Barack Obama: A superhero, a joke or … both?
To start this Friday on a lighter note, this is pretty funny:
Back when I was in college (Carnegie Mellon class of 2000), a friend who was attending the University of Chicago gave me a placard that was posted hither and thither on Chicago’s South Side: a dorky-faced guy with a ridiculously toothy grin smiling out at us. It read
“Barack Obama
for State Senate”My buddy Josh and I thought this was hilarious. Over the years, we turned the guy on the placard into a superhero. We’d be studying for one hard exam or another and would say to one another: “You know who could ace the piss out of this test right now?” The other would respond, “Barack Obama!” to which the first would respond, inevitably, “… for state senate!”
Or we’d be at the gym: “Man, these weights are tough! … Know who could lift them without breaking a sweat?” “Barack Obama!” “… for state senate!”
The years go by. It’s 2004. There’s a dude up on the stage at the Democratic National Convention who’s making everyone ask, “Why do I have to vote for Kerry? Why can’t I vote for this guy?” Josh and I called one another: “Uh … dude, do you see who’s on stage right now?” It was surreal.
It’s still surreal. Every few months it occurs to me afresh that Josh and I were making this obscure local politician the punchline of a joke probably a decade before he became president of the United States. Bizarre.
You may now commence with the “He’s still the punchline of a joke” discussion.
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hahahahhaha!!!!!!
June 25th, 2010
10:05 am
you’d think you’d welcome all the hits you can get, given the fact this paper is on its last breath…..
USinUK
June 25th, 2010
10:05 am
Scooter – “USinUK,a short while back you admonished someone for saying something about Kagan and admonished me to a certain point for thinking it was funny. now you say something like this about Palin”
sorry for the delayed response …
I admonished people for criticizing LOOKS, not intellect – (something some of the men-folk here do with alarming regularity) –
hope that cleared things up ..
and g’morning right back at ya!
neo-Carlinist
June 25th, 2010
10:07 am
kayaker71 – reagan won his second term (1984) against Mondale -Ferraro. Nixon won his second term (1972) against McGovern – Shriver
DIT
June 25th, 2010
10:07 am
I saw Scout’s post….. closet Muslim.
Have to dissagree with you. He is out of the closet when he said “We (US) are not a Christian Nation” This muslim is a JOKE! We are now the laughing stock of the entire world!
I'm here from the government and I'm here to help
June 25th, 2010
10:07 am
Obama is a joke. Sadly the joke is on us!
Moderate Line
June 25th, 2010
10:07 am
AmVet
June 25th, 2010
9:19 am
At some point things will have to turn around or he will be out.
Agreed, and at least you ended up with a cogent point.
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Typically an insult reveals more about the person insulting than the person being insulted. My basic point is blaming Bush will work for so long. Every president does it so what Obama is doing is not unusual. However, It won’t work forever.
It also loses points with moderates because Obama proclaimed or his supporters proclaim he was different than all those Washington politicians. However,
I still believe that two years is to short of a time to evaluate his performance but 10 years is way to long.
DreamsMaterialize
June 25th, 2010
10:08 am
Obama will be a one-term elected official for the same reason Jimmy Carter was a one term elected official. They are bad leaders who surround themselves with a bad cabinet.
Can we add George H.W. Bush to this list? You bias the argument by selectively leaving out others who fit the one-term criterion.
A CONSERVATIVE
June 25th, 2010
10:08 am
JAY…..You mean it has taken this WIZARD of Smarts to figure out OBAMA is a confidence artist…Talking points on the left: “OBAMA pulled off a stroke of genius in his selection of this GENERAL…THEN—”OBAMA didn’t have any other choice other than the general he chose-”"
IS AMUSING TO LISTEN TO THE LIBERAL TALKING POINTs.
Outhouse GoKart
June 25th, 2010
10:09 am
“besides voting no on every bill?”
Change for the sake of change is pointless.
