Romney: This is not the Barack Obama we thought we knew
posted at 6:50 pm on January 19, 2009 by Allahpundit
Not an endorsement of Hopenchange but certainly not the rejectionism being practiced by Limbaugh, either. Is it fair to say the Hot Air readership agrees that The One’s cabinet picks, especially on national security, have been more centrist than our worst pre-election fears imagined? Or are we taking the Admiral Ackbar position that his momentary moderation is, indeed, a trap?
Weird to hear Mitt congratulating him on moving away from the left in one breath and then chatting up an $850 billion stimulus in the next. It’s a sign of the times, I guess, that supporting a trillion-dollar spending bill no longer instantly qualifies one as liberal. Exit quotation from Tim Pawlenty, inching even closer to accommodation than Romney: “We need to give him a lot of latitude. He wants to be forward-looking, forward-leaning, and we should give him some space in that regard.”
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Nah, put me with El Rushbo. I want this arrogant ass to fall on his face. And burn liberalism out with him.
Iblis on January 19, 2009 at 6:56 PM
“want to be forward looking…” ?
That didn’t work so well for Mark McGuire on Capital Hill did it? We need to be looking in ALL directions, especially when spending trillions of dollars.
cannonball on January 19, 2009 at 6:58 PM
Admiral Ackbar would have already ordered a full retreat…
I wish Hussein nothing more than the unmitigated disaster history has already shown his policies to be.
Rogue on January 19, 2009 at 6:58 PM
Guess I need to make myself a t-shirt that reads “REJECTIONIST!”
innominatus on January 19, 2009 at 6:59 PM
I just don’t see much moderation.
Obama ran on a platform of cutting taxes and some ill defined change. The trillion in giveaways he is pushing for will almost certainly make any real tax cuts impossible. So we are left with “change”.
So far overall, Obama is looking to move on hard left on everything other then foreign policy, and as for that, Hillary Clinton is a left wing extremist herself, in case anyone has forgotten.
18-1 on January 19, 2009 at 6:59 PM
I will give him lots of latitude once he tells me where his 1.5 Trillion dollar gifts are coming from….simple question, not so simple answer…..
SDarchitect on January 19, 2009 at 7:00 PM
And before I get jumped on by my fellow SW enthusiasts, I say that as someone who takes his SN from Rogue Squadron
Wedge Antilles, greatest living non-Jedi starfighter pilot.
Rogue on January 19, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Pawlenty’s comments aren’t that surprising. It looks as though states are going to make out like bandits in the ‘stimulus’ package.
Slublog on January 19, 2009 at 7:01 PM
C’mon…Leon Freakin’ Panetta at CIA?? Centrist or otherwise, the guy’s got zero qualifications for the job.
flipflop on January 19, 2009 at 7:01 PM
For this ol’ cowpoke, it’s all about maintaining the gains made in Iraq, advancing our objectives in Afghanistan, pursuing bin Laden & co. unto their deaths and preventing another 9/11 (or lesser suicide bomber type attacks) in the USA.
If The One can deliver on that (I’m not convinced he isn’t sandbagging on foreign policy) then I’ll cut him slack on some of the other domestic stuff.
Bruno Strozek on January 19, 2009 at 7:01 PM
Romney and Pawlenty are such conservatives! (sarcasm)
I am with Limbaugh. I want such a massive failure for this fool.
This is such a fad that this will turn around and bite Obama in the ass.
How many things in pop culture became so popular, that after a few months, it fades away?
Axelrod is a PR socialist. He knows this cult of personality is going to fade. This week will be an orgy fest, but wait a few weeks/months. Obama finally won the “American Idol” of politics. Now what? Everybody will forget about him.
jencab on January 19, 2009 at 7:04 PM
Hopefully, Mitt’s pinging for votes whenever he decides to run for governor of Cah-lee-foh-nee-ah.
Hey, a gal can wish…
The Ugly American on January 19, 2009 at 7:05 PM
I can see Pawlenty talking up the stimulus but Romney? Doesn’t he have the business sense to know what more trillion dollar debt will do?
