So, Obama's A Putz

Perhaps you remember when Maureen Dowd made a crack about the size of Barack Obama's ears. He confronted her not long after and said he was sensitive about his ears. One has to wonder if prima-bama isn't just a bit too sensitive about everything. He doesn't tale criticism well, at all.

And then there's his wife. As I recall, she once made an offhand comment basically making him look like an ass. I think she called him a "typical male," meant in a purely derogatory fashion.

Obama really is starting to look like a spoiled child - smart, good-looking, with the gift of gab; but something, somewhere down inside of him tells him he just doesn't measure up. I'd wager his wife dominates him in termsof their relationship.

I'm not going to go through every observation leading me to this conclusion - but I think he does have a glass jaw - that the man isn't close to the myth when it comes to character, or strength.

What he does have is a gift for self-promotion ... and some nice suits. Unfortunately, I think they are as empty as the promises he's making to an electorate, some of whom dream of voting for the next American Idol in November.

Problem is, a year or two later, most Americans can't even remember the name of him, or her.

Obama blew it by coming out before his time. In four or eight years - assuming he had the patience and character to wait, as opposed to believing his own PR - he might have been something.

As it stands, whether he loses to Hillary or McCain is unclear. What is clear is that Obama just doesn't have what it takes to make a President.

Comments

[seekeronos]

They are all putzes, if you care to know what I think. :P

[Worst President Ever]

Hardly. McCain's offering the same War, same Economy, and same Health Care. To think somehow the public - which hates Bush's policies - is going to rally behind McCain (McSame) is ludicrous. Plus, he's going to have less money and a less motivated base.

[chris]

Have what it takes to become president?? 8.years.George.Bush.Incompetent.Fool.

The bar isn't too high, you know.

[IslamoLlama]

All that Obama-bashing and no McCain fluffing? Surely there's a dicotomy to draw here? McCain! Dashing war hero! Stoic statesman! Brilliant policy wonk! Posh Comb-over King!

You can't just rip into the opponents negatives, Dan. You've got to primp your own pony. Remember how McCain championed the Surge when all the nay-sayers and doom-speakers were talking about Iraq turning into a failure? Remember when the price of oil was skyrocketing and he had the brass balls to demand a tax-free holiday? McCain is a maverick. A man of the future. A man of extraordinary vision and brilliance approaching to genius, he can’t get anyone to notice. He is like a great painter or musician who is ahead of his time, and who unveils one masterpiece after another to a reception that, when not bored, is hostile.

You can't let McCain's merits fade into the background, Dan. Fight for your boy! Get out there! Tell us what you think of the GOP's new champion! These are the times that try mens souls, Dan. Live in the now! Fight the good fight! Semper Fi! McCain in '08!

[SteveC]

A piece where the author doesn't agree with the Obama-messiah and the cockroaches descend upon you.

WPE..what policies DO the public agree with? All the policies that raid their checkbooks? Stupid little racist you are.

[Worst President Ever]

Dan's the one that defends racism, not me. You got the wrong guy.

"What policies DO the public agree with?" None of Bush's. Note his 70% disapproval. And what on Iraq, the economy, health care does McCain the McSame disagree with Bush?

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In yet another alarming sign for the GOP's prospect's this fall, last night Democrats came within an inch of stealing one of the most Republican districts in the Deep South. In the special election to replace now-Senator Roger Wicker in Mississippi's 1st Congressional District, Democrat Travis Childers fell just 400 votes short of the 50% plus one mark, which would have avoided a run-off and won the seat outright.

Wicker won his first election in 1994 with 63% of the vote and only dipped below the two-thirds mark in the 2006 election, when he won 66%. President Bush won the area, based in the northwest quadrant of the state, with 62% in 2004, a twenty-five point margin.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/04/an_alarm_bell_goes_off_for_gop.html

[jharp]

"made a crack about the size of Barack Obama's ears. He confronted her not long after and said he was sensitive about his ears."

