Tee hee: Obama mocks media for touting dismal ObamaCare polls
posted at 6:51 pm on April 1, 2010 by Allahpundit
Via the Right Scoop, this is as snarky as I’ve ever seen him; obviously, America’s cool reception to his world-beating boondoggle has hit a nerve. Forget the fact that if there’d been a huge spike in support, he and his lackeys would be on TV 15 times a day talking it up. That’s just politics. Instead, start with the fact that no less than Bill Clinton famously predicted that The One’s numbers would leap 10 points “the minute health care reform passed.” The actual result? The Democrats’ favorable rating is now at the lowest level recorded by Gallup since they started polling the question in 1992. At 41 percent, they’re actually a point lower than the GOP, whose brand has been in the toilet for a good five years now. No wonder vulnerable Democrats don’t want to talk about health care with their constituents during the recess.
But that, too, is just politics. Instead, savor the inanity of the situation. Here’s The One goofing on people for worrying about O-Care’s popularity — at a rally he’s been forced to hold to sell O-Care to the public. Not a one-off rally, either: He’s held a bunch already since the bill passed and will hold many more in the months ahead. If he were confident about the glories of our new health-care system revealing themselves in time, he wouldn’t need a perpetual campaign to spin it. As it is, looks like he’s taking the early numbers even more seriously than we are. But it’s even more absurd than that: As you’ll see, mere moments before he laughs at people for expecting an instant rebound in the polls, he mocks the GOP over the fact that O-Care … hasn’t instantly wrecked the economy. Why a bill that doesn’t kick in until 2014 would be an instant killer is beyond me; the basic GOP argument has always been that O-Care sets us irreversibly on a path to bigger government and welfare-state dependency and is likely to culminate in single-payer. The sky is indeed falling, but it’ll be a while before it lands. But then, that’s vintage Obama. Why address your opponents’ actual arguments when you can torch a straw man instead?
I’ll leave you with a piece from the Wash Times about how some economists are already worried that O-Care will cripple an economic recovery. Sample quote: “Businesses will probably remain cautious when it comes to hiring… They now face the certainty that their labor costs will increase in coming years.” Okay — but they haven’t faced increased costs this week, have they? Tee hee!
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heh…No, I mean just the way he speaks, how he annunciates…sounds more like a preacher preaching (imagine that from Obama) than a POTUS trying to sell his programs.
JetBoy on April 1, 2010 at 7:31 PM
Is this in a high school gym?
I’m wondering if the people behind him are some students and their teachers. The age mix just strikes me as strange.
INC on April 1, 2010 at 7:32 PM
Yes, when Barry went to law school he reportedly took along audio tapes of Rev. Wright’s sermons (you know, the ones he never heard) because he thought Wright was such an effective speaker. It’s Wright’s style (toned down some for the evil whiteys in the audience) that Obama is mimicking.
As for the POS healthcare law, the DNC is running commercials here in AZ thanking various Dim congress-idiots for voting for it, and listing all the great “benefits” that Arizonans are going to reap from this great new boondoggle. It appears that the Dim strategy is to inundate people with their talking points in the hope that if they repeat a lie enough times (e.g., Obama is a brilliant Constitutional scholar, and a moderate, and a Christian), people will eventually come to believe it.
AZCoyote on April 1, 2010 at 7:33 PM
Not only does he flip flop, but does he ever think what he says in a single speech. First he pokes fun at Republicans because they are still complaining about the new law. So, he is still out trying to sell what was already passed. He laughs about the “sky is falling” complaint and says he has checked and the sky isn’t falling. Then he tells people to wait for the good parts cause it has only been a week since the bill passed. At least he has finally admitted it was a Two Trillion Dollar bill, he said it.
Don’t you love how he can never get an old saying right? This time it was “fox guarding the chicken coop”. But, of course, I could never get foreign sayings correct, so why should I point this out.
Oleta on April 1, 2010 at 7:33 PM
Stall, baby, stall!
Christien on April 1, 2010 at 7:34 PM
Watching and listening to Hope-a-Dope is something that could only happen to me if I were forcibly subjected to the same “treatment” prescribed for Malcolm McDowell’s character in “A Clockwork Orange.” Only in the treatment video, it’d be the American People as a whole being raped and brutalized to the tune of “Hail to the Chief” in the background.
Remember, as we have so recently witnessed, to donks “No” doesn’t really mean “no” if it stands between them and their desires.
