Poll: What was the Obamateurism of the Week?
posted at 9:00 am on June 28, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
It’s time to pick another Obamateurism of the Week, and believe me, this is no time to just disappear onto the links, even with your bestest buddy who can’t keep his governors straight. Be sure not to open your Perrier out there on the course, lest you become one of the “polluters” letting CO2 into our air where it doesn’t belong. Some of you may want to spend a nice Sunday afternoon doing some planting, but remember that questions bloom best when planted with lots of fertilizer. If you like mystery, try looking for those two million Muslim Americans that disappeared between Cairo and Islamabad from Obama’s rhetoric. They may find that the moral arc of the Obama universe is long, but it bends towards bad research.
Previous “winners”:
- Change in Iran coming because “Obviously, after the speech I made in Cairo…”
- Flashing his soles to the camera while talking to Netanyahu
- “If you actually took the number of Muslim Americans, we’d be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world.”
- “We can no longer afford to spend as if deficits do not matter and waste is not our problem.”
- Siccing Tim Geithner and Charlie Rangel on tax cheats
- Phony Churchill quote on torture throws Grandpa under the bus
- Torture probe flip-flop
- Obama covers up IHS while quoting Jesus
- Austrian is a language?
- Obama bows to the Saudi king
- 1908 Model T got better gas mileage than today’s SUVs
Got an Obamateurism of the Day? If you see a foul-up by Barack Obama, e-mail it to me at obamaisms@edmorrissey.com with the quote and the link to the Obamateurism. I’ll post the best Obamateurisms on a daily basis, depending on how many I receive. Include a link to your blog, and I’ll give some link love as well. And unlike Slate, I promise to end the feature when Barack Obama leaves office.
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That was a tough one. I didn’t know which was worse; the planted question or going golfing instead of spending time with his kids or paying attention to what was going on in Iran.
mizflame98 on June 28, 2009 at 9:07 AM
planted question.
rob verdi on June 28, 2009 at 9:08 AM
The golfing, the planted question, the Muslim count…tough choices for a Sunday morning.
CarolynM on June 28, 2009 at 9:10 AM
I went with the planted question…showed Orrogance…did he really think people wouldn’t notice?
ladyingray on June 28, 2009 at 9:20 AM
Tough choices for sure..
Had to go with the planted question. This was an action that simply can’t be defended. This action says “phony” on over it.
Keemo on June 28, 2009 at 9:21 AM
planted question. the libs had a field day when they thought Bush did it.
ctmom on June 28, 2009 at 9:22 AM
The HuffPo planted question is the clear winner. It so succinctly demonstrates the (richly deserved) contempt that Obama holds for the press, and simultaneously exposes the State Run Media’s lapdog subservience to him. It’s really a twofer.
cruadin on June 28, 2009 at 9:22 AM
I think you should have used this picture (look closely) instead of the one you actually used.
Heh.
Carl in Jerusalem on June 28, 2009 at 9:23 AM
Carbon as a contaminant…unfortunately he managed to convince most Democrats and 8 Republicans that money should be made off that remark.
texabama on June 28, 2009 at 9:23 AM
That was the toughest selection so far. I think we should have been able to vote for all of the past week! The whole week was chock full of insanity!
freeus on June 28, 2009 at 9:24 AM
By the way, I vote for the planted question.
The arrogance is beyond belief.
Carl in Jerusalem on June 28, 2009 at 9:24 AM
Had to vote for the planted question but, please Mr. President, if carbon dioxide is a planet killer, then save the earth, stop breathing.
boomer on June 28, 2009 at 9:26 AM
I voted for the planted question simply because it was done so poorly. It was a pitiful performance.
Cindy Munford on June 28, 2009 at 9:29 AM
I read that Rahmbo was grinning on the sidelines as the press looked around perplexed and incredulous at the staged questions.
It’s not that they don’t think that people won’t notice, they don’t care. They believe the MSM won’t cover it and even if Obama does get a tough question about it, he’ll drone on and on in reply, looking relaxed, hip and cool, and the masses will be satisfied.
