Dylan Ratigan joined Andrea Mitchell Monday on the list of MSNBC anchors who appear to be losing faith in President Barack Obama's leadership.

Discussing the type of president required to lead the country in times of crisis, Ratigan remarked, "Wouldn't anybody who wrote a memoir before the age of 50 be rather screwed up anyway?"

Obama is not smart

What's next?  Fire is hot?

You must worship King Obama with blind faith. If you do not, you are racists terrorists.

Hey - I'm dumb too!  I call entire swathes of citizens "terrorists" and riots break out in Milwaukee. I am not to blame, however.

Posted by: Forest Gump at August 09, 2011 09:59 AM (8IAHO)

Me too.

WINNING!

Posted by: Sheriff Joe at August 09, 2011 10:04 AM (OITDh)

Clean? or dirrrrrrrty?...IYKWIMAITYD

Is baseball still our national pastime? I haven't followed baseball for a long time, but it seems like it's still an important sport in America. Anyone truly in touch with American culture (our head of state, for example) would recognize this, and speech clichés would be expected, as long they refer to baseball.

That said, calling our nation "Triple-A" is kind of insulting.

What's next?  Fire is hot?

Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 09, 2011 10:06 AM (sbV1u)

That is what *they* want you to believe!

Mr. Obama, by contrast, appears to consider himself immune from error. Perhaps this explains why he has now doubled down on Heckuva Job Geithner."

Either that or he can't find anyone willing to take it. Carney revealed one ugly truth, and it killed him to do so; the office of the President doesn't really create jobs. What he did not and will not admit is that the office has a tremendous ability to destroy jobs. They have no cards to play, anything constructive that they can do would be anathema to their base and would validate the Republicans and would ultimately bring on the reckoning that we cannot go on as we have.

On that last point, both Dems ad Republicans are agreeing to forestall that as long as possible.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at August 09, 2011 10:17 AM (8y9MW)

That's actually a Twitter competition from Patterico's Pontifications, not a racial thing.  Over at PP, I think Aaron Worthing or Patterico himself is urging commenters to go to that Twitter site to spam it with anti-Obama stuff. 

Is baseball still our national pastime? I haven't followed baseball for a long time, but it seems like it's still an important sport in America. Anyone truly in touch with American culture (our head of state, for example) would recognize this, and speech clichés would be expected, as long they refer to baseball.

That said, calling our nation "Triple-A" is kind of insulting.

Posted by: FireHorse at August 09, 2011 10:16 AM (gTGz3)

Our nation is the Bigs.  But our government is a Dominican winter league.

#40

"Entitlement my butt!!!

Shiggz, just say no and refuse to pay S.S.&Medi

I cannot find work.  I don't know how I will pay off these student loans.  But damn, I can get on Twitter and HuffPo and glory praise Barack.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther)

I think that he was copying a theme that had appeared a few days ago. There was supposed to be a twitter feed playing the race card; it was implying that the troubles obama was facing were due to race. People here and elsewhere were teeing off on it.

*squeeeee-braaaaaaap*

Dominican Winter League is made up of a lot of pros just getting time in.Our government is your local 9U Rec League.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at August 09, 2011 10:24 AM (OWjjx)

Our government is a church softball league where every player is one of those jerks who has to win, not realizing he's in a CHURCH softball league.

I've never thought Obama was smart.  I know what smart is. Whenever I go to conferences, I see these other mathematicians presenting their work and I have to ask "How did they come up with that brilliant idea?" or "How did they have the patience to see through those awful calculations, I would have been sure they didn't work?"

Most of them are inarticulate in their native language, let alone English.

But they are brilliant nonetheless.  I saw none of that in Obama. I suppose I always think mathematics is the sieve of true genius, but even in the fields Obama was in, there were no new ideas or clever reworking of old ideas or the ability to solve problems.

He just repeats tired old tropes in an arrogant and pompous manner and I suppose Americans took that for intellect. (Hey, it works for most college professors.) He doesn't even make a particularly good con man, despite his clear ambitions in that area.

Still, I'm never enamored with "smart" in our leaders. Character, modesty and a bit of wisdom worked for Washington and Coolidge. It's liberals, not conservatives, who need ubermensches to rule over them.

Let me provide an example of teh definition good management I use in some of my seminars.

A young man and his father are at a ranch watching a new bronco stallion in the coral. It is clearly a wild and untamed horse, full of spirit and strength. A cowboy goes to the horse and mounts him, and the horse proceeds to buck and twist, jumping and trying to violently throw the rider off. But the cowboy stays mounted on the horse, anticipating each move and countering them to stay in the saddle until the horse finally calms.

The young man says "That cowboy sure is a great rider, despite everything that bronco did to try to throw him off, he was able to stay on him, he surely must be a master horseman"

The father replies, "No, son, he is merely at best an adequate rider, because if he were a master horseman, the stallion would never have bucked at all."

You can probably figure out the lesson yourself.

Our government is a church softball league where every player is one of those jerks who has to win, not realizing he's in a CHURCH softball league.

Posted by: AmishDude at August 09, 2011 10:29 AM (73tyQ)

All this republican gridlock makes us look more like the special olympics or something.

94 I think Obama is smart in some ways..

He knows Marxist theories like the back of his hand..  And he's been slowly implementing them in backdoor fashion for the last few years now..

I think it's a mistake to say he's  stupid.. 

My vote goes for "Educated Fool", then.

I think it's a mistake to say he's  stupid..  

He is stupid.

I need me some more Ezra Klein spouting statements like this...

"Well, Ken Rogoff and Carmen Reinhardt, who I think we can all agree are experts on the situation, say we should do..."

Our government is a church softball league where every player is one of those jerks who has to win, not realizing he's in a CHURCH softball league.

Spikes up when you slide! Aim for the gut, right between the words Immaculate and Conception.

We're Our Lady of Mercy! Show no mercy!!!

Posted by: Mr. Dave at August 09, 2011 10:16 AM (1lNlt)

I hear the word on the street is that the JEF is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: George Orwell at August 09, 2011 10:32 AM (AZGON)

This.  And I will never forgive Peggy Noonan and Kathleen Parker for telling us how smart and sophisticated he was.  They fell for the empty suit hook, line and sinker.

If you looked at a database of all the flash mobs and the violence you'd see that Philadelphia -- less then 100 miles from Washington, DC is a tinderbox waiting for a spark. With three weeks still to go before school begins, and it still being hot as hell in Philly, I think there's a pretty good chance of it getting out of control.