Spurius Ligustinus on April 1, 2010 at 7:34 PM
What makes you think they aren’t already doing that.
Then they’ll turn around and tout them as ‘created jobs’…See, the Crapulous is Working!!!!
Wouldn’t put it past them.
BigWyo on April 1, 2010 at 7:35 PM
The bill is a disaster, and he is going to act like he’s moving to the center for a few weeks to cover up the obvious outrage over it.
stldave on April 1, 2010 at 7:31 PM
I understand that but what I was trying to say is it will not work because the liberals think the american people are stupid. Because of this they are using tactics that you would use against stupid people.
It is a classic failure of military thinking. Making plans based on your underestimation of your enemy.
unseen on April 1, 2010 at 7:35 PM
I watched the clip w/out the sound to see the non-verbs of the audience. Obviously some true believers having a great time trashing the evil ones. Some clearly bored..maybe even uncomfortable. Most polite, smiling and clapping at the right time.
I assume the ones they put behind him are the best they got. Young Democrats, Teacher’s Unions etc. I would think that most people know that trashing opponents should end with the campaign…but I am old fashioned.
r keller on April 1, 2010 at 7:35 PM
Plenty of other countries in the world you can go to and not be subject to it.
If O-care takes place in its current form, in 2014 I will not live here anymore. The socialists can have this country, but I will not contribute a dime to it any longer.
angryed on April 1, 2010 at 7:36 PM
Some highlights!!
======================
MisInformation
Fear-Mongering
Alot of Over-heated rhetoric
Same folks are still Howlering
the world will end
called the passage of the bill Armageddon
End of Freedom as we know it
After I signed the bill,I looked around
I looked up into the sky to see if asteriods are coming
it turned out to be a pretty nice day
===========================================
It would be nice if Obama,was the President,instead of,
his own one-man band spin parade!!
Thats all he does,listens to the criticisms,then goes on a
refuting speaking debate with himself!!
canopfor on April 1, 2010 at 7:36 PM
Notice the kids in the screen cap. None are looking at Obama. The POTUS is in front of them and they are all looking elsewhere. The video probably proves me wrong, but I prefer to think that Obama turns their stomachs too much for them to look.
pugwriter on April 1, 2010 at 7:36 PM
He’s trying to get down and ‘homey’ with the people. It works on the street, but he has no idea how it grates on the rest of us. It’s false. He ain’t no ‘homey.’
This South Side Chicago community organizer crap is a non starter. It always was for me.
Can’t believe this freak is in the WH. If Bush or any other president pulled this crap, they would have been laughed off the stage.
BO is making a farce of the office, this country and our reputation in the world.
Cody1991 on April 1, 2010 at 7:37 PM
Someone else probably already pointed this out, but the day after the house passed the bill, “Baghdad Bob” Gibbs was crowing about the bounce in the Gallup poll in favor of Obamacare. That bounce has, of course, now completely disappeared.
WarEagle01 on April 1, 2010 at 7:37 PM
Stall, baby, stall!
Christien on April 1, 2010 at 7:34 PM
Christien: Kicking the can down the road!:)
canopfor on April 1, 2010 at 7:37 PM
Made it thru to “birds were chirpin” and turned the smug *ss off. Cannot stand the jive talking, sarcastic, giggling boy. Reminds me of a kid, higher than a kite, sitting around with his buds thinking everything is funny…..
GOD BLESS AMERICA! GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS.
Coastal Paradise on April 1, 2010 at 7:38 PM
I wondered the same thing. The media ALWAYS counted the minorities in the audience when President Bush gave a speech.
lilredhen on April 1, 2010 at 7:38 PM
Well, after watching the damn thing I’m not surprised. He just does what he does best….Runs his mouth for 10 minutes and doesn’t say a goddamn thing.
BigWyo on April 1, 2010 at 7:39 PM
That’s because the American people are stupid.
What other explanation is there for Obama as president, Pelosi as speaker and Reid as majority leader? That didn’t happen by accident. Americans freely and willfully voted for these 3 and their merry band of thieves and liars in the house and senate. Obama? Maybe I can see that being a fluke, smart people getting caught up in the “make history” moment.
But 260 Dems in Congress and 60 Dems in the Senate? That’s not stupid. That effing idiotic.
angryed on April 1, 2010 at 7:39 PM
That’s one reason I asked. Their attention wanders and then every once in a while he pulls them in.
