Obama to GOP: Hey, let’s put aside “petty politics”
posted at 6:31 pm on February 9, 2010 by Allahpundit
To cleanse the palate, a textbook example of how The One gets his lackeys to do his dirty work for him while styling himself as Mr. Reasonable in front of the cameras. Not only did his deputy NSA drop an op-ed on hawks this morning all but accusing them of treason for criticizing The One’s handling of terror interrogations (does that mean Arlen Specter’s a traitor too?), but this remonstrance from America’s new Dr. Phil came at the very same presser at which his official mouthpiece goofed lamely on Sarah Palin. I’m almost disappointed that he didn’t punctuate it with a “teabagger” reference. Best to leave that stuff to high-minded civic servants like Alan Grayson, I guess. Click the image to watch.
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start with your press secretary.
rob verdi on February 9, 2010 at 6:32 PM
Pinocchio is indignant.
Schadenfreude on February 9, 2010 at 6:32 PM
Obama-”your politics are petty, nyah nyah nyah nyah!!!”
viviliberoomuori on February 9, 2010 at 6:32 PM
Immature, premature – let’s hope for an evacuation!
debg on February 9, 2010 at 6:33 PM
Everything this clown does and says is petty. What a manchild.
cubachi on February 9, 2010 at 6:33 PM
Not everyone is as stupid as your disciples.
Asher on February 9, 2010 at 6:34 PM
Not if you want to retain your tranquility, sanity and sound ears.
Schadenfreude on February 9, 2010 at 6:34 PM
More projection from the only truly treasonous, America-hating administration in history. The administration’s going to investigate some more CIA personnel for fun, later, and they plan on using testimony from terrorists (granted immunity in return) to nail their convictions.
neurosculptor on February 9, 2010 at 6:35 PM
Someone wake Barry up and tell him it ain’t 2008 anymore. He can’t play the innocent, above-the-fray, post-partisan, Washington outsider and expect people to buy it. Or does he think all the pollsters are partisan hacks, and not just Rasmussen?
Doughboy on February 9, 2010 at 6:35 PM
Again…YOU LIE !!!
DougDavis on February 9, 2010 at 6:35 PM
I counted 11 ‘I’s and 16 ‘we’s in the first 3 minutes of this idiocy. Then I turned him off. Longest I’ve lasted looking at him since he took office. I was running out of fingers, toes and patience.
Meremortal on February 9, 2010 at 6:36 PM
The best thing is that, no matter what he says now, the people don’t believe anything.
His blatant, unprecedented grandiosity and arrogance must be and will be punished.
Schadenfreude on February 9, 2010 at 6:36 PM
Thread in one.
RushBaby on February 9, 2010 at 6:36 PM
Obama game plan:
1. Send out stooges to use sexual slurs against American people.
2. Send out thugs to beat American people.
3. Tell Americans to shut up and take it.
tetriskid on February 9, 2010 at 6:37 PM
Hmmmm, what did Obama have to say back in 2005?
And what did the estimable New York Times say about the proper role of the opposition party back in 2005?
notropis on February 9, 2010 at 6:37 PM
I think this guy is delusional. Not a joke.
Claypigeon on February 9, 2010 at 6:37 PM
You’ve got to be kidding me, AP. This came at the same Ministry of Truth event that Gibbsy pulled out his chicken choker to show what was written on his hairy palm? These guys are a farce wrapped in a riddle and led by a kid who couldn’t get picked to play dodgeball back when he wore short pants.
Rudderless…..
ted c on February 9, 2010 at 6:37 PM
Oh yeah?
And you smell!
catmman on February 9, 2010 at 6:37 PM
2nd
cmsinaz on February 9, 2010 at 6:37 PM
We see this dufus on TV everyday and you want us to click to see more? Have you lost your mind AP?
saw the whole thing live today anyway, it was same old campaign rhetoric.
Knucklehead on February 9, 2010 at 6:38 PM
You first..
the_nile on February 9, 2010 at 6:38 PM
Best article on topic
Schadenfreude on February 9, 2010 at 6:38 PM
Petty politics would be a vast improvement over the corrupt Chicago way. I think Maobama is confused.
Philly on February 9, 2010 at 6:39 PM
He is a…light…bulb.
Schadenfreude on February 9, 2010 at 6:39 PM
Don’t make me laugh, Barry.
newton on February 9, 2010 at 6:40 PM
haha! Can’t wait for the big meltdown. Is anyone currently taking bets on when it occurs?
daesleeper on February 9, 2010 at 6:41 PM
Dr. K. is beating Barry to a pulp again on the Fox panel.
Holy crap!!!!!!
Knucklehead on February 9, 2010 at 6:41 PM
U.S. Americans are sometimes naive, but they can’t be fooled twice.
It.is.over!
