Obama Takes a Shot at Nancy Reagan

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Politics • Fri Nov 7, 2008 at 12:37 pm PST • Views: 603

President-elect Obama at his first press conference, answering a question about whether he had spoken to any previous president:

In terms of speaking to former presidents, I have spoken to all of them, uh, that are, uh, living … obviously, uh, President Clinton, uh … [laughter] … hey, I didn’t want to get into a Nancy Reagan, uh, thing about doin’ any seances…

A cheap shot at Nancy Reagan, who is currently recovering from a fall in which she broke her hip. Classy.

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1 Gitarzan  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:38:14pm

What a pompous dickhead...

2 Fat Jolly Penguin  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:38:25pm

The little creep!

3 nucular_option  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:38:39pm

M0ron

4 Sharmuta  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:39:14pm

Way to bring the country together, barry.

5 Brees  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:39:16pm

HATE SPEECH ALREADY?

Thought that party was about tolerance?

6 pegcity  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:39:19pm

so um this guy is president?

7 MandyManners  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:39:33pm

Fucking clod.

8 debutaunt  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:39:36pm

That's truly disgraceful. Humorless as well.

9 MandyManners  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:39:49pm

re: #6 pegcity

so um this guy is president?

Not yet.

bbl

10 Who Watches the Watchmen?  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:40:06pm

Stay classy, Barry.

11 gmsc  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:40:16pm

0bama: "I didn’t want to get into a Nancy Reagan, uh, thing about doin’ any seances..."

I know what he means. I didn't want to get into Michelle 0bama wearing couch patterns from Levitz.

12 Gitarzan  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:40:27pm

re: #4 Sharmuta

Way to bring the country together, barry.

The only way Dear Leader could "bring the country together" is at the point of a gun.

*shudder*

13 Syrah  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:40:28pm

Classless and Clueless.

4 to 8 years of this . . .

14 infidel Alan  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:40:49pm

"The woman described by Bob Woodward as a spiritual adviser to first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton disputed several of Woodward's published assertions Sunday night.

Jean Houston, interviewed at the Newark Airport by CNN, said that Mrs. Clinton did indeed have imaginary conversations with Eleanor Roosevelt at Houston's suggestion."

15 MandyManners  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:41:08pm

It was also a cheap shot at a president whose boots he's not even fit to lick.

16 gmsc  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:41:08pm

re: #13 Syrah

Classless and Clueless.

4 to 8 years of this . . .

Or, according to his appearance on Meet The Press, 8 to 10 years!

17 mattm  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:41:28pm

Obama also called himself a "mutt" just like a shelter dog at his press conference when asked about getting a family dog.

18 Bumr50  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:41:34pm

He did TERRIBLE.

19 Syrah  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:41:35pm

re: #16 gmsc

Or, according to his appearance on Meet The Press, 8 to 10 years!

Makes the leg tingle.

///

20 Hobbes  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:41:42pm

I believe Nancy Reagan use to consult astrologers not hold seances. She was interested in horoscopes. Mary Todd Lincoln used to hold seances, which I believe Abe attended at least once after his son died.

21 MandyManners  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:42:04pm

re: #15 MandyManners

It was also a cheap shot at a president whose boots he's not even fit to lick.

Right here, cowboy.

22 Kenneth  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:42:17pm

Obama = Arrogant jerk.


MSM outrage countdown...

23 bulwrk  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:42:18pm

If Obama was into that seance thing I get the felling he wouldn't be channeling dead U.S. Presidents.

24 Leonidas Hoplite  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:42:27pm

Jerk.

25 bosforus  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:42:29pm

Finally a president willing to insult injured old women! This is the unity I've been waiting for!

26 Sir Lurksalot  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:42:33pm

President Rall

27 MandyManners  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:42:40pm

I'm so mad I'm trembling. I need an hour on the swings. bbl

28 imploder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:42:42pm

Obama opens mouth, shoves whole fucking leg inside...details at 11

29 Gitarzan  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:42:51pm

re: #17 mattm

Obama also called himself a "mutt" just like a shelter dog at his press conference when asked about getting a family dog.

I prefer to call Dear Leader a son of a bitch, but that's not really fair to bitches...

30 musicman  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:42:52pm

And so it begins...what a class act 52% of Americans elected. Major buyers remorse soon to come.

31 Onslow  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:42:55pm

Flipping the metaphorical bird this time.

32 calcajun  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:42:56pm

Putz. Wonder if Ron Jr. wants to take back his endorsement.

Also, how might this sit with folks like Chris Buckley who said McCain and Palin weren't authentic and smart enough to be POTUS.

33 IgofAntioch  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:42:59pm

As a messiah can't he conjure up his own spirits?

34 jcm  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:43:02pm

UMFA.

Unity My F'in A**.

The President elect needs to earn my respect.
This is not how you go about it The Marxist One.

35 Jinx  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:43:07pm

Obama's a classless thug who can barely put together a, uh, sentence.

We've elected a classless thug who can't speak and is going to raise taxes like never before. Economy RIP.

36 cirrus1701  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:43:26pm

Jerk! Humph. And this fool is going up against the likes of Mahmoud Imadirtydinnerjacket (Ahmadinejad), Medvedev, Putin.

37 Syrah  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:43:29pm

re: #28 imploder

Obama opens mouth, shoves whole fucking leg inside...details at 11

Obama is Ouroboros?

38 yma o hyd  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:43:34pm

Point is - did the assembled representatives of the MSM titter, or did they stay silent at that boorish remark?

39 Ward Cleaver  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:44:09pm

Son of a bitch.

40 Kenneth  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:44:10pm
41 calcajun  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:44:14pm

re: #33 IgofAntioch

As a messiah can't he conjure up his own spirits?

Prove to me that you're no fool and take a few steps 'cross my swimming pool.

42 mama winger  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:44:16pm

This seems to be the way he typically treats elderly white women.

43 lawhawk  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:44:23pm

Classy. Just classy. This is what we have to look forward to.

/should I buy shares of stock in Jack Daniels and Sam Adams?

44 gmsc  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:44:27pm

re: #13 Syrah

Classless and Clueless.

From transcript of 0bama's speech on economics:

"...it is not going to be easy for us to dig ourselves out of the hole that we are in."

Ummm, what kind of moron tries to dig his way out of a hole? Oh, wait, I can tell you exactly what type of moron (click here for mp3 audio):

Mayor Quimby: Mmm, I guess we're not gonna find anything.
Otto: Well how we gonna get outta here?
Homer: We'll dig our way out!
Wiggum: No, no, dig up, stupid!

45 Sharmuta  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:44:28pm

Hey- it's all cool, because Nancy is just like his grandmother. You know- a typical white person.

46 KingKenrod  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:44:32pm

Hillary was the seance queen. Nancy Reagan consulted an astrologer.

Politically, this was a moronic thing to say. I thought Obama was smarter than this?

47 Opinionated  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:44:32pm

He did it to deflect from his error- saying he spoke to the "living" Presidents.

48 scottishbuzzsaw  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:44:49pm

re: #38 yma o hyd

Point is - did the assembled representatives of the MSM titter, or did they stay silent at that boorish remark?

I know where I'd put my money...

49 FightingBack  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:44:54pm

He was elected because he is sooo smooth on TV.
Wait for it.

50 Gearhead  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:45:14pm

Um, I'm not really fit to, ahh, go out, er, in public without a, er, teleprompter, uh, am I? Now that the, uh, election is over, um, I will resume talking out of, uh, my ass.

51 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:45:26pm

re: #20 Hobbes

Joan Quigley was her personal astrologer. I don't know about any seances.

52 yma o hyd  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:45:37pm

Oh - and in case you hadn't noticed: another fine sign of his misogyny.

53 bosforus  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:45:54pm

I'm surprised Obama's against seances since his entire cult following seems to be under one.

54 nyc redneck  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:46:03pm

it really gives you an idea of obama's lack of character. so unbecoming to the office of potus. trying to make a former first lady look bad or stupid for a laugh.

he is an embarrassment. a crude jerk.
classless

55 threesixtwofive  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:46:08pm

How many months till he gets anything but a softball?

56 RightLogic  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:46:17pm

Obama's presidency will not be a comedy. It will be a tragedy.

57 Adamski  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:46:17pm

It's great that he's so well-spoken. We'll be able to instantly discern that he's being a clueless jackass when he opens his mouth.

58 imploder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:46:21pm

Considering his grandmother just died, that's an incredibly insensitive thing to say about an older woman.

59 IgofAntioch  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:46:40pm

Could you imagine the outcry from the MSM if McCain had said something about Hillary Clinton talking to Eleanor Roosevelt's spirit?

60 Kenneth  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:46:50pm
61 musicman  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:46:58pm

Fox was shut out in asking a question. Drudge has it up on his site but the page will not open.

62 Syrah  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:47:17pm

re: #55 threesixtwofive

How many months till he gets anything but a softball?

50 or 98.

63 Sharmuta  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:47:28pm

re: #52 yma o hyd

Oh - and in case you hadn't noticed: another fine sign of his misogyny.

Yes- he's already had plenty of practice running over little old ladies.

64 mama winger  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:47:29pm

The Reagans are iconic in America. We lost Ronnie a few years back, and Nancy will always be remembered in our minds as a loyal and loving wife who took tremendous care of a dear man in his last stages of Alzheimers.

She does not deserve this. She is a woman who has EARNED our respect and our admiration. This pathetic excuse of a thug will NEVER be the class act that the Reagans were.

65 I heart the USA  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:47:38pm

We're supposed to be shocked by this? This is the man that flipped off both John McCain and Hillary. He is trash.

66 RightLogic  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:47:38pm

re: #7 MandyManners

Fucking clod.

I wish I could hit the approval grade button a few dozen times on this one.

67 Hobbes  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:47:44pm

re: #51 Slumbering Behemoth

Joan Quigley was her personal astrologer. I don't know about any seances.

I don't know about any either. Opinionated is right, he tried to deflect from his error and made an idiot statement. Can't wait for the next four years!

68 nyc redneck  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:47:49pm

re: #17 mattm

Obama also called himself a "mutt" just like a shelter dog at his press conference when asked about getting a family dog.

that was so odd. that really pulled me up.
he was saying something w/ that choice of word.
not sure what it was. does he realize he's in over his head?

69 musicman  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:47:50pm

Has anyone heard if he is going to attend the funeral of his grandmother?

70 lawhawk  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:48:08pm

Just remember folks... brains are back. Anti-intellectualism is dead.

Not that it was ever alive mind you. The left and BDS types just wanted everyone to think that Bush wasn't smart.

71 quickjustice  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:48:12pm

And he flashed a middle finger while referring to Hillary during a speech, and later, to McCain.

We are about to re-enter the era of the President as slutty pop star. Is this a leader whom we can respect? Is this the sort of person who should be able to order young Americans to their deaths?

On the other hand, we've already had a President with a character like this. His name was Clinton.

72 mahatma coat  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:48:12pm

think I'll just keep posting this because its really all I have to say on any post that comes up.Defending ourselves has become impolite.

we're not the ones that put a nuclear threat on the table .Had this been dealt with properly years ( if not decades ) ago,we would not be in this situation.Due to the western worlds sense of common decency we're too squeamish about war to respond an d the longer we delay the more horrid the necessary response will be .Initially a good "bitch slap" would have beensufficient but now that we've shown several decades of weakness the necesary response is bloody. I'm starting too think Osama's analyses is right and we're the weak horse .Like Gulliver our massive superiority in strength and technology is meaningless without the will to defend ourselves

73 Syrah  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:48:14pm

re: #69 musicman

Has anyone heard if he is going to attend the funeral of his grandmother?

Obama: Who?

74 Kenneth  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:48:15pm
75 JimmyTheClaw  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:48:40pm

and pre-empting soaps makes him popular with women

76 joncelli  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:48:40pm

re: #55 threesixtwofive

49.

77 erisldysnomia  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:48:46pm

Change!

Time for an email campaign...

78 imploder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:48:47pm

My horse got a cool new cool-down blanket today, one that even covers her neck (it's important to dry off a horse in cooler weather as to not supress their immune system).

Can you tell my wife's out of town and I need someone to talk to?

hahahahaaha

79 KenJen  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:48:50pm

Im trying really hard not to hate this man.

80 Syrah  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:48:51pm

re: #73 Syrah

Obama: Who?

Seriously, I can't imagine that he would skip it.

He is not a total clod.

81 Spare O'Lake  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:48:54pm

link please.

82 yma o hyd  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:49:01pm

re: #64 mama winger

The Reagans are iconic in America. We lost Ronnie a few years back, and Nancy will always be remembered in our minds as a loyal and loving wife who took tremendous care of a dear man in his last stages of Alzheimers.

She does not deserve this. She is a woman who has EARNED our respect and our admiration. This pathetic excuse of a thug will NEVER be the class act that the Reagans were.

He doesn't know anything about earning respect - he's always been given it by adoring followers.
I hope he'll learn this lesson by the time he leaves the White House - hopefully sooner ...

83 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:49:05pm

Way to Unite the country Barry. What.A.Thug. No manners - and no class.

I teach ethics and one thing I remind people is that even with con men - true character leaks out. The mask slips.

84 cblesz  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:49:09pm

Well, it is apparent that the One is already trying to lower expectations. CNBC is a joke. They are already saying that "well, the problems have been cause don Bus's watch...and will continue for some time...". So, in effect they are setting it up to continue blaming EVERYTHING on Bush forever.

85 Gitarzan  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:49:12pm

re: #46 KingKenrod

Hillary was the seance queen. Nancy Reagan consulted an astrologer.

Politically, this was a moronic thing to say. I thought Obama was smarter than this?

Considering the majority of the people that chose to elect Dear Leader as President are apparently dumb as a box of rocks (with the others totally on board with DL's brand of "change" and have schooled him in it, such as Ayers and Dohrn), I'm not surprised.

Dear Leader and Ol' Plugs...gaffemasters that are meant for each other.

86 erisldysnomia  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:49:34pm

re: #54 nyc redneck

it really gives you an idea of obama's lack of character. so unbecoming to the office of potus. trying to make a former first lady look bad or stupid for a laugh.

he is an embarrassment. a crude jerk.
classless

Al Capone with a suntan?

87 J.S.  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:49:54pm

re: #16 gmsc

Is anyone keeping track of all Obama's number gaffes? I'm seriously wondering about his comprehension of numbers...Does Obama understand numbers? (some people are what's termed "number blind" -- is Obama?)

88 dgax65  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:49:56pm

I remember the grace and dignity that George Bush displayed when the Clinton portrait was unveiled. After his conduct in office, Clinton didn't rate anything more than a Polaroid thumbtacked to the wall of a massage parlor, but Bush afforded him the dignity due any former president. I don't expect to see any class exhibited by the Dear Leader.

89 imploder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:50:01pm

re: #71 quickjustice

And he flashed a middle finger while referring to Hillary during a speech, and later, to McCain.

We are about to re-enter the era of the President as slutty pop star. Is this a leader whom we can respect? Is this the sort of person who should be able to order young Americans to their deaths?

On the other hand, we've already had a President with a character like this. His name was Clinton.

I guess the McCain Paris Hilton attack add was more prescient than anyone realized...

90 lesbianrainforest  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:50:13pm

re: #78 imploder

My horse got a cool new cool-down blanket today, one that even covers her neck (it's important to dry off a horse in cooler weather as to not supress their immune system).

Can you tell my wife's out of town and I need someone to talk to?

hahahahaaha

Grab ahold of the reins, you're about to fall off.

91 Sharmuta  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:50:24pm

Commander in Cheap Shot Artist.

92 IgofAntioch  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:50:24pm

re: #54 nyc redneck

it really gives you an idea of obama's lack of character. so unbecoming to the office of potus. trying to make a former first lady look bad or stupid for a laugh.

he is an embarrassment. a crude jerk.
classless

But the world loves him!

93 [deleted]  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:50:30pm
94 Daisy  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:50:37pm

Wasn't he touting himself as another Reagan recently? The worm turns.

95 SasquatchOnSteroids  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:50:39pm

Perhaps he should study Reagan rather than try to crack some joke about it. I doubt he's into reading How-To guides for bringing down a communist empire though...

96 mama winger  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:50:40pm

The mask slips.

Ugly, innit?

97 yma o hyd  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:50:42pm

re: #68 nyc redneck

that was so odd. that really pulled me up.
he was saying something w/ that choice of word.
not sure what it was. does he realize he's in over his head?

Not quite yet - he will by 1/20/09, in spite of what his handlers and advisers will tell him.

I bet he's taken up smoking again, big time.

98 Gitarzan  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:50:45pm

re: #58 imploder

Considering his grandmother just died, that's an incredibly insensitive thing to say about an older woman.

Grandma Dunham was a "typical white woman" just like Nancy Reagan is, remember?

/wish I were kidding

99 Intrepid  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:50:56pm

If he is this crass during both his campaign (flipping off both Hillary and John McCain) and this period before he is inaugurated, just imagine how bad he will be as POTUS.

He'll be engaging in "Pull my finger" jokes at G8 summits and the strategic placement of whoopie cushions in his first audience with the Queen of England, just mark my words.

100 Leonidas Hoplite  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:50:56pm

re: #78 imploder

My horse got a cool new cool-down blanket today, one that even covers her neck (it's important to dry off a horse in cooler weather as to not supress their immune system).

Can you tell my wife's out of town and I need someone to talk to?

hahahahaaha

You talk to your wife? I find I usually just end up listening a lot...
:-)

101 Kenneth  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:51:04pm

Obama Narcissistic Personality Disorder Watch

DSM Criteria

A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:[1]

1. has a grandiose sense of self-importance
2. is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
3. believes that he or she is "special" and unique
4. requires excessive admiration
5. has a sense of entitlement
6. is interpersonally exploitative
7. lacks empathy
8. is often envious of others or believes others are envious of him or her
9. shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes

102 jcm  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:51:17pm

re: #71 quickjustice

And he flashed a middle finger while referring to Hillary during a speech, and later, to McCain.

We are about to re-enter the era of the President as slutty pop star. Is this a leader whom we can respect? Is this the sort of person who should be able to order young Americans to their deaths?

On the other hand, we've already had a President with a character like this. His name was Clinton.

Idiocracy arrives early. Presidential address...

103 quickjustice  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:51:17pm

re: #84 cblesz

The Democrats successfully blamed Herbert Hoover for thirty-five years. Why shouldn't it work again with Bush, particularly now that they have a supplicant media, with Fox News bending over?

104 alien_mind  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:51:26pm

i for one am looking forward to all of his press conferences, because i have no doubt he will put his foot in his mouth every time. like i have said over and over, he's a no class punk. how long before he does one of his patented middle finger face scratches during a press conference? i'm guessing the first time he gets asked a real tough question.

105 SummerSong  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:51:33pm

Obama said the new puppy will have to be hypoallergenic.

So, are we talking poodle here? Haha...seems appropriate.

106 Peacekeeper  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:51:36pm

Gracious in victory.

107 imploder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:51:37pm

re: #87 J.S.

Is anyone keeping track of all Obama's number gaffes? I'm seriously wondering about his comprehension of numbers...Does Obama understand numbers? (some people are what's termed "number blind" -- is Obama?)

He's a lawyer and a Constitutional one at that, so he was scratching his backside during Quantitative Reasoning (which most business majors, like me, have to pass).

108 rightside  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:51:51pm

Harvard educated? Oh! the effrontery!

109 Spare O'Lake  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:52:01pm

re: #81 Spare O'Lake

link please.

nu?

110 Leonidas Hoplite  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:52:18pm

re: #104 alien_mind

i for one am looking forward to all of his press conferences, because i have no doubt he will put his foot in his mouth every time. like i have said over and over, he's a no class punk. how long before he does one of his patented middle finger face scratches during a press conference? i'm guessing the first time he gets asked a real tough question.

He isn't going to get asked any tough questions. The media is going to do their level best to cover for him.

111 jcm  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:52:30pm

re: #105 SummerSong

Obama said the new puppy will have to be hypoallergenic.

So, are we talking poodle here? Haha...seems appropriate.

Fwench Poodle...

112 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:52:52pm

re: #93 cblesz

Probably not as she was probably buried three weeks ago...

And wow the press has ZERO curiosity about any of that? Why didn't Michelle and the kids at least represent the family at the funeral?

Incurious MSM.

113 Gitarzan  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:52:55pm

re: #93 cblesz

Probably not as she was probably buried three weeks ago...

You trying to be a jerk too?

114 RightLogic  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:53:07pm

BTW, the sign on the podium says, "Office of the President Elect". WTF! There is no such thing and never has been. What a bunch of pompous jackasses.

115 Gretchen  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:53:08pm

It's a mean country, when the newly elected President gets cheap laughs from a frail little old lady.

I'm so freaking happy he got advice from Jimma VCarter.

116 imploder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:53:16pm

re: #100 Leonidas Hoplite

You talk to your wife? I find I usually just end up listening a lot...
:-)

haha! Me too. She's stateside, but was in training all week in Texas so she was comm-out. I heard from her on Monday and from then on I've been getting lectured by my 10-year old daughter. But she goes to bed at 2100.

117 Eowyn2  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:53:17pm

re: #78 imploder

My horse got a cool new cool-down blanket today, one that even covers her neck (it's important to dry off a horse in cooler weather as to not supress their immune system).

Can you tell my wife's out of town and I need someone to talk to?

hahahahaaha

ridden hard and put away wet.

118 Learned Mother of Zion  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:53:26pm

I can call spirits from the vasty deep!

Why so can I, or so can anyone, but will they come when you call them?

119 oh_dude  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:53:30pm

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings.

The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.

-Winston Churchill

120 Who Watches the Watchmen?  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:53:36pm

re: #87 J.S.

Is anyone keeping track of all Obama's number gaffes? I'm seriously wondering about his comprehension of numbers...Does Obama understand numbers? (some people are what's termed "number blind" -- is Obama?)

He's functionally innumerate.

121 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:53:38pm

re: #114 RightLogic

BTW, the sign on the podium says, "Office of the President Elect". WTF! There is no such thing and never has been. What a bunch of pompous jackasses.

Boggles.

122 Shug  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:53:41pm

Nancy Reagan is above his psychic pay grade.

Obama is More of a Mistress Cleo kind of guy

123 yma o hyd  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:53:46pm

re: #70 lawhawk

Just remember folks... brains are back. Anti-intellectualism is dead.

Not that it was ever alive mind you. The left and BDS types just wanted everyone to think that Bush wasn't smart.

Ha-bleedin-ha!
B0 an intellectual?
Now I've heard everything ...
He can waffle about stuff to admirers who drink in his every word - but I bet he's never been hauled over the coals by some proper intellectuals with stringent debating skills.

124 Aviator  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:54:18pm

re: #107 imploder

He's a lawyer and a Constitutional one at that, so he was scratching his backside during Quantitative Reasoning (which most business majors, like me, have to pass).

I don't believe that is true.
You will have to convince me that he can find his backside.

125 FigJam  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:54:20pm

Barry's comment about Nancy Reagan just demonstrates the typical liberal's utter inability to avoid being snarky.

126 capitalist piglet  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:54:42pm

re: #8 debutaunt

That's truly disgraceful. Humorless as well.

I think the media laughed. I'd have to hear it again, with my jaw off the floor.

127 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:54:46pm

I hope she is spared hearing this.

128 oneman  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:54:47pm

Somebody needs to buy this guy a sense of humor, stat.

129 Eowyn2  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:54:56pm

so there I was, returning mail on the last thread and I was the only one there. ah well. sometimes I have to work here.

130 Who Watches the Watchmen?  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:54:57pm

re: #114 RightLogic

File that under "You can't be serious."

131 Ward Cleaver  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:54:59pm

re: #105 SummerSong

Obama said the new puppy will have to be hypoallergenic.

So, are we talking poodle here? Haha...seems appropriate.

Didn't the Humane Society recommend a poodle? I thought I heard that somewhere. How about a pink poodle?

132 Bumr50  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:55:00pm

re: #122 Shug

Nooo WaaaY! Miss Cleo was a C-A-P-I-T-A-L-I-S-T!

133 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:55:04pm

It's going to be four nasty, ugly years ahead of us.

134 thedopefishlives  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:55:12pm

Don't forget, folks, that his target audience is the sort of people who would actually LAUGH at something like this. Here's looking at you, Daily Kos, Huffington Post - we all know you revel in this sort of cheap dirt. He's playing to you, now on a national stage. Enjoy it while it lasts, because when the country starts to revile him, it will be YOU that has to eat the dirt he shovels up.

135 IgofAntioch  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:55:13pm

re: #101 Kenneth

Obama Narcissistic Personality Disorder Watch

Like kicking his wife and kids off the stage before his election night talk so it was ALL about him?

136 imploder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:55:17pm

re: #117 Eowyn2

ridden hard and put away wet.

Yeah, that's something we try to avoid here. We ride hard, but we dry them off. Technology helps. Most cool down blankets, or sweat sheets, are like polartec fleece that wicks the horse's coat dry. It's amazing how well they work.

137 musicman  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:55:33pm

Office of the President Elect!?!?!?! What song did they play when he came on stage? Any suggestions out there in Lizard Land?

138 Sol Roth  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:55:34pm

This is what naive, inexperienced, partisan socialists do. We will see more of the real Obama in the next four years. That anti-Reagan hate will spill over onto all of us on the right.

I'm envisioning a battlefield right now.

139 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:55:49pm

re: #67 Hobbes

Considering the astrologer part, it's probably not too much of a stretch to include a seance or two, but I've never heard such.

Still, not a classy jab, it sounded like something cut (and tossed) from an '80s SNL script. He could have just as easily invoked the name of that mystic on that's always on Montell's show, but he went with Nancy. Ugh.

The press is gonna have a tough time managing all his verbal fumbles over the next four years.

140 Ward Cleaver  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:56:02pm

re: #69 musicman

Has anyone heard if he is going to attend the funeral of his grandmother?

She just passed away on Monday Hmmm...

141 Eowyn2  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:56:13pm

re: #119 oh_dude

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings.

The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.

-Winston Churchill

and the inherent fault of communism is that only the most bloodthirsty can rule.

142 jcm  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:56:20pm

re: #133 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

It's going to be four nasty, ugly years ahead of us.

I think 2 years. Obama, Reid and Pelosi are going to overstep badly. In '10 both houses are back in (R) hands.

143 Who Watches the Watchmen?  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:56:24pm

re: #139 Slumbering Behemoth

The press is gonna have a tough time managing all his verbal fumbles over the next four years.

Two words: memory hole

144 looking closely  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:56:44pm

The way he's going now, Obama is going to use up all of his goodwill BEFORE he becomes POTUS.

145 jaunte  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:56:50pm

The other day I said something about the country being in for more "Camelot."
I'd like to amend that to read "empty lot."

146 cblesz  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:56:51pm

re: #105 SummerSong

Obama said the new puppy will have to be hypoallergenic.

So, are we talking poodle here? Haha...seems appropriate.

Two wars, a financial crisis and that is one of the questions some douchebag asks at his first press conference. What a freaking joke.

147 fish  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:56:53pm

What a great speech! I don't think I have ever heard such a moving and heart touching display of compassion and word smithy. And the reference to Mrs Reagan was very nice, even though her husband nearly destroyed the world. Honestly I am sorry he can only be president for 8 years.

/channeling the idiots who voted for this PO(tu)S.

148 Aviator  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:56:55pm

re: #137 musicman

Office of the President Elect!?!?!?! What song did they play when he came on stage? Any suggestions out there in Lizard Land?

Send in the clowns

149 nyc redneck  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:56:56pm

it is just not possible to respect this person at all.

he is not fit for the job, in any way.
it doesn't matter how he is suited up, or fed meaningless platitudes to parrot, his vulgar offensive nature keeps rising to the top.

150 newsjunkie_ky  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:56:58pm

The Zero is such a class act/NOT!
I heard him say that. What an a$$wipe.
Treat that dumba$$ just like they treated President Bush. Don't let get away with anything.

I want a t-shirt that says:

OH NO, our President is a socialist. A take-off on the 'my president is Black' t-shirts.

151 steve  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:57:06pm

Besides his snide camment about Nancy Reagan he said:

I have re-read some of Lincoln's writings, who's always an extraordinary inspiration.

Now I know Lincoln was an exceptional president but he also
shutdown newspapers that were critical of him with armed troops, and removed some rights from the states. I wonder what rights Obambam is going to remove from us.

152 Tarheel  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:57:07pm

The One(TM) says:''Yesterday I couldn't even spell Moonbat. Then, schizam, I are one, um, ah, ah, oh, I mean I are ''The One''(TM).
This man has NO shame.
He channels Marx all the time - sooner or later he's going to slip up and say it out loud.

153 Hobbes  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:57:07pm

re: #128 oneman

Somebody needs to buy this guy a sense of humor, stat.

Wouldn't help. The man is very cold.

154 Ward Cleaver  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:57:17pm

re: #133 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

It's going to be four nasty, ugly years ahead of us.

And the MSM and moonbats will laugh right along with him. If I were W, I wouldn't even attend Obama's inauguration.