I did a search and he is at some Expo Center. It still looks as if a high school field trip is sitting behind him.
INC on April 1, 2010 at 7:39 PM
I hear Scare Force One had to fly over Rhode Island to get there today…
… I hear there is some flooding going on. I wonder if Obowma even looked out the window?
Seven Percent Solution on April 1, 2010 at 7:39 PM
It is a classic failure of military thinking. Making plans based on your underestimation of your enemy.
unseen on April 1, 2010 at 7:35 PM
Isn’t this really sad that the president of this country considers more than 50% of us as his enemy?
lukespapa on April 1, 2010 at 7:40 PM
It’s Maine, sheesh….only people of color here are Somalian and well….Obowma shoots them!!
screwauger on April 1, 2010 at 7:40 PM
From the very first day of this presidency I have felt that this administration is making war on the American people. They never stop. It’s never ending. The train is always running at full speed, non stop and doesn’t care where it’s heading or who it runs over.
Totally out of control.
Pelosi, Reid and Barf Boy are dumping cluster bombs on us every damned day.
Cody1991 on April 1, 2010 at 7:42 PM
I could only listen for three minutes max!
Not sounding very presidential.
NYconservative on April 1, 2010 at 7:42 PM
heh…No, I mean just the way he speaks, how he annunciates…sounds more like a preacher preaching (imagine that from Obama) than a POTUS trying to sell his programs.
JetBoy on April 1, 2010 at 7:31 PM
JetBoy: Yup,he’s a political showman,nothing more!!
When,Obama had that sit down interview with Fox,
Obama must of had about twenty different hand ges
tures while speaking.Thats all Obama knows,is how
to perform,politically,in front of a crowd,to glow
ing liberal pundits who rave about how articulate
his speech’s are!!:)
canopfor on April 1, 2010 at 7:43 PM
I love your faith in the people. I may just know too many liberals and people that just aren’t that engaged. Fortunately fewer of both these types show up for off-year elections.
I’ll also say this, there are a lot more people engaged and watching what is taking place now than in any time in recent memory. Obama will have willing accomplices in major media, but they have little credibility with more than ever, and it just doesn’t carry the day anymore.
Hope you’re right. He’ll make some moves to the middle, but I hope people look beyond the decision itself and towards why these decisions are being made….what they are trying to cover up and what are their real plans for our future
stldave on April 1, 2010 at 7:46 PM
I watch that video and see Joseph Goebbels justifying Nazism in front of an adoring crowd.
NNtrancer on April 1, 2010 at 7:47 PM
Cody1991 on April 1, 2010 at 7:23 PM
Nice!!!
I hoist an adult beverage in salute.
paragon27x on April 1, 2010 at 7:49 PM
That’s because the American people are stupid.
What other explanation is there for Obama as president, Pelosi as speaker and Reid as majority leader? That didn’t happen by accident. Americans freely and willfully voted for these 3 and their merry band of thieves and liars in the house and senate. Obama? Maybe I can see that being a fluke, smart people getting caught up in the “make history” moment.
But 260 Dems in Congress and 60 Dems in the Senate? That’s not stupid. That effing idiotic.
angryed on April 1, 2010 at 7:39 PM
The Americian people are not stupid. they are misinformed, asleep, uneducated in the world of government and politics. They have the mental ability to understand ALL the complex problems today. It is a failure of the leadership in this country to not inform the people. This is a feature of the elites rule not a bug. They want to “spin” things, to blur the truth. They employ the media to continue this “feature”
The GOP if it wants to have power again MUST leave this type of thinking and start to inform the people. They need to get away from sound bites and explain things to the people. Students that do not know fractions before they are taught them are not “stupid” they are simply not informed of fractions until then.
There is a major difference between being “stupid” and being misinformed, uninformed, asleep. To base ones strategy on the “stupidity” of the Americian people means you open yourself up to counterattack from your opponents who take the time to teach, inform and educate.
That is the answer to the dems policies and power. The GOP hasn’t done this since Reagan because they bought the BIG LIE of the dems that the Americian people are “stupid”.
