Because Experience Only Matters When You're Vice President

Normally I'd say, "The lights are on but nobody's home." Unfortunately, in this case, I don't see any lights.

RACIST!!!!!!

RACIST!

maybe the British are calling at 3:00am and that phone is wringing in Washington . . .

Where's Hillary when you need her.

The article linked has to do with the Treasury Department, but I suspect that it applies to most any office in the Obama (lack of) administration. I guess 100% of us got what 53% of us deserve.

The White House better have call display because they will need it to duck all of the collection agencies that will be hunting them down.

The only credit card Obama will qualify for in the near future is the Prepaid VISA RushCard by Russell Simmons.

Obama's Treasury Dept has a bank now . . .

http://tinyurl.com/crw9pp

The Brits got that right, there is nobody there, scratch the surface, put a penlight into Wonder Boy's ear canal and the beam comes out the other ear, yep, Brown went to Washington and all he got were some lousy DVD's out of it.

And apt commentary on Obama's nothingness is this one from Commentary:

Well, it’s becoming obvious he’s not really much of a manager, decider, legislation-craftsman, or supervisor. His vetting process is in shambles and key Treasury slots are still vacant. His Treasury Secretary is a classic under-performer and Obama encourages that tendency by talking about everything other than our immediate recovery needs. He lets Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid do the legislating — and they’ve come up with an embarrassing stimulus and an omnibus spending-bill even Democrats aren’t swallowing.

What does he like to do? Summits. These are in essence campaign events — faux town-halls where nary a discouraging word is heard and no real work is done. And he loves those campaign rallies around the country.

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/rubin/57682

Obama is a moron.

He's busy in the ME doing stuff, what stuff I'm not sure supping with Islamists and stuff.

Hm, I think the 'WE CAN OWE FOREVER one' is going for the position of world leader with the UN. Seems thus far, he's already accomplished his goals.

Oh for christ sake. Imagine walking into the biggest mess since the civil war, made by the single most incompetent and downright despicable administration in history. Do you think that maybe, just maybe you'd be a bit pre-occupied?

You advocated EVERYTHING the Bush Admin did for the past 8 years when this mess was being made, so now sit back, shut up, and wait for the smart kids to clean up the mess.

Seriously... you guys have no clue whatsoever. You probably still think climate change isn't happening. Oh wait... you do. How embarrassing. That's like shitting your pants in public.

John,

By claiming that the financial crisis was 'made' by the previous administration you merely reveal that you have absolutely no idea whatsoever how the crisis materialized. From cheap money initiated by Greenspan to (Democratic) Congressional mismanagement of Fannie and Freddie to a dire performance by the rating agencies to reckless decisions by some banks, there was no role played by the White House APART from several attempts to rein in Fannie and Freddie's involvement in subprime loans, of which they held or securitised 52% of all bad debt.

I'm not usually a partisan cheerleader but the Bush White House, and McCain as well, did try to get Frank, Dodd and other Democrat leaders of the banking committees in the House and Senate to clamp down on the reckless loans but they were repeatedly rebuffed. On top of that, Fannie and Freddie were not only led by Democrat political appointees like Raines and Gorelick, and received multimillion dollar bonuses for cooking the books, but these two organizations were major donors to - you guessed it -- Dodd, Frank, Obama and John Kerry.

So, seriously, when you tell people to get a clue, it kind of helps to read up a bit on the subject at hand.

So 'diplomacy' isn't Pres Obama's strong suit, eh?

It almost seems that the Dems were out of power for so long that they have lost sight of the world view needed by any White House resident.

Right now, the Dems are pigging out (or is that porking out) in catching up on the perks of power and other more personal agendas.
Their casual approach makes one think that they have lots of time left to run the world, and will eventually get around to it.
Too bad for them, they don't.

The Brits are the first foreigners to observe the perverse Obama government.

They are all socialists, and totally self-involved; don't give a damn about "exterioralities".

I sense a bad period for the world, where the USA will deny its international authority and screw up big time at home.

