August 17, 2010
— Ace I was at a rightwingish drinking thing last night and trotted out my pet claim, which I make more because it's provocative than I'm really sold on it: That Obama will not seek reelection in 2012. He will declare he's done what he needed to do and now it is time for new leaders to build on his vision.
He'll declare victory and cut and run. Because 1, we will probably be in a depression, 2, his poll numbers will be at 35%, and, perhaps most importantly, 3, he has never had to face adversity or criticism or setback in his entire charmed, guided-by-hidden-hands life and has found he's had enough of that to last a lifetime.
Like I said: More of a provocative conversation-starter than something I necessarily would bet money on. (But I would bet money on it, actually, with good odds.)
Well, other people are tossing out the same provocation.
Q: Will Barack Obama be a one-term president?A: Yes, he might last that long.
Honest to goodness, the man just does not get it. He might be forced to pull a Palin and resign before his first term is over. He could go off and write his memoirs and build his presidential library. (Both would be half-size, of course.)
I am not saying Obama is not smart; he is as smart as a whip. I am just saying he does not understand what savvy first-term presidents need to understand:
You have to stay on message, follow the polls, listen to your advisers (who are writing the message and taking the polls) and realize that when it comes to doing what is right versus doing what is expedient, you do what is expedient so that you can get reelected and do what is right in the second term. If at all possible. And it will help your legacy. And not endanger the election of others in your party. And not hurt the brand. Or upset people too much.
This is definitely not a read the whole thing; frankly, I made you read that much just because I'm annoyed that I read it so I'll inflict it on you.
Roger Simon's bleat -- all these idiots say the same thing -- is that Obama is just too principled and too brilliant for his own good; he is such a wholly white-light being that he hath not the tongue for falsity.
And all that crap.
Is that really the problem, Roger? Is the man who swore up and down on his typical white person grandmother's life he would not raise a "single dime" in taxes on anyone making less than $250,000 really without capacity to lie to the public?
Of course he can lie. He lies ten times a day, and that's even on a typical day when he spends six hours at the golf course.
It's that he's too liberal and too proud and too arrogant to lie about something like this, something crucial to the liberal sense of self-worth: The need to preen and lecture to the commoners.
Without that, what is a liberal? Nothing, really. Just someone who complains a lot and never has any interesting solutions.
He has lied forever about his stance on gay marriage. Everyone knows he supports it -- that's why the left constantly denigrates the right's position on gay marriage, despite the fact that as a formal matter we have the exact same position as Obama. But the left knows it's a lie; so do we on the right. If the left believed him, they'd savage him in the same terms of "hate" and "homophobe" they reserve for us; but of course they do not.
For they know full well it's a lie. Obama barely pretends otherwise.
And yet -- his blessed tongue hath not the practice at pretense? He hath not acquired the art of artfulness?
No, Obama knows how to lie. And he's rather good at it, having had an ample need for convenient lies throughout his image makeover from radical community organizer and member of the socialist radical New Party into "moderate centrist above ideology or the tired old schisms of left and right."
But some lies he enjoys telling -- he enjoys telling the middle-class they will not see their taxes go up a "single dime" because it is part of the leftist more to lie shamelessly to the middle class, which are bourgeois, and therefore, impediments to the Great Changes Which Must Be Made.
He gets credit from the left for such lies, I mean. They admire him for his skill at deceiving those who must be deceived.
But some lies bother him -- lies that would cause him to suffer in the opinion of those who really matter, the radical left vanguard. He is nothing without their love and adoration and unending effusive praise; he courts them like lovers.
He cannot and will not suffer in their estimation, for suffering in their estimation would be suffering in his own estimation. If the Left thinks poorly of him, then he thinks poorly of himself-- what is he if not the savoir of the Left?
So stuff it with the too-principled-to-lie you useless, talentless, dishonest nobody internet hack.
Or, as I said on Twitter last night: (Content Warning for profanity).
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Posted by: sexypig at August 17, 2010 08:44 AM (0t7L8)
Posted by: cblesz at August 17, 2010 08:44 AM (twYLf)
Posted by: alexthechick at August 17, 2010 08:45 AM (eRjGt)
He's given us the tools. We're just not smart enough to make them work. That's why the economy is going to hell in a hand basket.
Posted by: WalrusRex at August 17, 2010 08:46 AM (xxgag)
Good analysis.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 17, 2010 08:47 AM (kq1lG)
Posted by: runningrn at August 17, 2010 08:47 AM (CfmlF)
Posted by: eman at August 17, 2010 08:47 AM (Nw/hR)
Someone posted that earlier. If he goes out early it will not be a Palin. Palin resigned because of ceaseless frivolous lawsuits that were bankrupting her.
Personally I think the only thing that would take him out early is an act of God. He will not resign in the face of impeachment for capitol crimes, even if you could get the Dems to go along with that.
We have already seen that a Dem President can commit a felony while in office and be safe from impeachment.
As for one term President, that is a fact whether he runs or not.
Posted by: Vic at August 17, 2010 08:48 AM (/jbAw)
I made you read that much just because I'm annoyed that I read it so I'll inflict it on you.
Umm, thanks?
Posted by: Dang Straights at August 17, 2010 08:48 AM (fx8sm)
Posted by: Monica wigs and watches at August 17, 2010 08:48 AM (+Z2Dy)
Posted by: runningrn at August 17, 2010 08:49 AM (CfmlF)
Because 1, we will probably be in a depression, 2, his poll numbers will be at 35%, and, perhaps most importantly, 3, he has never had to face adversity or criticism or setback in his entire charmed, guided-by-hidden-hands life and has found he's had enough of that to last a lifetime, and 4, he's one of the laziest motherfuckers who has ever lived; lazier even that me, which is saying something.
