Even Obama supporters worried about White House incompetence
posted at 9:37 am on March 16, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
I guess we can officially say that the honeymoon’s over. The New York Daily News, not exactly a pillar of conservative thought, finds itself wondering aloud about whether Barack Obama and his team have the competence to lead the nation. The whispers have grown into a chorus:
Not long ago, after a string of especially bad days for the Obama administration, a veteran Democratic pol approached me with a pained look on his face and asked, “Do you think they know what they’re doing?”
The question caught me off guard because the man is a well-known Obama supporter. As we talked, I quickly realized his asking suggested his own considerable doubts.
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.
Well, what did people expect? For the first time in decades and perhaps ever, America chose a President without executive experience in the public or private sectors, and without military command experience. If people expected smooth performance and cool competence from that kind of resume, then the best that can be said about them is that they indulged in self-delusion on a massive scale.
For the rest of us, this comes as no surprise at all. The failed appointments have managed to be less embarrassing than the ones that “succeeded”, such as Tim Geithner and Vivek Kundra. The administration keeps promising plans that never get delivered, and Obama all but abdicated to Nancy Pelosi during the Porkulus debacle. And that doesn’t even begin to cover Obama’s embarrassing performance during Gordon Brown’s visit, and Hillary Clinton’s shameful “I don’t understand multiparty democracy” tour at the EU.
Obama is in over his head, and so are his closest aides, such as Geithner, Hillary, and the entire team. The best we can hope is that on-the-job training can work quickly.
Update: Worse than Bush? Kevin McCullough makes that argument in his weekly column.
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This will be fun to pass around at work today. It’s times like this that working in a liberal stronghold can be fun!
oddjob1138 on March 16, 2009 at 9:40 AM
Enshala, Barack…
DamnYankee on March 16, 2009 at 9:40 AM
yeah but MSNBC says Ogabe is “mobiliizing his campaign army” so they are either gonna go thuggish overtly or start threatening the blue dogs with primary fights….
dunno but the fact Americans got conned into backing a neo-capo bothers me….
in the “Godfather” Ogabe is a combination of Fredo and Carlo Rizzi….
sven10077 on March 16, 2009 at 9:41 AM
Sounds like the kool-aid is bad. Time for someone to whip up a new batch.
milwife88 on March 16, 2009 at 9:41 AM
I don’t think anyone with a higher IQ than single digits ever considered this telepromter fraud anything but a tool. What is the “surprise”?
volsense on March 16, 2009 at 9:41 AM
“Hoping” that he fails seems to not have been a requirement.
hawkdriver on March 16, 2009 at 9:42 AM
Why, so they can more effectively ruin the country?
The best that we can hope for is that the Obama Administration crumbles into irrelevancy quickly.
Perhaps Obama needs to spend more time with his family. Biden needs to spend more time on his hair plugs. Pelosi needs to spend more time with her jewelry. Reid needs to spend more time with the other Gambino Capos.
NoDonkey on March 16, 2009 at 9:42 AM
BEST THREAD EVER.
anniekc on March 16, 2009 at 9:42 AM
That’s the way George Soros wants it.
Percy_Peabody on March 16, 2009 at 9:42 AM
Now I wonder when incompetence of the MSM will being to play out in the public forum. At some point – some major player in the media is going to have break from the pack and admit to their complete lack of scrutiny on Obama.
Maybe – maybe not. The MSM has so much invested in this administration – it’s hard to know when or if they will break from it.
jake-the-goose on March 16, 2009 at 9:43 AM
I guess whatever all of Barry’s supporters were smoking and drinking has finally worn off. Hangover’s a bitch.
redfoxbluestate on March 16, 2009 at 9:43 AM
its a trap!!
trailortrash on March 16, 2009 at 9:43 AM
Maybe yes, maybe no. Considering that Obama wants to turn this country into a state dominated by an enormous government, emphasizing “economic rights” (while ignoring the actual rights in the Constitution), incompetence may be our friend.
Of course, that means in foreign policy and other areas, O will lurch from one disaster to another, which will pose certain problems.
