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June 11, 2012

Obama's Very Bad Week, the Sequel
— Gabriel Malor

Last week, fresh off the awful jobs report, with bad fundraising numbers just about to be released, and while President Clinton rushed around the country "helping," Obama campaign manager Jim Messina sent a special video message to Obama's supporters to reassure them that everything was going according to plan. Messina insisted that the campaign always expected the race to look so bad for Obama.

Yesterday, David Axelrod continued this desperate pleading on the morning shows. Axelrod claimed that Obama's awful week, capped by the President's idiotic and out-of-touch claim that the private sector is "doing fine," "will be of little consequence." Not even the MBM is buying that:

Taken together, the beginning of June 2012 may be remembered as a time period that shook the pillars of the Obama reelection effort. If nothing else, itÂ’s shown the 2012 landscape to be so different from 2008 as to make assumptions based on four years ago seem worthless.
The Democratic base, while still solidly behind Obama, has shown signs of atrophy, as the failed recall of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker displays. Former President Bill ClintonÂ’s comments on RomneyÂ’s business record and how to handle expiring tax cuts, meanwhile, show fraying of party unity in a way Democrats find all too familiar.
On the other side, the Republican Party and its high-powered allies have clearly improved in terms of organization and focus since 2008 and even 2010. The Walker victory was a psychological boost, and it gave deep-pocketed GOP allies a chance to flex their still-flush wallets.
Plus, the speed and breadth with which Republicans pounced on ObamaÂ’s Â“doing fineÂ” comments show a marked improvement on the communications front. Financially, operationally, and strategically, ObamaÂ’s Chicago team is clearly facing a formidable match in RomneyÂ’s team in Boston.

Formidable. I like the sound of that.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 03:40 AM | Comments (151)
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1 Romney>>Obama 24/7 from now on!

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 11, 2012 03:43 AM (i3+c5)

2 Oh joy, another week.

Posted by: Cricket at June 11, 2012 03:44 AM (DrC22)

3 O'Bumble's got what it takes to make it a full bad year.

Posted by: dfbaskwill at June 11, 2012 03:45 AM (ndlFj)

4
Didn't you hear:

The private sector is doing fine

#privatesectordoingfine

Posted by: sTevo at June 11, 2012 03:45 AM (K/mod)

5 May he have many more weeks just like this.

Posted by: Big Joe T at June 11, 2012 03:46 AM (LfM1a)

6 Morning! so what did I miss this weekend?

Posted by: IP at June 11, 2012 03:47 AM (5ljXr)

7 Uh well uh the private sector... is still handing over their money uh..uh to the uh US treasury. Uh...that's what I mean by doing fine.

Posted by: SCOAMF at June 11, 2012 03:48 AM (qxcKC)

8 Don't forget those words of Hans Solo

"Don't get cocky kid"

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at June 11, 2012 03:52 AM (e8kgV)

9 I know it's impossible to separate politics from job performance at this point, especially when so many more people are paying attention to Obama's actual job performance precisely BECAUSE we're in the middle of the political season. They just look incredibly inept at this point. I never had any confidence that Obama was anything other than a figurehead, but I assumed there were some smart people behind him. Now I'm not so sure. It looks like they have no idea what to do, because people aren't just looking at the surface anymore. I'd like to know if anyone went into the audience of that high school graduation at which Biden spoke, the one where he talked about plants that don't water, soil or pesticides, etc. Were high school graduates laughing at him? The floodgates appear to be just about ready to break.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 11, 2012 03:54 AM (2pG7H)

10 Good Morning. I am still a little stunned by the weekend. The post Ace wrote on Anger was probably his best ever. The openess and honestly held a mirror up to my face and I was forced to think about the way I communicate on this blog as well as in the physical world. Looking back at some of my rants and rages I am embarressed. It's never too late to do the right thing. So, Good morning Rons. Welcome to a brand new day.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at June 11, 2012 03:55 AM (9TTOe)

11 This is news? Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure, after all.

Posted by: fluffy at June 11, 2012 03:57 AM (z9HTb)

12 What ever Biden has got in catching.

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 03:58 AM (YdQQY)

13 Couldn't happen to a nastier guy.

Posted by: Lauren at June 11, 2012 03:58 AM (hNLFW)

Poor Barack. It seems the crease in his pants....well, it just isn't as sharp as it used to be.

How much water will the MBM carry for him? Apparently, there is a limit, even with those low - lifes.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at June 11, 2012 03:58 AM (RFeQD)

15 You know, it's a symptom of just how bad the McCain campaign was that even the Right is stunned that Romney is running to win.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at June 11, 2012 03:58 AM (yTtpr)

16 @12... "Intercepted!"

Posted by: Thorvald at June 11, 2012 03:59 AM (OhenJ)

17 Oh yeah, that Obama Characters' chickens have come home to roost. I'm not saying this will be a cake walk. Our candidate has his own backyard full of big steaming piles of unhappiness he will be forced to defend and navigate. But I give us a pretty good shot.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at June 11, 2012 04:00 AM (9TTOe)

18 Uh well uh the private sector... is still handing over their money uh..uh to the uh US treasury. Uh...that's what I mean by doing fine.

Posted by: SCOAMF at June 11, 2012 07:48 AM (qxcKC)

...and the private sector still has some money to hand over so it's fine, but we'll get back to you when the well runs dry.