155 looking closely  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:57:21pm

re: #139 Slumbering Behemoth

The press is gonna have a tough time managing all his verbal fumbles over the next four years.


The press will simply ignore them, the way it has been for the last 18 months.

156 musicman  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:57:22pm

re: #140 Ward Cleaver

She just passed away on Monday Hmmm...

By the way, that was the premonition I was speaking about several weeks ago before Obama went to Hawaii. I wished it hadn't come true.

157 jcm  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:57:33pm

re: #137 musicman

Office of the President Elect!?!?!?! What song did they play when he came on stage? Any suggestions out there in Lizard Land?

I nominate...

158 [deleted]  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:57:42pm
159 Eowyn2  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:58:12pm

re: #110 Leonidas Hoplite

He isn't going to get asked any tough questions. The media is going to do their level best to cover for him.

heard that today, evidently my Tingly Legs has determined its his job as a "journalist" to make this a smooth presidency.

160 mahatma coat  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:58:35pm

re: #78 imploder

don't worry .She'll be well looked after

161 joncelli  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:58:38pm

re: #142 jcm

I think 2 years. Obama, Reid and Pelosi are going to overstep badly. In '10 both houses are back in (R) hands.

I wish I could be that optimistic but I think we're in for a permanent Democratic majority.

162 Outrider  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:58:39pm

how much has the market dropped since he started talking?

163 Throbert McGee  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:58:45pm

I think this was more of a "gaffe" than a "cheap shot" -- but it was a really, REALLY big gaffe.

164 musicman  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:58:46pm

re: #148 Aviator

Send in the clowns

Noted while picking self up off the floor from laugher. I will compile a list. Keep them coming lizards.

165 Daisy  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:58:48pm

His comment about Nancy Reagan indicates that he is still under the delusion that he can force the world not to say anything awful about his awful wife while he, with impunity flips off other's wives. Good luck little man.

166 Leonidas Hoplite  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:58:48pm

re: #116 imploder

haha! Me too. She's stateside, but was in training all week in Texas so she was comm-out. I heard from her on Monday and from then on I've been getting lectured by my 10-year old daughter. But she goes to bed at 2100.

Your daughter sounds like mine - she's 4 and already believes she's in charge.

167 imploder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:58:54pm

re: #105 SummerSong

Obama said the new puppy will have to be hypoallergenic.

So, are we talking poodle here? Haha...seems appropriate.

There is an attempt to breed a less allergenic dog, it's a mix between a standard Poodle and a Labrador Retriever, and I think it's called a Labradoodle.

Google it if you dare. I'm an owner and lover of Labrador Retrievers, and I don't think the One has the empathy to own such a loving breed.

The Poodle would probably work out OK.

168 Lazarus  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:58:54pm

He also went out of his way to refer to the current administration as a "lame duck". He must have said it three or four times. He is a naked brute and has freedom in the sights of his gun.

169 capitalist piglet  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:59:00pm

re: #59 IgofAntioch

Could you imagine the outcry from the MSM if McCain had said something about Hillary Clinton talking to Eleanor Roosevelt's spirit?

I think there's even more to it than that. Nancy Reagan lost her husband - it was a shot at them both.

Would he have made a seance crack about a Kennedy?

170 IlyaUnion  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:59:07pm

It was nice to see the media asking Obama had hitting questions like, "what type of dog are you thinking about getting?"

171 mama winger  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:59:08pm

re: #137 musicman

Office of the President Elect!?!?!?! What song did they play when he came on stage? Any suggestions out there in Lizard Land?


Don't you come around here
handing me none of your lies

Here's a quarter ...


call someone who cares
172 calcajun  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:59:21pm

Let's see who gets the blame for his low approval ratings. They are coming, believe me.

173 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:59:23pm

re: #137 musicman

Office of the President Elect!?!?!?! What song did they play when he came on stage? Any suggestions out there in Lizard Land?

"It's The End of The World (as we know it)" - REM

"Barrytown" - Steely Dan

174 yma o hyd  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:59:24pm

re: #99 Intrepid

If he is this crass during both his campaign (flipping off both Hillary and John McCain) and this period before he is inaugurated, just imagine how bad he will be as POTUS.

He'll be engaging in "Pull my finger" jokes at G8 summits and the strategic placement of whoopie cushions in his first audience with the Queen of England, just mark my words.

If one person in this World can cut B0 down to size with a glance then its our Queen. She even had Pres.Bush quaking in his shoes when he told a joke (or so he said ...).
Queenie knows how to deal with thugs - she's had to meet quite a few of them in her lifetime.
Oh - and should B0 dare to behave in this thuggish way to our Queen, he'll lose the whole of Britain in one fell swoop - from Gord down to the last pensioner.

175 Ward Cleaver  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:59:30pm

re: #159 Eowyn2

heard that today, evidently my Tingly Legs has determined its his job as a "journalist" to make this a smooth presidency.

I heard that yesterday On Hugh Hewitt's show. What an asshole. He's spent the last eight years trying to torpedo Bush's presidency.

176 RightLogic  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:59:30pm

Man, I hope the ghost of Reagan haunts his every sleeping moment at the White House.

177 Colonel1961  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 12:59:51pm

Way to stay cool, BHO. What are you, a tough guy? Gonna take on Nancy Reagan? Wow. That's quite the pair you've got there, Barry...

178 imploder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:00:05pm

re: #151 steve

Besides his snide camment about Nancy Reagan he said:

I have re-read some of Lincoln's writings, who's always an extraordinary inspiration.

Now I know Lincoln was an exceptional president but he also
shutdown newspapers that were critical of him with armed troops, and removed some rights from the states. I wonder what rights Obambam is going to remove from us.

That statement requires a link. If it's true, I'd suspect it happened during a national emergency. Hmmm, what was going on during Lincoln? Bueller? Anyone?

179 Ward Cleaver  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:00:13pm

re: #173 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

"It's The End of The World (as we know it)" - REM

"Barrytown" - Steely Dan

Both are excellent choices.

180 Gitarzan  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:00:14pm

re: #142 jcm

I think 2 years. Obama, Reid and Pelosi are going to overstep badly. In '10 both houses are back in (R) hands.

Let's just hope that Dear Leader and Ol' Plugs keep showing their asses and that the GOP focuses on their lack of class and respect (among other things) and gets back on the fiscal responsibility track so we can take Congress back in 2010.

Like the son of a bitch he is, Dear Leader needs to be neutered as not to inflict permanent damage on the country.

181 Sharmuta  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:00:15pm

re: #158 cblesz

Kookservative conspiracy theories should be posted on other blogs, not here.

182 thedopefishlives  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:00:17pm

re: #161 joncelli

I wish I could be that optimistic but I think we're in for a permanent Democratic majority.

Somehow I don't think so. After the economy tanks and the tax rates rise to Jimmy Carter levels, I get the feeling that even the bottom-feeding idiots who voted this bunch into power will be sick of them. The only thing that might throw a wrench in the works is if the people really HAVE become socialist adorers - but then we've got bigger problems than a permanent Democratic majority.

183 Spiritualized  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:00:23pm

Still waiting for his Columbia grades.

Still waiting for the LA Times tape.

184 gatorbait  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:00:28pm

He would need a seance to channel Jimmy C, whose been brain dead for years.

185 Eowyn2  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:00:30pm

re: #151 steve

Besides his snide camment about Nancy Reagan he said:

I have re-read some of Lincoln's writings, who's always an extraordinary inspiration.

Now I know Lincoln was an exceptional president but he also
shutdown newspapers that were critical of him with armed troops, and removed some rights from the states. I wonder what rights Obambam is going to remove from us.

Once the 1st and 2nd Ammendments are gone, the rest will fall easily.

186 Kenneth  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:00:43pm

WTF! Obama's arrogance is out of control... check this:

The picture at Drudge has Obama at an official looking podium featuring the label "Office of the President Elect"

There is no such "office" in the US Constitution!

But if you google ""Office of the President Elect" you find this page at Wikipedia President Elect. The page has a nice description of the conept of the president elect,

A President-elect is a political candidate who has been elected president but who has not yet taken office, as it is still occupied by the outgoing president.

Then way down at the bottom is this "external link":

Office of the President-Elect (United States of America), which takes you to... wait for it...

Obama's Change.gov website!

The Obamanites have just invented a new office of the US gov't undefined in the US Constitution. That's fucking "Change" alright!

187 Nevergiveup  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:00:48pm

Hey, welcome to the big leagues? I guess Obama and Bertelscomi might get along?

188 Bumr50  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:00:56pm

re: #152 Tarheel

TPFKAB. The President Formerly Known As Barry. Or The Politician Famously Keeping Alinsky Bible.

189 Eowyn2  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:00:58pm

re: #163 Throbert McGee

I think this was more of a "gaffe" than a "cheap shot" -- but it was a really, REALLY big gaffe.


It could have been worse, Joe Biden could have been answering the questions.

190 Hobbes  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:01:03pm

re: #139 Slumbering Behemoth

Considering the astrologer part, it's probably not too much of a stretch to include a seance or two, but I've never heard such.

Still, not a classy jab, it sounded like something cut (and tossed) from an '80s SNL script. He could have just as easily invoked the name of that mystic on that's always on Montell's show, but he went with Nancy. Ugh.

The press is gonna have a tough time managing all his verbal fumbles over the next four years.

Well even if it's true, he thought it was cute to pick on a sick lady.

191 littleO  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:01:13pm

I don't think I can stand years of listening to a " reverend speak " president. Do you suppose he'll speak to world leaders sounding like MLK.

192 imploder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:01:14pm

re: #166 Leonidas Hoplite

Your daughter sounds like mine - she's 4 and already believes she's in charge.

I placate my 10-year old with a horse to ride. She's freakin' smart as a whip she is. But way too fragile. I'm trying to toughen her up. She gets that from her mother.

193 yma o hyd  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:01:16pm

re: #110 Leonidas Hoplite

He isn't going to get asked any tough questions. The media is going to do their level best to cover for him.

For now - and he cannot assume that the foreign press will be so lickspittle if something goes wrong.

194 cblesz  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:01:22pm

re: #181 Sharmuta

Kookservative conspiracy theories should be posted on other blogs, not here.


Reeelax...can't take a joke...chill out...being a bit sensitive...there are other sites for that, too.

195 Sharmuta  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:01:23pm

re: #177 Colonel1961

Way to stay cool, BHO. What are you, a tough guy? Gonna take on Nancy Reagan? Wow. That's quite the pair you've got there, Barry...

Indeed- it takes a big man to insult an elderly woman with a broken hip.

196 Gitarzan  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:01:25pm

re: #158 cblesz

Um, yes...why? We really think she passed on the eve of the election?

You run out of tin foil for your headgear?

197 Ward Cleaver  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:01:30pm

re: #176 RightLogic

Man, I hope the ghost of Reagan haunts his every sleeping moment at the White House.

Funny noises in the night. Whispers of, "There you go again."

198 BakaRanger  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:01:34pm

I blame the teleprompter.

199 poof  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:02:18pm

This is what happens when "we" elect basically young people to high office. The man is what 47 years old? His generation (and mine) have no sense of respect for our senior citizens and have no sense of decorum or decency. He knew exactly what he was saying and knew it would please the crowd-his loyal followers the press.

He is a complete embarassment.

And a message to all those who think he will govern to the center...get your heads out of your arses. He is a Marxist will shoot for the Marxist stars and hope to hit the Marxist moon.

200 oneman  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:02:33pm

re: #161 joncelli

I wish I could be that optimistic but I think we're in for a permanent Democratic majority.

I used to think that, too. Then 1994 came along.

201 Spare O'Lake  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:02:33pm

Why is there no link for Obama's Nancy Reagan seance joke?
He apparently made the joke at a press conference, so shouldn't there be a link to a reliable source?
I Googled briefly but couldn't find a source link.
Anyone seen one?

202 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:02:39pm

re: #179 Ward Cleaver

Both are excellent choices.

I just took a good look at the lyrics from "Barrytown" - it's a perfect choice!

I'm not one to look behind I know that times must change

But over there in Barrytown they do things very strange

And though you're not my enemy

I like things like they used to be

And though you'd like some company

I'm standing by myself

Go play with someone else

I can see by what you carry that you come from Barrytown

Don't believe I'm taken in by stories I have heard

I just read the Daily News and swear by every word

And don't think that I'm out of line

For speaking out for what is mine

I'd like to see you do just fine

But look at what you wear

And the way you cut your hair

I can see by what you carry that you come from Barrytown

In the beginning we recall that the word was hurled

Barrytown people got to be from another world

Leave me or I'll be just like the others you will meet

They won't act as kindly if they see you on the street

And don't you scream or make a shout

It's nothing you can do about

It was there where you came out

It's a special lack of grace

I can see it in your face

I can see by what you carry that you come from Barrytown

203 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:03:04pm

re: #143 Who Watches the Watchmen?

Two words: memory hole

Oh, to be sure, there will be plenty of that. What I'm thinking is that they'll be stuck with "Our Dear Leader keeps making all these speeches, and we've got all this footage, but how can we edit down all this stuff without it looking like an episode of 'The Sopranos' on PaxTV? Our Dear Leader can't open his mouth without saying something stupid".

I am getting the feeling that we won't be seeing that much of BHO talking on TV over the next four years.

204 imploder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:03:11pm

re: #197 Ward Cleaver

Funny noises in the night. Whispers of, "There you go again."

hopefully I can dry off this keyboard.

205 CyanSnowHawk  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:03:16pm

So this is what he means by coming together and working in unity. To hell with you then.

206 Ward Cleaver  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:03:16pm

re: #199 poof

This is what happens when "we" elect basically young people to high office. The man is what 47 years old? His generation (and mine) have no sense of respect for our senior citizens and have no sense of decorum or decency. He knew exactly what he was saying and knew it would please the crowd-his loyal followers the press.

He is a complete embarassment.

And a message to all those who think he will govern to the center...get your heads out of your arses. He is a Marxist will shoot for the Marxist stars and hope to hit the Marxist moon.

His emotional age is 16.

207 RightLogic  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:03:30pm

re: #201 Spare O'Lake

Why is there no link for Obama's Nancy Reagan seance joke?
He apparently made the joke at a press conference, so shouldn't there be a link to a reliable source?
I Googled briefly but couldn't find a source link.
Anyone seen one?

See [Link: www.politico.com...]

208 kynna  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:03:31pm

I'm looking forward to all the Obamaisms calendars. ///

209 [deleted]  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:03:39pm
210 musicman  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:03:43pm

re: #173 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

"It's The End of The World (as we know it)" - REM

"Barrytown" - Steely Dan

Our local radio station in Tulsa was playing this on Wednesday morning. I almost fell out of the shower when I heard it!

211 Eowyn2  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:03:46pm

re: #192 imploder

I placate my 10-year old with a horse to ride. She's freakin' smart as a whip she is. But way too fragile. I'm trying to toughen her up. She gets that from her mother.

Guys might think we females are fragile but wait until she hits 14, you're gonna really find out where the horse droppings are.

212 Ward Cleaver  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:03:49pm

re: #204 imploder

hopefully I can dry off this keyboard.

Glad I could be of service.

213 sadhu  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:03:52pm

re: #183 Spiritualized

Still waiting for his Columbia grades.

Still waiting for the LA Times tape.

and his medical records too, right?

214 imploder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:04:12pm

re: #199 poof

This is what happens when "we" elect basically young people to high office. The man is what 47 years old? His generation (and mine) have no sense of respect for our senior citizens and have no sense of decorum or decency. He knew exactly what he was saying and knew it would please the crowd-his loyal followers the press.

He is a complete embarassment.

And a message to all those who think he will govern to the center...get your heads out of your arses. He is a Marxist will shoot for the Marxist stars and hope to hit the Marxist moon.

Speak for yourself. I'm 42 and I revere my elders. Sometimes my Dad gets under my skin, but he knows which buttons to push.

215 Gitarzan  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:04:14pm

re: #194 cblesz

Reeelax...can't take a joke...chill out...being a bit sensitive...there are other sites for that, too.

If you're throwing sarcasm out, a / would be nice...otherwise, FOAD.

216 justadot  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:04:21pm
217 Charles Johnson  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:04:26pm

re: #201 Spare O'Lake

Why is there no link for Obama's Nancy Reagan seance joke?
He apparently made the joke at a press conference, so shouldn't there be a link to a reliable source?
I Googled briefly but couldn't find a source link.
Anyone seen one?

Thanks for the vote of confidence.

/

218 Mark1957  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:04:33pm

Well, here's something we can do: if His Majesty condescends to give public speeches (something tells me they're going to get a lot less frequent from here on out), we can all good-naturedly heckle express our opinions to him using our best Ronald Reagan impressions:


Welll, Mr. President, there you go again!

219 Son of the Black Dog  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:04:45pm

OT: appropriate to the topics of the day - a little Hank, Jr.

220 PISSED  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:04:46pm

Its gonna be a F"N mess when some of these people get BUYERS regret...

221 Intrepid  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:04:57pm

re: #174 yma o hyd

A friend of mine from the Blackpool area was vacationing in a spot that is close to one of the Queen's estates. One day she was looking through a small shop and accidentally bumped into an older lady, apologized, and noticed she looked quite a lot like Queen Elizabeth, and said so to the lady.

The response - a wee smile and "Well dear, that's reassuring".

It was the Queen, my friend found out later.

222 jcm  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:05:04pm

re: #161 joncelli

I wish I could be that optimistic but I think we're in for a permanent Democratic majority.

Never give in, never give up.

From Reagan's A Time for Choosing, October 27, 1964

Not too long ago two friends of mine were talking to a Cuban refugee, a businessman who had escaped from Castro, and in the midst of his story one of my friends turned to the other and said, "We don't know how lucky we are." And the Cuban stopped and said, "How lucky you are! I had someplace to escape to." In that sentence he told us the entire story. If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to

We stand.
Here.
Now.
And fight.
There is nowhere to go.
We exhaust every political, rhetorical, and legal means at our disposal.

223 cblesz  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:05:05pm

re: #215 talon_262

If you're throwing sarcasm out, a / would be nice...otherwise, FOAD.

Well, that is surely mature.

224 Gitarzan  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:05:05pm

re: #209 SagamoreGal

Real classy there, SG...

225 Pyrocles  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:05:43pm

Has the media shown Chairman Zero meeting President Bush yet? I'm wondering if Zero would actually shake Bush's unclean Republican hands? Rudely refusing to shake Bush's hand would probably earn him bonus points among his disciples.

226 capitalist piglet  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:05:47pm

re: #163 Throbert McGee

I think this was more of a "gaffe" than a "cheap shot" -- but it was a really, REALLY big gaffe.

Right. And desperately needing to scratch his nose and mouth with his middle finger while talking about both Hillary Clinton and John McCain on three separate occasions qualify as "gaffes", too. Coincidentally using the words "lipstick" and "pig" in regard to the McCain/Palin ticket was just an accident.

I've been saying for months that this guy has the maturity of a fifth-grader, and he just keeps convincing me how correct that impression really is.

And the left, in a perpetual state of arrested development, thinks this degradation of the office is hilarious.

227 SummerSong  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:05:48pm

re: #167 imploder

There is an attempt to breed a less allergenic dog, it's a mix between a standard Poodle and a Labrador Retriever, and I think it's called a Labradoodle.

Google it if you dare. I'm an owner and lover of Labrador Retrievers, and I don't think the One has the empathy to own such a loving breed.

The Poodle would probably work out OK.

How much luck would he have in finding one at an animal shelter?

*I have heard of them!

228 Dustyvet  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:06:09pm

re: #46 KingKenrod

Hillary was the seance queen. Nancy Reagan consulted an astrologer.

Politically, this was a moronic thing to say. I thought Obama was smarter than this?

Nope, he's not...

229 Gitarzan  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:06:21pm

re: #223 cblesz

Well, that is surely mature.

Well, thank you...

/

(See how that works...amazing, ain't it?)

230 debutaunt  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:06:24pm

re: #197 Ward Cleaver

Funny noises in the night. Whispers of, "There you go again."

hahaahhahahahahahahahaa

231 jemima  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:06:24pm

Anyone who was pontificating so mightily in the past 2 days about how this is our president now and deserves respect want to rethink that position? At all?

232 imploder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:06:47pm

re: #211 Eowyn2

Guys might think we females are fragile but wait until she hits 14, you're gonna really find out where the horse droppings are.

It'll be none-to-soon. I tell her, "don't worry about what Sally, Christy or What'shernutz thinks, you gotta, I mean you gotta concentrate!"

My wife accuses me of not being empathetic. Maybe. I'm blessed because she's a good student and a kid with a very good moral compass so far. I get the stink-eye when I say shit or something like that. It helps me be more gentlemanly, which is not my nature.

233 kynna  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:06:52pm

re: #161 joncelli

I wish I could be that optimistic but I think we're in for a permanent Democratic majority.

With the Republicans I've seen, I'm afraid you're right. We need more Coburns, Palins and Goodes (Virgil -- his name is more unique than Obama's).

But they need to start small. These wonderful retired military men (and women) who are looking to make a difference are being cynically recruited for big offices as first timers. State senates could be filled with these good folks.

We're going to have to bide our time and hope our country survives long enough to pull it back at least to some tiny semblance of individualism.

234 yma o hyd  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:06:53pm

re: #167 imploder

There is an attempt to breed a less allergenic dog, it's a mix between a standard Poodle and a Labrador Retriever, and I think it's called a Labradoodle.

Google it if you dare. I'm an owner and lover of Labrador Retrievers, and I don't think the One has the empathy to own such a loving breed.

The Poodle would probably work out OK.

We meet one in the park everyday - they are really sweet, but they are huge, and need a lot of exercise, not something anybody could give him in the White House.
I shall refrain from saying anything more about them having a dog - don't wanna get deleted ...

235 oneman  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:07:00pm

re: #199 poof

This is what happens when "we" elect basically young people to high office. The man is what 47 years old? His generation (and mine) have no sense of respect for our senior citizens and have no sense of decorum or decency. He knew exactly what he was saying and knew it would please the crowd-his loyal followers the press.

Sorry. 48 (almost 49) and I have the greatest respect for my elders. So do all of the people my age that I know. But thanks for playing.

236 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:07:16pm

re: #225 Pyrocles

Has the media shown Chairman Zero meeting President Bush yet? I'm
wondering if Zero would actually shake Bush's unclean Republican hands?
Rudely refusing to shake Bush's hand would probably earn him bonus
points among his disciples.

He'd shake his hand, then do his patented "middle-finger face scratch."

237 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:07:19pm

re: #190 Hobbes

Yes, it's true. No, it wasn't cute.

238 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:07:23pm

Things like this reveal the lack of a true father son relationship with an honorable older man. Can't even begin to imagine what Mr. DT would do if one of our kids made a disparaging remark like that.

239 rightside  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:07:30pm

Why did Cox and Forkum have to move on! Can you imagine the cartoons they could be doing for the next 4 years? Damn!

/knows they are onto bigger and better things, but still...

240 zonekeeper  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:07:33pm

re: #138 Sol Roth

This is what naive, inexperienced, partisan socialists do. We will see more of the real Obama in the next four years. That anti-Reagan hate will spill over onto all of us on the right.

I'm envisioning a battlefield right now.

So say we all.

241 Colonel Panik  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:07:40pm

re: #43 lawhawk

Classy. Just classy. This is what we have to look forward to.

/should I buy shares of stock in Jack Daniels and Sam Adams?

More like Victory Gin.

242 Nevergiveup  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:07:49pm

Who Got To Ask Questions At The Obama Presser?
In order:

Nedra Pickler (AP), Lee Cowan (NBC), Jake Tapper (ABC), Chip Reid (CBS), Karen Bohan (Reuters), John McCormick (Chicago Tribune), Lynn Sweet (Chicago Sun-Times), Candy Crowley (CNN), Jeff Zeleny (New York Times).

Which network didn't get a question? Fox News.

I guess he is also afaid of foxes?

243 Kenneth  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:07:50pm

re: #217 Charles

Did you notice Obama's podium in the picture at Drudge:

"Office of the President-Elect"

There is no such office in the US Constitution. But this link at Wikipedia says there is, while linking to Obama's change.gov website. Obamanites have hacked the Constitution.

244 cathypop  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:07:53pm

What an ugly little man he has shown himself to be.
Four years of this idiot. AAARRGH!

245 Picayune  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:08:06pm

re: #46 KingKenrod

Yep, and the first known modern pres to bring metaphysics to the White house was FDR, who had a consulting astrologer, which is why the pres inauguration day was changed by him, at the astrologer's advice, from March 4th to Jan. 20.

The founding fathers, many of which, were Free Masons, set up the vote and inauguration dates to be 120 days (as in 120 degrees) apart from July 4th, the date of the Declaration of Independence, forming a trine, which portends "ease of energy flow and success of efforts" according to metaphysical and astrological tenets.

Can't wait to see what modern voodoo turns up in the WH in the months to come. Seances would be tame, by comparison to live chicken sacrifices with ritual drumming, burning incense (patchouli?), etc., but I am not familiar with the superstitious practices of the Luo in Kenya (yet).

We'll see, and if so, I'll probably be moved to scratch my left facial cheek w/ my right middle finger, as is BO's penchant at the podium while referencing his opposition, of late.

God speed, Nancy Reagan.

246 PISSED  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:08:23pm

I have decided to put an small upside down american flag on my back window
on my truck.. we of the opposition should all do this to know thy friends
just sayin...

The upside down U.S. flag is an official signal of distress. It is not meant to be, and is not officially recognized as any type of disrespect when so displayed for the right reasons. To the contrary, here is the relevant part of the US Code of Laws regarding how to fly the flag when in distress:

247 joncelli  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:08:27pm

re: #203 Slumbering Behemoth

A talented editor can make a street thug look like a scholar -- and that's exactly what they'll do. This is why we need citizen journalists out there getting their own video and audio so that our only source isn't the MSM.

248 mama winger  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:08:31pm

re: #234 yma o hyd

We meet one in the park everyday - they are really sweet, but they are huge, and need a lot of exercise, not something anybody could give him in the White House.
I shall refrain from saying anything more about them having a dog - don't wanna get deleted ...

There are smaller versions of the Labradoddle, called F4's and F5's ( meaning fourth or fifth generation labradoodles), or Australian Labradoodles. They typically top out at about 20-25 pounds or so.

249 Hobbes  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:08:53pm

re: #197 Ward Cleaver

Funny noises in the night. Whispers of, "There you go again."

That's great! Wish I could ding you up more than 1.

250 jcm  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:09:07pm

re: #243 Kenneth

Did you notice Obama's podium in the picture at Drudge:

"Office of the President-Elect"

There is no such office in the US Constitution. But this link at Wikipedia says there is, while linking to Obama's change.gov website. Obamanites have hacked the Constitution.

In the past it was called "The Transition Team."

251 strikefo  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:09:16pm

uh, um, uhh, hmm, can we have a recount, uh, umm, hmm, uh

252 imploder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:09:25pm

re: #227 SummerSong

How much luck would he have in finding one at an animal shelter?

*I have heard of them!

I think you're going to have to find a breeder. FWIW, both breeds are highly intelligent and their bloodlines are diverse. It would probably make a very good mix. If you really want a dog but have allergies, this dog might work out. Google is your friend.

253 Spare O'Lake  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:09:33pm
254 DanVanSmak  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:09:51pm

Niiice job, Mr. President Elect! Did you not-so-subtly flip the bird to Nancy Reagan as well? You may has well have. Is this the new Obama salute? It is easier to carry out than that dopey hand ring held over the head number. It's also more recognizable; given that you're such a citizen of the world, and that everybody knows what it means, maybe we'll see other world leaders using it as well. Here's to change!

*out*

255 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:09:51pm

re: #167 imploder

There is an attempt to breed a less allergenic dog, it's a mix between a standard Poodle and a Labrador Retriever, and I think it's called a Labradoodle.

Google it if you dare. I'm an owner and lover of Labrador Retrievers, and I don't think the One has the empathy to own such a loving breed.

The Poodle would probably work out OK.

A Portugese Water Dog looks like a big poodle, but it has hair not fur, so limited allergens.

256 MrSilverDragon  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:09:55pm

Obama, this is not a good way to start off your Presidency. You better get a clue quick.

257 Adrenalyn  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:10:08pm

this is nothing but expect-able

you should see the speech he and/or a top democrat was going to give had he lost

they basically wanted to secede from America

I know many of you want to take "the high road" with the thugs on the left but appeasement does not work with them

they have to be opposed
even harassed, hounded and litigated until they wince


signed, Adrenalyn
"be the opposition, not the oppressed"

258 Nevergiveup  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:10:13pm

APNewsBreak: Obama's aunt to fight to stay in US

[Link: www.breitbart.com...]

My money is on Auntie!

259 Pent.  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:10:15pm

He's lucky Zombie Reagan wasn't lurking the premises.

260 [deleted]  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:10:20pm
261 Zippy_Slug  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:10:27pm

Wow.. he really is that stupid..

by the grace of god, we won't have cities leveled..

262 CantonJim  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:10:29pm

"I don't believe in ghosts...but I am scared of them"

Mark Twain

263 looking closely  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:10:31pm

re: #71 quickjustice

On the other hand, we've already had a President with a character like this. His name was Clinton.


