Gene Healy has our quote of the day:
Americans, of all people, should recognize how bizarre and dangerous it is to fawn over professional politicians.
And he’s not only talking about Barack Obama, but all politicians.
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Ojoe Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:42:08am |
It is a spiritual vacuum in a person's life that leads to fawning over another human being.
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CIA Reject Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:42:45am |
The "Cult of Personality" has served many world leaders well throughout history- a few who come immediately to mind are:
Stalin, Hitler, Mao, Pol-pot ....
None of them were particularly pro-democracy however.
/Understatement
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Bobblehead Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:43:14am |
I just don't get it. I do not find him intellectually or physically appealing. I just don't get it.
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:43:28am |
Peggy Noonan called Bush's post-9/11 address to Congress "a God-touched moment and a God-touched speech."
Well, I'm glad she wised up in time for the last election.
/
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scottishbuzzsaw Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:43:37am |
But America’s very existence repudiates the idea that we’re hard-wired for leader-worship. We became a nation by throwing off a king, and our Founders gave us a Constitution that’s based on the notion that all men are flawed and none should be trusted with too much power.
Damn straight.
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Leonidas Hoplite Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:43:46am |
re: #3 Leonidas Hoplite
Bread and circuses!
Or rather, Organic Bread and No-Animals-Were-Harmed-During-The-Performance-Of-This Circus!
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Lincolntf Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:43:54am |
All of the mocking of Obama and his asinine policies sometimes obscures the fact that we really are in new, treacherous waters in this country. The religious fervor of his supporters during the campaign may well carry over into elections for years to come. There is the potential for this Admin. to become just the beginning of a giant leap backwards for America (and free countries everywhere).
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Nevergiveup Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:44:14am |
re: #4 Ojoe
It is a spiritual vacuum in a person's life that leads to fawning over another human being.
Or a great body?
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SasquatchOnSteroids Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:44:21am |
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sneezey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:44:23am |
But the Messiah is perfect and the minute he takes office all of our problems will go away... oh wait.
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NonNativeTexan Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:44:38am |
Sadly, thanks to McCain, no regular working Joe can run
for National office. Can't raise the dough. We should allow unlimited
political contributions as long as who, where,when , to whom and how
much are posted on a .gov site.
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turn Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:44:47am |
fawn, how fitting because now they all have a deer in the headlights look on their faces.
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Leonidas Hoplite Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:46:04am |
re: #17 NonNativeTexan
Sadly, thanks to McCain, no regular working Joe can run
for National office. Can't raise the dough. We should allow unlimited
political contributions as long as who, where,when , to whom and how
much are posted on a .gov site.
YEs. That would also go a long way to eliminate the arm-twisting that goes on in corporate offices all over the country, imho.
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turn Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:46:06am |
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Lincolntf Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:46:12am |
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albusteve Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:46:14am |
official Ocult colors...white and yellow...
working on a handshake
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Russkilitlover Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:46:27am |
It's apparent that Obama Derangement Syndrom goes both ways.
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Dustyvet Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:46:49am |
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debutaunt Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:46:56am |
re: #4 Ojoe
It is a spiritual vacuum in a person's life that leads to fawning over another human being.
It definitely indicates a complete lack of values.
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Occasional Reader Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:47:12am |
And he’s not only talking about Barack Obama, but all politicians.
Say what you will about the 2008 GOP candidate, it was at least hard to utter the words "The Cult of John McCain" without smiling.
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FrogMarch Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:47:20am |
Barack is like the Barbra Streisand of politics--- the Sean Penn of politics-- the George Clooney of politics. It's all for show. Come and pay.
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StillAMarine Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:47:40am |
Politicians, before all, should be constantly questioned and their positions should be probed mercilessly.
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albusteve Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:47:42am |
I worshipped Levon Helm for 30 yrs then after I met him I just liked him alot
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doppelganglander Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:47:44am |
re: #7 Bobblehead
I just don't get it. I do not find him intellectually or physically appealing. I just don't get it.
Neither do I. I felt the same way about Bill Clinton. I am utterly immune to whatever charm he might have for others.
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Nevergiveup Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:47:50am |
The EU has said it is unlikely to hold a summit with Israel in the near future as planned due to its dissatisfaction with Israeli construction in east Jerusalem and the continued blockade on the Gaza Strip, , Reuters reported Tuesday.
[Link: www.jpost.com...]
BUT
Palestinians fire three Kassams at Negev
[Link: www.jpost.com...]
Pay no never mind?
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:47:58am |
re: #28 FrogMarch
Barack is like the Barbra Streisand of politics--- the Sean Penn of politics-- the George Clooney of politics. It's all for show. Come and pay.
"I'm not the President, but I play him in real life."
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Fat Jolly Penguin Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:48:00am |
But America’s very existence repudiates the idea that we’re hard-wired for leader-worship. We became a nation by throwing off a king, and our Founders gave us a Constitution that’s based on the notion that all men are flawed and none should be trusted with too much power.
Americans, of all people, should recognize how bizarre and dangerous it is to fawn over professional politicians.
Word.
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That's Mr. President to you Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:48:09am |
What isn't there to love about me?
I am perfect.
OK - my credit rating sucks. And I have no executive experience. Or military experience.
Nor have I held a full time job for more than a couple of years. And I am a post-racial racist.
Oh - I almost forgot - I am dishonest.
But outside of those things, I am perfect.
And when in history has mass adulation of a charismatic but otherwise incompetent leader in a time of economic crisis turned out badly?
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itellu3times Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:48:18am |
Real bats.
While we devolve into socialism and worship at the first church of Obama Unicorn.
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rawmuse Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:48:33am |
Critical thinking simply is no longer being taught. Schools have become indoctrination centers. Kids are being told what to think, not how to think, and have been for at least 30 years. This trend is also responsible for the collapse of the American Journalism trade.
This is the shame of my generation.
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pat Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:49:17am |
Very True. And unnecessary. Obama loves himself enough for all of us.
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Occasional Reader Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:49:35am |
re: #19 Ojoe
Great body fawning is natural.
I'm so glad that this thread is already steering toward Adriana Lima.
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:49:37am |
re: #11 Leonidas Hoplite
Or rather, Organic Bread and No-Animals-Were-Harmed-During-The-Performance-Of-T his Circus!
That's why in the PC version of the Games that we will get soon, the gladiators will not have weapons or armor when fighting the lions.
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alexknyc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:50:03am |
Some of my co-workers have photos of Obama up like he's some kind of celebrity.
This type of adulation never ends well.
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Ringo the Gringo Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:50:06am |
Conservatives have built a cult around Ronald Reagan, but Bush, not really....Most conservatives that I know were endlessly frustrated with Bush, especially during his second term.
But the personality cult around Barack Obama is like nothing I ever seen before.
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:50:20am |
re: #43 Kosh's Shadow
That's why in the PC version of the Games that we will get soon, the gladiators will not have weapons or armor when fighting the lions.
That used to be the Christian's job.
