Shocka! Obama’s Gaffes Noticed by Mainstream Media

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Experts say Obama needs to watch the gaffes.

Ya think?

Instant Internet communication and an explosion in political commentary are magnifying President Obama’s gaffes and administration missteps, and could erode his popularity faster than that of other presidents, say experts from both left and right.

Intense scrutiny and rookie mistakes by an understaffed administration combine to draw attention faster to Obama’s stumbles.

Last week was notable for budget battles and a new Afghanistan strategy, rather than for headline-hogging gaffes, although the president didn’t escape a few media jeers for his reliance on a giant TV screen in place of his trademark teleprompter to feed him his lines at Tuesday’s primetime press conference.

His careful responses to reporters’ questions, in an appearance that many commentators branded as boring, didn’t wander into such hot-button territory as he found himself in the previous week when he told Jay Leno on “The Tonight Show” that his bowling skills were akin to those of the Special Olympics.

Obama swiftly apologized for the line, with many of those condemning the quip adding the caveat that they didn’t think Obama spoke out of meanness toward the disabled.

Right. And I’m sure they would have given the same benefit of the doubt to George W. Bush, if he had been as boorish as Obama.

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459 comments
1 Attaboid  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:15:58pm

Say it ain't so!

2 zombie  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:16:02pm

Can't I just eat my gaffles?

3 PaxAmericana  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:16:53pm

George Bush doesn't care about disabled people.

/K. West

4 NeoKong  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:17:20pm

Check the moon.What color is it?

5 zombie  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:17:50pm

Telling Obama to stop making gaffes is like telling someone with Tourettes Syndrome to stop flailing his arms around.

6 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:17:58pm

re: #4 NeoKong

sort of a gaffesh hue in it's natural form....

7 Kosh's Shadow  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:18:21pm

I wish he'd watch his gaffes when talking to foreign leaders.

8 pingjockey  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:18:28pm

Why are they under staffed? Cause they can't find anyone without IRS or some other kind of trouble!

9 Sharmuta  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:18:35pm
Instant Internet communication and an explosion in political commentary are magnifying President Obama’s gaffes and administration missteps, and could erode his popularity faster than that of other presidents, say experts from both left and right.

Bull- his policies will do that faster than any gaffe.

10 pink freud  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:18:38pm

So we're not the only one noticing the man's rolling the dice with our lives.

11 nyc redneck  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:19:03pm

o is a gaffe.

12 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:19:20pm

re: #5 zombie

hey (fucker) some of us with Tourettes Syndrome are extremely (fucking) sensitive....

/

13 FrogMarch  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:19:26pm

Never mind Biden, the ultimate gaffe master.

14 brookly red  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:19:39pm

re: #10 pink freud

So we're not the only one noticing the man's rolling the dice with our lives.

Craps! you lose...

15 zombie  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:19:44pm

Reagan was The Gipper.

Obama is The Gaffer.

16 dapperdave  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:19:59pm

With the msm ratings very few will notice.

17 jaunte  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:20:04pm

I wonder how long it will be before making management decisions for private companies while saying you aren't is considered a gaffe.

18 TedStriker  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:20:09pm

I say that Dear Leader just needs to keep speaking his mind, because the more he does it, the less the MFMSM can continue to cover for him and the more that people who bought into DL's Hopenchange will see him for what we all tried to tell them that he was...

/I can dream, can't I?

19 Vicious Babushka  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:20:29pm

re: #5 zombie

Telling Obama to stop making gaffes is like telling someone with Tourettes Syndrome to stop flailing his arms around.

It's like telling someone with Tourettes Syndrome to stop saying cuss words at inappropriate times.

20 Sharmuta  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:20:32pm

So far I haven't seen any evidence that his gaffes are hurting his popularity. I think this article is msm spin- it's his POLICIES that are causing him to lose popularity. They don't want us to notice.

21 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:20:53pm

Amazing how GWB never got this benefit of the doubt. Bastards.

22 zombie  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:21:17pm

Gaffemaster Flash and the Curious Wife.

23 Devil's Advocate  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:21:23pm

Here is my rebuttal to one of the biggest Leftists on YouTube.


Youtube Video
24 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:21:44pm

re: #22 zombie

really good!

25 jaunte  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:21:51pm

re: #20 Sharmuta

"Watch the birdie..."

26 Buster Bunny  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:21:52pm

Blinkers off

OH NO !

Blinkers back on ...

What a fine pres 44 we have ....

/Retch barf puke.

27 Ringo the Gringo  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:21:55pm

Obama's Bushisms......that's what I'll call them.

28 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:22:12pm

re: #22 zombie

Gaffemaster Flash and the Curious Wife.

You mean the Bird of Prey Weapons Officer?

29 Bloodnok  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:22:24pm

...don't think he spoke out of meanness towards the disabled?

Did a child write this?

30 Sharmuta  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:22:34pm

re: #25 jaunte

Yep- this is pure deflection.

31 Buster Bunny  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:22:41pm

re: #26 Buster Bunny

And Daily Kos .. you can quote me on that.

32 pingjockey  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:22:50pm

re: #21 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
No one on the right will ever get any break from the media.

33 yochanan  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:23:20pm

re: #12 WindHorse

hey (fucker) some of us with Tourettes Syndrome are extremely (fucking) sensitive....

/

you left out fuck as in to fuck, or he was fucked, and some other possible uses.

34 Charles Johnson  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:23:30pm

When Obama made that cheap "special Olympics" crack on the Leno show, you could almost see the wheels turning in his head -- "Oh shit! What did I just say? Better get on the cell phone to Rahm and issue an apology right away on that one..."

35 Killer Tomato  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:23:31pm

re: #21 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Amazing how GWB never got this benefit of the doubt. Bastards.

That's because George Bush was stupid, remember? Obama is brilliant. Except for the gaffes. And his policies. And his cabinet picks. And his gift choices. And....

36 Vicious Babushka  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:23:32pm

To the Lizard (I don't remember who) who asked previously, my granddaughter is at "Sick Kids" hospital in Toronto. Her mom & dad are taking a little nap and the other kids are at home with their aunt. We are still praying.

37 Sharmuta  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:23:37pm

Buyer's remorse is not setting in because of gaffes.

38 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:23:42pm

re: #32 pingjockey

No one on the right will ever get any break from the media.

Not looking for a break. How's about even treatment?

Too much to ask?

/yeah, I know... it is.

39 nyc redneck  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:23:46pm

the only reason the msm is 'noticing' is that there is so much crazy that o is saying and doing, and the word is getting out via the internets, that the
msm has to 'notice' now, or they will look like slacker derelicts who are enabling their puppet.
see, the concept of self-preservation is going to trump the empty suit.

40 TedStriker  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:23:46pm

re: #21 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Amazing how GWB never got this benefit of the doubt. Bastards.

GWB was crucified and pilloried by the MFMSM on every "Bushism" he ever uttered, while they've been trying to prevent Dear Leader's gaffes and missteps from making it above-the-fold...something that is become much harder for them to do.

41 David Simon  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:24:16pm

I still want to know why Obama gets a pass for feigning outrage at the AIG bonuses when he signed the bill that approved them.

42 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:24:26pm

Yes, it was a stupid thing to say. Yes, the media has certainly had way too much Obama worship. I fully understand the point about the liberal media being hypocritical about usually being the first to cry crocodile tears for any victim group they can find, yet giving O a pass.

That said, I would love to see a culture where not everyone would be instantly ready to take offense at everything. I would love it if the news just let stupid lines pass a bit more and talked about real news.

43 Buster Bunny  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:24:30pm

re: #34 Charles

When Obama made that cheap "special Olympics" crack on the Letterman show, you could almost see the wheels turning in his head -- "Oh shit! What did I just say? Better get on the cell phone to Rahm and issue an apology right away on that one..."

You know he just did all this Auto industry stuff to deflect attention from his gaffes.

44 Caboose  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:24:46pm

re: #12 WindHorse

hey (fucker) some of us with Tourettes Syndrome are extremely (fucking) sensitive....

/

f*ck you, you f*cking f*ck, you f*ck f*ck f*ckedy-f*ck f*cky-f*ck!

...did I just say THAT?!?

(j/k)

45 pingjockey  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:24:46pm

re: #38 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
What in hell are you smoking? I want some.

46 brookly red  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:24:54pm

re: #35 Killer Tomato

That's because George Bush was stupid, remember? Obama is brilliant. Except for the gaffes. And his policies. And his cabinet picks. And his gift choices. And....

pass the ketchup...

47 AMER1CAN  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:25:16pm

Obama is high on his own CHANGE!

48 [deleted]  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:25:18pm
49 TheMatrix31  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:25:20pm

re: #23 Devil's Advocate

Here is my rebuttal to one of the biggest Leftists on YouTube.

Wow, I didn't know you were the creator of HowTheWorldWorks. I love your stuff, man! Great work, keep kicking ass!

50 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:25:23pm

re: #41 David Simon

hey man.... he just "signed" the thing..... come on..... he didn't (like) write it or nuthin'.....

51 Afrocity  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:25:26pm

"They didn’t think Obama spoke out of meanness toward the disabled"

But how hypocritical is that?
Like the Daily Kos criticizing us at LGF for being Un-PC when Obama was the one who made the politically incorrect statement about the Special Olympics. Their point being how dare the lizards be outraged when we are so politically incorrect as conservatives. So when did it become politically incorrect to criticize the President? Since the president is an African American?
Because I would like to know why this man cannot be called out of his mistakes and the MSM continuously make excuses for him.

Remember what happened to the NY Times and Jayson Blair.
This is a dumbing down of POTUS and I don't like it.

52 jamgarr  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:26:02pm

re: #50 WindHorse

hey man.... he just "signed" the thing..... come on..... he didn't (like) write it or nuthin'.....

. . . or even read it

53 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:26:20pm

re: #45 pingjockey

:-)

Not smoking, mon, just hoping for change I can believe in, don't cha know.

54 Killian Bundy  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:26:41pm

'New York Times' Spiked Obama Donor Story

A lawyer involved with legal action against Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) told a House Judiciary subcommittee on March 19 The New York Times had killed a story in October that would have shown a close link between ACORN, Project Vote and the Obama campaign because it would have been a “a game changer.”

Heather Heidelbaugh, who represented the Pennsylvania Republican State Committee in the lawsuit against the group, recounted for the ommittee what she had been told by a former ACORN worker who had worked in the group’s Washington, D.C. office. The former worker, Anita Moncrief, told Ms. Heidelbaugh last October, during the state committee’s litigation against ACORN, she had been a “confidential informant for several months to The New York Times reporter, Stephanie Strom.”

Ms. Moncrief had been providing Ms. Strom with information about ACORN’s election activities. Ms. Strom had written several stories based on information Ms. Moncrief had given her.

During her testimony, Ms. Heidelbaugh said Ms. Moncrief had told her The New York Times articles stopped when she revealed that the Obama presidential campaign had sent its maxed-out donor list to ACORN’s Washington, D.C. office.

Ms. Moncrief told Ms. Heidelbaugh the campaign had asked her and her boss to “reach out to the maxed-out donors and solicit donations from them for Get Out the Vote efforts to be run by ACORN.”

Ms. Heidelbaugh then told the congressional panel:

“Upon learning this information and receiving the list of donors from the Obama campaign, Ms. Strom reported to Ms. Moncrief that her editors at The New York Times wanted her to kill the story because, and I quote, “it was a game changer.”’

Ms. Moncrief made her first overture to Ms. Heidelbaugh after The New York Times allegedly spiked the story — on Oct. 21, 2008. Last fall, she testified under oath about what she had learned about ACORN from her years in its Washington, D.C. office. Although she was present at the congressional hearing, she did not testify.

U.S. Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wisc., the ranking Republican on the committee, said the interactions between the Obama campaign and ACORN, as described by Ms. Moncrief, and attested to before the committee by Ms. Heidelbaugh, could possibly violate federal election law, and “ACORN has a pattern of getting in trouble for violating federal election laws.”

So the Obama campaign was directly involved in possible federal election law violations with an organization known for voter fraud and other crimes.

/gee, that would have been nice to know before the election

55 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:26:48pm

re: #51 Afrocity

"They didn’t think Obama spoke out of meanness toward the disabled"

But how hypocritical is that?
Like the Daily Kos criticizing us at LGF for being Un-PC when Obama was the one who made the politically incorrect statement about the Special Olympics. Their point being how dare the lizards be outraged when we are so politically incorrect as conservatives. So when did it become politically incorrect to criticize the President? Since the president is an African American?
Because I would like to know why this man cannot be called out of his mistakes and the MSM continuously make excuses for him.

This is very well said!

Remember what happened to the NY Times and Jayson Blair.
This is a dumbing down of POTUS and I don't like it.

56 Buster Bunny  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:26:54pm

re: #47 AMER1CAN

Obama is high on his own CHANGE!

If I was Obama now .. I'd be preparing my civilian army before anyone realises that he's gone and screwed the capitalist economy long term. Just so you can have any dissenters you know .. dealt with.

Oh thats right .. he's onto that as we speak.

57 rawmuse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:27:00pm

In spite of all this, his adherents are not flummoxed. Not one bit.
They love that man as if he were a religious figure, which in fact, he may be, to them.
That is why I am keeping my pie hole shut these days. I can't fight all of them.

58 Ringo the Gringo  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:27:22pm

Actually Bush's bad grammar was nothing like the thoughtlessness of making fun of the mentally disabled.

59 pingjockey  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:27:28pm

re: #53 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
An even break would be amazing. That is why we still have 'flying pig 'moments.

60 Natasha  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:27:47pm

Heh... Ya know... Broken watches, blind pigs and acorns... The MSM being right once in a great while... And not because they finally located their conscience and realized what their job should be... Oh, no! They're just covering their butts, and do not even care that it is obvious to pretty much anyone capable of simple observation.

61 dapperdave  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:28:30pm

re: #51 Afrocity

That wasn't even pc, that was just cold.

62 IslandLibertarian  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:28:33pm

It is what "0"(pronounced zero) says in seriousness without error that worries and alienates me.
His gaffes are just topping on the shit sundae.

63 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:28:53pm

re: #51 Afrocity

"They didn’t think Obama spoke out of meanness toward the disabled"

But how hypocritical is that?
Like the Daily Kos criticizing us at LGF for being Un-PC when Obama was the one who made the politically incorrect statement about the Special Olympics. Their point being how dare the lizards be outraged when we are so politically incorrect as conservatives. So when did it become politically incorrect to criticize the President? Since the president is an African American?
Because I would like to know why this man cannot be called out of his mistakes and the MSM continuously make excuses for him.

