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DEL.ICIO.USObamamania gets a bit unrealistic
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I confess I hadn’t bought into the concern of those warning that Barack Obama might have become TOO popular, that the American public had unrealistic expectations of what he or anyone could accomplish under some very trying circumstances. It seemed to me that most people understood just how hard this was going to be, but maybe I was wrong ….
WASHINGTON (CNN) — At the start of a week that could see Barack Obama make his first Cabinet secretary announcements, a new national poll suggests that most Americans are confident that the president-elect will make the right decisions when it comes to picking those officials.
Forty-three percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Monday morning are very confident that Obama will make the right choices, with 34 percent somewhat confident and only 23 percent not confident.
“Obama is having the kind of honeymoon that no president-elect has had in at least 30 years,” said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. “It’s no surprise that Americans have a positive view of anything Obama might do — at least until he does something controversial.”
Personally, I’d place myself among the 34 percent who are “somewhat confident.” I’ve long thought Obama was the best candidate in the field, but believing him to be the best available does not mean you banish all doubts about how he’ll perform when the time comes. Nobody comes into that job prepared; nobody knows what might be thrown at you as you walk in the door, or even how you’ll react.
Howard Kurtz at The Washington Post has a good piece on Obamamania, including this gem of a quote:
“The adjectives tumble over one another. He is not only the handsomest, the best-dressed, the most articulate, and graceful as a gazelle. He is omniscient; he swallows and digests whole books in minutes; he confounds experts with his superior knowledge of their field. He is omnipotent.”
That was James MacGregor Burns in the New Republic in 1961, writing about John F. Kennedy. And as Kurtz points out, “soon afterward, Kennedy blundered into the Bay of Pigs debacle.”
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By AJC/DNC Management
November 17, 2008 5:24 PM | Link to this
We’ll see how he wears that deep, bottomless economic recession around his neck.
For sure, the libs at the pinko media will babble on and on about how wonderful everything is, no matter how awful it gets.
By getalife
November 17, 2008 5:35 PM | Link to this
He picked a great Sec. of State
She will make Condi look real bad.
By "The Corporal"
November 17, 2008 5:37 PM | Link to this
Jay you never found one fault with him (although there were and are many) during the campaign. You said he had the answers to everything (even though he never answered tough questions and refused to do a press conference the last two months).
So, come 1/20 we Republicans expect an instant miracles on all fronts (domestic, economic, foreign, etc.) and if it doesn’t happen we will remind you all about it ……….. don’t worry.
By RW-(the original)
November 17, 2008 5:38 PM | Link to this
It really doesn’t matter what he actually does the cultlike worship will march on. As I noted down below he’s adopting Bush policies on fighting global jihad left and right, policies he himself demonized during the primary campaign. The media joined him in his outrage over detention policies, CIA interrogation techniques, and missile defense to name a few. Now that Obama’s on board with all these things he’s a great leader while Bush remains the devil incarnate.
By Republicans Killed America
November 17, 2008 5:45 PM | Link to this
The Republicans are the ones that believe in waiting for miracles to solve all their problems. Where’s that faith in your leader, Bush — the guy that is STILL president.
By "The Corporal"
November 17, 2008 5:48 PM | Link to this
To RW:
Sir, I am sure you know by now that the synonym for liberal is double standard. Whatever Obama says that Bush said is now holy. It’s like infallibility when the Pope speaks.
By sunshine and thunder
November 17, 2008 5:58 PM | Link to this
JAY
You wrote:
*I’ve long thought Obama was the best candidate in the field, but believing him to be the best available does not mean you banish all doubts about how he’ll perform when the time comes. *
How on earth could you possibly know that? Neither you nor any other “journalists” that I know of have examined his experience or anything else about his past.
But even if they have they have certainly not written about it.
Seems like the stock market is telling us the opposite from what it told us between November of 1994 and November of 1996 when it gain over 60% after Republicans took over congress.
Now it’s down over 30% since the democrats took over in November of 2006.
Must be all that there deeee regulation. Funny, I don’t think of Sarbanes-Oxley as deregulation.
By Abomi Nation
November 17, 2008 5:59 PM | Link to this
Its not so much worshipping Obama as it is worshipping the fact that Bush is leaving soon.
You could put a lipstick wearing pig up next to Bush right now and still get an all tingly, optimistic feel about the future.
By "The Corporal"
November 17, 2008 6:06 PM | Link to this
To AbomiNation from prior blog
You do err my son.
If he were a government employee he could in all probability not get a Top Secret clearance based on his associations and based on his admitted cocaine use he could not become a Secret Service agent.
However, since he was elected President that does not apply as he does not have to pass a security clearance as president.
Any other points you wish to make?
Corporal James
By "The Corporal"
November 17, 2008 6:08 PM | Link to this
To AbomiNation from prior blog
You do err my son.
If he were a government employee he could in all probability not get a Top Secret clearance based on his associations and based on his admitted cocaine use he could not become a Secret Service agent.
However, since he was elected President that does not apply as he does not have to pass a security clearance as president.
Any other points you wish to make?
Corporal James
By Midori
November 17, 2008 6:12 PM | Link to this
Its not so much worshipping Obama as it is worshipping the fact that Bush is leaving soon.
Can I get a “AMEN”
And the pig is looting the treasury on his way out.
By Tom
November 17, 2008 6:17 PM | Link to this
“Bush policies”?? Be serious. Policies from the deadened mind of a below-common drunk - and proven to be so. He and his cohorts have destroyed the nation, both nationally and internationally. This has been a “policy,” Little Man RW? No. Simply a crazed, out-of-control imbecile at the helm of a Ship Of Fools. And Bush, like all who supported and voted for him, will be permitted to crawl into their holes completely UNPUNISHED for the rapes they have committed. I would treat them…differently. Obama will follow none of the culpable GOP mistakes.
And who know, there might again one day be some pride in the current usage of the word, “American.” Not much to be prideful of these past 8 years. Look around you; and look at the world you have created. Creep.
By getalife
November 17, 2008 6:20 PM | Link to this
Amen
They should freeze the money left so he can’t steal it.
By Frederick Douglass
November 17, 2008 6:20 PM | Link to this
Dubya’s missteps are about like the recession we’re in, the bottom has yet to be realized. Obama would have to be the biggest screw up in the annals of mankind to top this train wreck. I still get a chuckle out of the WMD debacle, so much so, that I’ve burned my copy of Don Quixote.
By @@
November 17, 2008 6:23 PM | Link to this
I caught PrezE Obama on 60 Minutes last night without his teleprompter. A lot of uuhhhin’ and aahhhin’ but he did say he’d be willing to increase the deficit.
Are you agreeable to that?
I guarantee you he and the dems will bail out the auto industry. They owe the unions big time.
Oh! and the AP already has a scandal waiting in the wings.
Obama may have to bury his beloved blackberry
President-elect Obama has often been seen avidly checking his e-mail on his handheld equipment. This past summer, news cameras recorded him checking his BlackBerry while watching his daughter’s soccer game, only to have Michelle Obama slap at his hands, prompting him to return the device to its holster.
Actress Scarlett Johansson said she has had frequent e-mail exchanges with him during his campaign travels, something the Obama campaign downplayed.
But yet at Politico — After a particularly tough debate earlier this year, she congratulated him for “holding his ground” in one e-mail. He responded that the questioning was “difficult” and he was being pounded on “one silly question after another.”
Obama told Johansson his favorite performance was her role in “Lost in Translation.”
He’s a “huge movie lover” and “knows who every actor is,” she told Politico.
It’s that he said/she said thingy.
Anyhoo, I googled this Scarlett woman and in some photos she looks like JFK’s Marilyn.
By AJC/DNC Management
November 17, 2008 6:31 PM | Link to this
So much for all that whining about China and our children’s “futures:”
Majority Leader Hairy Reed, D-Nev., said he would hold a test vote this week on a broad economic aid plan - including spending on public works projects, aid to cash-strapped states, an extension of jobless aid, and the carmaker loans - that most now concede has virtually no chance of passing.
If that fails, he will seek a vote on the auto industry bailout and the unemployment benefits, Reid said. It could come as early as Wednesday.
And if that fails then he’ll just wait for January.
It’s almost like having Bushie around for 4 more years.
ew.
By sunshine and thunder
November 17, 2008 6:36 PM | Link to this
OH, and about those tax cuts for 95% of Americans
Would someone please enlighten me? How is letting the Bush tax cuts expire going to be spun as a tax cut? I know I don’t land in the above 250K crowd and I know that letting the Bush tax cuts expire will cost me an additional 4K a year.
Was I lied to? Well I didn’t vote for him and his Paul Begala economics.
By DB, Gwinnettian
November 17, 2008 6:45 PM | Link to this
43 percent being “very confident” might be a bit high, but Mr. Bookman, do consider the standard against whom the public have had to to judge the president-elect, for the past eight years.
When I do that, I’m pretty damned confident, too.
By Republicans Killed America
November 17, 2008 6:49 PM | Link to this
The Republican party just can’t go on this way. It’s time for a change, before it’s too late.
By Ray
November 17, 2008 6:57 PM | Link to this
Bookman,
You never had a single distaff comment for the Annointed One during the campaign. He could do no wrong. There you go, trying to be a journalist again.
By What does it mean to be a Republican
November 17, 2008 7:00 PM | Link to this
With a little faith and a whole lot of cash, we can work miracles. The Republicans just need to get back to basics.
By Class of "98
November 17, 2008 7:01 PM | Link to this
Am I the only one that is already tired of hearing Obama begin every answer to every question with “Look,…”???
He’s an empty suit. This is gonna be a disaster.
By pogo possum
November 17, 2008 7:13 PM | Link to this
President Olect Obama got some kinda’ force around him. I bet he could take away some of Briar rabbits persimmon trees and give them to me and my folk kind. Here in the Okeefenokee we have too many gators running around hogging the marsh lands, need to thin them out about 80% like so we can populate and vote more for Obama like folks. Heck cut out all dat Hawk, Osprey, and Eagle, monies and double the tax rate on Ol’ Briar Fox and weasel then me and my Swamp rat kin can have the whole darn place to ourselves and live like kings! Uhhum That’s what Im talking about. Change so we swamp possums get a fair shake in things!
By RW-(the original)
November 17, 2008 7:16 PM | Link to this
So how is it the 6:17 fits under the speech codes here?
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Now that the election is over it’s safe for the ACLU to look out for Joe the Plumber.
