Poll: What was the Obamateurism of the Week?
posted at 9:00 am on September 6, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
I finally got around to getting the weekly poll together after procrastinating for a while this weekend, but thankfully not as long as Obama has on planning ObamaCare. It’s easy to understand how he’s forgotten to get around to it. Heck, his efforts to reach out to stoodents pewpils schoochildren kids kept him from figuring out when they would actually be in the classroom. I guess it’s best to actually read schedules before amending them. The President could just hire a consultant to review these things, but that public/private interaction could be the worst thing in the world … or the best … depending on whom Obama’s addressing and why.
Previous “winners”:
- Getting all wee-wee’d up
- The “public option” is just like the Post Office!
- We’re going to listen to other people’s ideas, except that people who disagree should shut up
- Snitch Central for ObamaCare dissenters
- Rushing legislation bad in 2004, essential in 2009
- Obama opines on Gates arrest without “having all the facts”
- Obama salutes the Ghana flag
- Obama jokes about Alaska sale with Russians
- Obama uses union and DNC plants at health-care town hall
- Obama plants a question on Iran with HuffPo
- 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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Daily Beast states Van Jones quit.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheat-sheet/item/obama-adviser-quits-job/white-house/
That’s one for Glenn Beck who’s up next :)
Dr Evil on September 6, 2009 at 9:00 AM
Jones out. Who gets Becked next?
TXUS on September 6, 2009 at 9:09 AM
I am liking the FCC Diversity Czar next he looks like he wants to take one for the collective :)
Dr Evil on September 6, 2009 at 9:13 AM
Jones blames Beck and ‘whitey’……. there’s already a website….. http://www.standwithvan.com
For my money………. DO NOT LET THIS GO – It’s not over.
Do not lose sight of Van Jones, his associates and ‘community organizations’. This piece of Communist trash WILL resurface – guaranteed. He’s a danger to the internal peace of The USA, liberty and your freedom…….
So are Obama and his so-called underlings.
DO NOT LET UP PRESSURE ON THIS ADMINISTRATION AND ANYONE SUPPORTING THESE PEOPLE !
Next political targets of opportunity need to be Mark Lloyd (FCC) AND Cass Sunstein (Regulatory Czar) – they’re as dangerous (if not more so) than good ‘ol Mr. Jones.
God Bless America.
E T Cartman on September 6, 2009 at 9:14 AM
a target rich environment
JohnBissell on September 6, 2009 at 9:16 AM
Say what you will but thank your lucky star for Beck because he’s the only one with guts enough to expose this Marxist regime and its conniving goons. The putrid mainstream media is disgusting and cannot be depended upon to provide any vital information to the public.
rplat on September 6, 2009 at 9:17 AM
There’s no truth to the rumor that Obama was wandering around singing Mr. Jones and Me to himself this weekend. Keep fighting. Do it for the **schoochildren**.
kingsjester on September 6, 2009 at 9:17 AM
Throw Van under the van or under the bus? Either way, I am Jonesing for more. Btw, I vote for more schooing.
GnuBreed on September 6, 2009 at 9:23 AM
Where are all the anti-Beck people now. Without his spotlight on this Commie rat he’d go unnoticed. There’s a nest of them.
Don’t let up on these vermin.
Jeff from WI on September 6, 2009 at 9:25 AM
This is just out from Tapper at ABC. It’s not quite putrid, just nearly so. Imagine an American, reporter or not, not showing some outrage at a commie in the US gov’t. Shame on you Tapper for this tepid work. How did Jones get past security at the gate of the WH Jake? If you’re not gonna ask the tough questions, go home. Tapper is defending himself on Twitter, but it’s an epic fail for the MSM, and a fail for him. Disgusted.
I was about to link to his post, but it seems to have disappeared?? Was titled Van Jones resigns.
JiangxiDad on September 6, 2009 at 9:25 AM
Right now stands at only 13% (35 votes). He’s been selling a huge health care plan that he hasn’t even made yet! Seems like a clear choice to me.
