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posted at 10:40 pm on August 4, 2008 by Allahpundit
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“All I can tell ya is I am a fan of Barack Obama’s.”
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This is why they got their panties in a wad over the McCain ads. The truth hurts.
SouthernGent on August 4, 2008 at 10:44 PM
“All I can tell ya is I am not a fan of Barack Obama’s.”
Tim Burton on August 4, 2008 at 10:44 PM
Move along folks, nothing to see here…
MB007 on August 4, 2008 at 10:44 PM
Another awestruck fan of the Snake-oil Salesman.
thedecider on August 4, 2008 at 10:48 PM
RACIST!!!
Hollowpoint on August 4, 2008 at 10:51 PM
Considering Obama has been running for President since he set foot in the Senate, his only real experience is being part of the dirty Chicago Machine.
Obama’s gonna lose in a landslide: Guarenteed or your money back.
VolMagic on August 4, 2008 at 10:52 PM
+100
Richard from Windsor
carbon_footprint on August 4, 2008 at 10:52 PM
Jedi mind tricks. Hope and Change. Here. Have a tire gauge! No really, you can keep it. Go ahead.
Ordinary1 on August 4, 2008 at 10:53 PM
When was the last time the Republicans won and election, rather than the dems bending over backwards to lose one?
BadgerHawk on August 4, 2008 at 10:55 PM
won an…
BadgerHawk on August 4, 2008 at 10:55 PM
……….. Oops! Too bad the Internet has that now. Cue up the next McCain YouTube ad in 3…. 2…. 1!
Seven Percent Solution on August 4, 2008 at 10:56 PM
2004
carbon_footprint on August 4, 2008 at 10:57 PM
OH! That left a mark!!!!
It’s the reason why I think somebody like Biden will eventually get the nod. Obama needs experience in the same way that McCain needs youth.
Once that is settled on, comes the second level of qualification. Obama needs somebody with national security experience to counter the fact that he has none. McCain needs a proven youthful candidate because there is real doubt that the RINO dino will be able to live past one term in office.
My predictions at this point “Rats” get Biden or a compromise candidate to appease Hillary’s supporters. The GOP gets a no-name meant to appease the right without any understanding of this demographic because of McCain’s clear hatred of Romney.
highhopes on August 4, 2008 at 10:57 PM
1984.
highhopes on August 4, 2008 at 10:58 PM
This is definitely snort-worthy
Ha! You can say THAT again! Slamming the door on his own nose.
… there’s something very different about him.
Well DUH! He’s the Messiah! Try to keep up, will ya?
Tony737 on August 4, 2008 at 11:03 PM
OMG! That’s such a great point! LOL! You can’t make these people up anymore! They step in it every time!
SouthernGent on August 4, 2008 at 11:05 PM
Off by twenty years.
carbon_footprint on August 4, 2008 at 11:11 PM
… I think somebody like Biden will eventually get the nod. - High
Biden? Ha! That’d be great! ‘So uh, Sen. Biden, how do ya like being Mr. Cleanandarticulate’s Number Two?’
The Dems are stupid to nominate this guy. They already get 90% of the ’skinny’ (?) vote, he’s a break-even. They’re always one step behind, don’t they know Hispanics are now the top minority group (to pander to)? They should’ve gone with Richardson. V.P. maybe?
Tony737 on August 4, 2008 at 11:12 PM
What can the Dems say now. They are stuck with this empty suit Marxist but Ritter probably feels that Obama ain’t really running the show anyway.
Dusty on August 4, 2008 at 11:18 PM
There sure is, and it’s scary. He hides his socialism/Marxism Utopian idealism very well. His wife is an anarchist. He’s an empty emperor, a World Child Emperor. Other than that all’s fine.
Entelechy on August 4, 2008 at 11:21 PM
After the pelosi/steph clip, and now this, I don’t know whether to be frightened or delighted.
surrounded on August 4, 2008 at 11:23 PM
How reassuring :-/
thedecider on August 4, 2008 at 11:23 PM
I’m crosseyed from reading the comments at MMs. Funny and smart, but the cosmetics over here are 1000x better.
RushBaby on August 4, 2008 at 11:30 PM
Colorado Governor Bill Ritter has to asking himself about now that being a fan of Obama doesn’t necessary answer the question of Obama’s experience, but it tells a lot of how Ritter defines experience. Which was answered by the Governor by describing his own qualifications as veep.
