Quotes of the day
posted at 10:30 pm on July 14, 2009 by Allahpundit
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“I love those folks who helped get us in this mess and now say, ‘This is Obama’s economy.’… That’s fine. Give it to me … So I welcome the job. My job is to solve problems. Not to stand on the sidelines and carp and gripe.”
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“‘So there’s no bailout plan for the National League?’ Buck asked, laughing.
‘No,’ said the president, ‘we’re out of money.’”
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Know where you can solve a lot of problems? Jawing with Tim and Joe at the baseball park.
Obama would solve Rubik’s Cube using spray paint.
fogw on July 14, 2009 at 11:31 PM
Heh…no harm no foul…I have a Ford and a Honda. The Zaibatsu or Henry Ford will get my business again. GMs and Chryslers aren’t allowed on my driveway.
Limerick on July 14, 2009 at 11:31 PM
Right after the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor.
coldwarrior on July 14, 2009 at 11:31 PM
Then you suck at your job. Take ownership of that.
RightOFLeft on July 14, 2009 at 11:32 PM
honda makes such a solid product
blatantblue on July 14, 2009 at 11:32 PM
We know you’re all about blame, Comrade Obama. You can’t really do much else, as you didn’t even try to pass a stimulus package! I would like to call it “failed”, because you so love to sit and judge what has failed and what hasn’t, what we just cannot do anymore. But it really didn’t even try.
Why didn’t it work? I don’t know–passing something through that has never been fully vetted has always worked before–hasn’t it? Perhaps it failed because somebody read a little bit too much of it and spoiled the magic. Perhaps not enough people chanted “I do believe in Barry, I do! I do!”
Axeman on July 14, 2009 at 11:32 PM
“My job is to solve problems???”
No. That is the job of an unfettered American people.
The President’s job is to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States from all enemies foreign and domestic.
coldwarrior on July 14, 2009 at 11:33 PM
blatantblue on July 14, 2009 at 11:34 PM
He didn’t “make that call”. He gave orders that said “only if the hostage’s life is in danger”….Cmdr Frank Castellano “made the call”…and the seals gave their usual stellar performance.
Do you really believe that if any of the seal’s hadn’t been perfect, Castellano wouldn’t have been the next bumps under the bus?
Fighton03 on July 14, 2009 at 11:35 PM
The economy is tanking as was predicted by most people who have a basic understanding of Keynsian macro-economics. History proves that demand side/government big spending never works.
That aside, this president will be indicted for treason and /or corruption by the fall of 2011. The treason charges will be with his ongoing foreign policies relatiing to anti-american treaties with the likes of tyrannic regimes of Chavez/Ortega/Putin/Ahmadinejad and so forth.
The connections will finally documented and made public tothe American people concernig all of his ties to the Chicago machine of corruption involving Americrp/Acorn and so forth.
On top of that is the unlawful firings of the the IG inspectors. His claim to being bonified let alone qualified teacher of constitutional law appears to be quite an assertion to make given that no records of his college transcripts, classes or grades have yet to be released to the public.
We really don’t know all there is to know about Obama except that now he is in the White House trying to pull us away from our successfull past by remaking America weaker every day he is in office.
Americannodash on July 14, 2009 at 11:35 PM
Only when they’re up by your ears.
Whoops did I say that out loud?
Fallen Sparrow on July 14, 2009 at 11:36 PM
but what if she can put her legs behind her head?
blatantblue on July 14, 2009 at 11:37 PM
ugh there goes my word vomit again
blatantblue on July 14, 2009 at 11:38 PM
Then I’ve probably dated her.
coldwarrior on July 14, 2009 at 11:38 PM
Out of money? OUT OF MONEY?
Really?
This is rich coming from the man who pushed through and signed the biggest spending bill IN THE HISTORY OF THE FREAKING WORLD. In doing so, he signed generations of Americans into an enormous debt that will reduce our standard of living and stifle American growth for decades.
Now this jackass wants to crack wise about being out of effin’ money? I fail to see the humor.
hillbillyjim on July 14, 2009 at 11:39 PM
Then let her switch from Republican to Democrat and support her in the PA primary.
