December 09, 2013
— Ace Friday night, Mary Katharine Ham traced Obama's "evolution" of mind vis-Ã -vis the IRS targeting scandal. (Note: A video autoplays when you hit the link, but it's still worth going over there.)
Using Obama's public statements, she tracks Obama going through his typical okey-doke:
First, he claims to be outraged, and filled with steely determination to get down to the facts of the matter.
Second, he began suggesting, without actually stating, that the IRS scandal was a phony scandal and a distraction:
For most of this year, we’ve seen an endless parade of distractions and political posturing and phony scandals and we keep on shifting our way — shifting our attention away from what we should be focused on, which is how do we strengthen the middle class and grow the economy for everybody?
Finally, during the Matthews interview, he made it explicit that he thought people who were "outraged" by this were rather silly creatures.
No word on whether he finds himself silly, for being "outraged" so many months (um, six months) ago.
OBAMA: That’s not — that’s not something that’s reported about. If, on the other hand, you’ve got an office in Cincinnati, in the IRS office that — I think, for bureaucratic reasons, is trying to streamline what is a difficult law to interpret about whether a nonprofit is actually a political organization, deserves a tax exempt agency. And they’ve got a list, and suddenly everybody’s outraged.MATTHEWS: 501(c)(4) is tricky to begin with, how to define it.
OBAMA: To begin with.
The president even appeared annoyed that liberal commentators once dared to challenge him on the point:
OBAMA: And by the way, Chris, I’ll point out that there are some so-called progressives and, you know, perceived to be liberal commentators who during that week were just as outraged at the possibility that these folks, you know, had — had been, you know, at the direction of — the Democratic Party, in some way — discriminated against these folks.
Why the shift? As we keep noticing, Obama only cares about the next news cycle. He says what he has to say to get on the news for the next news cycle. He wants to be seen saying the right things for that news cycle. Then, when interest dies down a bit, he attempts a new tack.
But he never gets called on how his Early News Cycle Management Bullshit is wholly contradictory to his Slightly Later News Cycle Management Bullshit. The media never asks him What new information was presented to you to change your opinion on the IRS scandal from "outrageous" to "phony scandal"?
Was it high-ranking partisan IRS official Lois Lerner repeatedly invoking the Fifth Amendment to avoid confessing a criminal act in a Congressional hearing?
Was it learning that a White House lawyer, William Wilkins, coordinated directly with the self-avowedly-at-criminal-risk Lois Lerner, and then testified 80 times that he couldn't remember key details about communications with the Treasury Department about the scandal?
These facts would suggest any evolution should move in the opposite direction -- from outrage to even more outraged.
Instead, when Obama learns that his high-ranking ministers are invoking the Fifth Amendment and clamming up like mobsters, he becomes less outraged, and, apparently, begins to think this is all a "distraction."
The Washington Times' Joe Curl is noticing this odd evolution as well-- and Obama's bizarre claim that the entire scandal was invented by the media in order to punish a President they're hostile towards.
But President Obama, in an interview last week with sycophant Chris Matthews, now says the entire scandal was made up by the media.“When we do things right, they don’t get a lot of attention,” the president said, no doubt sending a thrill up the MSNBC host’s leg. “If we do something that is perceived at least initially as a screw-up, it will be on the nightly news for a week.”
Like, say, deploying the nation’s tax watchdog to target political opponents? Just a “screw-up.”You bet. Manufactured in the media.
In the Curious World of Barack Obama, a hostile media makes up lies about him to make him look bad.
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Posted by: Lizzy at December 09, 2013 08:35 AM (JRmiD)
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Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) working from home at December 09, 2013 08:37 AM (PYAXX)
Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 09, 2013 08:37 AM (h4eud)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) working from home at December 09, 2013 08:37 AM (PYAXX)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 09, 2013 08:38 AM (LmMET)
Posted by: Vic at December 09, 2013 08:38 AM (T2V/1)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) working from home at December 09, 2013 12:37 PM (PYAXX)
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Chicken Soup for the Moron Soul....
Posted by: fixerupper at December 09, 2013 08:38 AM (nELVU)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 09, 2013 08:38 AM (h1D+w)
Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at December 09, 2013 08:39 AM (Dwehj)
Yeah, like getting the silverware order right on state dinners.
You're totes getting ignored, dude.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 09, 2013 08:39 AM (B0gqn)
Posted by: moviegique at December 09, 2013 08:40 AM (7zeA4)
Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at December 09, 2013 08:40 AM (u8GsB)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 09, 2013 08:40 AM (32Ze2)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) working from home at December 09, 2013 08:40 AM (PYAXX)
In fact, the cheif architect of the crap was promoted.