Wethal on January 19, 2009 at 7:05 PM
I’ll take Rush anyday over a “born-again conservative”.
Romney, you and Huckabee need to STFU and leave the real conservatives to take back 2010 and 2012.
HornetSting on January 19, 2009 at 7:06 PM
I’m inclined to nod to the latter.
However, I do split with Rush on this. I want Obama to implement policies that make this country more prosperous and safer, and overall improved. However, he won’t be able to do that with the policies he talked about while campaigning. So, effectively, I’m hoping he turns to some principles of true conservatism. While I’m at it, I’d also like to hope that Rachel Weisz drives up to my apartment in a Lamborghini Countach and demands my sexual attention.
Again, I favor the latter as more likely.
The point is, I don’t care who the president is, as long as he makes life better for Americans. If he doesn’t, let’s roast him, regardless of party. It just so happens that it’s pretty clear that liberalism will not make life better, and therefore expectations are low.
MadisonConservative on January 19, 2009 at 7:08 PM
I’ll give Dear Leader latitude, but first I want my unicorn and lollipop tree.
rbj on January 19, 2009 at 7:09 PM
I used to admire Romney. Now he’s indistinguishable from the rest of the Republicans.
Go away, Mitt.
Splashman on January 19, 2009 at 7:09 PM
Gee, we wouldn’t want to be ‘bamboozled’ or ‘hoodwinked’ would we?
Starlink on January 19, 2009 at 7:09 PM
If the economy stays in the tank, Romney WILL be elected POTUS in 2012.
People simply won’t be willing to go with another uncertain quantity. And as much as I support her and think she’s the most genuine politician on the national scene, Sarah Palin is an unknown quantity.
jimmy the notable on January 19, 2009 at 7:10 PM
Tomorrow the magical Obama Promise Machine ends and harsh reality sets in on the tyro from Chicago.
He has no particular qualifications, so I expect a mess.
profitsbeard on January 19, 2009 at 7:12 PM
Echoing many on this thread. Once again the Repubs, and I guess conservatives, are showing their entire lack of back bone. Just frustrating. We need to toss the bums out!
unrealcitizen on January 19, 2009 at 7:12 PM
My policy is to review movies after I’ve watched them, not before. Based on the previews, we’re in for a sweeping horror epic. But here we are, we’ve yet to even see the opening credits, and people on our side are already praising the director. I don’t get it.
flyfisher on January 19, 2009 at 7:14 PM
Allahpundit,
When are you gonna spare us the constant attacks against the one true conservative?
We know you’ve been against Mitt since the beginning!
You’ve turned this site into one giant Romney-bash!
/sarcasm
silverfox on January 19, 2009 at 7:15 PM
Rush is right. he usually, learn to love it. Obama is a radical socialist, so is his cabinet, hillary a centrist??? please. Browner, ms. Socialist internationale??? gun-banner holder?? uh huh.
the republicans are gutless. people are deluded…
right4life on January 19, 2009 at 7:16 PM
“jimmy the notable on January 19, 2009 at 7:10 PM”
no matter WHAT happens, mitt will never.be.prez.
he had his chance. he couldn’t put away john and schmuck. that is all.
Buckaroo on January 19, 2009 at 7:17 PM
his momentary moderation is, indeed, a trap?
It is not “moderation”; it is “Taqiyah” and “Hudna”; pure and simple!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taqiyya
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudna
In other words, lets fool the stupid Republicans and “Conservatives” by pretending to be “moderate”, and also pretending to be Americans and Patriots, while we set them up to actually Surrender America, and hopefully destroy it!
Dale in Atlanta on January 19, 2009 at 7:17 PM
Why is it it that we’re only in this together when liberals are in charge?
JohnJ on January 19, 2009 at 7:20 PM
I’m getting FED UP with otherwise smart people falling prey to Obama syndrome.
The man was born and raised by radicals, educated by radicals, befriended radicals, associated with radicals, speaks radical, has a giant radically racial chip on his metro-sexually radical shoulders, sees life through a marxisit lense and always has, and suddenly he is going to govern (rule) from the center?
The center of what? The parliment floor of the Kremlin??
