Quotes of the day
posted at 10:30 pm on March 17, 2009 by Allahpundit
“We suggested that early on, but there are people who feel this money was due them.”
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“The Treasury and Federal Reserve officials said they had known about the bonus program as far back as last fall.”
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“President Obama was informed about the $165 million in bonuses due to employees of the American Insurance Group the day before they were paid out last week, the White House disclosed late Tuesday.”
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“Add up all the hours staffers spent discussing Rush Limbaugh in the last two weeks and compare that to the number of hours spent discussing AIG’s bonuses and tell me what the answer is.”
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“What’s going on in this administration? It seems like an administration in disarray.”
Blowback
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Hope and Change!
El_Terrible on March 17, 2009 at 10:32 PM
I can just imagine how they are going to handle the first real crisis.
Mark1971 on March 17, 2009 at 10:34 PM
Why are the republicans pasting the foolishness of the Obama and his dems all over the airwaves with commercials? They do it to us.
jsulman on March 17, 2009 at 10:34 PM
Don’t ya just love our messiah comrades?
angelwing34215 on March 17, 2009 at 10:35 PM
I meant why are the republicans not pasting the foolishness of the Obama and his dems all over the airwaves with commercials?
jsulman on March 17, 2009 at 10:36 PM
It’s an organized on-going criminal conspiracy being carried out by career criminals–kinda like the Mafia, only without the canoli
Anybody here ( except trolls ) expect anything different?
Janos Hunyadi on March 17, 2009 at 10:36 PM
Whatevah!!! The freakin’ BAILOUT is to blame!!! Congress is to blame!!! THE Precedent is to blame!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ladyingray on March 17, 2009 at 10:36 PM
Disarray, indeed. Some poster here suggested that a “daily f-up” calendar be created for 2010. I think we will have obtained all 365 entries before June 1.
DrStock on March 17, 2009 at 10:36 PM
Awesome.
OneGyT on March 17, 2009 at 10:36 PM
What’s a community organizer again?
katy on March 17, 2009 at 10:37 PM
well as long as dissent is allowed on the air I am all for it….
prompter Jesus had a bad day, but luckily the morons who only watch the newsies get breathless probably don’t peek behind the curtain at all…
sven10077 on March 17, 2009 at 10:37 PM
Two words:
EPIC FAIL
cannonball on March 17, 2009 at 10:37 PM
I’m convinced everyone in this administration is suffering from the same disease Robin Williams did in that one movie of his…
what was it called?
You know, where he was like 5 but looked like a 20 year old.
So Obama et. al. are 10 years old, but look 40-50, etc.
blatantblue on March 17, 2009 at 10:37 PM
I miss President George W. Bush.
carbon_footprint on March 17, 2009 at 10:37 PM
I think they are also called communists
i cant remember
:p
blatantblue on March 17, 2009 at 10:38 PM
Didn’t the “stimulus bill” provide the cover for the bonuses?
pearson on March 17, 2009 at 10:38 PM
Jack…..
and the new Sequal
Jack II-Off da hook!
sven10077 on March 17, 2009 at 10:38 PM
Good grief. Disarray has come even earlier than I thought.
ddrintn on March 17, 2009 at 10:38 PM
Complete incompetence.
Weight of Glory on March 17, 2009 at 10:39 PM
*sequel
sven10077 on March 17, 2009 at 10:39 PM
It’s all that VAST EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE coming to the fore. Yep, the “intellectual elite”, “best administration, evah!”, “going to hit the ground running”.
I’m laughing so hard I cant breathe!!!!
GarandFan on March 17, 2009 at 10:39 PM
I think they were HOPING the Rush story would go on longer than it did. Now that things have CHANGED they are running around CHANGING there story.
Brat4life on March 17, 2009 at 10:40 PM
Obama needs David Gergen, Dick Morris and a dot-com boom.
ddrintn on March 17, 2009 at 10:40 PM
What a lovely, generous, word: “Disarray”. I was thinking more along the lines of, “corrupt” and “contemptable”.
Barry’s looking so bad on this, that if I were the cynical type, (and I am) I’d start looking for a nice, convenient, manufactured crisis to divert attention.
anniekc on March 17, 2009 at 10:40 PM
Gang tackling from the MSM.
Me likey.
fogw on March 17, 2009 at 10:40 PM
LOL!!
pearson on March 17, 2009 at 10:41 PM
I’m sure Obama will bring everyone together on Leno.