Schadenfreude on February 9, 2010 at 6:41 PM
You lead maybe we’ll follow. It starts at the top Zero.
Brat4life on February 9, 2010 at 6:42 PM
How’s that ‘I won’ working out for you, chump?
Hmmmmmm.
Could it be that the voters in Massachusetts gave you a big FUBO?
CPT. Charles on February 9, 2010 at 6:43 PM
Hey … I thought the debate was over. You won, remember?
Obama is absolutely the worst President ever … he’s a pathological liar.
darwin on February 9, 2010 at 6:43 PM
“Put aside partisan politics.”
Translation: “Do things my way. I won.”
Wethal on February 9, 2010 at 6:44 PM
I just love the idea that he can talk about “reaching across the aisle” after a year of the nastiest partisanship seen since Senators were beating one another with canes over the issue of slavery.
Obama has shut out the GOP from any substantive debate on the issues for a year. The sands of political fortune has shifted and now the rat bastard traitor in the White House is back talking about bipartisanship (which to socialists like Obama means “do what I want”).
highhopes on February 9, 2010 at 6:44 PM
My first question at the health and beer summit would be — Mr President, would show us in the US Constitution where government run health care is authorized? And continue the discussion from there …
tarpon on February 9, 2010 at 6:45 PM
Damn, I missed it.
OmahaConservative on February 9, 2010 at 6:46 PM
On the very day his fat, ugly press secretary ridicules Sarah Palin. Classic Obama.
capitalist piglet on February 9, 2010 at 6:46 PM
Sadly, it will never occur. The Precedent doesn’t care about any of this. He doesn’t really care about politics or governing, at all. The Precedent is a political suicide bomber on his run, and that is all that matters to him. It only ends with him setting his suicide belt off. The question is how much we will be damaged by his attack. The damage has been extreme, and some permanent, already – and that’s before any of the real fireworks.
neurosculptor on February 9, 2010 at 6:46 PM
And Rahm Emanuel.
Actually, what Dear Liar means is “Republicans need to shut up and do as I say.”
rbj on February 9, 2010 at 6:46 PM
Yah he is!!!!!! Poor Barry… what happened to that “I WON” attitude champ?????
huskerdiva on February 9, 2010 at 6:46 PM
To an ignorant individual that has never had to deal with any compromising situation in his life, this might be petty.
But, you are supposed to be THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!
Cybergeezer on February 9, 2010 at 6:46 PM
So, what is opposition to Socialism, these days? Is it treason or pettiness?
It’s getting hard to keep up.
OldEnglish on February 9, 2010 at 6:47 PM
I am not a POTUS but I play one on TV.
ronsfi on February 9, 2010 at 6:48 PM
And the entire panel wants to know “What happened to the jobs you talked about in the SOTU speech and why are you back pushing healthcare”
Nice job from Tucker too!
Knucklehead on February 9, 2010 at 6:50 PM
But we inherited these petty politics from the Obama administration.
Scrappy on February 9, 2010 at 6:50 PM
Do the letters FO mean anything to ya’?
thomasaur on February 9, 2010 at 6:50 PM
It’s “in your head”. At least I think that’s what he meant when he told Republicans not to frame his plans as a “Bolshevik plot”.
capitalist piglet on February 9, 2010 at 6:50 PM
FIFY
huskerdiva on February 9, 2010 at 6:50 PM
Obama’s the Toyota of American Politics.
Cybergeezer on February 9, 2010 at 6:50 PM
Nice shot!
Cybergeezer on February 9, 2010 at 6:51 PM
I just can’t take his sanctimonious crap. For him to spend every moment of his presidency to shut out republicans and try to drive a partisan wedge in wherever he could find one, and to virtually use the presidency as a mechanism for a perpetual campaign – it just reeks.
Join a conservative open forum at It’s About Freedom.
IronDioPriest on February 9, 2010 at 6:52 PM
Tucker’s kicking some hiney tonite :-)
huskerdiva on February 9, 2010 at 6:52 PM
This loser never stops lecturing.
SHUT IT BARRY. YOU’RE A JOKE.
barrythrowslikeagirl on February 9, 2010 at 6:52 PM
I disagree. Obama is an outright socialist. He is, therefore, the Yugo of American politics. You remember the Yugo, right? Heat was an option for the rich folk.
highhopes on February 9, 2010 at 6:53 PM
Well you blew it. If you would have gone Clinton DLC instead of Bill Aires you probably would have enough RINO’s to get some of you programs. Lucky for us you calculated the election results wrong. Now your lame duck. Grid lock for 3 more years. Yea !
Hummer53 on February 9, 2010 at 6:53 PM
Yeah, 2009 was a banner year for bipartisanship.
How is that ‘never ending campaign’ working out for you Barry?