How are these smart people not understanding the psychology going on here. Present something shockingly radical and then ever so slightly inch to the right with a few appointments and all his opponents are showering him with praise for moving to the center. THE CENTER?????
This man is a marxist! plain and simple. And a damn good con man!
AARRRGGGHHHH!!!!!
katy on January 19, 2009 at 7:20 PM
Why can’t I support Obama the same way he did Bush? “Don’t be bamboozled. Don’t buy into it.”
JohnJ on January 19, 2009 at 7:21 PM
Quite coincidentally, the..
Obama Promise Machine has the same acronym as
Other People’s Money
OPM, the drug of the liberal elite
Red State State of Mind on January 19, 2009 at 7:22 PM
Words to remember Mitt.
Speakup on January 19, 2009 at 7:22 PM
No idea who Admiral Ackbar is, but he sounds like he’s on the right track…. Do we really believe Obama is a reasonable, and even decent human being? I can’t repeat this enough… He’s spent his life befriending terrorists and terrorist sympathizers, 20 years in an anti-white anti-American church that believes the U.S. gave AIDs to black people. He’s surrounded by scandalous figures and crooks. He never stopped lying during the campaign. He’s for infanticide. He’s for the courts taking an active role in income redistribution. He’s putting tax evaders in important economic positions, and filling most other positions with former Clinton people while shouting “Change” and claiming he’s different and an outsider.
I could go on and on, but what’s the use. We’re all screwed anyway…
RightWinged on January 19, 2009 at 7:23 PM
Dude….http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dddAi8FF3F4
jimmy the notable on January 19, 2009 at 7:25 PM
Some people said Karl Marx, Joseph Stalin and Fidel Castro were forward-looking and forward-leaning.
JonRoss on January 19, 2009 at 7:25 PM
You border on sacriledge sir,
Admiral Ackbar, fish headed commanding officer of the Rebel Fleet in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
Rogue on January 19, 2009 at 7:26 PM
As long as the USA and Americans benefit, I don’t care what Obama does. Show me the money, ‘bama.
Seixon on January 19, 2009 at 7:26 PM
How can they criticize the stimulus when it was a Republican who intervened in the free economy in a way not seen since FDR?
The Reps want a piece of the pie, so they’re clamming up. Sorry, but I’m cynical at this point.
PattyJ on January 19, 2009 at 7:26 PM
Obama deserves the same chance the liberals gave Bush. He deserves the same amount of slack cut him on all foreign and domestic issues.
Sekhmet on January 19, 2009 at 7:29 PM
Rush too hopes Obambi will “succeed,” if he decided to pursue Reaganesque policies. If he decides to pursue left-wing, socialist policies, than Rush hopes he fails.
Me too.
MrLynn on January 19, 2009 at 7:33 PM
What I find amazing is how quickly many on our side are willing to breath a “sigh” of relief based on cabinet picks. Really, outside of Gates, no cabinet position of any consequence gives me any comfort. The most surreal aspect of the months following his election, which is saying something as I’ve felt like I’ve been living in a Salvador Dali painting, is the way that the coverage of him has felt like this is his second term already; he has already healed America, and only the “crazy” right wing extremists fail to admit Obama’s obvious miracles. They say things like “Obama naysayers” when Obama nor his cabinet have had a chance to do anything about which to say “yea”. The media is already using terms like “detractors” when there has yet been anything to support. What we do have is a President who voted “present”, a Secretary of State who left her home state to run in another state and whose husband’s “estate” is funded by foreign heads of state , a Tax Man who doesn’t pay his taxes, and a Chief of Staff who’s a little too close to those keen on graft. So far, there is very little to go into the “give the guy a chance” bucket.
Weight of Glory on January 19, 2009 at 7:36 PM
We all know that if McCain knew the economic news was going to worsen, he would have picked Romney or someone with significant economic experience. Yeah they still might not have won, but I don’t think even the most anti-Mormon idiot would have not voted against a socialist multicultural pro-abortion politician like 2008 Obama.
Speedwagon82 on January 19, 2009 at 7:38 PM
Blinded by the light[worker].