Change in making things almost intolerable, like this Obama character has done, is worse.
interested observer
June 25th, 2010
10:10 am
I’d say Jay didn’t feel much like working today.
cliff zeider
June 25th, 2010
10:10 am
Hey, Obama is more like a Barker at a Carnival.. cz
A CONSERVATIVE
June 25th, 2010
10:11 am
JAY…ARE YOU still undecided which OBAMA is…”OBAMA IS A JOKE” PLAYED ON AMERICA ….by a socialists Media..inclusing the Obama-Atlanta-Urnal..
A CONSERVATIVE
June 25th, 2010
10:11 am
JAY…ARE YOU still undecided which OBAMA is…”OBAMA IS A JOKE” PLAYED ON AMERICA ….by a socialists Media..inclusing the Obama-Atlanta-Urnal..
AmVet
June 25th, 2010
10:11 am
You seem to be excusing the problems or performance so far of the country during Obama administations (sic) (You may want to consider proof reading or getting a spell checker) on the problems of Bush and before you said it would take at least 10 years to clean it up.
And you seem to have a very difficult time with standard written English. Just this morning, I gave Obama a grade of C-. And inferred he deserved worse. Is this, to a “reasonable person”, a ringing endorsement? I have excoriated him on this very blog on a wide variety of topics form HCR to his dreadful continuation of much of the idiotic “War on Terror”.
I believe a reasonable person would conclude your blaming the performance of the country so far under Obama on Bush and that much of what is negative for the next ten years will be Bush’s fault.
I don’t know what “reasonable person” you are alluding to, but pray tell, it is not you. Nor your fellow apologists.
Outhouse GoKart
June 25th, 2010
10:11 am
DreamsMaterialize
You may want to include the “Perot factor” prior to including Bush I in your comparisons.
Come round 2 Barack could well loose the democratic nomination for Presidency
Scooter
June 25th, 2010
10:11 am
Normal
June 25th, 2010
10:03 am
I thought it was funny too Normal. Top of the morn to ya Sir!
Carter is a Fool
June 25th, 2010
10:12 am
Claiming that it is unfair to compare his presidency with Obama’s because it took him four years to fail, while Obama has taken less than two years to completely screw up our economy and lose prestige in the World, Jimmy Carter suggests that fair-minded Americans give President Obama a chance to redeem himself before they judge his tenure against his own.
kayaker 71
June 25th, 2010
10:14 am
neoCarlinist,
I stand corrected. My bad.
Outhouse GoKart
June 25th, 2010
10:14 am
Jimmy Carter can go strait to hell.
SOOHSO
June 25th, 2010
10:15 am
no comment.
I Will Make Georgia Howl
June 25th, 2010
10:18 am
Talk about a joke! How dare Obama blame Bush for the current predicament! Here are some quotes I think you will find interesting:
“I tell you what the numbers are showing. They’re showing that we’ve inherited an economic slowdown and the country is in an economic slowdown. And so what a President should ask and what the Congress should ask is what can we do to stimulate economic growth. And we responded with tax relief.” – George W. Bush 8/23/2001
“The President’s policies, complemented by 12 interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve to ease deflationary pressures, are succeeding. Despite the recession we inherited and despite 9/11 and the corporate scandals, this economy is growing. America has now entered its second year of economic growth.” Dick Cheney 1/10/2003
And finally, when asked by a REPORTER… “and we’re running a $455 billion deficit, as are you, all other things being equal, wouldn’t you be upset about it?”
BUSH replied, “Let me tell you something, the deficit was caused by a recession which we inherited and did something about. The deficit was caused because we spent more money on fighting a war, and the American people expect a President to do what is necessary to win a war. So I look forward to taking this debate on. I really do. We did the right thing when it came to tax relief. We inherited a tough situation.” 8/14/2003
Moderate Line
June 25th, 2010
10:18 am
GeorgeDawg
June 25th, 2010
9:59 am
The economy was doing well until the democrats took back over the house and senate in 2008. The housing crisis was a big factor in bringing down the economy. Fannie and ginnae and the gov’t involvement in the mortgage industry were big factors collapse. Bush sounded the alarm and
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The Dems actual took the House and Senate in Jan 2007. The problems in the housing market started prior to 2007. Bush was also in favor of expanding home ownership plus Greenspan keep interest rates low fueling the housing bubble. Also, there was resistance by both Bush and Clinton administration to regulate parts of the financial industry that contributed to the downfall of the economy. The financial industry is a heavy contributir to both parties.
