Quote of the day
posted at 10:52 pm on June 11, 2009 by Allahpundit
“On January 20, Barack Obama became president of a deranged nation. He did so apparently taking no notice of the fact that a good portion of the country, a country that otherwise repeatedly voiced its support for him in poll after poll after poll, continued to be completely out of its mind. He was calm and reasoned, and he spoke in measured tones about the challenges he and the nation were facing. And then he seemed to go manic on us…
By acting so quickly on so many things, he had forced upon his political opposition a kind of instant obsolescence. He had arranged things so that the country could look at the contortions of the lizard brain in comparison with the frenzy of political activity, and those contortions looked tepid and ineffectual, something out of a different and slower time. Say what you will about the policy implications of seeming to do everything at once. Politically, it came onto his opponents like Stonewall Jackson’s soldiers pouring out of the forest at Chancellorsville. The basic, important subtext to what so bothered Commissioner Kilburn and so convinced me was that, Jesus, this guy’s liable to do anything. In a radically different context, Richard Nixon once called this the ‘madman’ strategy.”
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Which is why I know this won’t end well for Obama. or the nation.
elduende on June 11, 2009 at 10:54 PM
He’s a real Control Freak Man
Sitting in his held hostage land
Making all his controlling plans
For everybody
Doesn’t listen to an opposing point of view
Knows already just what he wants to do
Isn’t he a bit like Hitler and Mussolini?
Control Freak Man, please listen
You don’t know with what you’re messing
Control freak man, the world should not be at your command
He’s as blinded by his lust for power as he can be
Just sees what he wants to see
Control Freak Man can you see America at all?
He’s got such a statist point of view
Knows already just what he wants to do
Isn’t he a bit like Hitler and Mussolini?
About Control Freak Man we should all worry
To destroy all America built he is in a hurry
Hes going to leave it all a mess
Anyone of sound mind must confess
He’s a real Control Freak Man
Sitting in his held hostage land
Making all his controlling plans
For everybody
MB4 on June 11, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Mother of Tatum O’neil Esquire is begining to doubt? Quick Obama put their editor’s hands into the spear wound in your side!
daesleeper on June 11, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Have you see Lettermans beastly wife?
http://jeanettes-celebrity-corner.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/david-letterman417.jpg
roninacreage on June 11, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Charles P. Pierce is trying prove he can worship the Zero like no one else.
doriangrey on June 11, 2009 at 10:57 PM
There are bats in Obama’s belfry me thinks!
canopfor on June 11, 2009 at 10:58 PM
“he had forced upon his political opposition a kind of instant obsolescence”
no, they pretty much did that to themselves with the infighting — but they’re much better over the past month or so — ‘course, he’s making it easy for them [!!]
Buckaroo on June 11, 2009 at 10:58 PM
LOL, do a little research on this guy. He’s a squirrel living in a forest ranger’s tower.
Del Dolemonte on June 11, 2009 at 10:58 PM
LOL, do a little research on this guy. He’s a squirrel living in a forest ranger’s tower.
Del Dolemonte on June 11, 2009 at 10:58 PM
More like a happy hamster living in Keith Olberman’s rectum.
doriangrey on June 11, 2009 at 11:01 PM
It’s a smart thing in the beginning. Do so much that any one thing is ok ; “cap and trade plus nationalized banks? Oh well at least obamacare failed”
Problem for him is, it’s predicated on the idea the economy will IMPROVE
When the economy get worse (always gas under leftist policy), not only will obama be discredited, but all the liberal policies will be discredited, because he’s pushing everything through
Instead of saying Obama was just naiive, in 2030 people will say socialzed meds, cap and trade, amnesty, bailouts, etc are ALL bad
Hey… Not a bad thing at all ….. If we can make it to 2013…
battleoflepanto1571 on June 11, 2009 at 11:01 PM
That’s about a perfect paragraph, now.
progressoverpeace on June 11, 2009 at 11:03 PM
Once, a man named Barry walked the paths of Columbia University, pondering figs and apes, and apes and figs, eating the figs that they crushed underfoot, and…
And then the acid wore off and he found himself face to face with Bernadine Dohrn. After a quick discussion about anacondas, she quickly begged off, mumbling something about a SDS meeting.
