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Why President Obama Is Painful to Watch

By Ron Ross on 8.12.11 @ 6:08AM

Let us count the ways.

If someone looked at your face while watching President Obama make a speech or hold a press conference, I’ll bet it would reflect pain and discomfort. Your facial expression might be described as a grimace. There are a number of reasons for that kind of reaction. It might not even matter whether you are liberal or conservative. There is much about Mr. Obama’s style and content that repels rather than attracts.

For example, the man is tiresomely repetitive. How many times has he used the terms “millionaires and billionaires,” “shared sacrifice,” and “corporate jet owners”? He gives new meaning to the term ad nauseam. Most of what he repeats wasn’t worth saying the first time. You’re left wondering, “Is that all you’ve got?”

Saying the same thing over and over makes you totally predictable and uninteresting. Mr. Obama has become tedious and boring.

How many times has he told us that creating jobs is going to be his number one priority? Has it ever happened? His “credibility gap” is growing wider than LBJ’s.

A particularly annoying aspect of Mr. Obama’s personality is that he has virtually no sense of humor. There are very good reasons why humor is categorized as a “sense.” Humor is akin to a sense of taste or sense of balance. Individuals vary widely in regard to these characteristics. Successful comedians have inherent and highly developed senses of what’s funny and what’s not. They are “naturals.” Of course, there are people on the other end of the spectrum, such as Mr. Obama.

It’s painful when people with no sense of humor attempt to be funny. Mr. Obama frequently makes lame attempts at being funny, and people in the room usually laugh, particularly members of the press. If you listen, however, what you hear is an uncomfortable, polite, and brief kind of laugh.

Mr. Obama makes use of awkward and unusual figures of speech. One glaring example that I’ve never figured out is the title of his second book, The Audacity of Hope. I realize it is a phrase he took from his mentor and long-time pastor, Jeremiah Wright. Wherever it came from, what in the world does it mean? It is typical of most of what Mr. Obama says. I suppose that it was meant to sound profound, but if you think about it, it’s anything but.

In the midst of the health care debate Mr. Obama said, “There’s something about August going into September where everybody in Washington get’s all wee-weed up. I don’t know what it is, but that’s what happens.” So far as anyone could determine, no one had ever used the term “all wee-weed up” previously. Later the White House explained that it meant wetting the bed. That still doesn’t make any sense. Let’s just say, the man is not a great communicator. Articulate he is not.

Recently in the debt limit negotiations Mr. Obama warned the Republicans, “don’t call my bluff.” That’s just weird. Anyone with half a brain knows that a basic requirement of a bluff is that you don’t let it be known that you’re bluffing. Admitting that you’re bluffing cancels its effect. If you admit that you’re bluffing, you are sure to be called on it.

Mr. Obama is often cloyingly folksy. One obvious example is his insincere and frequent use of the word “folks.” A similar lame attempt at sounding like a down-home good-old-boy is the dropping of the g in words like going, doing, etc. It just makes him sound phony. Mr. Obama is attempting to act a part, but he’s not a very good actor. Watching bad acting is no fun.

The odds are looking better all the time that Mr. Obama will be a one-term president. There’s a good chance we will only be burdened with his tiresome style for another eighteen months.

About the Author

Ron Ross Ph.D. is an economist who lives in Arcata, California. He is the author of The Unbeatable Market. Reach him at rossecon@gmail.com.

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Appleby| 8.12.11 @ 6:54AM

Listening to Obama is a lot like listening to any college sophomore on a hobby horse, or listening to your fourteen-year-old endlessly repeat himself.

I no longer think Obama is the antichrist; I think even Satan is tired of him.

Michael Tomlinson| 8.12.11 @ 7:40AM

Appleby I'm sympathetic to your feeling about Barack Obama, but weren't you be a little harsh on college sophomores and 14 year olds?

Occam's Tool| 8.12.11 @ 12:22PM

Actually, my eight year old daughter is a deeper economic thinker than Barack. She thinks he's a moron, by the way---she doesn't understand the concept of earning money then being forced to give it away to people who do not work as a good thing.

W| 8.12.11 @ 12:58PM

That is because your daughter's IQ is higher, and she is smarter.
Ask her how many states in the USA.

Occam's Tool| 8.12.11 @ 4:17PM

Thank you, W. My daughter has also seen some things---she was born in Guatemala, lived in New Zealand, and Kentucky, New Mexico, and Minnesota.

massmile | 8.12.11 @ 12:59PM

Anytime I see Obama getting ready to make a speech i turn to a feminine hygiene or erictile dysfunction commercial. They are just as annoying but at least I know that in 60 seconds it will be over.
I am a 26 years old nurse, young and beautiful. Now I am seeking an older gentle man who can give me real love , so i got a username Annababe2011 on---a'ge'l'ov'e'r. C óM---it is the first and best club for y'ounger women and older men, or older women and younger men,to int'eract with each other. Maybe you wanna ch'eck it out or tell your friends.

Appleby| 8.13.11 @ 1:21PM

No -- I have heard from too many of the Zero ilk to whom it is still 1968 that their parents (that is, anybody who tells them No) are (1) evil incarnate, (2) too stupid to live; and (3) stingy.

I heard *interviews* with a few of the teen thugs in Britain who except for their atrocious grammar and accents sounded a good deal like Obama vis-a-vis helping themselves to Other Peoples Stuff. I wonder where they learned this?

Gary B| 8.12.11 @ 11:01AM

"I think even Satan is tired of him." What an apt description and funny, too.

SpiralArchitect| 8.12.11 @ 12:19PM

win.

W| 8.12.11 @ 1:01PM

Obama's tone and manner is of one who really beleives he knows everything, and is upset that he has to explain it, and is further upset that most of us do not believe him.

John S| 8.14.11 @ 5:21AM

What a bunch of ALEC brain infused lemmings in this thread.
What a bunch of hick presidential wanna-bees

There isn't two of them that could find their way home at night.

Just look at the polls. How did all of the 20% ers
find this forum.

This time people are paying attention, and the GOP/Baggers are going down in smoke.

chuck| 8.14.11 @ 10:15AM

Wow, I am just blown away by your pure logic.
Guess I'll vote for the socialsts.......er......uh.....I mean the Democrats.

wbheff| 8.15.11 @ 2:28PM

John S? No, it is really Jack S_ _ _, and we know what the S stands for.

Alan Brooks| 8.12.11 @ 3:36PM

Okay, you'll win next year; but then it's four or eight years of same-old same-old. It is comforting in its predictability.
Maybe that's the new meaning of conservative?

W| 8.12.11 @ 5:24PM

There is hope for you, Alan, keep reading the conservative posts and you will see the light. It happened to me, you would not believe my first vote for Prez.

Alan Brooks| 8.12.11 @ 5:52PM

There is no hope for the GOP- doesn't matter what you SAY; Bushism is a bad coin: it will keep coming back, it is like the Energizer Rabbit, it keeps going and going and going...

W| 8.12.11 @ 6:24PM

What is Bushism, and why do you dislike Bush? This is a softball question for you to let it all hang out.

Alan Brooks| 8.12.11 @ 9:11PM

IMO Bush (similar to the Kennedys) had as his ulterior motive his dynasty-- all else was secondary or tertiary.
Bushism, as Kennedyism, is based on the clan being above all else- and thus anything is done to promote clan even at the expense of the national interest.

W| 8.12.11 @ 9:24PM

What did Bush 1 or 2 do to promote the clan, and how did it promote the clan?

Alan Brooks| 8.13.11 @ 5:02PM

After Bush 41 lost in '92, the Bush family should have thrown in the towel; but they plowed on bravely, regardless of the cost--
to us.

creeper| 8.12.11 @ 10:33PM

Bush bad. Obama worse.

Alan Brooks| 8.13.11 @ 5:04PM

We will see: you said the exact same thing about Clinton in August of 1995.

Kilgore Trout| 8.18.11 @ 11:58PM

And Klinkton sucked, big time!

kate| 8.14.11 @ 1:57PM

If he says "Let Me Be Clear" one more time I think I am going to faint.

Karen | 8.12.11 @ 6:54AM

I CAN'T watch him. I CAN'T listen to him. I feel repulsive just at the thought of it.

beebop| 8.12.11 @ 6:59AM

With you, sister! I have muted him more than listened to him this past month. It has been the only way to prevent launching a projectile at the television!

russel| 8.12.11 @ 9:41AM

Me too . Worse yet is that he can't stay away from the odious speeches and appearances . I got an e-mail with a photo of a hand air-dryer in a restroom . It had a little label on it " Press for an announcement from the president ".

glenny44| 8.12.11 @ 11:08AM

"Press for an announcement from the president".

russell,
well played, my man. Well played.
glenny

TexasMom2012| 8.12.11 @ 12:58PM

I can't watch him with the kids in the room because I can't seem to stop myself from yelling back at him... He just infuriates me. Unfortunately even when he is voted bye-bye, we will still have to hear from him ad nauseum. There is no way he will follow the class actions of Bush. He will pull a Carter and try to undermine his replacement from the moment he is ousted. Sigh...

John S| 8.14.11 @ 5:36AM

There is no way he will follow the class actions of Bush? That's quite a statement.

There are places Busch cant even go because he will be arrested. He is in Texas hiding under his Mother's skirt.

After destroying the American economy, starting 2 wars and spending like a drunken sailor, you fault Obama fro trying to clean up the mess he left.

Same thing happened to Clinton, he had to clean up the mess Reagan and Bush 1 left.

Funny how Republicans leave such a mess when they leave office for Dems to wade through and fix.
On top of that, they have all of their right wing minions in the congress and senate STOP BLOCK & FILIBUSTER every attempt to do right for the country.

With no ideas of their own all they can do is destroy the attempts of others.

What a pathetic bunch.

chuck| 8.14.11 @ 10:21AM

Okay, Obama had overwhelming majorities in both houses of Congress, and could proceed unimpeded with his agenda for 2 years. What has he accomplished? A health care overhaul that 60% of the country is opposed to? Massive unemployment? Record deficits? Tax increases? New regulations to stifle business?
I say the destruction is coming from Obama, and we are coming for him in 2012!

beebop| 8.14.11 @ 5:17PM

"Busch ..."

Seriously? And we're supposed to bow down before you, what? An imbecile? Yeah. Right on that.

Kilgore Trout| 8.19.11 @ 12:01AM

Tex, I gotta disagree whicha here. He's too lazy to be a cahtah. He's gonna be like Klinkton and make a pile o' dough speechifyin and livin high on the hog with the rich folks he's always talkin bad about.

Butch | 8.12.11 @ 5:35PM

Count me in. I've never had this reaction to any politician before, but I go for the mute button or just change channels. Can't bear it. I could watch Bill Clinton even though I knew he was looking me right in the eye and lying to me. Not this guy; I just can't take it.

Randy| 8.12.11 @ 7:05AM

I think you meant to say you feel repulsed, because he is the one repulsive.

Occam's Tool| 8.12.11 @ 12:23PM

No, just being in a room listening to his speech makes one feel filthy and repulsive.

Ted| 8.12.11 @ 1:24PM

Yeah, it kind of makes one feel dirty, greasy, yucky, and in general need of a shower....

Lawrence Boccardi| 8.12.11 @ 7:14AM

Whatever you meant, Karen, I agree with you!

oldfart| 8.12.11 @ 8:26AM

Right with you on this one. I am already on blood pressure medication - watching him is outright painful - making me want to scream at the TV or the web cast. Is he so stupid and arrogant that he will not listen to his 'handlers'? Where are his speech writers?
His solution to a problem seems to be to go play another round of golf, Or how about another $2B trip to India. Perhaps another party.
When Barry comes on, I change the channel. The only thing I want to hear him say is that he does not want to surpass Carter and become the worst President ever and has therefor decided to resign, effective immediately. At least Biden might provide some comic relief until 2012.

