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August 13, 2011

Jimmy Carter, Redux
— Monty

Instapundit has a recurring theme that a return to the Jimmy Carter era might be a best-case scenario at this point. Ronald Browenstein makes the same point at The National Journal.

President ObamaÂ’s approval ratings are now frequently running at 45 percent or lowerÂ—not enough to win a second term. Two recent national polls placed the approval rating for Congress near its all-time low. Consumer confidence measures are scraping lows comparable to 1992 and 1980, years that produced electoral earthquakes (and independent presidential challengers).
Â“I think this is way beyond those years in the level of building frustration, problems facing the country, and anger with both political parties and the political system,Â” says Democratic pollster Stanley Greenberg, who advised Bill Clinton during his 1992 victory. Â“This kind of building frustration and volatility has got to burst out in some way.Â”

President Obama is not solely to blame for our current troubles, any more than Jimmy Carter was responsible for those in the 1970's. But President Obama, like Carter before him, completely lacks the skills and self-awareness to lead the country out of the doldrums. A President (among his many other duties) is supposed to act as the rudder for the ship of state -- and our country is adrift right now because no one is steering it. President Obama is again like Carter in the strange mix of activist passion combined with political passivity he exhibits. ("Leading from behind", many pundits call it.)

It would be premature to write off a second term for Obama, though. The voting population is far more polarized and partisan now than it was in the 1970's, and our fiscal problems far worse and more intractable. Democrats are being pushed against a wall, and like any cornered beast, they may decide to fight to the bitter end rather than surrender.

UPDATE: Reuters piles on.

Posted by: Monty at 06:54 AM | Comments (202)
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1 Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at August 13, 2011 06:57 AM (olYPc)

2 Um... hate to differ but Carter was better than this stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure. And Carter was a drawling clusterfuck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: Peregrine Took, Tea Party Hostage Taker at August 13, 2011 07:00 AM (SzxHJ)

3 like any cornered beast, they may decide to fight to the bitter end rather than surrender. Meet my cutlass!

Posted by: Rick Perry, Bitch! at August 13, 2011 07:00 AM (FcR7P)

4 our country is adrift right now because no one is steering it. Oh?

Posted by: George Soros, Helmsman at August 13, 2011 07:01 AM (FcR7P)

5 Yes, this era is much worse than it was during the Carter years. Carter was an incompetent shit which kept him from being the worst President ever. But he never actively tried to destroy the country an alienate all our allies.

As for Obama and reelection he only stands a chance of being reelected if we run another McCain and the base stays at home in those critical red States that McCain flipped to blue last time.

Posted by: Vic at August 13, 2011 07:03 AM (M9Ie6)

6 President Obama, like Carter before him, completely lacks the skills and self-awareness to lead the country out of the doldrums.

Sorry - don't buy it. You're assuming he wants to lead it out of the doldrums, and I see no proof of that. I think he's leading us exactly where he wants to go.

Posted by: Roger at August 13, 2011 07:04 AM (tAwhy)

This is a religious crusade for the Dhimmeroids. They WILL fight to the end and use any and all dirty tactics they can find to do it. Too many in the GOP think it's a walkover for them and it is NOT.

This is also a fight for survival of the Cargo Cultists - welfare cheats, lazy assed leeches, etc. They will not go down quietly either. The incestuous relationship between the Dims and the leeches is what got us here and they will NOT go quietly into the night.

November 6, 2012 - End Dependence Day!!

Posted by: chuck in st paul at August 13, 2011 07:04 AM (EhYdw)

8 Shecky Obama once again cracks lame jokes while the Green Bay Packers visit the White House;

President Obama welcomes Packers to White House

President Obama didn't waste any time acknowledging his allegiances, "I'm just going to come out and say it, this hurts a little bit. Â… You guys come to my house to rub it in. What are you going to do next, go to Ditka's house?"

When you're paying rent, utilities, food, and maintenance you can call it YOUR house Jugears, and for the last time you're NOT a funny guy

Posted by: kbdabear at August 13, 2011 07:05 AM (Y+DPZ)

9 8, Chuck! Very nice

Posted by: Oldsailors poet at August 13, 2011 07:05 AM (ZDUD4)

10 Don't understand why everyone calls Obama a failure.

His track record is quite good at fucking shit up.

Posted by: +1 Ghost Touch Nail Clippers at August 13, 2011 07:06 AM (FK4Qg)

11 Obama talks of "Washington" as if it's some uninvited guest messing up the Oval Office. You are Washington, fool...what did you think this first executive job on your resume was gonna be like?

Posted by: Gay-ass Sorting Hat Union Anthem at August 13, 2011 07:06 AM (KZi9D)

12 As for Obama and reelection he only stands a chance of being reelected if we run another McCain and the base stays at home in those critical red States that McCain flipped to blue last time.
Posted by: Vic at August 13, 2011 11:03 AM

But the important people in Washington just adore me!

Posted by: Jon That Dog Won't Huntsman at August 13, 2011 07:07 AM (Y+DPZ)

13 Obama is much worse the Carter. For all his faults Carter did not have a specific intent on causing America to fail. Ironically enough Obama has a much greater chance of being reelected than Carter did. The country is a lot dumber today that it was in 1979-1980. Thirty additional years of leftism in the mass media and in public education have had their inevitable effect. Also, blacks will be motivated to vote for Obama (at the obligatory 90-plus percent ratio), whereas there was no direct tie between the black demographic and Carter, other than the Democrat Party I.D. itself. Social conservatives today stay home and don't vote in greater numbers than they did 30 years ago. There's nothing that can be done about that. Lastly, Carter had to face an A+ general election candidate in Reagan. If Perry is the nominee you could make a case that he's politically at that level. But what if Romney is the nominee? At best Romney is a B+ candidate. That might not be enough to defeat the union-media-academia-zombie cabal.

Posted by: Tsar Nicholas II at August 13, 2011 07:09 AM (iRlbA)

14 8: I'd buy a bumper sticker that said that.

Posted by: PaleRider at August 13, 2011 07:10 AM (FYUWS)

15 Finally, a Time ragazine study we can use!

Study: Boys Masturbate More than Girls. Seriously

Posted by: George Costanza at August 13, 2011 07:11 AM (Y+DPZ)

16 Obama's "bad luck" is the predictable result of insisting the "system" is broken instead of realizing that around half of the citizens in this country are incapable/ignorant of contributing their fair share of effort.

Capitalism really doesn't work if you remove yourself from the "producer" line and go stand in the "looter" line, with the Democrats promising you that the rewards for the latter are far greater than the former....If only you vote for them to make sure that's the case.

It's not their ignorance and arrogance that's most galling and un-American, it's their cynicism. They honestly believe this country needs to be re-made to coddle the "losers" (to use Rick Santelli's word) instead of teaching losers how to win. Obama likes to compare himself to Reagan, the solution to Carter, but he is King Midas in Reverse. They have sandblasted, pitted, scraped and rubbed the shining city on a hill into a shack by the river, a Habitat for Humanism model home. 2012 cannot come fast enough.

Posted by: My Sharia Moor at August 13, 2011 07:11 AM (KZi9D)

17 President Obama welcomes Packers to White House Man, he just doesn't get that "Could you be a bigger douche?" is a rhetorical question. Instead, he asks, "how big?"

Posted by: t-bird at August 13, 2011 07:13 AM (FcR7P)

18 5 As for Obama and reelection he only stands a chance of being reelected if we run another McCain and the base stays at home in those critical red States that McCain flipped to blue last time. Or if the Republicans nominate a serious conservative and someone like Trump or Bloomberg runs as an independent portraying himself as a "reasonable moderate". That's the scenario that worries me the most.

Posted by: rickl at August 13, 2011 07:13 AM (1CfwK)

19 As for Obama and reelection he only stands a chance of being reelected if we run another McCain and the base stays at home in those critical red States that McCain flipped to blue last time.