Weight of Glory on March 17, 2009 at 10:41 PM
Funny you should mention it – This was the diversion.
*Transparent
nolapol on March 17, 2009 at 10:42 PM
And now Drudge says Putin is proposing a new global currency. I guess his fist has not unclenched yet.
I don’t have the stomach to read it; somebody else do it.
PattyJ on March 17, 2009 at 10:43 PM
People losing jobs and houses while Obama goes and yucks it up.
pearson on March 17, 2009 at 10:44 PM
I heard they’ll be giving out complimentary KY Jelly and tissues to the audience that night.
fogw on March 17, 2009 at 10:44 PM
ChimpyOThadeus is a colossal loser.
csdeven on March 17, 2009 at 10:45 PM
This is the change I can believe in.
faraway on March 17, 2009 at 10:46 PM
I hope Ogabe’s parties went well; the rest of us can muddle through while his Highness toasts the Irish.
Bishop on March 17, 2009 at 10:47 PM
Maybe Leno will drill Obama and say this is no joke.
faraway on March 17, 2009 at 10:47 PM
You want comedy? Saw Chris Dodd trying to cover his ass on the news this evening. Guy wants us to believe he didn’t know about all those bonus dollars going out….even though his amendment gave a specific cutoff date. Hey Chris, you don’t put cut-off dates in legislation UNLESS YOU KNOW SOMETHING IS GOING TO OCCUR BEFORE THAT DATE.
You lying sack of shit!
GarandFan on March 17, 2009 at 10:48 PM
Labor is cheap and our minion pool is overflowing, let the distraction fly.
Typical liberals, start early, throw crap all day, the media will validate the best parts for us so let the distractions fly.
Speakup on March 17, 2009 at 10:48 PM
I’m sure they’ll have a bunch of jabs at/jokes about Bush too. Fun for the whole liberal family!
Wineaholic on March 17, 2009 at 10:48 PM
Is this Operation Chaos?
DrStock on March 17, 2009 at 10:49 PM
Heh.
Weight of Glory on March 17, 2009 at 10:49 PM
If McConnell and Boehner just shut their traps and let the lefties crap over themselves…then they actually might look good.
Why of why do they jump in to this stuff?
katy on March 17, 2009 at 10:50 PM
O’bama you are the worst person of the day for the next 3 years
steviedfromnc on March 17, 2009 at 10:51 PM
Hey GF give Dodd a break….he also says he didn’t realize he had gotten a sweetheart deal being one of the friends of Angelo….
AIG “outrage” 163 million for several dozen to a few hundred people….
Fan and Fred- 170+ million to Franklin Raines, and Jamie “what wall?” Gorelick
“just two good people living the American dream!”
sven10077 on March 17, 2009 at 10:51 PM
.
Is he so pitifully thin skinned that he needs to go on Leno to try and bolster his popularity numbers? He has a malignant need for his ego to be stroked, doesn’t he?
anniekc on March 17, 2009 at 10:52 PM
This should also be a quote of the day: (Obama) “deserves my slience”
Classy man.
carbon_footprint on March 17, 2009 at 10:52 PM
Well let’s see. The russians said they are going to get their nuclear forces back up to snuff and maybe put some nuclear Bear bombers in our back yard.
The administration moved forcefully to decide on a final Rush billboard.
See? Proof there’s a steady hand on the tiller.
MarkT on March 17, 2009 at 10:52 PM
Obama, you are giving Bama a bad name.
faraway on March 17, 2009 at 10:53 PM
Three decades of affirmative action have come home to bite us in the butt.
Please extend our thanks to Columbia, Harvard, the University of Chicago, and the good people of the once great United States for giving complete incompetence a chance.
Can we put the adults back in charge now- please?
Scotsman on March 17, 2009 at 10:54 PM
ACORN to Play Role in 2010 Census
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/17/lawmakers-concerned-role-acorn-census/
pearson on March 17, 2009 at 10:54 PM
Mon, ah lak ta be smokin’ dat herb you got. You stoned.
MrScribbler on March 17, 2009 at 10:54 PM
I thought they were supposed to be better about “message” than all previous administrations?
myrenovations on March 17, 2009 at 10:56 PM
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/03/17/great-news-acorn-helping-hire-workers-for-us-census/
sven10077 on March 17, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Hope Has Changed.