Skandia Recluse on January 19, 2009 at 7:39 PM
And if they would vote against him because of his Mormon views, that, frankly, is a vote that I don’t want.
jimmy the notable on January 19, 2009 at 7:40 PM
The democrats atacks and hopes for the USA losing at everything got them huge wins….. I hate to think we have to resort to that in order to save our country but we may.
jukin on January 19, 2009 at 7:41 PM
We can always count on Allahpundit to find waffling Repub politicians bowing his Lord The One.
Romney. What could have been. The guy is just too nice. He is a Mormon – not one of those wacky desert Mormons like Reid, and he lacks that tough skin, that dedication to success. He’s a lover of God, not himself, like most politicians.
IF he had been elected, then like Bush I’m sure he would have had to grow a pair.
Oh, wait, Bush didn’t. He gave into the Dems and Republefties in order to “get along”. He protected us from the obvious terrorists, but forgot those dedicated Commies brought to us by FDR and Truman.
klickink.wordpress.com on January 19, 2009 at 7:42 PM
I agree with the Governors, and I said it prior to November 4th. Some of you guys seem to simply enjoy being pissed off and angry as your default state of mind.
dakine on January 19, 2009 at 7:46 PM
What happened to my guy Mitt? I’m heart broken – he went the way of Newt. Even Cantor is drinking the kool-aid. Thank God for Sarah, Rush and Levin. Newt needs to go away to a balcony with Calista and stare out somewhere. He’s nothing more than a opportunist looking out for his bottom line. He doesn’t care about conservatism anymore. Mitt is making a HUGE mistake.
suzyk on January 19, 2009 at 7:46 PM
Nicely done!
ihasurnominashun on January 19, 2009 at 7:46 PM
Amen. If you could only convince the media of that!
klickink.wordpress.com on January 19, 2009 at 7:46 PM
It’s not fair to say the HA readership agrees on anything as far as the filthy bastard’s administration is concerned. The emotions run the range from intellectual morons who are proclaiming we need to give the filthy bastard a chance to those of us a tad more circumspect in our criticism of the criminal about to take office.
The filthy bastard’s choices have not been centrist, they have been predictable Clinton retreads. This works against the idea that the filthy bastard is really intent on changing the way Washington works. Had he been sincere, he would have had a far more bipartisan cabinet.
So, as the filthy bastard and the “first ho” move into the White house with children supposedly from Obama but who the heck REALLY knows, the time for “giving the man a chance” is not at hand. The filthy bastard can’t yet be trusted.
highhopes on January 19, 2009 at 7:53 PM
Maybe you linked to the wrong clip, allah. The clip you watched had Romney doing what you said. The clip I watched had Romney diplomatically holding barry to his rhetoric and pointing out that the stimulas the economy needs is through tax cuts and not government overspending. Maybe you can link to the clip you watched so we can all can join you in your liberal hatred and fear of Mitt.
peacenprosperity on January 19, 2009 at 7:54 PM
Wow, Mitt and Pawlenty drinking the Kool-Aid ! It’s ova, Rock ! It’s ova !! Looks like Rush, Laura, Michelle and Sarah are my type of conservatives for now…..
WillT on January 19, 2009 at 7:54 PM
YEAH! What she said…
ericdijon on January 19, 2009 at 7:54 PM
“highhopes on January 19, 2009 at 7:53 PM”
DUDE. don’t hold back on your thoguhts here …
:-)
/they’re his kids — who else is stupid enough to sleep with me-chelle!!
:-)
:-)
Buckaroo on January 19, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Oh, I’d have to say…A TRAP.
The One’s cabinet picks have demonstrated nothing more than political repayment for services rendered, along with the obvious – that he can’t make a decision without a “former Clinton adviser” holding his hand.
uncivilized on January 19, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Rush is right as usual. Obama knows nothing but corruption and radicalism. I don’t want him to succeed in his plans as we all know what they are. I hope not to see any of the former Republican hopefuls in the primaries ever show up again. The entire slate was bad and full of RHINOs. There will be someone to step forward to save America and they will mean what they say.
