Bad TOTUS, bad.

So do we get a post like this

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-seitzman/sarah-palin-naked_b_125861.html

based on Or EEE on

The SK-eye is falling.

I didn't know what "TOTUS" meant so I googled the term and was reminded of the hilarious Teleprompter blog.

George Bush must be laughing his butt off. But on the other hand he might be too much of a patriot to find humour in this.

TOTUS has grown an Obama-sized ego and is now making demands on the POTUS!

"You and I both know who the real brains of this outfit are. So let's get down to cases, shall we?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hSnEMV58F8&feature=player_embedded

Slowly but surly the MSM is realizing they have been played like a cheap violin. The great Salesman In Chief, the great orator, The One, is turning out to be as deep as puddle in a Walmart parking lot puddle in July.

Wait until they finally get to see his Harvard admission papers . . . he's resisting but they'll eventually get exposed to the light.

Yes, barackstelemprompter dot blogspot dot com is a marvellous site.

Two months - and people are laughing at him already.

An historic moment; The first affirmative action president.

Did you ever stop and think that maybe he's using the Pockeestani pronunciation?

Oh god. McCain couldn't use a teleprompter to save his life and Obama can't live without one. 2008 really had an all star line up of illiterate doofuses.

Yeah, poor old McCain. All he has to rely on is his brain. What does Obama have? Nuthin'. He's got nuthin'.

Related ,Ottawahawk on TOTUS . Bit of naughty language .

Man, I just want two minutes with that teleprompter thing's cd drive... I could change the world!

Now, who was it who set up Obama to give a major speech today, Tuesday evening, on the very same day and time as Gov. Jindal's keynote address to a Republican fundraiser? Was it the teleprompter who set it up?

After all, Jindal's speech was set some time ago; Jindal is an up and coming possibility for POTUS, not TOTUS, in the next election.

And meanwhile, the Administration backs hastily away from taxing those AIG bonuses and even declares that most of them have been returned. I, myself, don't believe this. I think that Obama and his guys had set up a mob hysteria, with Obama declaring that wealth is the result only of greed (not work) and that wealthy executives are like terrorists, like suicide bombers attacking our nation. If, on the basis of his words, any violence had hit any of those AIG executives, there'd be a clear legal case accusing Obama and his people of setting up such hysteria. They've therefore hastily, from one day to the next, attempted to deflate and divert the issue.

Love the TOTUS graphic .png above, haha.

This TOTUS shtick is growing legs; you find it more and more places online. I'm wondering if it'll stick to obama as a long-term tagline. It might not, if he quit using it, but then it'd be even MORE fun to see how useless he is off prompter.

The numerous photo-funnies are great, too: obama looking pensive & concerned, & TOTUS advising "1. Look pensive & concerned 2. Keep screwing things up"

BWAA-HA-HA-HA-HAAAAAAAA !!!!

mhb23re
at gmail d0t calm

keep your guns. these people are going to make our lives a living hell not withstanding potus or totus.

Meanwhile Obama's approval numbers remain tip-top as the hayseeds and other assorted racists here ineffectually shake their firsts as he speeds on by...

Eat his dust, haters!

Or-EE-on - tossing a bone to the Latinoamerican diaspora in the US. Or-EYE-on - keeping it real for the non-Latinoamerican diaspora in the US.

Hitting both populations with one word in one short speech was a very savvy move by the teleprompter and whoever it was delivering the TOTUS message.

Aureus Puer

Obongo needs more phonetics, which is in direct opposition to what his grand educational system teaches under the tutelage of his pal and great education reformer, Bill Aires.

Whole words whether they sound right or not. Kind of like whole wheat. It's better for you.

"Oh Ryan" = "Orion"

bleet - what does criticism of Obama have to do with race?

Surely you can't be saying that skin colour determines ability. Therefore, since it doesn't, then why can't one criticize Obama's words and actions?

Do you think that the rising criticism of Obama is based on race? Or is it based on his actions?

By the way, I'm sure most people have seen the video of Obama struggling, unable to say even one phrase, one coherent sentence, without that teleprompter. Quite something. That's why he won't have unscripted press questions; he can't, on his own, think of the answers.

With all of the rappers that freestyle, you'd think the Americans could have found a black guy who could spit-it off the top of his dome.

actually bleet, obama's approval rating is lower than Bush's during the same duration in 2001.

Leave POTUS alone! Let him continue to dig his own hole. So far he's doing a superb job of it.

Didnt the big 0 go to Harvard? Honestly, how stupid do you have to be to get in there? Orion being pronounced ORE-ee-on?
Did he skip the day kids do Astronomy AND Greek mythology in the 4th grade or is he just really that stupid?

C'mon Obama, quit making me repeat the phrase "and just when I thought my opinion of him couldnt get any lower, he does this!" I'm starting to sound like a broken record!

For someone who has spent his entire adult life being groomed to play the lead role as the empty suit front man for a group of leftistas allied with a bunch of big time corporate carpetbaggers, he doesn't seem to spend much time on his scripts. He could have tried "Oar run", like "nation".

I saw Newt on O'Reilly the other day and he said something very interesting about Obongo.

He said that even though many of us think things are going badly for him, actually it's all going just fine from his point of view. He is simply not doing what we on the right want him to do.

His agenda is moving along nicely. He has total power with all three houses. He is implementing his conversion of America from a strong capitalist democracy to a weak socialist secular state.

I am not sure what can stop this atrocity, but it had better happen soon. There is a congressional election next year, but the damage he is doing right now may not be easily reversed.

We are all in deep shit as long as that commie bastard is in power.

"Bad TOTUS, bad."

Posted by: Texas Canuck at March 24, 2009 2:32 PM

POTUS: "TOTUS, how come the gold in that pot at the end of that rainbow smells like crap?"

TOTUS: "Well, Boss, it's you who, right off the bat, just had to go and poop in it."

POTUS: "TOTUS, everything that hasn't been Bush's fault has been yours. You're fired."

TOTUS: "OK, Boss. See ya' around."

POTUS: "Ah, em-m-m, Hey!, ah, em, ah, RHAM, ah, how come that, ah, gold, em-m-m, smells like, ah,ah, eh, em..."

Obama and race: they are connected, IMO, because it appears that he's actually well beneath his "pay grade". I believe that Obama’s an affirmative action president: a huge step backwards for blacks—and the rest of us—everywhere. (A Thomas Sowell he’s not.)