Posted by: O'Barky at June 11, 2012 04:01 AM (i3+c5)

19 The private sector has plenty of tender little doggies.

Posted by: They call me Barky at June 11, 2012 04:02 AM (CZrbJ)

20 Hoping that Obama's really bad week turns into really bad months. Good morning to all.

Posted by: macintx at June 11, 2012 04:02 AM (ucs8Y)

21 Obama's wheels came off in '09. Welcome to the party, pal.

Posted by: John McClain at June 11, 2012 04:03 AM (mxnUd)

22 Looking back at some of my rants and rages I am embarressed. It's never too late to do the right thing. So, Good morning Rons. Welcome to a brand new day.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at June 11, 2012 07:55 AM (9TTOe)

I've never seen anything wrong with your posts; I certainly never saw anything to be embarrassed about. Look, I have my own opinion on what ace wrote but I'm gonna keep it to myself other than to say there's a huge difference between what I see posted here and what the lefties post.

Posted by: Captain Hate at June 11, 2012 04:04 AM (D1HMA)

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at June 11, 2012 07:58 AM (yTtpr)

McLame wasn't even going through the motions of running for President. I think he wanted to reach across the aisle and the great racial divide and ensure that we elected a black President (by giving us virtually no choice, and even then it was a reasonably tight race. Just think what might have happened if the Repubs had run a real candidate last time out (although Buuuush was a factor).

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 11, 2012 04:04 AM (i3+c5)

24 .... "The Walker victory was a psychological boost"

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It was much more than psychological. It was tangible. Real results. Wisconsin voters really and tangibly gave a vote of confidence to conservative reforms that said NO to union entitlements and big government, and YES to fiscal responsibility and smaller government.

That is more than merely psychological. That is real. That is a pivot point in the mind of the electorate. They are saying ENOUGH.

Posted by: mama winger at June 11, 2012 04:07 AM (P6QsQ)

Posted by: Captain Hate at June 11, 2012 08:04 AM (D1HMA)

Spot on. Language is crude here sometimes, and troll slapdowns can be fierce, but for sheer vile evil language, you can't really find it here at least from my limited obervation. On the other hand, when I drift into a lefty thread (by mistake), I usually have to stop and take a shower.

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 11, 2012 04:08 AM (i3+c5)

26 Well thank you Captain. I am grateful for that. But upon personal reflection I had worked harder at trying to be witty than factual and informative. I guess it can be entertaining, but screaming and swearing with the written word adds little to the conversation. I'm not going all "American Thinker." But I am going to work harder to be more iformative and less clownish. That's all.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at June 11, 2012 04:09 AM (9TTOe)

27 Jimmy bunny, Jimmy bunny, Jimmy bunny ... back, back, bad bunny!

Posted by: Tonawanda at June 11, 2012 04:10 AM (iuHbc)

28 A little offense could go a long way this week. Stick and move, Romney. Stick and move.

Posted by: Scobface at June 11, 2012 04:10 AM (IoNBC)

29 It was much more than psychological. It was tangible. Real results. Wisconsin voters really and tangibly gave a vote of confidence to conservative reforms that said NO to union entitlements and big government, and YES to fiscal responsibility and smaller government.

I think that the CA pension votes were even more important. Even in Lalaland, people are realizing that the math always, always, always wins.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at June 11, 2012 04:10 AM (yTtpr)

30 Now that Obama's throat is exposed it is time to place the boot on his neck. Full offense this week could easily break the our AA Precedent.

I look forward to his incoherent ranting and hissy fit melt down on public display. One of these press conferences he is going to go total spaz and show his bigoted hatred and American loathing nature for what it really is.

Posted by: Fire with Fire at June 11, 2012 04:13 AM (lcwvr)

31 You know, it's a symptom of just how bad the McCain campaign was that even the Right is stunned that Romney is running to win.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at June 11, 2012 07:58 AM (yTtpr)

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You are exactly right. I confess that one of my biggest reservations about Romney in the primary season was the concern I had that he was another McCain in this respect. I am very glad to be able to say that I was wrong. I think he is running an excellent campaign so far.

Posted by: mama winger at June 11, 2012 04:13 AM (P6QsQ)

32 Posted by: Hrothgar at June 11, 2012 08:08 AM (i3+c5)

The death of Tony Snow was the last fucking straw for me at a lot of sites. I saw some of the most inhumane gloating and disgusting projection that just sickened me and I departed without a word never to return. I really question the mental stability of a lot of them.

Posted by: Captain Hate at June 11, 2012 04:14 AM (D1HMA)

33 So this maybe another bad week for Obama. Which ruling do we want first, Obamacare or Az?

Posted by: macintx at June 11, 2012 04:16 AM (ucs8Y)

I think that the CA pension votes were even more important. Even in Lalaland, people are realizing that the math always, always, always wins. <<<<

It's easy to sweep into office on an economic meltdown, especially when your opponent is not just weak, but self-destructive.

It is a lot harder to explain why 3.5 years later, the economy is worse than when you started. There are a lot fewer people who will continue to buy the excuse that it's the last guy's fault and in in fact, are now embarrassed to hear that same excuse repeated.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at June 11, 2012 04:17 AM (JDIKC)

35 I think that the CA pension votes were even more important. Even in Lalaland, people are realizing that the math always, always, always wins. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at June 11, 2012 08:10 AM (yTtpr) Yep, that was big. What I think may have put an Exocet in the waterline of the SS Obama was these leaks about military and intelligence tactics. When Feinstein gets on the Boob Tube and says, Whoa, what a minute. You know he screwed up big. I think Obama is but-hole deep in either promoting or at least OKing these leaks for political gain. That's treasonous behavior that even the most righteous old school dems are recoiling at.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at June 11, 2012 04:18 AM (9TTOe)

36 The Obama Administration is a house of cards. The breeze is blowing, the cards are wobbling, and soon it will all come tumbling down.

