The American Spectator

Appleby| 11.18.09 @ 6:30AM

You can take the boy out of the Ghetto but you cannot take the Ghetto out of the boy. Or in this case, I believe, out of the girl, since it is Mrs. Obama I blame.

My auntie used to teach primary school in Alabama. Every year at the start of the school year she would have at least one Black student, aged 5 or so, tell her arrogantly, *Ma mama say I don gotta lissen to no ol WHITE WOMAN.*

It is my opinion that Michelle Obama tells her husband frequently that he don gotta lissen to no ol WHITE FOLKS when they tell him how to behave. And he is so clearly aware now that he knows nothing of the world outside Chicago, that he listens to her.

R Martin| 11.18.09 @ 8:50AM

I think you are spot-on here. I've always believed the White House contains not one but two very dangerous people with distinctly anti-American views. And I've always felt it was Mrs. Obama who championed Rev. Wright and required her daughters to listen to him rant.

birmingham| 11.18.09 @ 9:22AM

Now that you say that, I totally agree that it was Michelle who like the angry "church" that her darling little girls were dragged to. In all of the videos, the only time I heard him mention God was during his "God damn America" rant. How sweet....

Tomas| 11.18.09 @ 5:00PM

The more I know about Michelle, the more Hillary Clinton looks like Cinderella.

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Sally| 11.18.09 @ 5:12PM

Never--not with those kankles.

abdul7591| 11.19.09 @ 5:49PM

LOL! A line for the ages! Well done!

Mike| 11.18.09 @ 6:38PM

I think another reason Michelle was and is so angry is because she stayed awake and listened during Reverend Wright's tirades. I would have been angry too. Good thing Mr. Obama was taking a snooze during those 20 years.

SoCon| 11.18.09 @ 3:54PM

Appleby, I don't care about Obama's skin color; it's his Marxist ideology that worries me. White man, black man or purple man--doesn't matter to me; it's what's in a man's heart that counts.

Race is a distraction, and I don't want to be distracted from the real danger that Obama's radical beliefs present.

Abdul Kareema Wheat| 11.18.09 @ 6:57PM

I disagree. It's the socialism and tribalism that appeals especially to blacks. The mantra that they recite ( "Rev Wright, Jackson & Sharpton" ), adhere to and fervently believe is that they've been screwed and always will be. Thus they'll always be looking at America as one who MUST meet their needs. Free this...free that...affirmative action...hiring quotas...level playing field...subsidies....scholarships...grants...are all a part of what they believe they're owed. And America still cows before their demands regardless of their lack of gratitude for the last 50 years of amends.

SoCon| 11.18.09 @ 7:24PM

Go away, Axelrod troll: HuffPo is calling you, it's missing one of its many liberal/communist idiots.

Nice try, LibReader/Jeremiah; racism is rampant on the Left, only bigoted cynics such as you would use liberal 'Plantation Politics' to reach your goals of Marxist power and control.

Your hatred makes you ugly.

ABDUL KAREEMA WHEAT| 11.18.09 @ 7:35PM

"Your hatred makes you ugly."

And your ignorance of the facts...the truth..makes you stupid and a perennial pawn of the leftist axis. Come on..tell me you've hugged a thug today in Detroit and it hasn't mugged you.

SoCon| 11.18.09 @ 8:03PM

Ignorant? Hardly, LibReader/Jeremiah; I am acutely aware of the fact that you are an ugly piece of liberal human excrement.

How can you tell when a liberal is lying? His lips are moving. Sums you up perfectly, stooge.

Now, go home tedious troll; you bore.

Abdul Kareema Wheat| 11.18.09 @ 8:07PM

He moron....it's funny to see that you're reacting to my handle...what a putz. And you can't read either as a Neanderthal wouldn't.

SoCon| 11.18.09 @ 8:15PM

Loser.

Buck Wheat| 11.19.09 @ 6:24PM

Hey Kareema, this your brother Buck...

mamma say git on home now.....

Jackson| 11.19.09 @ 8:46PM

That ain't mamma, Buck, that's Axelrod calling the little troll piglet home.

tailgunner| 11.21.09 @ 11:42AM

How can you tell a liberal is lying?

His EYES are open.

Pelagius| 11.19.09 @ 6:59AM

These racist comments have GOT to be plants. No way could any actual advocate of any position seriously attempt to make their point in this ridiculously offensive way. And no matter what side I may come down on, I REALLY resent phony testimonials, and I have a REALLY bad opinion of any side that might think that it's appropriate to provide phony smears of their opponents.

SoCon| 11.19.09 @ 5:37PM

The 'Abdul' poster is a plant by the name of Liberal Reader, an Axelrod troll who posts here often. I also resent his/her phony smears; that's why I exposed the moron.

I'm pretty sure Appleby is conservative, but I found her post objectionable, too. Racism is about hatred and I don't want anything to do with it. True Conservatives abhor hate.

Sowell Disciple| 11.18.09 @ 4:12PM

Appleby's focus on race is foolish at best. There are and always have been plenty of white radicals around to inspire and work with Obama. Perhaps you are a leftist troll trying to make the Spectator's comments column conform to the left's stereotype of conservatives as racist! Throughout this comments thread there are others who have criticized your views.

Holdfast| 11.18.09 @ 6:36PM

Ghetto? Really? More like an arrogant, leftist, late-boomer who is so in love with his own supposed intelligence that he doesn't feel the need to listen to anyone else (like maybe a protocol officer). Although I found Rev Wright's rants greatly offensive, Obama's character was formed long before he began attending that church - he is far more a product of his hippie-dippy mother and others on his mom's side of the family.

Max| 11.18.09 @ 11:02PM

This and everyone who has added their commentary are overtly racist. Congratulations. There is no justification.

SoCon| 11.19.09 @ 5:42PM

Since you've commented, too, Max; guess you're also a racist.

Your Liberal/Nazi Thought Police policies are about power and control--not tolerance. There is no justification.

Jonas King| 11.19.09 @ 3:21AM

Appleby:
"You can take the boy out of the Ghetto but you cannot take the Ghetto out of the boy."

That's a racist, insulting and stupid comment which completely undermines the valid points made by Andrew Cline. If you're not a troll, then you're a sad, sad, person who's lack of understanding the world surpasses even Obama.

You are an embarrassment.

dennymack| 11.19.09 @ 4:36AM

Would that be the ghetto of Honolulu?
"...Knows nothing of the world outside Chicago?" Except, of course, for the part where he lived in Indonesia, then there's that decade or so at Ivy league schools. All of this is pretty common knowledge, even among ignorant racists.
You may or may not be a troll; racists exist on both ends of the political spectrum. What is absolutely certain is that your post demonstrates the type of ignorance that is so complete most people assume it is fake. You are either a troll simulating the ignorance you imagine on the right, or you are someone so stunningly stupid that I don't want you on "my side."
Either way, stop posting, and on behalf of those near you, stop speaking. You increase the sum total of aggressive ignorance in the world.

Leigh| 11.19.09 @ 11:45AM

I don't care whether you value the reporting that goes into the tabloids... you cannot deny the photos. A thousand words can be said about the pair, just based on tabloid photos of their candid facial expressions... none of those words are complimentary.

crizzyboo| 11.20.09 @ 12:05AM

I have been saying since day one that the real puppet master is that America-hating, fierce looking creature throwing parties in the White House. She calls the shots and he dutifully obeys.

jd| 11.18.09 @ 6:45AM

Obama is a classic narcissist, so full of ego and his overinflated sense of self-importance. There is nothing intelligent about him at all. If anything, his many lapses in judgment and misstatements, which are too numerous to state, have indeed made him far more of a buffoon then the media could ever have portrayed George Bush as being.

Jamie| 11.19.09 @ 6:54AM

Narcissism is one possibility (and, indeed, the one I lean toward). But a second possibility is that the President is one of those poor fools who believes that everything is amenable to simple explanation or solution - that if he just does what he "feels" is right, it'll all be fine; his intentions will shine through the substance of what he actually does and all who observe will take the intention for the deed.

I had a boyfriend like that once. Sigh. He is not leading a happy life.

J. Kelley| 11.18.09 @ 6:53AM

Michelle Obama for the first time in her adult life was proud of her Country. After it became possible for her husband to be elected President. With the Chicago machine and the teaching of the Reverand Wright this couple does not like the US or White Countries. The Reverand Wright taught hate for the 20 years the Obamas attended his Church. They were not vetted by our so called Main Stream Media.

Reformed Theologian| 11.18.09 @ 7:05AM

While the arrogance and narcissisitic behavior evident in the president are his to own, be assured that many of his gaffes are the result of listening to and following the guidance he is receiving from his personal staff. His social and diplomatic missteps, as well as his many other mistakes, are indicative of a systemic problem in the White House. The man cannot be blamed for what doing what he has always done--listen to the voices of others. If he has ever had an original thought, it isn't evident.

Jamie| 11.19.09 @ 7:01AM

Of course he can be blamed for continuing to do something foolish! After the DVD ridiculousness, why didn't he fire (or at LEAST reprimand and demand better from) his protocol staff? I agree that the President is not known for original thought and I'm forced to conclude it's because he's unable to produce one, but he certainly is responsible for what he does with the advice he's given. Judgment is separate from originality; Pres. Obama was elected - putatively - for his sober judgment. (Of course in reality he was elected because he was a political rock star. Welcome to it, groupies...)

Al| 11.18.09 @ 7:40AM

No wonder the media love this clown! His comedy writes itself and he is definitely the king of buffoonery. With GWB the media had to make up a lot of scandal and gaffes but with this bunch, they've hit pay dirt.

Roscoe| 11.18.09 @ 7:44AM

Theologian, if this is some kind of excuse for the guy, you better think again. The guy is nigh 50 years old, and is the freaking President of the United States of America!! If some idiot tells him that it's going to be OK to give the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom a box of DVD's; if some idiot tells him that when meeting the Emperor of Japan he should make a deep-bending, boot licking bow, and he believes such shite, then HE - not them - is COMPLETELY responsible. One of his predecessors famously held that "the buck stopped here"! Had anyone told RR that "it is proper protocol sir to make a deep boot-licking bow to Gorbachev...", he would have told that idiot to take his bow, and go join the air traffic controllers. This clown needs to man up for the next three years until we boot him.

Reformed Theologian| 11.18.09 @ 4:45PM

Of course he is responsible. You make my point entirely, albeit in slightly more pointed language--he's old enough to know better, only he doesn't. Why is that? I'm not making excuses for his inexcusable behavior. I'm merely pointing out the fact that his gaffes and missteps indicate a problem that permates his entire organization and is a reflection of where he comes from and how he got here. Don't expect him to "man up." He doesn't know how.

c. j. acworth| 11.18.09 @ 5:57PM

After two deep bows given to two kings I'm just relieved that he didn't kowtow when he went to China.

magua| 11.18.09 @ 7:32PM

Don't be too relieved c.j. , he just morphed into "Barry the Butt-Kisser" as he groveled to the Maoists for some Sino-Stimulus for his whacked fiscal policies.

