Video: Why are there no Obamaites?
posted at 1:36 pm on November 4, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
Chuck Todd gets a little too close to the truth for Chris Matthews’ comfort in this clip from MS-NBC. Radio Vice Online has its own take on this, but before you hear from either of us, watch the clip first:
MATTHEWS: But Chuck, let me get back to you again. Is there such a thing as an Obama believer? In other words, is there a set of beliefs he holds which can be shared by other politicians of the Democratic Party?
TODD: You know, it’s funny you say that. I think right now you’re seeing an argument on the Left take place where you’re seeing some criticism of the President — “Hey, where’s all the change?” So I think this is all trying — I think they’re all trying to figure this out. The White House seems to be about, and this President seems to be about pragmatism and — you know, trying to get something done, trying to figure out a solution in Afghanistan, trying to compromise and get health care through.
But you’re right, there isn’t this core set of principles that were so easy to say and do — “change you can believe in” in 2008. I think he’s struggling to translate that to policy. We’re seeing it, this whole Organizing for America wing of the DNC is struggling to work correctly. I think they haven’t figured it out.
Jim Vicevich at the link thinks that Obama has a core set of principles that run to the hard Left, but has kept them hidden thus far. Why? Jim argues that Obama couldn’t get elected on those principles, and so he has kept them hidden while pushing them through his legislative agenda.
Actually, I think Todd is closer to it. Obama wanted to be President, not to lead, but just to win. Now that he has won, he has no core set of governing principles other than what impacts Barack Obama. He has offered no leadership on any part of his agenda all year long, content to have Nancy Pelosi run it for him. His foreign policy thus far consists entirely of making himself personally popular with the world. On Afghanistan, Obama has thus far allowed Robert Gates and David Petraeus to make his decisions, only balking at the moment because the McChrystal strategy puts him at odds with his base, which could erode his popularity.
We’ve complained a number of times about the cult of personality that surrounds Obama, but as Todd implies with this answer, it’s really all Obama has.
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That’s right no principles. Just pure unadulterated hero-worship.
UltimateBob on November 4, 2009 at 1:38 PM
Does Olbermann have a clause in his contract that he only has to go on the air when his side wins something?
Speedwagon82 on November 4, 2009 at 1:40 PM
That’s why you’ll never hear about the “Obama Doctrine” cause he doesn’t believe in anything.
Agree with him or not – at least Bush had morals, convictions, values which you could spell out and define. This guy is the definition of an empty suit.
gophergirl on November 4, 2009 at 1:40 PM
While Obama sat slicked up with baby oil, naked in front of the TV watching himself on HBO get elected. Pleasured by the TV, His wife being gone and perhaps himself. Smoked 2 cigs afterwards. One for each half of his ego.
What a narcissist!
Dr_Irish on November 4, 2009 at 1:41 PM
Personality cult. Progressivism. Power.
That’s all.
Maquis on November 4, 2009 at 1:42 PM
They have no values. Along with hero-worship, their ilk subscribe to a mindset that HAS no values that are fixed…anything and everything is up for grabs if enough people agree at the moment. There’s both elements of herd behavior and pure democracy to it, as well as an unabashed rejection of higher powers that would make Ayn Rand proud.
The whole shebang is about as ideologically sound as a bowl of Jell-O in a whirlpool, but it is immensely popular among the young, foolish, and gullible. And too often the three go hand-in-hand.
Dark-Star on November 4, 2009 at 1:42 PM
Obama Care for Seniors
MB4 on November 4, 2009 at 1:42 PM
To paraphrase Churchill, Never in the course of human events has one so shallow threatened so many.
johnsteele on November 4, 2009 at 1:43 PM
The shine is starting to wear off. This is what happens when you spend almost your entire life voting present and getting pretty much everything thrown at you for accomplishing absouletly nothing.
Johnnyreb on November 4, 2009 at 1:44 PM
Pathetic narcissist.
Monica on November 4, 2009 at 1:44 PM
Fixed it for you
Keith_Indy on November 4, 2009 at 1:45 PM
I say you’re both right.
faraway on November 4, 2009 at 1:45 PM
Another “Isolated Attack”.