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alegrias Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:50:21am |
re: #27 Occasional Reader
Say what you will about the 2008 GOP candidate, it was at least hard to utter the words "The Cult of John McCain" without smiling.
* * * *
Most former "McCainiacs" were cured, deprogrammed, eventually.
But then, begging your pardon, McCain never promised you a rose garden!
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Occasional Reader Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:50:30am |
re: #36 That's Mr. President to you
And when in history has mass adulation of a charismatic but otherwise incompetent leader in a time of economic crisis turned out badly?
Well put, sir! Your post represents a real triumph of the will!
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KenJen Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:50:38am |
Hallie Berry says she will do what ever he tells her and he hasn't called her yet? I'm not into women but if I had to choose between Hallie and Michelle? Just say'in.
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Steve Rogers Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:50:40am |
But anyone with this many halos must be divine:
Image: MediaBiasObamaHalosCollage.jpg
Image: MediaBiasObamaHalosCollageNoTitle.png
Sarcasm switch now off.
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kynna Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:51:02am |
Man, my FiL is so mancrushing on Obama it's humiliating. All this crap is happening, he's lost over a hundred thousand on the market, and he's squeeing over the WH planting a frigging garden.
Dangerous is right.
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:51:21am |
re: #17 NonNativeTexan
Sadly, thanks to McCain, no regular working Joe can run
for National office. Can't raise the dough. We should allow unlimited
political contributions as long as who, where,when , to whom and how
much are posted on a .gov site.
That problem was around before McCain-Feingold.
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hous bin pharteen Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:51:50am |
Women, and men, are dreaming of having sex with that lightweight amateur. Mr Big Ears. Wow. American warriors are hated, but Mr Lavender dress shirt is sexy. I hate to tell you this people, with this guy watching himself in the mirror, sex is going to be very boring. Does his wife ring a bell with how she looks? The leftist media does not even recognize the first really sexy politician, Sarah Palin.
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doppelganglander Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:51:58am |
re: #53 kynna
Man, my FiL is so mancrushing on Obama it's humiliating. All this crap is happening, he's lost over a hundred thousand on the market, and he's squeeing over the WH planting a frigging garden.
Dangerous is right.
I think it's time for professional help.
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mjbrutus Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:52:21am |
We have a man who is the love child of Karl Marx and Groucho Marx and the MSM and half the nation just can't get over how dreamy he is.
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alegrias Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:52:32am |
re: #47 Ringo the Gringo
Conservatives have built a cult around Ronald Reagan, but Bush, not really....Most conservatives that I know were endlessly frustrated with Bush, especially during his second term.
But the personality cult around Barack Obama is like nothing I ever seen before.
* * * *
Reagan earned the respect he was accorded. Reagan thought highly of US.
Yesterday marked 28 years anniversary of the assassination attempt on Pres. Reagan barely two months into his presidency.
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:52:43am |
re: #28 FrogMarch
Barack is like the Barbra Streisand of politics--- the Sean Penn of politics-- the George Clooney of politics. It's all for show. Come and pay.
That's what politics became years ago. It probably predates Kennedy.
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:52:56am |
There's a woman in my apartment building that I always thought just seemed weird, but then I said to myself, "I don't know her, I shouldn't think that she's weird." Then I saw her get into her car. Not only was the bumper covered in typical liberal bumper-stickers, she had Obama posters taped to the outside of her car.
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Macker Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:53:13am |
re: #51 KenJen
Hallie Berry says she will do what ever he tells her and he hasn't called her yet? I'm not into women but if I had to choose between Hallie and Michelle? Just say'in.
No.
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:53:40am |
re: #33 Nevergiveup
The EU has said it is unlikely to hold a summit with Israel in the near future as planned due to its dissatisfaction with Israeli construction in east Jerusalem and the continued blockade on the Gaza Strip, , Reuters reported Tuesday.
[Link: www.jpost.com...]
BUT
Palestinians fire three Kassams at Negev
[Link: www.jpost.com...]
Pay no never mind?
But they'll keep giving money to terrorists.
How about telling Hamas they won't give them any money until they recognize Israel's right to exist?
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XENONIAN Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:53:51am |
Has this any relation to the ODS thread the other day?
Just checking.
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:54:02am |
re: #49 alegrias
* * * *
Most former "McCainiacs" were cured, deprogrammed, eventually.But then, begging your pardon, McCain never promised you a rose garden!
But we got an arugula garden!
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albusteve Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:54:23am |
re: #60 Kosh's Shadow
That's what politics became years ago. It probably predates Kennedy.
I remember the time when many people had Kennedy portraits on the wall...and his was a three year term of zero accomplishment
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Gretchen Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:54:37am |
It is the complete trust in Obama that worries me. Even supporters of Bush never thought he would pay for mortgages or cars. A quote by Noonan about one speech hardly equates with the transformational inspiration and leg tingles felt by Obama's worshipers.
The other factor that will keep a Republican from gaining mythical status is the complete fawning of the media and entertainment over Democrats and Obama in particular. Negative Democrat stories get the axe or the source gets investigated. This is playing out over the Biden daughter coke snorting vs. the Bush girls drinking, or Bristol Palin's BF's mother's arrest.
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Occasional Reader Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:54:41am |
re: #61 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
There's a woman in my apartment building that I always thought just seemed weird, but then I said to myself, "I don't know her, I shouldn't think that she's weird." Then I saw her get into her car. Not only was the bumper covered in typical liberal bumper-stickers, she had Obama posters taped to the outside of her car.
I saw a guy driving a car down the street here in DC this past weekend that had Obama signs taped to his side windows. Thereby, of course, restricting the driver's view. A metaphor there, I think.
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Golem Akbar Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:54:59am |
re: #47 Ringo the Gringo
Conservatives have built a cult around Ronald Reagan, but Bush, not really....Most conservatives that I know were endlessly frustrated with Bush, especially during his second term.
But the personality cult around Barack Obama is like nothing I ever seen before.
I'm old enough to remember how we adored Kennedy, JFK, not the others. Everyone I knew had his pictures up on the walls, and anywhere else. Had he not been assassinated early on during his presidency, it might have changed to where he was no longer so popular. Hopefully Obama will live and be well, but we'll see how long his popularity lasts. My guess: the honeymoon is nearly over, now. The far left is starting to turn on him. The others will follow (baa baa) suit.
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albusteve Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:55:48am |
re: #66 buzzsawmonkey
I went on the TV and saw Obama
Singing polly-wolly-tician all day
He's the darling of the media
Singing polly-wolly-tician all day
Fare thee well, fare thee well
Fare thee well, all of my pay
I'm supporting half the nation
With Obama's stimulation
Singing polly-wolly-tician all day
really a good one...you need a contract
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Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:55:48am |
re: #69 Occasional Reader
I saw a guy driving a car down the street here in DC this past weekend that had Obama signs taped to his side windows. Thereby, of course, restricting the driver's view. A metaphor there, I think.
Were they taped so that he could only see left but not right?
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Bobblehead Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:56:01am |
Whom the Gods Would Destroy
An excellent article by James Lewis at "The American Thinker" ties right in with this topic.