BetseyRoss on January 19, 2009 at 7:58 PM
With all due respect, it wasn’t McCain’s running mate that was the problem here, it was the candidate himself. Even the most pro-business VP nominee with economic experience would not have overcome the fundamental problem with the 2008 GOP ticket- the party leadership rejected conservative principles and nominated a Democrat-lite. This choice only appealed to DC insiders and village idiots like Wise_men. The rest of us didn’t believe it when McCain showed up at CPAC and declared himself a Reagan Republican and I for one am certain that like Amnesty and CFR, John McCain will reatain his role as poltical traitor working more closely with Obama, Reid and Pelsoi than with the GOP. He’s that much of a traitor and that is why he lost.
highhopes on January 19, 2009 at 7:59 PM
highhopes, seriously dude…take that sh*t somewhere else. “First ho”? Implying that the Obama kids may not be his. C’mon. All that makes you look like a bigot or at best a jackass. Something I’d expect to see from the far left about Bush or Cheney. You put a bad light on conservatives with crap like that. Also, we get that you don’t like Obama, but the “filthy bastard” thing has jumped the shark and actually makes you look pretty creepy. Class. Honor. Manners. These are conservative traits. Give them a try.
dakine on January 19, 2009 at 8:00 PM
You forgot the rest. Obama is also an arrogant thin skinned SOB (remember the Maureen Dowd ears drama) who is more interested in the trappings of the Presidency than actually being President. Tommorrow will be a big day in the life of the filthy bastard but, come Wednesday, it will be interesting to see what happens when he suddenly has to make decisions. The US is a world power and having its elected leader vote present isn’t an option.
highhopes on January 19, 2009 at 8:02 PM
I’m just giving the left the same crap that the Bush family has had to endure for the last eight years. Laura Bush killed somebody, GWB is still an alcoholic, the Bush girls getting no privacy……
Payback is a bitch and you Obama supporters had better understand that fact. Prove that Michelle Obama isn’t a gutter whore or not. Prove that Obama’s kids are really his. Sarah Palin was certainly accused of worse without you Obama people coming to her assistance so, on balance I see nothing wrong to the spouse of the filthy bastard aboutg to take office as “first ho.”
highhopes on January 19, 2009 at 8:06 PM
And, as an added bonus, McCain was so worried about offending the other side, he flatly refused to bring up any issue that might be seen as “offensive”, “racist”, or otherwise unpleasant.
uncivilized on January 19, 2009 at 8:06 PM
Well said.
uncivilized on January 19, 2009 at 8:07 PM
“He wants to be forward-looking, forward-leaning, and we should give him some space in that regard … to fall flat on his face.
Just finished it up for Pawlenty. A politician is a politician in that regard and no doubt Pawlenty is forward looking (and forward leaning) to 2012.
Dusty on January 19, 2009 at 8:08 PM
Saul Alinsky
notagool on January 19, 2009 at 8:09 PM
The Filty Bastard and Ho thing may have been out of line but the rest was fine. “Class, Honor, Manners” got us to where we are now. We haven’t really done it the Donk way and we lost big time. It is time to get down and dirty. Perhaps a better and true term would have been “Filthy Fascist”.
JonRoss on January 19, 2009 at 8:09 PM
I support the office of the POTUS, but not the resident effective tomorrow…
That’s how it works, right? Support the troops but not the mission kind of logic. Good one libs, would have never come up with that one on my own….
Hog Wild on January 19, 2009 at 8:14 PM
There was actually a Donk I work with that told me that they supported my son during his two deployments in Iraq but that “Bush had lied” yada yada yada yada. So yes, I support the office of POTUS, but I will do every legal thing I can do as a citizen to undercut him. Screw Mr. Obama and the jackass that he is riding into town on.
JonRoss on January 19, 2009 at 8:20 PM
The Daily Mail (UK) wrote this editorial about Obama on 1/6/2009.
(confirmation, Google “London Daily Mail Obama’s Victory”)
Obama’s Victory–A British view
A victory for the hysterical Oprah Winfrey, the mad racist preacher Jeremiah Wright,
the US 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, Moore, 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 !
christene on January 19, 2009 at 8:24 PM
Well if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck….it’s duck!
