Quotes of the day
posted at 10:52 pm on September 2, 2009 by Allahpundit
“There are other potential pitfalls: an intra-party revolt by liberals if he ditches the public insurance option; creating unrealistic expectations at a time when many in his party would opt for quiet deal-making; and the ever-present hazard of presidential overexposure – which would permanently dilute Obama’s ability to influence national debates…
After a devastating August that saw a host of humiliating town hall demonstrations and an alarming drop-off in Obama’s personal popularity, ‘He had no choice, he had to do something,’ a senior house leadership aide told POLITICO.
‘It’s fish-or-cut-bait time.’”
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“What accounts for the global electorate’s growing disgust with the political overclass? Try this: No matter the ideological cast of these governments, they all hold in common one policy: the inexorable upward march of national indebtedness. It has arrived at the edge of the cliff…
In short, the lumpen electorate works, and the lumpen bureaucratariat spends. They get away with it because they have perfected the illusion that no human hand causes these commitments. The payroll tax just happens. Entitlements are ‘off-budget,’ presumably in the hands of God. This is government without the responsibility of governance…
This is hardly a fair fight. The political overclass everywhere holds the power to print money and grab it back with taxes and inflation. Still, the election returns suggest that something is stirring. Maybe we should call it the revolt of the masses.”
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“Presidents always encounter rough patches. What is unusual is how soon Mr. Obama has hit his. He has used up almost all his goodwill in less than nine months, with the hardest work still ahead. At the year’s start, Democrats were cocky. At summer’s end, concern is giving way to despair. A perfect political storm is amassing, and heading straight for Democrats.”
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Most are still in denial. C’mon Garafolo, call us another name.
John the Libertarian on September 2, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Historicly, there are TWO times the President addresses both Houses of Congress…
The State of the Union Address, mandated by the Constitution…
And when they are about to declare WAR.
I find this address, troubling. Does Obama now think he is declaring WAR? becaue unless my calender is wrong, it aint time for the State of the Union yet.
Romeo13 on September 2, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Yes it is.
I’ve always told people that I thrive on chaos. Just one of those people who would rather be going 120mph instead of sitting in the slow lane.
I’m not alone.
I’m IN.
cntrlfrk on September 2, 2009 at 10:57 PM
THEY WILL NOT GIVE UP….and HE WILL KEEP LYING.
They are going to try to get Olympia Snowe to provide cover on the GOP side (or maybe Sen. Lugar another Obama lover).
But they just don’t realize that he has now lost credibility with INDEPENDENTS and I don’t think he’ll ever get it back.
PRAY FOR ROADBLOCKS TO KEEP HIM FROM PULLING THIS OFF.
This is a dangerous time for America. This man is ‘downright evil’……and all his wicked little czars too.
PappyD61 on September 2, 2009 at 10:57 PM
I am just glad that I am brilliant and saw this one coming. Obama is a putz.
TXMomof3 on September 2, 2009 at 10:58 PM
A lot of us saw this coming.
1921 C DRUM on September 2, 2009 at 11:00 PM
I know how you feel. I predicted on election day that 1. the Democrats would overreach (they always do), 2. the honeymoon would be over by 6 months in (on the nose!), and 3. Teh One would be worse than Carter (and subsequently a one-termer).
John the Libertarian on September 2, 2009 at 11:01 PM
Fear us. We are coming.
platypus on September 2, 2009 at 11:02 PM
Somehow, Obama will be more hated than WBush or Cheney when all this is over.
battleoflepanto1571 on September 2, 2009 at 11:02 PM
Karl Rove had his hand drawn charts on Hannity tonight : 220 days in office and 110 speeches and crashing polls numbers – I know, time for another speech.
Marcus on September 2, 2009 at 11:03 PM
I predicted 1 & 3, but NOT 2. I thought that he’d basically be sunk by a bad economy in 2011/2012 (when the rest of the real estate bubbles pop, including commercial real estate)
i had NO idea health care would be Waterloo/Austerlitz/Jena/Leipzig/whatever
battleoflepanto1571 on September 2, 2009 at 11:04 PM
ABC- The All Barak Channel- addressed this.
He’s geared up to force through Obamacare no matter what the public thinks about it.
highhopes on September 2, 2009 at 11:04 PM
shaudenfreude is a dish best served cold.
John the Libertarian on September 2, 2009 at 11:04 PM
Duh Won will be out of the White House by the end of the year.
platypus on September 2, 2009 at 11:04 PM
I really don’t see how he can get the public will back. Even if he gets a compromise or whatever, with the loss of his numbers, people look at him with no rose colored glasses now.