A year is a long, long time in politics, Vic. And there are Democrats who will vote for Bammer no matter what. Just look at the mule-headed opposition to any reform at all of Medicare/Medicaid -- it's obvious that the programs cannot continue as they are, but partisan ideology trumps reality for these people every time. If Bammer runs again, they'll vote for him. Count on it.

Posted by: Monty at August 13, 2011 07:13 AM (FC+dS)

20 *Poof*

Posted by: Jimmy Carter dust fart at August 13, 2011 07:14 AM (C0Z3w)

21 Just saw something about a statement which the stuttering clusterfuck of miserable failure made that he is being vilified like MLK. Ummmm, wut?

Posted by: Theresa D., your favorite TPT at August 13, 2011 07:14 AM (Zgfnd)

22 23, Oh man, I have such a line that would so get me banned.

Posted by: Oldsailors poet at August 13, 2011 07:17 AM (ZDUD4)

23 "It would be premature . . . "

I agree. This ain't gonna be easy at all, no matter who we put up against Captain Clusterfuck.

The campaign will be a dirty mess, one of the nastiest, if not the nastiest, ever seen. The unions will be mobilized and on steroids, as will the blacks, and the class-warfare tactics the JEF will use will bring out all those that want or get something from government, but pay no federal taxes. And that is a lot of voters.

Posted by: I'm in a New York state of mind at August 13, 2011 07:17 AM (4sQwu)

24 The Packers are everything Obama is not. 11 opening-day starters on the DL, no problem. Super Bowl injury to Donald Driver so Jordy Nelson takes over with 9 catches. Injury to Charles Woodson, Jarret Bush takes over and intercepts two passes, including the dagger.

Head Coach Mike McCarthy's method of "stacking successes" each week, solving problems as they appear, getting everyone on the same page. Veteran leadership, rookies going all-in.

Winners visit the Loser and he thinks he's the shit?

Posted by: My Sharia Moor at August 13, 2011 07:17 AM (KZi9D)

25 At least Carter had the good grace not to blame his misfortunes on others unlike the ignorant bastard currently residing there now that places blame everywhere else except where it so obviously belongs.

Posted by: Gmac at August 13, 2011 07:17 AM (cMxD1)

26 Actually, I'd say the comparison to Jimmy Carter isn't fair.

Yes, JC was an arrogant, incompetent narcissist too, but I think you can argue Carter thought he was doing the best things for his country, even if he was completely wrong.

Does anyone seriously think Obama gives a damn about how many jobs he is killing? How much he is destroying the productive class to feed his insatiable government class constituents? Obama wants a weaker, poorer America.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 13, 2011 07:18 AM (FBr/C)

27 At best Romney is a B+ candidate. That might not be enough to defeat the union-media-academia-zombie cabal.

Romney is McCain with better hair and no jowls.

Vic. And there are Democrats who will vote for Bammer no matter what.

True, but that all important factor of voter turnout becomes the election turning point. In 2008 McCain hampered the Republican turnout while Obama greatly increased the Dem turnout. Someone like Perry or Bachmann will energize the base and increase turnout.

While hardcore union States will still have an active turnout, the right to work blue States will not.

Posted by: Vic at August 13, 2011 07:19 AM (M9Ie6)

28 Went back and found it: Â“I think that we forget when he was alive there was nobody who was more vilified, nobody who was more controversial, nobody who was more despairing at times,Â” he said.

The JFK comparison didn't work. The Lincoln comparison is laughable. The only common denominator JEF and MLK share is the skin color, and JEF is only half-black.

Posted by: Theresa D., your favorite TPT at August 13, 2011 07:21 AM (Zgfnd)

29 If you build a handout, they will come

Thousands line up for free dental services in Woodstock

Woodstock GA, not the hippie place in upstate NY

The lesson the MBM takes from this is how many people need NHS style health care, not that the waiting times for an infected tooth would be days, not hours

Posted by: kbdabear at August 13, 2011 07:22 AM (Y+DPZ)

30 I dunno, but Obama in a second term is very scary.

I spent a few days in Chicago this week. If you think these people are about to throw in the towel, think again. Some of them actually speak as though his second term is a forgone conclusion. They wish we could get to the election today. I was like-huh?

But before you laugh it off and call them delusional, take a moment to examine where they are coming from. First, the incumbent has a built in advantage. We can call him Carter, and he is. But Congress is not getting the greatest ratings either. Hence Obama's shift to try and say- "Hey, I am on your side- I hate Congress too, those lazy good for nothings..."

Obama is also already attacking the Republican candidates along with a press that is willing to carry his water. Don't be fooled by some of their recent attempts to criticize Obama. It is all part of their strategy to try and enhance their credibility, therefore believability, before the election. They will be an accomplice in the biggest smear campaign, funded with the biggest war chest, ever. The Republican candidate will be attacked relentlessly and needs to be steadfast and bulletproof. Ban on martial metaphors aside, this will be war

In the end, it is going to be a knock down, drag out, steel cage match contest. The people in Chicago have seen these contests go their way many times before. So I frankly don't count Obama out yet. It is going to be an endurance match and not for anyone with a weak heart. We need to be vigilant and focused like a laser to win. Otherwise we get Obama 2.0, and I can think of nothing worse.

Posted by: Marcus at August 13, 2011 07:22 AM (DU2ZY)

31 The unions will be mobilized and on steroids, as will the blacks, and the class-warfare tactics the JEF will use will bring out all those that want or get something from government, but pay no federal taxes. And that is a lot of voters.

Add federal employees to the list. The Dems will be trying to scare the hell out of them about losing their jobs if the Republicans win the White House and both houses of Congress.

Posted by: Peregrine Took, Tea Party Hostage Taker at August 13, 2011 07:23 AM (SzxHJ)

32

@17

"a shack by the river"

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Posted by: Matt Foley - Motivational Imam at August 13, 2011 07:23 AM (d4vjp)

33 I think it might be impossible for Obama to get back to Carter's level, low as it was. Carter never let our credit rating drop.

Posted by: zmdavid at August 13, 2011 07:23 AM (Rp2TQ)

34 BTW, on third Party candidates, according to Rasmussen it is more like to get a 3rd party candidate if the Repubs do nominate a liberal squish. Her had a poll earlier that said up to 18% of normal Republican voters would go to a Tea Party candidate if the Repubs nominated a squish and the Tea Party ran their own candidate.

And once again that idiot Nader is making noises about a 3rd party run if the Dems do not primary Obama.

Posted by: Vic at August 13, 2011 07:24 AM (M9Ie6)

35 and might foster civil unrest. Fish the Impaler at August 13, 2011 11:17 AM Might? I think that's exactly what we are looking forward too. Piven, the fat hitler look alike from the AFL-CIO, Van Jones and the rest of the Socialist/Commie race baiters are all out looking for a time and place. I worry about our law abiding Tea Partiers, especially our more mature ones being injured at rallys. On the other hand, many of these people pack. Could you imagine some protected class utes being put down at a Tea Party Rally? The S would most certainly HTF.

Posted by: Oldsailors poet at August 13, 2011 07:24 AM (ZDUD4)

36 And once again that idiot Nader is making noises about a 3rd party run if the Dems do not primary Obama.

Thank God for Nader. If it wasn't for him, Crazy Al Gore would have been President in 2001.

Posted by: Peregrine Took, Tea Party Hostage Taker at August 13, 2011 07:26 AM (SzxHJ)

37 The stuttering clusterfuck can't even do a championship visit with any skill.What a miserable failure he is at everything.Except fund raising.

Posted by: steevy at August 13, 2011 07:27 AM (olYPc)

38 Speaking of doubling-down on the stupid:

Get Ready for More Money-Printing: Â‘QE3 May Be Coming After AllÂ’

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 13, 2011 07:27 AM (9hSKh)

39 41 He could help us by siphoning off 5% of the whacky left vote.

Posted by: steevy at August 13, 2011 07:28 AM (olYPc)

40 43 Of course.HYPERINFLATION!!

Posted by: steevy at August 13, 2011 07:29 AM (olYPc)

41 45, So would this be the Weimar republic thing?

