Palin rips Obama for Special Olympics joke
posted at 4:31 pm on March 20, 2009 by Allahpundit
Commenters in the previous thread assure me that they’re not outraged at Obama’s joke, they’re merely outraged at the double standard conservatives are held to when they say something impolitic. Let’s see how many stick to that position in this one. A thousand comments or bust, baby!
“I was shocked to learn of the comment made by President Obama about Special Olympics,” Governor Palin said. “This was a degrading remark about our world’s most precious and unique people, coming from the most powerful position in the world.
“These athletes overcome more challenges, discrimination and adversity than most of us ever will. By the way, these athletes can outperform many of us and we should be proud of them. I hope President Obama’s comments do not reflect how he truly feels about the special needs community.”
Exit question: Any wild guesses as to how the media will report this tonight? Here’s a hint from yesterday’s ADN: “The biggest single chunk of money that Palin is turning down is about $170 million for education, including money that would go for programs to help economically disadvantaged and special needs students.”
Update: Maria Shriver chips in too:
In a statement this morning, Shriver said, “While I am confident that President Obama never intended to offend anyone, the response that his comments have caused, coupled with the reaction of a primetime audience, demonstrate the need to continue to educate the non-disabled community on the issues that confront those with a developmental disability.”
“Often times we don’t realize that when we laugh at comments like this it hurts millions of people throughout the world,” added Shriver.
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Typical Paultard: dumber than a stump!
Jenfidel on March 21, 2009 at 4:12 AM
See Poptech on March 21, 2009 at 4:08 AM and look at the examples for the other Presidents.
Joe Bloggs on March 21, 2009 at 4:12 AM
No wonder you support Palin you have the most idiotic nonsensical statements I have ever read. LMAO!!! This is like Truther TV.
Here maybe you can learn what happened:
Understanding the financial crisis (Video) (8min)
Poptech on March 21, 2009 at 4:13 AM
I really shouldn’t bother responding, but:
“No need to get snippety.”
Among the several ways you could take my comments, I wouldn’t have thought that “snippety” would be on the list.
You inferred that I had claimed some of high ground on the issue of merits/demerits of potential Presidential candidates. I hadn’t mentioned a single one. I responded to a post about Mitt Romney’s qualifications, somehow conflating his purported perfect SAT with his acceptance into both business and law graduate programs. So I related what I knew from personal experience; namely, that the SAT has nothing whatsoever to do with graduate school.
When you asked if anyone should “listen to me,” I answered the only logical way anyone could: why?
I neither commented on a candidate’s qualifications, nor offered my support for a candidate.
Don’t know about the “snippety.” Don’t know about the supposed “logical inference.” Can’t find anything that I said that might lead you to your concerns.
notropis on March 21, 2009 at 4:14 AM
I’m done with you, Poopdeck.
I’ve wasted enough of this first night of spring with you.
I can only hope that some of what I had to say wasn’t wasted on the others who came here to have a constructive dialogue about the future of our imperiled country.
Jenfidel on March 21, 2009 at 4:16 AM
Well, particularly given the increasing value of gold lately, if that’s the case I sure would like for him to adopt me.
Joe Bloggs on March 21, 2009 at 4:17 AM
He wants to go back to a gold standard because he understands economics. Under a true gold standard this current problem could not happen. I take it like you don’t understand our fiat monetary system or what fractional reserve banking is.
Your fantasy about Paul is about as delusional as your fantasy about Palin.
Read this you might learn something:
What Has Government Done to Our Money? (PDF) (112 pgs) (Murray N. Rothbard, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Economics)
Poptech on March 21, 2009 at 4:17 AM
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Now, Joe, that rates a ROFL!
Jenfidel on March 21, 2009 at 4:18 AM
ROFLMAO! You think Palin has Wisdom? Are you serious? Leadership? She could lead a beauty pageant maybe. How low are your standards?
Over and over again about state education. You people have a mental disorder fixated on ivy league, me vs them rich folks. It is sad and pathetic. If Mitt had an MBA from a state college I wouldn’t care because his MBA would still trump a dumb ass Journalism degree. But this is besides the fact that he successfully ran a multi-billion dollar business and knows damn well what effect government regulations and taxes does to the economy. Palin has no clue and can easily be swayed by populist bullshit.
Poptech on March 21, 2009 at 3:43 AM
Ah, we get the gist now. Poptech is just sucking on sour grapes that Mitt wasn’t the nominee last November, and probably won’t be the nominee in 2012.
Sarah Palin could walk on water and Poptech would be critical of her because she didn’t use a boat.
Heh, poptech is a tool of Romney. Plain and simple.