Posted by: Sharkman at August 17, 2010 08:49 AM (Zj8fM)
I still think he will have a nervous breakdown and leave due to "cardiac issues" or some other crap story and then we'll hear forever about how the mean old public drove him out.
Posted by: alexthechick at August 17, 2010 08:50 AM (eRjGt)
Posted by: Nighhawk at August 17, 2010 08:50 AM (OtQXp)
He just couldn't resist that shot at her, could he?
He could go off and write his memoirs and build his presidential library. (Both would be half-size, of course.)
Bullshit. The man wrote two autobiographies before he ever did anything.
Posted by: Bomber at August 17, 2010 08:50 AM (qzoN5)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 17, 2010 08:50 AM (0GFWk)
Q: How does it make you feel when your critics say that you are too great for the mere Presidency of the United States?
Posted by: Lib Talking Head Giving Bold Interview at August 17, 2010 08:50 AM (X5TGa)
you had the media saying he was "like god", tingles etc. obama descended from the heavens to destroy the evil satanic bush regime. those libs sure hate religion, but boy did they use the religious narrative didnt they? and whats worse is that theyre so stupid they didnt even recognize they were doing so. id he is in fact a one termer, i only hope someone archives all of the obama bruhaha in his campaign and tosses it right back at his face.
Posted by: stephen hawkings, man of science at August 17, 2010 08:50 AM (m+HVS)
Where can I get a bumper sticker with that on it?
Posted by: Bomber at August 17, 2010 08:51 AM (qzoN5)
Through all time to come, I think America will be a stronger nation, a more just society, and a land of greater opportunity and fulfillment because of what we have all done together in these years of unparalleled achievement.
Our reward will come in the life of freedom, peace, and hope that our children will enjoy through ages ahead.
What we won when all of our people united just must not now be lost in suspicion, distrust, selfishness, and politics among any of our people.
Believing this as I do, I have concluded that I should not permit the Presidency to become involved in the partisan divisions that are developing in this political year.
With America's sons in the fields far away, with America's future under challenge right here at home, with our hopes and the world's hopes for peace in the balance every day, I do not believe that I should devote an hour or a day of my time to any personal partisan causes or to any duties other than the awesome duties of this office—the Presidency of your country.
Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 17, 2010 08:51 AM (PBNpM)
Stay on message = Read the teleprompter
Yes, he's a preening narcissist. Lecturing to us isn't his aim. He made his bitter clinger remarks behind closed doors. Obviously, he thinks he's better than us, so it's more than that. He's cracking under pressure. Mommy / daddy issues. He knows everything about him is fake, but dammit he's the President! When he can finally quit living the lie and let it all hang out, then he feels loved and accepted. This is what makes him say stupid shit like, "Spreading the wealth." He forgets where he is, because it's not "him" there. That's why he's called a cold, aloof alien robot. He's a blank slate. A hologram. A scared little boy.
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at August 17, 2010 08:51 AM (mHQ7T)
Posted by: eman at August 17, 2010 08:52 AM (Nw/hR)
Q: Some people say that your most ardent opponents are motivated not by your policies, but rather your race. How does that make you feel?
Posted by: Lib Talking Head Giving Bold Interview at August 17, 2010 08:53 AM (X5TGa)
I ask because I constantly hear about this one that's some undoubted supergenius, a glistening brilliance, suave, cool, sophisticated, and able to charm snakes with a smile, but all I've ever seen is this glittering leftist fuckstick.
Posted by: nickless at August 17, 2010 08:54 AM (MMC8r)
Be interesting to see how even that goes, alex. I imagine blood diamonds, arms brokering, insider trading, maybe a little human trafficking.
And sock off.
Posted by: arhooley at August 17, 2010 08:54 AM (+Z2Dy)
I really wish people would stop this crap. Look: He majored in political science. He went to law school. No math in either one. The grade inflation in both Columbia (Ivy League king of wussy subjects like journalism and education) and Harvard Law are insane and he still won't release his transcripts.
He is not smart. He is stupid. Stooopid. He would be eaten up and spit out in Calculus I. Drooling moron.
If you look at the people who say that he's smart, there's a reason why they would think so. From their perspective, he is.
He has one thing going. He is a shameless liar. He has no conscience. It almost seems like he has no soul. So liberals are awed at the fact that he can say "up is down" with no hint of guilt or shame.
Posted by: Boon at August 17, 2010 08:54 AM (T0NGe)
He might be forced to pull a Palin and resign before his first term is over.
Palin was forced from office by the Democrats' patented trick of criminalizing (their opponents') politics, aided by onerous Alaskan corruption-investigation laws and an eager willingness to indulge in villany.
If Barky is forced from office, it will be because of a nasty groin-kick by that bitch Karma, whose acquaintence he is only now beginning to make.
Posted by: sherlock at August 17, 2010 08:54 AM (ZrS0c)
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at August 17, 2010 08:54 AM (mHQ7T)
Posted by: Mr Pink at August 17, 2010 08:54 AM (rYZlb)
Posted by: Lib Talking Head Giving Bold Interview at August 17, 2010 08:54 AM (X5TGa)
A backhanded, liberal confirmation that Obama and Palin are just mirror images of each other. (Barry also confirmed it during the campaign by attacking her personally--as the mayor of a small Alaskan town. When has a major party presidential candidate ever attacked his opponent's running mate?) Of course, Barry had a little more polish, and Sarah had more executive experience (i.e., some as opposed to none), but, despite their oratorical abilities, neither one was really ready for prime time. Of course, the GOP didn't put her at the top of their ticket and call her the messiah.