Seven Percent Solution on February 9, 2010 at 6:54 PM
There goes Charles again, just burying Barry on Iran sanctions statement!!!!!!!
huskerdiva on February 9, 2010 at 6:54 PM
Did Comrade Zero actually say “let’s set aside petty politics,” or did he just write it on his hand?
Cicero43 on February 9, 2010 at 6:56 PM
Continuation of the Barry beat down on the Fox Panel and his Iran polcies. This entire segment could be QOTD.
Knucklehead on February 9, 2010 at 6:56 PM
Too late for that, boy king.
wildcat84 on February 9, 2010 at 6:57 PM
He really thinks we are all stupid…
d1carter on February 9, 2010 at 6:57 PM
No, not really; But I remember the Chevette! 50 mpg until you turn on the A.C, then 11 mpg with that on.
Cybergeezer on February 9, 2010 at 6:57 PM
Obama = petty politics. Now there is kettle calling the pot black.
docdave on February 9, 2010 at 6:57 PM
What, just because the pedal’s stuck to the floor, and the brakes don’t work? :)
OldEnglish on February 9, 2010 at 6:58 PM
BTW, I am surprised that AP hasn’t posted anything about Beck’s scathing rebuke of his would-be girlfriend, MeggieMac.
wildcat84 on February 9, 2010 at 6:58 PM
how many days till this moron is out now?
SDarchitect on February 9, 2010 at 7:00 PM
This guy suffers from self inflicted stupidity. At least that is one thing he can take credit for. Way to go Champ!
milwife88 on February 9, 2010 at 7:00 PM
The Obama presidency will make a good Super Bowl Commercial some day.
Cybergeezer on February 9, 2010 at 7:01 PM
Gibbs’ intelligence would fit in the palm of his hand.
Facepalm
ted c on February 9, 2010 at 7:01 PM
BTW: I write on my hand all the time. It’s my “redneck palm pilot”. Get over it people.
milwife88 on February 9, 2010 at 7:02 PM
It’s still close at hand.
RushBaby on February 9, 2010 at 7:03 PM
How about “no” and we just open a can of whoopa$$ on you and your fellow Dhims on November 2?
ya2daup on February 9, 2010 at 7:03 PM
Does he really think his “let’s work together” lie is believable?
katiejane on February 9, 2010 at 7:03 PM
i would love to be a fly on the wall in his closed room meetings with democrats. I would love to hear all the nasty things he says about the GOP and Palin.
deidre on February 9, 2010 at 7:04 PM
Obama is between a rock and hard place and wants the Republicans to forget about his back room, sneaky behavior of the past. Don’t buy it Republicans, when he gets what he wants the back stabbing will begin anew. If the GOP falls for this cheap trick then they don’t represent most of us.
rplat on February 9, 2010 at 7:05 PM
You’d swear it’s April Fool’s day by this.
vai2112 on February 9, 2010 at 7:05 PM
Heh! Problem is, it doesn’t matter whether it’s Bolshevik or Menshevik, the result’s still the same.
OldEnglish on February 9, 2010 at 7:06 PM
I think the concept has already been used.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRbNCjDsVs4
RBMN on February 9, 2010 at 7:07 PM
Really? Honest to God. Really?
This from the campaigner-in-perpetuity.
This guy has become a fooking cartoon.
hillbillyjim on February 9, 2010 at 7:09 PM
Right. The juxtaposition is just one more glimpse of his arrogance and contempt for us, for words and symbols, and for his office.
rrpjr on February 9, 2010 at 7:09 PM
Can someone explain to me a connection I’m missing?
Wow. I didn’t know that. I’ll take the genius=morphing teleprompter then, Dave. Gosh that was a close one.
IndieDogg on February 9, 2010 at 7:10 PM
I would be remiss if I didn’t note that he does have the ears for it…
hillbillyjim on February 9, 2010 at 7:11 PM
Where’s AnninCA for some sage advice?
AAAAAAHHHHAAAAAAAAA!
Cybergeezer on February 9, 2010 at 7:13 PM
Spoken like a true blue Chicago Democrat Daley Machine Politician!
Namely out of both sides of his mouth while lying through his teeth at the exact same time!
pilamaye on February 9, 2010 at 7:16 PM
That would be great! From the President of the United States to a job at Taco Bell!
Cybergeezer on February 9, 2010 at 7:17 PM
You won, You first!
chickasaw42 on February 9, 2010 at 7:26 PM
Appeared at the daily press briefing… he loves the smell of cameras rolling in the morning and the click of mics.