CarolynM on June 28, 2009 at 9:29 AM
Yeah, those “dangerous” carbon emissions that we breathe help to buffer our blood, jackazz.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on June 28, 2009 at 9:29 AM
I think the planted question did not irritate me as much as the golfing. He should have stay at the W.H., spent time with his girls, and paid attention to Iran. At this point, I would not have been surprised if he had kissed the HuffPo “reporter” full on the mouth.
kingsjester on June 28, 2009 at 9:30 AM
Hmmmmmmm…speaking of carbon I forgot about the bacon on the stove……brb
Limerick on June 28, 2009 at 9:30 AM
Is there an “everyday is one” option?
blatantblue on June 28, 2009 at 9:32 AM
Planted question from a potted plant of a president.
backwoods conservative on June 28, 2009 at 9:33 AM
I just love it when they talk about CO2 emmisions. How dangerous they are and how it’s ruining the planet. Have they forgoten what we put off? Have they forgotten about photosynthesis in plants? Ya learn about it in elementary school for crying out loud and yet people are stupid enough to fall for it.
boomer on June 28, 2009 at 9:34 AM
Planted question, that was just cheesy!
conservnut on June 28, 2009 at 9:36 AM
OH
Speaking of f*cking CO2 emissions
My sisters High School graduation was yesterday
At times I wasnt sure if it was a rally on “climate change,” or an actual graduation ceremony
The principal spoke about some video on youtube in which some guy went on about caring about the environment
Then how the class would face challenges in the future, and number two on the list was the environment and how its dying or something like that
Then the saludetorian went on about how the class will be helping solve global warming in the future
blah blah FCKING BLAH!
blatantblue on June 28, 2009 at 9:36 AM
The question; even the other liberal reporters in the press room thought it was stupid.
Can Biden get honorable mention for his naming of Kaine as Governor of NJ?
Bishop on June 28, 2009 at 9:40 AM
The mis-attribution of the “moral arc of the universe” quote really goes back to MLK who used it without any attribution. Matches his graduate thesis that was full of un-attributed materials. But we can’t talk about that…RAAAACIST.
Margee on June 28, 2009 at 9:43 AM
so sorry that you had to sit through that….they should have followed Laura Ingraham’s motto, ‘Shut Up and Sing’ changed to ‘Shut up and graduate’….
cmsinaz on June 28, 2009 at 9:46 AM
agree with the others above, tough week, chose planted question myself….
cmsinaz on June 28, 2009 at 9:47 AM
I should add that it was improved when the superintendent got up and made a speech about how bureaucracy sucks
he literally said that
other than that, it was a global warming fest
blatantblue on June 28, 2009 at 9:49 AM
LOL
cmsinaz on June 28, 2009 at 9:51 AM
Went with the planted question also. Only a rookie/idiot would think he’d get away with that without notice. Of course, with his arrogance, he really didn’t care.
SKYFOX on June 28, 2009 at 9:52 AM
I went with the planted question, but not because it was a plant – rather because of where it was planted…
The reason Obama is in the White House reading off the TOTUS is the Main Sewer Media. The same Main Sewer Media that are taking body blows from the death of print and network TV …
So, if he’s going to plant a question, you’d think he could at least help *them* out… but no. HuffPo.
If Obama blows his relationship with the Main Sewer Media, the bloggers can’t save him – and yet, he can’t throw ‘em a better bone than the ratings disaster Health Care Special?
Mew
acat on June 28, 2009 at 9:52 AM
I chose the carbon b.s. as it is the most dangerous to our economy, way of life, etc.
Disturb the Universe on June 28, 2009 at 9:54 AM
one would hope that he blows his relationship with MSM, but they are so oblivious, don’t know what to make of it….
cmsinaz on June 28, 2009 at 9:55 AM
I think I’ll go have a slab of BBQ carbon
blatantblue on June 28, 2009 at 9:56 AM
The continued pulling of numbers out of his arse. A few weeks ago we were one of the largest Muslim nations in the world–when in fact we are not even in the top 50–followed this week by not even knowing how Muslims are in the US to begin with.
patrick neid on June 28, 2009 at 9:57 AM
Got to go with the carbon since we’re carbon based life forms and we even use CO2 in the form of bicarbonate as a buffer in our blood.
Dave_d on June 28, 2009 at 9:58 AM
All of them are great ones to vote for, but there was something about a “man” that supports killing not only healthy full term unborn babies, but also those few that make it out born alive, AND him using the term “MORAL” that got to me.
Obama’s has the morals of Dr. Josef Mengele.
Jeff from WI on June 28, 2009 at 10:03 AM
I’m watching you.
Double heh. ;)
Shy Guy on June 28, 2009 at 10:04 AM
I’m not so sure about the planted question. You’d think if they planted the question (as opposed to planting the questioner, which they clearly did) they’d have planted a question he had an answer for instead of one he wound up dodging.
Carbon as a contaminant gets my vote as a carbon based life form.