Unfortunely, for both conservative and liberal, democrats and republicans their is blame all around. I wish one party was at fault that would make correcting the problem easy.
TRUTH
June 25th, 2010
10:20 am
LOL….Sometimes I get nervous reading the crap on here. I begin to think that the whole country consists of backward rednecks. Then I read material produced in other parts of the country. What a relief. There is hope yet.
Concerned Black American
June 25th, 2010
10:21 am
This is my first visit to this blog and I am not really surprised at the amount of “hatred” whites feel for Black Americans. After living 63 years, nothing has really changed. However, we have many enemies in the world that would like to destroy our great country and the type of “racial” hatred being carried around in people’s hearts and minds can only make us weaker as a nation………………..Just a thought!!
DreamsMaterialize
June 25th, 2010
10:21 am
You may want to include the “Perot factor” prior to including Bush I in your comparisons.
Come round 2 Barack could well loose the democratic nomination for Presidency
They aren’t my comparisons. I was simply following the logic through. Studies and exit polls have shown that the “Perot factor” affected Bush and Clinton about equally.
neo-Carlinist
June 25th, 2010
10:21 am
OTPVol, very good post. I think the difference between Carter and Obama lies somewhere between Carter’s humility and Obama’s hubris. Of course, this is as much due to the eras (1970’s vs. 2000’s) and their cultural/ethnic values (white, Christian, southern Democrat from two-parent home, born and raised in same hometown vs. black, hybrid indoctrination, northern – CHICAGO – Democrat from single family home, who moved often). and, I am not some “he’s a Muslim” birther. They were born and raised in different environments and different eras, but I think they were both, as you note “idealists” who for whatever reason did not demonstrate the ability to lead a nation. As a sidebar, I think Carter had some decent “ideas” – he was the first to warn of the geo-political and economic consequences of our consumerist gluttony and dependence on oil, but again, perhaps the dream that things could be played out any other way, prevented effected his leadership. I think Obama is, as was noted (Bada Bing, I think) like a hologram or some “post-Bush” fabrication. Very much form over substance, which unfortunately is the nature of the beast in contemporary politics. You gotta sell the sizzle, not the steak, right?
ASHCAN.
June 25th, 2010
10:22 am
Who cares jay bootyman,fact is obama is president until his term is up and i think the title of this dumb blog is a joke.Look at it as we are all americans and in this thing together and stop looking at color.What will these comments change? thats the reality question.
DreamsMaterialize
June 25th, 2010
10:23 am
Come round 2 Barack could well loose the democratic nomination for Presidency
I agree that this is a possibility.
AmVet
June 25th, 2010
10:24 am
The economy was doing well until the democrats took back over the house and senate in 2008.
Occassionally a blogger does the forum an enormous favor and posts something SO ludicrous and is SO incredibly misinformed, that it saves others from even reading the rest of the post.
Thank you Dawg…
Scooter
June 25th, 2010
10:27 am
You can bash Bush and Obama all you want to. But,the one that made a complete mockery of the Office of the POTUS was Clinton.And I’m not talking about his policies. You all know what I am talking about!
TRUTH
June 25th, 2010
10:28 am
The Dems had better quickly realize that if they DO NOT nominate Obama for a second term they may as well save us all some time and surrender to the Repubs.
neo-Carlinist
June 25th, 2010
10:29 am
kayaker71, the only reason I noted this is I collected political buttons as a kid and I still have 1 McGovern-Shriver button. By ‘84 I had stopped collecting political buttons, in favor of political nightmares. I sold my McGovern-Eagleton buttons on eBay, and some Nixon-Agnew buttons at a yard sale. I also had a Communist Party button with Angela Davis (VP) – don’t remember who her running mate was.
barneyb
June 25th, 2010
10:33 am
“As an American I am not so shocked that Obama was given the Nobel
Peace Prize without any accomplishments to his name, but that
America gave him the White House based on the same credentials.” – -
Newt Gingrich
Scooter
June 25th, 2010
10:35 am
This is my first visit to this blog and I am not really surprised at the amount of “hatred” whites feel for Black Americans. After living 63 years,
That hatred works in both directions dude,you opinion is proof of that!
