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He Who No Longer Walks on Water

Will call for more of the same failed policies.

At this stage in our nation’s decline, does anyone still care what Barack Obama thinks or says about “the state of the union”?

I think not.

More than 52 million people watched Obama’s first State of the Union in 2009. It has been all downhill ever since –– with 48 million viewers in 2010, 43 million in 2011, and just 38 million last year.

That’s a decline of 28 percent in four years.

The president will almost certainly lay an even bigger egg this year than he did last year. If the New York Times is correct in the preview offered in Sunday’s paper, this year’s SOTU will be almost the same as last year’s –– only longer, duller, and even more divorced from reality. The Times reported:

President Obama on Tuesday will move beyond of the politics of the moment to define a second-term agenda built around restoring economic prosperity to the middle class, using his State of the Union to unveil initiatives in education, infrastructure, clean energy and manufacturing.

… [He] will insist that only “a thriving middle class” can stimulate long-term growth and that Americans must be given the tools to succeed.

… His call for new government investments… is an effort to shift the emphasis away from reducing the deficit and will serve in part as an answer to Republican criticism that he has not focused enough on jobs.

So Obama is still looking for the government to act not just as nanny, but also as the great engine of growth! And to hell with the deficit! What a surprise that will be to most viewers –– assuming there are any apart from the pundits, who are paid to pretend that anything that the president says is news.

Neither he nor his friends at the New York Times seem to have noticed how the Middle Class –– as the supposed beneficiary of the “new government investments” –– has floundered as a result of all the generous “investments” that the government made over the past four years.

In its lead editorial on August 27 of last year (“Negative $4,019: The Obama Years have been brutal on middle-class incomes”), the Wall Street Journal observed:

In January 2009, the month President Obama entered the Oval Office and shortly before he signed his stimulus spending bill, median household income was $54,983. By June 2012, it had tumbled to $50,964, adjusted for inflation. That’s $4,019 in lost real income, a little less than a month’s income every year.

Unfair, you say, because Mr. Obama inherited a recession? Well, even if you start the analysis when the recession ended in June 2009, the numbers are dismal. Three years after the economy hit its trough, median household income is down $2,544, or nearly 5 percent.

I believe that more and more people –– including many of those who voted for him –– are on to the fact that President Obama has nothing of substance to say on any issue of real importance.

He isn’t qualified to talk about bringing about a sustained economic recovery… or about fixing entitlements, defusing the federal debt time-bomb, initiating real health care reforms, or doing something to save Israel from a nuclear holocaust.

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Andrew B. Wilson, a frequent contributor to The American Spectator, writes from St. Louis.

Letter to the Editor View all comments (158) | Leave a comment Leave a comment

Joellen| 2.11.13 @ 7:04AM

When Obama speaks what I hear is what I heard when listening to Charlie Brown's teacher speak, just noise.

How many people are unemployed now or know someone who is unemployed? How many people are in a dire situation with their mortgage?

It is impossible to be blind to what the Socialist/Left is doing to this country. And either the people who voted for him desire what he's doing or are just so inept in understanding the long term consequences, but in either case, we got what they voted for.

BTW - thank you Mr. Wison, thank you for keeping in the limelight the Fort Hood Terrorist Attack. Obama may be trying in vain to keep it forgotten (good investigator reporter would be able to find out why), but we the people should remember that attack as much as we remember 9/11; the USS Cole, the first WTC attack, etc.

And with the corrupt media, they will accomodate Obama in his quest, just like they've helped him with the Benghazi attack - how many here think he'll mention that tomorrow night.

Anyways, to put it simply, Obama and the socialist Democrats actions do speak louder than words. Just ask your unemployed friends and family.

Gary B| 2.11.13 @ 7:16AM

A columnist I read on Friday suggested Obama and the liberal gang will be overtaken by events. I believe he's correct. The pendulum will swing back, but it will not be pretty.

And, yes, when he speaks nothing but toys come out of his mouth. He's like a airhead blond trying to make an impression in a singles bar.

Albert Constantine Jr.| 2.11.13 @ 7:45AM

"“He's like a airhead blond trying to make an impression in a singles bar.”

Please allow me to take slight issue with this characterization. Traditionally, men will tolerate an airhead blonde under the circumstances you describe because of what they hope to do with her. This airhead is already doing this to almost all of us, in such a way that there isn’t any hope (to use Purp’s words) to just lie back and enjoy it."

TLP| 2.11.13 @ 7:56AM

Are you sure he didn't say: "Lube up, bend over, and put that red Gag Ball in your Mouth and enjoy it"?

Albert Constantine Jr.| 2.11.13 @ 8:26AM

In Purp's case, I have a feeling that those are instructions he follows much more frequently than he gives.

Aristocat| 2.11.13 @ 10:32AM

Disgusting comment..

KennesawJack| 2.11.13 @ 10:40AM

Not really.

KennesawJack| 2.11.13 @ 10:57AM

Tim never makes disgusting comments. Graphically illustrative, perhaps, but never disgusting.

TLP| 2.11.13 @ 12:16PM

And, KJ never comes to The Contest anymore, to leave his disgusting analogies or to pick up any of our disgusting Prizes.

KennesawJack| 2.11.13 @ 1:04PM

I gave up" disgusting" for Lent. I did it a little early because I never seem to be able to keep my Lenten resolutions. I'll probably be back this coming Friday. After all, it'll be Lent by then.

TLP| 2.11.13 @ 1:45PM

I don't suppose you could Lent me any money?

KennesawJack| 2.11.13 @ 2:00PM

This is Obamarx's economy I'm working with. What's money?