I will only be shocked if Philly doesn't burn. That's been coming for a long, long time.

Posted by: Downrated Upscale at August 09, 2011 10:40 AM (IhHdM)

Do Whites or Asians riot because it's hot and school is closed?   What are the ingredients in this 'tinderbox' you speak of?

Do Whites or Asians riot because they're unemployed ( other than 'anarchists' and union 'rent-a-mobs' ) ?

There is book smart and then there is street smart.

You get book smart by sitting around by yourself reading about what other people think is the right way to do something.

You get street smart by getting out and doing it yourself learning about life in the real world.

I was book smart for a long time, then after I started my first company, I got street schooled fast. The lesson was costly, but well worth it the next time around. 

Spikes up when you slide! Aim for the gut, right between the words Immaculate and Conception.

We're Our Lady of Mercy! Show no mercy!!!

No wonder I keep getting thrown out.  They told me to aim right between the words "Sacred" and "Heart". 

Thanks for the tip!

Is Obama smart?

No.

Is Obama dumb as a bag of rocks?

No.

Is Obama dumb as a bag of rocks buried under a pile of horse manure and the fetid corpse of a mountain goat?

You're getting close, but still not quite stupid enough to reach Obama's level.

Here's a question... If Philly burns, does it disrupt the machine in the city that has helped elect Dems there with regularity?

No.

Detroit looks worse than a Fallout game and it still votes Dem.

There is book smart and then there is street smart.

The Umbrella and The Gate agree, Obama is neither.

No.

Detroit looks worse than a Fallout game and it still votes Dem.

New Orleans still votes Dem, but not in the outright numbers or percentage that it used to.

In Detroit's case, the steadily declining population there means that it should hold less and less sway over the rest of Michigan at some point, though there are some suburbs like Dearbornistan which may take up some of the slack in regard to the Dem turnout machine.

Posted by: George Orwell at August 09, 2011 10:42 AM (AZGON)

Piece of cake.

OK.  Picture a 12-dimensional corn hole.

Now project it onto an 11-dimensional piece of paper.

Obama is a master at 11 dimensional corn hole."

Mm, okay you got my attention.

"New Orleans got flooded out and it ended up dispersing people there to the four winds, destroying the machine that gave the Dems the edge on state-wide offices in Louisiana."

And increased all crime in Houston by about 50% and the leaches refuse to go back to NO.

Thanks for the tip!

No problem.

(Unless you're one of the terrorists who plays for St. Luke's, in which case you can either start wearing a helmet or stop crowding my strike zone. I hope you considered that while you were lying in the batter's box with blood coming out of your ear. Maybe you can ask your Beloved Physician to stop that ringing noise you always hear now. And remember: Our Lady of Mercy's playbook comes straight from the Obama Administration. Win first, win always, and if we can raise enough money to heat the interfaith orphanage this winter, that's OK, too.)

Happy birthday, Mr. President

I want to wish President Obama, who turned 50 last Thursday, a happy birthday. I am really proud of the job he has done as president.

As always, he is in my prayers. I know that the road has not been an easy one. It has been a big job.

But he is prepared for the assignment that has been put before him. I know at times he has felt alone on this journey. But he needs to know that he is not alone. There are more people for him than against him. He should know that he is loved.

BERNICE WESTER

Savannah

Posted by: Fish the Impaler at August 09, 2011 10:57 AM (Lt/Za)

Isn't Geno the guy that put up the sign 'speak English when ordering'? 

Anyone starting to think that London is our future?

In the urban centers of deeply indebted blue states... yeah, possibly.

A blue state is like the "fire triangle" - first, they have a large population of people who live off of entitlements (fuel). Second, they are more likely to have restrictive gun laws and a legal system that favors the perp (oxygen). Add the third element (combustion) and you'll have a fire on your hands.

When John wrote this, I pushed to name it "Ode to Barack Obama", but just wasn't sure about the spelling. I lost that fight. My vision was strong, but a little cloudy.

♫Dear Barackalypse Prudence, won't you come out to play
Dear Burackalypse Prudence, greet the brand new day
The sun is up, the sky is blue
It's beautiful and so are you
Dear Borokalypse Prudence won't you come out to play♫

Give the man time, people. Sheesh. He didn't say he would fix the crap Bush did today or next week. Don't you Americans know how to listen?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 09, 2011 10:58 AM (UOM4

Well, I see JEF hasn't cured mental illness yet.

I'm sure he'll fix those oceans any day now.

Posted by: George Orwell at August 09, 2011 10:58 AM (AZGON)

Sign me up for your newsletter please.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at August 09, 2011 10:09 AM (VZ10+)

That seems unlikely

Barack Obama isn't a genius. He's a super-genuis.

(He's on the same level as Wile E. Coyote.)

Posted by: sTevo at August 09, 2011 11:02 AM (q1Tbv)

I don't see how Hillary could do that.  She's part of the administration.  If she was going to do that, she should have exited 6 months ago over 'Egypt' or something. 

When John wrote this, I pushed to name it "Ode to Barack Obama", but just wasn't sure about the spelling. I lost that fight. My vision was strong, but a little cloudy.

♫Dear Barackalypse Prudence, won't you come out to play
Dear Burackalypse Prudence, greet the brand new day
The sun is up, the sky is blue
It's beautiful and so are you
Dear Borokalypse Prudence won't you come out to play♫

My song to the president:

All we are saying is shut the fuck up.

He's going to be more bitter than Jimmah Carter when he loses in a landslide come 2012 because the country recognizes him as an incompetent fuck.
Are you kidding?

He doesn't respect the public enough to accept the rebuke as his responsibility.

The hall mark of this presidency is a total failure to accept responsibility OR provide leadership. They are non-existant in the world of a consumate narcicist.

My two cents:

Obama is not trying to destroy the country intentionally.  He is trying to change the country into his ideal - a country with a powerful central government with a secular society built upon government service, where certain groups gain elevated importance because of historical bad luck.

Isn't Geno the guy that put up the sign 'speak English when ordering'? 

Posted by: Tami at August 09, 2011 10:59 AM (X6akg)

There is a real NY italian pizza place nearby which I only discovered a couple of years ago. It is run by and apparently worked by genuine Brooklyn sicilians (they look like snookie and my m-i-l). I was in there waiting for my order and these hispanics come in and, looking at the shade of the guy behind the counter, tried to order in spanish (or what goes for spanish--that central american ghetto speak). Anyway the sicilian lost his mind. I thought I was going to bust a gut. Ayyyyyeyyye O! Use english! O!

