Quotes of the day
posted at 9:30 pm on March 15, 2009 by Allahpundit
“Yes, it’s early, but an eerily familiar feeling is spreading across party lines and seeping into the national conversation. It’s a nagging doubt about the competency of the White House…
The tag of incompetence is powerful precisely because it is a nondenominational rebuke, even when it yields a partisan result. It became the strongest argument against the GOP hammerlock on Washington and, over two elections, gave Democrats their turn at total control…
Which brings us to the heart of the matter: the doubts about Obama himself. His famous eloquence is wearing thin through daily exposure and because his actions are often disconnected from his words. His lack of administrative experience is showing.”
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KING: It’s the conservative weekly Human Events. And in the lead article this week, they call it Obama’s brazen deception to sell agenda. Essentially the point you just made, that they have, under the umbrella of an economic crisis, you must support us, there is urgency to act now, that they are putting, in this newspaper’s view, a lot of items like health care, like the environment, other priorities and saying, we have to do this all now. Is the president of the United States trying to brazenly deceive the American people?
CHENEY: Well, I think they’ve taken liberties, if you will, with the arguments. Given the importance to the country and to all of us of having a healthy economy and getting the economy back on track, it seems to me an administration does have an obligation to set priorities and go after that first. It also occurs to me that one of the tools that is most important to doing that is tax policy, and cutting taxes, especially for those who invest and create wealth and create jobs. That’s not what we’re seeing…
I was concerned when the first stimulus program wasn’t put together in the administration but, rather, was something they sort of chucked up on Capitol Hill and let the Congress write that legislation which says, to me, there really isn’t a coherent approach at this point to try and improve the economy.
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Wethal on March 15, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Is the president of the United States trying to brazenly deceive the American people?
….
King you’re a worthless bag of ship!
It is YOU who try to deceive the people.
artist on March 15, 2009 at 9:33 PM
I miss Cheney. One of the smartest men ever. Now we have to Bozos in the White House that can’t hold a candle to Cheney.
jencab on March 15, 2009 at 9:34 PM
What was that line that Mr. Teleprompter and his lackeys had such a big laugh at during the election…………..?
Seven Percent Solution on March 15, 2009 at 9:35 PM
The honeymoon is almost over and no trace of a love-child…
What are those (old) media going to do when they finally emerge and get a thorough
showerscrubbing?Entelechy on March 15, 2009 at 9:36 PM
Great, great interview.
I’m reading the transcript. He nails Frank and Dodd:
INC on March 15, 2009 at 9:37 PM
No, only the ‘blind’.
Entelechy on March 15, 2009 at 9:38 PM
Except now we can’t even say that the VP is running the show… No, there seems to be zero competency. Perhaps Rahm is running the show – Naw… that would be too Rovian.
Upstater85 on March 15, 2009 at 9:38 PM
Ha!
Then King immediately says we want to move on to other issues.
INC on March 15, 2009 at 9:38 PM
No, only the ‘blind’.
Entelechy on March 15, 2009 at 9:38 PM
To be clear, that was King’s Q not mine.
artist on March 15, 2009 at 9:40 PM
If you haven’t read it, you have to go about 2/3 down when Cheney says Obama is making the US less safe by discontinuing Bush programs.
King literally tells him to prove it.
Cheney really lowers the boom.
INC on March 15, 2009 at 9:42 PM
ha
rob verdi on March 15, 2009 at 9:42 PM
How delightful that the media is participating in creating the “doubt” of the administration. In their zeal to show his face every six minutes, they have created overkill and exposed the fella moreso than he ever wanted to be exposed.
sherry on March 15, 2009 at 9:42 PM
No, there must be a mistake. He ran that campaign and …and …and… oh yeah nothing.
msmveritas on March 15, 2009 at 9:43 PM
There is very little difference between the Obama crowd and the Wall Street crooks. Both are motivated by power and greed, both have an end justifies the means mentality. both will do just about anything as long as it is borderline legal, or they don’t get caught.
i can’t believe this group is in charge.
