Open thread: Synthesis of Jesus, Lincoln, Reagan, and FDR to address nation; Update: Churchill, too
posted at 8:25 pm on February 24, 2009 by Allahpundit
9 p.m. ET everywhere. Obama should last about an hour, then Jindal takes over for 15 minutes. Here’s my Twitter prediction of what Jindal would say from early this afternoon, and here’s the excerpt of his speech released for publication a little while ago. How’d I do?
Compare and contrast the big finish to his rebuttal…
“A few weeks ago, the President warned that our nation is facing a crisis that he said ‘we may not be able to reverse.’ Our troubles are real, to be sure. But don’t let anyone tell you that we cannot recover – or that America’s best days are behind her.”
…with the key passage to the speech he’s rebutting. Hmmm:
But while our economy may be weakened and our confidence shaken; though we are living through difficult and uncertain times, tonight I want every American to know this: We will rebuild, we will recover, and the United States of America will emerge stronger than before.
The boss has already provided the Cliff’s Notes version of The One’s speech in case you don’t feel like watching. Or, if you prefer a longer treatment, try the AP’s report from the future on an address that hasn’t been delivered yet. Sounds like it was a smash. Exit question: Does the fact that the very first “Jindal is a Muslim” rumors are starting to swirl mean he’s officially arrived on the national stage?
Update: Politico helpfully prepares Jindal for the inevitable “you reeked” backlash.
Update: I forgot Churchill in the headline, but Chris Matthews didn’t. Follow the link for Buchanan’s retort.
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Ask and ye shall receive.
BuckeyeSam on February 24, 2009 at 8:27 PM
Ain’t gunna watch it
xplodeit on February 24, 2009 at 8:28 PM
Very funny! I saw your earlier post.
sherry on February 24, 2009 at 8:28 PM
SHOW US THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE.
Proud Rino on February 24, 2009 at 8:28 PM
Well, I’ll have to pass–I’ve got a book to read, or something. You guys watch it for me, okay?
Bob's Kid on February 24, 2009 at 8:29 PM
Thanks. I try…but usually come up short.
BuckeyeSam on February 24, 2009 at 8:29 PM
I’d rather watch rasslin’.
Less fictional.
kingsjester on February 24, 2009 at 8:29 PM
David Gregory was just slobbering all over the place talking with Bryan Williams on the Nightly News. It was pathetic. Of course, when you have spent 8 years despising the previous President, slobbering comes naturally. For 8 years it was slobbering hate – now it’s slobbering love.
Mr_Magoo on February 24, 2009 at 8:30 PM
I’m not going to watch either. I’ll just read all of your comments. It’s to depressing listening to him speak. All he says we are in the middle of a catastrophe. I can’t beleive today it’s all sunshine and rainbows. He’s playing mind tricks with the people and I really think it’s working.
Brat4life on February 24, 2009 at 8:31 PM
Fork it over Barry, you Indonesian Muslim, Marxist, crooked Chicago ACORN Community Orgaizing fraud.
marklmail on February 24, 2009 at 8:31 PM
Well at 8pm(ct) I guess I go kill Gauls with the 11th Legion.
Limerick on February 24, 2009 at 8:32 PM
I thought it was on at 8. Now I have to walk the dog again, and take out the garbage, again.
JiangxiDad on February 24, 2009 at 8:33 PM
Remember to that some are calling President Obama our first ever Pastor in Chief. For Christians we need to recover the idea of radical antithesis. Once biblical Christianity if merged with anything it ceases to exist. J.G. Machen brilliantly argued that Liberalism and Christianity are incompatible with one another since they are two different religions.
Blue Collar Todd on February 24, 2009 at 8:33 PM
Didn’t some journalist say earlier today that people were smart?
baldilocks on February 24, 2009 at 8:33 PM
I have to remove a pimple from my butt, so it is see the zit on my butt or see the zit on the butt of America. My butt, hands down.
Passionate-Conservative on February 24, 2009 at 8:34 PM
The only way I would watch the filthy liar tonight is if, in the spirit of American Idol (which is being pre-empted for this sham) we get to see Simon Cowell tell Obama that it is doubtful whether that performance was good enough and the American public gets the opportunity to re-think the November elections and vote the bastard out before he does any more harm to the nation.