Chalkdust| 8.12.11 @ 1:17PM

All this bashing Obamaisky's comic content, I happen to think he is very funny in a Rodney Dangerfield kind of way. Particularly when he teams up with his straight man Joe (just when was TV invented?) Bidden.
I mean lines like;
*Brave medicalcorpseman
* I visited all 57 states except one.
* Don't call my bluff.
* Eat your peas.
* Beer summit.
* Wee-weed up.
I mean you can't make this stuff up, it's no wonder the Demoncrats call him the smartest man in their political party.

winoceros| 8.12.11 @ 4:38PM

My big pet peeve, other than everything he ever was or will be, is his appalling use of the proposition "to." If I hear "tah" one more time out of that overeducated, under-potentialed, indoctrinated red-diaper-doper-grandbaby one more time, I'm going to pull out whatever hair I have left.

creeper| 8.12.11 @ 10:37PM

It's the cadence that gets me..."da dum, da dum, da dum, BARK!...da dum, da dum, da dum, BARK!"

BackToBasics| 8.13.11 @ 12:51PM

I agree, the sound I had in mind was the staccato sounds of a World War II Browning machine gun used by the Americans.

Ol' Will| 8.13.11 @ 5:20PM

Isn't explosive forced speech a sign of bipolar disorder (manic depression)? I know that having delusions of grandeur is a sign.

Pelligrino| 8.13.11 @ 8:35AM

winocerous, did we perhaps go to the same high school?

When I hear his pronunciation, particularly of the word "to," I have images of my 52 year old 5'1" 118 lb. Writing for the University high school teacher leaping over White House Press Corps dweebs and poorly dressed cameramen as she vaults to the podium, cocks him upside his head, and then begins assaulting with both fists.

She could not tolerate English language pronunciation errors.

She would not hesitate a nanosecond to scream in his face, "Enunciate, Bozo!"

John S| 8.14.11 @ 5:44AM

Man,you are really grabbing at at straws.

Is that the best you can do?

Everybody in this thread hates Obama but not one can say why.

Next time all of you Listen to Limbaugh Beck Hannity, ....you know all of the right wing Baggers
you worship at the feet of, at least take some notes of their lies and spin you can remember them.

rachelle| 8.13.11 @ 9:43PM

Apart from the fact that it is a pleasure to be among kindred souls, you guys are funny and that is a relief. By the way, what makes anyone think his speech writiters or handlers are smarters? I've never met a smart leftist. Crazy and passionate certainly but never smart and that includes Bill and Hill. Hill flunked the bar exam in DC and Bill would never have been considered bright had be not hidden his stupids behind the southern charm. Certainly neither of the current occupants of the White House seem to be overly gifted in the brains dept.

JimH| 8.12.11 @ 8:59AM

People watch him for the same reason they slow down when passing a car crash.

Mike D.| 8.12.11 @ 10:17AM

Its almost sad watching this guy flail around and still believe in his own self delusional view of himself as superior to everybody and his belief in his ability to influence anything by just running his yap in front of his word machine. The rest of us including his own handlers see something altogether different. Something akin to the Bismarck taking salvos and rolling over and sinking right in front of our eyes, only the salvos are self inflicted. I said "almost sad"

The Underground Conservative | 8.12.11 @ 11:25AM

To me, his voice sounds like the teacher from the Peanuts cartoons.

Xerocky| 8.12.11 @ 12:31PM

It's true, I couldn't listen to him if I wanted to.

idalily| 8.12.11 @ 11:07PM

OMG, this is so true!

Ol' Will| 8.13.11 @ 5:23PM

I've never been able to watch any part of a Peanuts cartoon so I can't compare.

Tina B| 8.12.11 @ 12:34PM

Same here. I hit the mute button or turn the radio volume off until he's gone. How sad is that.

I just don't want to listen to phonies being phony or liars lying to me. I believe it is righteous anger that makes me sheild myself from this. But then I have to read what he says and does from some media outlet, and so I thank God for TAS and its ilk.

Eldon James| 8.13.11 @ 9:51AM

My dear Karen, surely you meant that you feel "repelled," or perhaps "repulsed." Hard to believe that your inate charm could ever become repulsive!

Sotto Voce| 8.13.11 @ 6:06PM

Don't you mean "repulsed"? It's Obama who's repulsive.

kate| 8.14.11 @ 2:00PM

A lot of people turn the channel or just mute it.

gobnait| 8.14.11 @ 10:33PM

Does your gut twist sharply the second he appears- an actaul visceral reaction to his face and voice?

Paul| 8.12.11 @ 7:14AM

Allow me to expose my colon!

Let me reiterate my venereal condition!

The Audacity of Hope!

This is the end game of Affirmative Action, a President that has not run so much as a lemonade stand.

DLB| 8.12.11 @ 7:17AM

Obama's lies and stupidity are bad enough, but what makes him truly intolerable is his smugness.

chuck| 8.12.11 @ 7:26AM

His arrogance is breath-taking. He makes John Kerry look humble.

Mike D.| 8.12.11 @ 8:02AM

Agree, and Kerry is one of the most self-important POS I have seen in my lifetime. This idiot in the White House has the charisma and endearing qualities of 6 quarts of used motor oil.
To watch this person go up and stand before the cameras and need a teleprompter to blame everybody else for his own responsibilities over and over and over. He believes his own mental BS and thats a dangerous trait for anyone in that position.

pineapple| 8.12.11 @ 11:10AM

Not once have I ever watched or listened to this POS. I was afflicted with obamarrhea early on. I believe it was on Nov 4 2008.

Curtis Rasmussen| 8.12.11 @ 12:03PM

I listened to him for 10 minutes in an election debate, heard him utter the phrase 'spread the wealth', and immediately disqualified him from ever getting my vote. 10 minutes was enough to make me sick.

What is more dismaying is the millions of others that heard this same line but still voted for this clown.

sablegsd| 8.13.11 @ 1:20AM

Ditto.

Teaghan| 8.12.11 @ 8:07AM

When he does the shuck and jive up to the mic and his "oh I'm so young and active" jaunt down the stairs of AF1, I like BeeBop, want to hurl anything within reach at my television! AGGHHH! I can't stand the man!

Granny Jan | 8.12.11 @ 8:35AM

http://prancewithobama.blogspo.....ntial.html

My video on his special presidential walk.

Teaghan| 8.12.11 @ 12:29PM

Granny, that was to funny!! The man doesn't seem to have his groove back and I LOVED the look Moochelle gave him when he was wiping away the tear at an apparent funeral. Good God, if looks could kill! Thanks for the laugh!

beebop| 8.12.11 @ 6:15PM

ohmydearsweetLord. Funny doesn't begin to describe it. And? He's PIGEON TOED!

Occam's Tool| 8.12.11 @ 4:18PM

I am SOOOO lokking forward to that!

Occam's Tool| 8.12.11 @ 4:19PM

Sorry, "looking."

Savta Achimeir| 8.14.11 @ 3:42AM

I started laughing when Frankie Valli kicked in. Really though, it could use more walking footage.

NYMPH| 8.12.11 @ 11:42AM

That's his economic plan, don't you get it? Make enough people destroy their TV's so that have to go out and buy a new one. A strange way to go about stimulating the economy but quite ingenious......But like all his other plans, it too is destined for failure. I can't afford a new TV, so I just change the channel.

mister Z| 8.12.11 @ 8:29AM

Most of us are not surprised at arrogance in someone who has either earned their wealth, position, or prestige, or was given it by virtue of birth. It's not a likeable trait, it's just not surprising.
The maddening thing about Obama is that he has done nothing, either before or after becoming President, to 'earn' his arrogance.

mister Z| 8.12.11 @ 8:32AM

And, I should have added:
Not only has Obama done nothing to 'earn' his arrogance, his every action and inaction since becoming President are sources of discredit, not acclaim.

scotchieguy| 8.12.11 @ 10:06AM

He is 100% full of sh*t. He must think, how did I get this gig? This was TOO easy. The MSM are the biggest suck-ups in the history of the world. They give me a free pass evcry time. The only time they attack me, ever, is through my press secretary.

The only question is how did he get this gig. Who is this imposter? Will we ever find out who he really is, and who sent him to become our prez.

The only thing worse than someone being arrogant, is someone being arrogant when they have nothing to show for it. This guy is a total fraud. The people I really feel sorry for are the black community. He set race relations back fifty years, and they still would vote for him. I always feel sorry for the one who got duped. Think about it. Even after this trainwreck of a presidency, he STILL has a 40% approval. So much for polls.

Claypoole| 8.12.11 @ 4:20PM

If BO is nominated again by the Democrats to head their ticket in 2012 (not a sure thing, if his approval numbers continue to go south), will anyone in the MSM actually dig into his past and report what they find? I can't imagine that he'll get another complete pass on anything that isn't flattering. Surely there must be some reporters/journalists in the mainstream who love their country more than they do Obama.

Pelligrino| 8.13.11 @ 8:56AM

Or journalists who just need to stand out, shine. The journalism world is full of people. It is competitive. Just look at all the names on the Am. Spectator blog roster. But how many of this very long list actually get an ariticle in the hard copy or this site?

Where are the journalists with the guts? Where are the associates of the president when he was an undergrad, a law student? Where are his Chicago students?

We don't want dirt or gossip. Facts. What did he really say? What did he write? What did he stand for or believe in? Did he ever help a friend or acquaintance at great personal cost of time, money, and maybe reputation or standing? Did he ever do things that were good but would generate him no credit?

Why the silence from all the parishoners in Jeremiah Wright's church? Are none of them really believers?

I guess they aren't experiencing the pain of our economy, no jobs for college grads, no losses of life in Iraq/Afghanistan, and the direct results of their fellow pew sitter's incredibly poor and godless leadership (if he was really all that often there).

There ought to be countless people who can shed light on who this man is, what he stands for, what he's done in 30 years of adult life.

Larry| 8.12.11 @ 9:11AM

His speech making makes George W. Bush sound like Winston Churchill.

The Bishop| 8.12.11 @ 7:22AM

The country is definitely suffering from Obama fatigue. I agree that the sound of his voice - even in public service announcements like the one commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disability Act - set my teeth on edge. I think he's even beyond the Teleprompter's rescue. The guy is just not that articulate and, if off script, is embarrassing. He makes Dennis Kucinich look like Demosthenes.

Michael Tomlinson| 8.12.11 @ 7:41AM

Bishop -- OUCH! Love it!

Lullabys, Legends and Lies| 8.12.11 @ 8:12AM

He's still more eloquent than Al "much" Sharpton is, but then again, that's not saying "much", young children are more articulate than Al is.

“But resist, we much… we must… and we will much… about… that… be committed.” – Al Sharpton, August 9, 2011

The Underground Conservative | 8.12.11 @ 11:29AM

Barney Frank's fart on national TV was more eloquent than Al Sharpton.

Teaghan| 8.12.11 @ 12:31PM

I thought I would die laughing! Bawney Fwank is white leftist trash personified!!!

Claypoole| 8.12.11 @ 4:24PM

A caller to 'Quinn and Rose,' a terrific AM talk show, described Barney Frank's fart as his 'mating call.'

W| 8.12.11 @ 6:53PM

Why aren't there complaints about NBC hiring Sharpton when Sharpton's anti-Semitic remarks provoked the rioting in Crown Heights resulting in looting, injuries, and deaths?

Lullabys, Legends and Lies| 8.12.11 @ 8:20PM

Don’t forget about Freddy's Fashion Mart in 195, a Jewish owned store, that Al Sharpton’s National Action Network had been picketing for months because of a landlord/tenant dispute (the tenant was Black, of course). Sharpton’s flunky Roland Smith lit a fire inside the store, after telling the Black People inside to get out, and then he burned the place down, leading to 8 deaths (including Smith’s). NBC should be ashamed of themselves, for hiring this murderer, liar, race baiting, POS. But they’re not!! NBC has only a few more stories to fall before they hit rock bottom, unless they’ve already hit, and are now drilling for the basement instead.

Occam's Tool| 8.12.11 @ 4:44PM

In defense of Dennis (Ron Paul Foreign Policy) Kucinich---he does have a hot wife. Better looking than thunder thighs by a longshot.

W| 8.12.11 @ 5:34PM

When Kucinich was mayor of Cleveland the Cuyahoga River caught on fire. What else do you want to know about Dennis? Agree about Mrs.

beebop| 8.12.11 @ 6:21PM

He bankrupted the city.

W| 8.12.11 @ 6:49PM

Bankrupting the city makes him an everyday Democrat, but how many can say the river in downtown Cleveland caught on fire?

