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October 01, 2011

Obama's Soft Remarks: More Finger-Pointing From The Blame-Shifting President
— Ace

Krauthammer said of Obama's statement: Obama compounded condescension, incompetence, and narcissism all into one sentence.

But I think Byron York is a little bit more right, in putting this statement into the context of Obama's constant blame-shifting for his own failures.

Look at Obama's speeches in the last couple of months, and he has repeatedly scolded audiences for not working hard enough and for not sacrificing enough to achieve the goals he has set for his administration. He's done it with both supporters and with adversaries. With friends, his message has been: Nobody told you this would be easy, and you've got to worker harder to enact my agenda. With adversaries, his message is: You've had it too easy, and you've got to make sacrifices to enact my agenda. Obama's "gotten a little soft" remark fits into that theme: A soft America is one that is insufficiently willing to work and sacrifice to enact the Obama agenda.
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Quit complaining. Stop grumbling. Get to work. Sacrifice. Obama is constantly telling Americans they need to shape up and snap to it, all for the purpose of making the Obama agenda a reality. Lately, with the economy worsening and his approval ratings falling, he's been having a hard time bending Washington, and the country, to his will. Is it any surprise that he's now telling Americans they've gotten soft?

I cut out the supporting evidence for York's thesis, the examples of Obama telling people they had to work harder, and sacrifice more, for his glory.

It's the ultimate blame-shifting, isn't it? Blaming Bush wasn't doing the trick, so now he's... just blaming the peons he governs.

It's our fault. We all share in this failure.

Not Obama so much, but the rest of us. The ones letting the team down.

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1
wow Ace's vacation is...

blogging!

Posted by: soothie at October 01, 2011 08:15 AM (sqkOB)

2
blogcation?

Posted by: soothie at October 01, 2011 08:15 AM (sqkOB)

3 ?

Posted by: lu at October 01, 2011 08:15 AM (FCOJT)

4 He's blogging from the porch.

Posted by: Johnny (John E.) at October 01, 2011 08:16 AM (nRTou)

5
Obama told companies and CEO's to "step up" and start hiring.

What more can he do?

Posted by: soothie at October 01, 2011 08:16 AM (sqkOB)

6 Ace, what happened to your vacation? Did you get kicked off the plane for molesting Rubio's trash mid-flight?

Posted by: chemjeff-husker at October 01, 2011 08:17 AM (s7mIC)

7 But isn't it time for Obama to take one for the team?

Posted by: SlaveDog at October 01, 2011 08:17 AM (PidTa)

8
Obama's next speech: It's because I'm black, isn't it?

Posted by: soothie at October 01, 2011 08:18 AM (sqkOB)

9 Now that he's on vacation ace has time to read Instapundit.

Posted by: Blaster at October 01, 2011 08:18 AM (Fw2Gg)

10 Ace , get back to your slacking dammit .

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at October 01, 2011 08:19 AM (npr0X)

11 8 Honestly I think you may be right on this.

Posted by: lu at October 01, 2011 08:19 AM (FCOJT)

12
"You'd think they'd be thanking me. That's what you'd think."

[hahahahhahaha!]

Posted by: soothie at October 01, 2011 08:19 AM (sqkOB)

13 I always knew I was too good for you

Posted by: Captain Kickass at October 01, 2011 08:20 AM (CJIam)

14 ....and put down those goddamned Slurpees and get the hell to work!!!

Posted by: President Petey at October 01, 2011 08:20 AM (AnTyA)

15
Classic Narcissism. They never 'fail'. People 'let them down'.

Posted by: SurferDoc at October 01, 2011 08:21 AM (STdkO)

16 America is a Stuttering Clusterfuck of a Miserable Failure

Posted by: Barack Whome? Obama at October 01, 2011 08:21 AM (wW/n0)

17 Don't think this means you get to carry over a vacation day, Ace.

Posted by: The AoSHQ Human Resources Dept. at October 01, 2011 08:21 AM (ehEyA)

18 I personally believe we can do more for the person who cut out Bin Laden's heart and showed it to him, still beating.

Posted by: Dr Spank at October 01, 2011 08:22 AM (Sh42X)

His sanity is swirling the shitter.

How long before he just melts down and starts choking the person standing nearest to him?

Posted by: ErikW at October 01, 2011 08:22 AM (kEjRX)

20 How can people work harder when there are no fucking jobs to go to work to?

Posted by: mike at October 01, 2011 08:22 AM (dPSEs)

21 I saw some quote from Cain saying Romney has nice hair. Honestly, since Cain has no chance of winning the nomination, I would prefer he turn to jumping on everything out of Obama's mouth. Blast him for this nonsense, blast him for Fast and Furious, blast him for Solyndra, etc. Heck, even Bachman could start doing stuff like that, make herself useful too. But they won't.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 01, 2011 08:23 AM (Gc/Qi)

22 Ace, shouldn't you be on the 7th hole of The Vineyard Golf Club right about now? "Now watch this drive..."

Posted by: jakeman at October 01, 2011 08:23 AM (POByM)

23 Yeesh, its like the guy thinks we don't wanna be communists or something.

Posted by: dananjcon at October 01, 2011 08:23 AM (SlHF2)

24 I am not taking my bedroom slippers off for Obama.

Ace's vacation seems to be working out like me getting an assistant - he's busier than ever!

Posted by: Dianna at October 01, 2011 08:23 AM (mKMj1)

25
"Experts" are "expecting" 88K jobs in September and +1.5% 3Q GDP.

I'm expecting 0 jobs for September and 0.0% 3Q GDP.

We'll see who comes closer next week.

Posted by: soothie at October 01, 2011 08:23 AM (sqkOB)

26 It's not me, it's you.

Posted by: The President at October 01, 2011 08:23 AM (Sh42X)

27 With friends, his message has been: Nobody told you this would be easy, and you've got to worker harder to enact my agenda. With adversaries, his message is: You've had it too easy, and you've got to make sacrifices to enact my agenda.

IOW he is complaining about being held to the absurdly high standard he was all too willing to accept for himself during the campaign. He didn't mind one bit when he was called a Messiah or when he held himself to be an empty vessel into which everyone poured in their desires for what they thought a leader should be. Now that people are complaining that things aren't fixed yet already, he's all like "dude, you didn't really think I was a Messiah, did you?"

Posted by: chemjeff-husker at October 01, 2011 08:24 AM (s7mIC)

28 Obama is constantly telling Americans they need to shape up and snap to it, all for the purpose of making the Obama agenda a reality.

Meantime, I'll be out on the golf course.

