Quotes of the day
posted at 10:35 pm on January 19, 2009 by Allahpundit
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Obama amnesia is a fairly common condition. A quick poll of colleagues reveals that the only saying of the new president that has incontestably lodged in our collective brain is: “Yes we can.” A few others mentioned: “Change we can believe in.” There was broad agreement that Mr Obama had made an excellent and profound speech on race in America, although nobody could remember the precise details.
On Tuesday, when he makes his inaugural address in Washington, Mr Obama will doubtless once again blow his audience away. He will also have the chance finally to give a speech whose phrases will resonate through history. But, perhaps, he would be wise once again to pass up the opportunity.
For with Barack Obama, the man is the message.
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“What the phenomenon that we’ve seen with Obama is the ‘Obama the politician,’ ‘Obama the political candidate’ sales are over but it’s been replaced with ‘Obama the pop culture icon,’” she said, pointing out that since the election, the number of Obama products for sale has continued to grow.
“It’s almost like what you’ve seen with Che Guevara or Eva Peron, when a political leader has this coolness factor that goes well beyond their political beliefs. They represent something even bigger.”
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That seems to strike every time you ask an Obama supporter about his accomplishments.
MadisonConservative on January 19, 2009 at 10:38 PM
Exactly…that’s what is really grating on me right now…Obama as Che (’cuz it cool and all the other kids are doing it)
AUINSC on January 19, 2009 at 10:38 PM
* barfs*
dmann on January 19, 2009 at 10:39 PM
The thing I’m going to miss most about President Bush. The quiet dignity of the office of president. Didn’t have it under Clinton, won’t have it under Obama.
Tommy_G on January 19, 2009 at 10:40 PM
Obama accomplished one thing: he made the word “racist” popular again.
cannonball on January 19, 2009 at 10:42 PM
And Laura!
fogw on January 19, 2009 at 10:43 PM
I remember one other saying of Obama’s, when he was speaking in support of President Bush. It was “Don’t be bamboozled. Don’t buy into it.”
If Obama thinks that it’s good enough for the president, then I think it’s good enough for Him.
JohnJ on January 19, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Tommy_G………..
Check the History Channel, a great series on Presidential living from Air Force One to the Whitehouse .
dmann on January 19, 2009 at 10:44 PM
Here’s a quote for ya!
Texas Gal on January 19, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Typical.
baldilocks on January 19, 2009 at 10:47 PM
Yes, I’ve a feeling the Bush administration won’t welcome the Obamas by prying all the “O”s off the White House keyboards. Whether we’ll have any kind of dignity under Obama remains to be seen–but we know it’s not to be expected from his compatriots in leadership over at the House and Senate.
Blacklake on January 19, 2009 at 10:48 PM
No kidding, I was in New Orleans the other day, and in addition to the Obama t-shirts, the Obama buttons, the Obama kitchen magnets and placemats, I saw a vendor of knock-off fragrances selling Obama Hope and Change. I wish I was making that up.
azlibertarian on January 19, 2009 at 10:48 PM
“Mr Obama will doubtless once again blow his audience away. It’s almost like what you’ve seen with Che Guevara.”
Well, Che WAS pretty good at blowing people away too, so I suppose the comparison is apt.
Bishop on January 19, 2009 at 10:48 PM
This is very true, but even worse are the BHO statements that people remember but intentionally repress. There are a whole slew of these.
progressoverpeace on January 19, 2009 at 10:50 PM
although nobody could remember the precise details.
Chris Matthews remembers, it was his first orgasm in the last fifteen years.
