Obama on Iran: I cannot be silent, even though I was silent for three days
posted at 7:42 pm on June 15, 2009 by Allahpundit
High drama here as the president calls the Iranian government a “ticking time bomb” that must be dealt with now if America’s future is to be secure. No no, just kidding; that’s what he said about health care. Here we get a hard dose of Hopenchange caution-speak, acknowledging that the protesters have “inspired” Americans and that we respect Iran’s right to decide its own fate but that we’ll continue to pursue “tough” diplomacy with the regime on nukes no matter how odious Ahmadinejad might be. Hey, if we wanted a president who’d throw down the gauntlet and walk away in a situation like this, we would have elected the other guy. Sorry, Iranian kids.
Fun fact: Whereas The One was “shocked and outraged” by the murder of George Tiller, the most he can muster here for mass beatings and cold-blooded killings across Iran is that he’s “troubled.” Make of it what you will.
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Allah–too funny.
Geochelone on June 15, 2009 at 8:06 PM
I posted this on another thread.
I am so disgusted with this man! I truly believe he doesn’t care. I know people will say he’s in over his head but I believe he has no problem with what is happening and it interferes with his domestic takeover. He’s that cold!
Michael Totten is on Hewitt right now.
katy on June 15, 2009 at 8:07 PM
Hey don’t forget, he ran his campaign and that is what made him qualified for the
WhiteHouse.ExcessivelyDiverted on June 15, 2009 at 8:07 PM
Hey now, he’s not just “troubled”….he’s deeply troubled. And if the situation gets worse, he might even become “gravely” troubled. Fear the wrath of the stern adverb, enemies of America!
TheQuestion on June 15, 2009 at 8:07 PM
Exactly, it’s all about him.
How does this advance or impede his election prospects? His payoffs to Democrat donors? His plan to bring socialism and social engineering to America?
He’s not sure. So he really has nothing to say.
By the time he figures it out, it will be over and what comes next will not be in our interest.
NoDonkey on June 15, 2009 at 8:07 PM
This is the first thing that come to mind regarding
Peck’sObummer’s response.doriangrey on June 15, 2009 at 8:07 PM
I think we will need to ummmmm…move beyond the rhetoric of extremist like Ahmadijon and rush limbaugh and sean hannity and find real solutions to the worlds problems.
Deep meaningless platitudes are what real progress is all about.
tomas on June 15, 2009 at 8:08 PM
Where’s TOTUS? How do you not have something prepared after three days?
Ronnie on June 15, 2009 at 8:08 PM
If it`s a problem he can`t nationalize, he doesn`t care.
ThePrez on June 15, 2009 at 8:08 PM
Sadly, I don’t think we’ve seen anything yet.
califdreamnred on June 15, 2009 at 8:09 PM
Where are the trolls?
Ernesto?
Ann?
Anyone?
Helllloooooo?
angryed on June 15, 2009 at 8:09 PM
Dang! Burnin’ up the the bandwidth. Eight comments in one minute (8:02).
davidk on June 15, 2009 at 8:09 PM
MSM: Obama, your the leader of the democratic free world, what do have to say about the mass beatings, killings of protesters by this theocratic repressive government that just fixed a major election?
Obama: Present.
Mavs00 on June 15, 2009 at 8:09 PM
How about some Geneva convention Obama ? For non terrorists.
the_nile on June 15, 2009 at 8:09 PM
You know Clinton is snickering to himself
“Hehehe, even when I was chasing the chubbies around the White House I managed to show more spine than this limp wrist.”
Upstater85 on June 15, 2009 at 8:09 PM
But you would think they would want to be on every site possible, pounding their chests and bragging that they have such brave men on their side beating up and killing all those protestors. I mean that’s pretty good stuff – beating up women and students and killing e few for good measure.
You know they would love to be there helping out if they could.
Sporty1946 on June 15, 2009 at 8:10 PM
He seems more like “Susan Boyle” troubled to me.