Posted by: Leo Ladenson at August 17, 2010 08:55 AM (mAm+G)
Posted by: volfan at August 17, 2010 08:55 AM (Ck59J)
Posted by: Monty at August 17, 2010 08:55 AM (/0a60)
Right after this clown won the election I thought he would be forced out of office or would resign before his first term is over. Either because he'll want to take his ball and go home or he'll get caught doing some stupid shit he thought he was smart enough, or good enough, to get away with. He's never had anyone tell him he sucks. And man, does he suck.
Posted by: Dang at August 17, 2010 08:56 AM (Chg7a)
Posted by: mpurinTexas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at August 17, 2010 08:56 AM (ZqxmO)
He can't stand to lose, so he won't go through the motions. He will actually have to make the announcement.
Posted by: AmishDude at August 17, 2010 08:56 AM (T0NGe)
If I had anything worth giving away as a prize, I'd hold an essay contest.
Posted by: arhooley at August 17, 2010 08:56 AM (+Z2Dy)
Posted by: eman at August 17, 2010 08:57 AM (Nw/hR)
Posted by: stephen hawkings, man of science at August 17, 2010 12:55 PM (m+HVS)
Avoiding math means you're dumb. Hawking (no s) would laugh at the intellectual requirements in political science.
Posted by: AmishDude at August 17, 2010 08:57 AM (T0NGe)
as one guy put it, i want the man embarrassed. i want the name of barack obama to be a symbol of disaster worse than carter. the wave this man rode on to the presidency was a low point in this country.
I recently read an article that ended with words to the effect that someday we won't be surprised to learn that Moochelle's Spain trip was really a house-hunting excursion for 2013.
Posted by: RushBabe at August 17, 2010 08:58 AM (a3Z62)
I love this passage:
Which may be true. You can go back to the mid-1800s and find a lot of legislators saying that Abraham Lincoln should stop lecturing people about ending slavery and listen to them about keeping it.
And there were plenty of lawmakers who said President Dwight D. Eisenhower was “disconnected from the mainstream of America” when he ordered the 101st Airborne Division to go down to Little Rock, Ark., to make sure some black kids could go to school with white kids.
Both decisions may have been “off-message,” which is about the worst sin you can commit in Washington. But what’s so wrong about being off-message if you are right about the issue?
Yes, because the Ground Zero mosque will make up for the shameful treatment of Muslims in America during which they endured chattel slavery and Jim Crow segregation.
What about the shameful treatment of Lawrence Singleton? Here was a guy who'd been on good behavior in prison and been paroled by the State of California, and no city in the state was willing to let him live there just because he'd raped a hitchhiker, chopped off her hands and feet and left her to die (since she miraculously lived, he wasn't charged with capital murder). The only place he could be paroled to in the entire state was the guards' living compound at San Quentin.
I know the Park51 people aren't convicted criminals -- but of course we don't know where their financial backing comes from, so the comparison is still apt.
Posted by: stuiec at August 17, 2010 08:58 AM (7AOgy)
Posted by: AmishDude at August 17, 2010 08:58 AM (T0NGe)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 17, 2010 08:59 AM (VW9/y)
The list of blatant falsehoods uttered by the Traitor-in-Chief -- starting back in his earliest electioneering days, running through his "accepting" the presidency and taking the oath of office, and continuing today -- is so long it would fill the Manhattan phone directory. In 4-point type.
There is one, and only one, main reason that he has come so far: his skin color. The Mohammedan Mouthpiece figured out early how to game the system, mine white guilt and take all the affirmative-action freebies out there to live a pampered life without so much as breaking into a sweat.
Along the way, he picked up the mindless hatred and prejudices that poison the minds of young radicals. In doing so, he became a useful tool for foul traitors like Ayers, race-baiters like Wright, and terrorists of all kinds.
This is a man who should, in fairness, be in jail or, at best, living from welfare check to welfare check in subsidized housing. Instead, he has the White House and all the perks that go with it.
He is the ultimate Welfare Queen.
Posted by: MrScribbler at August 17, 2010 08:59 AM (Ulu3i)
He smarts like a whip.
And I'd rather ask a whip any questions that might require actual thought. At least whips don't talk about "profit and earnings ratios" or "reducing premiums by 3000%". Whips are too smart to say such idiotic things.
Posted by: progressoverpeace at August 17, 2010 08:59 AM (Qp4DT)
"He has lied forever about his stance on gay marriage. Everyone knows he supports it -- that's why the left constantly denigrates the right's position on gay marriage, despite the fact that as a formal matter we have the exact same position as Obama. But the left knows it's a lie; so do we on the right. If the left believed him, they'd savage him in the same terms of "hate" and "homophobe" they reserve for us; but of course they do not."
The press does this on a lot of cultural issues. Hammer the Republicans for their position, and wink at the Democrats for having the exact same stated position because they know it's just a show for the rubes. Religion is probably the best example. Pretty much all politicians go to church and invoke God when it suits them, but Republicans are the party of THEOCRACY and the Democrats, well, they just have to do that so the dumb Christians will vote for them. Imagine if a Republican had said what Pelosi said about The Word. Has Obama found a new church yet? Is anybody even pretending to be surprised?
Posted by: the peanut gallery at August 17, 2010 08:59 AM (NurK6)
This is just too rich....
"he is as smart as a whip....." (!!!)
buuuuuut...
"....the man just does not get it."
"......he does not understand what savvy first-term presidents need to understand'"
"The problem for Obama is that he appears to have taken seriously all the “change” stuff....."
''...he has been unable to make the transition from candidate to president."
Smart as a whip, smart as a whip, smart as a whip!!!!! LA LA LA LA LA, I AM NOT LISTENNG, HE'S SMART AS WHIP, SMART AS A WHIP....