Reagan understood that the people were not stupid. He took the time to explain economics, federalism, how socialists think etc and the people listend and learned and agreed with those teachings. so much so that 30 years later reagan still has an amazing following. something that bush, clinton nor Obama will ever have.
unseen on April 1, 2010 at 7:50 PM
But the affected folks are white people, aren’t they? So no BFD.
tru2tx on April 1, 2010 at 7:50 PM
I hear Scare Force One had to fly over Rhode Island to get there today…
… I hear there is some flooding going on. I wonder if Obowma even looked out the window?
Seven Percent Solution on April 1, 2010 at 7:39 PM
Seven Percent Solution: Hopey is busy gameing,as to how to
turn this “Crisis” into his own,
politically advantageous “Crisis”!:)
canopfor on April 1, 2010 at 7:50 PM
It’s getting harder and harder to find people who voted for Obama. My wife is a school teacher, and she tells me that even most in the teacher’s lounge deny their crimes.
pugwriter on April 1, 2010 at 7:51 PM
Isn’t this really sad that the president of this country considers more than 50% of us as his enemy?
lukespapa on April 1, 2010 at 7:40 PM
yes it is but most thugs that gain power consider the vast majority out to get them
unseen on April 1, 2010 at 7:51 PM
White people are supposed to know how to swim and if they can’t …..
thomasaur on April 1, 2010 at 7:52 PM
I still wonder if Billy Bob didn’t set him up with “Yeah, DUDE, you’ll score 10 points just by passing it!”
Could this be the “Revenge of the Clintons?”
GarandFan on April 1, 2010 at 7:53 PM
We’ll see who gets the last laugh in Nov 2010 and Nov 2012.
jdflorida on April 1, 2010 at 7:55 PM
Hope you’re right. He’ll make some moves to the middle, but I hope people look beyond the decision itself and towards why these decisions are being made….what they are trying to cover up and what are their real plans for our future
stldave on April 1, 2010 at 7:46 PM
The evidence that i am right are the poll numbers. If the People were as stupid as the liberals think they are Obama would have 90% approval ratings.
“You can fool all the people some of the time, some of the people all the time but you can’t fool all the people all the time.”
And the longer your “act” is on stage the less people you can fool. Tha tis why Obama’s is not able to “sell” his bills. The people that were fooled are seeing that he trying to fool them again. The longer he talks, the longer he is on stage the more people will “awake”
unseen on April 1, 2010 at 7:56 PM
I won’t watch him. It’s just a zombie looking from one teleprompter to another. Caught Chris Matthews for 2 minutes tonight – naturally he was tingling again.
Marcus on April 1, 2010 at 7:56 PM
I see Obama is back to debating his favorite opponent, Mr. Strawman. Name a single Republican this side of Ron Paul who called for the “complete deregulation of the health care industry” as he claims.
JamesB on April 1, 2010 at 7:57 PM
Has anyone noticed that their taxes are higher this year? I am paying more, thanks to a socalled break earlier, I doubt I am the only one.
I think Obama thought the public would be so excited about the idea of dealing with more government flunkies that they would just jump and down in glee. He screwed up.
Terrye on April 1, 2010 at 7:57 PM
Barry’s just peeved that the media harshed his mellow so soon after his big victory. As for can-kicking, November gets closer and closer.
Christien on April 1, 2010 at 7:57 PM
You can fool all the people some of the time, some of the people all the time but you can’t fool all the people all the time.”
the quote to describe the Obama presidentacy. (yes I liked it so much I’m repeating it)
unseen on April 1, 2010 at 7:58 PM
+100
Shiny_Tiara on April 1, 2010 at 7:59 PM
Keep on fvckin’ that chicken, Barry.
BottomLine5 on April 1, 2010 at 7:59 PM
He tends to repeat old material a lot. He cracks the stupid and often insulting joke about half of the American population and then a week later throws it out again. This guy is so over-exposed that he MUST keep his material fresh.
pjean on April 1, 2010 at 8:00 PM
The Pauly Shore of Presidents.
stldave on April 1, 2010 at 8:02 PM
I was listening to Hugh Hewitt earlier and he was remarking on the tone that Obama has adopted lately. This sneering, mocking tone is disgusting, but even more disgusting because he is mocking and sneering in victory.
What will this guy be like when he actually doesn’t get his way on something? What a whiner. W never mocked and sneered at his opponents. Especially not when he won.
But, hey, Obama’s a healer and a uniter, right?
JohnInCA on April 1, 2010 at 8:02 PM
Obama’s open mockery reminds me more and more of Hugo Chavez’s style.