Realist on March 16, 2009 at 9:44 AM
majority of Americans believe inherited crisis
nice343 on March 16, 2009 at 9:44 AM
So Sarah Palin was better prepared for the job then the guy we elected. Who would of thought that someone who a state governor is better prepared to be President then a less then one term junior senator. To quote former DCIA Mike Hayden “Duh”
jerryofva on March 16, 2009 at 9:45 AM
My concern is that if we focus on competence, we lose focus on his radical plans for re-making America.
I’m kind of glad Obama is incompetent, because he’s already gotten through an outlandish stimulus package and a pork ladden omnibus bill and laid the groundwork for national healthcare.
If her were competent, I would be calling Rahm Emanuel today to set up am appointment with my government mandated primary care physician.
myrenovations on March 16, 2009 at 9:45 AM
Meanwhile…It is a little rainy here, but expected to clear up later today.
The rest of the week is going to be great, with a warming trend…
right2bright on March 16, 2009 at 9:45 AM
FOX is about to report on the “Secret Obama support group”.
WTF? It just becomes more and more apparent that America elected a middle school thug as POTUS.
anniekc on March 16, 2009 at 9:45 AM
Or, we can hope the American people are at least smart enough to learn this lesson realy, really well, and not repeant it in iether the midterms of 2010 or the next big event in 2012. The bottom line is that if you ignore everthing else and elect a President based on the color of his skin because you think it is “their turn”, you’ll end up with a President with the appropriate skin color who may or may not have anything else at all going for him. Until America comes to tersm with the fact that this is exactly what heppened in 2008, we can’t bet on anything.
MikeA on March 16, 2009 at 9:46 AM
What the hell did these glassy-eyed Ogabe supporters expect by electing a guy for his skin color?
Ogabe is more interested in getting invited to all the best parties, campaigning for homecoming king and writing “Barack ♥ Michelle” on his school folder. He’s a teenager with pretensions to superior judgment based on nothing more than his chairmanship of the school yearbook committee.
Bishop on March 16, 2009 at 9:46 AM
They still love him here in Asia.
azrael on March 16, 2009 at 9:46 AM
What’s to worry about?
The goal of the
communistdemocrat party is to weaken the US, exponentially expand government control and make as many people beholden to government as possible. Incompetence in a president fits in perfectly.darwin on March 16, 2009 at 9:46 AM
The problem, though, is that the Republicans have been completely unable to mobilize effective opposition to any of Obama’s ideas. Obama is just making so many obvious mistakes that the media is having a harder and harder time keeping the lid on it.
Obama can still do a lot of damage to us. Make no mistake: if he gets Card Check, socialist health care, mass amnesty, or a serious bank or industrial nationalization under his belt, the GOP is done, incompetence or not. Once people become dependent on Government, they will always choose liberals.
Outlander on March 16, 2009 at 9:47 AM
I have that feeling too. I remember March 1977. Deja vu.
Vashta.Nerada on March 16, 2009 at 9:47 AM
Keep trying…he was “hired to fix it” and it ain’t gonna be fixed by crap’n'trade or universal health care….
you spin so much you can fill in for the USS Ohio’s gyroscope.
sven10077 on March 16, 2009 at 9:48 AM
Wait till he starts campaigning in 2011…oh, right, he never stopped campaigning.
becki51758 on March 16, 2009 at 9:48 AM
Where’s the Reset button?
http://www.beatcanvas.com/pics/obama_reset.jpg
beatcanvas on March 16, 2009 at 9:48 AM
As I have pointed out before, and will continue doing so, to any liberal that cares to try to spin Obama’s decisions:
“The office of POTUS has transitioned from Bush to bush-league.”
The Obama administration will never make it to the majors. Unfortunately we all have tickets to the game.
Yoop on March 16, 2009 at 9:48 AM
+1000
becki51758 on March 16, 2009 at 9:49 AM
Always glad to note a reality check during a crisis. That check is a rare goose in Washington; don’t blink or you’ll miss it’s appearance IN PRINT. Missing the printed version of disillusionment may defensively deny but does not stop the offense of malcontent.
maverick muse on March 16, 2009 at 9:49 AM
This is why we vet our candidates.
