Poll: What was the Obamateurism of the Week?
posted at 10:19 am on September 13, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
It’s time again to choose the Obamateurism of the Week, and it’s back to five contenders, or perhaps 115, depending on if you count illegal entries. Or perhaps it’s 37 entries, if we backtrack on the count without telling anyone why. No, it’s five entries, and they don’t paint a pretty picture — definitely without a halo, and not an homage to anyone else, either. Maybe the next set of pictures will include Obama’s dirty look at Joe Wilson, but he’s not into scare tactics — but if you don’t vote in this poll, WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!
Previous “winners”:
- Obama doesn’t check to see if schools in session for his national speech
- 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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Ah, the hypocrisy. I voted 4 the last one.
jgapinoy on September 13, 2009 at 10:24 AM
Using his daughter as a prop wasn’t too surprising. Just pitiful and sorry.
TXUS on September 13, 2009 at 10:25 AM
Don’t you just love it when the lying, yapping, wee weed up person gets in your face and tries to sell you on his argument no matter how circuitous and demented it is?
Don’t you want to just shout, will you please go away?
That dripping sound is the last of Obama’s credibility going down the drain.
tarpon on September 13, 2009 at 10:25 AM
ObamaScare!
Loxodonta on September 13, 2009 at 10:26 AM
It’s all one big mess
blatantblue on September 13, 2009 at 10:28 AM
Its so hard to choose.
becki51758 on September 13, 2009 at 10:29 AM
I went with the partisan scare tactics. It exemplifies his habit of talking one kind of game while playing another. His true believers only pay attention to the game he talks, but their numbers are shrinking.
backwoods conservative on September 13, 2009 at 10:30 AM
“Partisan scare tactics”
Looks like the President is trying to use partisan scare tactics on us.
I’m watching C-Span’s Freedomworks Rally again. Thanks to all HotAir posters for going to Washington D.C.
yoda on September 13, 2009 at 10:30 AM
… and what a helluva mess it is.
TXUS on September 13, 2009 at 10:31 AM
I settled with him trying to look like JFK, using his daughter.
becki51758 on September 13, 2009 at 10:31 AM
Jeez, Lox. Whaddya do, take cat naps?
Lanceman on September 13, 2009 at 10:33 AM
Is it just me, or is it getting harder to choose as time goes by? He seems to have more of these things instead of less.
commenter on September 13, 2009 at 10:35 AM
Voted number 4 before I die from fear.
fourdeucer on September 13, 2009 at 10:35 AM
Just re-read the previous winners. What a knob.
Patrick S on September 13, 2009 at 10:35 AM
I think the best Obamateurisms are the ones where he warns about a tactic his “enemies” are about to use and then, in the same warning, uses the tactic himself, like number 4. Does he realize he is doing it? I think so! The amateurish part is that he believes we won’t catch it!
So hypocritical, such duplicity!
ExpressoBold on September 13, 2009 at 10:35 AM
Why does it keep telling me that I “am not allowed to leave comments”? Was I demoted to a tier never commentor?
txag92 on September 13, 2009 at 10:36 AM
These five gaffes — to use the mildest word — would be enough for any other politician’s career, and Osama Obama racked ‘em up in a single week.
Of course, no other politician has come so far without showing any substance at all.
How much more of the Child-President do we have to take?
MrScribbler on September 13, 2009 at 10:36 AM
I voted , to be sure..
the_nile on September 13, 2009 at 10:37 AM
You were a great read this morning. ( : I’m still trying to imagine what Loxodonta looks like.
yoda on September 13, 2009 at 10:37 AM
You were a great read this morning. ( : I’m still trying to imagine what Loxodonta looks like.
yoda on September 13, 2009 at 10:37 AM
Lox is a cutie patootie.
txag92 on September 13, 2009 at 10:39 AM
I had the same problem this morning. Thought I got banned. haha
becki51758 on September 13, 2009 at 10:40 AM
Gawd,all of the above!!
canopfor on September 13, 2009 at 10:40 AM
Had the same problem earlier. Maybe somebody’s trying to send a message to Los Tejanos.