Urban Infidel on April 1, 2010 at 8:02 PM
They aren’t even trying to pretend that he isn’t speaking to an audience of useful idiots! Booing John Boehner? What do they do, check lib id cards at the door? 90% of America doesn’t even know who John Boehner is!
ctmom on April 1, 2010 at 8:02 PM
Just listened to a minute of this BS on Hewitt and I was thinking just as Lileks was saying it “not very presidential”. Pretty much sums up 44 so far…
2ipa on April 1, 2010 at 8:05 PM
You’re right. Americans are not stupid. They were trusting. Gradually they are beginning to realize that in addition to working hard and taking care of their families and communities they have to ride herd on elected officials.
It was a mistake to trust, but we were comfortable. The Tea Party groups are a clear demonstration that citizens have realized that they must assume the responsibility of overseeing elected employees.
No. We’re not stupid. We were lazy. We’re bigger than this administration. They’ve pulled out the stops, and we’re doing the same.
Barf can gloat with the, “I won,” theme, but in the end WE win. He never won anything. Everything he has was given. We can take it away, too. We can take his toys away and send him screaming for MO’s skirts. No doubt, it’s one of his habits.
Cody1991 on April 1, 2010 at 8:07 PM
They didn’t want to loose their place in the line for Obama Cash.
Electrongod on April 1, 2010 at 8:11 PM
There are no red states or blue states…just the most polarizing president in American history. He has mocked his opponents since day one. He’s never understood that he needs to govern the country, not persuade a sector of it to vote for him. He will probably leave America more divided than it has been since the Civil War, and he might very well leave on the road to its greatest impoverishment since the Great Depression. Yeah, Obama will make history, all right.
ProfessorMiao on April 1, 2010 at 8:12 PM
Evidently “social justice” doesn’t include doing justice to your opponent’s arguments.
karlant on April 1, 2010 at 8:12 PM
Obama mocks everyone who disagrees with his oppressive nature.
Funny, though, he claims that all the bad things conservatives have claimed will happened, haven’t happened yet, since he’s signed The Medical System Takeover.
Can’t have it both ways JACKASS!
cntrlfrk on April 1, 2010 at 8:15 PM
Wow, you Americans should really just let this guy campaign 24/7 365 days a year & let someone else run the country like Axelrod or something..
Oh, wait a sec. Nevermind.
saus on April 1, 2010 at 7:13 PM
saus: That is the truth,I see the same thing,looking in,
from Canada!:)
canopfor on April 1, 2010 at 8:18 PM
Reagan was elected 30 years ago. Back then Americans had 1/2 a brain. But 30 years later, with 30 more years of public school indoctrination, 30 more years of MSM indoctrination, 30 years of MTV, 30 more years of the entitlement mentality, 30 years of kids being raised using “new math”, 30 more years of immigration of peasants from 3rd world countries….Americans’ brains are mush.
They can’t critically analyze an issue. It’s ooooohhh shiny health care beads from Obama and Pelosi. Gimme, gimme, gimme. Oh how will we pay for it? I dunno, tax those rich racists I guess. Climate Change….bad, must end it by passing a climate bill. How will we pay for it? I dunno, tax stuff that rich racists use I guess.
And so on.
I know most people here don’t like admitting it. It’s like admitting a member of your family is a little on the slow side. But let’s face facts folks…50% still approve of this guy. There is no explanation other than sheer stupidity.
angryed on April 1, 2010 at 8:21 PM
As someone who hires and fires for a large company be assured we did our last hiring two weeks ago. People already in may get to stay, but there won’t be anyone new coming on board.
Tee hee, indeed.
JammieWearingFool on April 1, 2010 at 8:22 PM
Someone really should put up a spycam where it can view the back side of the White House to see how often Obama goes out for a smoke.
MB4 on April 1, 2010 at 8:23 PM
The heartache is just too much.
First we had Tiger Woods cheating on his (Swedish model) wife.
Then we had Jesse James cheating on Sandra Bullock.
Now we have Obama and the media, the greatest love story of all time, a romance that puts Antony and Cleopatra to shame… having a lovers’ spat.
I sense a C/W song in the making. Someone call the Dixie Chicks.
malclave on April 1, 2010 at 8:23 PM
I would weep tears of joy to see a real American man walk back into the Oval Office. Someone strong and principled, who loves our country and its citizens more than he loves dictators and socialists.