Dollayo on September 6, 2009 at 9:28 AM
The rest of the MSM is a joke. I wouldn’t rely on them to announce the correct date. They’re nothing more than Goebbelsists. The Propaganda Arm of Obama Communist Party of America
Jeff from WI on September 6, 2009 at 9:29 AM
“He still works @ the White House.”–short lifespan
Of course Jones blames those Republican @ssholes he claimed to have apologized to, though all he did was lie about his record.
And the AP (Breitbart) slant the story towards those bitter Republicans with hard hearts who didn’t accept the “apologies” from Jones.
WHERE’S THE APOLOGY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE?
As if Obama has the pelotas to BUCK UP where the buck stops.
Obama failed to fire Jones. Don’t let that go.
Goes to show, TRUTH TO POWER works when persistently applied, O ye of little faith. Rumble, thunder, lightning.
Impeach Fascism
Impeach Fraud
Impeach Obama
America can not afford this trillions upon trillion dollar debt for slavery that Obama’s selling. And he will take a pound of flesh for “health care” government involvement.
Given the lost finger bit off by Obama’s man, what school would go on to broadcast MORE Obama when the one fails to even apologize for advocating this violence? Parents need to confront their school boards because if indeed schools have a “no tolerance for violence” code, Obama’s broken it.
maverick muse on September 6, 2009 at 9:31 AM
Once again, PROOF…Sen. Joe Mc Carthy was RIGHT
Jeff from WI on September 6, 2009 at 9:32 AM
I just want to know who vetted Van Jones and who overruled the vetting.
scorpio9 on September 6, 2009 at 9:32 AM
JiangxiDad on September 6, 2009 at 9:25 AM
Tapper tap danced around the deference to communism in himself.
He’s just been flirting with honesty.
maverick muse on September 6, 2009 at 9:35 AM
Sorry, here’s the Tapper link. don’t want to create more conspiracies on top of conspiracies :)
JiangxiDad on September 6, 2009 at 9:35 AM
Tapper can be off and on at times. Then I remember- he does work at ABC. Don’t expect much.
xax on September 6, 2009 at 9:37 AM
Given a pack of wolves, there’s discriminative order, but there are only wolves in the pack.
As if there’s any one unwilling to work with this far Leftist Authoritarian Fascist/Communist in Obama’s administration.
maverick muse on September 6, 2009 at 9:39 AM
JiangxiDad on September 6, 2009 at 9:35 AM
Tapper appears to be praising Jones more than condemming hin.
fourdeucer on September 6, 2009 at 9:40 AM
Wow, extremely WEAK. This is one of the two WH press people asking questions?? Simply pathetic. 10 minutes on Google for a one finger typist would be all the vetting/reporting information necessary. Another perfect example who no one needs printed or media news much anymore.
Jeff from WI on September 6, 2009 at 9:40 AM
…asking “tough” questions..
Jeff from WI on September 6, 2009 at 9:41 AM
One down, 35 to go. Blood in the water.
I voted for Obama’s speech to schoochildren. This man does not have a perceptive brain cell. Not a single one. He does not understand that Americans will not put up with his creepy, commie ideas.
BetseyRoss on September 6, 2009 at 9:41 AM
JiangxiDad on September 6, 2009 at 9:35 AM
Tip toe through the tulips with Tapper.
/step f-lap ball change
maverick muse on September 6, 2009 at 9:41 AM
Drudge says VAN-OUT- He needs to be OUT of our country!!!
mobydutch on September 6, 2009 at 9:42 AM
the people at FNC & Beck should be proud that they got to the bottom of something. and of course, we helped spread the word.
i would call my congressman (& you bet he’d really listen to me! snort) about the rest of those snakes but i just want a “no” vote on any healthcare bill & don’t want to “distract” him.
kelley in virginia on September 6, 2009 at 9:43 AM
These mega-douches can’t even read a calender.