...Plato, Socrates and Aristotle yearned for a life of reason, because they saw so little of it in their own world. They became the intellectual founders of modern civilization, which also shows us a constant struggle between madness and reason. Human societies seem to be prone to madness. The life of reason, like perfect love, is an ideal that is never quite realized. ......
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Spare O'Lake Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:56:07am |
BHO needs a viable exit strategy for Iraq - winning is not an option.
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Honorary Yooper Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:56:41am |
re: #61 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Reminds me of the Ron Paulmobile I saw during the primaries around here. It was an SUV covered in Ron Paul bumper stickers, and had "Ron Paul '08" on every fricking window but the windshield.
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PISSED Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:56:46am |
Can't forget the new magazine cover model,
you gotta admit Michelle looks great sleeveless....
/ Major sarc intended
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alegrias Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:56:52am |
NEW YORKERS
TODAY is election day in New York's 20th congressional district.
Mr. Tedisco (R) is running for the seat vacated by Ms. Gillibrand (D), who was seated in Sen. Hillary Clinton's seat recently.
PLEASE vote if you are in Mr. Tedisco's 20th congressional district of New York.
I understand ACORN and the mobbish thugs are out "getting out the vote" for democrats.
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mjbrutus Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:56:58am |
re: #70 Golem Akbar
I'm old enough to remember how we adored Kennedy, JFK, not the others. Everyone I knew had his pictures up on the walls, and anywhere else. Had he not been assassinated early on during his presidency, it might have changed to where he was no longer so popular. Hopefully Obama will live and be well, but we'll see how long his popularity lasts. My guess: the honeymoon is nearly over, now. The far left is starting to turn on him. The others will follow (baa baa) suit.
I don't know if it will happen so soon or so suddenly. The fact is that the MSM is still besotted with him. What's more, they supported him so loudly and so completely that they are unable to just throw him under his own bus. They went all in and there's nothing for them to gain by folding now.
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sattv4u2 Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:57:00am |
re: #39 rawmuse
Critical thinking simply is no longer being taught. Schools have become indoctrination centers. Kids are being told what to think, not how to think, and have been for at least 30 years. This trend is also responsible for the collapse of the American Journalism trade.
This is the shame of my generation.
It's worse than that. Remember when people would be embarrassed to be on welfare? Now it's a lifestyle! Remember when people wouldn't admit when they did something stupid? Now it's a cause to sue a big company for millions!
"yes your honor,,, i placed the scolding hot coffee between my legs as I drove over those speed bumps at 50 mph. Can I have 5 million?"
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LGoPs Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:57:10am |
I pledge allegiance to the United States of America and its Constitution. Not to Obama or any other politician
. Anybody who asks differently of me is un-American.
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:57:39am |
re: #75 Honorary Yooper
Reminds me of the Ron Paulmobile I saw during the primaries around here. It was an SUV covered in Ron Paul bumper stickers, and had "Ron Paul '08" on every fricking window but the windshield.
I can understand the Obama worship more than the Ron Paul worship.
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MPH Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:57:56am |
All those t-shirts with a politician's face emblazoned -- it makes me sick.
They were hawking Obama merch (of the disgusting shepard fairey variety) inside the Smithsonian, for god's sake (we were in DC this weekend for the first time since the inauguration).
In New York, I suspect we'll be seeing street vendors selling leftover Obama hats and gaudy t-shirts for the next ten years (just like you still see people around ground zero selling cheap chinese-made 9-11 photo books).
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:57:58am |
re: #70 Golem Akbar
I'm old enough to remember how we adored Kennedy, JFK, not the others. Everyone I knew had his pictures up on the walls, and anywhere else. Had he not been assassinated early on during his presidency, it might have changed to where he was no longer so popular. Hopefully Obama will live and be well, but we'll see how long his popularity lasts. My guess: the honeymoon is nearly over, now. The far left is starting to turn on him. The others will follow (baa baa) suit.
Until the newspaper bailout comes, and with it, thankfulness for the government that gave them the bailout. (Not that we'll notice the difference in the papers.)
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unrealizedviewpoint Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:57:59am |
re: #61 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
There's a woman in my apartment building that I always thought just seemed weird, but then I said to myself, "I don't know her, I shouldn't think that she's weird." Then I saw her get into her car. Not only was the bumper covered in typical liberal bumper-stickers, she had Obama posters taped to the outside of her car.
She (and they) bought the hope.
It's their only hope.
How sad. :(
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alegrias Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:58:19am |
re: #65 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
But we got an arugula garden!
* * * * *
McCain would have been out barbecuing in the Rose Garden, or deep frying turkey.
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Gretchen Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:58:35am |
re: #69 Occasional Reader
I saw a guy driving a car down the street here in DC this past weekend that had Obama signs taped to his side windows. Thereby, of course, restricting the driver's view. A metaphor there, I think.
A journalist no doubt blinded by the One. Obama is his co-pilot.
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:58:36am |
re: #79 sattv4u2
It's worse than that. Remember when people would be embarrassed to be on welfare? Now it's a lifestyle! Remember when people wouldn't admit when they did something stupid? Now it's a cause to sue a big company for millions!
"yes your honor,,, i placed the scolding hot coffee between my legs as I drove over those speed bumps at 50 mph. Can I have 5 million?"
Yes, there was a warning sticker on the toaster, but I ate it. Who can I sue?
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Dustyvet Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:58:41am |
re: #80 LGoPs
I pledge allegiance to the United States of America and its Constitution. Not to Obama or any other politician
. Anybody who asks differently of me is un-American.
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NonNativeTexan Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:59:14am |
re: #61 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
There's a woman in my apartment building that I always thought just seemed weird, but then I said to myself, "I don't know her, I shouldn't think that she's weird." Then I saw her get into her car. Not only was the bumper covered in typical liberal bumper-stickers, she had Obama posters taped to the outside of her car.
Yea, but, is she Hot?
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alegrias Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:59:29am |
re: #66 buzzsawmonkey
I went on the TV and saw Obama
Singing polly-wolly-tician all day
He's the darling of the media
Singing polly-wolly-tician all day
Fare thee well, fare thee well
Fare thee well, all of my pay
I'm supporting half the nation
With Obama's stimulation
Singing polly-wolly-tician all day
* * **
Brilliant as usual!
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Macker Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:59:33am |
re: #59 alegrias
I was working at my home town newspaper back when President Reagan was shot. I was a photographer (you don't say?). The news came across the wire and my boss told me "Quick grab your camera! We'll do some man-in-the-street interviews!"
About a half-hour into the situation, we ran across of couple of young ladies (and I use the term loosely) with about four kids in tow between them, and one of them had another on the way. When we asked them if they had heard that President Reagan had been shot, the pregnant one replied:
"Good! I hope he dies!"
This response, of course, was not printed. Draw your own conclusions.
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Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:59:37am |
"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it."
