Quotes of the day
posted at 9:30 pm on March 22, 2009 by Allahpundit
“Missing in action is the Barack Obama who vowed to unite the country around common values. Lately he has been the very opposite of the man he promised. Instead of hope, many have a growing fear of the arrogant government he leads…
In truth, there is no history for what he is doing. He is the most radical President of our times, far outside the mainstream of our political philosophy…
He is not a reformer who fixes things. He fancies himself ‘transformative,’ a man who reshapes and reorders. It apparently begins with smashing the existing order under the pretext of managing the crisis he inherited.
During the campaign, a fellow journalist confided that ‘I know Obama is a Manchurian candidate, I just can’t figure out what for.’
I laughed then, but no more.”
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getalife on March 22, 2009 at 10:12 PM
If you want to comment on my post at least read my explanation. I said he got that one term right. I’ve even seen you get something right in your posts before. It was only one comment and it quickly died from loneliness.
kingsjester on March 22, 2009 at 10:17 PM
November 4th= Transparency
November 5th= Perpetual Fog,like dark green pea soup!!!!!!
canopfor on March 22, 2009 at 10:17 PM
BIDEN IS AN IDIOT. WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION.
bloggless on March 22, 2009 at 10:17 PM
My husband and I were discussing this yesterday; we both think the Clintons will have him “done away with”. Let’s face it, not only is he completely destroying the United States, but he’s throwing the dimrat party into turmoil.
ErinF on March 22, 2009 at 10:17 PM
I like that.
katy on March 22, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Rasputin is not credible.
getalife on March 22, 2009 at 10:18 PM
How is the fall back to Earth, Icarus?
blatantblue on March 22, 2009 at 10:18 PM
He’ll resign in one year.
mr1216 on March 22, 2009 at 10:18 PM
TEA PARTY- SHOW UP OR SHUT UP
bloggless on March 22, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Need Political Intervention,
must,
save,
Liberals,
from,
themselves!
canopfor on March 22, 2009 at 10:19 PM
He’ll never resign. He’ll be “removed”.
ErinF on March 22, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Yes, bloggless, I have thought so all along. Do you remember that Obama was a cool, passive participant (present!) when the candidates headed back to DC after the first bombshell about the credit crisis? Obama had nothing to contribute. The matter was rolling out in his favor.
onlineanalyst on March 22, 2009 at 10:20 PM
I have this unshakable image of Obama going back to his living quarters every night and giggling:
Ohhh, baby, you are SO talented….and they are so DUMB!!!
rockmom on March 22, 2009 at 10:20 PM
That same thread at Political Punch, one woman named Crystal said she was a lead person to go get Obama support pledges yesterday. She even gave the Obama pledge. That pledge has been deleted from the comments several times over there. I just posted the pledge again a few minutes ago and it was deleted.
You can see that something was there because Crystal and the pledge are mentioned in several comments that were not deleted.
My question is, was this really on the pledge cards?
My second question is now, why is this pledge always being deleted at ABC so that it cannot be seen?
Here is the pledge:
“I Pledge Allegiance, to the Obama of the Obama Campaign for America, and to the Obama, for which Obama Stands, One Obama, Under Obama, Indivisible with Liberty and Justice to Obama Supporters”
Now if this wasn’t about Obama I would think it was a parody. As it is, I have no idea because nothing seems to farfetched for Obama and his minions.
INC on March 22, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Cons ignore the disasters he inherited but the people do not.
getalife on March 22, 2009 at 10:21 PM
tilt
Wade on March 22, 2009 at 10:21 PM
Tea parties are great, and I absolutely will be attending a few.
HOWEVER…
I’m afraid they are not enough. We are in a state of emergency right now. We need to overthrow the president and all of congress. Just not sure how to do it.
ErinF on March 22, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Hey, it’s getalife’s second cousin! Howzit?
btw I wasn’t aware that Sarah Palin was the Republican Presidential nominee in 2008. Thanks for your admission that she scares you sh*tless.
Del Dolemonte on March 22, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Obama’s “Paula”-like judges still far outweigh his “Simon” critics. I hope that’s something that will change.
varnson on March 22, 2009 at 10:22 PM
The dem/Obama recession is now in overdrive.
Johan Klaus on March 22, 2009 at 10:22 PM
HT: AOSHQ.
And you thought getting the wrong region of DVDs for Brown was bad…
Wethal on March 22, 2009 at 10:23 PM
This is funny.