Remember what happened to the NY Times and Jayson Blair.
This is a dumbing down of POTUS and I don't like it.

There was a curious thing in the way my last post posted....

That was very well said. Somehow I managed to put that in the middle of your good post.

64 Wendya  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:29:09pm

Maybe he ought to put Biden up front.

Oh wait......

65 The Shadow Do  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:29:17pm
Instant Internet communication and an explosion in political commentary are magnifying President Obama’s gaffes and administration missteps, and could erode his popularity faster than that of other presidents, say experts from both left and right.

Who wrote this? You gotta' be shittin' me. GWB got away with murder, right?

66 Buster Bunny  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:29:23pm

re: #62 IslandLibertarian

It is what "0"(pronounced zero) says in seriousness without error that worries and alienates me.
His gaffes are just topping on the shit sundae.

He's laughing as he's topping our economy into the crapper. I'm not going to respect the f$%ker for that.

67 AMER1CAN  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:29:46pm

Lets just hope he doesn't get a fourth term like Bush did, according to Obama.

68 jaunte  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:29:53pm

re: #60 Natasha

The funny part of the story is that they're quoting 'experts' to give weight to an observation that should be obvious.

Experts: Obama needs to watch the gaffes

69 ParanoidPyro  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:30:15pm

Well it's too bad that the President-who-would-be-a-rockstar is finding the downside of public spotlight.

70 Caboose  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:30:23pm

re: #53 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

The change that I can believe in is when I get the right change back from buying a pack of gum with my ten million dollar bill ;-)

(hoping that is in real money that you could buy real things with, not the kind of million dollar bills that they have in Zimbabwe that are more useful as toilet paper than legal tender. But give Dear Leader time and it may come to pass...unfortunately.)

71 Buster Bunny  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:30:31pm

re: #65 The Shadow Do

Who wrote this? You gotta' be shittin' me. GWB got away with murder, right?

Yes .. he killed Helen Thomas.

What .. she's not dead .. she really DOES look like that?

OH MY GOD !

72 brookly red  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:30:45pm

Well, let's see how the nice G20's deal :)

73 rawmuse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:30:49pm

When can I start calling it "The Obama Regime"?
Just kidding. I would not do that. I don't want to have ODS.

74 Wendya  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:30:54pm

re: #51 Afrocity


This is a dumbing down of POTUS and I don't like it.


And Obama certainly doesn't need any help with that.

75 MrBuddwing  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:30:54pm

Well, at least some on the left are honest about their double standard re: President Obama vs. President Bush.

When Obama made that boo-boo about the Special Olympics, the lefties could say to themselves, "A harmless gaffe by an otherwise wonderful person."

But if Bush had made such a comment, they would have said, "A horrifying, typical gaffe by a bad person."

It may not be fair, but if you honestly believe that one man is better than the other (and I suspect there are many here who do), then fairness has nothing to do with it.

76 avanti  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:31:46pm

re: #34 Charles

When Obama made that cheap "special Olympics" crack on the Letterman show, you could almost see the wheels turning in his head -- "Oh shit! What did I just say? Better get on the cell phone to Rahm and issue an apology right away on that one..."

I got the same impression, it was funny in his head. Once while giving a going away party for a guy in my division,the guy said to me "Guess I'll be getting away from the fat fuck " Before I could catch myself, I found myself saying "Leaving your wife are you ? "

77 mikeymom  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:31:51pm

when the great one elected, we were on vacation and i went bezerk, i must admit. mikeydad said--give him time. i drank some more--and gave him time. ive given him time--and now, i ams very afraid. mikeydad just got laid of from a big blue corp--a good thing for us cause mikeydad was ready to retire anyway and the buyout package was very favorable-extra 6 months of goodies. we are in a good position--but i am sooo ascared for my kids--just starting in their careers--and now i will drink to their futures--and glad that if we have to--will help them--but DAMN OBAMA--and sorry if this gets me banned--but i dont respect O--i hate what he and all his cronies are doing to the great USA--DAMN HIM!

78 brookly red  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:31:59pm

re: #73 rawmuse

When can I start calling it "The Obama Regime"?
Just kidding. I would not do that. I don't want to have ODS.

nice people get ODS too...

79 HelloDare  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:32:05pm
Instant Internet communication and an explosion in political commentary are magnifying President Obama’s gaffes...

Magnifying his gaffes? Is this supposed to be small on the open-ended Obama gaffe scale?

A State Department spokesman said, “There’s nothing special about Britain. You’re just the same as the other 190 countries in the world. You shouldn’t expect special treatment.”

80 MandyManners  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:32:23pm

re: #37 Sharmuta

Buyer's remorse is not setting in because of gaffes.

From your lips to the electorate's ears.

81 mikeymom  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:32:50pm

re: #36 Alouette

and we are all praying right along with you--keep us posted, please!

82 pingjockey  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:33:35pm

re: #79 HelloDare
I missed that one about Britain. Goddamn pinheads.

83 MandyManners  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:33:38pm

re: #76 avanti

I got the same impression, it was funny in his head. Once while giving a going away party for a guy in my division,the guy said to me "Guess I'll be getting away from the fat fuck " Before I could catch myself, I found myself saying "Leaving your wife are you ? "

Excusing it as a Freudian Slip?

84 Afrocity  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:33:41pm

I was in a store today with a lib that assumed I was a liberal too. I just got sick of his comments and outed myself as a conservative. I began to blast Geithner and Gibbs, Pelosi.

Then he looks at me and says " You are a very odd young woman."

I just ignored him and stayed on my soapbox. After a while he agreed with me on some points but he blamed it on Pelosi, not Obama. This is the Liberal spin:

Congress is the disgrace, not Dear Leader.

85 IslandLibertarian  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:33:48pm

re: #78 brookly red

nice people get ODS too...

I've disliked him since his Dem Convention speech.
Smarmy manipulative hack.
No ODS here.

86 Natasha  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:33:49pm

re: #68 jaunte

The funny part of the story is that they're quoting 'experts' to give weight to an observation that should be obvious.

Experts: Obama needs to watch the gaffes

Indeed. But see, "experts" get paid to state the obvious! Is it just me or are there too many "experts" on stuff that does not really require them?

87 David Simon  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:33:55pm

re: #50 WindHorse

hey man.... he just "signed" the thing..... come on..... he didn't (like) write it or nuthin'.....

We laugh, but it appears Chris Dodd is about to be offered as the sacrificial lamb. How many will fall on their swords for The Messiah before realization sets in?

88 nyc redneck  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:34:16pm

i bet his feelings are hurt.
he's probably not exactly sure what is going on.
someone who would malign disadvantaged children to get a laugh
is missing something inside.
basic sensitivity and consideration for those most needy among us.

89 Aviator  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:34:21pm

re: #48 taxfreekiller

avanti
is going to be pissed,
Obama says he will back GM warranty programs,

Never even said a word about Studebaker at all

Call the White House for GM and Chrysler warranty info.

Now if he just warranties the 11 trillion pay back from his Chicago thug buds and not we the people, I'm all up with that.

Do not worry America, your GM and Chrysler warranty programs will be handled down at the U.S. Postal Service, just take a number, we
have numbers 1 to, 10,000,000, just grab one and have a seat.

Nah, I think all the warranty work will be done by the Immigration people since they are not suppose to be hassling the illegals anymore they need to do something.

90 stevieray  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:34:26pm

Charles:

There may be a conflict between LGF and the new Firefox (3.0.8).

All of the buttons above the comments (reply, quote, +. -) send me back to the front page when clicked. This began after I upgraded about a half hour ago.

XP Pro SP3, FF 3.0.8

91 CyanSnowHawk  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:34:34pm

This sounds more like the MSM complaining that he is making their cheerleading job a little too hard.

92 opinionated  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:34:35pm

I don't give a damn about his "gaffes".

I care about the things he is doing on purpose.

93 Afrocity  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:34:44pm

re: #76 avanti

I got the same impression, it was funny in his head. Once while giving a going away party for a guy in my division,the guy said to me "Guess I'll be getting away from the fat fuck " Before I could catch myself, I found myself saying "Leaving your wife are you ? "

That is not a good analogy.

94 TheMatrix31  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:34:47pm

re: #54 Killian Bundy

'New York Times' Spiked Obama Donor Story

So the Obama campaign was directly involved in possible federal election law violations with an organization known for voter fraud and other crimes.

/gee, that would have been nice to know before the election

That's the biggest fucking bullshit I've ever heard in my life. I'm so angry right now.

95 Natasha  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:34:59pm

re: #71 Buster Bunny

Yes .. he killed Helen Thomas.

What .. she's not dead .. she really DOES look like that?

OH MY GOD !

That right there had me giggle right out loud. Thanks for that!

96 Sharmuta  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:35:01pm

re: #80 MandyManners

From your lips to the electorate's ears.

His policies are not popular, otherwise he wouldn't have to keep going on TV to promote them.

97 Caboose  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:35:07pm

re: #77 mikeymom

I think you are safe from Stinky's Ban-hammer. Best of luck to you and mikeydad and mikeymidgets. And don't drink TOO much, we need clear heads for the road ahead.

98 nyc redneck  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:35:48pm

i don't know if you can train someone like o to show sensitivity that isn't there.
all you can do is keep him on 'prompter.

99 Killer Tomato  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:36:09pm

re: #96 Sharmuta

His policies are not popular, otherwise he wouldn't have to keep going on TV to promote them.

Which is also starting to annoy people.

100 jaunte  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:36:11pm

re: #86 Natasha

The expert coinage has been severely degraded.
Jimmy Carter, for instance, is a Presidential expert.

101 The Shadow Do  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:36:16pm

re: #71 Buster Bunny

Yes .. he killed Helen Thomas.

What .. she's not dead .. she really DOES look like that?

OH MY GOD !

Not dead, just sort of in some weird state of, I dunno, stasis?

102 stevieray  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:36:22pm

Follow up:

Submitting a comment results in a page reload... new comments button sends me back to the front page.

103 Gretchen  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:36:24pm

It must be shocking to clueless Obama voter to find out The One actually makes mistakes and quite frankly is neither a good (or passable) extemporaneous speaker, has no clue about diplomacy or foreign relations, has horrible judgment about his cabinet appointments, and knows very little about real-world economics.

It's almost as if the New York times was, well, wrong.

104 nyc redneck  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:36:44pm

i bet that's why he is taking 12 'prompters to london.
back ups for backups for backups.

105 Mich-again  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:36:49pm

re: #76 avanti

I got the same impression, it was funny in his head.

Only a lowlife would find that joke funny. Even if only "in his head" whatever that means.

106 Afrocity  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:37:03pm

re: #99 Killer Tomato

Which is also starting to annoy people.

Plus the fact that he has Obot plants in the audience.

107 Bobblehead  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:37:04pm

I find this MSM criticism of Obama's gaffes curiously condescending and maybe just a tad racist. Like they're saying to him " How about some better brain-mouth coordination. You know, we've had your back for you since the beginning and you don't want to go and spoil everything ,would you? Besides it might make us look bad too."

108 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:37:09pm

re: #76 avanti

I got the same impression, it was funny in his head. Once while giving a going away party for a guy in my division,the guy said to me "Guess I'll be getting away from the fat fuck " Before I could catch myself, I found myself saying "Leaving your wife are you ? "

Now, that's funny! Unding.

109 IslandLibertarian  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:37:25pm

re: #85 IslandLibertarian

..............and I mean the 2004 convention.

110 Buster Bunny  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:37:35pm

re: #101 The Shadow Do

Not dead, just sort of in some weird state of, I dunno, stasis?

It would not surprise me if the MSM employed zombies in their search for mmm brains ...

111 Killgore Trout  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:37:41pm

Join the Tea Party: Poor people want to buy your house for $20,000....

Youtube Video

Skip to 2:40 if you don't want to watch the whole thing...
"What do we have against poor people?"

112 HelloDare  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:38:19pm

I'm wondering when they will start referring to gaffers tape as Obamas Tape.

Wait, gaffers tape is used in Hollywood. I guess the answer is never.

113 brookly red  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:38:26pm

re: #104 nyc redneck

i bet that's why he is taking 12 'prompters to london.
back ups for backups for backups.


Ha, ha, ha ! different current! all he will get is old movies... payback is a bitch.

114 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:38:33pm

Cheers to all former Seattle Post Intelligencer employees.....

(key word = former)

115 opinionated  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:38:33pm

re: #54 Killian Bundy

They didn't have the staff to cover the story properly- ninety eight percent of their staff were investigating Palin.

The other two percent were covering how their Palin investigation will effect minorities and Gays.

116 IslandLibertarian  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:39:37pm

re: #104 nyc redneck

i bet that's why he is taking 12 'prompters to london.
back ups for backups for backups.

what if his "prompters" don't play like the DVDs he gave...?...?..

117 Killer Tomato  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:39:48pm

re: #106 Afrocity

Plus the fact that he has Obot plants in the audience.

Which we all know, but a lot of people don't. But even the perpetually clueless are starting to seem irritated - "he's on TV again?"

118 avanti  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:39:49pm

re: #48 taxfreekiller

avanti
is going to be pissed,
Obama says he will back GM warranty programs,

Never even said a word about Studebaker at all

George Will mentioned Studebaker last week. The only government program they started was pension insurance.

Studebaker Pension.

119 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:40:09pm

re: #106 Afrocity

Plus the fact that he has Obot plants in the audience.

Those are the only people he can stand being questioned by. When given a prepared speech, Obama does fairly well. When faced with impromptu questions his true self tends to come to the fore. And when people see what he really thinks, they tend not to like it.

120 pingjockey  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:40:11pm

re: #116 IslandLibertarian
Mwahahahahaha!

121 kynna  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:40:21pm

So his gaffes are going to make him unpopular. Here's the game plan. Let's focus in his verbal idiocy so people don't notice their world crumbling around their ears as a result of his everything-else idiocy.

122 mikeymom  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:40:28pm

re: #97 Caboose

well sometimes, after listening to rush and hannity on the radio all day, then LGF-- i need to calm down and try to relax--it is getting worse and i feel like im in a barrell about to go over niagra falls--may i have some brandy in the barrell?

123 Afrocity  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:40:29pm

re: #107 Bobblehead

I find this MSM criticism of Obama's gaffes curiously condescending and maybe just a tad racist. Like they're saying to him " How about some better brain-mouth coordination. You know, we've had your back for you since the beginning and you don't want to go and spoil everything ,would you? Besides it might make us look bad too."