Intrepid on March 21, 2009 at 4:18 AM
Please we have had enough truther TV conspiracies from economic illiterates such as yourself blaming Soros for the problem. My God it is like a nut house. In the mean time watch the video and read the book you will learn something.
Poptech on March 21, 2009 at 4:19 AM
Obama must believe that his oversized ears belong in “Special Olympics”.
Since he is so self-conscious about them, that explains why the words “Special Olympics” was on the tip of his tongue.
That’s also why he hates republicans…it’s because of their mascot…..
Mcguyver on March 21, 2009 at 4:19 AM
To that fly buzzing in here, there’s not a country in the world that has a currency tied to gold and the U.S. isn’t going to start doing it again, either, no matter how “smart” Dr. Paul thinks that it is, especially now that NObama has started ordering up dollars by the TRILLION.
Jenfidel on March 21, 2009 at 4:21 AM
No need to get contumelious.
Joe Bloggs on March 21, 2009 at 4:23 AM
I inferred no such thing. You are confused.
Joe Bloggs on March 21, 2009 at 4:26 AM
“contumelious”
Among the many things you might accuse me of, being arrogantly insolent in my responses to you could not possibly be on the list.
Don’t know what your problems with me actually are; maybe you should take a breath and chill, or maybe you should just learn to read.
notropis on March 21, 2009 at 4:29 AM
Show me a sane man and there is almost surely someone here who can cure him.
Tav on March 21, 2009 at 4:31 AM
“You inferred that I had claimed some [sort] of high ground on the issue of merits/demerits of potential Presidential candidates.”
“I inferred no such thing. You are confused.”
So what was the meaning of this (since I’m confused):
“And yet we are suppose to listen to you on the merits/demerits of potential Presidential candidates?”
notropis on March 21, 2009 at 4:34 AM
Now you are being contumeliously snippety.
Joe Bloggs on March 21, 2009 at 4:34 AM
Oh, and still more confused. Why don’t you go back to the beginning and analyze my statements and yours and perhaps you will see that your responses to mine bare no logic.
Joe Bloggs on March 21, 2009 at 4:38 AM
Yes
Crux Australis on March 21, 2009 at 4:39 AM
“Now you are being contumeliously snippety.”
No, I’m becoming dismissive of your argumentative vacuity, (since you’re into big words.)
notropis on March 21, 2009 at 4:39 AM
“bare no logic.”
??????
notropis on March 21, 2009 at 4:39 AM
It is obviously crazy impossible to consider even though we used to have it tied to gold up until Nixon.
The Case for a 100 Percent Gold Dollar (Murray N. Rothbard, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Economics)
Wait you think Soros brought the economy down? Is Hot Air now conspiracy TV?
Poptech on March 21, 2009 at 4:40 AM
It is no more problematic than traditional methodological positions, whose rationales for analytic rigor are tautologies that bare no logic independent of their own epistemological foundations, if you follow me.
Cheshire Cat on March 21, 2009 at 4:47 AM
Wow, Sarah brings down the house with 1000+ comments!
sarahpalinfan99 on March 21, 2009 at 4:48 AM
“if you follow me.”
Not half likely, though I’d like to.
I’m still puzzling over bare v. bear (expose v. carry). Even in your example, if I’m parsing it correctly, which I somehow doubt I am.
notropis on March 21, 2009 at 4:51 AM
Don’t get hung up or otherwise entangled in the tangential issue of spelling. Just remember that embracing the non-assurances of deconstruction one leaves the traditional world of strict delineation and enters a counterintuitive zone where lines blur since concepts are produced within a discursive network of differences.
Cheshire Cat on March 21, 2009 at 5:04 AM
“Just remember”
Thanks. THAT’s what I was forgetting. Strict delineation. Counter-intuitive zones. Discursive networks. Gotcha!
Like the old farts said on the IBM commercial: “Ram them gigabytes….”
notropis on March 21, 2009 at 5:08 AM
Glad to be of assistance.
Cheshire Cat on March 21, 2009 at 5:11 AM
Actually, to me, there are three parts of the mind: Intelligence (the opposite of which is stupidity), Wisdom (the opposite of which is foolishness) and Knowledge (the opposite of which is ignorance). Liberals seem to worship Intelligence to an insane degree. Yes, Obama is very intelligent. However, he seems to be both foolish and ignorant. His lack of wisdom and knowledge are what make him very unsuited for the position of President and dangerous in that very position (because he can do a lot of harm). (In fact, it seems as if nobody in the current administration has any knowledge or wisdom.)
As for knowledge, you can always check with those who know such as advisers. And ass for intelligence, yes it’s good, but it should always, always be second to wisdom. I would much rather have a wise President than an intelligent fool (which is what we have now).