A few more steps, and he found himself face to face with Michelle Robinson. One look at her evil eyes, and he was fetched with lust. Her bare arms brought him near to orgasm before they could even make it back to his apartment, a professionally furnished dwelling provided by that nice man Tony from up the block.
And they lived happily ever after…
MadisonConservative on June 11, 2009 at 11:03 PM
Why is this presented as some kind of insightful commentary? This guy loves Obama…I can guarantee you he voted for him. All he is admitting is what everybody who voted for this empty suit is admitting..they have no idea what the hell he is doing or what his mental state is…they just don’t care…and they will only care after it is far too late to do anything about it…and when that time comes…it’s all Bush’s fault anyway.
AUINSC on June 11, 2009 at 11:03 PM
If you read the whole thing he’s nothing more than an Obama whore. It would have been much quicker for Mr. Pierce to just get on his knees and fellate Mr. Obama.
Capitalist Infidel on June 11, 2009 at 11:04 PM
It’s too late and the Blue Dog Dems are far too left and stupid.
progressoverpeace on June 11, 2009 at 11:06 PM
Fixed. YWIA.
UltimateBob on June 11, 2009 at 11:06 PM
This article is total crap. This paragraph is total crap. Re-establishing the American identity into European Socialism is total crap.
Obama worshipers should realize that I don’t like the guy and the more they write stuff like that, the more I don’t like the guy.
myrenovations on June 11, 2009 at 11:06 PM
Wish I could agree. But in 2030 there will be people voting who are not yet born, and the left truly excels at lionizing failures – be they persons or policies.
TubbyHubby on June 11, 2009 at 11:06 PM
He probably already did. The article can be interpreted as afterglow.
sherry on June 11, 2009 at 11:07 PM
Is Obama crazy? He is indeed a narcissist with a God complex. But I think the guiding force behind his actions so far is more concretely identified as a incompetence born of willful ignorance and a hard left world view.
I have never seen a group of people so proud of what they don’t know as the current Left. They are stunning in their hubris.
But realistically, this is the only way for the left to survive. They need to believe that what they are doing is fresh and new and they are clearly wiser and smarter then all those who came before them…just like the generation before…all the way back to 1792.
18-1 on June 11, 2009 at 11:08 PM
I think deep in their guts the lefties know this. Thus the desperate hatred. We’re watching the slow unraveling of liberalism.
ddrintn on June 11, 2009 at 11:10 PM
Obama isn’t crazy. He is a thoughtful, intelligent and dangerous radical leftist, with an agenda that will destroy the economic, military and cultural power of the United States of America.
The people who follow him are crazy.
Star20 on June 11, 2009 at 11:11 PM
So,were talkin Jonestown kinda crazy?
canopfor on June 11, 2009 at 11:15 PM
In football terms some would say that Obama’s strategy has been to Blitz the Republicans with a rapid fire of legislation that they are trying to push through as quickly as possible in order to keep them off balance and not give them enough time to come up with a coordinated defence on individual issues.
For the Republicans the strategy has to be to identify the Legislation that the Administration really wants to go through (Health care) and make sure that they present a united defence in order to block the Administrations major play as best as possible. They may loose the scrimmage but if they can disrupt the other teams play then may just through them off their game long enough for the Republicans to get that ball back and to score a few points of their own and make it competitive game once again.
