Next loser that Obama will campaign for? Harry Reid
posted at 10:04 pm on January 21, 2010 by Allahpundit
You sure know how to pick ‘em, champ. Between the impending collapse of ObamaCare and the “Game Change” unpleasantness, this may end up being the single most awkward campaign rally in modern political history.
President Obama will appear with politically embattled Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) in Las Vegas next month, according to a White House official.
While it is not clear whether the appearance will be overtly political, any appearance by the president in Reid’s home state is likely to be seen as an effort to buck up Reid’s re-election effort.
“And now I’d like to introduce my friend Harry Reid, whose list of accomplishments includes, uh, ummmmmm…” It’s a sign of how weak Dingy is that he still needs buoying up by an ever-weakening Obama: The one’s approval rating is in negative territory for the first time ever today in a PPP poll, and in Nevada his favorable rating — which is almost always higher than his approval numbers — is currently stuck at 38/47 in Pollster.com’s poll of polls. Needless to say, Reid’s is one of the eight seats that Larry Sabato’s momentarily projecting the GOP to pick up in November.
Exit question: Notwithstanding how reliably liberal he is, given the current political climate, if he wasn’t majority leader would Reid be a no vote on ObamaCare?
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This QOTD is damaged…
Oh..
And we are back…
Electrongod on May 19, 2013 at 8:06 PM
Is this the thread I’m on?¿
SparkPlug on May 19, 2013 at 8:07 PM
Of course…
HotAirLib on May 19, 2013 at 8:07 PM
Yeah…right…
Just ask HAL…
Electrongod on May 19, 2013 at 8:07 PM
Welcome Fellow Time Shifter..
Electrongod on May 19, 2013 at 8:08 PM
I think that Benghazi is the impeachable scandal but the IRS one is the scandal that will bring him down.
gophergirl on May 19, 2013 at 8:08 PM
Evening!!!
So glad you mentioned that EG…I kept getting bumped to another thread.
Ugh, 1 dead in OK just being reported.
CoffeeLover on May 19, 2013 at 8:08 PM
Obama fundamentally transforms America (a brief primer)
There was a time when the IRS acted against Al Capone. Now, under Obama, the IRS acts like Al Capone.
There was a time when the FBI investigated crime syndicates. Now, under Obama, the FBI investigates for a crime syndicate.
There was a time when the ATF stopped Gun Running Gangs. Now, under Obama, the ATF is a Gun Running Gang.
There was a time when the TSA protected women from being molested at airports. Now, under Obama, the TSA molests women at airports.
There was a time when people in India dreamed of coming to America to get Health Care. Soon now, under Obama, people in America will dream of going to India to get Health Care.
Martin Luther King: “I have a dream”.
Barack Hussein Obama: “I am a nightmare”.
JFK: “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country”.
BHO: “Screw you and your God damned country!”
VorDaj on May 19, 2013 at 8:10 PM
Electrongod on May 19, 2013 at 8:08 PM
Hi. There was a glitch in the matrix. I got rid of it by gaussian elimination.
Row 35 column 13 was the place to be. (:
SparkPlug on May 19, 2013 at 8:11 PM
The Obama administration – all the combined dreams of Capone and Goebbels come true.
VorDaj on May 19, 2013 at 8:13 PM
Looks like Obama was selected not elected.
IRS union goons rigged things up real nice to create a barackracy.
SparkPlug on May 19, 2013 at 8:14 PM
Leper messiah.
HB3 on May 19, 2013 at 8:16 PM
Al Capone: “If I had a son he would act just like Barack Obama”.
Joesph Goebbels: “If I had a son he would talk just like Barack Obama”.
VorDaj on May 19, 2013 at 8:16 PM
The more you tighten your grip, the more agencies will slip through your fingers.
-Princess Lea
Ben Hur on May 19, 2013 at 8:16 PM
And so ends another pants free weekend at cozmos.
SparkPlug on May 19, 2013 at 8:17 PM
Any chance we could have a Troll/HALcott, tonight ?
seriously.
I’ve been reading all weekend, and am weary of all of his BS, and the constant distractions.
We already know his BS, he’s been given plenty of time to have hung hiself as an idjit over and over, we’ve faithfully displayed our superior understanding of the facts at hand, so …. PLEASE not in QOTD !?!?!?
pambi on May 19, 2013 at 8:17 PM
Oh, God, they’re going to focus on jobs again.
The economy is Doomed!
