Obamateurism of the Day
posted at 8:05 am on January 19, 2010 by Ed Morrissey
Scott Brown has campaigned hard in Massachusetts by driving across the state repeatedly, meeting the voters and telling his story. He put over 200,000 miles on his truck, which he featured in an ad as a way of showing that he listened to the people he wants to represent. For some reason, this got under Barack Obama’s skin during his appearance on behalf of Martha Coakley on Sunday, as Jim Hoft notes at Gateway Pundit:
Forget the ads. Everybody can run slick ads. Forget the truck. [Laughter] Everybody can buy a truck.
Well, I know over 3.4 million people since Obama’s inauguration who can’t buy a truck any longer, or much of anything else. I’d bet many of them don’t find it a source of laughter, either. Scott Brown teed off on Obama on that same point yesterday:
Brown took that opportunity to slam the president on government spending..
“Mr. President, unfortunately in this economy, not everybody can buy a truck,” Brown said in a statement. “My goal is to change that by cutting spending, lowering taxes and letting people keep more of their own money.”
But the bigger Obamateurism comes from Obama’s dismissive attitude about the truck itself. Brown drives a GMC Canyon, made by General Motors — the very company Barack Obama bought on behalf of taxpayers in his bailout. Shouldn’t we expect some salesmanship from the guy who sunk our money into a losing enterprise like GM and transformed it into Government Motors?
Maybe Brown can explain that to Obama personally … when he takes Paul Kirk’s place in the Senate after today’s election.
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Scott Brown calls him out, corrects him and offers a solution. It’s about time this started happening on a regular basis.
sherry on January 19, 2010 at 8:08 AM
Right now, this guy couldn’t give away shaved ice in the desert!
singer on January 19, 2010 at 8:08 AM
At least he didn’t say something about driving the truck into a ditch….
apostic on January 19, 2010 at 8:08 AM
PLEASE SEND SCOTT $$$$$$$$$$$$$ FOR LEGAL CHALLENGES
(and mind your livers)
OmahaConservative on January 19, 2010 at 8:09 AM
BTW, we’re heading to the polls with the neighbors in tow. Total of 7 votes for Brown!
Light snow here in South Easton, MA.
BROWN WILL WIN! BROWN WILL WIN!
singer on January 19, 2010 at 8:11 AM
Guy who wears mom jeans feeling a little inferior to a truck-driving guy?
Wethal on January 19, 2010 at 8:11 AM
God Bless all you Patriots! Prayers are ascending!
OmahaConservative on January 19, 2010 at 8:13 AM
the campaigner-in-chief strikes again
cmsinaz on January 19, 2010 at 8:13 AM
That is the language of the out of touch elitist.
FireBlogger on January 19, 2010 at 8:14 AM
Real men drive trucks.
Real women, too.
Disparage the truck-driving electorate at your own risk.
Disturb the Universe on January 19, 2010 at 8:14 AM
Maobama has to be the most callous, detached and clueless CIC this country has had since Jimmah Carter. What a doofus – “Anyone can buy a truck”. A lot of people in my family can’t because they are laid off or are terrified to spend money because they are unsure if they will have a job at the end of each quarter.
I am all for regime change.
Philly on January 19, 2010 at 8:14 AM
The best selling vehicle in America over the past decade has been a pick-up truck–Ford’s F-150–so many Americans can certainly identify with Mr. Scott. Maybe Odamna’s is confused because Scott Brown doesn’t have a driver like the rest of the superior ruling class./snark
Crusader Rabbit on January 19, 2010 at 8:14 AM
the campaigner-in-chief strikes out again
cmsinaz on January 19, 2010 at 8:13 AM
cmsinaz on January 19, 2010 at 8:14 AM
Uhhhhbama says it might not be a good idea to get in Scott Brown\’s truck, because it may not be going where you want to go….. I, as I imagine many of us were, thought \”Better Scott\’s truck than Teddie\’s Buick\”.
darwin-t on January 19, 2010 at 8:15 AM
Obama hates Brown people..
the_nile on January 19, 2010 at 8:15 AM
Obama reveals how foreign he is everytime he mangles another idiomatic expression. He wants to say “Anyone can buy a truck”, not “Everyone can buy a truck”. By using the right phrase, he says what he means and prevents this counterattack.