Theophile on March 21, 2009 at 5:15 AM
Whoops. Typo, that ass is supposed to be “as”.
Theophile on March 21, 2009 at 5:17 AM
Right, and once the entire worth of your country is locked up into a shiny metal your enemies can draw you into a lengthy war, bankrupt you, and you lose the war because you were tied into an outdated notion that some shiny metal actually represents the entire worth of your country better than it’s vast resources, people, and the rest of it’s diverse riches.
If the gold standard is the be all and end all of economic standards – then explain to me why NO NATION IN THE WORLD uses it?
Mr Purple on March 21, 2009 at 5:27 AM
Probably for much the same reason that most people don’t eat their broccoli.
Cheshire Cat on March 21, 2009 at 5:31 AM
In many ways, you are correct. Here is a great bit of info on the gold standard. It’s a fantastic history/economic lesson:
http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/officer.gold.standard
Theophile on March 21, 2009 at 5:32 AM
Before you look completely ignorant perhaps you should look at what happened on Sep 11 2008.
So, SOMEBODY was behind a run on withdraws.
Whether it was Soros or not I don’t know – but he has a bit of a history manipulating currencies and I would imagine he would be as likely a suspect as anyone.
But you seem to be too busy squealing in ignorance – so carry on, idiot.
Mr Purple on March 21, 2009 at 5:34 AM
NY Times today says possible toxic asset plan is to give non-recourse money to private investors to buy bank assets. Sounds like a last ditch effort to disburse the wealth of the nation to the wealthy and well-connected.
In retrospect (hell, in prospect for that matter!) it all looks like a plan to loot the treasury. The AIG bailout was essentially a direct payment of funds to Goldman. This next plan will actually give toxic assets to “private investors” with an explicit plan to privatize any gains and socialize the losses. Brazen, but no surprise.
At this stage in a kleptocracy it’s hard to be subtle. To have a chance at pulling it off, you have to put right on the face of the fricken deed of gift that gifted money to stunningly insolvent criminal enterprises is eligible for paying bonuses to the masterminds. And you have to do it fast enough that a fat and apathetic populace will keep their a$$es on the couch eating chips and drinking directly out of two-liter bottles of soda.
Looks like the next step is to divvy up the nation’s remaining financial assets and, of course, to provide the non-recourse financing for the process.
KentAllard on March 21, 2009 at 5:45 AM
Some people LOVE brocolli, though. Therefore there are people who will eat it.
Nobody is using the gold standard.
There are proponents – but no nation is actually using it.
It is a silly notion. To think that the only value a nation could possibly possess is a shiny metal is just ridiculous.
There is value in land. There is value in gas and oil. There is value in rivers, lakes, mountains, buildings, citizens, plants, animals.
Imagine a ball of gold 300 miles wide gently landing on the earth. Now every nation that does not possess the 300 mile ball of gold is a pauper.
Nothing else changed. Suddenly the nation that possesses the 300 mile ball of gold is now the richest (and therefore most powerful) nation in the world.
That really makes no sense. That one nation should obtain wealth simply because some defined mineral was deposited on it’s soil.
Gold is actually pretty worthless except for ornamental or limited technical usage. It makes a poor measuring stick of total wealth.
Mr Purple on March 21, 2009 at 5:51 AM
It is a silly notion. To think that the only value a nation could possibly possess is fiatscos is just ridiculous.
Cheshire Cat on March 21, 2009 at 5:57 AM
Fiatscos are so much better.
Cheshire Cat on March 21, 2009 at 5:58 AM
Nope – I’m outraged at the joke and always was.
Candy Slice on March 21, 2009 at 6:03 AM
At least that format allows for more than the singular vision that gold is the one and only irreplaceable currency as decreed by God…..or someone…… would you believe Ron Paul?
The Gold standard is ridiculous. I would much rather have the wealth of my nation be dependant upon it’s gold, it’s natural resources, it’s land, it’s possessions, it’s citizens and the promise of what we are yet to bring forth than be tied to a non-fluctuating mass of shiny metal.
…and we haven’t even touched on the racist kook gold standard advocate who inspires other idiots to tout the hopelessly outdated gold standard.
Mr Purple on March 21, 2009 at 6:10 AM
Ditto.
Zero and his liberal followers really don’t give much thought to Special Olympians because these people would just abort them. They would never consider loving them and raising them as their precious child.
They would never get the chance to be Special Olympian’s. They would be Aborted Fetuses. Therefore Zero feels he can joke about them. They aren’t important – in fact if he had his way they wouldn’t have even been born.
I think that is pathetic.
I have had the privelege of knowing a few Down’s Syndrome afflicted indivuals and they are nothing short of the kindest, sweetest, most fun loving people I have ever met.
