Comments on: The Silence of the Lemmings http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/16/the-silence-of-the-lemmings/ The world’s first, full-service conservative Internet broadcast network Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:05:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: S http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/16/the-silence-of-the-lemmings/comment-page-1/#comment-1432211 S Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:37:38 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=27098#comment-1432211 <blockquote>You must have missed the interview he did with Bill O’Reilly. (Great interview by the way.) an_abstraction on September 16, 2008 at 5:01 PM</blockquote> In which Obama said, "let me say this," several dozens of times without actually ever SAYING whatever the issue of question was. Obama uses these terms/phrases to avoid saying much of anything. Listen more closely. I agree that O'Reilly did a -- well, reasonably -- good job in this 'interview' but unfortunately, O'Reilly got lost along the way intellectually and didn't succeed in cutting through the Obama-B.S. Though I give O'Reilly credit, he did appear to try to do so. Closing the 'interview' with backandforth about basketball was just grovelling by both of them, though.

You must have missed the interview he did with Bill O’Reilly.

(Great interview by the way.)

an_abstraction on September 16, 2008 at 5:01 PM

In which Obama said, “let me say this,” several dozens of times without actually ever SAYING whatever the issue of question was. Obama uses these terms/phrases to avoid saying much of anything. Listen more closely.

I agree that O’Reilly did a — well, reasonably — good job in this ‘interview’ but unfortunately, O’Reilly got lost along the way intellectually and didn’t succeed in cutting through the Obama-B.S. Though I give O’Reilly credit, he did appear to try to do so.

Closing the ‘interview’ with backandforth about basketball was just grovelling by both of them, though.

]]> By: S http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/16/the-silence-of-the-lemmings/comment-page-1/#comment-1432200 S Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:34:06 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=27098#comment-1432200 <blockquote> Colorado is thankfully beginning to swing away from Team Barry. CliffHanger on September 16, 2008 at 3:14 PM</blockquote> Thank the Good Lord, common sense and thinking people. The "pro Obama" support seems to be mainly the deleterious damages eeking out of places such as Boulder, parts of Denver and Aspen. In other words, Democrat-radical enclaves.

Colorado is thankfully beginning to swing away from Team Barry.

CliffHanger on September 16, 2008 at 3:14 PM

Thank the Good Lord, common sense and thinking people. The “pro Obama” support seems to be mainly the deleterious damages eeking out of places such as Boulder, parts of Denver and Aspen. In other words, Democrat-radical enclaves.

]]> By: Obama has a “troop-gate” - UPDATED | The Anchoress http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/16/the-silence-of-the-lemmings/comment-page-1/#comment-1430535 Obama has a “troop-gate” - UPDATED | The Anchoress Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:53:25 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=27098#comment-1430535 [...] as well, by the tacit approval the Obama camps seems to give to thugs shutting down free speech, if that speech is critical of Obama. It is another serious issue. We’ve heard for the past 8 years that Bush is a [...] [...] as well, by the tacit approval the Obama camps seems to give to thugs shutting down free speech, if that speech is critical of Obama. It is another serious issue. We’ve heard for the past 8 years that Bush is a [...]

]]> By: Elizabetty http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/16/the-silence-of-the-lemmings/comment-page-1/#comment-1429984 Elizabetty Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:00:05 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=27098#comment-1429984 <blockquote>But that is in fact a sexist remark and my point is to show how inane this whole uproar about so called sexist speech is. Let’s dump it and start ridiculing people who whine about so called “sexist speech” because those people are anti-free-speech and that is utterly repugnant to a free society. Maxx on September 16, 2008 at 4:16 PM</blockquote> Stupid, isn't it? Words only hurt it if you want them to. Frankly, I do not care if the words I say hurt somebody's feelings because it is their choice to be hurt.

But that is in fact a sexist remark and my point is to show how inane this whole uproar about so called sexist speech is. Let’s dump it and start ridiculing people who whine about so called “sexist speech” because those people are anti-free-speech and that is utterly repugnant to a free society.

Maxx on September 16, 2008 at 4:16 PM

Stupid, isn’t it?

Words only hurt it if you want them to. Frankly, I do not care if the words I say hurt somebody’s feelings because it is their choice to be hurt.

