Obama: I shall be your president for two terms, oh yes
posted at 4:01 pm on June 6, 2008 by Allahpundit
Saw this live and it bugged the hell out of me, even though (a) it’s at least partly tongue in cheek and (b) candidates often refer to victory in inevitable, matter-of-fact terms (Hillary’s favorite formulation was “when I’m president”). It grates more than usual in Obama’s case, I think, for the same reason his cynical race speech was so infuriating and disappointing. He offers himself as the post-partisan healer, as somehow above this sort of petty jackassery, yet here he is hyperpresumptuously gloating about not just one term but two. I feel about him the way I do about the media sneering at bloggers: If you’re going to be a condescending douche, that’s fine, just be sure the condescension is justified.
Of course, if David Brody’s right about him possibly pulling 40% of evangelicals, it might very well be.
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How do you get a second term if your first term is a disaster?
GarandFan on June 6, 2008 at 4:04 PM
It all makes sense now… Rezko bought the lot next door to Obama to rent out during the Olympics…
rw on June 6, 2008 at 4:05 PM
Yeah, but Rezko will still be in jail.
- The Cat
MirCat on June 6, 2008 at 4:07 PM
Dang it! hehe
MirCat on June 6, 2008 at 4:08 PM
Obama’s either a McGovern or Carter. If he gets in, he’s Carter. If he doesn’t, he’s McGovern. Neither one had two terms.
amerpundit on June 6, 2008 at 4:08 PM
I can’t watch it. The only thing that makes me sicker than listening to yet another example of this ignorant tool’s arrogance is watching the cheering from all the mindless idiots who always surround him.
AZCoyote on June 6, 2008 at 4:08 PM
Is there anything this megagenius can’t do!
Chuck Schick on June 6, 2008 at 4:10 PM
I had reached my limit with Obama about two months ago. G-d help me if he gets elected. I will be unable to watch the news for four, er, eight years.
carbon_footprint on June 6, 2008 at 4:11 PM
His arrogance is uniquely nauseating.
He is hyperpresumptuous!
singlemalt_18 on June 6, 2008 at 4:11 PM
Ditto. I can actually tolerate his stupidity and pandering; He’s an inexperienced politician. What I can’t tolerate is the worshiping by his followers who think he’s the second coming of Christ.
amerpundit on June 6, 2008 at 4:11 PM
Exactly.
HIVEMIND
carbon_footprint on June 6, 2008 at 4:12 PM
What an arrogant ass.
cntrlfrk on June 6, 2008 at 4:14 PM
Obama will get 40 percent of evangelicals. However, that doesn’t refer to just Evangelical Christians, but also includes Evangelical Obamians. It’s currently the fastest-growing religion in American college towns.
Exurban Jon on June 6, 2008 at 4:14 PM
And if you haven’t seen it already, Obama’s got a new sitcom. Looks good.
amerpundit on June 6, 2008 at 4:16 PM
“My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you’ll join with me as we try to change it.”
- Barack Hussein Obama
If it’s so great, then why mess with it???
Oh I forgot, he wants to redistribute wealth!
byteshredder on June 6, 2008 at 4:16 PM
I’m with you, AP. What bugs me most about Obama isn’t his policies and perspectives (I don’t like them, think they are correct, and I don’t want to see them enacted as President, but I can deal with them intellectually as a rational human being who understands that people have different opinions)… it’s the fact that he set the bar higher for himself by being ‘post-partisan’ and then acts just like all other politicians. If he hadn’t laid claim to this mantle of transcendence, I wouldn’t pay these silly things any mind. But he did, and now all these ‘typical politician’ things annoy me to no end. He’s a hack who has managed to fool people that he isn’t, no more and no less.
Wineaholic on June 6, 2008 at 4:17 PM
40% of evangelicals is ludicrous. You’d be hard pressed to find that many evangelicals that would look past the abortion issue, let alone all his other red flags.
raiderdav on June 6, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Nerd alert!
VolMagic on June 6, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Cocky.
CP on June 6, 2008 at 4:18 PM
Oh I am so with you on that! You have to beat them off with a stick when they find out you aren’t voting for the Messiah!
upinak on June 6, 2008 at 4:19 PM
Oh my country. We are in so much do-do with this person and his wifeee if they get in. For those who think they want to stay home or vote for a 3rd party, PLEASE, PLEASE re-think. Gosh horrible worse, or worse?
L
letget on June 6, 2008 at 4:22 PM
I am counting on the conservative voters of this country to nail this guy to the wall and put McCain in the White House. There are more traditional Americans than there are Tiger-Beat carrying political groupies/upper-crust liberals who still can’t get over themselves. They just need to be engaged.