Wow. Another reason why Obama can't be president. He's too sensitive about his ears.

You really have provided some penetrating insight into the election.

[SteveC]

No, that's not it jharp. It's because he's a phony little marxist who can't think without his teleprompter or some media type fellating him.

[jharp]

Good one, SteveC. The marxist remark is especially clever.

As opposed to our nitwit in chief now who can't think with or without a teleprompter.

[docweasel]

um Dan, you do have a S.O., right?

Not to defend Obama, but whose wife/gf _doesn't_ dominate them :p

I like a peaceful life, so I acquiesce to being dominated in a lot of things.

[Worst President Ever]

And on the subject of character flaws:

"The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine," Republican Senator Cochran said about McCain by phone. "He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me."

The biggest socialist movement of late has been to bail big banks out for their brain-dead investment decisions. Otherwise knows as Socialism for the Rich.

[scarshapedstar]

"I'd wager his wife dominates him in termsof [sic] their relationship."

Wow! Republican characterizes Democrat as effeminate! Boy, I've never heard that line before!

[Scrapiron]

Glad to see 'worst president ever' and Chris are still suffering from a bad case of BDS. I had a conversation with a neice last night about how she will become a multi-millionaire treating fools like you two as soon as she finishes her degree. I recommended she change her major a while back and after talking to her professor, she did. Now he is pushing her to stay on the deans list and to go into business with him in about 15 months. That should be about the time all of the democrats (40 million or so)are comitted for $500 an hour mental health evaluations. A couple of drug scrips and they never leave whacko care. Easy money is on the way.

[Worst President Ever]

Since she's family, maybe she'll give Scrapiron a discount. Cause when Obama gets sworn in as president, he'll be off the deepend.

The only case of Bush Derangement going around are our poor deluded citizens who think he's doing a good job.

Let's see: Unending war - Osama's still on the loose - no WMDs - Economy in the toilet - the dollar down everyday - gas closing in on $4 a gallon - over $4 for diesel truck drivers - a deficit only a Fiscal Conservative could love. Wonderful legacy GWB's leaving behind.

[SteveC]

Keep talking the economy down...I'm sure raising taxes will surely inspire everyone. It's amazing how you libtards keep trashing this country like you do. You denigrate everything about it, you love indoctrinating our youth, ala Hitler and you do nothing but add regulation upon regulation to everyone's plate. Gosh, $4 a gallon for gas? That's what you leftists want. You want people to pay higher prices for food and gas. You want to keep people down and you want to keep minorities under your thumb.

What exactly does your side stand for, other than squelching freedom?

[Worst President Ever]

I'd rather base my decisions on reality rather than personal paranoia and refusing to face facts. Maybe Scrapiron can line you up for some counseling - get rid of those demons.

Sounds like somebody took your brain, through it in the wingnut washer, and destoyed all ability to actually think for yourself.

As for the rest of you post, it's total, unmitigate BS.

[SteveC]

A snobbish leftist like Michael Pollan wants food prices to be higher. Cheap food is bad in his book. Environmentalists want higher gas prices so we drive less, ala cigarette taxes supposedly driving down smoking. Donkeycrats don't want black Americans to leave the party, they'd rather keep them in perpetual victim-hood rather than lose a voting bloc.

Your side is getting pretty pathetic when it comes to your harping on Bush taking away some phantom rights(name ONE), yet you're the guys trying to take away peoples basic freedoms away.

[seekeronos]

"--- I like a peaceful life, so I acquiesce to being dominated in a lot of things. ---"

Alas, and it is for a want of leadership/headship by the father and husband that wives dominate, and children go undisciplined.

This is one of the largest areas that the Devil has attacked - the family - and has done a smashing job of it.

"--- The biggest socialist movement of late has been to bail big banks out for their brain-dead investment decisions. Otherwise knows as Socialism for the Rich. ---"

I'd call it "Socialism in Reverse", but if the meme works, run with it I say.