Ronnie on June 15, 2009 at 8:10 PM
Well, Obama has gone out of his way to offend the Brits since he took office. But the British press has always been quite a bit more rough-and-tumble than our media, so I’m not surprised that they’re willing to tell it like it is.
aero on June 15, 2009 at 8:10 PM
Americans ought to be deeply embarassed by Obama.
ORconservative on June 15, 2009 at 8:10 PM
he’s so wack…
moonbatkiller on June 15, 2009 at 8:10 PM
I cannot believe Obama went with “troubled” when I had five dollars riding on “concerned”.
myrenovations on June 15, 2009 at 8:11 PM
LOL! This is classic!
elduende on June 15, 2009 at 8:11 PM
This American is.
Upstater85 on June 15, 2009 at 8:11 PM
No. Carter was a fool and an incompetent, but most of the Am. institutions (courts, schools, media) weren’t anywhere nearly so corrupted. Also, Carter wasn’t personally at war with certain ethnic groups like Obama is. The US was then still so strong and stable that it could withstand Carter’s folly. The Am. population was made up of different people too–people who still had a personal connection with WWII and understood patriotism because they themselves were patriots and had served. No. It’s very different, and much, much worse.
JiangxiDad on June 15, 2009 at 8:11 PM
He’s got Swagger…
Firebird on June 15, 2009 at 8:12 PM
Obama, don’t even waste the energy by having the camera’s film this weak response. Think Green.
Upstater85 on June 15, 2009 at 8:12 PM
And Obama was simply “saddened” by the recent jihadi assassination of Private William Long in Little Rock. You know, like it might rain and spoil your picnic?
Loxodonta on June 15, 2009 at 8:12 PM
It must suck to be a troll these days. Having to defend Barry is getting harder each day.
Geochelone on June 15, 2009 at 8:12 PM
another nail in his increasingly filled coffin….
I told you, give this guy the rope and he will hang himself….Jimmy Carter has to love him as history will soon remove the peanut brained farmer as the worst modern Day president…..and to think these are the same folks calling GW stupid and a failure…..in 150 days this dweeb has botched more things than GW has in his lifetime….
and dare we even discuss the VP?
SDarchitect on June 15, 2009 at 8:12 PM
Ernesto slammed Barry about his silence in one of the earlier threads.
Limerick on June 15, 2009 at 8:12 PM
I had “disappointed”.
NoDonkey on June 15, 2009 at 8:12 PM
Hope you don’t mind the additions.
davidk on June 15, 2009 at 8:13 PM
<blockquoteJiangxiDad on June 15, 2009 at 8:11 PM
Well stated.
Sporty1946 on June 15, 2009 at 8:13 PM
Is he punch drunk?
Conservative_SAHM on June 15, 2009 at 8:13 PM
I’m glad the doctors booed him today.
SCOOPTHIScarlos on June 15, 2009 at 8:13 PM
I missed most of Carter too. I was at the gas station.
Ronnie on June 15, 2009 at 8:13 PM
angryed on June 15, 2009 at 8:09 PM
I haven’t seen anything from gOtalife lately either. Was she banned….. again?
txag92 on June 15, 2009 at 8:13 PM
No the Democrats still had pro US Senators even in the 1970s
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Humphrey
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoop_Jackson
William Amos on June 15, 2009 at 8:13 PM
Plus, I don’t think he’s a troll… He’s just not a conservative (but I don’t think liberal either).
Upstater85 on June 15, 2009 at 8:14 PM
Hey, I’m going to give Lieberman credit.
Upstater85 on June 15, 2009 at 8:14 PM
Bush approval numbers just jumped by 20 points. Cheney’s too.
Geochelone on June 15, 2009 at 8:15 PM
Wow!… how forthright and inspiring and strong!
No, no, just kidding.
“I can’t state definitively…uh… we’ll see where it takes us….…”
That’s so Churchillian!
profitsbeard on June 15, 2009 at 8:15 PM
LOL…
Carter was wayyyyyyyy worse (so far). A genuine yellow belly. I know, I worked for him for a year.
Limerick on June 15, 2009 at 8:15 PM
My money was on unconcerned.
TruthToBeTold on June 15, 2009 at 8:15 PM
You poor, deprived, innocent child. Did it feel like this? NO!