Reminds me of something Soros once said, “making money is the important thing, I can’t worry about the consequences”
eaglesdontflock on March 15, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Gee, ya think?
Who’d have guessed that a half-term Senator who has never run anything in his life, and who took all sides of every issue during his never-ending
Idol audition. . . er, campaign, wouldn’t turn out to be a great President?How could we possibly have known??? If only there had been some clues. . . .
AZCoyote on March 15, 2009 at 9:45 PM
No, you guys really don’t give him enough credit for his community organizing skills. You know, it’s like really hard to get out of bed everyday to organize the community.
Upstater85 on March 15, 2009 at 9:46 PM
Quote the Raven; “Never More…..”
So we have bill after bill after bill after bill spending Trillions of dollars, no one can read them because we have to do this quick, no public hearings, little outcry by the media for all the earmarks……………..
……… then “…… the economy is not so bad after all”.
“Brazenly deceive……?”
……….. how about forcible rape?
Seven Percent Solution on March 15, 2009 at 9:47 PM
….I miss Dick Cheney. What a class act and brilliant man.
Yes folks, this is what the adults look like.
What a great interview.
Winebabe on March 15, 2009 at 9:48 PM
OT
Ron Silver passed away.
Ron Silver dies at 62
lowandslow on March 15, 2009 at 9:48 PM
This can NEVER be forgotten……..!!!
Seven Percent Solution on March 15, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Brilliant you dip$hit. What were we telling you Obamagasmic dumb-butts all along?
conservnut on March 15, 2009 at 9:52 PM
Double down. They’ve got the last shreds of credibilty they ever had invested in Obama’s success.
ddrintn on March 15, 2009 at 9:52 PM
What a shame. He always seemed like a good guy.
Condolences to his family.
AZCoyote on March 15, 2009 at 9:54 PM
*raises hand*
Since the clues are on display on a daily basis, can we get a do-over?
Can we impeach President TelePrompter for his current cluelessness?
TN Mom on March 15, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Oh my gosh, you’re so right. Like what was I thinking forgetting all that valuable community organizer experience. He has to get out of bed and organize and …and…and….oh yeah nothing.
msmveritas on March 15, 2009 at 9:57 PM
Now they tell us that ‘The One’ may not be competent…oh, well, what can you do? I mean, looking at his MSM resume, I would be so relieved seeing him walking into the brain surgery operating room wearing his scrubs and say…”uh..ummm…I stayed at Holiday Inn Express last night…”
AUINSC on March 15, 2009 at 9:58 PM
I’m telling you that whoever controls the teleprompter controls Mr. Teleprompter himself.
MrX on March 15, 2009 at 9:59 PM
Yes, it’s early, but an eerily familiar feeling is spreading across party lines and seeping into the national conversation. It’s a nagging doubt about the competency of the White House…
What? “Yes, it’s early” should be an indication that having doubts is an odd thing? Sorry but what makes this all so uncomfortable is the very fact that it’s so early in the administration, and the accompanying knowledge that we still have about four years to go.
Bishop on March 15, 2009 at 9:59 PM
After Porkulus, they floated the idea of passing another stimulus bill. Then they dropped the second stimulus proposal.
Obama campaigned against earmarks, then he signed a bill with 9,000 earmarks.
Obama said that if the stimulus bill was not passed, we would have an economic catastrophe from which the nation might not recover. During the campaign, Obama mocked McCain for saying the fundamentals of the economy are sound. But, today, on Meet the Press, one of Obama’s economic advisers, Christina Romer, said the fundamentals of the economy are sound.
Calls to the Treasury Department go unanswered because it is yet almost entirely lacking senior staff.
All of which just goes to show that Mr. Cheney remains prone to understatement.
Loxodonta on March 15, 2009 at 9:59 PM
That is great! Somebody needs to mock up that commercial using Bambi. I forgot how funny and appropriate they are with this president.
sherry on March 15, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Hooray for Cheney! Bush may continue this lack of defense for his party and his presidency, but Cheney is standing up like a man.
clnurnberg on March 15, 2009 at 10:01 PM
Cheney, you magnificent bastard!