TXUS on September 13, 2009 at 10:40 AM
Problem with visualizing,I think you have. Hmmph, Hmmph hmmph.
Lanceman on September 13, 2009 at 10:43 AM
Why does it keep telling me that I “am not allowed to leave comments”? Was I demoted to a tier never commentor?
txag92 on September 13, 2009 at 10:36 AM
txag92: I tried earlier as well,and I got the same phrase!
I forgot the tier thingy,Sshhhhhhhhhhhh,you might
remind AP,hehe:)
canopfor on September 13, 2009 at 10:45 AM
Sign from the march on DC yesterday:
Pinocchio didn’t become a man until he quit lying.
Christian Conservative on September 13, 2009 at 10:46 AM
That’s what I think too! txag92, did you see the photo Lox left for us early this morning…cutie patootie. I want more photos!
yoda on September 13, 2009 at 10:47 AM
My desktop computer logs me out every time I close my web browser; my laptop keeps me logged in. I have no idea what’s causing that.
My desktop, for once showed me already logged in, but Preview showed my as anonymous, followed by “not allowed to leave comments” when I tried to post. I logged out and back in and was able to post.
backwoods conservative on September 13, 2009 at 10:47 AM
The illusion has dissipated, in just a few short months. He is a charlatan, a snake oil salesman. He has become tiring, predictable, boring and recognized as the phony he is. The months to come will only make matters worse. Millions of Americans will be slapping their foreheads and asking themselves; “How could I have been so STUPID, to VOTE for this guy?”
Star20 on September 13, 2009 at 10:48 AM
(((::::
yoda on September 13, 2009 at 10:48 AM
Heres a pic from IOwnTheWorld!
http://iowntheworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/obamacorn.jpg
canopfor on September 13, 2009 at 10:51 AM
My normal sleep pattern is 4 hours per day, sometimes in two separate naps. The rest of the time, I’m in my normal semi-comatose wakefulness.
However, once ObamaCare has passed, I’m high on the list for getting a morphine drip, and all my troubles will soon be forgotten.
Loxodonta on September 13, 2009 at 10:51 AM
TXUS on September 13, 2009 at 10:40 AM
canopfor on September 13, 2009 at 10:45 AM
LOL!
txag92 on September 13, 2009 at 10:51 AM
yoda on September 13, 2009 at 10:47 AM
What pic?
txag92 on September 13, 2009 at 10:53 AM
diapers
Loxodonta on September 13, 2009 at 10:53 AM
they chafe
blatantblue on September 13, 2009 at 10:54 AM
I can’t decide!
eforhan on September 13, 2009 at 10:54 AM
Well, I’m going to work.
Someone has to pay the taxes in this dump:)
Lanceman on September 13, 2009 at 10:54 AM
Had to go with
That was the part where I jumped up and screamed LIAR!
conservnut on September 13, 2009 at 10:55 AM
they chafe
blatantblue on September 13, 2009 at 10:54 AM
Depends?
txag92 on September 13, 2009 at 10:55 AM
Can’t vote for any of these examples. I don’t see them as mistakes or fumbles. They’re all deliberate, done by choice, with full knowledge and intent to manipulate.
A gaff or mistake seems to me to imply it was accidental.
Arbitrarily changing the number of uninsured might seem inconsistent, but that’s nothing new with this crowd. They make up facts as they go along, and their statements have a ‘half life’ and ‘expiration date’. Once the statement has outlived it’s intended effect, it no longer counts as consequential, which could be mere minutes later.
Skandia Recluse on September 13, 2009 at 10:55 AM
My favorite:
“Million Gun March — Don’t Make Us Go There”
TXUS on September 13, 2009 at 10:56 AM
Bet that protester had a little visit from the SS.
Lanceman on September 13, 2009 at 10:57 AM
Missed that one. Sweet!
conservnut on September 13, 2009 at 10:58 AM
It’s clear the left chose Obama as their candidate so they could deflect any opposition as “racist”. I wonder how it feels, Barry, to be used like that?
In any event, they have overused it.
ctmom on September 13, 2009 at 10:58 AM
I’m high on the list for getting a morphine drip,and all
my troubles will soon be forgotten.