My handy long thin strip of inert leather knows more about leadership and politics than this idiot.
Posted by: Andrew X at August 17, 2010 09:00 AM (E46Ts)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at August 17, 2010 09:00 AM (eOXTH)
math better than "profit/earnings ratio" means you are not a drooling retard....
Posted by: sven10077 at August 17, 2010 09:00 AM (kq1lG)
The Precedent doesn't understand what normal 8th graders understand.
Posted by: progressoverpeace at August 17, 2010 09:00 AM (Qp4DT)
Posted by: Bomber at August 17, 2010 12:50 PM (qzoN5)
FIFY
Posted by: Hedgehog at August 17, 2010 09:01 AM (oQIfB)
Posted by: Boon at August 17, 2010 12:54 PM (T0NGe)
That's true. He's Barry the drug-dealing gay boyfriend of Pakistani royalty to many Democrats. His duplicity has an exotic flair.
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at August 17, 2010 09:01 AM (mHQ7T)
---ehhhh if you say so.
and 'political science' lolol i always snicker at people who say they majored in that. it seems to me as lame and useless as gender studies.
Posted by: stephen hawkings, man of science at August 17, 2010 09:01 AM (m+HVS)
Posted by: George Orwell at August 17, 2010 09:01 AM (AZGON)
If you look at the people who say that he's smart, there's a reason why they would think so. From their perspective, he is.
He has one thing going. He is a shameless liar. He has no conscience. It almost seems like he has no soul. So liberals are awed at the fact that he can say "up is down" with no hint of guilt or shame.
Just tweaked it a little.
Posted by: RushBabe at August 17, 2010 09:02 AM (a3Z62)
BTW, I can prove that Muslims suffer no significant discrimination.
If you go to any airport especially MSP, you will see plenty of women wearing the hajib (head covering). It's a neon sign that says, "I am a Muslim femi-slave." If they were really subject to discrimination, they'd never risk identification that way.
Posted by: AmishDude at August 17, 2010 09:02 AM (T0NGe)
Posted by: jewells at August 17, 2010 09:02 AM (l/N7H)
One termer, huh?
Don't bet on it. The Simon article is just one piece of a mountain of proof that there is a very large segment of this society that will believe anything about Obama, so long as it reflects well on him. He's failing because he is just too good, and we are not worthy. Yeah, that's the ticket. Lets give him another term and vow to do better for him next time. Yeah....
Posted by: louis tully at August 17, 2010 09:03 AM (K/USr)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at August 17, 2010 09:03 AM (yQWNf)
somehow the national media is not running with this like the Susan Smith story....why is that?
Posted by: sven10077 at August 17, 2010 09:03 AM (kq1lG)
Posted by: George Orwell at August 17, 2010 09:04 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Ebola at August 17, 2010 09:04 AM (Nw/hR)
Posted by: volfan at August 17, 2010 09:05 AM (Ck59J)
I'd be ecstatic if he turns out to be only a half-term president. I want to make it VERY clear that I wish him no physical harm at all, just that he'd say "eff it" and resign, or that he'd be found in a situation where he has to leave office.
Posted by: TheresaD at August 17, 2010 09:05 AM (K9XK2)
Still wondering why he was celebrating an iftar in the White House. Besides the fact that Jefferson, that notable Democrat, was doing it back in the day and kept korans all over the place.
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at August 17, 2010 09:05 AM (mHQ7T)
Only smart people know about the Austrian language.
Posted by: progressoverpeace at August 17, 2010 09:05 AM (Qp4DT)
Afraid you're right. The brain-dead slaves to political correctness and slavering fools who hail Osama Obama as the Messiah returned to Earth will beg him to run again.
He is the anti-Bush, and the only One who can save us from the destructive policies of the past.
Posted by: MrScribbler at August 17, 2010 09:06 AM (Ulu3i)
I want him impeached by a Republican Congress, so that all his bullshit laws are null and void.
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at August 17, 2010 09:06 AM (mHQ7T)
From what I've culled, it is not unreasonable to believe that Bill Ayers did a massive rewrite of a dull and incomplete manuscript that Obama had cobbled together to form Dreams and that speechwriter Jon Favreau wrote Audacity.
Posted by: AmishDude at August 17, 2010 09:07 AM (T0NGe)
Posted by: mpurinTexas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at August 17, 2010 09:08 AM (ZqxmO)
Posted by: rdbrewer at August 17, 2010 09:08 AM (VNdDa)
I read the whole thing earlier today. It was irratating as hell. This Simon bootlicker posits that it is the Jugeared Fuck's innate intelligence and unparalled honesty that is the root cause of his popularity killing gaffes. As a result, the great unwashed masses, unable to conceive the awesomeness that is the "O" react as the provincial rubes that these bowls of fuck think we are.
I remember that witless troll, Palin Steele, once said that Obama was "too good for us," and that "we don't deserve him." That's exactly the same idea that Simple Simon is trying to push. See Simon's take on Bush in the same article for clarification.
Well, I've got news for Simon and the drooling retards who swallow this pap. The Jugeared Fuck ain't all that smart and he certainly isn't honest. He's a simple narcissist who doesn't know when to stop his purple lips from flapping. He can't resist the temptation spout some diarrheic nonsense based only upon the dubious, utopian, commie ideology that has long been the centerpiece of his largely useless existance. Fuck him and apologist goat blowers like Roger Simon, too.
Posted by: The Outlaw in the Heavenly Hall at August 17, 2010 09:08 AM (E0EDC)
Posted by: TheresaD at August 17, 2010 01:05 PM
I want Osama Obama to live for many, many years. I want him to see the United States rebuild itself after his best attempts to destroy us. I want him to see the return of racial goodwill after his efforts to divide us. I want him to see the recovery from his Third-World economic policies.