I don't see it as racist. Hell the MSM was calling anyone racist that said Obama had a bad hair day. Shit, I was even called a racist on the Jake Tapper blog and banned from posting. Obama is inexperienced and it shows. It may be that some in the mSM have a few brain cells that were not effected my Kool Aid addiction and every now and then they come to life.

124 CyanSnowHawk  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:40:37pm

re: #116 IslandLibertarian

what if his "prompters" don't play like the DVDs he gave...?...?..

It will be amusing when they plug in the American teleprompter to a 220VAC circuit.

125 Emperor Norton  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:41:02pm

What Obama needs is a brand-new White House adviser, a Chief of Gaffe.

126 AMER1CAN  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:41:41pm

I wonder if Chris Matthews can even feel his legs now. I worry about him.

127 Killer Tomato  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:41:43pm

re: #94 TheMatrix31

That's the biggest fucking bullshit I've ever heard in my life. I'm so angry right now.

From the comments:
"They have lied to me for the last time. The only reason I would buy a NY Times is to use it to line the bottom of my cat's litter box or wrap a dead fish in it. "

128 Natasha  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:41:47pm

re: #122 mikeymom

All I have is beer, for the moment, but I am willing to share!

129 [deleted]  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:42:06pm
130 kynna  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:42:11pm

re: #115 opinionated

They didn't have the staff to cover the story properly- ninety eight percent of their staff were investigating Palin.

The other two percent were covering how their Palin investigation will effect minorities and Gays.

You forgot about the ones breaking the story on Palin's daugher's boyfriend's mother. Way more important than violations of federal laws by a candidate.

131 Buster Bunny  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:42:31pm

re: #125 Emperor Norton

What Obama needs is a brand-new White House adviser, a Chief of Gaffe.

What Obama needs is a late night comedy show to host. That way he can have a couple of laughs .. have a TOP 10 .. and then fire the executives.

What a show that would be to watch.

132 HelloDare  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:42:32pm

Since the media is not paying much attention to gaffes, maybe the Obama adminstration will start referring to Islamic Terror as Overseas Contingency Gaffes.

133 Unakite  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:42:57pm

re: #76 avanti

I got the same impression, it was funny in his head. Once while giving a going away party for a guy in my division,the guy said to me "Guess I'll be getting away from the fat fuck " Before I could catch myself, I found myself saying "Leaving your wife are you ? "

What I understand you saying is that everyone makes mistakes, and that you blurted out something without thinking, and then felt remorse for what you said. We have all said something just as stupid, or worse, but NOT as president of the United States.

134 David Simon  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:43:07pm

re: #51 Afrocity

So when did it become politically incorrect to criticize the President? Since the president is an African American?

You could be right, but when I see vile abuse heaped on black conservatives by the MSM, I tend to doubt that the Obama love affair has all that much to do with skin color.

135 mikeymom  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:43:48pm

re: #128 Natasha

All I have is beer, for the moment, but I am willing to share!

thank yewww kindly--carbs do me in--grey goose dirty martini is just fine--

136 Catttt  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:44:10pm
they didn’t think Obama spoke out of meanness toward the disabled.

They didn't think - he didn't think.

137 Gretchen  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:44:30pm

re: #107 Bobblehead

I find this MSM criticism of Obama's gaffes curiously condescending and maybe just a tad racist. Like they're saying to him " How about some better brain-mouth coordination. You know, we've had your back for you since the beginning and you don't want to go and spoil everything ,would you? Besides it might make us look bad too."

I don't think they are racist. He's an equal opportunity empty suit. First Obama realized too late that Biden is a buffoon, now the MSM is realizing Obama is a buffoon.

138 [deleted]  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:44:43pm
139 Killgore Trout  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:44:43pm

re: #134 David Simon

Yeah, I think it has more to do with the fact that he's a progressive Dem. Also he's new, the press will get tougher on him as time goes by.

140 kynna  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:45:04pm

re: #134 David Simon

You could be right, but when I see vile abuse heaped on black conservatives by the MSM, I tend to doubt that the Obama love affair has all that much to do with skin color.

It's the combo. He's a wayyyy left democrat and he's the color of 'diverse'. Their wet dream, basically.

141 itellu3times  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:45:22pm

Gaffes? I thought his symbol was the unircorn!

/g(ir)affes joke

142 Gretchen  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:45:38pm

re: #130 kynna

You forgot about the ones breaking the story on Palin's daugher's boyfriend's mother. Way more important than violations of federal laws by a candidate.

...and don't forget Cindy McCain is an addict.

143 alegrias  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:45:48pm

re: #54 Killian Bundy

* * *
While the New York Times was spiking its relevant & TRUE ACORN-Obama story,
the NYT was ginning up the fake false McCain-lobbyist affair story--which supposedly happened in the year 2000.

GAME CHANGE was their objective, facts were covered up.

144 Sharmuta  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:45:51pm

This just reeks of bullshit msm spin to me. Yes- he's a gaffer. But I think the media is trying to plant the seeds that his gaffes will hurt his popularity, when the reality is it's his policies.

The msm will throw his style under the bus before they'll throw the socialism under it. A bad messenger can be replaced, long live the ideology.

145 HelloDare  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:46:04pm

Wonder how many teleprompters Obama has in that new limo?

146 pink freud  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:46:04pm

re: #134 David Simon

You could be right, but when I see vile abuse heaped on black conservatives by the MSM, I tend to doubt that the Obama love affair has all that much to do with skin color.

The love affair has everything to do with his skin color.

The skin color of black conservatives, otoh, means nothing because they are representative of capitalism, success, values. They are the "wrong" kind of black. 0bama is the "right" kind.

147 Afrocity  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:46:16pm

Did anyone see this tape of a press member telling Robert Gibbs off for being late?

Youtube Video
148 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:46:16pm

re: #135 mikeymom

thank yewww kindly--carbs do me in--grey goose dirty martini is just fine--

Now that appeals! In another incarnation, I used to tend bar.

A Martini is gin and vermouth... or vodka and vermouth, straight p with olives or a twist.

Everything else is a shooter in a big martini glass - not that that is a bad thing...

149 Natasha  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:46:17pm

re: #135 mikeymom

thank yewww kindly--carbs do me in--grey goose dirty martini is just fine--

Wow! I happen to like those too! But I was on a tight budget this past week (some bills, and a future vacation), so microbrews is all I could swing. I have to run 5 miles tomorrow, so carbs will be burned mercilessly! Death to carbohydrates!

150 avanti  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:46:37pm

re: #83 MandyManners

Excusing it as a Freudian Slip?

If you think it was a intentional slap at special needs kids, you have to assume he was not only heartless, but very stupid. It was a lame attempt at self deprecating humor, a screw up certainly, but nothing sinister.

151 mikeymom  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:46:39pm

seriously--meeting with a financial planner today was interesting--mikeydad has planned for yrs and i think we will be ok--but i said to the guy--im worried as long as the o is in office--he just winked at me-- i just hope my kids will get all that we put away for them

152 Sharmuta  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:46:40pm

re: #123 Afrocity

I don't see it as racist. Hell the MSM was calling anyone racist that said Obama had a bad hair day. Shit, I was even called a racist on the Jake Tapper blog and banned from posting. Obama is inexperienced and it shows. It may be that some in the mSM have a few brain cells that were not effected my Kool Aid addiction and every now and then they come to life.

Jake banned you from his blog? What an asshole.

153 alegrias  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:46:51pm

re: #126 AMER1CAN

I wonder if Chris Matthews can even feel his legs now. I worry about him.

* * * *
Chris Matthews should have advised the country his tingles came from his diabetic neuropathy in his legs, NOT because of Obama.

154 M. Bensson-Levi  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:47:04pm

re: #84 Afrocity

" You are a very odd young woman."

In today's US of A, you can rightly regard that as a compliment.

155 [deleted]  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:47:25pm
156 Bloodnok  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:47:29pm

re: #20 Sharmuta

So far I haven't seen any evidence that his gaffes are hurting his popularity. I think this article is msm spin- it's his POLICIES that are causing him to lose popularity. They don't want us to notice.

I agree with this. The gaffes are an instant hit with the opposition and take our eyes right off the ball. And at the same time it allows the left to blame dropping poll numbers on anything but the real cause. If the "watch the gaffes" meme goes national you can bet there's something else going on that we're not supposed to notice.

157 Aviator  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:47:40pm

Plenty of his blind followers are ...well, blind.

Debra Messing also told Tarts that our new President is not only meeting her expectations, but going far beyond.

"He is thoughtful and considerate and he gets all the information before he speaks which I think is a wonderful quality for the ruler of the free world to have," she explained.

This moron thinks he is the ruler of the free world.

158 Mich-again  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:48:11pm

The MSM has been part and parcel of the Democratic Political Machine as long as I can remember and like Al Gore said, "A Zebra does not change its spots."

So any criticism they may have now for the anointed one only makes me wonder which other story they are trying to drown out.

159 alegrias  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:48:14pm

re: #142 Gretchen

...and don't forget Cindy McCain is an addict.

* * * *
Cindy WAS an addict. Cindy underwent treatment & did community service.

Like Obama DID coke.

160 pink freud  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:48:19pm

re: #150 avanti

If you think it was a intentional slap at special needs kids, you have to assume he was not only heartless, but very stupid. It was a lame attempt at self deprecating humor, a screw up certainly, but nothing sinister.

In a nutshell, he's been briefed on "self-deprecating humor", but he needs more mirror time with it.

161 Sharmuta  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:48:23pm

re: #156 Bloodnok

As juante said, "watch the birdie....."

162 HelloDare  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:48:31pm

Rumor has it that Biden was in the hospital yesterday. He had a mini-teleprompter installed in the back of his head. Joe won't be in the background any longer.

163 jaunte  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:48:39pm

re: #144 Sharmuta

This just reeks of bullshit msm spin to me. Yes- he's a gaffer. But I think the media is trying to plant the seeds that his gaffes will hurt his popularity, when the reality is it's his policies.

The msm will throw his style under the bus before they'll throw the socialism under it. A bad messenger can be replaced, long live the ideology.

Speaking of which, I listened to an NPR story this afternoon about the GM festivities, and not once in the 5-minutes-or-so did they mention the UAW pensions as a factor.

164 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:49:04pm

Gibbs, the suck-up liar, who wouldn't work a day in his life (and probably won't)

165 pink freud  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:49:21pm

re: #152 Sharmuta

Jake banned you from his blog? What an asshole.

How can you say Tapper is an asshole for the banning when you don't yet know what the offense was?

166 Killer Tomato  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:49:29pm

re: #156 Bloodnok

There's something going on every single second that we're not supposed to notice.

167 Euler  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:49:34pm

OH-bah-MAH (rhymes with Omaha, as in Omaha, Nebraska) says "OR-ee-UN" (rhymes with Dorian, as in The Picture of Dorian Gray). I could pronounce Casseopoeia when I was 8.

168 kynna  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:49:48pm

re: #142 Gretchen

...and don't forget Cindy McCain is an addict.

And John McCain had an affair ... oops ... inappropriate friendship with a lady ... not that he was having sex with her ... just that some unnamed sources said that eyebrows had been raised and ...

That takes a team of at least 5 and a half seasoned journalists.

169 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:50:04pm

OK, speaking of booze, Pesach is coming and I have a super lovely bottle of Scotch that needs to be consumed before the holiday... Does anyone here love a good Speyside? Moreover, are any lizards in the DC area to consume it?

170 mikeymom  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:50:04pm

re: #149 Natasha

where are you going? we like road trips--i think our next one will be to san diego--from co--any san diego lizards please give tips on where to visit--prob in may-

171 stevieray  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:50:12pm

re: #90 stevieray

Charles:

There may be a conflict between LGF and the new Firefox (3.0.8).

All of the buttons above the comments (reply, quote, +. -) send me back to the front page when clicked. This began after I upgraded about a half hour ago.

XP Pro SP3, FF 3.0.8

Follow up #2:

LGF works fine in the new FF on Vista, and it works fine in FF Safe Mode. It must be an add-on conflict. If I figure out which one, I'll let you know.

172 Natasha  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:50:29pm

"Ruler of the free world"... Now, there is one for the oxymoron hall of fame! Fan-boys and fan-girls of Komrade Zer0 are not exactly the brightest crayons in the box.

173 Dr. Shalit  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:51:04pm

re: #2 zombie

Can't I just eat my gaffles?

zombie -

NO! - You Can Only Eat Your Waffles. That is all.

-S-

174 Sharmuta  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:51:05pm

re: #165 pink freud

How can you say Tapper is an asshole for the banning when you don't yet know what the offense was?

Well- true. But I do already think he's an asshole for smearing right-wing blogs.

175 Midwestprof  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:51:22pm

re: #87 David Simon

We laugh, but it appears Chris Dodd is about to be offered as the sacrificial lamb. How many will fall on their swords for The Messiah before realization sets in?

The more the better. Remember, we've got about 4 years of The Great Zero before we can hope to be rid of him. In the meantime, we can try to get some changes in Congress--both parties.

176 Occasional Reader  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:51:25pm

re: #167 Euler

OH-bah-MAH (rhymes with Omaha, as in Omaha, Nebraska) says "OR-ee-UN" (rhymes with Dorian, as in The Picture of Dorian Gray). I could pronounce Casseopoeia when I was 8.

OR-ee-UN... isn't that a province of POKeeSTAHN?

177 Afrocity  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:51:28pm

re: #152 Sharmuta

Jake banned you from his blog? What an asshole.

Don't trust Jake Tapper.

178 Killian Bundy  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:51:33pm

re: #143 alegrias

GAME CHANGE was their objective, facts were covered up.

/all the news that's fit to hide

179 Gretchen  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:51:37pm

re: #134 David Simon

You could be right, but when I see vile abuse heaped on black conservatives by the MSM, I tend to doubt that the Obama love affair has all that much to do with skin color.

Black and female conservatives don't fit the liberal narrative. I find it appalling, and the ultimate racist view - because of your color or gender you should think a certain way. But then again libs are the most racist. If Obama was a white liberal he would have gotten better treatment than McCain for sure but nothing like the free pass he got. If he was a black conservative he would have gotten the Palin treatment.

180 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:51:41pm

re: #167 Euler

OH-bah-MAH (rhymes with Omaha, as in Omaha, Nebraska) says "OR-ee-UN" (rhymes with Dorian, as in The Picture of Dorian Gray). I could pronounce Casseopoeia when I was 8.