Occam's Tool| 2.11.13 @ 6:10PM

KJ: G-d Bless and take care. The Pope was a decent human being.

loulou| 2.11.13 @ 11:36AM

Pearls before swine.

Alan| 2.11.13 @ 7:48AM

Fate has cards to play in this game.

Gary B| 2.11.13 @ 10:58AM

Alan, you are correct. Change will come from an unexpected place. As the columnist said, events will simply overtake these Marxist clowns.

sotto voce| 2.11.13 @ 1:10PM

I believe this, too. I just hope those events, when they inevitably come, don't take the rest of us down as well. The Marxist who resides in the White House has been very busy making America vulnerable to the slings and arrows of outrageous misfortune.

Russel| 2.11.13 @ 9:25AM

" Obama and the liberal gang will be overtaken by events." . Most poigant Gary . That one line sums up the whole situation . Actions ( events ) , not words , may just wake the lame out of their slumber and put dickhead on the spot . He no longer enjoys the luxury of blame or countless second term campaign tours to tout his agenda and his persona . Now it's just plain work and how to avoid a serious situation he's not equipped to handle . Something nasty like the Norks or Iran taking him on will subvert his attention , get him off our back and force him to put more socialism on the back burner . However it plays out , his good ol days are history ; he has no leader qualities and will unravel like a cheap suit .

Von Mises Jr| 2.11.13 @ 9:27AM

I agree 100% that this regime will be overtaken by events Gary B. The liberal morons that either were too ignorant due to political correctness or too greedy wanting their presents from Barrack-O-Claus will be shocked, shocked when the market’s collapse or we have another 911-like major event at home.
But you have to be an ostrich with your head in the sand or a liberal with your head up your posterior not to realize that the "Arab Spring," Benghazi and the Algerian incident are not going to stay in the Middle East and North Africa. And you have to be an economic moron (read liberal) not to realize that it is not a matter if but when the economic poop hits the fan.

Russel| 2.11.13 @ 10:39AM

They WIL be shocked , Von . Unbelievable the planet they're on , planet Doh , where Barack-o-Claus can and will take care of everything . " I want a new kitchen " Jefferson being the exception , of course .

Arnie| 2.11.13 @ 11:07AM

Von, it almost sounds like you are wishing for the stock market to crash and for there to be a huge terrorist attack on U.S. soil.

Well, I guess now understand why you liked Bush so much, because he delivered.

As for you economic (read conservative) morons, the deregulation (the conservative banner) of the economy, the blind eye towards the finance and mortgage industry ("let the free market be free" conservative motto), led to the collapse of the economy. In the wake of that, your not-so-bright conservative governors and party thought austerity would be a great idea in the wake of an economic depression to lay off workers, thus adding to the ranks of the unemployed.

Good job you idiots. Now try to figure out why the country hates the Republican party, or for that matter, the far-right of the Republican party, the Tea-Baggers so much?

Stan Redmond| 2.11.13 @ 12:05PM

You do realize, despite his claim otherwise, Obama has been president for one full term.

TLP| 2.11.13 @ 1:47PM

We're not "Wishing" it.

We just KNOW it's gonna happen.

Unlike you?

We know how to COUNT.

TLP| 2.11.13 @ 1:52PM

The Country doesn't hate us.

Just the Half of the Country that doesn't see the necessity of GETTING UP IN THE MORNING, and GOING TO WORK, so they can PAY THEIR OWN WAY.

There's a difference.

One that You, obviously, don't understand.

spike59| 2.12.13 @ 6:02AM

"Don't understand" is the default setting for rocket scientists like Arnie and Purpie and vtwin and aware

Occam's Tool| 2.11.13 @ 6:10PM

Arnie: not hoping, expecting. Have you looked over the security details for Galveston Bay lately? I have.

Doctor Right| 2.11.13 @ 9:59AM

By and large, the media are nothing but a propaganda arm of the Obama administration. 50% of the country are too dumb or too lazy to care, and will vote for Obama and the Dems no matter what. Obama's DHS is buying up ammunition by the billions to keep it away from law-abiding Americans.

Honestly, I'm not sure about exactly how Obama will be "overtaken by events."

The Soviet Union lasted from 1917 - 1991. That's 74 years.

Our nightmare is just beginning.

Gary B| 2.11.13 @ 11:03AM

Doctor Right, we didn't have the Internet and talk radio back then. Plus, the public is far more hip to the Marxist game, having seen it collapse elsewhere. Finally, we're armed. The poor Russians were helpless.

loulou| 2.11.13 @ 11:38AM

I don't know, Gary B--internet and talk radio didn't help us with the 2012 elections.
Too many parasites.

Jacob McCandles| 2.11.13 @ 12:45PM

The Russians never knew prosperity, and very little of peace. After the eastern front war, with cannibalism and mass starvation, the bread lines were a step up. We are used to the good life here. Not much in the way of starvation for generations. In fact, our "poor" live much better than the average human on this planet. When the goodies dry up, yes, there will be a massive response from the folks. Unfortunately, it will not all be directed at the ones who caused this mess.

TLP| 2.11.13 @ 1:55PM

This "Experiment" always Ends the same way.

Everybody Dies.

Damn that Santayana!

Doctor Right| 2.11.13 @ 3:26PM

"The Russians never knew prosperity, and very little of peace."

Sorry, but that's untrue.

Russia had one of the most prosperous economies in Europe in the early part of the 20th century, prior to the revolution.

In addition, guess which European nation had the HIGHEST level of private gun ownership at this time??