When you watch some insensitive dolt like Zero insult these people en masse with no compassion that really makes me think about who is really important to me.
These special needs people that I have been blessed to share my life with would feel awful if they made a similar insult to ANYONE. They would genuinely be crushed if they knew they offended like this. These are the most loving and sensitive people I have ever had the privelege of being around.
Special Olympians especially have so much love and commitment in them that I am stunned by Zero’s comments.
That is where it really starts to hit home for me. The Special Olympian I know stands alone as the most easy going, fun loving, caring and sensitive person I have ever met.
I am also outraged by the blatant media bias as well.
Zero just had a major teleprompter gaffe when he was appearing with the Irish PM. What happened? The media SPIKED THE VIDEO!
I have been against Zero from day 1 – but now I am irate.
Fuck You, Zero. I hope you fail and I can honestly say I hope for much worse.
Mr Purple on March 21, 2009 at 6:28 AM
Our new President was elected to office by the people who were tired of Washington DC influence peddling, pervasive fraud and theft and the economic damage it has wrought on this land. President Obama now has two high-level appointees he has continued to support after they were revealed to have “ethics issues” (at best.) If President Obama does not choose here and now to stand with American citizens and against the fraud and corruption of the previous twenty years he will at best be a one-term President and at worst there won’t be an economy or nation worth being President of within the next year or two. The situation really is this grim and neither the markets or the people are going to sit still for any more of “business as usual.” Words will not cut it – it is only deeds that count now.
This is not the time for “bipartisanship” or any such thing. It is time for President Obama to demonstrate that he is the leader the people elected and to stand up for the common man – not through “paying back” organized labor with things like “card check” and ordering the removal of disclosure statements of union worker rights related to the ability to “opt out” of political activity, but rather by standing with the common man against the pervasive fraud, abuse, theft and lies that have been perpetrated by Wall Street, K Street and Washington DC in general over the previous twenty years.
The road ahead is a rough one. Our nation faces an unprecedented economic mess of which we have only seen the beginning, but that mess is of our own making. We have “enjoyed” false prosperity for more than a decade fueled by intentionally-overinflated asset prices that represented not real wealth but rather a chimera grown from ridiculous and outrageously fraudulent actions by many throughout our credit, banking and regulatory systems.
The blame for this cannot be laid at the feet of either political party to the exclusion of the other. Both sides of the aisle are to blame, as both have held the reins of power during this period of time. There are dozens of Senators and Representatives who have dirty hands, including many who personally profited from “special deals” doled out by some of these firms, in many cases to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars. Reported frauds have been intentionally ignored and both lawmakers and regulators have not only looked the other way but in many cases have been actively complicit.
Our nation truly stands on the precipice of history. We cannot borrow and spend our way out of this mess, we cannot pass $800 billion dollar “stimulus bills” that do not actually stimulate the economy and we cannot rob Peter to pay Paul. Asset prices must contract to reasonable, supportable values, and they will – whether we like it or not. Those who are overlevered and in debt up to their eyeballs will and must default, and have that debt cleared. Transparency must not be a word, it must be a deed throughout our financial system and markets.
InkyBinkyBarleyBoo on March 21, 2009 at 6:53 AM
I would disagree.
I see the CRA re-written by BJ Clinton that was the precipatator of this mess.
In fact, Franklin Raines admits that this was a catalyst in the disaster we see now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_Reinvestment_Act
I have seen videos of President Bush warning Democrats in 2003 that this was coming of oversight was not implemented. Democrats threatened a filibuster (why did they threaten a filibuster? Because the companies involved are Deomcrat havens for cushy jobs and political donations. They do not want to cut off their ‘retirement jobs’ or their campaign contributions by kneecapping these companies.
Damn the country, the Democrats have a cash cow! Time to exploit it and drive the country into crisis. Since they onloy laid the groundwork for collapse and they didn’t control the WH – the Dems decide to let the country fall into ‘recession plus’ mode.
God knows they were cheerleading a recesssion a year before we actually SAW a recession.
And of course we conveniently see Zero and Rahm with their stated vision of taking advantage of a cirisis now at the controls.
Either Democrats are extremely STUPID and cannot function effectively in government – or they willingly allowed this to happen to implement the most radical policies imaginable.
You can make your own decision. Are they stupid or did they let it happen knowing full well their consequences.
You really think Zero was ‘surprised’ by those AIG bonuses that his appointed Sec of Treasury knew about and asked for?
Think again.
He wants to make the American businessman the enemy.
This is calculated – and Americans are falling for it. They send out their ACORN thugs to protest AIG and it’s a news story. The ACORN thugs praise Zero and villianize AIG further.
This is so scripted it is ridiculous. Zero wants America to hate the businessman. That is all part of his planned agenda.