Posted by: mama winger at June 11, 2012 04:18 AM (P6QsQ)

37 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable tyrant.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at June 11, 2012 04:18 AM (8y9MW)

38 This is just batting practice so far. The pitchers ain't even warming up yet. Obama is gonna get beaten like a pinata full of crystal meth prizes at a Hells Angels convention.

Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at June 11, 2012 04:18 AM (5XY/K)

39 Posted by: Captain Hate at June 11, 2012 08:14 AM (D1HMA)

Beyond disgusting, sad and pathetic really.

Posted by: Samuel Adams at June 11, 2012 04:19 AM (ZOf1l)

40 OMG. Kay in Maine has a twitter sock acct and is tweeting. Hysterical. Latest with a Obama 2012 logo in all caps: Why is the private sector firing instead of hiring? Answer: A BLACK DEMOCRAT IN THE WHITE HOUSE! No other reason than that...

I love it

Posted by: dagny at June 11, 2012 04:19 AM (WCAIB)

41 Dagny - what's the twitter handle on that?

Posted by: mama winger at June 11, 2012 04:20 AM (P6QsQ)

42 I confess that one of my biggest reservations about Romney in the primary season was the concern I had that he was another McCain in this respect. I am very glad to be able to say that I was wrong. I think he is running an excellent campaign so far.

Posted by: mama winger at June 11, 2012 08:13 AM (P6QsQ)

One thing that has really impressed me with Romney is how effectively he put together his organization (which is truly an executive skill). At times in the eternal primaries I questioned having fossils like Sununu on board but they've all been completely on message and we don't have the loose cannon shitheads like Schmidt and Wallace that sunk McRINO's leaky boat. I think there's a lesson in that for the Palin fans like me. I also think that having Reince Priebus running the Republican party gives us a decided advantage.

Posted by: Captain Hate at June 11, 2012 04:20 AM (D1HMA)

43 Choombama's. sucking so bad, he lost Choombama Girl! Remember her? Amber Lee Ettinger, widely known as Â“Obama GirlÂ” during the 2008 presidential campaign, told The Daily Caller she is Â“not as excited as I was the last time, thatÂ’s for sure.Â” The model-actress became a nationally known celebrity after starring in the viral YouTube video Â“Crush on Obama.Â” Â“Barack Obama was definitely the first Â‘Internet President,Â’Â” she said, describing her experiences during the last cycle as Â“quite a roller coaster ride.Â” This time, however, Ettinger wonÂ’t say if she still supports Obama. Â“At this point IÂ’m keeping that to myself,Â” she told TheDC. Â“If IÂ’m not making videos, IÂ’m not sure itÂ’s anyoneÂ’s business who IÂ’m voting for this time around.Â”

Posted by: runningrn at June 11, 2012 04:21 AM (WGmy2)

44 'Formidable. I like the sound of that.' 'Don't get cocky kid.' - Famous Smuggler (name changed to protect from litigious, fat filmmakers)

Posted by: Tyrone the Editorial Nazi at June 11, 2012 04:21 AM (3goVx)

45 oops.. somebody else beat me to it.. we're too borg like on the right....

Posted by: Tyrone the Editorial Nazi at June 11, 2012 04:22 AM (3goVx)

46 They just look incredibly inept at this point. I never had any confidence that Obama was anything other than a figurehead, but I assumed there were some smart people behind him. Now I'm not so sure. It looks like they have no idea what to do, because people aren't just looking at the surface anymore.

They didn't have a plan. There's was the Underpants Gnome Plan for New World Order.

1: Get Elected President
2: ???
3: New World Order.

They never advanced beyond the late night college dorm bull session level of political analysis. So, when the real world was out there waiting, they didn't know how to handle it.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at June 11, 2012 04:22 AM (8y9MW)

47 @33. Idk. I reread up on Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. 393 (1856), am still unsure where I would have gone had I been contemporary. Here and now, I realize I will decide what I will do when I gauge the groundswell, should either case go against the cause of Liberty. But among the Truths I personally hold to be self-evident is the Truth that I, personally, am endowed by my Creator with inalienable- yes, inalienable- rights, including Liberty. Just sayin'.

Posted by: Thorvald at June 11, 2012 04:22 AM (OhenJ)

48 CA politicians can't even get a cigarette tax. Voters will not be giving them any more money.

Posted by: Eddie Baby at June 11, 2012 04:22 AM (uPT1n)

49 RomneyÂ’s team in Boston. A phrase that should fill all of us with nausea and loathing.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at June 11, 2012 04:22 AM (gPDxp)

50 Reince Priebus running the Republican party gives us a decided advantage. Posted by: Captain Hate at June 11, 2012 08:20 AM (D1HMA) He has turned out to be a heck of a leader. Kind of makes Steele look inept in comparison. Who would have thought that the birthplace of progressivism/Communism in America would have given us, Priebus, Walker, Ryan, Sesenbrenner and several other leading political standouts.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at June 11, 2012 04:25 AM (9TTOe)

51 Which ruling do we want first, Obamacare or Az?

I want AZ. First, because Federalism! Second, because that means the ObamaCare decision will be that much closer to the election.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at June 11, 2012 04:25 AM (8y9MW)

52 Voters will not be giving them any more money. What?! Think of the trains, people!

Posted by: Jerry Brown at June 11, 2012 04:26 AM (IoNBC)

53 One thing that has really impressed me with Romney is how effectively he put together his organization (which is truly an executive skill).