Carter was so much better than this! God help us!
Loxodonta on June 15, 2009 at 8:16 PM
Yeah Liebermann is a throwback to that group. They at least stood with the US in times of war.
William Amos on June 15, 2009 at 8:16 PM
I’m glad the doctors booed him today.
SCOOPTHIScarlos on June 15, 2009 at 8:13 PM
Has anyone done a good write-up of his speech? I couldn’t watch.
txag92 on June 15, 2009 at 8:16 PM
Bama replaced Churchill with an egg and probably a rotten one too
clnurnberg on June 15, 2009 at 8:16 PM
I forced myself to watch his…’mutterings’ [luckily I did so on an empty stomach].
My reaction can’t really be put into words, it was beyond lame.
My one-word summation: empty.
If I were Dinnerjacket, after I changed my underwear [from laughing so hard...], I’d pick up the phone, ring up the head of the IRGC and tell him, ‘lock and load’.
God help those brave souls in the streets, God help us.
CPT. Charles on June 15, 2009 at 8:16 PM
Let me be clear. …. um …. uh … uhhhh …
aero on June 15, 2009 at 8:16 PM
He’s not a typical troll but a troll nonetheless. He never backs up arguments, never answers when challenged and uses Obama like straw man arguments with practically every post. He just does it in a more polite way than getalife.
angryed on June 15, 2009 at 8:16 PM
At least we know he couldn’t have pulled off dictator very well…
Upstater85 on June 15, 2009 at 8:16 PM
“The Revolutionary Guard looks really inspired too, as they machine gun the demonstrators in the streets.”
No, no… see they’re actually performing retro-active late term abortions. Bambi is cool with that so it’s all good…
/massive sarc
Drunken Angry Clown on June 15, 2009 at 8:16 PM
I was in line right behind you.
thomasaur on June 15, 2009 at 8:17 PM
Poor fool thinks he is going to make it until 2016. This incident just took six months off his second term. Keep talking, slick.
sherry on June 15, 2009 at 8:17 PM
Have you been hitting the pickle juice again?
Loxodonta on June 15, 2009 at 8:17 PM
I had a good friend when I was younger that had a little problem. He would rather BS his way through a subject rather than admit he didn’t know, or BS his way through an argument when he was wrong.
He had a certain tone, cadence and mannerism that was a tell. I always knew when he was full of S%#t. He was good at BS-ing people, but he couldn’t get it by me.
Whenever Obama talks, he reminds me of my old buddy. It’s eerie.
Saltysam on June 15, 2009 at 8:18 PM
Did Michelle lay it?
True…
Upstater85 on June 15, 2009 at 8:18 PM
txag92 on June 15, 2009 at 8:16 PM
Ditto- I was at work. Docs booed?! Bahahaha
I know- O/T
bazil9 on June 15, 2009 at 8:18 PM
what’s interesting is that this is a time for bold leadership where the President speaks with authority on what we will do. But that is not Obama’s style. He is so beholden to the style of being the rational middle man between two strawmen, that it will be difficult for him to make the strong speech.
RedSoxNation on June 15, 2009 at 8:18 PM
Obama on protests in Iran:
Obama on protests in America:
JellyToast on June 15, 2009 at 8:19 PM
Even though it would be painful, part of me wonders if a similar gas shortage would be good for America… remind the “give me NOW” youth there are consequences…
Upstater85 on June 15, 2009 at 8:19 PM
Again with the tough diplomacy. Can anyone tell me when and where tough diplomacy achieved anything substantial or momentus?
exceller on June 15, 2009 at 8:19 PM
Just keep your head down and eat your waffles, Barry.
ThePrez on June 15, 2009 at 8:20 PM
Well not really IMHO. During the Carter years there was a general malaise. Carter was inept, and too idealistic. Insanely high interest rates, cold war tension. Hostage crisis.
No one feared Carter. Carter was fairly honest, not deceptive. Americans fear Obama. Obama is all stealth. Obama has the media. Carter did not have a state run media.