Neo| 11.19.09 @ 12:27AM

When Obama accepts his Nobel Medal from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, I'll be waiting to see if he clicks his heels together three times.

Melvin| 11.18.09 @ 7:50AM

So much for the great black hope huh? Many Whites, and Blacks had pinned so many hopes, dreams, and getting back at whitey for all those years of oppression and slavery. Whites, had pinned their hopes on wiping the racial slate clean and starting anew.
But someone along the way forgot to tell Barrack and Michelle that.
They've instituted a African third world Marxist ideology more akin to Robert Mugabe than of Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln.
Now, instead of Democrats and Republicans being pissed off at each other, now everyone all over the world is pissed off at each other and especially at Barrack because Der Spiegel states, "That Barrack Lied to the European people." Well, my German friends, just go to the back of the line and stand there with the rest of the pissed off world at the great black hope that wasn't.

ds80| 11.18.09 @ 9:14AM

He's black? OMG! Who knew?

victor| 11.18.09 @ 7:23PM

You're only half-right, as usual.

dennymack| 11.19.09 @ 4:47AM

Gosh, an Ivy League grad raised by radical mom in Hawaii and Indonesia pals around with Bill Ayers and then gets elected. So where did he get his political ideas?
If you say Africa, that says more about you than him.
By the way, Marx was a European. Not sure you were aware of that. His ideas actually had a pretty big impact there. There was this book he wrote, and this guy Lenin, and some red flags, and then they built a wall and a nuclear arsenal and a whole bunch of other stuff. It's True! You can find it on Wikipedia under "20th Century."

Dennis Bergendorf| 11.18.09 @ 7:56AM

While I agree wholeheartedly with Mr. Cline's assessment, I must stress that we conservatives must ALWAYS state the truth. For the record, Our Glorious Leader did not stare at the 16-year-old's rear end (video showed only a momentary glance), and he did not suggest that James Crowley was stupid, only that the officer had engaged in a stupid act. These differences are trivial, but we must be truthful in all reporting, trivial or not.

Ed| 11.18.09 @ 12:29PM

Agreed wholeheartedly. Bravo for pointing this out. We should always take the high road.

Tom in Michigan| 11.18.09 @ 12:44PM

I seldom respond directly to other posts but must agree as well. There is no need, as in the case of of the Left's canards about GW or Sarah Palin to fabricate anything about BO and his associates. The truth is certainly stranger than fiction.

loulou| 11.18.09 @ 1:23PM

It depends on what the definition of "high road" is.
I don't like John McCain's or Bob Michel's definition of high road. Losers often take the high road.

gunter| 11.18.09 @ 7:13PM

loulou....

How right you are!

Clintidote| 11.18.09 @ 1:15PM

If he *had* stared at that 16-year-old rear end, that might be the only forgivable act in this entire sorry administration up to this point. It was certainly stareable, as evidenced from the pic.

fanofamerica| 11.18.09 @ 6:10PM

We can just replace the 16-year old's rear end example with the fact Obama chose to go to Camp David instead of Fort Hood after the tragedy there. Thank goodness for leaders like George W. Bush and his lovely wife Laura who made the trip within hours to give comfort to the wounded and condolences to the families of the dead. And with no call to the media for a staged photo op. Now that's how it's done with respect and class.

igiveup| 11.18.09 @ 6:35PM

Oh didn't you know? GWB orchestrated that attack in Ft Hood so he could make this hospital appearance and make Soetoro look bad. I read it on the internet.

gunter| 11.18.09 @ 7:11PM

Dennis.....
A picture is worth a thousand words, ergo: a
2 second glance is worth a thousand thoughts.
Also, smart people generally do not engage in stupid acts. Stupid people DO engage in stupid acts, therefore, Obama stating that the officer engaged in a stupid act, is the same as calling him stupid.
Speaking of that glance at the teens rear, I can't really blame hin, have you taken notice of Michelle's? She physically wears the Democrat's symbol on her backside.

GringoBob| 11.18.09 @ 8:00AM

perhaps Obama is jusy preparing for when he collapses our economy and we must become part of the one world order that he sees himself as "Dear Leader" of ?

Grzmlyk| 11.18.09 @ 8:05AM

So much hate today. Cline, Appleby, et al.

Why, what other explanation can there possibly for saying bad things about our Hip Hop Adolescent in Chief? Jeanine Garofalo hath spoken let it be so throughout the land: Criticism of Obama's policies, and even moreso criticism of Obama himself - American pop culture's way-cool answer to Che Guevara T-shirts - is racism, "straight up." Garofalo didn't say, "you crackers" after her comment, but I could tell she was thinking it.

I would be grateful if we all agreed at least that this famous so-called charisma is nothing more than a Conspiracy to Like (i.e., an inoculation against the original sin of racism).

Because he's got as much charisma as a callow, sullen, petulant, know-it-all 14-year old. I absolutely do not see one scintilla of charisma or charm in this creep - whose chin, you may notice, is always cocked cartoonishly high, and I'll bet nobody on the left does, either. Nor am I blown away by his oratorical skills. At all. Obama is proof that affirmative action does not produce the best or the brightest.

I cannot wait until he's universally ridiculed as the buffoon he really is - as if the aforementioned 14-year old tried on Daddy's too-big suit and tried to pass himself off as a successful businessman.

Obama is many things. A president is not one of them.

Let the snickers begin.

Steve| 11.18.09 @ 9:16AM

Snicking thru my tears, Grzmlyk......snickering thru my tears.

JUSTWAITING| 11.18.09 @ 4:41PM

I AGREE THAT HE IS NO SPEAKER.....EVERY TIME HE PRONOUNCES AN "S", I SHIVER....IT GOES RIGHT THROUGH ME. WHEN HE READS FROM THE TELEPROMPTER, THE LAST THREE WORDS HAVE AN UP-TILT. HE HAS NO CHARM AND NO SENSE OF HUMOR. WHERE IS OUR 2012 REAGAN?

igiveup| 11.18.09 @ 6:38PM

now THAT's telling it right. And if truth wins out, we won't have to endure his 3 more years in office.

gunter| 11.18.09 @ 7:26PM

Grzmylk.....
Ok,ok I didn't get on this website to continually mock our illustrious president, but it's fun. Your comment about his constant upturned chin evoked a picture I have of him in my mind, of wish I have to share.
Watch his cheeks the next time you see him speak. Everytime he says a word with a "b" or "p" in it, his cheeks explode out like Louie Armstrong blowing his horn. I've tabbed him as the "Pufferfish of the USA."

Shamus| 11.18.09 @ 8:07AM

Say what you want about Obama, but at least he's not white trash like Bill Clinton.

ron| 11.18.09 @ 8:49AM

He is only 1/2 white trash.

Rmm| 11.18.09 @ 9:24AM

Ditto, the half he would like to purge from his system. He's not 100% blood.

victor| 11.18.09 @ 7:28PM

Which half would that be, eh?
Does he really want to be black?
or does he really want to be white?
How many black people are there in the White House?

Anthony| 11.18.09 @ 9:42AM

As they say in the hood; True that, Shamus. Clinton was/is a narcissistic, shameless, sociopathic piece of white trash with a Yale Law degree.
Obama was/is every liberals darling image of what black people were supposed to be. Obama, as he tells us in his book, was the slick, smooth talking, hip black guy, who could play liberals for the fools that they are, as he sauntered his way through life, thanks to the Easy-Pass given to him by these same fawning liberals.
Liberal elites, once they capture the hearts of their fellow leftists, are free to do whatever the hell they please; afterall, it's a one man game and they make the rules. To their loyal supporters, there are no faux pas; when it comes to Clinton and Obama, it simply is. These emperors have no clothes, but their sheep don't care.

Abdul Kareema Wheat| 11.18.09 @ 7:12PM

Yes you nailed it!! bamb0 always reminds me of Will Smith in "Six Degrees of Separation"! How he fooled all the upper east side smarmy, smug, snotty, chablis and brie crowd was hilarious! And bamb0 has accomplished the same thing with the liberal fools that want to believe that their "hard work" to uplift the black race has paid off. Like Joe Biden said...( as the old whitebred fool that he is..."he's clean and articulate"!! And doesn't speak like you'd usually expect from a street hustling black kid! ) The Magic negro...is indeed magic....he must have used that movie as a study guide on how to sucker gullible, caring white folk!

SoCon| 11.18.09 @ 7:28PM

LibReader, get out of here. Moron.

Abdul Kareema Wheat| 11.18.09 @ 7:38PM

Choke on your brie sucker!

SoCon| 11.18.09 @ 8:06PM

Ugly little person.

Pete| 11.18.09 @ 10:32AM

Trash though he was, and corrupt to the very core, Clinton did not fundamentally hate his country like Osama does.

albert constantine, Jr.| 11.18.09 @ 12:52PM

I don't think Clinton fundamentally hated America, but that's primarily because he was trying to have sex with the entire female half of it.

Anthony| 11.18.09 @ 4:59PM

Game, set and match to Mr. constantine. Wickedly well said!!

dr jim garrow| 11.18.09 @ 8:12AM

What a sad turn of events for the great people of the United States. You are all diminshed by the ignorance of this President. He does not know how to act on the world stage and the tragedy is that the American people will pay for it. It is an inevitability that is not deserved but will be hugely expensive in lives lost, respect denied and ultimately in the crumbling of American influence for good in the world.

Martin McPhillips| 11.18.09 @ 8:14AM

Back during the campaign one of my tags for Obama was "the buffoon mentalist." It appears, thankfully, that at least the "mentalist" part in now in failure mode.

The bad news is that he remains President of the United States.

As for his judgment, he devoted himself to a demented, racist "black theology" church for twenty years, the black equivalent of a Klan-based Christian Identity church. His excuse: "I just attended the rallies because my wise uncle ran them; I never burned any of the crosses."

gmac| 11.18.09 @ 8:15AM

Obama has insulted four allies in ten months. Poland invited the United States to a ceremony celebrating the 60th anniversary of the start of World War Two. Putin attended. Berlusconi attended. Angela Merkel attended!!!! France and Britain sent their foreign ministers. But the United States did not send any senior official. Score four insults for Obama, the man who promised to restore American prestige with our allies.

b4itsover| 11.18.09 @ 6:02PM

Wasn't this at the same time he promised Russia that he would not place a missle defense system in Poland? And what exactly did that promise get him from Russia in return? I believe after that Putin was caught texting... ROFLMAO

Stephen| 11.18.09 @ 6:47PM

At least part of the deal had to do with GE going over there a week later to talk business. Geoffry Immelt (sp?) seems to be one of those whose special interest dominate policy in this White House. See also George Soros and the head of the SEIU for more special interests.