Pablo on June 28, 2009 at 10:09 AM
I think the carbon as a contaminent statement was intentional, and part of a planned strategy to make people associate carbon (CO2) emissions with toxic pollutants. When did people start referring to CO2 as carbon anyway? Carbon brings up images of black, sooty stuff that’s bad to breathe. I hear lots of references on the news that imply reduction of carbon emissions will lead to “cleaner” air. It’s not accidental, imo.
mbs on June 28, 2009 at 10:09 AM
Why were there none of the ‘gems’ from that info-mercial in the poll? Seems like when he said he wanted ‘the best care for his kids’ after telling that woman she should have ‘put her mother down’ was classic Obama.
Freddy on June 28, 2009 at 10:11 AM
O/T or maybe not…
I just read Jack Cashill’s article in American Thinker about the authorship of Obama’s book Dreams from my Father.
While the evidence is still circumstantial, it is very telling that Bill Ayers writing style and, in fact, his own life experiences are melded into Obama’s memories.
Is that an Obamateurism or just naked arrogant deceit?
I am fully confident that the MSM will be all over this (choke, cough-cough).
SKYFOX on June 28, 2009 at 10:18 AM
As a carbon based life form, I take great exception to being called a contaminant… it might be true in my case but it is very insensitive to point it out.
Laurence on June 28, 2009 at 10:19 AM
If carbon is a contaminant everything coming out of his mouth is toxic.
fourdeucer on June 28, 2009 at 10:20 AM
He didn’t go and invade the wrong country or anything, did he? Imagine doing that? Imagine then putting on a pilot costume and declaring Mission Accomplished after invading said wrong country?
That would be bad!
simplesimon on June 28, 2009 at 10:21 AM
Actually, I saw on an authoratative space science show (the original Star Trek), that we are “ugly bags of mostly water.” :|
Patrick S on June 28, 2009 at 10:21 AM
You’ll see the world differently after you hit puberty, don’t worry.
Patrick S on June 28, 2009 at 10:22 AM
Wonder what the CO2 tax for that comes to?
ladyingray on June 28, 2009 at 10:23 AM
45,000
blatantblue on June 28, 2009 at 10:26 AM
Carbon as a contaminant. Don’t they teach chemistry in school anymore? Carbon is an element, one of the most abundant on the planet, the 2nd most in the human body, one of the fundamental building blocks of the universe. Plants use carbon dioxide to replenish the oxygen of the world. Trying to regulate carbon would be like trying to drain the oceans — it can’t be done. The brazen dishonesty of this administration, expecting us to fall for a lie about the basic composition of the world around us, is astounding.
infidel4life on June 28, 2009 at 10:28 AM
Yeah, but even that won’t help the retardation of basic intelligence.
infidel4life on June 28, 2009 at 10:31 AM
simplesimon on June 28, 2009 at 10:21 AM
Welcome back, capitulus. We were all really fooled. You changed your name, but your attempts at writing are still the same. Lame.
kingsjester on June 28, 2009 at 10:31 AM
Sounds to me like those who want to reduce CO2 emissions are plantlife killers!! Anti-environment bastards!!!
Patrick S on June 28, 2009 at 10:31 AM
ditto
ericdijon on June 28, 2009 at 10:32 AM
Sounds to me like those who want to reduce CO2 emissions are plantlife killers!! Anti-environment bastards!!!
Patrick S on June 28, 2009 at 10:31 AM
They have to shroud the truth to get their anti-human species policies adopted. Every human being is a breathing plant life enviromentalist by design.
fourdeucer on June 28, 2009 at 10:38 AM
Excellent point.
ericdijon on June 28, 2009 at 10:39 AM
I liked the planted Huff Po idiot, too, but had to go with the more blatent idiots playing golf on Father’s Day and then making sure it got in the news. Same with the ice cream trip while brave Iranians were being killed. That one really set me off!
This president surrounds himself with idiot scum and treats the country and presidency with distain. He thinks it is a toy for his pleasure. How did this happen?
BetseyRoss on June 28, 2009 at 10:41 AM
Outstanding points…You are also correct in seeing how a Democrat treats the Office of the President. Like a 4th grader on a field trip it’s simply a fun time and a joke to him.
Jeff from WI on June 28, 2009 at 10:45 AM
oboobi was extra special stupid this week, tough poll week ed.
SHARPTOOTH on June 28, 2009 at 10:48 AM
How to choose, how to choose.