Another Drew on May 19, 2013 at 8:18 PM
I’m all for it.
gophergirl on May 19, 2013 at 8:19 PM
The Founders sure as hell didn’t trust government so the gave us The Constitution… Ogabe and Benedict Roberts’ trampling of it notwithstanding.
viking01 on May 19, 2013 at 8:21 PM
“The American people simply have too little control over the federal bureaucracy to trust that it will properly manage large sectors of the economy like health care, education or agriculture.”
The only appartchik that I trust to do the “right thing”, is one I can shoot.
Another Drew on May 19, 2013 at 8:22 PM
I’m still waiting for Reid to release that Romney no taxes paid evidence. Can you help?
Difficultas_Est_Imperium on May 19, 2013 at 8:22 PM
So the low level staffers haven’t all gone rogue after all. But the middle managers don’t know anything about it. And the IRS Commissioner has been completely truthful, hasn’t done anything wrong and wasn’t involved in day to day operations though.
So they didn’t do it either. To hear these people explain it, what happened was extremely inappropriate and unacceptable, but no one actually did it.
But don’t worry, Obama is going to make sure that whatever happened, even though no one really did it, won’t happen again.
Curtiss on May 19, 2013 at 8:24 PM
Robert Mugabe: “I taught that boy well.”
arnold ziffel on May 19, 2013 at 8:24 PM
It would be more accurate to say that he uses the office aggressively to pursue his Dystopian dreams, and is otherwise unacquainted with work, period.
Please note that this is distinct from a cacotopia, in that a dystopia can still conceivably get worse. In a cacotopia, everything has hit rock bottom, and all that remains is ruin, terror, and the consequences of both.
Of course, those who create either one always believe that they have created Utopia- a heaven on earth. Proving that mystics are poor choices for leadership positions.
clear ether
eon
eon on May 19, 2013 at 8:24 PM
Quick! Tell me what the 5/18 power ball number will be! Er…was. I meant was. Tell me!
justltl on May 19, 2013 at 8:25 PM
pambi on May 19, 2013 at 8:17 PM
I don’t see the trolls anymore.
Special troll blocker.
Because I was the 100,000th caller, I received a pistol shrimp mitt for free!
bazil9 on May 19, 2013 at 8:25 PM
Please make it happen. The ass cancer is getting out of hand.
arnold ziffel on May 19, 2013 at 8:26 PM
I just hope like heck that one off these scandals bring him down, I’ll settle for crippled lame duck for then next 3 1/2 years.
D-fusit on May 19, 2013 at 8:26 PM
Nevermind. Too late.
So close, yet so long ago.
justltl on May 19, 2013 at 8:27 PM
This is easy – keep the President out of this (for now).
Go for JAIL TIME for any and all employees of the IRS involved in this. Go for maximum sentences – ruin their lives. The only ones that escape justice will be the ones who finger their bosses …
Eventually someone will finger the White House if they were involved.
HondaV65 on May 19, 2013 at 8:30 PM
Jay Carney Gaslights America
We need a Joseph Cotton to reveal the villainy.
INC on May 19, 2013 at 8:31 PM
Why would you want the president that you voted for to be fingered?
slickwillie2001 on May 19, 2013 at 8:31 PM
Depends on the weather. If it’s golfing weather, he’s gone for the day.
Wethal on May 19, 2013 at 8:32 PM
Herro dere, how you b tonight?
arnold ziffel on May 19, 2013 at 8:32 PM
BS
Fenris on May 19, 2013 at 8:33 PM
That’s the bottom line here. The presidential election of 2012 was stolen, and the Rat-Eared Bastard’s second term is illegitimate.
slickwillie2001 on May 19, 2013 at 8:35 PM
“But don’t take my word for it,” he continued. “Take the word of the independent inspector general, who said that he found no evidence that there was any influence from anywhere outside of the IRS.”
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How odd,I heard the same speil about the BlackPatherPartyGoons,
and ACORN,back when!!
Oh wait a tic,same goes for the FannyMae/FreddyMac Episode too!!!
canopfor on May 19, 2013 at 8:37 PM
In other words, Obama is going to try ignoring it all and hope it goes away. With the low information providers in the LSM, he may be right. Our side, and the Republicans, too, need to keep beating the drum to make sure that doesn’t happen as easily as the Left is used to.
Liam on May 19, 2013 at 8:39 PM
Who knows what really happened? I do those mfkrs knew exactly where and how votes were needed to make the most difference.
Nov.6, arnold felt like he be gut punched, nut punched and left for dead.
arnold ziffel on May 19, 2013 at 8:40 PM
Huckabee had a lady on the show that tried to set up a non-partisan group to keep the voting process honest, and they came down on her like a ton of bricks. OSHA, IRS, ATF, etc.
