tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post2842977309535378533..comments2024-03-28T21:18:10.182-05:00Comments on Althouse: Obama should be all over the news today.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger173125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-71262866035516181512009-11-08T06:43:51.913-06:002009-11-08T06:43:51.913-06:00God is there anything Freder doesn't lie about...<i>God is there anything Freder doesn't lie about? The Landstuhl story is pretty common knowledge.</i><br /><br />Where did I lie? Patm is the one who lied when s/he claimed that Obama's recent trip to Walter Reed was the first time he visited the wounded troops.Freder Fredersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01498410102809290399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74786794377566249112009-11-07T22:46:59.755-06:002009-11-07T22:46:59.755-06:00Nice, JAL. Thanks!Nice, JAL. Thanks!Meadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00117933390338651739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-65669753753821678172009-11-07T22:20:43.298-06:002009-11-07T22:20:43.298-06:00I miss George Bush.<a href="http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/2009/photographing_bush/" rel="nofollow"> I miss George Bush.</a>JALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15503869597362866878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3700608794206006672009-11-07T11:08:45.327-06:002009-11-07T11:08:45.327-06:00interesting thread--and my favorite commenter C4 p...interesting thread--and my favorite commenter C4 pretty well gets to the substance--our political system produced two losers to advance to the presidency--the American people chose one, and has events seem to indicate, the one behind the first curtain seems to be not up to the task. Then we wait for three years too try it again. But to cedarfords point--how did we get here in the first place? Out political system is broken--it isnt what the founders imagined. <br /><br />Were it me, I would call a new constitutional conovention as specified in the constitution, and rethink exactly what we want as a republic. I would most certainly repeal the 17th and 18th amendments.<br /><br />A constitutional convention isnt going to happen--too many entrenched interests. That said, a la C4--our two party system is broken. Now personally I think we will come out of this OK but there will be bumps along the road.<br /><br />When a cartoonist like Jules Pfeiffer starts depicting the current president as a shrinking peanut, then we will understand the president as the founders meant the president to be. Aint going to happen unfortunately.<br /><br />We are stuck with the incumbent and given the ineptptitude of the GOP, Obama will probably serve two terms. Its the system folks--and the system is broken.Roger J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12639676792043324100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58766069834614818672009-11-07T10:14:35.571-06:002009-11-07T10:14:35.571-06:00God is there anything Freder doesn't lie about...God is there anything Freder doesn't lie about? The Landstuhl story is pretty common knowledge.<br /><br />I agree in one sense that the President can be too over the top and look like he is manipulating the situation. Bill Clinton had a bad habbit of doing that. But at the same time, a President has to show empathy. <br /><br />If you look at the whole record, Obama does have empathy for some things. He certainly had empathy for H.L. Gates. Wether it be the awkward salute up at Dover, the canceling of the trip to Landstuhl or this, Obama seems to have very little empathy for soldiers. This thing doesn't seem to really bother him. He seems very detached and unaffected by it. My guess is he will never visit Fort Hood. Never pay so much as a phone call to the woman cop who got this guy and will hope that it goes away as soon as possible. <br /><br />Liberals hate the military and only pretend to care when it fits their purposes.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02964994591293819655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53378168089256331622009-11-07T09:25:09.303-06:002009-11-07T09:25:09.303-06:00Please, Ann.
If he were all other news, he'd ...Please, Ann.<br /><br />If he were all other news, he'd be criticized for making it about him.<br /><br />And to compare this event to 9/11 is a joke. 9/11 was a history altering event; this event, while tragic, is minor, except for those directly impacted.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16966748939980761258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90081561474625156592009-11-07T08:19:12.453-06:002009-11-07T08:19:12.453-06:00In the comments:
"Obama strikes me..as one wh...In the comments:<br />"Obama strikes me..as one who will hold a ...grudge"<br />"Ive always said his eyes are dead"" <br />"I actually consider Obama to be a Marxist traitor and illegitimately occupying the White House"<br />"I think he is an actual enemy of US people"<br /><br />These comments are so well thought out, such great<br />insight and reasoning. Be proud Ann.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11682222610617244295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82445130560458284212009-11-07T06:01:01.569-06:002009-11-07T06:01:01.569-06:00MSNBC-- May 28, 2009