"--- What exactly does your side stand for, other than squelching freedom? ---"

Not much else, really. The negative, anti-American thinking and all the scary and demoralizing talking points doesn't do much to motivate this paleoconservative though.

What is needed is repentance: God has promised to relent from punishing nations that returned whole-heartedly to Him.

[Worst President Ever]

SteveC comes back with another Total BS post. Food prices are higher as a direct result of Bush's policies. The Fourth Amendment for starters. Unless you think listening in on all phone calls, email, etc. is somehow not an invasion of privacy.

Gonzales says the Constitution doesn't guarantee habeas corpus
Attorney general's remarks on citizens' right astound the chair of Senate judiciary panel

Shorter Seek: Socialism for the poor - bad, bad, bad. Socialism for the Rich - good, good, good.

[SteveC]

What RIGHTS have been take away? Name ONE.

[Worst President Ever]

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

[SteveC]

Hasn't been taken away...keep grasping.

[LOL]

you're so incredibly vapid and anti-intellectual it's amazing. You're an idiot basically Dan.

[Worst President Ever]

They did and since they refust to testify before Congress, it's impossible to know whether the programs have ended or not:

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For at least 16 months after the Sept. 11 terror attacks in 2001, the Bush administration believed that the Constitution's protection against unreasonable searches and seizures on U.S. soil didn't apply to its efforts to protect against terrorism.

That view was expressed in a Justice Department legal memo dated Oct. 23, 2001. The administration on Wednesday stressed that it now disavows that view.

[seekeronos]

"--- Socialism for the Rich - good, good, good ---"

You put words in my mouth, you naughty ex-president you. How did that meeting go wit Hamas, btw? I hear Israeli security wasn't so amenable to your travel plans.

As for "Socialism in Reverse", any kind of government interference in the markets, or in peoples' finances tends to be bad and leads to a loss: concerning bailouts for failing companies, it leads to a loss of stability and a longer healing time for the markets to correct themselves, and for the poor, a loss of liberty and a will to better themselves much beyond the handouts from the government. It creates an ugly system of peonage on the part of the poor and the rich alike.

If you've read some of my other posts, you'd know that I think that the Fed Reserve is one of the most devilish schemes the international banking elite ever cooked up (and propped up).

Or to put it in terms you might like:

Socialism in Reverse, bad, bad, very bad.

[seekeronos]

The security theatre actors lost it at this part:

"The right of the people to be secure"

...and certain actors in the Bush cabinet ran quite far with it.

However, one must ask (in reference to the unabridged statement) "Who are the "people" ?

Of course, it refers to the "We, the People of the United States of America"... that is, the natural citizens of this Republic.

Resident Aliens - and especially those who conduct acts of war (terrorism) against this Republic have no expectation of the same rights accorded to the citizens - "the people" named in the Constitution.

[jharp]

An oldie but goodie.

Willie?

Bush, April 2004:

Transcript:

Secondly, there are such things as roving wiretaps. Now, by the way, any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires — a wiretap requires a court order. Nothing has changed, by the way. When we’re talking about chasing down terrorists, we’re talking about getting a court order before we do so. It’s important for our fellow citizens to understand, when you think Patriot Act, constitutional guarantees are in place when it comes to doing what is necessary to protect our homeland, because we value the Constitution.

[SteveC]

Ah, the dreaded PATRIOT ACT...unless you're a terrorist, once again, have not had my rights taken away.

[jharp]

So, StevenC.

You have no problem with Hillary Clinton listening to your phone calls and monitoring your e mail?

Why do you hate the Constitution?

[docweasel]

seek, can I ask you just one small question?

are you fucking insane or just incredibly stupid?

[SteveC]

First jharp, I don't rate that high for Hillary. Two, I'm not as narcissistic as you guys are and believe the government is listening to my every word. Third, your side is wiping its hind end with the Constitution...my side is trying to defend it from all fronts, especially when it comes to your ilk.