Of course, reacting then may have impacted how the public saw this abuse. Now that the election’s over, it’s much safer for the ACLU to actually protect the civil rights of Joe the Plumber from the Democratic government in Ohio. I guess they finally found their courage in the Age of Obama
By getalife
November 17, 2008 7:39 PM | Link to this
“HuffPost’s Pick
Hillary goes to the State Dept., Bill gets the Senate seat? Think of all the fun and watching the Republicans go nuts.”
Good times.
By ConsternationNation
November 17, 2008 7:46 PM | Link to this
“Land of Confusion” (the video link at 6:49) was Delaware Senator Joe Biden’s campaign song during his brief run for President in 1987.
By AJC/DNC Management
November 17, 2008 7:51 PM | Link to this
al-Gitmo: Bruno going SoS means that she will never be the president.
Happy days, indeed!
By TW
November 17, 2008 7:53 PM | Link to this
‘Unreal’ was ‘w’s eight year abortion of a presidency. One can only expect society’s gasp for fresh air to be of the same magnitude - thankfully in the opposite direction.
By Soixante huitard
November 17, 2008 8:02 PM | Link to this
I think Kurtz has it about right here:
We’re celebrating a moment as much as a man, I think,” says Newsweek Editor Jon Meacham, whose new issue, out today, compares Obama to Lincoln. “Given our racial history, an hour or two of commemoration seems appropriate. But there is no doubt that the glow of the moment will fade, and I am sure the coverage will reflect that in due course.
It is of course this PLUS the sheer fatigue with the passing of the Bush years.
By AJC/DNC Management
November 17, 2008 8:07 PM | Link to this
TW: In one years time, when America is mired in worse financial times than the Great Depression, when people are sleeping in the streets like dogs, the Bush presidency will fondly be remembered as “The Good Times.”
And there ain’t nothing you libs can do about it.
By Swami Dave
November 17, 2008 8:12 PM | Link to this
Jay:
Out of respect, I am not going to use the one phrase that an article like this would make someone like me say.
-Swami Dave
By **"The Corporal"**
November 17, 2008 8:12 PM | Link to this
To Mrs. G
Interesting question - I would really appreciate your response. This would make a great fiction movie, book, etc.
Let’s suppose someone is elected president. About a year into their presidency, irrefutable evidence is produced that they are not a U.S. citizen (remember, McCain had some problems here initally also). The U.S. Supreme Court rules as such but the president refuses to step down. The masses out there are becoming restless. The military is becoming restless. The Congress is mired in their usual duplicity.
What are your thoughts as to how this thriller of a movie should end?
By Mr Snarky
November 17, 2008 8:17 PM | Link to this
Jay, I’d say I’m with you in being “somewhat confident” mainly because hiring for those top jobs can’t be easy and you can’t know what’s coming. Obama seems to have the lack of ego that is needed though. If he’s seriously considering Hillary for SoS, he’s obviously not worried about others stealing the limelight.
By **"The Corporal"**
November 17, 2008 8:20 PM | Link to this
No Hard Feelings
The election day is over, The talking is done. My party lost, your party won. So let us be friends, Let arguments pass. I’ll hug my elephant, You kiss your a$$.
By Mr Snarky
November 17, 2008 8:25 PM | Link to this
Management, the only good thing about the W years is that they will soon be over. Reagan suffered a deep recession his first two years, but his reputation somehow survived. I’m glad I’m not a part of your sad little world.
By h ryder
November 17, 2008 8:33 PM | Link to this
Try to be unbiased. Just think of the possibilities if our current president not been confronted with 9-11 and its ramifications.
By Mr Snarky
November 17, 2008 8:34 PM | Link to this
I just watched the 60 minutes interview and have a big warm fuzzy going on. Makes me want to go wash some dishes.
By BDAtlanta
November 17, 2008 8:35 PM | Link to this
corporal is spouting off about clearances and admitted cocaine use, and whatever else he can pull from his arse.
What about Bush with his admitted alcoholism and extensive cocaine use and not showing up for his National Guard duty?
You amaze me! Good night and sweet dreams…I’m kinda betting you still believe in the Easter bunny.
By Mrs.Godzilla
November 17, 2008 8:35 PM | Link to this
JAY,
Did they say very confident of ALL choices being right?
No matter what the 23% think, 77% of us DON’T think he’s the messiah. We know he’ll be better than Bush (but the bar is set really, really low) and HOPE he’ll be the best yet.
Truth is, reality is something we have not seen in our government in eight years. So perhaps we should stop and take a deep breath before we decide what is unrealistic.
We CAN bring swift and effective change to this nation, IF we get past the fact that we are accustomed to slogging along in the dreggs. All of us can make swift changes in our own homes and businesses when required, together we can do it for our nation.
Just ‘cuz it was doesn’t mean it is.
We can make this nation better and we can do some of it quickly. Check your tin foil hat at the door dudes, bite the bullet, suck it up, hang tough, get with the program, be patient, grin and bear it, cope, stomach, suffer, swallow, weather and withstand…fasten your seatbelts, its’ going to be a bumpy ride. (5 tickets at least!)
This is America.
Yes, of course, we can.
Obama/Biden 2012
By Mike K.
November 17, 2008 8:38 PM | Link to this
Jay,
I think the word you’re looking for is Obasm…
It’s all about the “O”.
By Frederick Douglass
November 17, 2008 8:41 PM | Link to this
Will someone explain to me why a Doofus was allowed 8 years to “grow into the job” of POTUS? Why was the same comatose idiot given free reign to all but destroy a 230 year old plus nation, and he’s not considered an empty wardrobe? Lastly, why does being a right winger mean you have to take leave of your senses?
By Taxpayer
November 17, 2008 8:44 PM | Link to this
Corporal,
Try as you might, you simply are not bold enough to pull off that label. By the way, the only thing that elephant has done for the last eight years is leave big piles of dung lying around. It’s about time that the elephant and its followers started cleaning up after themselves or at least paying others to do their dirty work. Just keep that in mind when you get those increased tax bills. Your credit card has been canceled.
By AJC/DNC Management
November 17, 2008 8:45 PM | Link to this
The astonishing decline in revenues is without modern precedent here, but California is hardly alone. A majority of U.S. states - many with budgets already full of deep cuts and dependent on raiding rainy-day funds or tax increases - are scrambling to find ways to get through the rest of the year without hacking apart vital services or raising taxes.
Pick your poison, Obamahacks.
You reap what you sowed.
bwa
By Bunnie
November 17, 2008 8:46 PM | Link to this
Some of the comments here are beyond ridiculous and hateful.
I know you’re all mad that there’s a black guy in office, but get over it: McCain screwed up by picking a moron former beauty queen as a running mate.
By TW
November 17, 2008 8:48 PM | Link to this
DNC@8:07 - That sounds real good. But aren’t you the same one who said McSame was gonna win?
Thought so.
Still heven’t cracked the Webster to take a gander at ‘cerdibility’ yet, eh?
Guess not…snore…
By Class of '98
November 17, 2008 8:59 PM | Link to this
Bunnie…
Thanks for reminding me why I should never read posts written by someone that goes by “Bunnie”.
I’ll never make that mistake again.
Appreciate it.
By sunshine and thunder
November 17, 2008 8:59 PM | Link to this
BUNNIE
Hop along now, OK?
If you want to compare disdainful comments I’m sure your warm, fuzzy side of the isle will take the rotten cake.
By BITEME
November 17, 2008 9:02 PM | Link to this
Bunnie, I am sick of people like you who call others racist and hateful without a shred of evidence and who turn around and attack a sitting governor as a beauty queen moron. Either get relevant and civil or shut the h#$^% up and mind your own dang business. Do you actually have something to say or are you just writing to attack someone who is not running for office. I want to puke.
By AJC/DNC Management
November 17, 2008 9:03 PM | Link to this
By TW November 17, 2008 8:48 PM Still heven’t cracked the Webster to take a gander at ‘cerdibility’
Hey, I just looked up cerdibility in the Dictionary and lo and behold, there was a dimwit democrat pictured under the definition of “voted for the moron America hater.”
How about that?
You hit the big time, TW.
By TW
November 17, 2008 9:14 PM | Link to this
DNC@9:03 - I apologize for the typo. Guess now that Palin’s outta here I can take her pic of my screen and go back to typing with two hands.
God I’m gonna miss her :-)
By Greg Mendel
November 17, 2008 9:16 PM | Link to this
“If he were a government employee he could in all probability not get a Top Secret clearance based on his associations and based on his admitted cocaine use he could not become a Secret Service agent.” — The Corporal
He’s already a government employee. He’s a U. S. senator. I assume he admitted any youthful cocaine use (or use of other illegal substances) on his 17-J-5, maybe not. However, being an elected public official, he may have just taken office without question. Nobody (except Dan Rather) spent much time with George Bush’s records. Various accounts indicate that Bush’s records were “scrubbed,” “lost,” “damaged” or altered. Bush did publicly admit previous alcoholism, and hasn’t denied he was a drug addict. Have his classified clearance applications been released?
How did he get to be president of the United States if he honestly answered 17-J-5 and all the other requirements for a Top Secret security clearance?
I once had a Top Secret security clearance. (But, they won’t let me see top secret stuff anymore, since I voted Democratic in ‘72.)
By What does it mean to be a Republican
November 17, 2008 9:16 PM | Link to this
I see some things get the Republicans hopping mad around here. The truth hurts and some just get all mad as a hatter when confronted with it. Not to worry — the Bush reign of terror is almost over. Just hang in there and the Democrats will fix what ails you. Have faith now.
By getalife
November 17, 2008 9:18 PM | Link to this
Check out Drudge Andy
Beautiful.
You know with this no drama Obama term, you can let go of the hate man.
Like Jay said, try to keep it civil like no drama Obama.
Sweet.
By TV Junkie
November 17, 2008 9:26 PM | Link to this
I have been hearing what a disaster the Bush years have been all through this election cycle. Really? What disaster? If you think the USA has been a disaster, all I can say is you have led a charmed life, and have no idea what disaster really is.
All of this Obama adoration makes me think of a song David Crosby recorded, I think in the early 70s. It is called, “Laughing.” Check it out.
By T.J.
November 17, 2008 9:26 PM | Link to this
GETS a bit unrealistic? H3llfire Bookman, it was unrealistic from the get go but that didn’t stop the libral loons from voting their Obamania.
Our country is doomed.
By AJC/DNC Management
November 17, 2008 9:31 PM | Link to this
al-Gitmo: I have Drudge up 24/7, suppose you could clue me in on what you are so happy about?
Is it the new anti “global warming” movie?
