Quotes of the day
posted at 10:30 pm on January 28, 2010 by Allahpundit
“Tonight Mr. Obama proved—once again—that he hears the American music and can play it like a maestro. As well as Ronald Reagan. Both presidents had—have—have music in their souls. The other people in the room where I watched the speech were in tears by the end—the kind that stream down the face. I managed to hold those back. But I could not hold back my admiration at the performance, in particular of Mr. Obama’s deep humanity, as evinced by his profound, almost Lincolnesque humor. Oh dear, are tears streaming down my face, one way or the other?
“He proved himself capable, too, of drama, as when he (figuratively) pointed a finger at the Supremes, sitting in their courtly robes directly in front of him, hands demurely folded, and accused them (in my opinion, unjustly, to say nothing of injudiciously) of allowing ‘foreign enemies’ to influence our elections. I had been under the impression that it was called ‘free speech.’ But never mind. It was an electrifying moment. Thank you, Mr. President.
“An electrifying evening, all in all.”
***
“The central fact of the speech was the contradiction at its heart. It repeatedly asserted that Washington is the answer to everything. At the same time it painted a picture of Washington as a sick and broken place. It was a speech that argued against itself: You need us to heal you. Don’t trust us, we think of no one but ourselves.
“The people are good but need guidance—from Washington. The middle class is anxious, and its fears can be soothed—by Washington. Washington can ‘make sure consumers . . . have the information they need to make financial decisions.’ Washington must ‘make investments,’ ‘create’ jobs, increase ‘production’ and ‘efficiency.’…
“Why would anyone have faith in that thing to help anyone do anything?”
***
“Obama insists that Americans need to muster the courage to agree with him, to sign on to his agenda. Just as at Omaha Beach and Bull Run, Americans need to show their mettle. ‘Again, we are tested. And again, we must answer history’s call.’ That ‘call’ is the call of Obama.
“‘I never suggested that change would be easy, or that I can do it alone.’ So come on, you slackers, fall into line…
“Other politicians are vain, cowardly and insubstantial. They need the courage to change. Meanwhile, Obama is great the way he is.”
***
“After a series of political humiliations, Obama called on Republicans to change their course. Facing a general revolt against Washington, he proudly took credit for posting the names of White House visitors online. Promising to change the tone in Washington, he managed to be petty, backward looking, defiant and self-justifying.
“Barack Obama has lost his promise. He has lost his momentum. He has lost his touch. He has lost his filibuster-proof Senate majority. He has lost his first year in office.
“Tonight, he lost his grip on reality.”
***
“The public thinks Obama doesn’t get it; Obama thinks the public doesn’t get it.”
Blowback
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I read the thing, and the first quote must come from an alternate universe.
unclesmrgol on January 28, 2010 at 10:33 PM
Bloom is off the rose. Epic failure.
OmahaConservative on January 28, 2010 at 10:34 PM
VOMIT…!
Seven Percent Solution on January 28, 2010 at 10:34 PM
Reality and Barry Obama have nothing in common.
GarandFan on January 28, 2010 at 10:35 PM
that first quote made me want to puke…
ugh
cmsinaz on January 28, 2010 at 10:35 PM
The first quote is Buckley, I think. He left off the /sarc tag.
ROCnPhilly on January 28, 2010 at 10:35 PM
How about quoting this?
Pssst…hey, Barry, that’s in the Declaration, not the Constitution.
aquaviva on January 28, 2010 at 10:35 PM
Good nite all.
heshtesh on January 28, 2010 at 10:35 PM
straight and to the point
cmsinaz on January 28, 2010 at 10:37 PM
This dog doesn’t hunt, anymore.
GaltBlvnAtty on January 28, 2010 at 10:37 PM
c ya
cmsinaz on January 28, 2010 at 10:37 PM
Christopher Buckley is certainly not a case of “the acorn doesn’t fall far from the tree”. Not unless the acorn hit it’s head really hard when it hit the ground.
MB4 on January 28, 2010 at 10:38 PM
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1957301,00.html
Asher on January 28, 2010 at 10:38 PM
I hope AoSHQ posts the Buckley quote. The things that need to be said about it are ban-worthy here.
Osama Obama himself — Himself? — is one of the few who can rival Buckley in the area of spewing mindless, self-important and ultimately stupid verbal diarrhea.
MrScribbler on January 28, 2010 at 10:38 PM
Had to stop at that point,…NOTHING this total failure of a human being is doing is anywhere close to Ronald Reagan!…I can only assume these words spoken by one while on knees!
christene on January 28, 2010 at 10:40 PM
Nice quote 7%, but you left out:
“Thank you sweet Jesus, thank you” they said, almost with one voice.