You know, I didn't think about it that way, but that is very true. Being able to put the right person is the right position is a very very valuable skill indeed.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at June 11, 2012 04:26 AM (yTtpr)

54 Can we run Walker in lieu of Mittens...Please?

NOMITTNOBAMA 2012!

Posted by: Nomittens 2012 at June 11, 2012 04:26 AM (elHhH)

55 I also think that having Reince Priebus running the Republican party gives us a decided advantage.

Posted by: Captain Hate at June 11, 2012 08:20 AM (D1HMA)

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Reince is from my town. In fact of the Top Guns in the conservative movement right now, three of them live within about a 40 mile radius of me.

With hat tip to Gershwin, here's my new theme song:

"I've got Walker. I've got Ryan. I've got Priebus - who could ask for anything more?"

Posted by: mama winger at June 11, 2012 04:27 AM (P6QsQ)

56 The Won can't run on clouds of bullshit anymore. He has a pathetic record to defend. Different game now.

Posted by: real joe at June 11, 2012 04:27 AM (PD2ad)

57 Opinions from already argued arguments coming from SCOTUS today, fingers crossed for the ACA being found unconstitutional. Anyone surprised by Romney's effective campaign must've missed both his books. Still time to read before voting, I recommend "Turnaround" first.

Posted by: Lincolntf at June 11, 2012 04:27 AM (HethX)

58 I like the fact that it's Obama's record and mismanagement of the economy that is doing him in - not to mention his own mouth.

Don't need no stories of dog eatin' or hair cuttin'. He's doing it to himself.

Yippee!

Posted by: Timothy S. Carlson at June 11, 2012 04:27 AM (MrlUq)

59 Things will get better once he names Michelle as his running mate.

Posted by: Dirty Old Man at June 11, 2012 04:28 AM (vY8z0)

60 Who would have thought that the birthplace of progressivism/Communism in America would have given us, Priebus, Walker, Ryan, Sesenbrenner and several other leading political standouts.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at June 11, 2012 08:25 AM (9TTOe)

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Also Ron Johnson, who came out of the local Tea Party to defeat Russ Feingold.

Posted by: mama winger at June 11, 2012 04:28 AM (P6QsQ)

61 Being able to put the right person is the right position is a very very valuable skill indeed. --- Please apply this comment to the choice of Obamacare fanboy Michael Leavitt for Romneh Chief of Staff

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at June 11, 2012 04:28 AM (gPDxp)

62 Ah yes, the private sector is doing fine, if you are subsidized solar company or corn farmer. Love that $4 a gallon gas with ethanol still in it.

Posted by: TexBob at June 11, 2012 04:30 AM (51Nv7)

63 Well, at least he didn't forget his 8 year old daughter at a bar. I think poor David Cameron might be about to have a worse week than Obumbles.

Posted by: Lauren at June 11, 2012 04:31 AM (Qd+Yz)

64 This labradoodle is doing fine.

I mean it tastes fine.

Posted by: Preznit Bow Wow Chow at June 11, 2012 04:31 AM (27KAF)

65 Don't cut Big Wind!

Posted by: Karl Rove at June 11, 2012 04:31 AM (IoNBC)

66 He has turned out to be a heck of a leader. Kind of makes Steele look inept in comparison.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at June 11, 2012 08:25 AM (9TTOe)

Steele was a horrible choice, no doubt; but at least he was smart enough to keep his stupid yap shut in 2010 and not get in the way of a popular response to the excesses of El JEFe. Preibus mostly stays behind the scenes and just appears to rattle the cage of Debbie Downer and provoke her to re-insert another 8 track tape of dumbass statements into her disgusting pie hole.

Posted by: Captain Hate at June 11, 2012 04:32 AM (D1HMA)

67 This parrot is doing fine.

Posted by: Pet Shop Owner at June 11, 2012 04:32 AM (27KAF)

68 Taken together, the beginning of June 2012 may be remembered as a time period that shook the styrofoam pillars of the Obama reelection effort. FIFT.

Posted by: nickless at June 11, 2012 04:32 AM (MMC8r)

It's a new week, and the "hits" just keep coming...

Posted by: John Bryson, Commerce Secretary at June 11, 2012 04:32 AM (RxLT6)

70 Even the good commanders make mistakes. Lincoln ran through several generals before getting around to Grant.

Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at June 11, 2012 04:32 AM (5XY/K)

Captain Hate,

Ideologically, I supported Rick Perry, but I just don't think there's any way he would have the machinery in place to press the attack or counterpunch like Romney has shown he can. And with his health problems, I don't think we could have counted on him staying mentally sharp when it was critical.

More and more I'm satisfied that this was the best outcome of the primaries.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at June 11, 2012 04:33 AM (JDIKC)

72 Also Ron Johnson, who came out of the local Tea Party to defeat Russ Feingold. Posted by: mama winger at June 11, 2012 08:28 AM (P6QsQ) Yep, I like him a lot. He struggled a little at first on TV but as he gets more experiance and becomes more polished I believe he will be a fine warrior in the Senate.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at June 11, 2012 04:33 AM (9TTOe)

73 Nice to see that someone who made millions in the private sector has transferred those skills to the political arena. Mittens has so far shown his campaign to be disciplined, organized, and just the right combo of nasty (just a little bit) and humorous.

Being the narcissist he is, it's only a matter of time that being challenged and falling on his face in public (Hey - why aren't the little people worshiping my greatness?) leads O'Barky to do an epic meltdown. There should eb a contract on Intrade for that.

Posted by: RightWingProf at June 11, 2012 04:34 AM (bHgwn)

74 What?! Think of the trains, people!

Posted by: Jerry Brown at June 11, 2012 08:26 AM (IoNBC)

The voters are rethinking that I believe since they found out that the original stimulus funds for the shovel ready high speed rail only covers building a station or two and that the funds for the actual 200 miles of rail must come from the beleaguered CA taxpayers. Think billions in new taxes baby!