Here is the shirt I wore on 11-5-08, to work, the day we had a manager’s meeting at our main office.
Yes I got some stares, laughter, but the funniest were the dropped jaws. (One even took a picture with their phone and sent it to me via email…the subject was “The Devil”…hehehe
But seriously, he scares me a bit. Today talking about how “everyone is going to get their hands dirty, everyone MUST be involved”. This IS America..home of the free??? Anyone remember that?
Well, I plan on wearing it tomorrow again!
:)
lsutiger on January 19, 2009 at 8:27 PM
OK, I guess we need to play the game.
Is Obama more likely to:
Cut or raise taxes?
Cut or spend more?
Increase or decrease the size of government?
Push for nationalized Health Care of some kind?
Pack his cabinet with extremists on the environment?
Move to a more appeasment oriented foreign policy or be aggreesive, like Bush?
Run an administration of “transparency”?
Pack his cabinet with crooks and scandal whores?
Since we know some of the answers to these questions already, maybe we can stop this “Centrist”, “pragmatist” claptrap already.
Obama is who he is. He has told us who he is. He has shown throughout his entire life what he believes and what he wants to do. If anyone on the right think that this particular leopard has changed his spots they are, at best, deluding themselves.
catmman on January 19, 2009 at 8:28 PM
I would say move this to the top of the list since it has already happened. I made a slight revision if you don’t mind.
JonRoss on January 19, 2009 at 8:36 PM
JonRoss on January 19, 2009 at 8:36 PM
Revision accetable!
:)
catmman on January 19, 2009 at 8:39 PM
Obama is a people pleaser he is not going to risk reelection by going to the left. His veneer of moderation will fall completely away should he win a second term. Universal healthcare is the tipping point, if we get then the nation would most certainly hurdle to the left.
Obama thinks he can charm his way through his presidency ala Clinton. As long as he can get Republicans to take joint responsibilty for failures and Republicans fail to have an alternative message he will succeed and lead the US into socialism.
Theworldisnotenough on January 19, 2009 at 8:43 PM
I would hope that if we did have a more pro-business VP nominee, he or she would have advised McCain not to look like an idiot and suspend his campaign.
Speedwagon82 on January 19, 2009 at 8:46 PM
I see you are USAF. Thank you for your service. My son is a USMC Sgt.
JonRoss on January 19, 2009 at 8:52 PM
Can a dittohead here please flesh our Rush’s position.
Does he want the economy to utterly collapse, our national security to falter, the wars in Afghanistan to get worse, etc.?
I don’t get it. I get wanting the Republicans to regain the White House in four years, but rooting for Obama to suck?
That doesn’t sound like Rush.
YYZ on January 19, 2009 at 8:52 PM
I’m still in “wait and see” mode, alongside newly-elected Chancellor Palpatine. “We shall watch your career with great interest.” About as “optimistic” as the Chancellor too, come to think of it.
Don’t be so modest though, Rogue – Wedge’s the only guy who can paint two Death Star kill markers on his fighters – better than any Jedi, even!
Blacksmith on January 19, 2009 at 8:53 PM
I agree with this, and thats what scares me the most. My senator, Lamar Alexander, seems to fall into that category. Haven’t figured Mr. Corker out yet.
JonRoss on January 19, 2009 at 8:54 PM
YYZ – Rush doesn’t want the country to suck. He wants for the PEOTUS to fail at implementing the policies (from the hard left, in which Mr. L. thinks that President-Elect Prometheus firmly believes) that would make the country suck. He is, however, as sound-bite-unfriendly as ever in expressing it.
Blacksmith on January 19, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Behold you’re so called messiah!
abobo on January 19, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Simpsons ref above, sorry for the missing /
abobo on January 19, 2009 at 8:59 PM
The harder Obama sucks the better, do you stop supporting your home team when they loose? Come on folks get a grip and keep your perspective, we are the loyal opposition, we are the voice of dissent, this is out patriotic duty. Those that claim we must fall in and march to Obama’s cadence regardless of our beliefs and values are mindless fools or Democrats.
dmann on January 19, 2009 at 9:01 PM
I don’t think his cabinet picks have been centrist. I think it shows someone who owes a lot of favors and a lamentably inefficient media that has not addressed how tainted by scandal this administration looks from the get-go.
