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The Obama Watch
Excuses, Excuses
How liberals explain the president’s waning popularity.
As President Obama stumps, implores, and threatens in an effort to “buck up” his increasingly apathetic base, the liberal commentariat and other allies helpfully offer creative excuses for his waning popularity. Time magazine’s Mark Halperin explains that the President “has lost control of his narrative”; and to Chris Matthews Obama “is just too eager to respond…losing his ability to make compelling communication.” Ah Ha! So it’s a communication problem! No, wait. There is also the emotion theory — Obama is “too professorial” and has not shown enough feeling. Governors Ed Rendell and Bill Richardson proffer that the Democrats have a “complex” message to communicate and therefore need to “connect with voters emotionally” and “stop talking about bills in Congress.”
Clinton’s former press secretary Dee Dee Myers agrees that the President needs to get “back in touch” with the voters but adds that he has insufficiently “bragged about his achievements.” Former New York Mayor Ed Koch would agree with Dee Dee, suggesting that President Obama “has not spoken loudly enough” about his great works.
Communication and emotion — is that all? Not yet. Former Vice President Walter Mondale submits that the famous Obama teleprompter (“idiot box,” as he calls it) is the culprit — it “loses voters.”
Well, then, the problem is inadequate communication compounded by a shortage of sympathy and further damaged by a teleprompter. The idea conjures images of voters at a Tea Party rally shouting “MORE FEELINGS!” “TALK MORE, MR. PRESIDENT!” “I CAN’T VOTE FOR A MAN WITH A TELEPROMPTER.”
Silly stuff, but note the remark about avoiding the subject of legislation (“stop talking about bills in Congress.”). That’s just what Democratic congressional candidates seem to be doing in silent recognition that the Obama-Reid-Pelosi agenda is the problem — a reality that no amount of friendly excuses can overcome.
Anticipating the November election, the President has lately said that he is ready for “hand to hand combat” on Capitol Hill to pass more unpopular and socialistic legislation. And if need be, he is reportedly prepared to make an end run through executive action to save and expand his beloved “agenda.”
Republicans should not count their chickens before they hatch, but they can count on our liberal president sticking to liberalism, come what may. So fasten your seatbelts — it’s gonna be a bumpy ride.
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RightIsWrong| 10.11.10 @ 6:08AM
Obama is still more popular than any republican out there. Isn't there something better you could whine about today?
Booger| 10.11.10 @ 6:34AM
Obama Promises Hand to Hand Combat if Dems lose mid-terms:
From the desk of President B. Hussein Obama:
January 23, 2011
Dear Democratic Congresspersons,
I wish to advise you of my supreme disappointment with the performance of our party in the election last November. Now that the Republicans hold a forty-five seat majority in the House of Representatives, as well as controlling fifty-three Senate seats, my aides tell Me that My agenda will have to be curtailed. Quite frankly, this is unacceptable. Regardless of the cost in blood and treasure, My agenda, which will be for the Ultimate Greater Good, must go forward.
Since we no longer hold the numerical advantage necessary to advance our agenda through normal parliamentary procedures, I have been forced to resort to more drastic measures. Thus I am instituting a policy of hand-to-hand combat when dealing with the enemies of My Greatness, the thrice-cursed Republicans.
I am well aware that some of you are beginning to lose courage in My Grand Design. I realize that some of you, being aware of the fact that I had previously promised hand-to-hand combat in these circumstances, have begun to traitorously whisper that the outcome of such a tactic is in doubt; some of you even expressed the heretical thought the Republicans, those jackal sons of monkeys, might prevail. Allow Me to address the fears of your feeble hearts in this matter.
First of all, yes, I am aware of the incident that took place November 2nd in Florida, concerning a former Army Lt. Colonel by the name of Allen West, who has since been elected to congress. Yes, I am aware of what happened to the members of Our Brethren, the members of the New Black Panthers Party, who attempted to intercept Colonel West at the polling office while addressing him as an "Uncle Tom" (which, quite frankly, I find completely justified in the case of ANY person of color running as a Republican) while waving a nightstick in his general direction. I am well aware of Colonel West's unbelievable overreaction, and no, I would not have thought it would be possible to turn a nightstick sideways and shove it that far up any orifice of the human body. Rest assured, however, I have been assured by local medical professionals that all six of the New Black Panthers are expected to regain the use of most of their upper body within a year. And yes, I am aware that an internal poll conducted by our minority leaders has indicated that you will not engage Colonel West in hand-to-hand combat even if you outnumber him twenty to one. Fair enough. Perhaps we can schedule the combat for a day when Colonel West will be absent from chambers.