Richard Baker| 11.18.09 @ 8:24AM

Can't blame this on his advisors. He's the leader and can't fob off the responsibility. That's a lesson I learned in the Army.

Jim O'Brien| 11.18.09 @ 8:25AM

Arrogance for liberals is par for the course, particularly when they are confronted with facts. They are ignorant of history and economics. When confronted with facts, they change the subject or spew out empty slogans.

But some liberals are not really ignorant; they actually intend to destroy this Republic, capitalism, and freedom.

igiveup| 11.18.09 @ 6:44PM

Damn right they do. They fundamentally hate Biblical teachings and morals, and everything else culturally that springs from that. They hate our very foundations-- they are Leninists... just ask Anita Dunn, Soetoro's departing media chick.

Comment| 11.18.09 @ 8:35AM

Lacking critical thinking skills (not having good judgment) is a symptom of mental disability.
He's almost 50 years old: a petulant, arrogant, condescending, manipulating punk. If it's not about him, he screws it up.
The ugly face of Narcissism.

SJC48| 11.18.09 @ 2:27PM

No matter how brilliant you or others may think you are, it will never make up for lack of experience - OJT should not be for a President - what a disaster - how many days until 2012?

Axe| 11.18.09 @ 4:31PM

Your taxes in order buddy?

Ammo Guy| 11.18.09 @ 8:44AM

Ah yes, but please remember that “Bob” voted for this guy because “Palin was an idiot” and, in the end, that is all that matters to an intellectual.

Steve| 11.18.09 @ 9:20AM

Bob may have been an arrogant, blindered, naive RINO, but I do believe he had a functioning mind -- just a mind restricted by parochial preconceptions. I wonder if he regrets his vote NOW.

SoCon| 11.18.09 @ 3:27PM

Don't see 'Blobbo' around here very much these days; even HuffPo Bob the 'RINO' is embarrassed by O 'BOW'MA the rube. Hahaha!

Too bad someone wasn't standing behind O'BOW'MA when he made his horrendous gaffe; could have kicked the suave and debonair one right in the azz!

Buffalo| 11.19.09 @ 3:13PM

The only Republicans who aren't stupid, clumsy, illitterate, mispoken idiots are those that are no threat to liberals/Democrats.

Bilwick| 11.18.09 @ 8:44AM

When I read Goldberg's LIBERAL FASCISM between the election and the inauguration, I was struck by the similarities between Obama's rhetoric and Mussolin's that I started calling Obama "Il Dufe." I never knew how apt that title was.

hunter| 11.18.09 @ 8:48AM

Many years ago my dear Grandmother told me a story (several times) about a young boy that went to a party. There were several there and as he moved about through the guests, there was laughter, everyone was smiling, almost seemingly at him. How nice thought the young boy, and he smiled back, and after a few minutes the laughter became louder and he was laughing too, although he didn't know why. That is untill one of his family members told him the whole rear end seat of his pants had ripped out. The second I read the above article I remembered this story.

SoCon| 11.18.09 @ 3:29PM

Hunter, that boy was just following protocol, didn't you know?

Jamie| 11.19.09 @ 7:11AM

I had a teacher who told me, "The essence of savoir-faire is seeing that you have a run in your stocking, but acting as if it's not there at all." I've grown to agree entirely; you can ignore and overcome just about any inadvertant embarrassment if you act resolutely. But awareness is key: if you don't know you're making a fool of yourself, all your supposed savoir-faire gets lost in the fun cognitive dissonance.

Captain TrouserCrease| 11.18.09 @ 9:08AM

I have to admit, he does come off as boneheaded; but he dresses elegantly, doesn't he? The first time I laid eyes on those finally creased trousers, I knew I was looking at a suave statesman, a future President. And when he does that pose for the cameras with his nose in the air, like Mussolini? Magic. Isn't it great to finally have a sophisticate in the White House?

Appleby| 11.18.09 @ 9:18AM

I see the same expression every day on the subway on the faces of beings with their hats on sideways, their pants drooping to their knees, sitting in the handicapped/elderly priority seating with their legs spread wide. It is a look that says "Yo Mama!" to the world.

les grossman| 11.18.09 @ 9:11AM

The Russian newspaper has it right. This guy has terrible judgment. And the claims that he is intellegent are highly suspect, at this point.

Buffalo| 11.19.09 @ 3:16PM

Why else do you suppose absolutely no info from his High School/Colleges has been released?

Teflon93| 11.18.09 @ 9:27AM

Isn't it pathetic when libs channel their inner Porgy and Bess to provide the blog commentary equivalent of a minstrel show in blackface?

Sorry, "Appleby", we're not buying it. Take your phony bigot puppetshow elsewhere so the folks sitting at the adult table may continue commenting on the news of the day.

Obama's arrogance is so well-documented at this point that the "my staff screwed me" argument simply doesn't hold up. The man is invincibly ignorant to the considered opinion of others.

JBobs| 11.18.09 @ 9:31AM

Hey people, don't blame this behavior on the O or his advisors. Remember that the O and his crowd don't believe in the normal American stuff that we believe in: manners, morals, tradition and American exceptionalism. Old system protocols don't apply in this new hopey changey world. Chill or whatever.

victor| 11.18.09 @ 7:42PM

We have people here that don't believe in American exceptionalism.
They too have large, oversized egos and narcisstic personalities.

davelnaf| 11.18.09 @ 9:31AM

By now most people have caught on to the resoundingly obvious fact that Obama has a deep seated resentment of white people, perhaps amounting even to hatred. You can put it more delicately than this, but why bother? Too much more of Obama’s anti-Western, anti-White displays—and there have been many—and the dems’ already weak prospects for next year will be downright bleak. Of course, the usual sources of spin will come out of the woodwork to argue that these gaffs are all very trivial stuff and have no relevance to the ‘real’ Obama. But Obama got to the presidency by carefully crafting an attractive, electable image, which he had the discipline to maintain month after month during the campaign. Are the Obamanoids going to make the argument that he had consistency and discipline then but has none now? He indeed had consistency then and has it still. He is both a showman and a racist. The showman he no longer needs, but he doesn’t have the sense to drop it; while the racist in him is ascendant, but he doesn’t have the sense to hide it.

R Martin| 11.18.09 @ 10:45AM

Also spot-on. As evidence one need look no further than his outrageous comment about a "typical white person".

igiveup| 11.18.09 @ 6:50PM

When I see that sorry Robert Gibbs mouthpiece, I wonder just how much Vaseline he buys a month. How can this white lackey handle looking in the mirror every night, knowing he's a liar's b!tch? It is disgusting for anyone, but especially when your boss really hates you down deep.

Becky| 11.18.09 @ 9:32AM

I read somewhere that who you will be in five years depends on three things: the books you read, the people you meet, and the choices you make.

It seems our leader reads crap if anything, hangs with radicals, and as the Russians noted isn't good at making choices.

Where will he and us be in five years? We've already experienced so much in not quite one.

henry| 11.19.09 @ 10:59AM

becky, what a great comment and connection to the quote that you read.......makes me gear up to work for getting rid of these terrible leaders currently in power in washington.

Beckwith| 11.18.09 @ 9:33AM

Senior aides to Barack Obama accompanied four Uighur prisoners as they were flown from Guantanamo Bay to the British colony of Bermuda, without the United Kingdom (UK) being informed, it was revealed In early June, 2009, angering the UK.

In an escalating diplomatic row over the transfer of the former terrorist suspects, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discussed the transfer with British Foreign Secretary David Miliband in what was said to be an uneasy conversation. Privately Whitehall officials accused America of treating Britain, with whom it is supposed to have a "special relationship," with barely disguised contempt.

Remember, in February, in one of his first exchanges with the UK, Obama sent a bust of Winston Churchill back to Britain. Then, in March, Prime Minister Gordon Brown faced humiliation after he was snubbed by Obama. During Brown's visit, the Prime Minister brought several meaningful and valued items to give to Obama. What he got in return was 25 CD's of classic movies, that were incompatible with the UK format. Then, in April, Obama gifted Queen Elizabeth II with an iPod, a gift that was criticized by etiquette experts.

In June, Queen Elizabeth -- the only living head of state that participated in WW II -- was snubbed and not invited to the D-Day ceremonies, described as a "Franco-American" event.

In September, it emerged that Barack Obama had turned down no fewer than five requests from Downing Street to hold a bilateral meeting between Obama and Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, at the United Nations in New York or at the G20 summit starting in Pittsburgh on September, 24th.

Obama has not missed a single opportunity to insult the Brits, one of our greatest allies.

Accidents? I hardly think so. The US State Department, Office of the Chief of Protocol, under the direction of Acting Chief of Protocol Laura B. Wills, is responsible for avoiding these gaffes. Career bureaucrats, working out of the White House are in place to ensure insults such as these, don't occur. So, they must be purposeful -- but why?

It's my opinion that Obama's divided loyalties are at the bottom of his treatment of the UK and he harbors a deep and abiding hostility towards the Brits because of the treatment he believes his grandfather and father received during British colonial rule.

During Obama's first visit to Kenya in 1988, his grandmother Sarah told him about the resentment against white colonial rule in Kenya, with rallies and mounting violence that would explode into full-scale rebellion in 1952. "Most of this activity centered on Kikuyuland," she told him. "But the Luo, too, were oppressed. Men in our area began to join the Kikuyu"

"Granny Sarah" told Obama that Hussein Onyango Obama, Obama's paternal grandfather, became involved in the Kenyan independence movement while working as a cook for a British army officer after World War II. He was arrested in 1949 and jailed for two years in a high-security prison where, according to his family, he was subjected to horrific violence to extract information about the growing insurgency. Sarah, said that her husband had supplied information to the insurgents. "His job as cook to a British army officer made him a useful informer for the secret oathing movement which would later form the Mau Mau rebellion," she said. "At the time the insurgents were secretly taking oaths which included promises to kill white settlers and colonialists," Mrs. Onyango said.

"To arrest a Luo, WW II veteran, who was a senior figure in the community, is pretty serious. They must have had some damn good evidence," said Professor David Anderson, director of the African Studies Centre at the University of Oxford, and an authority on the Mau Mau rebellion.

Obama refers briefly to his grandfather's imprisonment in his best-selling memoir, "Dreams...," but states that his grandfather was held only for "more than six months." Obama described his grandfather's physical state: "When he returned to Alego he was very thin and dirty. He had difficulty walking, and his head was full of lice." For some time, he was too traumatized to speak about his experiences.

Barack Obama Sr., Onyango's son and Obama's father, seems to have inherited his father's attitudes towards the colonial power. He was also arrested, for attending a meeting in Nairobi of the Kenya African National Union (KANU), the organization spearheading the independence movement. Sarah told Obama that his father, unlike her husband, had been held only for a short time in the white man's prison: "Because he was not a leader in KANU, Barack [Sr.] was released after a few days."