Luckily, the American people are stumbling out of their stupor. The mask if off this guy, and most people I know who voted for this petulant child rue the day.
Grace_is_sufficient on April 1, 2010 at 8:23 PM
That’s because W is secure in the knowledge of who he is and who really loves him. Barry grew up abandoned by his father and treated like a pet by his mother, something she could leave for her parents to take care of while she went off gallivanting around the world.
That’s where his thin skin comes from, and that’s why he treats anyone who even hints at opposing him with such open contempt.
Not that any of that excuses his behavior – just explains it a little bit.
Lurking Vet on April 1, 2010 at 8:25 PM
Obama knows full well, or should, that arsenic kills slowly.
MB4 on April 1, 2010 at 8:26 PM
What a moron! I wonder how much he paid the students to sit there. Ugh! I.can.not.stand.to.listen.to.him. and his “folks”. I’m starting to dislike the word folks as much as I dislike unprecedented, unexpectedly,,,,,you know what I mean. Ugh! I’m going to watch a movie with my grandchildren. Have a good one ya’ll!
sicoit on April 1, 2010 at 8:27 PM
canopfor on April 1, 2010 at 7:37 PM
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Barry’s just peeved that the media harshed his mellow so soon after his big victory. As for can-kicking, November gets closer and closer.
Christien on April 1, 2010 at 7:57 PM
Christien: Yup,November will be a shell-shocker,never mind
Lame-duck,it’ll be Fence Post Turtle!!!:)
canopfor on April 1, 2010 at 8:27 PM
An insufferable ass is an insufferable ass, of course, of course,
And no one can talk sense to an insufferable ass, of course
And especially, of course, if the insufferable ass is the famous Barack Obama.
Go right to the source and ask the insufferable ass.
He’ll give you the answer that Pinocchio will endorse.
He’s always on a dissemblers and deceivers course.
Talk to Barack Obama.
Barack Obama just yakkity yaks a streak and wastes your time of day
Does any sane person even believe anymore a single thing he has to say?
An insufferable ass is an insufferable ass, of course, of course,
And this one’ll talk in convoluted circles til his voice is hoarse.
You never heard of a talking insufferable ass?
Well listen to this.
He is Barack Obama.
Cheshire Cat on April 1, 2010 at 8:28 PM
Sell it Brother Obama! Preach to the choir! Preach all you want! Notice you’re not getting any converts? How’s that ‘bump’ working out for ya?
GarandFan on April 1, 2010 at 8:29 PM
I think that for the most part, folks were content to leave government alone, as long as it left them alone. Government has now intruded into daily life so far that people can’t help but notice, and it’s spurring them into action.
Lurking Vet on April 1, 2010 at 8:30 PM
He is Barack Obama.
Cheshire Cat on April 1, 2010 at 8:28 PM
Cheshire Cat: MEOW,me Likey!:)
canopfor on April 1, 2010 at 8:30 PM
Hussein is in Massachusetts tonight, won’t be visiting any of those yucky flooded towns, just flying in to attend a swanky fundraiser with the grey haired ponytailed self loathing Cambridge whitey professors.
Alden Pyle on April 1, 2010 at 8:33 PM
FIFY. :-)
Mary in LA on April 1, 2010 at 8:34 PM
He could have summed up his entire whine in two words: “I won.” Just like he told McCain at the health care ‘meeting’.
Liam on April 1, 2010 at 8:35 PM
I wonder if strawmen are covered under Obamacare. He sure does go through a lot of them…..
ted c on April 1, 2010 at 8:36 PM
Every time I see the combative, snide, arrogant Obama, who always has to get the last word, I always think about the character Rufio from the movie Hook.
To me, Ruuuf-ee-oooooOO personafies OOoo-bama. Especially during the banquet scene:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ikmclkrc1c&NR=1
OxyCon on April 1, 2010 at 8:38 PM
Polls keep a fallin’ on my head
And just like the guy whose wife’s butt is to too big for his bed
Nothin’ seems to fit
Those polls are a fallin’ on my head, they keep fallin’
So I just did me some talkin’ to Emanuel
And he said we’d just get conservative bloggers to give Sarah Palin some more Hell
Get others to do our job
Those polls are fallin’ on my head, they keep fallin’
But there’s one thing I know
The blues polls send to meet me won’t defeat me
It won’t be long till Marxist happiness steps up to greet me
Polls keep a fallin’ on my head
But that doesn’t mean the country will soon be turnin’ red
Losin’s not for me
‘Cause I’m never gonna stop the polls by complainin’
Because I’m conscience free
Like the Constitution, they’ll just get the deep six from me
- The Child Emperor
MB4 on April 1, 2010 at 8:38 PM
Same here. I love, absolutely love real American men. Women of my generation are supposed to despise them, but I always found these women to be rather senseless and ill-advised.