That's right - Russia.

The Communists put a stop to both, and quickly.

Gary B| 2.11.13 @ 11:07AM

"Honestly, I'm not sure about exactly how Obama will be overtaken by events."

Doctor Right, one way is blow back from the states. Obamacare is ruining the economy and governors won't stand by and allow this to happen. If our so-called president evolves into a national laughing stock, I'd say he's lost control. We'll see...

Doctor Right| 2.11.13 @ 12:06PM

Don't count on the states. Ohio and Arizona caved last week, and they both have Republican Governors.

vtwin| 2.11.13 @ 10:08AM

The two failed Arizona Republican Senators Goldwater and McCain as candidates for President frame the beginning and ending of the most recent conservative period the pendulum has swung back.

Controse| 2.11.13 @ 11:09AM

If you think McCain is marker of the "conservative period" you are likely to think sh*t is Shinola.

loulou| 2.11.13 @ 11:39AM

Funny!

Tina B| 2.12.13 @ 8:00AM

That's why polish and Polish are spelled the same way, someone like vtwin must have coined those two words, que nos?

Drunken Sailor| 2.11.13 @ 11:43AM

Why not, he thinks his ass is a hole in the ground already.

TLP| 2.11.13 @ 2:06PM

His ass IS. A hole in the ground.

It's the one that he keeps his Head in.

TLP| 2.11.13 @ 2:07PM

I really need to Proof Read these things, before I hit the Submit Button.

spike59| 2.12.13 @ 5:53AM

who is this 'conservative' McCain of whom you speak????

Doctor Right| 2.11.13 @ 9:56AM

Really?

Because I hear Lenin...and Fidel Castro. And Daniel Ortega. And Hugo Chavez.

CJW| 2.11.13 @ 11:52AM

Joellen
There are between 5 to 7 million persons not employed who were employed when Bush left office. The Dems gave them 2 years of UC to buy their votes.

Appleby| 2.11.13 @ 7:07AM

These are the End Times and the person y'all have placed at the helm of our country is a college sophomore with absolutely no skills of any kind, whose motto, clearly and obviously, is "Apres-moi, le deluge."

If you can tear yourself away from your Binkie as you walk down the street to your office today, and meet the eyes of the people around you, try to ask yourself in words, "What the hell was I thinking?" Because the timeis coming and now is, when you'll have to account for your decision ... and yes, I am also speaking to those from Gucci Gulch who looked the End Times in the eye and gave us the choice between Satan's right hand man and a heretic.

If you can get your head out of goggling at scantily dressed Grammy Girls today, maybe you could think about that.

TLP| 2.11.13 @ 7:50AM

It's closer than you think, dear Appleby.

The POPE is Resigning. He's the first Pope since 1415 stepping to do so.

And the Antichrist will make his Appearence amidst a World Wide Catastrophe - The World Wide Economic Collapse.

He is the Scion of an Aetheist Whore, and a Marxist Chaser of Whores. A Communist, and a Marxist. Abandoned by them both and passed off into the arms of one Communist, after another. One Marxist, after another. One Terrorist, after another. One GODLESS Hater of the Free World, after another. Raised in a "Religion of Death" and Worshipping a "Pagan Moon God of Blood" until the age of 11.

He is Incapable of The Truth, as he has no use for it. His Tongue knows only lies, and he speaks the, with Impunity, as his Handmaidens in Evil - The Press and the Media - have no greater Calling than to Serve THE ONE they've been waiting for. His Adversaries in Congress have neither the Wisdom, nor the Courage to face him head on. He knows the words: "The only way for Evil to Succeed, is for Good Men to do nothing." And Good Men are at a Premium, in the West. Good Men with Courage? Even more so.

In our Cities: Evil is on the March. His Followers overwhelm the Police, and Terrorize the Populace.

Around the World: Evil Builds its Armies, even as he Schemes, relentlessly, to Decimate Our Military Forces and usher into the World: A New Dark Ages.

It's called: Open Your Eyes 101.

Von Mises Jr| 2.11.13 @ 9:34AM

When the Iranians or North Korea launch a nuclear attack, it's a whole new ball game. With the USSR and China, there is MAD that minimizes the threat. But when Islamist can vaporize a city and its suburbs 40 miles in every direction, you can look back to the appeasement, foreign aid and ineffectual sanctions that contributed to the destruction.
You have to wonder whether the statist in DC figure that they are safe since they played nice with the Islamist or whether they just never took that class in College: Open Your Eyes 101.

Doctor Right| 2.11.13 @ 10:01AM

How's that Popey-changey thing working out for you?

(There's nothing in the Bible about the Pope...any Pope. History does not depend on the comings and goings of a guy in a long robe and a funny hat.)

CJW| 2.11.13 @ 10:48AM

Long robe and funny hat? Classy comment. I thought you were talking about the mink coat and funny hat your hero Antler Lewis wore the night he and his two pals killed two men.

Doctor Right| 2.11.13 @ 12:07PM

Glad you liked the joke.

Actually, I have more respect for Ray Lewis than I do for a guy in a long robe and a funny hat who protects pedophiles.

Jacob McCandles| 2.11.13 @ 12:48PM

Leave Paterno out of this.

CJW| 2.11.13 @ 1:16PM

Yeah, we know you like killers, and make excuses for killers.
You have respect for Lewis says all we need to know about your opinions.

TLP| 2.11.13 @ 2:11PM

I tried to tell you people, about him.

TLP| 2.11.13 @ 2:12PM

Also: Open Your Eyes 101.