Travis1 on March 17, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Well, Putin is pretty much the world leader right now, by default.
ddrintn on March 17, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Obama Received a $101,332 Bonus from AIG.
..maybe he should just do the honorable thing.
BTW,..before this link is sucked into cyber crap ,..check out your bank,..
http://banktracker.investigativereportingworkshop.org/banks/
christene on March 17, 2009 at 10:58 PM
Your chickens… have come home to roost.
faraway on March 17, 2009 at 10:59 PM
Dis arrays, tangents, negative imaginary numbers…
I knew Trigonometry would come in handy one day!
SouthernGent on March 17, 2009 at 10:59 PM
And the fact that he “didn’t know” or “wasn’t told” about the bonuses until the day before they were paid out should make me feel better because….?????
uncivilized on March 17, 2009 at 10:59 PM
I wouldn’t let russia get you too stressed.
they’re all aging and dying off.
blatantblue on March 17, 2009 at 11:00 PM
Prompter Jesus has his eye on the real enemy of America…Rush Limbaugh and AIG and US Veterans…..
in other news, had our economy not imploded we’d have Russia by the throat right now as their cheery oats came from the high petro prices….
of course that assumes:
1) we have leaders ruthless enough to castrate the bear again
2) see 1
sven10077 on March 17, 2009 at 11:00 PM
Morris was on BOR last night and said “Barack Obama is a socialist, and not even a good one”
Knucklehead on March 17, 2009 at 11:01 PM
Enjoy the (green) beer, after some corned beef with cabbage.
The O-honeymoon is over. The MSM haven’t realized it, yet.
Timorous Geithner is but a shadow of a man.
The world is watching.
Our land is run by what appears to be a Kindergarten, but what in reality is a gang of thugs.
Entelechy on March 17, 2009 at 11:01 PM
because he missed it when he voted on it, AND then he missed it when he signed it….
look he may be a retard but he is consistent in it….
sven10077 on March 17, 2009 at 11:01 PM
And that’s the day he leaked it to the press and tried to blame it on the employees of AIG.
Calling Rahm and Georgie.
faraway on March 17, 2009 at 11:02 PM
hahahaha
Worst Socialist of the Week
faraway on March 17, 2009 at 11:03 PM
They do seem to be in some significant disarray. Unfortunately, with some on the Republican side defending the AIG bonuses, to varying degrees, and others making so light of them, so do Republicans. It is almost as if the AIG bonuses were a detonator gift from God and some Republicans just start petting it or sticking it in their mouths.
MB4 on March 17, 2009 at 11:03 PM
Oh man, you’re killing me.
faraway on March 17, 2009 at 11:05 PM
One Big Ass Mistake America!
Can’t take credit for that one, though.
TexAz on March 17, 2009 at 11:05 PM
When under stress you revert to what you know works… ie… your experience dictates your actions…
The ONLY thing Obama has ever done is run for office, so now, under stress, he is trying to run the US Government like he ran a campaign…
He’s more worried about news cycles, than policy… and more worried about appearance, than result…
Problem is, that this is real, and affects real people.
Romeo13 on March 17, 2009 at 11:05 PM
San Fran Nan and Barry’s evil alter-egos
Professor Chaos and General Disarray.
phreshone on March 17, 2009 at 11:06 PM
A.I.G: All Recipients
MB4 on March 17, 2009 at 11:06 PM
Someone who raises the dead to vote for a democrat.
Twice.
In each state.
Daggett on March 17, 2009 at 11:07 PM
Details.. we dont nned no stinkin’ details
GD on March 17, 2009 at 11:08 PM
Details…we don’t need no stinkin’ details
GD on March 17, 2009 at 11:09 PM
Will Obama use a teleprompter on Leno?
pearson on March 17, 2009 at 11:09 PM
If you were a Commander in the field……….
……….. and a crisis occurred where you and your troops had to engage or be engaged upon, and since all action has to wait for Presidential Authority,
……….. but Mr. Teleprompter was at a St. Patrick’s Day Party and couldn’t be bothered,
What would you do ……….?
Seven Percent Solution on March 17, 2009 at 11:09 PM
I
Never waste a crisis. Go for the power grab. Right Ms Palomino?
Guardian on March 17, 2009 at 11:09 PM
I have already read it. Don’t worry. Be happy. It’s all good. Go back to talking about Meagan and Laura and Sarah and God.