The Nerd is strong on this one, I sense much pedanticism...

///////

You are a fellow nerd after my own heart....

181 The Shadow Do  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:51:47pm

re: #150 avanti

If you think it was a intentional slap at special needs kids, you have to assume he was not only heartless, but very stupid. It was a lame attempt at self deprecating humor, a screw up certainly, but nothing sinister.

Of course it wasn't sinister. It was a very lame exhibit of juvenile humor. Nothing more nor less. Be comfortable with that.

182 jamgarr  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:51:52pm

I was raised in an environment that was significantly racist. I learned better. I can tell you this - it's not the filter between the brain and the mouth that means you're fixed. It's the absence of the thought. A gaffe like the Special Olympics gaffe is just a failure of the filter.

183 mikeymom  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:51:59pm

just a thought--when o and wab are in bed--does he use a teleprompter? do this--then move your hand there--yesssss!

184 Unakite  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:52:05pm

re: #150 avanti

If you think it was a intentional slap at special needs kids, you have to assume he was not only heartless, but very stupid. It was a lame attempt at self deprecating humor, a screw up certainly, but nothing sinister.

The straw man is "sinister." it diverts the attention from the fact that you got it right: it was very stupid.

185 Sharmuta  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:52:10pm

re: #163 jaunte

Speaking of which, I listened to an NPR story this afternoon about the GM festivities, and not once in the 5-minutes-or-so did they mention the UAW pensions as a factor.

Of course not. No one ever considers the effect of big labor in all of this.

186 Sharmuta  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:52:28pm

re: #177 Afrocity

Don't trust Jake Tapper.

Fear not- I don't.

187 pingjockey  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:52:33pm

re: #176 Occasional Reader
Don't forget Tal ee ban!

188 unrealizedviewpoint  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:53:06pm

re: #150 avanti

If you think it was a intentional slap at special needs kids, you have to assume he was not only heartless, but very stupid. It was a lame attempt at self deprecating humor, a screw up certainly, but nothing sinister.

I agree.
BTW you've got some thick scales there.

189 Dr. Shalit  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:53:37pm

re: #171 stevieray

Follow up #2:

LGF works fine in the new FF on Vista, and it works fine in FF Safe Mode. It must be an add-on conflict. If I figure out which one, I'll let you know.

Stevieray -

Same Here on the Vista Machine, last time I accessed on the XP Machine, it was running on Linux (Under Windows) - Oh Intrepid Ibex!

-S-

190 pink freud  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:53:45pm

re: #174 Sharmuta

Well- true. But I do already think he's an asshole for smearing right-wing blogs.

I missed the smearing of the right wing blogs but from what I've read of the guy, he's one of the few MSM who is willing to take on Gibbs and not back down ....plus, he seems to display a bit more intellect and grasp of the issues than most of the echo chamber.

191 Mich-again  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:53:56pm

re: #167 Euler

OH-bah-MAH (rhymes with Omaha, as in Omaha, Nebraska) says "OR-ee-UN" (rhymes with Dorian, as in The Picture of Dorian Gray). I could pronounce Casseopoeia when I was 8.

We all say OR-ee-un around here, not oh-RYE-un. Its a Lake in Oakland County.

192 Natasha  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:53:57pm

re: #170 mikeymom

where are you going? we like road trips--i think our next one will be to san diego--from co--any san diego lizards please give tips on where to visit--prob in may-

I was actually thinking something tropical and exotic like the Bahamas, Dominican Republic or US Virgin Islands. I've lived on a tropical island before (Key West), but never had a real tropical vacation. So, before we go all communist and have to work 17 hours for a crust of stale bread, I am going to have some fun.

193 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:54:26pm

re: #156 Bloodnok

I agree with this. The gaffes are an instant hit with the opposition and take our eyes right off the ball. And at the same time it allows the left to blame dropping poll numbers on anything but the real cause. If the "watch the gaffes" meme goes national you can bet there's something else going on that we're not supposed to notice.

Its a very good tactic. Set up the other side to think your main effort is at point A, so they don't see the strike on point B coming. The key to countering that tactic is good intel: watching for the preparation the other side is trying to hide and then positioning your own forces accordingly. Its not foolproof, but we here keep our eyes open enough to give us a good chance.

194 Sharmuta  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:54:41pm

re: #190 pink freud

There was a thread about it.

195 Last Mohican  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:54:48pm

re: #84 Afrocity

Isn't it weird how that works? Where I live and work, which is in a very blue state, people often spontaneously start launching into angry non sequitur diatribes about how evil Republicans are, even in the middle of a conversation about, say, the NCAA basketball tournament, or what aisle breakfast cereals are on. And on those rare occasions when I respond by mentioning that I don't share their beliefs and I don't see what the evil of Republicans has to do with where the breakfast cereal is, they say that I'm the strange one.

Is this kind of weird behavior limited to the left? Or does the opposite thing happen somewhere? I.e. if I were to walk into a grocery store in, I don't know, rural Alabama, and ask where the cereal is, would the clerk say "it's on aisle 5, assuming that evil commie secret Muslim bastard Obama hasn't come through with his armed band of secret national service corps stormtroopers and stolen it yet."

Seriously, without exaggerating, that degree of instant rage meltdown is quite common here in the blue states.

196 Bobblehead  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:54:52pm

re: #146 pink freud

The love affair has everything to do with his skin color.

The skin color of black conservatives, otoh, means nothing because they are representative of capitalism, success, values. They are the "wrong" kind of black. 0bama is the "right" kind.

Exactly! And that line of thinking is, in itself, racist. Blacks can only be Democrats and extremely liberal ones at that. Really? Who says? The MSM says, that's who!

197 jaunte  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:55:22pm

re: #185 Sharmuta

Of course not. No one ever considers the effect of big labor in all of this.

I keep watching the story for the first sign that someone in the administration has accepted reality, and that they will have to go Chapter 11 and renegotiate the GM debt. After spending all the tax money they can on delaying the inevitable. It's a wasteful sop to Labor.

198 unrealizedviewpoint  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:55:53pm

re: #178 Killian Bundy

/all the news that's fit to hide

That should be 'their' rotating title - at top right.

199 David Simon  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:56:00pm

re: #139 Killgore Trout

Yeah, I think it has more to do with the fact that he's a progressive Dem. Also he's new, the press will get tougher on him as time goes by.

That's what I think. Carter - and even Clinton - didn't exactly get kid glove treatment toward the end.

200 nyc redneck  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:56:12pm

the gaffes are important. they are a window to his true personality.
they show us who he really is.
the gaffes show us why he is doing what he is doing.
of course we need to keep our eye on his actions too.

201 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:56:13pm

re: #167 Euler

OH-bah-MAH (rhymes with Omaha, as in Omaha, Nebraska) says "OR-ee-UN" (rhymes with Dorian, as in The Picture of Dorian Gray). I could pronounce Casseopoeia when I was 8.

Actually, just to clarify, it is properly pronounced or-ee-un as in ryhmes with dorian - no sarc here. I know lots of people say Oh- Ri - Un, but his pronunciation is the proper one if you are not anglicizing it.

202 Unakite  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:56:21pm

re: #169 LudwigVanQuixote

OK, speaking of booze, Pesach is coming and I have a super lovely bottle of Scotch that needs to be consumed before the holiday... Does anyone here love a good Speyside? Moreover, are any lizards in the DC area to consume it?

I like Scotch. is three hours too far away?
:D

203 Bloodnok  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:56:24pm

re: #193 Dark_Falcon

Its a very good tactic. Set up the other side to think your main effort is at point A, so they don't see the strike on point B coming. The key to countering that tactic is good intel: watching for the preparation the other side is trying to hide and then positioning your own forces accordingly. Its not foolproof, but we here keep our eyes open enough to give us a good chance.

I trust the MSM less than I do Obama. I really don't think they wrote this article out of concern for his popularity.

204 avanti  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:56:47pm

re: #133 Unakite

We have all said something just as stupid, or worse, but NOT as president of the United States.

Presidents are human, everyone has made verbal slips over the years, and BHO will make more since he'll be campaigning for 4-8 years. We've become so PC that every comment will offend someone. Even Reagan made a few beauties before the teleprompter rolled.

205 pink freud  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:56:52pm

re: #195 Last Mohican


Seriously, without exaggerating, that degree of instant rage meltdown is quite common here in the blue states.

That's directly attributable to the high levels of tolerance inherent in liberals.

/doncha know

206 Afrocity  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:57:02pm

re: #165 pink freud

How can you say Tapper is an asshole for the banning when you don't yet know what the offense was?

The offense was that I was not an Obamabot.
Anyone who posts on Tappers's blog runs into a poster by the name of "Ryan C" someone that I think is also the moderator. Ryan blocks posters who are conservative, or anti Obama. Go post there on Political Punch. You will run into Ryan C. and I give you 2 weeks before he blocks you as spam, then wait a few days try to post again and he will block your IP address.

207 alegrias  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:57:17pm

re: #167 Euler

OH-bah-MAH (rhymes with Omaha, as in Omaha, Nebraska) says "OR-ee-UN" (rhymes with Dorian, as in The Picture of Dorian Gray). I could pronounce Casseopoeia when I was 8.

* * *
Yeah, but could you say the arabic call to prayer when you were eight?
Could you speak Kenyan?
Could you speak Hawaiian?
I rest my case.

208 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:57:28pm

re: #202 Unakite

I like Scotch. is three hours too far away?
:D

Not if you come to me.

209 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:57:29pm

re: #204 avanti

name one please.

210 mikeymom  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:57:58pm

re: #192 Natasha

ahh-love the carrib! bahamas are expensive except on a cruise--we used to go to jamaica lot--too far now from co--just went to cancun in nov--great resort--bit now, with all the troubles in mexico, dont think we'll go back. i think maybe--aruba? costa rica? belize? ahhhh i'm dreaming

211 yochanan  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:58:11pm

re: #202 Unakite

well you could sell it to a gentile, problem might be getting it back after passover.

212 Unakite  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:58:42pm

re: #181 The Shadow Do

Of course it wasn't sinister. It was a very lame exhibit of juvenile humor. Nothing more nor less. Be comfortable concerned with that.

FIFY.

213 LTC8K6  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:58:48pm

Biden just thanked Zapatero for helping the US in Iraq...

214 The Shadow Do  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:58:48pm

re: #195 Last Mohican

Isn't it weird how that works? Where I live and work, which is in a very blue state, people often spontaneously start launching into angry non sequitur diatribes about how evil Republicans are, even in the middle of a conversation about, say, the NCAA basketball tournament, or what aisle breakfast cereals are on. And on those rare occasions when I respond by mentioning that I don't share their beliefs and I don't see what the evil of Republicans has to do with where the breakfast cereal is, they say that I'm the strange one.

Is this kind of weird behavior limited to the left? Or does the opposite thing happen somewhere? I.e. if I were to walk into a grocery store in, I don't know, rural Alabama, and ask where the cereal is, would the clerk say "it's on aisle 5, assuming that evil commie secret Muslim bastard Obama hasn't come through with his armed band of secret national service corps stormtroopers and stolen it yet."

Seriously, without exaggerating, that degree of instant rage meltdown is quite common here in the blue states.

Holy Smokes! And I do mean holy... I paid $52.00 for a carton today with the new Fed taxes. I am very patriotic as I bought a carton anyway.

215 Bobblehead  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:59:16pm

re: #195 Last Mohican

I hear that kind of crap at work, day in and day out.

216 Sharmuta  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:59:21pm

re: #195 Last Mohican

I agree- liberals assume everyone thinks like they do, especially in liberal areas, so they don't stop to consider for even a second that anyone would disagree with them.

217 Killer Tomato  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:59:24pm

re: #195 Last Mohican

I've been laughing since I read that.
(I work in Massachusetts.)

218 Unakite  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:59:29pm

re: #183 mikeymom

just a thought--when o and wab are in bed--does he use a teleprompter? do this--then move your hand there--yesssss!

Eeeewwwww!

219 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:59:57pm

re: #211 yochanan

well you could sell it to a gentile, problem might be getting it back after passover.

Or you can kill the bottle before Pesach!

220 pink freud  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:00:03pm

re: #196 Bobblehead

Exactly! And that line of thinking is, in itself, racist. Blacks can only be Democrats and extremely liberal ones at that. Really? Who says? The MSM says, that's who!

It's not just the MSM, bobblehead. You get a bunch of black people together and have one stand up for conservative values and they are shouted down. It just doesn't fly. It comparable to the ganging up of poor-performing black kids on the "smart" black kid who gets good grades: they are accused of "acting white". It's a cultural thing, not a MSM thing exclusively.

221 CyanSnowHawk  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:00:23pm

re: #197 jaunte

I keep watching the story for the first sign that someone in the administration has accepted reality, and that they will have to go Chapter 11 and renegotiate the GM debt. After spending all the tax money they can on delaying the inevitable. It's a wasteful sop to Labor.

There is mention of the Gov forcing GM and Chrysler in bankruptcy here. This is the first time I have seen that mentioned. It should have happened in Dec. It's why we have bankruptcy laws.

222 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:00:26pm

crickets.....

223 skywarner  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:00:36pm

OT Alert...

Obama may meet Assad in Istanbul to dramatize outreach to Muslims

I know its Debka, but the insanity coming out of Washington these days pales in comparison. My God, we're printing currency faster than Monopoly money, the .gov is now providing automobile warranties, the War on Terror is no more, and a teleprompter is running the place!

224 Natasha  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:00:37pm

re: #210 mikeymom

ahh-love the carrib! bahamas are expensive except on a cruise--we used to go to jamaica lot--too far now from co--just went to cancun in nov--great resort--bit now, with all the troubles in mexico, dont think we'll go back. i think maybe--aruba? costa rica? belize? ahhhh i'm dreaming

I am having my parents' travel agent find something nice but not too outrageously bank-breaking. Internet connection is a MUST! If I stay away from here too long I get withdrawals.
Well, I better sign off and catch some Zs. Thank you, everyone, for a much-needed dose of sanity! Good night!

225 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:00:37pm

re: #213 LTC8K6

Biden just thanked Zapatero for helping the US in Iraq...

You're kidding?! He can't be THAT stupid!

226 itellu3times  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:01:02pm

re: #195 Last Mohican

Ron Paul!

227 Killian Bundy  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:01:27pm

Hmmm, I wonder what companies Obama will decide to take over tomorrow?