Maybe Howard Kurtz saying that the press has fallen in love with Oblahmi and that journalism is on hold?
Could it be the one about unhappy people watch more TV, the same TV I hear you libs natter on endlessly about and that I never watch?
Perhaps it’s about Bruno being lured into the Oblahmi trap to keep her from running in 2012?
Do tell us.
By Greg Mendel
November 17, 2008 9:38 PM | Link to this
“I have been hearing what a disaster the Bush years have been all through this election cycle. Really? What disaster? If you think the USA has been a disaster, all I can say is you have led a charmed life, and have no idea what disaster really is.” — TV Junkie
I hope you have a job. And a few more lined up.
By AJC/DNC Management
November 17, 2008 9:41 PM | Link to this
By TV Junkie November 17, 2008 9:26 PM I have been hearing what a disaster the Bush years have been all through this election cycle. Really?
TV: What you’ve been “hearing” the last few years is a bunch of toadies regurgitating on cue all of the nonsense and hate that they have been preprogrammed with like little sycophantic robutts.
Do not despair over our ill treatment, there is no sense in pondering what could have been, nope, just look upon the next 4 years of your life as a chance to say that “payback is a mofo, ain’t it?”
They showed us how to do it, now get to work, trooper.
By TV Junkie
November 17, 2008 10:05 PM | Link to this
Greg @ 9:38 pm, Are you inferring that the current economic problems are the 8 years of disaster? A couple of problems with that: 1. We had a good economic run from about 02 to 06. And 07 the economic mess was just starting, so it wasn’t really good or bad. Prior to that we were recovering from the Clinton economic downturn, and 9/11/01. How is that 8 years? 2. The Dems in Congress were at least as much, and probably more to blame than any Republicans. This is not to say GWB is blameless, but certainly not totally to blame.
And does anyone know the song I mentioned in my earlier post? It really does fit with the Obama idol worship.
By Mr Snarky
November 17, 2008 10:06 PM | Link to this
What you’ve been “hearing” the last few years is a bunch of toadies regurgitating on cue all of the nonsense and hate that they have been preprogrammed with like little sycophantic robutts.
Dear Kettle, You’re black. Regards, Kettle
By Mr Snarky
November 17, 2008 10:07 PM | Link to this
What you’ve been “hearing” the last few years is a bunch of toadies regurgitating on cue all of the nonsense and hate that they have been preprogrammed with like little sycophantic robutts.
Dear Kettle, You’re black. Regards, Pot
By getalife
November 17, 2008 10:16 PM | Link to this
No silly. The headline.
PAPER: CLINTON TO ACCEPT
By Terrence
November 17, 2008 10:24 PM | Link to this
Are these the highly educated voters you libs keep bragging about?
By Call It LIke It Is
November 17, 2008 10:31 PM | Link to this
Hey Morons,
We are in this economic mess due to the Democrats and their bad mortage deals during the Clinton years.
Now, he has named some of these failed people as his closest advisors.
WAKE UP AMERICA AND GET OVER THIS IMAGE THING!
THIS GUY HAS NOT DONE A THING NOR WILL HE BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING FOR YOU.
H
By Call It LIke It Is
November 17, 2008 10:32 PM | Link to this
Hey Morons,
We are in this economic mess due to the Democrats and their bad mortage deals during the Clinton years.
Now, he has named some of these failed people as his closest advisors.
WAKE UP AMERICA AND GET OVER THIS IMAGE THING!
THIS GUY HAS NOT DONE A THING NOR WILL HE BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING FOR YOU.
HIS SOCIALIST WAYS OF GROWING GOVERNMENT IS NOT THE ANSWER!
By Greg Mendel
November 17, 2008 10:33 PM | Link to this
“Greg @ 9:38 pm, Are you inferring that the current economic problems are the 8 years of disaster?”
Yes. Added to the two wars and the destruction of the Constitution.
Sorry, I didn’t listen to your song. Songs don’t balance the budget, prevent invasions, pay the rent, or help you pay your doctor bill.
By Greg Mendel
November 17, 2008 10:39 PM | Link to this
Hey, Moron!:
It was stupid the first time you posted it.
By Greg Mendel
November 17, 2008 10:44 PM | Link to this
TV Junkie:
Sorry. Wasn’t calling you a moron.
By Soixante huitard
November 17, 2008 10:52 PM | Link to this
As if we needed another reason to be glad McCain didn’t win — witness him sitting stiffly in today’s press conference next to Obama, looking like a cat in a room of rocking chairs.
Where did the bright idea come from anyway that a ‘maverick’ would make a good president? That must surely go down not only as one of the worst political pitches in history - but one of the worst marketing/PR ideas ever.
The problem with mavericks is, they have a fatal flaw — they can’t feign joy when they’re feeling disgust. THEY CAN’T FAKE IT! Can you imagine the disaster McCain as president would have been in the many diplomatic situations he would have encountered?
All together now — lets thank our lucky starts this man did not become prez.
By Mrs.Godzilla
November 17, 2008 10:57 PM | Link to this
Yes sir, you betcha…
The Democrats caused this. The poor brown people caused this. The unions caused this. The commie pinko liberals caused this. The left wing media caused this. The moonbats on the intertubes caused this. The RINO’s caused this. The West Coast elite caused this. The East coast elite caused this. Are we missing anybody?
Oh yes.
We are missing the folks who caused this.
George Bush and his supporters caused this.
History will call this the 2nd Republican depression. Accept it. Own it. It’s yours. It belongs to all the GOP voters in this country.
23% of America does not agree with the rest of us, only a handful of them post here regularly - and I’m not particularly impressed by the lot of them.
It’s not Obamamania. It’s not about him, it’s about us.
It’s America-palooza.
By Swami Dave
November 17, 2008 11:00 PM | Link to this
More of what we already knew…..
http://howobamagotelected.com/
For the record, to the liberals who would contend that the “same thing could be done with McCain voters”, the producer has publicly challenged anyone to produce the same results (both for on film & 500 voter telephone poll by outside firm) using the same constraints. If successful, he stated that he would refund you double your production costs.
I won’t hold my breath…..
-Swami Dave
By Mr Snarky
November 17, 2008 11:03 PM | Link to this
Dear “Call it like it is”, I think we know who the moron is around here and I’ll give you a hint because I know you need it. HE TYPES IN ALL CAPS A LOT and blames bush’s problems on the party that has been out of power for the past 12+ years. He also probably thinks that not being a rabid nutso right winger makes someone a socialist. All of these are classic, clear signs of moronic stupidity.
Regards, The Snark
By "The Corporal"
November 17, 2008 11:07 PM | Link to this
To Mendel and BDAtlanta
Boy are you guys dense. Let me try to explain this one more time.
1) If you are a federal employee (or contractor) you have to pass a full background investigation for a T/S clearance if you want to have access to that type of information.
2) If you are elected to federal office (i.e., Senator or President) all bets are off. The President automatically has clearance because he is the President. He could have done anything! THERE IS NO BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION!!!
Now - I will restate my point.
Obama could not be a federal employee with access to T/S information because of his problem background (or a USSS agent) but he can have access to the same information as President.
Is this that difficult for you to understand?
In other words, (now follow this closely) the public elected a man to be President who could not have a T/S clearance if he were just a federal employee nor could he be a USSS agent due to his admitted cocaine use (which would have been developed during the polygraph anyway) ………..
Their decision and they will have to live with it …………..
By Algonquin J. Calhoun
November 17, 2008 11:10 PM | Link to this
it’s such a pleasure to read all the bitter, sad, vengeful comments of the Republinazi rabble. You have lost and you don’t get to decide a damn thing! Your candidate was weak and his running mate was an empty head and a full bra. Too bad maggots! president Obama gets handed a horrible mess by George W. Hitler but he’s up to dealing with it. Meanwhile, your party careens around looking for a leader and a direction. I have some direction to offer. Take your faux concern for life, your support of George W. Hitler, your disparagement of Obama’s abilities and go to hell!
By bj
November 17, 2008 11:12 PM | Link to this
I’ve heard it said that the first job of a newly elected president is to attempt to immediately lower the expectations of the people who elected him.
And Jay is “helping” as fast as he can!
By Mrs.Godzilla
November 17, 2008 11:14 PM | Link to this
Swami Dave
John Ziegler?
Rush wannabe. Is the barrel that empty?
We have O of O operatives under your bed and Zieglers too. Right now.
All operatives switch to alternate channel on my mark<<
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By Midori
November 17, 2008 11:19 PM | Link to this
How Bush Got sElected
By "The Corporal"
November 17, 2008 11:20 PM | Link to this
To Algonquin J. Calhoun
Ohhhhh Andy ……….
By "The Corporal"
November 17, 2008 11:22 PM | Link to this
To Mrs. G.
Are you ignoring me (8:12)? If so, just say so and you will hear from me no more .
By Soixante huitard
November 17, 2008 11:26 PM | Link to this
nor could he be a USSS agent due to his admitted cocaine use (which would have been developed during the polygraph anyway)
Which of course would have disqualified the sitting president (and perhaps several others) of the same clearance, no?
By Greg Mendel
November 17, 2008 11:28 PM | Link to this
“Boy are you guys dense. Let me try to explain this one more time.”
I’m following very closely. If Obama lied about, or admitted drug abuse, on his 17-J-5 — as federal job applicant, he wouldn’t be hired. But as an elected official, the standard 17-J-5 wouldn’t apply?
Why is that?
By Swami Dave
November 17, 2008 11:46 PM | Link to this
Ms. Godzilla:
So is that pg. 138 of your “Order of Obama” playbook?
Specifically: “When you are unable to address the context or point, attack or undermine the source.”
Dare I to expect that you have a point to make about the topic or should I just graciously accept your surrender? smile
-Swami Dave
By Soixante huitard
November 18, 2008 12:21 AM | Link to this
Greg Mendel asks: If Obama lied about, or admitted drug abuse, on his 17-J-5 — as federal job applicant, he wouldn’t be hired. But as an elected official, the standard 17-J-5 wouldn’t apply?
Why is that?
Could it be for the same reason we’re not governed by some kind of administrative class? Or from some supposedly virtuous ecclesiological body?
That would be because in this system neither birth nor tradition nor religious virtue determines who sits at the top - only the will of the electorate, right? And that person - a citizen - will be distinguished but shall not be required to satisfy some abstract definition of virtue - in fact he can even be a common sinner.
I think you’re right, Greg. Good point.
By "The Corporal"
November 18, 2008 12:30 AM | Link to this
To Soixante huitard
SS Agent - you are correct. Bush, Clinton, Obama, et al (and probably most of their staffs).