Five British soldiers are dead today, fatalities of see-no-Islam political correctness. The story from the AP:
KABUL— An Afghan policeman opened fire on British soldiers in the volatile southern province of Helmand, killing five before fleeing, British and Afghan authorities said Wednesday, raising concerns about discipline within the Afghan forces and possible infiltration by insurgents.
The attack Tuesday afternoon came a month after an Afghan policeman on patrol with U.S. soldiers fired on the Americans, killing two.
Presidential spokesman Humayun Hamidzada said it was an isolated attack.
Sure. Just as last month’s Afghan attack on US forces, killing two, was an isolated attack. And just as September’s Afghan attack on US forces, wounding one, was an isolated attack. And just as the September ambush at Ganjgal, likely aided by Afghan forces, that killed four US Marines was an isolated attack. And just as August’s “fire sack” ambush, likely aided by Afghan forces, killing Marine Lance Corporal Joshua Bernard, was an isolated attack. It’s simply amazing how many “isolated” attacks there have been (see below for more).
The commander of international forces in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, said he discussed the shooting with Interior Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar, who “gave me his assurance that this incident will be fully and transparently investigated.”
Woop-de-do.
“We will not let this event deter our resolve to building a partnership with the Afghan National Security Forces to provide for Afghanistan’s future,” he said in a joint statement issued by NATO forces and the ministry.
In other words, all of these dead soldiers are sacrifices Gen. McChrystal is willing to make on the altar of multiculturally-driven zealotry.
MB4 on November 4, 2009 at 1:45 PM
Worthless, corrupt, incompetent, gelded jackass.
Nice statement on what’s going on over in Iran.
Good job making certain that no private employer will even consider hiring additional workers as long as you are in the White House on jihad against evil capitalists.
Anyone who voted for Barack Obama disgraced themselves and their country.
This guy is a disaster on wheels and he needs to go, not in 2012l, but TODAY.
Resign Barry. We’re not behind you.
NoDonkey on November 4, 2009 at 1:45 PM
The second half of that equation is that the people surrounding Obama during his campaign didn’t see him as having his own core values — they saw him as the best vessel to gain control of the White House and implement their core values. Where the head-butting is going on is between the ideologues within Obama’s main advisors and the pragmatics, who want to retain power more than they want to pass something they know will get them kicked out.
Obama’s lack of core values in this case is actually a good thing on the domestic side, because if he had the core values of his main primary backers, he’d be going full bore into the most liberal programs with Nancy and Harry in Congress. The fact that Rahm is worried about the Blue Dogs and Obama doesn’t want to challenge anyone face-to-face within his party means he just keeps kicking the can down the road.
The same strategy doesn’t work in foreign policy — Barack may dither, but Putin, Ahmedinejad and the Chinese leadership won’t — but a liberal whose afraid to challenge his party on the domestic side isn’t the worst thing in the world, given the damage a more forceful Barack Obama with a core ideology could do.
jon1979 on November 4, 2009 at 1:46 PM
Yes.
It’s all he has, all right.
Bob's Kid on November 4, 2009 at 1:46 PM
Ahhhhhh…there was a poor stranded polar bear on the iceberg behind the seniors.
Time to run out some old diesel engines and get some sulfer back in the air.
WashJeff on November 4, 2009 at 1:47 PM
Oh, there are plenty of Obamites.
They’re just zombies and haven’t been faxed today’s talking points yet.
They believe what they’re told to believe. They say what the White House and leftwing activist groups tell them (literally verbatim) to say in talking point emails and facebook postings. Facts don’t matter. Reality doesn’t matter. Only blind, slobbering, slavish devotion to the cult leader and the maintenance of his image matters.
They create their own facts and reality. In that sense, they’re true believers. But in temrs of any kind of guiding principles?
Please. Democrats? Core values (other than pretending socialism is just a misunderstood liberator of mankind waiting to be executed correctly)? Are you kidding?
Good Lt on November 4, 2009 at 1:47 PM
No, the media has kept them hidden. However, it may possibly be true that Obama was chosen by the hard left for his pretty face and lilting, hypnotic voice in an attempt to put lipstick on a pigsty of radicalism.
Connie on November 4, 2009 at 1:48 PM
How could you possibly overlook the people he has surrounded himself with? The man does have core principles and those principles are marxist, one world government principles.