I’m not so sure the ‘carbon’ thing was an inadvertent mistake; I’m wondering if it wasn’t planned to help set the backdrop for screwing the parts of America that are heavily dependent on coal for energy in the cap and trade boondoggle. Nobody’s talking about global warming anymore, the evidence against it is too strong and the number of voices coming out against it too numerous. But he’s determined to get that ‘environmental’ legislation through to help pay for his restructuring of health care.
Playing golf on Father’s Day while his kids sat at home and Iranian protestors died was typical arrogance, and given how easy a ride the press has been giving him, he could be confident he would get away with it. Ditto with the shifting number of American Muslims. Same for the misattribution of the ‘moral arc’ phrasing; if MLK got away without properly attributing it, BHO can be sure to.
So I have to conclude that the real Obamateurism of the week was the planted reporter/question. It’s one the to laughingly make fun of the press, but it’s quite another to do something that actually ridicules the process of a press conference in front of them and the nation. I’m hoping that that one comes back to bite him on the ass.
ProfessorMiao on June 28, 2009 at 10:49 AM
I’m calculating how many carbon credits it will take for my
ribs, brisket, steak and chicken each Sun. afternoon. Pecan smoked of course.
HoustonRight on June 28, 2009 at 10:52 AM
It is too hard to determine which one is the worst. They all are bad if you ask me. Can we get an “all of the above” option?
milwife88 on June 28, 2009 at 10:59 AM
I can’t resist treating you like dopey liberal. Study the name you chose for yourself – it is a statement of true liberalism – “Simple Simon.”
Now, examine the historical record of Simple Simon:
Simple Simon met a pieman going to the fair;
Said Simple Simon to the pieman “Let me taste your ware”
Said the pieman to Simple Simon “Show me first your penny”
Said Simple Simon to the pieman “Sir, I have not any!”
Simple Simon went a-fishing for to catch a whale;
All the water he had got was in his mother’s pail.
Simple Simon went to look if plums grew on a thistle;
He pricked his fingers very much which made poor Simon whistle.
He went for water in a sieve but soon it all fell through;
And now poor Simple Simon bids you all “Adieu”
You expect free pie.
You have no assets.
You expect to catch a whale for yourself, but you use other people’s assets.
You conceived a most illogical thought about the order of life and have no shame.
You wasted public assets and then split town.
You have no respect for yourself as you opted to make a statement with your moniker, but your short-sighted research smacks you in your face – you are a simpleminded person and a follower of fools.
ericdijon on June 28, 2009 at 10:59 AM
It was tough to choose from the list but I voted for ‘carbon is a contaminant.’ It showed that either Obama just reads a prepared speech and does not process what he is saying, or worse, he doesn’t really know the difference.
This ‘carbon is a contaminant’ boo-boo has also reminded me of what led me to enlightenment with regards to this global warming thingie.
(Please bear with me on this, thanks.)
A senator and a culture and arts minister (in my country, not the US) invited our small group to be briefed on the ‘inconvenient truth’ out there that needs to be disseminated to as many people as possible. We were given materials to read from which we were supposed to base the information that we’d choose to highlight in our writings, but I thought what are these people (the government people) thinking? That me and my group allow info spoon-feeding? I did my own research and oh, boy, my instinctive antipathy for Al Gore was vindicated! I mean, seriously, I was flabbergasted with the way the Democrats, especially through Al Gore, have contaminated the thinking of a lot of people all over the world with this global warming issue. I blame the mainstream media, too, and Hollywood.
So, can you blame me for choosing ‘carbon is a contaminant’ as the Obateurism of the Week?
mz.josephine on June 28, 2009 at 11:07 AM
Ups, sorry, I mean Obamateurism of the Week.
mz.josephine on June 28, 2009 at 11:08 AM
Right now, as we speak, there’s are many families sitting around on a Sunday morning. The wife thinks highly of her husband, the kids playing in the livingroom love their father, and all are oblivious to the fact that “Dad” is either a Union Official, Acorn Worker, Democrat Politician, or a long list of their helpers, that spent this last week DESTROYING this country. May them, and their families, rot in hell for doing this to us.
Jeff from WI on June 28, 2009 at 11:11 AM
Where is the All of the Above button. They are all equally moronic.
portlandon on June 28, 2009 at 11:12 AM
Thanks. Made me laugh.
Loxodonta on June 28, 2009 at 11:15 AM
So many good choices. Head hurts!
Majority of Americans; “But he’s so cooool!”