Seriously, and the nation is in a grim place these days with the vermin that is infesting the White House and Congress, I’ll hear all I need to hear about the filthy liar’s statement when the MSM gushes over him and pretends the rat bastard traitor is a leader.
highhopes on February 24, 2009 at 8:34 PM
Bloggo and Bill Richardson will be the opening act before the Messiah speaks tonight – they’ve formed a band and will play the song written by Bill Ayers called, “I won, so kiss my a..”
Cinday Blackburn on February 24, 2009 at 8:35 PM
You could predict Obama’s speech all the way down to the comma placement and it wouldn’t surprise me. He has a mad lib (what a fitting phrase for Obama!) in his pocket from which he has generated every speech he has ever made.
Glenn Jericho on February 24, 2009 at 8:35 PM
Looking forward to Bobby Jindals beat down after Barry’s sermon on the mount.
anniekc on February 24, 2009 at 8:35 PM
OK, so is this a SOTU, or not really?
And it’ll be interesting to see if the Republicans stay glued to their seats, and sit on their hands, like the Democrats did during Bush’s speeches.
In a way, I hope they don’t…just to show the Dem’s what class is all about.
JetBoy on February 24, 2009 at 8:36 PM
I have no desire to watch him try and act “hopeful” when he has been doom and gloom for the past month. The hypocrisy will disgust me.
sherry on February 24, 2009 at 8:36 PM
Shep read an early quote from the speech earlier, in which The One will apparently keep on whining about “inheriting” this mess. STFU you idiot, you’re compounding things. Hmm, how do you cut the deficit and create/save jobs? By increasing spending (and the deficit) to levels previously not dreamed of, and then taxing the hell out of the very people who create jobs. I would say “Hey Barry, no one ever got a job from a poor person, so why are you trying to hurt the ‘rich’ aka job creators?”, except that he and his puppet masters aren’t stupid… they know exactly what they’re doing.
RightWinged on February 24, 2009 at 8:36 PM
I’d rather watch flies vomit.
Conservative_SAHM on February 24, 2009 at 8:37 PM
I assume Obama isn’t the first atheist Pres. we’ve had.
JiangxiDad on February 24, 2009 at 8:37 PM
Great headline, but Zeus, Ceasar and Akhenaten are upset at being left out.
econavenger on February 24, 2009 at 8:37 PM
RedState has a download: Play “O-BINGO” with Obama Tonight!
INC on February 24, 2009 at 8:37 PM
n a way, I hope they don’t…just to show the Dem’s what class is all about.
JetBoy on February 24, 2009 at 8:36 PM
You can lead a Dem to Class, but you can’t make them show it.
Passionate-Conservative on February 24, 2009 at 8:37 PM
Can not watch or listen,,,,,my bullshit degronificator goes into overdrive and I get violently ill.
retiredeagle on February 24, 2009 at 8:38 PM
Gee, don’t hold anything back! LOL
KickandSwimMom on February 24, 2009 at 8:40 PM
Can I drink while I watch it, our will that be blasphemous?
BacaDog on February 24, 2009 at 8:40 PM
Had the same problem with mine. Seems a nine-iron through the screen solved it.
JiangxiDad on February 24, 2009 at 8:40 PM
The fact that Jindal’s heritage is Indian makes it more likely he is a Hindu than a Muslim. He is a Christian and unlike the filthy liar, it is not likely that he has cousins in terrorist organizations fighting against America. But let’s not stop decency, honesty, and good government from gushing over the filthy liar and pretending that he is going to save the nation.
In fact the filthy liar is sowing the seeds for misery for years to come and too many Americans are just too damned dumb to understand this obvious truth. I’m not for violent action but the sooner the filthy liar in the White House is neutralized the better.
highhopes on February 24, 2009 at 8:40 PM
the “let me be clear” is turning into McCain’s “my friends” bbut so much more arrogant, condescending and grating.
sherry on February 24, 2009 at 8:40 PM
The only way I would watch the filthy liar tonight is if, in the spirit of American Idol (which is being pre-empted for this sham) we get to see Simon Cowell tell Obama that it is doubtful whether that performance was good enough and the American public gets the opportunity to re-think the November elections and vote the bastard out before he does any more harm to the nation.
highhopes on February 24, 2009 at 8:34 PM
I didn’t think I could despise Barry more, but pre-empting the most popular hour of television just to satisfy his huge ego really chaps me. I hope his teleprompter goes blank. (and if it does I’ll have to hear about it later because I can’t stand to watch the toad.)
anniekc on February 24, 2009 at 8:41 PM
+10
BacaDog on February 24, 2009 at 8:42 PM
I encourage everybody to watch. I attended “S.E.R.E.” training, many years ago. The one criticism of my group was that we refused to read the propaganda board. We ignored it, or tore things off of it, or threw stones at it.