Posted by: Oldsailors poet at August 13, 2011 07:30 AM (ZDUD4)

42

brb...off to teh Vineyard.

Posted by: Blinky O'Barkovitch at August 13, 2011 07:30 AM (LEcV+)

43

brb...investing in wheelbarrows.

Posted by: Blinky O'Barkovitch at August 13, 2011 07:31 AM (LEcV+)

44 Â“This kind of building frustration and volatility has got to burst out in some way.Â” Yes, it will end badly. Probably with Rick Perry using a giant sabre to hack a bloody path through a crowd of innocent babies so a horde of unwashed Mexicans can pour into the streets of Austin.

Posted by: George Orwell at August 13, 2011 07:34 AM (AZGON)

45 GW Bush made Iftar dinners a tradition.Fucking asshole.Here's hoping President Perry puts an end to it(he probably wont though).

Posted by: steevy at August 13, 2011 07:34 AM (olYPc)

46 Get Ready for More Money-Printing: Â‘QE3 May Be Coming After AllÂ’

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 13, 2011 11:27 AM (9hSKh)

We've already had QE3 when they corrected the "books" after they raised the debt limit. The fed bought up 80% of those T-Bills, the other 20% was probably municipal retirement fund purchases.

The just didn't call it QE3 but it is the same thing. Nobody is buying our T-Bills and it doesn't matter what the rating is.

Posted by: Vic at August 13, 2011 07:34 AM (M9Ie6)

47 Check out the lead picture on Drudge. Is that Christine O'Donnell putting a hex on Ron Paul?

Posted by: Johnny at August 13, 2011 07:34 AM (iT/Iy)

48 @42, not the first time, either. All NCAA national championship teams get an automatic invite to a "college day" at the WH. The TCU all-women rifle team surprised the god-king -- he did not know there was such a sport -- and then he tried to bullshit them by saying he practiced shooting all the time with the Secret Service. You have to imagine what Secret Service smallbore and air rifle practice must be like...

All the time, not even knowing that his high school, yes Punahou, has a smallbore team, and its own firing range. Just unspeakably ignorant.

Posted by: comatus at August 13, 2011 07:36 AM (W5ilH)

Posted by: Johnny at August 13, 2011 11:34 AM (iT/Iy)

By the pricking of my thumb, something wicked this way comes.

Posted by: Christine O'Donnel at August 13, 2011 07:36 AM (QibBy)

50 What we need is a 3rd party candidate that keeps the Frums, Brookses, Scarboroughs, etc. from voting for Obama. Bloomberg would be a great 3rd party candidate to split the statist vote. No chance of winning, but would take more votes from Obama than he would steal from a conservative Republican. I'm worried about Obama getting the RINO vote again.

Posted by: zmdavid at August 13, 2011 07:37 AM (Rp2TQ)

51 @21 Yes. Far too many think it will not bee hard to beat Dick next year. Not so fast. I promise you things will happen in the next 14 months that will send her approvals up and back down again. Do not count on Dick staying in this hole.

Posted by: George Orwell at August 13, 2011 07:38 AM (AZGON)

52 In this morning's WSJ there is a worthwhile read from Norman Podhoretz on the subject of Obama vs. Jimmuh and "Is the one intentionally trying to hurt the US?"

Posted by: Piñon Farmer at August 13, 2011 07:39 AM (IzuWw)

53 I saw that article at the WP this morning. This is why straw polls are not worth a shit. Even the other papers have admitted this poll is nothing more than a fundraiser for the Iowa Republican Party and not WAS as a predictor of who will "win" Iowa caucuses.

And I don't like caucuses either.

Posted by: Vic at August 13, 2011 07:39 AM (M9Ie6)

54 @25

I agree. This ain't gonna be easy at all, no matter who we put up against Captain Clusterfuck.

The campaign will be a dirty mess, one of the nastiest, if not the nastiest, ever seen. The unions will be mobilized and on steroids, as will the blacks, and the class-warfare tactics the JEF will use will bring out all those that want or get something from government, but pay no federal taxes. And that is a lot of voters.

True >>> http://tiny.cc/ClassWarcraft

Posted by: Foole In The Rain at August 13, 2011 07:40 AM (BkQvr)

We've already had QE3 when they corrected the "books" after they raised the debt limit. The fed bought up 80% of those T-Bills, the other 20% was probably municipal retirement fund purchases.

So this hypothetical round of quantitative easing would be QE4?

Hell, our currency is going to be more useful as TP than as legal tender once this whole pig-circus is over and done with.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 13, 2011 07:40 AM (9hSKh)

56 Hell, our currency is going to be more useful as TP than as legal tender once this whole pig-circus is over and done with.

Yep our current inflation rate is probably > 21% and going up more every day.

Posted by: Vic at August 13, 2011 07:42 AM (M9Ie6)

57 What makes TSCOAMF tic? Besides wealth 'redistribution', don't forget that he is an acolyte of Alinsky and Cloward-Piven. CP specifically instructs their followers to crash the system by signing up everyone for benefits.

Have a look at the food stamps rolls. It is now over 2 years since the recession ended (technically), and food stamp enrollment has increased every single month since the end. They go out and advertise for people to come in and sign up. Crash the system.

What comes after the crash? Liberal utopia, I guess. With them in charge. Sorry, but I don't see this as accidental at all. It's not incompetence, it's planned from the top.

Posted by: GnuBreed at August 13, 2011 07:42 AM (bvXGR)

I keep wondering what it will take for the ignorant 52%'ers to be awakened to the fact that our current crises have been and are being engineered, planned, and executed by The Dims and Obama on purpose.

We're seeing the results of far-leftism. It's called "progressivism," but that's just our particular flavor of Communism, plain and simple. That form of government is destructive of freedom, wasteful of capital (both fiscal and human) and designed to snuff out our way of life by any means of authority available. It is failing right before our eyes, and there are so many who can't, or won't, see the truth.

We are well and truly boned.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at August 13, 2011 07:42 AM (d0Tfm)

59 60 That is a great poster. I saw the hammer right away, but it took me a minute to notice the sickle.

Posted by: rickl at August 13, 2011 07:43 AM (1CfwK)

60 What is most frightening about our present situation is not that we have a president completely unsuited and unqualified to do the job. It is that there is a chance that his disastrous performance may be rewarded with a second term.

Posted by: nohype at August 13, 2011 07:47 AM (9yfLe)

61 "Check out the lead picture on Drudge. Is that Christine O'Donnell putting a hex on Ron Paul?" If you look closely at the logo on his polo shirt, it appears to be a mounted Klansman wearing a tinfoil hat.

Posted by: George Orwell at August 13, 2011 07:48 AM (AZGON)

62 You have to imagine what Secret Service smallbore and air rifle practice must be like...

All the time, not even knowing that his high school, yes Punahou, has a smallbore team, and its own firing range. Just unspeakably ignorant.
Posted by: comatus at August 13, 2011 11:36 AM

They probably gave up telling Mr I Know More Than Anybody Else About Everything that the "Gangsta Grip" is extremely stupid

Posted by: kbdabear at August 13, 2011 07:49 AM (Y+DPZ)

63 67 "Check out the lead picture on Drudge. Is that Christine O'Donnell putting a hex on Ron Paul?"

If you look closely at the logo on his polo shirt, it appears to be a mounted Klansman wearing a tinfoil hat. Posted by: George Orwell at August 13, 2011 11:48 AM

Ah-HAH, now I have him and all the other Rethuglikkkans !!11!!

Posted by: Dr Charles Martin Luther Johnson, Jr at August 13, 2011 07:51 AM (Y+DPZ)

Thomas Sowell has a column that tells how Republicans can screw this up.

Posted by: Vic at August 13, 2011 07:52 AM (M9Ie6)

65 Cavuto to Meg Whitman: "If Romney can win the nomination, there's speculation he might pick you as his running mate."

Romney/Whitman 2012 - Get Excited!