DrStock on March 15, 2009 at 10:01 PM
FIFY
JeffWeimer on March 15, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Holiday Inn could use this: “Hey, if you stay at a Holiday Inn, maybe you’ll be the next POTUS.”
I’m sure TurboTax could capitalize on the current administration as well… Hmmm…
Upstater85 on March 15, 2009 at 10:04 PM
In case you missed this Michael Ramirez political cartoon:
Picasso Interprets Barack
INC on March 15, 2009 at 10:04 PM
Since the BO obsession began, I’ve firmly believed that the media’s obsession with Obama would be a short term affair. In terms of making money a success doesn’t sell stories, win awards, or keep the game interesting. In the interest of media success, they need Obama to fail and, luckily, unlike with a lot of the negative coverage of Bush the media aren’t going to have to make up or twist facts to get a shocking story.
However, for quite some time, I have wondered how Obama will handle the media turning their collective backs on him. He doesn’t do well when asked more than eight questions or answer questions at all while eating a waffle, I can’t imagine how he’s going to handle the stress as the public revolts, his political allies distance themselves as they near re-election, and the media turns on him like a pack of rabid dogs.
haikusrock on March 15, 2009 at 10:05 PM
Yes, that’s sad. He’s an example of one that saw the light eventually.
ddrintn on March 15, 2009 at 10:06 PM
there really isn’t a coherent approach at this point to try and improve the economy.
This is the “No Shiite” statement of the month.
Odummy wants to raise taxes on everything, including the air you breathe, and Geithner shows up with a crayon drawing as his plan for salvaging the economy.
Bishop on March 15, 2009 at 10:06 PM
Goodwin:
The silly talk about his “famous eloquence” is even worse. The Precedent is an awful speaker, even with a teleprompter – though he is borderline retarded without one.
It was never hidden. It was only the intentional suspension of disbelief by an insane part of the electorate, the sheer stupidity of another large section of the population and the flat-out lies and distortions by the neo-Pravda media in their successful coup attempt that ever hid the fact that the idiot messiah couldn’t run a lemonade stand.
It is brazen. It is stupid. And it is deception. No question about it. I love hearing how the leftards are trying to argue that health care must be taken care of in order to fix the financial system and economy. What a friggin’ joke! Especiall as their “health care fix” will saddle us with even more “entitlement” costs and bigger threats to our budget, while returning worse care. I can’t believe these people make the case with straight faces, except for the fact that I know that they are all despicable, stupid, lying scum.
progressoverpeace on March 15, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Please…if it doesn’t go for at least $500 a night, I doubt Barak and Michelle would be interested. A Holiday Inn Express would not help her children.
bookman on March 15, 2009 at 10:08 PM
Brilliant!
clnurnberg on March 15, 2009 at 10:08 PM
My family business has one of location’s in the Roseland neighborhood in Chicago. This is where Obama started his community organizing (google “Obama Chicago Roseland” for stories).
Sample Story about Obama:
I sure cannot tell he did anything. One of our employees was robbed at gunpoint about 6 months ago. We have to have steel doors cover our windows and garage doors at night. People try to smash through brick (one succeeded) to get into the building. One climbed through an exhaust shaft to try to get in (if he would have got stuck in there he would have been baking at 170 degrees in the morning). So thanks for improving things Obama. Now they know when the plumbing does work, do not call a plumber, call the government.
It seems his presidency is modeled on his success in Roseland.
WashJeff on March 15, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Thanks! I did miss that.
It’s so realistic. It must be a photo.
Loxodonta on March 15, 2009 at 10:09 PM
I just don’t see that happening unless there some sort of nuclear-bomb catastrophe. Just do not see it.
ddrintn on March 15, 2009 at 10:09 PM
+1
Bruno Strozek on March 15, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Great image. Unfortunately we are living with a real political cartoon.
sherry on March 15, 2009 at 10:11 PM
clnurnberg & Loxodonta,
It was one of his best!