Occam's Tool| 8.12.11 @ 9:59PM

Yes, the fire was interesting. To quote the Aliens (the Kilrah) from "Wing Commander" ---my favorite video game ever---"This ape has Teeth! Impressive."

Granny Jan | 8.12.11 @ 7:23AM

A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence. I don't know anyone with a great sense of humor who isn't smart. Is the reverse true? In BO's case yes.

The crowd will laugh at his lame attempt at jokes but what they are are nothing but small talk. I've been listening and watching him for years and if he ever said anything intelligent I must have been asleep at the switch.

What I have noticed is the increasingly malevolent look on his face peaking Thursday. Do they send him out there to look and act scary to young children and soccer moms. Doubtful

The man is becoming unhinged.

Xerocky| 8.12.11 @ 12:38PM

There's a reason you were asleep, his talking has that effect on people.

Michael Tomlinson| 8.12.11 @ 7:32AM

It's an insult to infer Obama has more integrity than LBJ. LBJ was far more honest and ethical than Obama could hope to be.

While the mainstream media bemoaned President Bush's alleged "arrogance" (a typical liberal lie to belittle a humble man possessed of a folksy self-deprecating humor reminiscent of Will Rogers) they totally ignore the hubris, haughtiness, condescension, snootiness, pomposity and pretentiousness of the poster boy for failed affirmative action – the pseudo-intellectual Barack “Inane” Obama.

Teaghan| 8.12.11 @ 8:10AM

Great post Michael!

The Bishop| 8.12.11 @ 8:12AM

Barack "Inane" Obama. Good one. I'm going to borrow that, Michael.

Granny Jan | 8.12.11 @ 8:43AM

Barack "Insane" Obama is better.

Westie| 8.12.11 @ 11:31AM

'Barack "Insane" Obama' results in 33milion+ responses on Goggle. Impeach this insanity!

Dave Williams| 8.12.11 @ 1:59PM

My personal favorite for his last name is "Ohblahblah." What a maroon!

jothepro| 8.12.11 @ 9:07AM

Hey Michael, They think he is great because of all the adjectives you wrote about him. Liberals have always fascinated me with how they look at the world !!!!!

Butch | 8.12.11 @ 5:48PM

What's scary is that all of those characteristics you related in your second paragraph are his good points! After that comes the left-wing ideology.

Timothy L. Pennell| 8.12.11 @ 7:32AM

It's much WORSE than all that.
"While walking up a flight of stairs, I met a man who wasn't there."
There's nothing to Obama. He hasn't DONE anything. He hasn't ANY experience in doing ANYTHING, save running his MOUTH. And he doesn't do THAT very well, without the help of his indispensable Teleprompter, and the words SOMEONE ELSE wrote for him. He even took it to an Elementary School Classroom. The SUIT is EMPTY.
I'm told that he was NEVER a University Professor. That he NEVER taught the Constitution. That he has NEVER held a JOB. He was a GUEST SPEAKER, invited to RUN HIS MOUTH.
There are few things that people like less, than being LECTURED by someone who's never done ANYTHING in his life.
And, then, there is his incessant LECTURING.
I know that there are a lot of smart people out there. People who know their History. Maybe it's just me, but, when I watch him make one of his Grand Proclamations from on high? I see MUSSOLINI. The way he STARES off, looking OVER his audience. His hand gestures. His Pauses. The look on his PUKE Face. His HUBRIS. His ARROGANCE. And, of course, the fact that he is a PATHOLOGICAL LIAR, makes it even more unbearable.
Somebody, PLEASE, name me something IMPORTANT, and EXPENSIVE, that he HASN'T lied about.
Public Financing for his campaign. No Lobbyists in his Administration. Legislation put up on the Internet for 72 Hours, before a Vote. Health Care Legislation debated on CSPAN. Pay As You Go. "I'm gonna FOCUS ON JOBS." You can keep your Doctor. You can keep your Plan. Anyone making less than $250,000 will not see ANY of their taxes raised. "I'M gonna FOCUS ON JOBS." His Health Care Plan will LOWER the costs. LOWER the taxes. Not add one DIME to the Deficit if Health Care is passed. Unemployment will be less than 8% if he got his STIMULUS. Shovel Ready Infrastructure Jobs. Close Guantanamo. End the Patriot Act. "I'm gonna FOCUS ON JOBS." End Renditions. NEVER start a WAR OF CHOICE. Will be in Libya for DAYS, not weeks. Doesn't really KNOW who Bill Ayers is. Never heard Reverend Wright say any of those things. "I'm gonna FOCUS ON JOBS."
He hasn't got a single redeeming quality.
He asks US to SACRIFICE, as he leaves on another VACATION. He's DANCING BAREFOOT, in the Rose Garden, with his MILLIONAIRE and BILLIONAIRE Hollywood Friends, who got to D.C. on their PRIVATE JETS. You know, the FAT CATS that we're supposed to HATE. And, now it's off to Martha's Vineyard.
If you're gonna SACRIFICE, you might as well do it at one of your MILLIONAIRE/BILLIONAIRE buddy's Ocean Front Estates, eating LOBSTER and sipping COGNAC.
He's painful to watch, because WE HATE HIM.

cuban pete| 8.12.11 @ 8:55AM

Timothy:
Well done,as usual.
You did hit on a personal note.
When I was a boy my mother would recite an old verse.
"Yesterday upon the stair I saw a man who wasn't there. He wasn't there again today. Gee, I wish he'd go away."
Have a great weekend.

steve| 8.12.11 @ 12:17PM

Great post!! One more hollow promise: Wasn't he also going to go through the budget "line by line" looking for cuts?

Tina B| 8.12.11 @ 12:48PM

Timothy,

I am saving your excellent post to commit certain items to memory as I return for my final days before retiring after 29 years at a middle school. I have many liberal "friends" and I have held my tongue (somewhat) for many of those years. I will be polite, but I will not be moved. Thanks for the ammo, I have 6 weeks left, I can use it all!

creeper| 8.12.11 @ 10:51PM

Timothy,

That was one of the better rants I've read lately. Write on.

Pelligrino| 8.13.11 @ 9:09AM

Rock on, Timothy! Superb. And don't forget that laser beam focus on plugging that hole in the Gulf.

Keep these atrocious lies well categorized, archived. We will need you to help remind everone in these coming 15 months.

And...can you add something about the czars? Do we ever hear from them? What they're doing (or not doing)? Does even Obama even talk to them?

Thank you.

LivnLaVidaBroka| 8.13.11 @ 3:43PM

Wow, this is the BEST post I have read in awhile. Thank you so much for SPELLING it all out. I'm going to copy it and put it someplace handy to refer to - each point is absolutely true and correct. You should be a speech writer! Send it to Rick Perry's campaign team - I'm sure they would get a lot of mileage out of your missive. Again, great post and I thank you.

Rob Roy| 8.12.11 @ 7:47AM

This man goes on television to speak on issues of little or no importance other than to make him look presidential (not working). When I hear of another speech, my reaction is SHUT THE HELL UP, I AM SICK AND TIRED OF YOU, YOU ARROGANT FOP!!!!!!!!!!!! God help us if he gets reelected.

Rick V.| 8.12.11 @ 7:51AM

All true, but I remain troubled for two primary reasons. First, he successfully stole the election from Hillary. No outrage from the media, no protests from the rabble, but let's face it - she had a lock and McCain was a weak, flawed candidate (thanks, RNC). Secondly, never underestimate the Republican Party's ability to implode. Everybody's waiting for, who - Perry? Palin? Elvis? Seriously, there are forces at work here that will assure the Dark Knight of a second term.

Teaghan| 8.12.11 @ 8:19AM

No outrage from the media?! They handed the office to obama on a silver platter! The msm sided against Hillary because they being the leftist media that they are, wanted to help elect the "first african american president" It was far more important than electing the first woman president. The left, despite their NOW and NARAL groups, are majorly anti-woman, especially if you're a conservative. Off the subject, sorry.

Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 8.12.11 @ 7:54AM

He has big ears.

cuban pete| 8.12.11 @ 8:58AM

Watch it Bill!
Remember BHO got upset with Maureen Dowd when the subject of his ears came up.
He warned her don't talk about my ears.

Mike D.| 8.12.11 @ 11:37AM

His ears look like two miniature air raid sirens stuck to his head.

sablegsd| 8.13.11 @ 1:34AM

His lips are purple.

Lullabys, Legends and Lies| 8.12.11 @ 8:05AM

I can only make it about one minute once President Obama starts talking before I'm changing the channel again, I just can't stand listening to him anymore. He's way past worn out his welcome, now he's more like a terminal disease that starts in ones ear canal, then starts rotting your brain. Huh, what? Did you say something?

He reminds me of my old First Sergeant, he actually thinks he interesting and funny, but he's only interesting and funny because of who he is, not because he actually is. My old 1SG used to hold court, and all his flunkies would hang on his ever word, and laugh at ever attempt at a joke he made. He's retired now down in Florida, and I'm sure he uses those same old jokes on his new neighbors, and he probably wonders why they keep falling flat. "Hmm, that one used to crack them up in the Army, my neighbors must be stupid". No they're not old 1SG!! They're completely fine!! It's you!! You're not funny, and you never were!! Here's the truth, they only laughed at FT Bragg, because they didn't want to be put on some stupid detail for the entire weekend. And if laughing at one of your bad jokes was the price they had to pay to get out of that, well it was well worth selling a small piece of their souls for a free weekend. But make no mistake about it, and I want to make this perfectly clear, they weren't laughing because you really were funny, they were laughing because of who you were, you were the guy who could ruin their weekend on them. Ha, ha!!

So when we retire President Obama in January 2013, I think he should move to Florida too. I know a nice neighborhood where he could move to, right next to my old 1SG. The two of them can bore each other to death with their stupid unfunny jokes. They'll really love each other!! But even they won't be able to laugh at each other's stupid jokes!! "Hmm, that joke used to crack them up at the White House, my new neighbors must be stupid, or maybe they're all Republicans!!".

David T| 8.12.11 @ 9:34AM

Hey--Shut up and eat your peas.

John Navratil| 8.12.11 @ 10:13AM

Lullabys, Legends and Lies,

Does it help to be ex-military to get through a minute of Obama? Your a tougher bird than I will ever be. I have to leave the room when I see those bouncing hands entering from the side of my television screen.

Lullabys, Legends and Lies| 8.12.11 @ 12:17PM

John: I'm a Paratrooper, so I've had a lot of bad landings over the years. So maybe I'm not as bright as I used to be (did I say maybe?), which would probably explain why it takes me a whole minute to realize I don't like what I'm hearing when the President starts speaking, or lecturing. They say we fall at 20 feet per second, so when you hit the ground, it really rings your bell. I'm also a full inch shorter than I used to be, shorter and dumber, be all you can be, some sort of lyric that I forgot fits in here, in the Army.

Tina B| 8.12.11 @ 12:55PM

Thank you, LLL, for losing that inch and some brain cells for my families' freedom and safety. God bless you, and I can tell He does.

Occam's Tool| 8.12.11 @ 10:00PM

Just one among the many reasons you are awesome, LLL. You know who else was a USA paratrooper? Jimi Hendrix!

Lullabys, Legends and Lies| 8.13.11 @ 8:28PM

Thanks Tina B & OT; I didn't need those brain cells anyway, I can still defeat any Liberal I meet around here without them, so I guess they were just extra baggage, and my rucksack is heavy enough as is. But I do miss the 1" I lost a lot, it turned me from 6' tall to 5'11", and I want that damn inch back!! I've got a jump next week, so maybe I'll find that inch that I lost somewhere out there on the dropzone? It's a big dropzone though?

I did not know that about Jimi Hendrix, but you're right, he was with the 101st, until he was medically discharged. I wonder if history would've been different had he fulfilled his original contract? Maybe he would've become First Sergeant Hendrix, who cracked jokes that weren't funny, but his Paratroopers laughed at them anyway? I guess we'll never know!!

flsunnygirl| 8.12.11 @ 4:19PM

Noooooooo! We don't want him down here in Florida. Please don't wish that on us. I know that we have some "crazies" in this state but that would make the nut jobs look good. Just sayin'.

beebop| 8.12.11 @ 6:25PM

The bobbing head -- moving from teleprompter to teleprompter in an abstract attempt at looking as if he is NOT looking at a teleprompter is ridiculous. Everyone knows he uses it -- even to address elementary school children -- so he might as well look right into one dead in front of him and not make me dizzy ...