-Mark Twain
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pbird Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:59:54am |
re: #66 buzzsawmonkey
I went on the TV and saw Obama
Singing polly-wolly-tician all day
He's the darling of the media
Singing polly-wolly-tician all day
Fare thee well, fare thee well
Fare thee well, all of my pay
I'm supporting half the nation
With Obama's stimulation
Singing polly-wolly-tician all day
Damn fine!
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Land Shark Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:59:58am |
As a student of history, I've always been very skeptical of any politician with a cult of personality. Just look at the leaders throughout history with such a cult, all of them dictators and the like.
My skepticism about Obama grew the more I learned about him, but it's this mad, blind cult of Obama that really concerns me. As long as so many people are under his spell it's going to be hard to get people to notice what he's really all about.
Has there ever been a politician in the US with such a strong cult of personality? I can't think of one.
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CIA Reject Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:00:06am |
re: #85 unrealizedviewpoint
She (and they) bought the hope.
It's their only hope.
How sad. :(
These people are children who either never had, or never bothered, to grow up. Now that their parents are gone they are frantically looking for someone to take care of them ...
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Macker Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:00:17am |
re: #67 albusteve
I remember the time when many people had Kennedy portraits on the wall...and his was a three year term of zero accomplishment
Didn't JFK cut Taxes? Doesn't that count?
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alexknyc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:00:34am |
re: #95 Land Shark
As a student of history, I've always been very skeptical of any politician with a cult of personality. Just look at the leaders throughout history with such a cult, all of them dictators and the like.
My skepticism about Obama grew the more I learned about him, but it's this mad, blind cult of Obama that really concerns me. As long as so many people are under his spell it's going to be hard to get people to notice what he's really all about.
Has there ever been a politician in the US with such a strong cult of personality? I can't think of one.
Huey Long?
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scottishbuzzsaw Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:01:11am |
re: #89 Dustyvet
Oh! Hadn't seen that in a long time...thanks!
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albusteve Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:01:26am |
I have a good feeling the MSM will turn on BO...just an about face of the lunacy...they won't explain it, it will just happen and they will say we don't know what your talking about...they are fickle
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Occasional Reader Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:01:34am |
re: #66 buzzsawmonkey
I went on the TV and saw Obama
Singing polly-wolly-tician all day
He's the darling of the media
Singing polly-wolly-tician all day
Fare thee well, fare thee well
Fare thee well, all of my pay
I'm supporting half the nation
With Obama's stimulation
Singing polly-wolly-tician all day
U suk!
(Just trying to be contrarian)
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hous bin pharteen Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:01:38am |
Sorry folks. More Obama syndrome. It is more important to talk about and debate the more important social and political stuff, like creationism. Not Obama and the bankruptcy of America and the endangerment of US citizens and our allies. Even the great people and great citizens of the world. From Mexico and their people stuck in the drug wars, too Afghan people and Iraq citizens who want peace and the ability to survive.
Move along people. Nothing to see here. Nothing to talk about. Move along people.
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kynna Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:01:52am |
re: #69 Occasional Reader
I saw a guy driving a car down the street here in DC this past weekend that had Obama signs taped to his side windows. Thereby, of course, restricting the driver's view. A metaphor there, I think.
At my son's preschool there is always a Smart Car parked that has a 0 bumper sticker right over the 'Smart Car' tag.
It cracks me up because the Smart Car only seats two people, has an incredibly uncomfortable ride, saves very little more gas than the Honda Fit (which can seat 4/5 people), is wildly expensive compared to worth, will get crushed in any collision, and takes only premium gas. It's also very popular with ill informed liberals.
Seems like another metaphor to me.
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Gretchen Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:01:57am |
re: #39 rawmuse
Critical thinking simply is no longer being taught. Schools have become indoctrination centers. Kids are being told what to think, not how to think, and have been for at least 30 years. This trend is also responsible for the collapse of the American Journalism trade.
This is the shame of my generation.
The scary part is that the schools claim to teach critical thinking skills but schools neglect to teach facts, research methods or reasoning. The children learn to think using emotion based patterns. Just like liberals.
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LGoPs Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:02:03am |
I still want to know what the fuck "We are the ones we've been waiting for" means?
Creeps me out.
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alegrias Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:02:14am |
re: #29 StillAMarine
Politicians, before all, should be constantly questioned and their positions should be probed mercilessly.
* * * *
FBI investigation of John Murtha and the weird company PMA that funneled money to his projects is proceeding....Democrats are scared of the fall out, yippee.
May corrupt ArabScam artist John Murtha, defamer of our troops at Haditha, get kicked to the curb.
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Macker Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:02:24am |
re: #99 buzzsawmonkey
"Help me, Obama, wanking newbie. You are my only hope.
Help me, Obama, wanking newbie. You are my only hope.
Help me, Obama, wanking newbie. You are my only hope."--Princess Media hologram, in the film "Culture Wars"
"He's not a banker, but a wanker...."
/channeling_Devo
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slterry40 Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:02:25am |
Even stranger is the obsession with political figures wives. Speaking of which. OMG! Did you see Michelle Obama's arms! I can't imagine a more glorious sight!
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sattv4u2 Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:02:48am |
re: #106 LGoPs
I still want to know what the fuck "We are the ones we've been waiting for" means?
Creeps me out.
It is sort of Art Bell-ish!
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big steve Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:02:57am |
I got to witness the budding of the next great cult in politics yesterday. I had occasion to be in the audience at the awards ceremony for the Texas State Science Fair. The keynote speaker was a Texas state representative by the name of Joaquin Castro. Mr Castro, a democrat, is in his early 30's, Hispanic, Harvard law degree, good looking, and born in the San Antonio barrio. He is considered THE up and coming Hispanic politician nationwide.
Now why he was asked to speak at the state Science fair for high schoolers was beyond me but his speach consisted of mentioning nearly every city in Texas, which when each was mentioned caused a minor hysteria and cheer from the students from that area. This was just about it, along with the obligatory "work hard", "you are the best", yada yada yada.
The woman sitting next to me was nearly in tears mentioning how beautiful the speach was. I could just see the cult forming. However, blessedly, the high schoolers there, all science nerds to the core, seemed mildly bored and I asked my son what he thought of the speach and he couldn't recall in that he was too busy texting people.
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jaunte Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:02:57am |
The Hazlitt quote was a nice touch.
"William Hazlitt, the 19th-century English essayist, argued that man was by nature "a worshipper of idols and a lover of kings." As savages, Hazlitt wrote, we fashioned “gods of wood and stone and brass,” but now, thinking ourselves above superstition, “we make kings of common men, and are proud of our own handiwork.”
See: Hollywood, American Idol, MSM Celebs, Pro Sports, etc.
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kynna Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:03:05am |
re: #76 PISSED
Can't forget the new magazine cover model,
you gotta admit Michelle looks great sleeveless....
/ Major sarc intended
I think she looks great sleeveless. Best thing about her is her toned arms. Wish I had 'em. I'd go sleeveless all the time, too.
No sarc intended at all.
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Kragar Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:03:06am |
re: #105 Gretchen
The scary part is that the schools claim to teach critical thinking skills but schools neglect to teach facts, research methods or reasoning. The children learn to think using emotion based patterns. Just like liberals.