Star20 on June 28, 2009 at 11:16 AM
That’s why, the majority of Americans today, ARE idiots.
Jeff from WI on June 28, 2009 at 11:17 AM
Since our dear leader is touting the ‘crap and tax’ bill the House just passed – I have to say that Carbon is a contaminant would be a huge obamablunder. Maybe our dear leader needs a rudimentary science class to know that carbon is a basic building block of human life.
libertylady on June 28, 2009 at 11:30 AM
Carbon is a contaminant? I cannot stand this premise. It is beyond absurd. Oil and coal are not dirty sources of energy. They are near perfect stores of energy for us to mine, pump, and use.
daesleeper on June 28, 2009 at 11:33 AM
infidel4life on June 28, 2009 at 10:28 AM
Sorry, didn’t mean to repeat your argument. (I just read your post.) Oops, I sound like Joe Biden.
libertylady on June 28, 2009 at 11:34 AM
I voted for the misappropriated quote. Plagiarism is worse IMHO than the planted Q.
n0doz on June 28, 2009 at 11:39 AM
If you belch in the middle of the forest because of the Perrier you drank, is it still a sound?
Herb on June 28, 2009 at 11:47 AM
Planted question.What a setup. “Ask me that question, you know, the one we gave you, uh uh, the one from Iran, you know, uhuhuhuhuh, so I can give my memorized uhuhuhuhuh answer?”
conservativegrandma on June 28, 2009 at 11:53 AM
Actually, it is. The last part of the definition of sound is that you must have a “receiver”. So you are the cause and the reciver, therefore a sound. Now, aren’t you glad you asked that question?
The answer came from a long ago science book when things were not so hopelessly messed up with PC.
BetseyRoss on June 28, 2009 at 11:53 AM
Why isn’t there an “all of the above” vote?
Mommynator on June 28, 2009 at 12:04 PM
Well I’ve heard around 65% but that figure has a load of fluctuations depending on who says it. But back to the thing I mentioned if your blood didn’t use bicarbonate (which is a derivative of disolving CO2 in water) you’d have problems controlling PH. (And you’d pretty much die once the PH got out of a certain range.)
Dave_d on June 28, 2009 at 12:17 PM
The HuffPo plant.
Arianna Huffinton must be the Heidi Fleiss of political bloggers to get a spotlight plant like that.
bluelightbrigade on June 28, 2009 at 12:32 PM
I guess I need new glasses. For a moment there, I misread the first word in the above quote as “masturbating.”
Anyway, in light of the “Crap and Raid” bill passed by the House on Friday, my selection was: Carbon is a contaminant?
Now, if we can just convince Barry to hold his breath for the next 1300 days, CO2 pollution should go way down.
Barb Dwyer on June 28, 2009 at 12:45 PM
+100; :)
Since Carbon is a contaminant can we decontaminate Congress and the Whitehouse.
chemman on June 28, 2009 at 12:46 PM
I voted for the carbon thing.
There is no science anymore. There is only state-approved science. I hate what it’s doing to our kids. They aren’t getting logic, and they are losing the scientific method.
Alana on June 28, 2009 at 12:46 PM
I can’t wait until the someone in the MSM turns on the President because they didn’t get selected to ask their “planted” question. Something’s going to give pretty soon and we’ll have a school yard brawl in the press room.
yoda on June 28, 2009 at 12:46 PM
Ditto, I was just about to….
abinitioadinfinitum on June 28, 2009 at 12:50 PM
Not a problem. Hopefully there are many more people that see through this junk science they are pushing on us.
infidel4life on June 28, 2009 at 1:01 PM
Planted question no contest. Not calling on a reporter because you know you are going to get a tough question is pretty weak, but planting a question in the White House press room is absolutely pathetic.
I was shocked that Axlerod was asked about it on Meet the Press this morning. Of course, the most tranparent administration evah denies doing it. The President just knew the HuffPo hack had questions from inside Iran and wanted to address them.
Like HuffPo is the only place such questions can come from? Oh yea, I forgot, I’m overdue on my meds. Where did I put that Kool-Aid pitcher…..?
Hog Wild on June 28, 2009 at 1:11 PM
The nuclear option.
I love it!
bluelightbrigade on June 28, 2009 at 1:14 PM
I agree. The Obamateurisms are coming fast and furious these days. Not only must it be impossible to limit the weekly vote to five options – what, do you throw darts to decide which ones are in? – but an “all of the above” needs to be added.
gopmom on June 28, 2009 at 1:28 PM
A bit off topic, Ed, but I’ve often thought of having a poll with this question:
Will the US for the first time ever and, appropriately, during America-bashing Barry the Kenyan’s regime, dip it’s flag to the host nation’s head of state at either of the Olympic games in 2010 and 2012? My vote would be yes.