Why do I think Obama’s the product of affirmative action? It has a lot to do with the fact that he can hardly construct a coherent sentence, let alone a paragraph, without his teleprompter. This would seem to belie the opinion of his cheerleaders who say what a clever and articulate man he is.

What about the O-ree-on mispronunciation and his teleprompterless visit to “Iow…Ottawa”? What about his campaign statement—off teleprompter—that he’d visited 57 states, but not Hawaii or Alaska? What about reading the Irish PM’s teleprompter remarks, by mistake, so that Obama actually thanked himself? One would think that the meaning of the text would have alerted Obama to the fact that the words weren’t his: but no! It’s hard to believe that he makes so many gauche mistakes, but seeing—I mean, hearing—is believing.

Intelligent and articulate? The evidence seems to show otherwise, not to mention Obama’s disrespectful and dangerous foreign policy gaffes with the UK, Eastern Europe, Mexico, and Iran. And even if he were the intelligent, temperate, considerate guy he’s been advertised as, he’s a liar. Remember all the promises he unequivocally made? Has he read each bill line by line? No. Has he saved the taxpayers’ hard earned dollars? No. Has he shown himself to be against pork and big government? No and no. And, remember, each one is a whopping NO! This man should keep his mouth shut because just about every time he opens it, he contradicts a clear statement he made earlier. What a snake oil salesman he is!

Iowahawk’s TOTUS (Teleprompter of the US) spoof is brilliant. So is the TOTUS blog. Also, check out AlfonZo Rachel’s (Z)Obama spoof. The BIG OWE or ZERO will not be amused. As he might say to Tim Geitner, “Too bad, buddy, you’re stuck with it.”

It couldn’t happen to a more deserving (and more dangerous) phony.

Probably not a good idea of Obama to blame the Teleprompter, They did have a good thing going for a while there until he got elected and then he stopped paying attention to the Teleprompter and that's when things started to go wrong for The Pres.
Hell hath no fury like a teleprompter scorned

What's it been, just over two months now? Man oh man. We are all so screwed. Yes bleet, even you.

when Bush screwed it up, the media was all over him, and he had a legitimate excuse, he's a dyslexic, which everyone ignored

ZerO is a narcissist, and thusly focused on himself, and therefore makes these mistakes

Cripes! Did you really need to link to a story in HuffPo with a sentence like this: Even though I think it is probably true, but not for the reason the bigot who wrote it thinks: "For one, if you are a McCain/Palin/Bush voter, you and I do not have a difference of opinion. We have a difference in brain power."

Broken down teleprompters are part of the "Right Wing Conspiracies " plan to ruin Obama. They know not the sublime Nascence ways. He will prevail with even superior teleprompter technology. Than the world will marvel at him. A trillion for a perfect teleprompter is chump change in the Obama Universe. Tele-ESP.

bleet I would imagine that you disapproved Goerge W Bush. Is that because he is white???

Hey ET

To say as James did above - and echoed by 'lookout' - that Obama is an affirmative action president is racist. That's why I spoke of a lot of the commenters here as racist. Their criticism has nothing to do with Obama's abilities. They're using his race to deman him = racism.

I gather you think of yourself as some sort of intellectual, ET. How do you feel about Kate's posting of racist cartoons with the defiant heading "Frankly My Dear..." How do you feel about the frequent racist comments in the threads here? Do you think they're worthy of your intellectual aspirations? Do you ever wonder why conservatism so often is inseparable from racism?

Where can I find the Obamaism site?

TOTUS is accurate. I like "DJ Obama" too. I assume it stems from the comedian (American?) who said something to the effect of - all you have to do to lose creibility is ad DJ to the beginning of your name and then used Abraham Lincoln as an example. DJ Abe Lincoln.

My only concern is that if he continues to be given such a hard time ppl may actually start to feel sorry for him and then he will garner sympthy votes or sympathy popularity.

bleet, flinging accusations of racism is what the left does when it no longer has coherent arguments to counter the facts presented by reality (which is neither left nor right - it just is). Conservatives simply have a clearer view of reality as it is, while the left sees what it wants to see.

Accuse away with the racism charges - it proves you have nothing meaningful to say.

Tanker

You don't think calling Obama an affirmative action president is racist?

What other interpretation is it possible to attach to such a statement?

Of course it's a racist statement - that was it's intent.

That I make this obvious observation does not mean I have nothing meaningful to say. It means you don't like the truth and you're trying to sidestep it.

Your old "flinging accusations of racism is what the left does..." is a tired, hackneyed, unoriginal trope. Why don't you investigate why your ideology is so attractive to racists?

bleet,
Do you think that Obama was forced to answer tough questions as a candidate? I don't remember any. He has the least amount of experience of any president since 1860, and that guy in 1860 was far more personally accomplished.

He was less than two years out of being a state senator when he started running for president. Any white candidate with a similar resume would have been laughed off the podium. Clinton was a successful governor, so was Carter, so was Bush, so was Reagan. It is obvious, by his unprecidented reliance on the teleprompter, that he does not have command of the job.

If you can give me one accomplishment of Obama's before he was elected, I will grant you that he is not an "affirmative action" president. I am not worried about having to cede this point, because we had a whole election cycle, and Obama supporters were only able to provide one, that he co-sponsored a bill with Dick Lugar - R Indiana, that the Bush WH requested.

bleet: "Their criticism has nothing to do with Obama's abilities."

EXCUSE ME? Re-read lookout's post, bleet, or can you read? lookout has given ample examples of Obama's gaffes and deficits. There is a litany of them, which is unfortunate seeing as he IS the President of the United States and he's been in power for only 60 days.

Further, why is he getting a comparatively free pass from the MSM? If President George W. Bush had pulled off even one or two of these gaffes or had failed to deliver on promises he had made, the press would have been all over him. How come Obama's not getting it in the jugular?

Do you think they're afraid of being called "racist"?

'Get it, bleet?

What utter rubbish, bleet.

You write, “Their [my] criticism has nothing to do with Obama's abilities.” I guess you didn’t read my post. Not smart, bleet.

Affirmative action, not available to individuals from "non victim" groups, means quotas—lower standards for both admission to certain academic programs and lower expectation re outcomes—and from Obama's serious communication problems, he appears to be an affirmative action president. Yes, it happens that he’s black and that’s why he’d have been eligible for affirmative action.

Perhaps it’s affirmative action that’s racist, not me.

To say that Obama is the first affirmative action president would seem, to me, to imply that one thinks Obama was elected just because he was black.

It seems to me that the person saying this is implying the the people who voted for Obama, at least some of them, are racists, or that racism was a factor in his election.