As for the MFM, its just another example of what if it was teh evil Booosh.
Posted by: Vic at December 09, 2013 08:40 AM (T2V/1)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 09, 2013 08:40 AM (h1D+w)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 09, 2013 08:41 AM (HVff2)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 09, 2013 08:41 AM (g1DWB)
Posted by: John McCain at December 09, 2013 08:41 AM (Pr6hk)
That Lois was a Learner, she knew where the gravy train was and she hopped into the mashed potato car.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 09, 2013 08:41 AM (MaP11)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/lz45g3h
Posted by: flounder at December 09, 2013 08:41 AM (Kkt/i)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) working from home at December 09, 2013 12:40 PM (PYAXX)
Uh oh. I heard "Boy".
Posted by: Maureen Dowdy at December 09, 2013 08:42 AM (S+wJC)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) working from home at December 09, 2013 08:42 AM (PYAXX)
In the Curious World of Barack Obama, a hostile media makes up lies about him to make him look bad.
Poppy Bush's mythical mistress can tell him how that works.
So can Dubya's plastic turkey.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 09, 2013 08:42 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at December 09, 2013 08:42 AM (u8GsB)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 09, 2013 08:43 AM (5oAy6)
Posted by: ace at December 09, 2013 08:43 AM (/FnUH)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 09, 2013 08:44 AM (zF6Iw)
Fuck, the Preezy is such a fucking IDIOT. And not just an idiot. A prancing, mincing, thin-skinned, gabble-mouthed idiot.
This is rich:
And by the way, Chris, I’ll point out that there are some so-called progressives and, you know, perceived to be liberal commentators who during that week were just as outraged at the possibility that these folks, you know, had — had been, you know, at the direction of — the Democratic Party, in some way — discriminated against these folks.
By God, you mean that even your most loyal knob-gobblers were a little ill-at-ease with the idea that the IRS may have been used as a weapon against a political opponent? Off with their heads! Such disloyalty cannot be tolerated!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at December 09, 2013 08:44 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: RWC at December 09, 2013 08:45 AM (fWAjv)
Fast and Furious = We are not arming drug cartels to encroach on American's 2nd Ammendment rights!
Benghazi = We won't rest until we capture that video maker!!!
Drunkel = I've never met that man before!
IRS = just because the only groups targeted were those evil Tea-baggers doesn't make it a conspirac!
This man and his minions lie so much it would make Lenin blush.
Posted by: Cheri at December 09, 2013 08:45 AM (G+Wff)
Posted by: WVinMN at December 09, 2013 08:45 AM (4Pleu)
Somebody print this poor baby a Certificate of Participation or something.
It's called "doing your job", fucknugget. I know that's a novel experience for you and all.
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 09, 2013 08:46 AM (8b2sh)
Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at December 09, 2013 08:46 AM (bCEmE)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 09, 2013 08:46 AM (HVff2)
In the Curious World of Barack Obama, a hostile media makes up lies about him to make him look bad.
It was the strawberries.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at December 09, 2013 08:46 AM (4df7R)
Of course he was lying. He is sharp enough to know how a normal person should react to something like that and he went through the motions, but it was evident that he didn't mean it when the firings did not immediately begin.
It must be a joy being related to him.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Death Capades - ObamaCare on Ice! Sponsored by the Outrage Outlet at December 09, 2013 08:46 AM (hLRSq)
Well, the problem is me. But I think they're talking about the blog.
Posted by: Low Information Voter at December 09, 2013 08:46 AM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Barky Oblowme at December 09, 2013 08:46 AM (72ZRY)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 09, 2013 12:43 PM (5oAy6)
________________________
Assumes facts not in evidence.
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 09, 2013 08:46 AM (32Ze2)
Posted by: RWC at December 09, 2013 08:47 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: William "micro penor" Ayers[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 09, 2013 08:47 AM (sByIH)
Posted by: Countrysquire at December 09, 2013 08:48 AM (exeiF)
Posted by: t-bird at December 09, 2013 08:48 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 09, 2013 12:41 PM (g1DWB)
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Did I ever mention that Osama Bin Laden is DEAD and General Motors is ALIVE AND WELL!!!
Posted by: Joey Choo Choo at December 09, 2013 08:49 AM (nELVU)
What Gaylord does right?
1. Lie
2. Poop.
3. Lie
4. Golf
5. Sleep
6. Lie
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 09, 2013 12:43 PM (5oAy6)
I wouldn't call that a list of things Obammy does RIGHT, so much as a list of things Obammy DOES.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at December 09, 2013 08:49 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Lois Lerner at December 09, 2013 08:49 AM (1H+lb)
I don't think I'm exaggerating that much.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 09, 2013 08:49 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Reggie Love at December 09, 2013 08:49 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at December 09, 2013 08:50 AM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Low Information Voter at December 09, 2013 08:50 AM (B5y+v)
And up is down, black is white, and the Redskins have a winning season.