Onyango may have been a victim of the fight for Kenyan independence, but his son became a direct beneficiary of that movement. In 1959, Barack Obama Sr. was sent, on a scholarship, to the University of Hawaii. Obama Sr. was selected by a former Kenyan cabinet minister, the late Tom Mboya, who was earmarked as the successor to Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's first prime minister and leader of the terrorist Mau Mau.

It is clear that the Obama's were close to the leadership of the independence movement. It is also clear that Obama's "divided loyalty" -- his anger at the white British colonists' treatment of his grandfather and father -- is behind all of these insults to America's greatest ally.

"Divided loyalties" was an issue during the Constitutional Convention because of the Founders fear of foreign influence and the possibility of incidents, such as the ones mentioned above.

In fact, Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts wanted to take the issue so far as to stop foreigners from becoming citizens at all, claiming that the naturalized citizens would always have divided loyalties both to their home land and to America. John Jay, Superintendent of Foreign Affairs (the predecessor of today's office of Secretary of State), claimed that it would be "wise and seasonable to provide a strong check to the admission of Foreigners into the administration of our national Government; and to declare expressly that the Command in chief of the American army shall not be given to, nor devolve on, any but a natural born Citizen."

Pierce Butler, an Irish-born delegate from South Carolina, developed an intense plan that would defeat all objections arising against earlier proposals for electing the president. However, given the doubts concerning divided loyalties that Elbridge Gerry, John Jay, and others expressed, Butler's proposal also included what became Article II, Section I of the Constitution.

It is evident that the Founders had a clear reason to fear conspiracy and divided loyalties, and it is evident that Obama, a native-born Kenyan, has allowed his divided loyalties influence his judgment and behavior in regards to the UK.

This is personal and purposeful.

And don't even get me started on Obama's divided loyalties and Islam.

http://www.theobamafile.com/_e.....alties.htm

Walter| 11.18.09 @ 10:25AM

Beckwith,

Thank you for that well researched and well thought-out exposition of more of the history of BHO.

Bydand76| 11.18.09 @ 12:06PM

NO! Please get started.

That was a great post!

SJC48| 11.18.09 @ 2:33PM

Obummer hates whites - Britain is a white country - Obummer hates Britain

Smitty| 11.18.09 @ 4:12PM

The British overwhelmingly supported Obama before the election: Tell me how LITTLE I care that Obama has insulted them. Screw them all.

Shawn33928| 11.18.09 @ 7:50PM

wow! that was the most important and relevant information that i've yet read on the internet about the reasoning behind Obama's (I believe) purposeful snub of our greatest ally; the British.

I have been very concerned with this anti-UK attitude and the history of the Obama family makes the current president's action much more understandable.

The Internet and open discussion is so important for the future of our Republic. Please tell friends about this site and others that conduct honest, deep, and thoughtful conversation on important topics for America. We need to turn around the path that the country is currently on. Sites like Spectator.org and this commentator "beckwith" need our support and encouragement.

God Bless America .. the free .. the brave

justasimplepatriot| 11.18.09 @ 9:45AM

Ignorance, Arrogance, Insularity and Indecision. Elections have consequences.

ncatty| 11.18.09 @ 9:47AM

Mr. Cline, why did the Japanese view the bow as inappropriate? I would have thought they loved it.

Ned | 11.18.09 @ 10:44AM

The Japanese have a VERY highly refined sense of what is appropriate at any given moment... King Zero's bow was excessive and obsequious to the point of being unseemly, even to Westerners but especially to their Emperor.

The depth and the timing of the bow are ordained by social status - BO's boot-licking clearly stated that "You are greatly superior to me... forgive my existence." - which is hugely inappropriate for the "Leader of The Free World"

Sir| 11.18.09 @ 11:40AM

I heard it put this way:

The USA is supposed to be Japan's greatest, strongest, most reliable ally. If we grovel to the 'Emperor', then how great and powerful do we look for... say... Kim Jong Il... or Hu Jintao... or Putin... or Ahmedinejad...?

Perception, as they say...

JMulcahy| 11.18.09 @ 10:46PM

Firthermore, in Japanese culture you bow or you shake hands. Y0u don't do both at the same time which is exactly what our Commander-in-Chief did to the Emperor of Japan.

L. Ross| 11.18.09 @ 11:34AM

BHO also had the clever originality to combine a bow with a handshake. Just like he did with the Saudi prince or sultan. Kind of like wearing a belt and suspenders. It is just not done, and it makes you looks like a dweeb.

my prayer| 11.18.09 @ 7:47PM

don't trust men that wear a belt and suspenders

SoCon| 11.18.09 @ 3:35PM

Obama also shook the Emperor's hand while he bowed--another faux pas; the two are supposed to be done separately. What a clown, it's embarrassing.

Gaalen| 11.18.09 @ 9:51AM

OK that may explain foreign policy goofs, but what about domestic gaffes like 57 states and stimulus money to non-existant congressional districts?

GUI| 11.18.09 @ 10:06AM

Whenever I see Obama overseas or listen to him speak I feel like he's giving us the finger. The middle finger.

Tim| 11.18.09 @ 10:11AM

At least he didn't follow up the ridiculous bowing by pulling the corners of his eyes back and telling the Emperor: "Me so solly".

Charlene| 11.18.09 @ 10:06PM

OMG! I can't believe you said this--you're freakin' crazy! Evil, really, and funny!

Hot Fun Sun| 11.22.09 @ 6:02PM

S'Okay. Long as flied lice included.

Rmm| 11.18.09 @ 10:13AM

Back in the day,as kids we would go the community pool on those hot summer days. They actually had diving boards then. There would be those show-boats who thought they would impress everyone by drawing attention to themselves, then end up doing a wonderful belly flop.
I can't think of a better metaphor that describes the goings on of Mr. Know-it-all, in his race to the bottom. I'm totally burned out with this clown.
But there has to be more to O than these latest faux pas, because he has a pattern that appears to be very deliberate.
There is and end game, we just don't know yet what that is.
I fear it ain't going to be pretty.

Ken (Old Texican)| 11.18.09 @ 10:20AM

This guy is a black Homer Simpson.
...with one difference.
He is going to get a LOT of Americans killed.

Along the way, he is going to get a lot of Americans hungry and broke.
The mask has been removed, folks, and so have the gloves.
Any survivors among us MUST put an end to this in 2010. The next several congresses are going to be very busy unwinding the mess.
Mr. Obama has broken his oath of office.
The soon to be government managed media has been his accomplice.

Accept it and go to work.

henry| 11.19.09 @ 11:08AM

the black homer simpson analogy is toooo funny!!
maybe they'll do an episode so others can get it too!

JUAN MOTI| 11.18.09 @ 10:21AM

LOL at Obama bin Lyin the empty suit, affermative action, vapid clown. Drink it up Lib Tard sheep. LOL

Mike in Houston| 11.18.09 @ 10:25AM

Author forgot the mistranslated 'Reset' button that HiLIARy gave to the Russians. A cheap gaffe they continue to refer to as if it was brilliant.

Pete| 11.18.09 @ 10:38AM

Can't wait for them to announce some grand "disarmament treaty" and hail it as the greatest thing since sliced bread. Only problem is, Ostupid, the Russians have never honored a single treaty in their entire history. So you will be kneecapping the US military while everyone laughs at you...that is, if the Russians even feel like going so far as to give him the PR victory. Why would they? They already got him to pull the missle shield and gave absolutely nothing in return.

stmichrick| 11.18.09 @ 10:28AM

To my observations, the foreigners that were offended by Bush were primarily a couple heads of state that had gotten stipends from Saddam Hussein and European leftists who hated America anyway.

Jamie| 11.19.09 @ 7:22AM

Similar to my observations, stmichrick, except that I saw primarily the "chattering classes" getting offended by Bush, in the classic (famous among Irish-Americans!) "Who does he think he is?" vein. The answer to this question was, of course, "President of the United States, de facto leader of the free world" - something Bush never forgot. He represented the United States with firmness and awareness of its singular place in the world.

Bush, to my recollection, never set a foot wrong in protocol, and in dealing with his own countrymen and -women, he by all accounts was personable, courteous, and sensitive, with a pretty darn exquisite sense of when he needed to be where, so to speak (Ft. Hood, for instance).

Gill O’Teen ✝✡| 11.18.09 @ 10:28AM

I found this story in an unknown newspaper based in the 666th Congressional District of the State of New York City, which is one of the 57 states the procrastinator-in-charge carried in last year’s election. Here gum’mint monetary policies have saved or created 95,362,291 jobs at a trifling cost of $95,362,291,000,000,000.27 surely ending the recession beyond all evidence to the contrary:

“Bury Sore-toe-oh was thrilled. All his life he had dreamed of becoming Emperor of the Universe just like that dude in the Star Wars movies. Now, at long last, he was to get his chance to impress a real life, genuine article of the emperor type. Just as he entered the royal presence, The Emperor spoke unto him, “Mr. obummer mmm mmm mmm, your fly is open!” In his haste to correct the matter, Bury suffered a whiplash injury to his back. Just at that moment a malevolent monkey wearing a “THE EVIL BUSH’ made-in-China tee shirt leapt from behind a curtain and snapped the now famous photo of the moment. Confidently jutting forth his noble chin, Bury swatted the simian scamp like it was a mere fly and read, “No, it isn’t.” The Emperor, with a twinkle in his eye, chortled, “Made you look!” Mrs. Emperor, who had witnessed the whole thing, whispered in her husband’s ear, “He is such a beavisbud.””

Gill O’Teen ✝✡
gill.Oteen07041776@gmail.com
Proudly pro innocent life and I vote.
Don’t Tread on Me!!

Robbins Mitchell| 11.18.09 @ 10:32AM

Well ,if the boy is campaigning to be the poster child for negro inferiority,he has my votet.

Smitty| 11.18.09 @ 4:14PM

Go back to HuffPo, stupid liberal. The only bigots here are liberal trolls like you.

Ned| 11.18.09 @ 10:49AM

... don't get so distracted by the minstrel show that you miss the shills in the crowd, picking your pocket...

1FreeMan| 11.18.09 @ 10:53AM

Why would anyone take the time to write an article on how inept and stupid Obama is? It's like writing a dissertation on why the sky is blue. Duh, we know it already!

Marc Malone| 11.19.09 @ 5:55AM

Uh, no. Apparently, 49% of the folks still don't know it. However, the decision to try the 9/11 scum in NYC has convinced a whole bunch more. He not only offends other countries, he offends this one, too. There are protocols. He ignores our own, as well.

Margie| 11.18.09 @ 11:44AM

The American Troop Hater-in-Chief announced today that he will come to a decision on boosting troops..... over the next several weeks.
This isn't buffoonery, it is sheer hatred. I see this as a gargantuan slap in the face to our beloved Military men and women.
I heard it on Glen Beck's show as he was talking with Ann Coulter. They laughed. I cried.
Am I the only one who sees it as a slap in the face to our troops?
I believe it was a deliberate wallop in their faces,
and it is no laughing matter!