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 11, 2012 04:34 AM (i3+c5)

75 We have a golden opportunity to get Obama out. It's the economy, nothing else. And all things related to economics. "If" team Romney can stay on message and be aggressive about that message, then Obama has no response. And when they do respond, they'll be shown as desperate and deranged.
I'm starting to believe again. (There, I said something about Obama without calling him an asshole).

Posted by: tubal at June 11, 2012 04:34 AM (BoE3Z)

76 Another month of this and Axlerod will have Obama on a constant Xanax drip to keep him from blowing up.

Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at June 11, 2012 04:36 AM (5XY/K)

77 I got a local train boondoggle along with the highspeed one in 2008, so I get twice as much train bullshit news on a regular basis.

Posted by: Eddie Baby at June 11, 2012 04:37 AM (uPT1n)

78 And when they do respond, they'll be shown as desperate and deranged.

Democrats traditionally view that as a plus.

Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at June 11, 2012 04:37 AM (5XY/K)

79 Good Morning all. Glad to see we are still in business. I'm exhausted and hope all my patients cancel today so I can zone out

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 11, 2012 04:37 AM (05RcU)

80 If you like your boondoggle you can keep your boondoggle.

Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at June 11, 2012 04:38 AM (5XY/K)

81 74 What?! Think of the trains, people! I don't think passenger trains are dead. I really liked the Vegas to LA run that they had planned. As long as it pays for itself.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at June 11, 2012 04:38 AM (9TTOe)

82 More and more I'm satisfied that this was the best outcome of the primaries.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at June 11, 2012 08:33 AM (JDIKC)

Exactly, I was railing about the circular firing squad and I still think the primary season is too damn long for people who wish politicians would just leave them the fuck alone. But I can't argue against the wisdom of what the process produced. And I was in an "anybody but Romney" mindset throughout most of it.

Posted by: Captain Hate at June 11, 2012 04:39 AM (D1HMA)

83 22 >>Looking back at some of my rants and rages I am
embarressed. It's never too late to do the right thing. So, Good morning
Rons. Welcome to a brand new day.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at June 11, 2012 07:55 AM (9TTOe)

Those who forget the past are condemned to naval gazing and repeating bad limericks.
I don't know what you're embarrassed about, but I hope that was a helpful quote.

My poetry sucks.

Posted by: ontherocks at June 11, 2012 04:39 AM (aZ6ew)

I do love that ABC couldn't write this piece without adding a little dig at 'pubs, though. "On the other side, the Republican Party and its high-powered allies..." As if labor unions, Hollywood Ritchy Riches, and every grievance industry mouthpiece aren't "high-powered" allies on Obama's side. Like he's the little guy duking it out against the Koch Brothers or something. It's like they don't even realize that the Koch brothers mean absolutely nothing to 85% of Republican and/or conservative voters, and that George Soros has much deeper pockets.

Here's a question: when is SCOTUS supposed to hand down their verdict on Obamacare? Because I suspect that will be another nail in this admin's coffin (though I'm trying not to count my chickens before they've hatched).

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 11, 2012 04:39 AM (4df7R)

85 Uh, uh, uh.., and, uh, ahhhh, uh, uh, of..., uh, uh.

Posted by: Barackorama at June 11, 2012 04:40 AM (eToum)

86 Schools Chancellor backs principal's decision to swap 'USA' song with Bieber Â‘Bless USAÂ’ replaced with Justin Bieber's 'Baby' By SUSAN EDELMAN, SALLY GOLDENBERG and LEONARD GREENE Last Updated: 6:59 AM, June 11, 2012 Posted: 1:29 AM, June 11, 2012 Share on emailShare on facebookMore Sharing ServicesMore Print TheyÂ’re proud to be un-American. City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott is standing behind a Brooklyn principalÂ’s controversial decision to pull the plug on a popular patriotic song that was scheduled to be performed at a kindergarten graduation. PS 90 Principal Greta Hawkins wonÂ’t allow the boys and girls to belt out Lee GreenwoodÂ’s ballad Â“God Bless the USAÂ” because itÂ’s not Â“age appropriate.Â” And Walcott yesterday said thatÂ’s fine by him. Â“ NYC and the bunch of liberal bastards that run it are damn near making it into a little commie enclave unfit for real human beings.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 11, 2012 04:41 AM (05RcU)

87 "Pays for itself" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Posted by: Eddie Baby at June 11, 2012 04:42 AM (uPT1n)

88 What's the allegory in Obama's Commerce Secretary getting busted for hit and run after all those car analogies Barry used to be so hot on?

Posted by: nickless at June 11, 2012 04:42 AM (MMC8r)

Get that man a CAT scan, STAT!

Commerce Secretary involved in a serious of bizzare accidents, including felony hit and run. Looking over his c.v. I hadn't noticed before we have a Secretary of Commerce who was a co-founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Posted by: jinxthecat at June 11, 2012 04:42 AM (l3vZN)

90 Get that man a CAT scan, STAT! Commerce Secretary involved in a serious of bizzare accidents, including felony hit and run. Looking over his c.v. I hadn't noticed before we have a Secretary of Commerce who was a co-founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council. Posted by: jinxthecat at June 11, 2012 08:42 AM (l3vZN) Actually I heard he bet the house on "I'll have Another" in The Belmont

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 11, 2012 04:43 AM (05RcU)

91 NYC and the bunch of liberal bastards that run it are damn near making it into a little commie enclave unfit for real human beings.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 11, 2012 08:41 AM (05RcU)

Was NYC ever fit for real human beings?

