Obama has proven that he has little to no respect for the American people and wounded troops and that Socialists and Marxists want him to become the next President of the United States and he’s delighted.

Obama is flipping the bird to the American people and the troops.

He’d better do a bang-up job at the debates — assuming, of course, he doesn’t end up running away from them.

He’ll try hard to avoid all of them, especially the open forum ones. Actually I think he’d like to skip them all.

What’s the major difference between Sarkozy and Obama?

Sarkozy’s wife writes/sings songs about him.

Obama’s wife has to be hidden from him.

However, both wives are pretty cheap, in a vulgar way.

I kind of doubt that he would have a harder time with a democrat controlled senate and congress than if it were republican controlled.

wise_man on July 25, 2008 at 8:29 PM

I agree with you. Not a harder time, necessarily. But perhaps, a different set of difficulties than he thinks he’s going to have. He’s consistently taken certain areas of support for granted; once he’s in power, they are going to have real demands (especially since they got him there) and will be holding his feet to the fire.

Mary in LA on July 25, 2008 at 8:58 PM

Well done. You are a Renaissance woman.

So bite me, please, Mr. Obama!
Also beißen Sie mich bitte, Herr Obama!
Alors, mordez-moi, s’il vous plaît, M. Obama!
Allora, mi morde, per favore, Signor Obama!
Pués, muérdame, por favor, Señor Obama!

|And Obama said, “Uhh… mursey boe koo.”
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|Mary in LA on July 25, 2008 at 6:46 PM

That’s so embarassing!

silverfox on July 25, 2008 at 7:26 PM

Actually, I should have put a smiley on that. I was riffing on this item (which I could swear I saw here on Hot Air but can’t find). For someone who upbraids all of us hick Americans for not being bilingual, Mr. Obama sure doesn’t speak much French… or German either. ;-)

I kind of doubt that he would have a harder time with a democrat controlled senate and congress than if it were republican controlled. Especially since the democrats have been frustrated with Bush since they took office. Hell, they can’t even impeach their sworn mortal enemy and most evil man on the planet, Bushhitler. But I haven’t studied this as much as you have, so I’m not claiming to be right on this. Just my opinion.

what do you think will happen if Obama wins? Quite the ‘mandate’ for liberal democrats, yes?

wise_man on July 25, 2008 at 7:28 PM

Well, that’s pretty much the position Carter was in. He thought of himself as too smart and too virtuous for Washington, which didn’t go over well, so his Dem Congress more or less told him to shove it. What policies he did get through were largely disastrous. And so we got Reagan.

If you want a model for an Obama administration, look at Massachusetts. Deval Patrick is an Axelrod creation and his campaign was the blueprint for Obama’s. And Patrick is not getting anything done, even in true blue MA.

So, it’s possible Obama will have a tough time, especially if he misreads his mandate and overreaches, the way Clinton did in his first couple of years. I think he just isn’t that competent and has been able to smooth talk his way thus far, not having held any executive positions. Well, the POTUS is only the hardest executive position on the planet. Lots of luck Barry.

That is the irony; the one thing about Mac that makes so many conservatives angry, may be the only thing to get him actually elected over the ultra-liberal nobama.
carbon_footprint on July 25, 2008 at 6:41 PM

The only think I could find is numbers from 2003:

Americans’ Ideology
Identification as Conservative, Moderate, or Liberal
Conservative: 41%
Moderate: 39%
Liberal: 19%

Can’t be true. There must be more liberals in the nation than that. But anyway, it’s not too much of a surprise to me to see some mention that it’s the moderates or undecided/unaffiliated who elect presidents. The liberals vote for the liberal. The conservatives (usually) vote for the conservative. And the rest of the people in the nation cast their votes and – there you go.

Oh, and something that has been on my mind. A lot of people here say that they don’t want to reward another RINO with the presidency, and feel that if McCain looses, then th eGOP will get it and won’t nominate a less than stellar conservative. That conservatism will be destroyed with McCain’s RINO presidency. That a McCain win will be bad for conservatives (and therefore we should not reward McCain and let him loose to Obama.)

Let me ask this question: If Barack Obama, the most liberal senator in 2007, is rewarded with the presidency, then what do you think this president will do for liberals? After all, he would have won. And a win for a liberal is tremendous. After Jimmy Carter, and Dukakas’ defeat to Ronald Reagan, where Bill Clinton had to go to the center to win in 1992 … what do you think will happen if Obama wins? Quite the ‘mandate’ for liberal democrats, yes? Is that food of bad for conservatives.