"During last year's...MSNBC-- May 28, 2009<br /><br />"During last year's presidential campaign, Barack Obama's decision not to visit the military medical facility at Landstuhl in Germany became a point of controversy, ... <b>Obama made time to go to the gym, but canceled a visit with wounded troops</b>.<br /><br />Well, per the White House, President Obama is going to visit Landstuhl on June 5 when he goes abroad next week."<br /><br />He was against it, before he was for it.AllenShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08848966772462502893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11724092976090880592009-11-07T03:16:11.047-06:002009-11-07T03:16:11.047-06:00Note that Pres. Obama went to visit the wounded at...<i>Note that Pres. Obama went to visit the wounded at Walter Reed today. His FIRST visit to his wounded troops, after 11 months in office. Coincidentally a day after a deplorable performance in a tragic time.</i><br /><br />This is a bald-faced lie. I know for a fact that he visited wounded soldiers at Landstuhl in Germany back in June when he was in Europe. <br /><br />Of course, if his visits to the troops had received more attention, you would be criticizing for that too.Freder Fredersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01498410102809290399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5858565341095467892009-11-07T00:12:05.392-06:002009-11-07T00:12:05.392-06:00DBQ said,
"Obama is not and never will be Pr...DBQ said,<br /><br /><i>"Obama is not and never will be President in my eyes."</i><br /><br />And I'll bet if you hold your breath for a really long time and stamp your feet really really hard, Obama will just totally disappear! Hooray!Robert Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06951286299515983901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11358316972023778132009-11-07T00:07:20.931-06:002009-11-07T00:07:20.931-06:00women should be able to kill their baby anytime, e...<i>women should be able to kill their baby anytime, even when it is 10 years old<br /></i>Don't forget fathers' rights to post-natal abortions. Long live the Patriarchy!Ralph Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915708905660273961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49653836753189279752009-11-07T00:01:23.073-06:002009-11-07T00:01:23.073-06:00Re: Titus' wondering of 'chow' or '...Re: Titus' wondering of 'chow' or 'ciao'...<br /><br />If he swallows, it's chow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83224333019032986212009-11-06T23:03:58.641-06:002009-11-06T23:03:58.641-06:00"Chow! Or is it Ciao?"
Now wait just a ..."Chow! Or is it Ciao?"<br /><br />Now wait just a doggone minute.<br /><br />Since when does the real Titus worry about his spelling?<br /><br />Kidding. <br /><br />Natch.<br /><br />-MeadsyMeadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00117933390338651739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49990086343090538032009-11-06T22:30:35.665-06:002009-11-06T22:30:35.665-06:00"With Obama in office and Pelosi pulling his ...<i>"With Obama in office and Pelosi pulling his strings, the Dems own it. Whatever good or bad happens in the next 4 years, they own it."</i><br /><br />Doesn't that mean, any year now, Obama has to stop the "just LOOK at this mess I inherited from Bush" crap and act like an adult??avwhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03864098101712510563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84322072266247801142009-11-06T22:16:22.353-06:002009-11-06T22:16:22.353-06:00avwh -
Yet 54% fell for him, knowing all those t...avwh - <br /><br /><b>Yet 54% fell for him, knowing all those things about him: no real experience, all leftist buddies & upbringing, ZERO relevant leadership (unless editor of the Law Review - without ever publishing ANYTHING - counts. I think it counts AGAINST him, since it's a precursor to his POTUS election: empty, undeserved).<br />It's going to a LONG three years....</b><br /><br />In 2004, voters had a bad choice between a President many suspected was bungling anything he touched and would do further damage to the country..and an excretable, pompous, dishonorable and singularly unlikable Mass liberal.<br /><br />And with the majority forced to pick Bush, we watched the bungling intensify and thought "It's going to be a long, long wait for someone better".<br /><br />Then in 2008, moderate & conservative voters were amazed and slightly disgusted to see two preening narcissists heading the ticket. One stupid, treacherous to his own Party, incoherent and guaranteed to be a dismal President. The other an untested egotist of high confidence in his own abilities despite his only accomplishments being winning an elite lawyer popularity contest, a silver tongue, and writing two books about the greatness of his little feats so far.<br />They were backed by a blathering twit who while people shuddered at the thought of him in the Oval Office, at least who knew how things worked - and a dimbulb woman unfit for office who talked in pleasing soundbites.<br /><br />Voters ultimately decided by the majority that the untested potential of The One was better than the guaranteed dismal prospects of McCain, the new wars he wanted to add to the existing ones America was stuck in and wanted to intensify, and McCains "genius" of doing what liberals want and then giving them a figleaf of "bipartisanship" to hide behind.<br /><br />As is, the Obama toss of the dice isn't panning out like voters hoped. But at least there is no McCain claiming that Amnesty, Cap 'n Trade, Goldman Sachs bailouts, just giving distressed mortgage holders 100s of thousands in taxpayer money to lower their debt on a half million home enough to afford the interest payments - are all Republican-Dem bipartisan efforts.<br /><br />With Obama in office and Pelosi pulling his strings, the Dems own it. Whatever good or bad happens in the next 4 years, they own it.Cedarfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00602418702398818596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7422141929029311162009-11-06T22:14:56.800-06:002009-11-06T22:14:56.800-06:00You created this hell of demonizing the opposition...<i>You created this hell of demonizing the opposition President 24/7. So live in it you motherfucker!<br /><br /></i>I am sorry to read of your coma. It must've been jarring to wake up in early 2001 after 8 years.MadisonManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212179466758420208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-75720431325581065282009-11-06T22:12:14.491-06:002009-11-06T22:12:14.491-06:00Pogo: Jason, if the threat to imprison US citizens...Pogo: <i>Jason, if the threat to imprison US citizens who don't buy health insurance isn't sufficient evidence for you, you won't know until it's far too late.