Doctor Right| 2.11.13 @ 3:31PM

No one is listening to you, except your sycophantic hangers-on...and I don't see many of them rushing to agree with you.

Tina B| 2.12.13 @ 8:09AM

I hear a little jealousy in your words. Finally you said something I can laugh at. Hahahahaha.

Doctor Right| 2.11.13 @ 3:29PM

And you, apparently, make excuses for child molesters, and for the people who cover-up their crimes.

Let's engage in a hypothetical exercise:

Let's assume, for the sake of argument, that Ray Lewis IS guilty of killing those two guys in Atlanta in 2000.

So we basically have two groups of guys at a nightclub, both living "the thug life." A fight starts...and when it ends, one group of thugs is dead. As Ron Paul says, "Live by the sword, die by the sword." My heart bleeds...

Now, let's see you try to engage in a hypothetical exercise whereby somehow, someway, pedophilia is just peachy, OK?

Ready...set...GO!

...Waiting.

...Still waiting.

...crickets...

CJW| 2.11.13 @ 4:17PM

Doc
You must be trying to match Jack in Wi. Jack hates the Jews, you hate the Catholic Religion.

You are attempting to justify Antler Lewis killing two men then pleading guilty to obstruction of justice by implying that Pope Benedict believes "somehow, someway, pedophilia is just peachy." And in your twisted reasoning this excuses Antler and proves the Pope is bad.

This is beyond stupidity and illogic. You are looking to pick a fight to again showcase your anti-Catholicism and the Pope's retirement gave you your chance to spew.
You should be embarassed to defame Pope Benedict, or anyone, to justify or explain the criminal conduct of Lewis. Have you no shame?

You are not worth talking to. You are the same as Jack,.

Doctor Right| 2.11.13 @ 4:58PM

I don't hate Catholics at all. My entire family are Catholics.

I feel bad for Catholics. They are so steeped in gobbledy-gook that they can't see the forest for the trees, and as a result are barely even Christian.

For example...Catholics are all over TV today kvetching about Pope Benedict. They're all concerned about how he will "open up the Church" and "make it more inclusive to all members of the community," and "who will the next Pope be?"

NONE of them have asked "Will the next Pope maintain the scriptures as the ONLY source for Christians, the inspired Word of God, and follow the Word as perfectly expressed?"

Of course not. But In don't expect them to.

After all, Catholics place more emphasis on Mary, a woman whom we know very little about, than they do on Christ, the Son of God.

That's why I feel bad for Catholics. They're lost.

And FYI, you brought Ray Lewis into this conversation, not me.

And FYI...to me, the Pope IS just a guy with a funny hat and a long robe.

CJW| 2.11.13 @ 5:42PM

And Jack's best friends and Jews.

You are the one who could not resist when Tim discussed the Pope's resignation. Just like Jack cannot resist slamming the Jews whenever there is the slightest reference to Jews or Israel. You saw the word Pope and off you go. You are lost and need help, but I don't expect you to.

Bob Grant| 2.11.13 @ 3:06PM

D.R. you can't defend the indefensible, i.e., supporting the likes of Ray Lewis.

Be honest, if he played on another team besides YOUR team, your head wouldn't be so far up his rear end. No?

Doctor Right| 2.11.13 @ 3:37PM

He doesn't play for another team.

Evidence is evidence. And lack of evidence means "Not Guilty," or "Case dismissed."

Unless you have evidence to the contrary, I'm not supporting the "indefensible."

Ray Lewis was an AWESOME linebacker. He terrorized other teams for 17 years, and had an uncanny ability to motivate his team to play better than they were. He's going to the Hall of Fame on the 1s ballot, and nothing that all the jealous fans of other teams say or think will EVER affect that.

And now he has 2 Superbowl Rings! Even better!

CJW| 2.11.13 @ 4:19PM

He pled guilty to obstruction of justice. There was no verdict of not guilty or case dismissed.
To plead guilty he was questioned by the court to see if there was a factual basis for his plea.
We covered this in detail. He pled guilty to rat out his pals before they ratted him out.

Doctor Right| 2.11.13 @ 5:00PM

Yes.

So what? ALL defendants are "questioned by the court." That's not an indication of guilt; it's merely the process.

Yes, we've covered this before. And as I have BRILLIANTLY explained before, if the Prosecution had a case, they would NOT have agreed to a plea.

WHY is that so hard to understand???

CJW| 2.11.13 @ 5:39PM

You do not know what your are talking about. Lewis pled guilty because he is guilty.
Lewis stood in front of a judge, admitted, with his lawyers present, that he did what he pled guilty. Period. End of story.

Are you trying to say he lied to the judge when he said he did what he pled guilty to? Do you believe was not guilty of obstruction of justice even though he pled ? What do you mean by "process" that Lewis lied to the Court?

I explained this to you, but you are in denial.

Doctor Right| 2.12.13 @ 6:15AM

He did NOT plead guilty to murder...OR manslaughter.

He did not "lie to the court," either. That would imply he was under oath, when in fact, he NEVER took the stand.

It's not hard to see why you're so smitten with the delusion that is Catholicism.

Get your facts straight.

Tina B| 2.12.13 @ 8:12AM

Now who sounds sycophantic? What a phoney.

Tina B| 2.12.13 @ 8:14AM

That was to Dr Wrong regarding his 3:37 sycophantic post on RL. We are all fans of someone.

TLP| 2.11.13 @ 3:58PM

He's quoting Ron "How to Kill a Black Man and get away with it" Paul.

What do you expect?

I told ya so.

Doctor Right| 2.11.13 @ 5:01PM

No one cares, Timmy.