Posted by: Johnny at August 13, 2011 07:56 AM (iT/Iy)

66 London style riots in Italy in 5 ... 4.. 3 ..

UPDATE 4-Italy delivers tough austerity measures

Being it's Roto-Reuters, of course they call tax hikes "austerity" because you know, the rich aren't getting their own money handed back to them

Posted by: kbdabear at August 13, 2011 07:56 AM (Y+DPZ)

67
When the Soviets invaded Afghanistan, Carter at least pulled us out of the Moscow Olympics.

Can you imagine Obama doing that?

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 13, 2011 07:58 AM (EeYDk)

68 Romney/Whitman 2012 - Get Excited! Don't make me come over there and shoot a coyote with my baby-launcher. I already flipped the safety.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at August 13, 2011 07:59 AM (AZGON)

69 OT from the Department of Arrogant Cluelessness: RealClearPolitics.com "I understand why extending unemployment insurance provides relief to people who need it, but how does that create jobs," Wall Street Journal's Laura Meckler asked Jay Carney at Wednesday's WH briefing. Carney responded: "Oh, uh, it is by, uh, I would expect a reporter from the Wall Street Journal would know this as part of the entrance exam." "There are few other ways that can directly put money into the economy than applying unemployment insurance," Carney said.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at August 13, 2011 08:00 AM (AZGON)

70 Oldsailors poet...the s is going to htf one way or another...the dems will make sure of that. ignorance doesn't just wash away, and with the increased class warfare rhetoric and 'flash mobs' being allowed to run rampant, critical mass is being achieved as we speak.

Posted by: model_1066 at August 13, 2011 08:01 AM (2j/Mv)

71 of course, our side (with guns, brains and resolve) will win in any such physical confrontation...but that don't make it purty...

Posted by: model_1066 at August 13, 2011 08:03 AM (2j/Mv)

72 Obama isn't Jimmy Carter - he's David Dinkins. Dinkins was a nice guy with no enemies, and was elected in large part as the "first black mayor" of NYC. In office he proved totally over his head and fiddled while Rome burned. It took a tough SOB like Rudy Giuliani to turn the City around after Dinkins, and it will take the same to turn the Country around after Obama. Why not the exact same guy?

Posted by: Mahon at August 13, 2011 08:05 AM (SATip)

protected class utes

Stop calling them Utes, that is an insult to me

Posted by: Ma Bell at August 13, 2011 08:06 AM (H/MnC)

74 Carney responded: "Oh, uh, it is by, uh, I would expect a reporter from the Wall Street Journal would know this as part of the entrance exam."

"There are few other ways that can directly put money into the economy than applying unemployment insurance," Carney said.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at August 13, 2011 12:00 PM

As typical of the elitist clowns in this White House, everything is academically sourced. Everything in the faculty lounge is genius, everything in the real business world is bullshit

When I hear the elite, the so-called best and brightest, and the 52ers, I cannot help but wonder if I've been transported to the Mirror Universe.

The Agony Booth is sitting through a Jugears speech

Posted by: kbdabear at August 13, 2011 08:06 AM (Y+DPZ)

75 David Dinkins was a nice guy. Obama is not a nice guy.

Posted by: kansas at August 13, 2011 08:06 AM (mka2b)

76 "There are few other ways that can directly put money into the economy than applying unemployment insurance," Carney said.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at August 13, 2011 12:00 PM

Don't you know UI creates millions of jobs? DUH!

Posted by: Nanny Botox at August 13, 2011 08:08 AM (Y+DPZ)

77 If the Italians decide to riot, at least we can be sure of one thing: Insouciant fire-bombing from the backs of tiny Vespas, with a Fellini flair.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at August 13, 2011 08:08 AM (AZGON)

78 78... It took a tough SOB like Rudy Giuliani to turn the City around after Dinkins, and it will take the same to turn the Country around after Obama. Why not the exact same guy?

Posted by: Mahon at August 13, 2011 12:05 PM (SATip)

Because he's unelectable?

Posted by: Piñon Farmer at August 13, 2011 08:09 AM (IzuWw)

79 Adjust for the 98%+ approval rating African Americans give him and the Bamster would be well below Carter and Bush 43 at their lowest.

Posted by: Disco baby at August 13, 2011 08:10 AM (u+8qs)

80 Posted by: kbdabear at August 13, 2011 12:06 PM (Y+DPZ) It's not even the jaw-shattering stupidity of Carney and the Badministration... it's the supine stolid incuriousness of the press. Mish noted that RCP report, and opines: So there you have it. The unemployed create jobs. If only we had millions more unemployed, we could create millions more jobs, simply by giving the unemployed more money. Why didn't the WSJ hack fire back at Carney with this obvious retort? Like when Milton Friedman once saw a huge public works project excavating in China. (paraphrased) He asked "Why so many men with shovels?" The ChiCom answered "It's an employment project." Friedman shot back "So give them spoons."

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at August 13, 2011 08:12 AM (AZGON)

81 When I hear the elite, the so-called best and brightest, and the 52ers, I cannot help but wonder if I've been transported to the Mirror Universe.

Posted by: kbdabear at August 13, 2011 12:06 PM

Logic would dictate that if Sulu is trying to hit on Uhura, that you are not in reality as you thought you knew it

Posted by: Spock at August 13, 2011 08:12 AM (Y+DPZ)

It is that there is a chance that his disastrous performance may be rewarded with a second term.

I have a dream, optimist that I am, that goes like this: The Vapid OneÂ® is reelected by the same idiot 52% that did it the last time.

At the same time, Tea Party candidates take over Congress with a veto-proof majority and a large, throbbing mandate that will last much longer than four hours.

TVO gets to watch helplessly as ObamaCare, Frank-Dodd, and everything else he's done in his first term is repealed. Meanwhile, the economy recovers and country finds out that too much government isn't good for children and other living things.

America ensues.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at August 13, 2011 08:13 AM (d0Tfm)

83 84 78... It took a tough SOB like Rudy Giuliani to turn the City around after Dinkins, and it will take the same to turn the Country around after Obama. Why not the exact same guy?

Posted by: Mahon at August 13, 2011 12:05 PM (SATip)

Because he's unelectable?

Posted by: PiÃ±on Farmer at August 13, 201

New rules. Four years ago, nobody thought electable an Illinois state senator who never legislated anything, a community organizer who never organized anything,and a law professor who never published anything. Thanks to Obama the old rules no longer apply and anything is possible.

Posted by: Disco baby at August 13, 2011 08:14 AM (u+8qs)

84 If the Italians decide to riot, at least we can be sure of one thing: Insouciant fire-bombing from the backs of tiny Vespas, with a Fellini flair.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at August 13, 2011 12:08 PM (AZGON)

And excellent marinara sauce for the after-riot parties.

Posted by: Tami at August 13, 2011 08:14 AM (X6akg)

85 Logic would dictate that if Sulu is trying to hit on Uhura, that you are not in reality as you thought you knew it I knew something was wrong myself when I felt stirrings in my loins for that little Japanese bugger.

Posted by: James Tiberius Kirk at August 13, 2011 08:15 AM (AZGON)

86 Democrats are being pushed against a wall, and like any cornered beast, they may decide to fight to the bitter end rather than surrender. Such violent rhetoric! Everyone knows there's only one way to deal with a cornered beast... Let's call them Hostage Takers and Terrorists, instead. 'Cause it's so much more Open & Affirming!

Posted by: CoolCzech at August 13, 2011 08:15 AM (kUaEF)

87 If the Italians decide to riot, at least we can be sure of one thing: Insouciant fire-bombing from the backs of tiny Vespas, with a Fellini flair. Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at August 13, 2011 12:08 PM

Add to that 12 anarchists climbing out of a Fiat 500 to loot a Starbucks

Posted by: kbdabear at August 13, 2011 08:15 AM (Y+DPZ)

88 91 "Logic would dictate that if Sulu is trying to hit on Uhura, that you are not in reality as you thought you knew it" I knew something was wrong myself when I felt stirrings in my loins for that little Japanese bugger. Posted by: James Tiberius Kirk at August 13, 2011 12:15 PM (AZGON) Oh, that was just us!