T/S Clearance - debateable (if that was the only thing).
To Greg Mendel
As a federal employee, he still might be hired (depending on the job) if he didn’t lie about it. However, his “associations” and financial dealings (that house thing) would probably keep him from the T/S clearance.
As to your “why is that” question, I don’t make the rules. It’s just the way it is for politicians vs. federal employees. For example, Judge Hastings was impeached as a Federal judge years ago but he was still elected to Congress and was able to serve. There are many examples of that. A convicted felon could not get a T/S clearance as a federal employee but he could be elected to Congress. Heck, Congress is full of felons. Go figure.
However, the cocaine use would keep him from becoming a Secret Service agent. The agency is small as agencies go and they can afford to be that selective. They have plenty of highly qualified applicants that didn’t do drugs.
By Greg Mendel
November 18, 2008 12:52 AM | Link to this
“As a federal employee, he still might be hired (depending on the job) if he didn’t lie about it. However, his “associations” and financial dealings (that house thing) would probably keep him from the T/S clearance.” — The Corporal
Actually, I specifically asked about form 17-J-5.
There is no such form. I made it up. As a long-time Secret Service employee (several administrations, you’ve claimed), you’d be intimately familiar with security clearance forms, I’d think, being required to renew your clearance periodically. The actual form is called — well, I’m sure you know.
By Frederick Douglass
November 18, 2008 1:23 AM | Link to this
Great comments Mrs. Godzilla @ 10:57. The only thing I’d add, is the fact that 77% of us are fed up with the hatred.
By AJC/DNC Management
November 18, 2008 5:34 AM | Link to this
Now is when we need a president who has the skill, the vision and the courage to cut through this cacophony, pull us together as one nation and inspire and enable us to do the one thing we can and must do right now:
Go shopping.-Urinal/DNC
It’s going to be a blast watching the Bush third tern unfold before our very eyes, except this time, thankfully, we don’t have to defend it.
This time we get to whine and moan about it.
bwa
By drew
November 18, 2008 6:09 AM | Link to this
I know I shouldn’t be enjoying this, but it just lifts my heart to read these blogs every morning and chuckle at the idiocy of AJC/DNC, The Corporal, etc.,(BTW, where’s my girl Dusty?), and their ilk. It sends me out the door each day with a smile on my face. What a bunch of whiny-azzes. BWAH!
I don’t know how successful Obama will be (especially with the mess he’s inheriting), but I do know that he ain’t Bush, and for now at least, that’s enough.
By cc
November 18, 2008 6:21 AM | Link to this
this Bush-Republican administration signed a new Iraq security deal yesterady that is the beginning of the beginning of troop witdrawal, now isn’t that just plain cutting and running? isn’t that what they would call it if anyone else did it?
By AJC/DNC Management
November 18, 2008 6:30 AM | Link to this
By cc November 18, 2008 6:21 AM this Bush-Republican administration signed a new Iraq security deal yesterady that is the beginning of the beginning of troop witdrawal, now isn’t that just plain cutting and running?
Being a lib and all, I realize that you have no idea what is going on in Iraq so allow me to help out-
It’s called victory, homeboy.
Duh.
By GodHatesTrash
November 18, 2008 6:31 AM | Link to this
Ms. G.
Targets acquired. Systems go.
Level Orange until 20 January 2009 12:01 PM.
Cons - hold on to your tinfoil hats…
By Rebel4ever
November 18, 2008 7:06 AM | Link to this
Classic good-cop (Obama) and bad-cop (Bush). Their goal and agenda will be the same - but the people will blindly follow Obama right off the cliff. I am impressed with those in control - this was quite an impressive way to get the people back in line. Watch how Obama leads us to invade Iran and watch how the people cheer. Watch how Obama continues with Bush’s executive orders and continues to take away our basic rights and watch the people cheer. The people have found their new messiah.
Watch what you ask for - you just might get it.
By AllHogwash
November 18, 2008 7:29 AM | Link to this
To: getalife You are sadly misinformed. Obama has not yet picked a Secretary of State. While it is true that he might have offered the job to Hillary Clinton, it is also true that she has not accepted his offer.
What else can I say? Get your facts right before you “liberally” blog about the President-Elect. Also remember that he can do absolutely nothing to implement his grandiose plans to break the bank and/or collect huge tax increases from “the rich” until he takes the oath of office in January.
By leni
November 18, 2008 7:32 AM | Link to this
O,You Can’t Scare Me, I’m Stickin with the Union,————————————oooops! 1963
By Mrs. Godzilla
November 18, 2008 7:41 AM | Link to this
corporal
didn’t mean to ignore you at 8:12…..was grouting.
how would the fairy tale end?
I suppose the candidate would click the heels of his florshiem size 12’s, chanting there’s no place like the White Home, there’s no place like the White Home….while the Wizard floats back to Kansas in a balloon.
swami dave
Nope, not from the playbook, just simple logic and part of a fair fight. I wouldn’t take disaster relief advice from Brownie, marriage advice from McCain or Clinton or political advice from Andy.
I DO consider the source, don’t you?
By G
November 18, 2008 7:56 AM | Link to this
We’ve had such a nitwit in the office of President for the last 8 years that maybe we are being unrealistic about President-elect Obama. I mean, Obama actually has a brain.
I must confess, I hate liking public figures too much.
Typically, I think there is no way we can actually see the person through all the coaching/focus group training/and manipulative speaking.
I like to think I can see through the crap.
With Obama, I either have bought the packaging of his image or he is the real deal.
I sincerely hope it is the latter.
By Suffering Cats
November 18, 2008 8:01 AM | Link to this
Doesn’t make any difference what he does or how he performs over the next four years. Just like the local morons who elected Andy Young, Bill Campbell, and Shirley Franklin mayor twice each, the morons nationally will re-elect Obama again in 2012. If he manages to get term limits abolished or simply pulls a Hugo Chavez, they can have him for life. American’s have lost the will to think for themselves.
By mister.earl
November 18, 2008 8:01 AM | Link to this
Obama 08
The young man is two months from taking office and the hate has started already.
People simply resent the idea of change. Period.
Meanwhile, the AJC pushes Obama t-shirts to profit off the sale of his image.
By mister.earl
November 18, 2008 8:07 AM | Link to this
The Plain Truth
Suffering Cats has it nailed
“Doesn’t make any difference what he does or how he performs over the next four years”
Translation: “I will find a way to hate him, no matter what he does in office”
By Suffering Cats
November 18, 2008 8:15 AM | Link to this
No, Earl, it’s you I’ll hate for the next four years.
By mister.earl
November 18, 2008 8:17 AM | Link to this
Just to make you more angry than you already are, here he is - your Next President of The United States:
“As soon as I take office, I will call in the Joint Chiefs of Staff, my national-security apparatus, and we will start executing a plan that draws down our troops,” Obama said.
“Particularly in light of the problems that we’re having in Afghanistan, which have continued to worsen, we’ve got to shore up those efforts.”
“There’s no doubt that we have not been able yet to reset the confidence in the financial markets and in the consumer markets and among business that allow the economy to move forward, forward in a strong way,” Obama said.
“And my job as president is to make sure that we restore that confidence.”
By CherokeeDave
November 18, 2008 8:20 AM | Link to this
JB:
I’m old enough to have seen the liberal institutional historians and media elitist make every attempt to rewrite history to fit their social agenda’s. The Civil Rights Movement comes to mind with how so many events were actually distorted from the real facts to make the movement a success in the public arena. Example: St.Augustine had already removed all their segragation laws off the city books by 1957 and was one of the most progressive city’s in Florida at the time. Instead of celebrating the city’s achievements, outsiders who thought they knew better, ignored those facts and built lies about the events that unfolded, including Atlanta’s own Andrew Young. The locals were struggling with “personal property rights” issues and what the laws should be doing to protect those rights but played on half truths about supposed imbedded or community racism. What will the black power groups think should those protected FBI files open in 2025 and may or may not confirm MLK as having taken major funds from communist groups. Right now, your profession is bound and determined to make “Camelot” come alive again under the Obama presidency; Camelot was a fairy tale that never really existed but was fabricated by your very industry. It sold a lie and the people bought until JFK’s personal life unfolded 25 years later. What do these stories mean in current events; will the media and institutional historians be TRUTHFUL AND FAIR should Barack fail or fall on his face. Or will the various information outlets, including yours, do everything to insure that the first black president be “rewritten” into some grand success story into the history books “at all costs”. Will the next 4 years be like events that unfolded in the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s and be historically revised for some liberal grand social cause. We can almost hear the conversations going in the AJC’s editorial boardroom with Ms. Tucker leading the discussion: “For the sake of the African American self esteem and young african american men looking for the right role model, we just can’t have this black president fail. It will kill that development.” The biggest losers these past 16 years has been the media and the American people. Your profession has no character when communicating the truth and the American people continue to buy it. Example: Bush’s Approval Rating is always splashed on every screen with the lowest historically at 24% but we never get a lead story stating that Congress’s rating of 14$. It is always buried page 14 just past the comics. Your profession has sunk so low that it kind of makes you wonder what YOUR approval ratings would be.
By mister.earl
November 18, 2008 8:24 AM | Link to this
Suffering Cats - I understand completely. It is much easier to feel comfortable with someone you would like to have a beer with, or watch a football game. Unfortunately the President will be required to think on a much higher level. and we all know -
Intelligence can feel intimidating.
“It’s my belief that we need to provide assistance to the auto industry. But I think that it can’t be a blank check,” Obama said.
Watch and learn
By Suffering Cats
November 18, 2008 8:34 AM | Link to this
“It’s my belief that we need to provide assistance to the auto industry. But I think that it can’t be a blank check,” Obama said.
Translation: “I will ram aid for the UAW down the taxpayers throats and make them think it is for their own good”
By the way, Earl, I hate beer and have little interest in football. It must be nice to live in your self-satisfied little world where you have to stereotype people who don’t agree with you so you can feel superior.
By Obama? Your Mama!
November 18, 2008 9:03 AM | Link to this
Funny how Obama has done nothing but try to back off all those empty promises he made to get elected. But it’s ok. He’s your messiah right? Outright Blasphemy! There is but one messiah. To all you lefties and black americans: You have no excuses now. Can’t blame the man for holding you back anymore. I guess we’ll no longer need affirmative action, all those special home loan programs, all that government assistance, etc. You guys better get something done these first two years or be prepared to suffer the consequences! Rest assured if you don’t, this mess will be tied to you and your so called savior!