I am also aware that many of you are concerned that the elections of Jesse Kelly, Nick Popaditch and Duncan Hunter will prove disastrous to My Plan. I speak the Truth to Power when I say that I abhor your cowardice. Somebody tell Nancy Pelosi to man up! I assure you, I have it on good authority, that the so-called "training" these men went through during their time as US Marines is entirely overrated, and that you will easily overcome them if you stick together. I am tired of this whining and crying. Have I not led you to one legislative success after another? And now, that so many of you have, through your own fault, let Me down by losing your seats, the remainder refuses to fight? Cowards!
In response to the other question I received: No, I will not be available to personally lead you into hand-to-hand combat against these Republican swine. It would not be fitting for the Office I hold to be seen engaged in fisticuffs with that rabble. Which is why it is up to you to take care of it for Me, just as you have done My bidding in the past. Now get to it!
Your President for Life,
B. Hussein Obama
Nancy in NC| 10.11.10 @ 8:19AM
Dear President for Life,
Surely you jest. The elite lords and ladies of the US Congress would find it very unseemingly to actually engage in physical contact with the lowlife rabble of the elephant persuasion. We humbly request that you hire Some of your thugs, we mean, friends, at SEIU to act as stand ins during the next session. We will be in the clock room if you need us.
Perhaps you could just pass an executive order or two to avoid all this messiness. We didn't spend all our time, money and education to actually mix with the people, and lower ourselves to such undertakings.
With all the power and friends available to you, we find it offensive that you would expect us to actually get engaged in these petty little fights.
Please keep us advised of your alternative suggestion, because sir, it would be a cold day in hell before we grow any.
Sincerely,
Your loyal Congress of Democrats
Big J| 10.11.10 @ 8:23AM
Good one, Booger!
You owe me a keyboard!
Alan Brooks| 10.11.10 @ 10:40AM
Booger,
So your name is John?
Mimi| 10.11.10 @ 8:32PM
Heh Booger...How the heck do you make this stuff up? ....I just saw " hand to hand combat" and started laughing before I even read it. You are truly a " ONE OF A KINDER" .....CHEERS, Mimi
dmac| 10.16.10 @ 2:50PM
that was a funny stuff :)
Booger| 10.11.10 @ 6:35AM
Whine about that, donkey-boy!
Alan Brooks| 10.11.10 @ 10:42AM
"Good one, Booger!
You owe me a keyboard!"
You are incontinent and defecated on your keyboard again?
Ken in People's Republic of MD| 10.11.10 @ 7:48AM
Really? Which country are you watching?
Ken (Old Texican)| 10.11.10 @ 8:20AM
OKOK,
Everyone is talking about Republicans making a possible sweep on November 2nd. Splendid.
...But what might happen after the elections?
My publishing a fictional “Texas Said No!” under a pseudonym should be a more than adequate reflection of my own personal concerns. I believe my concerns should also be yours.
Here recently, the lady that wanted to have some fun “Drawing Mohammed” has been put in witness protection and has been disappeared. It seems to me that when harmless “freedom of speech” becomes that dangerous in the United States of America, then some things are very, very wrong.
The Sharia Law proponents, overt or covert, (the so-called creeping Jihadists), are ALREADY undermining that most basic of our cherished freedoms, through intimidation, and through an outright despicable series of lies that have turned our “freedom of religion” commitment upside down and against us.
I would venture to remind each of us that Sharia proponents…..are slavery proponents, but worse.
You know, I believe that somewhere way down deep, most psychopaths know they are evil. Conversely, these Sharia proponents have somehow “sanctified” murder in their hearts and minds.