Posted by: Barky O'Genius at October 01, 2011 08:24 AM (ehEyA)

29 There is a very simple explanation for the blog post: I am avoiding OTHER work. And also, I'm on the computer anyway, as I am sending out How to Post emails to the guest bloggers and stuff. Plus I have 30 tabs open from yesterday.

Posted by: ace at October 01, 2011 08:24 AM (nj1bB)

Well, it's not like we weren't warned that we'd never go back to our former lives by the First Gardener.

Frankly, after "sacrificing" a good career in manufacturing and all the other things that came slong with it, I've had enough of his bullshit. Why the hell should I be forced to sacrifice one damned thing I've worked for?

I'll start sacrificing when that stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure does. He hasn't sacrificed one lousy golf game: I haven't benn able to afford a game in years.

Thanks a lot, SCOAMF-in-Chief.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Tea Party SOB at October 01, 2011 08:24 AM (d0Tfm)

Lesse now, envelope #1 (blame predecessor) has worn itself out. Envelope #2 (blame Congress and the citizenry) ain't gettin' it done neither.

Where's the #3 envelope that ol' BushChimpyMcHitler left for me?

Posted by: SCOAMF at October 01, 2011 08:24 AM (4q5tP)

32 About the same point in the term as Jimmy Carter's 'malaise' speech. Same idea; 'I'm not doing anything wrong, it's the country that has the problem'.

Posted by: Nr. Natural at October 01, 2011 08:24 AM (576+c)

33 Check Toonces' footwear-- if the sox are red, you know he's dead (in the water).

Posted by: Basement Cat at October 01, 2011 08:24 AM (s2F97)

34 Remember right after the inauguration there was some sort of donk organization where they expected everyone who worked on his campaign to continue with their canvassing of neighborhoods? I forgot the name of the org. Alas, people were tired and didn't want to do it and it failed miserably. Anyone remember the name?

Posted by: mike at October 01, 2011 08:25 AM (dPSEs)

35 I see Ace out-ran the tranny and the hobo.

Posted by: dananjcon at October 01, 2011 08:25 AM (SlHF2)

36 Classic Narcissistic behavior. Why would anyone expect something different?

Posted by: JimK at October 01, 2011 08:26 AM (XKKhw)

37 Zombies do not go on vacation. That's all I'm going to say.

Posted by: cherry pi, terrorist hostage taking SOB at October 01, 2011 08:26 AM (OhYCU)

38 Ace of Spades: Doing more on a vacation than Obama does while working

Posted by: buzzion at October 01, 2011 08:26 AM (GULKT)

39 21 I saw some quote from Cain saying Romney has nice hair. Honestly, since Cain has no chance of winning the nomination, I would prefer he turn to jumping on everything out of Obama's mouth. Blast him for this nonsense, blast him for Fast and Furious, blast him for Solyndra, etc. -------- He was on Leno. Leno asked him rapid-fire word assossiation of each candidate and he said "nice hair". It was funny. Hugh Laurie was on the couch next to him and was cracking up.

Posted by: Johnny (John E.) at October 01, 2011 08:26 AM (nRTou)

40
Obama is such an inspiration, isn't he?

He's the same turd who in 2010 said, "I think at some point you've made enough money."

In other words, all that extra money that Obama deems you don't need should go to him.

Posted by: soothie at October 01, 2011 08:26 AM (sqkOB)

41 Ace, you're supposed to be on vacay! *Shakes finger*

Well, I'm doing part of what SCOAMF is asking, I'm wearing my bedroom slippers. Or, is it that I'm supposed to take off my bedroom slippers? Too many obeyances to keep track of.

Shorter Obama (via Jonah at NRO and others) "It's not me, it's you!"

Posted by: Theresa D., TPT--SCOAMF is one and done! at October 01, 2011 08:26 AM (Zgfnd)

42 26 It's not me, it's you.

Fittingly, that's the title of the piece of the same topic from The PJ Tattler:

Obama to America: ItÂ’s Not Me, ItÂ’s You

The polls we all see are telling him that the relationship is on the rocks. The Obama campaignÂ’s internal polls, the more expensive and accurate polls, may be telling him the same thing but in a stronger tone. ItÂ’s not on the rocks; itÂ’s history. Barry, sorry, but AmericaÂ’s just not that into you. And theyÂ’re not going to let you down easy next year. They would break up with you right now if they could.

Damn straight.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at October 01, 2011 08:27 AM (2V+IV)

43 My disappointment in the American people knows no bounds. Honestly? They have let me down.

Posted by: Barack Obama at October 01, 2011 08:27 AM (zKFOT)

44 Plus I have 30 tabs open from yesterday.

29 of those open to pages with Thai Tranny Pron?

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at October 01, 2011 08:28 AM (2V+IV)

45 Don't make me pull this car over, America!

Posted by: Barky O'Genius at October 01, 2011 08:28 AM (ehEyA)

Yorkie has been pissing me off with his anti-Perry postings lately. ....It's good that he's getting back to bashing the SCoaMF.

Hey Mr. Ace.....thanks for checking in on us. ....Hope you're blogging from a bubble bath with a plate of donuts nearby.

Posted by: ConservativeMenAreJustHotter at October 01, 2011 08:28 AM (WOnSm)

47
Another missive from our post-modern President. God help us all.

Posted by: Wodeshed at October 01, 2011 08:29 AM (LEcV+)

48 It's funny how we the people have to work harder, but those who work in for the Federal, State or local government don't.

In fact, those people think the world is coming to an end when they have to contribute to their health care or pension plans.
I bet all the members of the UAW or the SEIU aren't working harder.

Posted by: Jack at October 01, 2011 08:29 AM (zKFOT)

49 Well, in fairness, the SCOAMF's reelection campaign is coming up. He needs his supporters to stop bitching and get to work. Next he'll be telling them to get off their lazy asses and get to work dusting off the styrofoam Greek columns. Unearned self esteem seems to have some negative consequences.

Posted by: Community Service Supervisor at October 01, 2011 08:29 AM (MWBn8)

50 Think about all those punk ass college dipshits that knocked on your door leading up to the 2008 elections.

Now those kids are sulking in Mom and Dad's basement as they have no job and no money to buy weed. Not quite what they had in mind when they canvassed for him was it?

Think Barks will motivate those kids again in 2012? I'm thinking not.

Posted by: lu at October 01, 2011 08:30 AM (FCOJT)

51 Ace, step away from the keyboard. Further. Further. Good. Now, go to the fridge, grab a beer, and take it to the couch. No couch? Come on, you MUST have a comfy chair, right? Ah, good. Slouch a bit more. MORE. Good, good. Pick up the remote, turn on the TV, and find a channel with NCAA football. Make sure to choose the game with the cutest cheerleaders. NOW you're vacationing. Now keep doing this until next Monday and we'll see you then.