[Fred Beloit]

Ayers isn't a big problem for Obama. Obama is a problem for Ayers by drawing attention to what Ayers has been up to in Chicago. Can you dig this demweasel?

http://www.city-journal.org/2008/eon0423ss.html

[Fred Beloit]

"...against unreasonable searches and seizures..." What part of that five-syllable word don't you libmugs understand?

[Fred Beloit]

A demweasel admission: "Not to defend Obama, but whose wife/gf _doesn't_ dominate them :p
I like a peaceful life, so I acquiesce to being dominated in a lot of things."

Oh no, another Dem warlord. What kind of armor do you prefer, Sir Knight, bronze or wood? Do you like to smite your enemies with a mace or have at then with a lance?

[Fred Beloit]

Here Mr. Ever particularizes what he feels are the failures of the two-year Dem majority in Congress:

"Let's see: Unending war - Osama's still on the loose - no WMDs - Economy in the toilet - the dollar down everyday - gas closing in on $4 a gallon - over $4 for diesel truck drivers - a deficit only a Fiscal Conservative could love. Wonderful legacy GWB's leaving behind."

Well, he's left out a lot of promises they made but haven't kept. Still it is a fairly good summary.

[Fred Beloit]

I have given our current situation a lot of thought. My present opinion is that within that conflictual economy of colonial discourse which Edward Said describes as the tension between the synchronic panoptical vision of domination—the demand for identity, stasis—and the counter-pressure of the diachrony of history—change, difference—mimicry represents an ironic compromise. If I may adapt Samuel Weber’s formulation of the marginalizing vision of castration.

I conclude then that in the ambivalent world of the “not quite/not white,” on the margins of metropolitan desire, the founding objects of the Western world become the erratic, eccentric, accidental objets trouvés of the colonial discourse—the part-objects of presence. It is then that the body and the book lose their representational authority. Black skin splits under the racist gaze, displaced into signs of bestiality, genitalia, grotesquerie, which reveal the phobic myth of the undifferentiated whole white body.

[joeb]

Obama: the bloom is off that rose.
Are American men henpecked. From what I observe I would say yes.
Hillary: She wears the pantsuits in that family.
I keep reading the Democrats are destroying themselves in their primary races. That is very good news.

[Worst President Ever]

Yeah, it would have been nice if the Dems - who've only had Congress for a little over a year - could fix all Bush's screwups - it's a big job, we all know. Check his poll ratings. In the toilet.

Truth is, without 66 votes in the Senate, you basically can't get anything done.

But Bush will be gone soon, McSame will lose, and President Obama can get about the business of fixing America.

[Fred Beloit]

Two items. The first is: oops, I didn't write the maniacal nonsense above.

Thanks to Roger Kimbal's blog, Roger's Rules, it was written by: "Homi K. Bhabha. The former Chester D. Tripp Professor of the Humanities at the University of Chicago is now the Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of the Humanities and Director of the Humanities Center at Harvard as well as Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities at University College, London. Pretty impressive, eh?"

joeb probably thinks I have gone starkers.

Second, from Classical Values blog:

"The hell with data! Where's our recession????
Quick, would someone please tell the Democrats that we're not in a recession?
I don't know who the candidate will be (and God help us if it's Hillary, because I'm not convinced McCain can beat her), but both Hill and O take it as an article of faith that we are in a recession, that it's all doom and gloom, that it's All Bush's Fault, that it's All Because of Iraq, and that therefore it All Boils Down To this rather silly "equation":
McCain = Iraq = Bush = Recession!

I put "equation" in quotes, of course, because emotions are neither facts no numbers."

[Fred Beloit]

Mr. Ever, has it occurred to you, that all you, Harpo, and the other left-wing scholars, ever do is keep repeating the same old lib talking points over and over again. Well, perhaps that is what you are paid to do. But still aren't you embarrassed by this sad fact?