Mr Purple on March 21, 2009 at 7:19 AM
Isn’t it interesting that the “affirmative action” president is quick to insult when he doesnt have his best friend the teleprompter. I am not sure who is dumber Obama or the the idiots that voted for the crook…..He is as inept as Jimmy Carter and as smarmy as Bill Clinton. I can’t wait until 2012 when he and Lt. Worf are sent back to Chicago
reaganrules on March 21, 2009 at 7:52 AM
Well Obama did poke fun at her base…retards.
LevStrauss on March 21, 2009 at 7:53 AM
1100 + comments
1000 belong to Poptech (troll)
and Lev Strauss (gets off watching Ron Paul and that comedian dude in a hotel room)
joey24007 on March 21, 2009 at 7:55 AM
Tell Mr Kristol I said hi.
LevStrauss on March 21, 2009 at 8:02 AM
If the Hotair admins were to moderate this post for trolls and blatant crap like this:
This post would have about 300 comments.
joey24007 on March 21, 2009 at 8:09 AM
You really don’t understand money. What determines the worth of the American dollar? Of course government likes fiat money it is good for government. What government wants to be restricted fiscally even if it is at the expensive of your wealth? But it is much better for your money to be perpetually devalued. Our current economic crisis is only possible due to fiat currency.
Poptech on March 21, 2009 at 8:14 AM
He could have vetoed it. He may have been over-ridden by the legislature, but he signed it in to law.
takeamericabackin10 on March 21, 2009 at 8:14 AM
Yeah people with bank accounts. Just like during the Depression. In a fractional reserve banking system it is always vulnerable to bank runs. This is not some conspiracy this is a problem with our banking system that is impossible with a 100% Gold Standard. You people are like financial morons. Banks are perpetually bankrupt and can never redeem everyone’s money at the same time.
Poptech on March 21, 2009 at 8:22 AM
A little chastise from the Kennedys – Maybe TOTUS should hsave done the interview without O.
Done That on March 21, 2009 at 8:30 AM
No he didn’t. The Mass Supreme Court ruled it so by claiming the Mass Constitution did not ban it. He did not sign anything, he fought to get the legislature to pass an amendment to the constitution. It looks like Huckabee’s propaganda worked well.
Massachusetts Governor Vows to Pursue Marriage Amendment (USAToday)
Poptech on March 21, 2009 at 8:30 AM
Actually, I do – and apparently I understand it quite a lot better than yoyu since you are advocating an outdatred financial system that has been abandoned by every nation in the world.
That is a 100% rejection rate of your gold standard.
100%
aka, unanimous.
I really can’t get any more specific or direct than that.
T%he Gold standard is dead. No country in existence today uses the Gold Standard.
Continue to espouse it’s virtues, though. I’m sure there are many aspiring mythical leaders of fantastical worlds looking to be the next Zero.
Mr Purple on March 21, 2009 at 8:31 AM
So your response is it was a coordinated effort by like 500 million people each with a thousand dollars who decided all on the same day to move their $1000 funds?
Yeah, that’s not a conspiracy theory.
Either that or one real wealthy guy like maybe……..gee I dunno…..names escape me at this point.
Somehow the argument comes back to the very guy you are trying to defend unsuccessfully?
Mr Purple on March 21, 2009 at 8:34 AM
I don’t think Poptech realizes the damage he is doing to Romney and the help he is giving Palin.
He can’t discuss Palin without posting flat out lies and insulting the woman
And every time hotair reader thinks of Romney … he or she will think of Poptech
So keep up the good work there Poptart
joey24007 on March 21, 2009 at 8:39 AM
It is only ridiculous because you do not understand what money is. Money is a mediun of exchange, Money does not measure prices or values they are expressed by it.
You might want to read this:
What Has Government Done to Our Money? (PDF) (112 pgs) (Murray N. Rothbard, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Economics)
Poptech on March 21, 2009 at 8:43 AM
Why is gold even worth anything? Because people have faith that it is worth something! Which is why federal reserve notes are worth something
LMAO
the gold standard people do not like to talk about the money panics and the deflationary spirals that it causes.
Personally, I believe that money should be pegged to tin /sarc
joey24007 on March 21, 2009 at 8:46 AM
It is obvious our current system is superior. ROFLMAO! Governments love fiat currency because they can rob you of your wealth and people like you cheer it on.
Poptech on March 21, 2009 at 8:49 AM
This article (and several others) sets the record straight. The court did not order him to do anything.