Tami, it was either Geno's or Pat's, and with the number of people they serve daily, there was no way they could play translator in the fast moving line. 

Politicians and other dweeb liberal's bemoaned the unfairness and and racism, but the owner stood his ground and kept the sign.  Must be the South Philadelphia Italian influence, or maybe the possibility of  bone-crushers visiting the antagonists.

Posted by: Fish the Impaler at August 09, 2011 11:04 AM (Lt/Za)

I googled it....it was Geno.  I recall him being interviewed on Fox at the time....he cracked me up!  He was NOT bowing to any PC crap and he said so in no uncertain terms.

Obama is not trying to destroy the country intentionally. 

vs

 He is trying to change the country into his ideal - a country with a powerful central government with a secular society built upon government service, where certain groups gain elevated importance because of historical bad luck.

However, these are the same thing

As always you can follow me here:http://twitter.com/#!/ShiggzKenobi

....but....why would anyone want too???

Posted by: dagny at August 09, 2011 11:08 AM (BOMhW)

Never, ever cross a Sicilian...even when ordering pizza.  Or maybe, ESPECIALLY when ordering pizza.

I don't see how Hillary could do that.  She's part of the administration.  If she was going to do that, she should have exited 6 months ago over 'Egypt' or something. 

She needs to exit by, don't quote me here, about 15 September to be on some state ballots. 

Frankly, I can't see her running.  She knows she'll be eating a shit sandwich if she wins.  She's as much a narcissist as Barky, but smart enough to hide it better.  She won't set herself up in a lose-lose situation.  Which is what we have now with this economy.

Her ego couldn't take another battering like the one she got in 2008.  So, she'll sit it out and be happy to play the "wise statesman" role.

44 Barack Obama.

Joe Biden.


Who's smarter?  Bet you can't figure that one out!

First clue: I didn't know IQ's came in negative intergers before this question.

Posted by: polynikes at August 09, 2011 11:11 AM (ufGlD)

57 states, yo!

James Taranto over at Best of the Web had some pretty good snark yesterday.  He quoted some commentator who opined that the basic difference between progressives and conservatives is incompatible definitions of liberty.  Conservatives believe in "negative liberty;" i.e., that government should stay out of people's lives while progressives progressives believe in "positive liberty;" i.e., that government should allow people to achieve their potential by guaranteeing minimum education, income, etc.  Taranto then snarked, "To sum it up a bit more pithily, whereas conservatives want freedom from coercion, liberals want freedom through coercion."

The only people who possibly could be "surprised" by Obama's staggering ineptitude are those who are so naive and ignorant (or race obsessed) to have voted for the man in the first instance.

Hmmm. Add that to the definition of Democrat in the dictionary.

However, these are the same thing

Posted by: dagny at August 09, 2011 11:10 AM (BOMhW)

True, but the second "sells" where the first does not.

Think about the mushy-moderates you know.  They want to like Obama.  They have some amount of guilt both over the fact they think he's a failure and that they voted for him.  When you tell them "He's trying to destroy the country" they reflexively reject it: it hits too close to home, as it were.

However, when you tell them, "He wants to radically alter our society to match his ideal.  The problem is that his ideal is too liberal and coincides much more closely with Marx and Stalin than it does with Jefferson and Madison," they can agree to that, and they can then absolve themselves of some of their guilt- because it has now been explained to them why he shouldn't be supported.

I wonder if Rush and Hannity and others had taken that tack, instead of just calling him (accurate though they were) a socialist/marxist who wanted to destroy American culture- if McCain might have won in spite of himself.

I wonder if Rush and Hannity and others had taken that tack, instead of just calling him (accurate though they were) a socialist/marxist who wanted to destroy American culture- if McCain might have won in spite of himself.

I think you have a valid point there. 

And no, I am not an eBook spammer.

I'm in the chorus of he's neither smart nor wise.  Any damn fool can steer the ship in perfect weather.  President Downgrade's lack of preparedness and ability for the job he now holds is hurting the nation.

Posted by: George Orwell at August 09, 2011 11:10 AM (AZGON)

More than that, if Obama gets thrown under the bus, blacks and others who vote Democrat only because of the racial warm fuzzies it gives them will be dispirited and the ground will be littered with downballot destruction.

But what if Obama doesn't want to run again. If so, then I will believe he's smart. He's sucking up all the Dem money to himself and then he goes to some power brokers and says, "OK, you want me in?  Fine.  Whaddaya got, 'cause I got $1b of your money."

King Putt will only win 7 states out of the 57.

Eight.

You can always count on Massachusetts to vote for insanity.

Right, Barney?

Posted by: Ian S. at August 09, 2011 11:23 AM (tqwMN)

well, by the way, I've watched hours of BBC and Daily Telegraph video and 90+ % of the 'rioters ( mostly looters ) are what the Brits call 'Afro-Caribbean'

yes, the Usual Suspects on the left have joined in--because that's what they do--but this is a Black Thing, however else you want to discuss it

Posted by: George Orwell

But again, they may already be counting on this. Think about how many have decided to retire. The debt charade is failing. They hitched their wagons to an untalented hack who is now embarrassing them. The redistricting in the House is going to trend away from them. The ones in safe districts are staying, but most of the ones in competitive districts have bailed. If Obama is on the ballot, you can get decent turnout in the blue states, so pissholes like California, Delaware and New York will be safe(er). But his presence will cause independants to vote against him and cause split ticket voting at best.

Finally, I think that the results of the Wisconsin recall elections will be telling. If Dem operatives and union thugs couldn't throw one state supreme court race, or oust some state senators, in Wisconsin of all places, then they are probably already counting on this being an out cycle. If they can;t sell this crap there, then they ave no hope of retaining all of the ground they won in 2008.

Dear Lord.  Barry, please, please don't make this a photo op.

Oh, you can bet he will.  What else does he have?  With him it's all politics, all the time.

Unlike Bush who frequently made sure he had zero press in tow when he went to Walter Reed.

Speaking of riots and stuff, isn't it usually this time of the year that the French Farmers go on strike? You know, blocking all the streets and main roads with tractors.

Which, if memory serves me (and it might not so much these days), seems to dove-tail into those quaint "Car Burning Festivals" that occur annually in that same country.