Posted by: Klingon Crabs at August 13, 2011 08:16 AM (kUaEF)

89 As typical of the elitist clowns in this White House, everything is academically sourced.

But it seldom is.

It's all just everyone knows... shit that's telephone-gamed around among people who don't really know what they're sayingÂ—and they certainly didn't pick it up in some scholarly monograph that they can't remember offhand because they just read too many of themÂ—but they're the sort who say those things.

Mouth noises. Shibboleths. Passwords.

"Entrance exam," he said, pointedly.

Posted by: oblig. at August 13, 2011 08:17 AM (xvZW9)

90 Add to that 12 anarchists climbing out of a Fiat 500 to loot a Starbucks The clown suits will be designed by Dolce & Gabbana.

Posted by: James Tiberius Kirk at August 13, 2011 08:17 AM (AZGON)

91 That fucker Kirk is always horning in on me. Even my socks.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at August 13, 2011 08:17 AM (AZGON)

The Agony Booth is sitting through a Jugears speech.

And here I thought Vogon poetry was bad...

Posted by: Dodge Prefect, Ford's little brother at August 13, 2011 08:18 AM (d0Tfm)

93 The thing about Italian riots is, they always stop for two hours, between 12 and 2.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at August 13, 2011 08:19 AM (AZGON)

94 If you can work a young Gina Lollobrigida clad in nothing but a garter belt and fishnet stockings in the Vespa bitch seat into that scenario, I'm in! Fast question for Italian speakers - a "lollobrigida" is a very loose sports bra, right?

Posted by: Klingon Crabs at August 13, 2011 08:20 AM (kUaEF)

95 Could you imagine some protected class utes being put down at a Tea Party Rally? The S would most certainly HTF.

Way.Over. Due.

Posted by: Barbarian at August 13, 2011 08:20 AM (EL+OC)

96 OK, off, crabby sock.

Posted by: CoolCzech at August 13, 2011 08:20 AM (kUaEF)

TVO gets to watch helplessly as ObamaCare, Frank-Dodd, and everything else he's done in his first term is repealed

This. Just learned at the bank all of our household's checking accounts will have to be converted to new ones to avoid a new monthly $7 serviced fee tacked on because of Frank-Dodd.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 13, 2011 08:20 AM (4q5tP)

98 Hyman Rickover may well have been the meanest and most demanding prick ever to wear the uniform of the US Navy. (During officer candidate interviews Rickover would sometimes compliment an applicant's neck tie and ask the candidate to give it to him. Once, when a candidate refused, Rickover opened a file cabinet drawer to show the now successful applicant a collection of neck ties surrendered by failed applicants.) He saw something in Carter that made him pick Carter for the nuclear sub program. That alone makes Carter a better person than Obama, whatever has happened since.

Posted by: Disco baby at August 13, 2011 08:21 AM (u+8qs)

99 This picture depicts;

A. Chekov being tortured in the Agony Booth

B. Walter Koenig's guest appearance on "Dance Fever"

Posted by: Alex Trebek at August 13, 2011 08:21 AM (Y+DPZ)

100 Could President Obamao reverse his declining numbers? Sure he could - anything is possible: he could actually turn into Ronald Reagan for the next 15 months. Of course, I could also grow green gossamer wings and fly to the moon in the next 15 months - nothing can be absolutely ruled out. However, the odds of ether O'barky or me doing either of those things are rather remote.

I can't recall a case of malignant narcissism ever being cured - can any of you? So we can pretty much count on President Downgrade's numbers continuing to fall - it is an inherent personality problem - he'll become more insane and angry as the opposition to him continues to rise. He is starting to lose even the gullible youth vote - and that is a death knell for any Demonrat.

Posted by: An Observation at August 13, 2011 08:21 AM (ylhEn)

101 Posted by: Klingon Crabs at August 13, 2011 12:20 PM (kUaEF)

Most of these punks are too young to have rubbed a few out to Gina.

That was one smokin' hot body.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at August 13, 2011 08:22 AM (LH6ir)

102 Am I the only that has tried quoting previous comments and had them disappear from the post? Let me try this again... 93 If the Italians decide to riot, at least we can be sure of one thing: Insouciant fire-bombing from the backs of tiny Vespas, with a Fellini flair. Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at August 13, 2011 12:08 PM Add to that 12 anarchists climbing out of a Fiat 500 to loot a Starbucks Posted by: kbdabear at August 13, 2011 12:15 PM (Y+DPZ) If you can work a young Gina Lollobrigida clad in nothing but a garter belt and fishnet stockings in the Vespa bitch seat into that scenario, I'm in! Fast question for Italian speakers - a "lollobrigida" is a very loose sports bra, right?

Posted by: CoolCzech at August 13, 2011 08:22 AM (kUaEF)

103 Good early afternoon tearrosits.

Ames.

lofreakin'l. What a joke.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at August 13, 2011 08:23 AM (zDVv1)

104 By the way, did nayone notice the stupid questions in the jerk-off study?

How many times have you masturbated in the last three months? When I was fourteen I doubt I could have counted that high.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at August 13, 2011 08:24 AM (LH6ir)

105 @94

I have to agree. Thanks for making that point. Now, if only one of the R herd would publicly make the same point, they might actually help their campaign.

Posted by: Piñon Farmer at August 13, 2011 08:24 AM (IzuWw)

106 New rules. Four years ago, nobody thought electable an Illinois state senator who never legislated anything, a community organizer who never organized anything,and a law professor adjunct lecturer who never published anything. Thanks to Obama the old rules no longer apply and anything is possible.

FIFM

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 13, 2011 08:24 AM (4q5tP)

107 106 This picture depicts; A. Chekov being tortured in the Agony Booth B. Walter Koenig's guest appearance on "Dance Fever" C. Tim Pawlenty in a Beatles wig after dropping animal tranks at Studio 51.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at August 13, 2011 08:24 AM (AZGON)

108 How many times have you masturbated in the last three months? When I was fourteen I doubt I could have counted that high. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at August 13, 2011 12:24 PM (LH6ir) It really IS amazing the average penis lasts beyond age 14...

Posted by: CoolCzech at August 13, 2011 08:24 AM (kUaEF)

109 "It would be premature to write off a second term for Obama, though"

I say BS! Not premature at all, this guy is toast, I don't know what the fuck you are smoking or where the hell you live, but ANY, I mean ANYone who thinks this guy has a chance in HELL to get re-elected is smoking something illegal!!

Posted by: USNA1985 at August 13, 2011 08:26 AM (U3TDy)

110 Posted by: progressoverpeace at August 13, 2011 12:22 PM (G/MYk)

Rudy was never really challenged in an election, so his campaigning skills are suspect. But I agree that there is much to like about...oh...half of him. The other half sucks donkey dick.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at August 13, 2011 08:26 AM (LH6ir)

111 How many times have you masturbated in the last three months? When I was fourteen I doubt I could have counted that high.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at August 13, 2011 12:24 PM (LH6ir)

The question assumes they ever stop.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 13, 2011 08:27 AM (4q5tP)

112 Washington Times online poll, posted for voting just an hour ago... unintentional humor at its best Poll: Who do you think will win the Ames Straw Poll in Iowa? Michele Bachmann 2(33%) Herman Cain 0(0%) Newt Gingrich 0(0%) Thaddeus McCotter 0(0%) Ron Paul 3(50%) Tim Pawlenty 0(0%) Mitt Romney 1(16%) Rick Santorum 0(0%) Other 0(0%)

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at August 13, 2011 08:28 AM (AZGON)

113 Posted by: Count de Monet at August 13, 2011 12:24 PM (4q5tP)

Thank you.

That seems like a trivial point, but we have allowed the MBM to control the narrative, including the facts about the JEF. He was never a professor, because that would require things like peer-reviewed research and scholarly work: none of which the JEF is capable of.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at August 13, 2011 08:29 AM (LH6ir)

114 Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure

Speaking of this...

I was talking to my Dad a few days ago and this came out of my mouth. He asked me to repeat it as he laughed so hard. I just called him and this was the first thing out of my mouth when he picked up the phone.