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56674
takeamericabackin10 on March 21, 2009 at 9:12 AM
Gold has real value:
Gold
- A Precious Metal on the Periodic Table of Elements (AU)
- Does not oxide or corrode
- The most malliable of all metals
- Transfers electricity with less resistance than any other metal on earth
- Readily creates alloys with many other metals
- Applications include Industry, Electronics and Jewlery
Poptech on March 21, 2009 at 9:19 AM
The court ruled it was unconstitutional to prevent homosexuals from getting married, if Romney didn’t allow it he would be obstructing the constitutional rights of those seeking to get married. The legislature had plenty of time to do something about it and did nothing. You can spin in circles all you want but that is how it played out.
Poptech on March 21, 2009 at 9:25 AM
The primary property of money is it’s limited supply, if you can create lots of it , it lose the value in inflation.
If people think there will be a lot more made , it loses it value fast , as in Zimbabwe.
Gold is hard to “make” so it is physically a safer base for money than most alternatives. There is gold inflation , gold mines.
The value of Fiat currency depends on the government that controls it.
the_nile on March 21, 2009 at 9:26 AM
I’m not here to argue against a gold standard, but to point out that you can still operate a fractional reserve banking system using gold as a currency standard.
You do understand that, don’t you?
Saltysam on March 21, 2009 at 9:35 AM
No, doesn’t look like he had any “real” ones. Just stints as an attorney, bureaucrat and things like “CEO of Starwank Consulting LLC”.
ddrintn on March 21, 2009 at 9:35 AM
Nevertheless, it was on Romney’s watch. You’re applying different standards here, Poptech. Romney has a governing record too, just like Palin does. Defend it with something other than passing the buck to the state legislature.
ddrintn on March 21, 2009 at 9:43 AM
And every blonde joke we laugh at hurts millions more. Get over it people. Obama’s a doofus, we all know it.
The lesson to take from this is the hypocrisy of the left. Get on Bush all you want for a gaffe, but if Obama does it, it’s a chance for him to learn to be Presidential. Yay, he just graduated from the Kindergarten of Presidential…ness.
ConDem on March 21, 2009 at 9:55 AM
You’re still here.
That means you’re not in a car fire.
You need to fix that.
MadisonConservative on March 21, 2009 at 10:04 AM
LOL.
The Left has no idea how pathetic they look running a President under the construct of their paternal, affirmative action, racism.
They can’t criticize their “experiment” in equal outcomes. It’s so disgustingly racist. They don’t see him as a man, with faults. They see him as a minority child that needs training wheels.
Saltysam on March 21, 2009 at 10:06 AM
MadisonConservative on March 21, 2009 at 10:04 AM
I can’t believe Poptech has been hijacking this thread and exhibiting his PDS all night long. That’s not admirable. That’s obsessive.
kingsjester on March 21, 2009 at 10:11 AM
We need to get past distractions like Obama’s graceless sense of humor, or reading Mitt Romney’s resume and comparing its bullet points to Sarah Palin’s. (As if any significant percentage of voters would do anything like that.) Instead, we should focus our efforts on punishing the real criminals at large in this country, including the Constitution-shredding plutocrats who somehow managed to seize control of a U.S. company, and now run it like a gang of hyperactive five-year olds playing with dolls, and counting on an endless flood of taxpayer money to cover for their mistakes.
Also, we should bring the people who wrote that God-awful “Battlestar Galactica” finale to justice. The only way that half-hearted, sloppy mess could have been saved would have been to end the final montage of rapid-evolving robots in the modern world with a slow zoom in to Barack Obama’s teleprompter, fading to black with sinister music playing in the background.
Doctor Zero on March 21, 2009 at 10:19 AM
Damn, you just tore ‘em all up. Good going. Think I’m gonna have to agree with you on that.
RepubChica on March 21, 2009 at 10:28 AM
Wow. And we call the liberals intolerant and ignorant…
RP has more sense than that RINO we just left behind, the blond bombshell from Alaska, AND Bawreck Insane Obummer all put together. Palin does not deserve half the bashing she now gets, but be honest. She’s getting a massive sympathy following b/c of having a ‘tard kid and is every bit as airheaded in her own way.
Also, a little primer on Gold Vs Fiat Money For Dummies—
Q. How long has gold has had value?
A. About as long as organized civilization has existed.
Q. How long have American dollars had value?
A. A little over 200 years.
Q. Can the government print more gold on the merest whim, when it wants more money to spend?
A. No.
Dark-Star on March 21, 2009 at 10:37 AM
Well, who did pull the $550 billion out of the masrket and banks?
As to Palin, she declined money that had federal strings attached. Just like MEDICAID. First they give states the money, then the state has to match, then the state has to provide the whole amount.
rlwo2008 on March 21, 2009 at 10:50 AM
Are you visually impaired?
ddrintn on March 21, 2009 at 10:51 AM
ddrintn on March 21, 2009 at 10:51 AM
Nope. Just delusional. I mean, after all, RP did so well in the National Election.
kingsjester on March 21, 2009 at 10:58 AM
If this had been Bush, you know he’d be drawn/quartered.
