, when a Democrat attempts to support his political opinion by appealing to "facts" and "science", you can bet that what follows is going to be a giant load of shit.

Guaranteed.

Posted by: OregonMuse at October 18, 2010 11:58 AM (Id5+U)

128

3000% reduction in premiums = science and stuff.

8% unemployment cap for the low, low price of 800 billion was arrived at with science and facts.

Shut up 57 state, corpseman, Or-eee-on idiot. If people are stupid due to fear, it REALLY explains your election you big-eared freak!

Posted by: Schwalbe at October 18, 2010 12:12 PM (UU0OF)

129 Yeah, insult us again. That'll work.

Posted by: Merovign, Strong on His Mountain at October 18, 2010 12:24 PM (bxiXv)

130 Hey, guess what, if you pass bills that are opposed by the American people by 60 to 70 percent polling figures, and when they get mad you tell them that they are dumb, stupid, and don't understand, you might get your ass kicked in the next election

Posted by: Emil at October 18, 2010 03:45 PM (zKeYN)

131

Yeah, that actually sounds a LOT like FDR's "All we have to fear is fear itself."

I thought FDR's quote was pretty cool for many years, until I learned that it was actually about the Depression, and not WWII. Given that fact, it sounds like FDR and the One are using the same playbook. I guess we could look forward to Depression 2.0, if the Dems weren't about to get tossed out, followed in a couple of years by The One.

Posted by: Optimizer at October 18, 2010 06:04 PM (2lTU+)

132 23 "Having little O' as a 2 year whining loser lame duck is going to give me a great deal of sadistic pleasure. Can hardly wait."

For some reason I think you may be disappointed.  I give it a thirty percent probablility, Obama will not return to the White House from his post election vacation to Indonesia.  I have no idea if it will be tragic or something like him saying "Nyah nyah, na nyah nyah.  I fucked you", as he shows his real birth certificate and resigns and retires in Indonesia and demands his presidential pension be sent to him there.

Given what happened to Secretary of Commerce, Ron Brown, Obama should invite Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to travel along with him on AirForce1 for his vacation.   Sun-tzu: "Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer."

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