Let’s give them a state.
Oh wait, they already have one.
1921 C DRUM on September 6, 2009 at 9:45 AM
There was an Obama who spoke at a schoo.
He had so many no shows, he didn’t know what to do.
Loxodonta on September 6, 2009 at 9:45 AM
..kind of makes those companies who REALLY are boycotting Beck, look like TRAITORS and ANTI-AMERICAN, in throwing in with a COMMUNIST
Jeff from WI on September 6, 2009 at 9:45 AM
Tapper tap danced around the deference to communism in himself.
He’s just been flirting with honesty.
maverick muse on September 6, 2009 at 9:35 AM
We’re in a no-shooting civil war. The vast majority of the media chose sides a long time ago. The notion of an “objective” media is just that, a notion. Those that won’t choose sides (publicly) remind me of Switzerland’s situation in WWII. It’s not honorable. In regards to Tapper and a few others, what is the point of insisting/pretending to be the only voice of reason left, based on the idea that there are always two sides to a story.
Here’s my take on Tapper on Jones: Jones is bad, but so are birthers, so there’s no clarity here, moral or otherwise. That’s a great help Jake. Clarity doesn’t descend from the sky, it’s created inside our brains! Use yours. Anyway, I’m just ranting to the ether. It is what it is.
btw, Tapper once said that since he comments on HuffPo, that he’d also comment on HA. I don’t know if he does so.
JiangxiDad on September 6, 2009 at 9:46 AM
Maybe Tapper has been told what to write in order to continue employment with ABC.
kingsjester on September 6, 2009 at 9:48 AM
My vote every week for Ogabeteurism is Ogabe himself; the man is a walking mistake. All the stupid things he says and does are merely reflections of his utter inability to do anything right.
Bishop on September 6, 2009 at 9:49 AM
When I cancelled my subscription to my local newspaper on Friday, the call center rep asked me several detailed questions about why I was cancelling. My response to each question was simply that the newspaper never covered the Van Jones story. I truly enjoyed that experience.
chipandcharge on September 6, 2009 at 9:50 AM
I replied to Jake Tapper:
MaryKay48@jaketapper Jake you were doing so well, and now you blow it… Keep your eye on the prize. The Truth.
mkm19602000 on September 6, 2009 at 9:50 AM
as much as the media is in the tank for bambi, i would think some enterprising young “journalist” would want to “break” some stories–much like Beck did.
look what Woodward & Bernstein did.
kelley in virginia on September 6, 2009 at 9:50 AM
Yes, very. I wonder if he’ll regret it. But it was better than his previous attempt. I said to him in a twitter that that one was “unreadable.” It was, embarrassing too. That’s why I’m questioning his real feelings on the issue this morning.
JiangxiDad on September 6, 2009 at 9:50 AM
Riding the short bus over at LGF.
1921 C DRUM on September 6, 2009 at 9:51 AM
yeah, and he gets it from both sides. But the facile and infantile presumption of “impartiality” grates. Did he (and others) get their “impartiality” from God, or taught in J-school?
JiangxiDad on September 6, 2009 at 9:53 AM
I am a convert to HA. I could not take it over there anymore.
VegasRick on September 6, 2009 at 9:54 AM
I hope Beck has another big distraction up his sleeve for Obama….I think he probably does, he’s very cryptic when he discusses his future reveals. I also think he probably has security up the yang- at least I hope he does, Van Jones strikes me as a poor loser.
anniekc on September 6, 2009 at 9:55 AM
L O L !!!
Indeed.
5u93rm4n on September 6, 2009 at 9:56 AM
So, now this POS will have to go out and get a real job? Oh, wait, he’ll just go back to organizing and writing another book.
Kissmygrits on September 6, 2009 at 9:57 AM
Don’t be surprised if the MSM close ranks around Obama, they know they no longer can control the truth getting out.