Tell me how you feel about that.
/ducking
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opnion Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:03:14am |
Obama cultivated this cult of personality, 'We are the ones that we have waited for," "People,of Berlin, People of the world.",Greek columns etc.
Useful idiots in the MSM helped like the SF Examiner columnist that called him a "Lightworker" & Chris Matthews getting the tingly leg.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:03:16am |
re: #104 kynna
At my son's preschool there is always a Smart Car parked that has a 0 bumper sticker right over the 'Smart Car' tag.
It cracks me up because the Smart Car only seats two people, has an incredibly uncomfortable ride, saves very little more gas than the Honda Fit (which can seat 4/5 people), is wildly expensive compared to worth, will get crushed in any collision, and takes only premium gas. It's also very popular with ill informed liberals.
Seems like another metaphor to me.
There is one running around here with the license plate DETHTRP.
Not kidding. I laughed.
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Mr. In get Mr. Out Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:03:23am |
re: #95 Land Shark
As a student of history, I've always been very skeptical of any politician with a cult of personality. Just look at the leaders throughout history with such a cult, all of them dictators and the like.
My skepticism about Obama grew the more I learned about him, but it's this mad, blind cult of Obama that really concerns me. As long as so many people are under his spell it's going to be hard to get people to notice what he's really all about.
Has there ever been a politician in the US with such a strong cult of personality? I can't think of one.
The media made it too damn easy for the sheep to love unconditionally. No eyes will be open, until they find out their money problems still exist. Though, it may take multiple occurences of being unable to pay.
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albusteve Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:03:43am |
re: #97 Macker
Didn't JFK cut Taxes? Doesn't that count?
yes but there is certainly nothing brilliant about that...Kennedy was a dud with great hair and a chisled jaw....some things never change
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Bloodnok Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:04:25am |
re: #7 Bobblehead
I just don't get it. I do not find him intellectually or physically appealing. I just don't get it.
It's the media. They crafted this image, packaged it and sent it out over the airwaves and through print. They could change this perception in a matter of weeks if they wanted to.
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LGoPs Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:04:53am |
re: #115 opnion
Obama cultivated this cult of personality, 'We are the ones that we have waited for," "People,of Berlin, People of the world.",Greek columns etc.
Useful idiots in the MSM helped like the SF Examiner columnist that called him a "Lightworker" & Chris Matthews getting the tingly leg.
This is not the country I grew up in. It is almost surreal watching it transform right in front of my eyes. And scary.
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Spare O'Lake Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:05:13am |
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Kenneth Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:05:16am |
re: #106 LGoPs
I still want to know what the fuck "We are the ones we've been waiting for" means?
Creeps me out.
Narcissism as political ideology. Switch the pronouns...
"I am the One you've been waiting for!"
That sounds about right.
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albusteve Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:05:36am |
re: #107 alegrias
* * * *
FBI investigation of John Murtha and the weird company PMA that funneled money to his projects is proceeding....Democrats are scared of the fall out, yippee.May corrupt ArabScam artist John Murtha, defamer of our troops at Haditha, get kicked to the curb.
[Link: michellemalkin.com...]
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big steve Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:06:20am |
I would love to see just one msm person who interviews Obama ask if all of this love creeps him out.
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LGoPs Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:06:31am |
re: #123 Kenneth
That sounds about right.
That is precisely what I've been thinking. He just didn't use the I because even in Obama Media Wonderland that might have been awkward.
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albusteve Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:07:27am |
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mjbrutus Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:07:33am |
re: #117 Mr. In get Mr. Out
The media made it too damn easy for the sheep to love unconditionally. No eyes will be open, until they find out their money problems still exist. Though, it may take multiple occurences of being unable to pay.
The amazing part is the number of people who have come forward since the election and said that they didn't know what they were voting for. People saying they didn't expect him to be such a radical liberal.
HELLO? It isn't as though he ever showed any signs of being anything else. But those idiots just listened to his speeches and soaked up every bit of what they wanted to hear. Never mind his associations, patterns of behavior, past statements or any of the other clearly determinative aspects of his life prior to the campaign season.
Here was a chance to vote for a nice black man who could cleanse their guilty, white consciences.
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sattv4u2 Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:07:38am |
re: #126 big steve
I would love to see just one msm person who interviews Obama ask if all of this love creeps him out.
It would never dawn on them to ask. In that they're the ones that love him, they see nothing creepy about it!
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seekeroftruth Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:08:28am |
re: #107 alegrias
* * * *
FBI investigation of John Murtha and the weird company PMA that funneled money to his projects is proceeding....Democrats are scared of the fall out, yippee.May corrupt ArabScam artist John Murtha, defamer of our troops at Haditha, get kicked to the curb.
The NYT - (!) had an interesting article today:
Now, however, Mr. Magliocchetti’s generosity is coming to an abrupt halt: his firm, the PMA Group, is closing its doors next week, after reports that federal prosecutors had recently raided his office and his home.And many on Capitol Hill, recalling the scandal that mushroomed around the lobbyist Jack Abramoff, are wondering who else will be ensnared in the investigation as prosecutors pore over the financial records and computer files of one of K Street’s most influential lobbyists, known both for the billions of dollars in earmarks he obtained for his clients and for his open hand toward those he sought to influence.
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Occasional Reader Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:08:30am |
re: #104 kynna
It cracks me up because the Smart Car only seats two people, has an incredibly uncomfortable ride, saves very little more gas than the Honda Fit (which can seat 4/5 people), is wildly expensive compared to worth, will get crushed in any collision, and takes only premium gas. It's also very popular with ill informed liberals.
Never been in one, but I was rather surprised to see a NYT car review that trashed the SmartCar, so beloved of liberals. Mentioned pretty much all of what you said, the only exception being that it supposedly does relatively well in crash tests (believe it or not).
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:08:43am |
Meanwhile, South Korea - Japanese, South Korean and U.S. missile-destroying ships set sail to monitor North Korea’s imminent rocket launch
And ronrey Kim has detained a South Korean worker and will try the two US reporters.
BTW, the Aegis destroyer USS John S. McCain is one of the ships that will be on scene.
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NonNativeTexan Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:08:45am |
re: #111 big steve
I with Dennis Prager on speeches. Everyone should read the text of the
speech the next day before declaring what a wonderful speech it
was. When you read the text of some of these speeches, you realize,
not much significant was said. I am still dismayed by the number of
high school and college students who haven't seen the full
MLK "I have a dream speech". That should be shown the first day
of every history, social studies and government class.
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kynna Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:09:01am |
re: #122 Spare O'Lake
Better guns than her man. That's just wrong. ;D
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lawhawk Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:09:01am |
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. There's one area that professionals need to be seen - doctors (of who I am seeing a couple because I broke my ankle last night walking home from the train and rolling my ankle). Politicians are one thing where there's a certain amount of institutional knowledge where experience counts, but professional politicians spend their entire lives politicking. Obama fits the mold of a professional politician. Folks like Specter, Rangel, and all the other politicos who have been in office forever; they're professionals and have such a disconnect between them and their constituents.