Anthony| 11.18.09 @ 2:53PM

No, you're not the only one Marge, however have you noticed that one of Obama's biggest supporters, the great general and war hero, Colin Powell, has been strangely silent of late?
Hey General, it's about time you came out of your Obama bunker and took a stand for your former troops, that you claimed to have loved so much. Maybe your devotion to Obama and the media adulation you get is of far more concern. What say you General, as your fellow soldiers beg for help??

Margie| 11.18.09 @ 3:27PM

Actually, I had almost forgotten that he exists. Since I would prefer that anyway, I think I will just continue to relegate him to the dustbins of my memory. Not only do I not appreciate his smearing of Rush Limbaugh, but as you note, he is strangely silent of late. This is why Liberalism is a mental disorder. They are willing to sacrifice the innocent at the alter of their worship for one another.

gunter| 11.18.09 @ 7:51PM

Anthony...

Great observation about Gen. Powell, I bet he's stewing in his juices. Here was a guy who could have done a great deal to repair animus and help out with relations between whites/blacks. But nooo, he backed the Zero strictly because he was a fellow black, not because of his abilities, experience, and all the rest that goes with that "pin the tail on the donkey" choice. Bet he talks to himself now. Too bad Colin, you're now referred to as, Colon.

Grzmlyk| 11.18.09 @ 11:57AM

Actually, 1Freeman, many people do not know why the sky is blue (Rayleigh scattering); all too many erroneously believe it's a reflection of the natural blue of the ocean, when in fact the converse of that is true.

Similarly, the majority of my acquaintances, coworkers and erstwhile friends STILL think Obama is wonderful and that it's those dumb right-wingers shouting that the emperor is naked who are benighted.

Besides, every day for the eight years Bush was president, we had to hear from all sides what a moron he was. And now the drumbeat has been transferred to Sarah Palin.

I'm NOT saying bitching about Obama is sufficient in and of itself. But you never know when a lib is going to turn away from his moral vanity and see reality (although I grant you, that is a rare occasion indeed), and we want to provide them with regular updates on what it's like outside the ego echo chamber. Just in case.

Therefore, Obama's inadequacy must be shouted from the rooftops at every opportunity.

Fortunately, he creates a lot of opportunities.

Ken (Old Texican)| 11.18.09 @ 12:08PM

No lady, you are correct!
They were laughing to keep their heads from exploding....just like me.
We are witnessing disgrace after disgrace almost every dayfrom this admin. and congress.
Keep your powder dry of tears.
God bless

Margie| 11.18.09 @ 12:18PM

Thanks, pardner. :^)

KyMouse| 11.18.09 @ 12:12PM

Pairing this article with one I just read at prudentbear.com is almost too much to bear. Don't miss it -- "Waiting for the Train-Wreck," by Martin Hutchinson, at that site (listed under "Commentary").

Good grief. If Hutchinson is right about what awaits us next year, Obama will lead us straight in the financial abyss. God help us, or grief is all we'll be left with.

SoCon| 11.18.09 @ 3:39PM

Just watch one Glenn Beck show--that will really make your head explode. 2010 is gonna be scary, indeed--fasten your seatbelts, folks.

Benson| 11.18.09 @ 12:19PM

Bush's Swagger, what swagger? In fact he was humble as a person but confident in and willing to protect America, as the president. All the BS about being a cowboy was just the usual vitirol from the leftist press here and abroad. The fact that people still believe it shows what a good job the media does in brainwashing. My disagreements with Bush were fiscal but I'd sure like him back at the helm as far as American foreign policy and protecting our interests are concerned. I'll take cowboy any day rather than the milk sop, American hating, ideologue we have now.

Margie| 11.18.09 @ 12:27PM

I couldn't agree with you more.
And I am praying that either Sarah Palin or another good conservative will run for President on the Republican ticket, so that the independent voters will vote for him/her. We are in such serious trouble and we just can't afford to not vote.
Besides, Cowboys are awesome.

Lullaby's, Legends and Lies| 11.18.09 @ 3:00PM

Margie: The American Cowboy/Cowgirl isn't dead; they've just been too damn busy with all the cows these past few years, to realize that our small town has become lawless cesspool. But we’re done with all that cow work for now, and we’re focusing on the new problems we have in our former peace loving one horse Town. And you know who the trouble makers are Margie, now don’t ya? Yep that’s right, that damn Liberal Hippie Pelosi-Reid Gang!! And you and I together are going to single handedly clean up this God fearing Town once again. Just the two of us Margie, we are going to dismantle the Democratic Party in America, one piece at a time, one voter at a time, one person at a time. They don’t think we can do it, but I know that you know that we can. You see, we are the heart and soul of America Margie, you and I. That’s what they don’t understand about this movement that’s been going on this last year. We’re not fakers, we are the hear and soul of America, we really believe in this cause. We want to save the America that we’ve come to know and love, from the internal destruction they’re trying to infect us with. So maybe we’ve been sitting on the sidelines for too long, worried about them there cows of ours, but we’re in the game now. And I’m in it to win it, and I damn well know that you are too!! So they’ve got till high noon to get out of town tomorrow, but alas, I know they’re not smart enough to heed my warning to leave. So be it, we’ll just do it the old fashioned way, the American Cowboy way, and just kick their collective asses together!! I’ll see you on Main Street at noon Margie!!

By the way Margie, I’m out of Iraq now, and I’m safely in Kuwait waiting to go home. And I’m only about 48 hours from landing back in the Greatest Country in the World. God Bless America!! And I can’t wait to get there too, because that’s where the real War “really” is!! But I’d like to thank you for all the prayers you sent my way while I was over here, they were all well appreciated. So God Bless you and your family too Margie, and I hope you have a Safe amd Happy Thanksgiving and a blessed Merry Christmas too. And I’ll see you on Main Street, at the next Tea Party on the East Coast, okay?

Margie| 11.18.09 @ 3:40PM

OK LL&L~~ You've got yourself a deal! I can't wait, and wouldn't it be grand if we did meet. God bless you, and I'm so glad you're on your way home. You're a super encouragement to all of us and I wish I could give you a huge hug.
We ain't never givin' up!
See ya on Main St., U.S.A.!
God bless America and all of our Troops everywhere.

Luther| 11.18.09 @ 6:52PM

LL&L......Nossir. We're not dead by a long shot. And the horses and cows ain't been takin' up too much of our time, neither. We been screechin' an' hollerin' and stompin' our feet, and blowin' our pickup horns tryin' t' get SOMEBODY to lissen to us for the last TEN FRICKIN' YEARS.

In a nutshell, y'all......y' cain't spend more than ya make or ya won't have nuthin' left when it's time t' go t' town.

THAT was the whole problem ten years ago, an' that's the problem now.

These folks we foolishly elected are either gonna fix it right now, or, by God, they'll surely wish they had.

Don't irritate the agrarians. We live by a different code than most folks. An' most folks don' like t' see us on a tear, but they's surely fixin' to see just that.

Thanks for yer he'p, soldier. 'Preciate it. In case you hain't noticed it, yer fightin's not done yet.

Neither is mine.

Luther T, American Cowman

my prayer| 11.18.09 @ 7:52PM

do women secretly wish their man was a real
Cowboy ?

Joy| 11.18.09 @ 8:10PM

Just a REAL man would be nice, doesn't have to be a cowboy. Nothing secret about it.

Bydand76| 11.18.09 @ 1:01PM

I am sure the Amoeba Obama parasite doesnt really care.

He will just go golfing again when he gets back from his Asia trip and tell everyone that its all GW Bush's fault anyways.

Obama cant even make up his mind on Afghanistan because he doesn't want to look bad to the George Soros crowd. It really isn't all that hard of a decision when you think about it really.

Meanwhile, all of us racists will continue on in our daily lives trying to feed our families and take care of our loved ones.

A black man hits a white woman in a bar over "white priviledge" and there is silence. The media has ignored it. Wouldnt this qualify as a hate crime?

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/l.....uG6uUySGTN

A white cop doing his job offends a black man who happens to be a professor and we have a national media blitz and a debate on race relations.

Obammy is 50% black and 50% white yet he is ALWAYS called the first BLACK president. The emphasis being on the black aspect.

Obama has insulted pretty much every single ally that we have including Israel, Britain, Germany and still the Left caters to this mans ambition. (Their hypocrisy knows no bounds in this matter)

Obama has pretty much eviscerated the foriegn policy established by his predeccesor and has now hamstrung our Armed Forces in a PC nightmare and a refusal to fight within the laws of war has put our soldiers lives in even greater jeopardy. The ROE in Afghanistan and Iraq are travesties that make Vietnam look like a Blackwater playground.

Obama continues to adhere to a Keynesian economic policy that is clearly not working and still he receives a pass from the MSM.

The Obama allied media in this country continues to ignore the popular sentiment of rising anger towards its established Goverment and continues to openly advocate for its agenda.

and now, one of my favorite quotes which I think sums it up quite nicely.

"I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts."
John Locke

Pro Libertate!

steponbugs| 11.18.09 @ 1:09PM

Does it occur only to me that all the follies are an unplanned yet effective sideshow, but the real action here is that the Adolescent in Chief has adopted the Reagan strategy for the demise of the Soviet Union, and has applied it to the US of A? If the enemy (us, capitalism) is driven to outspend its capacity to produce (or if the ability to produce is compromised through tax policy, or bailouts of corporations that should have been allowed to expire), the end result will be predictable - social chaos, massive unemployment, and total dependence on government for at least 51% of the population. Presto!

Permanent power for the apparatchiks is now ensconced in the dimly lit halls where the real power lies, especially with the administration's newfound zeal to remove the "opposition" from civil service positions, another first in the annals of twisted governance here in the US.

We're screwed, folks. Or at least in line...

DTC OF AZ| 11.18.09 @ 1:13PM

When it is a buffoon, it will always be a buffoon, no matter how fancy a suit it puts in.

Gill O’Teen ✝✡| 11.18.09 @ 1:20PM

1FreeMan, I can speak for no one but myself. I make fun of beavisbud’s inept stupidness because as Margie points out, if I don’t, I’ll cry. His inaction in Afghanistan is nothing less than treason. Treason is an impeachable offense and every member of Congress not calling for not just his impeachment but a conviction is also a traitor. How sad for our brave MEN and WOMEN who really do have skin in the game that the biggest threat to their lives and security is the deserter-in-chief, though considering that the Korean War has never ended, the Vietnam outcome and the insipid leadership of Carter and Clinton, I’m not surprised. Didn’t whiplash chime in that Afghan was the good war that we must win or something like that. He needs to modify this plan adopted by Ronald Reagan, “Here's my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose.” This will also work in the Muddled East. Instead of victory in Afghanistan we are bread and circused by the Gitmo traveling road show coming soon to a court near you. Maybe he’s planning to pay off the massive debt, in excess of $100,000,000,000,000 - yep that’s a 1 followed by 14 zeros - by selling tickets. Finally, KyMouse, everything you have read or heard about the dire straits of the economy is absolutely true. Yes, the stock market is still trading at its highest level this year, but all of that is mostly the result of gum’mint intervention. The Dollar Index and the price of gold are more reliable indicators of the sinking ship in our future. As those increase, international confidence in the U.S. economy decreases. As soon as China quits enabling American profligate spending, the house of cards will collapse. All who are invested in only American dollars will be hurt the most, but those of us who live here will all suffer. This will be, as steponbugs suggests above, the Alinskyite crisis the doofus-in-office seeks. My chains chafe. How about yours?