By mister.earl
November 18, 2008 9:10 AM | Link to this
Cherokee Dave - you must love your small-minded Rush Limbaugh t-shirt
You funny
Now, step away from the AM radio and please go read a book by John Henrik Clarke
Please
By Suffering Fools Madly
November 18, 2008 9:17 AM | Link to this
Gee wiz Jay, you are just now noticing that Obamamania is getting a bit unrealistic? Have you been paying attention to what the Obamamedia has been shamelessly putting out for the last year? Do you even read your own column? For Christ’s sake wake up.
By "The Corporal"
November 18, 2008 9:19 AM | Link to this
To Greg Mendel
There are many different forms regarding security clearances depending on the classification, compartmentalization, (and even the agency or military branch) etc., etc.
I’m not sure of your point? Mine remain the same. He could not be a federal employee with a T/S clearance or an SS agent but he obviously can an elected official and see classified information.
By Swami Dave
November 18, 2008 9:22 AM | Link to this
Ms. Godzilla:
Yet, the context is not about disaster relief, marriage advice, or political instruction.
It relates to (first) random and (secondly) more statistically relevant evidence that a large percentage of voters for Obama lacked minimal knowledge about the candidate for whom they were voting. It also give secondary support for contentions that the “mainstream media” (whom most of these clueless drones identified as their major source of “information”) acted largely as an unpaid media arm for the Obama campaign.
As evidenced by simple logic that while his voters knew next to nothing about most of the negatives about Obama, they ALL knew about wardrobes, pregnant daughters, and comments that Palin did not even make. It would seem that they were “informed” about the stories that apparently the liberal mouthpieces at ABCNNBCBSPMSNBC blathered.
At core, it is futher evidence that for all the ballyhoo by liberals about the “mindless” followers of conservatives, these interviewed voters (as well as those included in the subsequent Zogby poll) were TRULY representative of the mindless drones sucked into a vacant campaign “show” driven more by focus groups, buzzwords, chanting crowds, and hysteria than any foundation in principle, knowledge, or real vision.
Sadly, they are evidence that you cannot be too stupid to vote.
Thankfully, I am from a state where we cast our electoral votes for his opponent and, in a couple of weeks, we will be working to reelect a Senator whose seat will serve as a bulkwart against the non-stop, full-steam-ahead leftward policy and governance that President-elect Obama and his Congressional conspirators will be attempting to enact.
-Swami Dave
By Shawny
November 18, 2008 9:54 AM | Link to this
You are on it, Swami. I think that there was a huge effort to get him elected by promising things that any thinking human knows he can’t deliver on, followed by a huge effort (as indicated in this blog’s intent) to temper those expectations in to more ‘realistic’ goals. Ye old bait and switch in action.
By Mrs. Godzilla
November 18, 2008 9:59 AM | Link to this
swami….
stuff and nonsense.
By Rhett
November 18, 2008 10:02 AM | Link to this
I always wonder about people who sit back, complain & give the impression they have better ideas about how to do the job. Why did none of you run for President if you have all the answers? Yeah, I thought so. Just like the pathetic losers who sit watching football, yelling how sorry the players are, but never made it on the team. Just pray for OUR new President, pray for his Cabinet, pray for the USA & the World. Regardless of who got the job this go-round, they’d have a tough job in front of them. Thankfully, Obama is smart & capable enough to surround himself with smart, capable people who will work together to fix the problems. And, yes, I am a Republican!
By jst
November 18, 2008 10:05 AM | Link to this
I’m jumping into this late and the points have probably been made already, but politicians are like doctor’s patients: they all lie. Remember who it was who said “Read my lips” and all that bull. Why should anyone be upset that a candidiate would make wishful promises that later they can’t fulfill? This is just politics, folks, not tied to any ideology - Bush did it, Nixon, Ford, Clinton, and probably even old Washington.
By Mo Hames
November 18, 2008 10:07 AM | Link to this
Yeah, Rhett, some real impressive folks he is surrounding himself with: former Clinton people. We better be praying.
By mister.earl
November 18, 2008 10:08 AM | Link to this
Back off promises?
Obama hasn’t been sworn in yet and the best people can do is throw rocks at the future President?
Is America a place where a man can be judged by his performance or your personal bias?
What a country.
By Grampus
November 18, 2008 10:13 AM | Link to this
mister.earl, were you this open minded eight years ago?
By "The Corporal"
November 18, 2008 10:14 AM | Link to this
To mister.earl
We’re judging him for what he already stands for. It’s who he is.
By mister.earl
November 18, 2008 10:31 AM | Link to this
“It is a top priority for us to stamp out al Qaeda once and for all,” Obama told CBS’s “60 Minutes.”
“And I think capturing or killing bin Laden is a critical aspect of stamping out al Qaeda. He is not just a symbol; he’s also the operational leader of an organization that is planning attacks against US targets.”
Grampus - of course I was open-minded to Bush
Unfortunately, he didn’t do so well.
Corporal - your prejudice is showing
By The Ghetto Prophet
November 18, 2008 10:38 AM | Link to this
I can care less about obamas thoughts, his intentions are the next box office thriller due out in January! Dems love Government & Republicans love to spend money when it’s not their own. We need to focus on the war within the US. Our country as it stands right now is a hypocrite by definition. We are not the UNITED STATES. We are divided with hate and greed. The United States means that we all are in one accord with our laws and standards of living. All of you finger-pointers need to be concerned with your own business and stay out of others business. We should only acknowledge one party and that the united states party. If you live within the united states borders LEGALLY, you should identify yourself as an AMERICAN and that’s it. How about we all self check ourselves & try to love our neighbor.
King
By mister.earl
November 18, 2008 10:41 AM | Link to this
Corporal - the fact is that Obama can do nothing to convince closed-minded people.
In their eyes, no matter what he does, Obama will always be incompetently arrogant to own such a high position. Obama is a threat to civilization as they know it. The world is upside down and it is only a moment before the sun falls out of the sky.
It is simply too much of a dramatic change from the normal - for the average brain to process.
Heck, I’m still struggling with it. But I will offer one comforting piece of information that can help ease the angst, anger, frustration and gnashing of teeth -
the smarter man won.
By How about it
November 18, 2008 10:42 AM | Link to this
It feels like 8 years ago. A president-elect, happy supporters. And the other side trying to figure out what his first misstep will be. The name of the guy doesn’t matter because neither left nor right is willing to give an inch. So Obama may have a honeymoon period, but it won’t be a long one.
The Republicans should give Obama a chance because he’s our president - unlike the Dems did in 2000. And the Dems would be wise to dial down the Bush hate if they want Republicans to give him a chance - unlike the Reps did in 2000 when Clinton’s term was up. But neither will.
Dems shouldn’t waste time calling Republicans nazis and Reps shouldn’t be rehashing an election they lost days ago. That’s real change, but real change isn’t happening. Nobody can allow the other side to remain standing. It’s all or nothing. Dems have to descimate the Reps now that they’ve won. And Reps will do the same when they win the next round. Doesn’t it all seem foolish - and make you feel foolish?
By mister.earl
November 18, 2008 10:56 AM | Link to this
Corporal - the fact is that Obama can do absolutely nothing to change the opinions of closed-minded people.
Nothing.
In their eyes, no matter what he does, Obama will always be too incompetent or too arrogant to own such a high position. Obama is a threat to civilization as they know it. The world is upside down and it is only a moment before the sun falls out of the sky.
It is simply too much of a dramatic change from the norm - for the average brain to process.
Heck, I’m still struggling with it. But I will offer one comforting piece of information that can help ease the angst, anger, frustration and gnashing of teeth -
the smarter man won.
By jst
November 18, 2008 11:04 AM | Link to this
Mister, and as far as we can tell right now - which isn’t much - it may not be as much of a “dramatic change” as some people fear. This paranoia thing just - I had a conversation with a relative over the weekend. He’s one of these right-wing fundamental reactionary extremist sorts who’s going off the deep end - marxist this, socialist that. He’s convinced civilian gestapo groups are already forming in his neighborhood. I told him, I hate to tell you this, but we already have such groups: they’re called Home Owner’s Associations. When you have little old ladies out measuring the grass in your front lawn or taking pictures of the yard art in your back yard, you needn’t worry about the possibility of gestapo groups on the horizon; they live in your neighborhood already.
By cc
November 18, 2008 11:04 AM | Link to this
ajc/ dnc you’re an idiot and you have helped support hurting America by putting your political party first and the U.S.A. second. what exactly did we win in iraq, all those coffins? or maybe in 5 years when we’ve replaced saddam for the ayatollah-like muqtada al-sadr you’ll claim that’s some kind of win, or most likely as republican cowards do, you blame everyone but yourself and not be man enough to accept responsibility for your actions. bet you voted for george bush, that shows your total lack of intelligence. and just because someone loves and cares about their country and is willing to stand up for it when they see idiots like you, george and the republican party doing America so much harm, that doesn’t automatically make them a liberal. but nowadays, when you campare something liberal to a republican, it looks like the liberal is the true American patriot. i’m an independent, in the middle with views that are conservative and liberal at times. that’s what’s best for our country. polarizing your mind and blindly taking orders from politicians hurts our country and is unpatriotic, now Bozo, served my country with honor, what have your ever done for America except put a ‘support the troops’ bumper sticker on your car?
By "The Corporal"
November 18, 2008 11:05 AM | Link to this
To mister.earl
Nope: the dumb people (note: you can be highly educated but lack wisdom) voted him in and now we are going to get the classic bait and switch.\
He ain’t going to be making their mortgage payment or buying their gasoline ………
By SayitAin'tSo
November 18, 2008 11:06 AM | Link to this
Hold on a dadgum minute here. I was promised if I voted for Obama my old lady would look like a Victoria Secrets model and that I would look like a Calvin Klein underwear model. Does still still hold true. I keep looking at her and she still looks like she ate 4 Victoria Secrets models for supper and since I got skidmarks in my drawers, I ain’t underwear modeling anytime soon. I got ripped off!
By mister.earl
November 18, 2008 11:12 AM | Link to this
Corporal - the fact is that Obama can do absolutely nothing to change the opinions of closed-minded people.
Nothing.
In their eyes, no matter what he does, Obama will always be too incompetent or too arrogant to own such a high position. Obama is a threat to civilization as they know it. The world is upside down and it is only a moment before the sun falls out of the sky.
The beauty of the Obama campaign is not in the old farts who post here but in the young brilliant minds who worked the campaign and VOTED who can take a bold step into the future.