My speculative fiction, “TEXAS SAID NO!” is a too darned plausible scenario following our elections. I hope each of you will go to the website with the foreword to the story and read it. www.texassaidno.com
Alan Brooks| 10.11.10 @ 10:43AM
"I believe my concerns should also be yours."
A Texas-sized ego.
RacerJim| 10.11.10 @ 11:49AM
Shut up and stay out of the way - Barry Soetoro
A World-sized ego.
David W| 10.11.10 @ 8:57AM
Really. I read that Obama's popularity and the recently deposed Bush's popularity are within a few percentage points - and if I remember correctly Bush's may have been higher. Seems like a lot more people do miss him that like the current occupant.
old white guy| 10.11.10 @ 8:58AM
i wonder where they get the numbers they put up. i am surprised that obama is even polling above 20 percent. must be polling black liberals and expanding the fudge factor.
'Nother old white guy| 10.11.10 @ 12:10PM
you're right - most polls do over-state the Dim side of any issue, although I doubt Rasmussen is as bad as most... come to think of it, I'm somewhat surprised that the LSM doesn't just announce that Obummer's overall approval is at 91%, since that's how many blacks think he's doing great - but of course there's no race in that computation...
Bobby| 10.11.10 @ 10:11AM
Go back to Huffington Post
Scat
Tim*| 10.11.10 @ 10:49AM
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows that 29% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-two percent (42%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -13
JmsA| 10.11.10 @ 10:53AM
RightisWrong,
A bit touchy this morning, aren't we? Maybe you could out and caddy for the One. I bet that will make you happy and help you forget his and the democrats' continued failures. I know the voters won't.
Aaron| 10.11.10 @ 11:13AM
Dear RightisWrong,
That's not what recent polls are showing. In fact, check this out:
http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1295.xml?ReleaseID=1478
July 21, 2010 - Obama Approval Drops To Lowest Point Ever, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Independent Voters Turn On President Since Honeymoon
Word format
A year after President Barack Obama's political honeymoon ended, his job approval rating has dropped to a negative 44 - 48 percent, his worst net score ever, and American voters say by a narrow 39 - 36 percent margin that they would vote for an unnamed Republican rather than President Obama in 2012, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.
In other words, ANYONE could beat Pres. Obama right now. Obviously things could change in the next 2 years, but right now, the worst Republican candidate could beat him.
JmsA| 10.11.10 @ 12:10PM
RightIsWrong,
No wonder you're so anxious. This was written by Mark Halperin in Time Magazine, hardly a bastion of conservative thought:
"With the exception of core Obama Administration loyalists, most politically engaged elites have reached the same conclusions: the White House is in over its head, isolated, insular, arrogant and clueless about how to get along with or persuade members of Congress, the media, the business community or working-class voters. This view is held by Fox News pundits, executives and anchors at the major old-media outlets, reporters who cover the White House, Democratic and Republican congressional leaders and governors, many Democratic business people and lawyers who raised big money for Obama in 2008, and even some members of the Administration just beyond the inner circle. (See Obama's troubled first year, issue by issue.)
On Friday, after the release of the latest bleak unemployment data - the last major jobs figures before the midterms - Obama said, "Putting the American people back to work, expanding opportunity, rebuilding the economic security of the middle class is the moral and national challenge of our time." But elites feel the President has failed to meet that challenge and are convinced he will be unable to do so in the remainder of his term. Moreover, there is a growing perception that Obama's decisions are causing harm - that businesses are being hurt by the Administration's legislation and that economic recovery is stalling because of the uncertainty surrounding energy policy, health care, deficits, housing, immigration and spending."
It appears that maybe he's not as popular as you'd like.
idalily| 10.11.10 @ 3:07PM
America isn't a popularity contest. It's a Constitutional Republic. Your point is moot.
JJ| 10.11.10 @ 4:41PM
Actually it is a popularity contest. How do you think "the one" got elected?
Died Laughing| 10.11.10 @ 4:54PM
You're kidding, right?
TomB| 10.11.10 @ 3:17PM
According to CNN (http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/08/cnntime-poll-was-bush-better-president-than-obama/) Obama is seen as about as effective as George W. Bush (within the margin of error).
It took Bush 8 years, a major terrorist attack, two wars, and the majority of the media standing in opposition to his every move to lose his popularity. Obama has done it in under 2 years, and he still has most of the press.