[Worst President Ever]

Hey Fred, as long as you keep repeating the same BS over and over and over, I'm going to keep trying to correct you.

Bush and the Republicans have been running the economy for the past seven years: It's THEIR recession.

[Fred Beloit]

Here is some very good news for Harpo, who wants someone else to pay for his medical coverage:
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/dems-hedge-on-healthcare-2008-04-23.html

"Congressional Democrats are backing away from healthcare reform promises made by their two presidential candidates, saying that even if their party controls the White House and Congress, sweeping change will be difficult.

It is still seven months before Election Day, but already senior Democrats are maneuvering to lower public expectations on the key policy issue.

In the back of their minds is the damage done to President Bush’s second term by his failed attempts to change the nation’s Social Security policy.

For some senators, the promises made by Sens. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) outside of Washington may not match the political reality on Capitol Hill.

“We all know there is not enough money to do all this stuff,” said Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), a Finance Committee member and an Obama supporter, referring to the presidential candidates’ healthcare plans. “What they are doing is … laying out their ambitions.”"

[Fred Beloit]

What recession? Wishing and propagandizing doesn't make it so.

[Fred Beloit]

Tell me, Mr. Ever, how does the President go about "running the economy"?

[wjo]

Will all the Liberals decrying $4.00 gas please kindly shut the hell up. That is exactly what they advocated for a very long time to break "our" addiction to oil. Only, a good portion of that in the Liberal vision was to be composed of a "carbon tax" to fatten the government treasury. With this new stream of income they wanted to "invest" in new and improved government programs.

Well, you've got your $4.00 gas and all that follows in its train. You're not upset that it costs working families. You're just pissed that the gravy you wanted (if you were sticking it to them) isn't there.

Now WPE and ilk, please explain what President Obama does to "fix" $4.00 gas prices? You know, cause y'all care so deeply about the middle class.

[jharp]

Here is some very good news for Harpo, who wants someone else to pay for his medical coverage:

You are an idiot. I do not want someone else to pay for my health care. I want access to the same insurance our elected leaders have. Send me the bill and I'll pay it tomorrow. I want single payer which will save us all money. Why do you suppose it is Fred, that we pay two to three times what the rest of world pays. And over 40 million are not covered. And why isn't the rest of the world copying our system?

"saying that even if their party controls the White House and Congress, sweeping change will be difficult."

No shit, Fred. You are master of the obvious.

[Fred Beloit]

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have a decision to make because I am the decider. Shall I run the economy so we avoid a recession? This would certainly make all the Democraticics happy, just as winning a war against our enemies would make them all happy. They will then admire and respect me.......Nah. I'm going to run the economy right into the ground. Now how can I do that? Hmmm. I can...no. Can't do that. I know, I'll... S--t. I don't know how I can do that. Guess I'll ask Mr. Ever what to do."

[Fred "I am an idiot" "master of the obvious" Beloit]

Harpo writes: "I want access to the same insurance our elected leaders have."

But, Harpo, that IS the kind of insurance our "leaders" have, paid for with someone else's money. And I have news for you, you will never get it. Know why? Because they are smart and you are dumb. How else could they get you to pay for their insurance and still keep you voting for them. Poor sod. Honk honk.

[WAHOO WILLIE]

"I want access to the same insurance our elected leaders have. Send me the bill and I'll pay it tomorrow."

Damn, if that's all you want call BCBS and get it. Still have to do the co-pay though.

"Nah. I'm going to run the economy right into the ground."

Yeah Fred, I always did like that one. Da Prez will saceifice the entire economy and his party, legacy and who knows what......just t o make his buddies rich. Just like it's his fault that banks were shamed into dropping their protectionist/racist practices because "everyone should have aaaaaaccesss to owning their own home." What did Rev Wright say? "America's chickennnnns.......coming home to roost.

[chris]

Fred, you really need to do something more productive with your golden years. Ever think of making potholders or guarding the border???