Not that being foreign is a disqualification, as long as he meets the Constitutional definition of “Native Born”, but it does explain how he can so fundamentally misjudge the electorate so consistently. He doesn’t understand us because he is not one of us.
Haiku Guy on January 19, 2010 at 8:15 AM
Fake presidents drive buses.
Shy Guy on January 19, 2010 at 8:16 AM
Maybe someone should have clued Barry in that a large portion of Mass citizens are blue collar workers that probably have 200,000 miles on their vehicle as well.
anniekc on January 19, 2010 at 8:16 AM
Or off a bridge…
loudmouth883 on January 19, 2010 at 8:16 AM
haha Go Brown!!
becki51758 on January 19, 2010 at 8:17 AM
mika was trashing brown because she thought his truck has too many bells and whistles to be a real truck…she was trying to make an ultimatum, paraphrasing here, ‘I’ll show you a real truck’…
cmsinaz on January 19, 2010 at 8:17 AM
Yeah, Brown has a truck, but Teddy had a Buick. Isn’t Buick underwater, now?
bloggless on January 19, 2010 at 8:18 AM
Barry drives a bus and he throws people under on a regular basis.
Philly on January 19, 2010 at 8:19 AM
Oldsmobile
OmahaConservative on January 19, 2010 at 8:19 AM
Obama would be smart to get in Brown’s truck because he’s the only one steering in the right direction.
NYconservative on January 19, 2010 at 8:20 AM
Heh. That’s where I was driving that line.
apostic on January 19, 2010 at 8:20 AM
Sounds racist…
Crusader Rabbit on January 19, 2010 at 8:20 AM
“Michelle, I had a dream. I saw this old truck. A white guy was driving it and he gave me the bird when he went by. What does that dream mean?”
Yoop on January 19, 2010 at 8:20 AM
Scott Brown will sell more GM trucks than subZer0 will any day. The 0 bought GM simply because guys like Scotty B and many of the rest of us like trucks. He wants to beat our trucks into Priuses via the swords into plowshares approach.
ted c on January 19, 2010 at 8:21 AM
How about that picture of Obama on a bicycle looking like the TV character Steve Urkel?
Wethal on January 19, 2010 at 8:22 AM
At first blush, I chose this OOTD as the weekly winner – but the week has just begun. Oy.
Philly on January 19, 2010 at 8:23 AM
Translation: Only people who cling to their guns and religion own trucks. If O had his way, we’d all be driving golf carts. Elitist snob.
Beaglemom on January 19, 2010 at 8:23 AM
If Scott Brown wins today, he owes you a huge debt of gratitude.
On the truck comment, OMG can this idiot be more dense? Not only can a lot of people not afford a truck, most of them are having a hard time just putting gas in it. What a effing tool.
milwife88 on January 19, 2010 at 8:24 AM
Ahhh, I see.
loudmouth883 on January 19, 2010 at 8:25 AM
Just another ‘O-Ism’ that comes across as Condescending.
TimBuk3 on January 19, 2010 at 8:25 AM
Don’t forget to take your video cameras when you go vote.
Don’t let the Democrats steal another election.
And thanks to “Cash for Clunkers” there are fewer used vehicles available, raising their prices and thus unaffordable for some people. Dear Liar hates poor people, He only wants their vote.
rbj on January 19, 2010 at 8:25 AM
woah, what happend there? sry folks
JusDreamin on January 19, 2010 at 8:25 AM
Obviously, what the president meant to say, is that people who drive trucks tend to be bitter people who cling to their religion and guns and hate people who are different.
myrenovations on January 19, 2010 at 8:25 AM
“Also, Mr. Obama, in this economy, not everyone can run slick ads”=Scott Brown
crr6 on January 19, 2010 at 8:26 AM
Hmmm…it’s nice to be ahead of the curve…
Deanna on January 19, 2010 at 8:26 AM
But…but…but…I thought Obummer was helping to put gas in our vehicles?!?!?!?! Wha?????
ladyingray on January 19, 2010 at 8:26 AM
Those who beat their arms into plowshares end up plowing for those who don’t.