Your "Buddy Brigade" is fading.

TLP| 2.11.13 @ 5:21PM

Please stop.

You're gonna make me cry.

spike59| 2.12.13 @ 5:56AM

when did the Pope protect Roman Polanski?

Al Adab| 2.11.13 @ 8:34AM

Be careful that you rise, lest you fall. We have long known the man is an empty suit yet he retains a devoted following of worshipers who cannot see the harm that permanent campaign speeches do. "Where's the beef?" we might ask. Is there any coherence to the policies this administration pursues? All is symbolism over substance and the foreign relations of this nation have never been so low.

Pecos Pete| 2.11.13 @ 10:30AM

Al: But, but, but ... the creases in his pants are so sharp.

loulou| 2.11.13 @ 11:40AM

And his wife is so beautiful...

Al Adab| 2.11.13 @ 12:16PM

Oh yes gang, but he means well and cares about us.

KennesawJack| 2.11.13 @ 2:03PM

All 240 lbs. of her.

Drunken Sailor| 2.11.13 @ 4:34PM

I hear most of it is in her trunk. She must get great traction in the ice and snow.

KennesawJack| 2.11.13 @ 5:09PM

You would definetly want her sitting over the rear axle if you're driving in ice and snow.

Occam's Tool| 2.11.13 @ 6:15PM

Yup.

DS,KJ, you know, guys, I don't think I've ever disgreed with anything you guys have ever written. And you do it with style.

May you have a blessed year, both of you guys. (I do not go out of my way to slam other people's religions, except when child rape is approved in the scripture. Islam YES, Catholicism, no. The Mayo Clinic is tied closely to the Catholics.)

KennesawJack| 2.11.13 @ 6:32PM

Thanks, OT. Likewise. (I try to be humble, I really do. It's just SO damned hard.)

Drunken Sailor| 2.12.13 @ 8:43AM

Same to you Occam.

C'mon Man!| 2.11.13 @ 2:44PM

"Where's the Beef?" should be the new campaign against Obama. You picked a winner Al!

Louis Jenkins| 2.11.13 @ 8:54AM

Obama has a hand in "everything" and does nothing except bring America closer to the pit of despair. He's now going to rescue the middle class? Since when? Oh sure, he may praddle on and on about the middle class and propose to sink billions of dollars into the notion, but does the middle class want their wealth built on borrowed money? I would rather be poor and free, than rich and owe my soul to Bezzelbub.

Moe Blotz| 2.11.13 @ 11:04AM

Middle class state and federal employees are doing quite well, the only "middle class" Skeets really cares about. The rest of us who actually work for a living serve to provide the funds to keep Barry's "middle class" comfortable.

Kwan| 2.11.13 @ 9:01AM

Barack "The Last Truth Bender" Obama's State of the Union speech will be more empty words and more empty promises, chum for the suckerfish that will swallow every lie as though it was manna from heaven. The current state of the country is the result of imbeciles selecting as the country's leader a guy who reached his ultimate level of incompetence when he was promoted from Community Organizer 4th class to Community Organizer 3rd class.

Pecos Pete| 2.11.13 @ 10:32AM

Chrissy Matthews will have an orgasm ... on TV during the speech. Not to mention the other dummies who will grovel at his feet.

Kwan| 2.11.13 @ 12:19PM

Matthews came out of the closet and exposed himself as a rabid homo, when he admitted to having an orgasm after listening to a speech by da Community Orgasmizer. What a retard. No doubt MSNBC gave him a raise for this courageous admission.

TLP| 2.11.13 @ 2:18PM

Is it just me?

Or does anyone else see this discussion deteriorating?

Mr. Kwan, I'm flabbergasted.

Kwan| 2.11.13 @ 2:55PM

Relax Mr. Pennell. We wouldn't want TAS's number #1 commenter flabbergasting himself into a serious medical condition.

Doctor Right| 2.11.13 @ 3:38PM

Why not?

TLP| 2.11.13 @ 4:18PM

Because I'm not You.

That's why.

And, I'm Pretty.

Drunken Sailor| 2.11.13 @ 4:36PM

Are you "oh so pretty"?

Your'e not "into" musicals are ya?

Pecos Pete| 2.11.13 @ 4:43PM

DS: Tim is simply ... Pretty ... no denying it by me

Drunken Sailor| 2.11.13 @ 4:50PM

How do I know you weren't kicked in the head by your horse?

Pecos Pete| 2.11.13 @ 8:32PM

The last time, it was a chicken that kicked me in the head. As for my horses, not one kick in the head, but other parts of me have suffered innumerable humiliations from horses and mules.

Anyway, I stand by my comment ... Tim is ... Pretty.

Bob Grant| 2.11.13 @ 4:54PM

"Your'e not "into" musicals are ya?"
----

He's got season tickets to Sweeney Todd. If you're nice, and play your cards right, there might be a weekend trip to Broadway in your future.

Drunken Sailor| 2.11.13 @ 5:00PM

I actually like that musical. And not in a metrosexual kind of way. Not that there is anything wrong with that.

KennesawJack| 2.11.13 @ 6:35PM

Oh! So Pretty. Oh! So Pretty. So pretty, and witty, and wise. Good on 'ya, DS. Always knew Tim was cut out for Broadway.

Drunken Sailor| 2.12.13 @ 8:45AM

Thank god someone got it. A Tim version of West side story would be entertaining.

Doctor Right| 2.11.13 @ 5:02PM

Naah. You're tall and chubby. Not fat, but definitely overweight, with a paunch.