Posted by: joncelli at October 01, 2011 08:30 AM (YL3wr)

52
re: Obama saying he didn't say it would easy or fast to "fix" everything

1. Yes he did.

2. Remember the phrase swift and bold?

Swift and bold was Obama's favorite phase in his first few months. He said it with the clear implication that his policies would work immediately.

He doesn't say it anymore. Instead he says "no one told you change would come easy or quickly."

Bullshit. Obama is a liar.

Posted by: soothie at October 01, 2011 08:31 AM (sqkOB)

Ace,

I would say it's not so much as Obama compounding condescension, incompetence and narcissm in one sentence as much as compounding it as president in less than 36 months.

Posted by: Journolist at October 01, 2011 08:33 AM (734Ld)

54 Perry 2012: Socialism Doesn't Work

Posted by: cherry pi, terrorist hostage taking SOB at October 01, 2011 08:33 AM (OhYCU)

55
Semi-OT: Fascinating bit from the American Thinker on postmodernism and liberalism from last week. I forwarded to a lot of people. Maybe you'll be interested too.

Posted by: Wodeshed at October 01, 2011 08:33 AM (LEcV+)

56 Ah yes, the SCOAMF and the fierce urgency of change. More like the fierce urgency of blame.

Posted by: joncelli at October 01, 2011 08:33 AM (YL3wr)

57 Think about all those punk ass college dipshits that knocked on your door leading up to the 2008 elections.

Now those kids are sulking in Mom and Dad's basement as they have no job and no money to buy weed. Not quite what they had in mind when they canvassed for him was it?

I'll bet World of Warcraft sucks when all you can afford is a single core Pentium III and a 10 year-old CRT monitor.

Posted by: al-Cicero, Tea Party Jihadist at October 01, 2011 08:33 AM (ehEyA)

Shit.

benn = been.

I hear you, Arthur...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Tea Party SOB at October 01, 2011 08:34 AM (d0Tfm)

59 Is there anything you Rethuglicans won't do to get this man out of the White House?

Posted by: Morgan I bone my grand daughter Freeman at October 01, 2011 08:34 AM (SlHF2)

60 We just don't love him enough 'cause of our racism and stuff.

Posted by: jimmuy at October 01, 2011 08:34 AM (ibeMV)

61 Bill Clinton wants more credit. Bluffy inherited Clinton's mistakes.

Posted by: didn't take long at October 01, 2011 08:34 AM (lpWVn)

62 My plans would work just fine if everyone else would stop questioning and resisting and just fall in line. Do what I say, do what I say!

Posted by: SCOAMF-in-Chief at October 01, 2011 08:35 AM (4q5tP)

Malaise.

Posted by: James Earl Obama, Penis Farmer at October 01, 2011 08:35 AM (SYrAh)

Obama has exploited everything he has come into contact with: school, book publishing, state sentate, U.S. senate and now president.

Posted by: Journolist at October 01, 2011 08:35 AM (734Ld)

65 Posted by: Morgan I bone my grand daughter Freeman at October 01, 2011 12:34 PM (SlHF2)

I like to call it, "crossing the generational divide with my dick."

Posted by: Morgan Freeman at October 01, 2011 08:36 AM (ehEyA)

66 Malaise³

Posted by: cherry pi, terrorist hostage taking SOB at October 01, 2011 08:36 AM (OhYCU)

67 64

Malaise.

Posted by: James Earl Obama, Penis Farmer at October 01, 2011 12:35 PM (SYrAh)

I got your malaise right here, Bambi.

Posted by: Joe the Killer Rabbit at October 01, 2011 08:37 AM (YL3wr)

68 Malaise^SCOAMF

Posted by: cherry pi, terrorist hostage taking SOB at October 01, 2011 08:37 AM (OhYCU)

69 With friends, his message has been: Nobody told you this would be easy, and you've got to worker harder to enact my agenda. With adversaries, his message is: You've had it too easy, and you've got to make sacrifices to enact my agenda. Obama's "gotten a little soft" remark fits into that theme: A soft America is one that is insufficiently willing to work and sacrifice to enact the Obama agenda. Now ya'll get on that -- I'm due for another two weeks of vacation.

Posted by: Phelps at October 01, 2011 08:37 AM (ACp4b)

70
where's Toby?

holy shit!

Did you guys see the Right Track/Wrong Track polls, lately?

RCP avg: 21/72

(Rasmussen: 17/75)

wow

Posted by: soothie at October 01, 2011 08:38 AM (sqkOB)

71 Don't ever forget, the MSM doesn't want a Republican elected next year. Whenever they ask candidates to bash the other guys (and gal), they're looking for soundbites with which to bash whomever emerges as the candidate. I'd like to think our people are keeping one eye on Obama, and anytime one of them has the urge to rip on the other, preface each statement with "of course [Romney, Perry, Newt, Bachman, Cain, etc.] is nowhere near as bad as Obama, but..."

Posted by: BurtTC at October 01, 2011 08:38 AM (Gc/Qi)

72 I am big! It's the country that got small.

Posted by: barack swanson obama at October 01, 2011 08:38 AM (mIucK)

73 Bluffy speaks of sacrifice as his wife shows off in blood diamonds. Slave labor sacrificed for her to wear that bling.

Bluffy tells America to stfu and sacrifice. Moochelle does a photo op at Target. No more J.Crew for you peons.

Posted by: didn't take long at October 01, 2011 08:38 AM (lpWVn)

74 I wonder if he'll bitterly think "Americans weren't good enough to appreciate me" or if he'll be chortling about conning the country into giving him 4 years of AF1 flights and all the other POTUS perks while he hobbled our economy, weakened our national defenses and increased racial tensions. I can't see the commiecrats doing it but it would be too too rich if the senate impeached him over fast and furious et al.

Posted by: PaleRider at October 01, 2011 08:38 AM (vL0Nv)

75 Plus I have 30 tabs open from yesterday.

Bar tabs? Quite the social butterfly! Or Alcoholic.

Posted by: model_1066 at October 01, 2011 08:39 AM (CMYJa)

76
...and by the way, all you fatcats sitting on the sidelines with a ton of dough in your corporate accounts, you need to get busy letting me get my hands on it.

Posted by: Barkamus Maximus at October 01, 2011 08:39 AM (LEcV+)

77 Hey! You 52 percenters!! I fart in your general direction.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 01, 2011 08:39 AM (4q5tP)

78 where's Toby?

holy shit!