Yoop on January 19, 2010 at 8:26 AM
ED-
someone asked on another thread, if you were going to have an election day open thread….
just curious
cmsinaz on January 19, 2010 at 8:26 AM
MA Lt. Gov.(D) is trying like hell to spin this, bitterly. He knows his precious Marcia is losing.
OmahaConservative on January 19, 2010 at 8:27 AM
Typical Obama liberal… clinging to their arugula and Whole Foods.
MagicalPat on January 19, 2010 at 8:27 AM
Cut to the President’s core defect: he lacks the discipline to regulate his destructive impulses, he appears unable to forgo or rise above the cheap shot. He takes that cheap shot any time he feels the impulse. Acted stupidly, etc.
I can’t think of a respectable, let alone a great figure in history who had this character defect.
The man is an amateur and will be forgotten after his term.
jeff_from_mpls on January 19, 2010 at 8:28 AM
Not much for you to say on this day of loss, eh?
loudmouth883 on January 19, 2010 at 8:28 AM
the governor is next along with kerry…
heh
cmsinaz on January 19, 2010 at 8:28 AM
2 Votes for Brown right here. I’m heading in with my buddy in a couple of hours.
Mord on January 19, 2010 at 8:28 AM
tru dat
ted c on January 19, 2010 at 8:28 AM
So,basically,Obama has just insulted all truckers,
those that own a truck,or fire truck,Military truck,
delivery truck,and on and on!!
canopfor on January 19, 2010 at 8:28 AM
agree, he demeans the office…truly sad
cmsinaz on January 19, 2010 at 8:29 AM
Barry’s only private sector experience was the worst experience of his life.
I can only imagine his disdain for sales.
uknowmorethanme on January 19, 2010 at 8:30 AM
Bet that remark by Obama went over well with the Teamsters.
Wethal on January 19, 2010 at 8:30 AM
Well, they can when they are gettin thousands and thousands of $80 donations from accross the country.
Scott Brown = Red Cross
Obama = Haitian Earthquake
uknowmorethanme on January 19, 2010 at 8:32 AM
Obama might do well to memorize this quote, for later in the day….
As the Duke ladies basketball coach said after UConn trounced her girls by 33 points last night;
“I’m grateful for the experience and disappointed in the outcome.”
Don L on January 19, 2010 at 8:32 AM
Ya’know, lots of real red-blooded gals drive trucks here in the Heartland.
OmahaConservative on January 19, 2010 at 8:32 AM
crr6 = watching utopia crumble around them.
uknowmorethanme on January 19, 2010 at 8:32 AM
Great moments are born of great opportunity.
Here’s my motivational clip of the morning folks.
Not this game, not today—not this election. Today, We vote, today we shut them down, because we can.
–Herb Brooks, “Miracle”
ted c on January 19, 2010 at 8:32 AM
I’d like to take Obama for a drive…. out into the country and let him go free like the unwanted dog that he is.
highhopes on January 19, 2010 at 8:33 AM
Yep, that and a “chicken in every pot”, everyone’s mortgage is current, everyone who wants a job has one, racisim is non-existant, and we all have a unicorn that sh!ts rainbows.
Reality is, people are pi$$ed and are doing everything that they can to stop this “machine” that is Washington DC from ruining what is left of our country. God speed to Scott Brown.
milwife88 on January 19, 2010 at 8:33 AM
Ya’know, lots of real red-blooded gals drive trucks <strike<here in the Heartland.
OmahaConservative on January 19, 2010 at 8:32 AM
uknowmorethanme on January 19, 2010 at 8:33 AM
i cant buy a truck
i mean i dont want one
but i cant buy one
ya bastid
blatantblue on January 19, 2010 at 8:33 AM
Insulting truck drivers?