]]> By: Obama Stifling Speech? « Spoodles http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/16/the-silence-of-the-lemmings/comment-page-1/#comment-1429340 Obama Stifling Speech? « Spoodles Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:36:39 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=27098#comment-1429340 [...] 17, 2008 Whodathunkit?: Team Obama has now used its thugs to shut down radio shows and refused to engage when given an [...] [...] 17, 2008 Whodathunkit?: Team Obama has now used its thugs to shut down radio shows and refused to engage when given an [...]

]]> By: Mojave Mark http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/16/the-silence-of-the-lemmings/comment-page-1/#comment-1428901 Mojave Mark Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:38:07 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=27098#comment-1428901 The race is tied 'cause most people aren't political junkies like we are. BHO will die (politically) from 1,000 little cuts. The race is tied ’cause most people aren’t political junkies like we are. BHO will die (politically) from 1,000 little cuts.

]]> By: EscapeVelocity http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/16/the-silence-of-the-lemmings/comment-page-1/#comment-1428663 EscapeVelocity Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:19:15 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=27098#comment-1428663 Exit question: As Conservative Media grows, should Republicans completely blackball interviews on Left Leaning news outlets...as Obama seems to be doing? Exit question: As Conservative Media grows, should Republicans completely blackball interviews on Left Leaning news outlets…as Obama seems to be doing?

]]> By: Loxodonta http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/16/the-silence-of-the-lemmings/comment-page-1/#comment-1428653 Loxodonta Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:16:23 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=27098#comment-1428653 <blockquote>Why is this race tied? McCain should be 20 points ahead if people would just pay attention! petunia on September 16, 2008 at 6:44 PM</blockquote> Sheep only pay attention to the shepherd & his barking dogs in the MSM? Or, people are not expressing their true opinions because they're afraid they will be labeled as racists?

Why is this race tied? McCain should be 20 points ahead if people would just pay attention!

petunia on September 16, 2008 at 6:44 PM

Sheep only pay attention to the shepherd & his barking dogs in the MSM? Or, people are not expressing their true opinions because they’re afraid they will be labeled as racists?

]]> By: petunia http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/16/the-silence-of-the-lemmings/comment-page-1/#comment-1428511 petunia Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:44:49 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=27098#comment-1428511 Why is this race tied? McCain should be 20 points ahead if people would just pay attention! Why is this race tied? McCain should be 20 points ahead if people would just pay attention!

]]> By: Mike D. http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/16/the-silence-of-the-lemmings/comment-page-1/#comment-1428353 Mike D. Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:07:04 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=27098#comment-1428353 It looks to me like the Obambis are even younger, greener, more arrogant and more politically tone-deaf than even the Klinton Kids were back in 1992, and I didnt thnk ANY campaign in American history was ever that young from top to bottom. Are there no adults on the Obama show who understand that maybe its not so much a good idea to express your inner shrieking infant by hanging up on a live radio interview coz you dont have the professional maturity to deal with a difficult situation??????? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller? It looks to me like the Obambis are even younger, greener, more arrogant and more politically tone-deaf than even the Klinton Kids were back in 1992, and I didnt thnk ANY campaign in American history was ever that young from top to bottom.

Are there no adults on the Obama show who understand that maybe its not so much a good idea to express your inner shrieking infant by hanging up on a live radio interview coz you dont have the professional maturity to deal with a difficult situation???????

Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?

]]> By: Janos Hunyadi http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/16/the-silence-of-the-lemmings/comment-page-1/#comment-1428275 Janos Hunyadi Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:50:27 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=27098#comment-1428275 I just saw my first 'Obama-Biden' ad: vapid and dishonest, of course, but OBH finally admitted who his VP choice is Biden didn't get to talk, of course, and in the brief photo of the two perps at the end, Biden actually looked more-or-less sober I just saw my first ‘Obama-Biden’ ad: vapid and dishonest, of course, but OBH finally admitted who his VP choice is

Biden didn’t get to talk, of course, and in the brief photo of the two perps at the end, Biden actually looked more-or-less sober

]]> By: 18-1 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/16/the-silence-of-the-lemmings/comment-page-1/#comment-1428215 18-1 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:40:21 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=27098#comment-1428215 <blockquote>Perhaps the Germany speech was a sign of things to come? Illinidiva on September 16, 2008 at 3:08 PM </blockquote> When has anything bad ever come from an unexperienced, but eerily charismatic, politician giving a vague feel good speech on the new order he will usher in while standing in front of a German victory column?

Perhaps the Germany speech was a sign of things to come?