Did you guys see the Right Track/Wrong Track polls, lately?

RCP avg: 21/72

(Rasmussen: 17/75)

wow

Posted by: soothie at October 01, 2011 12:38 PM (sqkOB)

Must be time to assassinate more Americans abroad!!11!!11!!

Posted by: Ron Paul at October 01, 2011 08:39 AM (SlHF2)

79 Paying my taxes means I get to choose whether I am a team player or not.

Posted by: Sgt. Fury at October 01, 2011 08:40 AM (ONGHB)

80 Morons^boobies

Posted by: cherry pi, terrorist hostage taking SOB at October 01, 2011 08:40 AM (OhYCU)

81 Where's my lute? I feel like a song.

Posted by: Barack Gaius Obama at October 01, 2011 08:41 AM (ehEyA)

82 "Me Prezdent" starring the whiniest little sniveling bitch ever to marry a wookie.

Posted by: model_1066 at October 01, 2011 08:41 AM (CMYJa)

83 #30, BackwardsBoy,

Did you mean this?

"Barack Obama will require you to work. He is going to demand that you shed your cynicism. That you put down your divisions. That you come out of your isolation, that you move out of your comfort zones. That you push yourselves to be better. And that you engage. Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed." - Michelle Obama

Posted by: JPS at October 01, 2011 08:41 AM (PIVor)

84 I saw some quote from Cain saying Romney has nice hair. Honestly, since Cain has no chance of winning the nomination, I would prefer he turn to jumping on everything out of Obama's mouth. Blast him for this nonsense, blast him for Fast and Furious, blast him for Solyndra, etc.

Cain seems like a cool guy, but watch what he does to stay relevant after the nomination. The spotlight can be a sweet nectar. If trashing republicans earns him appearance after appearance, will he be able to resist? Time will tell...

Posted by: Max Power at October 01, 2011 08:42 AM (q177U)

85 Morgan is super awesome to me and my friends. He takes me roller skating, chaperones my slumber parties, and slips me alcohol when mom isn't looking! And this year, when we go trick or treating, we're going as a pedophile grandpa and his victim, I can't wait!!!

Posted by: Morgan Freeman's Grandaughter at October 01, 2011 08:42 AM (Sh42X)

86 86 Morgan is super awesome to me and my friends. He takes me roller skating, chaperones my slumber parties, and slips me alcohol when mom isn't looking! And this year, when we go trick or treating, we're going as a pedophile grandpa and his victim, I can't wait!!!

Posted by: Morgan Freeman's Grandaughter at October 01, 2011 12:42 PM (Sh42X)

Aaah...good times...good times.

Posted by: Roman Polanksi at October 01, 2011 08:44 AM (SlHF2)

87 29 Plus I have 30 tabs open from yesterday.
________

I didn't know they still made Tab. I suspect the only thing worse than Tab is warm, flat Tab left over from yesterday.

Posted by: Anachronda at October 01, 2011 08:45 AM (6fER6)

88 #84... Holy cow, did she really say that? As I was reading, I was assuming that was from Stalin or Hitler, or someone similar... I guess it was someone similar. That's evil, right there.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 01, 2011 08:45 AM (Gc/Qi)

89 "All of this from a guy who never worked a day in his life until he was elected. And that doesn't appear to have changed much since. " Hey, golfing is hard work.

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 01, 2011 08:46 AM (MWBn8)

90 I can understand Obama's reluctance to look at himself as the problem.

After all the Otter defense: "Dudes, you fucked up! You trusted me." is not a winning re-election campaign slogan.

Posted by: Jack at October 01, 2011 08:47 AM (zKFOT)

91 Not trying to invoke Godwin's law or anything, but just saw on Military History channel this morning how Hitler, near the end, blamed the German people for losing the war. They failed the test.

Posted by: real joe at October 01, 2011 08:47 AM (xovnt)

92 It's not me, it's you. Posted by: The President at October 01, 2011 12:23 PM

That's not what she said!

Posted by: ex-boyfriends everywhere at October 01, 2011 08:47 AM (263hv)

We've seen this movie before. Scar and the hyenas have taken over the pridelands and their new way of doing things have turned it all to shit. We need a Simba to come back, sweep the carrion feeders out, and restore the rightful order and balance that nature and reality requires.

Simba 2012!

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 01, 2011 08:48 AM (4q5tP)

94 #84
"Barack Obama will require you to work. He is going to demand that you shed your cynicism. That you put down your divisions. That you come out of your isolation, that you move out of your comfort zones. That you push yourselves to be better. And that you engage. Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed." - Michelle Obama

Holy Crap! The American people have let down the First Lady as well. Bad American people. Bad!

Posted by: Jack at October 01, 2011 08:49 AM (zKFOT)

95 There's no fool like a teleprompter fool. The SCOAMF of the United States refers to his wife as "Michael." If anyone needs any further proof that Barack Obama merely says what the TOTUS tells him to,HERE IT IS at about 35 seconds in.

Posted by: jrg at October 01, 2011 08:51 AM (BkQvr)

Maybe Obama is getting ready to launch his new program of Spartan Socialism.

The Collective will make you stronger. ....No more burgers and donuts for you. .....Resistance is futile.

It's not his fault! Look at what he's had to work with. ....How can he be expected to fix anything with all these soft people.

Posted by: ConservativeMenAreJustHotter at October 01, 2011 08:51 AM (WOnSm)

97 Posted by: James Earl Obama, Penis Farmer at October 01, 2011 12:35 PM (SYrAh)

With a hash like that, you should be a vintner.

Posted by: Waterhouse at October 01, 2011 08:51 AM (QoR0i)

98 Posted by: BurtTC at October 01, 2011 12:45 PM (Gc/Qi)
About 48% of us knew better because even though the media covered up (and continues to cover up) the vast majority of all written documentation, video, and audio coming from both Barky and Mooshell, the little pre-election information we got was enough to scare the hell out of us.
To be fair, the RNC also helped the country out by nominating the anointed next-in-line senile loser RINO to run against the Golden Man-chile.

Obama 2012-keep him doing the job an American wouldn't do!

Posted by: Hrothgar at October 01, 2011 08:52 AM (i3+c5)

99 "Think Barks will motivate those kids again in 2012? I'm thinking not. " I'm thinking they have short attentions spans. They'll move on to the next cool thing.