This "Obama Team" is all about back home. Forget it, rest of world; forget it, free-traders; forget it non-democrats; forget it those who do not pay (literally) homage to the big Owe.

penny - thanks for the link. That's an excellent description of Obama - that he's not a manager, legislator, decider...anything. He just likes the unaccountable thrill of campaigning and having people cheer him. He's not a leader.

penny at March 10, 2009 7:11 PM

"He" was absent at all his 179 (?) days in the senate; why should He be different in the Buck Stops Here seat?

The democratic party, which has become progressively an unhinged leftist agit-prop organization, over the years, has found their ticket to power... the Obamarama. Now, they are all kids with their hand in the cookie jar.

Idd:

Graduate from Ivy League? Check!
Do nothing productive? Check!
President of the US of A? Check!
First leader of the New World Government????

There was an Old World Governement - it was called "The British Empire".

It becomes increasingly clear that Obama is the front man for someone/something. He's the cover boy on the front of the magazine, he's not the owner or the brains behind it. He's the guy standing in front of the building, charming and diverting the attention of all the passersby, while the mastermind takes off with all the loot.

How pathetic. The Americans have just become one-world government, distribute-North-Americans'-wealth, dupes. They've had their heads turned by a smooth-walking, calm-talking, con-man who's only part of a much bigger game.

As I said in another thread, Obama scares the He** out of me.

*** He's busy in the ME doing stuff, what stuff I'm not sure supping with Islamists and stuff. ****

stuffing notes in a wall in front of reporter cameras?????

Obama reminds me a bit of those people who were often brought in to help our company out - the "consultants/facilitators".

The consultants/facilitators really didn't know much about how to run the business, but rather they referred back to whatever tool they had been trained on, and tried to cookie cutter our problems into their predetermined methods of solution, which often consisted in breaking up in to groups, then formulating lists of problems and solutions, then gathering back into one large group.

The consultant/facilitator would speak eloquent words, get us to do our presentations, get us to rank the solutions, then we would all go home.

We were happy, because we talked. The consultant was happy, because s/he was paid, and felt that they really *helped* us.

The only problem is, none of the solutions to our problems ever got implemented.

But many people felt better. . . . for at least the first few rounds of consultants/facilitators. . . . . .

ET: "He just likes the unaccountable thrill of campaigning and having people cheer him. He's not a leader."

I don't pay much attention to your frequent pseudo-psychological analyses of Obama, ET, but I must admit that this simple, down-to-earth assessment hits the bulls-eye. It's a pretty common human failing that you've described. Clinton for instance seems to have craved the thrill, though one should never mistake his talents for Obama's.

O is talking.

Commenter Blert says:

"Welcome to BHO’s bizarro world:"

"Stratfor says that never has a incoming administration been talking to so many people."

"Russia, according to Stratfor, wants to be accorded the status of a near-great power."

"Europe is looking for protection before venturing further afield. Here is where a tradeoff with Russian desires may be necessary."

"Iran wants its share of Iraq and recognition as a major player."

"Taliban — they are licking their chops."

"Syria is waiting to be served."

"Peregruzka, anyone?"
...-

"Stratfor on Obama’s diplomatic ‘reset’ buttons

Stratfor says that never has a incoming administration been talking to so many people. But it adds that what is important isn’t the the volume of talk, but what is being said. In that regard, it’s easier to figure out what foreign governments want than what BHO will agree to. Here’s what they want, in a nutshell."
http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/03/10/stratfor-on-obamas-diplomatic-reset-buttons/

Welcome to the civil service.

John - take a pill and come to the realization that you have elected exactly what many of us said he was " a big fat ZERO" The sooner you come to acknowledging that the sooner you and your oh-so-badly disillusioned Obama-voter cohorts will realize that it was a "COLLOSSUL MISTAKE'!!!!!!!!!

I know its hard to take right now but believe me, by the time the next Presidential election comes around many of you turd brains will actually come to realize that you would even take GWB back.

Bob, "COLOSSAL".