I didn’t know an excuse for making things exponentially worse was to blame the other guy.
blatantblue on March 22, 2009 at 10:23 PM
Place yer bets that the Klinton Machine has had just about enough of the golden brown child barry soetoro and is planning some type of Vince Foster/ Ron Brown scenario as we type. Bump Buttboy Biden and silicone Nan aside and Madam monstahips S.O.S steps in and rights all the wrongs. Just sayin’ at this point maybe and I’m sayin’ MAYBE, she wouldn’t be so bad-OY VAY, can’t believe I’m thinkin’ it!
GlocknRoll on March 22, 2009 at 10:23 PM
The night is cool
The wind is high
A wave of light
Breaks through the sky
I watch the light
And wonder when
This wind will sweep
Me home again
I would be warm
If I were there
In golden fields
And easy air
I close my eyes
And now and then
My weary heart
Moves home again
I will hold on
I will get through
I will not die
Away from the red, white and blue
I don’t know how
I don’t know when
But I will see
My home restored again
Hold on til then
Oh, wait for me!
We will be free
And home again
PercyB on March 22, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Rasputin is not credible.
getalife on March 22, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Here is what one of Liberals’ favorite sources says about Rasmussen:
Courtesy Wikipedia
Any other wild claims you want to make, Skippy?
kingsjester on March 22, 2009 at 10:24 PM
The bush depression/Obama recession is close to over.
The President gets credit for saving our economy.
Two terms and numbers never in w territory.
Except for the rasputin poll.
getalife on March 22, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Shocking!
A man with no experience and DNA more liberal than any president in history is phucking up the country in record time while our enemies mobilize.
Golly… if only someone had pointed this out before the election.
D2Boston on March 22, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Sadly, it’s not 300 mill, it’s more like 140 mill. I may be wrong, but I think that at least half of any Western country does not want freedom, as we see it, because it also means having responsibility.
OldEnglish on March 22, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Yeah, he inherited it from the dem congress. Oh, that’s right, he’s a dem too.
Johan Klaus on March 22, 2009 at 10:25 PM
It is absolutely apparent that you just post………
……….. you do not read.
Seven Percent Solution on March 22, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Actually Rasmussen was the most accurate poll in predicting the 2008 Presidential election. As I recall they were within 1/2 of 1%. They had similar results in 2004.
Now, please tell us again how Enron “happened on Bush’s watch”.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Enron_scandal
Del Dolemonte on March 22, 2009 at 10:26 PM
And Rasmussen was dead-on accurate in the 2008 election. Whaddaya say, getalife?
ddrintn on March 22, 2009 at 10:26 PM
“shuffling paperwork”..? It is stunning to me that this is how this man – The President of the United States – views the work of executives.
aquaviva on March 22, 2009 at 10:27 PM
When it becomes painfully obvious that the emporer has no clothes, most of those that voted for him will be embarrassed.
Then, the broken majority of the country will look for the least flashy, most stable, most down-to-earth, lease media friendly, most accomplished, most proven, smartest, most religious, and least-interested-in-pop-culture person in America to lead them out of the abyss.
That man is Mitt Romney.
The Wall on March 22, 2009 at 10:27 PM
kingsjester on March 22, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Wiki is not credible.
getalife on March 22, 2009 at 10:27 PM
Yeah, what Del Dolemonte said. LOL
ddrintn on March 22, 2009 at 10:28 PM
The dem/Obama recession made be over, but the Obama/dem recession is just getting started.
Johan Klaus on March 22, 2009 at 10:28 PM
And yet His approval rating is still over sixty percent. If Bill Clinton can commit felonies and see his approval rating skyrocket, there’s nothing for Obama to fear.
JohnJ on March 22, 2009 at 10:28 PM
Obama is well on his way to becoming known as the biggest liar, most arrogent Bastard, least respected by the rest of the world’s leaders, emptiest suit ever to be POTUS… He makes Carter look like a genius.
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By the time Obama is drummed out of office, Nixon will be laughing so loud they’ll have to dig him up. Being a smart ass, is not the same as being smart. Too many folks are waking up to this J.O.’s game. Eventually, the feeding frenzy will begin and his bones will be bared for all to see.