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 01, 2011 08:52 AM (MWBn8)

100 If trashing republicans earns him appearance after appearance, will he be able to resist? Time will tell...

Funny, I don't recall Romney coming to the defense of Gov. Palin post-election while the frivolous law suits mounted. No. Instead, he kissed McCain's ass and got that SCOAMF re-elected to the Senate to try denying Americans non-prescription access to Vitamin C and other over-the-counter health supplements and medications.

Romney can't resist a cheap shot. He's such a poor marksman and poor sport, he hits the opponent's wife.

Posted by: didn't take long at October 01, 2011 08:54 AM (lpWVn)

101 84....Yep! I remember her saying that.....she said it one of her stump speeches, back in 2008. .....I think she may have even said it more than once.

Posted by: ConservativeMenAreJustHotter at October 01, 2011 08:55 AM (WOnSm)

102 "The American people have failed me... they do not deserve to live." Barack Hussein Obama, just before they lose him after the bunker scene.

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at October 01, 2011 08:55 AM (qvify)

103 Simba 2012!

Hakuna matata.

Posted by: Simba at October 01, 2011 08:56 AM (EL+OC)

104 I'm beginning to feel a little sorry for ragging on the LaRouchies with their ObamaHitler signs. A little. But it still feels bad.

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at October 01, 2011 08:57 AM (qvify)

105 When Obama first took office, he forced his attentions on the children at school with a direct address, appealing to their loyalty. Protesting parents had to opt out their kids and some schools made an issue of calling opt outs bigots.

How did the past week's Obama address to the kiddies at school work out? Happened yet, or still in the works?

Posted by: didn't take long at October 01, 2011 08:57 AM (lpWVn)

106 You're only as old as the women you feel.

Posted by: Morgan Freeman at October 01, 2011 08:58 AM (CJIam)

107 Cain was on a "comedy" show, not much of a serious venue, and would have looked pretty much like a jerk if he had answered every Leno qustion with a diatribe against Obumbles.
Meanwhile Romney savages fellow Republicans (to include their wives) in an official or quasi-official venue.

These two things are not the same.

Posted by: Hrothgar at October 01, 2011 08:58 AM (i3+c5)

108 56 Semi-OT: Fascinating bit from the American Thinker on postmodernism and liberalism from last week. I forwarded to a lot of people. Maybe you'll be interested too.

You might be interested in this, esp. ch. 8-12:
How Should We Then Live?: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture

Posted by: Miss80s at October 01, 2011 09:01 AM (d6QMz)

109 Mmmmm mmmm mmm Barack Hussain Obama.

Posted by: dagny at October 01, 2011 09:02 AM (MZjkn)

110 84....104
Yep! I remember her saying that.

Yeah, it was expected to erase the people's memory of her infamous chip on the shoulder "for the first time in my life I'm proud to be an American" stump speech. Obama's perpetual campaign and his administration is all about coercion. The Obama's just can't refrain from being authoritarians telling everyone else what to do and what others may not do.

Posted by: didn't take long at October 01, 2011 09:03 AM (lpWVn)

111 Jesus: "If you love me, you will keep my commandments." SCOAMF: "If you love me, you will pass this bill." Messiahs are just not what they used to be.

Posted by: Milesdei at October 01, 2011 09:03 AM (gZp4t)

112 Cain has every right to guest appearances on national television. Since Cain isn't that well known nationally, his appearances on Leno etc. are unlike the bitter clinger to the seat of his pants John McCain who won't retire until he's laid to rest, and everyone knew who he was.

Posted by: didn't take long at October 01, 2011 09:06 AM (lpWVn)

113 SCOAMF blaming the people for his failure is like Hitler blaming the German people his failure, as the Soviets were blowing Berlin to bits above him. And then Hitler issued the orders that the surviving German people were unworthy to live...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2011 09:06 AM (UlUS4)

114 You know what?

When the job isn't being done right; when the paint brushes don't get washed, the prep work left undone and the tarps and painters tape is ignored and left in the supplies locker, you know you have to throw that painter you hired off the job.

But the painter's black, you say? So what? The job is just too damn important to let an incompetent fuck it up no matter what color he is. Just because you're black doesn't mean that you can't be incompetent at a particular task, or even a whole group of them. You pay the man for the shitty work he's done, see him off, and find some one better.

And some one might point out to Morgan Freeman that it isn't Obama that is failing, it is the policies that Obama is advocating that are failing. They have failed when white people tried to implement them too because they don't work.

That isn't racism. That's reality.

Posted by: Jack at October 01, 2011 09:06 AM (zKFOT)

115

"It's the ultimate blame-shifting, isn't it? Blaming Bush wasn't doing the trick, so now he's... just blaming the peons he governs."
-Ace

C'mon, baby, stop making me hit you.

Posted by: Barely Obama at October 01, 2011 09:07 AM (VQCqZ)

116 Messiahs are just not what they used to be. Posted by: Milesdei at October 01, 2011 01:03 PM (gZp4t) So next Passover, when I open the door for Elijah, will a teleprompter be wheeled in?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2011 09:07 AM (UlUS4)

117 BurtTC:

Yes, she did. Creepy, isn't it? I didn't remember it verbatim, so I looked for "Barack will never allow you to" on Yahoo, and got several hits. From campaign season 2008.

Didn't take long, 105 - About authoritarianism: I keep thinking of PJ O'Rourke's preface to All the Trouble in the World, apologizing to Al Gore for repeatedly calling him an intellectual dolt and fascist twinkie: "Sorry, Al. It's nothing personal. I just think you have repulsive totalitarian inclinations and the brains of a King Charles spaniel."

Posted by: JPS at October 01, 2011 09:07 AM (PIVor)

118 'The SCOAMF of the United States refers to his wife as "Michael."' Given the, um, toned arms, you can't really blame him for that one.

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 01, 2011 09:08 AM (MWBn8)

119 [Oops - didn't take long, I meant your #113.]

Posted by: JPS at October 01, 2011 09:08 AM (PIVor)

120 All he needs is a Cardigan sweater and an attack rabbit to complete the transition.

Posted by: backhoe, Hobbit tea-roar-ist of Doom at October 01, 2011 09:08 AM (QROim)

121 I know very little about Cain, but I do know he's not going to win the nomination. I didn't realize the quote was from a Leno appearance, so it wouldn't have been appropriate then. However, if he has a sense of party loyalty, he'll start working on those Obama quips. The same goes for all of the also-rans.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 01, 2011 09:10 AM (Gc/Qi)

122 J.J. A teleprompter rolled by, but Elijah knew that the Lord was not in the teleprompter....

Posted by: Milesdei at October 01, 2011 09:10 AM (gZp4t)

123

113.....Exactly.