Posted by: joncelli, looking for his outrage at December 09, 2013 08:50 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 09, 2013 08:50 AM (N/Sup)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) working from home at December 09, 2013 08:51 AM (PYAXX)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at December 09, 2013 08:51 AM (oFCZn)
Posted by: t-bird at December 09, 2013 08:51 AM (FcR7P)
"Pretend youÂ’re a career DOJ investigator who is trying to take the probe seriously, and youÂ’re attemptng to find out if there was criminal behavior as IRS agents zeroed in on the tax status of groups opposed to the reelection of the president of the United States.
Well, the boss just gave you your answer. So please, do stand down."
Posted by: Lizzy at December 09, 2013 08:51 AM (JRmiD)
Posted by: Waterhouse
He can't even do that. This is a man who has never worked an honest day in his life and still hasn't. Would it be too much to ask South Africa to keep him and his creepy wife?
Posted by: Cheri at December 09, 2013 08:51 AM (G+Wff)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at December 09, 2013 12:51 PM (oFCZn)
What would an Ewok with a pron mustache look like?
Posted by: joncelli, looking for his outrage at December 09, 2013 08:51 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Barky Oblowme at December 09, 2013 12:46 PM (72ZRY)
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Yeah.... I read that this morning..... After his meeting with the IRS he got ANOTHER notice from the IRS.
Posted by: fixerupper at December 09, 2013 08:52 AM (nELVU)
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 09, 2013 08:52 AM (sByIH)
Posted by: Barky 'O the Won at December 09, 2013 08:52 AM (BbVJA)
http://youtu.be/nxm1mb8JTvw
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 09, 2013 08:52 AM (5oAy6)
Posted by: mrp at December 09, 2013 08:52 AM (HjPtV)
Posted by: Meremortal, keeping pretty quiet at December 09, 2013 08:52 AM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Countrysquire at December 09, 2013 08:53 AM (exeiF)
The president in blatantly using the IRS as a tool to harass people who he disagrees with and the media is still too busy sucking his johnson to be bothered stringing together the facts.
We have an overt despot in the White House trampling freedoms of the people he works for. Yet all the media does is stand by and wipe his ass. I can think of few people that ever lived on this planet I find more loathsome than the MSM. Without their propaganda and dishonesty this would never happen.
Posted by: Marcus at December 09, 2013 08:53 AM (GGCsk)
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Yeah, Issa is on it like fleas on a dog. You can expect a damning report sometime in 2019.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at December 09, 2013 08:53 AM (/i3Yt)
In the Curious World of Barack Obama, a hostile media makes up lies about him to make him look bad.
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What's so curious about that? Seems obviously true to me. And to the fans of my story.
Posted by: President For Life Obama at December 09, 2013 08:53 AM (B5y+v)
Posted by: RWC at December 09, 2013 08:54 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) working from home at December 09, 2013 08:54 AM (PYAXX)
Posted by: Caliban at December 09, 2013 08:54 AM (DrC22)
Posted by: fluffy at December 09, 2013 08:54 AM (Ua6T/)
NOBODY puts Ace in the Barrell
Posted by: Johnny Castle at December 09, 2013 08:54 AM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Bo the Whitehouse Webmaster at December 09, 2013 08:55 AM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Meremortal, keeping pretty quiet at December 09, 2013 08:55 AM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Guido - 'now with 75+% more hate!' at December 09, 2013 08:55 AM (LsF5M)
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 09, 2013 08:55 AM (sByIH)
Posted by: ABCNBCCBSWashPostNYTimes at December 09, 2013 08:55 AM (OZmbA)
Posted by: Paid for by Citizens for Clyde the Orangutan at December 09, 2013 08:55 AM (QF8uk)
Posted by: Cheri at December 09, 2013 08:56 AM (G+Wff)
Posted by: Meremortal, keeping pretty quiet at December 09, 2013 12:55 PM (1Y+hH)
FIFY.
Posted by: joncelli, looking for his outrage at December 09, 2013 08:56 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Bo the White House Webmaster at December 09, 2013 08:57 AM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Barky Oblowme at December 09, 2013 12:46 PM (72ZRY)
And they'll still be at it until there are real PMITA prison terms or death sentences for treason. So tell me, which of our brave GOP solons will lead the charge.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 09, 2013 08:57 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Caliban at December 09, 2013 08:57 AM (DrC22)
Posted by: RWC at December 09, 2013 12:54 PM (fWAjv)
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Yeah.... but can the Ewok *do* what Ron Jeremy could *do*......