No public favorability + congressional poll numbers, I don’t see how speechifying is going to turn that around now.
Spirit of 1776 on September 2, 2009 at 11:05 PM
Well, I got lucky on 2. We ALL did. But I’m with you on the sunk economy. When inflation and unemployment are double digits, oh yeah, and interest rates, presto! Another stagflation of Jimmy Carter!
John the Libertarian on September 2, 2009 at 11:06 PM
Just call the storm hurricane “Comeuppance”
SouthernGent on September 2, 2009 at 11:06 PM
Watch for the language and some quid pro quo back door deal between Obama and the far left on the public option in V2.0 when the bill comes out. He’s never challenged his base on anything meaningful in his entire political career, and we’re not yet to the point where he has to move to the center to survive in 2012.
So there’s a good chance before this speech some private assurances will have already been made that if the left keeps their traps shut and their hands off overtly putting the public option back into the bill, it will be snuck in later through either conference committee dealings or lawyereese wording that loopholes the public option back into Obamacare under the ‘proper’ interpretation.
jon1979 on September 2, 2009 at 11:06 PM
Actually, the better option is to moor the fishing boat back at the dock and just walk away.
mizflame98 on September 2, 2009 at 11:08 PM
Methinks he is too much of a gutless pansy. But if he does, woe unto him in 2010.
John the Libertarian on September 2, 2009 at 11:08 PM
Flagged.
LibTired on September 2, 2009 at 11:08 PM
Instead of talking, he just need to ( ) listen.
(cleaned up because I want to curse). Night.
Marcus on September 2, 2009 at 11:09 PM
Brilliance… Obama, Pelosi, Reid et al are exposing Washington for the necropolis that it has become…Our only hope is for a resurgence of power in the individual States…Governors and legislatures need to take back power from the fools in Washington for the good of their citizens. They must learn to detach themselves from the necropolis and bring back good governance to their people…
Nozzle on September 2, 2009 at 11:09 PM
The people’s illusion of Obama’s grandeur has been replaced by the reality of a “long legged mack daddy”.
tessa on September 2, 2009 at 11:10 PM
BHO ain’t no Billy Jeff.
Billy Jeff had some dance moves. BHO got no rhythm and teleprompters don’t dance.
Face plant is coming.
platypus on September 2, 2009 at 11:11 PM
Saw that. He had a bad mistake when he wrote 38-3 and 41-4, meaning Ford was below 50% approval after only 3 months (Nixon pardon) and Clinton was below 50% approval after just 4 months (Gays in the military, Haitian refugees, travel office firings, FBI files in the White House, etc). Clinton was 42 obviously. Can’t believe Karl did that considering how many times he saw Bush 41 over the years.
Ted Torgerson on September 2, 2009 at 11:11 PM
False sense of security.
These people have been waiting decades..passing their mental illness from one generation to another. They. Will. Not. Stop.
if it takes another 20 years, it doesn’t matter. Their mindset is like that of terrorists. They don’t matter, now doesn’t matter.
These people are insane.
“Is there a place for the hopeless sinner,
who would hurt all mankind just to save his own beliefs?”
B.Marley
Itchee Dryback on September 2, 2009 at 11:11 PM
“If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how – the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what’s said against me won’t amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.” The Inner Life of Abraham Lincoln: Six Months at the White House by Francis B. Carpenter (Lincoln, Nebraska, University of Nebraska Press, 1995), pp. 258-259.
Marco on September 2, 2009 at 11:11 PM
On the slopes they call that a garage sale.
John the Libertarian on September 2, 2009 at 11:12 PM
Maybe because the “Light of Day” is shinning upon Obama, his Administration, and Congress…
…’John and Jane Q. Public’ are pretty pissed off at what they see.
Seven Percent Solution on September 2, 2009 at 11:12 PM
Osama Obama declared war on the United States on January 20th, 2009.
MrScribbler on September 2, 2009 at 11:14 PM
Cuda Attack
faraway on September 2, 2009 at 11:14 PM
Obama goes ‘all in’ and it passes. Same with Cap-n-tax. Obama gets everything he wants until January 2011. Then…it gets… ‘interesting’.
Skandia Recluse on September 2, 2009 at 11:15 PM
The Precedent’s had nothign but one big, rough patch. He picked fights with individuals and got his hat handed to him every time. He has embarrassed himself over and over and has not done anything well.