The instructor said that if we were going to survive and keep the enemy from getting into our heads, we had to get into theirs. We had to learn everything we could about what they thought and how they they thought.
I never forgot that lesson. As a Sales Manager, I took a class on purchasing.
If you can’t watch “The One” tonight, watch “Reds.” They are pretty much the same.
Star20 on February 24, 2009 at 8:43 PM
True, and it’s annoying.
INC on February 24, 2009 at 8:43 PM
BTW, Jindal’s family is Hindu.
INC on February 24, 2009 at 8:43 PM
They’ll have to settle on one or the other. I don’t think Piyush could be both a Muslim AND an exorcist.
SnarkVader on February 24, 2009 at 8:43 PM
Maybe you could elaborate on this a little?
Proud Rino on February 24, 2009 at 8:44 PM
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
- Nikita Khrushchev
DeathB4Tyranny on February 24, 2009 at 8:46 PM
That’s the difference between leadership and whatever the f**k the filthy liar is doing. As the filthy liar kept pointing out, there is only one President at a time. That individual gets whatever comes his way. If the economy sucks, you go about crafting economic policy. If the nation is in peril, you protect it. You do NOT start every f**king speech by claiming you “inherited” this situation.
GWB inherited a national security apparatus that was so lax tthat over 3,000 Americans were incinerated during the 9/11/01 atrocities. He NEVER EVER placed blame on the failed Clinton policies that lead to those attacks. In some ways it is a shame because many of the leading culprits of those policies are back in power with the filthy liar’s administration instead of in jail where they rightly belong.
highhopes on February 24, 2009 at 8:47 PM
Fortunately, my son has relieved me of the television tonight so I don’t have to suffer through Obama’s Book of Revelation. I’ll be going back and forth between Hot Air and the Manchester United soccer game which will keep me plenty busy.
KickandSwimMom on February 24, 2009 at 8:47 PM
I hope I have some change left.
Passionate-Conservative on February 24, 2009 at 8:47 PM
So he’s destroying our economy & using the word “crisis” 10 times a day, but now he’s going to tell us that everything is going to get better? If there’s anything I despise more than hypocrisy, it’s hypocrisy used for personal & political gain.
youngTXcon on February 24, 2009 at 8:47 PM
I’m enjoying the pre-game but will skip the speech… Chicago Thugs make me uneasy.
Zorro on February 24, 2009 at 8:49 PM
I was under the impression it was going to be a modern version of “Who’s the Boss”
Passionate-Conservative on February 24, 2009 at 8:49 PM
Drinking game:
“greatest economic disaster since the great depression” = 2 shots.
“hope” or “hopeful” = 1 shot
“ummmmm. uhhhhh” = ???
BacaDog on February 24, 2009 at 8:50 PM
I rented “Ishtar” and “Heavens Gate” which together will provide ten times as much excitement as Ogabe’s speechifying dullness.
Bishop on February 24, 2009 at 8:50 PM
Knock the filthy liar’s legs out from under him by getting both houses of Congress back in 2010.
Grassroots organizations that fight the filthy liar every step of the way on the issues where he is wrong.
The creation of an RNC organization which has a clear anti-socialist message to counter the filthy liar and DNC.
Just three ways to mitigate the harm being done by the filthy liar, Democrats, and Republican traitors like McCain/Specter/ Collins.
highhopes on February 24, 2009 at 8:50 PM
His arrogance is really tiring. If he wants to go off and teach a college class somewhere and “be somebody”, fine,,,but I am really sick of his attitude/bs. The people that have analyzed his issues I think have hit it right on,,,the guy is a psycho wack job,,,,,,smooth,,,,but still a wack.
retiredeagle on February 24, 2009 at 8:50 PM
Pray for teleprompter technical difficulties….