I want him to see all this. From his prison cell.
Posted by: MrScribbler at August 17, 2010 09:09 AM (Ulu3i)
Posted by: progressoverpeace at August 17, 2010 09:09 AM (Qp4DT)
A few days before Nov, he will give the boot to Biden, and appoint Hillary as VP. This will give some boost to Democrats, but not enough to counter the GOP tsunami. On Nov 3rd, in the face of a new Speaker of the house and new Senate majority leader, he will declare that the country is ready for change in leadership, and resign, handing the Presidency to Hillary.
Posted by: Tushar at August 17, 2010 09:09 AM (DRC3Q)
obama is simply a dumb man, with dumb advisors, protected by a dumb media (some who no doubt probably did good in math) and a dumb voting populace.
stupid is just stupid, i dont care if you were doing trig out of the womb.
Posted by: stephen hawkings, man of science at August 17, 2010 09:11 AM (m+HVS)
What it is about the smug, unnaccomplished, liar-mouthed asshole that leads you to believe that he's ever going to willingly let go of the highest office in the land? The fucker is so full of himself that he believes--actually believes--that all he has to do is give a speech and everyone will just fall in line.
He's been coddled and sheltered from his own incompetence for his entire life--told that the most trifling accomplishment is a big fucking deal, worthy of effusive praise, if not a Nobel Peace Prize. Remember how proud he was of himself for swatting that fly on his hand? That bizarre moment was one of the clearest windows into his self-centered, childish soul to date.
At this point, due to his history, upbringing, and being handed the presidency simply for being black and having the ability to give an airy, platitude-filled speech, Obama is utterly incapable of self reflection. In his mind, he's the most awesome being to have ever graced mankind.
Remember, Barack is not going to allow you to return to your old ways. That's what Moochelle said and that's what these motherfuckers believe--that they have the right to run your life. He won't step down ever.
To the contrary, I think he'll grow more angry and petulant, flaming out spectacularly in the 2012 elections and leave office a bitter, hateful man. (more so than he is now)
Posted by: Warden at August 17, 2010 09:11 AM (fE6tn)
Posted by: jewells at August 17, 2010 01:02 PM (l/N7H)
Womyn's Rights!!!!
Posted by: Empowered progressive type who tweets her abortions at August 17, 2010 09:12 AM (w9BEi)
DISAPPROVAL OF BARACK OBAMA HAS NOW HIT 51% ON THE GALLUP POLL.
PPP(D)- Illinois Senate Kirk 35% AliG 37% Green 9% undecided 19%
btw...Kirk only gets 66% of the Conservative vote and 74% of the total republican vote. much of the rest is undecided.
LOCK that chunk of the vote up, and he goes ahead 40% to 37%.
so time to campaign DOWNSTATE, Mark.
and time for the nutcases to either a) vote for Kirk or b) keep sucking the nut right out of Ali G's scrotum because thats what you are doing by staying home.
Posted by: CAC at August 17, 2010 09:12 AM (lV4Fs)
this woman claimed that her kids were "stuck in the car after she tried to get them out IIRC".....
cribbed notes from Tedster I guess.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 17, 2010 09:12 AM (kq1lG)
That is the best summary of the 2008 election I've ever read. Spot on.
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at August 17, 2010 09:13 AM (mHQ7T)
Posted by: ace at August 17, 2010 09:13 AM (QbA6l)
Only a really smart person would claim that 10,000 people just died in a tornado for which the real fatalities were only 12. That is a clear sign of intelligence.
Of course, that pales in comparison to the blazing intelligence demonstrated by the "Constitutional scholar" when he misattributed a simple quote to the Constitution when it was in the Declaration of Independence. Smart people aren't bothered by minor details.
Posted by: progressoverpeace at August 17, 2010 09:13 AM (Qp4DT)
Posted by: ford at August 17, 2010 09:13 AM (Ki7fm)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 17, 2010 09:14 AM (VW9/y)
Posted by: mpurinTexas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at August 17, 2010 09:16 AM (ZqxmO)
Posted by: Hulk at August 17, 2010 09:16 AM (QxSug)
Bingo. I'm betting on a meltdown, if they don't just pull the breaker during a press conference and go to commercial. That's why he doesn't do them.
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at August 17, 2010 09:16 AM (mHQ7T)
Posted by: BigDaddy1964 at August 17, 2010 09:16 AM (pOcKt)
Posted by: Corky Thatcher at August 17, 2010 09:16 AM (yQWNf)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at August 17, 2010 09:16 AM (eOXTH)
Johnson resigned because he was a smart politician. Obama is not smart (although he is a very intelligent man). Plus, as someone pointed out, he has withering narcissism. The NPD will allow him to bullshit himself into running. So, he's got the one-two punch, stupid (yet whip smart) and nacissistc. I think he'll run.
Posted by: rdbrewer at August 17, 2010 09:16 AM (VNdDa)
Posted by: DavidM at August 17, 2010 09:17 AM (R/e5b)
Posted by: kidney at August 17, 2010 09:17 AM (ENRGu)
What does a narcissist do when he realizes he will fail? He makes up a new narrative
Well, that's true too. The new narrative is to create the appearance of being in control of the transaction--even if that appearance only works on himself.
Posted by: rdbrewer at August 17, 2010 09:18 AM (VNdDa)
Posted by: rdbrewer at August 17, 2010 01:16 PM (VNdDa)
No, he's not. Not even close. If the Precedent went back to high school he would still be one of the dumbest people in any of his classes. He's an idiot.