I don’t want my country to have a Russia-circa-1917 moment.
emailnuevo on June 6, 2008 at 4:24 PM
Wow maybe something is wrong with me but I actually liked the tongue and cheek (as Allah describes it) way he said it. It didn’t bug me at all. Oh well.
terryannonline on June 6, 2008 at 4:24 PM
I wonder if that “bar” you mentioned will cut him off… at the throat.
upinak on June 6, 2008 at 4:25 PM
He reminds me of Chevy Chase doing his impression of Gerry Ford…
It was my understanding there would be no math.
benrand on June 6, 2008 at 4:26 PM
carbon_footprint on June 6, 2008 at 4:28 PM
defined!
jerrytbg on June 6, 2008 at 4:29 PM
This poor sick Republic is descending into an abyss.
rplat on June 6, 2008 at 4:30 PM
I simply can’t listen to Obama anymore. It’s such an insult to the intelligence of a rational person to listen to nonsense like “change”, “hope”, and all the other grand platitudes and unfulfillable promises.
What kind of naive fool buys into this? Especially from a Chicago politician with ties to radicals and payoffs from a mobbed-up felon fixer? I just don’t get it- do people forget that someone runs on the “change” meme every single election, only to behave like every other politician once elected?
Hollowpoint on June 6, 2008 at 4:33 PM
An Obama presidency combined with a filibuster proof Democratic controlled US Senate and a strongly dominated Democrat controlled House frightens me. With Obama, combined with the current Democratic leadership, the United States could very well find itself a one-party ruled state by the end of his term. Here’s what I see happening fairly quickly in an Obama term:
1)Reintroduction and passage of the Fairness Doctrine with it being extended to include the Internet/Blogosphere–places such as this would be essentially closed down as the Democratic machine would gain complete or near-complete control over the flow of information.
2)Campaign finance “Reform” legislation that will make McCain-Feingold look positively laissez-faire in comparison.
3)The systematic degradation and stripping of our military–not just the physical structure of the military, but also its culture and ethos through the removal of ‘politically suspect’ officers and long-service NCO’s and the introduction of a wide range of progressive ‘reforms’.
4) The placing of strongly liberal activist judges in lower courts and eventually the US Supreme Court.
5) Environmental and economic regulations that will eventually lead to Maxine Walter’s “socialization”–her Freudian slip reveals her goals.
6) Efforts to eliminate home-schooling and alternative schooling in an effort to force children into public education so that they can be properly ‘indoctrinated’.
7) Gun control legislation.
And this is just the tip of the iceberg. McCain might not be the best we can hope for–but examine the alternative…
Matt Helm on June 6, 2008 at 4:36 PM
Hollowpoint on June 6, 2008 at 4:33 PM
but this time the package is different….right!!
jerrytbg on June 6, 2008 at 4:36 PM
Oh hell keep going. Scare the hell out of them! I beg ya!
upinak on June 6, 2008 at 4:38 PM
Matt Helm on June 6, 2008 at 4:36 PM
when it gets to #7….
jerrytbg on June 6, 2008 at 4:39 PM
upinak on June 6, 2008 at 4:38 PM
scare monger
jerrytbg on June 6, 2008 at 4:40 PM
I can’t take it anymore–I swear, I can’t look at Obama and he’s the one all over Fox news, not McCain. We didn’t want McCain, but he’s who we have. Can’t they show his some support, I can’t watch Fox now, I feel like I’m watching an all liberal station most of the time. Even Brit was knocking McCain. I couldn’t believe my eyes or ears the other day, just about ever Fox reporter had a negative thing to say about McCain and gave kudos in some way to Obama. Something is taking over people’s minds, I tell ya!
2 terms–yup, arrogant, what else is new?
Conservatives R Us on June 6, 2008 at 4:44 PM
naaaaaa….
hmmm
Ok, yeahhhhhhhh
upinak on June 6, 2008 at 4:45 PM
You touched on it with #5 but we will be hit with carbon taxes aimed to reduce global warming and will have new laws signed that will limit our freedoms. We will be penalized for driving too much or driving SUV’s. We think the CFL fixture mandate was bad; we will have to adapt our thermostats with governors that will not allow us to turn the a/c over 75 degrees in the summer. Picture California law-making on a nationwide basis-and don’t forget to see how it has impacted their citizens.
carbon_footprint on June 6, 2008 at 4:46 PM
upinak on June 6, 2008 at 4:45 PM
lol
jerrytbg on June 6, 2008 at 4:46 PM
Gross. He’s got the Bill Clinton Shaking Finger.