And, Bydand76, Mr. Locke was no doubt familiar with the Matthew 7:15-20. Here is the King James Version:
“15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
“16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
“17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
“18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
“19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
“20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.”

Prophetic.

Gill O’Teen ✝✡
gill.Oteen07041776@gmail.com
Proudly pro innocent life and I vote.
Don’t Tread on Me!!

loulou| 11.18.09 @ 1:29PM

Warning: Be very, very careful about using the word "buffoon". There are some who might mistakenly think the word "baboon" was used--then there would be hell to pay.

A hapless man used the word "niggardly" once and he got into big trouble.

Belle| 11.18.09 @ 2:45PM

He's a piker.
President Piker.
Aren't we lucky?

Ammo Guy| 11.18.09 @ 3:20PM

Ah yes, as a resident of Northern Virginia, how well I remember the incident of January 15, 1999, when David Howard, a white aide to Anthony A. Williams, the black mayor of Washington, D.C., used the word in reference to a budget. This apparently upset one of his black colleagues (identified by Howard as Marshall Brown), who interpreted it as a racial slur and lodged a complaint. As a result, on January 25 Howard tendered his resignation, and Williams accepted it. However, after pressure from the gay community (of which Howard was a member) an internal review into the matter was brought about, and the mayor offered Howard the chance to return to his position as Office of the Public Advocate on February 4. Howard refused but accepted another position with the mayor instead, insisting that he did not feel victimized by the incident. On the contrary, Howard felt that he had learned from the situation. "I used to think it would be great if we could all be colorblind. That's naive, especially for a white person, because a white person can't afford to be colorblind. They don't have to think about race every day. An African American does." Geez, what a bunch of blather from a bunch of aggrieved moochers.

So Con| 11.18.09 @ 3:43PM

loulou, stand up for your right of Free Speech--I'm not going to let the Liberal Nazi Thought Police shut me up. I won't be backed into a corner any more; the gloves are off!

L. Banks| 11.18.09 @ 1:33PM

I have really enjoyed reading the comments on Obama or is that Obimbo. The truth and fact of the matter is this may be the worst President in the history of our country for many reasons not just including his treatment of foreign countries and dignitaries, but also his intent upon the destruction of capitalism, the American dollar, the economy, the military, the United States and her people. It is clear this man was never raised to respect the dignity and worth of each person . He was raised to respect only want he believed and wanted or someone programmed him to want. His birth and background and his mentors and friends clearly point to a man who is bent on rectifying perceived wrongs without evaluating the consequences or the emotional and logical basis for these beliefs. It is also clear that Obama is a puppet for someone else who hates this country and is bent on her destruction. We know that he is scripted on everything he says and does and on his own stammers and cannot make a decision. When attacked he fires back or closes the conversation down like a petulant teenager. The real danger in a man like this is how gullible he is (because of his ego) to being controlled. Sometimes I think this is just a bad dream and I will wake up to find a saner world. Unfortunately, this is not the case. His popularity is down again. Today there is a -14% difference between those who approve and strongly disapprove of the President. I just hope Congress and the Senate will wake up and unite to block more of his bills and attack his ego.

Tom in Michigan| 11.18.09 @ 1:35PM

Full disclosure first. I have both a Bachelors and Masters degrees in Japanese. My studies included conversational and technical Japanese language; Japanese and Asian culture, literature and business practices and economics so, please forgive me if I presume to speak from a position of some formal knowledge. In terms of general protocol, an American does not bow to a foreign head of state - period. To do so confers acceptance of their dominion over their subjects. We are a representative republic which has specifically rejected monarchy as our form of government while still maintaining respect for those nations who have otherwise deferred. Therefore, a more appropriate gesture would have been a slight nod of the head in deference to the Japanese host’s customs accompanied by a slight bending at the waist. Most Japanese would find a dramatic, overly obsequious bow such as that demonstrated by our apparently sadly unsophisticated (or, perhaps merely misguided by his own staff) President to be inappropriate at best or comical at worst.
Moreover, according to many experts in Japanese protocol, the bow is not expected of Westerners as it is directly related to the Japanese concept of showing deference for status and seniority – anathema to Western egalitarian cultures such as ours. Additionally, if he insisted on the bow- the President should have done it correctly. Men should keep their hands at their sides while women usually put their hands together on their thighs with their fingers touching. Finally, bows are not meant to be accompanied by physical contact so, the simultaneous handshake was an exacerbating faux pas. There is much more latitude for ambassadors and other envoys to Japan but, Mr. Obama is not only the Head of Government; he is also the Head of State. Whoever advised him this was proper protocol is just wrong. If this were an isolated incident I would probably write it off to poor staff work but, as it has been construed by many as a continuing pattern of disrespecting our own nation, I am once again disappointed by the President’s actions. I suppose however I should be grateful Michelle didn’t slap the Emperor on the back – that’s apparently reserved for queens.

ncatty| 11.18.09 @ 3:33PM

Thanks for the technical information. That is what I was looking for in my earlier comment.

Rmm| 11.18.09 @ 4:20PM

Nice read.
Does anyone think that Obozo really cares about protocol at this point ?

Gill O’Teen ✝✡| 11.18.09 @ 1:45PM

Tom in Michigan, if you reference my comment posted at 10:28AM, you will note that when he bent over rapidly to check his fly, obummer mmm mmm mmm injured his back. Certainly, the Emperor knew that his hand was grasped in a desperate effort to remain standing and that no disrespect was meant.

Gill O’Teen ✝✡
gill.Oteen07041776@gmail.com
Proudly pro innocent life and I vote.
Don’t Tread on Me!!

Gill O’Teen ✝✡| 11.18.09 @ 1:59PM

Oops, I erred in my 1:20PM comment when I typed, “The Dollar Index and the price of gold are more reliable indicators of the sinking ship in our future. As those increase, international confidence in the U.S. economy decreases.” The truth is that the Dollar Index objectively measures international confidence in OUR currency, so they rise and fall together. So besides mistyping, I am also guilty of a redundancy. Sorry!
Gill O’Teen ✝✡
gill.Oteen07041776@gmail.com
Proudly pro innocent life and I vote.
Don’t Tread on Me!!

Oldefarte| 11.18.09 @ 2:04PM

I respectfully disagree. It's not ARROGANCE, but STUPIDITY [or at best ignorance]. As they say, YOU CAN TAKE THEM OUT OF THEIR ORIGINAL ENVIRONMENT, BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE THEIR ORIGINAL ENVIRONMENT OUT OF THEM!!!!!!!!!

mujalan| 11.18.09 @ 2:16PM

I suspect that some of the countries that were previously rumored to "hate" America are now snickering at us behind Obama's back. I believe that though we may have been hated by some they at least held us in a certain amount of respect. Now sadly the respect seems to be all but gone. Thanks largely to BHO and his buffoons.

SJC48| 11.18.09 @ 2:39PM

Honestly, I don't believe the fraud in the WH wakes up in the morning and asks himself "how can I screw up things even more?" - he just doesn't know any better - he really is clueless.

Peter McGrath| 11.18.09 @ 2:26PM

Is there anyone, in the history of the republic, who is less fit to be President than this clown?

Let's count down his "accomplishments":

(1) Half-white, half-black son of a very nice hippy-lady (Dad's out of the picture);

(2) Affable student and drug user (weed, coke);

(3) A Harvard Law grad who was editor of the law review but never published anything (doubtless, the goal of "diversity" got him his editor's job).

(4) After finishing school, admitted failure in the business world who became a race baiting, "community organizer" (i.e., shake-down artist). Singular accomplishment: getting asbestos removed from a housing project (never helped any mom, or her children, get out of that project, though).

(5) A politician who banked on his charisma and "black-ness" to gain public office, who managed to mau-mau his Republican opponent in his Senate run, and who began his campaign for President after only serving in the Senate for a year.

This guy learned his chops in the Capone-style, abjectly corrupt, world of Chicago politics.

His voting base consists of (i) under-educated single moms, (ii) the children of under-educated single moms (who, themselves, are under-educated), (iii) over-educated students, (iv) nitwits (e.g., liberals), and (iv) nitwits who listen to - and believe - what the liberal media says.

It's no wonder that sticker shock is settling upon the nation. Just wait for the show-trial of KSM.

This person, unbelievably, now guides our ship of state. Rather than gloat, or laugh, we must all pray that he, somehow, gains wisdom before the corpses pile up (here and abroad).

Paul McGrath| 11.18.09 @ 10:03PM

The left loathed Mr. Bush, of course, Mr. McGrath, but occasionally during one of their fuzzy moments they would concede that Bush would be the type of person that one would want to "have a beer" with. I never thought that way. To me, Bush was that huk-yukking guy you knew in college whose idea of revolution was to drink too much and act like an idiot in an Ivy league school to get back at his parents.

Obama, on the other hand, is another story. Bush would at least buy your drinks all night and maybe introduce you to his girlfriend's girlfriend: there is a certain amount of value in that.

Obama would lecture you all night about Marxism or Trotsky or Che or some other asshole who has made a point of slaughtering the world. He'd listen to you, of course, while looking patiently at the ceiling, then charm his friends while you were in the bathroom with some insult at your expense.

Simply, the guy is a pompous jerk. A know-it-all who knows nothing. Drinking a beer with him would be insufferable.

Adheeb| 11.18.09 @ 2:27PM

I read this AM that Mr. Obama's approval rating has fallen to 43%. How in the world can it be so high???

SJC48| 11.18.09 @ 2:43PM

Obozzo was elected for two reasons: (1) he's not GWB and (2) he's black - a better choice meeting both criteria would have been Daffy Duck - he has considerably more experience and would have a lot more credibility as a world leader.

Tim| 11.18.09 @ 3:19PM

Mr. Duck's political ambitions were ruined by all those hom erotic cross dressing scenes with Elmer Fudd.

Dixie Pixie| 11.18.09 @ 4:29PM

Would Foghorn Leghorn be a better choice?
It would be a nice contrast to George W Bush's imitation of Yosemite Sam.

SoCon| 11.18.09 @ 4:56PM

McCain did a rather grand impersonation of Yosemite Sam. Rush superimposed one of McCain's crazier face shots over the cartoon character--made me laugh out loud. It still makes me laugh when I think of it.