Too bad we are both too old to see an end to it.
Pearlx2
June 25th, 2010
10:36 am
President Obama is already one of the greatest presidents this country has ever had. I believe that by the end of his 2 terms, he might very well be hailed as the greatest ever, because of the nature of the enormous problems this country has because of mistakes, actions and inactions by past presidents. In just 18 short months, President Obama has already pulled the American economy literally out of the ditch and turned it around, provided healthcare for most, if not all, Americans (we are the last civilized country to do so for its people), appointed (and is in the process of appointing) 2 female Supreme Court justices, won a Nobel Peace Prize, presided over the safe rescue of a ship’s captain from pirates, improved our relations with people all around the world (including China and Russia), begun to pull our troops out of Iraq, gotten BP to put up $20 billion as the START of a fund to reimburse aggrieved fisherman and their families — the list goes on and on. How many past presidents ever had to deal with even ONE of these challenges? Those who did can be counted on one hand, and NONE ever had to deal with them all.
Just one of these successful accomplishments in a 4 or 8 year term would have been hailed as a success for any other president, but just think — President Obama has done ALL of them — in just 18 short months. There is still a lot to do; no other president has inherited the kinds of problems this president has, but we can all thank God that we have President Obama in the White House, because he is so obviously the man for the job in these treacherous times in which we live.
hotlanta
June 25th, 2010
10:36 am
Is this column a clown oro a joke. Boy you better be glad that this isn’t a socialist or communist country because you will be locked for such a title.Where are all of these daily/minute by minute polls coming from because no one had contacted myself for my friends YET. The Republicans are complaining about his policies but they have not come up with any solutions. Why wasn’t Haliburton mentioned in the oil spill along with BP, when they had some employees on the rig as well. Makes you wanna go hmmmmmm. I have never in my life seen a politcal party hell bent on destroying a man on purpose. They are acting like gangsters or sore losers who lost their ponies. The Republicans are not working they are campainging for 2012 in 2010 and you folks are toooo stupid to see it. They have been pissed since the election, they have been pissed since the healthcare reform got pissed, they are really pissed becuase he got 20Billion out of BP since they were saying he was doing nothing since the oil spill. Was I the only one who saw his first trip to the Gulf Coast as soon as it happened while they were screaming he went a month later.. They are going to roll over and die when he gets Bin Laden. I can’t wait and it is gonna happen soon.
Let’s talk about Sarah Palin getting together with Drug pusher and Iran Contra, Oliver North. I am like wow he will be getting a pension the whole 9 yards for pushing drugs. Only in America.
Contractor
June 25th, 2010
10:38 am
TRUTH,
What have the Democrats given you? Besides some sense of entitlement to sit on your butt and collect a check every month. The Democrats praise you for making nothing of yourself, but tax the hell out of you and penalize you if you make something out of yourself. Does that sound right to you? Does a crack head, drunk, or sorry piece of crap deserve the same lifestyle as a doctor, lawyer, engineer, business owner that put their selves through school and did what they were supposed to? Give me a break with all that garbage that the Republicans were the ones that screwed you. The Democrats are doing the exact same things that you said you wouldn’t vote for. Grow a set and make something of yourself, instead of letting the government and hard working Americans pay for your laziness and keep your head just above water, while you step on the heads of others to keep you air coming.
xoxo
June 25th, 2010
10:39 am
what’s sad is we have a President who takes his cues from the foaming-at-the-mouth liberal media. Even holding meetings with them. You’d think if he’s going to do that, he’d at least take advice from the ratings champ FOX News.
Normal
June 25th, 2010
10:41 am
Scooter,
Back at cha!
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LOL….Sometimes I get nervous reading the crap on here. I begin to think that the whole country consists of backward rednecks.
Paddle faster, I hear banjo music…
stands for decibels
June 25th, 2010
10:41 am
That hatred works in both directions dude,you opinion is proof of that!