Hellrider on June 11, 2009 at 11:15 PM
I dunno. I keep asking myself WWGSD? (George Soros)
Somehow I think he’s figured out a way to make more money than
Godanyone else out of these serial economic crises. Since this is happening beyond my control, I wish I could figure it out so I could make some too.Greg Toombs on June 11, 2009 at 11:17 PM
heh.
cntrlfrk on June 11, 2009 at 11:20 PM
Peeps are getting worried that TOTUS isn’t getting the job done. Period. Pierce’s article may tide them over for a while, but when unemployment hits 10% and hyper-inflation kicks in, articles like these will just be empty words of praise heaped on a half-term senator with ZERO experience.
TN Mom on June 11, 2009 at 11:21 PM
Obama’s JAR back up to 62%.
whitetop on June 11, 2009 at 11:22 PM
I knew Stonewall Jackson, and Barry, sir, you are no Stonewall Jackson.
Limerick on June 11, 2009 at 11:22 PM
Ditto. They certainly suffer from hubris and chauvinism.
atheling on June 11, 2009 at 11:23 PM
Barack Insane Obama?
LibTired (KO) on June 11, 2009 at 11:24 PM
Let’s see what it is this time next year. Without a dot-com boom, he’s toast.
ddrintn on June 11, 2009 at 11:24 PM
Indulge me!!!
He’s a real Control Freak Man
Ruling in his hostage held land
Making all his controlling plans
For everybody
Doesn’t listen to an opposing point of view
Control freak man, ruling all is not your purview
Control Freak Man, please listen
You don’t know with what you’re messin
Knows already just what he wants to do
Doesn’t he seem a lot like Hitler and Mussolini to you?
He’s a real Control Freak Man
Ruling in his hostage held land
Making all his controlling plans
For everybody
He’s as blinded by his lust for power as he can be
Just sees what he wants to see
He’s got such a God complex point of call
Control Freak Man can you even see America at all?
Knows already just what he wants to do
Doesn’t he seem a lot like Hitler and Mussolini to you?
He’s a real Control Freak Man
Ruling in his hostage held land
Making all his controlling plans
For everybody
About Control Freak Man we should all worry
To destroy all America built he is in a hurry
If he controls everything his Mussolini way
It will be a forlorn day
Hes going to leave it all a mess
Anyone of sound mind must confess
He’s a real Control Freak Man
Ruling in his hostage held land
Making all his controlling plans
For everybody
MB4 on June 11, 2009 at 11:25 PM
Calling nurse Ratched. Nurse Ratched! Report to ward Foggy Bottom.
Limerick on June 11, 2009 at 11:27 PM
Allah, did you read the whole article? It rambles on endlessly and yet barely scratches the surface.
I think the person who wrote that article is crazy. Either that or they need to learn the concept of “less is more”.
EarthToZoey on June 11, 2009 at 11:28 PM
LOL!
*gulp*
progressoverpeace on June 11, 2009 at 11:28 PM
The climax of FDR Liberalism… a cult figure goes berserk.
mjbrooks3 on June 11, 2009 at 11:29 PM
Allahpundit, stop pretending you are some sort of a victim. One, people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. Two, most people come to HA to interact with each other — not you. You have regulated yourself to being HA wallpaper. And as to your partner in whine, Joemarier, he was being obnoxious and patronizing and people just wanted him to go away. And last but not least,your little tweetie, I remember the other week when she was insulting you right and left on Twitter. What a hypocrite!
Blake on June 11, 2009 at 11:31 PM
That, and Team Obama is running a No Huddle offense (sloppy)and guilty of roughing the kicker (critics). One thing for sure, the referees (media) adore him; and over-look any penalties…
GAME OVER when unemployment hits 10%..
TN Mom on June 11, 2009 at 11:31 PM
We’re all mad here.
Cheshire Cat on June 11, 2009 at 11:32 PM
You missed the arrogance and unquestioning irrational sense of entitlement without criticism but otherwise a good description.
highhopes on June 11, 2009 at 11:34 PM
Ah-ha! I think we just discovered what Dave Letterman’s joke writer does for a day job.