.
Take a look out back of the WH, champ. It ain’t a Prius bringing the Wagyu home to mama.
ted c on January 19, 2010 at 8:34 AM
Can you imagine every campaign stop in 2012 being like this for the guy? Sounding bitter and dismissive over his failed Presidency. I don’t think even Chris Matthews will be getting any tingles over this.
Doughboy on January 19, 2010 at 8:34 AM
I am wondering how Bill O’Reilly and all the other pundits who declared BO “brilliant” can defend this remark by POTUS.
His arrogance is truly amazing. THAT’S the adjective I would use to describe this sorry excuse for a man…arrogant. Brilliant? Not so much. Why he insists on marginalizing those who aren’t elitist like him is astounding to watch.
manateespirit on January 19, 2010 at 8:35 AM
Not forgotten, just relegated to the trash heap of history as a passing mistake of epic proportions.
Oldnuke on January 19, 2010 at 8:36 AM
Obama has thrown the truck,
under da bus!!
canopfor on January 19, 2010 at 8:36 AM
Mr. President:
Today the people of Mass. are taking back their Senate seat from a political family who consider it theirs. In November, the people will take back the Congress from single-party dictatorship. In 2012, the people will be taking back THEIR house so please remember that you are merely a renter.
highhopes on January 19, 2010 at 8:37 AM
I bet Mary Jo wished it was a Buick. That belonged to someone else.
bloggless on January 19, 2010 at 8:38 AM
My sister bitterly clings to her Bible, guns,& truck…
OmahaConservative on January 19, 2010 at 8:38 AM
The Royalty of entitlement will never understand the Browns or the Palins of this country. They will never grasp who paid their way, or whose money they spend so freely, that they did not earn.
I just voted for the people and against the royals, and it feels pretty good. I thank God for those who have fought and those who have died to give me this privilege.
Hening on January 19, 2010 at 8:38 AM
lol
cmsinaz on January 19, 2010 at 8:39 AM
Where is all those adoring fans that Obama had this time last year? Seems like his cult-like followers have gone to ground. A Brown victory tonight would be the perfect ending to this horrible year.
2010- America strikes back.
highhopes on January 19, 2010 at 8:40 AM
So,basically,Obama has just insulted all truckers,
those that own a truck,or fire truck,Military truck,
delivery truck,and on and on!!
canopfor on January 19, 2010 at 8:28 AM
————————————–
Ya’know, lots of real red-blooded gals drive trucks here in the Heartland.
OmahaConservative on January 19, 2010 at 8:32 AM
OmahaConservative:Good point,with the insult to trucks,
Obama has p*ssed off the female vote
as well!:)
canopfor on January 19, 2010 at 8:40 AM
More confirmation, just in case we needed it, that Obama’s takeover of GM was about raw power and had nothing to do with selling vehicles.
jwolf on January 19, 2010 at 8:41 AM
It is all so very amateurish, as is his audacious comment about “slick ads” – this coming from the slickest of the slick. Oh well, to borrow a phrase from Barack:
Scott Brown is the one we’ve been waiting for.
Buy Danish on January 19, 2010 at 8:41 AM
Fixed.
the_nile on January 19, 2010 at 8:41 AM
How in the world did this dolt get elected? Oh, I know, but still I wonder.
rplat on January 19, 2010 at 8:42 AM
yes Obama doesnt like the ‘common people’ talk since he is a snob, he went after Hillary often calling her Annie Oakley when she was campaigning in PA, he is a tool
when Hill was offering to debate Obama in the back of a pickup truck the DC Elitist media pundits called her awful names and said she was lowclass
the people OTOH appreciated her working her axx off
MASS went for HRC and Mass is going to go Brown !!
woot!
and for Obama its a SNOB thing, we wouldnt understand….
ginaswo on January 19, 2010 at 8:42 AM
Most real women not only know how to drive trucks here, they are also adept at hitching up the trailer or boat.
OmahaConservative on January 19, 2010 at 8:43 AM
Watching the hand-wringing on Morning Joe is absolutely hilarious.