“Thought that sucker was never gonna end…”
Bruno Strozek on January 28, 2010 at 10:41 PM
Darn I felt sure that Matthews quote about forgetting that “Obama was Black for an Hour” quote would be all the rage. Or was it in “The Quotes of the Day” Post last night?
Dire Straits on January 28, 2010 at 10:41 PM
Away out here they have a name for lice and frogs and locust
The lice is Nancy, the frog is Harry and they call the locust Obama
Obama blows liberty away and sets the constitution a-flyin’
Obama makes the countryside sound like freedom was out there dyin’
Obama (Obama)
Obama (Obama)
They call the locust Obama
Before I knew Obama’s name
And heard his wail and whinin’
I had a country and it had me
And the sun was always shinin’
But then one day He, Pelosi and Reid betrayed me
And left me far behind them
And now I’m lost, so gone and lost
Not even God can find me
MB4 on January 28, 2010 at 10:41 PM
“Obama has a reality problem”…America has a Marxist problem…
d1carter on January 28, 2010 at 10:41 PM
There is a Perceptron missing in Buckley’s neural architecture.
Geochelone on January 28, 2010 at 10:41 PM
Is this Broadway or something? What play is this guy trying out for?
ted c on January 28, 2010 at 10:42 PM
If Christopher Buckley is in any way shape or form related to the late great William F. Buckley, then he has a very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very long way to go before he even comes remotely close to capturing the kind of sardonic wit and appeal that was the trademark of William F.
pilamaye on January 28, 2010 at 10:42 PM
Translation: Whawhawhawha. Ahchew! I gezornats now!
Chewy the Lab on January 28, 2010 at 10:43 PM
RE: Obama’s reality problem
does he know something the rest of us do not? or is the president of the United States insane?
Skandia Recluse on January 28, 2010 at 10:44 PM
This basically sums it up…
ted c on January 28, 2010 at 10:44 PM
Obama is getting less and less about more and more and ultimately will get nothing about everything.
MB4 on January 28, 2010 at 10:45 PM
It is William F Buckley’s son and yes William F is spinning in his grave.
Dire Straits on January 28, 2010 at 10:45 PM
The Money Quote.
Everything else is fluff
Kini on January 28, 2010 at 10:46 PM
WFB would disown this kid if he knew his spawn said this peggy noonanish crapola….at least I hope he would….
ted c on January 28, 2010 at 10:46 PM
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest.
MB4 on January 28, 2010 at 10:47 PM
”
And that shall be his, as well as his party’s undoing.
Sharr on January 28, 2010 at 10:47 PM
State Of The Unicorn.
ronsfi on January 28, 2010 at 10:50 PM
Better, even, than a Brian Rix Farce.
OldEnglish on January 28, 2010 at 10:51 PM
Last night,it sounded to me as if Obama was blaming everybody else around him,and,I got the impression that Obama thinks something,or someone is out to get him,as
well as attempting to torpedo his Presidentcy,a door-
stop perhaps!!
All in all,Obama still doesn’t get it!!
canopfor on January 28, 2010 at 10:51 PM
“The public thinks Obama doesn’t get it; Obama thinks the public doesn’t get it.”
Ya, but. Since he works for us, WE WIN.
DrStock on January 28, 2010 at 10:52 PM
dear leader is tone deaf then…
cmsinaz on January 28, 2010 at 10:53 PM
Once again,the SOTUA,Transcript!!
http://www.c-span.org/pdf/SOTU-Full012710.pdf
canopfor on January 28, 2010 at 10:53 PM
Tone deaf. No executive or leadership experience. Lower management mistakes left and right at best, and never should have been hired at worst.
Of course, he lied through his teeth to get the job.
Starlink on January 28, 2010 at 10:53 PM
Didn’t backtrack, so maybe my bad…but you’re serial, right?? He’s the son! and Christopher endorsed Obama before the election (Ahem, RIGHT AFTER Daddy died.).
Tainted very much bad w/ bad juju paint. (In otherwords, he better kiss up big time before his camel’s nose will evah be welcomed back into the conservative tent). But I think he’s trying to redeem self.
IMO: Needs a big whoop ass can of a miaculpa w/beans before I’ll welcome him back. I will welcome him back, but take your medicine Chris…you were wrong, I think you’re big enough to admit it, and then, we’ll forgive it.
Chewy the Lab on January 28, 2010 at 10:53 PM
We don’t say insane anymore in polite society. Your President is, well let’s just say, hyper-chimerical.