And if Obama loses? Well then, more likely that the democrats won’t field a liberal any time soon, huh? And is that good or bad for conservatives?

And Obama said, “Uhh… mursey boe koo.”

Mary in LA on July 25, 2008 at 6:46 PM

That’s so embarassing!

If you remember 2004, Bush was about a shoe-in until the first debate.

lorien1973 on July 25, 2008 at 5:36 PM
Kerry lead Bush by 7% — a point less than th margin Obama leads McCain by — in July of 2004.

amerpundit on July 25, 2008 at 5:39 PM

lorien if you go over and post at kos they don’t mind when you make things up.

Hillary is long gone. …
terryannonline on July 25, 2008 at 7:00 PM

I hope you’re right, but… this is a Clinton we’re talking about here.

Tell you what — I’ll bet you a cafe latte or the equivalent beverage of your choice that Hillary pulls out an upset victory at the DNC. (I’ll go visit your blog later this evening and leave you my e-mail address.) If I’m wrong, and there’s no attempted Clinton coup, or if one fails, then I will settle my bet with great pleasure. If I am right, we can drown our sorrows in lattes. Deal?

Mary in LA on July 25, 2008 at 6:53 PM

I agree. Her minions are pushing for a floor vote. I also believe that Obama is going to mess up big time. The press is turning on him already. You can tell that just from reading the articles published just today. No one likes how arrogant he is, no one liked him snubbing the troops and no one likes his flip flopping. Media Benjamin is upset that her golden boy flipped on Iraq and Im sure those Codepink wackos dont appreciate his pushing for more troops in Afghanistan, let alone his wanting to invade Pakistan.

He also looked inexperienced when he yet again said he would push for more sanctions against Iran. How much more can we sanction?

The comics are making fun of him more, David Lettermen even made fun of his ummms and ers and duhs. The universe is out of alignment if hes making fun of a democratic candidate. We have plenty of time for Obama to stick his foot in his mouth yet again.

Mary in LA on July 25, 2008 at 6:53 PM

Hillary is long gone. The DNC will not put aside Obama for Hillary unless he makes some colossal mistake, which he won’t because he is being closely handled.

Isn’t it a sure bet that Hillary and her staff have been keeping meticulous track of every single one of Obama’s mistakes?

In an effusive, rambling soliloquy, Sarkozy said twice that that “the French love the Americans,” and declared that “the adventure of Barack Obama, it is a story which speaks to the heart of French people and speaks to the heart of Europeans.”…

And Obama said, “Uhh… mursey boe koo.”

That is the irony; the one thing about Mac that makes so many conservatives angry, may be the only thing to get him actually elected over the ultra-liberal nobama.

carbon_footprint on July 25, 2008 at 6:41 PM

Precisely.

TheBigOldDog on July 25, 2008 at 6:36 PM

That is the irony; the one thing about Mac that makes so many conservatives angry, may be the only thing to get him actually elected over the ultra-liberal nobama.

Many people have mentioned that Obama, with his charisma and media backing, should be pummeling McCain, and they are about even in the polls …

Not just that, but the economy too. Based on the economy, no Republican should be able to even be competitive right now. McCain is probably in part because he’s acceptable to so many moderate and conservative Democrats.

And if people didn’t support Bush in 2004 because he was the lesser of two evils, then Kerry would have been president. Kerry would have removed all troops from Iraq. No Surge, No success, the US felling from Iraqi rooftops in helicopters. What the would would look like with a president Kerry, I wonder. Many people have mentioned that Obama, with his charisma and media backing, should be pummeling McCain, and they are about even in the polls ….

Curious times, indeed. We can learn a lot from not forgetting the history of politics.

Obama has a $5 million dollar media buy during the Olympics. His face will be everywhere, in front of millions of people.

McCain, what’s he gonna do?

Ads don’t buy you votes. Obama was outspending Hillary by a ridiculous amount also and yet at the end it was basically a tie in the popular vote (of course, he won by delegates and superdelegates).

I want to be optimistic. But I don’t feel the fight from McCain.

If by fight you mean not aggressively going after Obama, I think it might turn out to be a good thing. People seem really sensitive this election year. Perhaps, it’s all the web and cable news sometimes blowing what the presidential candidates say out of proportion. Everything becomes an outrage! I think at the end, McCain staying low key and talking with voters in town halls might actually work. I actually prefer not seeing my candidate everyday giving television interviews. They just repeat the same things.