Even Peggy Noonan looks good smacking down Donny Deustsch.
BuckeyeSam on January 19, 2010 at 8:44 AM
I think you’re right on the money. All he learned from his radical mentors was how to tear things or people down, not how to build up anything or anyone. He is a small, petty man.
jwolf on January 19, 2010 at 8:45 AM
At the rate he’s going they better be puttin’ some of those monster tires on it and raise the undercarriage, cause they’re gonna run out of room under that bus pretty quick!
huskerdiva on January 19, 2010 at 8:45 AM
believe
blatantblue on January 19, 2010 at 8:46 AM
Joe Scarborough just dealt on Olberman for his tirade against Brown.
BuckeyeSam on January 19, 2010 at 8:46 AM
MA Lt. Gov.(D) is trying like hell to spin this, bitterly. He knows his precious Marcia is losing.
OmahaConservative on January 19, 2010 at 8:27 AM
My eighth grade teacher had this saying up oh the bulletin board:
Oh Lord make my words gracious and tender, for tomorrow I may have to eat them.
Seem the Lt. Governor didn’t learn this lesson
mkm19602000 on January 19, 2010 at 8:47 AM
Is there no thing,person,country,
that Obama hasn’t insulted!!!
Me thinks Obama has surpassed Bill Clinton in
screw-ups,paving a way for Hopey to set the all
time screw-up and Gaffes Record,sending Changey
to the Hall of Grand F*** ups!!(Snark).
canopfor on January 19, 2010 at 8:48 AM
We also know how to change tires, clean guns (as we own them and hunt, too- am still eating pheasant shot in December!) and have been planting gardens for years before it became so PC!
huskerdiva on January 19, 2010 at 8:48 AM
“Also, Mr. Obama, in this economy, not everyone can run slick ads”=Scott Brown
crr6 on January 19, 2010 at 8:26 AM
There’s no crying on Hot Air.
kingsjester on January 19, 2010 at 8:50 AM
me thinks you speak truth….
huskerdiva on January 19, 2010 at 8:52 AM
Not to mention, you are fiscally responsible and keep the family budgets balanced and keep us living within our means. Heartland women *ROCK*, as do all conservative women in this great nation of ours!
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JEEEEZZZ!!! There’s Judas Nelson again, spinning his traitorous sell-out ad! You’d think he is campaigning or something.
OmahaConservative on January 19, 2010 at 8:53 AM
+1000 — Regardless of today’s outcome in MA, tomorrow we will begin to reload for the next candidate/election!!!!
huskerdiva on January 19, 2010 at 8:54 AM
we have 3 beat-up, dented, muddy trucks. one has the hunting eqmt & has big tires for going in the woods. one has the fishing eqmt & the best hitch for the boats. and one truck is held together by rust & right now, has 1/2 load of mulch in it.
i thought everybody had a truck? (har! i live in the country!)
kelley in virginia on January 19, 2010 at 8:55 AM
What’s even worse is when she was asked about Curt Shilling’s reply to her initial comment:
“I’m not concerned about what Curt Schilling says,” she added.
Shilling, trucks, campaigning in the cold and it goes on and on and on…
Reminds me of that song…”And she smiles when she feels like cryin’, on and on, on and on, on and on”.
NYconservative on January 19, 2010 at 8:55 AM
I know I had to momentarily mute the TV
huskerdiva on January 19, 2010 at 8:56 AM
Love it!!!!!!
huskerdiva on January 19, 2010 at 8:57 AM
Heh
One of my all time favorite movie lines redone quite nicely. Congrats!
ladyingray on January 19, 2010 at 8:57 AM
Obama, “anyone can drive a truck.”
We the People, “any jackass can be a demagogue.”
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boomstick
ted c on January 19, 2010 at 8:58 AM
Someone should tell Obama he isn’t running against Brown.
I guess we need to add “bitterly clinging to their guns, religion, and ‘trucks’” as a way to insult the public. What an effete snob.
elclynn on January 19, 2010 at 8:58 AM
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