Laura in Maryland on July 14, 2009 at 11:39 PM
only if she doesn’t shower…
Fighton03 on July 14, 2009 at 11:41 PM
after lorien hit that, of course
blatantblue on July 14, 2009 at 11:41 PM
i heard maryland girls can do all sorts of waaaacccky stuff
one being “the softshell”
:p
night
blatantblue on July 14, 2009 at 11:42 PM
coldwarrior on July 14, 2009 at 11:38 PM
blatantblue on July 14, 2009 at 11:41 PM
Fighton03 on July 14, 2009 at 11:41 PM
I thought I recognized you bunch of scoundrals…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKeQpeDkoGc
Laura in Maryland on July 14, 2009 at 11:44 PM
Yes you did and I laughed.
Cindy Munford on July 14, 2009 at 11:45 PM
Not me, I heard that’s how you get crabs!
Night, dearie.
Laura in Maryland on July 14, 2009 at 11:45 PM
Or if she’s throwing them at you.
Fallen Sparrow on July 14, 2009 at 11:46 PM
now tell us that you love us :)
Fighton03 on July 14, 2009 at 11:48 PM
ROFLMAO!
Laura in Maryland on July 14, 2009 at 11:49 PM
that would just be recognizing old friends….
Fighton03 on July 14, 2009 at 11:50 PM
Well, speaking of running out of money, it seems the first lady has to have more than twenty attendants for her every whim.
boomer on July 14, 2009 at 11:50 PM
Now that BB’s signed off, I have to check in and keep the ladies entertained.
Fallen Sparrow on July 14, 2009 at 11:51 PM
whew…..glad of that….because the argument department closed 5 mins ago.
g’night!
Fighton03 on July 14, 2009 at 11:52 PM
Of course he would have thrown Castellano under the bus.
I was simply responding to a post that challenged us to name one thing Obammy has done right. And he got that one right.
Ask yourself, what would Bwaney Fwank have done? He probably would wanted to know if any of the pirates were gay or trans-gendered.
guntotinglibertarian on July 14, 2009 at 11:54 PM
“My wife has, uh, created or saved, uh, two dozen, uh, lackeys.”
Fallen Sparrow on July 14, 2009 at 11:54 PM
Either impeach this fraud, or watch your country die.
It’s just that simple.
-Dave
Dave R. on July 14, 2009 at 11:54 PM
Doctor Obama says after he has taken out his patient’s one healthy kidney.
He catches on fast, doesn’t he?
Joe Bloggs on July 15, 2009 at 12:01 AM
OK….sorry, I missed your point. O did the right thing by getting himself out of the way in that one. My main animus about that incident came from his spokesholes touting Obies “orders” before the spent shell casings hit the deck.
Fighton03 on July 15, 2009 at 12:02 AM
It is a rainy night in georgia dude….. it is alright.. Please do understand that we are passing through the night and must hope that the sad refrain that goes through us all every day …. eats into our hearts and makes us better in every way… i dont think this makes it…. i am early on the commentator list of approved folks…. what next…. no one is listening…. how bout shut tfu and will you all please listen up….
highninside on July 15, 2009 at 12:03 AM
Dude….you’ve been munching on the peanuts or pathos a bit much tonight. Don’t sweat it too much. Obamabi will trash the country and us individualists will be here when the smoke clears (mostly because it will be gunsmoke, and we all know who has those) to clean up the mess.
Fighton03 on July 15, 2009 at 12:06 AM
I am bordering on ancient so I will encourage you to stick with the younger crowd. It won’t take long before I don’t know what the heck anyone is talking about.
Cindy Munford on July 15, 2009 at 12:09 AM
It would seem, madame, that your friends are in distress.
PercyB on July 15, 2009 at 12:20 AM
PercyB on July 15, 2009 at 12:22 AM
Sink me, her tailors have betrayed her. More’s the pity. So much for American fashion as well as American politics.
PercyB on July 15, 2009 at 12:28 AM
I love the solidarity on this thread. No fights, just Obama trashing. That’s been missing lately, and I’ve missed it.
Esthier on July 15, 2009 at 12:29 AM
This tyranny of your new Emperor is monstrous intolerable.
PercyB on July 15, 2009 at 12:31 AM
and Obambi couldn’t even get the blue jeans right!
Fighton03 on July 15, 2009 at 12:32 AM
no…..just laughable.
Fighton03 on July 15, 2009 at 12:33 AM
Well then, so much for American fashion, American politics and American comedy.