Anyone else?
rocksandbroncs on June 28, 2009 at 2:03 PM
yoda on June 28, 2009 at 12:46 PM
This is a point, Yoda, we conservatives need to emphasize to the fence sitters and ‘moderates’. Eventually (even now, in fact), and without fail, Maobama’s policies will adversely effect even those who voted for him. The old “Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me” thing.
rocksandbroncs on June 28, 2009 at 2:15 PM
Tough choice between planted question and golfing while Tehran burns.
Picked the planted question because:
1) golf cart photo op consciously designed to show PO(tu)S is above all the rest of us mortals
but
2)planted question consciously designed to show PO(tu)S’ brilliance and it backfired and showed the opposite. Ya gotta love it.
winfield on June 28, 2009 at 2:23 PM
Planted question… Shades of things to come.
RalphyBoy on June 28, 2009 at 2:26 PM
Have to say this about the carbon thing: heard a retired NASA test pilot speak at a public forum the other day. He soft-pedaled it but in so many words says their experiments show (no big surprise) that carbon dioxide doesn’t contribute to global warming but if anything does, water vapor does and it’s all over the place. hahahahahahaha sorry this administration is driving me crazy
winfield on June 28, 2009 at 2:27 PM
I chose ‘Carbon’ because The Won is an excellent example of the waste of perfectly good carbon.
TennDon on June 28, 2009 at 2:46 PM
Tough chose because some are “compounded” Obamateurism.
Example:
Obama and Biden go golfing on Fathers Day instead of paying attention to Iran, along with using his daughters as “human shields” against questions about “his” Milquetoast response confirming at first, that he still wanted to ParrrrrrrrrrrrtA! With the butchers of Iran.
However this is more sick and twisted than amateurish.
That’s why I vote for “Obama plants a question on Iran with HuffPo”
Huffpo! We put the Banana in Obama’s Republic!
Along with the free ABC infomercial is rank amateurish from Barry Milquetoast Obama.
DSchoen on June 28, 2009 at 2:53 PM
The planted question and the golfing excursion should be linked as one.
The fact that he was disinterested in the plight of the protesters to a fraudulent election at the single-most momentous point in the revolt (and actually appeared to be backing the murderous regime by his willingness to maintain elevated relations – even to the point of a July 4th BBQ!) was the entire impetus for his publicly escorting to the forefront a “plant” who would tee up a softball when Obama’s new, smart diplomacy would accomplish nothing.
I voted ignoring Iran by golfing, but that’s inherently tied to the subsequent “press conference” plant and response.
AnonymousDrivel on June 28, 2009 at 2:56 PM
I think a definition of what an Obamateurism is would be a good idea.
I’ve been voting based on the assumption that I’m not picking the most offensive, execrable, disingenuous, stupid, or destructive thing that Obama has done in the past week (of which there are always many. I’m certainly not picking the worst thing policy-wise to come out of the White House each week.
That’s why I was surprised that so many voted for the “Carbon as Contaminant” option. This is a clearly wrong, stupid, and economically suicidal belief — it’s also the belief of the EPA and the Supreme Court. So whether it’s wrong or not, whether it’s evil or not, it’s the truth in today’s America.
I pick the thing that best shows that Obama is not (and never will be) “ready for prime-time”. This could be an important thing, or a trivial thing, but it should be the thing that shows amateurism and, usually, a staggering immaturity.
This week, for me, it was a choice between the golf outing and the planted question. I went with the planted question, but not because planting questions is wrong. I went with it because of how blatant, and inartfully handled it was. They PLANTED the question and still could neither answer the question, nor keep “on the down low” the simple fact that the question had been planted. Bungler-in-Chief strikes again. I’m beginning to think that a Biden Administration would have fewer gaffes.
Eyas on June 28, 2009 at 3:32 PM
Can we have a ‘leap-week’ pick? Two winners?
shooter on June 28, 2009 at 3:51 PM
Planted question. Reason being that we will continue to, and accelerate our slide into the abyss as the media continue to become more an arm of the fascist state of obama.
Spiritk9 on June 28, 2009 at 4:13 PM
DAG! Rog vote golf. Rog not see planted question. DAG! ORG! MOF!
fronclynne on June 28, 2009 at 4:52 PM
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