MobileVideoEngineer on November 4, 2009 at 1:48 PM
Two words…. EMPTY SUIT.
txag92 on November 4, 2009 at 1:49 PM
If Obama cared more about himself than his principles, he would be acting more like Clinton and adopt some Republican ideas on helathcare, but he does not. He does care about his liberal principles more than himself. He is just a ineffective leader.
WashJeff on November 4, 2009 at 1:49 PM
Didn’t we just have a thread or a headline story where folks from the community orgainizer days said he never got anything done? Made a lot of promises, started a lot of projects but never complete anything. Some actually said things were worse after his “help” but they still loved him because he made them feel like anyday their turn was coming. If you don’t commit to or stand for anything then you never lose. Nice racket.
Cindy Munford on November 4, 2009 at 1:50 PM
Hallowed are the Obami!
Princeps on November 4, 2009 at 1:50 PM
From the comments at Jim Vicevich’s site-
Obamaroid
Monica on November 4, 2009 at 1:50 PM
raaacist!!!!!
search4truth on November 4, 2009 at 1:51 PM
Obama has a core set of principles and they are reflected in his picks for Czars. But people can’t identify themselves as Obamaites because he must keep these principles hidden.
How can the President of the USA openly advertise his core principles as “I want to destroy our economy, weaken our foreign policy and make our country vulnerable in order to precipitate the crisis I need to use as an excuse to convert this country into a Marxist utopia?”
He’s not an empty suit. He’s just a devious, lying, evil bastard.
Daggett on November 4, 2009 at 1:51 PM
God I hope he isn’t around a Spanish-speaking country to hear them say his name.
Apologetic California on November 4, 2009 at 1:52 PM
He’s a salesman.
And his product is Barack Obama.
His product has no practical use and is strictly ornamental.
NoDonkey on November 4, 2009 at 1:52 PM
No core set of principles?
.
“Gimmie” is a principle, mostly seen in bratty 3yr olds, but it is a principle.
LincolntheHun on November 4, 2009 at 1:53 PM
Obama is a whacky liberal. He does have principles, but they are extreme leftist ones that no thinking person would agree with except communists.
cubachi on November 4, 2009 at 1:53 PM
I COMPLETELY disagree. He knows EXACTLY what he wants to do. Rahm bamboozled enough people to get blue dogs elected, THINKING he could strong-arm them and ram through EVERY RADICAL DREAM BILL for 40 years. People started speaking up at tea parties and healthcare town halls. Blue dogs know Pelosi is trying to walk them off the cliff, and are balking. Obama/Pelosi/Reid and their band of crooks deliberately deceive and PEOPLE KNOW IT.
What Obama wants to do is so radical and rejected by our center-right country that it took MASSIVE corruption and daily WHOPPER lies to get it done. Fortunately for America people are realizing it is all a big lie to seize our country. EPIC FAIL for a RADICAL IDEALOGUE.
marklmail on November 4, 2009 at 1:53 PM
So it really is all about the O.
rbj on November 4, 2009 at 1:54 PM
Hidden from everyone except Glenn Beck, who’s doing his best to expose the radical Marxist’s Obama has surrounded himself with.
He’s setting up a shadow government and knows exactly what he’s doing.
Knucklehead on November 4, 2009 at 1:54 PM
Sounds dangerously close to sedition coming from ol’ Chuckie.
Certainly this will not be tolerated by those residing on Mt. O-limp-us.
red winger on November 4, 2009 at 1:54 PM
Unfortunately, he has a very well-defined core set of goals (not principles, but goals). The Precedent wants to exact revenge on the US and the West. That is pretty obvious. He has clearly committed to achieving this goal through the use of moronic marxist/statist/staticist ideas that appeal so much to the useful idiots in Congress. On the foreign policy front, he is wroking towards his goal of exacting revenge on the West by dithering and buying time for all of his anti-Western allies.
I don’t understand why this is so difficult for many to acknowledge. The Precedent has told us about “social and economic justice”, which is just ‘REVENGE’, and he has explained very explicitly how his ideas on capital gains taxes were punative more than anything. His dithering in foreign policy and his outright stabbing of allies in the back is just too blatant to ignore.