Too bad we are both too old to see an end to it.
Scooter, you’re usually a pretty level headed guy, but what in tarnation is “hateful” about Concerned Black American’s opinion as expressed above?
xoxo
June 25th, 2010
10:42 am
Moderate line,
Yes, the housing crisis did start before 2007. It started in the 90’s with Clinton, Frank and Dodd. Bush tried to strengthen regulation but was denied every time by the liberal Congress, as well you know.
vince neil
June 25th, 2010
10:43 am
i say joke…best thing ever for for Jimmy Carter..now he will be called the 2nd worst president in 50 years…
Moderate Line
June 25th, 2010
10:43 am
AmVet
June 25th, 2010
10:11 am
You seem to be excusing the problems or performance so far of the country during Obama administations (sic) (You may want to consider proof reading or getting a spell checker) on the problems of Bush and before you said it would take at least 10 years to clean it up.
And you seem to have a very difficult time with standard written English. Just this morning, I gave Obama a grade of C-. And inferred he deserved worse. Is this, to a “reasonable person”, a ringing endorsement? I have excoriated him on this very blog on a wide variety of topics form HCR to his dreadful continuation of much of the idiotic “War on Terror”.
I believe a reasonable person would conclude your blaming the performance of the country so far under Obama on Bush and that much of what is negative for the next ten years will be Bush’s fault.
I don’t know what “reasonable person” you are alluding to, but pray tell, it is not you. Nor your fellow apologists.
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Who am I a apologist for? I just criticize someone for trying to say it was all the liberals fault the economy collapse. Basic politics blame someone else.
We probably agree more than we disagree. Other than you like to insult people. I stick to the issues. If someone misunderstands what I say I don’t call them names and insult them. I clarify what I said. It’s nothing personal. Communication works two ways which requires a working transmitter and receiver.
I am waiting for the next insult.
Normal
June 25th, 2010
10:44 am
Scooter
June 25th, 2010
10:27 am
My only problem with Clinton was that after Monica did him, he didn’t
call a press conference to brag about it. Any time a 53 year old gets a BJ from a 25 year old is Head(get it?)line news!!!
Concerned Black American
June 25th, 2010
10:44 am
Scooter……..
You must have misunderstood my comment. Actually, I choose not to live my life hating people. How about you?
I know it works both ways as you said. However, this problem must be solved, eventually.
Sick of Repubs
June 25th, 2010
10:47 am
Of the 244 comments that are on this blog, 144 were made by the same xoxo and haha fool!
Contractor
June 25th, 2010
10:50 am
How can the Liberals sit there and defend a guy who’s approval rating with all types of voters is down, and continuously going down? Does the public not speak loud enough? Y’all got your guy in office, your voice was heard, he is failing all of us, and now your negative voice is being heard and people are admitting mistakes on voting for him. Not to mention he vacations every week, gives the queen of England an iPod, remember she’s like 90, and surrounds himself with people like Pelosi, who’s state is bankrupt and she can’t even help control. Yeah, he is the right man to be leading this country. All I’ve seen is more debt, more unemployed, more foreclosures, and did I mention more debt, in his 18 months in the White House. Oh yeah, don’t let me forget about that small oil spill that is still gushing, ruining the lives of people all along the Gulf, and that’s making its way to my Panama City beach house as we speak. Haven’t heard a word on that lately, so I guess it’s all forgiven.
Dave R.
June 25th, 2010
10:56 am
“What solutions have they come up with, besides voting no on every bill?”
Chris, THAT dog don’t hunt. Your Hopey-Changey guy had majorities in both houses that would have ensured passage of every bill without a single GOP vote. Blaming the GOP for his failures is intellectually dishonest on every level.
DIT
June 25th, 2010
10:58 am
I don’t understand why this has, and always does, turn into a “racial” thing? This is about an opinion from the reading stating their opinion if he is a joke or not. Stop bringing the “Racial” card into this. Or better yet for the people of all skin colors that want to base their “hate” on skin color, start your own blog because hating just because of a skin color makes the majority of us sick. No one brought up the “Race Card” when W was in office so let’s not start now because we have a president that is half black and half white.