Bishop on January 19, 2009 at 10:50 PM
There is nothing wrong with your coming life. Do not attempt to adjust your income. I will control your income. If I wish to make you richer, I will lift up your income. If I wish to make you poorer, I will crush you with taxes. Do not attempt to live your own life. I will control your life. If I wish I can reduce your life to a living Hell, or sharpen it to Heavenly wonderfulness. I will control your ups. I will control your downs. For the next
four eight twelve sixteen twenty twenty four twenty eight thirty twothirty six years, sit quietly and obediently and I will control all that you see, hear and feel. You are about to experience theclawawe andmiserymystery which reaches from the innerdeliriummind to THE OBAMA SOCIALIST NATION UNLIMITED.- The One
MB4 on January 19, 2009 at 10:52 PM
I know bush wasnt perfect, but I already miss the guy…
blatantblue on January 19, 2009 at 10:54 PM
The only thing left to stamp his mug on is US Currency. I imagine by the end of the year, some fool proposes a bill to print a new denomination to memorialize his image. I bet it’s a small bill so everyone sees it all day, every day.
sherry on January 19, 2009 at 10:54 PM
I remember a precise detail. He said he could no sooner disown Rev. Wright than he could disown the black community.
He later disowned Rev. Wright. That’s the reason that they “claim” nobody remembers anything about that speech. Because it was all baloney and nobody in the media would ever want to make it seem like Obama is dishonest.
jimmy the notable on January 19, 2009 at 10:54 PM
Here is to January 19, 2009………….
………… the last night we will sleep under the protection of President George W. Bush.
Seven Percent Solution on January 19, 2009 at 10:55 PM
But,but what about the economy,its
in Dire Straights,and all they want
is their,
Obama TV!
canopfor on January 19, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Heh. I am torn between spending the next three years simply rolling with the punches and refusing to discuss politics of any kind for any reason, or –
Arming myself with a short list of the positions Obama took in the primary, and then flip-flopped on in the general, and the positions Obama has spewed as a candidate and then flip-flopped on a President; and asking every liberal who torments me to name their favorite Obama quote and their favorite Obama position.
I’m leaning toward the former.
Jaibones on January 19, 2009 at 10:57 PM
If they don’t know where they are going any path will take them there.
Cheshire Cat on January 19, 2009 at 10:58 PM
Seven Percent Solution on January 19, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Dude…WTF? I just got a little chill when I read that, thinking of all the savages who are waiting for the chance to test Obarfa, and they will.
Bishop on January 19, 2009 at 10:58 PM
“Obama electrifies voters with his exciting new ideas for change, although people have trouble remembering exactly what these ideas are because they are so darned mesmerized. Some people become so excited that they actually pass out. These are members of the press corps.” -Dave Barry, 2008 year in review
OneGyT on January 19, 2009 at 10:59 PM
But yeah, I echo your sentiment. Here’s to the last day of not feeling like a target is being painted on my chest.
Bishop on January 19, 2009 at 10:59 PM
………the last night we will sleep under the protection of President George W.Bush.
Seven Percent Solution on Jan 19,2009 10:55PM.
Seven Percent Solution: As President Bush is still Leader
of the Free World,I’ll toast with
you,with a strong cup of Canadian
Tea!
A Salute to George Bush:):):).
canopfor on January 19, 2009 at 11:00 PM
Sobering.
Weight of Glory on January 19, 2009 at 11:01 PM
Let’s use this image
Cheshire Cat on January 19, 2009 at 11:02 PM
Amen.
jimmy the notable on January 19, 2009 at 11:02 PM
So is Botox
It’s all about the vanity values
Kini on January 19, 2009 at 11:03 PM
Hitchens on why Bush really was the best choice over Gore and Kerry!
Now we know why Andrew Sullivan did not give Hitch any tongue!
Mr. Joe on January 19, 2009 at 11:04 PM
Perfectly appropriate!
sherry on January 19, 2009 at 11:04 PM
It won’t be on bills – it will be on coins - Change you can believe in.
Wander on January 19, 2009 at 11:05 PM
Lord, give us a break, please. They’ll invoke you several times tomorrow but I doubt their sincerity. Our prayer is that you ignore most of their callings and somehow give us the way to empower the people to get the OBAMANATION out of our personal lives. “LEAVE US ALONE”!!!!