INC on March 15, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Indeed
Entelechy on March 15, 2009 at 10:13 PM
I think it’s the fake black-southern-preacher cadence that reels in the white-liberal-on-a-guilt-trip types.
ddrintn on March 15, 2009 at 10:14 PM
ddrintn
sadly Silver did not completely get it
I liked the guy but he did not forget his liberal hollywood history.
Jamson64 on March 15, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Michael Barone wrote this yesterday:
He really focuses in and skewers caps and trade and global warming.
INC on March 15, 2009 at 10:15 PM
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Put a picture of the One under it and place it above the fold… News papers would sell again. Hell, I’d even buy a few.
RalphyBoy on March 15, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Heh, Utopian idealism (Utopian being the key word)…
Entelechy on March 15, 2009 at 10:16 PM
BREAKING NEWS, just heard that Chief Justice John Roberts was confronted by some conservatives at a conference he was speaking at about the qualifications of Mr. Obama to be President, and why none of the Petitions got past the SCOTUS Clerk’s Office. Judge Roberts promised to review each of the petitions to see whether any relief might be proper or any further action would be proper. While I’m not a nirther, this might be a very interesting development.
eaglewingz08 on March 15, 2009 at 10:17 PM
chucked up? UP CHUCKED!
Bicyea on March 15, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Well, Mr Hope and Change is living up to his billing. He’s changing things every day. Giving everyone the impression that he’s ‘winging it’ on a daily basis.
And here we were led to believe that the new administration of ‘talented and dedicated experts’ would “hit the ground running”. Yeah….sure….any day now………
GarandFan on March 15, 2009 at 10:18 PM
sherry,
I think Obama is not the type to easily handle mockery. Ramirez is funny and Americans enjoy humor. That’s the kind of cartoon that may wake some libs up from the Kool Aid.
INC on March 15, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Stand up for Chuck!
clnurnberg on March 15, 2009 at 10:21 PM
Enough articles declaring the “honeymoon is over” and some borderline 0 supporters may feel its actually safe to say what they have been feeling: The emperor has no clothes!
DrStock on March 15, 2009 at 10:23 PM
You’re right- he doesn’t handle mockery well at all. He is programmed only for adulation. He’s also running out of tactics – the thug role, the race card and the “yes, we can”. They are all wearing thin.
sherry on March 15, 2009 at 10:26 PM
That, and they did love the baritone, which I will say is his only decent trait.
Yeah. Those are REAL killers, too. I’m amazed that they are still trying to push that stuff through. That tells me that The Precedent is worried about being kicked out of office and is trying to get as much cr#p through as he can before something happens and he is tossed. I’m not sure if he’s worried about eligibility problems or is planning on letting the financial crisis crater while he uses it to get all of his America-killing legislative machinery in place, but he’s really fighting a clock to make sure he kills this country.
The obvious part is (I assume Barone mentioned it) that the idiot messiah refuses to do anything about the financial crisis or the banks because he knows that, after he spends that money, no one will want to spend any money for any of his idiotic ideas, and people will even start calling for cuts in “entitlements” and through all discretionary expenditures.
But he really has his sycophant supporters twisting in the wind trying to argue the necessity of cap-and-trade, say, to fix the economy. LOL. I just wish that everytime an Obamabot mentioned anything about energy security or proce, people would just start screaming, “Drill here and build nukes, NOW!!” But so many people are still letting him get away with the joke that we’ll solar panel our way to energy independence.
progressoverpeace on March 15, 2009 at 10:26 PM
A friend of mine recently shared something he read in the comments section of a blog; he didn’t tell me which one. But it’s worth passing even unattributed. To paraphrase:
Having Obama tell us that we have to fix health care, education, and energy because of our current economic situation, would have been like having President Bush say on 9/12/01, that in view of the bombing of the WTC it was imperative that we privatize Social Security.