Posted by: fixerupper at December 09, 2013 08:57 AM (nELVU)
Posted by: Dr Spank at December 09, 2013 08:57 AM (P1WNR)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) working from home at December 09, 2013 08:57 AM (PYAXX)
Posted by: Paid for by Citizens for Clyde the Orangutan at December 09, 2013 12:55 PM (QF8uk)
THE CALL IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at December 09, 2013 08:57 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 09, 2013 08:58 AM (HVff2)
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 09, 2013 08:58 AM (sByIH)
Posted by: Chris Matthews to his PA at December 09, 2013 08:58 AM (OZmbA)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 09, 2013 08:58 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Countrysquire at December 09, 2013 08:58 AM (exeiF)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at December 09, 2013 08:58 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 09, 2013 12:57 PM (zF6Iw)
I *sobs* will take up the charge of the *sobs* American people *sobs*.
Posted by: John Boehner at December 09, 2013 08:59 AM (Kkt/i)
Posted by: Y-not at December 09, 2013 08:59 AM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: Lauren at December 09, 2013 09:00 AM (hFL/3)
Posted by: President For Life Obama at December 09, 2013 09:00 AM (B5y+v)
Posted by: Barack Obama at December 09, 2013 09:01 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Meremortal, scarred for life at December 09, 2013 09:01 AM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: FlatbushJoe at December 09, 2013 09:02 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 09, 2013 09:02 AM (BC6cY)
You can't put Ace in the barrel-- Ace IS the barrel.
***
That might explain the fluorescent green sludge.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 09, 2013 09:02 AM (N/Sup)
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V is for Visitors..... as in reptilian disguising themselves as human and plotting world domination.
See also: Valerie Jarret.
Posted by: fixerupper at December 09, 2013 09:02 AM (nELVU)
Posted by: RWC at December 09, 2013 12:45 PM (fWAjv)
EXACTLY
Posted by: i am rather beginning to dislike this president at December 09, 2013 09:03 AM (whMsz)
Posted by: Preznit Barky Obamamier at December 09, 2013 09:03 AM (OZmbA)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 09, 2013 09:03 AM (f9c2L)
*smiles*
PS: Obama's golf outings are just cover for what happens in the showers after the media is safely shooed away. Why do you think women are never invited?
Posted by: Reggie Love at December 09, 2013 09:04 AM (B/VB5)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 09, 2013 09:04 AM (h1D+w)
otherwise status norm these years.
Posted by: willow at December 09, 2013 09:04 AM (nqBYe)
Ben Carson
The Cancer Patient
What of the coincidence of people who publicly criticize you being audited Mr President?
Fake scandal? Of course.
Posted by: Typo Dynamofo at December 09, 2013 09:04 AM (FtCW+)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) working from home at December 09, 2013 09:05 AM (PYAXX)
Posted by: Pres**ent Barack “Unexpectedly Black” Obama at December 09, 2013 09:05 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 09, 2013 09:06 AM (sByIH)
Posted by: Paid for by Citizens for Clyde the Orangutan at December 09, 2013 09:06 AM (QF8uk)
Posted by: garrett at December 09, 2013 09:06 AM (5WkPq)
Posted by: The Dude at December 09, 2013 09:06 AM (/Crba)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) working from home at December 09, 2013 09:07 AM (PYAXX)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 09, 2013 09:07 AM (HVff2)
Obama doesn't see it as lying, because he sees reality as something that is malleable, and defined by his perceptions and needs.
Posted by: Barack H. Obama at December 09, 2013 09:07 AM (oJ5Fd)
Posted by: JoeyBagels at December 09, 2013 09:07 AM (1lR5W)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 09, 2013 09:07 AM (N/Sup)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) working from home at December 09, 2013 09:07 AM (PYAXX)
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Bart: [low voice] Hold it! Next man makes a move, the Obamacare gets it!
Olson Johnson: Hold it, men. He's not bluffing.
Dr. Sam Johnson: Listen to him, men. He's just crazy enough to do it!
Bart: [low voice] Drop it! Or I swear I'll blow this Obamacare's head all over this town!
Bart: [high-pitched voice] Oh, lo'dy, lo'd, he's desp'it! Do what he sayyyy, do what he sayyyy!
Posted by: WalrusRex at December 09, 2013 09:08 AM (Hx5uv)
We have less representation in this federal system than the colonialists did in 1775.
The "virtual representation" that some British claimed was sufficient is a fact for us today. For it is only indirectly that any have a claim of influence upon Washington, DC.
If the system was working, in theory, I should expect dealings with my city around once a week, my state once a month or so, and the federal government no more than once a year.