Oh wait – Zero is showing the Democrats can’t do that very well either.
Mr Purple on March 16, 2009 at 9:49 AM
On the job training means we pay them according to their experience which is nonexistence, right? Glad to hear that some of our tax dollars aren’t going into that black hole….LOL
rich801 on March 16, 2009 at 9:50 AM
Hey, Osama Obama is going back to what he does best — fundraising!
Anyone with a room-temperature IQ would scoff at the notion of someone with absolutely no actual work experience is qualified to be president.
We need a resignation, or an impeachment, and we need it now.
MrScribbler on March 16, 2009 at 9:50 AM
majority of Americans believe inherited crisis
nice343 on March 16, 2009 at 9:44 AM
A majority of people used to believe the Earth was flat too; they found out differently.
Bishop on March 16, 2009 at 9:50 AM
Like I said a couple days ago on a different thread. The other officer in my office suite who voted for him kind of put his eyebrows up when they floated the balloon about the international criminal court. And a bud from the flight line who’s black is already using worse language about him than I even would.
I would think even if I were a liberal that this is actually necessary if we want any level of performance out of this administration at all. They don’t get better by saying, “Oh Tim knows what he’s doing and oh look the DOW just jumped a little.” If you tell them they’re great when they’re screwing the pooch, all you ever get is puppies.
hawkdriver on March 16, 2009 at 9:50 AM
I loved this from Hillary. What she really means is that she doesn’t like multiparty democracy, not even ones that only have 2. How happy she would be if the Republican party would just go away!
Sloan Morganstern on March 16, 2009 at 9:51 AM
Yes, he’s incompetent. But he also has the MSM behind him and they’ve invested a lot. The media played more of a role in electing this rube than in any previous election. So really, to them, he is too big to fail. They’ll use the same strategy to keep him in office as they used getting him into it. They’ll pound us with his nuance, his power of personality and how he inspires the masses by virtue of maintaining a pulse.
It, unfortunately, will take a disaster of catastrophic proportions before BHO’s dangerous, shallow thinking is revealed to these masses for them to believe it. Wrecking the economy will pale in comparison to what this guy will eventually do to our country.
av8tr on March 16, 2009 at 9:52 AM
Ready on Day 1 !
Phone call at 3am !
Smoothest transition ever !
Most transparent and ethical administration ever !
We need some more cool phrases, these have gone past their expiration date.
Actually, perhaps Obama will invite the Russians to land their planes here, I’m sure our military bases have runways long enough and Obama surely would like to re-cast our image with the Russians and the world. Aren’t we all just so proud to be Americans **now**?
Geministorm on March 16, 2009 at 9:52 AM
Not to worry, this story will disappear shortly as soon as the Obama’s unveil their new White House dog to the world. At the unveiling of the new dog (it will be brown and white in color), Michelle will be showing her bare upper arms which will make the journalists swoon…
albill on March 16, 2009 at 9:52 AM
” For the first time in decades and perhaps ever, America chose a President without executive experience in the public or private sectors, and without military command experience.”
Yes, but he is sooo dreamy.
RobCon on March 16, 2009 at 9:54 AM
If that puppy looks like Obama . . .
Just sayin’.
NoDonkey on March 16, 2009 at 9:55 AM
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blatantblue on March 16, 2009 at 9:55 AM
Or maybe that it doesn’t work at all by November 2010, the voters revolt and Republicans take over the House and put an end to this lunacy.
Steve Z on March 16, 2009 at 9:55 AM
albill,
The Obama will go to a nice lake. Obama will be shirtless, Michelle, will show off her guns, and we will see the dog.
All will be well.
faraway on March 16, 2009 at 9:56 AM
Thank God we dodged that Palin bullet! Whew!