Illinidiva on September 16, 2008 at 3:08 PM

When has anything bad ever come from an unexperienced, but eerily charismatic, politician giving a vague feel good speech on the new order he will usher in while standing in front of a German victory column?

]]> By: bookman http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/16/the-silence-of-the-lemmings/comment-page-1/#comment-1428113 bookman Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:20:16 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=27098#comment-1428113 <blockquote>You have to wonder, are these goofs B.O. has working for him doing all this loopy stuff on their own, or are they actually getting their marching orders straight from him? And if they are doing all of this one their own, is he not aware of what his own campaign staff is saying or doing? On the other hand, maybe they are getting their orders from Mama Michelle instead. pilamaye on September 16, 2008 at 3:11 pm</blockquote> Remember, Obama is running the campaign himself (one of his qualifications for POTUS), so he must know. Does that make you feel better? Me neither, though it might be hard to feel worse about him.

You have to wonder, are these goofs B.O. has working for him doing all this loopy stuff on their own, or are they actually getting their marching orders straight from him? And if they are doing all of this one their own, is he not aware of what his own campaign staff is saying or doing?

On the other hand, maybe they are getting their orders from Mama Michelle instead.

pilamaye on September 16, 2008 at 3:11 pm

Remember, Obama is running the campaign himself (one of his qualifications for POTUS), so he must know. Does that make you feel better? Me neither, though it might be hard to feel worse about him.

]]> By: an_abstraction http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/16/the-silence-of-the-lemmings/comment-page-1/#comment-1428008 an_abstraction Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:01:38 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=27098#comment-1428008 <blockquote>Answer hell - he hasn’t even been asked these questions.</blockquote> You must have missed the interview he did with Bill O'Reilly. (Great interview by the way.)

Answer hell – he hasn’t even been asked these questions.

You must have missed the interview he did with Bill O’Reilly.

(Great interview by the way.)

]]> By: CrazyFool http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/16/the-silence-of-the-lemmings/comment-page-1/#comment-1427886 CrazyFool Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:41:01 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=27098#comment-1427886 <blockquote>Please…he still has to answer for his association with Ayers, Dohrn, Rezko, Wright, etc., etc., as well as his missing medical and college and law-office records, his…. MrScribbler on September 16, 2008 at 3:34 PM</blockquote> Answer hell - he hasn't even been <strong>asked</strong> these questions.

Please…he still has to answer for his association with Ayers, Dohrn, Rezko, Wright, etc., etc., as well as his missing medical and college and law-office records, his….

MrScribbler on September 16, 2008 at 3:34 PM

Answer hell – he hasn’t even been asked these questions.

]]> By: TedInATL http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/16/the-silence-of-the-lemmings/comment-page-1/#comment-1427855 TedInATL Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:36:01 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=27098#comment-1427855 Hanging up on radio stations is becoming quite a pattern. The Obama communications people in Chicago hung up on WGN when they tried to invite a rep to counter the Stanley Kurtz interview. Instead, the campaign sent an email blast encouraging the mindless minions to take up torches and pitchforks against the station. What are they trying to hide? Hanging up on radio stations is becoming quite a pattern. The Obama communications people in Chicago hung up on WGN when they tried to invite a rep to counter the Stanley Kurtz interview. Instead, the campaign sent an email blast encouraging the mindless minions to take up torches and pitchforks against the station. What are they trying to hide?

]]> By: ManlyRash http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/16/the-silence-of-the-lemmings/comment-page-1/#comment-1427854 ManlyRash Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:35:58 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=27098#comment-1427854 <blockquote>Sure, this is discussed in detail at “GoEffYourAstroTurfingSelf.com” - Bishop on September 16, 2008 at 4:23 PM</blockquote> ROTFLMAO

Sure, this is discussed in detail at “GoEffYourAstroTurfingSelf.com” – Bishop on September 16, 2008 at 4:23 PM

ROTFLMAO

]]> By: Bishop http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/16/the-silence-of-the-lemmings/comment-page-1/#comment-1427806 Bishop Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:23:56 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=27098#comment-1427806 Rookie. Rookie.