For anyone who recognized his intentions and his stupidity and ineptitude from the campaign, none of this is a surprise, save the tsunami of stupidity that emanates from the White House. He is just trying to kill us faster than some of us had expected, but he’s not done anything that should surprise the careful observer.
progressoverpeace on September 2, 2009 at 11:15 PM
Laughed. Out. Loud. :)
battleoflepanto1571 on September 2, 2009 at 11:15 PM
And every time those two hear Sarah’s name, they smile and feel better.
In 2012, they’ll be ecstatic.
platypus on September 2, 2009 at 11:16 PM
I was just saying the same thing the other day. We’re in a full scale ideological civil war in this country. The good news is the numbers are on our side.
John the Libertarian on September 2, 2009 at 11:16 PM
“Yard Sale”
thomasaur on September 2, 2009 at 11:16 PM
I wish Sarah would address him skipping National Day of Prayer, but addresses both the beginning and celebrating the end of Ramadan.
tessa on September 2, 2009 at 11:17 PM
Name one thing Obama didn’t screw up.
faraway on September 2, 2009 at 11:17 PM
It nice to see somebody else has a problem with this. What I want to know was he invited?. The blurring of separation of powers is alarming. Frankly, I am disgusted by this.
Clyde5445 on September 2, 2009 at 11:17 PM
Palin-Rubio
Palin-LizCheney
Palin-Giuliani
Palin-Bachmann
Palin-Thompson
Palin-Thune
take your pick….
it could be Palin-Snowe and they’d get 300EVs. 400EVs with any of the above
battleoflepanto1571 on September 2, 2009 at 11:17 PM
+1
It’s been awhile.
John the Libertarian on September 2, 2009 at 11:17 PM
Any coincidence that Teh Won is utilizing the unprecedented maneuver of speaking in front of a joint session of Congress (again) just a few days before Washington is bombarded by the 9/12 crowds?
Smells like… desperation!
WATERLOOOOOOOOO!!!
red winger on September 2, 2009 at 11:17 PM
He hasn’t closed Gitmo yet.
Wait, uh, oops.
John the Libertarian on September 2, 2009 at 11:18 PM
Patience, my dear.
platypus on September 2, 2009 at 11:18 PM
I agree.
And not in a partisan “i’d hate them if they healed the sick” kind of way
as an AMERICAN and a history buff, it just seems… well… odd.
Did Bush call a joint session to privatize social security? Did Clinton call one to reform welfare? Heck, did JFK call one during the cuban missle crisis????
What is up with this arrogant child?
battleoflepanto1571 on September 2, 2009 at 11:20 PM
The difference between Bury and Billy Jeff is BJ was a politician and Bury is a community organizer who never organized anything.
thomasaur on September 2, 2009 at 11:20 PM
You betcha!
platypus on September 2, 2009 at 11:20 PM
you knowthat is coming sometime. i will enjoy it when she does.
i agree. patience…
homesickamerican on September 2, 2009 at 11:21 PM
To quote Ike when he was asked what Nixon had done as VP, “give me a few days and I might think of something.”
MrScribbler on September 2, 2009 at 11:21 PM
War on capitalism. War on free markets. War on American exceptionalism. War on Republicans.
faraway on September 2, 2009 at 11:21 PM
now I’m in heaven.
John the Libertarian on September 2, 2009 at 11:22 PM
He’s been able to recover in the past by keeping the mask firmly in place. Now that the middle class realizes what Obama really is, they won’t be able to go back to Hope and Change again. Folks don’t like being duped.
Anybody but Obama 2012
Laura in Maryland on September 2, 2009 at 11:22 PM
There is no trust left. Hundreds of millions of people on this planet fought and tens of millions died resisting the worldview Obama represents and he thinks we’ll just voluntarily adopt it. He’s wrong.
Obama and his fellow Fabians are committed to forcing their agenda on us. Nothing they attempt must be allowed. We must make this country ungovernable for Obama and Pelosi.
Lets see if they are willing to take this country to the precipice to impose their wretched and dark world view on us. If they try it we’ll be ready.
elduende on September 2, 2009 at 11:24 PM
Am I the only one who feels a sense of guilt longing for the good old days of President Clinton?
I feel dirty. This narcissistic fascist just enrages me.
platypus on September 2, 2009 at 11:24 PM
Agreed. He knew how to make the hypothetical sound like gold. Too bad we’re deep into the cold, hard reality. It’s hitting him like a brick wall.
Black Yoshi on September 2, 2009 at 11:24 PM
***face palm***
My moonbat friends still love the One.
***sigh***
Knucklehead on September 2, 2009 at 11:25 PM
He is mentally ill.