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 11, 2012 04:43 AM (i3+c5)

92 Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 11, 2012 08:41 AM (05RcU)

Ragestroke.

God Bless the USA isn't age appropriate, but Justin Bieber's lyrics are? Seriously?

Please tell me you have an actual link for that.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at June 11, 2012 04:44 AM (8y9MW)

93 Check out the bottom of this CBS story. Under the "trending" articles, they have a picture of Scott Walker with his right arm stretched in front of him Nazi style (he's waving to an audience). Man the dinosaur media soooooo loves its Reich-wing "humor"...

http://tinyurl.com/8ywvftq

Posted by: The Mega Independent at June 11, 2012 04:45 AM (6oeYK)

94 John Bryson was driving the economy FORWARD with a vodka slurpee.

Posted by: nickless at June 11, 2012 04:45 AM (MMC8r)

95 This new comments thingy is wider. Is that the change? Are we done?

Posted by: The Mega Independent at June 11, 2012 04:46 AM (6oeYK)

96 sununu on cnn...awesome

Posted by: phoenixgirl clinging to my bible, gun and coca cola at June 11, 2012 04:46 AM (Ho2rs)

97 Ragestroke. God Bless the USA isn't age appropriate, but Justin Bieber's lyrics are? Seriously? Please tell me you have an actual link for that. Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at June 11, 2012 08:44 AM (8y9MW) Just go to the NY Post and scan down a few stories: http://www.nypost.com/

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 11, 2012 04:46 AM (05RcU)

98 Now it's time for the dog and me To go for a walk so she can pee Around the Golf Course is our loop. I hope she Doesn't forget to poop. I take a bag to clean up her mess. That act never fails to impress. On my feet and out the door. Later Rons, I hope I wasn't a Boor.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at June 11, 2012 04:46 AM (9TTOe)

99 Obama's Hit and Run economy.

Posted by: nickless at June 11, 2012 04:47 AM (MMC8r)

100 I can vote for Romney but let's not forget that it's SCOAMF walking around with his fly down and pee on his shoes.

It's almost like he's subconsciously self destructing. I defer to no one in my negative view of his purported talents, but I didn't expect this level of ineptness from his campaign. If we weren't in such deep doo doo it would be hysterically funny.

Instead it's a National Disgrace.

....but I'll take it

Posted by: ontherocks at June 11, 2012 04:48 AM (aZ6ew)

101 Is there a map somewhere? It's all big now.

Posted by: mama winger at June 11, 2012 04:48 AM (P6QsQ)

102 Israeli officials who were placed at risk by the Obama administration's leaks about the Stuxnet virus are disputing American claims that the cyber-weapon was jointly developed by the U.S. and Israel. Rather, they say, Israeli intelligence first started developing cyberspace warfare against Iran, only convincing the U.S.--with some difficulty--to join in. The Israelis allege that President Barack Obama claimed credit for Stuxnet to boost his re-election campaign. A tale as old as time

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 11, 2012 04:49 AM (05RcU)

103 I like your dog poop poem, OldSailor.

Posted by: mama winger at June 11, 2012 04:49 AM (P6QsQ)

104 78 And when they do respond, they'll be shown as desperate and deranged.

Democrats traditionally view that as a plus.

Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at June 11, 2012 08:37 AM (5XY/K)

When I turned from being a Democrat to a Republican, it was during Reagan II. I'd always voted Democrat but, somehow, I paid attention one day and thought "Reagan is a grown-up, and the other guy, Mondale, is even more childish and clueless than me." So I stopped getting stoned and drunk long enough to vote for Reagan. And better things started happening to me from then on. Cause and effect? I dunno. I just started taking life more seriously.

But then again, I stopped being such a zero, so maybe you need that first, eh? OWS - it's life, for losers.

Posted by: tubal at June 11, 2012 04:50 AM (BoE3Z)

105 Has-Been Hack Blogger declares that Obama's 2008 election proves racism is rampant in America: http://tinyurl.com/d72axom

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at June 11, 2012 04:50 AM (gPDxp)

106 Pixy was on the other thread testing some of the upgrades. I can't tell any difference.

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 04:50 AM (YdQQY)

107 Nevergiveup -

I saw this tweet from the US Army this morning and thought of you:

FACT: Of the over 2,400 #USArmy Medals of Honor awarded, only one was earned by an Army dentist, Capt. Ben L. Salomon

Posted by: mama winger at June 11, 2012 04:50 AM (P6QsQ)

108 Is there a map somewhere? It's all big now.

Posted by: mama winger at June 11, 2012 08:48 AM (P6QsQ)

Looks like the guffaw in comment 87 is responsible.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at June 11, 2012 04:51 AM (6oeYK)

109 Kay in Maine's handle is KAYINMAINE @KayinMaine

Wodeshead retweeted it. Too funny

Posted by: dagny at June 11, 2012 04:52 AM (WCAIB)

110 Oldsailors poet writes: 81 I don't think passenger trains are dead. I really liked the Vegas to LA run that they had planned. As long as it pays for itself. That's a pretty big "if". If there's a passenger train line anywhere in the US that "pays for itself", I'm not aware of it. They are all, I believe, heavily subsidized by taxpayers, the vast majority of which get no benefit from the service.

Posted by: Boston12GS at June 11, 2012 04:53 AM (rdSyJ)

111 >>Later Rons, I hope I wasn't a Boor.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at June 11, 2012 08:46 AM (9TTOe)

I take it all back.