As this scandal burns on, we will be hearing stories of these outrages, and I hope they all end up in a class-action suit against the IRS. This could rival Pigford.
slickwillie2001 on May 19, 2013 at 8:41 PM
Obama: In charge of everything, but responsible for nothing.
Resist We Much on May 19, 2013 at 8:43 PM
Let me see if I got this straight:
1. With Benghazi, this regime lies and covers up the truth, for political purposes two months prior to the 2012 election. And if now, you want to get to the bottom of it and learn the truth, YOU are politicizing it.
2. Under this regime, the entire IRS becomes a political weapon – used against conservative and tea party groups – in order to cripple their fundraising in an election year. And if you bring this up now – YOU are politicizing it.
3. If you join a tea party group because you’re concerned about this country drowning in debt, about our Bill of Rights under attack each day; you’re concerned about the country that you’re children and grandchildren will inherit and you want your voice to be heard – that makes YOU an anti-American extremist.
Okay. Just wanted to make sure I’m up-to-date on the current thinking.
TarheelBen on May 19, 2013 at 8:46 PM
IRS Official Cancels Commencement Address
Who wants someone from the IRS to speak at commencement?
I hadn’t made the connection that the woman who targets Christians, Jews, pr0-life groups, the National Organization for Marriage, Tea Partiers, and conservatives in general was also the one who said she wasn’t good at math.
I guess you don’t need good math skills to run Obamacare. (After all, math skills were’t used to pass it). All you really need is the ability to go after political enemies.
I guess being good at math isn’t
INC on May 19, 2013 at 8:46 PM
The fat lady has not sung.
Schadenfreude on May 19, 2013 at 8:47 PM
Unlike the Crash of Team SEAL 6 (Extortion 17),
and Benghazi,I’m betting the Farm,that during the
IRS Reaming,and Scrutenizing of all Groups,in the
RightSphere of Politics,
Hopey/Changey was given quarter hourly,half-hourly,
and hourly reports of how well the IRS was BOINKING
OVER the RIGHT,
and,I do bet,that Hopey had a WAR ROOM set-up somewhere
to track the ProgressiveTard progress of!!
You know,during the Campaigning,and run-up to the November
2012 Election,the DemoCheats were extremely confident/c*cky
about the outcome,….Hmmmmmmmmm………..
canopfor on May 19, 2013 at 8:47 PM
slickwillie,
I think that was the woman with True the Vote.
INC on May 19, 2013 at 8:48 PM
You left out, “You are a racist,” in addition to the other accusations the Left is making.
Liam on May 19, 2013 at 8:49 PM
It seems that those lower lever employees have no intentions of falling on the sword for their bosses.
INC on May 19, 2013 at 8:51 PM
No, this is the REAL Pres. Obama that anyone who did their due diligence in 2008 knows. You voted for a Pres. who was created by the mainstream media and endorsed by the entertainment world. Reap what you sow.
hillsoftx on May 19, 2013 at 8:51 PM
“The smaahtest president in history or the Three Monkeys of Oblivion, concurrently” — VorDaj, paraphrased
He is what I always said he is, a charlatanic thug, of the first rate, bought and sustained by 1%rs who hate all, especially the middle class.
Schadenfreude on May 19, 2013 at 8:52 PM
Find the Directive!
There are multiple copies because that’s how the bean counters think…in quadruplicate
workingclass artist on May 19, 2013 at 8:54 PM
Why did you leave out “bitc*es”?
arnold ziffel on May 19, 2013 at 8:54 PM
OT
Hope and Pray folks are alright during another outbreak of twisters.
workingclass artist on May 19, 2013 at 8:55 PM
Anonymous Cincinnati IRS official: “Everything comes from the top.”
The fat lady has not sung.
Schadenfreude on May 19, 2013 at 8:47 PM
Schadenfreude:
Thanks for that Linky,and Carl Bernstein needs to get off his
journalistic fat *ss,and go to to an underground parking area,
and meet the hooker,er, “Political DeepThroat”,and get this show
on the road!:)
canopfor on May 19, 2013 at 8:56 PM
I’m glad to hear that!
INC on May 19, 2013 at 8:57 PM
TrollCott
SparkPlug on May 19, 2013 at 9:00 PM
Is it safe?
Are the Trekkies gone?
Oh darn, I prefer the Trekkies to the lib trolls.
Trekkies have a life, and a brain.
cozmo on May 19, 2013 at 9:00 PM
canopfor on May 19, 2013 at 8:47 PM
Sort of solidifies that ‘feeling’ I think we’ve all had, but couldn’t put our fingers on, don’t it ??
Talk about yer voter suppression !!!
Dinna even need the panthers, just crush the efforts to get the message out.