RushBaby on June 6, 2008 at 4:48 PM
Meant below 75 degrees.
There will also be a new food tax that will be designed to give us all Barak’s girlish figure.
carbon_footprint on June 6, 2008 at 4:48 PM
A Reich to last “A THOUSA…. er… 8, yes 8 YEARS!!!”
Swinehound on June 6, 2008 at 4:48 PM
Wait, isn’t this what the Clintons did with the White House too?
Rbastid on June 6, 2008 at 4:49 PM
He’ll be president for two terms–meaning that the Great Enlightened One can’t change America in four years? What’s the matter with him?
If he really thinks he can get 40% of Evangelical voters, wait until they find out that Obama is for infanticide. He doesn’t want doctors to save babies who survive abortions.
Most Evangelical voters don’t listen to Reverend Wright.
Steve Z on June 6, 2008 at 4:52 PM
Don’t forget a Canadian type Human Rights Commission acting as a semi-judicial body.
a capella on June 6, 2008 at 4:53 PM
Except he says he wants a tax cut for the middle class. What he leaves out is that the tax cut only applies to arugila and waffles.
Hollowpoint on June 6, 2008 at 4:54 PM
took the words right out of my mouth.
yo on June 6, 2008 at 4:56 PM
No, please, no. I can’t take the Fickle Finger of Fate.
Brat on June 6, 2008 at 4:56 PM
yo on June 6, 2008 at 4:56 PM
a Meat Loaf moment!
jerrytbg on June 6, 2008 at 4:57 PM
Don’t forget the “You offended a muslim / liberal” kangaroo courts that will be set up post haste.
Swinehound on June 6, 2008 at 4:58 PM
Better then something ELSE wagging at you!
upinak on June 6, 2008 at 4:59 PM
I am ordering my Burka right now. Gold Lame should work!
upinak on June 6, 2008 at 5:00 PM
First the arrogant SOB (factual) must get elected. I just cannot see that happening. America is not that stupid.
Zelsdorf Ragshaft on June 6, 2008 at 5:00 PM
Good heavens. We’ll be lucky if we exist as a nation at the end of his first term.
capitalist piglet on June 6, 2008 at 5:01 PM
Yield… a capella.
damn refresh button…
Swinehound on June 6, 2008 at 5:01 PM
Matt I am swiping your comment and taking it to the McCain thread. I think it has a point…. even for that thread.
upinak on June 6, 2008 at 5:03 PM
It grated on me too.
There are those who call him the
presumptivepresumptuous nominee.petefrt on June 6, 2008 at 5:04 PM
Thanks a lot jerrytbg. Now I can’t get that song outta my head…. arrrgh!
Swinehound on June 6, 2008 at 5:05 PM
Well, Billy Jeff did that for 8 years! Will not be surprised if Barry acts the same way. What is it that Rush says about Democrat’s infidelity? RESUME ENHANCEMENT.
Brat on June 6, 2008 at 5:05 PM
That is brilliant – thanks!
Buy Danish on June 6, 2008 at 5:06 PM
My post was already pretty long-winded…there was a lot more I could have added. But yes, I wouldn’t be surprised to see him and the Democrats attempt to do that–at first through regulatory agencies and later through legislation.
I pray you’re right, but fear you might be wrong…after all America did elect Benjamin Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan…
Matt Helm on June 6, 2008 at 5:09 PM
I think he had it right the first time. Just like he said, in 2016 he’ll be living in Chicago (Olympics or not…probably not, let’s face it, who wants them around anymore?! I wouldn’t go near one.).
But he won’t be living at 1600 Penn. Which I thought it interesting that he didn’t think he would be either.
pecan pie on June 6, 2008 at 5:10 PM
Please…just let me bask in the moment.
Jaibones on June 6, 2008 at 5:11 PM
Obama takes on a certain cockiness when he is with his hometown crowd, doesn’t he?
ctmom on June 6, 2008 at 5:12 PM
El Douche.
fogw on June 6, 2008 at 5:23 PM
Psst. Ready to pay reparations for slavery? Obama’s your man.
What an arrogant punk.
T J Green on June 6, 2008 at 5:23 PM
Probably Huckabee supporters. After all, big government is what God wants, right?
its vintage duh on June 6, 2008 at 5:25 PM
Gawd I can’t stand that idiot.
Texyank on June 6, 2008 at 5:26 PM
I don’t see a revolt unless they try to take our guns away…
however the race issue…I thought we were over this…or I was hoping we were..I can’t help think about active duty days…one of my best friends…carried me to the med station….and when we would raze one another, he would say… you ain’t got a hair on your a$$ if you don’t…whatever…..
sorry…bHo doesn’t even come close to “DOC”
jerrytbg on June 6, 2008 at 5:29 PM
Obama staffers read Hot Air.