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POS
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RalphyBoy on March 22, 2009 at 10:28 PM
I’ve never been a conspiratheorist. But I can completely see the Clintons doing something in this regard. They will hire somebody to do the dirty work. Osama Obama will be martyred. The Clintons and congressional dems will frame some right wing gun owner as being the hit guy, thereby allowing them to shut down the 2nd amendment once and for all.
ErinF on March 22, 2009 at 10:28 PM
Good grief. Are you on Mitt’s payroll?
ddrintn on March 22, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Yeah, you’re right. O’bama will never get 90% job approval like Chimpy did after 9/11. Likewise he’ll never get 70% numbers like Chimpy got after deposing the guy Bill Clinton linked to bin Laden.
Del Dolemonte on March 22, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Getalife is only interested in derailing the topic to failures of the Bush Administration. It is getting very tiresome.
msmveritas on March 22, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Yeah, there was a huge shift in their numbers at the end. Check the history of the cycle.
getalife on March 22, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Will someone give getalife a glass of water so he’ll go back to bed already?
SerenityFL on March 22, 2009 at 10:30 PM
You have a point there, the sheeple don’t care for the most part. However, Clinton was also the recipient of a tech boom and a GOP-controlled Congress.
ddrintn on March 22, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Please give one example of how Mr. Teleprompter is “saving the economy”.
………. just one will do.
Seven Percent Solution on March 22, 2009 at 10:31 PM
Great, Sheriff Bart is now PrecedentH2Ohead.
thomasaur on March 22, 2009 at 10:31 PM
Del Dolemonte on March 22, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Hope not.
It was after 9/11.
getalife on March 22, 2009 at 10:31 PM
I’ve begun to entertain the notion Obama may not be college educated or perhaps did embarassingly poorly if he attended. There’s a reason why he wouldnt release info concerning his grades and such during the campaign. He doesnt appear to me, with all his bumbling/stumbling and extremely poor performance, to be one that’s attended and/or graduated from top notch universities. At this point he does’nt appear to have the capability nor intelligence to have written the two books he claims to have authored let alone the ability to comprehend his role and perform well as a state/ US politician or POTUS.
It just seems to me Obama has attempted and been successful at passing himself off as being something he is not in several areas.
Hanny on March 22, 2009 at 10:31 PM
Mitt is fantastic. And I think he is the only person who has the capacity to clean up obama’s mess.
Put him and Sarah together on the ticket.
ErinF on March 22, 2009 at 10:31 PM
The bush depression/Obama recession is close to over.
getalife on March 22, 2009 at 10:25 PM
You aren’t getting out of this so easy, and I take delight in reminding you of your own words:
“The President’s policies are working.
The bush depression is over.
getalife on March 10, 2009 at 1:33 PM”
Bishop on March 22, 2009 at 10:32 PM
Johnny Cash explains Obama’s recession.
Johan Klaus on March 22, 2009 at 10:32 PM
Wiki is not credible.
getalife on March 22, 2009 at 10:27 PM
Only if Conservatives quote it. Try this one, Scooter.
COURTESY
Poll Accuracy in the 2008 Presidential Election
—Initial Report, November 5, 2008—
Costas Panagopoulos, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science
Fordham University
kingsjester on March 22, 2009 at 10:32 PM
He inherited an IED and he is turning it into a WMD.
MB4 on March 22, 2009 at 10:32 PM
Listen up, you blue scrotumed ignoramus, your beloved lefty media did nothing but compare Governor Palin to Community Organizer Obama, so don’t accuse me of comparing apples to cokeheads. Governor Palin would have done more for this country as VP than BO will do as President. Wait for the Palin Democrats to arrive, because they are indeed coming.
bloggless on March 22, 2009 at 10:33 PM
Yes. It is deliberate. The forward looking aspect of the markets and the people in general have discounted any recovery for a long time and most of this could have been resolved by now. Don’t believe anyone one who says that the so called toxic assets are too complicated. The fact is that the stock prices already reflect the price of those assets as worthless. That means ZERO Dollars. Should AIG or CITI go out of business other business and investors will come in to buy assets and provide services. But ONLY if there is a known playing field that is supported by a society that is not going to change at a moments notice. But since The Precedent (and Timmy) likes to keep us on edge nobody is willing to take a risk. The market confidence that has eroded is a direct response to no leadership. Unfortunately I think there is more than low market confidence, I think we’re looking a downward trend in societal confidence and that is more troubling.
nolapol on March 22, 2009 at 10:33 PM
Seven Percent Solution on March 22, 2009 at 10:31 PM
Patience, all that money they threw at it will work this year.