The bottom line, no matter who posts what, is that Dems are going to back obama and the Repubs are going to blast him. And, by the way folks, this is all according to God’s design. I believe this country has had its chance and has blown it. When God has given nations in the past chance after chance and they continue to get worse, it usually means that God’s grace is about to give out on this country and we have but only ourselves to blame!
I know that I will get the true “haters” on here, but what I stated about past nations in History is 100% correct. There is no argueing facts!
Dave R.
June 25th, 2010
11:00 am
AmVet, how do you give Hope & Change a C-, then in the same breath infer he deserves worse?
Are you grading on a curve?
stands for decibels
June 25th, 2010
11:00 am
How can the Liberals sit there and defend a guy who’s approval rating with all types of voters is down, and continuously going down?
Erm, I’ll ask again–did you defend Ronald Reagan when his approvals tumbled down into the high 30s, midway through his first term?
If so, how did you “sit there” and do that? Please share.
Moderate Line
June 25th, 2010
11:01 am
xoxo
June 25th, 2010
10:42 am
Moderate line,
Yes, the housing crisis did start before 2007. It started in the 90’s with Clinton, Frank and Dodd. Bush tried to strengthen regulation but was denied every time by the liberal Congress, as well you know
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I don’t disagree that Bush tried to strengthen the regulations of Freddie and Fannie but blaming it on a liberal congress is hard to accept when Repbublicans had constrol of the Senate and the House from 2005 to 2007. The same congress which passed two war resolutions and a few tax cuts.
Plus did he try to regulate the financial markets. I have yet to see where he did.
Dave R.
June 25th, 2010
11:05 am
I want whatever Pearlx2 is on . . .
I guess she’s in a location where the sun is over the yardarm.
AmVet
June 25th, 2010
11:07 am
Moderate, you have a fatal flaw.
Which is to speak for me: …your blaming the performance of the country so far under Obama on Bush…
And you are eminently unqualified to do so.
When I have demonstrated repeatedly to “reasonable” people that I have not. And in fact, have held BHO accountable for HIS mistakes.
I simply find your sophomoric tactic of trying to put words in my mouth less than cogent.
Consider that an insult if it makes you feel better…
popeye
June 25th, 2010
11:13 am
Ah yes Jimmy Carter the repugs whipping boy
.
Net jobs created during Carter’s 4 years 10 million.
Then there is Bill Clinton who during 8 years created 24 million.
and in stark contrast Bush who during 8 years managed a whopping 5 million.
http://www.first-draft.com/2008/08/10-million-net.html
In contrast Bush created 5 million in 8 years.
Tyrone
June 25th, 2010
11:13 am
No…he is a complete MORON !
Tyrone
June 25th, 2010
11:14 am
Attention popeye,
Are you really that stupid?
HDB
June 25th, 2010
11:14 am
Contractor June 25th, 2010
10:38 am
“What have the Democrats given you?”
For as many who would say “nothing”, there are many who would say “opportunity”! In MY life and time, the best opportunities for success have occurred when Democrats were in the White House. The ATMOSPHERE for advancement and prosperity have better occurred when a Democrat was in the White House; the ability to find employment was better for me when a Democrat was in the White House….for the length of unemployment was less than 90 days….whereas when a epublican was in the White House, I was unemployed for up to TWO YEARS! I also know of many who could not find employment during Republican Administrations.
For you, the opposite may hold true…..but that dooes not mitigate what others have experienced……
popeye
June 25th, 2010
11:16 am
No Tyrone. Are you?
Down in Albany
June 25th, 2010
11:17 am
Pearlx2: surely you are making a joke. “…pulled economy out of the ditch…won a Nobel Peace Prize…” You’ve got to be kidding me! You must have been smoking the “Peace” pipe. You are absolutely delutional!
HDB
June 25th, 2010
11:18 am
Contractor June 25th, 2010
10:50 am
“How can the Liberals sit there and defend a guy who’s approval rating with all types of voters is down, and continuously going down? ”
The same as how Conservatives defended Bush when he sent this nation into an economic spiral, started two wars, kept spending off-books, and set the conditions to put this nation where it is today!! The same as how Conservatives lauded the Bush Presidency…..