/this isn't Venezuela, is this Venezuela?

228 Killgore Trout  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:01:36pm

New aeroponics experiment. I switched to a 5 gal bucket as my container. Holding 10 wasabi plants, you can pack thing in really tight because the roots aren't competing with each other. I figure a 5 gallon bucket should hold 4 large tomato plants with no trouble (maybe even 5 or 6). Very compact, low maintenance and cheap.

229 mikeymom  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:01:40pm

re: #214 The Shadow Do

dah-mm i quit 6 weeks ag-o-good timing, huh?

230 itellu3times  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:01:48pm

re: #225 Dark_Falcon

You're kidding?! He can't be THAT stupid!

I dunno, I heard it too.

231 avanti  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:01:53pm

re: #181 The Shadow Do

Of course it wasn't sinister. It was a very lame exhibit of juvenile humor. Nothing more nor less. Be comfortable with that.

Yep, it was. It'll make us more sensitive to what we say in public. I even noticed Genn Beck looking uncomfortable after saying he rode the short bus when it came to math in a discussion about the economy.

232 alegrias  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:02:10pm

re: #195 Last Mohican

Isn't it weird how that works? Where I live and work, which is in a very blue state, people often spontaneously start launching into angry non sequitur diatribes about how evil Republicans are, even in the middle of a conversation about, say, the NCAA basketball tournament, or what aisle breakfast cereals are on. And on those rare occasions when I respond by mentioning that I don't share their beliefs and I don't see what the evil of Republicans has to do with where the breakfast cereal is, they say that I'm the strange one.

Is this kind of weird behavior limited to the left? Or does the opposite thing happen somewhere? I.e. if I were to walk into a grocery store in, I don't know, rural Alabama, and ask where the cereal is, would the clerk say "it's on aisle 5, assuming that evil commie secret Muslim bastard Obama hasn't come through with his armed band of secret national service corps stormtroopers and stolen it yet."

Seriously, without exaggerating, that degree of instant rage meltdown is quite common here in the blue states.

* * * * * *
Like you said, you live in a ONE PARTY STATE! People who lived in such regimes were indoctrinated & encourage to hate & mock those who disagree with the "ruling" party which brooks no opposition.

233 Killgore Trout  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:02:42pm

re: #227 Killian Bundy

Get ready for another round of bailouts in a few months.

234 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:02:45pm

lest we forget..... President Reagan was 73 years old when he took office.

Obama, on the other hand, is only 14.

235 Afrocity  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:02:49pm

re: #194 Sharmuta

There was a thread about it.

I don't buy Jake Tapper's act. Tapper who is married to a high level Planned Parenthood employee, was high on Obama Kool Aid. Tapper who fostered the Trigg is not Sarah Palin's kid and Sarah Palin media watches, helped elect Obama. Tapper who could only say that Michael Steele's sister was married to Mike Tyson. Tapper is out for Tapper and figured out that he can distance himself from the MSM zombies by being a little hard on Obama. Tapper is all about climbing the professional ladder. He is not one of us.

236 Unakite  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:03:00pm

re: #208 LudwigVanQuixote

Not if you come to me.

Damn!

237 pink freud  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:03:14pm

re: #206 Afrocity

And now we know your side of it. I have been posting there as I do here, as someone with conservative values who is deeply opposed to 0bama's policies. I have been polite and direct, and I have never had a post removed ...in fact, I find that there are many there that agree with my points -- and they are tolerated without a problem.

238 nyc redneck  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:03:15pm

re: #227 Killian Bundy

Hmmm, I wonder what companies Obama will decide to take over tomorrow?

/this isn't Venezuela, is this Venezuela?

rush said today that o will not take over any industry that is involved in making
teleprompters.

239 jaunte  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:03:36pm

re: #231 avanti

I saw how you did that.

240 unrealizedviewpoint  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:04:07pm

re: #216 Sharmuta

I agree- liberals assume everyone thinks like they do, especially in liberal areas, so they don't stop to consider for even a second that anyone would disagree with them.

Nobody really challenges their thought processes, so they never learn.

241 dapperdave  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:04:18pm

re: #234 WindHorse

That's 14... in dog years.

242 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:04:25pm

Avanti.... please give me ONE example of President Reagan's "gaffes" before the teleprompter "went on"......


(oh, that's right.... you were just jiving again, weren't you?)

243 alegrias  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:04:29pm

re: #213 LTC8K6

Biden just thanked Zapatero for helping the US in Iraq...

* * * *
Biden's an asshole--Zapatero PULLED OUT Spain's troops from Iraq!

244 The Shadow Do  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:04:31pm

re: #229 mikeymom

dah-mm i quit 6 weeks ag-o-good timing, huh?


Right behind you kid.

245 mikeymom  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:05:13pm

re: #228 Killgore Trout

New aeroponics experiment. I switched to a 5 gal bucket as my container. Holding 10 wasabi plants, you can pack thing in really tight because the roots aren't competing with each other. I figure a 5 gallon bucket should hold 4 large tomato plants with no trouble (maybe even 5 or 6). Very compact, low maintenance and cheap.

hmmm- and i was just thinking of going back into the ground again--my container plamts have not been doing well here in co--i have cleared a plot--

246 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:05:18pm

re: #243 alegrias

* * * *
Biden's an idiotic asshole--Zapatero PULLED OUT Spain's troops from Iraq!

improved

247 Bloodnok  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:05:20pm

re: #239 jaunte

I saw how you did that.

That's two "talking points" in two threads. 1) Reagan made gaffes too. and 2) Glenn Beck made an insensitive comment.

I'm sure if you go to other blogs you will see similar comments.

248 Bloodnok  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:05:47pm

re: #247 Bloodnok

That's two "talking points" in two threads. 1) Reagan made gaffes too. and 2) Glenn Beck made an insensitive comment.

I'm sure if you go to other blogs you will see similar comments.

threads=comments PIMF

249 Joan Not of Arc  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:05:57pm

What? Someone in the press noticed that Obama is an ass? I've noticed that. When will someone give me a medal?

250 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:06:09pm

Avanti... you typed these things..... you must have some proof - no?

251 The Shadow Do  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:06:34pm

re: #231 avanti

Yep, it was. It'll make us more sensitive to what we say in public. I even noticed Genn Beck looking uncomfortable after saying he rode the short bus when it came to math in a discussion about the economy.


Who is this "us" of whom you speak?

252 David Simon  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:06:58pm

re: #146 pink freud

The love affair has everything to do with his skin color.

The skin color of black conservatives, otoh, means nothing because they are representative of capitalism, success, values. They are the "wrong" kind of black. 0bama is the "right" kind.

I certainly think it helped him get his foot in the door. But make no mistake, if he were a black dupe, no way would the MSM have elevated him past Hillary.

Give credit where credit is due: Obama is a gifted politician.

253 Dr. Shalit  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:07:05pm

re: #169 LudwigVanQuixote

OK, speaking of booze, Pesach is coming and I have a super lovely bottle of Scotch that needs to be consumed before the holiday... Does anyone here love a good Speyside? Moreover, are any lizards in the DC area to consume it?

Ludwig v Q -

Here we only have Vodka, and in any case, my favorite Scotch is BOURBON.
Whatever is left will go to the "building folk."

-S-

254 Sharmuta  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:07:18pm

re: #251 The Shadow Do

Who is this "us" of whom you speak?

Mouse in his pocket?

255 Dr. Shalit  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:08:11pm

re: #219 LudwigVanQuixote

Or you can kill the bottle before Pesach!

Ludwig v Q -

KILL THE BOTTLE - that is all.

-S-

256 M. Bensson-Levi  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:08:23pm

re: #243 alegrias

* * * *
Biden's an asshole--Zapatero PULLED OUT Spain's troops from Iraq!

That's precisely why Joe the Dumber thanked him.

257 Afrocity  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:08:24pm

re: #237 pink freud

And now we know your side of it. I have been posting there as I do here, as someone with conservative values who is deeply opposed to 0bama's policies. I have been polite and direct, and I have never had a post removed ...in fact, I find that there are many there that agree with my points -- and they are tolerated without a problem.

I was polite as well. I find a few like minded posters like Belle Star, Samaguchi, and Concerned in OH but especially during the election, that site was Kool Aid Mountain as far as I was concerned. Lately it has mellowed some, and I say that with reluctance.

258 Catttt  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:08:29pm

re: #195 Last Mohican

I live in a blue state. We don't talk politics much at all at work, but it has happened a couple of times to me with the same guy at work - a friend. I just remind him I don't agree and he goes "you don't? I thought you did!"(he always forgets) - and I suggest we drop it at that, and we go on.

Once, on a trip to NYC with a bunch of people from work, on the way into the Lincoln Tunnel, of all places, the bus driver launches into a huge slam on Republicans - really embarrassing. We gave her a pass, since we would be stuck in NYC if she didn't come back for us. Plus, she knew where all the clean, open to the public restrooms were.

259 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:08:30pm

.....ohhhhhh.... I see..... you don't have to have "actual proof" of what you say..... you must be related to Dan Blather!

It is all clear to me now Kenneth.....

260 mikeymom  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:08:41pm

re: #244 The Shadow Do

after 45 yrs, its my easiest time--hope you are doing well, too.

261 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:09:12pm

re: #169 LudwigVanQuixote

OK, speaking of booze, Pesach is coming and I have a super lovely bottle of Scotch that needs to be consumed before the holiday... Does anyone here love a good Speyside? Moreover, are any lizards in the DC area to consume it?

I just sell all my Scotch to an Episcopalian friend. We have drinks when I drop them off, and when I come back to buy them back.

262 pink freud  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:09:16pm

re: #252 David Simon

I certainly think it helped him get his foot in the door. But make no mistake, if he were a black dupe, no way would the MSM have elevated him past Hillary.

Give credit where credit is due: Obama is a gifted politician.

Wow. LOL. A "black dupe" is exactly what I think of him as ....one dancing at the end of Soros' strings.

As far as "gifted", I will say that he is a gifted speaker, not a gifted politician. Reagan was a gifted politician.

263 The Shadow Do  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:09:26pm

re: #254 Sharmuta

Mouse in his pocket?

SQUEEK!

264 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:09:31pm

Avanti, you bitch..... answer me.

265 Afrocity  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:10:02pm

re: #252 David Simon

I certainly think it helped him get his foot in the door. But make no mistake, if he were a black dupe, no way would the MSM have elevated him past Hillary.

Give credit where credit is due: Obama is a gifted politician political candidate.


FTFY

266 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:10:22pm

Avanti is a lying sack of human excrement.... somebody prove me wrong....

267 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:10:44pm

more crickets..... (you complete pussy)

268 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:10:59pm

re: #259 WindHorse

.....ohhhhhh.... I see..... you don't have to have "actual proof" of what you say..... you must be related to Dan Blather!

It is all clear to me now Kenneth.....

Ask him what the frequency is.

269 Last Mohican  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:11:05pm

re: #242 WindHorse

Avanti.... please give me ONE example of President Reagan's "gaffes" before the teleprompter "went on"......

I certainly ain't Avanti, but...

"We begin bombing in five minutes."

And that's the only one I know of.

Reagan said this as a microphone check before a radio interview. It wasn't broadcast. In that context, I actually think it's actually rather funny, and doesn't qualify as a "gaffe." But a lot of people describe it that way.

270 Sharmuta  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:11:36pm

re: #263 The Shadow Do

Well- I would hate to be considered mean and suggest there's some sort of gollumesque quality in the use of the plural, Precious.

271 MandyManners  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:11:37pm

OT.

One of the fathers had a tattoo on his Left arm that ended in a horizontal "KILLA".

272 Killgore Trout  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:11:51pm

re: #245 mikeymom

I keep a lot of plants around the house but it's tough to keep them alive indoors. Lot's of watering and root problems. I's still experimenting but here's my best set up so far; 5 gallon bucket with lid ($5-$7). A Nebulizer ($20-30). The cost of a dozen or so plastic mesh baskets is a few bucks. Drill holes for the baskets, rinse all the soil of the roots of you plants but 'em in the baskets. Put about a a gallon of water in your bucket with the fogger. You might have to clean it out and change the water every month or two. Pretty easy and no more watering.

273 Killer Tomato  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:12:39pm

re: #269 Last Mohican

That's what I expected his answer to be.
Probably should've put money on it.

274 pink freud  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:12:46pm

re: #264 WindHorse

Avanti, you bitch..... answer me.

re: #266 WindHorse

Avanti is a lying sack of human excrement.... somebody prove me wrong....

re: #267 WindHorse

more crickets..... (you complete pussy)

Iron Fist Rule?

275 MandyManners  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:12:48pm

re: #271 MandyManners

OT.

One of the fathers had a tattoo on his Left arm that ended in a horizontal "KILLA".

Not made in a shop.

276 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:13:12pm

re: #269 Last Mohican

the only one.... and that was a complete joke.... don't tell me that you think President Reagan was serious then..... this is what distinguishes him from... say... Avanti, or our half-wit president..... Reagan had brains, and a sense of humor....

277 avanti  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:13:23pm

re: #209 WindHorse

name one please.


Here are just a two, but there are more.

-While making a toast to Princess Diana he called her "Princess David".

-"My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes."

BTW, oddly enough, Reagan was a big user of the teleprompter too.

Reagan.


-"Facts are stupid things."

Reagan

278 [deleted]  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:13:30pm
279 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:13:40pm

re: #269 Last Mohican

I certainly ain't Avanti, but...

"We begin bombing in five minutes."

And that's the only one I know of.

Reagan said this as a microphone check before a radio interview. It wasn't broadcast. In that context, I actually think it's actually rather funny, and doesn't qualify as a "gaffe." But a lot of people describe it that way.

Agreed. It was a joke that the left went nuts over. They call it a gaffe now to try to make it seem like all presidents gaffe and thus keep Obama from looking like the assclown we all know he is.

280 dapperdave  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:13:44pm

re: #267 WindHorse

Come on Windhorse don't waste your time, after all what could the dead do on behalf of the living?

281 Bobblehead  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:13:59pm

re: #220 pink freud

It comparable to the ganging up of poor-performing black kids on the "smart" black kid who gets good grades: they are accused of "acting white". It's a cultural thing, not a MSM thing exclusively.

Ironic then that the first "Afro-American"president is lauded as being the most intellectual man ever to have graced the Oval Office. How come they're not ganging up on him?