Yoop on June 11, 2009 at 11:34 PM
Limerick on June 11, 2009 at 11:36 PM
Speaking of Nixon ……
Nixon got caught covering up a second-rate burglary into Dem headquarters at Watergate, was pounded to a pulp by Woodward and Bernstein in the Washington Post and forced to resign.
Obama is systematically taking down our banking system, the auto industry, our military, our intelligence service, kissing up to our sworn enemies and doing all he can to release our captured enemies, while the press does worse than nothing – they swoon over him and applaud his every move.
Now I ask you, which one is guilty of causing more harm to our great nation?
fogw on June 11, 2009 at 11:37 PM
I think he may be dead. Either that or my watch has stopped.
Cheshire Cat on June 11, 2009 at 11:37 PM
I think deep in their guts the lefties know this. Thus the desperate hatred. We’re watching the slow unraveling of liberalism.
ddrintn on June 11, 2009 at 11:10 PM
Please say it’s true,a beautiful thought.
Thanks i’ll sleep well with that thought in my head.
heshtesh on June 11, 2009 at 11:38 PM
Oy. That was “Big Time”. Could you delete that, Allah?
progressoverpeace on June 11, 2009 at 11:39 PM
cntrlfrk on June 11, 2009 at 11:20 PM
.
No you.
Americannodash on June 11, 2009 at 11:39 PM
Not in leiu of no
Americannodash on June 11, 2009 at 11:41 PM
It was a typo and not even close to what I just read over in the Letterman thread.
Lot’s of rape jokes by the trolls. Not cool.
Knucklehead on June 11, 2009 at 11:43 PM
Thanks, Allah and Knucklehead.
progressoverpeace on June 11, 2009 at 11:45 PM
lieu in lieu of leiu.
Americannodash on June 11, 2009 at 11:45 PM
You know what’s really gonna make things bufuggly for the Left? All those Boomers retiring.
It’s one thing to give bajillions to the DNC, MoveOn, and the like when you can just invent your industry’s next iPod and refill the bank accounts. It’s quite another when you are living off that bank account with not much more coming in.
Also, we will find out how many of those who followed the Boomers into industries like the media, academia, and the like were real “true believer” leftists, and who was affecting leftism to get ahead in the offices run by the Boomer “true believers” once those “true believers” retire.
If we can have a Carter-level discrediting of leftism and statism from the 0bama Administration, the hustling of true-believing leftist Boomers into retirement, PLUS the declassification of US Counterintelligence files from the Cold War era—- Game. Over.
Sekhmet on June 11, 2009 at 11:45 PM
And Charles P. Pierce doesn’t understand sh!t.
Speakup on June 11, 2009 at 11:46 PM
Obama’s support group is dysfunctional… Von Brunn neo-con agenda threw a wrench in the Lib hate machine.
mjbrooks3 on June 11, 2009 at 11:47 PM
Obama Derangement Syndrome strikes deep.
SouthernGal on June 11, 2009 at 11:49 PM
So does Obama Worship Syndrome.
AUINSC on June 11, 2009 at 11:49 PM
Got anymore rape jokes or Holocaust jokes for us?
Knucklehead on June 11, 2009 at 11:50 PM
Whewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!
I first read it as SouthernGent and was afraid our friend had been forced into the Kool-aid line.
Limerick on June 11, 2009 at 11:51 PM
Cult figures sure do make a mark upon history…
mjbrooks3 on June 11, 2009 at 11:51 PM
He’s not insane; he has one-party rule for 2 years and he’s making the most of it. Pierce doesn’t recognize that much of the outrage at Obama’s agenda is not that it’s too fast, but that it’s too much. Every other president tried to sneak around to expand government this exponentially; Barry does it with pride.
PattyJ on June 11, 2009 at 11:52 PM
Syndrome eh? Is that code for another joke?
Upstater85 on June 11, 2009 at 11:52 PM
No problem my friend. I’m legally blind and screw up all the time and I would hope you would alert me if I made an unintentional faux pas.