Having a bowing, cow-towing, metro-sexual, freaky-deaky, confused weirdo in the WH doesn’t make me comfortable about the safety of our country and its future.
Cody1991 on April 1, 2010 at 8:40 PM
An arrogant, petulant address that completely misses the mark. According to him, there is no such thing as substantive opposition or counter arguments.
ted c on April 1, 2010 at 8:40 PM
I see Obama is back to debating his favorite opponent, Mr. Strawman. Name a single Republican this side of Ron Paul who called for the “complete deregulation of the health care industry” as he claims.
JamesB on April 1, 2010 at 7:57 PM
wow sure is funny what you can find out with that little “google” tool search engine. JamesB,you want to know which Republican member of congress called for the “complete deregulation of the health care industry” or do you want to just give it a wild guess?
I’ll wait for your response,this should be good
DcMike2K on April 1, 2010 at 8:41 PM
He’s such a jackass. Sorry, it just bothers me how dismissive he is of other arguments.
Vera on April 1, 2010 at 8:41 PM
Once this doesn’t work…
IT’LL B Back 2 BLAME n BUSH
roflmao
donabernathy on April 1, 2010 at 8:47 PM
Obama speaks and thinks and acts like a dictator. Yep, he’s a dictator.
mobydutch on April 1, 2010 at 8:47 PM
Anyone who could be persuaded positively on health care has done so… now the only direction left is negative.
The more he talks, the worst the impression gets.
ajacksonian on April 1, 2010 at 8:52 PM
well,not wanting to spoil the fun,it was the Tea Bag queen herself Michelle Bachmann(R)from Minnesota who did just that on Sept 23rd speaking in front of the Family Research Council,you know that’s the same whacked out group that’s run by Tony Perkins,the same guy that said today to NOT donate a single dime to the RNC. Not wanting to be “misinformed” like Rush said he was during the HC reform ass kicking,here is here exact quote:
Michelle Bachmann calls for deregualtion of health care industry
Michele Bachman, speaking at the Family Research Council conference in Washington, DC, has called for deregulation of the health insurance industry, saying that a lack of federal requirements for insurance companies would allow more choice for the consumer.
But Melinda Warner over at Media Matters notes that a deregulated insurance industry could deny coverage for any reason, including being a domestic violence survivor or an acne sufferer – or could pull coverage from existing customers without good reason.
Here’s the full quote and video from the horse’s mouth.
If we would remove this federal, uh, law that creates these private monopolies, then states would be competing with each other. So if you have very high level of mandates in one state, but a very low level of mandates in another, people would be able to buy an insurance policy from the state that had a very low level of mandates. In fact, some states may decide to have zero mandates, so you can sell whatever insurance policy you want.
ask and you shall receive
DcMike2K on April 1, 2010 at 8:54 PM
Yeah, Barry, it’s only been a week. Just wait till the taxes kick in to fund this brilliant plan. Da peeps gonna love it then!
califcon on April 1, 2010 at 8:55 PM
Ha!:
Yeah, I think you’re confusing Dr. Jack Cassell with Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel there, Rep. Grayson.
Rae on April 1, 2010 at 8:59 PM
Dude, I was thinking the same exact thing. It reminds me of my wife. She can have an entire argument with me where I don’t say a thing. She says my part and then she argues the point she just attributed to me. I love her dearly, but it’s the most insane thing I’ve ever seen. Obama does it to.
JohnInCA on April 1, 2010 at 9:00 PM
I hope every Republican running for a seat in November hammers the fact that Obama and their opponents spent more energy on trying to increase the poll numbers on a bill already signed into law, than the energy they exerted on trying to create new jobs.
That needs to be hammered over and over and over.
ButterflyDragon on April 1, 2010 at 9:02 PM
He’s a real Control Freak Man
Ruling in what he wants to be a vassal land
Making all his controlling plans
For everybody
Doesn’t listen to an opposing point of view
Control Freak man, ruling all he thinks is his purview
Control Freak Man, he had better listen
He don’t know with what he’s messin’
Knows already just what he wants to do
Doesn’t he seem more and more like Hitler and Mussolini to you?