But, somehow, so many people are still giving the Indonesian imbecile the benefit of the doubt – like O’Reilly who couldn’t believe that Rush thought that The Precedent was intentionally trying to take the US economy down, only to have O’Reilly constantly muttering, “But, it’s going to bankrupt us! What is he trying to do?” Duh.
progressoverpeace on November 4, 2009 at 1:55 PM
*To paraphrase Churchill, Never in the course of human events has one so shallow threatened so many.
johnsteele on November 4, 2009 at 1:43 PM*
Actually, Churchill said, “Never in the field of conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few.” The phrase, “…in the course of human events…” was written by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence.
Your point is well taken, though, even if imperfectly.
Eichendorff on November 4, 2009 at 1:56 PM
Blank slate. Empty plate.
Maquis on November 4, 2009 at 1:57 PM
Obama:”Hey! Why be tied to principles.”
Caper29 on November 4, 2009 at 1:57 PM
Bingo! Out of the mouths of fools.
Kissmygrits on November 4, 2009 at 1:57 PM
Ed,
I’m glad you raised Afghanistan in the context of Obama and his lack of principles. Do you recall the campaign and debates? Obama repeatedly stated that Iraq was a diversion from the good war, the war in Afghanistan. He professed he knew how to fight and win in Afghanistan, and even said he knew how to get Bin Laden!
Here we are months after he puts in the commander he wanted, the commander makes recomendations and Obama hems and haws and procrastinates while calculating what the political cost to himself may be if he gives McChrystal what is required to WIN!
mountainmanbob on November 4, 2009 at 1:59 PM
Hoyer sees this, too, and will take advantage of it.
Christien on November 4, 2009 at 1:59 PM
The clothes have no emperor!
Kafir on November 4, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Ed, you stopped short of explaining how an egotist can become president. It’s simple: he’s a puppet! Now, who is the main puppet master? All lines ultimately point to…George Soros!
stonemeister on November 4, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Jim Vicevich is right, Ed.
Alana on November 4, 2009 at 2:01 PM
Man, it’s so easy to make a typo. I meant to quote Churchill correctly, “Never in the field of human conflict…”
Eichendorff on November 4, 2009 at 2:04 PM
Obama is like the rapist who is just so sure that not only did his victim deserve it but also wanted it and so will love him all the more.
MB4 on November 4, 2009 at 2:04 PM
Just another empty suit.
“You can fool some of the people all of the time”
GrayDog on November 4, 2009 at 2:05 PM
Oba-Mao could have reprints made up for the “little Red Book”.
The Republicans need to do the same.
tarpon on November 4, 2009 at 2:06 PM
I’m frankly shocked that Todd would admit it openly, and on air.
capejasmine on November 4, 2009 at 2:07 PM
So a President wasn’t elected, a summer intern was hired? Ready on day one!
ya2daup on November 4, 2009 at 2:09 PM
Obama ran mostly on personality–an eloquent speaker, the first African-American president, he was not George W. Bush, and his campaign was long on rhetoric and short on specifics, but it was “change”. The bank collapse in late September 2008 played into his hands, as “change” from “the failed policies of the past” looked good to many voters THEN, who didn’t really know what they were getting.
Yes, Virginia, Sarah Palin was right. Yes, Virginia, Barack Obama is a socialist. Virginia voted 53% for Obama in 2008, and 41% for Deeds in 2009. Nearly a quarter of Obama’s voters in Virginia turned against him.
Judgment to Lead? Change we no longer believe in. No more talk, but deeds, and not Deeds.
Steve Z on November 4, 2009 at 2:09 PM
Oh, he has principles, just none that he wants independents to know about – you know, those old folks in Iowa who put his picture on their mantel – a picture of a nice, clean, nonthreatening black man. His principles are solid, but not something you talk about in polite company.
What is offered instead for public consumption, unfortunately for him, is a mishmash of procrastination and bet hedging in lieu of coming out of the closet and saying, “I’m a small “m” Marxist and proud”. If he did that, I still wouldn’t like him, but he would get my respect as a man willing to stand up and be counted. But he doesn’t want to stand up and be counted.
Marxism is a dirty word. Yet, there are millions of people in America, most of them well-off and well-educated, who believe that it is a better way forward, but only a smattering of those will say so on the record. They chose instead to talk about progressive ideals, or social justice.