Knucklehead on June 11, 2009 at 11:58 PM
LibTired (KO) on June 12, 2009 at 12:01 AM
Oh yes, the good old days before Obama and the Spendocrats plunged this country into an $11 TRILLION DEBT, while destroying & wasting 660 jobs each month, while making UK mad, releasing terrorist from Gitmo, scaring the good people of NYC joyriding in AF1, appointing more Czars than Russia, appointing tax cheats to run the IRS/Treasury, bowing to a Saudi king, insulting Special Olympics, trying to make our Veterans pay for their own battle wounds, attacking a radio entertainer, attacking a former First Lady, publishing DHS memos attacking Veterans/Conservatives, giving UAW prefered treatment over secured investors, moved the census under white house control…
Yep. He has been busy.
TN Mom on June 12, 2009 at 12:04 AM
That’s entirely congruent.
Speakup on June 12, 2009 at 12:06 AM
I believe, deep in my heart, that the country will be okay. I couldn’t care less what happens to Obama.
SouthernGent on June 12, 2009 at 12:06 AM
In my heart, I hope you are right…but, intellectually, I see nothing inherently indestructible about this country…our survival was always predicated on the hope that fundamentally honest people would govern in the best interest of of all citizens…that is clearly not the case now.
AUINSC on June 12, 2009 at 12:11 AM
Of course he’s insane. He is a severe narcissist, with tendencies toward delusions of grandeur. He is also being run, literally, by forces he owes to and knows nothing about. His grasp of reality is tenuous at best.
This is news?
tcn on June 12, 2009 at 12:13 AM
Watch for it……….
……….. up next, another ‘date night’.
Seven Percent Solution on June 12, 2009 at 12:17 AM
That has rarely been the case. There’s nothing inherently indestructible about this country. But two points: 1. Liberal policies have failure built into them. Obamanomics won’t succeed because it can’t. Social Security is failing. Medicare is failing. Liberal-controlled public education is failing. 2. Despite the increased numbers of slugs among us who want something for nothing, the country as a whole remains fairly conservative.
ddrintn on June 12, 2009 at 12:21 AM
The Liberals I know are astonishingly unaware of all the stuff that we are because we do watch the boring political news shows and read sites like this.
Oh, to them everything’s hunky dory and the Prez is doing a great job, Bush sucked, Palin sucks, etc.
One Liberal I know said she drove by our local tea party and commented on all the ‘hate’. I was like, ‘What hate???’.
They will whine the loudest if (God forbid) disaster strikes because they are the most unaware and put their faith in a false Messiah. And I’ll just shrug my shoulders and say, “Yeah, well…”
Dr. ZhivBlago on June 12, 2009 at 12:24 AM
What I think is that the keys to Obama and his policies, lie in the following men: (1) his father; (2) Saul Alinsky; (3) David Axelrod. I’ll throw in another here just to make a point: (4) L. Ron Hubbard.
L. Ron was a fool, but that doesn’t mean he didn’t know how to brainwash people. He did – try googleing “bear baiting.” Likewise, Alinsky…Alinsky was no great shakes. Did he understand something about power? Yes. Did he understand how to manipulate and use people? Yes. Was he a neo-Machiavellian figure? No. Nevertheless, Alinsky knew enough about how to manipulate and use people so that, just like L. Ron, you could forget the cheap/insane and currently outdated “alien” or “revolution” talk, because he got results.
“We are going to change the world. Please, don’t interfere.”
Obama (I will not call him President, nor “my president”) is on a pre-ordained path, set for him by foolish radicals like Saul Alinsky 40 years ago. The net result of his teachers’ rules is the diminishment and reducing of America. These people wanted to grind the country under their thumb until all WERE, IN FACT, EQUAL, but only because the greatest country ever had been brought low. These people (the 60′s radicals) hated America. The positions they took reflected this hatred, this jealousy. And to this day, I find it difficult to believe the Obama loves his country. Does he love his country? It sure doesn’t sound like it, considering how insistent he is on apologizing for it. But save save your last apology for us, Barack.