Yes, MJ, the thrill of being in front of an adoring audience is indeed a common human failing, but not one that is wanted in a President of the USA. After all, someone who gets his kicks only out of 'being adored' requires being constantly placed on a pedestal. Such a requirement is harmful to being an accountable leader.

What one wants in such a role is someone with the intelligence to critically analyze and develop policies and programs, someone with a knowledge of history, someone with a deep respect for the basic economic infrastructure of America - namely, the middle class and someone with the capacity to lead in a mode of yes, humility rather than arrogance. Obama has none of these qualities. None. He's both ignorant and arrogant.

As for my 'pseudo-psychology', I think you need to substantiate your use of the term. Otherwise, you are guilty of using the usual leftist strategy of refusing to debate and resorting to personal insults.

Try again.

Were it not that we Yanks'll have to live with terrible consequences from the 2008 election winner for a generation, I could enjoy ENORMOUS schadenfreude for the Obama-post-coital depression that the EUro-leftists are starting to feel. Lay back and think of England, dearies! :-)

Batb: "It becomes increasingly clear that Obama is the front man for someone/something." -- Right, and I would go so far as to say I think he has been "groomed" as the front man for quite some time. Because I think it suspicious that publishers give $100,000 advances to virtual unknowns (as Obama was at the time he was given money to write his biography), I believe that funding was put up by someone else -- a wealthy individual or group of people. Anyway I think this was an early step in creating the public persona that is Obama. Soros is high on my list as a possibly man behind the curtain, but I think there may be others.

Imagine walking into the biggest mess since the civil war

Posted by: John at March 10, 2009 7:59 PM

That statement alone disqualifies you from earning any credibility whatsoever. Go read a bit of history, doofus, and then come back to chat with the Big People.

Obama is spending $trillions on pork, and this is directly siphoning the same from the ONLY segment of the US that contributes to the economy: the Private Sector. But maobama has declared war on the Private Sector, and individual prosperity. He wants the economy tanking, so he and the rest of the socialists can bleat how "capitalism just doesn't work" and make their play for even more government control.

Tell us what YOU think of Obamateur Hour, john:
- nominating tax cheats for numerous cabinet posts, including Treasury
- nominating hillary clinton to SecState, who has more conflicts of interest than a dog has fleas
- backpedalling on electronic surveillance and on Afghan detainee rights (ie, keeping Bush's initiatives as-is)
- declaring unofficial war on a private citizen exercising his 1st Amendment right of free speech (Rush Limbaugh)
- insulting a trusted ally twice in the space of two weeks (Britain)
- presiding and supervising the dismantling of the economy: the Dow Jones has dropped from 13,000-14,000 to roughly HALF of that since d'ohbama was elected POTUS
- the US was warned by Russia about the dangers of socialism and excess government control of industry (the irony is delicious). Red China has also expressed its concerns, haha

A week or two ago, Barry's approval rankings were less than jimmy carter's for the same time in office, and it appears obama will make carter look wise by comparison. How's that community organizer with no practical experience working out for you guys, john?

As for sh1tting oneself in public, john, if you were truly honest with yourself, you'd reread your post above (well, a lot of them, actually) and run for the Charmin.

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ET: "As for my 'pseudo-psychology', I think you need to substantiate your use of the term. Otherwise, you are guilty of using the usual leftist strategy of refusing to debate and resorting to personal insults."

No need to take it personally, and I don't see any basis for doing so. After all, I cited your assessment approvingly. But it isn't necessary for me to agree with everything you say.

Anyway, the substantiation really has to come from the other (i.e. your) side. Unless you can interview and question the subject himself in a detailed and preferably prolonged way, the analysis is superficial, and uncertain at very best. You may characterize your method of profiling Obama as "real" psychological analysis (as opposed to "pseudo"), but I don't. I can't imagine you would claim that your analysis of Obama is more than superficial, but perhaps I'm wrong.

For eight years many of us listened to the left's "psychological analyses" of George W. Bush. I don't think that we show ourselves as being any better if we now do the same with Barack Obama.

By the way, if I had a thin skin I might have supposed that "you are guilty of using the usual leftist strategy" was intended as an insult. At any rate, I don't know what the leftists have to do with my comments in the earlier post.