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tfc3rid Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:09:01am |
re: #121 LGoPs
This is not the country I grew up in. It is almost surreal watching it transform right in front of my eyes. And scary.
America as we knew it is gone...
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Occasional Reader Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:09:12am |
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:09:19am |
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arcatan Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:09:29am |
This Obama worship is indicative of a number of worrisome trends in the Left.
Slacker theory suggests that as more people do less, fewer do more, and in the political arena this translates to increasing tyranny. The fact is that the mindless Obama supporters have not done their homework, they are simply seduced by his charisma - that does not bode well. "Obama will do it" makes people even more mindless and dependent.
Another problem is the continuing disenfranchisement of non-Leftist interests. With the most Liberal of senators elected, the real concerns of non-Liberals are increasingly marginalized as outdated or unimportant. By focusing on Obama as archetypal good, those not consistent with his positions are even more demonized.
Finally there's the raw political power it tacitly grants Obama to conceive of and attempt to implement his poorly thought-out experiments.
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opnion Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:09:31am |
re: #92 Macker
I was working at my home town newspaper back when President Reagan was shot. I was a photographer (you don't say?). The news came across the wire and my boss told me "Quick grab your camera! We'll do some man-in-the-street interviews!"
About a half-hour into the situation, we ran across of couple of young ladies (and I use the term loosely) with about four kids in tow between them, and one of them had another on the way. When we asked them if they had heard that President Reagan had been shot, the pregnant one replied:
"Good! I hope he dies!"This response, of course, was not printed. Draw your own conclusions.
I spent one year teaching high school & was in class when Regan was shot.
When it was announced over the loud speaker. the kids cheered.
I was shocked & asked them they were cheering. Turns out that they all liked Regan, but it just seemed like a movie plot to them.
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:09:52am |
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LGoPs Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:10:32am |
The First Lady has the right to bare arms. So that's what the 2nd Amendment meant.
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yma o hyd Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:10:34am |
re: #136 Kosh's Shadow
Meanwhile, South Korea - Japanese, South Korean and U.S. missile-destroying ships set sail to monitor North Korea’s imminent rocket launch
And ronrey Kim has detained a South Korean worker and will try the two US reporters.
BTW, the Aegis destroyer USS John S. McCain is one of the ships that will be on scene.
Meanwhile - the silence from China gets more deafening by the day ...
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kynna Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:10:41am |
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Who Watches the Watchmen? Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:11:10am |
Those of us who like to point out that the Emperor has no clothes now have to worry that when we do, we may give rise to a new round of lurid cougar fantasies.
BWAHAHAHAHA!
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tfc3rid Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:11:10am |
Yikes Lawhawk...
All the best to you... I fell down 3 stairs at home on Sunday and my ankle and knee are killing me...
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Bloodnok Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:11:35am |
re: #103 hous bin pharteen
So you don't like the carpet. But tell us what you think of Charles' wallpaper...
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alegrias Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:11:54am |
re: #83 MPH
All those t-shirts with a politician's face emblazoned -- it makes me sick.
They were hawking Obama merch (of the disgusting shepard fairey variety) inside the Smithsonian, for god's sake (we were in DC this weekend for the first time since the inauguration).
In New York, I suspect we'll be seeing street vendors selling leftover Obama hats and gaudy t-shirts for the next ten years (just like you still see people around ground zero selling cheap chinese-made 9-11 photo books).
* * * *
The Smithsonian IS moonbat country. When Pres. Clinton was elected, the Smithsonian volunteered to hold an "American Family Reunion" for him in 1993, whereas two years earlier, the Smithsonian had protested Pres. Bush's invading Iraq in 1991--mustn't disturb historic Iraqi ziggurats and sand dunes, while Hussein gassed Kurds in Halabja.
Remember the Smithsonian wanted to exhibit the Enola Gay plane that dropped bombs on Hiroshima or Nagasaki, to teach that AMERICANS were genocidal military killers, without mentioning what Japan did to millions of Chinese, Burmese, Philippinos or POWs or Pearl Harbor people.
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Gella Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:12:08am |
O is a Chicago machine, u have certain expectation which are actually not good, ohh and a fact that he is a Marxist doesn't do any good for his reputation and its only the dbegning
I personally tired of a zombies following him with out even having their own thought int heir head, its scary
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MadJadBad Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:12:13am |
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Macker Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:12:14am |
re: #144 opnion
I spent one year teaching high school & was in class when Regan was shot.
When it was announced over the loud speaker. the kids cheered.
I was shocked & asked them they were cheering. Turns out that they all liked Regan, but it just seemed like a movie plot to them.
Now THAT is frakkin' weirddd....
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Kenneth Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:12:16am |
re: #131 sattv4u2
It would never dawn on them to ask. In that they're the ones that love him, they see nothing creepy about it!
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yma o hyd Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:12:21am |
re: #139 lawhawk
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. There's one area that professionals need to be seen - doctors (of who I am seeing a couple because I broke my ankle last night walking home from the train and rolling my ankle). Politicians are one thing where there's a certain amount of institutional knowledge where experience counts, but professional politicians spend their entire lives politicking. Obama fits the mold of a professional politician. Folks like Specter, Rangel, and all the other politicos who have been in office forever; they're professionals and have such a disconnect between them and their constituents.
{lawhawk}
Wishing you a speedy recovery, accompanied by my heartfelt commiserations!
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albusteve Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:12:32am |
re: #148 kynna
What's a turntable? ;D
a political ploy used by liberals...they tax liberals to death but you love them for it
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jorline Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:12:39am |
Be careful what you wish for liberals.
Beyond AIG: A Bill to let Big Government Set Your Salary
The new legislation, the "Pay for Performance Act of 2009," would impose government controls on the pay of all employees -- not just top executives -- of companies that have received a capital investment from the U.S. government.The measure is not limited just to those firms that received the largest sums of money, or just to the top 25 or 50 executives of those companies. It applies to all employees of all companies involved, for as long as the government is invested. And it would not only apply going forward, but also retroactively to existing contracts and pay arrangements of institutions that have already received funds.
In addition, the bill gives Geithner the authority to decide what pay is "unreasonable" or "excessive." And it directs the Treasury Department to come up with a method to evaluate "the performance of the individual executive or employee to whom the payment relates."
You asked for it, you got it, bend over...sung to the old Toyota jingle.
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alegrias Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:14:04am |
re: #92 Macker
* * * *
I used to think of Pres. Reagan frequently when walking past the Hilton on Connecticut Avenue where he was attacked by the crazy guy on March 30, 1981.
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opnion Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:14:16am |
re: #121 LGoPs
This is not the country I grew up in. It is almost surreal watching it transform right in front of my eyes. And scary.
In my personal ife I know people who should know, ready to have Obama lead them to Socialism. They are very open about it.
I asked one of them, since it doesn't actually work anywhere, why will Socialism work here?