It is simply too much of a dramatic change from the norm - for the average brain to process. Heck, I’m still struggling with it. But I will offer one comforting piece of information that can help ease the angst, anger, frustration and gnashing of teeth -
the smarter man won.
By Grampus
November 18, 2008 11:12 AM | Link to this
I was under the impression that this blog is a open forum where anyone can express opinions, but according to mister.earl if you make critical comments about Obama you are racist, prejudice, intolerant, close-minded, illiterate, and you drink beer and watch football.
So, did I miss something? Is this blog now only for those who agree with mister.earl’s thinking, such as it is?
By Mrs. Godzilla
November 18, 2008 11:14 AM | Link to this
It appears there are 2 kinds of Obamamania.
“The Good Obamamania” and the “Scared of Obamamania”.
I think the “Scared of Obamamania” is the one that’s unrealistic.
By "The Corporal"
November 18, 2008 11:15 AM | Link to this
To mister.earl
No … the slicker man won.
By jst
November 18, 2008 11:23 AM | Link to this
grampus, I posted something to Ann Coulter’s blog a little while ago and was called even worse. Critical comments are a necessary part to any significant dialogue - that is, if there is true dialogue happening. But when people are speaking solely from an ideological platform, they often are just speaking and not listening.
By hhhhmmmm
November 18, 2008 11:27 AM | Link to this
mister.earl - The funniest part of your post “In their eyes, no matter what he does, Obama will always be incompetently arrogant to own such a high position. Obama is a threat to civilization as they know it. The world is upside down and it is only a moment before the sun falls out of the sky.”
Remove Obama and put in Bush - “In their eyes, no matter what he does, Bush will always be incompetently arrogant to own such a high position. Bush is a threat to civilization as they know it. The world is upside down and it is only a moment before the sun falls out of the sky.”
Wow, who would’ve thought you’d have the exact same thoughts and ideas as the other side? Amazing.
By "The Corporal"
November 18, 2008 11:30 AM | Link to this
To Mrs. G.
I’m not scared of Obama personally but I am very disturbed with the type of people he has and will surround himself with, the type of policies he will try (go filibuster) to implement, the executive orders he will issue, the evil foreign powers he will give hope to and the activist judges he will appoint at all levels especially the Supreme Court.
He is slick, this is a classic bait and switch and he would make a great used car salesman.
By mister.earl
November 18, 2008 11:35 AM | Link to this
Grampus - if the shoe fits…
Think of it this way, until the commentary is based on fact and not fear or hate I will continue to call ‘em like I sees ‘em.
Give me one good reason why Barack Obama should not receive the enthusiastic support, and positive well wishes, of the citizenry of the United States who elected him fair and square?
Just one.
Where are all the people who passionately chant USA, USA, USA?
By mister.earl
November 18, 2008 11:47 AM | Link to this
The Rush Limbaugh Dictionary
Corporal - the double standard of language as it is appiled to Obama is stunning. He is not smart but “slick”.
He is not a future-forward visionary but someone to be concerned or afraid of about for his associations. Last I checked, Colin Powell was a decent ally to have in his corner. But an acquaintance like Bill Ayers makes better headlines.
The only people Obama will surround himself with will be intelligent people.
His camapign was brilliantly conceived and managed.
And please, please, please don’t use the excuse of policy decisions because he hasn’t been sworn in yet.
Don’t give him a chance to do his job.
Impeach Barcak Obama now, before he does anything that offends the aesthetic of people still fighting class and Civil Wars in their pea-sized brains.
Yeah, I said it.
By mister.earl
November 18, 2008 11:58 AM | Link to this
The Rush Limbaugh Dictionary
Corporal - the double standard of language as it is appiled to Obama is stunning. He is not smart but “slick”.
He is not a future-forward visionary but someone to be concerned or afraid of about for his associations. Last I checked, Colin Powell was a decent ally to have in his corner. But an acquaintance like Bill Ayers makes better headlines.
The only people Obama will surround himself with will be intelligent people.
His camapign was brilliantly conceived and managed.
And please, please, please don’t use the excuse of policy decisions because he hasn’t been sworn in yet.
Don’t give him a chance to do his job.
Impeach Barack Obama now, before he does anything that offends the aesthetic of people still fighting class and Civil Wars in their pea-sized brains.
Yeah, I said it.
By BS Aplenty
November 18, 2008 12:25 PM | Link to this
I think the amusing thought concerning president-elect Obama is that there will not be a Bay of Pigs-style event taking place during his term in office - ala Joe Biden. The current state of economic affairs in the world will likely consume the attention of most nations and leave, thankfully, little time for other mischief. The biggest stimulus package in the world has already been enacted by the market through the lowering of commodity prices, especially the price of oil, and interest rates.
Let’s hope Obama focuses on who his SoS will be and stays out of the economic recovery.
I’ll keep an eye on my sub-$250K tax bill throughout Obama’s term. We’ll see if his ability to thwart the free market with outsized tax increases effectively stifles economic recovery.
By Frankenbama
November 18, 2008 1:10 PM | Link to this
The media built him (and continues to bow before him), the uninformed masses who believe he can walk on water voted for him!!
Heaven help anyone who says anything negative about him…
By mister.earl
November 18, 2008 1:20 PM | Link to this
BS Aplenty - the fact that the world economic balance is hanging by a thread is more a reason for mischief as emerging and existing enemies see a a weakened infrastructure as an opportunity for chaos.
“Ability to thwart the free market with outsized tax increases?”
Please change the AM dial from WSB.
You make it sound like President Obama’s goal is to destroy the country with deliberately insane policies.
Why all the distrust?
By Rick
November 18, 2008 1:31 PM | Link to this
Hey let the fool get into office before we bash him. Anyone with a double digit IQ who does not receive a monthly check from the treasury dept each month knows he is a product of the hate for GOP policy for the past 8 years. Had the GOP not so grandly messed up the past 8 plus years we would never think of electing a Marxist-America hating pile of dog turd like oblama. The funny part is half of you idiots think the libs are the answer to everything and half of you think the GOP is the right choice. You are both wrong, the idea that a political hack thinks of anything besides being re-elected or expanding their power is a fairy tale.
By mister.earl
November 18, 2008 1:32 PM | Link to this
Frankenbama - admit it. You are just scared to death of soimething different. It’s cool.
What sense does it make to be critical of a person’s performance on a job they have yet to start?
If you think the media is in love with Obama now - wait until March when he goes on his world concert tour with Madonna and The Stones and they show up in Wasilla, Alaska.
Now that is Celebrity You Can Believe In
By Opie South
November 18, 2008 1:33 PM | Link to this
Well said, Frankenbama! You are so right.
By It must be nice to be a Republican
November 18, 2008 1:34 PM | Link to this
It must be nice to hold a world view that is completely divorced from reality. For the last 7.75 years every time GWB screwed something up, it was Bill Clinton’s fault. Now that GWB has screwed up the economy so bad that that it will take years to just stop the downward spiral, everything is Obama’s fault, even before he’s sworn in.
Do you guys actually make it to this fantasy land without drugs? What are you guys taking?? Really, we want to know!
By baseballdoc
November 18, 2008 1:36 PM | Link to this
Hey sunshine, your observation of “Seems like the stock market is telling us the opposite from what it told us between November of 1994 and November of 1996 when it gain over 60% after Republicans took over congress. Now it’s down over 30% since the democrats took over in November of 2006.” leaves out an important detail. . The US had a smart president with good ideas who rejected bad ideas from 1994-1996, and the US had a ‘not so smart” president who has had bad ideas and rejected good ideas since 2006. .
By laughing atcha
November 18, 2008 1:38 PM | Link to this
To Mr. Corporal, First of all, quit your whining and give Obama (excuse me-President Elect Obama- my that sounds better) his props. Meaning, you cannot take away this man’s intelligence nor his ability to think in a positive matter in running this country. You call it slick. What word did you use for BUSH besides just plain dumb. He is on the right track already by getting the right staff in order for ALL OF US. I really don’t think you will ever get it. While you and your whiners are still talking that yappity yap, Obama is out doing his thang. You are going to have to just get over the fact that it is about change now. Either you get with the program or just keep your head in the sand. I will definitely say a prayer for you and the non-believers. Good BYE Bush!!!!
By Palin 2012
November 18, 2008 1:46 PM | Link to this
Sarah Palin will fix things when she’s president.
By mister.earl
November 18, 2008 1:46 PM | Link to this
The Media
Fox News has its (cough) reporters and so-called experts lined up to throw dirt at the first minor flaw in perfection. Obama is just a man.
Everyone knows how the media works. Their job is to sell newspapers and garner ratings. Since when was excellence in journalism the goal?
Just listen to the well-paid blowhards on AM talk radio who pander to fear, division and ignorance.
Obama has yet to be sworn in and people who claim to be patriotic are at the same time expecting and wishing for him to fail.
The Southerners who voted for McCain have decided (again) to secede from the Union and fight every decision to the death.
Is this a great country or what?
By Rick
November 18, 2008 1:46 PM | Link to this
Oblaka will do a fine job , just like Bill cambell, shirley gurl, marrion berry, the mayor of Detroit, the Mayor of DC now, Clayton county school board, he has been bred with all the skills he needs…lol…lol
By mister.earl
November 18, 2008 1:52 PM | Link to this
Rick - nice work
Shouldn’t you be in your middle school gym class today?
It would be greatly appreciated if you could elevate the level of your writing past second grade level.
By Rick
November 18, 2008 1:52 PM | Link to this
I read where the results were in on the million man march on washington DC a few years back…….turns out only 2 guys missed work.
By SkepticTank
November 18, 2008 2:13 PM | Link to this
While Rick speaks for most Georgia Republicans, I prefer to wait until Obama is actually inaugurated before casting judgment on his presidency.
By "The Corporal"
November 18, 2008 2:14 PM | Link to this
To laughingatcha and mister.earl
It’s your God given right to keep your head in the sand. Just don’t suffocate.
By JackLeg
November 18, 2008 2:52 PM | Link to this
The congress, senate and president should ALL be subject to a security clearance. No pass = no job! Better yet let’s take the number of times that a senator or congressman it supposed to vote and divide it into their pay i.e. pay is $100,000 and there are 100 times to vote. Each vote is worth $1000, and only a yes or no vote counts, present is considered a missed vote, if you miss 50 votes then you only get $50,000 pay check. And earmarks should be illegal! A simple solution to a complex problem is usually correct!