<br /><br /></i>It's not like I'm going to vote for him. I happily bring up his failings to people. But I'm not calling him a tool of the Anti-Christ.Jason (the commenter)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16045360562791361484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-35279856386288751912009-11-06T21:55:34.312-06:002009-11-06T21:55:34.312-06:00Note that Pres. Obama went to visit the wounded at...Note that Pres. Obama went to visit the wounded at Walter Reed today. His FIRST visit to his wounded troops, after 11 months in office. Coincidentally a day after a deplorable performance in a tragic time.<br /><br />He's awful. But the only thing transparant about him is his cynicism.Patmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17884455503379229264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86220375031599308122009-11-06T21:52:29.181-06:002009-11-06T21:52:29.181-06:00Obama's remarks re the Ft. Hood shooting remin...Obama's remarks re the Ft. Hood shooting reminded me of someone having a dissociative episode. He seemed cold, distant, over-controlled and detached to an extreme. After the "shout out" of course.<br /><br />This man is starting to seem like a psycho to me.Patmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17884455503379229264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85039227670180338062009-11-06T21:52:23.344-06:002009-11-06T21:52:23.344-06:00"Obama: not sure, not enough evidence"
...<i>"Obama: not sure, not enough evidence</i>"<br /><br />Jason, if the threat to imprison US citizens who don't buy health insurance isn't sufficient evidence for you, you won't know until it's far too late.KCFleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124201866124646626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53114091958349958802009-11-06T21:49:28.439-06:002009-11-06T21:49:28.439-06:00Balfegor: If you're still around, I agree.
Be...<b>Balfegor</b>: If you're still around, I agree.<br /><br /><b>Beth</b>: Re: your first comment: true but few will admit it. RE: Your second comment: I disagree. Think he handled it appropriately.<br /><br /><b>Jason</b>: Careful! Spitting into the wind can be dangerous! Admire your persistence, though. ;-)Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03071928294799081845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33474220864475224522009-11-06T21:40:17.353-06:002009-11-06T21:40:17.353-06:00Of course, I think Barack Obama is "scarily o...Of course, I think Barack Obama is "scarily out of touch" period.JALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15503869597362866878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82632822198746938182009-11-06T21:36:48.803-06:002009-11-06T21:36:48.803-06:00The Professor writ: I remember how Bush eventually...The Professor writ: <i>I remember how Bush eventually got himself together by the evening of 9/11... after being scarily out of touch.</i><br /><br />Couple others have mentioned it --maybe more, (haven't had time to scan all the comments).<br /><br />"scarily out of touch?" with whom? <br /><br />It's called "need to know."<br /><br />I remember firing off a note to ABC when their woman reporter in the WH pool, who was flying around with POTUS during the 9/11 attacks, made an idiot out of herself. Didn't know where they were or where they were going, hangers on going into the ground in Nebraska -- whatever -- I don't remember it all now, but it majorly (is that even a word?) annoyed me and was uncalled for.<br /><br />I still had enough trust in the guys who ran the show to believe that it did not matter one bit whether I knew where the POTUS was. They could run the country from wherever they were... they could have set up in the Kearney, Nebraska grange for all I knew or cared.<br /><br />Where the POTUS was and what he was up to didn't cross my mind.<br /><br />While chaotic -- almost any crisis has those elements -- much like our hero SGT Munley, people are trained to do what needs to be done. And they do.<br /><br />We're not an hysterical culture where we ran around in the streets wailing.<br /><br />We're not a banana republic. (Yet.)<br /><br />Of course, I am also assuming we will survive the Obama presidency, if we can smack our representatives on the sides of their heads so they realize who they are and who WE are, before they deconstruct us all.<br /><br />wv = haftysfu<br />Now <i>there's</i> a word for ya!JALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15503869597362866878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8890781076345464262009-11-06T21:36:02.926-06:002009-11-06T21:36:02.926-06:00I am reminded over and over when I see Obama's...I am reminded over and over when I see Obama's plodding teleprompter reading of cliches in face of real needs to take truthful executive actions, that the Bolshevicks called themselves "Dead Men Walking" because they were committed to destroying the existing social order at any cost so that a Magical Marxist Nirvannah would then spring up next as promised by Karl Marx. In reality in a few years everyone was starving and sitting waiting the real inevitability of all that deliberate destruction of the existing social order, which was a police state and rule by a mass murdering Strong man (Stalin... the man of Steel).traditionalguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706120413005530014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34021923694950918512009-11-06T21:23:11.040-06:002009-11-06T21:23:11.040-06:00Once and if you understand what is really importan...Once and if you understand what is really important to Obama, all his behavior is consistent.<br /><br />What theory of his actions do you hold that explains them in a rational structure?<br /><br />Do you have one?Mark Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15884518441515988550noreply@blogger.com