No…wait…I’ll do it the Chicago way…I will PAY someone to create teleprompter technical difficulties. There is no time to pray since I’d have to run an advance copy of my prayer through the White House anyway.
I’ll pay $13 a week, reduced to $8 a week beginning in 2010 to any page or clerk that can kick out the teleprompter plug about halfway through the speech…
Rockygold on February 24, 2009 at 8:51 PM
“I don’t like you. You are not allowed to speak.”
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on February 24, 2009 at 8:52 PM
allah should ad thatcher to the headline too.
j0 on February 24, 2009 at 8:52 PM
Why not stick with taking a shot whenever the filthy liar uses the personal pronouns? Never have I seen a more arrogant bastard who talks as if he is running the US government single-handedly while jetting around the nation like some sort of rock star on perpetual tour.
highhopes on February 24, 2009 at 8:52 PM
I bought a jug of wine for the occasion.
Say, are there any “magic” words we should look for?
I’m interested in crisis and inherited, for starters.
I don’t think he’ll provide much hope, because at bottom Obama does NOT believe in this country. He has FDR-New Deal philosophy, but no belief in America. If we’d had Obama in 1941, after Pearl Harbor, we’d have rolled over and played dead.
BuckeyeSam on February 24, 2009 at 8:52 PM
I am not interested in what the one has to say. He has already proved himself to be a liar and a thief. I know, I know that just makes him a good politician. What we need is leadership not politics. And leadership is not something that resides in the hearts of our “professional politicians” left or right.
chemman on February 24, 2009 at 8:52 PM
I don’t know which is worse, listening to Barry screech or the screeching on the first week of American Idol.
Passionate-Conservative on February 24, 2009 at 8:52 PM
highhopes on February 24, 2009 at 8:34 PM
funneee
anniekc on February 24, 2009 at 8:53 PM
Allah needs our help, after registering on twitter only 3 days ago, he’s very seriously addicted…
SoxNation on February 24, 2009 at 8:54 PM
I bet everything I have that BO will start out or shortly in the beginning say that “I inherited this huge deficit”. He seems to use this in every speech he has made since being president. This guy is very predictable and has the whole press slobbering all over him. The MSM polls say that the vast majority support this stimulus bill but I can’t believe anything that comes out of those news organs. Anyone else agree?
garydt on February 24, 2009 at 8:54 PM
Well, I certainly hope that’s what you meant…
And please…don’t put McCain in the same category as Specter and Collins. McCain is no liar.
JetBoy on February 24, 2009 at 8:54 PM
Someone tell me when Jindal comes on. I’m sticking with ESPN until then….
Rockygold on February 24, 2009 at 8:55 PM
BINGO coverall
distraction
main street
energy independence
Wall street
skin in the game
diversity
courage
less fortunate
community
struggling
openness
challenge
bipartisanship
dialogue
sacrifice
our children
prudence
fiscal responsibility
global
global warming
global economy
reaching out
resolve
vision
American Dream
unity
DrStock on February 24, 2009 at 8:56 PM
I wish he didn’t use his own voice. I can’t stand listening to it.
JiangxiDad on February 24, 2009 at 8:56 PM
If you Twitter, you are probably gay. If you are already gay, then you are probably straight.
Bishop on February 24, 2009 at 8:56 PM
…Add Mother Theresa and Ghandi to the headline…
LEBA on February 24, 2009 at 8:56 PM
DrStock on February 24, 2009 at 8:56 PM
You left out crisis
BINGO!!
skree on February 24, 2009 at 8:57 PM
Madam Speaker, the Supreme Leader of the USSA. His holiness, Barack Obama.
Passionate-Conservative on February 24, 2009 at 8:57 PM
Obama would do well to watch Jimmy Stewart (George Bailey) in It’s a Wonderful Life. In particular, the bank-run scene as he was leaving for his honeyroom with Donna Reed (who was very hot). I see that scene now as Bailey act like a Republican with belief in America and belief in the individual ability of each of his depositors. Obama and the Democrats are Henry Potter trying to take advantage of the crisis.
BuckeyeSam on February 24, 2009 at 8:57 PM
oh. and Buddha.