America is not ready for its first openly Marxist president and that hamstrings what obama is willing to stake his political capital on. The first black president was as progressive as it is going to get for the time being. The first openly Marxist president is a notion not yet ready for prime time. But if you extrapolate social trends of the last 30 years into the future 30 years, one can see a day when a belief in core Marxist principles will be as accepted among the 18-35 year-old demographic as the green movement is today.
keep the change on November 4, 2009 at 2:10 PM
Reminds me of a line that a coach yelled at my team after a stunningly weak first half: “All you sh*theads want to do is win and walk with the girls.”
Returning to the matter at hand, Obama clearly has no clothes. Who knew?
BuckeyeSam on November 4, 2009 at 2:10 PM
Excellent analogy. The really sad part is that this is true of the white guilters on the left who voted for him. They were looking forward to the raping. Now, they are fuming because after all the talk he can’t get it up and they have to settle for nothing but a savage beating when they so craved the real humiliation to pay penance for their illusory guilt.
progressoverpeace on November 4, 2009 at 2:10 PM
“but has kept them hidden thus far.”
He has hardly “kept them hidden.” Universal health care, increased government role in business, foreign policy of minimizing American influence.
exhelodrvr on November 4, 2009 at 2:11 PM
He doesn’t even have that.
Two categories:
1. The hard-core “I want to believe in this Nothing”, and
2. The ones who were fooled.
No more, nothing at all.
Schadenfreude on November 4, 2009 at 2:12 PM
I think the Obama cult of ’08 is largely gone forever:
-no Bush to kick around
-economic malaise
-empty promises and no material results
-no coattails
He’ll still be able to use his mouth real good but it won’t be eough to reassemble the cabal of indies, moderates, disaffecteds, and victims of the economy along with the hard lib base.
That scenario will be dramatically different in 2010/12.
JoeinTX on November 4, 2009 at 2:12 PM
Hope and Change = Hoax and Shame
inevitable on November 4, 2009 at 2:13 PM
I dunno if he has a core or not (I think he does, look at his choice of frineds and advisers, and the few actions he has been able to take), that mean I could read his mind, I can’t.
One thing is pretty obvious, he may have core values but he is at heart a coward and wimp, who has never done anything but talk for a living. Ever. Never even learned to throw a baseball half-assed. Elected on an emotional wave against a despised incumbent who had to leave anyway. It was no test of Barry that he beat McCain.
That makes it hard for him to slug it out on anything tough. When it’s tough he goes to NJ or the golf course or something, to avoid the pressure. He doesn’t have the guts to set a bomb with his own hands.
So, a pantywaist running a cult has a hard time making it into other than a mass of pantywaists. Che is dead so people can make up stories and canonize him. Bama might end up the same way, but not while he is alive and bumbling through so much, hiding from pressure and decisions, overshadowed by Nancy Botoxi and Dingy Harry, who are held in terminal disrespect by most of the country.
Harry Schell on November 4, 2009 at 2:14 PM
Let’s compare.
Ronald Reagan had Reaganites. They were Rs, Ds, and Indies in that group and they weren’t just following him because he was elegant and eloquent or because he was telegenic.
They followed him because of his values and principles. In him, they saw their own beliefs, their own ideals.
Obama is all about himself, with no coherent or consistent core, certainly not one he can publicly share, which would risk alienating all but maybe 10 or 20 percent of those who voted for him.
Yes, he’s got some who are still enamored with his style and Q factor, but their numbers are declining the more they learn about him. These types are fickle and unreliable followers at best.
In many ways Obama is an actor playing president, not an actual president or leader of any kind.
TXUS on November 4, 2009 at 2:14 PM
I think Jim Vicevich is right, but I also think Ed’s view has merit, too.
He’s hard to assess because everything is disguised. We can’t accept his motives or principles at face value any more than we can accept his biography at face value. But I know he didn’t appoint those radical czars by accident. He didn’t attend Rev. Wright’s church by accident. He didn’t belong to the socialist New Party by accident. The man is a true radical lefty.
That said, he lacks the leadership ability or experience to know how to implement his agenda. While he revels in his power and newfound stature, he recognizes his only hope for his agenda is deception. He has to keep it under wraps because he knows he is way left of the American people, including the average Democrat.