Anthony| 11.18.09 @ 4:49PM

I thought it was Buggs Bunny who was the cross-dresser with Elmer the Fudd. I always thought Buggs went way to heavy on the lipstick.
Speaking of clowns, did you all hear that dear ole Soupy Sales passed a few weeks ago? God, I loved that guy!!! The obit said he had two sons, but failed to mention his love child, Sen. Russ Feingold.

SoCon| 11.18.09 @ 5:02PM

OMG!! Feingold does look like Soupy! You're scary, Anthony--and funny! I remember when Sales got kicked off his network for flipping his producer off (it was his producer, right?).

Tim| 11.19.09 @ 11:48AM

While both Daffy and Bugs were frequent cross dressers (they often accused each other of stealing shtic), it was Bugs' outspoken support for Israel that resulted in the rapid decline of his career after 1948.

Everly Waverly| 11.18.09 @ 2:44PM

Anyone else think Obama and family will be celebrating Kwanzaa? Oh sure, there will be a Christmas tree and all the ceremony that goes with it but that snake, swill spewing Obama will have a Kwanzaa pit all oiled-up for his loin clothed dance with the wife and kids, happy holidays comrades.

Shouldn't Barack and H0lder be asked to resign?

ncatty| 11.18.09 @ 3:40PM

It would be more historical for Michelle to celebrate the Jonkunnu festival brought over by enslaved Africans and practiced in the USA, especially NC and SC. Kwanzaa is appropriate for Obama since it is completely made up.

Tom in Michigan| 11.18.09 @ 3:28PM

As someone who regularly interacts with persons from around the globe (I have regular contacts who are German, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, British, Mexican, Canadian Belgian and Indian - just to name a few) and has traveled abroad on both business and pleasure the idea that these countries "hate America" whether we have a Republican or Democrat leader is pure nonsense. The ONLY place I have ever traveled where I was not treated with great kindness and courtesy was the Bahamas - I'm not sure why but, that's the truth. Other nations and their people don't "hate America." Speak with people who have emigrated from dictatorships such as Russia, Cuba and Venezuela as I have and listen to how grateful they are to be here. Who hates us are the Leftists and their willing or uninformed dupes whether here or abroad. I don't know whether other nations are snickering at us or not but, I am afraid a weak, incompetent or ineffectual President endangers not only the US but the world at large particularly as we are seeing that nations like Japan, India and Turkey and others with whom we cultivated valuable alliances are reconsidering their own foreign policies and alignments – likely to our ultimate detriment due to the actions of the Obama Administration.

Dixie Pixie| 11.18.09 @ 4:17PM

A few quick questions.
Where is the State Department hiding out these days. Did everyone at Foggy Bottom take off to the Hamptons for the duration of the Obama administration? It is the State Department stock and trade to know the proper diplomatic protocols. It is one of the functions of the State Department to keep track of the national leaderships likes and dislikes. So why is Obama not using the resources at the State Department.

Could it be Hilliary Clinton wants Obama to look like a fool on the world stage. Could it be that Hilliary has instructed the State Department personal to give the White House bad advice. Could it be we are watching a bureaucratic shootout between the Hilliary and Obama minions.

The other explanation is Obama considers himself such a towering intellect, he can deduce the proper diplomatic protocol from the light glinting off floating dust motes. Is it possible Obama is so intellectually arrogant, he is blind to what diplomatic damage he is doing.

Who do conservatives cheer for in this diplomatic fiasco?

Patsy| 11.18.09 @ 5:06PM

Hillary looks pretty nuts these days, and she's had a lot of her own diplomatic blunders. They all look like fools.

Buffalo| 11.19.09 @ 3:27PM

I thought that the State Dept was anti- conservative and anti-American. Now it seems I was wrong, they're just anti-Ametrican.

Mr. Payne| 11.19.09 @ 3:19PM

It cannot be the idea that he is a towering intellect. Bowing to the Emperor of Japan is a slap in the face to America. He knows it. Why doesn't he tell the Chinese to make on offer on the White House. He would probably like to buy a new place anyway, as long as he is spending taxpayer money...

Ron| 11.18.09 @ 4:26PM

If you want to figure out what course Obama will take on any particular subject, just figure out which choice will cause the most harm to the United States of America. That's the one Obama will choose.

Adam Smith| 11.18.09 @ 4:37PM

Mr. Cline,

Good piece.

It gets even funnier when the DVD's are unplayable (region 1) and that Brown is legally blind....

The campaign speeches to the Queen on an I-Pod was also pretty epic on the buffoon-O-gaffe meter.

I wish all of this was funny, but it is not.

My teeth are wearing down as I grind away an "mmm...mmm...mmm" chorus in my head that won't go away.

Mattmon1| 11.18.09 @ 5:18PM

I noticed some pretty acist comments from one poster which shouldn't have any place here. If you hate the POTUS for the color of his skin keep it to yourself it isn't a valid argument for why he is so very dangerous for our country. As far as the Gapher-In-Cheif...when are they going to dust off Biden and throw him out there to take some of the heat off ROBO-Bama? Anyway, I am amazed that they continue these disasters. They ran such a flawless campaign and they can't even figure out how to manage simple meet and greet situations? One would think someone must get fired each time the President isn't appropriately coached as I am sure any President is when greeting foreign counterparts. It is mind boggling, sad and embarrassing.

Lisa| 11.18.09 @ 7:39PM

Matmon, could be trolls trying to make us look bad.

Mattmon1| 11.18.09 @ 5:32PM

I like Dixie Pixie's comments about Hillary helping these disasters happen. Remember, she had one early on with her Russian counter part when she presented him with a reset button that was miss labeled in Russian using the word for "expensive" instead of "new"...maybe she was pissed and pulled her post-election hatred out of her pocket and set about using the power of her State Department cred to mess this guy up...If that's the case, Go Hillary!!! In any case, these mistakes are adding up for this POTUS that was supposed to make us look so shiny and new abroad. Maybe Obama was just so happy to see this guy after the Chinese lectured him about his out of control spending that he really wanted to bow-PLEASE DON'T TELL ME I AM WRONG, I BEG YOU, NOBODY EVER SAYS MEAN THINGS TO ME LIKE THE CHINESE!!!

jack| 11.18.09 @ 5:47PM

http://thelidlives.blogspot.co.....ation.html

Bill Cliton| 11.18.09 @ 6:03PM

did I get posted NOT!!!

billcliton| 11.18.09 @ 6:03PM

guess ya can't use the term negro

Bill Cliton| 11.18.09 @ 6:06PM

come on over and pick yourself up a couple of watermelon out of the woman's garden. da bee fresh and ripe..
we bee got some cotton to....

Lisa| 11.18.09 @ 7:33PM

Liberal pervert.

bill cliton| 11.18.09 @ 6:09PM

Bahama is a total disgrace to the culture of the United States Of America. ALL my black friends think that the man is a slob, nothing more just a slob.

dan| 11.18.09 @ 6:15PM

bho has no savoir faire. he may be gifted with dark skin which assisted him into his ivy league educations and he may be good at taking tests and writing bulls--- thesis(s) but thats it. most of ceos of very rich and successful companies went to slippery rock or did not finish college. the dark tan and the resume and the democratic party machine suckered the voters and now we have this boob to put up with for too many more years than we care to count. way to go libs and the feel sorry crowd.

Lisa| 11.18.09 @ 8:13PM

Go away, HuffPo troll. Loser.

Steven| 11.18.09 @ 6:54PM

I agree with all of it, excluding his looking at the 16 year old's butt. If you go back and watch the video, it told a story far different from the still shot. In fact, Sarkozy was probably the one who looked at her butt. Obama was not being a pig at all. And I don't like Obama AT ALL.

Smitty| 11.18.09 @ 7:35PM

Yes he was.

Luther| 11.18.09 @ 6:56PM

Feller sent me an email, said I oughta put this up front where folks could see it.

Okay. Here 'tis. It was an answer to a young feller jes' comin' home from overseas, talkin' about cowboys.

"LL&L......Nossir. We're not dead by a long shot. And the horses and cows ain't been takin' up too much of our time, neither. We been screechin' an' hollerin' and stompin' our feet, and blowin' our pickup horns tryin' t' get SOMEBODY to lissen to us for the last TEN FRICKIN' YEARS.

In a nutshell, y'all......y' cain't spend more than ya make or ya won't have nuthin' left when it's time t' go t' town.

THAT was the whole problem ten years ago, an' that's the problem now.

These folks we foolishly elected are either gonna fix it right now, or, by God, they'll surely wish they had.

Don't irritate the agrarians. We live by a different code than most folks. An' most folks don' like t' see us on a tear, but they's surely fixin' to see just that.

Thanks for yer he'p, soldier. 'Preciate it. In case you hain't noticed it, yer fightin's not done yet.

Neither is mine.

Luther T, American Cowman"

Richard Baker| 11.18.09 @ 6:59PM

Benson:
Don't know if you do but wearing Western boots can exaggerate your walk, some. Watched myself walk in a plate glass window once and noticed that my walk was very different than when I wore shoes. Besides, what's wrong with a Texan swaggering, anyway?

Luther| 11.18.09 @ 7:16PM

Sonny.....nothin's wrong with a bit o' swagger. As long as you remember that it's best to refer to the Florida cattleman as a "cowman".

Why?

Because we been herdin' down this way since 1508. That's over 500 years.

An' THAT's why ever'body else is jes'.....cowBOYS.

Irritates the dickens outta them Texans, too.

But we think they're okay, anyways. They make nice boots, too!

Luther T, American Cowman

Jerry M| 11.18.09 @ 8:07PM

Why should we expect any different conduct from a world class narcissist? He is quickly turning his presidency into a total joke unfortunately at the expense of America's image around the world. Our enemies love him because they can play him like a fiddle and our friends are wondering how the hell so many stupid Americans could have voted this buffoon into the most important office in the world.

John II| 11.18.09 @ 10:45PM

Last word:

Confucius say, "Man who possess boldness without righteousness soon become bandit."

Thank you so much.

SoCon| 11.18.09 @ 11:27PM

Sorry, professor; nice try but no cigar.

Yosemeti Sam| 11.18.09 @ 11:39PM

Folks, this political ladder climber has simply
reached his Peter Principle level. A useful
tool though for the Democrat party.

Don't that just send a tingle - or maybe a tinkle - down your leg?

And speaking of DVDs - send one to BHOs'
wife of the movie "GLORY"; depicting Union
black soldiers PRIDEFULLY fighting - with guns -
and dying for a unified America against the breakaway South full of Dixie-crats.