!!!

I love it when a good joke carries forward.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at August 13, 2011 08:30 AM (zDVv1)

115 121, I was told by a friend that a man could only have 40 orgasms. I called that MFr a liar the next day.

Posted by: Oldsailors poet at August 13, 2011 08:30 AM (ZDUD4)

116 117: Not premature at all, this guy is toast.

Objectively, yes. But the MSM will go into overdrive vilifying his opponent, his family, everything about him. Thank anti-Palin frenzy³.

Posted by: Skookumchuk at August 13, 2011 08:31 AM (btzPD)

117 93 If the Italians decide to riot, at least we can be sure of one thing: Insouciant fire-bombing from the backs of tiny Vespas, with a Fellini flair. Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at August 13, 2011 12:08 PM

Add to that 12 anarchists climbing out of a Fiat 500 to loot a Starbucks

Posted by: kbdabear at August 13, 2011 12:15 PM

If you can work a young Gina Lollobrigida clad in nothing but a garter belt and fishnet stockings in the Vespa bitch seat into that scenario, I'm in!

Fast question for Italian speakers - a "lollobrigida" is a very loose sports bra, right? Posted by: CoolCzech at August 13, 2011 12:22 PM

I think this was all in "Cry, Cry Again"

Posted by: Jerry Seinfeld at August 13, 2011 08:31 AM (Y+DPZ)

118 Posted by: USNA1985 at August 13, 2011 12:26 PM (U3TDy)

Overconfidence is a very bad thing. We need to fight this coming election as if our lives depended on it (and, unfortunately, they do) and we are behind. Never, ever assume anything.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at August 13, 2011 08:31 AM (LH6ir)

119 124 121, I was told by a friend that a man could only have 40 orgasms. That's not true. But squirting blood was scary.

Posted by: CoolCzech at August 13, 2011 08:31 AM (kUaEF)

120 Is ace still chasing Perry around with a pudding cup?

Posted by: Tami at August 13, 2011 08:32 AM (X6akg)

121 But squirting blood was scary. *backs away from CoolCzech*

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at August 13, 2011 08:32 AM (AZGON)

122 121 Washington Times online poll, posted for voting just an hour ago...

unintentional humor at its best

Poll: Who do you think will win the Ames Straw Poll in Iowa?

Michele Bachmann 2(33%)
Herman Cain 0(0%)
Newt Gingrich 0(0%)
Thaddeus McCotter 0(0%)
Ron Paul 3(50%)
Tim Pawlenty 0(0%)
Mitt Romney 1(16%)
Rick Santorum 0(0%)
Other 0(0%)

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at August 13, 2011 12:28 PM

Works for us, and it scares the shit out of you Mr Ace

Posted by: PPP, the MBM's new BFF at August 13, 2011 08:33 AM (Y+DPZ)

123 117 ..., I mean ANYone who thinks this guy has a chance in HELL to get re-elected is smoking something illegal!!

Posted by: USNA1985 at August 13, 2011 12:26 PM (U3TDy)

And how do you suppose he got elected in the first place?

Posted by: Piñon Farmer at August 13, 2011 08:33 AM (IzuWw)

124 Tami, hi!

thankfully I see another 'ette. I have no clue what these gross boys are talking about!

Posted by: laceyunderalls at August 13, 2011 08:34 AM (zDVv1)

125 129 Is ace still chasing Perry around with a pudding cup? Posted by: Tami at August 13, 2011 12:32 PM (X6akg) Yes... and the pudding cup had a strap on it, for some reason...

Posted by: CoolCzech at August 13, 2011 08:34 AM (kUaEF)

126

Jimmy Carter redux?

I don't remember there being so many MSM propagandists constantly villifying half the population of the country for opposing Carter, but maybe it was only because we could not raise our voices then as effectively as we can now?

Posted by: sherlock at August 13, 2011 08:35 AM (thr9V)

127 Wouldn't a better title for this thread be, Jimmy Carter, Failure II?

Posted by: CoolCzech at August 13, 2011 08:36 AM (kUaEF)

128 Yeah, I've learned in rehab that choking the chicken is evil, emailing pictures is conservative behavior, and I am cured of these evil republican traits. My God, I might be conservative.

Posted by: Eric Massa at August 13, 2011 08:36 AM (AZGON)

129 Perry campaign website goes live; posts "Why I'm Running". http://tinyurl.com/3wdocxp

Posted by: Johnny at August 13, 2011 08:36 AM (iT/Iy)

130 134, Oh bullshit, I have daughters. My wife refers to it as discovering themselves. I'm quite sure you have both discovered and laid claim to yourselves.

Posted by: Oldsailors poet at August 13, 2011 08:37 AM (ZDUD4)

131 Perry campaign website goes live; posts "Why I'm Running" Four little words: Babies on a sabre.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at August 13, 2011 08:38 AM (AZGON)

132 Posted by: progressoverpeace at August 13, 2011 12:32 PM (G/MYk)

Giuliani's autocratic tendencies concern me. There is too much of the rule by fiat in him for me to be comfortable.

But I agree that we would be much better of, especially with internal security. Although...I wonder how he would have dealt with airport security?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at August 13, 2011 08:38 AM (LH6ir)

133 I'm going to repeat something I posted earlier this morning.

It would be extremely amusing to see Barky's Magical Misery Bus Tour being followed closely by Palin's Following Failure Tour.

Barky looking behind him and seeing that. Heh.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 13, 2011 08:38 AM (UOM48)

134 I'm quite sure you have both discovered and laid claim to yourselves. For a moment I thought I read "laid clam to yourselves."

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at August 13, 2011 08:39 AM (AZGON)

135 O_Marx is squarely in the number one slot now. I don't believe Carter fundamentally disliked the US as does the current Marxist. It is O's skin color that keeps his popularity numbers as high as they are and that is a sad indictment on my fellow citizens. MLK_jr weeps.

Posted by: dogfish at August 13, 2011 08:39 AM (N2yhW)

136 Re: Rudy's electability

I'm simply considering the fact that there's a large (ungodly large) fraction of the electorate that only considers a candidate from an emotional point of view -- logic has nothing to do with it -- and to them, Rudy simply carries too much personal baggage for a Republican.

Posted by: Piñon Farmer at August 13, 2011 08:39 AM (IzuWw)

137 Posted by: laceyunderalls at August 13, 2011 12:34 PM (zDVv1)

The study discovered that boys masturbate more than girls. But when one starts at several times/day, that leaves a lot of masturbating for the girls!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at August 13, 2011 08:39 AM (LH6ir)

138 Wouldn't a better title for this thread be, Jimmy Carter, Failure II?

Posted by: CoolCzech at August 13, 2011 12:36 PM (kUaEF)

Carter II: Electric Bugaloo.

Posted by: CAC at August 13, 2011 08:39 AM (U14+T)

139

Posted by: sherlock at August 13, 2011 12:35 PM (thr9V)

Yes, email accounts, blog post comments, twitter tweets, social media (whatever the hell that all is - get off my lawn) all allow the MBM to get unfiltered, immediate feedback from the great unwashed masses. The Silent Majority is no longer so silent.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 13, 2011 08:40 AM (4q5tP)

140 Carter II: Electric Bugaloo. LOL

Posted by: Oldsailors poet at August 13, 2011 08:40 AM (ZDUD4)

141 145 I'm quite sure you have both discovered and laid claim to yourselves. For a moment I thought I read "laid clam to yourselves." Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at August 13, 2011 12:39 PM (AZGON) You don't know what panic IS until the clam shell suddenly snaps shot. Ouch!