How does pointing out racism make one a racist?

That must mean bleet is a racists for pointing out racism on this thread.

I just did it too. Now I have to turn myself in to the HRC's

MB

bleet - you didn't answer my question. What does criticism of Obama have to do with race? Are you saying that he ought to be immune to criticism?

You wrote:
"Meanwhile Obama's approval numbers remain tip-top as the hayseeds and other assorted racists here ineffectually shake their firsts as he speeds on by...

Eat his dust, haters!"

This statement obviously states that anyone who is critical of Obama is a 'hayseed' and/or 'racist' and a 'hater'.

Therefore, I again ask you, why is criticism of Obama, defined by you, as an act of stupidity (hayseed), of racism and hatred?

Don't move into a red herring strategy of getting out of answering this question by bringing in examples of 'racist' remarks about other issues. Stick to THIS issue and THIS question.

You specifically said that criticism of Obama is derived from stupidity, hatred and racism. I ask you to explain this.

I strongly criticize Obama - for his misinformation of issues to the public, for his constant manipulation of the public using emotions of fear and hope; for his accusations that any criticism and any dissent is based on bias - racist bias and partisanship. Others criticize him the same way. What the heck has that to do with race?

Others here and elsewhere criticize his 'stimulus package' with its pork; and his insistence that it be passed immediately - such that no-one had the time to read it! Don't you think that ought to be criticized? Do you agree with earmarks? Do you agree with trillion dollar deficits?

What about his AIG behaviour, and his rabble rousing, telling people that wealth is due to greed and that executives are akin to suicide bombers. Do you agree with such encitement to mob hysteria?
Do you agree with his pretense that the govt could get these legal contract monies back? That he could override the Constitution? Don't you think that should be criticized?

What about his treatment of foreign leaders? His treatment of Brown,which was insulting. His letter to Chirac, which was insulting to Sarkozy. Same with the Italian president. What about his 'let's all love each other' video to Iran? You may support such behaviour, but quite a number of people find it arrogant, ignorant and naive.

Again, answer my question. What does being critical of Obama have to do with race? Are you seriously suggesting that because he is 'black', that he ought to be immune to criticism?

bleet... let's engage in a thought experiment, shall we, notwithstanding that your endless lamentations of racism point to a narrow view of the world...

Let us imagine for a moment that Barack Hussein Obama were as lily-white as John McCain. Everything else remains the same... all of the existing strengths and weaknesses of the man. Would he still have beaten John McCain (think of how narrow the margin was), and if so, on what grounds?

If there is any racism in this whole sorry mess it is the one perpetrated by the so-called progressives (including the media) who refused to see Obama the man as he truly is, getting instead wrapped in his blackness.

Think about it - if you can get beyond your empty, hackneyed unoriginal trope of "conservatives=racists" The worst racists are on the left - the racists of lowered expectations who give so-called ethnic cultures a bye on matters they would have pilloried the mainstream.

Tim in Vermont

You admit that Obama has roughly the same amount of experence as Lincoln did when he was elected. I presume you feel that Lincoln did alright and was not an affirmative action president.

If you have real concerns that Obama lacks experience it does not follow logically that he can thus be called an 'affirmative action' president - unless one is a racist making a racist argument. Hey, if the shoe fits, Tim.

Batb:

I read lookout's post and found a hilarious collection of molehills you're all desperately trying to massage into mountains as you try to come up with a line of attack on the new president. I have to wipe the tears of laughter from my eyes as I go down the list 'cause you're still comin' up with....nothin'.

BTW, the Irish president teleprompter thing has been disproven, as eyewitnesses attest that Obama was *joking* when he was thanking himself.

But keep tryin' batb! It's comedy gold!

Go ahead, bleet. Laugh.

We'll see if you're still laughing quite as hard as the Obamessiah's presidency "progresses." If you can call all of the ineptitude, deficits, and inexperience of this president "molehills," I guess pigs can fly and the moon is made of blue cheese.

Ha, ha, ha!

TOTUS >>>> TVMOTUS.
...-

"Obama Upgrades From Teleprompters To Giant TV Monitor For News Conference"

"He read that opening statement from one massive TV monitor from the back and middle of the East Room. White House officials removed the normal glass teleprompters that usually are positioned on both sides of the podium."
http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=304123

Tanker, well said: the racism of lowered expectations.

E.g., A close family member was so excited about Obama becoming president: "It's time for a black American to be president," he said. I asked if he knew anything about Obama's platform. No, he didn't, "But I'm so excited to think that a black president will be in the White House."

His wife, on the other hand, is a person I would call racist: "No way do I want to see a black in the White House." However, when I pointed out that both views were equally racist—because they were based solely on Obama's race—the husband was quite indignant.

Re Obama. I have no objection at all to him being black. I do, however, disagree with just about everything he wishes to do as president. I object to his grandstanding, his dissembling, and his out and out lying. I think he’s a political weasel. (That’s a metaphor.) And, if he were white—say, a Jack Layton—I’d be equally opposed.

You're right, Batb

The deficit Obama is now presiding over is no 'molehill'. It's the biggest deficit in human history, created by George W Bush, with you cheering him along every step of the way.

The biggest deficit before that was created by Reagan. Clinton cleaned up after him, created the largest surplus in history. Obama will likely do the same, but undoing 8 years of drunken spending takes time. At least the adults are in charge now.

But shouldn't you be poring over the press conference now? There's always a chance Obama mispronounced something or said "uh" a few times. Nothing to compare to the addled, incoherent rambling of the Decider of course. But you should be able to find some grounds for impeachment! ;)

Bleet

I am offended by your racist and hateful remarks- you just called me a racist and a hater.

Perhaps bleet is experiencing the early stages of grief or post traumatic stress disorder due to being let down and betrayed by his idol and messiah. I can understand your grief - it must be humbling to have fallin in love with a teleprompter. I think you may be in the denial stage.

MBerridge The government endorsement of affirmative action is institutional racism and sexism. They may hire for merit but it is still affirmative action and is counted for bonuses as such. It isn't like they separate out the AA and the competent. They are all AA by definition of colour or sex.

Tanker

It's sad that you can't even see the unquestioned racism which lies at the heart of your argument, which is: what reason, other than race, was there for people to support Obama over McCain?

Off the top of my head, there are two obvious ones. First, the Iraq war has been enormously unpopular with the American public for some time. McCain supported the war. Obama did not.