Obama is the proverbial Smiley Faced fascist.
flyfisher on November 4, 2009 at 2:16 PM
“Jim Vicevich at the link thinks that Obama has a core set of principles that run to the hard Left, but has kept them hidden thus far. ”
huh?
It is abundantly clear what his core principles are. More than abundantly. And they aren’t hidden to anybody except idiots.
Disdain for the Constitution and Rule of Law.
Redistribution of the nation’s wealth.
Confiscation/control of the means of production.
Profligate spending designed to bankrupt the country.
Contempt for normal Americans.
Hatred of America’s military power.
Hatred of Americans who defend the country.
and I could list dozens more.
Why do you people deliberately avoid saying manifestly obvious truths?
Is AllahPundit writing Ed’s posts for him now?
notagool on November 4, 2009 at 2:16 PM
You forgot unemployment that should hit 10% this week. Can’t wait to see what the BLS posts for their U6 calculation.
Johnnyreb on November 4, 2009 at 2:18 PM
Two very, very scary stats from last night – should make lefies very nervous:
1. The senior citizens
2. The independents
Schadenfreude on November 4, 2009 at 2:18 PM
I agree 100% but you might want to rephrase that in the future.
Jeff from WI on November 4, 2009 at 2:19 PM
Only the brainless were fooled. He never hid anything.
Schadenfreude on November 4, 2009 at 2:19 PM
No more tingle going up Matthews leg. Just a little pee going down.
shick on November 4, 2009 at 2:19 PM
Whatever the numbers, I’m sure they’ll be unexpected………
JoeinTX on November 4, 2009 at 2:20 PM
It’s not about a core set of principles, it’s about transforming America into a better place!
Just try and picture it: Community Housing as far as the eye can see in a nation of Chavs and Chavettes all on the public dole. Is that not a compelling vision for America?
I’ve got a bottle of white lightning and am hoping for some change already!
jhffmn on November 4, 2009 at 2:20 PM
There is a core Obaminite policy, but it has to be kept secret for now. If Americans could see it on the wall over at Soros headquarters, then the Obama/Soros leadership would all have to be arrested for treason. I wonder how their plans for a world currency for paying the world taxes to support the world military controlling all nuclear weapons in the world is going so far. It will not be much longer before we see their final solution plans out in the open.
jimw on November 4, 2009 at 2:21 PM
Don’t forget a few weeks ago the BLS admitted they have underestimated job losses by over 800,000 jobs via their Birth/Death model. However, they said they won’t adjust the model until February. So whatever U-6 is, it will still be too low.
flyfisher on November 4, 2009 at 2:21 PM
Indeed. I’ll list a few biggies, to add on to yours,
Diminishing the U.S.
Redistributing the West’s wealth to the world
Enhancing status of numerous other countries, even continents
Movign toward “one-world”
International law
U.N. be the all-deciders
Giving potentates same seats at the table with those who sacrifice, in blood and treasure
Schadenfreude on November 4, 2009 at 2:23 PM
First and probably last for a very long time.Even the Congressional Black Caucus is getting nervous,the ethics investigations are racist,yawn.
inevitable on November 4, 2009 at 2:24 PM
Obama was NEVER A LEADER to begin with. He said so himself when he said he ‘allows others to see in him want they want’.
Snake oil salesmen do that a lot.
GarandFan on November 4, 2009 at 2:26 PM
How random that happened.
the_nile on November 4, 2009 at 2:27 PM
And who didn’t already know that Obama had no core set of principles or values? Anyone?
katiejane on November 4, 2009 at 2:35 PM
It’s really hard to think about anything else when you’re a complete narcissist.
4shoes on November 4, 2009 at 2:43 PM
Obama’s campaign was “just words”.
silvernana on November 4, 2009 at 2:48 PM
I still can’t get the Pole Turtle joke out of my head from yesterday.
SnowSun on November 4, 2009 at 2:54 PM
RACIST!!!!
Another
And another
This blog is full of RACISTS!!!
…and that is why it will be hard to defeat Obama, because under all the errors, lack of judgement, inability to lead, people will first not want to be thought of as a RACIST!!!
right2bright on November 4, 2009 at 2:57 PM
I remember during the campaign that he was in charge of millions $ in government grants for education in Chicago and when all the money was spent there was no improvement at all.