That was better Than Robert Frost Live From The South Pole.

Posted by: ontherocks at June 11, 2012 04:55 AM (aZ6ew)

112 "Iran is now telling the world that in order to confront aggression from America and Israel, it must have nuclear weapons." http://goo.gl/xTy24 What say you, Field Marshal Barky?

Posted by: Scobface at June 11, 2012 04:56 AM (IoNBC)

113 Obama really stepped in it with his "private sector is doing fine." I do think it may be the beginning of the end for him. There's really no way to rationalize this statement other than the fact that he is completely incompetent and out of touch. Romney will use this one statement to great advantage....and it will work. It's hard to believe Obammy really believes what he said, but he truly does. Not many people in this country will truly believe the reason for our predicament is the lack of gov't workers. He really did it to himself this time.

One and done for this bastard. Thing is, we had to deal with him at some point. If McLame had won in '08, the Indonesian Imbecile would've been waiting in the wings. There was no way this country was not destined to be savaged by an Obama presidency. Either '08 or sometime in the future, he would have been elected (with the current state of the msm). Hopefully, this plague is just about over.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 11, 2012 04:59 AM (vOMX+)

114 Kay in Maine's handle is KAYINMAINE @KayinMaine

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Following her now. Oh. My. Word.

Posted by: mama winger at June 11, 2012 04:59 AM (P6QsQ)

115 From Kay in Maine's Twitter feed:

The New World Order has retained one of it's Chinese operatives: Scott Walker!

Posted by: mama winger at June 11, 2012 05:03 AM (P6QsQ)

116 House sets contempt vote on Holder

Posted by: dagny at June 11, 2012 05:04 AM (WCAIB)

117 The scariest thing about KiM's twitter is that she has followers who aren't there to laugh at her.

Posted by: nickless at June 11, 2012 05:05 AM (MMC8r)

118 House sets contempt vote on Holder Raaaaaaacist!

Posted by: nickless at June 11, 2012 05:06 AM (MMC8r)

119 He had a bad week
Next is a very bad month
November it ends

Posted by: trainer haiku at June 11, 2012 05:08 AM (Rojyk)

120 117 Right? Isn't that funny.

My mom is incensed over "MY WHITE HOUSE" wouldn't do that. She says no president has ever said that and she's been paying attention since FDR.

Posted by: dagny at June 11, 2012 05:09 AM (WCAIB)

121 The scariest thing about KiM's twitter is that she has followers who aren't there to laugh at her.

Posted by: nickless at June 11, 2012 09:05 AM (MMC8r)

Probably a bunch of deadbeat STD laden Quebecois who cross over the border and use her as their cum dumpster.

Posted by: Captain Hate at June 11, 2012 05:13 AM (D1HMA)

122 trainer haiku writes: 119 He had a bad week Next is a very bad month November it ends It ends in November, except for the pardons--lots, and lots, and lots of pardons. No way to prevent them, no way to reverse them--the ultimate Presidential parting gift. Think yard sale.

Posted by: Boston12GS at June 11, 2012 05:14 AM (rdSyJ)

123 120- "My mom is incensed over "MY WHITE HOUSE" My brother,a center-left Dem who voted for Obama, turned against him after the bragging about Bin Laden. He was very angry about that. Then came Obama's statement about the troops "fighting on my behalf." Heh. Bro will be voting for Romney. In Virginia.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 11, 2012 05:18 AM (C8mVl)

124 New post about Unamerican jerks (re: NGU's NY Post link) up at my place.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at June 11, 2012 05:24 AM (8y9MW)

125 106Pixy was on the other thread testing some of the upgrades. I can't tell any difference.

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 08:50 AM (YdQQY)

Butter or Parkay?

Posted by: Cicerokid at June 11, 2012 05:24 AM (cTviD)

126 Mom starting voting Republican with Nixon against Kennedy. It's only been since Carter though that she's radicalized right. What I enjoy is that at 90, she says stuff like, "Democrat, what, are you stupid?"

Posted by: dagny at June 11, 2012 05:25 AM (WCAIB)

127 Kayinmaine is the rumpelstiltskin of this century. Or a joke, no one is that nutty and not on meds. BO may have had a bad week, but I suspect he doesn't see it as having anything to do with him. I saw that Ferrett jarrett is now joining Axelrod as being the shiny faces of this administration. Talk about desperation that these two think they can save the day with faces am for radio.

Posted by: Museisluse at June 11, 2012 05:25 AM (sjB5Y)

128 *made

Posted by: Museisluse at June 11, 2012 05:27 AM (sjB5Y)

129 We have a nasty 20,000+ acre fire here in Colorado which has just blocked pretty much all access to the places my wife and I camp and fish -- which we were planning to do starting Wednesday.

If I see Obama jump out of an airplane with a bucket of water and personally put the fire out, I'll consider voting for him. He needs to do that with no parachute.

http://tinyurl.com/8xuk8qz

Posted by: Information Supervisor at June 11, 2012 05:27 AM (Qxe/p)

130 We loves you Pres Bama, we still loves you so much. We also agree with you that the econmey is doing great and still blame and hate Bush...We loves you !!!

Posted by: The People of Brattleboro, Vermont at June 11, 2012 05:33 AM (48wze)

131 Remain Calm
And
Barry On

Posted by: Brother Cavil, New Caprica City DA's Office at June 11, 2012 05:35 AM (GBXon)

132 #106 Vic - For this part, if you can't tell the difference, that means it's working. (Upgraded spam filter, wanted to make sure it didn't break anything.)