William L. Gensert| 8.12.11 @ 8:09AM

There is another reason he is so difficult to watch. Every speech is essentially the same.
We’ve heard it all before.

"There is a problem caused by those who came before. Follow me, because even though they will try to stop me, only I can solve the problem. The answers to all the nation’s ills can be found in who I am and what I have done."

"Did I mention that I'm rich?"

Seapuss| 8.12.11 @ 8:10AM

Let me add to the list of Obama's annoying mannerisms.

First, the man simply CANNOT say the word "to". He always pronounces it "tuh".

Second, he whistles whenever he says a word that ends with an "S". He sounds just like Mr. Herbert on "Family Guy".

Finally, what's up with that little pseudo-athletic "hop" he does whenever he steps up onto a stage?

The Bishop| 8.12.11 @ 8:14AM

But you have to admit, he's really in the groove when he says "Pahk-i-stan."

Mike 3/505| 8.12.11 @ 8:49AM

Bishop,

Pahk eeeee Stahn... :-)

Regards,

Mike

scythe| 8.12.11 @ 9:08AM

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Granny Jan | 8.12.11 @ 8:48AM

His jogging everywhere especially down AF1 stairs is to appear macho. Yet the funny thing is he holds his little paws in front of him like the sissy he is. I collect pictures and videos of this and use it over and over again in my videos. They are always a hit.

maximumrandb| 8.12.11 @ 9:02AM

If any crewmember on the C-5 Galaxy walked down the 30 foot ladder from the flight deck to the tarmac the way Obama does from AF One they'd be slapped.

Granny Jan | 8.12.11 @ 9:15AM

I guess you can say I b*tch slap him in the videos.

scythe| 8.12.11 @ 9:10AM

OMG the pain in my side! Stop! The comments are a laugh riot! So true!!!!!!!!!!!

Teaghan| 8.12.11 @ 12:33PM

You guys are killin' me this morning!

Seapuss| 8.12.11 @ 12:13PM

Yes! The "simulated jogging" thing (with limp wrists leading the way) really bugs me! That's what I see him do every time he "hops" onto a stage or ascends or descends a set of stairs.

Thunderbottom| 8.12.11 @ 2:00PM

Winner of the Third Annual "Walk Like a Girl" Race.

Occam's Tool| 8.12.11 @ 12:30PM

My title for this clown is: The POTUS, Vermin T. Maggot, Attorney at Law.

By the way: he's a metrosexual puss married to a castrating fat ass.

Chris| 8.12.11 @ 3:27PM

Except he lost his law licence.
Otherwise, spot on!

Occam's Tool| 8.12.11 @ 4:37PM

His law license is inactive.

This is interesting. For example, medical licenses cost money. For me to have kept the licenses I once had in KY, NM, and CA would have run me about $1,000. I chose not to renew them as I had no medical practices in those states, and no financial reason to keep them. (CA I gave up when I was practicing in AL. I have kept AL as it is where my family lives, and I might go back there one day. My wife thinks I should give it up, and I may---it's $300.00/yr, or $3000 of money towards my baby's college for something I don't use at all. I ONLY practice in Minnesota.

Barack and Michelle went inactive because they didn't practice law, apparently.

W| 8.12.11 @ 4:44PM

To maintain a law license in Pa is $175 for the license, and about $500 for 12 credits of CLE each year.

beebop| 8.12.11 @ 6:29PM

I believe you will find that Mrs. O had hers revoked in 1993 as the result of a court order ....

W| 8.12.11 @ 8:40PM

give us the details

Occam's Tool| 8.12.11 @ 10:01PM

That is to say, about a thousand a year.

rachelle| 8.13.11 @ 10:06PM

Not so, at least Mooshelle was invited to surrender hers awhile back as a result of some "work" she did for the Mayor of Chicago and well before she left the jurisdiction and "working". Please note that my "scare" quotes are all very, very sarcastic because I'm not sure whether the correct word would make it through the filter.

flsunnygirl| 8.12.11 @ 4:35PM

I am surprised he hasn't fallen jogging down those stairs all limp wristed. Do you think he practices that trick in the White House after hours. I really appreciate the laugh Granny Jan! What a hoot!

sablegsd| 8.13.11 @ 1:38AM

I keep hoping he will fall.

scotchieguy| 8.12.11 @ 10:55AM

The first clue that he is a fraud is his over-ennunciation of words--'we will seek social justice.' When he says 'justice,' there is something phony about the last syllable--too much 'ssss.' "Jobssss.' "Benefitsssss.' 'Appointmentsssss.' Then he throws in the 'folksy' 'gonna,' wanna, leavin', etc...like he is a blue collar guy. I can't figure the guy out. Say what you want about his wife and kids, but they seem real. Michelle seems like a really sweet person, full of life. BO seems the opposite--has he ever laughed? Someone wrote a book about presidents and came to the conclusion that we almost always elect the nicer candidate--JFK over Nixon, Bush 43 over Gore, LBJ over Goldwater...but not in '08. How did so many get duped by this guy? If he isn't a fraud, then the word has no meaning. I knew the first time I saw him speak there was something wrong about the guy--he is just weird, creepy, he is a really unattractive, unhappy person, strange dude. He is not cool, he is cold, icy, he is not real. He is not a person.

Seapuss| 8.12.11 @ 11:19AM

I believe you are hearing the "Mr. Herbert whistle" when Obama says a word that ends with an "S".

buckeyeman| 8.12.11 @ 11:49AM

He pronounces "jews" like "juice".

Mike D.| 8.12.11 @ 12:24PM

Can't actually say and complete a sentence without pausing 4 times. Thats the sign of somebody who needs a teleprompter and has a slow mind. this guy is so mechanical he makes Gore look HUman.

skedaddle| 8.12.11 @ 10:53PM

I think his slow and strange speech is a sign that English is not his first language, although he manages to have an American accent. He's one strange duck (and dangerous).

creeper| 8.12.11 @ 11:01PM

Michelle IS a really sweet person...as long as you keep her airplane fueled.

sablegsd| 8.13.11 @ 1:47AM

Mooch is a bitch.
Zero is a dick.
A match made in hell. They both sold their souls to the devil a long time ago.

rachelle| 8.13.11 @ 10:09PM

Read his poem, I believe it is called Pops, about the smell on his underwear. It is really sad but I could feel more pity if he would just go away and get therapy he needs for what was clearly an awful childhood.

junkyard infidel| 8.12.11 @ 1:02PM

there's nothing athletic about the hop. that's his "long legged mack daddy strut" he learned as a community organizer on the streets of chicago !

Conservative View| 8.12.11 @ 8:10AM

ALL SOUND AND FURY SIGNIFYING NOTHING

The truly painful part of haveing to listen to President Obama is his total inability to say anything. He has become all but irrelevant, nothing more than a bobble head standing before a teleprompter.

Cases in point. Has he said anything meaningful about the debt crisis? No, not really. He has said over and over again what we need is a ballanced approach. No, what we need is a ballanced budget. He has said tax the rich more, but somehow missed explaining just exactly where the tax money from the rich is going to go. Is it going to go into paying down our national debt, or go into even more governmental spending? He has said we need a national health care plan, and then forgot to mention just how we pay for the monster. His lips move, sound comes out, and in the end, the sound signifies nothing.

At some point even the MSM will give up. They can't continue to give positive coverage to a vacume of thought. At some point one reporter or another is going to ask a killer question, and the President will fumble it. No teleprompters around to help answer questions. Then the blood letting will begin. At least, that is my hope.

So, when the President speaks I switch channels. Even Sponge Bob is more intertaining. I've learned lots now watching Myth Buster re-runs. Perhaps in that there is some value to the sound, and my fury, whenever he even opens his mouth.

R Martin| 8.12.11 @ 8:40AM

Yes, we all agree Obama is a tiresome little tick. But if he does manage to fool the country a second time and get re-elected, it will not be because of what he said, it will be because of what he did. I'm talking about his October Surprise (2012), and my pick is that he will bomb Iran's nuclear reactor.

Granny Jan | 8.12.11 @ 8:49AM

Oy vey. I wouldn't put it pass him.

VBMax| 8.12.11 @ 9:37AM

No, I think he likes those mullahs and wouldn't do anything to hurt them.

Ground Control| 8.12.11 @ 11:09AM

I see no reason to doubt your assessment. After all, Clinton bombed the Sudan and Iraq just to keep Monica Lewinski's grand jury testimony out of the headlines. Carter tried to swing a deal with the Soviets over the Iranian hostage crisis to influence the 1980 election. Maybe O'Bozo will bomb somebody to swing the 2012 election? Why wouldn't he? What has he to lose? "Credibility"?!

By the way, don't expect that a defeated O'Bozo will just fade away. He is neither old, nor a soldier. He will plaster his mug all over the Media following his involuntary retirement from the White House. His annoying speeches will turn into brainless punditry, as he becomes a regular on various and sundry "news" programs, offering his "intelligence" and "judgement" in criticizing his successor and vainly defending his own record of failure. Maybe even a stint on "60 Minutes?" One thing is certain, no matter how much audiences ignore him, he will always have an outlet for his stupidity in the Main Stream Media.

Occam's Tool| 8.12.11 @ 12:32PM

No, no he won't bomb the Iranians. He likes them.

His October 2012 surprise will be them announcing they have the bomb and nuking the US Mediterranean fleet. But his supporters will blame Israel and vote for him anyway.

sablegsd| 8.13.11 @ 1:49AM

I think he will bomb Israel.
And then he will declare martial law.

FastJohnny| 8.12.11 @ 8:41AM

"Mr. Obama is attempting to act a part, but he's not a very good actor. Watching bad acting is no fun."

I agree he is terrible at it, I see nothing different in his bad acting than what I say during his campaigning before he became our 'lecturer-and-chief' or 'scolder-and-chief'.The only problem is that considering that there is a whole sector of our society that watches terrible acting these days on TV he seems to fit right in.

A. C. Santore| 8.12.11 @ 8:48AM

When I think of his attempts at humor, I am reminded of a scene in "The Sopranos."

Someone told Tony Soprano that people laughed at his jokes, funny or not, so he conducted an experiment. He told an unfunny joke.

All of his flunkies laughed. One - his enemy - just stood there with a sour puss, sharpening a knife.

The other, his only real friend (forgot his name) and the only character in the entire series who didn't betray him, didn't get the joke (which wasn't), and sat there with a puzzled expression on his face.

scythe| 8.12.11 @ 8:51AM

So glad you brought it up: just WHAT THE HELL does AUDACITY OF HOPE MEAN? Audacious: extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless: an audacious explorer; extremely original; without restriction to prior ideas; highly inventive: an audacious vision of the city's bright future. Even the title of his ghost written vainglorious BS book is a head banger. Audacity to HOPE? WTF? I long ago stopped listening to this faux pres for all the reasons everyone mentioned. In addition: can anyone look at his eyes and not get a case of the jim-jams? Get seriously creeped out? Whatever is lurking in there ain't pretty. And since the scent of garlic isn't my first perfume of choice, forearming oneself to endure another Obama visitation has become a messy and stinky affair. No thanks.

rachelle| 8.13.11 @ 10:15PM

Speaking of titles, the worse one is Dreams from My Father -- marxist, alcoholic, muslim, alien and all around failure at everything other than drinking himself to death. Quite a subject for hero worship to say nothing or disqualification from being president. I know, picky, picky but Bill Ayres should have thought ahead on the implications of using that for a title given the putative father's bio.

Mimi| 8.12.11 @ 8:58AM

We can't listen to Obama anymore because we've had ENOUGH and CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!
The dishonesty, over and over is so irritating!

When he starts saying things like ....I'm SORRY AMERICA....I'VE been WRONG! Then and only can we hear and pay attention. It is all so SAD....Most of us NEVER had feelings like this toward any President even of another Party, But when in our long, wonderful HISTORY did we have such a UN-PATRIOTIC, UN-AMERICAN, SELF-CENTERED, INCOMPETANT , NO-AMBITION PRESIDENT!