By findog
November 18, 2008 3:02 PM | Link to this
Corporal,
Could you explain how or why Obama would not get a T/S clearance? Cocaine? Marijuana? Alcoholism? Seams that the current president would not pass that standard either…
By BS Aplenty
November 18, 2008 3:45 PM | Link to this
mister.earl
The best that any government, Dem or Repub, can do is stay out of the way of economic progress.
Here’s hoping that the president-elect does the same.
By AGTfan
November 18, 2008 3:55 PM | Link to this
The best that any government, Dem or Repub, can do is stay out of the way of economic progress.
Yeah. It worked so well this time.
By tyetye
November 18, 2008 4:02 PM | Link to this
I still see we have some people who cannot accept that we have a BLACK president. Come on people lets stop living in the past and get on board. Give theman a chance. If he messes up then you can have your say!
By "The Corporal"
November 18, 2008 4:22 PM | Link to this
To findog
You have not been paying attention:
His association with Ayers (believe me a full background investigation would determine just how close it is), his suspicious house deal, his ADMITTED cocaine use would in all probablity keep him from getting a T/S clearance as a federal employee. As president none of that matters.
His ADMITTED cocaine use would keep him from becoming a Secret Service agent.
By mister.earl
November 18, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this
BSAplenty - stay out the way of economic progess?
You’re kidding right?
Please tell me you are kidding.
Corporal - if you have a valid point to make, backed with some careful analytical thinking or, heaven forbid, (shudder) facts, I would be happy to hear it.
Obama, as the new President, should be respected for accepting the challenge of the huge mess he ineherits
Anyone who wants him to fail is plain and simply unpatriotic.
By Razmus
November 18, 2008 4:57 PM | Link to this
Now that the great leader has won the spoils, his followers, like Bookman, are beginning to pave the road for him with lowered expectations because the more intelligent among them know, and they have always known, that “the Messiah” would not be able to fulfill all of the fairy-tale promises that he so eloquently promised during the campaign. Bookman, your are pathetic. Can’t you see that you and many others in the press and media like you are nothing more than puppets for power hungry politicans who really don’t give a crap about you? For saying this, I fully expect to be attacked by the Bookman Defense team which seems to be comprised mainly of mis-guided ghost named Soixante. Strange. Bookman, have you been involved in some obscure Spanish protest movement? Whoops, that slipped out.
By cc
November 18, 2008 5:17 PM | Link to this
hey bs aplenty, the bay of pigs would be a welcome sight today, unlike 9/11 that your boy allowed to happen while he was asleep at the wheel, or probably more importantly, while he and one of the biggest enemies to America ever, dick(how appropropriate) cheney were concentrating their attention coddling the major energy producers and corporate ceo’s instead of actually doing their job. and you can only blame others so long before even the dumbest and most polarized people start to see the light, usually because by then the light is so intense it’s burning their corneas. the democrats got themselves elected much less than the republicans screwed up a wet dream so bad that they were the ones that really got obama elected.
By cc
November 18, 2008 5:23 PM | Link to this
remember, 70% of all republicans want sarah palin to run again, and 100% of independents and democrats
By cc
November 18, 2008 5:31 PM | Link to this
to all those who obam to fail, you aren’t patriots of America. i knew bush was an idiot and a greedy, person who would shamelessly use Jesus, the flag and little children as tools of manipulation to get anything he wanted for his own selfish reasons. and i didn’t want bush to become president. but once he was president i never actively worked to see him fail or unfairly portray his actions or behavior. once he was president i wanted him to succeed in everything he did, because i would rather be wrong and have egg on my face than to see the country i love and served suffer. i even prayed for the success of poor ol’ stupid george, as you can tell, it didn’t work. his stupidity and greed were much stronger than any prayer. but to hope bush would fail and to falsely portray him just to hurt him would be as wrong as those that are doing it to obama, because when you hope your president fails, you also hope that America will fail, and that’s wrong and just simply shooting yourself, and all those around you, in the foot.
By cc
November 18, 2008 5:36 PM | Link to this
sorry, but razmus, you’re not even reading your own political propaganda thoroughly, if you did, you would notice your Rove/Goebbels will tell you that messiahs can only come from your party. just imagine how embarassed God and Jesus are of the republican party right about now.
By Paul
November 18, 2008 5:48 PM | Link to this
yup, it was a full moon, and it’s waning…
By Butch
November 18, 2008 6:11 PM | Link to this
I’m going to support Obama like all of you left wingers supported President Bush. Oh yea, please don’t forget who controlled Congress for the last few years. Don’t worry…… I won’t let you forget. Now have fun with your messiah. See you in four years.
By Butch
November 18, 2008 6:23 PM | Link to this
You Libs are already starting to backtrack and apologize for Obama and he hasn’t even taken the oath yet. I can’t wait to see who get’s blamed for his 4 years. Just remember……you drank the Kool-Aid with stars in your eyes. Poor little sheep….
By JB
November 18, 2008 6:40 PM | Link to this
Hey Jay, care to comment on the Zogby interviews? You know, the one where they asked a bunch of Obamsters topical questions, largely unimportant stuff like who has control of Congress and who Barney Frank and Nancy Pelosi are? Damn, I was suprised, not a one of them had a clue about any of that, you know, “stuff.” They all new that Sarah Palin spent 150k on clothes though-you know, the important part.
With brilliant electorate like these morons on your side, I guess ya’ll got no worries for a long time.
JB
By mister.earl
November 18, 2008 7:32 PM | Link to this
Butch
Are you an American or a conservative?
By mister.earl
November 18, 2008 7:45 PM | Link to this
Corporal
You need to get a grip on the change that is the present.
What do you think of the new Attorney General Eric Holder?
Are you frightened of him too?
Or do you have an ounce of courage in your backwards-looking perspective to deal with the future?
Thankfully, there are millions of forward-looking young people who are hopeful enough to move ahead and actually listen to another voice reason and intelligence.
For those who are poisoned by the same negative politic of bias and narrow thinking you will be forever stuck in repeating the same threadbare rantings to fewer and fewer people.
Time waits for no one.
By "The Corporal"
November 18, 2008 7:52 PM | Link to this
To mister.earl
Yawn.
By EW
November 18, 2008 9:42 PM | Link to this
The amazing thing to me is that the Libs still want to spew venom even though the golden boy has been elected. You guys are sick, demented….well I digress. Are you going to back off if/when this administration fails? Currently congress, you know the lib controlled congress, has an extremely low approval rate. Now you have a lib pres to go along with that. Current situation and history shows that this is a recipe for economic and national security disaster. You have no excuse, there is nowhere to hide. What will you do? Will you be honest or will you be the lemming?
Recent history shows that you will be the lemming. To date you have ignored all signs that Obama is a mistake. You have ignored the fact that the Presidency should be decided on a base of work and not eloquent rhetoric. You have done this simply because you are simple, single, close minded individuals who could not think beyond him not being Bush.
Congratulations…perhaps now we can have the global respect France gets as a socialist country…maybe Canada. I mean those are great places to be.
Whatever, I understand that this will simply be accused as hatred, idiocy, or , how was it put above, ilk. That’s fine, think what you want. Close your mind to other’s thoughts…I respect that, do you?
God bless this country. God bless Obama. God bless you all.
By Abomi Nation
November 18, 2008 9:58 PM | Link to this
“Currently congress, you know the lib controlled congress, has an extremely low approval rate. “
That’s no way to congratulate the Democrats! The Democrats that just today picked up yet another Senate seat today.
Looks like the Democrats will have a filibuster proof senate. Republican moderates up for re-election in ‘10 will not support one. They’ll get canned if they do. Just like the others.
The Republicans got crushed, again. Try winning some elections.
By BRONCO
November 18, 2008 10:01 PM | Link to this
Well we’ll see how his rating hold up when his Obama Bucks don’t show up as planned. The white side of him is going to take a lot of bad mouthing.
By Redneck
November 18, 2008 10:14 PM | Link to this
After watching 60 minutes Sunday I have the perfect title for what the mainstream media job is for the next four years:
“THE SELLING OF A SLOGAN AND A EMPTY SUIT”
By Algonquin J. Calhoun
November 18, 2008 10:51 PM | Link to this
So many bitter Republinazis on this board! Give it up fascists. you’ve lost! You’re out of power but, apparently, not out of flatulence.
By terre
November 19, 2008 4:02 AM | Link to this
The American people will never know if the Messiah is screwing things up, they won’t tell us, just like the did in the primaries.
By Tommy Maddox
November 19, 2008 6:54 AM | Link to this
With a nation filled with sheep, that empty suit is going to shepherd them right over the edge.
Enjoy the ride…
By Don Thieme
November 19, 2008 7:09 AM | Link to this
Washington has a great deal of inertia which will be resisting any change that Obama endeavors to carry out. The outgoing president also appears to be creating as many roadblocks as he can on his way out of office. Nonetheless, these polls are a good sign that the American people are still behind Obama on the issues which he campaigned on. So many if not all of those issues should be addressed by his administration and by congress during his first four year term.
By mister.earl
November 19, 2008 7:15 AM | Link to this
Redneck and Tommy Maddox
(you were a mediocre backup NFL quarterback in Denver and you are a mediocre writer now)
If Barack Obama is an “empty suit”, that empty suit certainly has a lot of support among college educated people, the middle class and upper income earners.
Is it any wonder that the same people who refer to Obama as an empty suit are among the lowest educated?
terre - if you want information you can always go read a book. It’s a lot of fun.
Try it
A new morning scares the heck out of people stuck in the ignorance of the night. Cowards hide under their sheets and are deathly afraid of the future. Sad.
By mister.earl
November 19, 2008 7:28 AM | Link to this
HOLD UP
When one reads 30 percent of the immature, juvenile and downright stupid people who post, it is refreshing to see someone who can actually compose a sentence.
Don Thieme - thank you for being a thoughtful writer. How long do you think President Obama, and his new cabinet, will need to effectively turn ths ocean liiner of The United States in a better direction?
The top 3 US automakers should be placed under a special commission, directed by MIT and the new technology sector, to totally reshape their business model and output.
Mr Bookman - AJC blogs need to be moderated and expunged of the under educated or juvenile who simply post random silliness like “empty suit” (or worse) without anything to back it up, just to gain attention.
By mister.earl
November 19, 2008 7:40 AM | Link to this
The Sinking Value of a Georgia HS Education
By BRONCO
“Well we’ll see how his rating hold up when his Obama Bucks don’t show up as planned. The white side of him is going to take a lot of bad mouthing.”
Can anyone here write a coherant sentance?
Anyone?