/David Frum
Lehosh on March 16, 2009 at 9:57 AM
*tilts up rock
*looks around…
RushBaby on March 16, 2009 at 9:57 AM
Correct Jabba if he is wrong, but even Carter didn’t make a f*** up across the board on the scale of the current Dimocrat administration? Hopefully the bovine masses and the saps who voted for the Dimocrats are paying attention.
Jabba The Cat on March 16, 2009 at 9:58 AM
I remember when any “anonymous Republican source” used to criticize Bush was to be automatically discounted because the MSM was purposefully trying to torpedo the Bush Administration. What happened to conservative skepticism of MSM reporting? Oh wait, that wasn’t skepticism of the media, it was a strategic way of dismissing criticism without having to deal with the substance of it. Well done, but you may have wanted to wait more than 10 seconds before completely reversing yourselves.
Also? One Democratic supporter does not the entire DNC make. I think it’s cool if conservatives need to take comfort where they can. The Administation’s appointment process hasn’t been perfect, but every new Administration has these issues, they just rarely are under as close a microscope due to these unique times.
What concerns me is this blogs failure to even keep up with the news of the day. Obama’s unveiling a pro-small business plan today, chances hot air will cover it? Zero. What’s the conservative reaction to AIG’s bonus-bonanza? The GOP’s total lack of any alternative budget. Trolling for every instance of a Democrat who doesn’t support Obama is redundant. Even Obama’s highest poll numebrs never showed 100% Democratic support. Therefore one Democrat not supporting Obama isn’t a reflection of anything new, there’s always been at least one.
DeathToMediaHacks on March 16, 2009 at 9:58 AM
Pop goes the weasel.
nor on March 16, 2009 at 9:58 AM
The resume.
Let’s look closer at Obama’s resume and how his strategies and planning succeeded in the past. when confronted with various clisis, how di Obama implement solutions.
OK. He never has had experience. Ooops, all he has aon his resume is hope.
Obama uses a lot of white paper for some reason. Not much ink.
seven on March 16, 2009 at 9:58 AM
isn’t one dog in the white house enough for the obama family???? why bring in another one?
Ghoul aid on March 16, 2009 at 9:59 AM
BARRY’s DOWN TO +4 in Rasmussen.
snickelfritz on March 16, 2009 at 9:59 AM
Wake me up when it is full-throated outrage. There is no way that any thinking American of either party can look at the filthy liar’s actions over the past two months and not be utterly disgusted by the spending, incompetence, and lack of seriousness at a time when we need serious people.
Sending the Brown family home with a DVD collection and breathless anticipation over the breed of dog the first brats will get are just superficial stories of a far more sinister administration. The American public should be outraged with the filthy liar’s performance. Unfortunately, there are too many people willing to prop the bastard up without question or criticism.
highhopes on March 16, 2009 at 9:59 AM
It’s a good thing we’ve got those checks and balances on POTUS with the House and Senate. What are the odds of all three being incompetent in a time of need?
Mark30339 on March 16, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Own it, hopenchangers. The rest of us saw it coming a mile off.
DavidM on March 16, 2009 at 10:00 AM
In their daily tracking approval average, I meant.
snickelfritz on March 16, 2009 at 10:01 AM
It’s time for the MSM to close ranks and start making excuses for Our Great and Glorious Leader! We shall now start hearing stories about how this was Bush’s fault, this crisis was something that was so severe that nobody could have fixed it, that without Obama’s firm hand on the tiller, we would be in a Depression blah, blah, blah…
Don’t fall for this crap! The are just setting things up now for the rehabilitation later!
sabbott on March 16, 2009 at 10:02 AM
death to media hacks: AIG has contractual commitments in place to pay the bonuses. do we like it? no one does. but the feds can’t break a company’s contracts without getting some revolt by the Judiciary. I believe that would be unconstitutional.
the small business plan should have been done first, along with tax cuts. by raising taxes & passing all these spending bills, small business is on the way out.
kelley in virginia on March 16, 2009 at 10:02 AM
Jabba you aren’t wrong but you aren’t entirely accurate either. Carter f***ed up the economy pretty badly (remember bragging about that 14% mortgage rate?) The thing is the filthy liar is f***ing up much quicker without any pretense that he knows what he or his people are doing.
highhopes on March 16, 2009 at 10:02 AM
Believing something is meaningless compared to facts. Probably the majority believe in UFOs too. Doesn’t mean they exist. The facts are that Dear Leader has stumbled badly on appointments, diplomacy and policy. Stock markets look to the future, and the Dow has fallen 30% since The Onion’s election.