But it seems that he's even starting to lose the press (see link to CNN above, and Halperin's article in Time Magazine, among other examples). It took the Iran Hostage Crisis to turn the press against Jimmy Carter, the former worst president of modern times.
tonypal| 10.11.10 @ 4:03PM
I'm a little confused, so perhaps you can help me out. First, I believe Obama is still President, so he's kind of a relevant and interesting person to write about. Doesn't that mean political commentators should write about him? As for the whining comment, who exactly is whining? I'm pretty sure you read the article. Unless you're living in Bizarro World, the only possible conclusion, based on direct quotes attributable to importand liberals, is there is a whole lot of whining going on in liberal circles from liberals who cannot accept that the American people have overwhelmingly rejected modern liberalism. The public may not have rejected Obama personally (at least not entirely, but we're getting there), but liberalism as we understand it today has been utterly rejected. Hence the whining from important liberals.
RightIsWrong| 10.11.10 @ 7:44PM
Wow I didn't know a little dose of reality would get you what ever you call yourselves these days all riled up. Republicans are going to dig their grave when these tea party characters get to DC and show us what we already know, they should be no where close to power. You really think an Angle, O'Donnell, or a Paul is good for your party? They'll make you look so bad Americans will be begging for four more years.
ChooseFreedom| 10.11.10 @ 8:44PM
I've got some sad news for you son. The majority of Americans are conservative. That's how they poll. YOU aren't the middle like you think you are. YOU are left of the majority of Americans. Obummer was new and unknown, so many dimwits like yourself voted for him. Now the reality is sinking in, and it's ugly. He won't just lose, he's going out like projectile vomit.
Jullou | 10.12.10 @ 2:24AM
I couldn't have said it any better. lol
Jullou | 10.12.10 @ 2:22AM
leftists = emotion
conservatives = logic
Therefore, I won't even consider you silly remarks.
Trish| 10.11.10 @ 8:02PM
He is annoying and boring. His arrogance abounds. Someone tell him to get off the stage. Oh, and those rolled up shirt sleaves are just cheesy. What a jerk.
Nobama| 10.11.10 @ 8:40PM
After less than two years, he's neck and neck with GW Bush. By 2012, Howdy Dooty will be able to take him out. Right is Right, fool. They make plenty of mistakes, but anything is better than the commie left. You just haven't figured it out.
Chuck Sampson| 10.11.10 @ 10:13PM
Not according to the liberal CNN poll results from as far back as March 25. Even then Obama ties with any Republican
http://latimesblogs.latimes.co.....-poll.html
A more recent poll from the liberal NPR shows that GW Bush is as popular as Obama.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsal.....amp;f=1003
In fact, Obama has finally stopped whining about Bush because of the poll.
NJK| 10.12.10 @ 12:35PM
Right is Wrong,
I assume by your comment, you don't work for a living, but are merely a parasite, living off of it's host? Hard working real Americans.
Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 10.11.10 @ 6:35AM
The media continues to ignore Obama's blatant lies, while while making up excuses for his psychopathic behavior.
It's not surprising because the American media is littered with incompetent lying hacks.
Ned| 10.11.10 @ 12:48PM
"the American media is littered with incompetent lying hacks."
And that's the GOOD ones!
JP| 10.11.10 @ 7:48AM
This reminds me of baseball experts trying to explain why a once great pitching prospect is having such a lousy career. They will cite stats (problems with lefties), mechanics (too much leg kick, or problems with release point), etc... What they won't admit is the content of the baseball star sucks (too many balls, no control).
The media experts are confusing the forest and the trees. The problem isn't the President's demeanour, or speech mechanics. The problem with President Obama is he is a lousy president.
Thom Burke| 10.11.10 @ 8:50AM
By lousy do you mean that, after a lifetime of undeserved accolades, Obama's supreme arrogance has led him to believe that he is above the office of president?
Franklin| 10.11.10 @ 12:32PM
Not only "above the office of president" but also above the law.
davelnaf| 10.11.10 @ 8:39AM
The dem party is in real trouble when its professional politicians and operatives begin uttering this kind of silliness. At this point they might be doing the equivalent of whistling past the graveyard. The sane ones, at least, are aware that Obama’s policies are about to put many of them in the political graveyard.