Some signs of improvment are already showing.
Going to be a long 8 years for the cons.
getalife on March 22, 2009 at 10:33 PM
Hmmm. On October 24, Rasmussen had it 52-44 Obama. October 3, Obama 53-43. No huge shift there.
ddrintn on March 22, 2009 at 10:34 PM
The Clintons are probably passing the popcorn right now. We know that you don’t spit into the wind, and you don’t mess around with bill.
bloggless on March 22, 2009 at 10:35 PM
Well, he is the Doom and Gloom President.
I guess he’s living up to the his message.
Kini on March 22, 2009 at 10:35 PM
ddrintn on March 22, 2009 at 10:34 PM
He’s just following Troll Rule #1 – Always Blame Boooosh!
kingsjester on March 22, 2009 at 10:36 PM
Keep this in mind. Despite the fact that Obama is an apparant bust of legendary proportions, he is still protected by the Axelrod/Emanuel machine.
Taking on that machine is not for the weak willed or faint of heart.
Nat Hound on March 22, 2009 at 10:36 PM
Was that as delectable and delish for you as it was for me?
blatantblue on March 22, 2009 at 10:37 PM
Not so brilliant deflection.
Wiki is credible on some fronts, but not so in others. But if you wish to convince others here of your allegation, you have to give us credible cites that Wiki got it wrong in this particular case.
Del Dolemonte on March 22, 2009 at 10:37 PM
Americans are neither weak willed or faint of heart.
bloggless on March 22, 2009 at 10:37 PM
A child in the White House and I am not talking about Obama’s children.
Johan Klaus on March 22, 2009 at 10:38 PM
Sort of like the bill of goods Obarfy sold to the American public.
You can’t see me, but I’m chuckling now.
fogw on March 22, 2009 at 10:38 PM
How many raggedy assed poor folks got how much mortgage money that so much can disappear and trillions are bandied about as mere bandages to a seemingly endless hemorrhage of wealth? Now claims and moves are being made that have no precedence of being calculated, let alone understood and corrected. Just very expensive smoke and mirrors.
An even better con than global warming it seems. They both have the same aim. Radical redistribution of wealth and human resources. Maybe Gore lost a $20.00 bet to Soros as a result.
BL@KBIRD on March 22, 2009 at 10:39 PM
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I could see everything that you said coming true… Possibly. And if that is so, it will work against Palin for POTUS… Shame as that is.
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Oh well… Romney/Palin works for me.
RalphyBoy on March 22, 2009 at 10:40 PM
Going to be a long 8 years for the cons.
getalife on March 22, 2009 at 10:33 PM
Yep, the future convicts of the demorat party are going to be in for a long eight years as their party and their power crumbles.
Bishop on March 22, 2009 at 10:40 PM
Did you agree with him when he called your hero the devil?
getalife on Mar 22,2009 at 10:12PM.
getalife:
When the King of Spain told your Hero,Chavez to “Shut-Up”!
Did your world stop?
canopfor on March 22, 2009 at 10:40 PM
ddrintn on March 22, 2009 at 10:34 PM
And the month before?
getalife on March 22, 2009 at 10:40 PM
The corruption rampant among the Democrats is surreal. Did anyone see this article about Rangel’s “troubled relationship” with AIG: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/21/nyregion/21rangel.html?_r=1&ref=business
onlineanalyst on March 22, 2009 at 10:40 PM
In other words, his high job approval was because nearly 3,000 people died.
Thanks for clearing that up for us.
Del Dolemonte on March 22, 2009 at 10:41 PM
canopfor on March 22, 2009 at 10:40 PM
Chavez means nothing to me.
getalife on March 22, 2009 at 10:41 PM
You mean before Lehman Brothers when McCain was running on Sarah fuel?
ddrintn on March 22, 2009 at 10:41 PM
Del Dolemonte on March 22, 2009 at 10:41 PM
Yup, there was unity.
getalife on March 22, 2009 at 10:41 PM
Cons = convicts = democrats? I think so.
It is so.
nolapol on March 22, 2009 at 10:41 PM
ddrintn on March 22, 2009 at 10:41 PM
Yup.
getalife on March 22, 2009 at 10:42 PM
How many more of these scathing editorials will it take before TOTUS has a major meltdown right before our eyes? We all know he can’t handle this kind criticism.