PercyB on July 15, 2009 at 12:35 AM
yep. Even British comedy is starting to look funny.
Fighton03 on July 15, 2009 at 12:39 AM
LOL!! No I don’t disapprove I just know when I am out of my league.
Cindy Munford on July 15, 2009 at 12:43 AM
What is it the Frenchies say? Tou-che?
PercyB on July 15, 2009 at 12:56 AM
I thought it was “go away or I shall taunt you a second time”…:)
Fighton03 on July 15, 2009 at 1:04 AM
Excellent engines and transmissions. Chassis, not so good.
Door handles break, CV joints do not last, electric windows have got problems and the electric fans are problematic. After four Hondas, I went back to Fords. No problems with my F-150 or my Exibition.
Johan Klaus on July 15, 2009 at 1:12 AM
Delirious.
I’ve owned 3 hondas. All were totally bulletproof. Never spent a dime on a ‘repair’. However I have owned 3 American made cars. All were total pieces of excrement, and I never spent a dime on maintenance…all outlays were repairs. It’s really pathetic. I’d gladly pay 5000 more per Honda than an equivalent American made car, and I will always check the manufacturing stamps to make sure the car was built and assembled in Japan.
daesleeper on July 15, 2009 at 1:27 AM
Shovel-ready, indeed.
New motto for Obama’s economic plan: “All the horsesh*t that’s fit to shovel.”
Please blow us away with more coverage of Biden, Geithner, Roemer, and all the czars working away on the problems, pursuing proposals that make absolutely no sense whatsoever.
BuckeyeSam on July 15, 2009 at 1:34 AM
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So he’s saying it’s not his fault, even as he says he’s stepping up to take responsibility for it.
That’s a strange way to take responsibility…
ThereGoesTheNeighborhood on July 15, 2009 at 1:39 AM
Bush told the terrorists to bring it on, and Obama tells the weaker domestic political party to bring it on.
Hmmm. Interesting contrast.
But he lost me where he talked about “folks who helped get us in this mess”? Mostly Barney Frank, ACORN, and other assorted Socialists. Is he against them now? I’m happy at least now he’s figuring it out.
Dr. ZhivBlago on July 15, 2009 at 1:43 AM
In semi-related news, The Precedent is threatening to pull Porkulus funds from Arizona in order to hurt Kyl, who is talking about stopping any more Porkulus funds from going out.
This is kind of neat, GOP Governors are forced to take Porkulus money while the same treasonous administration is threatening to withold the same Porkulus money (now after they forced it on everyone) in order to attack a GOP Senator. Do I hear, “massive abuse of official position”, as in “high crimes and misdemeanors”?
Orange. Jumpsuits.
progressoverpeace on July 15, 2009 at 1:56 AM
Except he didn’t. They acted under the standing orders that permitted them to take a shot if they perceived the captive’s life to be in immediate danger. The only credit Obama can rightly claim is that he let those orders stand. He never actually gave an order to shoot.
The pirates had their weapons pointed at the hostage’s head for days on end, so it’s a little unclear why the Seals all seemed to agree at one point that the hostage was now in immediate danger. A lot of people suspect they made a convenient “interpretation” of immediate danger once they all had a clear shot.
Regardless, it was the people on the scene who dared to decide to take the shot. They were never given official clearance to do it, as they should have been from the very beginning.
Which might explain why the pirates were so mad afterwards. According to the rules they thought were in effect, they shouldn’t have been shot.
It appears the Seals decided at some point that they had clear shots, and that if they would just interpret the hostage situation as immediate danger, they could go ahead and fire.
ThereGoesTheNeighborhood on July 15, 2009 at 1:58 AM
Before you get too giddy, just remember three words: President Joe Biden.
Oh well. Could he actually be worse?
ThereGoesTheNeighborhood on July 15, 2009 at 2:05 AM
As truly sad as it is to say, I’d take Biden over The Precedent in a second. Biden’s just a buffoon. At least, he has American sensibilities and isn’t actively looking to destroy our nation. Biden would spend half of his time just trying to figure out how to get around the White House.
progressoverpeace on July 15, 2009 at 2:09 AM
I think I get the most angered about the total lack of regard for either one of their backgrounds. SHE had her attorney’s license yanked away by the bar and no one cares to find out exactly why. HE, supposedly has a brilliant mind and was a Constitutional lecturer, yet no one comes forth with any proof of this, with either grades, or personal stories. It’s like a big blank page that everyone seems to accept. In fact, the only thing I can recall in
the way of personal endorsement was from two black ladies who worked with Obama when he was a community organizer, and even their testimony was suspect.