Instead, the whole system is on its head.
The entity that is farthest away, most insulated from my reach, least able to address my redress is the most common about the body politic, having unjustly and illegally usurped its natural and proper role.
There is a king, his avarice eyes and rotted body of 535 limbs sits upon the Potomac River, bloated, ill-tempered and capricious.
Posted by: RoyalOil at December 09, 2013 09:08 AM (VjL9S)
Posted by: JoeyBagels at December 09, 2013 09:08 AM (1lR5W)
the media , the politicians on Both sides of the aisle and the dem boot lickers don't seem concerned it might one day be Them, they should be made to stop now, But obviously political win tops all .
Posted by: willow at December 09, 2013 09:08 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: RWC at December 09, 2013 09:09 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 09, 2013 09:09 AM (sByIH)
Which also happens to be another reason to hate Bette Midler.
Posted by: grognard at December 09, 2013 09:09 AM (/29Nl)
Posted by: Daybrother at December 09, 2013 09:09 AM (l9VBs)
Posted by: TiminAL at December 09, 2013 09:10 AM (A9c4d)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 09, 2013 09:10 AM (h1D+w)
Ben Jerrys
M M's
Posted by: fixerupper at December 09, 2013 01:09 PM (nELVU)
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..... nope. But I can do THIS!!!
Posted by: fixerupper at December 09, 2013 09:10 AM (nELVU)
Down and Out in Beverly Hills has a sex scene with Bette Midler and Nick Nolte.
Enjoy your lunch.
Posted by: garrett at December 09, 2013 09:10 AM (5WkPq)
Posted by: Trent Reznor at December 09, 2013 09:10 AM (/Crba)
Nothing, Nothing i say!
i don't care about your crummy ampersands!
ok maybe i care a tiny bit.
sniff.
Posted by: willow at December 09, 2013 09:10 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) working from home at December 09, 2013 09:11 AM (PYAXX)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 09, 2013 09:11 AM (zF6Iw)
Again, I don't think this is all that hard to understand. When people so "Obama lied" or point out how he says one thing one time, then something completely different another, that's because Barack Obama doesn't speak for Barack Obama.
He speaks for all the people behind him who control his agenda.
He's a puppet. He's the sound system, and not the brains of this outfit.
There may be multiple sources of information that come out of his mouth, like the clown at a fast food drive-thru lane. You aren't hearing the clown speak, you are hearing the low level employee who is speaking into the mic, and it comes out the clown's mouth.
Now, maybe when he's sitting on Chris Matthews', those are his real words. I don't know, because I can't stand either of them, so it's not like I'm going to listen. But if you said he said it, then maybe he meant it.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 09, 2013 09:11 AM (xCw24)
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Barky is like Q on ST:TNG, super smart and able to bend reality to his will.
Posted by: WalrusRex at December 09, 2013 09:11 AM (Hx5uv)
Posted by: Inspector Jack Cates at December 09, 2013 09:11 AM (/Crba)
Posted by: WalrusRex at December 09, 2013 01:11 PM (Hx5uv)
Except Q is smart.
Posted by: EC at December 09, 2013 09:11 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 09, 2013 09:12 AM (5oAy6)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) working from home at December 09, 2013 09:12 AM (PYAXX)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 09, 2013 09:12 AM (/Crba)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) working from home at December 09, 2013 09:12 AM (PYAXX)
I've never played Mega Millions.
Is it 6 numbers out of 49?
Posted by: EC at December 09, 2013 09:12 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 09, 2013 09:13 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 09, 2013 09:13 AM (HVff2)
Posted by: Mindy at December 09, 2013 09:13 AM (GRLuN)
Posted by: WalrusRex at December 09, 2013 09:13 AM (Hx5uv)
Down and Out in Beverly Hills has a sex scene with Bette Midler and Nick Nolte.
****
That must have more saggy grey skin than Disney's "Dumbo".
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 09, 2013 09:13 AM (N/Sup)
Posted by: willow at December 09, 2013 09:14 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: perturbed at December 09, 2013 09:14 AM (TXq4O)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 09, 2013 09:14 AM (/Crba)
*
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I do my part. No more Kenyan coffees for me!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 09, 2013 09:14 AM (BDU/a)
Posted by: Jean at December 09, 2013 09:14 AM (4JkHl)
Posted by: RWC at December 09, 2013 09:14 AM (fWAjv)
Sometimes, you just have to let a song go because the person who did it just fucking owns it now.
For instance, Hendrix's version of Dylan's All Along the Watchtower.
Or Harry Nilsson's version of Badfinger's Without You.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 09, 2013 09:15 AM (zF6Iw)
Down and Out in Beverly Hills has a sex scene with Bette Midler and Nick Nolte.