Nothing about his past or his policies indicate Obama is a centrist or will be.
The election results show this was a vote out the bums move more than a sea change. The country is still center-right, and Obama will pretend to be a centrist as he tries to push “bipartisan” legislation neither side will want to take any credit for like bailouts and “stimulus.” He also doesn’t want to freak out voters and blow his chances at reelection.
He will use the blame Bush shtick well past credibility, and God please let’s hope that’s the worst of it. Which part of “gird your loins” did you miss?
chunderroad on January 19, 2009 at 9:02 PM
I want America, with all it’s values and virtues to succeed. I could give a tinker’s damn about Obama. If he falls on his face, I will be there to laugh at him. To repeat, I want America to succeed; if it takes his failure, then so be it.
/I’m not an Obamamaniac.
john1schn on January 19, 2009 at 9:06 PM
Amen!
chunderroad on January 19, 2009 at 9:08 PM
And that isn’t what Limbaugh has said- Somebody’s been spending too much time listening to the drive-by media.
Rush doesn’t want Obama to suck He wants Obama’s and his positions to fail when the superficiality of a media-driven campaign catches up to the cold hard reality that come noon tomorrow a filthy Chicago bastard will be in charge of the nation. Obama ran on socialized healthcare and Rush wants that to fail. Obama ran on bigger government and higher taxes and Rush wants that to fail. Obama ran on a weaker position on national security and Rush wants that to fail.
This is more than the GOP regaining the White House since the politicians in that party (McCain et. al.) are not conservative. Rush is fighting for conservative values and I for one am in complete agreement. The traitors that engineered McCain’s nomination should be drummed out of the party. If the GOP is no longer the party of Reagan’s conservative values it is time for a third-party alternative in much the same way Lincoln came to power before his legacy was tainted by filthy bastards like Obama.
highhopes on January 19, 2009 at 9:08 PM
highhopes, I voted for McCain, and you’re now officially a tool. You sound like a petulant child. Reagan and Goldwater would have no use for guys like you and would likely take you out to the woodshed.
dakine on January 19, 2009 at 9:14 PM
OK, I guess we need to play the game.
Is Obama more likely to:
Cut or raise taxes? Yes and no. Depends on how much you make and if you are attached to one of his special interests. Taxpaying conservative Americans are screwed but if you are a greedy bastard in more home than you can afford, Obama is there for you.
Cut or spend more? Yes and no Cutting of national security dollars but if you are on welfare or other social entitlement program- salad days ahead (at least until the next domestic terrorist attack scorches the economy).
Increase or decrease the size of government? Trick question? Obama is a Democrat and a filthy Chicago politician on top of that. Filthy bastards from Chicago never cut government interference in the lives of Americans.
Push for nationalized Health Care of some kind? Duh!
Pack his cabinet with extremists on the environment? No That is an ineffective tactic. The current strategy is to legislate it all into being with draconian laws and executive orders. No need for the ordinary American to have a voice in such matters. The filthy bastard will back the federal judiciary with pro-extremist jurists.
Move to a more appeasment oriented foreign policy or be aggreesive, like Bush? Israel is screwed.
With Hillary Clinton in charge of State, the only nations who will recieve favor under the filthy bastard’s administration are those who have contributed to Bill Clinton’s causes.
Run an administration of “transparency”? ROTFLMAO Oh Please! Once the adoration has ended, Obama will be more reclusive than Nixon at the height of the Watergate scandal. The man had a national temper tantrum when Maureen Dowd (a drunken friend of Obama) commented on his ears. How is he going to run a transparent administration when he can’t deal with criticism?
Pack his cabinet with crooks and scandal whores? Done.