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 11, 2012 05:35 AM (2yngH)

133 In 2008, wasn't the argument about Obama's competence "Look! He runs a great campaign! Judge him on that!" ?

OK - let's just do that in 2012.

Shaking styrofoam columns and all....

Posted by: Fussy at June 11, 2012 05:37 AM (Y/2U4)

134 It's amusing to see the loopy media having a moment of clarity, so to speak, about this year's election cycle. For the reality is that one would have needed to have had one's head firmly ensconced up one's own arse not to realize that, although Obama certainly still could win reelection, the landscape in 2012 is as different from 2008 as nighttime is as different from daytime. Incumbent presidents presiding over horrible economies by definition are quite vulnerable to being ousted from office. 1+1 = 2.

Posted by: Tsar Nicholas II at June 11, 2012 05:49 AM (r2PLg)

135 #106 Vic - For this part, if you can't tell the difference, that means it's working. (Upgraded spam filter, wanted to make sure it didn't break anything.)

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 11, 2012 09:35 AM (2yngH)

-----------------

Thanks, we all do appreciate your work.

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 05:52 AM (YdQQY)

136 I just hope the SOB has a really bad day in November.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 11, 2012 06:05 AM (1Jaio)

137

"Taken together, the beginning of June 2012 may be remembered as a time period that shook the pillars of the Obama reelection effort."

Well, in (D)'s defense, those pillars were only made out of Styrofoam.

Posted by: reason at June 11, 2012 06:13 AM (F26eZ)

138

"McLame wasn't even going through the motions of running for President. I think he wanted to reach across the aisle and the great racial divide and ensure that we elected a black President (by giving us virtually no choice, and even then it was a reasonably tight race. Just think what might have happened if the Repubs had run a real candidate last time out (although Buuuush was a factor)."

McCain didn't have a prayer. Nobody did, running against Barry in '08, even Hillary.

"Let's look at his job experience. There isn't any?" - "RAAAACIST!"

"Let's look at people he surrounds himself with." - "RAAAAACIST!"

"Let's look at his voting record to determine his poli-" - "RAAAAACIST!"

"Let's look at his iPod." - "RAAAAACI...ooh, look! Fitty Cent!"

Posted by: reason at June 11, 2012 06:22 AM (F26eZ)

139 If nothing else, itÂ’s shown the 2012 landscape to be so different from 2008 as to make assumptions based on four years ago seem worthless. But, we will keep using those 2008 turnout models to support our wishful polls.

Posted by: Jean at June 11, 2012 06:28 AM (WkuV6)

140 reason mccain would have one if he was nicer/

Posted by: phoenixgirl clinging to my bible, gun and coca cola at June 11, 2012 07:21 AM (Ho2rs)

141 49 RomneyÂ’s team in Boston. A phrase that should fill all of us with nausea and loathing.

Don't be so dismissive. There are many outstanding conservatives behind enemy lines, partly because they face liberal stupidity constantly among their neighbors.

Proof in point, many of the co-bloggers here are from New England.

Posted by: Uncledave at June 11, 2012 07:35 AM (nJ32z)

142 Axelrod--purveyor of steaming piles of buffalo droppings 24/7/365. (And 366 in Leap Years).

Posted by: Comanche Voter at June 11, 2012 07:38 AM (6USwK)

143 If the country were a car, the "Check President Light" would be on.

Posted by: Valiant at June 11, 2012 07:45 AM (aFxlY)

144 Speaking of Axeldouche, I'm sick of his bullshit about Romney not wanting more teachers or firefighters. The Romney campaign should respond by saying that what they don't want are more Federal regulators, IRS agents, and bureaucrats. They need to point out that hiring teachers and firefighters is a community responsibility, not a federal one. Time to take these lying bastards down... hard!

Posted by: Peregrine Took, Hobbit S.O.B. at June 11, 2012 07:58 AM (52BrO)

145

show fraying of party unity in a way Democrats find all too familiar.

Sad, the Dems are still too diverse.

high-powered allies...deep-pocketed GOP allies...flex their still-flush wallets

Koch Brothers.

Posted by: Where're my ping pong balls at June 11, 2012 08:23 AM (YxaXw)

146 Begin with ChicagoÂ’s population decline during the 2000s, an exodus of more than 200,000 people that wiped out the previous decadeÂ’s gains. Of the 15 largest cities in the United States in 2010, Chicago was the only one that lost population; indeed, it suffered the second-highest total loss of any city, sandwiched between first-place Detroit and third-place, hurricane-wrecked New Orleans. While New YorkÂ’s and L.A.Â’s populations clocked in at record highs in 2010, ChicagoÂ’s dropped to a level not seen since 1910. Chicago is also being Â“Europeanized,Â” with poorer minorities leaving the center of the city and forced to its inner suburbs: 175,000 of those 200,000 lost people were black.

Posted by: Banisadr at June 11, 2012 09:29 AM (e8kgV)

147 I am still searching -- unsuccessfully -- for just one person who didn't vote for Obama in 2008 who has now decided that Obama is their guy in 2012. Anyone out there know someone who fits that description?

Posted by: Natasha at June 11, 2012 09:39 AM (jU5uf)

148

I seem to remember citing Management of a Presidential Campaign as Irrefutable Proof of Executive Competence!

Lets crack out some of them vids!

Posted by: sgmstv at June 11, 2012 11:46 AM (5jyul)

149 Test

Posted by: MikeinAmman at June 11, 2012 12:28 PM (vs5Ee)

150 "...that everything was going according to plan."

The Emperor said that too, and it didn't work out so well for him.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at June 11, 2012 12:33 PM (4s7w4)

151 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at June 11, 2012 03:05 PM (Xb3hu)

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