Geochelone on June 15, 2009 at 8:20 PM
I missed most of Carter too. I was at the gas station.
Ronnie on June 15, 2009 at 8:13 PM
I was in line right behind you.
thomasaur on June 15, 2009 at 8:17 PM
I was there…strapped into a car seat in a Ford Pinto.
bazil9 on June 15, 2009 at 8:20 PM
Ditto- I was at work. Docs booed?! Bahahaha
I know- O/T
bazil9 on June 15, 2009 at 8:18 PM
Hopefully AP is hard at work on a post.
txag92 on June 15, 2009 at 8:20 PM
Good point. You have to wonder if he has ever had to make a personal stand about anything in his whole charmed life. He seems to have made a success of being whoever people want him to be for the moment.
sherry on June 15, 2009 at 8:20 PM
Why do people think this clown is a great communicator?
It takes him 4 minutes to choke out 1 minute’s worth of words, and every second is gut-wrenchingly painful to watch.
At about the 2:45 he’s touting his tough, hard-headed diplomacy… what the heck does that mean?
jana on June 15, 2009 at 8:21 PM
Anyone else notice that he always starts off wanting “to be clear”, but then really isn’t? Hey Iranians, he’s deeply troubled…which is what I say whenever the Red Sox lose a game. Ugh.
changer1701 on June 15, 2009 at 8:21 PM
I don’t think his perspective is expansive enough to act effectively on the world stage. He’s really IS a Community Organizer and as such, he is focused on petty local politics. He plainly has no clue what to do.
ronsfi on June 15, 2009 at 8:21 PM
The most vacuous, vapid, venal administration and cabinet ever.
fourdeucer on June 15, 2009 at 8:21 PM
What Would Dubya Do?
Nice.
jimmy2shoes on June 15, 2009 at 8:21 PM
I was a kid with my first after-school job–pumping gas. I was the most sought after kid in town. After hours, I filled up the family car, no waiting. Did it for some friends as well :)
JiangxiDad on June 15, 2009 at 8:21 PM
Honestly Carter was the biggest cause of freedom being taken away from people in decades. Just a list of events when Carter trashed the CIA and threw up the white flag to the Russians.
1979
January 16 – Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran flees Iran with his family, relocating to Egypt after a year of turmoil.
February 11 – Khomeini seizes power in Iran.
February 14 – In Kabul, Muslim extremists kidnap the American ambassador to Afghanistan,
April 20 – President Jimmy Carter is attacked by a swamp rabbit while fishing in his hometown of Plains, Georgia.
June 20 – A Nicaraguan National Guard soldier kills ABC TV news correspondent Bill Stewart and his interpreter Juan Espinosa. Other members of the news crew capture the killing on tape.
June 25 – Belgium: NATO Supreme Allied Commander Alexander Haig escapes an assassination attempt by the Baader-Meinhof terrorist organization.
July 16 – Iraqi President Hasan al-Bakr resigns and Vice President Saddam Hussein replaces him.
July 19 – The Marxist Sandinistas take control of Nicaragua.
September 7 – The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for $1 billion to avoid bankruptcy.
November 1 – Iran hostage crisis: Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini urges his people to demonstrate on November 4 and to expand attacks on United States and Israeli interests.
November 9 – Nuclear false alarm: the NORAD computers and the Alternate National Military Command Center in Fort Ritchie, Maryland detected purported massive Soviet nuclear strike. After reviewing the raw data from satellites and checking the early warning radars, the alert was cancelled.[
December 24 – The Soviet Union invades Afghanistan.
William Amos on June 15, 2009 at 8:22 PM
Both of you guys need to put the pickle juice down and back slowly away from it… ;p
doriangrey on June 15, 2009 at 8:22 PM
What a light weight.
ronsfi on June 15, 2009 at 8:23 PM
Mom and I were behind you in the Volare.
jimmy2shoes on June 15, 2009 at 8:23 PM
jimmy2shoes on June 15, 2009 at 8:23 PM
good memories lol- not!
bazil9 on June 15, 2009 at 8:24 PM
It seems that every 30 years or so, the Iranians give an unsubstantial, feckless, democratic US president an opportunity to show strength. And it seems that every 30 years or so, an unsubstantial, feckless, democratic US president fails to rise to the challenge.