Denver Todd| 8.12.11 @ 9:03AM

Using 'folks' is a black culture thing, I think. Dropping the g is a black preacher thing. Obama knows about both of these things.

Frekki| 8.12.11 @ 9:09AM

I've never been able to watch or listen to him. He walks, talks and jives like a used car salesman. The type of salesman that keeps trying to push you into a purchase that you don't want, won't take no for an answer, and won't show you what you want. Even more annoying, he is a crap salesman who "knows" that he is better than you.

scythe| 8.12.11 @ 9:14AM

Nah. A car salesman would make him look like an inept dolt. He's more like the guy whose relative owns a dealership and he needs a job. Or a dealership that was sued by the NAACP with Jesse Jackson in the showroom leading a pack of wild-eyed jackals demanding "representation". So they hired Obysmal .

Larry| 8.12.11 @ 9:09AM

You forgot to mention "I'm focused like a laser beam", "Let me be clear..." and "Uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh" in your list of ad nauseum repetitive statements from Comrade Golfer.

Irene| 8.12.11 @ 10:07AM

I was wondering when someone would mention his "Let me be clear...." or "Let me be perfectly clear...." - and I scream "Yea - like mud! You haven't said one thing that made sense!" God, I detest this man.

Anthony| 8.12.11 @ 9:12AM

It's always painful to observe an absolutely arrogant, nasty, cold-blooded elitist, who in calm condescending sotto voce speech, continues to spew leftist insanity, with continued certitude, that is destroying America.
Reagan said it best, about how little leftists know, but how certain they are in their ignorance.
Insanity does not only come from raving lunatics, but from those who appear rational. They are the dangerous ones.

Kurt in S.L.C.| 8.12.11 @ 9:45AM

Couldn't agree more Anthony,most of what he says is inane drivel,condescending sneering or pompous scolding but now and then the truth comes out(think Joe the Plumber).Is he insane?Probably not.Just a rational Marxist, which is worse,he's evil.

loulou| 8.12.11 @ 9:56AM

Obama is a psychopath.
Insanity is a legal term.

VBMax| 8.12.11 @ 10:00AM

If insanity could be defined as an inability to control ones destructive impulses, yes, he would be considered insane.

Anthony| 8.12.11 @ 9:52AM

I should add however, that it is not painful to observe the likes of Chris Matthews, Algore and Paul Kurgman implode as their leftist hegemony disolves in front of their eyes.
Shadenfraude can be fun, especially when it's obnoxious, pedantic elitists who are doing a wicked witch of the east right in front of our eyes. I'M MELTING......

Stormy| 8.12.11 @ 9:12AM

"LBJ was far more honest and ethical than Obama could hope to be."

You must not have known LBJ very well. Not that Obama has any of either, but LBJ should not be confused with honest or ethical. He was a first-class Democratic politician. Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are minor league politicians compared to LBJ.

Conservative View| 8.12.11 @ 9:44AM

And that's why they called him "Land slide Lyndon" after he "grave stoned" a Texas election.

loulou| 8.12.11 @ 9:44AM

True. His homely wife was crooked as well.

Mike D.| 8.12.11 @ 10:00AM

LBJ was as ruthless as they come.

Gary B| 8.12.11 @ 11:12AM

He might even have been a murderer. How's that for walking into dangerous territory?

chuck| 8.12.11 @ 11:28AM

Jackie seems to have thought so.

mrfunn| 8.12.11 @ 9:14AM

What is up with the roll up the sleeves thing he does when he goes out to speak to the folks?

My how he sets the ladies hearts a flutter with that one, but not as much as he use to.

Perhaps he could get that magic moment back if he were to hop up on stage and take off his shirt or his pants.

Larry| 8.12.11 @ 9:17AM

Ewwww

The Underground Conservative | 8.12.11 @ 11:35AM

Better him than Moochelle.

TexasMom2012| 8.12.11 @ 1:50PM

At least Michelle has shoulders. O has none! I want our next president to have some shoulders. I know that is petty but I do not want to have to watch another metrosexual in the White House.

And for God's sake get all the fake gold and yellow curtains back to storage. The White House looks like the palaces in the middle east with gaudy finery everywhere instead of classic elegance!

rachelle| 8.13.11 @ 10:20PM

God help me but Freud was right. The first time I read it, I thought you said skirt! What a picture. I think he needs to reconsider his course and he will find that he wants to do something bigger, perhaps a NGO associated with the UN rather than continue to cast his pearls before us ungrateful swine. Just once more, give me a chance to vote for Sarah and I will work and contribute and do anything I can so that we have a sane American as a leader.

oldfart| 8.12.11 @ 9:16AM

What we are witnessing is a very painful experience for this country, the citizens and frankly, at a personal level for Barry. He cannot seem to come to grips with the fact that he has made himself irrelevant. The political process will move forward with Barry as an observer, not a participant.
I see the possibility of one of the following:
1. Barry is defeated in the primaries by another who will come forward to salvage as much as possible of the Democratic Party and liberal philosophy. Barry will completely unable to handle this defeat at a personal level and will refuse to attend the inauguration of the new President in 2013 demonstrating how he has no class.
2. Barry is defeated in the general election. The Democratic Party will suffer such massive damage at the national level that they will become irrelevant. There will be a realignment of both parties and the existing Democratic Party will dissolve as the Whig party did in 1856. Again Barry will not attend the inauguration of the new President in 2013 demonstrating how he has no class.
3. Barry will be ‘persuaded’ not to make an effort during the primaries, clearing the way for another to step forward to carry the torch. Much will be made of his 'accomplishments' during term and he will be offered some prize ‘position’ of leadership. His replacement will stand a descent chance of overcoming a Republican challenger in the general election. IF the Republican challenger does win the general election Barry will not attend the inauguration of the new President in 2013 demonstrating how he has no class.
Comments?

Conservative View| 8.12.11 @ 9:47AM

Outcome number one scares me the most. We know we can get rid of Obamma. It's the other guy who ever it might be, that we know nothing about. If Hillary ran, all bets are off, and we might, just might, have (God save us) another Democratic President.

Riff Raff| 8.12.11 @ 11:45AM

I never understood the appeal of Hilary, a shrill, ill-educated, arrogant, fool who really doesn't understand half as much as she thinks she does. WHY would anyone vote for Hilary? What does she bring to the table? A "RESET" button?

mister Z| 8.12.11 @ 1:39PM

Obama/Jarrett have ignored public and party sentiment since taking office, and I don't expect either of them to suddenly start doing so. Even if the democrat power brokers ask him to step aside, Obama is too arrogant to do so, even in the face of overwhelming opposition, even from his own party.
And, if he is the democrat candidate, I expect a close race that will depend largely on how well he spends his campaign funds to energize his considerable, locked-in voting base of blacks, leftists, liberals, unions, greens, and gays.

sablegsd| 8.13.11 @ 1:54AM

And for some bizarre reason, Jews.

chuck| 8.13.11 @ 7:56AM

No Democrat would dare primary Oblunderboy. The blacks would revolt, thus killing any chance for any Democrat at the top of the ticket, and probably all the way down to dog catcher.

Larry| 8.12.11 @ 9:20AM

President B. Hussein acts like an arrogan prick who's won the Noble Peace Prize for doing nothing to advance the cause of peace anywhere at anytime.

Oh, wait a minute......

Granny Jan | 8.12.11 @ 9:21AM

He usually goes to the podium with his jacket on and then hands it to Reggie. He proceeds to roll up his shirt sleeves ever so nonchalently. An 80 year old woman in the crowd swoons... the rest not so much anymore.

Larry| 8.12.11 @ 9:22AM

Yes, he's got those Kenyan movie star good looks....

Bob Grant| 8.12.11 @ 9:29AM

Kenyan movie star. Too funny!

W| 8.12.11 @ 8:42PM

I repeat, Kenya insists Obama was born in the USA.

chuck| 8.12.11 @ 11:32AM

Yea, nothing like the skinny kid look. I guess Michelle has been hogging down his dinner for the last few years.

MikeBee| 8.12.11 @ 9:25AM

The MSM continues to present Obummer as a great speaker -- oh, so eloquent! I present to you what I said yesterday: it's all perspective. Those on the Left live in a world which consists of themselves, and of other liberals. If you've ever talked with a Liberal, you find them both very boring, and devoid of a sense of humor. What I'm sayin' is, they think Obama's eloquent because they are comparing him with AlGore, another liberal presidential candidate. You have to admit: Obama cleans AlGore's clock, when it comes to eloquence. But, it's a lot like saying that a turtle is lightning fast, when comparing it to a snail. Once you realize that liberals operate in this bubble of liberalism, and only have contact with other liberals, what they say makes perfect sense. But, it's all perspective.

We on the Right are comparing Obama's rhetorical skills with those of Reagan, for example. For us, we're comparing Mt. Whitney to an ant hill.

Ross is right, though: it's very difficult watching someone who is bad at something attempt to do that thing he's bad at. It's particularly difficult to listen to a speaker who really is devoid of a sense of humor.

Xerocky| 8.12.11 @ 12:29PM

"You have to admit: Obama cleans AlGore's clock, when it comes to eloquence. "
No way. Al Gore is usually wrong about everything that comes out of his mouth, but he's a way better speaker than O. For sure. No contest.

Bob Grant| 8.12.11 @ 9:37AM

Please let me add to the list of reasons why it's hard to watch Obama, although Mr. Ross stole my thunder by mentioning his annoying habit of dropping his g's and over use of the word 'folks' to sound...folksy:

* The annoying way he faux "jogs" on to a podium or up/down the stairs of Air Force One. His arms always in front and in that annoying position...oy

*His insincere toothy grin...oy

*His use of the words 'whole host', 'shared sacrifice' , and of course 'let me be clear'

loulou| 8.12.11 @ 9:43AM

Good list. Add "the notion that..."
Also, has anyone mentioned his whistle when he says the letter S?

BTW, when Obama faux jogs down the stairs he holds his hands in what is called a "limp wrist" position.

Granny Jan | 8.12.11 @ 10:04AM

I have the only blog in the world devoted mostly to his special walk. It's an off shoot of my real blog.
http://prancewithobama.blogspot.com/

rachelle| 8.13.11 @ 10:26PM

I love it. It is more fun than we deserve given our lack of appropriate respect for the -one.

Bob Grant| 8.12.11 @ 12:48PM

Good ones as well.

I forgot the biggest one of all. The one which prevents me from watching video of him:

The false impression he gives when reading his teleprompter. His facial expression appears as though his brilliant musings are gifts from heaven when in fact He's Reading off a Friggin' Monitor!

FastJohnny| 8.12.11 @ 4:33PM

"Make no mistake about it"...as he wags his finger at us, the great unwashed who can not appreciate his enlightened being.

Larry| 8.12.11 @ 9:45AM

Don't forget the way that he applauds the audience as they're applauding him. I believe that I read Musolini did that as well.

Anthony| 8.12.11 @ 10:34AM

Musolini, for all his goose-stepping faults, was a valid intellectual, an inspiring speaker, and was multi-lingual.
The only thing Obozo will have in common with Il Duce is when we Americans finally have enough of his leftist bullshit and run the Muslim Marxist back to the U.N. where he belongs.
P.S. I would have made another comparison to Benito, but I don't want to upset RET and be accused of being racist by the trolls who frequent TAS. But those who know their history will know what I mean.

cuban pete| 8.12.11 @ 11:13AM

Anthony:
Wasn't Benito held in high regard by many intellectuals early on? I recall that mindset was demonstrated in the movie "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie."

chuck| 8.12.11 @ 11:38AM

I also believe he was "held high" at the bitter end.

cuban pete| 8.12.11 @ 11:47AM

The "dangling man" as Saul Bellow might have said.

Anthony| 8.12.11 @ 1:21PM

Oh yes, Benito was the darling of the American intelligencia. There was even a song written about him, I can't remember the musician, but he was famous.
Benito was a fad nto himself.

Occam's Tool| 8.12.11 @ 4:38PM

Cole Porter.

"You're the Top."

Good catch , Anthony.