He’s a real Control Freak Man
Ruling in what he wants to be a vassal held land
Making all his controlling plans
For everybody
He’s as blinded by his lust for power as he can be
Just sees what he wants to see
He’s got such a God complex point of call
Control Freak Man can you even see America at all?
Knows already just what he wants to do
Doesn’t he seem more and more like Hitler and Mussolini to you?
He’s a real Control Freak Man
Ruling in what he wants to be a vassal land
Making all his controlling plans
For everybody
About Control Freak Man we should all worry
To destroy all America built he is in a hurry
If he controls everything his fascist way
It will be a forlorn day
Hes going to leave it all a mess
Anyone of sound mind must confess
He’s a real Control Freak Man
Ruling in what he wants to be a vassal land
Making all his controlling plans
For everybody
MB4 on April 1, 2010 at 9:02 PM
AP, the Big Dawg said O would get a 10 pt bounce when it passed LAST YEAR…he also began speaking about it in the past tense this year..
I have no doubt he was floored that O and Pelosi went ahead with it…
Big Dawg would never have rammed ahead against the will of the people, as witnessed by the fact that he didnt in 93.
ginaswo on April 1, 2010 at 9:06 PM
Of all of the lame objections to criticism, the lamest is surely: “the world didn’t end when…”. As if the end arrives immediately after a particular piece of legislation passes. A piece of legislation either increases or reduces freedoms. The passage of enough freedom reducing legislation means the end of the world as we know it. The health care reform just passed, eliminates freedoms. It moves the needle in the wrong direction.
EA_MAN on April 1, 2010 at 9:13 PM
I guess he’s not counting the what – $14billion – already being accounted for by major companies filing required disclosures with the SEC about costs hitting their earnings?
Yeah, bub – barely a week, and hardly an impact to be felt eh?
Midas on April 1, 2010 at 9:21 PM
Clinton worship knows no ends. You can even read their minds?
Wow.
Hillary would have shoved her damned program down our throats if she could have, and she had no right in designing policy. She was a FLOTUS. She wasn’t elected by anyone. She had no constituents to whom she was responsible. Her constant meddling was an affront to the public. Like it or not, she was First Lady. Nothing more.
This Clinton fantasy goes beyond the pale. And if you’re pi$$ed off about Hill getting the shaft, take it up with Pelosi.
Dream on. They’re finished.
Cody1991 on April 1, 2010 at 9:26 PM
Obama can diss the polls (and the GOP) all he wants. But the fact is Obama is still campaigning – ONE YEAR AND COUNTING – for a healthcare bill that the majority of Americans flat-out reject. The more businesses and states that learn the true costs of Obamacare, the harder the sell.
TN Mom on April 1, 2010 at 9:28 PM
Good point Midas. How long will it take (if ever) for the MSM to ask him about that little drop in the bucket? And it’s write downs this year, less revenue and more medicaid next year. Ask Mr. Smug about that will ya? At least get the clown on record, for what it’s worth.
JusDreamin on April 1, 2010 at 9:29 PM
nice post allahpundot
Anti-Harkonnen Freedom Fighter on April 1, 2010 at 9:41 PM
Boy do you guys need to be calibrated. You see it as $14B in losses to these companies.
The WH and Congress see it as $14B ObamaBucks, to be used by people who are still expecting to be saved by:
BobMbx on April 1, 2010 at 9:50 PM
You can’t deny that, “After I signed the bill, I looked around . . . ” was funny.
Of course the country is screwed if we continue on this path.
But, that was red meat for his faithful. I can bear conceding that small point.
Pablo Snooze on April 1, 2010 at 9:54 PM
Well said. “The world didn’t end” stuff is a telltale sign of someone who is on very shaky ground. Just to illustrate the lunacy of that, just apply that line to any of the more significant atrocities that has happened in history. Just because it doesn’t end the world instantly hardly makes it a good thing.
It is saying absolutely nothing that supports or strengthens your position. I guess it is a good for a laugh if you’re a mindless drone already in his choir though.
stldave on April 1, 2010 at 9:54 PM
I keep trying to figure out what music your lyrics belong to.
Sporty1946 on April 1, 2010 at 9:57 PM
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