282 Bloodnok  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:14:28pm

GAZE

283 alegrias  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:14:37pm

TODAY is the anniversary of President Reagan getting shot on his 69th or 70th day in office in 1981.

284 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:14:42pm

re: #274 pink freud

no..... I am just ticked off at Avanti and his line of BS.... saying that Reagan had (what was it) several faux pas before the mike went on....

pure, unmitigated bullshit.....

I am pissed at the likes of Avanti........

285 Catttt  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:14:57pm

re: #282 Bloodnok

GAZE

At whom?

286 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:15:07pm

re: #277 avanti

you are one stupid fuck....

287 MandyManners  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:15:08pm

I am showing incredible restraint.

288 Killian Bundy  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:15:09pm
We cannot continue to reward poor decisions.

/did Obama really say that this morning?

289 David Simon  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:15:12pm

re: #213 LTC8K6

Biden just thanked Zapatero for helping the US in Iraq...

You're talking about the guy who thought we tossed Hezbollah out of Lebanon with the help of France.

290 Mich-again  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:15:15pm

re: #231 avanti

It'll make us more sensitive to what we say in public.

There's an old saying, If you don't lie you don't need a good memory. Same sort of thing goes for what you say in public. If you're not an a-hole, you don't have to worry about blurting out a comment that lets everyone know you are an a-hole.

291 Afrocity  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:15:16pm

re: #277 avanti

Reagan did not have the teleprompter fused to his brain like Obama does.

292 mikeymom  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:15:18pm

re: #272 Killgore Trout

WAIT! im talkin' some early girls and big boys in a plot of dirt!what you growin' there willis?

293 Bloodnok  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:16:05pm

re: #285 Catttt

At whom?

Avanti. I know it goes without saying, but I felt I had to.

294 MandyManners  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:16:07pm

re: #287 MandyManners

I am showing incredible restraint.

So?

295 jaunte  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:16:13pm

Cut and paste:
"This fallacy involves the attempt to justify a wrong action by pointing to another wrong action. Often, the other wrong action is of the same type or committed by the accuser, in which case it is the subfallacy Tu Quoque. Attempting to justify committing a wrong on the grounds that someone else is guilty of another wrong is clearly a Red Herring, because if this form of argument were cogent, one could justify anything―always assuming that there is another wrong to point to, which is a very safe assumption."
[Link: www.fallacyfiles.org...]

296 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:16:16pm

anyone who would compare Obama to President Ronald Reagan is about as stupid and naive as they come.....

297 The Shadow Do  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:16:49pm

re: #270 Sharmuta

Well- I would hate to be considered mean and suggest there's some sort of gollumesque quality in the use of the plural, Precious.

Yes, precious..my precious....

298 mikeymom  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:17:07pm

re: #287 MandyManners

I am showing incredible restraint.

have a basil and let it fly mandy! we need you!

299 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:17:29pm

it is a sad day to think that Obama holds the same office as President Reagan....

300 Afrocity  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:17:31pm

re: #294 MandyManners

Mandy are you responding to yourself?

301 alegrias  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:17:33pm

Wags in Spain said Obama was imitating Zapatero, with respect to being a defeatist in Iraq & fighting terrorists, plus being an empty suit given to platitudes.

302 JohnAdams  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:17:55pm

You know, I was going to take a non-LGF night so I could get some sleep, but I had to comment. I consider myself a moderate center-right person. I have to say that even if I find a few faults here at LGF it is the most intelligently moderated blog that I've come across. And the commenters here are equally up to the task of intelligent, civil discourse.

A few months ago I was even roundly slapped around by Charles and a few other lizards, but I realized afterwards I at least partially deserved censure. As a staunch independent and libertarian thinker, and as a person who loathes the idea that this forum is a personality cult and group-think lovefest for Charles Johnson, I gotta say that it passes the smell test for me. I would not kiss Charles's ass more than any average Joe, but I think he has created a technically beautiful and philosophically restrained website. LGF is a fair public forum, and the commenters make me feel as though I still have a country.

My two cents this evening, which I hope you are all enjoying in your safe happy homes!

303 [deleted]  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:18:00pm
304 avanti  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:18:15pm

re: #269 Last Mohican

I certainly ain't Avanti, but...

"We begin bombing in five minutes."

And that's the only one I know of.

Reagan said this as a microphone check before a radio interview. It wasn't broadcast. In that context, I actually think it's actually rather funny, and doesn't qualify as a "gaffe." But a lot of people describe it that way.

That was the one I was talking about. It got some press play at the time, but I didn't think is was as big a deal as was made of it.

305 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:18:26pm

re: #297 The Shadow Do

Yes, precious..my precious....

So, if Soros is Sauron and Obama is the Lord of the Nazgul, who Gollum? Chris Matthews?

306 Racer X  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:19:01pm

Moby.

Remember that.

307 jcbunga  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:19:34pm

While I hate to judge before all the facts are in, I can't help but wonder if there is a bias in the media.

308 avanti  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:20:07pm

re: #284 WindHorse

no..... I am just ticked off at Avanti and his line of BS.... saying that Reagan had (what was it) several faux pas before the mike went on....

pure, unmitigated bullshit.....

I am pissed at the likes of Avanti........

I'm not picking on Reagan for his slip ups, just pointing out even the best communicators slip up, they are human after all.

309 [deleted]  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:20:11pm
310 Bloodnok  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:20:11pm

re: #305 Dark_Falcon

So, if Soros is Sauron and Obama is the Lord of the Nazgul, who Gollum? Chris Matthews?

Rahm gets dibs on Grima the Wormtongue.

311 pink freud  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:20:11pm

re: #281 Bobblehead

Ironic then that the first "Afro-American"president is lauded as being the most intellectual man ever to have graced the Oval Office. How come they're not ganging up on him?

That's what they consider intellect? Who knows. I can' think like they do. It reminds me of that old joke about two pigs fighting in a cloth sack (what goes on in their brains).re: #284 WindHorse

no..... I am just ticked off at Avanti and his line of BS.... saying that Reagan had (what was it) several faux pas before the mike went on....

pure, unmitigated bullshit.....
I am pissed at the likes of Avanti........

I get that you're pissed. So what if he says it. SO WHAT? That doesn't bother me half as much as some of the crap that I see dumped right here in Charles' living room ...and THAT was what my post was really about.

This place has always been the flagship when it comes to blogs and some of the stuff I see diminishes that. Your post had the flavor of Kos to it ...that's how they "disagree" at Kos. We are better than that.

312 Bobblehead  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:20:24pm

re: #305 Dark_Falcon

So, if Soros is Sauron and Obama is the Lord of the Nazgul, who Gollum? Chris Matthews?

/Racist

313 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:20:46pm

re: #280 dapperdave

dude..... you don't understand something..... when we love someone.... they never die.....

I know this sounds overdramatic..... but think about this conceptually.... compare what we have today with what we had just a short time ago....

314 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:21:25pm

re: #308 avanti

those weren't slip-ups you f'ing idiot... they were purposeful.....

315 alegrias  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:21:30pm

re: #276 WindHorse

the only one.... and that was a complete joke.... don't tell me that you think President Reagan was serious then..... this is what distinguishes him from... say... Avanti, or our half-wit president..... Reagan had brains, and a sense of humor....

* * * *
Reagan joked AFTER getting shot!

"Honey, I forgot to duck"

and when he met his doctors in the Emergency Room:

"I hope you're all Republicans"

316 Vicious Babushka  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:21:31pm

re: #305 Dark_Falcon

So, if Soros is Sauron and Obama is the Lord of the Nazgul, who Gollum? Chris Matthews?

Keith Olbermann is Gollum. "We hates the tricksy Twitterses!"

317 David Simon  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:21:38pm

re: #265 Afrocity

FTFY

Upding. That's a good edit.

318 jcbunga  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:21:53pm

re: #305 Dark_Falcon

So, if Soros is Sauron and Obama is the Lord of the Nazgul, who Gollum? Chris Matthews?

The Tingler is Grima Wormtongue.

319 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:21:58pm

re: #305 Dark_Falcon

So, if Soros is Sauron and Obama is the Lord of the Nazgul, who is Gollum? Chris Matthews?

PIMF

320 Racer X  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:22:23pm

The Sunday afternoon Quickie!

The only way to pull off a Sunday afternoon quickie with their 8 year-old son in the apartment was to send him out on the balcony with a lollipop and tell him to report on all the neighbourhood activities.

He began his commentary as his parents put their plan into operation:

'There's a car being towed from the parking lot', he shouted.

'An ambulance just drove by.'

'Looks like the Anderson 's have company', he called out.

'Matt's riding a new bike....'

'Looks like the Sanders are moving'

'Jason is on his skate board....'

After a few moments he announced, 'The Coopers are having sex!'

Startled, his Mother and Dad shot up in bed! Dad cautiously called out,

'How do you know they are having sex?'

'Jimmy Cooper is standing on his balcony with a lollipop.'

321 Killer Tomato  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:22:43pm

re: #313 WindHorse

compare what we have today with what we had just a short time ago....

Well what I have is a car that I'll have to call the White House switchboard to schedule for maintenance.

poop

322 The Shadow Do  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:23:01pm

re: #305 Dark_Falcon

So, if Soros is Sauron and Obama is the Lord of the Nazgul, who Gollum? Chris Matthews?

A bridge too far for me. I haven't read the triology since 1973! Okay, I'll rent the movie...sometime, maybe....

323 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:23:16pm

re: #311 pink freud

Hey bro..... have I really said anything that is out of line? I just get sick of these fricking cowboys spewing this and that and thinking they won't be called out on it....

I will live and die by what I say.....

324 mikeymom  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:23:29pm

MANDY--how did the kid enjoy his vacation in denver? was he here for our blizzard? did you get to relax and enjoy, or did you miss the shit out of him? lol

325 [deleted]  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:24:22pm
326 Mich-again  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:24:51pm

re: #304 avanti

That was the one I was talking about. It got some press play at the time, but I didn't think is was as big a deal as was made of it.

That wasn't a gaffe. That was a joke on purpose. RR was trying to get a few laughs, its just that he didn't know he was being taped. The words didn't just "sneak out" like the Special Olympics comment from Obama did. Unless you think maybe in the middle of the interview Obama forgot he was being taped.

I blame Letterman. He is the world's worst interviewer, worse even than Larry King. Every interview Letterman ever did, the object has been, how can I grab the spotlight from this loser that I have to share the stage with. Problem is, that was the same thought going through Obama's mind at the time. He tried to outjoke Letterman.

327 Taqiyyotomist  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:24:54pm

re: #22 zombie
re: #20 Sharmuta

So far I haven't seen any evidence that his gaffes are hurting his popularity. I think this article is msm spin- it's his POLICIES that are causing him to lose popularity. They don't want us to notice.

re: #25 jaunte

"Watch the birdie..."

BINGO. Never mind the substantive things, look at the gaffes.

It's exactly what they did with Billy Jeff. "The Right hates that Clinton had sex in the Oval Office," but nevermind the bags of cash from China, Filegate, Whitewater. It was all about sex. Sure. The FMSM is a conman, and, EVIDENTLY, America is a mark.

Charles, the MSM is not "noticing" his gaffes, all of a sudden. They are using them to effectively distract the American TV-watching public from his disastrous policies. These gaffes are a godsend to the MSM right now, and just what they and Obama needed.

328 tradewind  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:25:17pm

At this point in his first term, President Bush was already considered.. and being labeled as... a disabled person by this same press pool.

329 alegrias  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:25:22pm

re: #291 Afrocity

Reagan did not have the teleprompter fused to his brain like Obama does.

* * * *
Reagan had had many years practice speaking about his convictions from EXPERIENCE as an EX-actor, EX-democrat, EX-union president, former governor, industry spokesman, and previous presidential primary candidate.

Reagan had a life time of serious work experience and was a self-made man, not a media creation and poser.

330 mikeymom  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:25:25pm

re: #318 jcbunga

The Tingler is Grima Wormtongue.

the movie the tingler was on tv the night of our honeymoon 41 yrs ago. hubby made me watch it. also on was a baines girl wedding.. fact.

331 The Shadow Do  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:25:39pm

re: #308 avanti

I'm not picking on Reagan for his slip ups, just pointing out even the best communicators slip up, they are human after all.

The famous Regan quote was not a slip up. It was a private humorous comment cought on tape.

Cripes! What is wrong with you?

332 unrealizedviewpoint  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:26:20pm

re: #325 taxfreekiller

hard to tell
its more like
avanti's blog now
IMO

Me only mostly observing here, but me thinks many folks are makin' this Avanti's blog.

333 JacksonTn  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:26:52pm

re: #331 The Shadow Do

The famous Regan quote was not a slip up. It was a private humorous comment cought on tape.

Cripes! What is wrong with you?

Love ... Obama Love ... it will do strange things to ya ...

334 Catttt  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:27:21pm

re: #304 avanti

It was a joke. People knew that then. They laughed. Lefties tried to make hay on it. They failed.

You are a joke. People know that now. We don't laugh, because you aren't a funny joke.

In 1981, when President Reagan was told the Israelis had destroyed the nuclear reactor at Tuwaitha, he said, "Well, boys will be boys" (to George Schultz, reported latter). President Reagan was awesome. I miss him.

335 NY Nana  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:27:26pm

re: #36 Alouette

It was me, Alouette. Sick Kids is a superb pediatric hospital, one of the best in the world.

I hope that you will get good news.

336 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:27:32pm

re: #316 Alouette

Keith Olbermann is Gollum. "We hates the tricksy Twitterses!"

Sounds about right.

337 solomonpanting  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:27:39pm

re: #328 tradewind

At this point in his first term, President Bush was already considered.. and being labeled as... a disabled person by this same press cess pool.

338 mikeymom  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:27:50pm

re: #331 The Shadow Do

The famous Regan quote was not a slip up. It was a private humorous comment cought on tape.

Cripes! What is wrong with you?

brain dysfunction?

339 Bloodnok  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:27:53pm

re: #314 WindHorse

those weren't slip-ups you f'ing idiot... they were purposeful.....

Just a kind word of advice. He was instigating by bringing up Reagan (gaffes, the teleprompter). Don't let it get you riled. It's what he does. He derails threads. He is counting on us spending the next 300 comments defending Reagan and not talking about Obama.

340 Sharmuta  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:28:24pm

re: #327 Taqiyyotomist

re: #20 Sharmuta

BINGO. Never mind the substantive things, look at the gaffes.