I diagnosed that long ago....

Bob Grant| 2.11.13 @ 4:43PM

Nooooo,

I don't want him injuring himself while flabbergasting. That puts you out of commission 6 weeks, minimum.

Now Mr. Stein, how do we get him to flabbergast himself? I simply cannot take one more diary entry.

TLP| 2.11.13 @ 5:24PM

I'm flabbergasting myself right now, to a picture of Jessica Alba.

irish19| 2.11.13 @ 6:03PM

You didn't need to share that.

Occam's Tool| 2.11.13 @ 6:17PM

What about the wife!?

Occam's Tool| 2.11.13 @ 6:15PM

Nicely put, Mr. K!

PetarK| 2.11.13 @ 9:33AM

"a large number of people voted for Obama who thought ill of him as a problem-solver." Even with this, he was re-elected. This is a reality that we're going to have to live with for the next four years unless he is impeached (unlikely). And then what - Biden (holy smokes) we are really screwed.

Anthony| 2.11.13 @ 9:34AM

I'd watch Obozo's state of the union if he would tell us what he was doing for those 6 hours when the ambassador and the other 3 Americans were fighting for their lives.
I'd like to hear where the hell our AWOL, leading from behind, Muslim Marxist president was.
The guy is a total and complete incompetent disgrace, which is why the left love him. They embrace their own.

Von Mises Jr| 2.11.13 @ 9:39AM

There are only two possibilities, Anthony. Either it is still lies and a cover-up asserting Barry talked to Panetta at about 5 PM EST when the attack began and neither Hillary nor he were competent or interested enough to check back, or Barry was on a crack cocaine binge. Unless you were high as a kite, there is no rationale possible and therefore they must be lying.

Moe Blotz| 2.11.13 @ 10:56AM

Maybe the Choom Van was in DC and the leader was in the smoke.

Al Adab| 2.11.13 @ 12:17PM

See the editorial page of WSJ this morning. That reports the testimony which reveals quite clearly what the president was doing (or not doing) during the Benghazi attack.

CJW| 2.11.13 @ 2:17PM

Von
I believe O was meeting with Axelrod about the campaign. They did receive notice of the attack, but decided to have no further involvement that day so they could see what happened, then spin the results for the campaign.

O never considered what is best for the safety of the Americans under attack, only his political interest. Or as Bubba eloquently stated in his letter to dodge the draft, to protect his "political viability."

This is consistent with them blaming the attack on some silly video to divert attention from the musllim terrorist attack to which he did not respond.

TLP| 2.11.13 @ 2:22PM

He was picking out his Clothes for Jay Z's Party.

Occam's Razor.

Frued.

"Sometimes a Cigar, is just a Cigar."

Capiche?

Anthony| 2.11.13 @ 2:25PM

I agree Von. This cold blooded SOB left the ambassador and the other Americans to die like dogs in the street. He and Hillary had about as much concern for what was going on as I do about how Beyonce is doing today.
Between the murders of two American agents under Fast & Furious and the dereliction of duty that killed the ambassador and three other Americans, if Obozo was a white R president, they'd have dragged him out of the White House through the streets of Washington by now.
But you folks are correct, events will indeed overtake the situation, and it will not be pretty. Watching the Donner situation unfold, as I said in another post, they better take this guy out because it will become another O.J. trial, and he'll be acquited.
I predicted America was headed for total civil unrest after O.J. was acquited, and that was before Obozo was on the scene. I'm just suprised it's taken this long, but Obozo is the burning fuse that will set it all off.

Von Mises Jr| 2.11.13 @ 5:06PM

I am trying to read Hegel in my quest to understand some of the bizarre ideas of the left better. It is quite confusing as he praises Alexander the Great, Caesar and Napoleon on the basis that they were great men of history while at the same time contorting freedom and morality as devotion to the State. The individual is nothing.
And so it was with Christopher Stevens and the three dozen others that were left to die. Fortunately only four perished, but it draws the clear connection between Obama with Stalin and Mao. Over 50M died and it was just a "bump in the road," or "it takes a few broken eggs to make an omelet."

As per CJW, there is a 5th possibility. Perhaps barry was playing with himself and not really sleeping.

BTW, did you guys see obama's look of distain when Dr. Carson spoke the other day???

CJW| 2.11.13 @ 5:54PM

Von
You are too generous to the lefties in trying to find a rational basis to their beliefs.

I found Dr Sowell's book on "Intellectuals" the best explanation. They really think they are smarter than the rest, and will kill you if you do not do what they say. He calls it the Vision of the Annointed. The Commies killed over 100 million so far to impose their Vision.

On a lighter note, PJ O'Rourke's "Parliament of Whores" is a good explanation of the lefties in the US government.

As to what Obama was doing, he is smart and clever. He did not want to be involved to make a tough decision. That also explains why he sent Susan Rice out to lie, she did not know anything. Hillary knew the story, but refused. She waited months, hoping the story would die, then faked the concussion and went into her crying routine.

Von Mises Jr| 2.11.13 @ 8:21PM

CJW,
I recommended "Intellectuals and Society" and I have read almost two dozen books by Sowell including "Vision of the Anointed," "Conflict of Visions" and "Quest for Cosmic Justice" that are all about Lockean versus Rousseau's statism. I recommend all these books and suggest more people read his articles at TAS. His other books are mostly about preferential policies/affirmative action, migration/conquest/culture, of course economics and he has a few books that are a compilation of his articles.
I read a few books by PJ years ago including "Parliament of Whores" and "Eat the Rich." He and Vonnegut crack me up.
As Rush says, he knows liberal better than they know them. I do not give them credit but reading the Enlightenment philosophers is interesting. Kant stands above the rest and while I did not get to Nietzsche yet, I don't expect much after reading some Hegel. But what we understand in general is not indicative of the search for ontological truth, as well as cosmological and religious understanding from the earlier philosophers before Rousseau.