It goes both ways………
Contractor
June 25th, 2010
11:20 am
stands for decibels,
I was born in 1984, and too young to critique anything.
David S
June 25th, 2010
11:21 am
Calling him a clown just insults clowns. Calling him a joke just insults comedy and jokes that are funny. Superhero at least points to the reality that superheroes only exist in comic books.
Totalitarian, socialist, warmonger, war criminal, wealth redistributor, non-natural-born american, horrible “president” and a few other things not appropriate to list would also work for this would-be king/dictator.
Dusty
June 25th, 2010
11:23 am
Well, congrats to Bookman. He gets the Puppy Pulitzer Prize for throwing the best bone to the snarling liberals. They jumped right on that college cutie comment. Rushed to the bulwarks to protect their beloved beseiged and bewildered Obama . Stoked up their anti-Bush paranoia and loaded their water pistols.
What a crowd! What bravery! Don Quixote couldn’t have done it better. So many real windmills! So little time! So many Sanchos from Chicago!!
stands for decibels
June 25th, 2010
11:26 am
I was born in 1984, and too young to critique anything.
no excuse!
…but seriously, I offered that example just to point out that Presidents have been known to weather rough approval patches.
Contractor
June 25th, 2010
11:27 am
HBD,
You can not sit there and honestly propose that your job skills and advancement in this country has been a roller coaster ride based on the political powers in office. Maybe you should polish up your skills and hold a job for more than a political term. If you’re incapable of doing so, then that sounds like a personal problem, not a political party problem. If you want to believe that Republicans target you and fire you from a job when they are in power, then you sir are crazy, and there is no need in defending my claims. This country is the greatest place on Earth where anyone can make something of their selves no matter of their race, background, people in power, or anything, so it is very short sided of you to blame a political party for your ups and downs in life. And I have experienced a few ups and downs in my life as well, but don’t point the finger at the President, especially when the finger always ends up pointing back at me when the storm clears and I realize the real reason.
neo-Carlinist
June 25th, 2010
11:31 am
Dusty, I think Obama is reverse Quixotic; as we know, the man of La Mancha “lived a fool and died a sage…”, whereas Obama lived (campaigned) a sage, but is dying (politically) a fool. and how about the irony in the windmill metaphor; he isn’t attacking windmills, he’s encouraging Americans to build windmills to attack “climate change”.
Contractor
June 25th, 2010
11:34 am
HDB,
Economic Spiral? It’s people exactly like you that denounce George W. and call him the worst ever. It’s not his fault that you and others like yourself can’t hold jobs. Go ahead and blame him for all of your troubles, it’s exactly what Liberals do. You know, point the finger at someone else and divert any question that may hurt your stance on a topic. Yeah, the wars have cost this country, but Obama doubled the deficit in less than a year with something that hasn’t done a damn thing to help America’s situation. George W. lowered your taxes, and allowed you to keep more of your pay check, but I guess that point is moot since he was a Republican and you couldn’t find a job or hold one as you put it. Luckily Obama is a Democrat and you have companies beating down your door for you to be an employee of theirs in this hard economic time, right?
Jimbo
June 25th, 2010
11:51 am
@ Wyld Byll Hyltnyr
June 25th, 2010
7:55 am
Bravo, well said.
Jay, barry is a BAD joke
neo-Carlinist
June 25th, 2010
11:55 am
Contractor, I have long maintained there is little difference between Bush and Obama, save a few ideological trademarks. But let’s be honest about W. His “tax cuts” increased the deficit, which has not “helped” America. You issue him a hall pass on the wars; the cost of which was not added to the deficit until Obama took office. Ditto the TARP tab, which was opened within weeks of Obama’s election, and handed to him when he was sworn in. Make no mistake, Bush’s wars were a “stimulus package” for oil companies and defense contractors, just as TARP was a “stimulus” package for Wall Street, and very little of Obama’s “stimulus” fund ever filtered down to Main Street. This whole he said/she said nonsense reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where Elaine and Puddy are talking to the priest about heaven and hell and he considers their situation as says; “…it’s easy – you’re both going to hell.” I could care less if Obama is a Marxist, or a Muslim, or black, or white, or mixed-race. He campaigned on the promise of “transparency” in DC and a “change” to the status quo inside the Beltway. Any President’s policies are mere window dressing to keep his party’s base happy, but ALL presidents are beholden to special interests and not any base. Obama has failed to fulfill his state promise(s) and has lost his “vision”. I guess this makes him neither a “joke” or a “clown” but simply a failure. Bush, on the other hand, was a “success” in terms of funneling money – what some like to refer to as the “redistribution of wealth” – to his corporate benefactors, so in that regard he was a great president, if you accept he never really made any promises to the American people to begin with.