I am also remembering when those Air Traffic Controllers got caught sleeping on the job.....and UAW workers got caught drinking/getting high during their lunch breaks......and how the O-adminstration pretty much gave them a pass.

No mention of those guys being 'soft'.

Posted by: ConservativeMenAreJustHotter at October 01, 2011 09:14 AM (WOnSm)

124 He almost sounds like a wife beater, same type of excuses always others to blame for problems.
If you did this , I would have been better. etc..

He certainly is a bully, but weird never the less.

Posted by: willow at October 01, 2011 09:15 AM (h+qn8)

125 When Obama was first hired, he said of the economy, "I got this." That reflected his worldview that the economy was tanking because of Republicans' refusal to follow the obvious prescriptions that Pelosi, Reid and Frank urged, which would fix the economy automatically and instantly. Ever since he put those prescriptions into practice, he's been completely bewildered that they haven't worked. It can't be flaws in the policies - they were guaranteed and certified by Nobel laureates and economics professors - so the problem has to be with us hoi polloi.

Posted by: stuiec at October 01, 2011 09:16 AM (RlabX)

126 stuiec true, He ran on fixing the deficit (going line by line), He was running on the economy.

Posted by: willow at October 01, 2011 09:17 AM (h+qn8)

127 oh and integrity bi/partisanship.

Posted by: willow at October 01, 2011 09:17 AM (h+qn8)

128 I wonder if he is embarrassed to be so publicly in over his head.

Posted by: mama winger at October 01, 2011 09:19 AM (R9bQ9)

129 It's possible He did fix the economy, for the desired outcome.

Posted by: willow at October 01, 2011 09:19 AM (h+qn8)

130 mama, I doubt He is embarrassed but pissed off for us not appreciating everything that He's done.
what can one expect when he inherited Bush's mess,
according to him.

Posted by: willow at October 01, 2011 09:21 AM (h+qn8)

131 Obama's taken more vacations this year than I have in the last 5. And we're the soft ones. WTF! My head's exploding. Of all the stupid stuff he's ever said, I think this is the most insulting.

Posted by: kraki at October 01, 2011 09:24 AM (ylLDT)

132 Communism is always being implemented incorrectly but THIS TIME things will be different and it will work!

Posted by: John Q Leftist at October 01, 2011 09:24 AM (UEB+3)

133 @ 123 All he needs is a Cardigan sweater and an attack rabbit to complete the transition.

Yep

Posted by: Foole In The Rain at October 01, 2011 09:29 AM (BkQvr)

134 Just keep on reminding the libs of the following:"Obama is a failure by YOUR standards." The libs I've used this on do not explode, they wither, demoralized.

Posted by: Milesdei at October 01, 2011 09:29 AM (gZp4t)

135 stuiec, 129:

"Ever since he put those prescriptions into practice, he's been completely bewildered that they haven't worked."

I always liked this from Joseph Schumpeter:

"They went to work with unsurpassable efficiency. Full employment, a maximum of resulting output, and general well-being ought to have been the consequence. It is true that instead we find misery, shame and, at the end of it all, a stream of blood. But that was a chance coincidence."

Posted by: JPS at October 01, 2011 09:32 AM (PIVor)

136

133 It's possible He did fix the economy, for the desired outcome.

Obama was just the 'annointed one' to harvest the results of a dumbed-down, indoctrinated populus of entitlement junkies. .....The Left has systematically gone about creating a looter class which depends on their leader to tell them what to think.

Which makes his remark about our society being 'soft' all the more ironic and outrageous.....given the part that the Left has played in making it so.

'Survival of the Fittest' is mean.....except if it's out in Nature, then it's natural.

I expect that the JEF will go on to blame this 'softness' on Capitalism, as an argument for why it 'doesn't work'......even though it is the socialistic hobbles that the Left has put in place that is making it seem like it doesn't work.

Posted by: ConservativeMenAreJustHotter at October 01, 2011 09:33 AM (WOnSm)

137 135 Obama's taken more vacations this year than I have in the last 5. And we're the soft ones. WTF!

Indeed...

Posted by: Foole In The Rain at October 01, 2011 09:34 AM (BkQvr)

138 @ 123 All he needs is a Cardigan sweater and an attack rabbit to complete the transition.

No need for a cardigan when you wear Mom jeans.

Posted by: elliot m at October 01, 2011 09:34 AM (zPich)

139
excellent breakdown, stu

Posted by: soothie at October 01, 2011 09:36 AM (sqkOB)

140 "It's our fault. We all share in this failure. Not Obama so much, but the rest of us. The ones letting the team down." Yeah. So, bend over and take one for the team.

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 01, 2011 09:40 AM (MWBn8)

141 Don't forget the stuff about the mop. Fits right in. He thinks he still has the "keys".

Posted by: pawn at October 01, 2011 09:40 AM (iMsF6)

142 All our president is asking for is a little shared sacrifice. Have not other past presidents asked for the same thing? Bush? Your sacred cow Reagan? If anyone is to blame it's our obstructionist Republican congress whose sole purpose is to make Obama a one term president. Nice to know where their priorities lie.

Posted by: StanleyJ at October 01, 2011 09:44 AM (Lz+QC)

143 If anyone is to blame it's our obstructionist Republican congress whose sole purpose is to make Obama a one term president.

With good reason, you dumb shit.

Posted by: real joe at October 01, 2011 09:46 AM (xovnt)

144 The Nathan Sturm Presidency. "Is it me?" "It's them...isn't it?"

Posted by: Spiker at October 01, 2011 09:47 AM (4t9J5)

145 StanleyJ at October 01, 2011 01:44 PM (Lz+QC): I repeat: he has failed by YOUR standards. Has he not, dumb shit?

Posted by: Milesdei at October 01, 2011 09:48 AM (gZp4t)

146

He has us up on deck, in the hard part of the night, with the howling winds of trouble and fear tearing at us and raging mountainous waves of debt threatening to swamp the ship, and "all" that he asks of us now is that we put both of our hands to the winches and bring "him" safely to the shore. We used to be allowed to keep one hand free to guard our own lives, or to save the shipmate nearby, who in doing their utmost to save the ship and the crew has lost her footing. But no more, no more. Now it has become all for one and none for all. Aye, me hearties, mutiny is bad, but mutiny it shall be this dark and stormy night, by God! Throw the captain, and his lieutenants, and his nine-iron over the side!

Posted by: Errol at October 01, 2011 09:50 AM (vewos)

147 Right, asshole, socialism really would have worked this time but for that Republican House. He had all branches of government until this year, but don't let facts get in the way.