In the game show Yobama Jeopardy, I'll go with "clueless twit" for $1,000.00

Or in real life--Obama Clueless Twit $15 trillion.

Demotards will never throw the First Non-White Tastefully Pigmented Historical Unicorn under the bus.

If you asked a Dem today why in Hell they elected a guy who cranked out not one but two memoirs, you'd be told that you were a liar. If you asked one why they did a bait and switch in the New jersey Senate race (Lautenberg for Torricelli) they 'd say that you were mad.

If it suits their needs, they will do it. We're talking about the Dems.With cratering employment rates, the black vote is likely to be depressed anyway. As for alienating them, the Dems are right to figure that they have no place else to go.

Unlike Bush who frequently made sure he had zero press in tow when he went to Walter Reed.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 09, 2011 11:40 AM (sbV1u)

Remember his trip to Germany (I can't remember if it was before the election or after) and he wanted to go to one of the US military hospitals there but canceled because they wouldn't let him come in with press?

Obama is the front man for a shadow government hell-bent on creating the United Socialist States of America...He is who we thought he was...

I have come to this conclusion also. 

Soon

Posted by: Marcus at August 09, 2011 11:11 AM (CHrmZ)

FIFY.

Posted by: phoenixgirl at August 09, 2011 11:41 AM (IpiZb)

I think it's scared....but I'll wait for confirmation before I hit the tip jar.

Posted by: polynikes at August 09, 2011 11:11 AM (ufGlD)

Don't forget, that Perry is responsible for the record drought/heat wave in Texas because he won't compromise with the EPA.

Remember his trip to Germany (I can't remember if it was before the election or after) and he wanted to go to one of the US military hospitals there but canceled because they wouldn't let him come in with press?

Yup.  I remember.  They were trying to find a nice way to tell him that the troops weren't a prop.  So they blamed it on how disruptive the press is.

Obama got where he is because he's a moderately bright guy who found it easy to flim flam lefties who wanted to believe.  The guy is a college diversity officer's wet dream -- black skin, well-spoken, nice pants creases, exotic background, and superficially literate.  In academia, every door flies open for a guy with qualifications like these because there are so few of them.  He personifies what the affirmative action establishment lives to promote.

The problem?  He is functionally incompetent.  His path through academia and politics has been trackless.  Once he lands in a prestigious position, he is unable to do anything to distinguish himself.  His grades suck (or we would have seen them by now), he creates nothing publishable during his tenure on the Harvard Law Review, he votes "present" during in the Illinois senate.  His only executive experience was blowing millions of other peoples' dollars making a couple of Chicago elementary schools worse than they already were in the Annenberg Challenge.

So let's give this guy the biggest executive position on Earth.  Yeah, that was bound to work out well.

294

that is what i was thinking....a girl can hope though.....

Posted by: Y-not at August 09, 2011 11:43 AM (5H6zj)

Also:

He breeds Chupacabras
He doesn't use color-safe bleach
He's on Team Jacob

311  soothsayer

so according to chastity bono God make mistakes? 

Posted by: George Orwell

You misunderstand me. I suspect that they are realizing that they have largely lost the independants that they managed to fool, and are now looking at a depressed black vote. Usually, people tend to be more active voters when they are employed. The black community is suffering from Obama's policies. And as for black youth, some of them are engaging in these idiotic mob activites. They are not likely to then turn around and vote. Also remember that King Putt is now pandering to gays. That won't sit well with some elements of the black vote. Will that last one be enough to sway votes? I don't know, but it will dampen enthusiasm. And finally remember that the novelty is gone.

I think that a combination of the above, coupled with the traditional Dem talent for Newspeak, can achieve JEF being 'retired' to some fancy foundation. Don't believe me? Check out Jesse Jackson  and Sharpton. Given the right combination of titles, preening and cash, they will sell out gladly.

He doesn't use color-safe bleach
He's on Team Jacob

Now, that was funny.

You know.  If Carl Rove was behind ‘compassionate conservatismÂ’ then I say good riddance.

Looks like R. Perry offended Rove when he (Perry) told the truth.

Speaking of riots and stuff, isn't it usually this time of the year that the French Farmers "misunderstood" urban "Asian" "youths" go on strike the rampage?

FIFY.

America will always be at best a C- to me.

Some. White Man's. Agency.

That's what Obama is saying. You know it. I know it. We all know it.

Oh, spot on.  Spot.  On.

OK, raise your hands, how many of you work in places where you've watched bullshit charges of racism surface whenever LaQuanisha gets caught with her hands in the cookie jar?  And what always happens next?  Much "concern", some tut-tutting, an "investigation" and then finally, nothing to be found even by "investigators" who are willing to turn nothing into something.

Bullshit charges of racism are the last refuge of the incompetent.  It's the last thing to happen before the miscreant gets shitcanned.

Here's hoping.

Michelle may have Betty Davis' eyes but she's got Contessa Brewer's ass.

That's the kind of ass you beat with a car antenna.

Jus' sayin'

True enough. However what Demotards need is to maintain the power of a sitting presidency. They already have their man inside, so why change midstream? There is no precedent for this historically that works out well for the incumbent, certainly not in the last fifty years.

And yet they've been openly talking about castig Obama the incumbent as an outsider.

What Demotards need is to double down on the lie that Barry is doing fine and just needs four more years to finish the job. Job One is burnishing Miss Dick's reputation, and turd-polishing is right up their alley. Secondarily the Demotards must keep minority turnout high, and merely switching candidates will not address that. They need to gin up the race-baiting and promise more goodies to minorities.

I agree that if they thought that they had a chance of this working, they would. Obama is clinging to it personally. But when Bob "I was on vacation" Schieffer of CBS rips Axelrod and points out that the situation has worsened, then the wheels are coming off.

It is getting awfully late in the game for a challenger to get in, especially on the Demotard side. Hell, no one over there even has an exploratory committee. I omit moonbat joke candidates like Dimwit Dennis.

The later the better. Less money to spend, less time to take shots, and more distance from the current crop. That's why Perry and Palin are playing a waiting game. if the pool is full, and you want to make a splash, you either jump in last or amke a fancy entrance. I still think that if Obama is replaced, it will be someone to his right, who hasn't been tarred with the recent ugliness. I still predict Evan Bayh.

Also, didn't Nader predict a primary challenge or ask for one? A near guarantee that it won't happen.

Posted by: George Orwell

He's no different from Ron Paul, except that he makes even less sense. If they can't buy him off, they'll try to keep him off of ballots. That's yet another little anti democratic traick that Dems do on a regular basis for which they're never held to account.