Courtesy of the Non Sequitur Department’s Department of Pitching Wedges.
smellthecoffee on March 15, 2009 at 10:27 PM
Has this administration done anything that resembles coherent? They can’t even get thier nominees to stay long enough to be approved by congress and the few they have for the most part are crooks.
boomer on March 15, 2009 at 10:28 PM
Say what you will about Mr. Cheney…the man is brilliant!
ArmyAunt on March 15, 2009 at 10:29 PM
That’s true, but he really did try. I liked him, too, and will miss him.
progressoverpeace on March 15, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Cheney is the only politician who really speaks the honest truth.
lavell12 on March 15, 2009 at 10:32 PM
Gd love ‘im. What am I sayin’?
thomasaur on March 15, 2009 at 10:33 PM
I think that Cheney lands a fatal blow with this:
Direct and to the point. There was blood on the ground after this line.
progressoverpeace on March 15, 2009 at 10:36 PM
progressoverpeace on March 15, 2009 at 10:26 PM
You’d like the column. Barone leads off by mentioning the criticism aimed at Obama:
Baron goes on to skewer the budget in the first quote I gave about the fact that nothing addressed in the budget caused the financial crisis. He then goes on to say:
INC on March 15, 2009 at 10:37 PM
the emperor has no teleprompter!
ConstantSorrow on March 15, 2009 at 10:41 PM
Man, so many lefties in here I’m wondering if HA is part of HuffPo now.
klickink.wordpress.com on March 15, 2009 at 10:42 PM
Good news for Bush. He probably won’t remain the WORSTEST PREZ EVAH.
Upstater85 on March 15, 2009 at 10:43 PM
He is like an actor whose lines don’t match the plot.
MB4 on March 15, 2009 at 10:44 PM
I don’t know if he qualifies to be an actor. That might be above his pay grade.
Upstater85 on March 15, 2009 at 10:47 PM
DrStock on March 15, 2009 at 10:49 PM
Allah,
Before he was elected my daughter asked me if we could impeach him, this isn’t a new feeling spreading it’s been out there before the election. I told her, I knew of no precedent where we could impeach a candidate or a President Elect. Reminds me of the old saying, there is a first time for everything.
GREEN -Obama’s true color the one he avoided at all cost during the campaign….is he ready for that 3:00 A.M. phone call? I don’t think he is ready for the 3:00 P.M. phone call. On the bright side after reading John McCain’s child chiding grown adults on their political positions, Ann Coulter and Laura Ingraham. (Is she on the party line with Begala, Carville and Rahm) John McCain green light his daughter to attack Conservative Talk Radio Personalities? I can’t say that I think there is big ideological bridge between McCain and Obama. John McCain is running for reelection, does he think attacking Conservatives is going to get him lots of votes in Arizona?
Dr Evil on March 15, 2009 at 10:52 PM
Dude…….
……….. you posted to the wrong blog.
Seven Percent Solution on March 15, 2009 at 10:52 PM
I loved this part of the Cheney interview. Get any other Republican to answer this question and they paste Rush and then apologize to the base. But Cheney tells it straight:
Christian Conservative on March 15, 2009 at 10:53 PM
Exposed. Completely.
Just like our threadbare Emperor.
hillbillyjim on March 15, 2009 at 10:57 PM
I went and read Barone’s article. Well done. Short and to the point. Thanks for the link, INC.
P.S. I also got a little, personal thrill in that Barone used two of my favorite words: precedent and atonement. I view them as two of the most important and powerful words, today. I call BHO, “The Precedent”, and I have long viewed the major struggle between the West (mostly, the pre-Precedent US) and the rest of the world as “Individualism/Guilt/Atonement versus Tribalism/Shame/Revenge”. Sorry, I can’t stop myself from mentioning those at every opportunity.
progressoverpeace on March 15, 2009 at 10:59 PM
I really wish that Bush had allowed the Vice President to defend the administration during the administration. It was the continual, unanswered crap coming from the MSM that caused the Bush poll numbers to fall so low. The country needed a leader, not a ‘nice guy.’ I think Cheney would have made a much better president than Bush.