Loxodonta on September 13,2009 at 10:51PM.
Loxodonta:Be a tad concerned if your nurses look like the
two old ladies from Arsenic and Old Lace movie!
hehe:)
canopfor on September 13, 2009 at 10:58 AM
Don’t do what I told you to do!
Do what I tell you to do!
— WC Fields (1880-1946)
Loxodonta on September 13, 2009 at 10:58 AM
Question to HA regulars who attended yesterdays shindig, was there really 50-60 thousand people there?
thomasaur on September 13, 2009 at 10:59 AM
Skandia Recluse on September 13, 2009 at 10:55 AM
Obamateurism is an awful charitable way to describe the President, maybe being Sunday and all.
fourdeucer on September 13, 2009 at 10:59 AM
Tough choice this week. They all stink.
MainelyRight on September 13, 2009 at 11:00 AM
They finally overused it. It has no effect anymore. It just means you won the argument now.
Personally, I now smile when somebody calls me that.
conservnut on September 13, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Get away from me boy, ya bother me.
Anyhoo, I’m out the door.
Lanceman on September 13, 2009 at 11:00 AM
petroleum jelly
Loxodonta on September 13, 2009 at 11:02 AM
Oh wow, another use.
conservnut on September 13, 2009 at 11:03 AM
In these situations, if you think about what Barry really is, then you always end up voting for Number Two. Of course that could skew the results.
Loxodonta on September 13, 2009 at 11:04 AM
I wish there is ‘all of the above’ option. It’s much harder to choose this week.
mz.josephine on September 13, 2009 at 11:05 AM
Hardest week in awhile for me. But Ed is right I have to vote or we will DIE.
sammypants on September 13, 2009 at 11:06 AM
I may have to morph up sooner than that, just to get me through the next three years or so.
TXUS on September 13, 2009 at 11:06 AM
What are you doing reading my posts? I thought Hot Air was my personal diary!
Loxodonta on September 13, 2009 at 11:07 AM
As remarkable as this may seem, this reaction is normal, especially if you are from Illinois, home of the Chicago Democratic Machine.
It seems that it is just a matter of time before people tend to have this exact type of reaction, usually right after they have been bamboozled to vote for the Machine candidate of choice.
From Chicago Mayor Richard “King Shortshanks” Daley, to C(r)ook County President Lil’ Toadie Stroger, to virtually every single member of the Chicago City Council, some presently sitting in office and some presently sitting in jail, all the way to good ol’ B.O., it is just a matter of time before people see that the Machine candidate they voted into office, with all the promises of hope and change (sound familiar?) realize just how stupid they were to vote the dink into office and end up where they can hardly wait for the next election, when they can vote the guy out.
Only problem is that this has been going on in Illinois for a very very very long time, and I don’t see any possibility of it letting up anytime in the near future.
But for now, this is why people have this reaction, and as you can see, B.O. himself is still holding tenaciously to his own political roots, as rotten and as corrupt as they are.
pilamaye on September 13, 2009 at 11:12 AM
I had to go with the kid hiding in plain sight. It was so stupid and pathetic looking that it was almost well…pathetic and stupid.
proudteadrinker on September 13, 2009 at 11:14 AM
Yesterday’s – Quotes of the day on page 4
Upstater85, Loxodonta and Lanceman had great comic banter.
yoda on September 13, 2009 at 11:15 AM
Hence forth Barack H. Obama is a flower child to me, and will be identified as such.
He is a LOTUS.
LIAR OF THE UNITED STATES
Of course POTUS still works:
PREVARICATOR OF THE UNITED STATES
Yoop on September 13, 2009 at 11:15 AM
#4: I don’t want you telling the truth and I don’t want you catching me in lies. Gee thanks, Barry.
kingsjester on September 13, 2009 at 11:16 AM
Charge!
Loxodonta on September 13, 2009 at 11:18 AM
You left out the whole “controlling the rate of growth will save money” quote. Which every socialist uses.. repeatedly.
Our mayor in defending the raises he just gave to the union workers when he caved, went on about how much money he saved, by giving them less of an increase than they demanded.