Posted by: George Orwell

"The Home Secretary Theresa May this morning appeared to rule out bringing in the Army and using water cannon. She told BBC Breakfast: 'The way we police is by consent. British policing has always meant and always depended on the support of local communities and that's what we need now

And apparantly they are consenting to the rioting and people being robbed and stripped in the street in daylight.

368 You can't expect Obama to understand anything about baseball. He is a White Sox fan.

Cominskey Park

Even worse,  he said 'Cominsky Field'. Clueless.

I watched the White Sox last night. How you enjoying your big stick Adam? Nats fan. (Hopefully we will not have to endure another Sparky night out at the ballgame this year).

uh...atheist themed rock show scheduled at fort bragg?  really?  why?  so the non believing can feel better about themselves?  i thought they were already smug in their denial of a higher being....

 I know a lot of really, really smart people. They don't advertise their brilliance on a megaphone. I also know a lot of people who think they're brilliant. They tend to shout it at every opportunity.

Professionals perform.

Amateurs advertise.

(It's a working theory, it still doesn't explain Terrell Owens.)

 Methinks long bows are bit out of place nowadays.

However, never underestimate the element of surprise...

I've never thought Obama was smart.

Posted by: AmishDude at August 09, 2011 10:31 AM (73tyQ)

Right.  This is one of many reasons that I don't think that BHO Sr. is his biological father.  Those who were a part of the program which brought Kenyan students to America (the Mboya Airlift) were picked for that program because of demonstrable intelligence and academic achievement.  BHO, Sr.'s intellect is evident even when he wrote his apologia for a confiscatory state.  His alleged progeny, however, couldn't begin to make an articulate case for leftism.  He merely repeats what he is ordered to say.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at August 09, 2011 12:02 PM (VZ10+)

Which means they'd end up re-electing - SURPRISE! - the dumbass Labour party, who set them up for this mess. 

What the world needs is a really big Hercules bearing three or four navigable rivers.

373  lauren

an inlaw...claims to be a member of mensa.......

I don't think Obama will be primaried. The thing about the left is they are tied to their idiology 110%. All of the JEF's problems and hardships are caused by other people. The left just cannot in any way, shape , or form consider that their ideas are faulty. To them, we are the problem.

They will stand by Brak as the U.S.burns around them.

uh...atheist themed rock show scheduled at fort bragg?  really?  why?  so the non believing can feel better about themselves?  i thought they were already smug in their denial of a higher being....

These kinds of "evangelical" atheists are as deplorable and bothersome as the people on the street-corners screaming at passer-by that they are going to Hell while trying to get them to read Chick Tracks to secure their salvation. 

BHO, Sr.'s intellect is evident even when he wrote his apologia for a confiscatory state.  His alleged progeny, however, couldn't begin to make an articulate case for leftism.

Yeah, but his mother's intellectual bonafides, PhD notwithstanding, are not as evident.

All we could conclude here is, he's his mother's son.

Posted by: George Orwell at August 09, 2011 12:07 PM (AZGON)

At least the Normans came right out and SAID they wanted to take over.  The bastards in Britain now keep trying to make it sound like they want to merely FIX things.  Oh, shove it, you contemptible asses.  You don't want to fix anything.  You want to destroy, plain and simple.

Every speech he makes causes more of Obama's acolytes to bail on him. 

He is not stupid.  But his stubbornness offsets the value of his intelligence, and then some.

Keep on talking, Jugears.  Preferably after the market closes.

They will stand by Brak as the U.S.burns around them.

Posted by: Bosk at August 09, 2011 12:07 PM (n2K+4)

JEF, I served with Brak, I knew Brak, Brak was a friend of mine. JEF, you're no Brak.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout.

- Leonardo DaVinci

JEF, I served with Brak, I knew Brak, Brak was a friend of mine. JEF, you're no Brak.

Posted by: Zorak at August 09, 2011 12:14 PM (c45xH)

It's the Brak Show!
Starring me, I'm Brak!
It's the Brak show
And we've got lots of good guests...

King Putt will only win 7 states out of the 57.

Justice would require that those 7 states be cut off from the financial underwriting they've been getting from all those "flyover red states".

We (the red states) have been indirectly responsible for allowing out tax dollars to be siphoned off to underwrite the left coast, the peoples republic of Massacheutsas, and Blue York City. It's time to teach them where their funding has been comming from....and what it's like to be cut off and be forced to balance their own budget without funding from other states.

I am so smart. S-M-R-T....

*lights the original copy of the U.S. Constitution on fire*

Posted by: Blue Hen at August 09, 2011 12:01 PM (326rv)

Can't substantially disagree, however all the talk of challenges is merely talk so far. I suspect it is designed to make various observers think the Demotards are paying attention to the long game, and to get Dick off his skinny ass and back to Hope'n'Change campaign mode.

I'd agree. I've seen nothing of substance thus far.

Two things: Where is the exploratory committee, and where is the historical precedent? Again, if Barry steps down, Dems lose, and they know it.

Again, you're approaching it the wrong way. If the perception is that with JEF they will not get the campaign cash and/or the independant vote, then they lose in that scenario as well. He may even drag down the ticket. The question now is whether there even is a scenario where a Dem could win. If not, they might as well leave him there to take the hit. If there is, then they will do the Torrecelli two-step. And they will do that with a complicit media. As for an alternate, I'll admit that I've seen nothing, and there may be nothing.

I doubt many minorities would be pleased with a pasty-white Evan Bayh pushing President Affirmative Action out the back door.

Posted by: George Orwell

Think about Dem policies. Do you think that they care about 'pleasing' them? Placating them and inflaming yes. And again, in the mind of that voting bloc, they have no where else to go. And that bloc is likely to be depressed anyway.

Dylan Ratigan joined Andrea Mitchell Monday on the list of MSNBC anchors who appear to be losing faith in President Barack Obama's leadership.

Discussing the type of president required to lead the country in times of crisis, Ratigan remarked, "Wouldn't anybody who wrote a memoir before the age of 50 be rather screwed up anyway?"

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 09, 2011 10:04 AM (UOM4

Ratigan seems unaware that Barky wrote two autobiographies before the age of 50. So that makes him twice as screwed up as even Ratigan thinks.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at August 09, 2011 12:16 PM (8y9MW)

The main page lost its shirt yesterday in the stock market plunge.  It's currently drunk as a skunk, slumped in a urine-soaked Skid Row doorway.