Texas Mom 2012| 10.11.10 @ 9:34AM
You know, I would really like to see Obama's SAT Math and English scores because they measure aptitude (one's actual ability) to LEARN. I just don't think his scores could be very high. Probably not high enough to get him into Ivy League schools without either patronage or possibly affirmative action preferences. In fact I bet my scores (over 1300 and my autistic son's nearly 1400 (eng/math only for comparison) in 2009 were higher than his (Obama and I both took them in the 1970's)
RightIsWrong| 10.11.10 @ 7:47PM
You know what you should do what republicans want you to do and stay at home and take care of the kids. Even if you have the SAT scores you say you do you lack common sense. You defend a party that is going to eat this country from the inside out and you are blinded by your rage.
Trish| 10.11.10 @ 8:22PM
Poor sentence structure RiW.
Jullou | 10.12.10 @ 2:27AM
Liberal Land is an unhappy place for you right now, isn't it sonny boy?
ChooseFreedom| 10.11.10 @ 8:51PM
I'll bet you're right, Texas Mom, and I'm sure you know we don't have 57 states in the Union. ... and how to properly pronounce "Marine Corps". Onumbnuts is no genius. He's crafty, and extremely full of himself, but not so bright.
Dukakas| 10.11.10 @ 11:14AM
Golley, if Obama could do so much dammage with his ineptitude,imagine what he could do if he were competent!
MacDaddy| 10.11.10 @ 12:19PM
You are missing the point. He is competent. Destroying America is part of his, and Soros's, grand plan. What he didn't count on is the part where loyal American's have never bought into the idea that resistance is futile...
idalily| 10.11.10 @ 3:17PM
MacDaddy, I'm not so sure of this. I have started to think Obama is not a Machiavellian sort, but instead, a not-so-bright puppet with Communistic ideals being played by the Soros cabal. They feed and reinforce the man's innate narcissism and his belief in his own godlike divinity. Obama really, honestly believes he IS the "change we've all been waiting for." And Soros, et al, pull his strings by giving him money and flattering his ego, much as courtiers to Roman emperors used to do, IMO.
tonypal| 10.11.10 @ 4:05PM
I think there's truth in what each of you write. True, Obama is utterly clueless as to what works economically, but he knows how to destroy.
Trish| 10.11.10 @ 8:07PM
Bingo MacDaddy. It is a mistake to believe the looting of the national treasury has occured via incompentcy. He is a neo-Marxist, and has been quite competent indeed.
JShizzle| 10.11.10 @ 11:15AM
I love how liberals always need to defend their policies by calling names and assaulting the character of people that *hark* dare not share their demented views. How Progressive.
RightIsWrong| 10.11.10 @ 7:50PM
Oh like referring to the President by his middle name constantly? Marxist, racist, communist, socialist ring a bell? Just look at the comments here, half of them have some kind of insult in them.
Trish| 10.11.10 @ 8:13PM
How is saying the man follows the neo-Marxist agenda name calling? I assess by what one actually does. Btw, you seem to be doing a good job slinging the insults (as you did responding to TexasMom).
No BS| 10.11.10 @ 8:57PM
We refer to him by what he is: A Malthusian Marxist. How do we know? Because he has surrounded himself with them. That's his crowd, and you can't figure it out? The balloon of hope turned out to be a bag of Pus. Sorry for the reality check.
Jullou | 10.12.10 @ 2:30AM
Perhaps we are not happy right now without jobs and our life-long savings taken away by the leftist BO. You must still be young enough to recover from the collapse of all our systems caused by this president. But many of us are old and will not financially recover. Think about that, sonny boy.
NJK| 10.12.10 @ 12:38PM
These aren't insults but the truth. He is all of those things. What is wrong with referring to him by the name Hussein? He sounds like a true American to me? George, Thomas, John, Hussein. What's the problem?
After the election I read an article in the Brussels Journal. They couldn't believe Americans would vote for someone named Hussein. Unfortunately, people like Right is Wrong, and the other useful idiots did.
scott| 10.12.10 @ 8:31PM
It's not insulting to call a person by his middle name. It's also not insulting to call a marxist a marxist (or any of the others you have listed). It's called telling the truth. But you wouldn't know anything about that, would you Is?