In any case I voted for the last one.
Canadian Imperialist Running Dog on September 13, 2009 at 11:19 AM
From BlackFive,MKH-9/12 reporting video,enjoy!
http://www.blackfive.net/main/
canopfor on September 13, 2009 at 11:19 AM
heh…ok…clearly my understanding of the term ‘Obamateurism’ lacked a certain nuance and was too literal (a major character flaw of which I suffer).
Skandia Recluse on September 13, 2009 at 11:19 AM
hahaha so true
becki51758 on September 13, 2009 at 11:20 AM
There is no humor in conservatism. There is no fun in conservatism. There can be no fun and joy in whatever is serious. And stopping liberalism is serious business. So, I don’t know what you are talking about.
Loxodonta on September 13, 2009 at 11:23 AM
I was there. Saw people from the Capitol steps tight together down the mall to at least the Washington monument. Couldn’t tell if it went beyond the monument but heard it was snarling traffic back there. The speakers had to tell us to try to clear the streets because ambulances and fire crews were not getting through. It was packed. I’d say there were at least a million there, maybe two.
Christian Conservative on September 13, 2009 at 11:23 AM
Senator Obama on his support for immigration reform
William Amos on September 13, 2009 at 11:23 AM
If you keep up like this, you’ll be keeping your mind busy digging trenches at DHS camp.
Loxodonta on September 13, 2009 at 11:25 AM
‘Obama warns of partisan scare tatics’ gets my vote.
He has yet to denounce his OWN party Dems for name-calling (Un-American, AstroTurf, etc). His OWN party, Dems, want to push the healthcare reform bill without GOP support.
You LIE!
TN Mom on September 13, 2009 at 11:28 AM
canopfor on September 13, 2009 at 10:58 AM
Charge!
Loxodonta on September 13, 2009 at 11:18 AM
Loxodonta: Wasn’t that the crazy uncle Teddy or sumpin!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru2JVcvbvOs&feature=related
canopfor on September 13, 2009 at 11:28 AM
So many to choose from, but I went with the halo this time around. I just figured anyone who is still campaigning so hard for a job he’s already had for almost a year now is pretty amaturistic. Especially hypocritical using halo images still when he’s so clearly anti-Christian.
DrAllecon on September 13, 2009 at 11:33 AM
Don’t know if you tolerate South Park, but they had a great show spoofing Disney’s moral hypocrisy and fiscal rapacity that culminated in a furious Mickey Mouse as Disney corporate head in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon mode with the addition of great gouts of flame and searing invective, raging in some doomed city. I can see Obama in Mickey’s place, wouldn’t even have to change the ears…
Maquis on September 13, 2009 at 11:34 AM
Bully!
Loxodonta on September 13, 2009 at 11:34 AM
Desperation in a used car salesman: if you don’t buy right now this offer will never happen again, well when ever the question is now or never, the answer is always..never.
Speakup on September 13, 2009 at 11:36 AM
I know, no fun allowed for conservatives. You know, your photo is pretty cute.
yoda on September 13, 2009 at 11:37 AM
What I’m wondering is when do the ObamaVoterBots figure out
they got done screwed over by the ‘WON’,and when do they
launch their own rebellion!!ahem.
They all can’t be that stupid!!
canopfor on September 13, 2009 at 11:38 AM
(a major character flaw of which I suffer).
Skandia Recluse on September 13, 2009 at 11:19 AM
I don’t think you suffer any character at all, your post was right on, Obamateurism just doesn’t seem to capture the full description of Obama.
Senator Obama on his support for immigration reform
William Amos on September 13, 2009 at 11:23 AM
Did he mention assimilation or just the wonder of divercity?
fourdeucer on September 13, 2009 at 11:40 AM
canopfor on September 13, 2009 at 11:28 AM
Bully!