How many other folks cannot see that?
Are people that stupid???? don’t answer that…
Kini on August 4, 2008 at 11:31 PM
Obama is waist deep in the Big Muddy, to use a Vietnam-era analogy beloved by Liberal Hypocrites
He got himself stuck in several currents that push him in directions he cannot predict or control: race, oil / energy, and Himself as Lowerer of the Oceans
He can’t git on along, and he can’t git back whar he come from…..
every cowboy knows that you test a stream before pushing the herd in; Obama is no cowboy
Janos Hunyadi on August 4, 2008 at 11:34 PM
So,Obama wants a five star General so to speak
as his VP,as far as experience is concerned !
But,
on the otherhand,
Obama has as much experience as a Sargeant so
to speak!
So,let me get my little comin home to roost
little chickens in a row,you mean to tell me,
that,
Obama wants the American people to vote for a
5 star General as VP,but Obama is running for
Commander-in Chief,
and potentialy the Leader of the Free World,
who has as much experience as a Sargeant!
Sumpin ain’t right with the experience equation,
me thinks! haha:)
canopfor on August 4, 2008 at 11:46 PM
Yeah, AP. Right over a g*%^#@n cliff.
BillH on August 4, 2008 at 11:48 PM
Care to explain?
1984 saw Reagan win overwhelmingly on the basis of his agenda.
highhopes on August 4, 2008 at 11:52 PM
Lawd, I am almost giddy with anticipation for the fall RNC tv spots.
So much material, so little time.
Bishop on August 5, 2008 at 12:14 AM
I beg to differ. Obama is not really hiding those tendencies that well. His position paper on energy illustrates that Obama’s socialist/communist apprenticeship is bearing (poisonous) fruit.
Other than that, all is NOT fine. Sorry, E., but this guy’s willingness to casually sling the race card,in his aloof, off-hand manner, is telling me that he does not care a bit how much his tactics damage our country if he thinks (however wrongheaded) they will give him some political advantage.
hillbillyjim on August 5, 2008 at 12:18 AM
Let’s not get cocky.. McCain should run the rest of the campaign as if he is 20 pts behind - regardless what any poll says.
Sergei on August 5, 2008 at 12:20 AM
Of course I recognized the sarcasm in the “all’s fine”; just needed to rant a little. This guy is making me nauseous.
hillbillyjim on August 5, 2008 at 12:21 AM
This is all such fun… but we’re all gonna be eating crow when Hill gets the nod…lol!!
jerrytbg on August 5, 2008 at 12:30 AM
hillbillyjim, we do agree. I should have said the media and his cronies are hiding his socialism/Marxism for him.
We’ve never had and never will have a more Machiavellian character in politics in this country. The Rev. Wright characterized him very well when he said “Barack will say and do anything to win. He’s a politician”. It’s the crux of the Obama run, and the only reason he finally threw the rev. under the bus. These are scary times.
Sergei, I agree entirely with you and wish that Obama would be a few points ahead, clear into Nov. 04.
Entelechy on August 5, 2008 at 12:30 AM
And hillbillyjim, you may rant at any time :)
Entelechy on August 5, 2008 at 12:31 AM
has anybody been the dnc website lately…barry’s looking to the left….lol!
jerrytbg on August 5, 2008 at 12:47 AM
Here comes the short bus, pile in gov.
jharada on August 5, 2008 at 12:53 AM
I see two similiarities to that election which I voted in.
1. The press hated Reagan with a passion IMHO exceeded the obsession with McCain. Reagan’s so-called gaffes were endlessly taken apart. As the press described the idiocy of the Reagan message it had a contrary effect of confirming his message
The racism anal exam given every McCain move creates empathy making McCain an underdog. The McCain message is broadcast by his enemies for free just as with Reagan.
2. Mondale did not have a strong image like Reagan so his mouth defined him. Searching for quotes, I found this PBS archive of the MacNeil Lehrer report 10-08-1984 analyzing the first Reagan/Mondale debate. David Gergen speaking of Mondale:
Obama was an empty suit compared to McCain who has dominated national politics for years. The Obama suit is rapidly being filled with his own words. The Dollar Bill quote is memorable.