Posted by: real joe at October 01, 2011 09:50 AM (xovnt)

148 Posted by: StanleyJ at October 01, 2011 01:44 PM (Lz+QC) ------------------------------------ You're right, Stanley. We must stop the obstruction. Hey, when is Harry Reid going to schedule a vote on Obama's newest "jobs act"? Didn't "our President" want that passed right away?

Posted by: Spiker at October 01, 2011 09:51 AM (4t9J5)

149 An Insty reader quips that what SCOAMF is really saying is "the beatings will continue until morale improves."

Posted by: filbert at October 01, 2011 09:53 AM (smvTK)

150

Posted by: StanleyJ at October 01, 2011 01:44 PM (Lz+QC)

I smell an Average Joe sock.

Posted by: ErikW at October 01, 2011 09:53 AM (kEjRX)

151 ConservativeMenAreJustHotter

Perhaps Obama was put in so the fellow travelers could loot the gvt.(or us)

Posted by: willow at October 01, 2011 09:54 AM (h+qn8)

152 I smell an Average Joe sock.

Dammit. Suckered again.

Posted by: real joe at October 01, 2011 09:55 AM (xovnt)

153

Havn't read the other comments yet but if this isn't "Carter 2.0" and his "malaise" speech blaming the American public again....I don't know what is.

Posted by: MrObvious at October 01, 2011 09:55 AM (qwhLZ)

154 November, 2012. A gleaming steel door slides open to a secret underground headquarters. America is ushered in and sits down on a metal bench facing a darkened ultramodern desk raised on a daÃ¯s. The lights go up, revealing Obama sitting among a bank of computer screens, stroking a white cat. "America. You have failed me for the last time."

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at October 01, 2011 09:57 AM (AZGON)

155 Stanley, so yopu would rather us owe several trillion more?
as that is what They continue to do.

guess you enjoy the spectacle of cronyism on a massive scale, as long as the right people are getting the dough.

btw the dough has to be paid back, by you and I.

Posted by: willow at October 01, 2011 09:57 AM (h+qn8)

156 ack, Joe, for shame!

Posted by: willow at October 01, 2011 09:58 AM (h+qn8)

157 The Buck Stops Here. (giggles)

Posted by: Harry S Truman at October 01, 2011 09:59 AM (x81hH)

158 He has had a lifetime of people doing his work for him, thereby making him lok good. We are not up to the challenge. He is setting the stage for why he is quitting.

Posted by: chillin the most for Perry at October 01, 2011 09:59 AM (6IV8T)

159 He has had a lifetime of people doing his work for him The sack of artificial skin filled with horse manure that sits behind the Resolute desk is the most shiftless, lazy and vainglorious wretch to occupy the Oval Office since the founding of the Republic.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at October 01, 2011 10:02 AM (AZGON)

160 All capitalists UNITE! Fight them at the unemployment office, Fight them at the NLRB, Down with LABOR, Down with Socialism... We will NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER Give in!!!

Posted by: izoneguy at October 01, 2011 10:02 AM (i6Neb)

161 He is setting the stage for why he is quitting.

Posted by: chillin the most for Perry at October 01, 2011 01:59 PM (6IV8T)

One could only hope.

Posted by: ErikW at October 01, 2011 10:04 AM (kEjRX)

162 If anyone is to blame it's our obstructionist Republican congress whose sole purpose is to make Obama a one term president. Nice to know where their priorities lie. Posted by: StanleyJ

Obama had a Democrat Congress for two years. They enacted and engineered one of the largest takeovers of private enterprise this country has seen in decades. They passed bills that had to be printed in volumes. The size, scope, and reach of the Federal government has never been bigger. And yet, here we are with 9% unemployment, record low new biz creation, and the most dismal economic outlook since the Great Depression.

You on the Left believe that private industry is a wayward beast of burden that must be yoked and whipped regularly. Obama described his sole job outside of the public sector as 'working behind enemy lines.'

And now you are blaming the Right for the result of your obsession with choking private initiative and slandering success that isn't indebted to cronyism. Whip the beast unless it pays homage to your credentialed gentry.

I'd have slightly more respect for you if you were honest and admitted that you want a centrally planned fail-conomy with just enough GOP politicians in office to be used as scapegoats.

Posted by: drybrush at October 01, 2011 10:05 AM (mIucK)

163 Being thought of as a Messiah is easy. Accepting the fact that he got there through affirmative action is beyond his comprehension.

Posted by: Buffalobob at October 01, 2011 10:09 AM (vjyVi)

164 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure

Posted by: steevy at October 01, 2011 10:09 AM (fyOgS)

165 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure

Posted by: steevy at October 01, 2011 02:09 PM (fyOgS)

Drink!

Posted by: ErikW at October 01, 2011 10:10 AM (kEjRX)

166 "Barack Obama will require you to work." --quote from Barack Obama's uglier half These are the words of someone who enjoys the idea of having slaves. Period. Having heard the bitch say this, anyone who did not immediately identify the filthy soul of a tyrant needs to reexamine their rationality.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at October 01, 2011 10:11 AM (AZGON)

167 A guy who's last name started with H accused the German people of letting him down.

Posted by: steevy at October 01, 2011 10:15 AM (fyOgS)

168 Obama's probably just using the word "soft" because he hears it so often at home.

Posted by: OCBill at October 01, 2011 10:17 AM (MiSre)

169 @173 The Mrs. does have the look of someone who would never miss a good flogging, if the Target is too crowded, now that you mention it, "the bitch". Vote her out of office too! Four Less Years, Four Less Years!

Posted by: Errol at October 01, 2011 10:20 AM (vewos)

170
What the hell ever happened to 'The Buck Stops Here'?

Posted by: Harry Truman at October 01, 2011 10:25 AM (lO03s)

171

157....Perhaps Obama was put in so the fellow travelers could loot the gvt.(or us)

Willow,

It's a win-win for them......loot the govt & dole out goodies to their buddies, create a faux 'crisis' in order to prey upon it, and use it as an excuse to enact control-freak policies that do nothing to solve the problem. ....Then blame it on the other side, knowing that the libmedia will declare it so.

Obamacare is a perfect example of this. ....The problems with our healthcare system can be traced to two basic things:

1) The symbiotic relationship between Malpractice Lawsuits and Insurers who provide insurance for it. ....[The trial lawyers and Insurance industry have been huge donors to Dems because they don't want this to change.]

2) The lack of competition between Health Insurance companies across the country. [this keeps the cost higher]

All we needed were a few simple reforms.....Tort Reform and Intersate Competition between Insurance Companies. ....And costs would go down.