It's exactly what they did with Billy Jeff. "The Right hates that Clinton had sex in the Oval Office," but nevermind the bags of cash from China, Filegate, Whitewater. It was all about sex. Sure. The FMSM is a conman, and, EVIDENTLY, America is a mark.

Charles, the MSM is not "noticing" his gaffes, all of a sudden. They are using them to effectively distract the American TV-watching public from his disastrous policies. These gaffes are a godsend to the MSM right now, and just what they and Obama needed.

They agree with the policies, so they're providing cover for them and floating the balloon that it's his gaffes that are hurting him. While I find ripping his gaffes to be enjoyable, the real issue is his policy. The msm is once again trying to provide cover.

We are being set up.

341 JacksonTn  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:28:30pm

re: #339 Bloodnok

Just a kind word of advice. He was instigating by bringing up Reagan (gaffes, the teleprompter). Don't let it get you riled. It's what he does. He derails threads. He is counting on us spending the next 300 comments defending Reagan and not talking about Obama.

Bingo ... ding ... ding ... ding ...

342 unrealizedviewpoint  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:28:49pm

re: #326 Mich-again

Letterman used to be Sooooo good when he was LateLateNite

343 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:28:51pm

re: #331 The Shadow Do

The famous Regan quote was not a slip up. It was a private humorous comment cought on tape.

Cripes! What is wrong with you?

He's an Obama supporter. He's suffering from an acute case of leftism.

344 gymmom  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:29:07pm

re: #331 The Shadow Do

The famous Regan quote was not a slip up. It was a private humorous comment cought on tape.

Cripes! What is wrong with you?

I agree, Obama's "joke" wouldn't have been so bad had he whispered it to his wife. But he said this on NATIONAL TV. Reagan was making a friend laugh. Obama was trying to make himself look better.

345 kynna  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:29:56pm

re: #213 LTC8K6

Biden just thanked Zapatero for helping the US in Iraq...

Has he thanked Israel for helping the US to kick Hezbollah out of Lebanon?

//

I am so embarrassed. And the saddest thing is that the 0 supporters remain as smug as ever. They fear no truth because it does not faze them.

346 [deleted]  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:30:02pm
347 Unakite  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:30:09pm

re: #322 The Shadow Do

A bridge too far for me. I haven't read the triology since 1973! Okay, I'll rent the movie...sometime, maybe....

Rent the Movies, there are three. You should rent them, yessiree. There is sadness, there is glee, and even camaraderie. And in the end, the Nazgul flee...

348 Aviator  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:30:10pm

re: #342 unrealizedviewpoint

Letterman used to be Sooooo good when he was LateLateNite a weatherman on a local Indianapolis station.

FIFY

349 jcbunga  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:30:17pm

"First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and...er, where's prompter? Where's the f*ing prompter? Commercial! Go to the f*ing commercial..."

--The One's Great Moments in History

350 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:31:12pm

re: #339 Bloodnok

my point is this.... even at 73 years old, Reagan had SO MUCH more on the ball than our current president..... and this reference to "nuking Moscow" or whatever it was, was done by Reagan purely for the humor of it. Some may look sideways at this as "humor". Well, all I can say is "there he goes again"....

It was in no way a gaffe. To think otherwise would be a laugh.

351 Bobblehead  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:32:07pm

re: #311 pink freud

Some of the adjectives I've heard and read: brilliant, thoughtful, intellectual, scholarly, ruminative and so on. So why isn't he being picked on as being "too white" by the black community?

352 jorline  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:32:37pm

Good evening my little green friends.

I've been trying to think who Bret Baier looks like.
Now I know...Charlie Brown, it must be the shape of the head and the ears.

353 JacksonTn  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:33:12pm

re: #351 Bobblehead

Some of the adjectives I've heard and read: brilliant, thoughtful, intellectual, scholarly, ruminative and so on. So why isn't he being picked on as being "too white" by the black community?

He was ... before Oprah the Dope ... jumped on the Barack Bandwagon ... then he was suddenly .... "The One" ... remember South Carolina? ... vomit ...

354 Henchman Ghazi-808  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:33:19pm

Question: The 'experts' consulted for the article are 'experts' in what, exactly? In gafferation?

Surreal. If Bush said that stuff it would be the leading story on most network nightcasts.

355 dapperdave  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:33:34pm

re: #313 WindHorse

Ya I know, Reagan was a great leader, he'll probably be the best president of my lifetime. This nation needs more men like him.
btw the "gaffe" about bombing the USSR, I'm convinced that was no gaffe after spending many years in radio Reagan knew when his mike was on, psychology is a big part of the battle.

356 The Shadow Do  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:33:43pm

re: #343 Dark_Falcon

He's an Obama supporter. He's suffering from an acute case of leftism.

Acute LeftoSpongiform Encephalopathy

357 Mich-again  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:34:01pm

re: #342 unrealizedviewpoint

Letterman used to be Sooooo good when he was LateLateNite

Letterman has not been funny in at least a decade. And he has never been able to interview people. They are only there so he can make fun of them in a subtle way. Which tells me he is a very insecure person.

358 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:34:53pm

re: #355 dapperdave

10-4.... the guy was brilliant - and it has Avanti and his ilk pissed off to this day.

359 avanti  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:36:33pm

re: #314 WindHorse

those weren't slip-ups you f'ing idiot... they were purposeful.....

Look, I voted for Reagan, but he was not a supernatural being, he made verbal gaffes like a regular human being on occasion. If you think Reagan never slipped up, it's you that has the Messiah complex.
The MSM jumped on him too. He said some nice words of the graves of SS soldiers for example, but it was his staffs fault for not telling him. Do a google search and you find a few gaffes, and lots of just funny quips.

360 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:36:46pm

re: #269 Last Mohican

I certainly ain't Avanti, but...

"We begin bombing in five minutes."

And that's the only one I know of.

Reagan said this as a microphone check before a radio interview. It wasn't broadcast. In that context, I actually think it's actually rather funny, and doesn't qualify as a "gaffe." But a lot of people describe it that way.

Reagan also reported that trees caused more pollution than cars.

As I recall, he told Simon Wiesenthal that he'd participated in the liberation of the death camps in Europe.

In 1985 he remarked that South African had 'eliminated racial segregation'.

Reagan would say damn near anything that came into his head. He was a brilliant politician, but his weird comments remain the stuff of legend.

361 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:37:02pm

re: #356 The Shadow Do

Acute LeftoSpongiform Encephalopathy

AKA Compulsive Barking Syndrome. Its a common affliction among moonbats.

362 alegrias  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:37:23pm

re: #358 WindHorse

10-4.... the guy was brilliant - and it has Avanti and his ilk pissed off to this day.

* * * *
AND Reagan was modest and humble.

Reagan's modesty is evident in his diary entries collected in "The Reagan Diaries" by presidetial historian Doug Brinkley.

363 pink freud  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:37:32pm

re: #351 Bobblehead

Some of the adjectives I've heard and read: brilliant, thoughtful, intellectual, scholarly, ruminative and so on. So why isn't he being picked on as being "too white" by the black community?

Like I said, BH, I don't claim to have the ability to get inside of their heads. You've got a nice linear position with which I fully agree, but to try and explain what you are asking...? I can't do it. Maybe the ascendancy to the White House cancels out the whole "acting white" thing. I truly don't know. I only know what behavior I observe first hand here, what I know for a fact ...and all I can do is speculate as to why all of a sudden it's ok for a black man to "act white".

Wait'll they all get a hold of the new tax tables. Talk about "acting white". Heads will explode.

364 Taqiyyotomist  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:37:44pm

re: #327 Taqiyyotomist

oops, I was originally gonna tell zombie that #22 was the funniest thing I've read all day. Then I saw the two I replied to, and forgot all about zombie!

365 Afrocity  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:38:13pm

re: #351 Bobblehead

Some of the adjectives I've heard and read: brilliant, thoughtful, intellectual, scholarly, ruminative and so on. So why isn't he being picked on as being "too white" by the black community?

He was, many blacks were for Hillary Clinton until the MSM and big celebs shoved him down the throat. They put aside any reservations about Obama in order to just get a black guy elected and the whole "historic moment" crap. But I also knew of Caucasian democrats who disliked Obama yet voted for him because he was a Democrat.Then there was a I think 60 minutes interveiw where Michelle Obama said the blacks against Obama would "come to their senses". It was pretty awful.

Country first in my opinion and values before party, race, or gender.

366 unrealizedviewpoint  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:38:14pm

re: #357 Mich-again

Letterman has not been funny in at least a decade. And he has never been able to interview people. They are only there so he can make fun of them in a subtle way. Which tells me he is a very insecure person.

Yep. He was funny when he was at NBC, long before the big bucks.

367 pink freud  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:38:31pm

re: #356 The Shadow Do

House, is that you? :-)

368 The Shadow Do  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:40:22pm

re: #359 avanti

Look, I voted for Reagan, but he was not a supernatural being, he made verbal gaffes like a regular human being on occasion. If you think Reagan never slipped up, it's you that has the Messiah complex.
The MSM jumped on him too. He said some nice words of the graves of SS soldiers for example, but it was his staffs fault for not telling him. Do a google search and you find a few gaffes, and lots of just funny quips.

Yup, a regular human being. Compare and contrast with The One. This is your homework for the evening.

369 alegrias  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:40:41pm

re: #359 avanti

Look, I voted for Reagan, but he was not a supernatural being, he made verbal gaffes like a regular human being on occasion. If you think Reagan never slipped up, it's you that has the Messiah complex.
The MSM jumped on him too. He said some nice words of the graves of SS soldiers for example, but it was his staffs fault for not telling him. Do a google search and you find a few gaffes, and lots of just funny quips.

* * * *
German authorities wanted to bury the hatchet 40 years after D-DAY and selected the BITBURG cemetery without understanding the bad symbolism.

Also for your information, not all German soldiers were SS; most were Wehrmacht (Army).

370 NY Nana  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:40:42pm

/Who needs Letterman when we hve The One without a teleprompter? Here's a twofer.

Youtube Video
Youtube Video
371 Afrocity  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:41:21pm

re: #359 avanti

Look, I voted for Reagan, but he was not a supernatural being, he made verbal gaffes like a regular human being on occasion. If you think Reagan never slipped up, it's you that has the Messiah complex.
The MSM jumped on him too. He said some nice words of the graves of SS soldiers for example, but it was his staffs fault for not telling him. Do a google search and you find a few gaffes, and lots of just funny quips.

Your comment is like the pot calling the kettle black. You brought up Reagan first of all, as a comparison to Obama. You did this to dimish Obama's gaffes by bring up Reagan's gaffes. No one said Reagan never slipped up. You practically say that it is okay and "the norm" that Obama does. So who has the messiah complex?

372 Ojoe  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:42:08pm
with many of those condemning the quip adding the caveat that they didn’t think Obama spoke out of meanness toward the disabled.

Blah blah blah.

What does the phrase "punished with a baby" indicate, and towards which group?

I note that we all start out as babies, no exception, even Obama.

This is going to be a very long four years.

373 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:42:17pm

Avanti..... you must look in the mirror and re-read this post aloud..... ten times.... you stupid dolt......

And then, admit that you are nothing.....

You are nothing.

I hate to be the one to tell you.... but you and your Studebaker are nothing.... you have learned nothing in your 60 some years..

Do yourself a huge favor and grow a brain before you hurt someone.

374 The Shadow Do  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:43:47pm

re: #367 pink freud

House, is that you? :-)

Moo, ma, mah, mahhh, mooo? moo, moooooo, mooooooo, mah, mah?

375 Taqiyyotomist  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:44:13pm

re: #339 Bloodnok

There's a couple of those types over at Townhall dot com, and I can't even read threads there anymore. It's pretty much unmoderated. I have a sneaking suspicion that some of those who reply to "Robert" and others over there...are in on it, and it's been going on for years. The troll-feeders have been feeding the f***er for years too, same ones. Either they don't know the rule regarding the feeding of trolls, or they are in on the derailment.

Townhall I quit reading because of the f**king trolls and their incessant, cannot-help-it, may-as-well-have-Tourettes troll-feeders. And that is the only reason.

Oh, well, less work for Townhall's hamsters, I guess. heh.

376 Afrocity  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:44:36pm

re: #372 Ojoe

Blah blah blah.

What does the phrase "punished with a baby" indicate, and towards which group?

I note that we all start out as babies, no exception, even Obama.

This is going to be a very long four years.

Looks like the US was "punished with a baby" that was born in Hawaii 47 years ago./

377 alegrias  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:45:53pm

OT

Spain's leftists leaders and some jerk called Gonzalo Boye jailed 8 years for supporting terrorism, want to sue Bush Administration people for war crimes?

Obama should tell Zapatero and his cronies where to put it, pronto.

378 Ojoe  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:46:02pm

re: #376 Afrocity

In that sense it is a punishment, yes. Ah well we are all in God's hands.

379 Euler  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:46:06pm

re: #201 LudwigVanQuixote

Actually, just to clarify, it is properly pronounced or-ee-un as in ryhmes with dorian - no sarc here. I know lots of people say Oh- Ri - Un, but his pronunciation is the proper one if you are not anglicizing it.

The accents are striking; the vowels not so much.

You say or-EE-un, I say or-EYE-un,
or-EE-un, or-EYE-un, o-BAH-ma, O-mah-HA
lets call the whole thing off.

380 avanti  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:46:37pm

re: #369 alegrias

* * * *
German authorities wanted to bury the hatchet 40 years after D-DAY and selected the BITBURG cemetery without understanding the bad symbolism.

Also for your information, not all German soldiers were SS; most were Wehrmacht (Army).

Thanks for the clarification, the press pretty much honed in on the SS angle. Still, I'd blame Reagans staff for not doing due diligence on such a sensitive issue. From what I recall about Reagan, he would not have been pleased by not being in the loop.

381 alegrias  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:47:38pm

re: #376 Afrocity

Looks like the US was "punished with a baby" that was born in Hawaii 47 years ago./

* * * *
Punished with a red diaper baby! (Child of "progressive communists")
By the way, Zapatero of Spain is also a red diaper baby.

382 Taqiyyotomist  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:48:04pm

re: #357 Mich-again

Letterman has not been funny in at least a decade. And he has never been able to interview people. They are only there so he can make fun of them in a subtle way. Which tells me he is a very insecure person.


No, they are only there because the whole deal is an incestuous advertisement for the film, music, and television industries. Has been this way since Ed freakin Sullivan. This has always been the purpose of these shows: to pimp the industry. And the guests are there...to be pimped.