Sigmund on January 28, 2010 at 10:55 PM
Bellevue Hospital? You freak!
Caper29 on January 28, 2010 at 10:55 PM
TGIT – Obamas # 85 – Sudden Infant Syndrome
http://iowntheworld.com/blog/?p=16076
canopfor on January 28, 2010 at 10:56 PM
Tone deaf? More like Def Comedy Jam. I watch for an hour before I realized that I wasn’t watching HBO.
Electrongod on January 28, 2010 at 10:57 PM
Buckley is being ironic….or, he’s wasted.
29Victor on January 28, 2010 at 10:57 PM
However Obama’s grasp of reality may be fairing, his grasp on the reins of power are faltering. Surely the cadre of SDS/Weathermen thet propelled him into office can see happening as well. They have not come this far(their hey-day was ’68)to relinquish what they’ve worked so hard towards the last 40yrs, soon its gonna get really ugly. If you’ve never seen Larry Grathwohl’s(FBI) tesimony of what these lunatics thought what would be necessary to maintain their grasp once attained, you should.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWMIwziGrAQ
Die hard Capitalists? Uhmmm, that would be me, and methinks most of the HA loyal.
We have won some recent skirmishes in ’09, and look to expand our beachead in ’10, but this is far from over folks. Theses critters are dead(ly) serious folks. They have played the long game to get here and honestly beleive in the ends justify the means. Really.
Judging from the Grathwohl interview, The White House’s most frequent visitor-Andy Stern(SEIU)- and his famous quip about not being believer of the power of persausion, so much as the persausion of power… If theings are looking really dicey for these sociopaths going into ’12, would a Declaration of Emergency/Police State powers be beyond them?
I really dont’ know, but I find it discocerting. To say the least.
Archimedes on January 28, 2010 at 10:57 PM
Me too — the tears that accompany convulsive laughter.
KS Rex on January 28, 2010 at 10:59 PM
Man this typo thingy is really getting to me.
Damn, damn, double-damn!
Archimedes on January 28, 2010 at 11:00 PM
MisState Of The Union
http://iowntheworld.com/blog/?p=16057
canopfor on January 28, 2010 at 11:06 PM
That Buckley piece has to be satire. Behind the rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of ordure lay the emotional maturity of a lovestruck fourteen-year-old.
This is how you choose hookers, not Presidents.
JEM on January 28, 2010 at 11:07 PM
The Lil’ Buckley article is satire.
It’s just not very good satire.
Good Solid B-Plus on January 28, 2010 at 11:07 PM
All I had to see was the name Christopher Buckley, my stomach cramped, and I had to go take an Obama. I feel better after having dropped that dead weight.
Buckley’s a liberal fellating idiot.
AubieJon on January 28, 2010 at 11:08 PM
Aye, I, I
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http://iowntheworld.com/blog/?p=16047
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Intersesting to note,that Hopeys said about
100 I’s or so during the speech!!
canopfor on January 28, 2010 at 11:09 PM
If it’s really satire, then I take back half of what I said.
AubieJon on January 28, 2010 at 11:10 PM
Song Dedication,to the WON!!
===========================
Carly Simon “You’re So Vain” in HD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC0EsLCPsF4
canopfor on January 28, 2010 at 11:13 PM
As Rush said today: \”He\’s the most inexperienced man in whatever room he walks into.\” Unfortunately, due to the most ignorant electorate in presidential election history(ignorant, racist blacks and dumb college students), Obama IS the man in charge in whatever room he walks into. That is frightening indeed.
David2.0 on January 28, 2010 at 11:14 PM
It’s hard to tell, really. That’s what happens when you lose your bearings.
ddrintn on January 28, 2010 at 11:14 PM
It’s hard to tell if Buckley Junior’s piece is a parody or not as it is not much more over the top than what he was earnestly saying just months ago.
If it was meant to be parody he should have said Lincoln’s humility rather than Lincoln’s humanity.
MB4 on January 28, 2010 at 11:16 PM
I will have to add that Ob*ma is in charge when TOTUS is next to him, otherwise he is a blathering idiot. The exception to this rule is if there is a true American around hijacking his TOTUS-Obama exchange then Obama is again a blathering idiot
Electrongod on January 28, 2010 at 11:20 PM
I was taken aback by Chris Buckley’s SOTU review. Has he decided or calculated that he can never return to the principles that brought him his original acclaim? I know he has a keen mind but perhaps he has looked around at his new surroundings and said “If I do a 180 on Obama now, I won’t be accepted back into the fold of republicans without a thorough beating.” It is perhaps that thought of what have I done and how will I proceed that weighs the heaviest on his mind. It’s too bad really because the perception or fear of a beating is usually ten times greater than the beating itself. Chris Buckley in my humble opinion has made another grave miscalculation.