I bristle everytime I hear the right and the left extol the
high intellect of this worm. I have not seen it. I have not heard it. Where, exactly is it? I’d love to know what I have been missing.
betsyz on July 15, 2009 at 3:42 AM
Oh, ha-ha! We’re out of money!
This guy is such an asshat.
NoLeftTurn on July 15, 2009 at 3:49 AM
We. Are. Boned.
Ugly on July 15, 2009 at 4:04 AM
“I love those folks who helped get us in this mess and now say, ‘This is Obama’s economy.’… That’s fine. Give it to me … So I welcome the job. My job is to solve problems. Not to stand on the sidelines and carp and gripe.”
–even when he’s responsible for breaking it he blames Bush. Even after he’s spent all kinds of money we don’t have, he carps and gripes. He even says that he shouldn’t be carping and griping—just when he’s carping and griping.
ted c on July 15, 2009 at 7:41 AM
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can we use this against him before obamacare gets passed?
cmsinaz on July 15, 2009 at 7:42 AM
The “folks” who helped make this mess:
Christopher Dodd
Barney Frank
Freddie and Fannie Leadership (liberal Dems all)
If it were not for Democrats in Congress requiring home loans be given to people who had no business getting loans, the economy would not have gone south under the weight of the housing collapse. The arrogant prick in the White House has only his own party to blame for his economy and the sooner the arrogant bastard is reminded of that fact the better the GOP will do in 2010.
highhopes on July 15, 2009 at 7:48 AM
Dude, we had to listen to your carping and griping for The Last Eight Years®. Now, it is our turn. It goes with the territory. If you can’t stand the heat….
Kafir on July 15, 2009 at 7:49 AM
funny how no one mentions that he is one of those who got us in this mess when he was senator….they always seem to forget that little tidbit…
cmsinaz on July 15, 2009 at 7:52 AM
Of course not. Everything the filthy liar says comes with an expiration date. The spin will be we are out of money but extending universal healthcare to all Americans (by which “all” means welfare recipients, illegals, and those otherwise unproductive or outside societal norms) is too important to let lack of funding get in the way. We need to pass this legislation and figure out how to pay for it as we go along (which means higher taxes for less coverage for all).
highhopes on July 15, 2009 at 7:55 AM
You’ve got to love how Obama’s leadership skills just radiate from those words.
That’s the kind of take charge and can-do attitudes that we expect from a leader…
Tonus on July 15, 2009 at 7:55 AM
In other news, The Red Sox will have home field in the World Series.
.
What?
.
Oh, come on, it’s John Kerry’s favorite team, with Manny Ortez and all…
reaganaut on July 15, 2009 at 7:55 AM
…and the Phillies will just have to win the World Series at home again this year.
mankai on July 15, 2009 at 7:59 AM
Is he punch drunk again?
txhsmom on July 15, 2009 at 8:00 AM
you’re right…I was just a little hopeful there for a minute…
cmsinaz on July 15, 2009 at 8:02 AM
He says as he carps and gripes.
bluelightbrigade on July 15, 2009 at 8:11 AM
Out of money? Out of money!? Barack’s seventeen Czars and Michelle’s twenty “attendants” prove that someone’s not getting the point of just what being “out of money” actually means, cause the Obamas continue to ding the taxpayers for these ludicrous bulbous expansions of THEIR spending for frivolities and egomaniacal indulgences, such as has never been seen before (and I hope never is seen again).
But I still think Michelle Obama having hired her round the clock “eye brow plucker/redrawer” to do her (Michelle’s) “makeup” is just about the height of greed and insanity in one big ball of awful.
Thanks for earlier poster for this excellent link:
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12652
Lourdes on July 15, 2009 at 8:11 AM
Nonsense. The Washington Nationals will appeal for and get a bailout where they get assistance from the filthy liar’s administration to offset their long record of poor performance. The team is handed over to the players’ union and given an automatic berth and home field advantage in the World Series. The spin will be that as the DC team, this bailout represents an investment for all Americans.
highhopes on July 15, 2009 at 8:11 AM
Does this clown ever stay home?
tree hugging sister on July 15, 2009 at 8:12 AM
No, Mr. President. The money didn’t just up and fly away.