Secondly, a major factor was the candidates' reaction to the economic crisis. McCain's reaction was to freak out, 'suspend his campaign' and generally seem erratic. Things really went downhill for him there - people didn't like that. By contrast, Obama seemed calm and measured.

Finally, aside from McCain's ineffectiveness at communicating his ideas, people did not like the ideas. They were ideas that had proven to be utter and dismal failures over the past 8 years, as they were enacted by someone who left the office as the most hated president in US history.

If you can look at all I've cited and say the only reason Obama won was because he's black, you have a cognitive disorder. He won because he has better ideas - ideas that hadn't already proved to be failures - he presented them better, and showed himself to be more of a leader during the economic crisis. For you to continue to ascribe his success to race, race, race, is a pitiful demonstration of denial and...racism.

"Hahaha...Obama said O-ree-on...boy, he must be stoopid, hahaha."

After 8 years of Bushisms, right whingers should just STFU!

1. "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."—Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004

2. "I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family."—Greater Nashua, N.H., Chamber of Commerce, Jan. 27, 2000

3. "Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?"—Florence, S.C., Jan. 11, 2000

4. "Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB/GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across the country."—Poplar Bluff, Mo., Sept. 6, 2004

5. "Neither in French nor in English nor in Mexican."—declining to answer reporters' questions at the Summit of the Americas, Quebec City, Canada, April 21, 2001

6. "You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.''—Townsend, Tenn., Feb. 21, 2001

7. "I'm the decider, and I decide what is best. And what's best is for Don Rumsfeld to remain as the secretary of defense."—Washington, D.C., April 18, 2006

8. "See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda."—Greece, N.Y., May 24, 2005

9. "I've heard he's been called Bush's poodle. He's bigger than that."—discussing former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, as quoted by the Sun newspaper, June 27, 2007

10. "And so, General, I want to thank you for your service. And I appreciate the fact that you really snatched defeat out of the jaws of those who are trying to defeat us in Iraq."—meeting with Army Gen. Ray Odierno, Washington, D.C., March 3, 2008

11. "We ought to make the pie higher."—South Carolina Republican debate, Feb. 15, 2000

12. "There's an old saying in Tennessee—I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee—that says, fool me once, shame on—shame on you. Fool me—you can't get fooled again."—Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002

13. "And there is distrust in Washington. I am surprised, frankly, at the amount of distrust that exists in this town. And I'm sorry it's the case, and I'll work hard to try to elevate it."—speaking on National Public Radio, Jan. 29, 2007

14. "We'll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country called America will be the pacemakers."—Houston, Sept. 6, 2000

15. "It's important for us to explain to our nation that life is important. It's not only life of babies, but it's life of children living in, you know, the dark dungeons of the Internet."—Arlington Heights, Ill., Oct. 24, 2000

16. "One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures."—U.S. News & World Report, Jan. 3, 2000

17. "People say, 'How can I help on this war against terror? How can I fight evil?' You can do so by mentoring a child; by going into a shut-in's house and say I love you."—Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2002

18. "Well, I think if you say you're going to do something and don't do it, that's trustworthiness."—CNN online chat, Aug. 30, 2000

19. "I'm looking forward to a good night's sleep on the soil of a friend."—on the prospect of visiting Denmark, Washington, D.C., June 29, 2005

20. "I think it's really important for this great state of baseball to reach out to people of all walks of life to make sure that the sport is inclusive. The best way to do it is to convince little kids how to—the beauty of playing baseball."—Washington, D.C., Feb. 13, 2006

21. "Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream."—LaCrosse, Wis., Oct. 18, 2000

22. "You know, when I campaigned here in 2000, I said, I want to be a war president. No president wants to be a war president, but I am one."—Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 26, 2006

23. "There's a huge trust. I see it all the time when people come up to me and say, 'I don't want you to let me down again.' "—Boston, Oct. 3, 2000

24. "They misunderestimated me."—Bentonville, Ark., Nov. 6, 2000

25. "I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office."—Washington, D.C., May 12, 2008

ET

My reference to "hayseeds and other assorted racists" referred to the person who identified Obama as an 'affirmative action president' earlier in the thread.

No, I don't think Obama - or any president -should not be criticized. He and his policies are fair game for criticism.

Nor do I think his race should have anything to do with criticism levelled at him. That is why I objected to the racist comments inthis thread, and have objected to them in other threads on this site. Do you have an objection to my doing this?

Some people miss the point: no one, including Bush, considered that he was the Messiah. (Honest!)

On the other hand, a certain politician and His followers seem to think He is the Messiah. Messiahs are supposed to be perfect! (And this One doesn't seem to be—a lot.)

(How about the fact that the deficit Obama is foisting on the US will, in the next five years, double the accumulated debt of the last two centuries—all the money owed from George Washington to George W. Bush? How does a country, that’s going to be so crippled with debt, prosper? This is a recipe for disaster. I thought Messiahs were supposed to make the lame walk—not knee cap them.)

bleet - then if your reference was only to the one and I repeat, one 'affirmative action' comment, then why didn't you specifically address that? Why did you instead say 'the hayseeds and other assorted racists here'...which obviously refers, not to one person, but to a plurality of people.

With regard to your later comments on 'affirmative action', the suggestion that Obama was elected because of 'affirmative action', i.e., because of black support and white guilt support, is a legitimate question. To ask it, and explore it, is hardly an act of racism but is instead one that requires asking and answering.

I also feel that his campaign rhetoric of 'hope and change' was vapid, empty emotionalism, based on misinformation and constant emotional manipulation.

With reference to your comparison to Lincoln's experience - I think that Lincoln, who actively practiced as a lawyer, dealing with quite a few famous cases, and who spent active years in the House of Representatives, had far, far more experience than Obama. There is no comparison between the two. But, that's not the issue.

I would disagree with you that Obama was 'calm and measured' during the early economic crisis; non-reaction is not indicative of any capacity to deal with the situation, and so far, in his pork-filled stimulus, his reliance on Pelosi and Reid to write it, his ignorance of its content, his trillion dollar deficits - he doesn't seem to 'have a handle' on the economy.

Might I also point out to you that the strategy of trying to deflate and deflect someone's argument by saying that you 'are laughing at it', is a false 'argument'. You are, by saying that you are laughing, asserting your superiority. But, you aren't providing any facts about your superior argument!

As for the Irish president - your comment that Obama was 'just joking' is one view. Others say that Obama was just automatically, as usual, reading from the teleprompter.

Your focus on Bush is irrelevant. Some people approve of his doctrines, particularly, his democratic doctrine. But, that's also not the issue and you are diverting from the issue, which is: Should Obama be criticized?