You guessed it, "Because Obama willdo it right.
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yma o hyd Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:14:38am |
re: #150 tfc3rid
Yikes Lawhawk...
All the best to you... I fell down 3 stairs at home on Sunday and my ankle and knee are killing me...
Aww, {tfc3rid}!
Use lots of icepacks - and keep moving!
You have all my sympathy, I had falls this past winter, and know how knees can give one hell!
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lawhawk Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:15:13am |
re: #150 tfc3rid
Thanks! Feel better yourself. I just knew that something didn't feel right, and I have a usually high tolerance for pain, but this was something I hadn't experienced before (and I've rolled an ankle or two).
If you're still hurting, you should go get it checked.
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That's First Lady to you Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:15:13am |
Ha!
While the consumerate is distracted by my toned arms, my vegetable garden, and my bourgeois wardrobe, the glorious Revolution continues apace!
We have brought the greatest symbol of American Imperial Capitalism and its systemic capacity of theft and oppression to its knees! General Motors will no longer oppress the worker and destroy the environment! The oligarchs thought they were clever, but not clever enough to halt the Revolutionary Spirit!
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Bobblehead Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:15:18am |
re: #126 big steve
I would love to see just one msm person who interviews Obama ask if all of this love creeps him out.
There is danger inherent in the Cult of Personality. Sometimes worshipers become disgruntled and bad things happen to the object of worship. If I were 0 I'd be more than a little creeped out. But then I'm not a narcissist.
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alegrias Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:16:42am |
re: #87 Gretchen
A journalist no doubt blinded by the One. Obama is his co-pilot.
* * * *
Hilarious! But true...
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subsailor68 Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:16:42am |
This goes directly to the topic:
Blame for downturn not fixed on Obama
6 in 10 back his handling of the economy, new poll finds
That's the headline on the article, but it includes this paragraph:
Despite the increasing optimism about the future, the nation's overall mood remains gloomy, and doubts are rising about some of the administration's prescriptions for the economic woes. Independents are less solidly behind Obama than they have been, fewer Americans now express confidence that his economic programs will work, barely half of the country approves of how the president is dealing with the federal budget deficit, and the political climate is once again highly polarized.
So - supposedly - 6 in 10 back Obama's handling of the economy, but embedded in the article is the paragraph above.
It's all about hope, even in the face of reality. That's cult-like.
And sad.
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opnion Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:17:45am |
re: #156 Macker
Now THAT is frakkin' weirddd....
It was like the TwilightZone,& really they all & I mean all liked Regan.
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shanec99 Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:18:07am |
Slightly off topic, but you folks in the states are not getting some of the news we are seeing up close here off the coast of East Africa.
Well last month, Iran's President visited the Comoros to strengthen ties between the Islamic peoples of Iran and the Comoros.
[Link: www.google.com...]
During the visit in February he urged the audience to reject teachings that stand in opposition to traditional Islamic theology (it is not in the article).
Anyway, one of the islands (Mayotte), had a vote coming up, and they had to decide whether to break away from the Government of the Comoros and it's President who is a Cleric trained in Iran and do away with traditional Muslim beliefs. Polygamy, wife beating, women getting married in their early teens etc.
The Islamic clerics asked the people of Mayotte to vote against breaking away from the Comoros and its Islamic traditions.
Guess how the vote went. Well more than 95% of the people of Mayotte voted to break with the Islamic clerics and become a part of France.
[Link: www.canberratimes.com.au...]
I wonder how the people of Mayotte can recognize stupidity when they see it, but the Columbia faculty can't recognize folly of giving the Iranian President the time of day?
I wonder how Iran's President feels about his campaign stop?
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JohnnyReb Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:18:44am |
re: #118 albusteve
yes but there is certainly nothing brilliant about that...Kennedy was a dud with great hair and a chisled jaw....some things never change
And a war hero. Can't forget that part. It was drummed into us kids every single day at school.
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Wilderstad Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:18:50am |
Warren G. Harding. Had the looks, height, the voice, the demeanor and the presence of a president. Didn't have the chops though, and one of the worst Presidents in U.S. history.
Obama is this century's Harding.
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hous bin pharteen Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:19:34am |
re: #70 Golem Akbar
Kennedy at least was a MAN. Having served in the US Navy during WW2 in a PT boat. He did not go into politics serving Japanese Tojo wishes and interests.
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Who Watches the Watchmen? Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:25:34am |
re: #160 jorline
Be careful what you wish for liberals.
Beyond AIG: A Bill to let Big Government Set Your Salary
You asked for it, you got it, bend over...sung to the old Toyota jingle.
You gotta dance with who brung you.
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Gretchen Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:28:29am |
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Gretchen Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:29:42am |
re: #174 hous bin pharteen
Kennedy at least was a MAN. Having served in the US Navy during WW2 in a PT boat. He did not go into politics serving Japanese Tojo wishes and interests.
Compare his party platform and the Republicans and Democrats today and guess what - JFK's a Republican in 2009.
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NYCHardhat Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:32:12am |
I guess its pretty safe to say that people who fawn over politicians have no life.
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badger1970 Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:32:53am |
Heck even the Australians are into this cult worship, Barry the Giant Sea Worm
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MadJadBad Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:33:30am |
re: #7 Bobblehead
I just don't get it. I do not find him intellectually or physically appealing. I just don't get it.
If he were a republican, John Stewart et al. would say "Steve Urkle" at least once every show.
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lurking faith Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:34:42am |
re: #58 mjbrutus
We have a man who is the love child of Karl Marx and Groucho Marx and the MSM and half the nation just can't get over how dreamy he is.
Hey! That's insulting to Groucho, who positively brimmed with wit and genuine humor:
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it and then misapplying the wrong remedies.
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Sizzlack Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:35:43am |
Something I never quite understood. I would hear people say 'Oh he's such an amazing politician' yada yada yada.
Last time I checked, the better of a politician you are, the less of a soul you have.
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lurking faith Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:44:15am |
re: #67 albusteve
I remember the time when many people had Kennedy portraits on the wall...and his was a three year term of zero accomplishment
I wasn't raised to idolize JFK, but at least he was a patriot, and smart enough to know who our international friends are.
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Land Shark Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:44:20am |
re: #98 alexknyc
Excellent observation, I'd forgotten all about 'ol Huey Long.
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Obsidiandog Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:48:52am |
re: #95 Land Shark
As a student of history, I've always been very skeptical of any politician with a cult of personality. Just look at the leaders throughout history with such a cult, all of them dictators and the like.
My skepticism about Obama grew the more I learned about him, but it's this mad, blind cult of Obama that really concerns me. As long as so many people are under his spell it's going to be hard to get people to notice what he's really all about.
Has there ever been a politician in the US with such a strong cult of personality? I can't think of one.
Mandela?
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badger1970 Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:49:23am |
Let's just blame the Israelites for this mess. They wanted a king and Samuel not liking the idea asks G-d, and G-d warning what they were asking for, gave them one, Saul and when Saul messed up, here comes the cult of David. /yes I'm being very sarcastic about the blame
Being a politician means abandoning one's principles for the so-called greater good; putting ordinary people under control at the politician's whim. If Mr. Smith goes to Washington, he would just get as corrupted as the other thieves in their dens.