Obama is who he is. No No, friend. Obama is a media creation. Everbody likes the idea of an Obama taking the Presidency. Goofy-eared mutt who rose to the highest national offices. The problem is that there is no substance behind the filthy bastard’s rise other than that idea. Obama is whomever the polls says he is.
catmman on January 19, 2009 at 8:28 PM
highhopes on January 19, 2009 at 9:22 PM
Sure you did. You are clearly an Obama apologist. I’m not petulant, I’m bitter that the GOP so betrayed conservative values that they offered up a Quisling like John McCain as the best the party had to offer. I’m angry that most elected Republicans spend like drunken Democrats. I want to see the way forward that preserves conservative values.
But I am not petulant and the reasons for my emotions are fare far from Childish. It’s something you Obama apologists will never understand.
highhopes on January 19, 2009 at 9:27 PM
Obama is throwing up a giant smokescreen with all of this “moderation” crap — it’s a shame so many people are breathing in the fumes.
D2Boston on January 19, 2009 at 9:28 PM
Highhopes has it exactly right…
Duly noted
Rogue on January 19, 2009 at 9:28 PM
We can be respectful of the office but disagree with the fallacies of liberalism and, God forbid, socialism. It is our duty to fight against the things that will harm our country. Thank goodness true conservatives like Rush are vocal about their objections to bad policies. I certainly prefer Rush’s straight talk to wishy-washing desires to give Obama latitude for an agenda that is going to do a disservice to our country and our citizens. On the contrary, Republicans need to represent fully the other side of the equation, as Rush does so well. (btw, Sarah is probably a good conservative too, but is not seasoned enough to know that she shouldn’t suck up to liberalism, ever, no matter what kind of pretty package it’s in).
By the way, how amusing that suddenly Libs are all about “putting partisan politics aside.” Ha ha! You have to admit, that’s a good one.
eucher on January 19, 2009 at 9:33 PM
I am with Mitt. Obama has more than exceeded my initial fears that he was left of Jimmy Carter when he re-nominated Gates and hired Jim Jones as his foreign policy adviser. It will be important to support our President when he is right, and to oppose him respectfully when he is wrong. Otherwise, we will be no better than the jerks on the left who actively worked to undermine our President during a time of war. We have plenty of issues to dispute Obama on.
RedSoxNation on January 19, 2009 at 9:38 PM
LOL @ highhopes
you;re even funny drunk
wise_man on January 19, 2009 at 9:39 PM
Oh! Don’t you know that the only partisans are the conservatives that worked against the left? When the libs talk about “putting partisan politics aside” what they really mean is to assimilate to the new reality of a Congress and Executive Branch run by filthy corrupt bastards like Obama, Reid and Pelosi.
highhopes on January 19, 2009 at 9:40 PM
Actually, I’m not sure I WANT to be any better than the jerks on the left right now…and this President is way ahead of the curve on undermining himself already.
uncivilized on January 19, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Hey dude, You got this administration elected by your demands that we all jettison conservative principles in support of McCain. Tommorrow’s inauguration of Obama is as much a testament to unthinking, intellectually defective morons like you, than it is to anything else.
Had you treasonous lemmings decided to support a really electable conservative candidate instead of a McCain, the future of this nation might have been different but your unyielding denial about McCain’s faults led to this outcome. You own this incoming administration. Deal with that instead of attacking me you miserable troll.
Don’t blame me- I supported Romney up until the general elections. There will be a special place in hell for tools like Wise_men who demanded from the beginning we support McCain because he was the most electable. The blood of the upcoming domestic terrorist attacks are on their hands.
highhopes on January 19, 2009 at 9:47 PM
I’m with you highhopes. dakine is on the wrong side of so many issues in his comments, I believe he is an O supporter. However, I think Romney has a point as well. If O becomes more pragmatic than his campaign rhetoric and his Senate voting record, I would wish him well.
He’s our President, I will pray for him daily — not that his socialist policies succeed, but that he will see the light (spiritually and politically).
Christian Conservative on January 19, 2009 at 9:48 PM
Obama = Socialism
I don’t want socialism to succeed so I don’t want BO to succeed. Romney is the Gumby of the Republican party.
Mojave Mark on January 19, 2009 at 9:51 PM
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