Clinton, though, had many years of executive experience as Governor and Attorney General of Arkansas.

Obama. . .not so much.

I think Obama can (ie will) learn to curb his tongue a little more as POTUS, but that McCain bit about the Presidency not being "on the job training" is starting to bite.

264 gregg  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:10:42pm

I'm waiting for Biden's first press conference. That ought to be fun.

265 devil in baggy pants  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:11:00pm

my first thought was that he was going to rip on hilary's eleanor roosevelt bullshit.

* BONK

266 debutaunt  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:11:01pm

re: #217 Charles

From Hot Air

WOW. I hope Nancy responds with a Rev Wright “faith” joke.

marklmail on November 7, 2008 at 4:04 PM

267 nyc redneck  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:11:28pm

he has no sense of decorum or manners or civility.
a grown man, a pres. elect, no less, should know, like a rule of law, how inappropriate this is.
disrespecting an elderly citizen, a former first lady.

he is so fcking out of it, he has no idea why this is important, if not for mrs reagan, at least for his OWN image.

268 imploder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:11:35pm

re: #233 kynna

With the Republicans I've seen, I'm afraid you're right. We need more Coburns, Palins and Goodes (Virgil -- his name is more unique than Obama's).

But they need to start small. These wonderful retired military men (and women) who are looking to make a difference are being cynically recruited for big offices as first timers. State senates could be filled with these good folks.

We're going to have to bide our time and hope our country survives long enough to pull it back at least to some tiny semblance of individualism.

Here's what I believe as a retired military member: we are using these later years to hopefully play catch-up in earnings and the like as compared to our civilian counterparts who have gained experience in the civilian realm and have progressed. For us, we get off the bus and there we are.

I'd appreciate a shot at getting a civilian job and building a second career, but I don't think I need the government to do that for me.

269 mahatma coat  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:11:44pm

re: #231 jemima

unfortunately the rubbish that comes out of his mouth has nothing to do with the level of respect."you salute the rank not the person".He's the president

270 Who Watches the Watchmen?  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:11:47pm

re: #180 talon_262

Like the son of a bitch he is, Dear Leader needs to be neutered as not to inflict permanent damage on the country.

Didn't Jesse Jackson already offer to do that?

271 joncelli  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:11:50pm

re: #231 jemima

Let's give him time. I want to be able to say I gave him more of a chance than they gave Bush.

272 marge45b  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:11:50pm

To Obama She's just a typical white person. God Bless Nancy. Get well soon!

273 Onslow  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:11:54pm

Michael Ramirez will enjoy the next four years.

274 Spare O'Lake  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:11:58pm

re: #217 Charles

Thanks for the vote of confidence.

/

I didn't doubt you Charles, I just wanted to see Obama's smirking face for myself as he made the comment. (See #216 for the link.)

275 jcm  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:12:03pm

re: #246 PISSED

I have decided to put an small upside down american flag on my back window
on my truck.. we of the opposition should all do this to know thy friends
just sayin...

The upside down U.S. flag is an official signal of distress. It is not meant to be, and is not officially recognized as any type of disrespect when so displayed for the right reasons. To the contrary, here is the relevant part of the US Code of Laws regarding how to fly the flag when in distress:

NO! Don't fly it upside down, that's what moonbats do. Get a Gadsden flag, fly it underneath the American flag. DO NOT LET THEM HAVE THE FLAG.

276 Adrenalyn  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:12:09pm

re: #261 Zippy_Slug

Wow.. he really is that stupid..

by the grace of god, we won't have cities leveled..

no, but expect planes to fall out of the sky again
at the very least

277 subsailor68  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:12:38pm

His remark about Mrs. Reagan was insulting, immature, and rude.

BUT, the frightening thing for me (and I see other posters as well) is the arrogance of "creating" and Office of the President Elect, with its own podium and sign.

AND, what's even more frightening is that no one in his transition team (obviously, since the sign says it all) had either the desire or the courage to tell this man that this is inappropriate.

278 SasquatchOnSteroids  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:12:38pm

re: #264 gregg

I'm waiting for Biden's first press conference. That ought to be fun.

That's Vice President Elect Joe Biden, Mister.

///

279 Victrola  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:12:43pm

What a douche. I have a feeling I'll be saying that a lot over the next 4 years.

280 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:12:47pm

re: #259 Pent.

He's lucky Zombie Reagan wasn't lurking the premises.

No brains = no zombies.

281 Zippy_Slug  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:12:54pm

His kids' new dog will be have more class than him..

putz

282 yma o hyd  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:12:59pm

re: #216 justadot


Video: Obama on seances and talking to ex-presidents

Thanks!

Those effen msm people actually laughed!
What a nice conglomerate of badly behaed idiots.

283 Harry Tuttle  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:13:05pm

re: #246 PISSED

I think this is a mighty fine idea.

We're all in this together.

284 looking closely  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:13:22pm

re: #161 joncelli

I wish I could be that optimistic but I think we're in for a permanent Democratic majority.


A permanent Senate majority? I don't think so, though the Dem lead in the House is likely to persist for the foreseeable future.

There is simply no possible way the Democrats can fix the current economic mess with their stated plan. They simply won't be able to raise taxes and not cause an economic catastrophe, and the luster is going to wear off of President Obama pretty quickly, I think.

285 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:13:24pm

re: #271 joncelli

Let's give him time. I want to be able to say I gave him more of a chance than they gave Bush.

Which is why most of us have waited two full days.

286 scottishbuzzsaw  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:13:30pm

re: #275 jcm

NO! Don't fly it upside down, that's what moonbats do. Get a Gadsden flag, fly it underneath the American flag. DO NOT LET THEM HAVE THE FLAG.

Great idea...

287 Miss Molly  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:13:46pm

Why is everyone so shocked about Barry making a nasty remark about Nancy Regan --- this is who he is and he is just getting started! This guy has no class and doesn't seem to want to have any class. He and the playmates he is choosing to work in the White House and a bunch of socialist thugs who are hell bent on destroying this country and then walk away with all the loot they can carry.

288 bulwrk  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:13:51pm

re: #264 gregg

I'm waiting for Biden's first press conference. That ought to be fun.

Biden is going to get shoved into obscurity right quickly then dumped in 2012

289 wahabicorridor  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:13:56pm

Is it just me? I thought the man looked like he'd been dragged thru a knot hole - absolutely exhauseted.

It's only been 2 days Barry. Buck up.

290 imploder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:14:10pm

re: #277 subsailor68

His remark about Mrs. Reagan was insulting, immature, and rude.

BUT, the frightening thing for me (and I see other posters as well) is the arrogance of "creating" and Office of the President Elect, with its own podium and sign.

AND, what's even more frightening is that no one in his transition team (obviously, since the sign says it all) had either the desire or the courage to tell this man that this is inappropriate.

Heck, we saw that coming, he had an Obama seal for the office of candidate for the POTUS.

291 mahatma coat  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:14:29pm

re: #271 joncelli


"more of a chance than they gave Bush"...we're 2 days past that!

292 yma o hyd  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:14:41pm

re: #221 Intrepid

A friend of mine from the Blackpool area was vacationing in a spot that is close to one of the Queen's estates. One day she was looking through a small shop and accidentally bumped into an older lady, apologized, and noticed she looked quite a lot like Queen Elizabeth, and said so to the lady.

The response - a wee smile and "Well dear, that's reassuring".

It was the Queen, my friend found out later.

Omigawd!
I'd have died ...

293 subsailor68  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:14:49pm

re: #290 imploder

Heck, we saw that coming, he had an Obama seal for the office of candidate for the POTUS.

Great point! I'd almost forgotten about that.

294 looking closely  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:14:54pm

Hey,
Look on the bright side.
Obama can start using his personal Presidential seal again.

295 OldLineTexan  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:15:20pm

re: #288 bulwrk

Biden is going to get shoved into obscurity right quickly then dumped in 2012

I predict Biden will have a health problem in the next year and get replaced.

296 Patriot  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:15:24pm

No surprise. We know what he thinks of old white grandmothers...

297 [deleted]  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:15:25pm
298 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:15:37pm

grandiosity - check

299 newsjunkie_ky  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:15:39pm

re: #217 Charles

Thanks for the vote of confidence.

/


I HEARD him say it. Listen to Hannity, he's played it a couple times.

300 musicman  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:15:53pm

Anybody gutsy enough to go to change.gov and send you election experience?

301 funky chicken  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:15:57pm

Hey, this guy is just as classy and fun loving as those Vlaams Belang fellas. Maybe they could all go on a nice, long cruise together!

/

302 Intrepid  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:16:17pm

WE had a whole thread dedicated to expressions of sympathy and condolences to Mr Obama and his family after his 86 year old grandmother died. We kept it civil and gracious.

He, on the other hand, has insulted a former first lady who is older than his late grandmother.

Hey, KosKiddies, HuffPos' and DUmmies - lecture US about class, won't you?

Mr Obama is a cretin, just like those losers.

303 Learned Mother of Zion  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:16:22pm

re: #275 jcm

NO! Don't fly it upside down, that's what moonbats do. Get a Gadsden flag, fly it underneath the American flag. DO NOT LET THEM HAVE THE FLAG.

Here is a Gadsden Flag for Israelis.

304 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:16:49pm

re: #295 OldLineTexan

I predict Biden will have a health problem in the next year and get replaced.

His body will reject the hair transplant & he'll be shuttled back to The Villages.

305 looking closely  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:16:56pm

re: #217 Charles

Thanks for the vote of confidence.

/

/Trust but verify.

306 Kragar  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:17:07pm

re: #295 OldLineTexan

I predict Biden will have a health problem in the next year and get replaced.

Not if Biden can arrange a health problem for Barry first!

307 cathypop  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:17:12pm

I have one of those flags! It is going up as soon as I get home.

308 kynna  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:17:12pm

re: #268 imploder

Here's what I believe as a retired military member: we are using these later years to hopefully play catch-up in earnings and the like as compared to our civilian counterparts who have gained experience in the civilian realm and have progressed. For us, we get off the bus and there we are.

I'd appreciate a shot at getting a civilian job and building a second career, but I don't think I need the government to do that for me.

I appreciate that. But Murtha just 'defeated' a decent man who should have beaten him. My complaint is with the RNC recruiting people to run for big positions as first timers. Whether it be retired military or whatever, they are thrown in as unknowns and if anyone thinks the RNC is going to back up a candidate when the going gets tough I've got two words: Sarah Palin.

So let these people follow the Palin template and roll right over the RNC and their machinations. That party seems really to be dragging us down.

BTW: I'm having one of those days where I'm unable to be completely coherent. I vaguely blame others. Ignore me if I make no sense, plz.

309 Adrenalyn  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:17:14pm

re: #303 Alouette

Here is a Gadsden Flag for Israelis.

why not just fly a French flag with ours
oh, and a white one too for good measure

310 Tarkus289  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:17:14pm

Does everyone remember how gracefully he "placed" a flower at Ground Zero?

graceful?

311 OldLineTexan  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:17:15pm

re: #304 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

His body will reject the hair transplant & he'll be shuttled back to The Villages.

Vice-versa seems more likely to me.

312 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:17:46pm

Humility and graciousness are usually taught in Church - but obviously Rev. Wright was more interested in other subjects.

313 gmsc  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:17:49pm

re: #290 imploder

Heck, we saw that coming, he had an Obama seal for the office of candidate for the POTUS.

I'd always thought it would have been funny if Bob Barr, John McCain, and all the other candidates started using it, too.

314 legalpad  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:17:52pm

Remember, lefties do not insult those who they fear. They do not really fear Christians and conservatives because they know they will not retaliate and that they believe in the rule of law. Did you ever see or hear of a lefty insulting a Muslim? The mindless rage scares them.

315 Who Watches the Watchmen?  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:17:53pm
316 nyc redneck  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:17:59pm

i think he's going to implode.
spin out of control.
he's going to hang himself.
already at his first press conference, he is showing his ass.
this was not impressive. and as it continues, even the msm
won't be able to spin what we see.

317 OldLineTexan  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:18:02pm

re: #306 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Not if Biden can arrange a health problem for Barry first!

Mr. 1% was chosen for a reason, and as dim as he can act, I believe he understands it all too well. He will do as he is told.

318 lawhawk  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:18:14pm

re: #289 wahabicorridor

The weight of the world is slowly going to come crashing down on him between now and Inauguration Day, but then it's going to come at him full throttle for the next four years. There are no vacations, no matter how the media portrays those trips to Camp David or in GWB's case to Crawford. He's always at the beck and call of those who need to know what important decisions must be made - and those calls come at every hour of every day.

It's going to only get worse from here on out.

There's something else that just struck me. It was the relief on Bush's face yesterday knowing that he's almost to the end. He's endured his critics with far more grace and gravitas than most folks could. I don't think we'll see that from Obama, based on his current performance.

319 [deleted]  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:18:26pm
320 JohnAdams  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:18:32pm

re: #275 jcm

NO! Don't fly it upside down, that's what moonbats do. Get a Gadsden flag, fly it underneath the American flag. DO NOT LET THEM HAVE THE FLAG.

Ding! On the Gadsen flag.
I was listening to a liberal friend gloat and I told her, "don't equate all conservatives with a bunch of fatcat old white rich men and the Republican party (though I like those guys too). We are crazy ass Don't Tread on Me libertarians who defend our freedoms intelligently and vigilantly."

321 Kragar  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:18:32pm

re: #311 OldLineTexan

Vice-versa seems more likely to me.

His body will reject the Villages and he'll be shuffled off to the hair transpants?

322 funky chicken  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:18:34pm

re: #287 Miss Molly

Why is everyone so shocked about Barry making a nasty remark about Nancy Regan --- this is who he is and he is just getting started! This guy has no class and doesn't seem to want to have any class. He and the playmates he is choosing to work in the White House and a bunch of socialist thugs who are hell bent on destroying this country and then walk away with all the loot they can carry.

Any of you guys who sat the election out because "McCain was just the same as Barry anyway" around this afternoon?

I know Tuesday late night there were a few of you still out strutting your stuff...

great job, BTW

323 Zippy_Slug  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:18:36pm

I find it creepy that the podium he talked at had the "Office of the president-elect" on it..

Couldn't make out the symbol..

324 SixDegrees  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:18:36pm

Serious Mouth/Brain disconnect here.

I shudder to think what will fall out of his mouth when he's trying to negotiate with some of our overseas sometimes-allies. The hypersensitive, xenophobic Europeans probably won't take too kindly jokes involving frogs or Nazis.

I dropped a note expressing my disgust at this lack of class over at (Wondrous!) change.gov. I registered as Casper Ghost; I don't think I want to be on any lists over there.

325 Adrenalyn  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:18:40pm

re: #314 legalpad

Remember, lefties do not insult those who they fear. They do not really fear Christians and conservatives because they know they will not retaliate and that they believe in the rule of law. Did you ever see or hear of a lefty insulting a Muslim? The mindless rage scares them.

ok, gotcha !
going to wear a toga from now on
and carry an AK47

326 The Pulchritudinous Patriot  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:18:49pm

re: #315 Who Watches the Watchmen?

President Reagan & Queen Elizabeth riding horses


I miss Ronald Reagan.

327 capitalist piglet  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:18:52pm

re: #277 subsailor68

His remark about Mrs. Reagan was insulting, immature, and rude.

BUT, the frightening thing for me (and I see other posters as well) is the arrogance of "creating" and Office of the President Elect, with its own podium and sign.

AND, what's even more frightening is that no one in his transition team (obviously, since the sign says it all) had either the desire or the courage to tell this man that this is inappropriate.

That has bothered me too. The fake seal, the columns, this stuff - it's like his personal E-Z Bake Oven and tea set. "Pretend You Are the President", in shrink wrap.

UGH.

328 mama winger  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:18:58pm

re: #252 imploder

I think you're going to have to find a breeder. FWIW, both breeds are highly intelligent and their bloodlines are diverse. It would probably make a very good mix. If you really want a dog but have allergies, this dog might work out. Google is your friend.

I found my doodle at the local Humane Society. You can also type in
'labradoodle rescue' or 'goldendoodle rescue'.

Goldendoodles have longer curlier hair.

329 yma o hyd  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:19:02pm

re: #248 mama winger

There are smaller versions of the Labradoddle, called F4's and F5's ( meaning fourth or fifth generation labradoodles), or Australian Labradoodles. They typically top out at about 20-25 pounds or so.

Nice!
I still think a puppy is wrong in the hands of B0 and WAB in the White House - sorry about his daughetrs, but its not right!

330 Adina in Judea  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:19:14pm
A cheap shot at Nancy Reagan, who is currently recovering from a fall in which she broke her hip. Classy.

Nancy Reagan is one year older than Obama's grandmother was when she broke her hip and passed away not that long afterward.

Obama has no compassion AT ALL for senior citizens.

It's probably why he threw his own grandmother under the bus earlier this year.

331 code red 21  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:19:21pm

re: #15 MandyManners

It was also a cheap shot at a president whose boots he's not even fit to lick.


Or shine that little ***

332 kynna  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:19:24pm

re: #275 jcm

NO! Don't fly it upside down, that's what moonbats do. Get a Gadsden flag, fly it underneath the American flag. DO NOT LET THEM HAVE THE FLAG.

Very good idea! Thanks for the link. :D

333 OldLineTexan  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:19:34pm

re: #321 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

His body will reject the Villages and he'll be shuffled off to the hair transpants?

His hair plugs will notice that they have stepped into a pile of droppings and will reject Biden for someone else. Perhaps Sinead O'Connor.

334 Diamond Bullet  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:19:51pm

So the only living President he could name was Clinton? And he covered for it by insulting Nancy Reagan?

Obama, you truly are the greatest hero in American history.


*sarcasm detector explodes*

335 scottishbuzzsaw  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:20:14pm

re: #315 Who Watches the Watchmen?

President Reagan & Queen Elizabeth riding horses

Oh, what a wonderful picture...

336 joncelli  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:20:14pm

re: #285 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Which is why most of us have waited two full days.

Bwahaha! Point taken.

337 Daisy  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:20:15pm

His slur on Nancy Reagan speaks volumes on how well he will seek, receive or utilize wisdom from former Presidents. He's arrested in early adolescence.

338 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:20:18pm

re: #314 legalpad

Remember, lefties do not insult those who they fear. They do not really
fear Christians and conservatives because they know they will not
retaliate and that they believe in the rule of law. Did you ever see or
hear of a lefty insulting a Muslim? The mindless rage scares them.

Han Solo: "It's not wise to upset a Wookiee."
C-3PO: "But sir, no one worries about upseting a droid."
Han Solo: "That's because droids don't pull peoples arms out of their sockets when they lose. Wookiees are known to do that."

339 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:20:20pm

re: #315 Who Watches the Watchmen?

AWESOME

340 Adrenalyn  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:20:50pm

how about a new bumper sticker

Question 0thority

341 Nevergiveup  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:20:57pm

re: #315 Who Watches the Watchmen?

President Reagan & Queen Elizabeth riding horses

The Queen reminds me of the energizer Bunny. She just keeps on going and going. Anyway she was a good sport during the War years. Good for her.

342 Picayune  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:21:06pm

re: #262 CantonJim

Classic, Obama's first chance as Pres Elect to speak about the White House - and he brings up... "spooks".

"How fittin" as Huckleberry Finn would say, and as Sarah would say, "will this flippancy come back to haunt him?... You betcha!" Dig, Obama, dig.

343 looking closely  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:21:30pm

re: #323 Zippy_Slug

I find it creepy that the podium he talked at had the "Office of the president-elect" on it..

Couldn't make out the symbol..


Its not a good sign.

Has there ever been a US President so concerned with the trappings of office (more than the execution of it) than Obama?

He's like a giddy child finally allowed to sit at the "big boy" table.

344 OldLineTexan  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:21:39pm

re: #328 mama winger

I found my doodle at the local Humane Society. You can also type in
'labradoodle rescue' or 'goldendoodle rescue'.

Goldendoodles have longer curlier hair.

We have two rescue poodles since August, both neutered males. The miniature is young, but the toy is just a pup. I got them their kinds girly haircuts just two weeks ago...the bigger one is not getting a shaved face again!

345 jaunte  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:21:39pm

Leftists are not good winners.
After seeing the video, I understand Obama was stumbling verbally, and rather than just let people see him stumble decided to recover by taking that cheap shot. He obviously thinks preserving his own image as a smart guy is more important than being gracious.

346 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:21:50pm

re: #342 Picayune

Classic, Obama's first chance as Pres Elect to speak about the White House - and he brings up... "spooks".

"How fittin" as Huckleberry Finn would say, and as Sarah would say, "will this flippancy come back to haunt him?... You betcha!" Dig, Obama, dig.

He's going to be digging himself out of that hole for a long time.

347 Spare O'Lake  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:22:07pm

Up here in Ontario, Canada we got a highway that lets you drive at 100 km/hr (60 mph) right through the middle of Barrie.
Just sayin'.re: #297 buzzsawmonkey

...up on the Presidential podium

/channeling Paul Simon

"Who do, who do you think you're fooling"?

348 Zippy_Slug  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:22:30pm

I wonder what Reagan would say about this little flea of a man..

It's probably best he's not around to see what is about to happen to his country.

349 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:22:36pm

re: #327 capitalist piglet

That has bothered me too. The fake
seal, the columns, this stuff - it's like his personal E-Z Bake Oven
and tea set. "Pretend You Are the President", in shrink wrap.

UGH.

"My First Presidency!" - by Kenner (some assembly required)

350 OldLineTexan  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:22:56pm

re: #329 yma o hyd

Nice!
I still think a puppy is wrong in the hands of B0 and WAB in the White House - sorry about his daughetrs, but its not right!

Good grief. I don't like her, but the children seem perfectly healthy and well-adjusted. Unless it's all lies, their home life seems very mundane. I am all for those little girls getting a puppy. No one picks their parents.

351 Kragar  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:23:03pm

re: #334 Diamond Bullet

So the only living President he could name was Clinton? And he covered for it by insulting Nancy Reagan?

Obama, you truly are the greatest hero in American history.


*sarcasm detector explodes*

He was later quoted as saying "Jimmy who?"

352 code red 21  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:23:05pm

re: #40 Kenneth

Hey, Barrack!

LOL I haven't laughed that hard since before the election.

353 subsailor68  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:23:07pm

Respect for the office of the President comes from a long, long tradition. When this man elects to create new symbols, titles, and so on - it is not a comforting sign.

354 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:23:14pm

Our first post-masculine, post-gentleman president.

355 louis  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:23:34pm

Didn't Hillary Clinton say she used to "contact" Eleanor Roosevelt when Hillary was in the White House.

356 Sunlight  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:23:41pm

He needs to start reading Debka...
(Have any of you guys read Debka lately? Yikes!)

357 mama winger  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:23:50pm

re: #344 OldLineTexan

We have two rescue poodles since August, both neutered males. The miniature is young, but the toy is just a pup. I got them their kinds girly haircuts just two weeks ago...the bigger one is not getting a shaved face again!

I adopted mine in May and I took him to the groomer once. She made him look like a scalded pig. So I ordered clippers and am learning to do it myself. So far I am doing a better job than the groomer did - and it's cheaper too!

358 beens21  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:23:54pm

interesting,during the dog question, O referred to himself as a "mutt".That white blood in his veins,as he described in his book, conflicts him.

359 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:23:55pm

re: #247 joncelli

You're absolutely right, but I am starting to think that they won't have much workable material with BHO.

360 joan  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:23:58pm

Hmm. Remember the charity dinner where O and Mc roasted each other?

Mc respectfully offered good wishes to Nancy Reagan. It struck me that the crowd was barely lukewarm, hardly polite--they hate Nancy Reagan and have no pretense of caring if she's sick or not.

These are callous people, for all their posturing about compassion

361 Zippy_Slug  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:24:07pm

re: #343 looking closely

Its not a good sign.

Has there ever been a US President so concerned with the trappings of office (more than the execution of it) than Obama?

He's like a giddy child finally allowed to sit at the "big boy" table.

Yeah.. i get that vibe too..

Is there even an office of the president-elect? Or is he such a self-absorbed, arrogant shiffer brains he had to make it up for himself?

362 jcm  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:24:08pm

re: #320 JohnAdams

Ding! On the Gadsen flag.
I was listening to a liberal friend gloat and I told her, "don't equate all conservatives with a bunch of fatcat old white rich men and the Republican party (though I like those guys too). We are crazy ass Don't Tread on Me libertarians who defend our freedoms intelligently and vigilantly."

Ha! I like that.

I like the Gadsden Flag because the message is clear. It ties the sentiment back to roots of this country. It's not insulting to anyone, but accurately and succinctly conveys the classically liberal, conservative (small c) / libertarian (small l) ideals.

364 SixDegrees  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:24:33pm

re: #288 bulwrk

Biden is going to get shoved into obscurity right quickly then dumped in 2012

I would tend to agree. I'm sure they've got a nice, closet-sized office picked out for him already.

They'll probably let him out in about three years, put him in front of a microphone, then wade through the fallout and use it as an excuse to "regrettably accept his decision not to run."

365 code red 21  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:24:38pm

re: #277 subsailor68

His remark about Mrs. Reagan was insulting, immature, and rude.

BUT, the frightening thing for me (and I see other posters as well) is the arrogance of "creating" and Office of the President Elect, with its own podium and sign.

AND, what's even more frightening is that no one in his transition team (obviously, since the sign says it all) had either the desire or the courage to tell this man that this is inappropriate.

In case you haven't noticed neither he nor his transition team gives a flying F what anybody thinks.

366 musicman  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:24:39pm

With the unveiling of the Office of the President Elect and the webite Change. GOV, this may be the start of what many of Obama's supporters called "painting the white house black".

367 littleO  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:25:07pm

I saw a headline that voter turnout matched '04. GOP lost because they lost the youth and "independents". Anyone confirm?

368 imploder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:25:11pm

This paragraph in post-election article by Melaine Phillips in the National Review was the one that stood out at me the most. It was in an article called, Preventing National Suicide and it was about the parallels she sees with the U.S. and the U.K.

In it she wrote:

The British Conservatives think that, to regain power, they have to show they have broken with cultural conservatism and go instead with the way society has changed — gay rights, green politics, anti-racism. What they have failed to grasp is that such change has turned values such as right and wrong, good and bad on their heads and has produced a sentimentalised, cruel, oppressive and perverse society — one where burglars go scot-free but householders are prosecuted for putting the wrong kind of garbage in the trash can, and where people are too frightened to protest at the erosion of British, Christian, or Western values because of the opprobrium that will follow.

I was taken aback at how this is the prevailing attitude in Europe. If you burglarize someone, it was society's fault, but if you can't sort your trash, you're screwed.

Amazing read.

369 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:25:27pm

re: #340 Adrenalyn

how about a new bumper sticker

Question 0thority

Effing LOVE it!

370 galloping granny  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:25:44pm

re: #361 Zippy_Slug

Yeah.. i get that vibe too..

Is there even an office of the president-elect? Or is he such a self-absorbed, arrogant shiffer brains he had to make it up for himself?

No, there is no such office and never has been. Just another BO invention.

371 subsailor68  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:25:46pm

re: #365 code red 21

In case you haven't noticed neither he nor his transition team gives a flying F what anybody thinks.

Ding!

372 vapig  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:25:48pm

Along with all the other insanity, I got this from a friend:

"Open your bible and read Judges 4:4-6 and you will see your 44th President's name in verse 6.

It was all GOD's Plan!"


Gag! There IS the name Barak alright, but NOT the way this has been spun. This is just creepy!

373 wahabicorridor  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:26:17pm

re: #318 lawhawk

There's something else that just struck me. It was the relief on Bush's face yesterday knowing that he's almost to the end.

HA! I caught that too! I thought, "Well done, George, we've had our differences, but well done."

This morning on the dead thread I posted that I've become sanguine about this election. The election cycle started 2 years ago and the country was very different. Iraq looked like a disasater and the economy looked like it was booming. The country today is not the country Barry ran to lead - but it's what he's stuck with.

I'm holding contradictory feelings about this: I want what is best for my country, so of course I want him to be a successful president. However, I think he's a fucking fraud who won't be able to think his way out of a bag when confronted with real problems and that makes me laugh - under the 'be careful what you ask for' banner. He wanted it, he got it and I suspect he's wondering what the hell he was thinking.

And I get a great deal of pleasure from that.

Gotta hop

374 livefreeor die  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:26:21pm

re: #348 Zippy_Slug

I wonder what Reagan would say about this little flea of a man..

It's probably best he's not around to see what is about to happen to his country.


Barry's lucky Reagan wasn't around today. I think Ronnie would have dropped him for taking a shot at his wife.
Well, since Reagan is not around to respond in kind, I will.
At least Nancy Reagan dressed well.

375 Nevergiveup  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:26:28pm

re: #358 beens21

interesting,during the dog question, O referred to himself as a "mutt".That white blood in his veins,as he described in his book, conflicts him.

It is an interesting way to refer to yourself isn't it? And that's all I'm gonna say!

376 nyc redneck  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:26:35pm

he's the kind of vulgar jerk, who the king of spain will tell to shut up.