Occam's Tool| 2.11.13 @ 6:18PM

Carson is everything Obama isn't: brilliant, articulate, and profoundly, profoundly gifted.

I did a Neurosurgery month on my surgery rotation in med school. OMG. The endurance and intensity required.

CJW| 2.11.13 @ 2:09PM

Obama was 1) playing basketball, 2) playing golf, 3) meeting with Axelrod about the campaign, or 4) sleeping.

Those are the only choices because that is all Obama does.

Goldwater Girl| 2.11.13 @ 2:52PM

or maybe he was riding around in a limo with Larry Sinclair

Tina B| 2.12.13 @ 8:27AM

Or even being "bathed" at that bathhouse in Chi-town.

Dave Williams| 2.11.13 @ 9:34AM

What a sad, sick joke that this arrogant, narcissistic, power-mad buffoon is POTUS....and the punch line ain't gonna be pretty.

Cuffs| 2.11.13 @ 9:43AM

Thank you, Mr. Wilson--a wonderful article.
And now, do we all understand what most of
us knew in 2008? Obama is the quintessential
con man, a breathtaking fraud and liar.

Aristocat| 2.11.13 @ 10:37AM

Great comment...

KennesawJack| 2.11.13 @ 10:48AM

Obamarx is a 2nd rate intellect who has surrounded himself with 2nd rate intellects and cheered on by a press corps made up of 3rd rate (at best) intellects. And this was elected to lead what used to be a 1st rate nation. Obamarx and his ilk are nothing less than a mirror of what we have become. A country with a majority of its citizens made up of those very same quintessential con men (and women), breathtaking frauds and liars. I have seen the enemy.......etc., etc., etc.

Gary B| 2.11.13 @ 11:12AM

The press corps is his entire constituency. As Ann Coulter recently asked, "Could a Democrat get elected if the press was honest?"

spike59| 2.12.13 @ 5:58AM

"Could a Democrat avoid a lynch mob if the press was honest?"

fixed it for ya

Pecos Pete| 2.11.13 @ 1:19PM

etc. x 10

lost| 2.11.13 @ 9:45AM

"I believe that more and more people –– including many of those who voted for him –– are on to the fact that President Obama has nothing of substance to say on any issue of real importance."
-------
I believe the sad truth is that most who voted for him still believe he is the best thing George Washington. They believe that the government is to give you rights but what they do not understand is under that type of government you have no rights till the government decides to bestow them to you.

rjh| 2.11.13 @ 9:54AM

"President Obama has nothing of substance to say on any issue of real importance."

Because obama is a man (and I use the term loosely) of no substance.

KennesawJack| 2.11.13 @ 10:55AM

You don't understand. They don't give a DAMN. As long as they continue to get their Obamarxphones, their food stamps, their unemployment benefits for life, a raise in their welfare checks every time they produce another fatherless child (they don't have fathers, they have breeders), and their subsidized housing they will continue to vote for him and his kind. It's over folks and there is going to be hell to pay for it.

Al Adab| 2.11.13 @ 12:19PM

The urban riots, when the goodies stop, will not be pretty Jack. How will we, the soon to be disarmed, defend ourselves against the roving mobs demanding bread and circuses?

KennesawJack| 2.11.13 @ 1:06PM

Al, I don't know who the soon to be disarmed are gonna be, but it ain't gonna be me. But you're right about the riots. Trust me, they'll ending up eating their own.

Al Adab| 2.11.13 @ 1:38PM

They will end up eating their own, just as before. I was being facetious about the "disarmed" part. I have no doubt all of us will trot right down to the local police station and turn in our weapons just like the MA militia did in April of 1775.

KennesawJack| 2.11.13 @ 2:08PM

I knew you were. Has it ever puzzled you as to why this current crop of leftists believe they can get away with this? Do they really believe the American people are going to peacefully surrender their firearms? Do they really believe the military will slaughter their own families? It is going to get SO ugly if these Marxists persist in this nonesense.

TLP| 2.11.13 @ 2:25PM

They will end up "Eating Their Own", AFTER they've Burned our Cities to the ground.

You can count on it.

CJW| 2.11.13 @ 5:56PM

KJack and Tim
These lefties do believe it. They are over-confident because of O's victory, and will push for whatever they can get. But they will lose.

Peppermint Tea | 2.11.13 @ 10:52AM

Obama and the SOTU speech?
Reruns.

cicero| 2.11.13 @ 11:45AM

Mr. Wilson - It hardly makes any difference how many people watch this upcoming speach. The majority of the folks that voted for this President in November didn't listen to speaches, discussions, or analyses during the entire campaign. Otherwise, how do youa ccount for the result. He still took a majority of the vote - 51%. Now, we are supposed to rub our hands with glee because only about 46% of the viewing population will be watching? He can say whatever he wants. As long as, when the day is done, he continues to promise and pass out free stuff, they will make whatever excuses they need to in order to convince themselves that they were correct in voting for him.

KennesawJack| 2.11.13 @ 1:07PM

Hear! Hear!

Pecos Pete| 2.11.13 @ 1:20PM

Hear! x 10

Stan Redmond| 2.11.13 @ 12:07PM

Do you think we will be hearing these talking points...