Grassroots, community organizing only allowed for one side .. theirs.
pambi on May 19, 2013 at 9:00 PM
OnGoing Events:Quakes-Tornados
Alaska/Russia,still El Shako,
Magnitude 5.0 earthquakes continue to shake east coast of the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula – @USGS
Submitted 19 mins ago from earthquake.usgs.gov by editor
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/
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Severe weather in US Plains, May 2013
Portions of Interstate 40 near Shawnee, Oklahoma shut down due to tornado damage – @*NN
Submitted 20 mins ago from edition.*nn.com by editor
http://www.breakingnews.com/topic/severe-weather-in-us-plains-may-2013
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http://www.breakingnews.com/
canopfor on May 19, 2013 at 9:03 PM
HAL doesn’t even understand that 40 is greater than 30. It’s not like were talking to someone with any true intelligence.
CW on May 19, 2013 at 9:04 PM
So far so good
gophergirl on May 19, 2013 at 9:04 PM
SHOW. THE .DOCUMENTS
burrata on May 19, 2013 at 9:04 PM
Have people started to figure out that Obama is just a figure head? A Head of State that isn’t Head of Government?
He is the speech reader that is the front man for the people that really run his campaigns, and from there the country.
Count to 10 on May 19, 2013 at 9:05 PM
And a uniform.
Curtiss on May 19, 2013 at 9:06 PM
DRUDGE: White House Stands by Sarah Hall Ingram
This is Obama’s fingers-in-our-eyes, in-our-face, doubling down on despotism that must be defeated.
petefrt on May 19, 2013 at 9:07 PM
OT
Hope and Pray folks are alright during another outbreak of twisters.
workingclass artist on May 19, 2013 at 8:55 PM
workingclass artist:Absolutely,day three of the Tornado travels!
Heres GOES EAST/WEST Satellite Coverage!:
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http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/goescolor/goeswest/overview2/color_lrg/latestfull.jpg
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canopfor on May 19, 2013 at 9:13 PM
Yep, and looks like Susan “It’s the video” Rice will be promoted as well. You just can’t make this stuff up.
TarheelBen on May 19, 2013 at 9:14 PM
Obama’s Pentagon Unilaterally Grants Itself Authority Over ‘Civil Disturbances’
Resist We Much on May 19, 2013 at 9:16 PM
C’mon, give me one more chance.
arnold ziffel on May 19, 2013 at 9:18 PM
Don’t worry. John McCain will address the IRS problem.
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2013/05/how-the-irs-scandal-could-backfire.php
onlineanalyst on May 19, 2013 at 9:20 PM
Prayers for what looks like most of the central states !
Sheesh ! :-(
pambi on May 19, 2013 at 9:22 PM
It’s time to haul Valerie Jarrett in front of a committee… under oath.
The whole effort by the WH spinmeisters and their enablers in the media to make these abuses of power into a partisan issue does not pass the smell test. The American people should be appalled at the mockery of trust that their supposed leaders are pulling.
onlineanalyst on May 19, 2013 at 9:26 PM
He likes to watch.
xblade on May 19, 2013 at 9:26 PM
Evenin’!
annoyinglittletwerp on May 19, 2013 at 9:26 PM
canopfor on May 19, 2013 at 8:47 PM
Sort of solidifies that ‘feeling’ I think we’ve all had, but couldn’t put our fingers on, don’t it ??
Talk about yer voter suppression !!!
Dinna even need the panthers, just crush the efforts to get the message out.
Grassroots, community organizing only allowed for one side .. theirs.
pambi on May 19, 2013 at 9:00 PM
pambi:
Yes on the TrollCott.
I do remember how confident they were,and now we know.
When every single state,was reporting 70-90% of votes going
to Obama,and within hours,it was over,my jaw dropped.
No way,it should of been that close,especially when Obama’s
supporters were not that fired up,as they were in 2008!
Sumpin reeks of DemoCheatTards, thats for sure!:)
canopfor on May 19, 2013 at 9:26 PM
+1, and in the meantime, regardless of whether or not Obama was involved, the IRS/Obamacare gestapo needs to be shut down for good and the so-called Justice Department needs to be turned inside out.
FloatingRock on May 19, 2013 at 9:27 PM
McCain wants the TP, ‘Patriot’ and 9/12 groups silenced and destroyed as much as anyone on the Left does. They are ‘Middle Earth Hobbits’ and ‘whackobirds.’
Can ‘swivel-eyed loons’ be far behind?
From across the pond:
Muffin’s Chums DO Despise The Grass Roots
Ignoring The Foot Soldiers Is A Grave Mistake
Sound familiar?