377 CyanSnowHawk  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:26:36pm

re: #340 Adrenalyn

how about a new bumper sticker

Question 0thority

I like it.

378 Sunlight  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:26:40pm

re: #367 littleO

I saw a headline that voter turnout matched '04. GOP lost because they lost the youth and "independents". Anyone confirm?

I heard that 12 mil repubs sat it out.

379 Picayune  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:26:45pm

re: #310 Tarkus289

He "chuncked" it!

380 jcm  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:26:50pm

re: #348 Zippy_Slug

I wonder what Reagan would say about this little flea of a man..

It's probably best he's not around to see what is about to happen to his country.

Reagan already spoke on this type of man.

Senator Fullbright has said at Stanford University that the Constitution is outmoded. He referred to the president as our moral teacher and our leader, and he said he is hobbled in his task by the restrictions in power imposed on him by this antiquated document. He must be freed so that he can do for us what he knows is best. And Senator Clark of Pennsylvania, another articulate spokesman, defines liberalism as "meeting the material needs of the masses through the full power of centralized government." Well, I for one resent it when a representative of the people refers to you and me--the free man and woman of this country--as "the masses." This is a term we haven't applied to ourselves in America. But beyond that, "the full power of centralized government"--this was the very thing the Founding Fathers sought to minimize. They knew that governments don't control things. A government can't control the economy without controlling people. And they know when a government sets out to do that, it must use force and coercion to achieve its purpose. They also knew, those Founding Fathers, that outside of its legitimate functions, government does nothing as well or as economically as the private sector of the economy.
381 steve  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:26:50pm

re: #178 imploder

Umm, yes it did. during the Civil War. Big enough crisis

News papers in Missouri closed by lincoln.

Morning Herald-St Louis
Missouri State Journal-St. Louis
Expositor-Lexington
The Express-Lexington
Sentinel-Platte City
Argus-Platte City
Cape Girardeau Eagle
Hannibal Evening News
The Banner-Fayette
Border Star-Independence
Carrollton Democrat-
The Franklin County Advertiser
Shelby County Weekly
Columbia Standard
Macon Register

"War Crimes Against Southern Civilians"-Walter Brian Cisco

more info:

It's most certainly possible that Lincoln personally ordered the closure of some of Missouri's newspapers but considering that General Lyons had a history of issuing proclamations and keeping Lincoln out of the loop it's highly probable that the President had no knowledge that some or possibly most of these papers had been burnt down or closed. Author Cisco had the passage endnoted and sourced to Gray Ghosts of the Confederacy by Richard Brownlee. According to Brownlee the following Missouri newspapers were shut down by Federal decree:
Morning Herald-St Louis
The Express-Lexington
Missouri State Journal-St. Louis
Cape Girardeau Eagle
Hannibal Evening News
Carrollton Democrat-
The Franklin County Advertiser
Shelby County Weekly
Columbia Standard

The following newspapers were burned or ransacked by Union forces:
Sentinel-Platte City

The following newspapers were raided by Kansans, who stole their presses or ransacked the building:
Expositor-Lexington
Border Star-Independence

The Banner-Fayette closed when its owners joined the Confederate army.


imploder..is this enough?

382 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:26:52pm

re: #361 Zippy_Slug

Yeah.. i get that vibe too..

Is
there even an office of the president-elect? Or is he such a
self-absorbed, arrogant shiffer brains he had to make it up for himself?

DING-DING! Give that man a cigar!

383 legalpad  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:26:52pm

re: #338 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Here's our first affirmative action president.

384 newsjunkie_ky  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:27:03pm

re: #367 littleO

I saw a headline that voter turnout matched '04. GOP lost because they lost the youth and "independents". Anyone confirm?


Lost a big chunk of the Hispanic vote as well. And 'single women' went overwhelmingly to the Big Zero.

385 Russkilitlover  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:27:33pm

re: #315 Who Watches the Watchmen?

President Reagan & Queen Elizabeth riding horses

Great pic! Thanks for that.

386 WrathofG-d  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:27:35pm

And what does LGF think about going to palm readers and such?

387 Sharmuta  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:27:36pm

re: #363 Killgore Trout

The MSM hard at work...
British journalist covering Obama caught on camera in drunk, plagiarism rant

He's a hard news journalist- but he can't give one substantial reason to back up his opinion on why 0bama is brilliant.

388 Adrenalyn  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:27:42pm

re: #369 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Effing LOVE it!

why thank you

(takes polite bow)

I have some good ideas once in a while
unfortunately, at times I run a little over the top
and scare people unaware that I am actually
trying to be funny and not angry

though I have a fair amount to be unpleasant about

389 Daisy  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:28:06pm

re: #310 Tarkus289

Does everyone remember how gracefully he "placed" a flower at Ground Zero?

graceful?

The Obamas are filled to overflowing w/contempt. Now that he's won, we're going to see more.

390 wong fei hung  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:28:11pm

Barack Obama is to POTUS as Ryan Leaf was to QB. This guy's got ONE TERM written all over him.

This is the perfect opportunity for the Republicans to boot out the bow-tie prognosticators and the old boys. Start representing the people. TRY to win back their trust with some good old-fashioned conservative principles. I know most of the GOP leadership has no idea what that means; perhaps they could Google it?

PS: Anybody notice that at the presser, he also referred to himself as a "mutt"? Where's the indignation against President-Elect Teflon?

-WFH

391 Zippy_Slug  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:28:21pm

re: #380 jcm

* sigh *

392 JohnAdams  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:28:25pm

re: #362 jcm

Ha! I like that.

I like the Gadsden Flag because the message is clear. It ties the sentiment back to roots of this country. It's not insulting to anyone, but accurately and succinctly conveys the classically liberal, conservative (small c) / libertarian (small l) ideals.

The kids have not been getting history instruction in school for a very long time. They think that the Big Bang that started American history was the shots fired in Dallas, November 1963. The despair of that day is the author of these times, in many, many ways.

393 yma o hyd  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:28:32pm

re: #341 Nevergiveup

The Queen reminds me of the energizer Bunny. She just keeps on going and going. Anyway she was a good sport during the War years. Good for her.

Her mum was 103 when she died - they're a tough breed!

394 monkey den  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:28:38pm

This guy is a $hitbag of the highest order, and he hasn't even taken office yet...well, an office beyond The Office of the President-Elect ®.

395 imploder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:28:46pm

re: #369 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Effing LOVE it!

Put that on nothing less than 10 years old. I too, love it!

Scratttcchchhh! Is what I'm hearing in my mind's ear, however.

Obamabot keys are sharp and accurate.

396 Adrenalyn  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:28:59pm

re: #377 CyanSnowHawk

I like it.

in a rare moment of immodesty
I nominate it for a rotating title

397 [deleted]  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:29:22pm
398 hydrocarbon hank  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:29:39pm

re: #385 Russkilitlover

Great pic...A real man's man.

399 WrathofG-d  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:29:44pm

SO...

What does LGF think about palm readers and fortune tellers?

those in glass houses & such...

400 JohnAdams  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:29:44pm

re: #363 Killgore Trout

The MSM hard at work...
British journalist covering Obama caught on camera in drunk, plagiarism rant

If there is any form of life lower than a British "journalist" I struggle to find it.

401 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:30:05pm

re: #390 wong fei hung

Barack Obama is to POTUS as Ryan Leaf was to QB.

LOL!

402 steve  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:30:39pm

re: #235 oneman

Sorry. 48 (almost 49) and I have the greatest respect for my elders. So do all of the people my age that I know. But thanks for playing.

Had my brothers father-in-law (85 years old) stop me at a christmas and told me it was nice to see young kids (8 and 10 yrs at that time) show respect to their elders. Blew me off my feet.

403 [deleted]  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:30:40pm
404 [deleted]  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:30:40pm
405 nyc redneck  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:30:49pm

re: #329 yma o hyd

Nice!
I still think a puppy is wrong in the hands of B0 and WAB in the White House - sorry about his daughetrs, but its not right!

i agree, i can't imagine they will be good care givers to a pet.
b.o. is too much of a narcissist and wab is too busy w/ that chip on her shoulder.

406 pat  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:31:10pm

Hmmm. Why is it that I remember Hillary saying much the same thing?

407 Who Watches the Watchmen?  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:31:12pm

One-term mutt.

408 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:31:29pm

Republican Campaign suggestion:

"So how does if feel to have the jackboot of government step on your neck?"

409 Kenneth  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:31:32pm

re: #310 Tarkus289

McCain laid his rose down with both hands. Obama chucked it on the pile.

410 jaunte  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:31:42pm

re: #386 WrathofG-d

I don't believe in palm-readers being able to predict the future, but the joke Obama made was simply a bit of misdirection so he would not have to own his verbal stumble.

411 Nevergiveup  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:31:56pm

re: #405 nyc redneck

i agree, i can't imagine they will be good care givers to a pet.
b.o. is too much of a narcissist and wab is too busy w/ that chip on her shoulder.

Come on the Clinton's pets turned out ...oh wait. Never mind.

412 monkey den  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:32:01pm

re: #390 wong fei hung

Barack Obama is to POTUS as Ryan Leaf was to QB. This guy's got ONE TERM written all over him.
...

HA! That is a great analogy!

413 mama winger  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:32:20pm

re: #399 WrathofG-d

SO...

What does LGF think about palm readers and fortune tellers?

those in glass houses & such...

IMO this remark by the Big Zero has less to do with palm reading than being a smart-ass jerkwad towards a former first lady who also happens to be elderly and ill.

414 Pete-billy  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:32:21pm

Im really shocked! My jaw is on the floor !

415 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:32:27pm

re: #397 Colonel Panik

As bad as we all fear The Big O will be, let's not go there.

416 Miss Molly  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:32:44pm

Barry seems to only like situations where people can't talk back to him or are afraid to talk back to him. And, like "the little person he is' he picks on people who can't fight back. The only important thing to him is himself. When you watch his body language at these large events he seems absolutely enthralled that these people are there to worship him. It always reminds me of some demented Roman Emperor strutting around pondering how he will execute someone who didn't cheer loud enough.

417 jcm  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:32:54pm

re: #392 JohnAdams

The kids have not been getting history instruction in school for a very long time. They think that the Big Bang that started American history was the shots fired in Dallas, November 1963. The despair of that day is the author of these times, in many, many ways.

I was talking with one of my vendors this morning, he voted Obama. I quizzed him on several points about Obama, he knew none of them. We discussed that very lack of history education, I didn't tie it to Dallas but that's good. I did show him how the media failed to inform him about Obama, I did tie the media's failure to a point in time, Walter Cronkite declaring the Vietnam war over during Tet.

418 Zippy_Slug  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:32:58pm

re: #407 Who Watches the Watchmen?

One-term mutt.

/Applause..

419 [deleted]  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:33:28pm
420 hydrocarbon hank  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:33:30pm

re: #399 WrathofG-d


I used to date a girl who regulared the Palm Reader...what a complete sham.

Seriously, palm reading?

421 Globular Cluster  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:33:32pm

re: #4 Sharmuta

Way to bring the country together, barry.

A comment so arrogant, partisan, and divisive indicates Obama's rashness. This is one of the main things that always worried me. A guy who has no respect for protocols, precedents, and presidents. You think Bush liked Jimmy Carter? Every hear Bush trash Jimmy Carter?

422 jcm  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:33:34pm

Gotta run...

423 JohnAdams  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:33:35pm

re: #416 Miss Molly

The jaw juts just like Il Duce.

424 yma o hyd  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:33:42pm

re: #350 OldLineTexan

Good grief. I don't like her, but the children seem perfectly healthy and well-adjusted. Unless it's all lies, their home life seems very mundane. I am all for those little girls getting a puppy. No one picks their parents.

They are 8 and 10 years old - training and dealing with a puppy is 24/7 stuff, and not something you can let small children like that do. An adult must do it, sorry, and I cannot see WAB doing it.
This may sound harsh - but I've met too many sad dogs who had to be rehomed or were even under threat of having to be put down, because the kids got bored and the parents couldn't be bothered with him. White House or tiny hut, makes no difference.
Dogs are not toys for children. Sorry.

425 Who Watches the Watchmen?  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:33:49pm

re: #390 wong fei hung

Barack Obama is to POTUS as Ryan Leaf was to QB.

Rotating title nomination!

426 Picayune  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:33:51pm

re: #318 lawhawk

I thought the same thing, as he finished his speech to his staff assembled, with emotion, yesterday - and my only thought was... sail on George, you have endured more than one can bare, and in the bargain, you have keep us safe at home since 911, your primary duty.

May God bless and protect you. Regardless of all that others may say... thanks, President Bush.

427 opnion  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:33:56pm

re: #405 nyc redneck

i agree, i can't imagine they will be good care givers to a pet.
b.o. is too much of a narcissist and wab is too busy w/ that chip on her shoulder.

I bet that the dog will hate BHO & WAB. Dogs have a sense of people.

428 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:34:06pm

re: #416 Miss Molly

Barry seems to only like situations where people can't talk back to him or are afraid to talk back to him. And, like "the little person he is' he picks on people who can't fight back. The only important thing to him is himself. When you watch his body language at these large events he seems absolutely enthralled that these people are there to worship him. It always reminds me of some demented Roman Emperor strutting around pondering how he will execute someone who didn't cheer loud enough.

The O-bully picked on an elderly national hero with a broken hip. Slick.

429 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:34:27pm

re: #420 hydrocarbon hank

I used to date a girl who regulared the Palm Reader...what a complete sham.

Seriously, palm reading?

If a girl I was dating was "regularing" anyone else,...

430 Shug  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:34:28pm

re: #390 wong fei hung

Barack Obama is to POTUS as Ryan Leaf was to QB.

The problem is the GOP starting QB was Vinnie Testaverde

431 Nevergiveup  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:34:37pm

re: #419 Spare O'Lake

You can't be serious, but still you should be careful what you wish for.
BTW your comment reminded me of a Lizard who, a few months ago, was calling for the overthrow of Olmert.
Uh...never mind./

Everybody was calling for the overthrow of Olmert?

432 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:34:58pm

re: #424 yma o hyd

They are 8 and 10 years old - training and dealing with a puppy is 24/7 stuff, and not something you can let small children like that do. An adult must do it, sorry, and I cannot see WAB doing it.
This may sound harsh - but I've met too many sad dogs who had to be rehomed or were even under threat of having to be put down, because the kids got bored and the parents couldn't be bothered with him. White House or tiny hut, makes no difference.
Dogs are not toys for children. Sorry.

Her mother is raising the children - Michelle has a "real" job.

433 ashan  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:35:11pm

re: #137 musicman

Office of the President Elect!?!?!?! What song did they play when he came on stage? Any suggestions out there in Lizard Land?

Yeah. I noticed the weird sign on his dias: "The Office of the President Elect". I did a little research, and there's no such thing.

One other thing about the press conference, the questions were quite obviously posed. BHO even looked around for certain individuals from a prepared list.

What a jerk.

434 ClosetConservative  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:35:19pm

President-Elect Obama isn't worthy to lick dog feces off the bottom of Nancy Reagan's shoes.

Under the Bus

Jeremiah Wright
William Ayers
Tony Rezko
Grandmother
Brother
Aunt


Rest in peace, Mrs. Obama Sr.

435 opnion  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:35:22pm

re: #411 Nevergiveup

Come on the Clinton's pets turned out ...oh wait. Never mind.

That was not an accident with Buddy, the Clinton dog.
The dog knew too much & Carville took care of it.

436 imploder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:35:22pm

re: #381 steve

words words words, imploder..is this enough?

I was kinda looking for a link.

437 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:35:44pm

Invented his own government office, eh?

Not listed in the Constitution... better not try to claim executive powers.

/High crimes and misdemeanors, anyone?

438 [deleted]  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:35:47pm
439 Adina in Judea  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:35:52pm

re: #424 yma o hyd

They are 8 and 10 years old - training and dealing with a puppy is 24/7 stuff, and not something you can let small children like that do. An adult must do it, sorry, and I cannot see WAB doing it.

The White House janitorial staff will train the puppies and feed those little girls.

440 Shug  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:35:56pm

Looking at Obama standing before the Office of the President Elect sign reminds me of how I looked as a child when I tried on my Dad's Suit and shoes.

441 imploder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:36:16pm

re: #437 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Invented his own government office, eh?

Not listed in the Constitution... better not try to claim executive powers.

/High crimes and misdemeanors, anyone?

I wonder' who pays the President Elect's salary...Soros?

442 Nevergiveup  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:36:29pm

re: #435 opnion

That was not an accident with Buddy, the Clinton dog.
The dog knew too much & Carville took care of it.

And socks the cat got the heave ho when they vacated the WH. In retrospect socks was the lucky one!

443 Gearhead  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:36:35pm

That little seal was wrong. It should have read "Orifice of the President-Elect."

444 nyc redneck  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:36:43pm

re: #411 Nevergiveup

Come on the Clinton's pets turned out ...oh wait. Never mind.

exactly,
pets are not props.

445 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:36:55pm

re: #430 Shug

The problem is the GOP starting QB was Vinnie Testaverde

The GOP is like a team in search of a coach - enough Wayne Fontes & Rich Kotites, please!

446 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:36:58pm

re: #440 Shug

Looking at Obama standing before the Office of the President Elect sign reminds me of how I looked as a child when I tried on my Dad's Suit and shoes.

A leader without humility will stumble publicly, and stumble badly.

447 imploder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:37:09pm

re: #443 Gearhead

That little seal was wrong. It should have read "Orifice of the President-Elect."

or "Id of the President Elect"

448 [deleted]  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:37:21pm
449 Nevergiveup  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:37:25pm

So are Michelle's kids goong to go to Public school or Sidwell Friends?

450 scottishbuzzsaw  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:37:34pm

re: #440 Shug

Looking at Obama standing before the Office of the President Elect sign reminds me of how I looked as a child when I tried on my Dad's Suit and shoes.

Ouch. That's going to leave a mark.

451 pat  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:37:37pm

When Hillary talked to JFK that was considered cool by the left. Nuance

452 WrathofG-d  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:37:41pm

re: #410 jaunte

re: #413 mama winger

re: #420 hydrocarbon hank

I think the real question here, instead of smacking Obama for his dumb joke, is how is the MSM going to treat this flub? Had Bush stated that he met with every president (which is oddly similar to Palins' "i read all newspapers") the MSM would run it front page as "Before In Office Even Bush Proves He Is Not Up To The Job".

453 [deleted]  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:37:51pm
454 Globular Cluster  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:38:16pm

re: #329 yma o hyd

Nice!
I still think a puppy is wrong in the hands of B0 and WAB in the White House - sorry about his daughetrs, but its not right!

What the hell is "WAB"?

455 Nevergiveup  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:38:16pm

re: #445 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

The GOP is like a team in search of a coach - enough Wayne Fontes & Rich Kotites, please!

And Matt Millen was the GM

456 Spare O'Lake  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:38:17pm

re: #431 Nevergiveup

Everybody was calling for the overthrow of Olmert?

Nah, this guy was preaching that the government of Israel was illegitimate and undemocratic and that Olmert should be forcibly ousted.

457 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:38:21pm

re: #441 imploder

I wonder' who pays the President Elect's salary...Soros?

Actually there was an article that said for the first time iN American history the Obama team applied for an got a 503c charitable exemption and they are taking in unlimited donations - and no reporting requirements.

Another scandal

458 steve  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:38:22pm

re: #436 imploder

"War Crimes Against Southern Civilians"-Walter Brian Cisco

"Gray Ghosts of the Confederacy" by Richard Brownlee

Don't know if these are on-line but here are the sources.

459 bulwrk  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:38:22pm

re: #381 steve

Many of those papers were border state papers and in Missouri for instance a state crawling with guerrilla bands papers that advocated violence against Union loyalist were dealt with harshly.

460 jorline  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:38:36pm

present

461 Adrenalyn  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:38:37pm

re: #440 Shug

Looking at Obama standing before the Office of the President Elect sign reminds me of how I looked as a child when I tried on my Dad's Suit and shoes.

no Shug
I bet you were cute

he is just smug and irritating

462 pat  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:38:39pm

And what is that middle finger crap? How infantile can one be?

463 hydrocarbon hank  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:38:39pm

re: #429 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

I know, I know...a low point in my life.

464 yma o hyd  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:38:42pm

re: #400 JohnAdams

If there is any form of life lower than a British "journalist" I struggle to find it.

Och - don't be so harsh, I think you might find quite a few like that on your side of the Big Pond as well ...

465 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:38:43pm

re: #386 WrathofG-d

And what does LGF think about going to palm readers and such?

I used to use this back in the day, but I mothballed my Palm a few years ago.
/

466 Nevergiveup  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:39:20pm

re: #456 Spare O'Lake

Nah, this guy was preaching that the government of Israel was illegitimate and undemocratic and that Olmert should be forcibly ousted.

Oh, you mean Abbas?

467 imploder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:39:21pm

re: #458 steve

"War Crimes Against Southern Civilians"-Walter Brian Cisco

"Gray Ghosts of the Confederacy" by Richard Brownlee

Don't know if these are on-line but here are the sources.

Why thank you, kind sir!

468 steve  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:39:30pm

re: #447 imploder

or "Id Ego of the President Elect"

fixed that for you

469 Adrenalyn  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:39:59pm

hey, I take a 5 minute call from my son
and come back and 402 and 403 are deleted


who and what the eff were they

they disappeared as soon as they were posted

470 [deleted]  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:40:09pm
471 Adina in Judea  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:40:26pm

re: #457 DistantThunder

re: #441 imploder

I wonder' who pays the President Elect's salary...Soros?

Actually there was an article that said for the first time iN American history the Obama team applied for an got a 503c charitable exemption and they are taking in unlimited donations - and no reporting requirements.

Another scandal

Unbelievable.

472 Colonel Panik  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:40:34pm

re: #415 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

As bad as we all fear The Big O will be, let's not go there.

You're right, best not to think about dancing the Pinochet tango.

Charles, if you want to delete my #397 feel free...

473 capitalist piglet  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:40:40pm

re: #390 wong fei hung

Barack Obama is to POTUS as Ryan Leaf was to QB. This guy's got ONE TERM written all over him.

This is the perfect opportunity for the Republicans to boot out the bow-tie prognosticators and the old boys. Start representing the people. TRY to win back their trust with some good old-fashioned conservative principles. I know most of the GOP leadership has no idea what that means; perhaps they could Google it?

PS: Anybody notice that at the presser, he also referred to himself as a "mutt"? Where's the indignation against President-Elect Teflon?

-WFH

Yup. And Ryan Leaf was in the same draft as Peyton Manning. From the beginning, on draft day, he refused to admit that he was even the number two pick - he said they were 'pick 1A, and pick 1B"; at the same press conference, he fantasized openly about leading the Super Bowl victory parade through the streets of San Diego.

And just like Obama, he was far too immature for the job at hand. He crashed quickly. Just like Obama will, with his "Pretend You're The President" shrink-wrapped playset, with fake little presidential seals and pretend columns.

474 Shug  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:40:41pm

I hope the Rezko thing implodes

I am waiting to make my IMPEACH OBAMA sign

/ that's for you koskids

475 turn  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:40:41pm

Ah ha, I see it was Shillary who held the seances. What a stupid classless disrespectful republican hating {self deleted}.

Oh and another thing I read just now, "Near the end of the Q and A session, Obama had quite an exchange with journalist Lynn Sweet, the Washington, D.C. bureau chief for the Chicago Sun-Times and a columnist for The Hill newspaper. Question "... everyone wants to know what kind of dog are you going to buy for your girls ..."

Ha, I thought I was just being funny but they actually asked the question.

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

476 jaunte  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:41:14pm

re: #452 WrathofG-d

I'm still reading it as a sign of a flimsy ego. A stronger man could admit a verbal mis-step. This weakling turned it into a joke at someone else's expense because he "can't" make a gaffe.

477 MarkX  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:41:24pm

I never thought I see it, but Obama is going to make Clinton seem a gentleman in comparison.

478 TaeJohnDo  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:41:29pm

Heard this point (paraphrasing below) made by someone on the radio (KMOX, St Louis, person named Gloria emailed to host):

I take it Obama getting a puppy from a shelter implies he wants to save the puppy from euthanasia. Contrast this with his stance on abortion and letting babies die after a partial birth abortion doesn't kill the baby, and he would let the baby die.

479 Shr_Nfr  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:41:39pm

re: #462 pat

In 0bama's case around 2 months old. He suffers from spoiled brat syndrome.

480 infidel4ever  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:41:44pm

re: #245 Picayune

Yep, and the first known modern pres to bring metaphysics to the White house was FDR, who had a consulting astrologer, which is why the pres inauguration day was changed by him, at the astrologer's advice, from March 4th to Jan. 20.

The founding fathers, many of which, were Free Masons, set up the vote and inauguration dates to be 120 days (as in 120 degrees) apart from July 4th, the date of the Declaration of Independence, forming a trine, which portends "ease of energy flow and success of efforts" according to metaphysical and astrological tenets.

Can't wait to see what modern voodoo turns up in the WH in the months to come. Seances would be tame, by comparison to live chicken sacrifices with ritual drumming, burning incense (patchouli?), etc., but I am not familiar with the superstitious practices of the Luo in Kenya (yet). blockquote>

Maybe you'll get an annual slaughtering of the bull in the Rose Garden...

481 [deleted]  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:41:48pm
482 Spare O'Lake  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:41:49pm

re: #466 Nevergiveup

Oh, you mean Abbas?

LOL!

483 gmsc  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:41:53pm
484 Ron Shaw  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:42:02pm

There she goes...Nancy Reagan 'under the bus'...maybe, just maybe, BO hates white people and especially old, white women!

485 TaeJohnDo  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:42:12pm

re: #440 Shug

Looking at Obama standing before the Office of the President Elect sign reminds me of how I looked as a child when I tried on my Dad's Suit and shoes.

I'll bet you see a cartoon similar to that soon.

486 joan  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:42:18pm

re: #318 lawhawk

The weight of the world is slowly going to come crashing down on him between now and Inauguration Day, but then it's going to come at him full throttle for the next four years. There are no vacations, no matter how the media portrays those trips to Camp David or in GWB's case to Crawford. He's always at the beck and call of those who need to know what important decisions must be made - and those calls come at every hour of every day.

It's going to only get worse from here on out.

There's something else that just struck me. It was the relief on Bush's face yesterday knowing that he's almost to the end. He's endured his critics with far more grace and gravitas than most folks could. I don't think we'll see that from Obama, based on his current performance.

I invite those who are knowledgeable, willing, able to draft an expression of thanks to President George W. Bush.

I don't doubt that he made mistakes, of course I disagree with several sad errors including immigration, expansion of government power. No need to enumerate these, his enemies have done so relentlessly.

Does he have any defenders? Is anyone grateful that he made sure that 9-11 did not destroy our economy? That he vowed to exact a terrible price for the ones who knocked those buildings down? That he made sure no act of horror was carried out on shores on his watch? That he was right to take the fight to the enemy, to exhaust them over there, so they were less able to assault us over here? That he has aged twenty years in a mere 8, that he is clearly a decent person who does not stoop to cheap shots, that he is in fact brave man, a man who loves America.

Someone ought to say thank you, publicly, and if anyone will write it, I'll sign it and chip in to get it published as a full page ad in major papers, then framed and presented to him.

so sue me

487 hydrocarbon hank  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:42:24pm

Stand up Chuck...oh...Hey, God Bless Ya, everyone stand up for Chuck.

488 PISSED  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:42:33pm

re: #275 jcm

Thanks JCM ...Better Idea... I am not a moonbat and never will be!

489 reine.de.tout  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:42:55pm

re: #231 jemima

Anyone who was pontificating so mightily in the past 2 days about how this is our president now and deserves respect want to rethink that position? At all?

The Office of the Presidency (not the "president-elect, who the hell heard of such a thing?) is deserving of respect, and along with it goes respectful treatment of the person who occupies said office, even when one vehemently disagrees with that person.

490 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:43:03pm

The years spent on drugs are actually subtracted from his actual age - so he's more like a spoiled 40 year old.

491 WrathofG-d  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:43:15pm

re: #476 jaunte

I think it was just a stupid joke by someone who only hangs out with Democrats.

492 Colonel Panik  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:43:22pm

I'm falling right in line for an Obama Adminsitration.

I just reported myself for doubleplusungoodthink.

493 opnion  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:43:27pm

re: #478 TaeJohnDo

Heard this point (paraphrasing below) made by someone on the radio (KMOX, St Louis, person named Gloria emailed to host):

I take it Obama getting a puppy from a shelter implies he wants to save the puppy from euthanasia. Contrast this with his stance on abortion and letting babies die after a partial birth abortion doesn't kill the baby, and he would let the baby die.

Excellent point. I hope the dog bites him.

494 Sharmuta  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:43:32pm

re: #474 Shug

I hope the Rezko thing implodes

I am waiting to make my IMPEACH OBAMA sign

/ that's for you koskids

I want a "Dissent Is Patriotic" t-shirt!

495 capitalist piglet  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:43:36pm

re: #434 ClosetConservative

President-Elect Obama isn't worthy to lick dog feces off the bottom of Nancy Reagan's shoes.