Neo| 11.19.09 @ 12:17AM

Was the Office of the Chief of Protocol at the State Department disbanded ? .. or is it being ignored along with Hiliary ?

gerroz| 11.19.09 @ 12:32AM

Bush grew up in a family with some class. This guy comes out of nowhere, so where would he learn any social graces?

marvin| 11.19.09 @ 1:46AM

the amount of assumptions and unsupported claims contained in this article and the ensuing comments is amazing to me. fact checking the article would be a worthwhile endeavor for anyone who believed all of its claims.

SoCon| 11.19.09 @ 2:13AM

Marvelous Marvin, care to share just one of the article's 'unsupported claims' you bleated about? Hmmm? Just one would be stupendous, you know.

I guess Obama didn't really bow to the Emperor of Japan or the Sultan of Swat, he was just checking to see if his fly was open. Whatever.

Amos| 11.19.09 @ 4:24AM

It's not that President Obama is black.

It's that he's red.

Gerald Stephens| 11.19.09 @ 5:25AM

POINT...It's Black Pimps and Democrats

For the record, I am white and a Constitutionalists.

Black American citizens are as loyal to the founding principles of the Nation as any other group, and proved it with blood on battlefields from the Revolution to through present wars.

Unforgivably, their attempt to share the bounty of the country for which they gave their blood was trodden into the muck of corrupt politicians and hanger on black pimps exploitation. Yes Mary, they number among their people giants of commerce and industry, academia, law, science and all else.

How then is it possible , one might ask, for such an overwhelming number to vote for a Mr. Obama? That is where the Democrat and black pimps slither into the contemporary picture.

Imagine yourself in a country wherein you were told, 'You're now free', as the case after the Civil War. Imagine you discovered this proclamation was in fact false - be a littled 'pissed' I think.

And sensing that being 'pissed' presented a perfect opportunity to pretend to the 'pissed' that you could and would help them get 'unpissed' upon, the pimps moved in. Imagine who you would vote for with your new right to vote.

So welfare was created and in turn abused by the pimps as a mechanism to continue an enslavement. With every new election came promises of more welfare AND the threat that not staying loyal to the pimps would mean the loss of your check. Imagine being controlled in this manner.

Most Black citizens recognized that there was a choice. Either continue to stand there with your hand out or work just that little bit harder to break free for real.

Imagine one of your 'own' could be the first to be PRESIDENT of THE UNITED STATES of AMERICA! And you thought CHANGE actually meant for the better. And the race pimps drummed the tune that failing to vote for or criticizing the CHANGE artist IS RACIST.

Well if there is any light at the end of the the Nation's Obama tunnel it is that our Black citizens are aware that listening to the pimps is not only bad for your health, keeping a job, the deficit that your kids will pay, and just about everything you actually believe America stands for.

And a word for all those warped white folks who delight in concocting schemes of bigger and better welfare enslavement, now to include white folk also, you all are just a past chapter in American history.

All of have now seen the dark valley of liberal insanity and the people will seek the light on the hill as a most logical choice.

Gerald Stephens
Hartford, CT

Marc Malone| 11.19.09 @ 6:22AM

Your history is faulty. After the Civil War, blacks voted overwhelmingly Republican. The first 2 black Senators and first 5 black Congressmen were all Pubs. They had no use for the Dems.

It was right after the Civil Rights Act was passed that they switched to the Dems, becaus ehte Dems promised them free money (welfare), free advancement (Affirmative action), and talk of more free money (reparations). They locked in the next generation with "Hate-Whitey" rhetoric.

You're right, that all this did was destroy the black family and shackle their minds, thus, re-enslaving them. The blacks are slaves to the Democratic Party. However, all this transpired after the Civil Rights movement, not before. There was no devious, two-faced, ulterior motive.

kerry| 11.19.09 @ 7:38AM

"I'll take 'Why do they hate us' for one thousand Alec" Alec, "Look at this picture of the 44th President" Contestant, "What is 'Who,me?' " "That's correct for $1000!"

T| 11.19.09 @ 9:01AM

Mr. Cline,

I am not a conspiracy theorist, yet I was particularly interested in the distinction between Obama's bow to the Japanese emporer and Obama's bow to the emperor's wife (the emperess?). Everyone, including the Japanese, know that the bow to the emperor was incorrect and gauche at the very least. His bow to the emperess seems to be correct, a slight bend forward dipping the shoulders. Does that mean that Obama knew the correct protocol and intentionally bowed low to the emperor? If so, one wonders what this means. If not, why the distinction betwween the two bows?

Wendy| 11.19.09 @ 9:27AM

Political Correctness and the lack of Commen Sense is going to be the downfall of this country. I have thought that for years. Why? Why should we have to hide our pride for our country and our God, yet allow everyone to parade theirs in front of us and we have to remain tolerant? Why is it offensive to tell me Merry Christmas because some non-christian may over hear? I don't care. I celebrate Christmas and I want to say it and hear it in return. If I don't get offended at someone saying Happy Hanukkah or Happy Kwanza why does Merry Christmas offend so many.

Watching our President, and I use that term loosely, make a mockery of our country by continually ignore protocal and his lack of sophistication should be an embarassment to us all. It is to me. Here is where the common sense should kick in. If he is as well versed as he is made out to be, when provided the protocal for meeting heads of state he should "feel" that something isn't right and ask. Again...Common Sense.

Do you hear that whirring sound? That is our fore-fathers spinning in their graves at the lunacy that is currently running our country.

wannabe| 11.19.09 @ 10:17AM

"Brown had given Obama a set of pens made from part of the HMS Gannet" This is the the first ding in your credibility for me. It was a pen HOLDER, not a "set of pens".

"in July he was photographed staring at the rear end of a 16-year-old girl" strike two and you're out. Here's the unedited vid: http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=8049121

There is PLENTY to attack Obama for (I agreed with everything I had read so far) but THAT is a blatant lie and you lost me. Credibility is EVERYTHING and you are lacking. As for the racist comments, you people are either trolls or morons, either way I want nothing more to do with ANY of you.

Blacque Jacques Shellacque| 11.19.09 @ 10:40AM

"Despite Barack Obama's eloquent elocution, ivy school credentials and electric charisma, there is talk that he lacks the most crucial element of any great leader: judgment."

This was pointed out long in advance of November 2008.

RebeccaH| 11.19.09 @ 12:54PM

I'm the last person to want to defend Barack Obama, but to equate him with blacks from the ghetto is just wrong. Obama never lived in an inner city slum in his whole life, and was apparently outrageously spoiled by his affluent white mother and grandparents. Aside from raising him with socialist ideals, they should have at least taught him manners. He has no excuse for being the boor he's turned out to be.

SoCon| 11.19.09 @ 5:50PM

I agree. Obama's a spoiled brat--so is Michelle.

Vick| 11.19.09 @ 2:05PM

Yeah, you really shouldn't have put the 'staring at the rear end of a 16-year old' part in there. The rest was good and valid and enough.

It's basically equivalent to all the multitude of 'Bush looking silly' pictures (that were funny) that were taken out of context and sometimes used to imply he was incompetent -while in plenty of cases he was intentionally looking silly as he at least had a sense of humor. (again, there was plenty of policy to attack Bush on, much of the media lost credibility with viewers/readers for sensationalizing minor things taken out of context rather than address real facts and actions)

Obama has plenty of rope, and has been trying to hang himself with it since he got into office, there's no need to use the same tactics that caused many Americans to turn away form the MSM. I remember when the Daily show was actually considered comedy (before John lost Steve and it got alot less funny), and not a news source equal with other outlets...

Jackson| 11.19.09 @ 5:54PM

Why is it so tough for some to admit that Obama could be a typical horn dog? Who cares? He was definitely checking out that girl, though. It's absurd to say otherwise.

gene hauber| 11.19.09 @ 6:23PM

obama is the perfect example of the truism, "you can take the nigger out of niggardom, but you can't take the nigger out of the quintessential nigger.
America needs LESS of this piece of shit, not more.

Jackson| 11.19.09 @ 8:55PM

Sure, gene, spew your vicious liberal racism all over this blog. Go back to your fellow liberal haters at HuffPo, moron; we don't want your ugly bigotry here.

Gerard| 11.19.09 @ 8:57PM

Don't forget that Obama announced to Poland that the US was dropping its missle defense plan on the 70th Anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland. As someone who hung out with Marxists all his life, he probably had a good laugh.

pelicans| 11.20.09 @ 12:39AM

A while back, I was friends with a really bright guy from Pakistan. He surprised me by saying that he liked the British system for the following reasons. You have one big shot (king, queen, whatever) who handles the etiquette. They and their staff study up on how to go to parties, gift choices and how to have a swell time at the state dinner without making a fool of yourself. Then there's a second guy who's real smart and organized and is actually capable of running the country. You know, PM or President type. I've kind of decided that Barak doesn't work for me in the second job so I wondered about the first one. Well, I guess that's a no go too. Even the best theories sometimes just don't work in practice.

Richard Baker| 11.20.09 @ 2:17AM

Marc Malone:
Without the Republicans, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 wouldn't have been passed by the Congress. Of course, that means all those Republicans were racist, don't you know?

Jackson| 11.20.09 @ 7:38PM

Democrats created the KKK and terrorized blacks for decades--so much for vaunted liberal 'tolerance'.

Democrats have always been the biggest bigots around.

Give me a break.

gene hauber| 11.21.09 @ 12:44PM

hey jackson,
be honest now, do we need more or less of this shitspot in the white house?
forget my vitriol, just say that we need more or less of this narcissistic asshole ?

Jackson| 11.21.09 @ 3:56PM

Screw you, Gene; skin color's got nothing to do with it and you know it. Obama's a Marxist and I object to his policies; you're an @sshole Liberal troll and I object to your impersonation of a Conservative. Go away, loser.

PUCA DAWG| 11.22.09 @ 7:50AM

I have had the unfortunate experience of meeting "Barry" and his grandmother when he first returned from Indonesia and again when he was in his teens. He was an arrogant liar then and he is the same today. Every time he opens his mouth you can bet he is not telling the truth.

Richard Baker| 11.22.09 @ 10:18AM

Jackson:
I had a Master Sergeant, who just happened to be black, in my last Infantry unit in the '70s who told me, as I was frustrated by the daily racial troubles the Army was dealing with, that "Sergeant Baker, being a jerk doesn't have a color." Good advice from a man I had and have great respect for. That would account for some folks above in this forum.

Richard Baker| 11.22.09 @ 10:18AM

Jackson:
I had a Master Sergeant, who just happened to be black, in my last Infantry unit in the '70s who told me, as I was frustrated by the daily racial troubles the Army was dealing with, that "Sergeant Baker, being a jerk doesn't have a color." Good advice from a man I had and have great respect for. That would account for some folks above in this forum.

Richard Baker| 11.22.09 @ 10:24AM

Friends:
The solution for idiots like Toddard and Liberal Reader is to totally ignore them. These hapless fools absolutely live for anyone responding to them. Don't answer, respond, or dignify their inane thoughts with anything. If someone were shouting obvious nonsense on a street corner that you could hear while passing by, would you go over and listen?

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