You and your Congress spent all the money, and then spent even more money that we didn’t have.
Own it.
Good Lt on July 15, 2009 at 8:12 AM
As for me, I’m less and less hopeful as I see the filthy liar getting away with all this change that is destroying the America I know and love.
highhopes on July 15, 2009 at 8:13 AM
The whole and entire Liberal Party,from Team Obama,
on down,should have a leave no stone unturned,in-
depth financial criminal investigation,and see how big
this Crime of the Century really is!!
canopfor on July 15, 2009 at 8:14 AM
When I was about 9 years old, I remember coming in after dark (which was a real bad “no no”), and I didn’t tell my parents where I was.
I stood at the door planning my entrance, and knowing I was going to “get it”.
I took a deep breath, walked in (after dinner), and with my most enthusiastic voice said “hello, everyone, I had a great time, sorry I am late, but what an exciting day, yada, yada, yada”….my parents and brothers just starred at me, the enthusiasm was infectious and I got away with it.
*
This is the same ploy Obama is using…
right2bright on July 15, 2009 at 8:14 AM
I’d be cool if baseball took a hiatus. I had to endure it during the hockey strike.
(P.S. did anyone else notice that when the NHL was on strike, the Canadians decided to legalize gay marriage? Coincidence or just misplaced sexual energy?)
bluelightbrigade on July 15, 2009 at 8:14 AM
too true
cmsinaz on July 15, 2009 at 8:15 AM
Which home would that be? The one the people own in DC or the one he was given by Rezko in Chicago? (Whatever happened to that story???)
Fact of the matter is GWB couldn’t spend two weeks, with full communication and ability to reach out to staff, in Crawford Texas without the left and the MSM screaming he wasn’t doing his job. The filthy liar in the White House flits all over the place at God only knows what kind of expense to the taxpayers and there is silence.
highhopes on July 15, 2009 at 8:16 AM
You forgot Rahm Emanuel, who was head of Freddie Mac when all the stealin’-jivin’ was taking place. And Obama’s launching-lawsuit that got that rollin’, suit demanding Citi engage in “skin color” loans without credit worthiness.
So you see it was a big organization of rip-off by the Left using governmental processes to do so. I think they planned the downfall results but we’ll likely never hear the Democrats admit it: they really wanted (and continue to want) the U.S. as a capitalist economy to fail.
There’s no other explanation for the individual largesse by the Obamas, other than they could not care less.
What reasonable and responsible people do, at times of financial crises, is reduce spending, economize. What the Obamas do, as with nearly all Democrats based upon the news I read, when faced with financial crises, is create more debt by continuing to spend more or at least not reduce what they’ve already been wasting.
Look at California for proof of that, look at Michigan, look at Barack and Michelle Obama: they have no respect for good money management.
Lourdes on July 15, 2009 at 8:21 AM
Behold, the sort of things Bush should have been saying during his termS in office
Reaps on July 15, 2009 at 8:28 AM
Excellent imagery!!!
ladyingray on July 15, 2009 at 8:30 AM
ok, fine, we’re out of money. any simpleton could see that.
but if we’re so broke, why does he want to ram socialized medicine down our throats to the tune of 1 trillion over 10 years (CBO estimate)?
contact your Congressman today. TODAY
kelley in virginia on July 15, 2009 at 8:48 AM
“out of money”? Stop spending. Isn’t it just that simple?
marklmail on July 15, 2009 at 8:51 AM
As I’ve commented this morning, it’s one thing to have a recession triggered during your time in office, but to enact or attempt to enact every provision possible to exacerbate the problem is another thing entirely.
President Obama has inherited a weak economy and is bullying it into submission on behalf of the American Left. Capitalism itself may have finally met its demise, at least in this country.
cackcon on July 15, 2009 at 10:13 AM
Barry is a silly, silly, man. He cannot manage the economy. He could not manage a fart after a baked bean dinner.
DeweyWins on July 14, 2009 at 10:42 PM
Oh.My.God. I can’t stop laughing. Thank you.
NJ Red on July 15, 2009 at 11:46 AM
GAHHHHHH How did we get into this?!
OneGyT on July 15, 2009 at 10:44 PM
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