Of course he should be criticized, and I, for one, am strongly critical of his actions so far. I've outlined a few of my concerns above. But I'd add his stem cell, his focus on strengthening the unions, his ideas about 90% tax, his notions about taking over companies, his ideas about taxing executive bonuses - even of companies that do not take govt money, his increased taxes rather than lowering them..and etc.

I criticize also, his personal attacks against people who criticize him, such as Limbaugh, Hannity etc. I criticize his suggestion to make veteran's private health care pay for their military on duty injuries.

No doubt you can provide evidence that Obama and/or his followers consider him the Messiah...you know, like actual quotes, links to quotes, etc. Otherwise, this seems like a bad case of sour grapes.

I think what's most bothersome about Obama's mispronunciations and flubs is that he always seems to try and distract from them, putting the attention and 'blame' for the mistake off of himself; It seems like he tries to make others wear his mistakes. In the widely viewed 'It would cost..uh...it would cost..' video, Obama chides a woman who cheers him on when he can't remember his facts, saying 'Hold On, I can't hear myself think!'. In this video, he points offscreen at the entrepreneur and asks if he said his name properly. It's clear that he's unsure of himself, but he tries to shift attention to the entrepreneur instead. It's uncomfortable and embarrassing to watch; sort of like that know-it-all kid in you grade school classes who could never admit a mistake.

"This is the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow, and our planet began to heal." -- Barack Obama, Minneapolis, June 2008.

To John WR's comment: Amen!

"Obama-isms"

"57 states" -- June-July, 2008

"A tornado killed 10,000 people" -- Campaign Rally, August, 2007.

"The Canadian President, Harper" -- Ohio Democratic Debate, March, 2008

A plank from an anti-slavery naval ship, in exchange for "The Top 25 American Movies" on DVD -- coded NTSC, not in PAL format.

ET

My reference to 'other assorted racists'referred to the commenter who made the affirmative action comment as well as to the history of people making racist comments against Obama at this site. Perhaps you've seen some of them. Do you not find them objectionable?

I would say that the suggestion that Obama was elected wholly because of affirmative action, as commenters here have said, is racist. First, because it allows for no recognition of whatever gifts Obama may have - it ascribes his success entirely to race - which is racism.

Secondly, these people apparently can't debate the differences they have with Obama's policy. So they try to shut down debate by branding him an 'affirmative action' president - and thus not worthy of serious debate - in the same way that the casting of a racial epithet would do so in earlier times. They make Obama's race an issue where it is not.

Your consistent harping on the question "Should Obama be criticized?" is bizarre. Especially since I've already said that of course he should be criticized. Go for it! All I ask is that the criticism should be honest and not directed as his race. Is that really too much to ask?

Uli #25 was prophetic..he was right...still waiting..

John WR:

That's the best you can do? Hahaha! Overblown rhetoric does not prove that Obama thinks he is the Messiah. And three verbal goofs is proof that Obama is what??? Dumb? A poor speaker? This compared to entire books filled with Bushisms.

The adults are finally here to clean up the mess left behing by the rightards. Suck it up.

...and the mess left behind as well.

The TOTUS seal

http://tinyurl.com/c5trb2

ulianov;

"three verbal goofs" by Obama? I'm not sure where you've been for the last 2 months, but welcome back. Since you've been gone it's been amateur hour at the White House. People are noticing. His polling numbers are about 50-50 now, way down from the positive numbers he had and with no sign yet that they've hit bottom.

That "overblown rhetoric" in Minneapolis was something he read from what his handlers gave him -- before he accepted the nomination, let alone after inauguration.

How do his supporters see him? (Thanks, Kate): BadPaintingsOfBarakObama.com

Nothing yet about how he treats guests:
"A plank from an anti-slavery naval ship; in exchange for "The Top 25 American Movies" on DVD -- coded NTSC, not in PAL format."

Again, high opinions of ones-self before inauguration:

The modified Presidential Seal in white and Democrat blue. The "Recovery.gov" website, when only official U.S. government agencies are allowed to use that domain suffix.

After inauguration: Presidential poll numbers where negative opinions are separated from positive opinions by 4 points.

Rhetoric is meeting reality. Hard.

Yep, the world's economy is on the brink of collapse due to the inept, no, let's call it really is...the criminal policies of the right whingers who were in charge, and you retards spend your days complaining about his teleprompter, parsing his words and worrying about what kind of gifts he gives. Sheesh. Why didn't the buck stop with Bush?

Whatever. Carry on, losers. The adults are in charge now, and they are going to have to fix what you screwed up.

immature gibberish.....
Posted by: ulianov at March 25, 2009 4:20 AM

And that mentality is why the whole world is in an economic mess SINCE the affirmative action guy got a hold of the reins. Every time he opens his stupid mouth, world wide stock tumbles. No one but feeble minded unicorn lovers has faith in this big empty suite.
Can't even pronounce Orion. Unreal.
AND he's writing another book, already, again about himself. Really-so he feels he's already accomplished what he wants, the rest of it is just too mundane to bother with now - so now's the time to whip out a book, about himself?
The next three generations full of debt - now there goes your hope and likely all pocket change as well.

Wonder if his upcoming book will touch on that?

bleet, I believe you have serious language processing difficulties.

I'm the one who's expressed the opinion that Obama’s an affirmative action president, which, under the circumstances of his unlikely and fast-forward ascendency from junior senator to Commander in Chief, with almost no vetting by the MSM and powers that be, is fair comment. (Especially as his race was altogether front and centre during the campaign: “Wow, a black president! It’s about time! Isn’t it great?! It’ll be the end of racism!” Did you somehow miss the hype?) And I’ve never suggested that he’s “wholly” an affirmative action president—that's your conceit and straw man, bleet: a typical, smoke and mirrors Obama trick.

I've also given plenty of reasons why I’m against Obama’s presidency: as you’ll note, his race isn’t one of them, as I’ve made perfectly clear. I believe that the whole concept of affirmative action—quotas for certain groups based on lowered expectations—is racist.

You harp on about my affirmative action statement, completely outside the context of my many other remarks. Your conclusion is unjustified piffle.

Smarten up.

P.S. Perhaps the Obama supporters here could stop the name calling. It’s most unbecoming and totally belies any idea that “the grown ups are in charge”.

SDA KOTUS sheeple are the biggest doofuses going. For people that claim to be on the high road they seem to find new lows every time.