Instead, Obama and the Dems declared that we were in a 'Healthcare Crisis' and used that premiss to enact their monstrous Obamacare bill......which does nothing to correct the problems that caused the skyrocketing costs of healthcare. .....But instead, in true predatory control-freak fashion....Obamacare is set to take control over our lives by controling our healthcare system.

Posted by: ConservativeMenAreJustHotter at October 01, 2011 10:27 AM (WOnSm)

172 We are not worthy.

Posted by: toby928© at October 01, 2011 10:36 AM (GTbGH)

173 America isn't soft, but I would say that how we've allowed and tolerated a no-nothing, Marxist idiot like Obama to last this long without impeachment is a testament to how good life in America really is. This imbecile should have been rode out on a rail after his first 9 months.

Posted by: Fritz at October 01, 2011 10:46 AM (FabC8)

174 Anyone remember The Arsenio Hall Show? For those of us not as old as your humble correspondent, Arsenio Hall was a black comedian who's late night show was hailed as ground-breaking, for some silly reason (It's the show Bill Clinton played the saxophone on, confirming his suitability for the Presidency). Arsenio started out all friendly and 'Hey, let's all get together for some laughs without the big color/race thang', but as the ratings dropped he started getting all sullen and faux-hood-thug; all lounging around scowling wearing his 'X' hat, having Louis Farrakan on for a hour-long interview, just getting his rage on. The show was cancelled soon afterwards.

When Barack starts wearing an 'X' ballcap and dranking out a 40 during a speech we can safely assume his long reign of error is drawing to a close.

Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at October 01, 2011 11:13 AM (2PTT7)

175 I'm just, you know, not feeling so on board, lately.

Posted by: I'm in a New York state of mind at October 01, 2011 11:21 AM (4sQwu)

176 Yes it's an "I have a friend" comment. Sue me.

Said friend divorced his ex for multiple violations of the marriage covenant. They had been married for nearly twenty years and she had started screwed up (and around) at about the seven-year mark. He stayed for the three kids and bailed when the youngest started high school. That was almost three years ago.

Thanks to the laws of their blue state, she gets to butt-rape him continuously, taking him to court for more child support about once every six months, even though the youngest turns 18 this year (she's trying to stretch it to 19). He pays all their old debts, including a foreclosed-on house that was her fault. She has a job and she's socking away the alimony and the child support. (The kid's dimed on her.) Friend says that she's trying to punish him for leaving.

Why do I tell this story? America=friend. Barack Obama=friend's ex. He has repeatedly violated the covenant between the people and their government and he will do his best to make America pay for "divorcing" him when the time comes. He's sending out all the signals.

Keep watch.

Posted by: baldilocks at October 01, 2011 11:21 AM (T2/zQ)

177

184 ....He's sending out all the signals.

A presidential hissy fit? ...Temper tantrum? .....It's kinda scary to contemplate the kind of harm he could do to us, isn't it.

One this is sure.....he has put his own childish behavior on display so many times now, that he apparently has no shame about it....much less any inclination to refrain from it.

Posted by: ConservativeMenAreJustHotter at October 01, 2011 11:38 AM (WOnSm)

178 agree

Why do I tell this story? America=friend. Barack Obama=friend's ex. He has repeatedly violated the covenant between the people and their government and he will do his best to make America pay for "divorcing" him when the time comes. He's sending out all the signals.

Keep watch.

Posted by: baldilocks at October 01, 2011 03:21 PM (T2/zQ)

Posted by: willow at October 01, 2011 11:38 AM (h+qn8)

179 *One thing is sure....

Posted by: ConservativeMenAreJustHotter at October 01, 2011 11:39 AM (WOnSm)

180 .Obamacare is set to take control over our lives by controling our healthcare system.

Posted by: ConservativeMenAreJustHotter at October 01, 2011 02:27 PM (WOnSm)

right, it is a total power grab.

Posted by: willow at October 01, 2011 11:39 AM (h+qn8)

181 He has litttle to no scruples. He did nothing but castigate the Bush administration for Iraq-a deficit etc, while He continues Iraq, and extends it to pakistan, yemen, Lybia. He is allowed to turn on a dime from financial to previous foreign policy. He is allowed to encourage arab spring with nary a word from anyone of relevance.

it's the most gastly thing i've witnessed in my lifetime. He harrass's half the country, tells others to suck it up and shut up. Sends his travelers to coerce others.

Posted by: willow at October 01, 2011 11:44 AM (h+qn8)

182 Real hope: friend says that, while there are no extra $$, he always has enough for all bills he has. He attributes this to God.

And that's America's only hope as well.

Posted by: baldilocks at October 01, 2011 11:50 AM (T2/zQ)

183 He attributes this to God.

And that's America's only hope as well.

Posted by: baldilocks at October 01, 2011 03:50 PM (T2/zQ)

The one silver lining for me personally(although that has also been harsh) in all of this , it has made me re -evaluate my existance and to turn towards G-d.

Posted by: willow at October 01, 2011 12:15 PM (h+qn8)

184 Ace, hunny...you're on vacation.
People on vacation don't work. Otherwise, they'd be at work.

Posted by: antisocialist at October 01, 2011 12:17 PM (DMvUp)

185 Well here's what the problem is for Obama: either he admits he has bad ideas that don't work, or he blames someone - everyone - else for why his ideas are failures.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 01, 2011 12:51 PM (r4wIV)

186 What he wanted to say is that "this is why communist didn't work. The people weren't on board and they actually wanted something versus sacrificing all for their dear leaders"..

Posted by: newmike at October 01, 2011 12:56 PM (1OLmL)

187 I don't remember where I read it, but someone recently said, tongue planted firmly in cheek: Barack Obama is a GREAT leader...we are just lousy followers. Kinda sums it up for me.

Posted by: rockmom at October 01, 2011 01:26 PM (lSyyU)

188
Obummer reminds me of that nasty little king in the Wizard of Id.

Posted by: Kathy from Kansas at October 01, 2011 01:38 PM (2AfqM)

189 As a couple noted above, this totally recalls Hitler scolding that if the surviving German people can't repel the Soviets and win the war that they weren't worthy of his leadership and the nation should be destroyed.

I don't ever remember W saying anything like this.

Posted by: DrZin at October 01, 2011 03:45 PM (nXbmM)

190

Take off your bedroom slippers, put on your marching shoes," Obama practically yelled at the crowd. "Shake it off. Stop complainin', stop grumblin', stop cryin'," he said before slapping the lectern and striding angrily across the stage.

I sense a pattern with the SCOAMF.

Posted by: theCork at October 01, 2011 08:02 PM (iSyWd)

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