Under the Bus

Jeremiah Wright
William Ayers
Tony Rezko
Grandmother
Brother
Aunt


Rest in peace, Mrs. Obama Sr.

The grandmother who passed was his American grandmother - the one from Hawaii, his mother's mother.

You know. The typical white person.

496 OldLineTexan  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:43:38pm

re: #357 mama winger

I adopted mine in May and I took him to the groomer once. She made him look like a scalded pig. So I ordered clippers and am learning to do it myself. So far I am doing a better job than the groomer did - and it's cheaper too!

The groomer was actually quite careful in her work and description, so I was pleased...it's just that the older dog looks so completely unlike himself now...

497 imploder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:43:43pm

re: #469 Adrenalyn

hey, I take a 5 minute call from my son
and come back and 402 and 403 are deleted


who and what the eff were they

they disappeared as soon as they were posted

Yeah, those were the military coup ones. The U.S. military could never do it, because we don't have a regulation, a tasking order, or rules of engagment that would allow it.

I'm proud of our military. I spent 20 years serving in it. It is not a political entity. The halls of power are political. Fringes of the military interact with that (the Joint Chiefs, the Staff of the HQs of the branches, etc.) but the military is not a player in domestic politics and thank God for that.

498 hydrocarbon hank  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:43:44pm

re: #490 DistantThunder


Nice!

499 Nevergiveup  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:43:58pm

re: #481 joncelli

Then you've given up on democracy. We can survive The Big O like we survived Carter. And thank God, our military respects civilian authority and would never consider a coup.

Well if for no other reason, in today's military, the paper work would be horrendous!
/

500 reine.de.tout  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:44:07pm

re: #477 MarkX

I never thought I see it, but Obama is going to make Clinton seem a gentleman in comparison.

I think you're right. Amazing.

501 Dustyvet  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:44:14pm

re: #444 nyc redneck

exactly,
pets are not props.

I'm still waiting for Sock's The cat's tell all book about what really happened with the intern and that cigar!

502 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:44:28pm

re: #489 reine.de.tout

The Office of the Presidency (not the "president-elect, who the hell heard of such a thing?) is deserving of respect, and along with it goes respectful treatment of the person who occupies said office, even when one vehemently disagrees with that person.

Thoma Sowell was speaking about the Two Vision of government - Constrained and UnConstrained - and look what we now have.

503 [deleted]  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:44:38pm
504 [deleted]  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:44:40pm
505 joncelli  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:44:47pm

re: #424 yma o hyd

They are 8 and 10 years old - training and dealing with a puppy is 24/7 stuff, and not something you can let small children like that do. An adult must do it, sorry, and I cannot see WAB doing it.

The president and first lady have flunkies for this sort of thing. Really, the first family is basically relieved of all domestic duties in the White House.

506 jorline  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:45:17pm

IMHO this was the year of the Wedgie Election. The left and right have been separated more than any other time in American history.

507 yma o hyd  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:45:19pm

re: #439 Adina in Judea

The White House janitorial staff will train the puppies and feed those little girls.

Heh. That reminds me ...
There was a black-and-white cat called Humphrey in 10 Downing street when the Blairs moved in. Now Cherie Blair is curt from the same cloth as WAB.
Humphrey was not seen again after she moved in - and the national press speculated for weeks if she had him put down.
The mystery was never solved - she said he'd been sent away - but nobody believed her.

508 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:45:25pm

re: #474 Shug

I hope the Rezko thing implodes

I am waiting to make my IMPEACH OBAMA sign

/ that's for you koskids

Hordes of Lizards are busy building giant papier-mache puppets of Obama & Biden as we speak.
/

509 Cheese Eating Victory Monkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:45:34pm

I wish Nancy Regan was President. Now I want to turn off my TV for the next 3 years and 11 months.

510 Adina in Judea  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:45:56pm

re: #318 lawhawk

The weight of the world is slowly going to come crashing down on him between now and Inauguration Day, but then it's going to come at him full throttle for the next four years. There are no vacations, no matter how the media portrays those trips to Camp David or in GWB's case to Crawford. He's always at the beck and call of those who need to know what important decisions must be made - and those calls come at every hour of every day.

It's going to only get worse from here on out.

Obama sees himself as King of the World who can do no wrong.

I don't think he gives a rat's patootie what happens to America under his watch because he's going to be worshiped by the MSM and the liberals no matter what he ever does.

Obama is on vacation from now on.

He will do some incredibly scary things to America from time to time, but only during coffee breaks from his vacation.

Look at his smug face. He doesn't have a worry in the world.

This guy has deified himself.

511 reine.de.tout  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:45:58pm

re: #502 DistantThunder

Thoma Sowell was speaking about the Two Vision of government - Constrained and UnConstrained - and look what we now have.

Hm. I have to go look that up.

512 newsjunkie_ky  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:46:32pm

The Big Zero is going to hire Diantha Harris to 'homeschool' his girls.

513 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:46:37pm

re: #487 hydrocarbon hank

Stand up Chuck...oh...Hey, God Bless Ya, everyone stand up for Chuck.

When quoting Joe Biden, please have the following link handy.
Instant Rimshot!

514 astronmr20  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:47:01pm

I spend some time at other political blogs which do have a few conservatives, but are mostly young, naive moonbat types.

More than one of them actually referred to this new "era" as "America version 2.0."

Many of his followers really do believe in some new "era" that even they cannot define. As we've found in teh past 48 hours, it may get a LOT worse before it gets better.

515 joncelli  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:47:03pm

re: #437 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Folks, there are lots of offices, agencies, and bureaus not mentioned in the Constitution. This is just a transitional agency for bureaucratic purposes.

516 yma o hyd  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:47:19pm

re: #454 Globular Cluster

What the hell is "WAB"?

Its Whiney-ass-bitch, chosen for her by an eminent lIzard.
Perhaps we should now call her FWAB ...

517 Shug  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:47:26pm

arrogance and ignorance are a very dangerous combination in any profession especially as president

518 imploder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:47:29pm

re: #510 Adina in Judea

Obama sees himself as King of the World who can do no wrong.

I don't think he gives a rat's patootie what happens to America under his watch because he's going to be worshiped by the MSM and the liberals no matter what he ever does.

Obama is on vacation from now on.

He will do some incredibly scary things to America from time to time, but only during coffee breaks from his vacation.

Look at his smug face. He doesn't have a worry in the world.

This guy has deified himself.

Yeah, Obama is taking this thing out for spin. There's a problem, though, he must perform. Bufoonery will get his party expelled from the people's house and the Senate.

519 Adrenalyn  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:47:45pm

re: #512 newsjunkie_ky

The Big Zero is going to hire Diantha Harris to 'homeschool' his girls.

what about Angela Davis ?

she is a freaking professor now too ya know, ain't she

and the late Huey Newton had a doctorate too

520 Miss Molly  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:47:45pm

Using that silly seal for his press conference today just makes Barry look desperate for some respect that a lot of the country will never give him because he has not earned it. And, starting out with that remark about Nancy Regan will long be remembered!

521 hydrocarbon hank  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:47:55pm

re: #513 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

When quoting Joe Biden, please have the following link handy.
Instant Rimshot!

Makes me laugh every time. This one goes up there with the Old Gregg skit on youtbue.

522 Dustyvet  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:47:56pm

re: #507 yma o hyd

Heh. That reminds me ...
There was a black-and-white cat called Humphrey in 10 Downing street when the Blairs moved in. Now Cherie Blair is curt from the same cloth as WAB.
Humphrey was not seen again after she moved in - and the national press speculated for weeks if she had him put down.
The mystery was never solved - she said he'd been sent away - but nobody believed her.


Downing Street cat Humphrey dies

Humphrey

Humphrey the cat
The 10 Downing Street cat Humphrey has died, a spokesman for the prime minister has confirmed.

The black and white feline passed away at the home of a Cabinet Office worker who took him when he "retired".

Humphrey was adopted by Number 10 after wandering into the building as a stray while Margaret Thatcher was PM in 1989.

He moved out six months after Labour's 1997 general election win, with Tony Blair's wife Cherie denying reports her dislike for the animal was to blame.

"I can confirm we have been told that Humphrey sadly died last week some time," a Downing Street spokesman said.

'Chief Mouser'

Official questions were asked in the House of Commons about Humphrey's absence after his departure from Downing Street in 1997.

A Conservative MP demanded proof that the moggy - sometimes given the nickname Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office - was still alive.

Downing Street said Humphrey had been suffering from a kidney complaint.

The media were later invited to a South London property, where Humphrey was photographed, hostage-style, with copies of the day's newspapers.

He had also gone missing while John Major was in Downing Street.

At the time it was thought he had died.

But he returned after staff at a Westminster medical college read his obituary and realised the cat that had made his way into their building was, in fact, Humphrey.


[Link: news.bbc.co.uk...]

523 Adina in Judea  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:47:57pm

Obama has turned himself into a charitable institution where he is currently collecting all the money he can get without having to report it.

He has become King of the World and a Deity to himself.

He will laugh and look smug during his entire time in office.

524 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:48:02pm

re: #514 astronmr20

I spend some time at other political blogs which do have a few conservatives, but are mostly young, naive moonbat types.

More than one of them actually referred to this new "era" as "America version 2.0."

Many of his followers really do believe in some new "era" that even they cannot define. As we've found in teh past 48 hours, it may get a LOT worse before it gets better.

That very good - when the waters don't fall, and they still have to make their car payments AND do 100 hours per year forced servitude - it will be entertaining.

525 joncelli  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:48:04pm

re: #449 Nevergiveup

St. Alban's is my bet. Good enough for Al Gore, good enough for them.

526 hydrocarbon hank  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:48:10pm

Make that youtube

527 OldLineTexan  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:48:11pm

re: #424 yma o hyd

They are 8 and 10 years old - training and dealing with a puppy is 24/7 stuff, and not something you can let small children like that do. An adult must do it, sorry, and I cannot see WAB doing it.
This may sound harsh - but I've met too many sad dogs who had to be rehomed or were even under threat of having to be put down, because the kids got bored and the parents couldn't be bothered with him. White House or tiny hut, makes no difference.
Dogs are not toys for children. Sorry.

I had a dog as a child, and he was just fine for 15 years.

528 Daisy  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:48:15pm

re: #424 yma o hyd

You do sound like an expert on dogs and I'm not an expert on dogs. Having said that, the family dogs I recall having as a child were just fine - and in some cases positively superior - there was a mutt and then a couple of different blue bloods mainly trained by kids who loved them. In the case of the Obama girls, I'm sure a professional can be hired to help. Going back to my childhood pets, there was a family dog that did require special ed - and it was provided. Have things changed that much?

529 jemima  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:48:16pm

#489

That was well-said. We'll see how it works out.

530 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:48:33pm

re: #503 Iron Fist

Yeah,
Bush has had as hard a row to hoe as any President, including FDR and
Lincoln. Maybe harder in some ways, because the former didn't have to
put up with the media microscope 24/7 the way Bush has done. History
will remember him more kindly than the Leftwing Media Machine of today.

Of course, President Clinton had a ho to row...
/

531 Globular Cluster  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:49:00pm

re: #516 yma o hyd

Its Whiney-ass-bitch, chosen for her by an eminent lIzard.
Perhaps we should now call her FWAB ...

The problem with this acronym is that it is also short for "wetback". I say we use a different term.

[Link: www.doubletongued.org...]

532 3 wood  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:49:02pm

This is part of the whole Chicago Way I keep harping on folks.

Chicago Democrats see people they disagree with politically as inferior and not worth respect.

Obama is not interested in unification.

Obama is not interested in hearing your concerns

Obama is not interested in anything but your unquestioning devotion, or else you are something to be made fun of, pounded into the ground and blamed for everything.

They also see your being magnanimous in defeat as weakness and a clear sign that they can go for your throat.

533 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:49:03pm

re: #508 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Hordes of Lizards are busy building giant papier-mache puppets of Obama & Biden as we speak.
/

Mine's almost done. I made it the full 18 inches called for by the plan... seems kinda small, but that's what it said.

/slaps forhead... no dummy... 18 feet!

534 Nevergiveup  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:49:05pm

re: #525 joncelli

St. Alban's is my bet. Good enough for Al Gore, good enough for them.

Chelsie went to Sidwell I think.

535 imploder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:49:13pm

re: #515 joncelli

Folks, there are lots of offices, agencies, and bureaus not mentioned in the Constitution. This is just a transitional agency for bureaucratic purposes.

No, but every office or agency has a basis for being and that is through the Constitutional process. For example, the Department of Defense exists because of public law (that has not been judged to be unConstitutional).

In other words, you can't just make this shit up.

536 Spare O'Lake  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:49:27pm

re: #217 Charles

I reread my comment #201 and I owe you an apology.
I should have asked to see an "original" or "primary" source, not a "reliable" source. That is what I meant to write.
In my book you are a reliable source.
Sorry.

537 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:49:34pm

re: #518 imploder

Yeah, Obama is taking this thing out for spin. There's a problem, though, he must perform. Bufoonery will get his party expelled from the people's house and the Senate.

Yes, and when he can't because he is unprincipled and inexperienced and radical - Obama supporters will have a MOMENT - each person at their own individual time - where they say to themselves - What have we done?

538 Kenneth  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:49:40pm

re: #520 Miss Molly

They didn;t jsut invent a silly seal, Obama has invented a whole new office not defined in the US Constitution:

Office of the President-Elect (United States of America)

Check the external link at the bottom of the page... it directs you to Obama's change.gov page.

539 Charles Johnson  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:49:54pm

Comments about coups etc. are going to be deleted. If you quote an offensive comment, your comment will also be deleted.

540 reine.de.tout  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:49:58pm

re: #515 joncelli

Folks, there are lots of offices, agencies, and bureaus not mentioned in the Constitution. This is just a transitional agency for bureaucratic purposes.

The "Office of the President-Elect" is unseemly.

541 turn  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:50:11pm

re: #318 lawhawk

The weight of the world is slowly going to come crashing down on him between now and Inauguration Day, but then it's going to come at him full throttle for the next four years. There are no vacations, no matter how the media portrays those trips to Camp David or in GWB's case to Crawford. He's always at the beck and call of those who need to know what important decisions must be made - and those calls come at every hour of every day.

It's going to only get worse from here on out.

There's something else that just struck me. It was the relief on Bush's face yesterday knowing that he's almost to the end. He's endured his critics with far more grace and gravitas than most folks could. I don't think we'll see that from Obama, based on his current performance.

I couldn't help actually smiling with pride when I saw those tears well up in Bush's eyes at the end. What a compassionate and principled man he is, unfortunately this has worked to his detriment at times. He should have lost all compassion and principle when it came to the incessant attack on him by the MSM and others so infected with BDS. OT You seem to getting linked at Instpundit on a daily basis it seems, congrats.

542 wolfie  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:50:33pm

re: #486 joan

I will sign it and I will chip in, too.
And I suggest that YOU write it. Your post shows me that you are more than capable of saying the right thing in the right way.

543 gregg  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:50:35pm

re: #494 Sharmuta

I want a "Dissent Is Patriotic" t-shirt!

I couple of years back I was thinking it would be funny to make up some "He's Not My President" bumper stickers that used a super glue like adhesive and give them away for free. However, at the time I figured if a Democrat was elected, it would be Hillary, so that kind of foiled the plan (although I would have never done it).

544 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:50:43pm

re: #532 3 wood

This is part of the whole Chicago Way I keep harping on folks.

Chicago Democrats see people they disagree with politically as inferior and not worth respect.

Obama is not interested in unification.

Obama is not interested in hearing your concerns

Obama is not interested in anything but your unquestioning devotion, or else you are something to be made fun of, pounded into the ground and blamed for everything.

They also see your being magnanimous in defeat as weakness and a clear sign that they can go for your throat.

In the words of a Great Man - "Bring it on."

545 galloping granny  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:50:57pm

re: #515 joncelli

Folks, there are lots of offices, agencies, and bureaus not mentioned in the Constitution. This is just a transitional agency for bureaucratic purposes.

All of those various agencies, bureaus and offices that are entitled by law to a .gov designation or the web, though, are definitely named somewhere in something as a legitimate arm of the US government. Obama is not a legitmate anything until January 20 or so.

546 IslandLibertarian  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:50:57pm

Out of respect to Charles request that we refrain from vicious attacks against our new president elect, I've been referring to him as O-___.
With this latest insult from him, I am wondering if I'd be out of line by getting a little heavy with my references to O-___.

I truly fear for my country. We are being led by a thug.

547 opnion  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:51:18pm

re: #523 Adina in Judea

Obama has turned himself into a charitable institution where he is currently collecting all the money he can get without having to report it.

He has become King of the World and a Deity to himself.

He will laugh and look smug during his entire time in office.


I just can't imagine what creatures will be in the main area with the President at the Inaugaration.
BHO & WAB are so smug & riding so high, but this gig is beyond his pay grade.

548 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:51:27pm

re: #533 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Mine's almost done. I made it the full 18 inches called for by the plan... seems kinda small, but that's what it said.

/slaps forhead... no dummy... 18 feet!

"Forget this! F*ck the napkin!"
/Spinal Tap

549 astronmr20  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:51:28pm

re: #533 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Mine's almost done. I made it the full 18 inches called for by the plan... seems kinda small, but that's what it said.

/slaps forhead... no dummy... 18 feet!


..why does this conjure images of Spinal Tap?

550 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:51:36pm

re: #515 joncelli

Folks, there are lots of offices, agencies, and bureaus not mentioned in the Constitution. This is just a transitional agency for bureaucratic purposes.

I beg to differ. There's a bit of difference between, say, the OMB and establishing an extra governmental executive.

But like I said, let's see if he tried to execute any control. So far it is all just fluff and symbol (kinda like everything else he's ever done).

551 WrathofG-d  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:51:45pm

...Well I'm not braggin' babe so don't put me down
But I've got the fastest set of wheels in town
When something comes up to me he don't even try
Cause if (it) had a set of wings man I know she could fly...

:)

552 Globular Cluster  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:51:59pm

re: #539 Charles

Comments about coups etc. are going to be deleted. If you quote an offensive comment, your comment will also be deleted.

Oh brother, here comes ODS. I'm not looking forward to my blogs turning into the mirror image of a Dailykosesque BDS fever swamp.

553 yma o hyd  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:52:01pm

re: #505 joncelli

The president and first lady have flunkies for this sort of thing. Really, the first family is basically relieved of all domestic duties in the White House.

Sure - but training a puppy is not 'a domestic duty'.
I'm thinking of the dog here, see. If they want one, why not give a home to an older dog who is trained already?
Its just so wrong.

554 Shug  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:52:08pm

re: #530 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Of course, President Clinton had a ho to row...
/

President Clinton had a row of ho's

555 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:52:26pm

re: #465 Slumbering Behemoth

I used to use this back in the day, but I mothballed my Palm a few years ago.
/

BTW, Project Gutenberg is a great website for those interested in e-book reading.

556 WrathofG-d  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:52:35pm

re: #552 Globular Cluster

Amen! This is my concern also. (as I stated numerous times during the election)

557 see bs  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:52:45pm

What a pompous snob asshole.

558 steve  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:53:15pm

re: #508 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Hordes of Lizards are busy building giant papier-mache puppets of Obama & Biden as we speak.
/

Mine's almost done. I made it the full 18 inches called for by the plan... seems kinda small, but that's what it said.

/slaps forhead... no dummy... 18 feet!

Oh ye racists of little faith. Can I get a set while you are at it?

559 quickredfox  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:53:21pm

Bow, bow, to the president-elect (featuring BHO as Katisha, or vice-versa).

560 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:53:31pm

re: #555 Slumbering Behemoth

BTW, Project Gutenberg is a great website for those interested in e-book reading.

I'm glad to see that Steve Gutenberg has given up acting for more worthwhile pursuits.
/

561 Daisy  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:53:32pm

re: #470 ploome hineni

he did a middle finger again?

Maybe he's saving it up for the Presidential inauguration. That way he can "spread the message" to the whole country.

562 Zippy_Slug  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:53:41pm

Irony courteous of Pink Floyd.

563 gmsc  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:53:48pm

O/T:

...and remember, when vacationing lovely Antigua and Barbuda, don't forget to visit the always lovely "Mount 0bama".


/Why, oh, why don't we have a "Mount Clinton"?

564 Outrider  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:53:53pm

re: #515 joncelli

Folks, there are lots of offices, agencies, and bureaus not mentioned in the Constitution. This is just a transitional agency for bureaucratic purposes.

But this particular office, of which there has never been a need before now, is picked by this particular president-elect with a full sign, web site, ad title. Give me a break. I am somewhat surprised he hasn't created an "office of the president-elect" seal.

565 imploder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:54:05pm

re: #550 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

I beg to differ. There's a bit of difference between, say, the OMB and establishing an extra governmental executive.

But like I said, let's see if he tried to execute any control. So far it is all just fluff and symbol (kinda like everything else he's ever done).

He's fuckin' reaching, though. For everything, there is a price. The price for hubris is high.

566 joncelli  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:54:10pm

re: #540 reine.de.tout

Unseemly, I agree, but it's not necessarily unconstitutional.

567 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:54:11pm

re: #549 astronmr20

..why does this conjure images of Spinal Tap?

'cus it was 'spose to?

568 turn  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:54:19pm

re: #486 joan

I invite those who are knowledgeable, willing, able to draft an expression of thanks to President George W. Bush.

I don't doubt that he made mistakes, of course I disagree with several sad errors including immigration, expansion of government power. No need to enumerate these, his enemies have done so relentlessly.

Does he have any defenders? Is anyone grateful that he made sure that 9-11 did not destroy our economy? That he vowed to exact a terrible price for the ones who knocked those buildings down? That he made sure no act of horror was carried out on shores on his watch? That he was right to take the fight to the enemy, to exhaust them over there, so they were less able to assault us over here? That he has aged twenty years in a mere 8, that he is clearly a decent person who does not stoop to cheap shots, that he is in fact brave man, a man who loves America.

Someone ought to say thank you, publicly, and if anyone will write it, I'll sign it and chip in to get it published as a full page ad in major papers, then framed and presented to him.

so sue me

I wouldn't doubt that Charles will put up a tribute post to GWB before January. The add idea is a good one, I for one would chip in and proudly sign it too.

569 Nevergiveup  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:54:20pm

re: #561 Daisy

Maybe he's saving it up for the Presidential inauguration. That way he can "spread the message" to the whole country.

Sorry, I will no tbe watching.

570 yma o hyd  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:54:31pm

re: #522 Dustyvet

Downing Street cat Humphrey dies

Humphrey

Humphrey the cat
The 10 Downing Street cat Humphrey has died, a spokesman for the prime minister has confirmed.

The black and white feline passed away at the home of a Cabinet Office worker who took him when he "retired".

Humphrey was adopted by Number 10 after wandering into the building as a stray while Margaret Thatcher was PM in 1989.

He moved out six months after Labour's 1997 general election win, with Tony Blair's wife Cherie denying reports her dislike for the animal was to blame.

"I can confirm we have been told that Humphrey sadly died last week some time," a Downing Street spokesman said.

'Chief Mouser'

Official questions were asked in the House of Commons about Humphrey's absence after his departure from Downing Street in 1997.

A Conservative MP demanded proof that the moggy - sometimes given the nickname Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office - was still alive.

Downing Street said Humphrey had been suffering from a kidney complaint.

The media were later invited to a South London property, where Humphrey was photographed, hostage-style, with copies of the day's newspapers.

He had also gone missing while John Major was in Downing Street.

At the time it was thought he had died.

But he returned after staff at a Westminster medical college read his obituary and realised the cat that had made his way into their building was, in fact, Humphrey.


[Link: news.bbc.co.uk...]

Thats what they said ... we still didn't believe it, the Blairs had the best spin doctors in existence.

571 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:54:54pm

I was in the middle of a coup in Guatemala - tanks firing on the capitol - a mob surging away and running all around our car - the machine gun fire.

I tease MR Dt that I have more combat experience than he does.

572 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:54:59pm

re: #563 gmsc

O/T:

...and remember, when vacationing lovely Antigua and Barbuda, don't forget to visit the always lovely "Mount 0bama".


/Why, oh, why don't we have a "Mount Clinton"?

If Bill won't...

573 WrathofG-d  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:55:17pm

re: #562 Zippy_Slug

Did you see President Obama's victory speech? It was great, but what freaked the bajeebus out of me was the crowd response of "yes we can" anytime he said "yes we can".

Sort of just like the beginning of that video. Its not Obama I fear, but the populace's worship of him.

574 [deleted]  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:55:17pm
575 scottishbuzzsaw  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:55:19pm

re: #555 Slumbering Behemoth

BTW, Project Gutenberg is a great website for those interested in e-book reading.

And if you want to help put books online, just go here:

[Link: www.pgdp.net...]

576 Kenneth  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:55:22pm

#515 joncelli

yes, yes, there is an Office of the Motor Vehicle Registration... obviously not mentioned in the US Constitution. But it was the Obama team that created the so-called "Office of President Elect". It was not created by the US government. That's a hell of an pressumption on their part, and then to update a Wikipedia page to make it look like it's an official gov't office.

577 yma o hyd  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:56:05pm

re: #527 OldLineTexan

I had a dog as a child, and he was just fine for 15 years.

Did you live in the White House?
Did you look after him even when you were in school?
Oh - and how old were you when you got your dog?

578 Born Again Republican  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:56:15pm

I can really appreciate President Hardings honest observation...

"I am not fit for this office and never should have been here."

Another Harding quote that might fit with Obama,

"I have no trouble with my enemies, but my damn friends, they're the ones that keep me walking the floor nights!"

579 ClosetConservative  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:56:29pm

re: #486 joan

What the hell, I'll give it a go:

Dear Mr. Bush,

We, the people of the United States of America, would like to offer our most sincere thanks for your years of service to our country. Despite widespread opposition among the populations of the States to many of your proposals, your reputation as a man who puts America first, as the President ought to, remains untarnished. While all reason suggests that the economy should have tanked after the shock of 9/11, it did not. While you were savaged politically for the War on Terror, you did not shrink from your duties. While your decisions may have been politically unpopular, we truly feel that the majority of them were in the best interests of the United States. For your devotion to country and duty, we, the undersigned, would like to thank you.

-Signatories


It could use some fleshing out.

580 turn  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:56:34pm

re: #490 DistantThunder

The years spent on drugs are actually subtracted from his actual age - so he's more like a spoiled 40 year old.


Scary thought, the pressure of the office might turn him back to drugs in a desperate attempt to cope. Hey dumb question, do Presidents get drug tested?

581 zato  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:56:49pm

Lefty Feminists, where's the outrage?

582 Zippy_Slug  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:57:01pm

re: #573 WrathofG-d

Exactly.. After the Obama acceptance speech to his followers, I played that same clip.. and it was all too similar..

583 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:57:08pm

re: #558 steve

re: #508 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Hordes of Lizards are busy building giant papier-mache puppets of Obama & Biden as we speak.
/

Mine's almost done. I made it the full 18 inches called for by the plan... seems kinda small, but that's what it said.

/slaps forhead... no dummy... 18 feet!

Oh ye racists of little faith. Can I get a set while you are at it?

You mean this?

584 Dalibama  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:57:20pm

re: #17 mattm

Obama also called himself a "mutt" just like a shelter dog at his press conference when asked about getting a family dog.

And if a white person made a "joke" like he did?

585 jasongreenberg  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:57:20pm

This just examplifies Obama's biggest flaw... He's just a little "too awesome"

586 reine.de.tout  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:57:53pm

re: #566 joncelli

Unseemly, I agree, but it's not necessarily unconstitutional.

I didn't say it was unconstitutional. There are lots of things that are perfectly legal that are just wrong. This is one of them.

Obama should be feeling humbled by the faith and trust put into him by the people who elected him to this office, but he doesn't. He feels entitled and glorified, President of the World. That's his first and biggest problem. If he could overcome that, he just might be a tad more palatable.

587 quickredfox  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:58:08pm

re: #573 WrathofG-d


Sort of just like the beginning of that video. Its not Obama I fear, but the populace's worship of him.

Both of those have me pretty concerned.

588 CyanSnowHawk  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:58:11pm

re: #562 Zippy_Slug

Irony courteous of Pink Floyd.

[Link: www.youtube.com...]

Well that was nice of them.

589 [deleted]  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:58:22pm
590 right_on_target  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:58:40pm

Here's the Obama mutt from Steve Kelley

591 imploder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:58:41pm

re: #571 DistantThunder

I was in the middle of a coup in Guatemala - tanks firing on the capitol - a mob surging away and running all around our car - the machine gun fire.

I tease MR Dt that I have more combat experience than he does.

I was in the middle of one in Venezuela in the early 90s. Nice! I could still get a pizza, I speak the language.

592 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:58:51pm

re: #575 scottishbuzzsaw

I still have this disc collecting dust somewhere. Converting to palm.doc format was a bit of a chore, though.

593 joncelli  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:59:00pm

re: #564 Outrider

Constitutionally, the President-elect has no executive authority. GWB is president until O takes the oath of office. This agency may not deserve a .gov domain but I doubt it has any executive authority whatsoever.