Anthony| 8.12.11 @ 6:49PM

Thanks, I thought it might be Cole Porter. Good catch yourself!!

sinanju| 8.12.11 @ 1:29PM

About Mussolini, I have to admit I was surprised when I read the part about him in Jonah's "Liberal Fascism" about his stormy youthful intellectual pursuits, his brief teaching career, his study of, and hobnobbing with, leftist philosophers while in exile in Switzerland and his organizing, writing and oratory in the Italian socialist movement, his WWI service and his synthesis of various philosophers from Plato on up to design his Fascist movement.

Nowadays, most of us only know of ol' Benito from the film clips of his goofy posturing on that balcony, and he was certainly a thug above all else, but there was a lot more to him than that.

Imagine Obama having done that much? Well, he'd never get elected to dogcatcher around here with a paper trail like that, but at least he could claim some level of accomplishment.

Anthony| 8.12.11 @ 2:21PM

Yes, Jonah Goldberg's book is a must read. I found the history that Hitler was an early admirerer of Mussolini facinating.
Hitler really was a follower rather than a leader, until the egos got into the way and Hilter deemed his Nazi fascism superior to that of the Italian version.
Of course the Nazi war machine made Hitler the main character as Benito's army was not quite up to it.
P.S. Very witty comments chuck and cuban pete, and don't forget Benito's mistress.

W| 8.12.11 @ 5:29PM

Churchill said at least Benito had the pleasure of killing his son in law, Count Ciano, a spy.

rachelle| 8.13.11 @ 10:27PM

To be fair, he does speak a little arabic.

Larry| 8.12.11 @ 9:47AM

And don't forget that oldie but goody- "uh uh uh uh uh uh uh". I saw an interview with Comrade Axelrod yesteday. He does the exact same thing. It must a Chicago Socialist Thug thing.

MikeBee| 8.12.11 @ 11:41AM

Larry,
That's just indicative of what's upstairs for liberals. When things are vacant up there, you can't find an answer. But, nature abhors a vacuum, so the liberal human person simply emits, "Uh, Uh, Uh, ..."

Mike D.| 8.12.11 @ 9:51AM

"Let me be clear" translates to "you people are too stupid to understand me the first time" "Folks" translates to "you peons"

Cuffs| 8.12.11 @ 9:39AM

When I see Obama's face
or listen to him I want to gag and bang my
head on the desk.
So instead of watching or listening to him,
I squeeze my cat!

pineapple| 8.12.11 @ 11:20AM

Liberals squeeze their other "cat" when they listen to him.

nickinokc| 8.12.11 @ 5:27PM

I think they choke their chicken.

loulou| 8.12.11 @ 9:40AM

I knew Obama was tedious and boring (and a fraud) from the getgo. What I can't understand is that people were snookered by such an amateur.

Mike D.| 8.12.11 @ 9:57AM

Lots of smart people got snookered by Adolph Hitler also. You watch old film clips seeing people in Hitlers audiences with tears running down their faces. The right person in the right place with the right message with the right delivery with the right charisma can fool many people. When trouble or hard times hit people always look to the one who sells the "solutions" to everything. Its a dangerous combination of these types of situations that can create the perfect storms of history.

Melvin| 8.12.11 @ 10:14AM

The Jews used to drink they're morning coffee and read the newspaper, and make the comment of, "That crazy little Austrian is at it again."

Mike D.| 8.12.11 @ 10:27AM

A lot of jews blew off what Hitler said right up until they started getting rounded up. The guy in the White house is nothing but a fraud, but it shows how far even an imcompetent and impotent fraud can go playing the same kind of game. What made Hitler so convincing was he actually believed what he was saying and it was the passion that hooked a lot of people. The sock puppet in the white house is just empty and even some of the most ignorant now see and sense it.

VBMax| 8.12.11 @ 9:45AM

I used to have trouble listening to Bush speak but I would trade the current blabbermouth for Bush any day.

Irene| 8.12.11 @ 10:27AM

I used to feel sorry for Bush when he spoke. I knew he had the ability to speak well - did he over-think his responses? But I never felt like throwing something at the TV like I do now.

POST American| 8.12.11 @ 10:05AM

----As the latest on cue, agenda advancing
'benny violence' subsides for the moment in
England ----and with just the same 'chaos on
demand' looming here ---LET'S STOP watching
the puppets ---and START watching the 'hidden
masters' of the capstone.

We know you've been benny compromised yourself ---but still ----TRY.

Dan Mathewson| 8.12.11 @ 5:09PM

um. uh. yeah.

Occam's Tool| 8.12.11 @ 10:03PM

The "capstone?" Hey, what does 'Bama have to do with this?

Stan Redmond| 8.12.11 @ 10:09AM

--His finger wagging
--His constant teleprompter head bobbing from side to side like he's watching a tennis match
--His nose held high
--"Let me be clear"
--"I've repeatedly said"
--"uh"
--"folks"
--"but"
--"inherited"
--"My administration"
--"There are those"

Larry| 8.12.11 @ 10:22AM

"I won".

Mike D.| 8.12.11 @ 10:38AM

Just count how many times he uses "I" and "me".

1ConservativeUSA| 8.12.11 @ 10:39AM

"I will not rest until (insert calamity) is resolved."

1ConservativeUSA| 8.12.11 @ 10:43AM

Then, he's off to the golf course, or another vacation.

The Underground Conservative | 8.12.11 @ 12:04PM

Or to partay.

scotchieguy| 8.12.11 @ 10:40AM

The worst part is the "and." He always says things like, "These things we must do, aaaaaand,e I think we will succeed." He is a TERRIBLE speaker. One of the things you need to do when you speak is have the crowd like you. There is nothing to like about him. Like Tiger Woods, he is not a human being--he is a machine. It is equally as painful to watch Obama speak as it is watching Tiger speak. You can tell there is no passion, no real joy in their lives. It is like they are programmed. Think about it. Tiger was programmed to be the world's best golfer. Mission accomplished. But at what cost? The only question is who programmed Obama?

Bob Grant| 8.12.11 @ 12:41PM

Many comparisons of obama to woods.

The primary one was the many inacurate
assumptions made about both because they were each considered "clean" african americans.

Trinacria12| 8.12.11 @ 3:08PM

It's all about "grading on the curve", Bob. It's become such a pervasive tendency that we even do it on our side (don't believe me? Watch the debate last night? I bet you gave Herman Cain a pass on his apparent belief that there's an "F" in "with"; really, would Romney be the front runner using phrases like, "I have a problem wif dis..."?).

rachelle| 8.13.11 @ 10:32PM

Not entirely fair. Tiger could play golf and he does like girls. He really likes girls. I would take Tiger over BO any day. Tiger is just an aging athlete whose image was unrealisticly clean. Had he been a baseball/basketball/football player, no prob.

nickinokc| 8.12.11 @ 5:33PM

The one I can't stand is when he intends (I think) to say "ya know" but it comes out sounding like "yo". And he uses that over and over.

squalis| 8.12.11 @ 10:24AM

I must say, I stopped listening to him some time ago, so much so, that at time I find the focus and sound bytes on Rush tedious at times. However, this has given me a greater oppurtunity to listen to all that great music from my college days. Your mood can't help but improve if you are listening to Genesis' "Foxtrot" intead of Obama!

Xerocky| 8.12.11 @ 12:18PM

It's so nice to hear that, sometimes I feel like the only one, but it's true: I can't even listen to a 20 second sound bite without rolling my eyes and getting weirdly tired and annyoed. A whole speech? How can I listen to another whole speech from someone who never had a word to say in the first place? Ever?

1ConservativeUSA| 8.12.11 @ 10:38AM

But c'mon, Obama is "LeBron, baby".

After watching LeBron's utter failure in this year's NBA Finals (aka Crunch Time), I find myself agreeing with the president for the first time.

Todd| 8.12.11 @ 10:39AM

The whistling 'S' drives be absolutely insane! It's far worse than fingers on a chalkboard.

Gary B| 8.12.11 @ 11:19AM

I thought I was the only annoyed by his whistling S. It drives me nuts. Can you imagine if General Patton has a voice like that?

That fact that this Marxist clown made it to the White House is the eighth wonder of the world.

1ConservativeUSA| 8.12.11 @ 10:42AM

Plus, his appearance is becoming really disturbing to me. He looks like a gray linty lollipop with ears.

Chin up, Obama. The USA may not suffer tyrants, but I'm sure you can find an opening in a third world country in Jan 2013.

Seapuss| 8.12.11 @ 11:28AM

Obama looks like a "gray linty lollipop with ears." Awesome!

Teaghan| 8.12.11 @ 1:06PM

GASP!!!!!!!!!! Was that a racist comment?!!!!

Kenneth Olsen | 8.12.11 @ 10:44AM

Yo! What's wit da Pretensident's habit of discriminatin' against a letter, G?

TexasMom2012| 8.12.11 @ 1:59PM

Alert Sesame Street! Headline "President needs help with the letter G!" sponsored by the color Green!

Prester John| 8.12.11 @ 10:59AM

Given what has happened in the UK over the last week, I wonder if big city police departments around the country have started planning for election night 2012 for what will happen once it becomes apparent the BHO is not going to be re-elected?

Just asking.

"Stupid people are ruining America"
Herman Cain 2012

Riff Raff| 8.12.11 @ 11:12AM

Buy ammo. Stay indoors. Guard your own.

Drunken Sailor| 8.12.11 @ 11:04AM

Anytime I see Obama getting ready to make a speech i turn to a feminine hygiene or erictile dysfunction commercial. They are just as annoying but at least I know that in 60 seconds it will be over.

Larry| 8.12.11 @ 11:10AM

Just wait until he's out of office (hopefully) in 2013 or 2017 (God forbid!). We'll be hearing ad nauseum about how racism stifled all of the great things that he wanted to do for America. We'll be hearing again from both him and the homely wife about what a mean-spirited and racist nation this is. We'll be hearing this crap forever.

Teaghan| 8.12.11 @ 1:08PM

Will she not be proud of America AGAIN?

Larry| 8.12.11 @ 1:33PM

Of course. You think that she's proud even now?

Jay Pitsby| 8.12.11 @ 11:37AM

Maybe with a little luck in 2012 we can all say, "And this little piggy went 'Weee, weee, weee!' all the way back to Chicago. "

Mike D.| 8.12.11 @ 11:41AM

All any Repub has to do is keep replaying the "speech" he made when the stock market started tanking and the number were falling while he spoke. Keep it on a loop over and over with the dows number right next to his head. . It was a complete visual indictment on this guys lack of leadership and confidence. Priceless!

TMBruner| 8.12.11 @ 11:41AM

"Successful comedians have inherent and highly developed senses of what's funny and what's not. They are "naturals." Of course, there are people on the other end of the spectrum, such as Mr. Obama."

I'm tempted to suggest that he's Austrian, but he doesn't speak the language.

NYMPH| 8.12.11 @ 12:40PM

Well, he might try to learn if he actually knew what langauge they spoke.

Teaghan| 8.12.11 @ 1:09PM

BINGO!

CharlieEcho| 8.12.11 @ 11:52AM

Just wait until a few weeks before the election. We have grown lacks and weary of his rhetoric. Just to take advantage of the short term memory of the American voter the fire from the heart will come forth in enough time to impress those whom wait until the last few weeks to engage what little sense they bring to the voting booth. We will see the old pre-election Obama. Tea anyone?

michael| 8.12.11 @ 12:02PM

Whether re-elected or not, this creature of the MSM, this wet dream of the liberals, will be with us forever, just as Jimmy Carter has been with us for the 31 years since his presidency ended, and we will have to listen to his sonorous pieties and self-justifications just as we have to listen to Carter's. Obama will not settle for appearing on talk shows. He will angle for an international position, from which he can continue to pontifcate, fly around the world, dine at the finest restaurants, etc.

And of course there will be the incessant claim that his great achievements died aborning because of "racism" and Tea Party obstructionism.

The majority of the American people got what they deserved when they voted for this charlatan. Samuel Johnson is quoted as saying "Marry in haste, repent at leisure". Well, Americans married this guy for four years, and they have at least another year and a half to repent. But will they? I doubt it.

I think there is a good chance that Obama will not run again. I don't think he likes the work, and he doesn't like being questioned or criticized. I also don't think he has the guts to face the possibility of defeat. He may just take his pension, and wash his holy hands of us.