Obama is the end result of educational system that places self esteem above wisdom and knowledge.

The USA is a triple A nation but we have politicians who are rated triple D. 

Fight on hobbits against the Gollums and forces of Mordor led by Barney Frank and Sgt Schutz.

It's time to teach them where their funding has been comming from....and what it's like to be cut off and be forced to balance their own budget without funding from other states.

Not to be pedantic, but the data doesn't support that argument.  I like to bash blue states as much as the next moron, but fact is it it's red states that are doing better than the blue generally.

Check out this list.

Note that red states are mostly near the top. 

Off topic: Ben's sidebar of Bwany Fwank's fwart. That was no chair noise unless he is nekkid below the waist and scooting around on his perch (this image should be forced on the poor youths at Gitmo. I apologize to all the rest of you currently having lunch).

Anyway, I was raised with brothers. Have sons. This was a faaht as they say in Boston. He leaned into it with finesse as he said "jobs" and let 'er rip. I only wish we could have seen Rachel's face at that special moment.

Back on topic: Obummer must be in his rubber room today since they are hiding from the press to protect the markets. How will they pull out of this nosedive into the seventh level of hell? What to do? What to do? Need distraction!

When are these clowns going to Martha's Vineyard?

Posted by: Comrade Arthur at August 09, 2011 12:21 PM (AEA92)

Don't forget Portugal, Italy, Ireland and Spain!

Posted by: baldilocks at August 09, 2011 12:06 PM (T2/zQ)

Well, you have to admit that it's very difficult to try to argue for socialism while steadfastly denying that it's socialism.

Yeah, but his mother's intellectual bonafides, PhD notwithstanding, are not as evident.

All we could conclude here is, he's his mother's son.

You talking about the white lady in the interracial porn films??? That mother?

These kinds of "evangelical" atheists are as deplorable and bothersome as the people on the street-corners screaming at passer-by that they are going to Hell while trying to get them to read Chick Tracks to secure their salvation. 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta)

I've never cared for that term. The more appropriate term is antitheist; one who is against religion. I'm Catholic, and have no problem with most atheists. Some intelligent ones post here. But the notion that one would create an affliation based upon something that one doesn't believe is odd.

P.S. What would be the difference between this 'atheist themed' concert and the average music concert? Aren't almost all popular music concerts secular in nature and material?

Posted by: t-bird at August 09, 2011 12:22 PM (FcR7P)

"Uh, uh, a breathalyzer...uh, I mean an inhalator...not a breathalyzer...uh, uh, hold on now, I can't hear myself..."

JEF, I served with Brak, I knew Brak, Brak was a friend of mine. JEF, you're no Brak.

Posted by: Zorak at August 09, 2011 12:14 PM (c45xH)

Banana Splits!

Discussing the type of president required to lead the country in times of crisis, Ratigan remarked, "Wouldn't anybody who wrote a memoir before the age of 50 be rather screwed up anyway?"

Try this, Dylan: More Tim Tebow. Less Britney Spears.

Try this, Dylan: More Longbow. Tim Tebow. Less Young Britney Spears.

_{subtmitted for approval}

I don't think they'll take it well when the country reject's Brak's Poo-Poo-Poo Platter.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at August 09, 2011 12:09 PM (VZ10+)

So the extra "Poo" makes all the difference?

Still, no historical precedent. We had better assume Barry is the opponent in 2012, and it will be a much closer race than many expect.

I agree, because an uninformed or underinformed electorate is a constant problem.

That and people who see "being nice" as the highest good in life.

They're a problem too.

To the guy in the wheel chair to stand up?

Posted by: nevergiveup at August 09, 2011 12:31 PM (i6RpT)

That was Joe Biden.

AFAIK Dick is getting plenty of cash in fundraising.

His fundraising is below the rate of 2008. And this time, he has the advantage of being the incumbent. That's telling.

 As far as the independent vote goes, it cannot be considered in exclusion of the black and hispanic vote. While I may be wrong, I thought the usual breakdown of votes in the past showed that if the Demotards didn't get substantial percentages of minority votes, they couldn't win the WH in a dozen elections. If Dick is pushed out minorities will not turn out to vote as readily as in the past.

I take all of these voting blocs as they are, so I look at them individually. Again, you are predicating this based upon if the Dems think that they have a chance. They may already be consigned to the notion of a lost independant vote and a depressed black vote. Hence the blatant hispandering. If you examine CAC's maps, the happier scenarios are based upon at least Obama losing the independant vote.

At any rate, why assume putting in Generic Democrat after a sitting President is dumped by his own party would win any independent votes for Dems? Such a move smells like desperation, and independents have noses if not brains.

Yes they do. And in 2008 they smelled hope and change. In 2011, they are announcing that they don't like what they're smelling. In 2012 they may get to smell something different.

Still, no historical precedent. We had better assume Barry is the opponent in 2012, and it will be a much closer race than many expect.

Posted by: George Orwell

I agree that most scenarios do have Obama as the nominee, and that margins will be close. We saw that in 2010.

I believe that some people out there are blessed to be honored as heroes.  But I also believe that that legacy can be squandered in various ways.  In this case it is being squandered by the political trappings of power.  Damned shame.

I've always found certain phrases in his speeches memorable as do most Americans.  Such gems as these:

"I've visited all 57 states."

"I'd like to visit Austria but don't speak Austrian."

"Last night a tornado killed 10,000 in a small town."   (He was smoking something again.)

"I don't have all the facts, but the police acted stupidly."

Yes he has demonstrated many times how clever he is and what affirmative action means.

Not to be pedantic, but the data doesn't support that argument.  I like to bash blue states as much as the next moron, but fact is it it's red states that are doing better than the blue generally.

Check out this list.

Note that red states are mostly near the top. 

So what's your point? The data says the red states are doing better than the blue states simply points out that we've been taxing the red states and putting the money where it does the least good. (Usually to buy electorial votes.)

I look at the same data and know it's time for the red states to get their tax money BACK and be allowed to invest it in their own state where it's more effective. My state typically gets back 60 cents on the dollar that it pays to the fed. My property values would have been MUCH higher had we been investing that in our own state instead of funding the blue state's liberal spending to buy votes.

Posted by: Lauren

So the Brits will finally do to their own what they gladly did to Catholics in Ulster since 1970. Huzzah for them.

"...if they bring a knife to the fight, We bring a gun!"