Americannodash on January 28, 2010 at 11:23 PM
Point taken. ;-)
David2.0 on January 28, 2010 at 11:24 PM
It was really a State of Obama address, and not a SOTU as their is no union behind him, except of the UAW of course. It was all about him. Again I felt like a German in the 1930′s watching the foaming insanity of the axis of evil: Obama and Pelosi and Reid.
Dhuka on January 28, 2010 at 11:25 PM
The MSM is so in bed with Obama, Michelle has to sleep on the couch.
RadioFreeUSA on January 28, 2010 at 11:26 PM
I had tears at the end. No, not the kind that stream down your face, but the kind that shoot out of your eyes like hollowpoints from a snubnose .38.
Rhinoboy on January 28, 2010 at 11:26 PM
Of course Buckley’s article is parody. Sheesh.
packsoldier on January 28, 2010 at 11:27 PM
Mr Buckley, the reason all those folks around you were crying:
they realized they were listening to a swan song by zero.
dragondrop on January 28, 2010 at 11:27 PM
I must add that when I said true American, I mean a non -Liberal American, just in-case my comments may offend trolls. Decent is patriotic.
Electrongod on January 28, 2010 at 11:27 PM
Did he ever have a grip on reality? Furthermore if you are going to Plead for Civility you should have been behaving in a civil manner yourself. Typical lying liberal finger-pointing scumbag.
jdkchem on January 28, 2010 at 11:30 PM
Enjoy your last 3 years (or less hopefully), Barry.
tbear44 on January 28, 2010 at 11:30 PM
I liked what Krauthammer said last night after the SOTU. He said 0bama was in “clinical denial”.
Mirimichi on January 28, 2010 at 11:30 PM
I heard this guy on CoastoCoast last night,
and here are some exerepts!!
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Today’s State-of-the-Union speech must allay lingering doubts about his leadership.
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Barack’s problem involves growing skepticism about his leadership abilities, having already failed to deliver bipartisanship to Washington. When he crusaded for president, Obama spoke often of a new post-partisan era, where liberals and conservatives could join hands for the common good. His decision to allow House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to direct White House efforts on health care reform demonstrated weak leadership skills, especially allowing the country to divide itself along ideological lines. Not a single Republican elected official supported Barack’s health care reform, partly due to the GOP’s attempt to derail Obama’s political freight-train. Republicans and independents, like Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), couldn’t trust Barack’s reassurances about the effect of health care reform on the U.S. economy.
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State-of-the-Union-by John M. Curtis
http://onlinecolumnist.com/012810.html
Btw,I don’t know what his politics are,er
what side hes on!
canopfor on January 28, 2010 at 11:32 PM
Yes, tears of shame for the downfall of the Experiment called the American Democracy… as they realized they HAD elected a total idiot, who would ignore the Constitution and seperation of powers…
Telling Congress to pass a law to overturn the Supremes, in the same speach he announces that he will do by Executive order, somthing that Congress decided NOT to do.
Romeo13 on January 28, 2010 at 11:38 PM
Good nite all.
heshtesh on January 28, 2010 at 10:35 PM
heshtesah: Good nite:)
canopfor on January 28, 2010 at 11:40 PM
…and that’s because the public doesn’t get it. there is a mountain of data that suggests your average joe the plumber knows absolutely nothing of politics or policy. the vast majority in this country are nowhere near politically sophisticated enough to form a worthwhile opinion on any policy matter whatsoever…let alone gigantic issues like the national health care system.
lets stop acting as if these angry white people screaming about tyranny actually know anything, when its proven that they dont. Obama would be right to think the public doesnt get it. they never get it. the public is fickle and overly passionate, and has been since madison described them as such.
Karl Marx on January 28, 2010 at 11:42 PM
Hmmm, that is frighteningly similar to the message that Hitler gave the German people.
docdave on January 28, 2010 at 11:42 PM
What makes you think that an angry non-white Obama gets anything at all?
ddrintn on January 28, 2010 at 11:43 PM
That’s an awful lot of assertion without anything to back it up. Since you’re the one making the argument, you should provide evidence.
AubieJon on January 28, 2010 at 11:46 PM
^ Or I should say, an angry half-white Obama, as long as you want to emphasize race.
ddrintn on January 28, 2010 at 11:47 PM
I think that if William F were alive today and saw this kind of drivel from Christopher, William F would be slapping Christopher’s mama.