Jones is still the tip of the iceburg and his resignation was more of the blame game instead of accepting the truth.
fourdeucer on September 6, 2009 at 9:57 AM
ROFL..Excellent!
Jeff from WI on September 6, 2009 at 9:57 AM
J-Skerwl.
mkm19602000 on September 6, 2009 at 9:59 AM
I don’t think it’s VJ who would be a danger due to his high profile, it’s his supporters whose heads are exploding right now that I’d be concerned about. Doesn’t he have a relationship with the Black Panthers? Yikes.
tru2tx on September 6, 2009 at 9:59 AM
The only time I want to see Obama in my kids school is if he’s on the lunch menu!
Cybergeezer on September 6, 2009 at 9:59 AM
Welcome…Good move
Jeff from WI on September 6, 2009 at 9:59 AM
On Michelle’s site someone called Glenn,
Glenn Beck the Impaler
I hope Glenn lines Pennsylvania Ave with all the Czar’s “Heads on Pikes.”
(not their ACTUAL heads)
barnone on September 6, 2009 at 10:00 AM
teechiz
prinsipples
skookidz
tixbooks
pincils
blatantblue on September 6, 2009 at 10:00 AM
ER, ah, well..hmmm…let’s see…hmm…Jeff Dah..,nevermind, no he’s dead..er/..ah..well..LOL
Jeff from WI on September 6, 2009 at 10:01 AM
Thanks. I really feel at home here at HA. I read the blog for years and really enjoy it. I was a long time and often poster at LGF but they have fallen off a cliff over there.
VegasRick on September 6, 2009 at 10:03 AM
Maybe he does.
As crappy-6.
1921 C DRUM on September 6, 2009 at 10:04 AM
Appointment of Czars like Van Jones should easily be a Obamateurism. My only surprise was that Jones actually did resign. Just wait folks, the time is coming soon when IWon will no longer bother to put on the sheep’s clothing. I expected this might be the time; that IWon would keep Jones and just say “so what, I Won”.
katablog.com on September 6, 2009 at 10:07 AM
Maybe they can’t type and masturbate at the same time….
1921 C DRUM on September 6, 2009 at 10:09 AM
I can’t wait to see GB on Monday and find out what he has to say about this and who else gets the GB microscope.
fourdeucer on September 6, 2009 at 10:10 AM
I heard him on O’Reilly speaking about how much security he now has to have for him and his family. It is a shame that when you play video and pull quotes from thier books that your life is threatened.
barnone on September 6, 2009 at 10:10 AM
I believe we no longer need to obsess over the MSM. They have moved themselves into the realm of major irrelevancy. I think they are now starting to realize that fact.
The ratings for the broadcast MSM and the circulation numbers for the print media have been in a freefall, and continue their decline. I believe those numbers are approaching a level that represents the preaching-to-the-choir base of liberals whose minds would not be changed by facts in any case.
A vast majority of citizens now oppose the health care bill, despite the MSM’s bias.
A significant number of people are turning out for tea parties and townhall meetings, despite the MSM’s bias.
A significant number of people showed their outrage over Van Jones, despite the MSM’s silence on the subject.
All these people are getting their information and facts from many places that no longer depend upon the MSM. The MSM have dug themselves into a hole that requires an immediate response to their economic situations. Their base audience is no longer enough to support their business models. Nobody to blame but themselves.
Time to ignore them totally and use the energy to support those areas that are effectively getting the real, truthful message out to the awakened public.
The MSM can go join the unemployment line they have helped to create.
Yoop on September 6, 2009 at 10:11 AM
good point katablog. wonder if the next “van jones” just said “so what?” and obama echoed that theme with “well, i’m president & i won”.
you know, they already get away with so damn much. why don’t they try for the whole enchilada?
kelley in virginia on September 6, 2009 at 10:11 AM
Me too. Its all bicycle riding and Beck bashing.
1921 C DRUM on September 6, 2009 at 10:11 AM
Fixed
barnone on September 6, 2009 at 10:12 AM
…with fava beans and a nice chianti?