This is all there is folks. Bad corrupt governing.
petunia on November 4, 2009 at 3:00 PM
Indeed. Some commenters here a few days ago were lamenting Obama’s ineptitude, but I consider it a blessing. Just think how much damage Barry could do if he were actually as brilliant as the media tried to make us believe he was during the campaign.
I am grateful that Barry turned out to be so completely clueless about governing — his “first rate intellect” notwithstanding. A competent Marxist in the White House, with Democratic majorities in both Houses of Congress, is the last thing we need.
AZCoyote on November 4, 2009 at 3:05 PM
So what happened to Olby last night? Did he have a nervous breakdown? Was he so upset he couldn’t do his show? What in the world is that about?
petunia on November 4, 2009 at 3:05 PM
Charlotte democrats turned out to elect a black mayor. Dare I say his base is a bunch of racists? Why, yes! Yes I can!
SouthernGent on November 4, 2009 at 3:06 PM
Two words: Empty Suit
My sincerest apologies to anyone who has already said that.
Juno77 on November 4, 2009 at 3:06 PM
I would agree and add to that question of why people are complaining about his taking all those vacations and Golf outings, etc.
At least when he’s off doing those things, he’s not screwing up the country – the downside is all his Statist minions are screwing things up, so it’s not all roses and rainbows all the time.
Juno77 on November 4, 2009 at 3:11 PM
The only thing Barry’s changed is his underpants.
Sharke on November 4, 2009 at 3:13 PM
Oh, he has core values. Frank Marshall/Jeremiah Wright/Bill Ayers values.
gmoonster on November 4, 2009 at 3:16 PM
“ilk” ? “shebang” ? Do you have a list of quirky meaningless cliches you’re working from? You write gibberish that mashes everything together with no actual analysis of facts.
Democrats DO have an ideology, genius: Look at the legislation they’ve proposed and passed. This thread is about how OBAMA has no fixed ideology, but is a Default Democrat more interested in fame and popularity–so he lets hardcore Democrats run the show.
Janos Hunyadi on November 4, 2009 at 3:18 PM
Not at all. The Precedent has the very well-defined goal of taking the US down and bringing us as much pain as possible. He knows that letting the batsh!t crazy Dems in Congress run wild will serve this purpose quite well (better than his own ideas, since he’s an imbecile) he just lets them run free. They are merely the useful idiots of an insane, revenge-driven imbecile. And all of the confusion is an added bonus for The Precedent, since anything that sucks the public trust out of our institutions is in sync with his aims. And The Precedent doesn’t just let the fools on the Hill run free, but he eggs them on at every chance.
progressoverpeace on November 4, 2009 at 3:24 PM
So sorry, precious. Do all those grown-up words make your little libtard brain hurt?
Dark-Star on November 4, 2009 at 3:25 PM
Chuck Todd proves he’s not an idiot. Which means he spends a lot of his time lying.
hawksruleva on November 4, 2009 at 3:29 PM
Sorta like the dog chasing the car. Whenever I have that happen, I stop and let the dog catch the car. Once that happens, the dog just stands there and doesn’t know what to do.
Before I drive off, I go “Here, kitty, kitty, kitty” and that confuses the dog even more.
Del Dolemonte on November 4, 2009 at 3:34 PM
Grown-up words, eh? Nice try. You write disorganized gibberish because that’s how you ( don’t ) think, and because you don’t actually know enough to have any points of reference.
You can’t communicate with others because you can’t conceptualize what they’re saying, so you babble to yourself. The ‘Star Wars’ nic gives you away, too.
Janos Hunyadi on November 4, 2009 at 3:36 PM
I think we actually agree: Obama is not a Democrat, but the creature of others. His main interest is in being liked and admired. As for his goals, you and I can’t know that yet. For the time being, he seems content to let the hard left of his Party push its agenda.
Janos Hunyadi on November 4, 2009 at 3:39 PM
Nice. An amateurish attempt to slander using gigantic words to make yourself sound more important. Whatever trips your trigger, dear.
Epic fail, again. My username has nothing to do with Star Wars. Google it and hotair.com to find my explanation, which I posted some months ago.
Dark-Star on November 4, 2009 at 3:39 PM
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