Xerocky| 8.12.11 @ 12:14PM

"He may just take his pension, and wash his holy hands of us."
Wouldn't that be nice?

Occam's Tool| 8.12.11 @ 10:09PM

Actually, he wants to be Sec-Gen of the UN. That would be a perfect match of the Institution's values and his Abilities (None and None).

Tom Kratman's views of the UN and Amnesty International in his Carnifex novels are priceless.

Xerocky| 8.12.11 @ 12:12PM

The only strange thing about this is that I've always felt that about him. He was never good, people were acting like he was magic, and he just plain sucked the whole time. Listening to him talk is like fingernails on a chalkboard. Yes we can? Can what? Hope and change? Hope is for people who don't have an actionable plan...change? Doesn't change always happen? How can it not? What I'm saying is: who thought Obama was good and why?

Naturalborn Texicanette| 8.12.11 @ 12:18PM

Obumbler reminds me of the stereotypical traveling salesman of old.....he comes swaggering into town and goes around peddling his "opportunity of a lifetime" product, doing his dance (shuck and jive?), and selling people something they don't really want and for sure do not need.....

Then he scrams out of town before his "product" explodes in the face of the person who bought the speel.......only in this case, we are gona have to RUN him out of town, because he actually believes in his own lies!!!!

ABNCP| 8.12.11 @ 12:27PM

At this point in his disaster of a Presidency Obama just turns my stomach when he makes another of his endless speeches. One would have thought his handlers would have grabbed him and told him just stop with the speeches already. No one wants to listen to them anymore. He stands there with his Mussolini on the balcony pose, chin up and his index finger touching his thumb trying to impress everyone when what he is saying is his typical brand of misinformation, disinformation, half truths and damm lies. The man has no where to go. He knows he is not qualified to do anything but try to recreate the fantasy of his Presidential campaign by more and more blather. Obama, it's over, your done.

Aces and Eights| 8.12.11 @ 12:36PM

Let's face it, Obama is annoying because he is stupid. He is a genuinely stupid person. A person of low intelligence, educated beyond his level of intelligence, and carried through every "accomplishment" of his sad little life by others. He is not self made, he is manufactured by terrorists (Ayers & Co.) and people a lot smarter than he is. Obama is the dumbest person in any room he enters. He annoys because he is smug and arrogant, despite his stupidity, and flaunts an intellect he does not possess. Obama lectures endlessly on things he clearly does not understand, parroting platitudes told to him by his handlers, his puppet masters. Barack Hussein Obama is a working definition of an "empty suit." The triumph of style (and it is a low style at that) over substance. There is no substance to this imposter of a man.

Xerocky| 8.12.11 @ 12:51PM

I agree. He's got no experience, and someone of true intelligence would have declined to run for the office that he's not qualified for. His lack of ability is based on the fact that he's had smoke blown up his ass his whole life, and he thought he was knocking everyone out with his brilliance. They weren't doing him any favors by not being real with him. He was never supposed to be the head of the Harvard Law Review, he wasn't qualified. He was a half term half wit, who, had he been put in his proper place earlier, would have thought before running for office. His proper place would be based on his accomplishments, and not...AA.

Lesser Weevil| 8.12.11 @ 3:25PM

He is an affirmative action baby. His whole life, he has had to maintain a pompous facade while knowing (one supposes) that he is not really entitled to any respect and only has trophy value as a "clean, articulate" specimen of "diversity." It must suck.

Occam's Tool| 8.12.11 @ 12:38PM

In The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov, there was this character, a diplomat, who said many things. But when his speeches and phrases were run through a semantic analysis, nothing was actually said. That's Obama, with the following difference---the Diplomat was intentionally dissembling and meaningless. Obama thinks his nonsense has vast import.

Xerocky| 8.12.11 @ 12:53PM

Has anyone ever run one of O's speeches through a semantic analysis? Is there a website that does that? I think it would be fun to see how little he truly says.

TMBruner| 8.12.11 @ 7:09PM

No, but I've heard that there are secret messages if you play them backwards.

Paul| 8.12.11 @ 12:59PM

Occams - Love your posts.

I think when he gets up there he knows he is a scam, but all he has to do is lay down the jive that has got him this far that has fooled the retards and liberals. It is the same as listening to Jesse Jackson, you think you are stupid for not understanding it, then you figure out that not only did he not say anything, he is not real bright. I think Obama has been thinking this way for a long time. I can see him at Havard Law, thinking thank God for the color of my skin, because there are 20 billion Jewish and Asian kids that deserve to be here more than me! The wonder of affirmative action!

sinanju| 8.12.11 @ 1:35PM

Both Obama and Michelle are examples of the "rage of a privileged class." Just as life on the dole takes away people's dignity and fills them with inchoate, destructive rage, so does affirmative action, and the knowledge that they have not earned their positions in life turn its beneficiaries into anger-driven fanatics.

Barack and Michelle and all those thousands of fellow blacks on the affirmative action gravy train know damn well they have had everything handed to them and it only makes them hate their country and seek a frankensteinian vengeance on their creator(s).

Bob Grant| 8.12.11 @ 5:49PM

Being part of the Protected Class has it's privileges indeed. So many options for the Protected Class - and nicely explained by ACORN representatives.

Cherry pick which entitlement program your little heart desires, or if you want to make something of yourself, Affirmative Action will grease the skids to higher education or a better job.

Occam's Tool| 8.12.11 @ 10:06PM

I gotta tell you, I'm of two minds about affirmative action. My baby girl Rebekita is incredibly smart, and she's a Mayan Indian from Guatemala. She's being homeschooled, and I will be unleashing her on the SATs/ACTs in 8 years. She will crush them, and then affirmative action will take over. I look forward to extorting the Ivies.

Bob Grant| 8.12.11 @ 10:20PM

Like many government initiatives, AA served it's purpose many decades ago but now it's part of this twisted social justice umbrella that is untouchable by members of the Protected Class, the soles beneficiaries of such programs.

Anthony| 8.14.11 @ 9:46AM

Quite true. Just ask the former chief sociologist cum retired Supreme Court Justice, Sandra Day O'Connor, who opined in one of her last A A cases ,that in perhaps 25 years A A might become obsolete.
Ah yes, the mindset of our social engineers.

rachelle| 8.13.11 @ 10:40PM

You should reconsider because you will be hurting her. I went to law school when women were rare in that environment and ever since I've dealt with the assumption of easy entry -- not true but annoying as hell. I turned Harvard down for that reason. let her fly using her wings.

Occam's Tool| 8.12.11 @ 4:40PM

Thanks, Paul.

Patrick Slamon| 8.12.11 @ 1:34PM

He's a cross between Rod McKuen and Richard Nixon, with appoligies to the later two.

shipley130| 8.12.11 @ 2:01PM

I don't think Obama understands the American spirit to remain free. Obama backs the social justice crowd, but doesn't realize that freedom loving Americans think this is bunk, because we are all free to chose what we want to be. The social justice crowd isn't about justice, they are about a free paycheck. We all know that.

Dave Williams| 8.12.11 @ 2:18PM

During the campaign, he reminded me of nothing so much as the title character in the Who's "Tommy" -- a brilliant charlatan who rocketed to fame and fortune by appealing to the greed and ignorance of the great unwashed. We're at about that point in the show when Roger's singing "We forsake you / Gonna rape you / Let's forget you, better still." Glad to see that there are SO many decent Americans who "ain't gonna take it." Please note, btw, leftist trolls (Brooks, Purpleguy, and the thankfully-now-almost-completely absent Vtwin) that in ALL the posts above, there is not the slightest WHIFF of racism.
November 2012 can't come soon enough to suit me...

Ned Bender| 8.12.11 @ 2:34PM

This article belatedly makes a point I've been trying to make since we Obama the Candidate. People who like Obama and think he's a wonderful orator seem unable to distinguish delivery from content. Aside from the incomprehensible catch phrases, there is often a stunning absence of logic and coherence to his pronouncements. His performance at the Saddleback forum while a candidate was an example of this and this as was his speech concerning embryonic stem cell research. The responses came off like they were focus - tested for an Oprah audience.

Michele San Pietro| 8.12.11 @ 2:39PM

All what Mr. Obama does is painful for the whole America.

TruSkeptik| 8.12.11 @ 2:42PM

I'm trying to determine if your conclusion regarding the next 18 months makes any sense. My question would be, "why?"

Pat| 8.12.11 @ 2:56PM

Bob Shrum, a commentator who bats as a Lefty, claims the economy isn’t Obama’s fault. Charles Krauthammer, a supposedly Conservative columnist, recognizes our economy is badly broken, but stubbornly maintains our political system isn’t. Of late, the “Kraut” has repeatedly vomited up a recurring argument supporting the tired theme our political system is operating per normal and humming smoothly along. The Detroit Free Press claims criticism of Obama’s policies is due to “racism”.

Politics and economics – totally unrelated according to professional scribblers among all those on the Left and many on the Right. When will these chattering magpies within the media get it? Economics and politics within America are deeply and inseparably intertwined. Standard campaign speeches are 90% about what our government will do for you financially and which other Americans will be helped by using your money along with their expert political guidance.

Our political system is obviously “broken” despite what this bemused twit, Krauthammer, believes. When our government daily consumes vast portions of American productivity, charges of racism and playing politics are straw dogs desperately attempting to divert our attention from the reality of a broken and ailing culture with a steadily worsening economy. Will it take UK style riots, smashed windows and general disorder to get the basic message across to our bumbling elected employees? Odds are it will finally come to that. And because the gulf is presently so wide between an obvious day to day reality and what our so-called intelligentsia perceive as reality, no other cold bucket of voter dissatisfaction can drive the message home.

David| 8.12.11 @ 3:48PM

I think he very well may be re-elected............but even if he isn't, he will NEVER go away.

We are going to have to listen to this guy as long as he lives. The lib MSM will always give him a forum. He will continue his devisive, destructive rhetoric long after leaving office.

Larry| 8.12.11 @ 4:09PM

That's how lib-scum presidents ALWAYS are. Bill Clinton has continued to run his shadow government for the last 10 years. Jimmy Carter is always in the news for his anti-Americanism and anti-Semitism.

On the other hand, how often do you ever remember Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan or either of the Bushes being in the news so much for any reason at all? When do you remember them consistently and constantly criticizing their successors of the opposite party? Hardly ever, if ever at all. You'd hear from these guys once in a blue moon. Unlike lib-scum former presidents, they've got class.

Ned Bender| 8.12.11 @ 10:43PM

When Obama was elected I predicted he wouldn't be living in America twenty years from now. Its a predicition I'm sticking with.

Occam's Tool| 8.12.11 @ 4:41PM

Also, they actually did something and worked hard, unlike the Libs, so they were tired when they left. Cleaning up the dog poop is always hard.

simon templar| 8.12.11 @ 4:42PM

If you think he is disgusting, repulsive, and painful to watch, consider the people that put him there....the liberal state media, the democrats and their party, and that guy you know who voted for him despite all your warnings. Now, you may go and throw up. Take some Alka Seltzer.

Oldefarte| 8.12.11 @ 5:19PM

Every time I hear his voice or see his face, I develop an urgent need to run into the bathroom AND TAKE A '''''DEMOCRAT'''''' !!!!!

Timely Renewed | 8.12.11 @ 5:39PM

The solution must go deeper than simply replacing this incompetent ideologue. Much of the Obama administration's ability to wreck such havoc comes from a constitutional jurisprudence which has allowed the national government to expand far beyond its proper constitutional bounds. We can only hope to be free of this or future administrations of its ilk when we restore the original limits on the national government. Given how entrenched that Supreme Court jurisprudence is, this can only be done by amendments restating those original constitutional understandings. See http://www.timelyrenewed.com.

Claudia | 8.12.11 @ 6:38PM

You have hit the nail completely on the head - Obama is completely void of humor. Additionally, he's pompous and arrogant and has this annoying habit of tilting his chin up when he speaks as if there is a halo around his head. As a public speaker I know he cannot speak without a teleprompter. Because of this, he never speaks to the middle. His eyes are looking either one way or the other, where the teleprompters are located. As a communicator, you must speak to the middle as if the camera eye is an individual. But most importantly, he is not a cheerleader for this country. He does not make us proud to be Americans. He tone drones on and on and his manner is professorial. He needs to go and it can't come soon enough.