AZfederalist on January 28, 2010 at 11:47 PM
Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is defined as a pattern of traits and behaviors which signify infatuation and obsession with one’s self to the exclusion of all others and the egotistic and ruthless pursuit of one’s gratification, dominance and ambition.
In Short, Barack (Barry) Hussein Obama
Kini on January 28, 2010 at 11:47 PM
Speak for yourself, you misguided, pompous,self-righteous prick.
hillbillyjim on January 28, 2010 at 11:47 PM
Sadly one of them sits in the Oval Office @1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington D.C.
thomasaur on January 28, 2010 at 11:49 PM
O/T:
Over at the Torrey Pines golf tournament today there was an aircraft towing a banner:
LOL. Best marketing ploy evah.
Geochelone on January 28, 2010 at 11:49 PM
ALLAHPUNDIT: I respectfully submit that you missed one:
Let Me Be the Father You Never Had!
Mutnodjmet on January 28, 2010 at 11:49 PM
I am sure King George, Louis XIV, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hugo Chavez, Kim Jong Il, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin would all fully agree with your kind of thinking.
MB4 on January 28, 2010 at 11:49 PM
Bill Buckley’s wife must have had an affair with the gardener.
echosyst on January 28, 2010 at 11:51 PM
Well, it’s from “Karl Marx”, who’s actually sounding like Lenin here, with his “vanguard of the revolution”, that despotic group of sadistic eggheads acting on behalf of all those ignorant peasants.
ddrintn on January 28, 2010 at 11:52 PM
ObaMao bashed lobbyists at his SOTU speech last night while spending the previous week(s) soliciting information in not-for-press-release conference calls and requests for donations: http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com/2010/01/obama-hypocrisy-of-day-administration.html
onlineanalyst on January 28, 2010 at 11:54 PM
Tears? TEARS? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?!?!?!?!
Ampersand on January 28, 2010 at 11:54 PM
As opposed to the mighty intellects and exquisite economic acumen of people like Pelosi, Reid, Obama, Frank, Dodd…
ddrintn on January 28, 2010 at 11:56 PM
And, that gives a thief the right to steal their money?
OldEnglish on January 28, 2010 at 11:57 PM
Need to change your screen name…
From Karl Marx… to Joseph Stalin…
More appropriate given your sentiments…
Romeo13 on January 28, 2010 at 11:57 PM
Last night was DelusionalVille.
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The Oratorical Prowess of Barack Obama
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Obama is an expert at using rhythm and cadence during his speeches to involve his audience. Frequent pauses during his speeches allow the audience to participate by cheering, clapping, and chanting. It also gives listeners the chance to actually absorb what he is saying. Experts note three advantages to using well placed pauses during a speech.
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http://www.craigstrachan.com/blog/2009/11/the-oratorical-prowess-of-barack-obama.html
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Me thinks,one needs to be educated in the art of Speech
and skills of Oratory delivery,being stuck in the frozen
sticks up North,I guess I just don’t get it!!!
canopfor on January 29, 2010 at 12:07 AM
Wannabees are always a disaster. They want it so bad but know they don’t have what it takes, so the more they fake it, the worse it gets.
Since there is no adult in the room, the result is chaos. Three more years of this.
Starlink on January 29, 2010 at 12:09 AM
Signing off. Good night all.
Electrongod on January 29, 2010 at 12:09 AM
There’s nothing really to get. Obama’s speechifying has always been overrated. He just goes into that fake black-Southern-preacher thing which has suburban white libs eating out of his hand.
ddrintn on January 29, 2010 at 12:10 AM
There is a Perceptron missing in Buckley’s neural architecture.
Geochelone on January 28, 2010 at 10:41 PM
Geochelone: Awesome word-up phrase!
Perception/Deception mode,was on
in last nights surreal SOTUA!!:)
canopfor on January 29, 2010 at 12:11 AM
But..but…but….getaclue assured us that the adults were in charge.
Christian Conservative on January 29, 2010 at 12:16 AM
There’s nothing really to get. Obama’s speechifying has always been overrated. He just goes into that fake black-Southern-preacher thing which has suburban white libs eating out of his hand.
ddrintn on January 29, 2010 at 12:10 AM
ddrintn:Ya,this thing about the mesmerizing speech affect
is nuts,its all words,no substance,and it tailored
for,exactly what the Lefty wants to hear!!:)
canopfor on January 29, 2010 at 12:20 AM
I highly recommend Ace’s commentary on Buckley.
As with much of Ace’s exemplary it is NSFW
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/297589.php
SaintGeorgeGentile on January 29, 2010 at 12:21 AM
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