594 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:59:25pm

re: #587 quickredfox

Both of those have me pretty concerned.

Just like with Jesus they came for the bread, and he provided - but later when He said, no more bread "I am the bread of life" many walked no more with Him.

Human nature.

595 yma o hyd  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 1:59:46pm

re: #528 Daisy

You do sound like an expert on dogs and I'm not an expert on dogs. Having said that, the family dogs I recall having as a child were just fine - and in some cases positively superior - there was a mutt and then a couple of different blue bloods mainly trained by kids who loved them. In the case of the Obama girls, I'm sure a professional can be hired to help. Going back to my childhood pets, there was a family dog that did require special ed - and it was provided. Have things changed that much?

I would think that you mum (probably) had quite a lot to do with looking after your dogs! They do, see, when the children are in school.

If you need to ahve a professional to train and look after your dog - well, its abot like having a nanny who deals with your children, and you just see them an hour a day when its convenient.
This may be ok for the dog - it may be ok for you, but he won't be 'your' dog, you won't ahve any bond with him, nor he with you.
And that bond is what having a dog is all about.
Yes, children can have this - in a family, where all pull together. Not in a goldfish bowl like the White House.

596 Shug  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:00:02pm

re: #576 Kenneth

#515 joncelli

yes, yes, there is an Office of the Motor Vehicle Registration... obviously not mentioned in the US Constitution. But it was the Obama team that created the so-called "Office of President Elect". It was not created by the US government. That's a hell of an pressumption on their part, and then to update a Wikipedia page to make it look like it's an official gov't office.


Has the election been certified yet?
I thought the electoral college certifies the election on December 15th.

So technically Obama the presumptive president elect and the office is Office of the Presumptive president elect

597 reine.de.tout  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:00:12pm

re: #579 ClosetConservative

What the hell, I'll give it a go:

Dear Mr. Bush,

We, the people of the United States of America, would like to offer our most sincere thanks for your years of service to our country. Despite widespread opposition among the populations of the States to many of your proposals, your reputation as a man who puts America first, as the President ought to, remains untarnished. While all reason suggests that the economy should have tanked after the shock of 9/11, it did not. While you were savaged politically for the War on Terror, you did not shrink from your duties. While your decisions may have been politically unpopular, we truly feel that the majority of them were in the best interests of the United States. For your devotion to country and duty, we, the undersigned, would like to thank you.

-Signatories


It could use some fleshing out.

Is good.

Perhaps something in there about how he acted based on his beliefs and principles, rather than what was popular? I don't know how to put it.

598 vapig  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:00:15pm

re: #546 IslandLibertarian

Out of respect to Charles request that we refrain from vicious attacks against our new president elect, I've been referring to him as O-___.
With this latest insult from him, I am wondering if I'd be out of line by getting a little heavy with my references to O-___.

I truly fear for my country. We are being led by a thug.

Yes and his angry wife. I saw her called wab here (whiney a$$ed beeotch?). I like that.

I think I will dub her: Queen WAB.

599 [deleted]  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:00:19pm
600 aimcifer  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:00:30pm

What a complete asshat.

601 Miss Molly  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:00:38pm

3 Wood -- thanks for the information on Chicago style politics. I couldn't agree with you more.

602 3 wood  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:00:39pm

re: #544 DistantThunder

In the words of a Great Man - "Bring it on."

I just want folks to understand what they are dealing with. I dealt with the Chicago political machine for a long time. I still know a lot of these guys.

If you are not a loyal Democrat, they only want to dominate you and if possible, destroy you.

603 turn  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:00:46pm

re: #514 astronmr20

I spend some time at other political blogs which do have a few conservatives, but are mostly young, naive moonbat types.

More than one of them actually referred to this new "era" as "America version 2.0."

Many of his followers really do believe in some new "era" that even they cannot define. As we've found in teh past 48 hours, it may get a LOT worse before it gets better.

I'm afraid to say that all new software releases are loaded with glitches, unfortunately for America O's presidency will be the same way.

604 imploder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:00:48pm

re: #580 turn

Scary thought, the pressure of the office might turn him back to drugs in a desperate attempt to cope. Hey dumb question, do Presidents get drug tested?

Airmen, Marines, Sailors and Soldiers do, as do the officers in charge.

605 steve  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:01:18pm

re: #583 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

That works!

Guys and Gal Lizards, I have got to go. I have had only 3 hours sleep after wrestling with giant furnances all night. I have been up with my 8 year old while Mrs. Steve is out writing refi's.

Good-day and God bless you all!

606 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:01:23pm

re: #599 Iron Fist

Man, if we are going to do puppets, I insist we have the Giant Duck of Peace. You're not seriously doing puppets if you don't have the Duck of Peace.

Complete with the "JUST POOP!" sign.

607 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:01:34pm

re: #598 vapig

Yes and his angry wife. I saw her called wab here (whiney a$$ed beeotch?). I like that.

I think I will dub her: Queen WAB.

That's a little strong - but after they take away my children to forced labor day camps - I may think differently.

608 yma o hyd  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:01:50pm

Gotta go!
My pocket house wolf, my Miss Dog, is telling me that a visit to the garden is a very good idea - now!

Seeya tomorrow, Lizards!

609 Catttt  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:01:57pm

re: #340 Adrenalyn

how about a new bumper sticker

Question 0thority

T-shirt version.
Working on bumper sticker.

Then going to make it better and sell it on Cafe Press. Where do I send your cut? :D

610 OldLineTexan  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:01:58pm

re: #577 yma o hyd

Did you live in the White House?
Did you look after him even when you were in school?
Oh - and how old were you when you got your dog?

1. What difference does that make? Plenty of dogs have lived at the White House.
2. He was housebroken, leash-trained, moderately civil and healthy. Again, fifteen years.
3. I was eight or nine...it was second grade, IIRC.

I value your opinion more greatly than you might think, but we are talking about the following:

1. A family under CONSTANT public scrutiny.
2. A family with a STAFF.
3. A family with plenty of resources, i.e. money, if they need Cesar or that lovely British woman to come over and straighten them out, as I have seen many constantly-tended child-reared dogs on both shows that apparently needed it despite 24/7 human care.

So I guess I will drop it. I don't see the issue.

611 I heart the USA  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:02:05pm

The more I see and hear of Barry Unplugged I find confirmation in my belief that he will be completely incapable of performing the duties of president. He will be a child-king. Incapable of performing the tasks of state, but with power to try to destroy those who would criticize him. And destroy is what he will want to do, because he is severely emotionally underdeveloped.

I have this horrible feeling that Rahm Emanuel will be our de facto president.

612 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:02:21pm

re: #599 Iron Fist

Man, if we are going to do puppets, I insist we have the Giant Duck of Peace. You're not seriously doing puppets if you don't have the Duck of Peace.

If you build it, they will come...

613 Nevergiveup  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:02:26pm

re: #604 imploder

Airmen, Marines, Sailors and Soldiers do, as do the officers in charge.

The old golden flow

614 HBob  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:02:39pm

Welcome to the spotlight, fucking dick head.

It's going to be fun watching this asshole step all over his tongue over the next few years. This little shit's chrome is going to wear off faster than I thought.

615 OldLineTexan  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:03:00pm

re: #584 Dalibama

And if a white person made a "joke" like he did?

I have, although I mostly prefer "Heinz 57" (dropped that after the Kerrys, LOL).

616 3 wood  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:03:02pm

re: #601 Miss Molly

3 Wood -- thanks for the information on Chicago style politics. I couldn't agree with you more.

Thank you.

And one other thing, The Chicago Machine are real good at using the media to destroy people. Pretty soon the MSM will be publicly labeling critics of Obama as racists.

They did the same thin when Harold Washington was Mayor of Chicago.

617 opnion  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:03:23pm

re: #596 Shug

Has the election been certified yet?
I thought the electoral college certifies the election on December 15th.

So technically Obama the presumptive president elect and the office is Office of the Presumptive president elect


Remember all the talk of "faithless"electors in 2000. The Dems were trying to flip Electoral College members to Gore, even offering cash.
I wonder if those same Dems would think that trying to flip those pledged to Obama would be OK now?

618 Shug  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:03:38pm

Obama throws his mutt elect under the bus

gonna go hypoallergenic pure breed

Obama lied, stray dogs died !

619 JustAGal  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:03:46pm

He is a true "richard cranium" if ya get my drift.

How vile at his first "press conference" as PrezElect

620 Randall Gross  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:03:55pm

Those of you arguing that this is an unusal office are off base. W got the same during transition from Clinton, but his office's time was extremely shortened due to the recount, etc. He also got shat upon by the Clinton transition teamers.

[Link: news.google.com...]

621 Moe Katz  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:04:45pm

Someone tell me what Obama was alluding to about Nancy Reagan and séances?

622 senator government  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:05:05pm

...and to think, he's not even started his post yet.
UGH!

623 Adina in Judea  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:05:08pm

re: #611 I heart the USA

The more I see and hear of Barry Unplugged I find confirmation in my belief that he will be completely incapable of performing the duties of president. He will be a child-king. Incapable of performing the tasks of state, but with power to try to destroy those who would criticize him. And destroy is what he will want to do, because he is severely emotionally underdeveloped.

I have this horrible feeling that Rahm Emanuel will be our de facto president.

Barry will serve his ego at all times.

The rest of America is already under the bus.

624 ClosetConservative  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:05:17pm

re: #597 reine.de.tout

Dear Mr. Bush,

We, the people of the United States of America, would like to offer our most sincere thanks for your years of service to our country. Despite widespread opposition among the populations of the States to many of your proposals, your reputation as a man who puts America first, as the President ought to, remains untarnished. While all reason suggests that the economy should have tanked after the shock of 9/11, it did not. While you were savaged politically for the War on Terror, you did not shrink from your duties. While your decisions may have been politically unpopular, we truly feel that the majority of them were in the best interests of the United States. Furthermore, we applaud your steadfast commitment to holding the safety of America above your political future. For your devotion to country and duty, we, the undersigned, would like to thank you.

-Signatories


Small edit. Now it sounds a little repetitive, but it can be fixed.

625 Gearhead  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:05:48pm

re: #620 Thanos

Those of you arguing that this is an unusal office are off base. W got the same during transition from Clinton, but his office's time was extremely shortened due to the recount, etc. He also got shat upon by the Clinton transition teamers.

[Link: news.google.com...]

Thank you. I was wondering if there was, in fact, some sort of precedent.

626 SixDegrees  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:05:58pm

re: #574 Iron Fist

They've still got your IP. Things aren't really as anonymous on the Net as we think they are.

I'm aware of that risk. I doubt they're going to subpoena my ISP's records to find out who sent them a very mild criticism.

If I start caring, I can futz my IP. Or hide behind the router gateway at work, which uses IP rewriting and flushes it's logs on a weekly basis.

627 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:06:02pm

First they'll come for the bloggers...

628 turn  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:06:06pm

re: #552 Globular Cluster

Oh brother, here comes ODS. I'm not looking forward to my blogs turning into the mirror image of a Dailykosesque BDS fever swamp.

Oh I sooo don't want to be like them. Point well taken and I will respect it from here on out.

629 Daisy  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:06:09pm

re: #595 yma o hyd

I would think that you mum (probably) had quite a lot to do with looking after your dogs! They do, see, when the children are in school.

If you need to ahve a professional to train and look after your dog - well, its abot like having a nanny who deals with your children, and you just see them an hour a day when its convenient.
This may be ok for the dog - it may be ok for you, but he won't be 'your' dog, you won't ahve any bond with him, nor he with you.
And that bond is what having a dog is all about.
Yes, children can have this - in a family, where all pull together. Not in a goldfish bowl like the White House.

Well, we did have nannies and that worked too. I do appreciate your concern for the welfare of animals, they deserve it. And I think children - and maybe especially children growing up in fishbowls - benefit from the love given to and received by beloved dogs, cats etc. - as do their pets.

630 [deleted]  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:06:09pm
631 Adina in Judea  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:06:21pm

re: #624 ClosetConservative

Very nice!

632 opnion  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:06:27pm

Ya know, I am not sayin that BHO is Lucifer. All I"m sayin is, isn't it odd that you never see them together?

633 razorbacker  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:06:34pm

I dont' see what possibly could go wrong here.

Props to Mike Rowe.

634 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:06:58pm

Is it possible to create an IP that is not linked to your location - or it's whereabouts undetectable?

635 zelnaga  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:07:20pm
In terms of speaking to former presidents, I have spoken to all of them, uh, that are, uh, living ... obviously, uh, President Clinton, uh ... [laughter] ... hey, I didn’t want to get into a Nancy Reagan, uh, thing about doin’ any seances...


It seems like there are two ways to view this. Either he's saying Nancy Reagan has done seances in an attempt to talk to dead presidents (although all a Google search brings up are articles talking about Obama's comments), or he's suggesting that the only way he could talk to Ronald Reagan is through a seance with Nancy Reagan?

Either way, I'm having a tough time understanding his implications.

636 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:07:31pm

re: #632 opnion

Ya know, I am not sayin that BHO is Lucifer. All I"m sayin is, isn't it odd that you never see them together?

LOL - That's a keeper.

637 Moe Katz  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:07:49pm

re: #634 DistantThunder

Is it possible to create an IP that is not linked to your location - or it's whereabouts undetectable?

Yes, you can get proxy addresses on the Internet.

638 Nevergiveup  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:07:51pm

re: #634 DistantThunder

Is it possible to create an IP that is not linked to your location - or it's whereabouts undetectable?

Why, what do you have in mind?

639 Kragar  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:07:53pm

re: #533 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Mine's almost done. I made it the full 18 inches called for by the plan... seems kinda small, but that's what it said.

/slaps forhead... no dummy... 18 feet!

IT WAS IN METRIC YOU FOOL!

640 swampfoxx  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:07:54pm

What makes the BHO comments even more distressing is knowing how the MSM would have handled a similar comment made by Gov. Palin. about a democrat icon such as Jackie O.

641 [deleted]  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:08:09pm
642 Miss Molly  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:08:12pm

3 Wood -- I am sure any criticism of Barry will be labeled as "racist". I just hope after a point people won't care anymore about being labeled as "racist" and just go after this guy.

643 Colonel Panik  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:08:18pm

re: #621 Moe Katz

Someone tell me what Obama was alluding to about Nancy Reagan and séances?

It was a dig at Nancy Reagan but he was confusing Nancy Reagan's practice of consulting with astrologers with Hillary Clinton's attempts to channel Eleanor Roosevelt.

644 Randall Gross  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:08:31pm

re: #630 Iron Fist

Yeah, I remember that. In a lot of ways I think we should get some back. Maybe that's childish, but I ain't ever claimed I wasn't childish.

Payback is hell!


Barbara would never filch the china.

645 Picayune  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:08:51pm

re: #367 littleO

I've read that, as well.

On 11/4, a new attorney, just out of Law School at our firm, greeted my arrival with: "I can't believe that I am the only one here that voted today for Obama. We have several "older" staff and attorneys.

In response, I popped her balloon with a caution about the PUMAs ability to wreck the Change/Hope train bound for glory, that day! " Never happen, they won't vote for Sarah Palin", she quipped with a confident sarcasm.

Can't wait to thank her now - for the youth vote that put the O in office - cause, ya see, he's going to raise the cap on social security income levels to be able to qualify, which will effectively "Change" that program from the insurance plan created by FDR into an Obama(nation) welfare plan - which can only be paid for by his raising the payroll tax on workers.

Now just who do you suppose will be paying for the retirement/social security of the largest voting group, the Babyboomers, with increased payroll taxes - why today's all-feeling, unknowing Youth, that's who!

And, McCain, nor any other Republican could ever give the Babybooners a gift like this.

Can't wait to see the perplexed shock on her face as her fresh mind tries to process this fallout from the Change-sans-definition, and lemming-like peer bounding that knows no limits - before the vote.

Vexation and apoplexy won't cover the anger that I'll witness, as office items begin to fly!

"Youuthes, did yooou... just say, youuthes? (MC Vinny) What a hoot it'll be.

"The road to Wisdom is long indeed" (Picayune).

Yaabadabadoo - quiting time here on a Friday. Later - lizards!

646 reine.de.tout  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:09:01pm

re: #624 ClosetConservative

Dear Mr. Bush,

We, the people of the United States of America, would like to offer our most sincere thanks for your years of service to our country. Despite widespread opposition among the populations of the States to many of your proposals, your reputation as a man who puts America first, as the President ought to, remains untarnished. While all reason suggests that the economy should have tanked after the shock of 9/11, it did not. While you were savaged politically for the War on Terror, you did not shrink from your duties. While your decisions may have been politically unpopular, we truly feel that the majority of them were in the best interests of the United States. Furthermore, we applaud your steadfast commitment to holding the safety of America above your political future. For your devotion to country and duty, we, the undersigned, would like to thank you.

-Signatories


Small edit. Now it sounds a little repetitive, but it can be fixed.

I think it sounds great.

647 arethusa  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:09:15pm

re: #621 Moe Katz

Someone tell me what Obama was alluding to about Nancy Reagan and séances?

In the 1980's Nancy Reagan reputedly held seances.

648 wiffersnapper  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:09:29pm

New politics, eh?

649 Moe Katz  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:09:32pm

Thanks Ploome and Col Panik.

650 Kragar  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:09:35pm

re: #563 gmsc

O/T:

...and remember, when vacationing lovely Antigua and Barbuda, don't forget to visit the always lovely "Mount 0bama".


/Why, oh, why don't we have a "Mount Clinton"?

Clinton preferred to do his own mounting.

651 jaunte  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:10:06pm

re: #560 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Steve was always a prints of a guy.

652 opnion  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:10:33pm

re: #636 DistantThunder

LOL - That's a keeper.

Why thank you. I just kill me.

653 formercorpsman  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:10:36pm

Quite frankly, we need him to keep on this track. Sad but true. Say it ain't so Joe already cast the dye for this man.

In my opinion, the share of the cross-over vote was because of 2 things mainly. The economy, and the actual success of Bush not allowing another terrorist hit within this country. The middle is panicked by the financial mess, and complacent with the violence, or the lack thereof.

The "mark my words declaration" is the gauntlet thrown down. The opposition did not do this, his own running mate did, and he won't be able to escape this when that time comes.

The middle finger gestures, these crass attempts at humorous favor with the press, will only increase the weight upon his shoulders when the real shit hits the fan.

He is a rookie, and despite his pedigree on paper, he lacks the social graces of a true world leader, and no amount of time in the job with correct this life long bowl of piss he has been marinating in.

I do have one honest regret however. Even as a conservative white guy, I can acknowledge the historic nature with the election of the first black President of the United States. He will tarnish this place in history, simply because at his core, he does not possess the moral fiber required for the job.

654 snowgardendream  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:10:36pm

What about leaving the families out of it, Barry, like you said? Nancy is a frail, ailing woman who should not be the subject of your lame jokes, but then we know you are a thin-skinned vindictive man; now we know you pick on older ladies so what's next? Gonna have the Office of the President Elect investigate if Barney the Dog should be put down due to crimes against humanity the press?

655 maddogg  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:11:19pm

I don't suppose he "got into" blowjobs in the Oval office while he was "getting into" insulting Nancy Reagan?

656 Ojoe  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:11:25pm

Barry, this is really bad, and no way to be a leader.

Cut it out.

657 ciaospirit  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:11:43pm

I learned all I need to know about phony Michelle Obama when she used the Grandmother "Toot" to garner sympathy for BHO during one of her latest speeches, yet the woman never visited the Grandmother while she was sick or when she was on her death bed. Why not? What's that say about her? About family and unity? My brother's keeper? The Obamas have done nothing but self service their entire lives.

658 Outrider  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:12:36pm

re: #593 joncelli

Constitutionally, the President-elect has no executive authority. GWB is president until O takes the oath of office. This agency may not deserve a .gov domain but I doubt it has any executive authority whatsoever.

It doesn't. I question the mans ego. And balls.

659 Ojoe  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:12:47pm

I think from my viewpoint this is going to be a short honeymoon.

I hope I am wrong.

660 wolfie  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:12:55pm

OT and OMG ! This is an outrage.
The lefties are already playing payback.
Robert Byrd has been kicked out of his chairmanship of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Take that, West Virginia! Smackdown!

OK, you may argue that Byrd died approximately seven years ago. But I know that. West Virginia knows that, too. What of it? That never stopped him from holding power before.
Doesn't the Disability Act cover this kind of thing? How can a party that upholds the right of the dead to vote unseat a guy just because he's dead?

661 Daisy  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:13:05pm

re: #646 reine.de.tout

Good letter - proactive. I wrote to Gov, Palin yesterday expressing my thanks and best wishes.

662 turn  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:13:28pm

re: #579 ClosetConservative

Somehow I have the feeling he'd be content with a full page add that read

"Great job, No 1!"

663 RememberSekhmet?  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:13:36pm

Hussein the Twit lives up to my pet name for him. How unsurprising.

664 opnion  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:13:39pm

re: #657 ciaospirit

I learned all I need to know about phony Michelle Obama when she used the Grandmother "Toot" to garner sympathy for BHO during one of her latest speeches, yet the woman never visited the Grandmother while she was sick or when she was on her death bed. Why not? What's that say about her? About family and unity? My brother's keeper? The Obamas have done nothing but self service their entire lives.


Michelle doesn't like White people & Toot was most definitely White, typically White.

665 Outrider  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:13:48pm

re: #599 Iron Fist

Man, if we are going to do puppets, I insist we have the Giant Duck of Peace. You're not seriously doing puppets if you don't have the Duck of Peace.

I'd settle or a piece of duck though.

666 Nevergiveup  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:13:51pm

"Iran's development of a nuclear weapon, I believe, is unacceptable and we have to mount an international effort to prevent that from happening," said Obama, speaking in Chicago.

[Link: www.haaretz.com...]

Does this guy really believe what he says?

667 WrathofG-d  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:13:52pm

...I will reach across party lines, and listen to those who have different opinions then I do...there are not two america's one red & one blue, but one America...

or...maybe not!

668 Moe Katz  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:13:52pm

re: #647 arethusa

In the 1980's Nancy Reagan reputedly held seances.

Thanks. So not only is it a nasty dig, but it's factually inaccurate since she consulted astrologers rather than conducting seances.

669 IslandLibertarian  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:13:57pm

re: #599 Iron Fist

Man, if we are going to do puppets, I insist we have the Giant Duck of Peace. You're not seriously doing puppets if you don't have the Duck of Peace.

Fuck the Duck!
I want a HAWK of WAR!

670 Catttt  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:14:17pm

Perhaps now is not the time to mention that I can read palms.

671 Shug  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:14:20pm

re: #660 wolfie

OT and OMG ! This is an outrage.
The lefties are already playing payback.
Robert Byrd has been kicked out of his chairmanship of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Take that, West Virginia! Smackdown!

OK, you may argue that Byrd died approximately seven years ago. But I know that. West Virginia knows that, too. What of it? That never stopped him from holding power before.
Doesn't the Disability Act cover this kind of thing? How can a party that upholds the right of the dead to vote unseat a guy just because he's dead?

Can you give a committee chairmanship to a guy in an urn?

672 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:14:26pm

re: #638 Nevergiveup

Why, what do you have in mind?

I want to design a website - but don't want the gestapo at my door.

673 Zippy_Slug  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:14:38pm

re: #660 wolfie

I thought he is stepping down himself..

How this racist ex-KKK member keeps getting elected is beyond comprehension..

Then again, I can't believe BHO is "president"

674 Ojoe  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:14:59pm

re: #671 Shug

Committee chairs should be urned?

675 Adina in Judea  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:15:02pm

re: #653 formercorpsman

The "mark my words declaration" is the gauntlet thrown down. The opposition did not do this, his own running mate did, and he won't be able to escape this when that time comes.

The middle finger gestures, these crass attempts at humorous favor with the press, will only increase the weight upon his shoulders when the real shit hits the fan.

He is a rookie, and despite his pedigree on paper, he lacks the social graces of a true world leader, and no amount of time in the job with correct this life long bowl of piss he has been marinating in.

Barry won't care.

He's got the King of the World and Deity self-view down pat now.

Whatever happens, he won't allow anyone to blame him in public for it.

Barry has a total and complete lack of humility.

676 maddogg  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:15:02pm

In my humble opinion, They (the Obamas) are actually nastier people than the Clintons, and thats pretty damn nasty.

677 [deleted]  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:15:04pm
678 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:15:34pm

re: #660 wolfie

OT and OMG ! This is an outrage.
The lefties are already playing payback.
Robert Byrd has been kicked out of his chairmanship of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Take that, West Virginia! Smackdown!

Maybe someone thought it would be a bit odd to have the first Black President meet with the first Klansman Senator?

679 Mezzetino  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:15:35pm

Others have said this too, but I can't forbear: just exactly WTF is the "Office of the President-Elect"? And who invented it? I'll bet one of those clowns went down to Kinko's last night just to gin up that sign.

Isn't the president-elect supposed to spend his last ten weeks or so as a private citizen closeted with his family? And then show up in Washington for Inauguration Day?

Presumptuous turds.

680 Daisy  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:15:35pm

re: #670 Cattt

Perhaps now is not the time to mention that I can read palms.

LOL! :)

681 maddogg  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:15:46pm

re: #670 Cattt

Perhaps now is not the time to mention that I can read palms.

Read mine!

682 razorbacker  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:15:46pm

re: #670 Cattt

Perhaps now is not the time to mention that I can read palms.

I had my palm red once.

An old rag and a little mineral spirits cleaned it right up, though.

683 Catttt  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:15:51pm

We should set up a virtual reality place and have virtual marches.

We could have an AWESOME Hawk of War Puppet.

684 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:15:51pm

Obama is too inexperienced to keep us safe - and he can't read character.

685 pious agnostic  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:15:54pm

What? No teleprompter?

686 Nevergiveup  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:15:59pm

re: #671 Shug

Can you give a committee chairmanship to a guy in an urn?

I don't know, but we elected one for Senate in NJ last tuesday?

687 Moe Katz  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:16:01pm

re: #670 Cattt

Perhaps now is not the time to mention that I can read palms.

But can you read eucalyptuses?

688 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:16:34pm

re: #677 Granite Eagle

This is classier than BHO's comment, how?

689 WrathofG-d  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:16:59pm

I think you Obama haters really need to swallow a couple chill pills, and give this guy a break. Give the guy a chance to actually mess up before we attack him for it.

690 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:17:04pm

Who is checking for fraud in all of these states? Is that happening?

691 turn  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:17:22pm

re: #604 imploder

Airmen, Marines, Sailors and Soldiers do, as do the officers in charge.


So this would mean the commander in chief as well, no? Seriously I tried to google this and didn't find an obvious quick answer.

692 Occasional Reader  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:17:22pm

re: #539 Charles

Comments about coups etc. are going to be deleted.

What if I comment on the Audi TT Coup?


/just tryin' to lighten things up a bit... it's been a rough week all around

693 ciaospirit  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:17:29pm

We must get involved for 2010. Get busy now. You can bet ACORN and such are gearing up.

694 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:17:32pm

re: #684 DistantThunder

Obama is too inexperienced to keep us safe - and he can't read character.

He can barely read the teleprompter.

695 Ojoe  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:17:38pm

re: #689 WrathofG-d

Yes, I agree.

696 opnion  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:17:59pm

re: #676 maddogg

In my humble opinion, They (the Obamas) are actually nastier people than the Clintons, and thats pretty damn nasty.


I agree, the Clintons were mostly power hungry & believe in pay back.
The Obama's on the other hand are just mean & revel in demeaning people.

697 Adina in Judea  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:18:10pm

re: #685 pious agnostic

What? No teleprompter?

Uh, no, uh, this is why, uh, we'll be hearing the word 'uh' a lot, uh, for the next four years. Uh, it will become, uh, a popular word. Barry, uh, will make it, uh, a popular, uh, word.

698 Lee Coller  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:18:13pm

re: #688 Slumbering Behemoth

This is classier than BHO's comment, how?

That looks like a candidate for deletion.

699 Shug  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:18:13pm

Has Franken stolen the election in MN yet?

700 Sharmuta  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:18:17pm

re: #687 Moe Katz

But can you read eucalyptuses?

Don't be silly- Cattts are more into firs.

701 cpuller  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:18:17pm

I read his transition website under agenda. This guy is a loon.

Hey, Barack! Ron Paul called. He wants his lunacy back!

702 Adrenalyn  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:18:23pm

re: #634 DistantThunder

Is it possible to create an IP that is not linked to your location - or it's whereabouts undetectable?

well, there are proxy servers

but on the other hand
one was quietly bought by the CIA ages ago
(front company actually)
so don't have a whole lotta faith that they are really keeping you secure and anonymous

703 3 wood  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:18:40pm

re: #635 zelnaga

It seems like there are two ways to view this. Either he's saying Nancy Reagan has done seances in an attempt to talk to dead presidents (although all a Google search brings up are articles talking about Obama's comments), or he's suggesting that the only way he could talk to Ronald Reagan is through a seance with Nancy Reagan?

Either way, I'm having a tough time understanding his implications.