By cc
November 19, 2008 7:48 AM | Link to this
ted stevens’ re-election attempt is a perfect example of people putting their political party first and America second. the race should not have even been close, not if you truly care about this country. the guy just got convicted of felonies, he should not have received one vote. how could anyone who voted for him justify their actions, and how can they get away with still being able to tell others how much of a patriot their are the U.S.A.? it doesn’t matter if the person was a dem, rep, or an ind., you can’t vote for someone like that if you really love your country. but it’s the type of polarization i see that makes people stick up for their political party no matter what they do, no matter how much it will hurt America. that’s wrong and definitely un-patriotic. and before some idiot wants to argue that other politicians are corrupt too and stand by stevens’ bad actions, putting political party first and America second, yes, there are other politicians that are screwing things up and we shouldn’t keep voting them back into office. remember, it’s a very simple thing, two wrongs don’t make a right and never will. so if you ever want to defend your party, try to do it based on their merit, not by just tearing another person down, if you can’t do that your party isn’t worth defending, but America always is.
By Maxine
November 19, 2008 7:56 AM | Link to this
hey Terre, you mean you want Obama to be open and truthful you know like the Bush Administration has been. what a laugher! so much a Republican that you will bad mouth anyone that doesn’t automatically and blindly agree with your closed minded and as we have stupid political ideas.
By mister.earl
November 19, 2008 8:29 AM | Link to this
FIVE COLD HARD FACTS
The United States will be managed by much more intelligent people after Janauary 20
You can’t get your news from television or by reading the AJC
There is a huge set of billboards at the foot of The Lincoln Memorial that have been signed by thousands of American supporting the new President
Halle Berry is still gorgeous
The inscription on the East Wall of The Lincoln Memorial should be read carefully by each and every American citizen
By Sailor Sam
November 19, 2008 8:54 AM | Link to this
Butch I’ve already been hearing your uninformed comments from other right wing fanatics. so let me explain things for you. I’ll go slow. the ship was already taking on water before 2006, the ship was taking on water before 2004. problems were created by George Bush, Dick Cheney and the Republican party, that is fact. now the silly argument I hear about the Dems causing everything because they’ve been in control for the past few years isn’t true. the Dems gained a majority in 2006. got it? 2006. this was after the crap hit the fan and people were so disgusted with what they were seeing with this adminstration and the Republican party in general. a lot of Republicans voted for Democrats during that cycle. but they couldn’t tell anybody they did that even in the Home of the Free. now there is a reason why the Dems wanted more seats this election and that’s because their previous majority was very small. can you guess how much of a majority they had Butch? I’ll give you a hint…it was very slim. they did not have full control all the time. if people like you are going to go around touting the Republican party as the party of the big tough man, then start taking some responsibility for your actions like a big tough man would. if you are going to tell everybody that you are the party of Jesus than do as Jesus would do and admit to fault when it happens and definitely don’t blame others to hide your guilt, vey cowardly. and if you are going to tell everyone you are the party that’s for the little children and families then start helping American families first and not the political party you support. now with all of us knowing that no one is perfect, can you Butch tell us anything the Republican party has done wrong without turning it into just another attempt to weakly and shamelessly blame others?
By Jee
November 19, 2008 9:07 AM | Link to this
Jay - The mainstream media (well, more specifically, you, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, the NY Times, the LA …..well, you get the idea) fell in love with Mr. Obama and you worked your asses off to make him a unrealistically wonderful. You bought into the shallow rhetoric, you overlooked and hid all, yes all, of the flaws, you did not explore or expose any fault, and you made unbelievable promises on his behalf. You were gleeful and sarcastic when he won.
Now, HELLO! Does the real Obama scare and disappoint you as much as he did those of us who did not vote for him.
You have made him into an image that is impossible to believe, a fictional character.
In the words of Ayn Rand “You asked for it brother.”
Unfortunately, we have to suffer thru this b****** because you fools elected the paper-thin empty glass of a cartoon politician.
Thanks for admitting that you may be wrong. We’re all in this insufficient rowboat together, so I share your pain.
WJ Atlanta
By mister.earl
November 19, 2008 10:06 AM | Link to this
Jee - the mainstream media is the internet
If you receive your news from television you are an idiot
An Open Invitation
All those who resent the election of Barack Obama, are invited to join in the message against the President of The United States.
Please join with al-Qaida and continue to call yourselves American patriots
or more appropriately, traitors
“America has put on a new face, but its heart full of hate, mind drowning in greed, and spirit which spreads evil, murder, repression and despotism continue to be the same as always,”
“(Obama) is “the direct opposite of honorable black Americans” like Malcolm X, the 1960s African-American rights leader.”
By electionmorons
November 19, 2008 10:24 AM | Link to this
check out the interviews at www.howobamagotelected.com and then then try to tell me how informed, educated and intelligent people in america voted their man into office. we are a nation of morons with an american idol president elect.
By mister.earl
November 19, 2008 10:25 AM | Link to this
Jee - the mainstream media is the internet
If you receive your news from television you are an idiot
An Open Invitation
All those who resent the election of Barack Obama, are invited to join in the message against the President of The United States.
Please join with al-Qaida and continue to call yourselves American patriots
or more appropriately, traitors
“America has put on a new face, but its heart full of hate, mind drowning in greed, and spirit which spreads evil, murder, repression and despotism continue to be the same as always,”
“(Obama) is “the direct opposite of honorable black Americans” like Malcolm X, the 1960s African-American rights leader.”
By toe.jam
November 19, 2008 10:42 AM | Link to this
Obama should name Mitt Romney to an important economic post. He knows the topic and it would also make Mark Cuban happy.
By Maj. Bennet Marco
November 19, 2008 10:50 AM | Link to this
Barack Obama is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known in my life.
By mister.earl
November 19, 2008 11:03 AM | Link to this
Jee - the mainstream media is the internet
If you receive your news from television you are an idiot
An Open Invitation
All those who resent the election of Barack Obama, are invited to join in the message against the President of The United States.
Please join with al-Qaida and continue to call yourselves American patriots
or more appropriately, traitors
“America has put on a new face, but its heart full of hate, mind drowning in greed, and spirit which spreads evil, murder, repression and despotism continue to be the same as always,”
“(Obama) is “the direct opposite of honorable black Americans” like Malcolm X, the 1960s African-American rights leader.”
By U>S>
November 19, 2008 11:05 AM | Link to this
before Mitt Romney can be appointed to anything, and if he is going to call himself a Republican, he needs to drive his 5 sons down to the recruitment center and have them sign up for the military asap!
By mister.earl
November 19, 2008 11:17 AM | Link to this
electionmorons - you have any juicy tidbits on the gift that keeps on giving - Sarah Palin?
How long are you going to waste your time trashing the Office of The President of The United States and the electoral process that is - at last check - history?
C’mon people, WAKE UP… are you so afraid of the future that you are permanentely stuck in the past?
Let it go.
The Inauguration will be a great party to celebrate being in a great country. Then again, you can always sit around with a bitter beer face, sulking in front of your black and white tv set.
Acting like a Loser
By SOUTHERN ATL
November 19, 2008 11:18 AM | Link to this
GEORGIA SENATE RACE It looks like all of the train tickets to ALASKA sold out on yesterday!!! There is one ticket left in the VIP seating headed to GEORGIA!!!!
Until there is a WINNER in this mysterious race, I will continue with my prediction!!!
On December 2, 2008, the Congress in Washington D.C. will come to order… They will ask “SENATOR SAXBY CHAMBLISS” to stand…..speeches will be made…followed by applauses…and a song will be dedicated…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3YSHwJ_SAA&feature=related
IT WILL BE A LONG RIDE BACK GEORGIA!!!
By Gracie
November 19, 2008 11:25 AM | Link to this
All this BS about who Obama is selecting for his administration. The man is an authoritarian; cabinet posts, much less staffers are only necessary to implement his policies and directives. These people - including a possible Hillary - are not there for any advice or experience they might offer.
What is troubling me is the naming of so many former Clintonites. Yes, I know, there is no other Democratic source unless you go back to the Carter era, but the Clinton administration was no model of strategic thought it was mainly in place to maintain power and make Bill look good, not to mention be trotted out to defend him when step in something. Hopefully they can be retrained.
By mister.earl
November 19, 2008 11:42 AM | Link to this
Dear Gracie and The Naysayers
It’s good to be smart
In a sign of how he may marshal the power of the vast online network he built during the campaign, President-elect Barack Obama today gave prominent display on his campaign and transition home pages to efforts to help the victims of wildfires burning across Southern California.
“Throughout the campaign, we saw time and again that when ordinary people act together, they can make a huge difference,” read a notice on BarackObama.com, urging supporters to go to CaliforniaVolunteers.org for ways to help.
Obama’s plea contributed to a surge in visitors to the site, a branch of California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s office that helps coordinate disaster relief efforts. The number of daily visits to the site increased from 15,000 on Monday to 179,000 Tuesday, according to Karen Baker, Schwarzenegger’s secretary of service and volunteering.
“Our governor and President-elect Obama know how to leverage technology,” Baker said. “They understand that if you want to reach everyday Californians and everyday Americans, you have to leverage technology.”
By yankee
November 19, 2008 12:05 PM | Link to this
Obama’s 1/2 black. This is Georgia, is the hate so hard to figure out?
By A. Van Helsing
November 19, 2008 12:28 PM | Link to this
mister.earl -
Are you one of Obama’s minions sent out to lull the masses into complacency? I guess you have a job to do, but your slavishness is really disturbing.
By ew
November 19, 2008 1:29 PM | Link to this
mister.earl,
So speaking out with concerns to presidency is treason to you? Wow.
By mister.earl
November 19, 2008 3:09 PM | Link to this
Dear Gracie and The Naysayers
It’s good to be smart
In a sign of how he may marshal the power of the vast online network he built during the campaign, President-elect Barack Obama today gave prominent display on his campaign and transition home pages to efforts to help the victims of wildfires burning across Southern California.
“Throughout the campaign, we saw time and again that when ordinary people act together, they can make a huge difference,” read a notice on BarackObama.com, urging supporters to go to CaliforniaVolunteers.org for ways to help.
Obama’s plea contributed to a surge in visitors to the site, a branch of California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s office that helps coordinate disaster relief efforts. The number of daily visits to the site increased from 15,000 on Monday to 179,000 Tuesday, according to Karen Baker, Schwarzenegger’s secretary of service and volunteering.
“Our governor and President-elect Obama know how to leverage technology,” Baker said. “They understand that if you want to reach everyday Californians and everyday Americans, you have to leverage technology.”