-Barack Hussein Obama 6.13.08 Philadelphia, Pa.

Posted by: Lauren at August 09, 2011 12:33 PM (Ws7wI)

Paid for with money from the public dole, no doubt...

Posted by: Dave at August 09, 2011 12:32 PM (Xm1aB)

Like our friends to the north would say, the American concept of "conservative" compared to the European/Canadian concept of "conservative" is very different.  The latter is much closer to, at best, what we Americans would call "centrist," and those types tend to be considered "fringe."  They are a long, long way from another Maggie Thatcher.  Which is a shame, because right now they need more Iron Lady and less Cowed Cameron.

Posted by: MrObvious at August 09, 2011 12:38 PM (H87Hu)

My point is that you made an argument not supported by the facts, I give you the facts, and then you state that those facts support your argument.

So, I guess we're done here.

They are coordinating their attacks via freaking blackberry.

That's a conspiracy'n.

Posted by: Y-not at August 09, 2011 12:30 PM (5H6zj)

The pedophiles rarely do.  One of the few areas where many hardcore criminals have a shred of decency.

Posted by: Lauren at August 09, 2011 12:33 PM (Ws7wI)

Paid for with money from the public dole, no doubt...

Posted by: Insomniac

In PA, that is entirely possible. Supposedly cell phones with over 200 minutes of calling time are available.

Can anyone recall a memorable phrase from one of Mr. Obama's big speeches that didn't amount to cliché?

"Malia and Sasha get their homework done early."

Posted by: nevergiveup at August 09, 2011 12:44 PM (i6RpT)

No, it just means that you looked at his record, listened to what he said, and didn't allow your white guilt to govern your intellect.

Posted by: t-bird

jinx. You owe me a soda.

why does AOL still exist?
----
Don't know, are they still paying off that billion dollar loan to buy Netscape?

At least they're not sending out free CDs daily.

Posted by: George Orwell

Perhaps this is due to Obama cancelling his press conference.

Daily Mail says that British police are preparing to use plastic bullets against the thugs.

Posted by: Lauren

And they haven't been doing this since day one because...?

Oh, right.  Because they're a bunch of mincing ponces ruled by political correctness, not law.  I forgot.

I can see the dead cat is a tabby. Guess we'll bury him when he comes down.

so, the black cat won?

Like our friends to the north would say, the American concept of "conservative" compared to the European/Canadian concept of "conservative" is very different.  The latter is much closer to, at best, what we Americans would call "centrist," and those types tend to be considered "fringe."  They are a long, long way from another Maggie Thatcher.  Which is a shame, because right now they need more Iron Lady and less Cowed Cameron.

Posted by: MWR, proud Tea Party Hobbit at August 09, 2011 12:46 PM (4df7R

Just look at Angela Merkel in Germany. She is considered a "conservative" there, which is a joke because she was a high politico in East Germany's SED,(sozialistische einheitspartei ) Notice the socialist?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at August 09, 2011 12:52 PM (LH6ir)

This would not surprise me.

--Can anyone recall a memorable phrase from one of Mr. Obama's big speeches that didn't amount to cliché?

Paraphrasing:

"We don't want any young woman to be punished with a baby."

Hmm. So, looking up at his belly, I can see the dead cat is a tabby. Guess we'll bury him when he comes down.

Dig that hole real deep.

No, it just means that you looked at his record, listened to what he said, and didn't allow your white guilt to govern your intellect.

Yeah me too but I don't have any white guilt. Where was I supposed to go to pick that up? Hyannis Port?

At least they're not sending out free CDs daily.

Posted by: Ben at August 09, 2011 12:52 PM (wuv1c)

Which sucks.  Those things made good coasters.

Posted by: Ma Bell at August 09, 2011 12:53 PM (H/MnC)

You sure about that? I have read that she was a typical easterner in that she did what she had to do, and that she was not a part of the political elite. Although, apparently her father had connections.

Posted by: MWR, proud Tea Party Hobbit at August 09, 2011 12:54 PM (4df7R)

the full quote is I believe, "Ah don't want mah daughtas ta be punished witha babuh!! Or uh, uh, uh, uhh, punished witha STD---at 16, so there's got tuh be a choice.

Posted by: Dave at August 09, 2011 12:49 PM (Xm1aB)

This.  It's terrible to hope that someone is so detached from reality, they aren't aware of the chaos around them.  But Lady Thatcher deserves so much better than Britain today.

Posted by: MWR, proud Tea Party Hobbit at August 09, 2011 12:58 PM (4df7R)

Classic.

If you like your Bangers and Mash...

Yeah me too but I don't have any white guilt. Where was I supposed to go to pick that up? Hyannis Port?

Posted by: dagny at August 09, 2011 12:57 PM (BOMhW)

No, they were having a special on it at the Arlington Costco.  You didn't get any?

There is no White Sox-Cardinals rivalry

You said youself it was the All-Star game, and Obama was in a National League ballpark wearing an American League jersey, so ...

... OK, I'm reaching. But what do I know about Cardinals and White Sox? I'm from a Triple-A country. Ask me something about the Columbus Clippers or the Louisville Bats.

Posted by: Sub-Tard at August 09, 2011 12:59 PM (0M3AQ)

Someone commented over at the UK Telegraph with the following item:

"I'm noticing that, in many of the rioting photos, I'm seeing largely black rioters, and largely white clean-up crews."

Clearly the clean-up crews are racist.

No, they were having a special on it at the Arlington Costco.  You didn't get any?

Ahhhh. That explains it. I can't go there because there ISN'T ANY F-ING PARKING.

Posted by: Dave at August 09, 2011 01:04 PM (Xm1aB)

*sigh*  You're so right.

Posted by: George Orwell at August 09, 2011 01:05 PM (AZGON)

Yes, I should do that, too.

My earlier comment?  Self-denounced.

I'm not a big fan of Obama, but one excellent part of a memorable speech was when he said, "The battle is now joined on many fronts. We will not waver, we will not tire, we will not falter and we will not fail. Peace and freedom will prevail."

You sure about that? I have read that she was a typical easterner in that she did what she had to do, and that she was not a part of the political elite. Although, apparently her father had connections.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at August 09, 2011 12:59 PM (LH6ir)

Yeah I am sure about that. My mother went to school with her and right from the beginning Merkel was groomed to be a headhoncho in the SED.

By the way, my mother escaped East Germany in 1954, while the border was still only controlled by soldier, mostly Russians you could bribe

Ahhhh. That explains it. I can't go there because there ISN'T ANY F-ING PARKING.