Posted by: CoolCzech at August 13, 2011 08:41 AM (kUaEF)

142 Jimmy Carter? At this point I'd take Jack Carter over Obama. And Jack is dead.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at August 13, 2011 08:41 AM (AZGON)

143 141 134, Oh bullshit, I have daughters. My wife refers to it as discovering themselves. I'm quite sure you have both discovered and laid claim to yourselves. Posted by: Oldsailors poet at August 13, 2011 12:37 PM

If that's what it's called, then I'm Columbus, Magellan, Vasco di Gama, Coronado, Vespucci, Leif Erickson, Lewis & Clark and Admiral Byrd

Posted by: kbdabear at August 13, 2011 08:41 AM (Y+DPZ)

144 Re Rudy. Didn't he wait out the 2008 primaries until Florida, then got blown out? Or was that some other candidate?

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 13, 2011 08:42 AM (4q5tP)

145 I was surprised to learn that 70 percent of masturbating girls fake it.

Posted by: CoolCzech at August 13, 2011 08:42 AM (kUaEF)

146 If that's what it's called, then I'm Columbus, Magellan, Vasco di Gama, Coronado, Vespucci, Leif Erickson, Lewis & Clark and Admiral Byrd I hope you planted your flag when you came to the new world.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at August 13, 2011 08:42 AM (AZGON)

147 154, God you people make me laugh.

Posted by: Oldsailors poet at August 13, 2011 08:43 AM (ZDUD4)

148 If that's what it's called, then I'm Columbus, Magellan, Vasco di Gama, Coronado, Vespucci, Leif Erickson, Lewis & Clark and Admiral Byrd

Posted by: kbdabear at August 13, 2011 12:41 PM (Y+DPZ)

I prefer getting laid, but to each their own.

Not everyone can drive a Volvo and wear plaid shorts like a boss.

Posted by: CAC at August 13, 2011 08:43 AM (U14+T)

149

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at August 13, 2011 12:39 PM (LH6ir)

Wonderful use of taxpayer money dedicated to research...its about on par with the money expended teaching Africans how to wash their genitals.

Why bother trying to study and answer basic and fundamental questions such as how proteins fold when the age-old (non) conundrum of "wheter or not boys masturbate more than girls" needs answered yet again?

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 13, 2011 08:44 AM (9hSKh)

150 I hope you planted your flag when you came to the new world Wouldn't it be came "IN" the new world.

Posted by: Oldsailors poet at August 13, 2011 08:44 AM (ZDUD4)

151 Damn, every time we leave you people alone, the threads turn into discussions on flatulence or masturbation

Posted by: AoSHQ Decency Standards Board at August 13, 2011 08:44 AM (Y+DPZ)

152 I disagree with the premise. Obama created this mess on purpose and now it has spun out of control. He will try the failed Socialist polices to try to fix, but they won't work nor have they ever. Obama is cold, mean and a socialist and doesn't care about anything or anyone except himself. At least Carter loved America but was an idiot. Obama is a traitor and hates America.

Posted by: John Hipkins at August 13, 2011 08:45 AM (qXGZK)

153 "Boys took more pleasure in self-pleasure: half said they masturbated at least twice a week, but only 23% of girls reported the same frequency. While fewer than half of girls reported ever masturbating, the survey found that close to three-quarters of boys said they did."

The authors' conclusions are interesting. What I would have taken from these data is that:

1. 49% of boys lie.
2. 72% of girls lie.
3. Anybody who thinks that this kind of study is important is a fool.
4. Anyone who takes funding for this kind of a study is a thief.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at August 13, 2011 08:45 AM (LH6ir)

154 Lewis & Clark. Two men in a boat. Sacajawea. There's a joke in there somewhere.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 13, 2011 08:45 AM (4q5tP)

155 Does Media Matters take Saturdays off? Just curious.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 13, 2011 08:45 AM (UOM48)

156 Leif Erickson But she doesn't know That I left my urge in the icebox She swears I'm just prey to the female Well then hook me up and throw me baby cakes

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at August 13, 2011 08:45 AM (AZGON)

157 168 Does Media Matters take Saturdays off? Just curious.

Union rules, ya' know?

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 13, 2011 08:46 AM (9hSKh)

158 Can't wait to hear from Ace. I believe Delta Smelt is stalking him.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 13, 2011 08:47 AM (UOM48)

159 I would love for this to end up like the Carter administration. Ronald Reagan was next!!!

Posted by: Dastardly Dan at August 13, 2011 08:47 AM (56hk3)

160 162 Damn, every time we leave you people alone, the threads turn into discussions on flatulence or masturbation Posted by: AoSHQ Decency Standards Board at August 13, 2011 12:44 PM (Y+DPZ) What do you mean, masturbation OR farting??

Posted by: Barney Frank at August 13, 2011 08:47 AM (kUaEF)

161 Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 13, 2011 12:44 PM (9hSKh)

Wow. That was a revelation when I learned about three D structures of protein. That made the DNA coding even more impressive.

Good stuff.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at August 13, 2011 08:47 AM (LH6ir)

162 Ahhh, I believe I see what you did there, Jane...!

Posted by: laceyunderalls at August 13, 2011 08:47 AM (zDVv1)

163 157 If that's what it's called, then I'm Columbus, Magellan, Vasco di Gama, Coronado, Vespucci, Leif Erickson, Lewis & Clark and Admiral Byrd

I hope you planted your flag when you came to the new world. Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at August 13, 2011 12:42 PM

All must salute that flag when the anthem plays

Posted by: kbdabear at August 13, 2011 08:47 AM (Y+DPZ)

164 Re: 84. Giuliani unelectable? I believe he was the only Republican to lead Obama is (someone's) recent poll. His challenge would be getting the nomination. He'd destroy Obama in debate and cruise in November.

Posted by: Mahon at August 13, 2011 08:47 AM (SATip)

165

Democrats are being pushed against a wall, and like any cornered beast, they may decide to fight to the bitter end rather than surrender.

Monty, don't forget that there are an awful lot of just plain old Americans who feel besieged too. And there are a lot more of us than there are of Dem.

Remember the historic shellacking the Dims took in the last midterms. I look for that to continue in '012, and to possibly intensify.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at August 13, 2011 08:47 AM (d0Tfm)

166 Not that Carter deserves any credit, but the debt when Carter left office was bascially nothing to when Obama finally leaves. That's where this is all different, even if we literally had Reagan himself. From the reliable stuff I have read of late, our situation is dire. Reagan didn't have to raise taxes and make big cuts in everything from military, social security, food stamps, medicare etc... in the middle of a depression just to delay bankruptcy.

The time for the choice of tax cuts or services reform is way past, now its both tax raises and service cuts. Even then no point in future is the debt being paid down. The baby boomers whole lives were spent pushing for low taxes and unconstrained government intervention at home and unconstrained government intervention abroad. while never minding that their few social security years of surplus were being spent and replaced with meaningless IOU's. They tried to cheat math and have it both ways and now we will all have it no ways.

What the next guy faces will be all awful choices, that everyone will hate. We know the left will be no help and will exploit anything but tax increases for their political benefit. The last moment to salvage this was exactly when I sensed it, in 2004-2005 the soon to be gone Republican majority could have passed bill after bill turning power over to the states and negotiating bankruptcy with the debt. The left would have gone along with it as they were demoralized after Kerrys loss and would for that brief window have been willing to accept having socialized medicine in blue states rather then nowhere.

Posted by: Shiggz at August 13, 2011 08:48 AM (v8Pb8)

167 I was surprised to learn that 70 percent of masturbating girls fake it.

Posted by: CoolCzech at August 13, 2011 12:42 PM (kUaEF)

Like I care if it is fake.

Posted by: dogfish at August 13, 2011 08:49 AM (N2yhW)

168 logic has nothing to do with it -- and to them, Rudy simply carries too much personal baggage for a Republican.

Posted by: PiÃ±on Farmer at August 13, 2011 12:39 PM (IzuWw)

Rudy has a lot of problems besides being immoral and cheating on his wife.

He is a gun grabber which is huge no-no in most red States

He also joined forces with Clinton and the Dems to give them standing to sue over the line item veto. IOW he is a backstabber.

Those are major negative factors that are easily found w/o researching all the other positions.

Posted by: Vic at August 13, 2011 08:49 AM (M9Ie6)

169 head is pounding.....keep it down morons.......do you have to type so hard?