First off, fuck you for that mental image. Just fuck you.
Secondly, you mean 1992 Sexiest Man Alive Nick Nolte? Yeah, I couldn't believe it then, and I still can't. All because he made out with Babs Streisand in Prince of Tides!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at December 09, 2013 09:15 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 09, 2013 09:15 AM (sByIH)
Has he watched the nightly news? Are they not cheering loudly enough for Dear Leader?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 09, 2013 09:15 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: RWC at December 09, 2013 01:14 PM (fWAjv)
Really?
What are the odds?
Posted by: EC at December 09, 2013 09:15 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Countrysquire at December 09, 2013 12:53 PM (exeiF)
I've been going this lately.
An arrogant, incompetent, serially mendacious, stuttering clusterfuck of a misserable failure.
Posted by: Drill_Thrawl at December 09, 2013 09:15 AM (/2ciC)
Eh...that line was just a signal to the IRS to keep on with the tea party targeting. He's saying 'no problem with me if you keep doing it'.
Its alinsky and marx all the way down.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 09, 2013 09:16 AM (MaP11)
Posted by: Inspector Jack Cates at December 09, 2013 01:11 PM (/Crba)
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Just occurred to me that Obama is EXACTLY like Eddie Murphy in the cowboy bar scene.
"There's a new sheriff in town. A black man with a badge. Which means I can kick your redneck ass anytime I feel like it."
"Jobs????? Your too fuckin stupid to have jobs."
Posted by: fixerupper at December 09, 2013 09:16 AM (nELVU)
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It's not a "liberal" media, it's a "corporate" media.
See, what a neat trick?
The lie they tell: Because a certain number of print and broadcast media are owned by corporations--and everyone knows corporations are evil, right-wing constructs of oppression and regression--the media is actually hostile to enlightened truths and the public good.
Maddow can set herself up as the only one telling the truth and the only reason she isn't the most popular show on the TV is . . . ?
Well, they've a whole stack of lies and neat polemics to prove they are right.
Never forget that the people who never went a day without deriding the "sheeple" under W are the ones in power today--their opinion of the others in America hasn't changed, they're just on mute right now.
Posted by: RoyalOil at December 09, 2013 09:16 AM (VjL9S)
Posted by: Lemon Heads at December 09, 2013 09:16 AM (JRmiD)
Posted by: eleven at December 09, 2013 09:17 AM (KXm42)
Confirmed: Toadies are lousy at "Hardball."
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 09, 2013 09:17 AM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 09, 2013 09:17 AM (/Crba)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 09, 2013 09:17 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: RWC at December 09, 2013 09:18 AM (fWAjv)
New Hotness: Incurious Obama
I was somewhat upset when my eldest puked on Curious George. I will be somewhat less upset when any of my children wipe their asses with Incurious Obama. Sadly, this country had the chance to do that very thing last year, but failed to get outside the margin of fraud.
Posted by: physics geek at December 09, 2013 09:18 AM (MT22W)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) working from home at December 09, 2013 09:18 AM (PYAXX)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 09, 2013 09:18 AM (/Crba)
Take that as you will.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 09, 2013 01:17 PM (VtjlW)
Highest rated episode in the history of television.
At least among the Moron demographic.
Posted by: grognard at December 09, 2013 09:18 AM (/29Nl)
Posted by: Mindy at December 09, 2013 09:18 AM (GRLuN)
Posted by: RWC at December 09, 2013 01:14 PM (fWAjv)
*****
Heh- Back when Texas increased their lotto from something like "6 out of 48" to "6 out of 52" or some such, they actually advertised it as "Now you have even more chances to win!"
Quacked me up.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 09, 2013 09:19 AM (N/Sup)
Take that as you will.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 09, 2013 01:17 PM (VtjlW)
*cues up "Whole Lotta Love"'s opening guitar riff in my mind*
Posted by: EC at December 09, 2013 09:19 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) working from home at December 09, 2013 09:19 AM (PYAXX)
Posted by: Peej at December 09, 2013 09:19 AM (xYVem)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 09, 2013 09:19 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Soona at December 09, 2013 09:19 AM (Tx68O)
*
*
At her age, Mrs. Robinson is just glad of a little attention.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 09, 2013 09:20 AM (BDU/a)
Posted by: Hans Moleman at December 09, 2013 09:20 AM (/Crba)
Posted by: Countrysquire at December 09, 2013 09:20 AM (exeiF)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 09, 2013 01:14 PM (/Crba)
I would do Scully.
Take that as you will. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting.
Hotness depends on whether you count yourself in the Birkenstock crowd or the stiletto heel crowd.
