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Tough question from David Gregory to Obama: “Is this your Lincoln moment?”
“Well, no,” Obama said in response to Gregory’s question. “Look, a) I never compare myself to Lincoln. And b) obviously the magnitude of the issues is quite different from the Civil War and slavery. The point, though, is democracy has always been messy. We’re a big diverse country that is constantly sort of arguing about all kinds of stuff. But eventually, we do the right thing.”
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You’re a liar.
You are actively fomenting a CW by trying to enforce your particular brand of slavery. It is why you need to disarm the civilian population.
CorporatePiggy on December 30, 2012 at 1:27 PM
And in the same Eat The Press interview the World’s Greatest Orator obamateurizes onward in describing Benghazi from “less than optimum” to “sloppiness…”
Drained Brain on December 30, 2012 at 1:27 PM
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Fezzik on December 30, 2012 at 1:27 PM
I’m surprised he got that question out. It’s hard to talk when you’re giving a blow job.
Mark1971 on December 30, 2012 at 1:27 PM
Oh for the love…”eventually does the right thing”?
Words escape me. Never mind GFY Barry
DiscePati on December 30, 2012 at 1:28 PM
Liar, liar, pants on fire.
FLASHBACK: Obama Compares Himself to Lincoln
JPeterman on December 30, 2012 at 1:29 PM
David Gregory- the new Larry Sinclair
DiscePati on December 30, 2012 at 1:30 PM
Really?
A fiscal cliff that was created by Obama’s refusal to address spending and it somehow could bring about decisions as momentous as those Lincoln faced?
What a joke.
What “journalist” would even pretend that is a serious question?
Though, I do think it’s rather ironic that the president who’s policies will enslave future generations to the government in order to pay for our debt is somehow being equated to a president that brought about the end of slavery in order to get the federal government in the position to kill federalism.
ButterflyDragon on December 30, 2012 at 1:31 PM
bho lies so much he forgets when he has told a lie about the lie?
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letget on December 30, 2012 at 1:32 PM
LIAR.
Del Dolemonte on December 30, 2012 at 1:33 PM
He lies. He lies, and lies, and lies.
Paul-Cincy on December 30, 2012 at 1:33 PM
But is Gregory wearing legal knee pads?
CW on December 30, 2012 at 1:34 PM
Lincoln is dead.
Schadenfreude on December 30, 2012 at 1:40 PM
“It’s so nice that our kids attend the same heavily security protected school, Mr. President. I’m so honored for our special and superiour privileges…they are just rubes and peasants…take their guns away, please”.
May they both spontaneously combust from consuming carrion and from hypocrisy.
Schadenfreude on December 30, 2012 at 1:42 PM
I can forgive him for that. The media is so sycophantic that they actually shame Obama – Barack H Obama into embarrassed modesty.
HitNRun on December 30, 2012 at 1:47 PM
“Sonny, you’re not even Jimmy Carter, and I knew him” — Ronald Reagan
Schadenfreude on December 30, 2012 at 1:48 PM
Obama is totally being like Lincoln. Dividing the nation and setting us up for intranational war due to slavery.
Instead of ending slavery though, he is intending to enslave.
astonerii on December 30, 2012 at 1:52 PM
Well, not quite, David. Lincoln actually achieved dictatorial power for a while and I don’t really think we can get that far this time. We will go as far as we can though./BO
Southernblogger on December 30, 2012 at 1:53 PM
They keep looking for a Lincoln moment but only get a guy who blames others.
Lonetown on December 30, 2012 at 1:56 PM
rogerb on December 30, 2012 at 1:59 PM
It’s Mourning in AmeriKa.
Schadenfreude on December 30, 2012 at 2:01 PM
Eloquence…..at it’s best. What a gigantor azzwipe this lieing liar POS is. He sounds like a freakin 9 yo trying to cover his worthless azz…. *spit*
sicoit on December 30, 2012 at 2:03 PM
If he means is this the moment when the Second War Between the States begins then quite possibly.
clippermiami on December 30, 2012 at 2:03 PM
Nearly Einsteinian
Schadenfreude on December 30, 2012 at 2:21 PM
Must’ve been from one o’ them high capacity Tiger Beat magazines.
apostic on December 30, 2012 at 2:32 PM
cripe
pathetic excuse of a journalist
cmsinaz on December 30, 2012 at 2:38 PM
And he was, like, re-elected, because he’s sort of cool and stuff. And he talks real good.
Drained Brain on December 30, 2012 at 2:40 PM
I prefer the Mark Steynian approach.
Drained Brain on December 30, 2012 at 3:02 PM
Dude, you used the Lincoln Bible for your inauguration.
thebrokenrattle on December 30, 2012 at 3:07 PM