He made a comment about talking to all living Presidents and the MSM started laughing at the suggestions, like, as opposed to the dead ones?

To get himself out of that awkward moment, he made the crack about Mrs. Reagan.

Several problems with this:

1. It was Hillary who channeled people, not Mrs. Reagan, who consulted astrologists.

2. An apparent willingness to make fun of an old lady who can not defend herself.

3. The continued ongoing verbal assault on Republicans.

4. The willing support of the MSM in this.

704 right_on_target  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:18:41pm

re: #659 Ojoe

I think from my viewpoint this is going to be a short honeymoon.

I hope I am wrong.


___
You're not wrong. And the government will keep the wedding gifts [our money].

705 jemima  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:18:44pm

Dick Morris on Hannity right now. Obama win assures Bibi will be elected and within 5 months there will be a war in the ME. Barry will not support Israel.

Anyone surprised?

706 rightside  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:18:44pm

re: #653 formercorpsman

Good point. When he fails miserably, will generations be able to point at the future dem nominees, and say, "He'll be another Obama"?

707 imploder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:18:46pm

re: #595 yma o hyd

I would think that you mum (probably) had quite a lot to do with looking after your dogs! They do, see, when the children are in school.

If you need to ahve a professional to train and look after your dog - well, its abot like having a nanny who deals with your children, and you just see them an hour a day when its convenient.
This may be ok for the dog - it may be ok for you, but he won't be 'your' dog, you won't ahve any bond with him, nor he with you.
And that bond is what having a dog is all about.
Yes, children can have this - in a family, where all pull together. Not in a goldfish bowl like the White House.

I can't state in strong enough terms how important it is for someone considering the ownership of a canine to ponder what it really means.

To raise a puppy right, with training, obedience and socialization takes nearly a year, and that's just ground training. Having a dog is not just taking a dog into the house (and I don't care which house), it is a commitment.

I would advise the Obamas to not take on a dog at this point. They aren't already dog owners and there is no way they could do the canine justice. It is wrong to use a pet like a dog as a symbol and I'm offended if they think they can get some dog that will serve them well in photo-ops. That's not the point of owning a dog and it's pernicious to the animal, who is the innocent in the transaction.

I spend three or four hours a day with my dog and she sometimes pisses me off, but for the most part we are like peas and carrots. She's a good egg and she loves everyone she encounters (except for people who fear her, she doesn't know what to do about that, and it was not something I socialized her in).

It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.

Haile Selassie

I don't know Haile Selassie, I think the person is African, but the quote always struck me as true. In the same vein, because of an animals lack of wickedness, there is a part of them that we are obliged to protect. We must know their nature before we take them on, lest they be abandoned, we must not fear the price of their care, they are our charge, we must be responsible for them, for they look only to us for their needs.

My dog is not a bother, or a hinderance, but rather one of the things that makes this house my home. I was with her when she was a puppy, and I'll do whatever it takes to care for her from now on. That is a huge undertaking, and many fail to fulfill it for whatever reasons. They failed because they didn't know how hard it might be.

It's for those reasons that I suggest the Obama family passes on the canine companionship. If they do it for symbolic reasons, the on that will suffer will be the pup.

708 wolfie  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:18:52pm

re: #671 Shug

Can you give a committee chairmanship to a guy in an urn?

An urn! Don't be silly! He wasn't cremated. He was stuffed!

709 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:19:04pm

re: #689 WrathofG-d

I think you Obama haters really need to swallow a couple chill pills, and give this guy a break. Give the guy a chance to actually mess up before we attack him for it.

He condescended to one of our National heroes. - publicly to set a tone for his administration.

710 Ojoe  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:19:05pm

re: #694 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

If he could read character he wouldn't have hung around with Wright & Ayers, etc as those kind of people have a certain repulsiveness to someone attuned to it.

711 Nevergiveup  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:19:08pm

re: #689 WrathofG-d

I think you Obama haters really need to swallow a couple chill pills, and give this guy a break. Give the guy a chance to actually mess up before we attack him for it.

Well he just called for international cooperation to stop Iran from building nuclear weapons as if that hasn't been going on for the last 8 years?

712 WrathofG-d  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:19:21pm

re: #692 Occasional Reader

see my 551.

713 maddogg  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:19:25pm

re: #696 opnion

I agree, the Clintons were mostly power hungry & believe in pay back.
The Obama's on the other hand are just mean & revel in demeaning people.

Keep an eye on how they treat their Secret Service people, that will be telling. I expect Michelle to treat them like dirt.

714 Gus  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:19:27pm

Straight from the Office of the Clown Elect.

Soon to be Office of the Clown.

Might be time to start keeping a diary of sorts on President Clown tracking his daily stupidity.

715 Charles Johnson  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:19:31pm

re: #677 Granite Eagle

You can post that kind of stuff somewhere else. You're not welcome to continue posting comments here.

716 Gearhead  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:19:33pm

re: #670 Cattt

Perhaps now is not the time to mention that I can read palms.

date or coconut?;-p

717 Moe Katz  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:19:53pm

re: #700 Sharmuta

Don't be silly- Cattts are more into firs.

Oak-kay, you win.

718 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:20:47pm

re: #699 Shug

Has Franken stolen the election in MN yet?

Stolen? He's good enough, smart enough, and dog-gone it, people like him!

719 Catttt  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:20:49pm

You, too, my friends, can read palms. Get Cheito's book.

What freaked me out was it did work, in that I could see things like head wounds as a child, childhood illnesses, etc. Hard to know if the future events will come to pass, but the past events things that I saw were freaky. It freaked the palm owners out too.

I know a lady who can read cards too. I remember being freaked out when she read mine.

Go ahead, O - mock me.

Hey - maybe I can read palms as my Great Leader Community Service.

720 formercorpsman  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:21:00pm

re: #675 Adina in Judea

I think you just validated what my point was.

He won't care, because he does not care. This is his character flaw. The problem is, he won't be able to run from the things that will end up exploiting him in the end.

It will become painfully obvious, in the span of just 4 years, this guy is at best an ammeter, and it will painfully obvious at that time.

I look at this in the same way, when Clinton had everyone on the front lawn of the White House, showing a strong defense in the face of his blow-job crisis, only to piss everyone off, and tarnish his place in history.

No matter what, Clinton can never, ever distance his place in history from what happened.

721 opnion  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:21:02pm

re: #713 maddogg

Keep an eye on how they treat their Secret Service people, that will be telling. I expect Michelle to treat them like dirt.

She will.

722 so.cal.swede  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:21:06pm

Don't worry. Soon this kind of humor will feel like a relief after having put in our daily work for the "Glorious Volunteer Patriotic Mandatory Duty for Change"

723 Outrider  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:21:17pm

re: #653 formercorpsman

I do have one honest regret however. Even as a conservative white guy, I can acknowledge the historic nature with the election of the first black President of the United States. He will tarnish this place in history, simply because at his core, he does not possess the moral fiber required for the job.

That is, I believe a serious concern. After his term of service, he will be used as the rationalization for many people to never again vote for an African-American. It's not right, but that doesn't make it any less a reality. He is simply the wrong man for the job.

724 WrathofG-d  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:21:17pm

re: #709 DistantThunder

I don't find his comment about Nancy Reagan to be that big of a deal. Could I over analyze it and get angry? Sure. But I refuse to (especially on a Friday). It was a stupid comment, not a national sin.

re: #711 Nevergiveup

Well let's give the International Oshiach a chance to see if he can make it happen. I wish him all the best!

725 Adina in Judea  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:21:20pm

re: #705 jemima

Dick Morris on Hannity right now. Obama win assures Bibi will be elected and within 5 months there will be a war in the ME. Barry will not support Israel.

Anyone surprised?

A war against Hamas is brewing quite seriously already.

726 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:21:28pm

re: #719 Cattt

You, too, my friends, can read palms. Get Cheito's book.

What freaked me out was it did work, in that I could see things like head wounds as a child, childhood illnesses, etc. Hard to know if the future events will come to pass, but the past events things that I saw were freaky. It freaked the palm owners out too.

I know a lady who can read cards too. I remember being freaked out when she read mine.

Go ahead, O - mock me.

Hey - maybe I can read palms as my Great Leader Community Service.

You will be assigned to can Spam.

727 turn  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:22:10pm

re: #635 zelnaga

[Link: www.newsmax.com...]

728 Dave the.....  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:22:20pm
I think you Obama haters really need to swallow a couple chill pills, and give this guy a break. Give the guy a chance to actually mess up before we attack him for it.

Under different circumstances, maybe. But I've seen one too many "f*ck Bush" T-shirts and bumper stickers over the past 8 years. And the Obama campaign ran hourly commercials attacking President Bush on all local TV and many radio stations.

I listened to the thing today. My impression is that he sounded very amateurish. He is quite different when not reading from a teleprompter or talking to drooling fans.

729 debutaunt  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:22:31pm

re: #399 WrathofG-d

SO...

What does LGF think about palm readers and fortune tellers?

those in glass houses & such...

It's silly, but 0 was way off base.

730 Crusty  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:22:31pm

Obama takes a cheap shot at the widow of a dead president and thus Bill Clinton loses his title as most vulgar president in U.S. history.

Karma has awfully big ears, Mr. Obama. Even bigger than yours.

731 SixDegrees  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:22:42pm

re: #634 DistantThunder

Is it possible to create an IP that is not linked to your location - or it's whereabouts undetectable?

IP addresses don't carry any location information with them. But they tend to be stable - ISPs dole out large, contiguous blocks of them over a given geographic area, and there are services that run probes to match IP addresses against zip codes. You can look up GeoIP for examples and deeper explanations.

Basically, they can find out very easily who your ISP is, because all IP addresses that they hand out must be registered. Your ISP can then consult their records and determine which of their customers was assigned which IP address on any given day or time. Cable ISPs typically "lease" their IP addresses to a particular customer, and only expire the lease if their router is offline for some period of time, usually a couple of weeks. But they keep records of what the assignments were, at least for a limited time. So switching routers, tinkering with their internals or taking them offline for a while doesn't really help much.

This isn't quite as straightforward as I'm making it sound; the assignment to customers is handled by machinery, and it isn't exactly a transparent process trying to convert that information into, say, a street address. But with enough effort, it can be done.

Yes, there are ways to mask your IP. They all have various drawbacks and means of defeating them. In a large office building with a single "gateway" router that handles incoming and outgoing Internet traffic for hundreds of computers, it is fairly common to keep track of IP addresses on the internal network, assign each Internet request an IP address that is fake but is what the outside world sees, and maintain that mapping so the returned information can find it's way back to you by undoing this mapping. It is common for large companies to do this, to avoid exposing details of their network to the outside world.

Huge, complicated topic that won't fit here. Poke around on the Web; there's lots of good information on it around.

732 3 wood  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:22:49pm

Has President-elect Obama finished visiting all 57 states yet?

733 Randall Gross  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:23:12pm

My predictions and a few things to watch for, don't get caught up in the sideshow:

1. Clean sweep of every appointee and office they can fire, don't expect a single Bush hanger-onner like we had with a lot of Clinton employees.
2. Speedy hiring of a lot of activists, so every lizard's job is to watch not only the appointees, but who the heck they are hiring after appointment -- we need to quickly identify the certified riff-raff and make them an issue until they are out.
3. Lots of newbs in Washington, they will be overstepping bounds and breaking some laws almost by default since they will be Obama's young Turks, I guarantee it. We need to catch it when it happens.

734 Occasional Reader  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:23:20pm

re: #712 WrathofG-d

see my 551.

GMTA.

Presumably, an abortive attempt to overthrow Mussolini would have gone down in history as the "Little Duce Coup".

735 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:23:28pm

re: #689 WrathofG-d

I'm not going to give him a break, but at the same time I am also not going to go all ODS either, leave that crap to the moonbats. I'll not be doing (nor tolerating) any of that "schuck and jive" mockery either, leave that stupid, racist shit on the gutter-sites.

Just to clarify, WoG was not doing any of that crap, I was just adding some thoughts to his.

736 Syrah  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:23:30pm

re: #705 jemima

Dick Morris on Hannity right now. Obama win assures Bibi will be elected and within 5 months there will be a war in the ME. Barry will not support Israel.

Anyone surprised?

Not on this side of the isle. There will likely be some surprised and angry looks on the faces on the other. They will fault the Israelis of course.

737 Catttt  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:23:41pm

re: #689 WrathofG-d

I think you Obama haters really need to swallow a couple chill pills, and give this guy a break. Give the guy a chance to actually mess up before we attack him for it.

To quote Mulder, I WANT to believe...

738 Sharmuta  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:23:42pm

re: #717 Moe Katz

Oak-kay, you win.

Are you pine-ing for a pun thread?

739 Dave the.....  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:23:46pm

Charles, I'm not sure what you deleted, but I am very happy to see you take an active role in policing this site. We don't want to become what the left has been for much of the past few years.

740 3 wood  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:23:50pm

re: #705 jemima

Dick Morris on Hannity right now. Obama win assures Bibi will be elected and within 5 months there will be a war in the ME. Barry will not support Israel.

Anyone surprised?

I think Israel should get ready to be abandoned by the US as of January 21, 2009.

741 maddogg  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:24:12pm

re: #732 3 wood

Has President-elect Obama finished visiting all 57 states yet?

I don't expect "The Great Uniter" to visit blood red Arkansas any time soon. I think I can live with that.

742 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:24:21pm

re: #731 SixDegrees

Gracias. See I'm cooperating with the Big O.

743 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:24:49pm

re: #733 Thanos

My predictions and a few things to watch for, don't get caught up in the sideshow:

1.
Clean sweep of every appointee and office they can fire, don't expect a
single Bush hanger-onner like we had with a lot of Clinton employees.

I'm sure the media will be all over that, just like when Bush fired 8 Attorneys General.
/

744 Occasional Reader  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:24:49pm

re: #735 Slumbering Behemoth

leave that stupid, racist shit on the gutter-sites.

Just to clarify, WoG was not doing any of that crap,

Mixed message there...

/kidding

745 Moe Katz  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:24:55pm

re: #738 Sharmuta

Are you pine-ing for a pun thread?

You must have me figured for a real sap.

746 eschew_obfuscation  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:25:07pm

re: #486 joan

I invite those who are knowledgeable, willing, able to draft an expression of thanks to President George W. Bush.

I don't doubt that he made mistakes, of course I disagree with several sad errors including immigration, expansion of government power. No need to enumerate these, his enemies have done so relentlessly.

Does he have any defenders? Is anyone grateful that he made sure that 9-11 did not destroy our economy? That he vowed to exact a terrible price for the ones who knocked those buildings down? That he made sure no act of horror was carried out on shores on his watch? That he was right to take the fight to the enemy, to exhaust them over there, so they were less able to assault us over here? That he has aged twenty years in a mere 8, that he is clearly a decent person who does not stoop to cheap shots, that he is in fact brave man, a man who loves America.

Someone ought to say thank you, publicly, and if anyone will write it, I'll sign it and chip in to get it published as a full page ad in major papers, then framed and presented to him.

so sue me

I'd participate...though I'm probably not the best person to write it up.

My nic should be blue in case you're collecting email addy's

747 semper gumbi  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:25:17pm

There is always a White House Transition and Transition Team. In fact, there is an organization that evaluates transitions to improve the process:White House Transition Project

What I find somewhat interesting is that the Bush Transition website was a dot-com, while Obama's is a dot-gov. I wonder why?

748 turn  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:25:19pm

re: #640 swampfoxx

What makes the BHO comments even more distressing is knowing how the MSM would have handled a similar comment made by Gov. Palin. about a democrat icon such as Jackie O.

You know I don't think the MSM is ever going to let up on Palin over the next four years, they need a new republican "boogy man" to take the spotlight off of O now that W is stepping down. Plus they are downbright worried she'll get elected POTUS in 2012.

749 Golem Akbar  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:25:20pm

re: #740 3 wood

I think Israel should get ready to be abandoned by the US as of January 21, 2009.

I'm afraid you're right, I pray you're wrong.

750 Nevergiveup  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:25:27pm

re: #724 WrathofG-d

I don't find his comment about Nancy Reagan to be that big of a deal. Could I over analyze it and get angry? Sure. But I refuse to (especially on a Friday). It was a stupid comment, not a national sin.

re: #711 Nevergiveup

Well let's give the International Oshiach a chance to see if he can make it happen. I wish him all the best!

I wish when I wake up tomorrow there is a Porsche in my driveway but...
But I do wish him the best and do hope and pray he doesn't screw this up.

751 Sharmuta  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:25:48pm

re: #745 Moe Katz

You must have me figured for a real sap.

Did you want me to leaf?

752 Syrah  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:25:54pm

re: #747 semper gumbi

There is always a White House Transition and Transition Team. In fact, there is an organization that evaluates transitions to improve the process:White House Transition Project

What I find somewhat interesting is that the Bush Transition website was a dot-com, while Obama's is a dot-gov. I wonder why?

Hubris.

753 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:26:06pm

re: #715 Charles

You run a fine establishment, sir. Thank you.

754 debutaunt  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:26:22pm

re: #747 semper gumbi

There is always a White House Transition and Transition Team. In fact, there is an organization that evaluates transitions to improve the process:White House Transition Project

What I find somewhat interesting is that the Bush Transition website was a dot-com, while Obama's is a dot-gov. I wonder why?

$

755 Occasional Reader  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:26:41pm

re: #737 Cattt

To quote Mulder, I WANT to believe...

Frankly, so do I. I would be delighted - DELIGHTED - if Obama pleasantly surprises, nay, STUNS me by serving as a good, effective President who increases America's freedom, prosperity and security.

Of course, that would mean he's have to Change! his mind about a lot of his current ideas. Here's Hope!-ing.

756 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:26:42pm

re: #736 Syrah

Not on this side of the isle. There will likely be some surprised and angry looks on the faces on the other. They will fault the Israelis of course.

We've been creaking up the roller coaster to the top - and usually they have a little dip at the top, then turn the corner - and the freefall begins.

Everyone put your hands in the air...here it comes.

757 Gearhead  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:26:43pm

re: #751 Sharmuta

Did you want me to leaf?

These pun threads are a real beech.

758 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:27:03pm

re: #751 Sharmuta

Did you want me to leaf?

The puns are flying fast & fir-ious.

759 Dave the.....  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:27:12pm

Once a war starts, Obama administration may support Israel. The real problem is that the cause of the war may be that bad people now view the US as a weak country, so may start a war that they wouldn't otherwise.

760 Moe Katz  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:27:15pm

re: #751 Sharmuta

Did you want me to leaf?

Naw, that would be going out on a limb.

761 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:27:26pm

re: #748 turn

You know I don't think the MSM is ever going to let up on Palin over the next four years, they need a new republican "boogy man" to take the spotlight off of O now that W is stepping down. Plus they are downbright worried she'll get elected POTUS in 2012.

She's going to be on Greta tonight.

762 imploder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:27:41pm

re: #757 Gearhead

These pun threads are a real beech.

I'm donning my Birch-n-stocks and hitting the radweg...

763 Sharmuta  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:27:52pm

re: #757 Gearhead

These pun threads are a real beech.

They're better when buzzsawmonkey is at the h-elm.

764 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:27:53pm

re: #760 Moe Katz

Naw, that would be going out on a limb.

Oh, shoot.

765 debutaunt  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:27:59pm

If you pay your employees with prepaid Visa cards, do you um have to ummm nevermind!

766 Nevergiveup  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:28:07pm

re: #761 DistantThunder

She's going to be on Greta tonight.

Is it tonight or monday night?

767 scottishbuzzsaw  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:28:10pm

re: #751 Sharmuta

Did you want me to leaf?

I'm all for the thread branching out in new directions!

768 Occasional Reader  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:28:21pm

re: #750 Nevergiveup

I wish when I wake up tomorrow there is a Porsche in my driveway

Hey! Charles made it very clear, no coupe talk!

769 wolfie  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:28:25pm

re: #733 Thanos

Amen.
And if we discover that we can't do anything about unsavory appointments, we can't just give up and ignore the subject. We need to know who is in power and what they're up to. We need to know what we're up against.

770 Catttt  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:28:28pm

re: #705 jemima

Dick Morris on Hannity right now. Obama win assures Bibi will be elected and within 5 months there will be a war in the ME. Barry will not support Israel.

Anyone surprised?

This will be a rude awakening for a lot of people who voted for the O.

771 arethusa  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:28:41pm

re: #699 Shug

Has Franken stolen the election in MN yet?

He's still behind by about 238 votes. Some precinct gave him 24 votes instead of 124, an error just discovered this morning, apparently.

772 Moe Katz  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:28:42pm

re: #764 DistantThunder

Oh, shoot.

Time we branched off into something new.

773 imploder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:28:44pm

re: #764 DistantThunder

Oh, shoot.

This is sapling my energy.

774 Gearhead  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:28:56pm

Maple I should just keep my mouth shut.

775 nyc redneck  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:28:56pm

re: #657 ciaospirit

I learned all I need to know about phony Michelle Obama when she used the Grandmother "Toot" to garner sympathy for BHO during one of her latest speeches, yet the woman never visited the Grandmother while she was sick or when she was on her death bed. Why not? What's that say about her? About family and unity? My brother's keeper? The Obamas have done nothing but self service their entire lives.

every one who voted for him and expects the free stuff they were promised should just look at how obama has greeted his own blood relatives.
and michelle is a cold defensive complainer. no room in her heart for charity.

776 Occasional Reader  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:29:02pm

re: #767 scottishbuzzsaw

I'm all for the thread branching out in new directions!

Don't be a sap.

777 Dave the.....  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:29:13pm
You know I don't think the MSM is ever going to let up on Palin over the next four years, they need a new republican "boogy man" to take the spotlight off of O now that W is stepping down. Plus they are downbright worried she'll get elected POTUS in 2012.

I was thinking about that. During the Clinton years, they had Newt G and other congressional leaders to attack.

Now the Democrats in very firm control of Congress, who do they demonize? You have to have an enemy to unite your people.

778 Outrider  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:29:16pm

re: #747 semper gumbi

There is always a White House Transition and Transition Team. In fact, there is an organization that evaluates transitions to improve the process:White House Transition Project

What I find somewhat interesting is that the Bush Transition website was a dot-com, while Obama's is a dot-gov. I wonder why?

I honestly can't remember any of the other President-elects holding a press conference with the podium labeled as "Office of the President-Elect". Could be wrong.

779 Ceemack  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:29:16pm

The only way this hate-filled, narcissistic clown could bring us all together is behind barbed wire.

780 Moe Katz  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:29:20pm

re: #774 Gearhead

Maple I should just keep my mouth shut.

Wood that I could.

781 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:29:30pm

Good evening, Lizards.

782 Nevergiveup  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:29:35pm

re: #768 Occasional Reader

Hey! Charles made it very clear, no coupe talk!

I was talking about their SUV. Screw the environment!

783 right_on_target  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:29:46pm

re: #747 semper gumbi

There is always a White House Transition and Transition Team. In fact, there is an organization that evaluates transitions to improve the process:White House Transition Project

What I find somewhat interesting is that the Bush Transition website was a dot-com, while Obama's is a dot-gov. I wonder why?


___
I don't think they are really eligible for the dot GOV. The site is run by a private company [barackobama.com's site]. It should be a dot COM or perhaps a dot ORG, but not a dot GOV. Next thing you'll see change.MIL! Hope not !

784 HoosierHoops  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:29:48pm

re: #702 Adrenalyn

well, there are proxy servers

but on the other hand
one was quietly bought by the CIA ages ago
(front company actually)
so don't have a whole lotta faith that they are really keeping you secure and anonymous

Well proxy servers still have to advertise thier IP on the external interface
to the router. It's only one hop back to the workstation..Even Homer Simpson can figure out the internal interface table.
The are services out there that offer anonymous proxy services but they are subject to warrants from law enforcement.
That said...you certainly can surf uses those services..don't expect that the Man can't find you if you do something illegal.

785 Outrider  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:29:49pm

re: #760 Moe Katz

Naw, that would be going out on a limb.

time to branch out and put down some roots'

786 arethusa  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:29:49pm

re: #766 Nevergiveup

Is it tonight or monday night?

Monday. Drudge headline in the left column (no story).

787 Gearhead  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:29:51pm

re: #780 Moe Katz

Wood that I could.

I would keep going, but I'm stumped.

788 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:29:51pm

re: #773 imploder

This is sapling my energy.

Oak-ay

789 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:29:57pm

re: #705 jemima

Dick Morris on Hannity right now. Obama win assures Bibi will be
elected and within 5 months there will be a war in the ME. Barry will
not support Israel.

Anyone surprised?

We can't say that Joe Biden didn't warn us.

790 pygmalienation  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:29:58pm

Well, well, well. What can be said about this, Mr President-elect Obama (gasps)?
lessee, now...
My, how um, er, uh... Progressive.

791 Sharmuta  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:30:21pm

re: #774 Gearhead

Maple I should just keep my mouth shut.

Don't be a stick in the mud.

792 Shug  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:30:31pm

This comment is 10% recycled

793 imploder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:30:39pm

I don't know, but we might be barking up the wrong tree...

794 turn  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:30:47pm

re: #761 DistantThunder

She's going to be on Greta tonight.

I thought the interview was going to air Monday. Cool! I'll check it out.

Oh I see Charles is starting to whack people, I better get out of here while I'm ahead.

Later Lizards, time to go walk the black lab along the American. Plus it's That Dog Won't Hunt's birthday, we're going to whoop it up tonight. Ha!

795 jemima  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:30:55pm

re: #740 3 wood

I think Israel should get ready to be abandoned by the US as of January 21, 2009.

The Israeli moonbats could not believe 0 will abandon them or would there be a situation possible where that could happen. 0 is going to make nice with the Palis and if it costs half of Jerusalem, let's not be greedy. Jerusalem has been a Jewish city for thousands of years, 0 is ushering in a new era of sharing. Spread that Jerusalem around, dontcha know.

796 Shug  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:31:06pm

this Obama thread is giving Chris Matthews a woodie

797 Moe Katz  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:31:19pm

re: #787 Gearhead

I would keep going, but I'm stumped.

Keep at it, your efforts will bear fruit.

798 Kragar  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:31:26pm

I can't believe this thread. All I see is birch, birch, birch.

799 arethusa  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:31:27pm

re: #777 Dave the...

I was thinking about that. During the Clinton years, they had Newt G and other congressional leaders to attack.

Now the Democrats in very firm control of Congress, who do they demonize? You have to have an enemy to unite your people.

An enemy all the way up in AK, about as far as you can get from DC and still be in the US, and no doubt minding her own beeswax? How are they going to justify that one?

800 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:31:27pm

re: #781 goddessoftheclassroom

Good evening, Lizards.

Good evening, goddess!

Could you please add my mom to the LGF prayer list? She's going to have to move from her apartment soon & she's very worried about finding a new place that she can afford.

801 Sharmuta  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:31:32pm

re: #793 imploder

I don't know, but we might be barking up the wrong tree...

Here I thought it was budding.

802 Crusty  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:31:42pm

re: #749 Golem Akbar

I'm afraid you're right, I pray you're wrong.

Obama's election marks the decline of democracy in 3 countries: Israel, Iraq and USA.

803 gop_patriot  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:31:59pm

re: #777 Dave the...

I was thinking about that. During the Clinton years, they had Newt G and other congressional leaders to attack.

Now the Democrats in very firm control of Congress, who do they demonize? You have to have an enemy to unite your people.

That would be you.

/And me, and anyone else who didn't vote for The 0ne.

804 imploder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:32:01pm

I'm root-ing for a re-do

805 Shug  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:32:02pm

This thread is mulch ado about nothing

806 WestSea  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:32:06pm

re: #621 Moe Katz

Someone tell me what Obama was alluding to about Nancy Reagan and séances?

Sorry, if someone already responded. Nancy Reagan had an astrologer while in the whitehouse. She started seeing the astrologer after Reagan was shot. It's true and she admitted it, but Obama's statement was a weak attempt at humor.

This is a small thing, but I feel like my stomach's been kicked. Maybe, because I see some harsh payback coming from the thugocracy.

807 Racer X  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:32:08pm

Wood you guys stop with the puns already!

808 Nevergiveup  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:32:09pm

re: #795 jemima

The Israeli moonbats could not believe 0 will abandon them or would there be a situation possible where that could happen. 0 is going to make nice with the Palis and if it costs half of Jerusalem, let's not be greedy. Jerusalem has been a Jewish city for thousands of years, 0 is ushering in a new era of sharing. Spread that Jerusalem around, dontcha know.

The problem is Stone is very hard to spread. It tends to break or shatter. I am sorry to say.

809 Adrenalyn  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:32:11pm

re: #759 Dave the...

Once a war starts, Obama administration may support Israel. The real problem is that the cause of the war may be that bad people now view the US as a weak country, so may start a war that they wouldn't otherwise.

precisely !

an upding for you dear poster


and again I stop to talk to a family member who dropped by and more posts get deleted


I'm gonna tell everyone to leave me alone for a while
before someone says something illegal
offensive is bad enough...

810 DistantThunder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:32:11pm

re: #789 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

We can't say that Joe Biden didn't warn us.