But it’s the Obamessiah, so it’s all good.
Ass.
Black Adam on March 21, 2009 at 11:04 AM
Yeah, well I just don’t know how much confidence we can put in the pontifications of someone who can’t tell a blonde from a brunette.
ddrintn on March 21, 2009 at 11:06 AM
ddrintn on March 21, 2009 at 11:06 AM
I dunno. Last time I did it, I married a blonde and divorced a redhead. On the bright side, maybe Poptech passed out.
kingsjester on March 21, 2009 at 11:18 AM
After reading snippets of Sarah’s speech last night at the Lincoln Dinner in Anchorage I am more than convinced there will be now an all-out assault launched against Sarah by Obama, the MSM and the nutroots to take Sarah out once and for good.
What Sarah is reported to have said last night may be interpreted by many pundits as incendiary and such will be met with similar invocations by the Leftist, except in their case they will be fuil of lies, distortions and misrepresentations.
technopeasant on March 21, 2009 at 11:46 AM
You’re right technopeasant. The left realizes what a force Sarah is and will work to destroy her. Fortunately, she is an incredibly strong woman. But, it’s up to peoplr like us to support her in every way we can, by contributing to SaeahPAC, by promoting her to our friends and acquaintances and by working to discredit those intent on destroying Sarah and other conservatives.
One of the best things conservatives can do is go on the attack and escalate the war with MSM. The more open and bitter it becomes, the more American voters will become aware.
bw222 on March 21, 2009 at 12:11 PM
hey – allah, hope you’re finally happy – you got your 1000+ Palin thread courtesy of Palin bashing by the resident hate spewers. You must be proud.
katiejane on March 21, 2009 at 12:26 PM
Just read the last 300 comments; and I realized three things:
1. If she choses to run, Sarah will be the 2012 GOP nominee
2. Romney & Paul will never be the GOP nominee (who needs enemies when you have supporters like Poptech and Levstrauss?)
3. I have never seen this level of interest/debate/emotion invested in a candidate on the Republican side since Ronald Reagan in the late 70s.
Norwegian on March 21, 2009 at 12:33 PM
I just read your last 1 comment and realized one thing.
1. You are a dumbo and an old one at that.
The Wall on March 21, 2009 at 12:43 PM
Dude, isn’t that, like, 2 things? He’s the dumbo?
littleguy on March 21, 2009 at 12:55 PM
I thought it made more sense to summarize it as one overall point.
thx for your concern…
The Wall on March 21, 2009 at 12:57 PM
That’s a very powerful argument for American dollars.
exception on March 21, 2009 at 12:58 PM
littleguy on March 21, 2009 at 12:55 PM
The Wall on March 21, 2009 at 12:43 PM
That is known as the I know you are but what am I ad hominem attack. I, for one, am honored to have Pee Wee Herman posting here at HotAir.
kingsjester on March 21, 2009 at 12:59 PM
If someone had asked me even a month ago what type of Sarah Palin thread would have engendered 1000+ entries I would never have guessed that it would be precipated by an offhanded comment made by the Messiah on the Tonight show.
IMHO, what has triggered such a response is twofold: the virtual unmasking of the casual nature of Obama’s view of American morality and tradition juxtaposed with his ruthless Narcissism and abetted by his well-known ruthless socialist agenda that he means to impose on America to destroy capitalism and limit individual freedom.
And secondly, Sarah’s timely and principled response to Obama’s gaffe basically threw down the gauntlet to the Messiah and drew a line in the sand. Sarah can never go back and neither can we.
technopeasant on March 21, 2009 at 1:16 PM
Video of Romney vs Kennedy 1994 debate.
TimeTraveler on March 21, 2009 at 1:41 PM
Quoting Sarah Palin from Allah’s opening thread comment: ” … This was a degrading remark about our world’s most precious and unique people, coming from the most powerful position in the world. … ”
Sarah Palin,
That is complete nonsense and an over exaggeration of the facts. In fact, it is pure, unadulterated politically correct nonsense!
“Degrading remark?”
What’s so degrading about making fun of oneself and saying that it was like the Special Olympics. Barrack Hussein Obama was stating a fact, that his bowling score was very bad. Nothing wrong with that comparison. No insult or degrading remark intended.
That’s not what I find truly idiotic.
This quote here reveals such an over exaggeration that it makes Palin appear to be overreaching and foolish: ” … about our world’s most precious and unique people … ”
“Our world’s most precious and unique people … “?