Kissmygrits on February 9, 2010 at 7:28 PM
1075 days, 16 hrs. per the Obama clock.
http://obamaclock.org/
viviliberoomuori on February 9, 2010 at 7:29 PM
Mr. President, we would like to call upon you to set aside your partisan ideology, set aside your fanatical believe in oppressive government control and government regulation of the operation of the finest health care system in the world and join with us in a bipartisan agreement. We Republicans want to see everyone receive the best medical care they need and the best way to provide that care is when everyone who receives that care understands the cost of that treatment. Where people have the freedom to choose the type of care they want. Where people are free to choose the amount and kind of insurance coverage that meets their needs. Where insurance carriers are free to compete in a national marketplace unencumbered by arbitrary government demands for coverage that is not appropriate or intrudes upon an individuals right to choose.
We ask you, Mr President to set aside your party loyalty and join with us in creating Health Care Savings accounts where taxpayers are free to save their money free of government taxes. Where they are free to choose the investment types that best meet their needs. Where they are free to choose the type and amount of insurance coverage at a price that is acceptable to them. Where patients are free to choose the type of medical treatment that is offered freely by the best medical service professionals in the world, at a price that is reasonable for both. Where those who simply do not have the resources to pay the full cost of needed medical treatment will still receive that treatment and charities specifically set up to help those in need are able to solicit donations freely given from those who can afford to make those donations. For example, the tragedy of Haiti where those injured in the recent earthquake were evacuated to Florida hospitals. Where they received the life saving medical treatment.
Mr President, there is no need to cling to the ideology of the radical left which has been proven to fail time and time again over the last one hundred years. Please, Mr. President, join with us and celebrate the miracle of the free market where everyone receives more in value at less cost. Where innovation is rewarded. Where self reliance is rewarded. Where prudent fiscal planning is rewarded. Where those truly in need are well taken care of.
Mr. President, join with us Conservative Republicans for the needy, for the children, for the good of this great nation.
Skandia Recluse on February 9, 2010 at 7:29 PM
It stands to reason that Gibbs would be a fan of Rosy Palm and her five sisters.
ya2daup on February 9, 2010 at 7:30 PM
Barry speaks well, out of both sides of his mouth.
GarandFan on February 9, 2010 at 7:37 PM
We don’t want to get near you
To worship and cheer you
When all those lies
Are showing in your eyes
We might all be just uppity peasants to you but our way’s
Not willing to kiss the Republic goodbye
Not gonna’ kiss the Republic goodbye
Na na na na
Na na na na
Hey hey hey
Not gonna’ kiss the Republic goodbye
MB4 on February 9, 2010 at 7:39 PM
One could hardly tell he won.
CWforFreedom on February 9, 2010 at 7:39 PM
Pee Wee’s big adventure in Washington
bluegrass on February 9, 2010 at 7:39 PM
The chicago two-step
bluegrass on February 9, 2010 at 7:40 PM
Well worth repeating, Skandia Recluse. Great post.
Please submit this verbatim to NYTimes, Washington Post, and every other major fish-wrap that occurs to you.
“Simply awesome” doesn’t do it justice.
THANK YOU.
hillbillyjim on February 9, 2010 at 7:41 PM
You with your Hotair blogin’
And you skeptics always contemplatin’
How my coronation you’d like to start rearrangin’
When that’s not what you really should do
When heaven has found you
Can’t you see
That it’s all wrapped up in the Messiah that’s Me
So follow Me
Come on, subjects
Follow Me
I’m Obama the Piper
And I’ll show you where Hope and Change is at
Come on, subjects
Can’t you see
I’m Obama the Piper
Trust only in Me
Subjects
Don’t be worried about givin’ up your Constitution to help Me move and grove
Hey, subjects
What do you think I’m tryin’ to prove
It ain’t true
That My Michelle would like to rob and enslave your kids and you
It’s just in your mind
And that’s all that’s trickin’ you
So behind all My celebrities step in line
Come on, subjects
Forget about that silly old Constitution for Me
Come on, subjects
Trust only in My Teleprompter and Me
Come on, subjects
Can’t you see
Come on, subjects
Follow Me
- The Child Emperor
MB4 on February 9, 2010 at 7:46 PM
hillbillyjim on February 9, 2010 at 7:46 PM
I knew a man, Objangles, and he danced for me
In worn out 1930′s shoes.
With short hair, a flashy shirt and fancy pants,
The old 1930′s soft shoe.
He tap danced so high, tap danced so high, then he lightly touched down.
I met him in a ward in Chicago, I was
So down and out.
He looked to be the Messiah of the age,
As he spoke right out.
He talked of hope, he talked of change.
But then he laughed and just clicked heels instead.
Mister Objangles
Mister Objangles
Mister Objangles
Dance!
MB4 on February 9, 2010 at 7:50 PM
Actually, it was a Member of the House of Representatives, Preston Brooks of South Carolina, who caned Charles Sumner, a Senator from Massachusetts, for a perceived insult to a cousin serving in the Senate.
ya2daup on February 9, 2010 at 7:51 PM
Excellent points and well written!
ya2daup on February 9, 2010 at 7:55 PM
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