Rick| 8.13.11 @ 6:40PM

Your a bigget and a rasist!

Bruce Freebird| 8.12.11 @ 7:04PM

Obama will get reelected. The Republicans have nobody. Democrats will hold their noses and vote their stupidity.

beebop| 8.12.11 @ 9:10PM

There aren't enough Democrats willing to hold their noses. The polls are like unemployment figures, they keep reducing the number of declared democrats so that the number who support the DC disaster appears to be static. The truth is that the people who were appalled during the 2008 primaries and were told to "get over it" didn't.

Oldefarte| 8.13.11 @ 12:50PM

You've got that right [the last sentence, that is]. There aren't enough Democrats [domestic terrorists] to elect him, since the independents have now effectively seen through his bullexcrement finally and will vote Republican next year. The acknowledged STUPIDITY of Democrats will saunter back to the mean streets of Chicago, team back up with Ayers, Wright, Dorhn, Acorn and resume his former career as a Acorn street thug!!!!!!!

rachelle| 8.13.11 @ 10:43PM

There are plenty of dead people who will vote early and often for him unless we try to stop the fraud.

Oldefarte| 8.14.11 @ 1:40PM

TRUE, and the best way to do that is to get rid of the FRAUDSTER in November of 2012!!!!

patroness| 8.12.11 @ 7:47PM

his sssssssssssss's are like nails on a chalkboard

Cain/Palin

beebop| 8.12.11 @ 9:08PM

Perry/Rubio 2012

Occam's Tool| 8.12.11 @ 10:07PM

Aren't his SSSSes like listening to a SSSSnake in the Potter films?

Bob Grant| 8.13.11 @ 1:12AM

I think those sssss's are for putting his followers in a dreamy trance while he gives instructions.

patroness| 8.14.11 @ 1:00AM

LOL

(Personally I'm allergic to them)

DaveS| 8.12.11 @ 8:25PM

He's been painful to watch ever since his in-your-face, George Bush and the Republicans, use of the President-elect of the United States podium decal the day after the election 2008. Talk about the 'I won; you lost" sentiment, that is it. Reagan pursued the defeated to win them over: not this clown.

PCP Smoker| 8.12.11 @ 9:47PM

I don't mind the reverb and the soaring rhetoric, but the ghetto speak drives me up a wall.

Bob Grant| 8.12.11 @ 10:25PM

His Ghetto speak comes across as naturally as my attempts at it.

POST American| 8.12.11 @ 10:38PM

---------------------BOTTOM LINE---------------------

----Putting aside this fmr Kissinger aide, Princeton/Harvard
'innie', and son of Globalist
CIA linked Ann Dunham, 'Left' side of the Rockefeller
/RIIA/CFR FAKE OP poli spectrum-----

Bushes, Clintons, Obamas ---'the agenda' remains
exactly the same as outlined in the
NOW DECLASSIFIED State Dept. Memo #200 from 1975 --in which Bush Sr.lays out, in some detail,--------------TREASON against the American people.

--------------CHECK IT OUT for yourself!
and SEE YOU in NUREMBERG!

Dan Mathewson| 8.13.11 @ 5:54PM

Sorry. Can't make it to Nurnberg this year. Too busy with the Rockefellers. Maybe next year.

bluecollarbytes| 8.12.11 @ 11:17PM

There are no more Obamaphiles left, or at least anyone admitting to still being one. 'Folks' who were previously awestruck at the feet of the messiah have become dumbstruck. But look how long it's taken and the damage done.

People are starting to realize that WE are the ones we've been waiting for, to save ourselves from Obama and his Democratics.

idalily| 8.12.11 @ 11:49PM

Picking Obama's most annoying traits is hard; there are so many. For me, the complete lack of a sense of humor, a sense of empathy, a sense of economics, a sense of fair play, a sense of grace under pressure and any common sense whatsoever top the list. Then there's the mannerisms: the chin up/looking down his nose thing, the limp wrist jog, the excessive teleprompter use. And then there's the speech stuff--the fact that he talks and talks and says NOTHING, the sssss's, the ghetto speak, the repetitive cliches (let me be clear, inherited, etc.). But the most annoying thing about Obama? It's the cultlike worship of his followers. THAT'S the most annoying thing about him. Worse, it's scary.

Rick| 8.13.11 @ 6:38PM

Your a bigget and a rasist!

BackToBasics| 8.12.11 @ 11:59PM

fromthe post - "There's something about August going into September where everybody in Washington get's all wee-weed up."

So that's why Chris Matthews had a tingle down his leg when he listened to Obam speak. The antidote for being wee-weed must be to "eat your peas" as Obam says to.

BackToBasics| 8.13.11 @ 12:15AM

With all the help he's had from his blind followers, he has already caused so much damage. If he actually were intelligent the damage would probably be even greater. Also, he would be even harder to beat on 2012.

The so-called debates between him and the Republican nominee will be arranged to minimize any true comparison between the 2 and to hide his deficiencies; even moreso than in the past.

Bob Grant| 8.13.11 @ 1:10AM

Another overlooked annoying aspect of Obama: his questionable choice of a spouse.

Rick| 8.13.11 @ 6:36PM

Anyone who calls Michelle 'Thunderthighs' or 'Tree Trunks' is a bigget and a rasist!

sablegsd| 8.13.11 @ 1:16AM

That hand dryer joke was funny.

Rocko| 8.13.11 @ 10:14AM

I especially despise his hissing (or whistling?) s's.

Jabber3| 8.13.11 @ 10:35AM

Likely voters are beginning to realize this president has serious issues. Specifically he suffers from "dissociative dissonance disorder". This is a condition where one disassociates between ones actions and beliefs when those actions lack agreement with other prospective actions. This is a recusal from reality. Because of this condition he can actually blame himself without ever referring to himself but by projecting his blame on others. Thus by disassociating himself from his own presidency he can campaign against himself in 2012. That is his only chance to win.

Rmm| 8.13.11 @ 11:27AM

Obama and the USPS have alot in common, the wheels are about to come off both of them.

Marc Jeric| 8.13.11 @ 11:39AM

Mullah Obama acts like a little Pinocchio, that of the long nose that grows every time he lies. He does not climb steps - he shows how athletic he is by jumping up the steps. In his inauguration speech he played Jesus by saying; "Tomorrow the oceans will stop rising, and the planet will start healing" - referring to the ongoing globaloney warming hoax.

jackc| 8.13.11 @ 1:29PM

Zero leadership.
Poverty.
Misery.
Playing victim.
Smoke and mirrors.
Punishment of hard-working, successful Americans in the form of taxes and regulatory handcuffs.
Hollow talk.
Cancerous policies and regulations.
Fear and economic terror.
A few metaphors for the spectacular failure of Obama and his band of beggars, masquerading as leaders..
Fire Obama and his legions of liars and charlatans.

Hire Rick Perry to promote the American spirit - indomitable once unleashed - through minimum government, towards spectacular prosperity.

Rick| 8.13.11 @ 6:35PM

Your a bigget and a rasist!

shipley130| 8.14.11 @ 8:35PM

That's spelled bigot and racist.

Sotto Voce| 8.13.11 @ 7:58PM

Watching Obama's annoying mannerisms and listening to his grating speeches is without a doubt painful, embarrassing, tragic, infuriating, disgusting, boring, nauseating........pick your favorite adjective. But I, for one, hope and pray he continues to annoy and disgust his way to defeat in 2012.

Carol| 8.13.11 @ 9:29PM

He reminds me of a tornado. You see his storm cloud coming, you hear his loud rumble and you become very scared and then you begin to prepare for the worst. After he touches down, the damage is everywhere, but he passes on (to his next campaign event, golf outing or eating with fellow Muslims) leaving everyone to pick up after him. The last two and a half years of this presidency has been one big tornado.

POST American| 8.13.11 @ 10:57PM

--------------CHECK IT OUT! --ALERT!--

AS those GE reactors in Fukishima keep pumping
that fallout across North America, and that RED
China sovereignty zone south of Boise revs into
being, and as those MASSIVE tunnels connecting
Pigeon Lake B.C. ---with Asia! wait quietly, ominously
---AND as 2012 approaches--

-------------------DO CHECK OUT----------------------

'Vote for Rick Perry; Do U Know His Record'
NEW on Google videos.

-----And you thought Rockefeller front ops
Clinton and Obama, or third generation TREASON mesiters ('Trading with the Enemy'
viz a viz NAZI Germany/ earlier Harriman GO-fer
ops viz a viz the Soviets/ More recent full spectrum sellout and TREASON via a viz RED
China, NAFTA, GATT etc.) the Bushes were bad?

------------------------CHECK THIS ONE OUT!

---------------------------YIKES!--------------------------

Get it to everyone you know.

Lullabys, Legends and Lies| 8.13.11 @ 11:32PM

Is this really Alex Jones posting here? Seriously Post-A, nobody listens to this guy, he's a nobody, but he is seriously getting into your brain though, and not in a good way. He's turning you into, hmm, how can I say this politely?, he's turning you into a NUT!! Maybe not "turning you into", maybe you were there already, I really don't know!! Do you think maybe, that you can respond to this post, respond to what I just said about you? I'd love to see you post something, other than this Alex Jones drivel. Give it a shot, respond to me, like a human, not a Alex Jones Robot!! Call me an ASS, for calling you a NUT!! Give it a shot!! You put a lot of work into your posts here, a lot of work, but seriously dude, you come off as a NUT!! Are you one, or am I wrong about you? Respond like a human to me please, and not a Jonesbot!!

John II| 8.13.11 @ 11:22PM

At a recent rodeo in the (largely liberal) Pacific Northwest, the announcer remarked on the "Cash-for-Clunkers" program in the early months of the Professor's administration.

"Way-ell," he said, "that program didn't last long, or amount to much, but it done some good. Just think of all the Obama bumper stickers it took out of circulation."

And now back to "Godzilla" (1957), the Japanese ur-monster movie in which every cheap device of the early stop-motion special effects was pushed to its limit and, happily, eliminated. Four years before the birth of the Professor, whose weird parents didn't realize that they were already superannuated.

D Roamer | 8.14.11 @ 12:53AM

He is not fooling anyone with that "folksy" down to your level talk. I would be embarrassed while traveling abroad having to reveal I am an American.
Nowadays, just to hear his name, makes me cringe and sigh.

shipley130| 8.14.11 @ 8:33PM

That's because he had the audacity to hope he was ready for the job, instead of actually being ready for the job.

shipley130| 8.14.11 @ 8:37PM

You naughty earthquakes, stop interrupting the mutually assured global economic destruction that Obama and Soros are hoping to achieve.

Dan| 8.14.11 @ 8:56PM

I love it when he says, "Did I do that"? Oh wait that was Steve Urkel.

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POST American| 8.14.11 @ 10:28PM

----------------------BOTTOM LINE--------------------

ALEX JONES is Talker's Magazine 'Man of the Year'
and their latest keynote speaker.

He has NEVER lost outlets, and has been picking
up NEW outlets like crazy. 30 in just one week
last month.

---SO, for you rectum worshipping porch Mason schmucks who refuse to look at what the capstone's up to ---and seem to have NO regard for the fact that your eternal soul is headed straight to Hell
--------AS EVER

JUST KEEP A GOIN'--------------------

-----------------------BECAUSE--------------------------

------------YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED--------------

Lullabys, Legends and Lies| 8.15.11 @ 5:22AM

Hey Post-A: Thanks for the response, and that was "almost" what I was looking for, but not quite (I think that response was meant for me?).

For us "rectum worshipping porch Mason Schmucks", who don't follow Alex Jones, break it down for us a little bit. What's this Capstone "conspiracy, that's going to lead us all to Hell (in your words)? But don't use words like, "Third generation TREASON mesiters, viz a viz NAZI Germany, Harriman GO-fer, ops viz a viz the Soviets, More recent full spectrum sellout and TREASON via a viz RED China, NAFTA, GATT", to explain it, okay? None of that makes any sense!! Break it down a bit more, for us "simpleminded" Folks.

What are you talking about?

You really seem to care!! About what? I have no idea!!

You're warning us, I can see that, but about what exactly?

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