Loxodonta on September 13, 2009 at 11:34 AM
Loxodonta: What!:)
canopfor on September 13, 2009 at 11:40 AM
Any official count on the crowd size yet?
sandee on September 13, 2009 at 11:41 AM
I went to Rasmussens daily tracking poll and Obama is at -4. Last week he was at -13. How did that happen? You can’t tell me his lie-fest on Wednesday gave him that big a bounce?
sandee on September 13, 2009 at 11:43 AM
South Park, indeed. How adolescent of you. Speaking on behalf of the older and wiser members of the Hot Air community, you really should show more respect for the president.
Loxodonta on September 13, 2009 at 11:43 AM
For cryin’ out loud!Everything that comes out of his mouth could be used but he has put the scare crap on before,I like the changing numbers whenever he wants to make a point!
ohiobabe on September 13, 2009 at 11:44 AM
Thanks CC, the reason I posted that tongue-in-cheek remark is that the 3 articles linked on Drudge have no mention of the number of citizens in attendence. WaPo NYT and Mail online
thomasaur on September 13, 2009 at 11:44 AM
Other than “Charge!,” which had nothing to do with deficit spending, but with “Charge the blockhouse!,” which to me means the White House, as it is currently occupied by a square, and a red square at that, “Bully!” was Teddy’s favorite phrase.
Loxodonta on September 13, 2009 at 11:47 AM
You, kind sir, should show more respect for Alfred E. Neuman.
;)
Maquis on September 13, 2009 at 11:50 AM
What!:)
canopfor on September 13, 2009 at 11:40 AM
Other than “Charge!,” which had nothing to do with deficit spending, but with “Charge the blockhouse!,” which to me means the White House, as it is currently occupied by a square, and a red square at that, “Bully!” was Teddy’s favorite phrase.
Loxodonta on September 13, 2009 at 11:47 AM
Loxodonta: Oh, Thanks for the clarification!:)
Hey,here Lansings Tea Party,about 100 miles or so
straight south from Soo Michigan,which is where
our Canadian city borders on!:)
http://michigantaxes.com/wordpress/lansing-tea-party-pictures/
canopfor on September 13, 2009 at 11:56 AM
I was tempted by the unexplained revision of 30 million uninsured, but after yesterday’s Minnesota speech in which he was scaring people about being uninsured in one’s lifetime, I went with scare tactics.
Guess what? At some point in our lives, we’ll be alone, and sad, and lonely, and so forth.
Obama is an idiot.
BuckeyeSam on September 13, 2009 at 11:56 AM
Those four words need to be the official disclaimer for anything written or said about this man. Once that is stated, one can review his actions in a realistic light.
sherry on September 13, 2009 at 11:59 AM
No. And according to Google and Yahoo headlines, no protest happened yesterday in DC.
According to the Washington Post, the total of protesters was only, “Tens of Thousands Protest Obama Initiatives and Government Spending.”
According to others, the crowd topped 1 or 2 million. My guess is that this is going to be yet another point of contention between the MSM and conservatives. The MSM spiking this story and lying about it, while the internet will provide images and video disproving the MSM claims.Michelle has some very nice images and video up.
Loxodonta on September 13, 2009 at 11:59 AM
Ed,
This is one poll where you ought to have an “All Of The Above” selection….
Sometimes, the “WON” makes it very hard to choose.
AW1 Tim on September 13, 2009 at 11:59 AM
Et vous devriez montrer plus de respect pour les idiots séniles. Si pas de vous, où vais-je recevoir respect ici?
Ma salive dégouline sur vous!
Loxodonta on September 13, 2009 at 12:08 PM
I voted for partisan scare tactics, but really we need an “all of the above” option.
rbj on September 13, 2009 at 12:25 PM
#4 because this one shows how stupid he thinks we are. The rest are all subsets of the same.
Mommynator on September 13, 2009 at 12:29 PM
..not falling for it any more. A couple of weeks ago, I voted for the most ridiculous stunt the Head Fruit Loop pulled and got smoked by all the folks who took the “serious” goof.
From now on, it’s the one with the most “gravitas” for me.
VoyskaPVO on September 13, 2009 at 12:30 PM
I like the last one best. Pass my crappy bill or people will die, and it will be your fault.
Sure buddy. You are the savior, how could I forget.
Anders on September 13, 2009 at 12:54 PM
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