LEBA on February 24, 2009 at 8:57 PM
I think I’m gonna take a pass on The One’s Sermon from The Hill…Magnum Force is on AMC; Rat Patrol is on American Life, and there’s always The Weather Channel…
uncivilized on February 24, 2009 at 8:57 PM
BS. John McCain is just as much a rat traitor bastard as the rest of the RINOs. He lied when he called that amnesty bill “not amnesty.” He lied when he declared himself a “Reagan Republican.” He lied when he stated he respects social and evangelical conservatives.
highhopes on February 24, 2009 at 8:57 PM
Will NOT be watching.
Preparing for the TEA PARTY protest in Clearwater/Tampa Florida this Friday 27th 3-6pm.
Anyone want to participate email me at
acts412@tampabay.rr.com for details
Mercy4Me on February 24, 2009 at 8:57 PM
speaking of voice, before actually seeing BO on tv I had thought BO sounded like Nixon. They both have the same diction and all the “ahs” and the sound is similar.
garydt on February 24, 2009 at 8:57 PM
Rather than comparing Obama to those who were mentioned in the post of this thread, Obama really reminds me of Charles Boyer in Gaslight. He does everything he can to create an alternate reality that will convince Ingrid Bergman that she cannot trust what her mind and eyes are telling her is the truth.
INC on February 24, 2009 at 8:57 PM
$10 says he is late.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on February 24, 2009 at 8:58 PM
“I don’t like you. You are not allowed to speak.”
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on February 24, 2009 at 8:52 PM
You have it backwards.
Ten Hail Mary’s and confined to your quarters for two weeks.
Bishop on February 24, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Yeah, he’ll use this “opportunity” for “change” to send us WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY left….
ladyingray on February 24, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Not gonna watch it either. I don’t need any friggin brain washing. I just hope he doesn’t crash the damn market tomorrow worse than it already is with his depressing speeches.
johnnyU on February 24, 2009 at 8:58 PM
He’s late again, huh…
Damiano on February 24, 2009 at 8:59 PM
DrStock on February 24, 2009 at 8:56 PM
you forgot: I won, the people chose us in November, I inherited this recession, I am perfect, you will all bow to me… etc. etc. etc.
SoxNation on February 24, 2009 at 8:59 PM
Another movie!
INC on February 24, 2009 at 8:59 PM
Dow futures are -17
I’m not watching the speech but I will track the futures and read your comments. That will tell me all I need to know.
genso on February 24, 2009 at 8:59 PM
my head will be in the sand thank you very much… someone wake me when it’s over.
Kaptain Amerika on February 24, 2009 at 8:59 PM
Being habitually late is a sign of extreme arrogance.
Star20 on February 24, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Captain Sulley!
Glenn Jericho on February 24, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Rat Patrol is on American Life
Oh man, those dynamite little Jeeps blowing the crap out of the German Grant tanks with their 50′s.
The good ol’ days of television.
Bishop on February 24, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Also, I don’t have any liquor in the house; listening to Obambi without a fifth of Jack and a shot glass – no way.
uncivilized on February 24, 2009 at 9:00 PM
It’s tough to watch the man unless you’re a psychological masochist.
econavenger on February 24, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Ok. He is officially late.
LEBA on February 24, 2009 at 9:01 PM
I’ll take Fox News over the others, but I hate Major Garrett (a total tool) and Carl Cameron (a total dope).
BuckeyeSam on February 24, 2009 at 9:02 PM
Doom and gloom read arrogantly from a teleprompter. Well aware….Not watching.
John on February 24, 2009 at 9:02 PM
I may move to Texas so I can get my credit score repaired for free. They finally found a way to just give them the money now didn’t they? un flippin real
johnnyU on February 24, 2009 at 9:02 PM
How do you run late for something like this?
JetBoy on February 24, 2009 at 9:02 PM
Where is President Swivel-Head?
BPD on February 24, 2009 at 9:02 PM
At least he isn’t speaking in congress, I could not abide having Nancy P slobbering all over him from behind him. This seems to be a one party nation after all now.
garydt on February 24, 2009 at 9:02 PM
Hey Mercy4Me I emailed you yesterday. I’m working on my “Needed: home equity loan to pay my taxes” sign. I’m thinking of pulling the kids out of school early to get over there – you know – the kids want to be used as props type of thing. They got the bug after attending a Palin rally.
Rockygold on February 24, 2009 at 9:03 PM
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