Keep it up rightoid rightards, you're only showing how stupidly immature you all are.

nse: more infantile name calling. No sign of higher brain activity here, but, hey, have a good day!

Eat his dust, haters!
Posted by: bleet at March 24, 2009 5:04 PM

Hmm...

1. Depicting CEOs as terrorists/suicide bombers: CHECK

2. Using the red herring AIG bonuses as "bait/switch" and inciting the public's wrath against people who deserved them (they were known by D'ohbama at the time of the bailout): CHECK

3. Using taxation and redistributionist/Marxist policies to set up hatred of the producers by the "have-nots": CHECK

oh, and...

4. Making a snotty remark against the handicapped during another campaign-mode desperate grab for adulation on the Chin's show: CHECK

Yep, bleet, there's hatred all right. But if you're blaming it on SDA and the right, you're just projecting. Try heaping it on the "haloed One", where it belongs.

mhb23re
at gmail d0t calm

What was today's Obamism? He said that if AIG were a bank, they could help them out by "increasing their capital requirements", this was just from the news conference last night. I don't think he really understands what he is saying. he is just using buzzwords and mixing them up. If he knew what he was talking about, he would have corrected himself.

Before, he talked about the "profits/earnings" ratio. I think what he meant their is that the profits are unjust income and earnings are just, so he is going to take the profits by taxation, and leave you with the "earnings" that he figures you deserve. Therefore, the profits/earnings ratio equals the tax rate he thinks you should pay.

ulianov/lberia - your reference to 'three verbal goofs' in two months, vs your list of those of Bush over 8 years is hardly a valid comparison. I'm sure you know the difference between 2 months and 96 months.

bleet (aka ted?) - the reason some people suggest that Obama was elected because of race has to be examined. After all, despite your attempt to link him, incorrectly, to Lincoln, Obama has unlike Lincoln, no experience. No analytic experience, no administrative experience, no executive experience. None. Therefore, one has to ask, on what grounds would a population elect someone as leader when he has no experience at intellectual or executive or even co-executive leadership?

Obama himself brought up the issue of race, frequently, during the campaign. Remember his remark about his white grandmother being afraid of 'big black men'. Hmm? I'd bet she'd be afraid of big white men, be they Hell's Angels or Skinheads. But Obama focused on skin colour. That makes all white people listening to him feel 'white guilt'. The racial factor, implying that if you don't like Obama it's because you are racist, was a constant during his campaign.

But, regardless of skin colour (and I don't happen to believe in races)..one has to ask, why would a population vote for someone with so little intellectual content and no experience?

Therefore, my suggestion is that it was a negative reaction vote. He wasn't Republican, he wasn't part of the Washington establishment..and he emphasized this; he was against Iraq. What was he for? Hope and change, which are both amorphous ungrounded emotions. What was the ground for hope and change? Nothing..vague talk about 'all of us' and 'all of you'..and 'sharing the wealth'.

It's like someone rejecting an apple because you don't want an apple, and picking up a peach instead. Only to find out that it was completely rotten inside.

That's what is happening now. People are becoming aware that because they voted in a negative way (we don't want 'that')..it doesn't mean that they want what Obama..and his Backroom Boys..are doing.

I've heard that Swiffer is developing a better teleprompter. It will slap you behind the head if you mispronounce or read something that was meant for someone else...Also being that Daddy O loves to be on TV, Swiffer has approached him to do TV commercials based on their current mop commercial were the old sponge type is trying to win back the heart of it's old owner except using Obama's old teleprompter instead.

Bleet:
I see no difference between calling Obama an affirmative action prez compared to Bush being called a redneck cowboy Prez or a trailer trash president.

Affirmative Action and a country who's screwed up by PC gone haywire, race guilt and yes, racism made it so that Barrack Obama slip through and became President.

The worst possible choice in the worst possible time for President. NOT BECAUSE HE'S BLACK, NOT BECAUSE HE'S WHITE: HE'S BOTH!
BECAUSE HE'S SIMPLY WAY OVER HIS CAPABILITIES, HIS EDUCATION, HIS EXPERIENCE, HIS JUDGEMENT.

WANNA BET HE QUITS AND/OR FORCED TO STEPPED DOWN BEFORE HIS FIRST TERM?

bleet,
I notice that you had no accomplishments for Obama. This is because none exist besides a fine talent for getting selected or elected to stuff.

I guess bleet's point is that governing has not grown any more complex than it was 150 years ago so it is OK to have to go back 150 years to find someone with a similar level of government experience.

Obama's approval has hit the 50-50 mark in the first poll. Sure it is Zogby's poll, but he is in a nosedive. I am betting that in a year, even bleet will disown having voted for him.

BTW, the congressional generic ballot is the highest for Republicans that it has ever been. If the election were held today, the Dems would lose the House. Trouble is, the election is not for 18 months, and Obama plans to have us bankrupt by then.

bleet et al liberals

People who criticize Obama are not racist, or stupid unless they use arguements such as "he's black" or "he's ugly". So far, the closest I've seen to an illegitimate criticism is the affirmative action one, and yet, it has a firm ground because he was given such glowing praise by the MSM despite being horribly underqualified for the position of POTUS. As a woman, I think affirmative action is a horrible thing because it allows people who are not as qualified to get jobs before those who are truly deserving, and I think it lowers the dignity of the position for which a person is hired. Therefore, AA is a reasonable issue in O's presidency.
To criticize his use of the Teleprompter is legitimate because he uses it far too often, has thanked himself, has mispronounced simple words, and has honestly looked like a deer in the headlights without it.
To criticize Obama's policies is to show concern for one's country and a desire to see the country thrive and prosper, and will hopefully stimulate INTELLIGENT debate over the best way to keep the country strong. To disagree with the president over LEGITIMATE concerns is fair, but a person must make an effort to learn all the facts before making up their mind, not make up their mind and then attack the facts.

I'd say Vote Saxon, but America already has.

POTUS without TOTUS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThEAO0lt4Dw&feature=related

Wow! I feel like I'm in an kiddies schoolyard with all the name calling going on here. Oh, wait a minute. It's only the kids name calling. I guess if you can't present a rational argument it's okay to resort to calling people doofuses and racists. You lefties are so tiresome.

Hey lookout

If you think all your other criticisms of Obama are valid, why bring up 'affirmative action' thing at all?

And if you're so sure that Obama is an affirmative action president, why bother making other criticisms of him at all? Fr if you believe this is true, then it invalidates his entire presidency for you: according to you,
he was only elected because of his race.