PootyPoot on March 17, 2009 at 11:10 PM
Donks-451 grand or so
Elephants- 186 grand or so
yeah big biz money well spent….now recall that the donks were getting greased pretty well even when they were the minority party…..”why?”
ah well the newsies won’t bother with that tough question will they?
Barry managed to come in only behind Dodd in just two short years of service….
again “why?”
Newsies: too tough a question Sven
sven10077 on March 17, 2009 at 11:10 PM
Learn Russian for the ICC trial….
sven10077 on March 17, 2009 at 11:11 PM
Buyers remorse seems to follow half-A** research by half=a** buyers
GD on March 17, 2009 at 11:12 PM
Here’s the most cogent look at the AIG sitch yet. Salient points are that the owners of this company got (properly) soaked, and that the bailout is being used to dismantle this behemoth:
http://tigerhawk.blogspot.com/2009/03/few-thoughts-and-questions-on-bailouts.html
Also worth reading is Michael Lewis’s Liar’s Poker from ‘way back in 1989, describing how in fact the young whizbangs referred to as “quants”, or quantitative analysts, were even then devising money schemes their own Wall Street employers couldn’t understand.
Combine financial businesses driven by freshly minted MBA’s with Clintonian social engineering in the form of “all mah brothas deserve tha dignity of theyah own house”, throw in a little Bawney Fwank, et voila: a Sanford and Son script.
warbaby on March 17, 2009 at 11:13 PM
Perhaps they won’t realize it’s a crisis until it’s already too late.
Kralizec on March 17, 2009 at 11:13 PM
oh and lo and behold….
Juan Queeg was chief elephant….so AIG bought both candidates….
sven10077 on March 17, 2009 at 11:14 PM
don’t forget the George W. Bush “why yes compassionate conservatism dictates we should misvaluate risk to levels that would have been called criminal in 1986″…..
Bush didn’t figure out the gag Beijing Billy was trying to prevent at the end of his term until the middle of his second one….
sven10077 on March 17, 2009 at 11:16 PM
I don’t think anyone could have worded that better!
deidre on March 17, 2009 at 11:16 PM
Disorganized crime.
Speakup on March 17, 2009 at 11:16 PM
Ready to lead on day 356?
There is NO Hope that this trainwreck will improve, so can we please make a Change?
TN Mom on March 17, 2009 at 11:18 PM
And don’t you gringos think for uno momento that it was easy staying in that bidding game.
VinyFoxy on March 17, 2009 at 11:18 PM
I sense an asprin factory bombing coming on…..
Spiritk9 on March 17, 2009 at 11:22 PM
Yeah but they REALLY had the hots for Dodd….
he was definitely their top gun…
sven10077 on March 17, 2009 at 11:23 PM
thomasaur on March 17, 2009 at 11:23 PM
:O)
Seven Percent Solution on March 17, 2009 at 11:23 PM
No, Kamikazi pilot, thy name is Obama…..
But he won, with votes from fools who think the government was going to pay their mortgage and fill their gas tanks.
How’s that working out so far….?
Talk to the hand, because the ears aren’t listening. Yes I know how big they are, but they can’t hear a thing unless it’s spouted by Olberdouche, Chrissy thrill leg, or Parker the Clueless.
Hog Wild on March 17, 2009 at 11:23 PM
I think Ogabe will send us on “peacekeeping” missions to Africa instead….always a mess there and he spoke often of worrying how “that little boy in Africa sees the United States”….
we’ll be in Darfur by Christmas or Easter of 2010 at the latest….
sven10077 on March 17, 2009 at 11:25 PM
;)
sven10077 on March 17, 2009 at 11:26 PM
Fred Sanford: Who is it?
Barney Frank: It’s Barney!
Fred Sanford: Barney who?
Barney Frank: You know Barney who! Open this door fool!
Fred Sanford: I can’t open the door!
Barney Frank: Why not?
Fred Sanford: Your too ugly!
Barney Frank: But Fred, I need your help.
Fred Sanford: But, Barney, I’m a junkman, not a sex therapist.
Barney Frank: But, Fred, I need your truck.
Fred Sanford: I agree. Son, take the truck and run over Barney’s face.
MB4 on March 17, 2009 at 11:26 PM
One can hope. LOL
ddrintn on March 17, 2009 at 11:28 PM
AIG…Astonishing Incompetant Government
GD on March 17, 2009 at 11:29 PM
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