PaCadle on January 19, 2009 at 11:07 PM
No kidding,I was in New Orleans the other day,
and in addition to the Obama T-shirts,
azlibertarian on Jan 19,2009 at 10:48PM.
azlibertarian: Yes,but do they have Obama spatula’s
from ‘Spatual City’!!haha:)
canopfor on January 19, 2009 at 11:07 PM
That’s good marketing. I love it.
sherry on January 19, 2009 at 11:08 PM
SevenPercentSolution…………
Wow, a more sobering reality can not be realized, thanks!
dmann on January 19, 2009 at 11:08 PM
if he exposes himself as a leftist (as i expect him to – cus of his ginormous ego) by mentioning the green economy or agw – or “a more even-handed foreign policy”, one more in tune with the un/eu, then it’s curtains in 2 years…
ORL HE COULD TRY TO SUBTLY QUOTE ALINSKY.
reliapundit on January 19, 2009 at 11:11 PM
++1
Sleep from now on with one eye open.
/iodine
Kini on January 19, 2009 at 11:14 PM
Cheshire Cat on January 19, 2009 at 11:14 PM
It won’t be on bills – it will be on coins – Change you can believe in.
Wander on January 19, 2009 at 11:05 PM
Considering that Obarfa’s economic schemes will leave most of us with nothing but a handful of jingling change, we won’t be able to escape his scowling visage.
Bishop on January 19, 2009 at 11:15 PM
Shhhh! Big brother is watching.
Johan Klaus on January 19, 2009 at 11:15 PM
*shivers*
I took my last look at the White House website today and copied everything I needed to keep as rebutal material for the 4 years.
It’ll have a totally different look tomorrow.
Welcome Home tomorrow at 2 pm central.
Texas Gal on January 19, 2009 at 11:16 PM
Ha! Good one.
Harpazo on January 19, 2009 at 11:18 PM
You will all be assimilated.
DasObamaReich on January 19, 2009 at 11:19 PM
Texas Gal on January 19, 2009 at 11:16 PM
Be sure you copy the Great Seal emblems, those are going to be replaced with something ‘different.’
Bishop on January 19, 2009 at 11:21 PM
Obama will make this quote famous:
“Image is the only thing”
izoneguy on January 19, 2009 at 11:23 PM
You life as you’ve known it is over.
You will now service…. us.
/borg
Kini on January 19, 2009 at 11:23 PM
Mr. Ayers and his henchmen were pretty effective in blowing people away, too.
I think that I will clean the garage tomorrow. My time should be more effectively spent that way than listening in on the BHO microphone of flimflam.
onlineanalyst on January 19, 2009 at 11:27 PM
This is my feeling of President Bush,
when Bill Clinton was impeached,the lefty media,
and the Liberal Party wanted a to get even!
The MSM and Lefty Party had no desire to help
or work with Bush,————-e v e r !!!!!!!
The hatred of Bush(BDS)happened after 9/11 when
the kooks started the fire can’t melt steal crap,
and after 9/11,Liberals completely lost it!
Say what you will of President Bush,but the media,
and the left,basically ganged up on him!
———————————————-
Get ready, for the WORLD and AMERICA is right as rain,
once again,their guy is in,and all is right with the
heavens once more!!
For with a Liberal President,everything will be perfect,
what could possible go wrong,and the Marxist Socialist
Media will be broadcasting daily the mircles of the light
worker of Obama,
and the WORLD will fall in line!!
canopfor on January 19, 2009 at 11:27 PM
Barack’s stepbrother is hoping to get one of those Obama t-shirts in a few years, when American used-clothing stores donate their slow-moving merchandise to the homeless poor in Africa.
RBMN on January 19, 2009 at 11:27 PM
Barack’s stepbrother is
Wander on January 19, 2009 at 11:31 PM
Probably find it on eBay or something!
I’m starting to feel heart palpitations.
Texas Gal on January 19, 2009 at 11:31 PM
That was nice.
Thanks!
Kini on January 19, 2009 at 11:32 PM
I’ll have better things to do than watch the coronation—like wash my hair.
Sekhmet on January 19, 2009 at 11:33 PM
Welcome.
Wish I lived closer, bet it will be a great party.
Texas Gal on January 19, 2009 at 11:33 PM
A three dollar bill would be appropriate. Phoney as….
Rovin on January 19, 2009 at 11:34 PM
Lets use this image.