In this presumption of yours, you invalidate any gifts he might have because to you he fits into a stereotype of a black person getting what he doesn't deserve simply because of his race. You're not assessing his strengths or weaknesses honestly. You're saying his presidency is invalid because he's black.

I guess you're unable to accept the validity of a black person being the head of the most powerful nation on earth. Well - tough titty!

Again: if you genuinely had confidence in your criticisms of his policies, they would be enough without bringing up his race. The fact that you have done so shows where your real criticisms lie.

You smarten up, lookout. Smarten up with your stupid racist ideas, and smarten up with your dishonest back-pedalling of them after the fact.

Posted by: bleet at March 25, 2009 7:24 PM

Sorry to burst your bubble, but race played a major factor in obama's success. To what factor do YOU attribute his election as POTUS? Experience as a "community organizer"? What a sham. His CV of experience could fit comfortably inside an insect's evening bag, and the US is paying dearly for that lack right now.

The major factors for obama's success were race, the cult of personality, collective white guilt and complete conformity and obeisance of the media. How else could you explain that America elected the hardest left rookie politician in its entire history?

And the bigotry of race was a major factor... on the part of the Left. It wasn't Repubs who asked if obama was "black enough", or had "slave blood" in his veins. That was the Left. Republicans only asked if his politics were correct (and we're seeing that folly proved now). It was obama himself who pulled the race card on slick willie, leaving him wounded and bewildered that his own tactics were used against him. Obama also was the one who hilighted race when he said, "I don't look like those other guys on the dollar bills".

Race not a factor in obama's success? Please.

And before you - predictably - marginalize me as a "racist" (typical tactic of the left), I declare my admiration for the US as a country that has moved beyond its racist roots and is comfortable electing a black man for president... but not THIS particular man. He's only good for 1 term, and will take the country down worse than jimmy carter, and who on earth would have thought that possible?

For the record, I'd have been ecstatic had the US chosen Condi Rice for POTUS: an accomplished and intelligent black woman, who would outperform D'ohbama in short order. I'd have chosen her in a heartbeat over McCain, too.

mhb23re
at gmail dot calm

Roger all of that, mhb.

Oh really, mhb?

Race, white guilt, cult ofpersonality and an obeisant media were the MAJOR factors of Obama's success, were they?

The fact that Obama's positions were the ones America favoured according to polls (i.e., his opposition to the war), McCain's jiterriness in the face of the economic meltdown, and the fact that Bush left office as the most hated Pres in history - none of that was a MAJOR factor, huh?

You reveal yourself to be intellectually dishonest when you bypass these other, obvious factors in Obama's success. And then, as a twofer, you reveal your racism in your diminishment of these factors, and his natural skills, in favour of concentrating on his race. You're using his race to diminish his accomplishment. That's racism.

I mean: you really must have contempt for the American people, when you say they were so browbeaten into voting for him as a result of being manipulated by false ideas from the media. What a bunch of dopes you must think them! Undoubtedly, your opinion of them was higher back when they elected GW Bush - twice.

But to sum up: your intellectual dishonesty is on display for all to see in glossing over the many, non -racial obvious factors in Obama's success. And in your continued attempt to diminish his success, you casually use his race as another tool - showing your unthinking racism.

Oh, look! Bleet arrives to call me... a racist. Gee, I never saw that coming.

Actually, to be described as a "racist" by a single-helixed clod such as bleet is actually encouraging; the Left are quick to resort to mud-slinging and marginalizing when their position is weak or failing. So it is on this thread, and bleet lashes out when he's running low on talking points.

Q: What is the definition of a "racist"?

Bleet: Anybody who is winning an argument with a liberal.

I will attempt - in vain, most likely - to address a couple of the most egregious and wrong-headed points above.

"And then, as a twofer, you reveal your racism in your diminishment of these factors, and his natural skills..."

Apparently, there are no right-of-center reporting or blogs on your planet, bleet. The Guinness Book of Records may soon add to its list of World's Smallest Books, including "Open Minded Liberals in the 21st Century", "Jack Layton on the Benefits of Free Market Capitalism" the newest entry: "Executive and Other Practical Experience of Barack Obama".

Obama is the guy who spent a couple of years in the state senate who had no time to author any legislation but enough time to pen two autobiographies. He was the US senator who - with only 143 days of senate experience - believed he'd become experienced and knowledgeable enough to start his POTUS campaigning. One hundred and forty three days! Think of that, bleet: I bet you have leftovers in your refrigerator older than that. His qualifications were even less than those of hillary clinton, and that's mind-boggling.

The only credit I give D'ohbama is his oratory skills - when on teleprompter, anyway. During his campaign he managed to inspire millions on the profound nothingness of "hope and change". There was no substance to his speeches - go ahead, bleet, stop with your tongue-bathing of barry's "qualifications" and check out some of the old campaign trail oratories. They are Seinfeldian in their "shows about nothing". The only time you see the real obama is when he's off prompter, and in that case he almost makes jean chretien look good by comparison.

You're using his race to diminish his accomplishment

That's - to use your own phrasing - "intellectually dishonest". Because in all honesty, apart from snagging POTUS without any tangible experience or abilities, that was obama's sole accomplishment. What ELSE has he accomplished? The so-called "community organizing", or rather, fronting for ACORN? Please.

"...you really must have contempt for the American people, when you say they were so browbeaten into voting for him as a result of being manipulated by false ideas from the media"

Contempt for the US voter is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Left and the kleptocrats. After all, despite their best efforts, the voters spoke and re-elected Chimpy McHitlerburton in 2004. How THAT hurt, eh? Go back and google some of the op-eds and editorials on the "idiocy" of the American voter after that election, and perhaps you'll see why you're reading the graph back-to-front.

And if you aren't too intellectually dishonest, bleet, at least admit how much in the tank the MSM was for obama. Even you must recognize that, as far displaced as your reality may be. Do you think that didn't affect the uninformed or ambivalent voter?

But let's finish on the idea of contempt for the US voter. Let's look at some glaring examples:

1. Setting up class warfare distinctions to push marxist redistribution of wealth & assets: OBAMA

2. Likening company CEOs to suicide bombers: OBAMA

3. Refusing to condemn his old ACORN buddies who stalked the homes of AIG employees: OBAMA

4. Getting yuks with a cheap shot at the handicapped: OBAMA

Do these examples suggest a warm respect for and desire to see the common man succeed, bleet?