So, what’s the difference between the Boy (and Girl) Scouts and the United States? The Boy (and Girl) Scouts have adult leadership!
rmgraha on March 15, 2009 at 10:59 PM
-George W. Bush, October 4, 2001
Proud Rino on March 15, 2009 at 11:01 PM
“Never let a crisis go to waste.”
.
That’s all you need to know about this administration. They don’t particularly want the crisis to end. Once it goes away how will they get their next wish-list enacted?
Fred 2 on March 15, 2009 at 11:03 PM
progressoverpeace, I’ve seen you use “The Precedent”!
I’m glad you liked Barone. His shortness and to the point is invaluable in cutting through the propaganda. I intend to call my senators and quote from him.
INC on March 15, 2009 at 11:04 PM
This should be the drum beat. Loud and LOUDER.
I don’t believe enough people really know and understand why this is the root of the financial mess.
Instead, the MSM keeps playing that vampire Pelosi’s “Bush Admin did this” and Obama’s “I inherited this” crapola.
Kini on March 15, 2009 at 11:06 PM
At what point will Obama realize that he needs Dick Cheney.
Thanks, Mr. Cheney. I’m gonna miss you.
Saltysam on March 15, 2009 at 11:07 PM
[looks at right teleprompter]
Why
[turns head to look at left teleprompter]
are
[turns head to look at right teleprompter]
people
[turns head to look at left teleprompter]
losing
[turns head to look at right teleprompter]
confidence
[turns head to look at left teleprompter]
in
[turns head to look at right teleprompter]
me?
Daggett on March 15, 2009 at 11:08 PM
Not quite the same thing. The latter was about spurring economic growth and activity following the disastrous WTC attacks. Obama’s plans are about Democratic Party entrenchment.
ddrintn on March 15, 2009 at 11:11 PM
[looks at right teleprompter]
Uh, Why, ahhh…
[turns head to look at left teleprompter]
are, ahhhh….
[turns head to look at right teleprompter]
people, errr….
[turns head to look at left teleprompter]
losing, umm……
[turns head to look at right teleprompter]
confidence, er ah…
[turns head to look at left teleprompter]
in, ahh…
[turns head to look at right teleprompter]
me?
Daggett on March 15, 2009 at 11:08 PM
FIFY
Kini on March 15, 2009 at 11:12 PM
Four words come to mind. The last two are “Dick Tracy.”
Star20 on March 15, 2009 at 11:12 PM
Not quite the same thing. The latter was about spurring economic growth and activity following the disastrous WTC attacks. Obama’s plans are about Democratic Party entrenchment.
ddrintn on March 15, 2009 at 11:11 PM
Yah, though I doubt someone with the moniker “Proud Rino” would be able to understand that.
Bishop on March 15, 2009 at 11:13 PM
Hussein’s petulant didacticism is starting to grate on everyone’s nerves.
Dhuka on March 15, 2009 at 11:14 PM
Hottest Halloween 2009 costume will be an Obama mask with a teleprompter attached.
bloggless on March 15, 2009 at 11:16 PM
LOL!
progressoverpeace on March 15, 2009 at 11:19 PM
I once heard “dissent is patriotic”. Let’s overthrow this turd, his incompetent VP, and the whole friggin’ congress (everybody except DeMint) before America is completely pummelled. We’ll anoint Petraeus to run the country until things are straightened out and America is safe. We’ll FINALLY build the border fence. Any obama supporters who don’t like the “change” will be given free one-way plane tickets anywhere out of the country. And while we’re at it, let’s exile the lib hollyweird community to the Middle East, and we’ll bring the Israelis here so they can live a happy life for a change.
There. Problem solved.
ErinF on March 15, 2009 at 11:23 PM
What’s the teleprompter going to be hooked to?
ErinF on March 15, 2009 at 11:24 PM
God.
bloggless on March 15, 2009 at 11:25 PM
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