Cheshire Cat on Jan 19,2009 at 11:02PM.
Cheshire Cat:Those ears,and sweet!haha:)
canopfor on January 19, 2009 at 11:34 PM
Obama’s image will be on postage stamps so that Matthews and Olbermann can spend their evenings tonguing the backs of the stamps while they drool over their fabulous collections.
onlineanalyst on January 19, 2009 at 11:35 PM
During Obama’s train “trip” I watched old John Wayne movies all day and made it a point to miss the BS. Tomorrow, I think I’ll have my septic tank emptied.
Rovin on January 19, 2009 at 11:37 PM
Canada’s government seems to be coming to its senses, while ours is going insane. I might move north for a while.
ddrintn on January 19, 2009 at 11:43 PM
I wanted an Obama pooper-scooper, but I think I’m going to need an Obama back-hoe to handle all the b-s that will be spread around tomorrow.
smellthecoffee on January 19, 2009 at 11:51 PM
Tomorrow begins the raping and pillaging of America. “Stimulas” spending. Tax rebates to people who don’t pay taxes. Closing Gitmo and giving the unlawful combants “due legal process”. Universal healthcare that doesn’t provide healthcare to anyone. Scandals that will never see the light of day.
We will need a revolution.
cjs1943 on January 20, 2009 at 12:03 AM
In a weird kind of way, I feel that with the passing of George Bush I am witnessing the permanent fade of 9/11 from the collective memory…
blatantblue on January 20, 2009 at 12:05 AM
You mean, spending their nights tonguing, then tonguing stamps, yes?
blatantblue on January 20, 2009 at 12:06 AM
okay, and I totally meant “passing of GB” from the presidency. not dying.
blatantblue on January 20, 2009 at 12:06 AM
By small bills, I’m assuming you are talking about something like the 50 Trillion notes that are being printed up in Zimbabwe by his fellow marxist Mugabee.
With his insane tax and spend “Stimulus” we are going to end up like the Weimar Republic or Zimbabwe. He gan have his jug eared ugly mug on a 50 billion dollar note which will be worth the same as $1.56 today.
bullseye on January 20, 2009 at 12:15 AM
It’s Mourning in America.
The unqualified mocha doofus suckered enough guilty caucasians and played bro well enough to the resentful rest that he now has a chance to weaken the nation, pillage its treasure, install his cronies, and allow our enemies to prosper and strengthen.
Playing 21st Century Schizoid Man LOUD over the Tyro-in-Chief’s Inauguration Speech tomorrow.
“Politicians’ funeral pyre!…”
profitsbeard on January 20, 2009 at 12:25 AM
The beauty of this will be that the blacks and the brain dead college kids who elected this socialist will be suffering the effects during their golden years. When they have to eat cat food to sustain themselves, I will be enjoying some sweet, sweet, schadenfreude.
csdeven on January 20, 2009 at 12:29 AM
I am already wearing my all black pajamas.
There’s just no way this can end well. Pride before a fall and all that.
Dubn8tr on January 20, 2009 at 12:55 AM
……….. oh, I forgot to mention,
the Obama Administration asked President George W. Bush’s Administration to work for an extra day or two……..
………. apparently, they plan on partying tomorrow, and will not be making it into work…
moreover, they made it public.
………. sleep tight everyone. Enjoy your day tomorrow.
…………………… sweet dreams.
Seven Percent Solution on January 20, 2009 at 1:03 AM
Did someone say revolution??
;o)
:o)
katy on January 20, 2009 at 1:07 AM
Stock up on your guns and get in plenty of target practice. You’ll need it, everyone.
ErinF on January 20, 2009 at 1:11 AM
Most people are so much dumber than I had assumed.
Sure, Lenin II
Entelechy on January 20, 2009 at 1:14 AM
There’s no words to describe my hatred of “Dear Leader” and the mind numb idiots who worship him.
It’s truly sickening.
dinkyjackson on January 20, 2009 at 1:17 AM
To President George W. Bush…………..
………… thank you!