1921 C DRUM on September 2, 2009 at 11:25 PM
The campaign is over and the country wants their employee to get to work doing their work not his.
thomasaur on September 2, 2009 at 11:25 PM
The oath of offi— oops.
Well all his cabinet nominees had smooth saili— oops.
Well, he did well offering support to the right side during the Iranian– oops.
Well, he did well offering support to the right side during the HOnduras fiasc– oops.
Um…. he hasn’t killed NASA… yet? Does that count?
battleoflepanto1571 on September 2, 2009 at 11:25 PM
less of mine do each day
battleoflepanto1571 on September 2, 2009 at 11:26 PM
In all seriousness, he didn’t screw up Iraq and Afghanistan yet.
Black Yoshi on September 2, 2009 at 11:27 PM
You. Are. Not. Alone.
Knucklehead on September 2, 2009 at 11:27 PM
War on the American people.
1921 C DRUM on September 2, 2009 at 11:28 PM
I get that feeling every time I turn on on TV, read an article, or click on the internet. Hanky panky doesn’t seem so bad any more, and I would trade Travelgate for Porkulus any day of the week.
Laura in Maryland on September 2, 2009 at 11:28 PM
Maybe we should call it the revolt of the masses.”
Patrick S on September 2, 2009 at 11:29 PM
This is the big test. If he backs down off the public option, we’ll finally know once and for all that he’s just a triangulting opportunist, as Clinton was.
John the Libertarian on September 2, 2009 at 11:30 PM
Barack, Barack, we hope you’re feeling better
We know you’ve been under the weather
Maybe Rahm and Dave can put you back together
But nothing will last forever
We hope you’re feeling better
You’re a little bit under the weather
Did you think you would be Emperor forever?
MB4 on September 2, 2009 at 11:31 PM
Viva la storm.
rrpjr on September 2, 2009 at 11:35 PM
Except that Billy Jeff could pull it off. Ask Sister Souljah. Never heard from her again after that smack down.
platypus on September 2, 2009 at 11:36 PM
you mean the race card did not fly/
CWforFreedom on September 2, 2009 at 11:37 PM
Did anyone watch C-Span and the discussion among communications professionals this week?
It was truly a treat.
From Ford to Bush Jr., they talked frankly about policy, sellikng policy, and lessons learned.
AnninCA on September 2, 2009 at 11:39 PM
The perfect storm:
Her-icane Sarah
bestwins on September 2, 2009 at 11:41 PM
Well those Somali pirates were killed. Other than that, I got nothing.
Doughboy on September 2, 2009 at 11:43 PM
Mr. Obama had to call a joint session of Congress for the speech. He has spent all his capital with the network media and they probably wouldn’t commit to another evening of lost revenue. Maybe they would have given him another shot because you know they feel bad about how the mean citizenry has picked on him last month but it would be an expensive gamble. If this turns out to be another nothing new conversation he will never regain his credibility. DO.IT.
Cindy Munford on September 2, 2009 at 11:43 PM
Rove, you magnificent bastard!
Bruno Strozek on September 2, 2009 at 11:43 PM
Hey, fresh off the presses from the UK Telegraph-”Sentenced to death on the NHS”. With Confress just coming off it’s recess the timing just couldn’t be aqny better. Palin’s “Death Panels” in action across the pond & above the fold in one of Britian’s major Daily’s.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6127514/Sentenced-to-death-on-the-NHS.html
Help make this go viral here in the US, send it to everyone you know and drive a stake through Obamacare once and for all!
Archimedes on September 2, 2009 at 11:43 PM
How I long for the Cuda’s response to his speech at the joint houses of Congress using Facebook ripping it to shreds in a nice way during the night for release in the morning.
Then the Cuda shows up with a prepared speech for the DC Tea Party in effect taking the leadership of the opposition.
Sapwolf on September 2, 2009 at 11:43 PM
Congress not Confress dammit! Mumble …typo’s..mumble mumble…
Archimedes on September 2, 2009 at 11:44 PM
OT a bit/kinda/slightly…. Naked Emperor News strikes gold again!!
Obama Czar’s SHOCK ADMISSION: ‘Green Jobs’ Goal is ‘Complete Revolution’ Away From ‘Gray Capitalism’
http://www.breitbart.tv/obama-czars-shock-admission-green-jobs-goal-is-complete-revolution-away-from-gray-capitalism/
katy on September 2, 2009 at 11:45 PM
Let all remember that tomorrow is another big day in history.
9/3/08 the day Sarah exposed “big ears” and became the first female VP nominee on the Republican ticket. Now that is real history.