Since when are the handicapped ” … our world’s most precious and unique people”?
How are they any more precious and unique than anyone else on planet earth?
Are they more precious and unique than a new born baby? How about a child, a little girl or a little boy, sleeping in her or his mother’s arms?
Are the handicapped-special Olympic participants more precious and unique than handicapped persons who do not compete in the Special Olympics? Are they more precious and unique than the mother giving birth to her baby, or the father who puts up with his boss, his co-workers, and hard work in order to earn a living and support and care for his wife and children, his family?
No! Special Olympics competitors/athletes are not more precious and unique than so-called “normal” children and athletes, mothers, fathers, children, babies, and so on.
Sarah Palin, please don’t exaggerate and make a mockery out of this issue and the issue of handicapped persons and the Special Olympics. I’ve worked with the handicapped, the wheel chair bound, the hearing impaired – acting as an interpreter (ALS, Signed English), etc., and they are precious and unique, but no more precious and unique than healthy, normal individuals, babies, children, adults, and athletes.
I strongly disagree with Barrack Hussein Obama, he is a terrible president and an awful “leader,” an arrogant, condescending man who is doing more harm than good, but this selective outrage regarding the handicapped-special Olympics as a reaction to his harmless comment which had no malicious intent is over the top. There has been less outrage over his idiotic, foolish comments regarding when a baby deserves the right to life as above his pay grade, and his cruel and inhumane treatment/approach to children who survive abortion, condemning them to death AFTER they survive.
Sarah Palin, if you keep up such overly dramatic, exaggerated claims, then few, if any voters will wish to listen to you any longer, and few will wish to support you for anything, e.g. Governor or President, in the future. You will be seen as a distorter of truth.
William2006 on March 21, 2009 at 1:44 PM
When you can’t debate the issues, ad hominem always comes in handy.
ddrintn on March 21, 2009 at 1:45 PM
Oh, but just let Sarah Palin make some offhand remark about nappy hair or something…my God…
ddrintn on March 21, 2009 at 1:47 PM
This is the third time in 24 hours I’ve reposted Jenfidel’s comments. Keep ‘em coming! I love them.
chunderroad on March 21, 2009 at 2:49 PM
These arguments from Obama supporters where they seek to excuse his poor taste in ridiculing the Special Olympics and instead attack the disabled are so illustrative of who he and his supporters are… scum with inflated opinions of themselves. We saw it with Rev. Wright, Bill Ayers and Bitter Gate.
People with disabilities teach us that life itself is a gift, that good health is a blessing, that unconditional love is a miracle and that generosity of spirit is a thing we should all strive for. That is why “the least among us” are a precious and unique resource. Obama paid lip service to it at Saddleback. Palin walks it.
chunderroad on March 21, 2009 at 2:57 PM
Some people are very narrow minded in their viewpoints. Sarah Palin was responding to a remark that was really quite offensive when the content of the remark is examined. However, the focus on Down’s Syndrome children indicates that some have not thought through those other disabilities.
People who attend the Special Olympics consist of more than those with intellectual disability. Someone with Down’s Syndrome can have way more than just the features – including heart problems. The condition is not confined to women who are in their late 30s or 40s. Younger women can give birth to a Down’s Syndrome child.
Sarah Palin has a right to speak out because of the way that she was attacked by various groups of people because she chose to give birth to her baby – but if she did not have the invasive test in the first place she would not know until the baby is born. So yes, remarks like the one that was made do sting for parents who are bringing up a child with mental and physical disability.
Children with Down’s Syndrome can show a lot of love and yes they are very unique. I will always remember with affection a young woman by the name of Patty. She was severely disabled with her Down’s condition but she was the most affectionate young woman. I have known others who have children in this category. I also know some who have children who are Autistic – and with Asperger’s Syndrome.
Yet, the Special Olympics goes beyond these people because it includes those who have lost a limb or are blind or have some other form of physical disability.
The comment that was made was tasteless in the extreme. I have no doubt that many were deeply offended by the remark. It could be said that it shows something about the true feelings of Obummer – that he cares nothing about those with any form of disability and that he thinks himself a cut above so many others.
People with any form of a disability have a right to be upset about that remark.
Once again it shows that the man in the White House should not be there because he is rapidly becoming the worst POTUS ever.
maggieo on March 21, 2009 at 3:05 PM
What is the difference between a bureaucrat under Obama’s proposed nationalized healthcare deciding whether your parent or grandparent gets to live or die and Obama’s joke about Special Olympics?
None. In both cases Obama is showing his true colors or should I say mosaics.
technopeasant on March 21, 2009 at 3:07 PM
Beautiful !
Red State State of Mind on March 21, 2009 at 3:10 PM
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