Posted by: Sphynx at December 09, 2013 09:21 AM (OZmbA)
if only Obama knew how atf was being used to undermine a citizens rights to protect themselves.
if only Obama knew epa was harassing coal miners and and their financial futures.
if only Obama knew unions would send out his voters to harass and intimidate those who spoke freely but obviously in error and the hands of govt agencies.
if only obama knew that obamacare would drive many lower middle class americans to poverty.
Posted by: willow at December 09, 2013 09:21 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: RWC at December 09, 2013 09:21 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Preznit Barky Obamamier
Actually that has always been the rumor. That the Preznit would favor a special gay bathhouse in Chicago and his preference was older, white males. Considering how he was raised this makes perfect sense. The only exception is now he's doing it to the whole country.
Posted by: Cheri at December 09, 2013 09:21 AM (G+Wff)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 09, 2013 09:21 AM (HVff2)
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I agree, Dolly sings it much better. Much sweeter.
Posted by: grammie (cuz mama is way way old) winger at December 09, 2013 09:22 AM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 09, 2013 09:22 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 09, 2013 09:22 AM (sByIH)
Posted by: Soona at December 09, 2013 09:23 AM (Tx68O)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 09, 2013 09:23 AM (h1D+w)
Posted by: Barky at December 09, 2013 09:23 AM (Ua6T/)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 09, 2013 09:23 AM (ZKzrr)
Dolly is rumored to be worth half a billion dollars.
...and she has big tracts of land!
Posted by: garrett at December 09, 2013 01:22 PM (5WkPq)
She has big twin peaks to go with it.
Posted by: Sphynx at December 09, 2013 09:24 AM (OZmbA)
Posted by: physics geek at December 09, 2013 09:24 AM (MT22W)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 09, 2013 09:24 AM (/Crba)
But go today and avoid the lines that will be there tomorrow evening.
So who would AlextheChick cosplay as? Haruka from FLCL?
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 09, 2013 09:24 AM (5oAy6)
Is that the one with Bruce Campbell?
Posted by: EC at December 09, 2013 09:24 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Bulgaria has talent! at December 09, 2013 09:24 AM (Ua6T/)
we can be both.
we are only limited by ..
nevermind.
Posted by: willow at December 09, 2013 09:24 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 09, 2013 09:25 AM (/Crba)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 09, 2013 01:22 PM (VtjlW)
Birkenstocks then? Meh.
Posted by: Sphynx at December 09, 2013 09:25 AM (OZmbA)
I scream, you scream, we all scream for non-fat tofutti rice dreamsicles.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 09, 2013 09:25 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 09, 2013 09:25 AM (/Crba)
Posted by: EC at December 09, 2013 01:15 PM (GQ8sn)
1 in 259,000,000.
So you're saying there's a chance?
/Lloyd Christmas mode
Posted by: EC at December 09, 2013 09:26 AM (GQ8sn)
Ha ha. The NSA is even spying on World of Warcraft.
I can see why we need a much bigger govt, I mean, there are whole virtual worlds out there to monitor.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 09, 2013 09:26 AM (MaP11)
Posted by: grammie (cuz mama is way way old) winger at December 09, 2013 01:22 PM (P6QsQ)
Whitney's version is a great show stopper in terms of vocal talent, but Dolly's is the superior rendition, IMO. You actually feel like her heart is breaking.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at December 09, 2013 09:26 AM (4df7R)
Me thinks you have better odds to win the lotto
And get struck by lightning the next day.
And then devoured by a Sharknado.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at December 09, 2013 09:26 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 09, 2013 09:26 AM (qyfb5)
I can't remember the HOA one. What happened?
Posted by: EC at December 09, 2013 09:26 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: RWC at December 09, 2013 09:27 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 09, 2013 09:28 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 09, 2013 09:28 AM (h1D+w)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at December 09, 2013 09:28 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at December 09, 2013 09:28 AM (r+7wo)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 09, 2013 09:28 AM (/Crba)
Posted by: Lauren at December 09, 2013 09:28 AM (hFL/3)
Posted by: alexthechick
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Get in line.
Posted by: physics geek at December 09, 2013 01:24 PM (MT22W)
In line? I was thinking more 'same time' .
Posted by: polynikes self proclaimed king of walked into a bar jokes at December 09, 2013 09:28 AM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 09, 2013 09:29 AM (HVff2)
Again, I don't think this is all that hard to understand. When people so "Obama lied" or point out how he says one thing one time, then something completely different another, that's because Barack Obama doesn't speak for Barack Obama.
He speaks for all the people behind him who control his agenda.
He's a puppet. He's the sound system, and not the brains of this outfit.