-Obamacare average cost for a family of 5 is $20,000 per year
-Lowest amount of people working
-Most people on disability
-40% "millenial" unemployment
-Billions lost in green energy scams
-Billions lost in auto bailout
-500 billion cut from Medicare
-Obama has been president for 4 years

I doubt it.

JFGalt| 2.11.13 @ 12:24PM

If Republicans had the balls, they would walk out of the SOU speech. OR at the very least not applaud all the tripe that he throws out. Maybe bring a book to read during the speech or better yet some bill that is supposed to be voted on that should get read before the vote happens.

Maxwell| 2.11.13 @ 1:37PM

I can just picture Queen Nancy showing her teeth with that huge smile. I will be playing 'How Green Can You Be' and saving electricity by not watching.

Gary B| 2.11.13 @ 3:06PM

Unfortunately, that's what Republicans do. That's how they become team players (translation: Democrat bitches).

Gary B| 2.11.13 @ 3:08PM

(posted in wrong position)

Who Knows?| 2.11.13 @ 12:41PM

Ah, but The One IS qualified to talk about HIS state of the union, because for Him, failure isn’t JUST an option, but it is THE goal.

Take immigration “reform”---as far as Obama is concerned, it is going swimmingly. Never forget the massive gap between de facto and de jure.

The Obama maniacs not only never forget this gap, they USE it---why do you think Reid and company willfully choose NOT to write laws? Fluck the de jure!

Indeed, flout the de jure crowd---case in point, how the EPA and all other government agencies under control of Obama types ignore the law, and make up their own laws.

Anyone with functioning eyes can bear witness to the insidious decay de facto is bringing.

I rarely go to the local mall. Yesterday was the first Sunday I’ve visited in many years. What a change!

It was like being in Mexico, at a bazaar. Around half the people wandering around and filling the benches were Hispanic---so many large families pushing strollers and chasing hot-to-trot little ones!

And, then, there were the English speakers. Most of them were fat or obese, and older and childless.

Welcome to Medford, Oregon, a small town of around 75,000 that USED TO BE a conservative burg.

Failure IS the option the vote of 2012 picked.

Love it or….

Vance P. Frickey| 2.11.13 @ 1:39PM

I may watch the the State of the Union address from morbid fascination. Who knows, he may decide to tell us that if he'd had a crazy younger brother, that man would look like Christopher Dorner.

Vance P. Frickey| 2.11.13 @ 1:40PM

the "he" in the previous sentence being our President, of course. oy.

Vance P. Frickey| 2.11.13 @ 2:00PM

The one thing we can count on from Obama and the people whose job it is to tell us what a statesman he is, is that none of them will talk about how the state with the strictest laws against assault weapons in the Union is at this moment being shot up by Christopher Dorner.

Oldefarte| 2.11.13 @ 2:06PM

No, he won the election because of one simple reason......THE STUPIDITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE! The economy is tanking, people will remain unemployed and taxes will increase....and why [see the capitalized explanation above]?

Job| 2.11.13 @ 2:30PM

"The president will almost certainly lay an even bigger egg this year than he did last year."

see now this gives me a vision of John Boener in the top of a tree trying to hatch an egg that Obama laid.

Drunken Sailor| 2.11.13 @ 4:40PM

Funny, I got the mental image of Boener and Mitch running in circles under Obama's perch trying to catch and save the egg.

Longdrycreek | 2.11.13 @ 4:10PM

"There is a tide in the affairs of men that leads to fame and fortune. Omitted, all the days of their lives are lived in the shallows and miseries." - Shakespeare.
The tide in the affairs of State during Obama's tenure has gone out, and the shallows gather as the Ship of State comes closer and closer to the shoals.
Obama is not smart enough, nor are his Left Wing Advisors, savvy enough to know the Ship is going to wreck.
I would not be in Obama's shoes for any money because when is thuggist hordes realize he has conned them, they will find pitch forks and tar and feathers for the Kenyan Kid and his Traveling Companion, Michelle.

farmerinthedale| 2.11.13 @ 5:03PM

The simple facts are that after four years of his policies we have almost 8% unemployment that has barely moved since he came into office in spite of almost 6 trillion dollars in new debt, ( a 60% increase in new accumulated debt beyond what was accumulated by all previous presidents combined) small businesses are closing left and right, federal spending as a percentage of GDP continues to rise, the number of people on disability, welfare and foodstamps continues to rise, the promised "shovel ready" jobs never appeared, "investment in infrastructure" has been primarily wasted on supporting his pet initiatives (Solyndra, etc) that have not sparked any significant growth, family income has decreased, the constant barrage of his divisive hate politics has the country split into classes more at odds than at any point in my six decades and the litany of empty promises on which he has perpetually campaigned have not materialized. His pontificating and blame game politics are tiresome and disingenuous.
I refuse to acknowledge him as a legitimate president. Even if you ignore the many questions about his background, the results of his policies cannot be ignored and his willful disregard for the limits imposed by our constitution would have caused the complacent media to destroy any other president. He has wraught untold damage on our country - the transformation he promised in 2008 is well underway. The results will cause this country to erupt.

Belianis | 2.11.13 @ 5:10PM

Remember THE HORSE AND HIS BOY, and its villain, Rabadash the Ridiculous? Meet Obamash the Very VERY Ridiculous.

spike59| 2.12.13 @ 5:33AM

the problem with ObaMao is, every time he opens his mouth, some dumbass starts talking...

ulyssesmsu| 2.18.13 @ 7:17PM

From 52 to 38 is actually a decline of 27%, but who's counting?

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