This has been unavoidable - and trying to not make it so for all these years - is like crossing your legs to avoid pee-ing. The pressure has to relieve itself -somehow.

811 rightside  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:32:16pm

Oak amon, stop it!

812 Born Again Republican  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:32:43pm

re: #724 WrathofG-d

I don't find his comment about Nancy Reagan to be that big of a deal. Could I over analyze it and get angry? Sure. But I refuse to (especially on a Friday). It was a stupid comment, not a national sin.

It's his continued arrogance that is the sin. Not long ago he was giving McCain the finger. When he first commented on McCain's choice of Palin he said he had picked a Mayor of such a small city. I could go on!

When do these actions become a big deal?

813 OldLineTexan  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:32:50pm

re: #798 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I can't believe this thread. All I see is birch, birch, birch.

I hope you're not pining for the fjords...

814 imploder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:33:00pm

I need some dendrology shampoo...

815 infidel4ever  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:33:10pm

re: #532 3 wood

This is part of the whole Chicago Way I keep harping on folks.

Chicago Democrats see people they disagree with politically as inferior and not worth respect.

Obama is not interested in unification.

Obama is not interested in hearing your concerns

Obama is not interested in anything but your unquestioning devotion, or else you are something to be made fun of, pounded into the ground and blamed for everything.

They also see your being magnanimous in defeat as weakness and a clear sign that they can go for your throat.


I don't want to start the "but he's a Muslim" mantra here, but does anybody see the similarity in attitude here? The lying, the evasions (taqqyyia), the absolute arrogance, entitlement and contempt? He certainly picked up the Muslim attitude in those years in Indonesia.

816 arethusa  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:33:36pm

re: #807 Racer X

Wood you guys stop with the puns already!

Shouldn't that be 3 wood? Let's give the puns an LGF tree theme. ;-)

817 Randall Gross  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:33:44pm

re: #745 Moe Katz

You must have me figured for a real sap.

Yew two are going over the top here.

818 maddogg  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:33:52pm

Pun must be Greek for bad joke.

Going to the deer woods. See ya in a week.

Go Texas Tech Red Raiders !

819 Moe Katz  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:33:57pm

re: #806 WestSea

It's true and she admitted it, but Obama's statement was a weak attempt at humor.

It strikes me as very depersonalizing. She's just some old two-dimensional stereotype to Obama, a cardboard figure to be ridiculed.

820 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:33:57pm

re: #802 Crusty

Obama's election marks the decline of democracy in 3 countries: Israel, Iraq and USA.

You can probably add Taiwan, Colombia & Georgia to the list.

821 Zippy_Slug  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:34:00pm

OT:
Response to the "teacher" browbeating the girl from yesterday's exposure:

[Link: hotair.com...]

822 Adrenalyn  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:34:15pm

re: #798 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I can't believe this thread. All I see is birch, birch, birch.

I've been pining for a new thread
so can I collect a first

823 Shug  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:34:15pm

re: #817 Thanos

Yew two are going over the top here.

Let me offer an olive branch

824 Kragar  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:34:18pm

re: #813 OldLineTexan

I hope you're not pining for the fjords...

Perhaps a bit, but only as a larch

825 Catttt  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:34:33pm

re: #761 DistantThunder

She's going to be on Greta tonight.

I'm going to have to break my fast and turn on Fox. I am so angry at them for the Palin crap that I have not turned it on since Tuesday night. I don't watch that much TV - just news, generally. This means my TV has been off since Tuesday.

I do like Greta - the murder coverage is annoying, but I like her, and I like when she covers other news. I also like O'Reilly. Hannity is good, but Skeletor the Pig makes me want to scream. I liked when Hannity said he got an Escalade Hybrid, and Skeletor asked for a ride - Hannity said no - the crew laughed.

826 Sharmuta  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:34:37pm

re: #814 imploder

I need some dendrology shampoo...

Trying to spruce up?

827 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:34:46pm

re: #813 OldLineTexan

I hope you're not pining for the fjords...

Only the sedans. No coupe talk allowed!

828 Moe Katz  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:34:50pm

re: #817 Thanos

Yew two are going over the top here.

You are larchly correct about that.

829 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:34:57pm

re: #800 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Good evening, goddess!

Could you please add my mom to the LGF prayer list? She's going to have to move from her apartment soon & she's very worried about finding a new place that she can afford.

Done.

830 IslandLibertarian  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:35:07pm

re: #719 Cattt

Hey - maybe I can read palms as my Great Leader Community Service.

What if someone's born without hands?

831 AdamWebber  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:35:20pm

re: #596 Shug

Has the election been certified yet?
I thought the electoral college certifies the election on December 15th.

So technically Obama the presumptive president elect and the office is Office of the Presumptive president elect

So the Great Seal of the O should read:

Office of the Presumptuous Presumptive President of the United States

:-P

832 tackle  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:35:23pm

re: #114 RightLogic

BTW, the sign on the podium says, "Office of the President Elect". WTF! There is no such thing and never has been. What a bunch of pompous jackasses.


It reminded me of Dwight's title in The Office: "Assistant (to the) Manager".
Maybe Obama needs an intermin seal that says "Office of the President (elect)" with "elect" in really teeny tiny letters.

833 Bruce Rheinstein  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:35:24pm

Insulting Reagan's window and snubbing Fox News at his very first post-election press conference... Oh great, I guess we can look forward to four years of President Obama fanning the flames of the culture war.

834 LGoPs  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:35:25pm

re: #65 I heart the USA

We're supposed to be shocked by this? This is the man that flipped off both John McCain and Hillary. He is trash.

Sadly, he is a reflection of us...at least of the 52% that voted for him.
Disgusting...

835 imploder  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:35:26pm

These opinions cross-cut the conventional wisdom, leaf-ing many lumbering in the saw-dust

836 Gearhead  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:35:34pm

re: #824 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Perhaps a bit, but only as a larch

I can't believe you guys aren't board with the puns yet.

837 Adrenalyn  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:35:48pm

re: #830 IslandLibertarian


Hey - maybe I can read palms as my Great Leader Community Service.

What if someone's born without hands?

we throw them in the trunk

838 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:36:05pm

re: #810 DistantThunder

This
has been unavoidable - and trying to not make it so for all these years
- is like crossing your legs to avoid pee-ing. The pressure has to
relieve itself -somehow.

It Depends.
/

839 Moe Katz  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:36:30pm

re: #819 Moe Katz

It strikes me as very depersonalizing. She's just some old two-dimensional stereotype to Obama, a cardboard figure to be ridiculed.

I should have added "snotty."

840 BaseballMom57  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:36:36pm

re: #105 SummerSong

I've always heard the only true hypoallergenic dog is the bisenji. Poodles are NOT hyperallergenic. I know this from experience. They still have dander, and that's what most people are allergic to.

841 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:36:49pm

re: #834 LGoPs

Sadly, he is a reflection of us...at least of the 52% that voted for him.
Disgusting...

Is it just me, or does 52% not qualify as a "landslide"?

842 HoosierHoops  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:36:51pm

{Goddess}
Hope today finds you well..
Here is to Friday! hurrah!

843 calcajun  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:37:08pm

re: #798 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I can't believe this thread. All I see is birch, birch, birch.

Only yew would say that.

844 Sharmuta  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:37:16pm

re: #836 Gearhead

I can't believe you guys aren't board with the puns yet.

We're twigging out.

845 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:37:22pm

re: #829 goddessoftheclassroom

Thank you!

846 Kragar  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:37:28pm

re: #836 Gearhead

I can't believe you guys aren't board with the puns yet.

Oh, come on. Puns are an old chestnut around here.

847 Racer X  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:37:34pm

re: #836 Gearhead

I can't believe you guys aren't board with the puns yet.

Knot yet.

848 Outrider  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:37:35pm

re: #821 Zippy_Slug

OT:
Response to the "teacher" browbeating the girl from yesterday's exposure:

[Link: hotair.com...]

I'd like to see the Finnish TV carry that action as well, to demonstrate that behavior is not accepted here. I'm thinking that documentary will give the impression it is.

849 Occasional Reader  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:37:42pm

Trivia: The word in Spanish for "pun" is retruéquano.

Very few native Spanish-speakers know this. Dazzle your friends with your command of la lengua de Cervantes.

850 calcajun  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:38:05pm

re: #816 arethusa

Is someone making an ash of themselves? These puns can be fir-rocious.

851 Ledger1  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:38:21pm

The retaliation and destruction of Oba’s foes begins.

I would assume President Bush will be next.

I am afraid that is will end very badly.

852 Adrenalyn  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:38:36pm

we need to root out the posters
who want to have a branch
of goverment that has an annual coniference
about sapling the life out of the economy

the seeds are being sown
as we speak
under the cone
of silence

853 calcajun  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:38:46pm

re: #847 Racer X

Knot yet.

Yeah. We're still just milling around waiting for more.

854 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:38:49pm

Is Charles going to be restoring our avatars now that the election crush is over?

855 Catttt  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:39:06pm

Wow. I turned this into a tree thread.
Kewl. I love trees.

There is a beautiful Chinese chestnut across from my patio. It's beautiful, but the fruit is poisonous, so it sits on the ground like ball bearings all winter. Too bad the chestnuts won't grow due to the damn blight.

Did I mention I'm a tree nut? So to speak.

856 onepistoffyid  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:39:10pm

re: #740 3 wood

I think Israel should get ready to be abandoned by the US as of January 21, 2009.

Staring Rahm Emanuel as capo in chief...?

857 Shug  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:39:14pm

re: #836 Gearhead

I can't believe you guys aren't board with the puns yet.


You can't see the forrest for the trees

858 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:39:28pm

re: #842 HoosierHoops

{Goddess}
Hope today finds you well..
Here is to Friday! hurrah!

{HooiserHoops}

Yes, but it's been a beck of a week. a situation with my older son (all is better now), play rehearsals, a forensics competition, and Veterams Day programs last night for our community and today for our school, oh, and the election. I'm treating myself to some Shiraz.

859 nyc redneck  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:39:42pm

re: #854 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Is Charles going to be restoring our avatars now that the election crush is over?

hope so, i miss my go-go boots.

860 HoosierHoops  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:39:59pm

re: #854 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Is Charles going to be restoring our avatars now that the election crush is over?

No avatars for you!
/channeling the soup nazi.

861 Catttt  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:40:07pm

re: #830 IslandLibertarian


Hey - maybe I can read palms as my Great Leader Community Service.

What if someone's born without hands?

Cheiro didn't cover that. (I learned the art by reading his book.)

862 Zippy_Slug  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:40:08pm

apparently, the branching of an open comment was required..

/snark

863 OldLineTexan  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:40:20pm

re: #855 Cattt

Wow. I turned this into a tree thread.
Kewl. I love trees.

There is a beautiful Chinese chestnut across from my patio. It's beautiful, but the fruit is poisonous, so it sits on the ground like ball bearings all winter. Too bad the chestnuts won't grow due to the damn blight.

Did I mention I'm a tree nut? So to speak.

Wal nut? Everyone else is.

864 Randall Gross  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:40:50pm

re: #823 Shug

Let me offer an olive branch

not now, I'm on an excercise machine, rowan away. Maybe later when I'm not so board.

865 reine.de.tout  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:41:00pm

re: #815 infidel4ever

I don't want to start the "but he's a Muslim" mantra here, but does anybody see the similarity in attitude here? The lying, the evasions (taqqyyia), the absolute arrogance, entitlement and contempt? He certainly picked up the Muslim attitude in those years in Indonesia.

Others might see it, but really, I don't.

There are others with a similar attitude and demeanor - Bill Clinton comes to mind. The whole thing at the end of his presidency, with all the folks lined up to bid farewell - yuck!

866 calcajun  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:41:00pm

re: #859 nyc redneck

hope so, i miss my go-go boots.

yes, and your avatar is gone, too.

867 HoosierHoops  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:41:31pm

re: #858 goddessoftheclassroom

{HooiserHoops}

Yes, but it's been a beck of a week. a situation with my older son (all is better now), play rehearsals, a forensics competition, and Veterams Day programs last night for our community and today for our school, oh, and the election. I'm treating myself to some Shiraz.

ahhh.Shiraz.. the nector of the gods..
Kind regards

868 OldLineTexan  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:42:00pm

re: #864 Thanos

not now, I'm on an excercise machine, rowan away. Maybe later when I'm not so board.

You know, Obama acted like a bubinga today, but I think it's only bocote he's a bit scared. He's figured out it won't be all wine and rosewood...

869 calcajun  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:42:08pm

re: #862 Zippy_Slug

apparently, the branching of an open comment was required..

/snark

I thought we were trying to avoid grafting and corruption?

870 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:42:33pm

New thread. I wonder who's serving at the bar?

871 reine.de.tout  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:43:00pm

re: #858 goddessoftheclassroom

{HooiserHoops}

Yes, but it's been a beck of a week. a situation with my older son (all is better now), play rehearsals, a forensics competition, and Veterams Day programs last night for our community and today for our school, oh, and the election. I'm treating myself to some Shiraz.

Well, from your spelling, it seems you are treating yourself well.

872 maredneck  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:43:26pm

This thing about the séance, d'you think maybe Obama's channelling Biden? Joe can sure inspire with that silver tongue of his.

873 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:43:58pm

re: #859 nyc redneck

hope so, i miss my go-go boots.

Ask and ye shall receive.

874 WestSea  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:45:03pm

re: #839 Moe Katz

I should have added "snotty."

At 2-year old with a ton of power - makes me ill.

875 WrathofG-d  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:45:21pm

re: #812 Born Again Republican

Personally, I wouldn't even waste my time on his arrogance. What do I care. I'm not here to marry him, just to see what he will do for OUR Country.

I will judge his actions, not his feelings.

876 nyc redneck  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:46:15pm

re: #866 calcajun

yes, and your avatar is gone, too.

LOL
1st time i've laughed since we lost the election.
:)

877 Catttt  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:46:41pm

re: #865 reine.de.tout

Others might see it, but really, I don't.

There are others with a similar attitude and demeanor - Bill Clinton comes to mind. The whole thing at the end of his presidency, with all the folks lined up to bid farewell - yuck!

I agree. First, I know Muslims who are honest people, with no earthly idea of plotting to take over the world. They just live their lives like normal people. Second, I think Obama's got some pretty appalling character traits that are his alone - not to be blamed on any religion or belief system. He really does seem to me to be primed for a huge dose of hubris.

The thing about President Clinton - even when I know his flaws and errors, I still enjoy listening to him speak. I literally cannot stand to hear Obama speak - he really annoys me.

878 nyc redneck  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:47:02pm

re: #873 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Ask and ye shall receive.

it's a miracle.

879 reine.de.tout  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:48:00pm

re: #877 Cattt

I agree. First, I know Muslims who are honest people, with no earthly idea of plotting to take over the world. They just live their lives like normal people. Second, I think Obama's got some pretty appalling character traits that are his alone - not to be blamed on any religion or belief system. He really does seem to me to be primed for a huge dose of hubris.

The thing about President Clinton - even when I know his flaws and errors, I still enjoy listening to him speak. I literally cannot stand to hear Obama speak - he really annoys me.

Yep, I agree with you on all.
Clinton had (and has) some element of charm that makes him bearable - Obama is missing that. Similar ego, though.

880 Crusty  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:49:41pm

For anyone that questions whether we're overreacting to something Obama says, try switching the players around and see if it's any less offensive. If it were McCain at the podium and he said:

In terms of speaking to former civil rights leaders, I have spoken to all of them, uh, that are, uh, living ... obviously, uh, Jesse Jackson, uh ... [laughter] ... hey, I didn’t want to get into a Martin Luther King Jr., uh, thing about doin’ any voodoo...

See what I mean?

881 [deleted]  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:50:02pm
882 MJBrutus  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:52:41pm

Karl Rove pegged this guy as an arrogant prick. Boy was Karl right.

883 RightLogic  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:56:31pm

re: #114 RightLogic

BTW, the sign on the podium says, "Office of the President Elect". WTF! There is no such thing and never has been. What a bunch of pompous jackasses.

In the ethics of good blogging and commentary, I stand corrected:

Presidential Transition Act of 1963

My feelings still stand though. No amount of Manhattan style marketing is going to solve the problems that face this country.

884 [deleted]  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 2:56:41pm
885 Edgar  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 3:04:52pm

Agree with the post, but think it's silly to put in "uhs" and use apostrophes (e.g. doin' instead of doing) to make Obama look a dimwit.

886 Darwin Akbar  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 3:07:20pm

I am already nostalgic for those peaceful, quite and dignified years of the Clinton Administration.

It's going to be a long, long ride...and it's no wonder firearms sales are up, given the impending attack on all personal liberties.

887 ciaospirit  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 3:09:08pm

re: #689 WrathofG-d

I think you Obama haters really need to swallow a couple chill pills, and give this guy a break. Give the guy a chance to actually mess up before we attack him for it.

Rahm Emanuel?

888 RightLogic  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 3:10:53pm

re: #689 WrathofG-d

I think you Obama haters really need to swallow a couple chill pills, and give this guy a break. Give the guy a chance to actually mess up before we attack him for it.

No, no we really don't have to wait thank you very much.

889 traderjoe9  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 3:13:39pm

Excuse my ignorance...what does "seances" mean and how does it apply to Nancy Reagan? (I was born in the 90's).

890 RightLogic  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 3:13:58pm

re: #885 Edgar

Agree with the post, but think it's silly to put in "uhs" and use apostrophes (e.g. doin' instead of doing) to make Obama look a dimwit.

The quote is word for word correct. The "uhs" would not have been there had he been using a teleprompter. And he did say "doin" instead of "doing" (by properly sounding out "ing").

891 mean Gene  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 3:15:32pm

So, while he was slamming Nancy Reagan did he shoot her ''the bird,'' while scratching his all-too-itchy nose?
Do coke-heads' noses itch a lot?
I know he admitted doing coke along with grass and hash.
Isn't going to be grand having an adolescent in charge who pretends to scratch his nose so he can give the finger to people?
I have challenged everyone who said the two times he did it (while referring to Hillary and McCain) were ''inadvertent" to find any other instances of that particular gesture...not during referring to any person.
They haven't found even one time.

892 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 3:15:47pm

re: #889 traderjoe9

Excuse my ignorance...what does "seances" mean and how does it apply to Nancy Reagan? (I was born in the 90's).

She had her own personal mystic (astrologer), but there doesn't seem to be much that supports the seance thing.

893 RightLogic  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 3:16:19pm

re: #889 traderjoe9

Excuse my ignorance...what does "seances" mean and how does it apply to Nancy Reagan? (I was born in the 90's).

Seances are a supposed means of communicating with spirits. As what it has to do with Nancy Reagan, nothing what-so-ever. It was Hillary Clinton who supposedly held seances in order to communicate with the spirit of Elanor Roosevelt.

894 RightLogic  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 3:17:42pm

re: #890 RightLogic

The quote is word for word correct. The "uhs" would not have been there had he been using a teleprompter. And he did say "doin" instead of "doing" (by properly sounding out "ing").

Video link here: Obama slams Nancy Reagan

895 Osama Bin Porkchop  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 3:18:18pm

re: #23 bulwrk

If Obama was into that seance thing I get the felling he wouldn't be channeling dead U.S. Presidents.


Yeah, it'd be more like Saul Alinsky or Karl Marx...

896 CharlieBravo  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 3:18:20pm

This is what we expected, why we opposed his election.

His speech writer will soon start inserting an 'uh' here an 'uh, uh' there so people will think he is talking on his own.

897 Edgar  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 3:19:01pm

re: #890 RightLogic

The quote is word for word correct. The "uhs" would not have been there had he been using a teleprompter. And he did say "doin" instead of "doing" (by properly sounding out "ing").

Yeah, I know. But I've seen the same tactic used on Bush (e.g. in the Guardian).

898 Dr. Shalit  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 3:19:38pm

Anybody here think that a President Elect Sarah Palin would have:

1. Made such a stupid ungracious remark?
2. Appointed the Governor of a singularly recessionary state as an economic adviser?
3. Appointed a Political Hitman as Chief of Staff?

Didn't think so.

-S-

899 Lizard by the Bay  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 3:20:38pm

That was awfully uppity of him.

(Well, it was.)

/watches for incoming

900 Piglet-U93  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 3:21:24pm

re: #101 Kenneth

Obama Narcissistic Personality Disorder Watch

Mohammad exhibited the same manifestations. See Craig Winn's POD book.

901 Ojoe  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 3:21:42pm

Arr EEE Ess Peee Eeee Ceee Tee

Find out what it means to me

Barry, no more insults

You cannot be a good president if you insult people

Your comment is a very ill omen.

Diana Ross

902 RightLogic  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 3:22:44pm

re: #897 Edgar

Bush has never pretended to be a great orator. In fact he has been pretty self-deprecating about his speaking abilities.

903 SixDegrees  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 3:31:07pm

re: #742 DistantThunder

Gracias. See I'm cooperating with the Big O.

I should have mentioned the most obvious dodge - if you take your wireless laptop to any Internet cafe or wireless hotspot, you're pretty anonymous. Sites can leave cookies on your machine, however, and track subsequent visits using the same browser.

904 redinla  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 3:32:29pm

Hey, Barry, I hear Betty Ford has a head cold. Go get 'er!


And Hillary...it might behoove you to speak up for another woman. NOW.

905 The Other Les  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 3:37:05pm

I get up from my afternoon nap to see this.

It's no wonder that they preach the classless society, they have no class of their own.

F***ing barbarians.

906 SixDegrees  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 3:38:55pm

re: #841 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Is it just me, or does 52% not qualify as a "landslide"?

Not so much. Also, although a lot of votes were cast - a record, I believe - the turnout rate compared to registered voters was only about 61%; the all time high was in 1960, I think, with 67%.

There's still a lot of opposition out there. I'm guessing there will be even more in short order when people see what they were sold.

907 Wm T Sherman  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 3:41:44pm

Like to see him defend a doctoral thesis in front of a committee.

Never mind. I forgot for a moment the actual mechanism of his advancement through academia.

re: #123 yma o hyd

Ha-bleedin-ha!
B0 an intellectual?
Now I've heard everything ...
He can waffle about stuff to admirers who drink in his every word - but I bet he's never been hauled over the coals by some proper intellectuals with stringent debating skills.

908 LonnyE  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 3:46:08pm

re: #217 Charles

Thanks for the vote of confidence.

/

Gorn as an avatar. Me likes!

909 finallyhere  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 3:49:56pm

[Link: www.politico.com...]

Hhow could we do it? After he saw the "fallen soldiers" in among his listeners he had to emphasize that he talked only "living" presidents.

But on the brighter side, Obamanisms, if they are not ignored will beat bushisms hands down.

910 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 3:51:51pm

re: #888 RightLogic

No, no we really don't have to wait thank you very much.

But Wrath is right, a big, fat chill pill is in order for some BHO haters. Some (thankfully few here) comments have been thick with the stink of ODS or racism, or both. LGF does not need to be associated with that kind of moonbatish hysteria.

911 samhein  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 3:55:27pm

re: #105 SummerSong

Obama said the new puppy will have to be hypoallergenic.

So, are we talking poodle here? Haha...seems appropriate.

As someone who has helped place larger animals before, I would not place a dog or cat with them, only because neither Obama adult seems to have the personality for a pet.

I'm afraid there will be 2 heartbroken little girls and a very confused, newly unwanted dog in a year or two when mom and dad Obama can't take it any longer.

As far as his comment on shelter dogs, I didn't hear it, so I won't comment but I'm hoping he was not putting them down. And not all are mutts. My husky is a shelter dog.

On his comment on speaking to any presidents...huh? What was he thinking about with his answer. Maybe he was trying to be funny, but I'm afraid he failed miserably!

912 CEQAttorney  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 3:57:26pm

Stay classy, Barry. Stay classy.

913 WestSea  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 3:58:48pm

Charles Krauthammer (sp) just gave Obama a pass on the Nancy Reagan joke. Has the intimidation over Fox and journalists that didn't support Obama already started?

914 FloridaAnole  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 4:01:55pm

Obama has inspired me -- I think I'll boogie on down to Little Haiti and get me a voodoo doll.

915 mean Gene  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 4:07:19pm

re: #913 WestSea

Isn't one of 0bama's old buddies a friend of the arab who bought 12% of Fox?

916 strikefo  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 4:23:35pm

He's not even inaugurated yet, and he's already apologizing for something...

Obama apologizes to Nancy Reagan for 'careless' joke

President-elect Barack Obama called Nancy Reagan this afternoon to apologize for a joke about her having heald "séances" in the White House, an Obama aide said.

“President-elect Barack Obama called Nancy Reagan today to apologize for the careless and off handed remark he made during today’s press conference," said transition spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter. "The President-elect expressed his admiration and affection for Mrs. Reagan that so many Americans share and they had a warm conversation."

917 FrogMarch  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 4:24:40pm

What an asshole.

918 mean Gene  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 4:25:37pm

Called an apologized?
Well, maybe someone in that huge group of ''advisers'' he surrounds himself with has an ounce of decency.

919 wwhsv  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 4:27:39pm

Everyone sure is being careful to say "President-elect" Obama. What's the deal? Were the media instructed on this or are they fawning on their own? Seems over the top to me ...

920 Ojoe  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 4:31:20pm

The more I think about it, the more I think this insult is

A really really really

Bad Sign.

Leaders do not insult their people like this.

This is a bad, bad sign.

921 avspatti  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 4:33:43pm

re: #13 Syrah

Classless and Clueless.

4 to 8 years of this . . .

Absolutely NOT! We need to make certain that never happens. Work hard, support conservatives, retake the schools, and my very favorite - hasten the demise of the MSM.

922 FrogMarch  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 4:35:56pm

re: #916 strikefo

He's not even inaugurated yet, and he's already apologizing for something...

Obama apologizes to Nancy Reagan for 'careless' joke

Good. He should have.

923 caboose  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 4:36:39pm

So how long before the Numbah Won Thuggerz fo' Life outfits Air Force One with some o' these badass rims? Gotta have da bling, baybeez!

Chocolate City ain't never gonna be da same again...

924 abolitionist  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 4:37:54pm

re: #689 WrathofG-d

I think you Obama haters really need to swallow a couple chill pills, and give this guy a break. Give the guy a chance to actually mess up before we attack him for it.

Three words: Global Poverty Act

925 Sol Roth  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 4:41:33pm

re: #246 PISSED

I have decided to put an small upside down american flag on my back window
on my truck..
we of the opposition should all do this to know thy friends
just sayin...

The upside down U.S. flag is an official signal of distress. It is not meant to be, and is not officially recognized as any type of disrespect when so displayed for the right reasons. To the contrary, here is the relevant part of the US Code of Laws regarding how to fly the flag when in distress:

Please don't do that. Tens of thousands of veterans had only that symbol and their buddies with them as they fought and died face down in the mud.

They gave you that choice. Please remember what it means to them.

926 Daniel Ballard  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 4:48:05pm

According to Politico, he called to apologize. Makes ALL the diff right? First conference, first big gaffe. Hangin' with Biden a bit too much perhaps?

927 [deleted]  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 4:48:51pm
928 WV.Hillbilly  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 4:54:17pm

I's afeered of dem ole ghosts.
Feets don't fail me now

929 Ceemack  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 5:11:09pm

re: #815 infidel4ever

I don't want to start the "but he's a Muslim" mantra here, but does anybody see the similarity in attitude here? The lying, the evasions (taqqyyia), the absolute arrogance, entitlement and contempt? He certainly picked up the Muslim attitude in those years in Indonesia.

That could be the cause, but I think we ought to apply Occam's razor here.

It's a lot more likely that he's just an arrogant jerk.

930 SecondComing  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 5:31:32pm

re: #148 Aviatorre: #137 musicman

Office of the President Elect!?!?!?! What song did they play when he came on stage? Any suggestions out there in Lizard Land?


Send in the clowns

Big ups for that one! I laughed out loud.

I can't believe this POS is POTUS.

931 SecondComing  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 5:35:18pm

It's going to be a long 4 years without his teleprompter.

932 BOBD1950  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 5:47:19pm

Obama apologizes to Nancy Reagan for 'careless' joke!

Four years of pure Obama, coming up!

[Link: www.politico.com...]

933 Joan  Fri, Nov 7, 2008 8:19:52pm

#542 wolfie :: Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 1:50:33 pm
#568 turn :: Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 1:54:19 pm
#579 ClosetConservative :: Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 1:56:29 pm
What the hell, I'll give it a go: Dear Mr. Bush, We, the people of the United States of America, would like to offer our most sincere thanks for your years of service to our country. Despite widespread opposition among the populations of the States to many of your proposals, ...
#746 eschew_obfuscation :: Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 2:25:07 pm

To each of you, thanks for posting in support of President Bush. ClosetConservative, I like your draft, and eschew_obfuscation, I think you are probably right, that Charles might post such a farewell and thank you here at LGF.

I will email this post using the "contact" email feature on LGF, and maybe we can bring these sentiments into action


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 Frank says:

Information doesn't kill you... -- Senate Hearing on "Porn Rock", 1985 during an exchange with a Born Again Christian.