TXUS on September 6, 2009 at 10:13 AM
lieberry
TXUS on September 6, 2009 at 10:14 AM
Thank you Glenn Beck!!!!!!!!!!! U DA MAN !!!!!
1luckydogg on September 6, 2009 at 10:14 AM
Bicycles
Beck Bashing
Brown Nosing
LGF 2009.
VegasRick on September 6, 2009 at 10:15 AM
FIFY.
1921 C DRUM on September 6, 2009 at 10:15 AM
What’s the pay off for Beck bashing? It’s kind of like calling Rush Limbaugh a liar; I’ve yet to see anything factually disputed. In fact, I’m always astounded at how Rush can predict with amazing accuracy what’s coming down the pike- six months in! And I think Glenn Beck has his ammunition ready to go long before he goes public with it. He knows they’re going to whitewash it as soon as they smell blood in the air.
anniekc on September 6, 2009 at 10:16 AM
This Van Jones thing is NOT over. Now, we must demand an explanation into why and how this POS was able to get so close to the precedent and into the White House as a Czar.
It’s going to be a very entertaining season.
Key West Reader on September 6, 2009 at 10:17 AM
I cannot wait for him to get back from vacation.
Key West Reader on September 6, 2009 at 10:17 AM
They rode off the cliff on their bicycles.
1921 C DRUM on September 6, 2009 at 10:18 AM
now that van jones is gone, someone might leak some details. hope so.
kelley in virginia on September 6, 2009 at 10:20 AM
Van “Plaxico” Jones.
BKeyser on September 6, 2009 at 10:20 AM
*waving*
Hi, VegasRick!
goddessoftheclassroom on September 6, 2009 at 10:20 AM
Good points, the MSM has turned themselves into nothing more than Inside Edition and Current Affair types of broadcasts. It caters to the lazy, I am to busy to care or pay attention crowd.
thomasaur on September 6, 2009 at 10:21 AM
Monday – “0″ tries to expain jones quitting
Tuesday – droves of kids out of school (my 2 as well)
Wednesday – “0″ lies to congress about health care “reform”
Thursday – Who knows!
Gonna be a FUN week!
VegasRick on September 6, 2009 at 10:22 AM
+1 – now is not the time to quit, since Van Jones will be mounting a counteroffensive any minute now.
God Bless Glenn Beck.
warbaby on September 6, 2009 at 10:23 AM
LOL!
VegasRick on September 6, 2009 at 10:23 AM
Jones was vetted by top administration officials.
And not just “vetted”, but recruited.
soundingboard on September 6, 2009 at 10:23 AM
Hey! Great to see you!
VegasRick on September 6, 2009 at 10:23 AM
i bet obama doesnt’ say anything about van jones. he would be stupid to do so.
well, ok, ok.
kelley in virginia on September 6, 2009 at 10:24 AM
Ewwwww. Thanks for that visual; I just had breakfast.
SagebrushPuppet on September 6, 2009 at 10:25 AM
btw, Tapper once said that since he comments on HuffPo, that he’d also comment on HA. I don’t know if he does so.
JiangxiDad on September 6, 2009 at 9:46 AM
Big words from a little man does not make Little Big Man.
heh
maverick muse on September 6, 2009 at 10:25 AM
You don’t think someone will ask him?
VegasRick on September 6, 2009 at 10:26 AM
Sure they can. They honed that skill to an art while taking down Nixon.
soundingboard on September 6, 2009 at 10:26 AM
Hi, goddess. Welcome to the
darkwell-informed side.1921 C DRUM on September 6, 2009 at 10:29 AM
Had to vote for unveiling of ObamaCare. Checking if school is in session is an dumb oversight but the recent unveiling of “veiled” ObamaCare is arrogance and stupidity.