Posted by: phoenixgirl at August 13, 2011 08:49 AM (eOXTH)

170 178 Re: 84. Giuliani unelectable? I believe he was the only Republican to lead Obama is (someone's) recent poll. His challenge would be getting the nomination. He'd destroy Obama in debate and cruise in November. Posted by: Mahon at August 13, 2011 12:47 PM (SATip) I think it should be starting to dawn on us that it's Obama that is freaking unelectable next year.

Posted by: Barney Frank at August 13, 2011 08:52 AM (kUaEF)

171 184, Hey, How about a nice warm pork, mayonaise and ciggarette butt sandwich? I assume you are hung over. If you are sick I apologize.

Posted by: Oldsailors poet at August 13, 2011 08:52 AM (ZDUD4)

172 OK, off, Barney Sock...

Posted by: CoolCzech at August 13, 2011 08:52 AM (kUaEF)

173

"But President Obama, like Carter before him, completely lacks the skills and self-awareness to lead the country out of the doldrums."

This doesn't really hit the mark. It's not that he doesn't have "the skills", and "self-awareness" doesn't even seem relevant.

I think of it more like a case of having a house burning down, and looking to an arsonist to put the fire out.

More precisely, the things that need to happen to get us out of this are things that Obama simply doesn't believe in, and - like any true believer - the fact that economic times are bad is just a secondary distraction from his pursuit of his "social justice" values.

So - far beyond lacking the leadership experience and ability (and he IS embarassing in how obviously lacking in those areas he is) - it's more important that he completely has no interest in leading us out of this. He's only interested in campaigning - which is to say, in his case, in roaming across the nation preaching socialism (but you're racist, or a "terrorist", if you call it that).

Posted by: Optimizer at August 13, 2011 08:52 AM (As94z)

174 HI PHOENIXGIRL!!!! oops. sorry.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 13, 2011 08:53 AM (UOM48)

175 184 head is pounding...

Posted by: phoenixgirl at August 13, 2011 12:49 PM (eOXTH)

That does seem to be the topic of the moment.

Posted by: dogfish at August 13, 2011 08:53 AM (N2yhW)

176 i thought if you could type words and read posts....you were literate.....

Posted by: phoenixgirl at August 13, 2011 08:53 AM (eOXTH)

177 Ace of Spades is populated by old fogies who sit around bitching, farting, belching, and driving slow. Posted by: Palin Steele at August 13, 2011 12:52 PM (Lt/Za) Well... Yeah...

Posted by: CoolCzech at August 13, 2011 08:53 AM (kUaEF)

178 lol hi jane d'oh allergies are killing me today.......

Posted by: phoenixgirl at August 13, 2011 08:54 AM (eOXTH)

179 LOL

Has anyone seen the video of the bat flying around the cabin of a Delta flight from Madison, WI to Atlanta?

I told my husband it was a moonbat. He chuckled.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 13, 2011 08:54 AM (UOM48)

180 192, Put a thousand Monkeys in a room with typewriters and eventually they will write the works of Shakespere

Posted by: Oldsailors poet at August 13, 2011 08:54 AM (ZDUD4)

181 let's just get this straight....what age do you think is old palin steele?

Posted by: phoenixgirl at August 13, 2011 08:54 AM (eOXTH)

182 Or if my writing was too long and awful for you here is a cartoon picture that says it all as well.

http://i.imgur.com/oi0x8.jpg

Posted by: Shiggz at August 13, 2011 08:56 AM (v8Pb8)

183 Wow. That was a revelation when I learned about three D structures of protein. That made the DNA coding even more impressive.

It is. What's even more impressive is that we can model the structures of individual proteins and protein complexes even with the given resolution (and other fundamental) limitations of protein structure determination techniques like X-ray crystallography and NMR.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 13, 2011 08:58 AM (9hSKh)

184 there are over 800 residents of phoenix that are 100 and over living in arizona....(i'm not one of them)

Posted by: phoenixgirl at August 13, 2011 08:58 AM (eOXTH)

185 1 sec, trying a new image website, and its not werkin good

Posted by: Shiggz at August 13, 2011 08:58 AM (v8Pb8)

186 Has anyone seen the video of the bat flying around the cabin of a Delta flight from Madison, WI to Atlanta?

I told my husband it was a moonbat. He chuckled.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 13, 2011 12:54 PM

Our takeover of Transylvania is done, now to the next step

Posted by: Count Achmed Dracula at August 13, 2011 08:59 AM (Y+DPZ)

187 I still say Huntsman is going to be John Anderson 2.0.

Posted by: AmishDude at August 13, 2011 08:59 AM (VqwDh)

188 Fixed the cartoon link, I didn't draw it someone else did, I just put the two parts together and resized.

http://tinyurl.com/3ecpwj4

Posted by: Shiggz at August 13, 2011 09:00 AM (v8Pb8)

189 I still say Huntsman is going to be John Anderson 2.0. Home Edition or Premium?

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at August 13, 2011 09:01 AM (AZGON)

190 Wow. That was a revelation when I learned about three D structures of protein. That made the DNA coding even more impressive.

All the scientific mumbo-jumbo doesn't hide what you're REALLY talking about with DNA and proteins

Posted by: Professor Frink, Master of His Domain at August 13, 2011 09:01 AM (Y+DPZ)

191 Poll: Who do you think will win the Ames Straw Poll in Iowa?

Michele Bachmann 2(33%)
Herman Cain 0(0%)
Newt Gingrich 0(0%)
Thaddeus McCotter 0(0%)
Ron Paul 3(50%)
Tim Pawlenty 0(0%)
Mitt Romney 1(16%)
Rick Santorum 0(0%)
Other 0(0%)

Ron Paul could enter the Miss USA pageant and the Paultards would show up en masse to hoot and holler during the swimsuit competition.

Posted by: Spiker at August 13, 2011 09:01 AM (u2rWt)

192 Yesterday Lacey linked to an Ulsterman piece where he had a sit down with his supposed WH source who said that Ogabe was going to start ramping up the race rhetoric...

...and low and behold, we have rdbrewer's sidebar link where the JEF is comparing himself to MLK

I dunno...the Ulsterman stuff seems to parallel what we find out retroactively about Obama and topresage the stuff that happens later

Posted by: beedubya at August 13, 2011 09:09 AM (AnTyA)

193 Posted by: progressoverpeace at August 13, 2011 12:45 PM (G/MYk)

Dude, love your posts. You cut through the bullshit with scalpel-like clarity

Posted by: beedubya at August 13, 2011 09:19 AM (AnTyA)

194 Ace Perry post is up

Posted by: Vic at August 13, 2011 09:24 AM (M9Ie6)

195 Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 13, 2011 12:58 PM (9hSKh)

And you are doing this while working toward a PhD in Women's Studies!

Very impressive.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at August 13, 2011 09:24 AM (LH6ir)

196 Ace of Spades is populated by old fogies who sit around bitching, farting, belching, and driving slow.

While I may be an old fogie and bitch, fart, and belch, I do know exactly what 7000 RPM on my G35-6MT sounds like.

Posted by: An Observation at August 13, 2011 09:36 AM (ylhEn)

197

What a pile of BS Monty. The 70s were polarized according to whom? I bet you were on your tricycle in the 70s.

Obama is toast unless the Demos can pull a massive zombie voter scheme and combine it with their flash mobs at the polls to incentivize the voters to vote correctly.

Not one state he didn't capture in 2008 is going his way. But many states he won are either leaning to anyone but Obama or very close. He is toast.

Posted by: Molon Labe at August 13, 2011 02:53 PM (g5MrG)

198 185
Does anyone remember when the illiterate posters criticized me for saying I fellated my girlfriend. They were wrong then, and they're wrong now. Ace of Spades is populated by old fogies who sit around bitching, farting, belching, and driving slow.
That would be driving slowly, not slow. Adverbs modify adjectives, illerate (adjective) shithead (noun).

Posted by: Jay Guevara at August 13, 2011 05:09 PM (YKK68)

199 Make that "illiterate."

Posted by: Jay Guevara at August 13, 2011 05:10 PM (YKK68)

200
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