Question #2
These tea parties are getting bigger. How long before his goon squad sends in the brown shirts to disrupt them with violence?
Discuss
Knucklehead on March 22, 2009 at 10:43 PM
nolapol on March 22, 2009 at 10:41 PM
Cons is short for conservatives.
getalife on March 22, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Was that as delectable and delish for you as it was for me?
blatantblue on March 22, 2009 at 10:37 PM
Getaclue just makes it so easy as he is a one note charlie: “Bush depression!”
Bishop on March 22, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Bishop isn’t the only one with a good memory.
I told you I would throw this back in your face, you ignorant cow:
you said:
AND
AND
AND
(Oops! It fell 122 on Friday.)
Stone cold busted.
SerenityFL on March 22, 2009 at 10:44 PM
Hey, look everybody – the liar’s back!
fogw on March 22, 2009 at 10:44 PM
That kind of happens when your followers re swooning and worshiping you.
docdave on March 22, 2009 at 10:44 PM
And thus Thor’s hammer fell..
blatantblue on March 22, 2009 at 10:45 PM
No its not. Cuz I said so.
nolapol on March 22, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Knucklehead on March 22, 2009 at 10:43 PM
I have been predicting the very first Presidential Temper Tantrum (TM). It’s coming soon, especially if the MSM turns on him.
kingsjester on March 22, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Agree completely. Our candidates need to match our red-hot intensity.
Obama and his machine are bullies. They count on you not wanting to pay the price to oppose them. The second you pay homage to the “historical nature of this presidency,” you have lost.
Nat Hound on March 22, 2009 at 10:45 PM
In psychological terms his affect is incongruent. It is one variable evaluated on the Mental Status Exam. I haven’t seen the interview, but it must have been significant for the interviewer to point it out. The gallows humor comment really inspires doesn’t it?
msmveritas on March 22, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Just wait until you see the new replacement oath that Emanuel “Goebbels” Rahm is preparing for the military.
“I, _____ (SSAN), having been appointed an officer in the Army of the United States, as indicated above in the grade of _____ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservations or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter; So help me God.” (DA Form 71)“I swear by Karl Marx this sacred oath that I shall render unconditional obedience to Barack Obama, the Supreme Ruler of the ACORN Reich, supreme commander of the armed forces, Divine Ruler of all that he surveys and that I shall at all times be ready, as a subservient soldier, to give my life for this oath.” (Emanuel Rahm Form 666)
MB4 on March 22, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Again………
……… name one specific improvement.
Seven Percent Solution on March 22, 2009 at 10:46 PM
The President is doing well.
The most telling words he said so far were hostage and legal.
Pay attention to what he says in the next press conference.
You will hear some blunt honesty and you will not like it.
getalife on March 22, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Sorry, kid, I already bitch-slapped you on this subject a few days ago. In the days following 9/11, there were all sorts of anti-American displays by American Leftists.
As I have told you time and again. Chrissy Matthews whined that it hadn’t happened on Clinton’s watch.
Mikey Moore claimed that the attacks could have been prevented if there had been more African American men on the hijacked planes.
And “The Nation” writer Katha Pollitt proudly recounted how she shot down her daughter’s request to fly an American flag outside their house.
You really need to have Begala pay you more money, kid.
Please don’t insult out intelligence.
Del Dolemonte on March 22, 2009 at 10:47 PM
getalife is getting beat around like a stepchild in Kmart
blatantblue on March 22, 2009 at 10:47 PM
Seven Percent Solution on March 22, 2009 at 10:46 PM
New housing numbers in Feb.
getalife on March 22, 2009 at 10:47 PM
Money?
What money?
My wife is falling behind on her car payments. So, I’m going to borrow 5k from her, and then lend it back to her so she can “invest” it into her car payments.
Think that’s a good idea too?
Saltysam on March 22, 2009 at 10:48 PM
If congress can create punitive new taxes out of thin air I suppose we can whip up a bill to remove the CIC as unfit to command in short order as well.
DeweyWins on March 22, 2009 at 10:48 PM
They’ll be in trouble if they do. There were many babies and children and senior citizens present as well as people with cameras . It would be a PR debacle for the Dems.
The other thing is that we went to our first Tea Party yesterday in Orlando. While families were there, so were vets and military–plenty of guys to take care of some ACORN thugs.
INC on March 22, 2009 at 10:48 PM
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