There may be multiple sources of information that come out of his mouth, like the clown at a fast food drive-thru lane. You aren't hearing the clown speak, you are hearing the low level employee who is speaking into the mic, and it comes out the clown's mouth.
Now, maybe when he's sitting on Chris Matthews', those are his real words. I don't know, because I can't stand either of them, so it's not like I'm going to listen. But if you said he said it, then maybe he meant it.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 09, 2013 01:11 PM (xCw24)
Well yeah. Basically you have what Obama is saying in prepared remarks which is the bullshit his handlers are deciding the things he needs to say to sound like a president, hide the truth, etc. And then there are the unprepared remarks that his handlers can't control like when he's speaking off the cuff like "Red line." It may be bullshit that his handlers actually believe as well but they know they're not supposed to reveal those thoughts in public. Obama is too stupid, and so like Joe Biden he just shoots off his mouth.
Posted by: buzzion at December 09, 2013 09:29 AM (LI48c)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 09, 2013 09:29 AM (/Crba)
It turns out that the HOA has created a "rules golem" by which anyone who doesn't conform to the HOA rules, such as not replacing a burned-out or busted porchlight, is hunted down and killed by a monster.
I'm old. I can't remember that one at all and I've seen them all.
To IMDB.com!!!
Posted by: EC at December 09, 2013 09:30 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 09, 2013 09:30 AM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Barack Obama at December 09, 2013 09:31 AM (i2t1q)
Posted by: polynikes self proclaimed king of walked into a bar jokes at December 09, 2013 01:28 PM (m2CN7)
=======================
Bunk.
Posted by: physics geek at December 09, 2013 09:31 AM (MT22W)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 09, 2013 09:31 AM (/Crba)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 09, 2013 09:35 AM (ZKzrr)
It's from one of the seasons between the movie and when Duchovny left the show.
Arcadia. Season 6.
Posted by: EC at December 09, 2013 09:36 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 09, 2013 09:36 AM (h4eud)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 09, 2013 01:30 PM (qyfb5)
Not for being a bitch that wants to blow people up for not believing in manmade global warming though.
Posted by: buzzion at December 09, 2013 09:37 AM (LI48c)
Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 09, 2013 09:40 AM (h4eud)
"Must have been something I ate."
Posted by: EC at December 09, 2013 09:42 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 09, 2013 09:42 AM (h4eud)
When we do things right, they don’t get a lot of attention,” the
president said, no doubt sending a thrill up the MSNBC host’s leg. “If
we do something that is perceived at least initially as a screw-up, it
will be on the nightly news for a week.”
What a whiny little bitch. Can you imagine giving your boss that answer? Oh and it can never be said enough but McCain lost to this fuck and he can piss up a rope as well.
Posted by: Cheri at December 09, 2013 09:44 AM (G+Wff)
Posted by: EC at December 09, 2013 09:44 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Nip Sip at December 09, 2013 09:44 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: jd at December 09, 2013 09:49 AM (ROXo4)
Posted by: ontherocks at December 09, 2013 09:51 AM (UevTI)
Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie © at December 09, 2013 09:56 AM (1hM1d)
Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262© at December 09, 2013 10:01 AM (9Bdcz)
And he has succeeded, because only political junkies and media sycophants listen that closely to what's going on in DC.
His big, big, fatal mistake was letting millions of people all at once have their insurance canceled and face huge costs for new policies. This woke them up. Big time.
Posted by: PJ at December 09, 2013 10:06 AM (ZWaLo)
Why the shift? As we keep noticing, Obama only cares about the next
news cycle. He says what he has to say to get on the news for the next
news cycle. He wants to be seen saying the right things for that news
cycle. Then, when interest dies down a bit, he attempts a new tack.
But he never gets called on how his Early News Cycle Management Bullshit is wholly contradictory to his Slightly Later News Cycle Management Bullshit. The media never asks him What new information was presented to you to change your opinion on the IRS scandal from "outrageous" to "phony scandal"?"
I think that the Left has not yet come to grips with the invention of writing and video. They could get away with that bullshit in a pre-literate society or a society where only the masters have access to writing or their is no objective record of what was said. In other words, a society where their low-info base could be convinced "we have always been at war with Eastasia".
Posted by: Sudden Clarity Clarence at December 09, 2013 10:13 AM (2tjte)
Posted by: Sudden Clarity Clarence at December 09, 2013 02:13 PM (2tjte)
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You seem convinced that we DON'T live in such a society. Recent election results do not support your hypothesis.
Posted by: physics geek at December 09, 2013 10:33 AM (MT22W)
Posted by: Auntie Doodles at December 09, 2013 01:48 PM (JcN7j)
Posted by: Edward Snowden at December 09, 2013 03:00 PM (OVoV6)
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