]]> By: Bishop http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/16/the-silence-of-the-lemmings/comment-page-1/#comment-1427804 Bishop Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:23:35 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=27098#comment-1427804 <i>Can anyone explain the time and events of all this… joepub on September 16, 2008 at 3:20 PM</i> Sure, this is discussed in detail at "GoEffYourAstroTurfingSelf.com" Can anyone explain the time and events of all this…
joepub on September 16, 2008 at 3:20 PM

Sure, this is discussed in detail at “GoEffYourAstroTurfingSelf.com”

]]> By: eaglewingz08 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/16/the-silence-of-the-lemmings/comment-page-1/#comment-1427801 eaglewingz08 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:23:04 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=27098#comment-1427801 marybel, I hope you turned all the covers around and placed them in more prominent positions in the store, not only in support of Freedoso and McCain, but also to T off the libnuts staffing that bookstore. I also hope you told the cashier, you heard this was the best book ever written about Obama, even including the two books written by Obama himself (of course you'd have to pay in cash, wouldn't want the cashier to make a note of your name and credit card numbers as the obamafascists are won't to do of their opponents). marybel, I hope you turned all the covers around and placed them in more prominent positions in the store, not only in support of Freedoso and McCain, but also to T off the libnuts staffing that bookstore. I also hope you told the cashier, you heard this was the best book ever written about Obama, even including the two books written by Obama himself (of course you’d have to pay in cash, wouldn’t want the cashier to make a note of your name and credit card numbers as the obamafascists are won’t to do of their opponents).

]]> By: ManlyRash http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/16/the-silence-of-the-lemmings/comment-page-1/#comment-1427792 ManlyRash Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:20:47 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=27098#comment-1427792 <blockquote>Badge number, please? - Akzed on September 16, 2008 at 4:10 PM</blockquote> Badge number? I don't got no badge number. I don't need to show you no stinking badge number.

Badge number, please? – Akzed on September 16, 2008 at 4:10 PM

Badge number? I don’t got no badge number. I don’t need to show you no stinking badge number.

]]> By: Bishop http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/16/the-silence-of-the-lemmings/comment-page-1/#comment-1427787 Bishop Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:19:50 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=27098#comment-1427787 <i>If the call comes into to the White House at 3 a.m., Barry will just hang up. Cicero43 on September 16, 2008 at 3:43 PM You don’t just call up Obama on the phone. You have to make a sacrifice and wait for omens. Cicero43 on September 16, 2008 at 4:10 PM</i> Palin/Cicero 2012 If the call comes into to the White House at 3 a.m., Barry will just hang up.
Cicero43 on September 16, 2008 at 3:43 PM
You don’t just call up Obama on the phone. You have to make a sacrifice and wait for omens.
Cicero43 on September 16, 2008 at 4:10 PM

Palin/Cicero 2012

]]> By: ManlyRash http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/16/the-silence-of-the-lemmings/comment-page-1/#comment-1427784 ManlyRash Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:19:07 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=27098#comment-1427784 <blockquote>genso on September 16, 2008 at 4:10 PM</blockquote> Thanks for the tip...will keep an eye out. The team will monitor accordingly.

genso on September 16, 2008 at 4:10 PM

Thanks for the tip…will keep an eye out. The team will monitor accordingly.

]]> By: Bishop http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/16/the-silence-of-the-lemmings/comment-page-1/#comment-1427774 Bishop Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:16:52 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=27098#comment-1427774 They didn't have a spare telepromter, Obama is using all of them. They didn’t have a spare telepromter, Obama is using all of them.

]]> By: Maxx http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/16/the-silence-of-the-lemmings/comment-page-1/#comment-1427769 Maxx Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:16:30 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=27098#comment-1427769 <blockquote>Come on Barack, MAN UP!!! Elizabetty on September 16, 2008 at 3:11 PM</blockquote> That's sexist. Not that I care about so called "sexist" remarks, I don't. I think we should just get back to free speech and let people say what they want. And if your feelings get hurt.... too bad, get thicker skin, and welcome to the real world. But that is in fact a sexist remark <strong>and my point is to show how inane this whole uproar about so called sexist speech is.</strong> Let's dump it and start ridiculing people who whine about so called "sexist speech" because those people are anti-free-speech and that is utterly repugnant to a free society.

Come on Barack, MAN UP!!!

Elizabetty on September 16, 2008 at 3:11 PM

That’s sexist. Not that I care about so called “sexist” remarks, I don’t. I think we should just get back to free speech and let people say what they want. And if your feelings get hurt…. too bad, get thicker skin, and welcome to the real world.

But that is in fact a sexist remark and my point is to show how inane this whole uproar about so called sexist speech is. Let’s dump it and start ridiculing people who whine about so called “sexist speech” because those people are anti-free-speech and that is utterly repugnant to a free society.

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