From the Mondale acceptance speech at the convention:
Off subject while researching quotes I found the urban legend Bush Sr / Mondale interchange
Walter Mondale: George Bush doesn’t have the manhood to apologize.
Bush: Well, on the manhood thing, I’ll put mine up against his any time. (urban legend)
According to the NYT 10-18-84 Bush actually said he would ” lay my record on manhood” against Walter F. Mondale’s
Maybe
entagor on August 5, 2008 at 1:09 AM
Ritter:
Obama’s inexperience is so much better than my inexperience.
profitsbeard on August 5, 2008 at 1:13 AM
lol
Midas on August 5, 2008 at 1:38 AM
Is that anything like being a fan of Britney?
- The Cat
MirCat on August 5, 2008 at 2:08 AM
What’s to explain? The question was:
carbon_footprint on August 5, 2008 at 2:18 AM
This guy goes beyond stupid into the just plain embarassing.
Hopefully someone out there has a tape of this slip up and can either put it on YouTube or get it out to a GOP 527 for national consumption: A Dem gov actually admitting, in a round-about sort of way, that their nominee doesn’t even have the experience to govern a state, let alone the country.
SuperCool on August 5, 2008 at 3:47 AM
The bloom is off the rose.
I believe people are finally waking up to who Barack Obama really is….not hard to do since he’s the one hurting his own campaign.
On another note, did anyone see the clip of McCAin losing his train of thought? A reporter asked him 2 questions and he looked seriously confused. They did a body language segment on O’Reilly.
Yikes!
becki51758 on August 5, 2008 at 6:57 AM
I think everyone should go out and grab a copy of that book that just came out, The Case Against Barack Obama: The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media’s Favorite Candidate by David Freddoso. This book exposes Obama for what he is, namely just another Chicago Democratic Machine Candidate. And trust me, you don’t want one of those sitting in the White House! The book is now available at Amazon.com. Get it, read it, and then pass it on. It’s now time for America to see the real B.O., unmasked.
pilamaye on August 5, 2008 at 7:53 AM
Hey, I’m pretty excited! Barry said he’s going to build me a brand new house in a brand new city where I will have a brand new job close to where I live so I can drive my brand new car which gets 250 mph with brand new super hard tires! And then I get health care and all kinds of other goodies! And it’s all free free free!!! What’s not to like?
sabbott on August 5, 2008 at 7:57 AM
Yes.
No.
The simple fact is that 2000 was Gore’s race to lose and he did. 2004 would have been more of a nailbiter had the “rats” put up the right candidate. Conventional wisdom says that 2008 is the year of the “rat” but I would contend they are doing everything possible to lose despite the fact the GOP has assited them by putting up an extremely crappy alternative.
highhopes on August 5, 2008 at 8:44 AM
I’m still waiting for that landslide our local County Dem boss predicted before November, after Obama forced Hillary to suspend her campaign. She said outright that “any” GOP nominee would lose by a huge margin after Obama sealed up his majority in the Primary.
Around here, it isn’t his race that is at issue…it is that he has how many years of street hustlin’, I mean, community organizing, and how many years in the Senate?
So, where is the landslide? We’ve got less that 90 days…
coldwarrior on August 5, 2008 at 8:55 AM
Highhopes has it right. Gore should have won coming off of 8 good economic years of Clinton, but didn’t. Bush should have lost in 2004, but thanks to Kerry, didn’t.
McCain should be getting his ass kicked this year, but isn’t.
BadgerHawk on August 5, 2008 at 9:02 AM
Ok, I see where you both are coming from. To me, I don’t care what the reasons are, or how they get there, I am just happy the Republicans won.
carbon_footprint on August 5, 2008 at 9:36 AM
He’s different, and this guy Ritter has given a great example as to why. Dhimmicrats are always known to be a bit more emotional in their decision making. Well here’s a perfect example in the extreme! Ritter met him, and has like so many others, become “a fan” of Obama’s. Can’t explain logically why he thinks this man is qualified or experienced enough to lead a nation for 4 years. Egads, Charles Manson was pretty charismatic and had that effect on his followers as well. But charm and charisma are not quite enough for me.
4shoes on August 5, 2008 at 10:53 AM
Ya see, he was talking of their respective experience in doggie years…so that’s like 7 times more than regular politician years.
Wyznowski on August 5, 2008 at 12:26 PM