Posted by: progressoverpeace at August 17, 2010 09:18 AM (Qp4DT)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 17, 2010 12:50 PM (0GFWk)
Ask, my son, and ye shall receive: T&A
Posted by: Sharkman at August 17, 2010 09:19 AM (Zj8fM)
Posted by: RushBabe at August 17, 2010 09:19 AM (a3Z62)
Posted by: George Orwell at August 17, 2010 09:19 AM (AZGON)
No, I know how the Marines came to be and how Jefferson was a total badass for going to war with the Barbary pirates instead of paying into their dhimmi protection racket. I was sarcastically commenting on Zero's grasp of history.
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at August 17, 2010 09:20 AM (mHQ7T)
Throw tomatoes at me - spit upon me...
I predict Obama will run and win.
(and no - I'm not happy about it)
Unless the republicans can find a new Reagan (and I see only two candidates who come close to that - Paul Ryan and Mitch Daniels...) Obama runs and wins.
If the left-winger media select our candidate again and it's Newt or Palin or Huckabee - Obama will win.
Just my wee humble opinion. Carry on.
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at August 17, 2010 09:20 AM (0fzsA)
Posted by: mpurinTexas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at August 17, 2010 09:21 AM (ZqxmO)
Throw tomatoes at me - spit upon me...
I predict Obama will run and win.
(and no - I'm not happy about it)
Sadly, I agree.
Posted by: Precedent OBlowMe at August 17, 2010 09:21 AM (CfmlF)
Posted by: Nighhawk at August 17, 2010 12:50 PM (OtQXp)
Exactly what I was thinking. It plays into my "Obama is LBJ" idee fixe that I've had for the past 18 months. Just like Robert Caro said about LBJ, "He just had to win. Had to!" or else he won't play. Same deal with Obama. If His Holiness faces stiff primary opposition and even (Heaven forfend!) loses a state like NH he will drop out.
Posted by: Beppo at August 17, 2010 09:21 AM (gtsbh)
Posted by: joeindc44 at August 17, 2010 09:21 AM (QxSug)
Posted by: jewells at August 17, 2010 09:21 AM (l/N7H)
Dude is absolutely furious with Obama and the Democrats now, and more so with each passing day. Never heard him say anything about our Muzzy buddies before, but he thinks the mosque thing is outrageous. He won't be fooled again.
Posted by: the peanut gallery at August 17, 2010 09:22 AM (NurK6)
Posted by: lasue at August 17, 2010 09:23 AM (S25IC)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 17, 2010 09:26 AM (VW9/y)
Only smart people have gained such a mastery of English that they know the appropriate times to use highly technical terms, such as "wee wee'd up", in a manner that no actual American has ever heard them used before. That is intelligence. Raw, throbbing brains. Wee wee brains.
Can I get a "reset"? Oh, you only have an "overcharged"? I'll take it. No one will notice. I'm too smart.
Posted by: progressoverpeace at August 17, 2010 09:26 AM (Qp4DT)
If Obama does win in 2012 - our economy will be in such bad shape (total socialist ruins), Obama could destroy the democrat party brand for a really really long time.
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at August 17, 2010 09:27 AM (0fzsA)
Posted by: naturalfake at August 17, 2010 09:27 AM (+kzvp)
Posted by: George Orwell at August 17, 2010 09:28 AM (AZGON)
I'm not even kidding, but I always suspected that was the case. In fact, I knew he would time it with Ramadan, just like his first interview as President was given to Al Jazeera. Just like his Cairo speech. Dreams of My Father and all that horseshit. OPEC got him into the White House by tanking our economy, and I honest to God believe he's a Manchurian candidate. Do I ever believe there will be sharia law in America? Hell, no. But Obama was put in office for a specific reason with a completely fictitious background and an incurious media that covered for him hook line and sinker.
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at August 17, 2010 09:28 AM (mHQ7T)
Smart people pronounce it Ohr-ee'-ahn.
Posted by: progressoverpeace at August 17, 2010 09:28 AM (Qp4DT)
Posted by: Tommy V at August 17, 2010 09:28 AM (jg80P)
But some lies bother him -- lies that would cause him to suffer in the opinion of those who really matter, the radical left vanguard.
Maybe. Maybe his cadre of academics and writers matter to him. But the average Kool-Aid sucking lefty, his adoring masses, I'm pretty sure he holds in contempt. As well he should.
Posted by: spongeworthy at August 17, 2010 09:30 AM (rplL3)
Posted by: mpurinTexas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at August 17, 2010 09:31 AM (ZqxmO)
What does a narcissist do when he realizes he will fail? He makes up a new narrative that he didn't want it in the first place and is effectively winning by giving up.
I think he'll start attacking everyone around him. In 2012 there's gonna be more finger pointing happening than when john ryan visits the buttplug store.
Posted by: Warden at August 17, 2010 09:31 AM (fE6tn)
Posted by: George Orwell at August 17, 2010 09:31 AM (AZGON)
Smart people often have problems mastering the correct usage of the indefinite article. When someone says, "aaay illegal" or "aaay enormous", you know he's smart. Screwing up the indefinite article is one of the burdens of intelligence.
Posted by: progressoverpeace at August 17, 2010 09:32 AM (Qp4DT)
yeah, no. And here's why:
Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
and...
NOBODY walks away from absolute power.
Posted by: certoirari refused at August 17, 2010 09:32 AM (uFokq)
Posted by: joeindc44 at August 17, 2010 09:34 AM (QxSug)
Obama and the democrats have gotten everything they want becasue they own all seats of power.
If Al Franken(D- crook) didn't steal his election, the democrats would not have all their horrid 2000+ pages socialist horror bills signed into law.