Now we’ve got to decide whether the incompetence is good if it keeps a fascist-lite program from being implemented here in the US, or whether we need some competence to get the economy going again and terrorists away from our shores.
What a crappy choice.
rbj on March 16, 2009 at 10:03 AM
Looks like we got our Jimmy Carter. Lets hope the Republicans don’t blow the gift by running another John McCain Liberal.
saiga on March 16, 2009 at 10:03 AM
but rbj: what Americans believe is how they will vote. “perception is reality”. just sayin…
kelley in virginia on March 16, 2009 at 10:04 AM
You know that 95% of Americans who are going to get a tax cut: as soon as those who actually believed him see their own taxes increase dramatically there will be a call for blood.
Some will only react when they finally realize that it’s also their money that is being redistributed.
I can hardly wait for the serious backlash. What is going on right now is just the first rumblings of a potentially major shift in support.
Yoop on March 16, 2009 at 10:04 AM
You betcha, because they have tenure — or one of them does. The others can go under the favorite vehicle of your choice at any moment.
unclesmrgol on March 16, 2009 at 10:04 AM
Change that doesn’t bring hope. I even had a slight ‘benefit of the doubt’ mentality until Geithner was nominated and confirmed and that set the tone for this administration and that at best it would be on-the-job learning.
This is what you get when the leading criteria for a candidate are that he’s not the other guy and his skin color hypnotize people into being sycophantic suckers.
Ed, I do wonder what military command experience George W. Bush had though.
God help us all.
krl on March 16, 2009 at 10:04 AM
Face it. Democrats and liberals never apologize. Even when they foist an utterly incompetent filthy liar on the nation and watch America as we know it being destroyed by the filthy liar’s agenda and utter stupidity. In the end these traitors will somehow make this all the fault of the GOP and GWB and they will get away with it because, beyond not apologizing, Democrats and liberals don’t think either.
highhopes on March 16, 2009 at 10:05 AM
I blame Rush. It’s his fault that Obama is failing.
Rush never should have put such a negative burden on a man who just starting his first job….
katy on March 16, 2009 at 10:05 AM
It’s a good thing we’ve got those checks and balances on POTUS with the House and Senate. What are the odds of all three being incompetent in a time of need?
Mark30339 on March 16, 2009 at 10:00 AM
We found that out already with the stimucrap bill; Ogabe “upchucking” the design to the dem morons in Congress who proceeded to create the inevitable disaster.
We went from “The economy is on the verge of becoming another Great Depression” to “The economy isn’t that bad” in a matter of weeks. We aren’t dealing with the brightest bulbs in the demorat party.
Let’s just hope we don’t find have to find out how badly the libs can deal with an attack against us.
Bishop on March 16, 2009 at 10:05 AM
I wonder if they’ll have a special logo made for the Comprehensive Committee to Choose the Pup (CCCP for short)?
hawksruleva on March 16, 2009 at 10:06 AM
one thing about jimmy carter, and this comes from someone who knows where he came from & some of his family members: carter, in & of himself, is not a bad person. wholly misguided, yes. totally incompetent, yes. poor choice of friends/appointees, hell yes. irrational world view, hell yes.
kelley in virginia on March 16, 2009 at 10:06 AM
A “John McCain Liberal” is a thousand times better than a “Barack Obama Liberal”. We would not be having the gaffes and false starts we’re having now, if “John McCain Liberal” were in charge.
And think again on your thoughts when Ginsberg retires.
unclesmrgol on March 16, 2009 at 10:06 AM
B-b-b-b-b-b-b-but he was so clean and articulate…an effing fairy tale!