"There is nobody there," he told a civil service conference in Gateshead." - Sir Gus

Quit callin' @ 7:00 a.m. London time, you wanker! Don't you know it's only 3:00 a.m. in Washington at that time. Nobody in "O's" administration takes calls at time of the morning. Get with the program Gus!

"I know its hard to take right now but believe me, by the time the next Presidential election comes around many of you turd brains will actually come to realize that you would even take GWB back"

sarge here now thats funny cause things was so bad under bush sarge and pretty much everyone sarge knows spent the last 8 years wishin we still had dick nixon to kick around
wishing for bush the lesser to comback would be pointless as by then ity would make more sense to be wishin for large caliber pistol in the mouth

btw sarge wonders why anyone cares what these rotten toothed englishers care about anyway sarge says...f3ck em and the british petroleum corporation they rode in on

"For eight years many of us listened to the left's "psychological analyses" of George W. Bush

sarge here well then its not like we didnt have a lot to go on what with old bushs self professed alcoholism and admitted history of torture of small animals not to mention bein able to actually see the symptoms of alcoholic brain damage every time that boy went on tv how much do ya need sarge wonders

sarge might add that the we sarge speaks of is normal good americans like the sarge and his good army buddies the state pen warder and so called fascist stampede as we got less lefties here in the old USA as you kanukistani got up there sarge would also point out that that damn delusional bush actually said in a interview that god spoke to him an told him to smyte old sadam hussien now thats freakin nuts but no doubt god told old sadam to smythe old bush so at least theys both wacky as 2 bedbugs at motel 6

"insulting a trusted ally twice in the space of two weeks (Britain)"
sarge ehre obne more time
since when is britain a trusted ally sarge wonders
sarge thinks yall should google them famous word 'downing street memo' and get back to sarge
now sarge thinks the mom and dad of sarges good buddy sargean maida they dont see them english bastards so much as evil accomplices to the destruction of their boy who only wanted to serve his nation in a just cause not be wated in a grab for oil and neocon glory

Hey sarge, lots of people are starting to notice that the new emperor is all clothes.

Newsweek, of all places, ground zero of media liberalism has posted this question: Does Obama have what it takes?

For all the screwups of Obama, Fineman never even gets to his diplomatic blunders. As Fineman hints, his poll numbers will follow as the scope of his incompetence becomes clear to the American people.

Oops, it is already happening "These figures give Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of +6, his lowest rating to date"

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

56% approval, down from 65% on inauguration day. One in ten Americans has already seen the light. Another one in twenty Americans and Obama's presidency is over. Quick, find a new villain, these weekly hates of yours seem to be working. What about Limbaugh's ratings? Through the roof. Interesting strategy, to drive up the ratings of Obama's most articulate critic.

"bush actually said in a interview that god spoke to him "

I am sure you have a link for that sarge. Why not share who said that he said it, where they said that he said it, and who reported it. Because that would be bad rhetorical form, and nobody accuses ol' sarge of bad rhetorical form. Best to leave it hanging that he said it to the London Times with camera's rolling or something like that, when it was a second hand report from a Palestinian terrorist leader, to a Hamas mouthpiece newspaper, with no witnesses to the conversation, who had an interest in politically harming Bush. Apparently, Bush took this guy aside and filled him in on his grand strategy and motivations for the ME out of garrulousness. This is more like something Obama would do.

Is all of your crap so easily Fisked? In a word, yes.

Ian Drury is now a reporter? Does he carry a rhythm stick to hit people with?

"bush actually said in a interview that god spoke to him "

Well, even if that was true, I would prefer the guidance of God over Hollywood, Nancy Pelosi, Taliban, Iran and Hezbollah any day...

John, you and your ilk are the reasons why Obama's in the White House and the entire free world is on the brink of disaster: Ignorance by design.

sarge's post at 6:47
The second line of sarge's blather seems eerily the same as real's spelling,sock puppets are a strange bunch.

Heh, it's the the bong gang again.
Fiberals are so lame.