Which brings me (in all of my intoxicated glory) to this point: it does not matter whether OBAMA succeeds in his irresponsible, immoral, and unintelligible Recovery Plan (“the stimulus”) or not: if he does, it will come with a $600 billion entrenchment of liberal ideology; if he does not, WHO CARES, IT WOULD SATISFY ALINSKY, SOROS, AND ALL THE ANTI-DEMOCRATIC FORCES IN THE WORLD TO SEE THIS COUNTRY RUINED.
“All enemies, foreign or domestic.” Do U.S. military officers still swear that oath? Can the U.S. military operate under a socialist regime? Why not? Do any officers consider a military coup?
And why can’t I find any books by George Orwell in my local liberal library?
RWExtremist on June 12, 2009 at 12:25 AM
They get their date nights.
We get their pits.
Loxodonta on June 12, 2009 at 12:25 AM
His writing style is a little much for me but though it seems like he starts out critical of Obama, at the end he is actually calling him a genius or something…. at least that’s how I understand it.
CCRWM on June 12, 2009 at 12:26 AM
I just wanted to add that, in a street fight, I could totally kick Barack’s ass. First, he’d have to take off his helmet. Then I would pounce on him like a mountain lion and Michelle would probably have to intervene.
RWExtremist on June 12, 2009 at 12:28 AM
Projection, a lib talent. They whine about “hate”, but delight in Olbermann or Matthews or Garafalo. You don’t get much more hateful than that.
ddrintn on June 12, 2009 at 12:30 AM
I think he admired Hillary’s “kitchen sink” strategy. She started turning things around with that in the primary, and he lost Texas, Ohio, etc.
He’s using it on the public now. *haha
manic is an OK description
AnninCA on June 12, 2009 at 12:32 AM
I totally agree and the fact that the population is becoming more foreign born and\or ignorant doesn’t bode well either…
CCRWM on June 12, 2009 at 12:32 AM
There might have been in some places. Mine were very good-natured.
AnninCA on June 12, 2009 at 12:33 AM
And JFK might have walked around the Oval Office in lingerie but I didn’t see it.
Limerick on June 12, 2009 at 12:35 AM
They now, or soon will, have a new one.
Old: “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)
New: “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 June 12, 2009 at 12:36 AM
Sorry I couldn’t play to much today…………
………. I had to bury a friend.
She was 40 years old, left behind a husband I have known since the third grade, and two small daughters…….
……. Amazing thing, though, at the funeral,
a great many people expressed their dislike for Obama…..
…….. Friends that I have not seen in many years, liberals, free thinkers and all,
and the conversation always started with
I had to hold my tongue, because the day wasn’t about Obama or me…….
……. I was there to say “Goodbye and God Bless”.
Seven Percent Solution on June 12, 2009 at 12:41 AM
“What If Obama’s Out of His Mind?”
I don’t think he’s out of his mind he just finds himself way, way, way above his pay grade and his capabilities. He is a bona-fide rookie and he shows it every day.
StockOption on June 12, 2009 at 12:41 AM
God Bless.
Limerick on June 12, 2009 at 12:42 AM
FIFY
Felonious Monk on June 12, 2009 at 12:46 AM
Thank you………
………… She has been.
Seven Percent Solution on June 12, 2009 at 12:48 AM
Ready for more? Here it comes! Analysis:
When my great-grandparents came to this country, they read their children’s books and went to the movies to learn English. They watched movies back to back, and then tv. They wanted to assimilate, be a part of Chicago. And then they told their sons why they (the sons) had to return to Europe and fight.