Seven Percent Solution on January 20, 2009 at 1:29 AM
What invariably happens with people who are so cool (not to be confused with calm and deliberate under fire) is that when they don’t acutally get a crisis scenario to go their way, they are absolutely, utterly and completely, lost.
They are so used to their coolness getting them off the hook that if that doesn’t work there’s no understanding of logistics for backup or maybe that’s what should have been employed to fix a crisis begin with.
You can’t everything with, tude.
Speakup on January 20, 2009 at 1:41 AM
I was thinking Hitler II. Same basic thing, I guess. One man shreiking nonsense, and a crowd of mindless millions throwing their hands up in the air yelling “heil”.
Scary how history repeats itself. But, that’s what you get when people aren’t taught history.
ErinF on January 20, 2009 at 1:42 AM
“They represent something even bigger.”
Or smaller.
JM Hanes on January 20, 2009 at 3:42 AM
I find it worth noting that Barack Obama’s propensity for delivering a speech that is stirring but unable to be quoted afterwards is shared by a great patriot, one Patrick Henry. Thomas Jefferson noted that while he can recall being profoundly moved by Patrick Henry’s speeches, he could not remember a line of them.
It may be the reason that so much of his “Give me Liberty or give me Death” speech that we have learned in our history textbooks was put onto paper by an eyewitness to the speech, but so much of it was substituted with Greek philosophical writings that one can legitimately question what exactly Henry actually said. Still, Henry is remembered as a great and profound Patriot.
The capacity to deliver one-liners that can be quoted around the water cooler like last night’s episode of Family Guy does not equate a great speaker. I myself can’t remember Obama’s speeches because I’m too distracted by the numerous verbal pauses. Drives me bonkers.
Spc Steve on January 20, 2009 at 3:51 AM
That’s very true, but the problem with BHO’s speeches is that there is generally no coherent set of ideas underlying them. It’s not a question of what he said exactly in his “greatest speech since Lincoln” about race, but that no one can remember any of the ideas (other than usual platitudes). He didn’t say anything, let alone anything memorable, which is why no one has even bothered discussing it since it was given. Great speeches have people going over them, enjoying them over and over. I don’t think anyone bothers to listen to BHO speeches a second time, since they are all deflated at that point. BHO speeches seem to be something that people only enjoy in the moment (and only weird people with very low standards, at that, as the rhetoric is usually pretty lame).
With BHO, things can only make sense if you don’t hold him to what he said yesterday.
progressoverpeace on January 20, 2009 at 4:08 AM
While many are saying a fond farewell to George Bush, I will also say a fond farewell to Laura Bush. To go from the class she showed to a whiny-@ssed bee-yotch like Michelle is a sad day for America. By having her reside in the White House, I have never been less proud of my country.
Thank you, Laura. You will be missed, and in short order.
RickZ on January 20, 2009 at 5:08 AM
From the first link:
I will miss having a president who doesn’t parse and play politics every time he opens his mouth.
hillbillyjim on January 20, 2009 at 5:28 AM
That’s what you get when people are taught that “feelings” trumps all.
hillbillyjim on January 20, 2009 at 5:32 AM
Had to listen to the song ‘2525′ this morning to kick this whole thing off.
johnnyU on January 20, 2009 at 5:33 AM
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention…If I wanted a “cool” president I would have written in Arthur Fonzarelli.
Aaaaaaaaay!
hillbillyjim on January 20, 2009 at 5:46 AM
my local media outlet told me to expect a block buster speech so it must be true.
rob verdi on January 20, 2009 at 6:14 AM
The nation now will be force fed Kool-Aid!
grapeknutz on January 20, 2009 at 6:34 AM
Can I hope that his wife feeds him a lot of butter and eggs so that he strokes out like a lot of black men of his age group…
or am I stepping on someone else’s line?
SKYFOX on January 20, 2009 at 6:53 AM
The Lincoln bedroom is for sale again. Happy days ahead.
BrideOfRove on January 20, 2009 at 7:03 AM
Excellent and profound? I watched that speech live, because I was curious to hear what Obama had to say after all the hype about his fabulous speaking abilities. The speech was mundane, at best. The gist of it was that black people have their grievances against whites, and whites have their grievances against blacks, and we should all try harder to understand each other and get along. Rodney King expressed the same “profound” sentiment several years ago, and he did it much more memorably and succinctly than Obama did.