Trish| 10.11.10 @ 8:21PM
Absolutely JShizzle.
Jimbo| 10.11.10 @ 12:33PM
This has been the Democrats' line since the "glory days" of Jimmy Carter: When they're losing they say "We're just not getting our message out!"
There's just not enough liberal media outlets, I guess.
Cuffs| 10.11.10 @ 12:45PM
What looks like failure is actually success.
Obama, the puppet, has served his masters
well. He takes the heat and they remain
in the shadows & keep working for
a socialist America that will eventually
be part of a gobal government.
Howard| 10.11.10 @ 2:49PM
You can't turn chicken sh** into chicken salad. Things are too messed up in this country for Obama to blow the trumpet about how wonderful things are. His policies are too leftist for most of the country. He is arrogant and has no common touch. Even when the economy was hurting in 1982 people still understood Reagan, and most gave him the benefit of the doubt. Except for liberals, most people cannot relate to Obama. So the excuses train rolls on.
vtwin| 10.11.10 @ 4:41PM
You teabaggers are without a clue. It makes me cringe. The President will resort to executive orders and keep good on his promises. The Man has too much brains to let a bunch of reactionary homophobic rightwingers stand in the way of overhauling the nation. Obama Rules!
JJ| 10.11.10 @ 4:45PM
vtwin states, "The Man has too much brains"
Say again??
Oldefarte| 10.11.10 @ 4:46PM
You teabag-labeling FAGGOTS make me want to PUKE [and drop excrement] !!!!!!!!!
Jullou | 10.12.10 @ 2:35AM
So when are jobs and money are gone, you just have to add fuel to the fire by calling us names.
Dennis| 10.11.10 @ 6:16PM
vtwin, Thank you for once again showing the world that liberalism IS a mental disease.....Main symptom: Liberalism makes you ignorant to your own stupidity
Albert| 10.11.10 @ 7:45PM
The incontinent Mr. Twin returns, after a not-long-enough absence. Mr. Twin, are you even aware of what you wrote?! "The President will resort to executive orders and keep good on his promises." You are saying you believe that President Bozo will circumvent the lawfully elected Legislature (Congress) and enact "laws" by executive order. Were he to do so, he would be, by definition, a dictator. (Obama "RULES"?! Are you sure you know what you are saying?) A dictator is simply not provided for in the Constitution, the Supreme Law of the Land. So, you are in effect saying you WANT Bozo to be a criminal and a usurper, just so he can "keep his promises" to you. Are you really this out of touch with reality or are you putting everyone on? And as for Bozo having "too much brains", this statement cannot be taken seriouosly. Bozo is an obviously stupid person, a puppet for his financial and political backers, the international socialists. And it is the LEFT wing which is reactionary in today's politics. You need a dictionary really bad. Frankly, your own stupidity rivals even Bozo's!
Nobama| 10.11.10 @ 9:02PM
We're the majority, Komrade, and we're here to take our country back. Based on your comment, I wonder, do you hate the right because you're a homosexual? Because many (maybe most) on the right have nothing against your orientation. We just don't want it pushed on our kids. Obumma is already over. We just need to flush the toilet.
Jullou | 10.12.10 @ 2:32AM
Obama is collapsing all systems to fulfill the moldy dreams of his father and Saul Alinsky. I suggest you read up on Alinsky's Rules for Radicals. The chaos that has been caused by BO is what he wants. Don't you get it!!!
vtwin| 10.12.10 @ 7:06AM
Wow, these chocolate salty balls in my mouth taste so good!
John Taylor | 10.13.10 @ 1:01AM
I finally get this v twin characters schtick, they are actually mocking the Dims. Pretty good sarcasm ~ keep it up
JJ | 10.11.10 @ 4:42PM
He just needs a vacation. :)
Oldefarte| 10.11.10 @ 4:44PM
As Manon accurately implies, it's a simple case of ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS! Maybe Matthews' problem is that THAT TINGLE UP HIS LEG has finally reversed itself and is now uzzing down his leg and into his socks and shoe, thereby creating a squeeky/uzzie mess when he walks? Obama's actions have brought him [and liberalism in general] out of his political closet for all to see and understand. He has very few more secrets as to what/who he is [anyone still confused should read Denish D's latest book detailing his anti-colonialism theories as pertaining to EL CHOSEN ONE]!!!!!!!!!