Now, this is the land of Opportunity! Mostly, the Opportunity to make money, take advantage of some ridiculous system that’s been set up for your (immigrant) benefit — even though you will never know, until your last miserable dying day, the sacrifices which were made to ensure the continued progress and support of your miserable cabbie-driving existence — and elect Democrats, who lie to you, and you know it . . . but better than that, you know it is them (the Democrats) who are passing entitlements, and getting your medical care paid for by the evil gringos. But you don’t care, do you? Lousy free-riders. How many know how much is being paid for by “the other” American, and yet insist (within the cultured gounds laid down by our highly educated and theoretical jurists) on the right to maintain their “culture”?
RWExtremist on June 12, 2009 at 12:48 AM
Well, sometimes I like what he decides. Withholding the GITMO pics, for example. I was relieved about that. I don’t like the car stuff. I did agree on TARP, but I hated how he turned it into a populist head-on-a-stick issue.
It’s a mixed bag.
AnninCA on June 12, 2009 at 12:50 AM
“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself.” — John Adams
Where our esteemed founding father got his cynicism I don’t know, but I suspect he was thinking of Greek democracy and Roman republicanism. What I will say is that we are in trouble. I’ve spent a fair amount of time in dysfunctional countries and can recognize the same problems that bedevil them cropping up here. There is an increasing de-legitimization of the political elite in this country akin to that seen in Latin America. Where the consequences of that illegitimacy take us when one half of the country is increasingly disenfranchised is not a good place. Throw in the arrogance and hubris of the Congress and the left, and the collapse of the media and we’ll see.
The big test I guess lies in 2010. If nothing changes then hold on to your hats and buckle your seat belts.
elduende on June 12, 2009 at 12:50 AM
Just to clarify the point about kicking Barack’s ass: this would be a genuine alley or street fight (there is one right by where I work so we could probably use that — I have to run it by my boss) — I have a guy would could manage it all: no weapons, no steel. Also I use a cane so the part about me kicking Barack’s ass means, yeah, even a guy with a cane could likely do it. Like a muthafu^in’ MOUNTAIN LION, man!!!!!
RWExtremist on June 12, 2009 at 12:55 AM
For you lefties I have a simple observation and question…
The peeps are throwing the MSM to the dogs. Newspapers and networks are set to fall.
Barry has decided to court the fawning MSM. What now? What happens when nobody is left to cover ‘date night’?
Limerick on June 12, 2009 at 12:56 AM
I hate reading lengthy articles and walking away not sure WTF the guy was getting at!…
Yah, Obama’s a loon. The kind that hasn’t even been defined as of yet.
He fits so many pathologies you can’t put your finger on it.
Now What????
katy on June 12, 2009 at 12:57 AM
Condolences. I’ve been hearing a lot of buyers remorse too.
elduende on June 12, 2009 at 1:02 AM
I like the comparison in this quote of Obama’s tactics to that of Stonewall Jackson, a brilliant tactician who just happened to also support the enslavement of human beings. It is a really powerfull comparison when you examine it thoroughly.
There is such a thing as an evil genius, or at least one with an evil cause. I am still not sure why so many people thought it was a good idea to elect one as President.
Tim Pancoast on June 12, 2009 at 1:07 AM
And just to clarify one more point, I thought I should probably review the U.S. Code (which I did) but it does not cover street fights. Nevertheless, by tomorrow I may be in Gitmo, or even better, Palua, with a fine Paluan woman!!
RWExtremist on June 12, 2009 at 1:12 AM
G’Nite all…
Night Cap from a bitter Bible clinging gun oil salesman…
For you AR types…../sarc
Limerick on June 12, 2009 at 1:14 AM
AP, what an acute sense you have.
I said today, in HA headlines that this line needs to be QoD, every day, until our nation comes back to its senses
Schadenfreude on June 12, 2009 at 1:28 AM
Thanks for sharing that story.
May your friend be smiling down upon her widowed husband, comforting him. And may you find comfort in that.
God bless you all.
Loxodonta on June 12, 2009 at 1:36 AM
This is what keeps me up at nights and makes my stomach hurt and now I know I am not the only one thinking this.
Miss Molly on June 12, 2009 at 1:44 AM
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