Posted by: dagny at August 09, 2011 01:05 PM (BOMhW)

There's plenty of parking!  Just park like the immigrants there do.

In the fire lane, in the handicapped spots, on the islands, in the cross-walk, partially blocking people in while they then spend 3 hours looking for the hummus they remember from the old country. 

You'll be fine!  Go for it. 

I am reminded that the Hobbits were brave beyond all reason. They were slow to anger, ready to eat bacon at any time of day, full of laughter, and then, when pressed into a fight that they would have rather avoided, they moved forward into the enemy stronghold. Haunted by doubts, they moved forward. Given opportunities to quit or hand the burden to another, they moved forward. Abandoned and betrayed by ones sworn to be allies, they moved forward. Oh, to be a hobbit, and never have to bend a knee, to live with honor and selflessness and mirth and earn great respect by our deeds, and finally and most important of all perhaps, to do what we said we would do. John McCain could learn a thing or three from a Hobbit. But, instead, he has inadvertently set a very high mark of behavior for us to attempt to reach. For Frodo!

My point is that you made an argument not supported by the facts, I give you the facts, and then you state that those facts support your argument.

So, I guess we're done here.

Sean, your "facts" are taken from a point in time (2005?) and bare no resemblance to the last 40 years of federal funding to the individual states. What you've posted as facts are laughable....

Anybody else here on this thread see spending in their states that reflect the numbers Sean posted? How does your state funding compare to his post of 2005 over the last 40 years? And BTW: *MY* state didn't receive any of the democratic "stimulus" since then.

I will personally guarantee that my state funding has reflected 60 cents on the dollar and your post tries to imply it's been receiving $1.05. I'm not talking about 1 year. If funding over the last 40 years reflected your figures this nation would  have been so much farther in debt economic collapse would have happend long before now. This is obfuscation at best....and if that's the best you can do, then I guess we are done.

He borrowed that.

I think maverick muse and MrObvious are the same person.

Denied!

Posted by: MrObvious at August 09, 2011 01:15 PM (H87Hu)

Again, you miss the point.  But before I get to that....rates at which tax dollars were spent and then received back have been relatively consistent over time.  I pulled the first source I found, but if you want to spend the next 30 minutes tracking a better source, go for it.

But that's not the point.  The point was, you made an assertion, I gave you a fact set that didn't conform to that, and then you told me that the facts supported your argument. 

Go google "Ignorantio Elenchi" to see why that doesn't work. 

Hell, I am even on your side and sympathetic to your argument and I said so up front.  Instead of assuming that there is some goodwill on my part, I get back a dose of  some attitude. 

Attaboy, how to win friends and influence people.

Look, I can't help it if you cannot see the mile-wide logical hole you left between your two posts.  I can't help it if you can't construct an argument in a linear fashion.  I can't help it if you think "fact" is a synonym for "opinion." 

But really, for the love of God, please stop making your shortcomings my problem.  We don't have to continue this, I'll roll my eyes and stipulate that you are correct and you can smugly assert "I told you so."  See?  win-win.

Have a lovely day.

My mother went to school with her and

Sorry, that should read "My mother's cousins

He borrowed that.

But surely, Obama said this:

"States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger. They could provide these arms to terrorists, giving them the means to match their hatred. They could attack our allies or attempt to blackmail the United States. In any of these cases, the price of indifference would be catastrophic."

His first State of the Union Address, I think.

shiggz,

I understand your frustration. But speaking as someone from the "stupidest generation" who was voting for Libertarians and making the most conservative choice possible in any election probably well before you were born, who has saved so my family won't have to worry about my wife's or my finances no matter what happens to SS, who has resented putting social security dollars into the system but who didn't feel it would be beneficial for my family to rot in jail for making the gesture of non-payment:

(1) There are a lot of us out there, we ALL have paid in, and we ALL vote.

(2) Starting a dialogue with  "screw you, stupid" probably won't get you the results you want.

(3)  When you take that type of hostile tone from the start in any negotiation, you assume the risk that people who might sympathize with your position and could be natural allies will be driven into another camp.

Nothing for nothing, just something to think about as you try to win hearts and minds.

only liberal scums could vote for this dummy again

WTF....is half the population in-fucking-sane?Posted by: Kawfy at August 09, 2011 01:29 PM (2trrN)

Yes.

For serials, Obama said this:

"We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together. We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology's wonders to raise health care's quality and lower its cost. We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age."

At the time, this passage was supposed to be visionary and inspiring. Looking back, it's just a bunch of pathetic, empty words from a guy who actually could have accomplished something.

Do Whites or Asians riot because it's hot and school is closed?   What are the ingredients in this 'tinderbox' you speak of?

Do Whites or Asians riot because they're unemployed ( other than 'anarchists' and union 'rent-a-mobs' ) ?

Posted by: Hiram Ulysses Grant at August 09, 2011 10:43 AM (UqKQV)

No, because they haven't almost whole-scale abandoned family values.

I am reminded that the Hobbits were brave beyond all reason. They were slow to anger, ready to eat bacon at any time of day, full of laughter, and then, when pressed into a fight that they would have rather avoided, they moved forward into the enemy stronghold. Haunted by doubts, they moved forward. Given opportunities to quit or hand the burden to another, they moved forward. Abandoned and betrayed by ones sworn to be allies, they moved forward.

Posted by: Errol at August 09, 2011 01:12 PM (d2AYO) 

They liked beer, too.

@607

They liked beer, too.

And smoking.

I had to show my transcripts to get a job at the weiner factory, why doesn't this fool?

Affirmative!

My dog, Meatball is at least a hundred times smarter than Barrack.  He doesn't shit on the people who feed him.  He knows how to get what he wants without threatening or whinning.  He doesn't wreck the house and then attempt to blame our last, lamented dog for the chaos.

Meatball can tell us when he wants to go for a walk, when he wants someone to play with him, when he wants his belly rubbed, all without a teleprompter.

He is smart enough not to bow down to cats; nor to piss on far larger dogs; nor to bite the hand that feeds him. Meatball knows enough to be wary of Muslims and would never say the Muslim call to prayer is beautiful.

Meatball would never steal from the other dog's food bowl in the name of "social justice" or justify his behavior because he was making the rich dog "pay his fair share."

Meatball is many times smarter than Obama.  But  Meatball is a dog, and Obama is a wolf