Clyde5445 on September 2, 2009 at 11:46 PM
Curt Schilling for Senate to replace that despicable murdering sack of shit ted kennedy?
csdeven on September 2, 2009 at 11:47 PM
Just heard some reports back from our representative’s town hall tonight (Yarmuth – D, KY 03). When asked how the public option would be paid for, he said, “I don’t know.” Then he went on to compare the public option to public water. People will buy bottled water, he reasoned, and they’ll drink water from the tap, too, and pay for it every month.
How dumb do they think we are?
Here’s some coverage in case you’re interested:
http://www.wlky.com/news/20687698/detail.html
Gottafang on September 2, 2009 at 11:49 PM
Thanks for the observation battle…1571. But “will be” is incorrect. We blew past that by Thanksgiving 2008. He is now despised and loathed too.
indypat on September 2, 2009 at 11:51 PM
I think you’re going to need a bigger boat…
Horatius on September 2, 2009 at 11:51 PM
Here’s a guy who has the entire MSM doing all they can to prop him up, and who has super-majorities in Congress to back him up. He’s history-making, alright. A history making failure.
pearson on September 2, 2009 at 11:52 PM
You and me both. I’d rather have a friendly neighborhood sniper than Obama.
Holger on September 2, 2009 at 11:52 PM
Clintonite here. No.
But he was a consummate true polictician.
He dealt with whatever politics threw him.
AnninCA on September 2, 2009 at 11:52 PM
He must have been channeling Yogi Berra?
bestwins on September 2, 2009 at 11:54 PM
I think we’ll adjust. Truly. I think Obama is Carter. Great ideas.
No real political skills.
AnninCA on September 2, 2009 at 11:54 PM
So what is he going to say? “I spent the month of August watching Fox News and Glenn Beck and I now understand that the majority of Americans don’t want this health care crap…so lets just all forget-about-it.”??
Listen for the twisty talk. Everytime he says, “As I have said from the beginning,” beware that he is about to say something that he didn’t say ‘from the beginning’. If he states that he has abandoned the public option but in it’s stead will accept ‘more competition’ through an ‘exchange’ rest assured there will be language in the final bill that includes a public option.
If he punts right, you had better look left. (no pun intended, but that was pretty good, eh?)
LEBA on September 2, 2009 at 11:54 PM
Again, I ask. Did any of you watch the truly interesting CSPAN program about presidential communications?
Every major player from Ford through Bush Jr. was there. Nobody screamed. (thank you, HP).
It was fabulous.
AnninCA on September 2, 2009 at 11:56 PM
Given how he pushed porkulus through despite the outcry, and he took over the auto industry while the non-union part of the country screamed bloody murder; that guy doesn’t care about polls. Obama is a true believer. He is putting the mechanisms in place to ensure a victory for 2012 regardless of the vote count.
Laura in Maryland on September 2, 2009 at 11:57 PM
Not much. This great program, which was really insightful, pointed out that every single administration which had to come back and say, “Let’s reset the button on this,” was nothing but code for “Failed.”
It won’t go anywhere.
Healthcare reform is a smart idea, in my opinion. I think it was mishandled badly. I’m for public option, and I know that I’m looking for moderate reforms to help real people.
But let me issue a bit of warning. I’m independent. I am definitely not one of “you” conservatives.
If this reforms are truly significant, you have won the battle and lost the war.
I’ll be very much skeptical that the GOP isn’t being controlled by wierdos from the odd side of life.
I’m not into that.
AnninCA on September 3, 2009 at 12:00 AM
The narrative is changing.
How dumb we are finding out they are.
katy on September 3, 2009 at 12:02 AM
That may have been true back last winter, but I’m not so sure anymore.
How can he not be watching?
I predict a meltdown by Barry. No one has ever told him no and I don’t think he can handle the truth.
Knucklehead on September 3, 2009 at 12:03 AM
Have you BOTHERED to read any of the background on the people who surround Obama? On his Czars? On his Advisors?
Oh, and for the record, it is NOT the GOP who is leading the charge against this, its common citizens… its the Tea Party folks… who have NOTHING to do with the GOP.
But please, continue with your blinders… its amusing…
Romeo13 on September 3, 2009 at 12:06 AM
katy, Van Jones is a student of the Weather Underground
I was surprised to see Valerie Jarrett promoting Van Jones in that video.
faraway on September 3, 2009 at 12:06 AM
He may, or may not care about polls. Rest assured though that the congcritters care.
ICBM on September 3, 2009 at 12:06 AM
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