:-)
President Huckabee takes office on Bush’s Last Day.
Thanks for the countdown clock, guys.
:-)
Red Pill on June 6, 2008 at 5:30 PM
He is so completely full of himself.
Urban Infidel on June 6, 2008 at 5:35 PM
I do not think I can take five more months of this. I had to get rid of the news section of Yahoo on my email b/c I can’t deal with the knob slobbin (sorry for the yuckiness).
Rush played this clip today and it’s unreal how smug Obama is. There was also a clip of some newsbabes (as Rush calls them) having gyrations over the dude taking his jacket off. It is sick.
It’s driven me to praying that Cackles has something up her sleeve.
Dubn8tr on June 6, 2008 at 5:43 PM
I can’t take another moment of this thread…
because of it’s content…giving this ahole anything more…
jerrytbg on June 6, 2008 at 6:15 PM
Make Kos cry! Vote McCain!
funky chicken on June 6, 2008 at 6:26 PM
Il Douche.
ZK on June 6, 2008 at 7:44 PM
David Brody has his head up his ass if he thinks me or anyone I know is voting for this marxist.
CurtZHP on June 6, 2008 at 9:33 PM
And what percent of the total voters is that?
I have yet to figure out just who are the ‘evangelicals’. They certainly aren’t Catholics, nutcase Pflueger being the exception. As far as religion growth, I believe I’ve seen figures that state amoung organized religions, the Catholics are gaining the most [many of the other Christain churchs are losing members].
docdave on June 6, 2008 at 10:56 PM
Barry is looking to ascend upon The Presumptuous Assumption.
Instead he’ll ass-end into the ash-heap of history.
One more delusional tool of the hysterically uncritical.
John Kerry. Al Gore. Mike Dukakis. Barry Obama.
profitsbeard on June 7, 2008 at 12:22 AM
… you are a Republican.
freevillage on June 7, 2008 at 12:42 AM
Obama may be publicly reacting to something Hillary is saying to him privately…she’s probably saying that she’ll win 2012, and he is saying, “No, you won’t!”
Red Pill on June 7, 2008 at 12:53 AM
profitsbeard on June 7, 2008 at 12:22 AM
Perfect truth!
Travis1 on June 7, 2008 at 1:01 AM
So Obama is already bragging about his second term when he hasn’t won his first, eh? This will be a fun clip to play when McCain is inaugurated.
Tantor on June 7, 2008 at 2:23 AM
Any profits made off of the house should be shared with Tony Rezko, as he might be getting out of prison about that time, will need money and deserves a return on his investment.
moxie_neanderthal on June 7, 2008 at 9:11 AM
After two terms of Obama, Marxism will have become firmly entrenched in our government… so by then he could just be appointed (anointed) “Glorious Premier for Life.”
It’s the end of the world as we know it.
Logic on June 7, 2008 at 10:01 AM
If it’s so great, then why mess with it???
Oh I forgot, he wants to redistribute wealth!
byteshredder on June 6, 2008 at 4:16 PM
Great observation. Trick is to really look closely at history. It will show Demoncrates redistribution program is a “Three Card Monty”. The perceived recipients never get their ‘fair share’ because their ‘fair share’ is actually a phoney promise of an ROI. In reality their ‘fair share’ is redistributed to the party for its party. And they will never be invited because they cannot afford the entrance fee.
MSGTAS on June 7, 2008 at 10:11 AM
Only in your Marxist, and egotistical dreams. The chickens haven’t come home to roost…yet!
byteshredder on June 7, 2008 at 12:47 PM
Many city employees were told that if they went to the olympic rally downtown today they could get paid for it. Surprised? Why, this is king Daley’s little baby why wouldn’t he pay his workers to go campaign for him and his will? Was Obama there too? He was advertised as going to be there. City workers getting paid and getting comp time to go to a olympic rally and just fill the seats so it looks like there are many supporters. Sent on department email too. Any news talking heads going to mention this? Doubt it, as usual the liberals will sweep this under the carpet so the sheep can go about their lives unaware of the corruption and use of their tax dollars as our budget spirals downward and taxes reach historic highs. Anyone have a copy of this email?
LtE126 on June 7, 2008 at 1:30 PM
Thanks, freevillage, for confirming that the left isn’t at all bothered by cynical manipulation of racial issues for political gain.
Merovign on June 7, 2008 at 1:47 PM
How revolting this video is.
UnEasyRider on June 8, 2008 at 6:13 PM