PBoilermaker on March 16, 2009 at 10:06 AM
I can’t think of another administration in the years I’ve been following politics where such a bunch of incompetents was at the helm. This guy may even be worse than Carter.
Check. If I were even a little disappointed in the Conservative creds of Bush or McCain, I sure do lament either of them not being in the White House today. This guy is just….Geez!
hawkdriver on March 16, 2009 at 10:07 AM
Watch out guys. The lefty’s are circling the wagons. I gave a link to this yesterday. Fox is talking about it now.
conservnut on March 16, 2009 at 10:07 AM
Where is Tom_Shipley to reassure me that Zero farts rainbows?
Mr Purple on March 16, 2009 at 10:07 AM
Agreed. I, in the folly of youth, voted for him. Once. And he was genuine, even if he was even then showing a tiny bit of the idiocy we see fully bloomed in him today.
unclesmrgol on March 16, 2009 at 10:09 AM
Obama’s strategy is incompetence.
His tactics are incompetent.
Words. Just words.
… but words can never hurt me.
Well, that does not appear to be Obama’s case. He’s grasping at straw words he already condemned. THAT is pathetic, proving his lack of substance.
Obama converts the citizens’ war on terror into a war against the citizens. Words don’t feed the hungry. And hunger clarifies vision. Why else do the righteous fast by tradition when seeking illumination?
Morons need not deny the inevitable results of Socialism. Obama displays the disturbing disdain for humanity. Much is made of the obvious POVERTY that Socialism coerces. Just don’t ignore the bloated excesses of that party’s leadership’s extravagance.
Words. Just words. When the tax man comes and the citizens fork over everything to bloat Obama’s cruel beast, the ignorant will feel the pangs and suffer the cost of empty word hunger. Malnutrition is not a pretty sight at reality check.
Obama dissolves the middle class in taxes while mouthing the essentially sound state of American workers.
The only SOUND from American workers and businesses is CUT TAXES!!
maverick muse on March 16, 2009 at 10:09 AM
Sounds like Obama, except possibly for that “bad person” part. There’s no evidence Obama has ever done anything to help anyone other than himself, is there?
hawksruleva on March 16, 2009 at 10:09 AM
Watch out guys. The lefty’s are circling the wagons. I gave a link to this yesterday. Fox is talking about it now.
conservnut on March 16, 2009 at 10:07 AM
Let ‘em gather, it will make it easier to hunt them all down when the time comes.
Bishop on March 16, 2009 at 10:09 AM
God love the Godfather.
Fredo (Obama) (paraphrasing): “I’m smart. I’m not dumb like they say. I can handle things. … I want respect.”
In contrast, you have Cheney doing an interview yesterday conducting himself as the consummate professional.
What were swing voters thinking?
BuckeyeSam on March 16, 2009 at 10:10 AM
Stop being so insensitive to Obamuhhh.
The proper term is “differently competent”.
Master Shake on March 16, 2009 at 10:10 AM
All hail the SanFranChicago Candidate.
- The Cat
MirCat on March 16, 2009 at 10:11 AM
Well…. it’s no longer quietly doing anything now..
Remember “sunlight is the greatest disinfectant”
katy on March 16, 2009 at 10:11 AM
I’ve shown to a number of friends/co-workers the CSPAN videos of Barney Frank, Maxine Waters and company browbeating Fed regulators who were bluntly warning Congress of Fannie/Freddie problems well before the excrement hit the air conditioner.
One kool-aid drinker came back with an empty “yeah but”; the rest had never seen/heard that part of the story and were a bit pissed…not only at the Dems, but at the press for not doing it’s job. I encouraged each to forward the links to the vids to their friends, and I know several chose to. More people need to see who Barrack really inherited this debacle from.
Patrick S on March 16, 2009 at 10:11 AM
It’s not difficult to come up with a majority when you add the stupid to the lazy.