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Joel Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:51:20am |
Listen, even during the height of Bush's popularity - people were not transforming him into a God like figure -despite the cherry picking of the quotes in the article from Liddy, Noonan, and Barnes. We all knew that he was all too human. Nice try.
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Kenneth Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:52:07am |
re: #171 shanec99
Excellent post. Thank you for the report. Please keep us updated form your part of the world.
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Kenneth Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:53:22am |
re: #183 buzzsawmonkey
Lots of people fawn over Obambi. It's surprising that they let their e-moose-ions run away with them like that, and caribout someone with all their hart even after he has taken away their bucks.
I detest people of his elk.
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Land Shark Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:53:48am |
re: #125 buzzsawmonkey
The First Lady is a turntable?
She's a Mattel Close N' Play kiddie turntable.
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Joel Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:53:56am |
re: #172 JohnnyReb
And a war hero. Can't forget that part. It was drummed into us kids every single day at school.
Actually he was not a war hero. It turns out the the PT-109 thing was over-hyped by Ted Sorenson. Actually Kennedy was lucky he was not court martialed. Also (even though it was not JFK's fault), his father was a Nazi sympathizer.
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hous bin pharteen Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:54:42am |
re: #139 lawhawk
You just got to toughen it up. I know its painful, but if you deal with it mentally, you are going to get better faster. If you try to take it easy, the pain will last longer. I know it sounds weird, but it is what I learned with dealing with many Doctors and Nurses through the years. Hope you get better soon.
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Joel Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:58:22am |
re: #83 MPH
All those t-shirts with a politician's face emblazoned -- it makes me sick.
They were hawking Obama merch (of the disgusting shepard fairey variety) inside the Smithsonian, for god's sake (we were in DC this weekend for the first time since the inauguration).
In New York, I suspect we'll be seeing street vendors selling leftover Obama hats and gaudy t-shirts for the next ten years (just like you still see people around ground zero selling cheap chinese-made 9-11 photo books).
Here in NYC (in the shadow of the ruins of the WTC) they are still hawking Obama merchandise with his Kim Jong-Il type of worshipful visage gazing back at you. Pretty neo Stalinist if you ask me.
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Kenneth Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:59:31am |
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varmint Tue, Mar 31, 2009 10:00:15am |
"I’ll collect paper cups off the ground to make [Obama’s] pathway clear,” Halle Berry recently told the Philadelphia Daily News, “I’ll do whatever he says.”
halle berry would get in a car and mow down pedestrians to clear a path for obama.
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Joel Tue, Mar 31, 2009 10:03:30am |
re: #46 alexknyc
Some of my co-workers have photos of Obama up like he's some kind of celebrity.
This type of adulation never ends well.
Mine too. I want to tell them "Hey the election is over!"
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hous bin pharteen Tue, Mar 31, 2009 10:04:41am |
re: #178 Gretchen
I know. My mother, a lifetime democrat, has modern republican feelings. The democratic party has failed to exist any longer.
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Joel Tue, Mar 31, 2009 10:07:40am |
re: #97 Macker
Didn't JFK cut Taxes? Doesn't that count?
Yes he cut taxes across the board,somethign that Nixion (the alleged conservative), never did. JFK was a patriot but an inconsequential president (for almost 1,000 days).
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HippieforLife Tue, Mar 31, 2009 10:10:44am |
It hit me shortly after his inauguration that one of the main reasons he makes me uncomfortable is that this is the first time in my life that a president has been younger than I! I know, it's silly; but, it also goes to his lack of any meaningful experience.
I never really thought that he was such a gifted speaker or particulary inspiring. Words like "hope" and "change" are "just words" as the O said.
When he uses these words they are empty and hollow.
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Joel Tue, Mar 31, 2009 10:12:46am |
re: #202 HippieforLife
He is the quintessential empty suit. He reminds me of the Robert Redford character in The Candidate, Sen. Bob McKay who when he wins the Senate seat says to his campaign manager Peter Boyle "What do we do now?"
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The Optimist Tue, Mar 31, 2009 10:54:45am |
re: #196 Joel
Here in NYC (in the shadow of the ruins of the WTC) they are still hawking Obama merchandise with his Kim Jong-Il type of worshipful visage gazing back at you. Pretty neo Stalinist if you ask me.
Here in Washington, DC, there is a noticeable decline in the selling of Obama paraphenalia. Shirts, framed photos, etc are still available and every street vendor has at least a few on hand. However, the public is awakening and not buying that crap at high prices. It is still amazing to see months old magazines with Obama's face on the cover for sale.
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Joel Tue, Mar 31, 2009 11:48:57am |
re: #204 VENEZUELA LOVER
Most newsstands in NYC have magazines (most of which I never heard of) with Obama and his family looking beneficently on.
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Pupdawg Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:22:20pm |
"And he’s not only talking about Barack Obama, but all politicians."
Certainly, but the throngs pawns who fawn slobbering-fawningly over Obama are as 'baby deer-stuck-in-the-headlight' of Obambi as a fawn can get. If they were beef they'd be Kobe. Add to this the fairly unanimous numbers of Obambi fawns fawning from the MSM, the Matrix and the 'Love Potent No. 9' mentality for the TOTUS is very disturbing to non-fawners. yet, I do suspect the number of fawn-less to be growing exponentially these days. Or, bluntly stated, his bullshit has begun to run thin and increasingly foul smelling. From a fawn-less voter, he does not pass the 'smell' test and pawns are always the first to go in the game. Fawning pawns are even easier targets.
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Defector01 Tue, Mar 31, 2009 3:26:31pm |
This article was at best another moral relativism article to show that really conservatives are as bad as liberals when the level of Obama cult-ness is approaching Stalin or Napoleon levels.
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MPH Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:04:49pm |
re: #153 alegrias
* * * *
Remember the Smithsonian wanted to exhibit the Enola Gay plane that dropped bombs on Hiroshima or Nagasaki, to teach that AMERICANS were genocidal military killers, without mentioning what Japan did to millions of Chinese, Burmese, Philippinos or POWs or Pearl Harbor people.
In the Smithsonian's defense -- the natural history museum is great...and a couple of years ago I was able to attend a party hosted at the new Dulles Air & Space facility...an old hangar with just the most fantastic collection of air and space machines you're likely ever to see in one room (including the actual Enola Gay -- which is impressive).
Here is the accompanying signpost for the Enola Gay: [Link: picasaweb.google.com...]
Here are the rest of the photos (including the space shuttle), though many of them did not come out very well: [Link: picasaweb.google.com...]
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Wendya Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:13:00pm |
re: #7 Bobblehead
I just don't get it. I do not find him intellectually or physically appealing. I just don't get it.
I didn't "get" Clinton either but there were people who would have followed him off a cliff.
At least until Obama came along and then they discarded him like a filled diaper.
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