The only truly memorable part of Obama’s speech was his attempt to justify his long-term relationship with his racist, hate-mongering, anti-American, conspiracy-promoting pastor Jeremiah Wright. Obama fervently assured us that he could no more disown Rev. Wright than he could disown his own white granny, who had raised him and sacrificed for him and loved him more than anyone else in the world. (To show his appreciation for his beloved granny, Obama also accused her of being a racist). Two weeks after the speech, when Wright went on television and accused Obama of being an opportunistic politician who’d say anything to get elected, Obama gave another speech in which he disowned Wright (”he’s not the Jeremiah Wright I thought I knew”) and quit his church.
AZCoyote on January 20, 2009 at 7:26 AM
Algerian Al Qaeda playing with chem or bio weapons, I feel so much better now about the future…or not
Mr. Joe on January 20, 2009 at 7:33 AM
Obama has Obama-amnesia too!
I’m depressed. I have to go face five classroom full of 11 year olds who will think that BO’s a good thing for the country. *sigh*
Mojave Mark on January 20, 2009 at 7:46 AM
The thing I’m going to miss most about Bush is when he was president we were still a free republic.
As of noon today that will no longer be true.
abcurtis on January 20, 2009 at 7:57 AM
Is Patrick Henry’s Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death speech still taught in schools today? We had to memorize it in fourth grade. My guess is kids from today’s schools have no idea who Patrick Henry was or what he did.
abcurtis on January 20, 2009 at 8:00 AM
Oh hell, what are you folk all moaning about. I for one welcome the new administration of our Overlord. I’m excited because after today, I don’t have to work anymore. The magical negro is going to pay for my mortgage and my gas……..Peggy even said so.
On a more curious note. Is it true that the Mother in Law will be living in the White House with them? Has this ever been done before? Sounds to me like a little government housing taken to the extreme no?
rayvet on January 20, 2009 at 8:05 AM
Obama’s Victory — A British view An editorial from the London Daily Mail
A victory for the hysterical Oprah Winfrey, the mad racist preacher Jeremiah Wright, the mainstream media who abandoned any sense of objectivity long ago, Europeans who despise America largely because they depend on her, comics who claim to be dangerous and fearless but would not dare attack genuinely powerful special interest groups. A victory for Obama-worshippers everywhere. A victory for the cult of the cult. A man who has done little with his life but has written about his achievements as if he had found the cure for cancer in between winning a marathon and building a nuclear reactor with his teeth. Victory for style over substance, hyperbole over history, rabble-raising over reality.
A victory for Hollywood , the most dysfunctional community in the world. Victory for Streisand, Spielberg, Soros and Sarandon. Victory for those who prefer welfare to will and interference to independence. For those who settle for group think and herd mentality rather than those who fight for individual initiative and the right to be out of step with meager political fashion.
Victory for a man who is no friend of freedom. He and his people have already stated that media has to be controlled so as to be balanced, without realizing the extraordinary irony within that statement. Like most liberal zealots, the Obama worshippers constantly speak of Fox and Limbaugh, when the vast bulk of television stations and newspapers are drastically liberal and anti-conservative. Senior Democrat Chuck Schumer said that just as pornography should be censored, so should talk radio. In other words, one of the few free and open means of popular expression may well be cornered and beaten by bullies who even in triumph cannot tolerate any criticism and opposition. A victory for those who believe the state is better qualified to raise children than the family, for those who prefer teachers’ unions to teaching and for those who are naively convinced that if the West is sufficiently weak towards its enemies, war and terror will dissolve as quickly as the tears on the face of a leftist celebrity. A victory for social democracy even after most of Europe has come to the painful conclusion that social democracy leads to mediocrity, failure, unemployment, inflation, higher taxes and economic stagnation. A victory for intrusive lawyers, banal sentimentalists, social extremists and urban snobs.
Congratulations America !
Keemo on January 20, 2009 at 8:08 AM
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