JIM WHITTAKER| 10.11.10 @ 6:30PM
This presidency is effectively over. Period...
No more Affirmative Action presidents. Ever...
Jim Whittaker
Hemet, CA
RightIsWrong| 10.11.10 @ 7:52PM
Just don't get upset when you lose. Republicans have no answer for a Obama. Americans will get a look at how far the teabaggers want to set us back and reject your 18th century thinking.
Trish| 10.11.10 @ 8:19PM
Insulting yet again. Typical lefty hurling the insults when he can't support his point of view with facts. Just think how much howling there will be after the tsunami of Nov.2 occurs. That will be the beginning of the answer to the Obama debacle.
Jullou | 10.12.10 @ 2:38AM
You should start get your news from truth-telling news sources. You must be reading the memos distributed daily by leftist minions, because, Republicans are doing quite well in most of the races.
voted against carter| 10.12.10 @ 1:16AM
Hey "right is wrong"
Time to have a little fun at a libratard progressive dumbocrats expense.
If you haven't seen the movie "UP" watch it.
So in the spirit of teasing the dogs by saying "SQUIRREL!"
Teasing libratard progressive dumbocrats;
SARAH PALIN!! ahahahahAHAHAHAhahahhaha
If you say this to them in a conversation at random intervals with no other comment about it, just say "Sarah Palin", and then continue as if you didn't say it, eventually their had will explode.
Which is really funny as far as I am concerned.
voted against carter| 10.12.10 @ 1:24AM
Hey RightIsWrong,
Is that you barry?
Come on you have better thing to do than TROLL the American Spectator don't you?
Won't Mitch"ele get mad and not let you play golf if "she" catches you? So how's the smoking thing going? They still making you go out in the rose garden to suck cigarettes?
Well got to run, have to spread " SARAH PALIN" around on the left wing blogs. It makes E'm CRAZY!! AHAHAHAHAhahaahahhahahaahhah
Later Barry, say hello to Mitch"ele for me!
Yosemeti Sam| 10.12.10 @ 1:32AM
" ... Former New York Mayor Ed Koch would agree with Dee Dee, suggesting that President Obama "has not spoken loudly enough" about his great works...."
Understand folks - Ed Koch is a parochial kind of guy.
He's the same guy who embraced Shillary.
Small wonder that he would also pull oars for the 'chosen one'.
He, a wizened - joke!
PCC| 10.12.10 @ 3:44AM
A little-remarked upon aspect of President Obama's behaviour that undoubtedly contributes to his lack of success as president is his obvious distaste for the executive parts of the job - sitting at his desk, doing the paperwork, managing staff, etc.
He's never done these things before and he clearly doesn't want to start now. That's a pity.
youfamissim| 10.12.10 @ 10:08AM
I've said it before - I'll say it again...
Egobama's personal polling is a direct result of racism fears. When polled, the pollee fears a follow up question should he say he doesn't support Egobama.
It goes like this:
Do you support President Obama?
No.
Oh! Does the president's race play a role in your opinion of him? Or... Are you a Tea Partier = racist. Or... a similar question that frames the pollee racially unfavorably.
The racist label leads to unemployment or a loss of professional opportunity. FACT!
White Pollees are aware of that reality. Saying you support the president may be couched using any number of excuses - he's a family man, he is "personally" likeable, etc... white folks will FIND excuses to affirm their personal approval of Egobama.
It is SAFER to say you approve of Egobama than risk having a racist label attached to your name. Given the heavy handed tactics Egobama uses the harm his enemies, tossing a pollster a bone on the Egobama question is understandable. I know I would.
Baraoke Hussein Obama| 10.12.10 @ 3:56PM
[Quote vtwin] "You want Him to drop the telepromptahh? Did you ask W to drop the pretzels? We're here to stay..."
No, libtard, you're here to fade away...