Smart? - stupid? How about.... seriously corrupt
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at August 17, 2010 09:36 AM (0fzsA)
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at August 17, 2010 09:36 AM (mHQ7T)
wow jewells. I uess we should be surprised she didn't destroy them in infancy for giving her a stretch mark or making her bottom hurt after birth. or those damn dirty diapers!
poor babies. sometimes i lose faith in humanity.
Posted by: willow at August 17, 2010 09:38 AM (SbsTp)
Best argument against President T-Paw.
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at August 17, 2010 09:38 AM (mHQ7T)
In response to 71 - It's true Jefferson kept and read a Koran but not for the reason you imply. He read it in response to the Barbary Coast pirate attacks on US shipping.... shores of Tripoli ring any bells??? He wanted an understanding of the enemy. He decided a military response would be appropriate given his understanding of Islam from reading that Koran. John Adams had not thought a military response was affordable or worth it but Jefferson did.
I think Jefferson had a better understanding of the dangers of Islam.
I'm sure about iftar dinners but who would he have invited?
Posted by: Dorothy M at August 17, 2010 09:39 AM (d8At7)
ZING!
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at August 17, 2010 09:40 AM (mHQ7T)
What does a narcissist do when he realizes he will fail? He makes up a new narrative that he didn't want it in the first place and is effectively winning by giving up.
Posted by: ace at August 17, 2010 01:13 PM (QbA6l
Blames everyone else for not understanding His brilliance
Posted by: willow at August 17, 2010 09:41 AM (SbsTp)
Posted by: jewells at August 17, 2010 01:21 PM (l/N7H)
I heard a radio report that she admitted to suffocating them before driving them into the water. The coroner would've busted her anyway, since there will be no water in their lungs.
Posted by: RushBabe at August 17, 2010 09:46 AM (a3Z62)
Best argument against President T-Paw.
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at August 17, 2010 01:38 PM (mHQ7T)
A-freakin'-men!
Posted by: RushBabe at August 17, 2010 09:47 AM (a3Z62)
This explains why he's been giving essentially the same go-to speech since he's been in office.
The imbecile can't understand why it's not working anymore. Why, it's always worked. What's happened? Maybe I just need to give another speech. They weren't paying attention the first time around.
Obama is the most inflexible politician I've ever seen. And it's because his intellectual and emotional growth have been permanently stunted. He's like the pitcher with the red-hot arm who can't adjust and learn to throw a good curve ball when he gets to the Big Leagues.
Posted by: Warden at August 17, 2010 09:50 AM (fE6tn)
2/3 rds of America knew he was lying in 2008 ...
liberals knew his "moderate" face was a lie and they liked it because in the end they knew he would govern as a liberal so they voted for him ...
conservatives knew he was lying and voted against him ...
It was the independents who actually bought into his Hope N Change lies ...
Now he is faced with an entire country that knows he is a liar, and now 2/3 rds know he is lying and don't like it ...
at this rate by 2012 he won't even be able to run for local dog catcher ...
Posted by: Jeff at August 17, 2010 09:52 AM (A3tpD)
Posted by: Roger Simon at August 17, 2010 09:58 AM (TGmQa)
Posted by: George Orwell at August 17, 2010 01:04 PM (AZGON)
Make that at least two. Jack Ryan was dirty-tricked out of the US Senate race by the illegal release of his divorce records, but before that, he stabbed Alice Palmer in the back. Palmer was a state Senator who failed in a bid for a Congressional seat after tipping Obama to succeed her in the state Senate. When she asked Obama to back out so that she could keep her state Senate seat, he not only refused to stand aside, he challenged the signatures on her nominating petitions.
But that's actually an indicator that he doesn't have the stomach for a real fight. In a year when the Democrats had a huge ABC problem -- "Anybody But Hillary" -- and in which the Republicans went with the sentimental favorite rather than someone with a shot at winning, getting elected President wasn't all that hard for Obama. He's not going to enjoy 2012, and he's got a track record of walking away from jobs that are too hard and at which he doesn't automatically excel.
Posted by: stuiec at August 17, 2010 09:59 AM (7AOgy)
My sainted mother, a Democrat all her life, just told me this morning that she will not vote for Obama in 2012 over his support of the Ground Zero mosque.
Nice one, Messiah! You've managed to turn a woman who voted Democrat all her days because FDR saved her folks from the Depression against the party.
That took a LOT of work.
*golf clap*
Posted by: Palandine at August 17, 2010 10:04 AM (+ho3C)
Yup. Gold-and-marble mansions in Saudi Arabia don't just build themselves, you know.
Posted by: someone at August 17, 2010 10:12 AM (DfAwB)
I don't know, most whips I've seen are pretty stupid.
Posted by: jakee308 at August 17, 2010 10:13 AM (WZeLK)
Except that pet rocks don't do any damage with their great minds.
Posted by: progressoverpeace at August 17, 2010 10:15 AM (Qp4DT)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 17, 2010 10:20 AM (kq1lG)
I'm still scratching my head over how he got elected in the first place. I mean, honestly, the man hasn't done anything in his life and yet he wins the most powerful position in the world?
Seriously?
But it looks like there's a bit of awakening happening, at last.
mac :]
Posted by: macbrooks at August 17, 2010 10:20 AM (J+MD4)
Actually, I'm not sure whether he's really a "good" liar, other than by the yardstick of how many lies he has told without being called on it. As I recall Senator Kerry called Bill Clinton "an unusually good liar", and I never quite figured out exactly what he meant by the word "good", although I knew Clinto was a pretty crafty dissembler.
Most liberals are liars if they have ever had to defend their positions or run for office. Clinton, Gore, Kerry, Edwards, Obama.
The only reason Obama has gotten away with it is that the media has not called him on it. All liberal politicians know they will not be called on their lies, so they feel free to lie with impunity.