SailorDave on June 15, 2009 at 8:24 PM
Shotgun Messiah:
I sure don’t know what you mean when you say Obama is “book smart”: American history smart – no. World history smart -
no, economics smart – no, geography smart – no, foreign
language smart – no, and certainly not English speaking smart, not when you use the word “hoist” instead of the
correct word “foist”. Scientific smart? -juries out on that one, at least until ge gets through the entire “Al Gore Earth Meltdown” DVD set. I hear he’s still balking
at having to listen to someone more tiresome than himself.
Diplomacy smart? – that’s just too funny to answer to.
betsyz on June 15, 2009 at 8:24 PM
Debating whether Obama is worse than Carter is like arguing about whether it’s better to step in dog crap or cow dung.
NoDonkey on June 15, 2009 at 8:24 PM
Well, chin up! Looks like happy days are here again! sarc/
jimmy2shoes on June 15, 2009 at 8:25 PM
At least the foreign press has caught on to Obozo’s prowess. Now it’s time for the US MSM to catch on.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/has-obama-been-exposed-as-an-innocent-abroad-1706032.html
txag92 on June 15, 2009 at 8:26 PM
It only works when one has both principles and weapons to back it up.
myrenovations on June 15, 2009 at 8:26 PM
jimmy2shoes on June 15, 2009 at 8:23 PM
I was in college with a ’67 Plymouth Fury III 383 4 barrel, automatic in the floor, black vinyl top, red body, black leather bucket seats.
Let’s face it. The secret of Obama is out. God help us.
kingsjester on June 15, 2009 at 8:26 PM
Barry’s diplomats will be handing the Iranians a strongly worded letter on extra heavy stock paper.
Grrrr!
profitsbeard on June 15, 2009 at 8:26 PM
What a pussy!
I am following some Iranians on twitter and they are thanking Germany and FRANCE for standing up for them!
Obama is making us look like a bunch of limp wristed pansies!
ArmyAunt on June 15, 2009 at 8:26 PM
I can’t imagine why. And what’s with his inappropriate smiling in this little talk? That was really creepy.
Loxodonta on June 15, 2009 at 8:26 PM
wow. that was……..inspiring?
cjtony97 on June 15, 2009 at 8:26 PM
My posts aren’t posting hmmmm
ArmyAunt on June 15, 2009 at 8:27 PM
He always deflects specific criticisms by co-opting the criticism. It’s very clever. If he has been accused of being vague, he doesn’t defend his past statements, but says how important it is to be clear. If he has not responded, and has been criticized, he begins by saying how important it is to respond. Obama understands better than most how much perception matters and not fact with the average person. And he relies on the willing state run media to go along with the facade. He relies on no opposition when he fires the IG, or when he drops charges against black panthers, but will sympathize with critics if necessary by suggesting how important it is to follow the rule of law. Obama is only possible with the full cooperation of the American people.
JiangxiDad on June 15, 2009 at 8:27 PM
Maybe it’s just me but did anybody else notice the decidedly unPresidential comment that the filthy liar made twice? He referred to watching the violence in Iran on television. He’s President of the United States of America. We spend millions if not billions on intelligence gathering and analysis for this stuff. All that and the filthy liar is getting his information from CNN? No wonder we’re so screwed.
highhopes on June 15, 2009 at 8:28 PM
BIG SHOCK!
News Flash–Venezuela and North Korea send congratulations to Imadinnerjacket!
LOL! So if Obama goes for Imadinnerjacket he aligns himself with these people. Meanwhile, Merkel and Sarkozy are condemning the violence and the election as well!
freeus on June 15, 2009 at 8:28 PM
HotAir’s filters might be having a problem with something you are trying to say…
doriangrey on June 15, 2009 at 8:29 PM
I think it’s easier to slip in cow dung…
Upstater85 on June 15, 2009 at 8:30 PM
If alot of people post the same time some posts get lost
William Amos on June 15, 2009 at 8:30 PM
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