383 Unakite  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:49:21pm

re: #379 Euler

The accents are striking; the vowels not so much.

You say or-EE-un, I say or-EYE-un,
or-EE-un, or-EYE-un, o-BAH-ma, O-mah-HA
lets call the whole thing off.

RAY-de-a-tor, or Rah-de-a-tor?

384 unrealizedviewpoint  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:49:24pm

re: #373 WindHorse

Your comments directed at Avanti are terribly disrespectful.

385 Ojoe  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:49:37pm

BBL

386 alegrias  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:50:44pm

re: #380 avanti

Thanks for the clarification, the press pretty much honed in on the SS angle. Still, I'd blame Reagans staff for not doing due diligence on such a sensitive issue. From what I recall about Reagan, he would not have been pleased by not being in the loop.

* * * *
Yes, and 25 years later,
Someone on Obama's staff really should tell him Nazi SS collaborator and Obama supporter George Soros, should be avoided like the plague.

Same with Reverend Right.

387 avanti  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:50:51pm

re: #371 Afrocity

Your comment is like the pot calling the kettle black. You brought up Reagan first of all, as a comparison to Obama. You did this to dimish Obama's gaffes by bring up Reagan's gaffes. No one said Reagan never slipped up. You practically say that it is okay and "the norm" that Obama does. So who has the messiah complex?

Nope, I'm saying all Presidents make gaffes, it's up to you to decide how important they are to you. I don't "approve" of Presidential gaffes, but I accept we'll hear them.

388 Taqiyyotomist  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:51:13pm

re: #351 Bobblehead

Some of the adjectives I've heard and read: brilliant, thoughtful, intellectual, scholarly, ruminative and so on. So why isn't he being picked on as being "too white" by the black community?

Are you kidding? For real? It has something to do with his being a Democrat. Remember, Billy Jeff was the "first black president".

To the Democrats, a white, accented hillbilly from Arkansas isn't even too white for the black community. I can't believe you asked that question! :)

389 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:52:00pm

re: #384 unrealizedviewpoint

cry me a river.....

390 jorline  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:52:55pm

re: #370 NY Nana

/Who needs Letterman when we hve The One without a teleprompter? Here's a twofer.


[Video]

Makes GWB look like a Rhodes Scholar.

391 solomonpanting  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:53:06pm

This may not be a gaffe, but the second biggest lie ever told:

Obama: Today's economy is the worst since the Great Depression.

Lie this. (In particular, check out the charts at the article's end.)

392 unrealizedviewpoint  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:53:57pm

re: #389 WindHorse

cry me a river.....

Nobody! Nobody, should be spoken to the way you are addressing him.

393 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:54:32pm

what? Obama lie? no..... say it ain't so!

394 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:54:47pm

re: #392 unrealizedviewpoint

yawn

395 NY Nana  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:55:57pm

re: #370 NY Nana

/Note to self: remember to use spelchek.

396 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:56:55pm

re: #394 WindHorse

/note to slef (sic) : remember to blow off unrealized whatever whenever....

397 pink freud  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:57:47pm

re: #396 WindHorse

/note to slef (sic) : remember to blow off unrealized whatever whenever....

Blow me off too. Your behavior is despicable.

398 Bobblehead  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:57:53pm

re: #388 Taqiyyotomist

Are you kidding? For real? It has something to do with his being a Democrat. Remember, Billy Jeff was the "first black president".

To the Democrats, a white, accented hillbilly from Arkansas isn't even too white for the black community. I can't believe you asked that question! :)

The psychological twists and turns of the liberal mind are like driving up and down a mountain road full of switchbacks. You never know what direction you're going at any given moment you only know that you need to be very careful navigating the road or you'll drive of the edge.

399 Sharmuta  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:57:57pm

This isn't about Reagan. This is about 0bama and how the msm is trying to bullshit us again.

400 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:58:17pm

re: #397 pink freud

yawn again.

401 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:59:01pm

re: #394 WindHorse

yawn

Smack! Windhorse, you are being a horse's ass. avanti is often disingenuous, but you should not be that mean to him. Be nicer.

402 pink freud  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 8:59:30pm

re: #398 Bobblehead

...and there are no signs, ro traffic lights, no rules. Everyone on the road is at the mercy of how they "feeeeeeeel" ay any given moment.

403 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:00:00pm

re: #397 pink freud

Blow me off too. Your behavior is despicable.

I'm going to downding Windhorse whenever he posts a nasty comment.

404 unrealizedviewpoint  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:00:08pm

re: #396 WindHorse

I shouldn't blame you, you're obviously not smart enough to debate or have dialogue with Avanti. All you seem capable of is yelling and calling him names.

405 pink freud  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:01:12pm

re: #403 Dark_Falcon

*Gaze* to me. Yawn, indeed.

406 irongrampa  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:01:32pm

I just dropped in here during the last few comments. Are we going to have a fight, or something?

407 pink freud  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:02:19pm

Good evening, irongrampa. Nope, I don't think so. :-)

408 unrealizedviewpoint  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:02:38pm

re: #406 irongrampa

I just dropped in here during the last few comments. Are we going to have a fight, or something?

Did you bring the popcorn?

409 [deleted]  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:02:54pm
410 irongrampa  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:03:03pm

You like it with extra butter?

411 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:03:27pm

yawn

412 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:04:25pm

re: #404 unrealizedviewpoint

you're right..... I am not smart enough..... that's what this is all about....

413 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:05:18pm

re: #411 WindHorse

yawn

If you're so tired you're yawning constantly, its time for you to go to bed.

414 Bobblehead  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:05:21pm

re: #402 pink freud

...and there are no signs, ro traffic lights, no rules. Everyone on the road is at the mercy of how they "feeeeeeeel" ay any given moment.

Feelings...

Youtube Video
415 pink freud  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:07:55pm

re: #409 Iron Fist

Thanks for that thoughtful post, IronFist. I hear you loud and clear.

You made me smile with your "pissed off not a rare condition" comment.

Goodnight! ...sleep well

416 NY Nana  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:08:05pm

re: #390 jorline

Makes GWB look like a Rhodes Scholar.

The sad part is that President Bush was bright, but kept tripping over his own tongue. He also was very natural, and good natured, and often made fun of himself easily. In contrast, The One is a product of an evil political machine, and needs a Teleprompter to tell him what to say, or what we see on the videos ensues.

He is even more of a Manchurian Candidate than we first thought.

I still refuse to call him 'President', and fear for our kids and grandkids' future.

417 Bloodnok  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:09:32pm

re: #409 Iron Fist

Like you, I often get karma points after a thread is dead. I think that they are readers who don't post. I know I get dings (both up and down) sometime over the night. I don't mind. I like would like to hear more, especially from the downdingers. It is good to see a mix of older posters and newbies. There are those who support me as me, others like my particular post or occasionally dislike my post. Sometimes I pay better attention to negative posts (unless I'm pissed off; not a rare condition for me), than I do easy "me, too" posts, although I do appreciate that there are other people who hold my opinions up, and even learn from them (anyone who has ever been a teacher knows the satisfaction whe they succeed in getting the point across,.

My pills are kicking in now. So I'm off while I'm semisober :-)

I have learned a hell of a lot from your posts, for the record.

418 pink freud  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:09:54pm

re: #414 Bobblehead

Me me, me me me me me meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !

LOL!

419 avanti  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:11:06pm

re: #406 irongrampa

I just dropped in here during the last few comments. Are we going to have a fight, or something?

Sure fights are fun, here we go. I think liberals buy Apple computers, conservatives prefer PC's. If I'm right, why am I using a PC ? :) Or are Apples the conservatives computer ?

420 pink freud  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:12:07pm

re: #417 Bloodnok

Me, too. Tattoos, guns, knives, bikes, ammunition ............ :D

/serious! that knife was stunning.

421 Bobblehead  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:13:56pm

re: #418 pink freud

Me me, me me me me me meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !

LOL!


A happy accident finding that version.

422 pink freud  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:13:59pm

You're an enigma, wrapped in a chicken, wrapped in a duck, wrapped in a turkey .... :-)

/LNDT turducken reference

423 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:14:08pm

yeah... Ronald Reagan and all of his gaffes.. ummmm-yeah... yawn....

424 pink freud  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:14:45pm

re: #421 Bobblehead

I liked it! reminded me of when my kids were little ...

425 pink freud  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:14:57pm

re: #421 Bobblehead

I liked it! reminded me of when my kids were little .....

426 Bobblehead  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:17:35pm

re: #425 pink freud

I liked it! reminded me of when my kids were little .....

The Muppet Show was great in every possible way. I do miss it.

427 BaseballMom57  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:21:17pm

re: #142 Gretchen

...and don't forget Cindy McCain is an addict.

That one really pissed me off. Cindy McCain has more class, patriotism and compassion for others in her little toe than Michelle Obama has in her entire body.

428 NY Nana  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:22:12pm

re: #425 pink freud

Super Pink Freud! Double post in a single bound!

429 pink freud  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:24:27pm

re: #428 NY Nana

A little levity on my part. :-)

How're you and NY Grandpa doing tonight?

430 Bobblehead  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:25:43pm

re: #427 BaseballMom57

That one really pissed me off. Cindy McCain has more class, patriotism and compassion for others in her little toe than Michelle Obama has in her entire well toned body.


Fixed it :-)

431 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:35:59pm

baseballmom57..... your slip is showing....

432 BaseballMom57  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:37:38pm

re: #431 WindHorse

That's impossible... I don't own a dress, let alone a slip.

433 BaseballMom57  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:38:23pm

re: #430 Bobblehead

Thanks BH - I must say that is much better!

434 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:38:25pm

re: #431 WindHorse

baseballmom57..... your slip is showing....

WindHorse, your asshole is showing. Oh wait, you are an asshole in your entirety.

GAZE

435 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:38:33pm

ok.

436 hazzyday  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:39:08pm

re: #359 avanti

Look, I voted for Reagan, but he was not a supernatural being, he made verbal gaffes like a regular human being on occasion. If you think Reagan never slipped up, it's you that has the Messiah complex.
The MSM jumped on him too. He said some nice words of the graves of SS soldiers for example, but it was his staffs fault for not telling him. Do a google search and you find a few gaffes, and lots of just funny quips.

Obama should be compared to the Bush standard not the Reagan standard. There should be multiple O-Gaffe sites running and T-Shirts. Obama's special Olympics gaffe was pretty bad. It shows he has no exposure to the depth of society he needs to help. Challenged children would love a President Palin who exhibits some compassion. Pres Obama is still stuck in a selfish past.

437 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:40:32pm

re: #434 Dark_Falcon

your comments are far more revealing than mine.

438 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:43:05pm

re: #437 WindHorse

your comments are far more revealing than mine.

You may have a point there. I'm going to back off you for a bit.

439 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:43:17pm

re: #434 Dark_Falcon

I am an asshole in my entirety.....

Dude.... you need to get out more....

440 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:44:09pm

re: #438 Dark_Falcon

Dark Falcon, if you met me, you'd like me.....

441 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:44:34pm

.....even Avanti would like me....

442 hazzyday  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:46:07pm

re: #387 avanti

Nope, I'm saying all Presidents make gaffes, it's up to you to decide how important they are to you. I don't "approve" of Presidential gaffes, but I accept we'll hear them.

Acceptance was a word that didn't exist in the Media when GWB misspoke. That is the standard. It's disingenuous to toss it out when your man makes office.

443 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:48:58pm

re: #440 WindHorse

which, I assure you, will never happen.....

444 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:52:12pm

Pink freud, NY Nananananana, Outside somewhere, and especially BaseballedMom57....

no.....
don't worry... we won't meet either

445 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 9:54:45pm

and remember, all of you, to look in the mirror tomorrow morning and repeat Windhorse and Ronald Reagan are assholes.... Avanti and Obama are god-chilluns.... that will make you feel better about yourselves.....

446 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 10:08:35pm

realwest..... you have something meaningful to contribute?

447 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 10:09:41pm

that's what I thought.....

448 WindHorse  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 10:09:51pm

feh.....

449 NY Nana  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 10:11:11pm

re: #429 pink freud

Magical, I tell you!

We are fighting with the computer, and so far it has a higher score than I do. NY Grampa actually knows what he is doing, unlike me.

How are you doing?

450 Taqiyyotomist  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 10:11:18pm

Windhorse, please moderate yourself.

451 pink freud  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 10:14:37pm

re: #449 NY Nana

I like knowing NYGrandpa is there to take care of you, Nana. Don't ever let the computer win! :-)

I am doing very well ....my cane begonias are in full bloom ...they make me happy. My staghorn fern is putting out new soft, fuzzy, silvery fronds to beat the band ...it is nearly five feet diameter this spring!

452 pink freud  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 10:24:14pm

Miss Julie Begonia

Staghorn Fern

453 stevieray  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 10:54:36pm

re: #451 pink freud

Where do you live to have begonias blooming already? I've only got crocus, hellebore, wintersweet, and a handful of narcissist in bloom.

But the first of my cherry trees is starting to pop!

454 pink freud  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 10:59:21pm

re: #453 stevieray

Deep south Louisiana, 20 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. Oooooh ...I love bloomin' cherry trees!

455 pink freud  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:00:28pm

re: #453 stevieray

Everything stays outside this winter, stevieray. I had to cover things 2-3 times, but lost nothing. That accounts for the early blooms.

456 mattm  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:02:44pm

I'm not too worried about his bad jokes as I am his complete lack of experience and leadership.

457 Ziggy Standard  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:08:02pm

Windhorse, shouldn't you be leaving comments on youtube videos or something?

458 stevieray  Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:12:32pm

re: #454 pink freud

Deep south Louisiana, 20 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. Oooooh ...I love bloomin' cherry trees!

That would explain it. It must be nice to have greenery year 'round. It gets kinda bleak up here in the NE... winters last too long! But it is extra nice when those first shoots break through the mulch.

459 Pupdawg  Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:57:13am

The pattern of the MSM, the Matrix is becoming clearer as it pertains to reporting on anything Barack. His gaffes or a gaffe may get reported by the Matrix but they are quick to defend their chosen One with convenient enabling excuses followed by the implied infamous words or Officer Bar Brady of South Park, 'move along Lookie Lou, nothing to see here'...because the reader should ultimately be influenced convincingly by the Matrix, the MSM that, from a few lines of 'Hamburger Hill', 'brother, it down mean nothing, it don't mean a thing, it don't mean nothing, not a thing, not a thing!'


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