Bleet's homework assignment: surf some of Reagan's speeches to the US public, then report back the differences compared to obama. Reagan believed in the American Experiment, in the ablity of the individual to achieve their best if the government only got out of the way. Obama believes in "soup line America", and in his contempt sets up the citizenry as perpetual victims and shlubs who can only survive on government handouts. Unlike you, bleet, I actually do respect the US voter, and believe not only are they discovering just how poor their choice is for POTUS, but they'll begin to rectify the situation in '10 & '12.

As for Bush leaving office "the most hated Pres in history", look at the numbers, Wunderkind. Obama's ratings are lower than those of both bush & carter for this much time into his presidency. He's had more gaffes and stupid mistakes in his first 60 days than Bush had in his first year, and obama has tabled a budget that costs more than every US budget ever tabled put together. I predict by the end of obama's first and only term George W. Bush will be vindicated, if not remembered fondly by comparison.

No need to rebut further, though, bleet. If you're happy and cozy in barry's lap, that's your lookout. Perhaps even a bit of hard reality may start to penetrate your schoolgirl crush on The One if you let your guard down and keep an eye on current events. Or keep your hands over your eyes & ears and cry "racism" whenever somebody questions obama's qualifications or blunderings if that suits you. You seem to be an expert on racism, as it's clear your own brand of prejudice regarding obama includes the demonstrable racism of low expectations.

mhb

mhb, loved your comments on Condi! If I were an american citizen and she had thrown her hat into the ring, I would have voted for her!

bleet: Go find yourself a copy of "A Slobbering Love Affair" by Bernard Goldberg. Read it (all the way through) and then come back and re-read all your posts accusing people of being racist. You'll be amazed at what you learn.

Yow, mhb!

I guess I hit a nerve - judging by your wordy, impassioned post! I almost expected to find footnotes at the bottom.

You've almost mastered the baselessly condescending tone of one who tries to assume a superior position & hopes everyone will react accordingly (yeah I'll be getting on that 'homework assignment, mhb).

Unfortunately the performance is foiled by the fact that your post consists entirely of cut and pasted tired, unoriginal arguments from your fellow partisan hacks (yeah, a 'racist' is someone who's winning an argument with a liberal, mhb! Dat's funn-ee! You're so hip! We haven't heard that one a zillion times before! You're so witty!)

No, mhb: a racist is someone who criticizes someone based not on the content of their character but on their race. This is what you have done with Obama. It is a simple statement of fact that your assessent of him as an affirmative action president is racist. Sorry - objective reality can't be changed on that score.

As for the rest of your post, with it's childish namecalling, and the cut-and-pasted tired tropes from other rightwing sites, I'll give them the attention they deserve: none. As with your inability to refrain from impugning Obama based on his race, they're merely the excretions of an intellectually mediocre hack.

Put a sock in it, bleet.

No point in that, batb; just enjoy the sound of bleet huffin' and a puffin' and taking his toys home. Bleet doesn't debate points, he namecalls. Or, when backed into a corner, he runs away ("As for the rest of your post... I'll give them the attention they deserve: none") and namecalls some more. That's how the Left behave when they're cornered, and can't debate facts: they throw ad homs and try to discredit people, rather than deal with (shudder) non-liberal viewpoints. Whether it's kinsella calling conservatives nazis, rabble.ca/KOS/huffpo screeching at those who don't bow to PC orthodoxy, or bleet's "racist/hack" mantra, it's the same thing: tired, angry fear-mongering boilerplate and complete lack of tolerance for anybody who doesn't conform. It's predictable, pathetic and rather boring. The hilarious thing is, bleet thinks this form of discourse is actually an effective form of debate. Well, maybe on rabble.ca it is; here it's somewhat less effective.

Taken from another viewpoint, it's just symptomatic of modern liberalism. It only survives based on hate, lies, the lack of willpower to face it head-on, and requires the power of the state to enforce it.

mhb

WOW, msb @ 11:35 a.m.! WELL SAID! Many thanks.

batb, I wish!

P. S. At Power Line after Obama’s press conference on Tuesday: 'Minneapolis attorney Andrew Brehm concisely captures the nature of Obama's performance:

‘He is simply intellectually dishonest. He is the master of the False Choice (pass the stimulus or do nothing & let the economy "tank"; socialize health care or "stand pat" -- he said that last night), the Straw Man (the approach of putting moral "dogma" above "science"), the Scapegoat (those at the "commanding heights of our economy" (preface to his Budget) and the sly Non Sequitur (the breathtaking argument that to revive our economy and control spending, the government must take over health care and energy and expand federal spending on education). He deploys them in every argument he makes.

‘And did you see his response to the stem cell question he got last night? It was rich. Somebody asked him if he personally "struggled" with the morality of the decision he made. He said, yes, indeed he did. Say what? You just got done lecturing us that it was just a matter of following "science" rather than being slaves to "dogma." He's confused about his own moral confusion!’

Gee, not even a mention of race!

Lookout - my pleasure.

And to your comment on stem cell research above, the idea that obama "struggled" with the decision is patently absurd. This is the man who not only voted against a bill that would ban partial birth abortions in 1997, but voted against 3 bills in 2001/02/03 that would require medical protection of any infant born alive after a botched abortion. Yeah, he's really torn on conception and preserving life; guess it's "above his pay grade".

Well, forget about "Life". There's still "Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness", but obama is making headway on sabotaging those, too.

mhb

Shorter mhb: The 'hateful and intolerant left won't tolerate my racism! Boo-hoo!'

Hey, lookout - a rabid right-wing website criticizes Obama! Who'd a thunk?!

mhb, I appreciate your thoughtful, well supported opinions. Thanks.

P.S. For those not acquainted with Power Line, that "rabid right-wing website", it's well worth a visit.

It's a blog written by two intelligent, well informed Minnesota lawyers and is an excellent source of information and sound analysis.

Posted by: Irene Swain at March 26, 2009 11:59 AM

Great recommendation, Irene. I'm into Ch. 2 of the book, and the examples of the sycophantic cheerleeding by pro-obama MSM are almost hard to believe. Nauseating, really.

Small wonder, with that kind of media "objectivity" there is more & more fodder for Kate's "Not Waiting For the Asteroid".

mhb

Unfortunately, mhb, not hard to believe, but certainly nauseating. (Re political correctness and left wing, blatant lying, I've discontinued the word "unbelievable". The lefties'--especially of the MSM variety's--subversive undermining of the foundations of the West are all too believable. I now often use the word "reprehensible".)

Many thanks for your fine contributions to this thread.

Thank you for the compliments, lookout. *blush*

People are gonna start talkin', though... :D