I’ve always said that Obama would be right at home in the Labour Party (and not ‘New Labour’ which wasn’t much of an improvement) and McCain would find much in common with the Conservative Party, which isn’t really ‘conservative’ although he would disagree with its position on the military. Ironically, McCain has much in common with New Labour on the foreign policy/military front.
Resist We Much on May 19, 2013 at 9:28 PM
Since you do everything backwards, shouldn’t that be mornin’?
cozmo on May 19, 2013 at 9:28 PM
Watching this Fox thing on the new NSA datacenter (on now), then checking HA and seeing that one — turning Sunday night into a bit of a creep show. :)
Axe on May 19, 2013 at 9:29 PM
Of course he does. She knows too much. Another promotion is on the way.
Philly on May 19, 2013 at 9:30 PM
Who cares? He lost.
HotAirLib on May 19, 2013 at 9:30 PM
* http://predicthistunpredictpast.blogspot.com/2013/05/obamas-pentagon-unilaterally-grants.html
Axe on May 19, 2013 at 9:30 PM
cozmo on May 19, 2013 at 9:28 PM
Retail work doesn’t fit neatly into bankers hours. LoL
annoyinglittletwerp on May 19, 2013 at 9:34 PM
arnold ziffel on May 19, 2013 at 9:18 PM
Hehe. Wait for the OinkCott. Until then you are free to move about the cabin. But put your trough in the locked and upright position. (:
SparkPlug on May 19, 2013 at 9:35 PM
Boy, is this going to get ugly. Let the subpoenas fly.
Philly on May 19, 2013 at 9:36 PM
Hi Twerp. I went fly fishing but didn’t catch any flies. (:
SparkPlug on May 19, 2013 at 9:36 PM
They’ve claimed he’s going to ‘focus on jobs’ which probably means he’s going to print/borrow/steal another trillion for a new “stimulus” and dole it out to all his cronies to buy their silence about the corruption scandals.
FloatingRock on May 19, 2013 at 9:38 PM
Because IT IS A FELONY to disclose confidential tax information to ANYONE.
If anyone at the IRS gave Reid Romney’s – or YOUR – tax information, he has committed a FELONY.
Internal Revenue Code § 6103 provides that:
IRC §7213 specifies that:
Even unauthorised access or inspection by IRS employees is ILLEGAL and a misdemeanor. Under §7213A:
Resist We Much on May 19, 2013 at 9:39 PM
Exactly. John McCain will do his best to silence conservatives and any other small government group. It’s the way he swings.
onlineanalyst on May 19, 2013 at 9:40 PM
You used the wrong bait, should have used HotAir troll droppings.
RickB on May 19, 2013 at 9:40 PM
John McCain,
Hussein’s left hand man,
doing the job Hussein’s left hand would do for Hussein !!
burrata on May 19, 2013 at 9:40 PM
I remember the good old days when the tea billies told us America would cease to exist if Obama wins reelection. The annoying thing is the crazy billies who predicted the doom and gloom are still in this country even though Obama got reelected. One would think they will be citizens of Gambia or something by now.
They are now down to wishing our country harm by hoping for scandals and gridlock. Shame.
HotAirLib on May 19, 2013 at 9:41 PM
Indeed. The military claims that it doesn’t need authorisation from the POTUS nor governors to act in the United States.
That is completely opposite to what the law has been since this country’s founding.
It’s a slippery slope for a military coup.
Resist We Much on May 19, 2013 at 9:42 PM
Try using rotten fish for bait.
FloatingRock on May 19, 2013 at 9:42 PM
Trollcott please
burrata on May 19, 2013 at 9:43 PM
T H I S !!!!
tom daschle concerned on May 19, 2013 at 9:45 PM
So are both the IRS and Benghazi hearings going on this week?
All these scandals – tough to keep track of them.
gophergirl on May 19, 2013 at 9:46 PM
SparkPlug on May 19, 2013 at 9:36 PM
I’ve been writing jingles-but he’s never written back.
annoyinglittletwerp on May 19, 2013 at 9:47 PM
I wonder when the Brixton princess will post links and quotes of how the UE rate has been inching down since Obama got reelected.
I wonder when we are going to see the links and quotes of how the deficits have been slowly going down since Obama got reelected.
Sure a truly “independent libertarian” who crawled over broken glass to vote for Mitt Romney would know these facts won’t she?
HotAirLib on May 19, 2013 at 9:47 PM
I think you meant some other misuse of the military, didn’t you? A coup usually targets the government, not the citizenry.
Cleombrotus on May 19, 2013 at 9:49 PM
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