RightlySo on September 6, 2009 at 10:31 AM
Nothing was reported by the MSM on Jones regarding all his statement such as spraying immigrants, dumping toxins in minority neighborhoods, incremental revolution, or school stootings only done by white kids. What will you bet that all the networks put his letter on screen that says due tho the smear campaign against him he is resigning.
Pathetic
HoustonRight on September 6, 2009 at 10:32 AM
If Obama disagreed with Van Jones, he should have fired him. Letting him resign won’t do anything to assuage the anger that erupted when he was hired in the first place, and makes it look like Obama didn’t want to let him go… Van Jones now looks like the bigger/better man than Obama, because Jones fell on his own sword, rather than having the One throw him under a bus. Obama never lets an opportunity to fail get past him.
Scarbarian on September 6, 2009 at 10:32 AM
It’s pretty obvious how he got so close.
He was invited. Enthusiatically.
Think Clinton & Lewinski.
soundingboard on September 6, 2009 at 10:34 AM
It looks like Juan Williams is trying to defend VJ.
1921 C DRUM on September 6, 2009 at 10:34 AM
There are certain truths that are part of “liberal” dogma and one of those is that Joe McCarthy must be demonized for holding the Far Left up to ridicule in the late 1940′s and 1950′s in exposing practicing communists at the time regardless of how accurate he was in exposing them.
I think in college most journalists learned this as well. Thus journalists would rather attack an individual for hunting out of season, for example, than to attack them for being a practicing communist or Marxist. No journalist wants to make it appear he/she agrees with McCarthy.
technopeasant on September 6, 2009 at 10:40 AM
Cybergeezer on September 6, 2009 at 9:59 AM
Sorry Cybergeezer, I don’t let my kids eat that kind of crap
ZeeMI on September 6, 2009 at 10:40 AM
The Nutroots is declaring jihad on Beck. They officially hate him more than Rush.
Speedwagon82 on September 6, 2009 at 10:42 AM
HoustonRight on September 6, 2009 at 10:32 AM
You forgot his campaign to free the cop killer.
fourdeucer on September 6, 2009 at 10:43 AM
I saw that too. I’m beginning to dislike Williams a great deal. As a cracker white guy, I think Jones’s continual race-baiting indefensible.
Next up, Valerie Jarrett. I’m glad Kristol threw her and Obama’s support of Jones back in Williams’s face.
BuckeyeSam on September 6, 2009 at 10:44 AM
So many outrages so little time.
HoustonRight on September 6, 2009 at 10:45 AM
Ratings bonanza for Beck. Beck is the new Rocky.
BuckeyeSam on September 6, 2009 at 10:45 AM
Found this @ Ace, that reiterates a point I’ve been making. Anyone with a shred of honesty would give Michael Savage credit where it is long past due.
Not taking away from the effect of adamant persistence as exercised by Beck, just note well the chronology of events as well as pure vs. relative convictions of TRUTH TO POWER. Both Savage and Beck made firm stances, but Savage was there from the beginning, YEARS before attacked by Obatomized Leftists, American or English. And as Beck has yet to speak out in defense of Michael Savage, Beck’s attack against Van Jones required monetary motivation before Beck would attack.
Love Beck is fine. Protecting one’s investment is the human way of survival. Making an honest living is an honorable way of life. So morons need not assume I’m attacking Beck, as my record shows I have never posted anti-Beck sentiment.
Michael Savage has requested help, moral support. Now where’s the honorable solidarity behind those protecting our Constitution? God bless them all.
God Bless our First Amendment Constitutional Right to protect our Language, Borders, Culture.
maverick muse on September 6, 2009 at 10:46 AM
BuckeyeSam on September 6, 2009 at 10:44 AM
I’m disappointed in Juan. Even though he’s a Liberal, he seemed to have a little more sense than the rest of them. Oh, well. We should have figured somebody would cry Raaaaciiiist! this morning.
kingsjester on September 6, 2009 at 10:47 AM
Vendetta of the Day. They have so many irons in the fire.
maverick muse on September 6, 2009 at 10:48 AM
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