Posted by: RM at August 17, 2010 10:27 AM (1kwr2)
Rasmussen has a new poll coming out this afternoon showing Toomey with a 9-point edge as well, 47/36. Toomey wins independents 45/24, gets 19% of Democrats, wins both men (52/37) and women (41/37), and every age demographic except 18-29YOs.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 17, 2010 10:32 AM (kq1lG)
@158
He was elected because of a catchy ad campaign with colorful logos and pop-art images, and catchy 1-liners that were issued forth from himself, his media mouth-pieces and could be easily repeated by the masses.
He was elected because "the shield of the republic" failed to ask a single objective question and press for an answer.
There are hundreds of reasons why this happened. I just pray the collective WE learn our lesson; that slick marketing and politics does not a good mix make.
Posted by: glimmer of sanity in a mad mad world at August 17, 2010 10:34 AM (it5hL)
This has to be good for something: If I Only Had a Brain.
Posted by: rdbrewer at August 17, 2010 01:37 PM (VNdDa)
Try This One on for size - I think a more appropriate version.
Assuming I linked that correctly.
Posted by: Merovign, Strong on His Mountain at August 17, 2010 10:38 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Buck O'Fama at August 17, 2010 10:41 AM (0hVRU)
He was elected because "the shield of the republic" failed to ask a single objective question and press for an answer.
Posted by: glimmer of sanity in a mad mad world at August 17, 2010 02:34 PM (it5hL)
It wasn't just them. Don't forget that allegedly conservative sites, like Hotair (with a blogger who calls himself allahpundit) threw conniption fits if someone mentioned the Indonesian Imbecile's actual name, hussein. The same "conservatives" wanted to bury lots and lots of other issues.
The Indonesian Imbecile got away with all of his offensively transparent lies and mind-numbing idiocy because many on "the right" were scared to treat him like a normal person. It was kid gloves all the way, for the most destructive force that this nation has ever allowed into the White House.
The fight was back in 2008. Afterwards ... just too late.
Posted by: progressoverpeace at August 17, 2010 10:42 AM (Qp4DT)
#161
Ah, many thanks. I'm embarrassed to admit my naivety, especially as I once worked in the industry and did my fair share of political ads. :">
mac :]
Posted by: macbrooks at August 17, 2010 10:44 AM (J+MD4)
Seriously, I am used to spin from the left but that is so tortured it is funny.
Posted by: Bill Mitchell at August 17, 2010 10:50 AM (gmH92)
This 911 mosque would be a good opportunity to bring up Wright and Ayers. Obama has a funny respect for the First Amendment at the strangest times.
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at August 17, 2010 10:51 AM (mHQ7T)
And how many Democrats will stay home in November out of sheer embarrassment? Maybe its the circles I run in, but I don't know of anyone who doesn't roll their eyes when you mention Obama.
Posted by: Bill Mitchell at August 17, 2010 10:52 AM (gmH92)
Lefties are all liars. The ones that don't believe the shit they spout are lying when they spout it. The ones that actually believe the shit they spout are lying to themselves rather than confronting the ugly reality of their policy preferences.
Posted by: MikeO at August 17, 2010 10:53 AM (lBmZl)
Posted by: Thea at August 17, 2010 11:09 AM (/3dGX)
@164
Fair enough, but I don't know how much sway any conservative blog or blogger (no offense) will have over the collective WE. True, it shows the lack of courage, or anger, or conviction, or whatever that allowed the situation to run it's unfortunate course.
@165
No problem, gives me a chance to tap into the seething anger I still feel over the entire shameful marketing exercise that was the election of 2008, even if my views are still forming or are a bit incomplete...
Posted by: glimmer of sanity in a mad mad world at August 17, 2010 11:27 AM (it5hL)
keep up the good postin'
I do have to disagree with you on something. This IS a "read the whole thing," because the parallels Simon attempts to draw are quite a picture into the liberal mind.
I read the whole horrible thing, and I think you missed the EVEN MORE irritating part: he compares Obama's stance on the Victory Mosque to Lincoln/slavery and Ike/school integration. And, of course, in the paragraph you quoted, Sarah Palin, of course, quit because she was over her pretty little head, not endlessly buried under junk ethical violations. Just like Obama!
Posted by: Filly at August 17, 2010 11:37 AM (TCbQr)
Sure, he's vulnerable. But never underestimate the GOP's capacity for idiotic failure.
Posted by: sandy burger at August 17, 2010 12:06 PM (Pson9)
I don't think he'll run again in 2012 either. The man has never had to work for anything in his life so he has no reason to stay. He and Michelle will make millions after they leave the White House.
I think he'll take his "legacy" and leave the mess for the next guy. I bet the two of them lay in bed at night laughing themselves silly over it.
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Posted by: chillin' the most at August 17, 2010 12:35 PM (6IV8T)
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Give the kid a breathalyzer.
Without the teleprompter he's a stuttering 'uh' spewing idiot, much like Axelrod. Without the tingling media, he would have been serving Clintern coffee instead of being the Prez. Michelle said it best when she was asked on the View if Ø would run - 'He hasn't done anything yet.' Truer words, Moochelle, truer words.
Posted by: Schwalbe at August 17, 2010 12:40 PM (UU0OF)
Ace said,
"Obama knows how to lie. And he's rather good at it..."
WRONG. He's a terrible liar. "Good" liars are hard to catch. You have to work at it, analyze a lot of material, etc. Barry's so lousy even all the Journolistic liars can't cover for him.
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I read it....it looks at a glance like he is flamethrowing O'jugsy but in reality it is sort of a passive-aggressive fawning approval of him and denigrating of us 70% of the nation that are barbarians....
Posted by: sven10077 at August 17, 2010 08:43 AM (kq1lG)