DarkCurrent on March 16, 2009 at 10:11 AM
Actually, the best we can hope for is to slow down the agenda Obama & Pelosi have set forth. Work on the Democrats that ran & won on a Conservative platform. Expose those who are saying one thing and voting for another. In my home state of Montana, both Tester & Baucus are voting in lock step with Obama, holding the party line. Grassroots efforts need to organized to expose the voting records of these two Senators so that the people of Montana will not be fooled by the lies that will surely come down the road. Grassroots efforts in every state are a big factor if we are to rid the country of these people starting in 2010.
Keemo on March 16, 2009 at 10:11 AM
Time for that divorce.
sheriff246 on March 16, 2009 at 10:12 AM
So really, to them, he is too big to fail. They’ll use the same strategy to keep him in office as they used getting him into it. They’ll pound us with his nuance, his power of personality and how he inspires the masses by virtue of maintaining a pulse. — av8tr
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Problem with the theory. At the rate that the papers are going into bankruptcy they won’t be around to influence anything in 2012.
Dr. Dog on March 16, 2009 at 10:12 AM
getalife is missing too. Probably working on his next
Obama Waters FranksBush Depression comment (aka The Buck Stops Deep In The Heart Of Texas).unclesmrgol on March 16, 2009 at 10:13 AM
Just goes to show that affirmative action doesn’t work even at the highest levels. With 141 days as a junior senator, this guy never would have been considered if he were white and having the same level of inexperience. White guilt and Bush Derangement Syndrome got this clown into the White House. I believe he already knows he’s a one termer, and that’s why they’re ramming through all the garbage they can while they can.
It’s going to be a fun four years watching Olbermann, Bill Maher, the MSM, and the rest of these tools sweating out the death of socialism/marxism/communism………
adamsmith on March 16, 2009 at 10:13 AM
Yeah, well Hitler would have just been a cranky guy in a beer hall if he hadn’t gotten into politics.
That’s the problem with a large government. It gives guys who would be harmless schlubs if they didn’t have any power over the rest of us, the power to massively hose things up.
Carter’s a great example.
NoDonkey on March 16, 2009 at 10:14 AM
True, and if we can find contact between the administration and this group we got their ass! Given the way they bumble so far it shouldn’t be hard.
conservnut on March 16, 2009 at 10:14 AM
Hahahahaha….you never cease to amuse. Saying that is like saying the hole in the Titanic was disappointing.
Patrick S on March 16, 2009 at 10:14 AM
I noted this week that more than one person said, “He’s a bright guy, but he doesn’t really know what he’s doing with the economy.”
People were scared to even suggest he was too inexperienced in the election. I presume that the race bill has been paid “in full” in many people’s minds now.
Now, he gets to be real and to be criticized. He should be. There’s signs that he’s set up a phony picture. He misguaged American voters in doing so.
We see through it.
AnninCA on March 16, 2009 at 10:14 AM
The first black president, the first mentally handicapped person to be Speaker of the House and a cadaver brought back to life running the Senate. This is indeed change that we can believe in.
volsense on March 16, 2009 at 10:14 AM
The world watches as Barry and The Crew run around in circles. It won’t be long before some wiseguy decides to stick out his foot.
Limerick on March 16, 2009 at 10:15 AM
Have you seen the price of arugula?
Angry Dumbo on March 16, 2009 at 10:15 AM
Ha, that’s rich coming from a donk. If you had been paying attention to the news, you would have noticed that all it takes is one immoral republican to brand the entire party as evil. The donks pick out there single target, then the MSM jumps on board making every attempt to destroy the guilty party which more often than not leads to a resignation. Not so with donks, the MSM doesn’t go after their bad seeds, conversely they don’t report on their misdeeds at all.
Remember what they did to Foley, and how they used him to portray republicans as evil hypocrites. And George Allen with his mscscs moment. The lefties ALWAYS pick a mark, bring him down and then go on with their mantra about how the whole republican party is corrrupt as a result of a few misguided politicians.
Republicans get a week long diatribe in the press, while the donks receive no criticism at all, or worse yet …. they are praised.
fogw on March 16, 2009 at 10:16 AM
Where are you in Asia?
DarkCurrent on March 16, 2009 at 10:16 AM
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