Sick of Kooks
June 25th, 2010
11:59 am
Seriously, it’s past time for your meds.
Sick of Dems
June 25th, 2010
12:03 pm
I’m sick of people saying if you don’t like Obama then you are racist. I’m not racist..Obama is an idiot and has caused extensive damage to the US….If the President was a competent black person like Condaleesa Rice or Herman Cain then I think that would be a great direction for this country
xoxo
June 25th, 2010
12:03 pm
Popeye,
The only thing Jimmy Carter created was The Misery Index. His record levels of inflation and unemployment speak for themselves. Cute little dishonest Nazi website link you have there though.
HDB
June 25th, 2010
12:13 pm
Contractor June 25th, 2010
11:27 am/11:34 am
Since our experiences differ, you may not be able to understand my experiences. Administrations set the ENVIRONMENT for opportunity….and under Republicans, for me, that environment did not exist!! I have PERSONALLY been told that certain employment laws..i.e., Affirmative Action, equal opportuinty….would NOT be enforced under the Reagan Administration!! Unemployment periods were extended for upwards of TWO years…and that paradigm continued under Republican rule. When Democrats were in power, my salary almost quadrupled in a four-year period…working in private industry!! When 9/11 hit, my company (United Airlines) LAID OFF 25,000 people in a two-week period…and many of us have YET to recover from that!! Under Obama, I was able to return to the industry I loved being in….and that happened in LESS than six months!!
It doesn’t happen that way for everyone….but that’s what happened to me!!
To assume that I had no skill set is a mistake….for I was college educated and experienced.
neo-Carlinist
June 25th, 2010
12:17 pm
Sick of Dems, you’re not a racist in my book. you’re “sick of democrats”. but get a grip. all you gloom and doom Obama-bashers keep yammering like chicken littles about all this “damage” he has done to the US. the 21st century US is damaged goods, and it has nothing to do with the ideologies democrats or republicans. it has to do with the naked greed and dishonesty that infects most Americans, be they conservative or liberal. well, let me back track, most of the truly (paleo) conservatives I know are neither greedy or dishonest. ditto my truly (is paleo-liberal a word?). they are neither, but the eschew the “I know what’s best for you because you’re a victim” approach to most neo-liberals. see my point? Bush was not a paleocon and Obama is not a paleolib. They’re both politicians, which makes them twin sons from different mothers. when you are born into wealth like Bush, do you actually think “ideology” matters? only if country clubs, boarding schools and the like have ideological roots? for neo-liberals political power is the currencey (think pimp/hooker), but for neo-conservatives it’s not about the color of the skin, but the color of money folks (think post-industrial robber baron). Herman Cain and Condi Rice? You might as well be a liberal citing Bruce Springsteen or Barbara Streisand as benchmarks of the liberal ethos
Contractor
June 25th, 2010
12:20 pm
neo-Carlinist,
I know the episode you’re talking about, and it’s a good one. Puttey is a funny dude, ha ha. “Hey, you stole my Jesus fish”.
I can agree with you on what you said. I was still a tad young when George W ran for his first term, so I can’t recall exactly what his campaigning was like, but if you said he didn’t promise anything, then he is not held to anything is how I see it. NOW, I don’t see that as letting him off the hook to do what he wants and ruin America, but I think he gets a ‘B’ average from me as far as what he did in his tenure. I believe he was un-fairly criticized for 9/11, and then Katrina, so the flood gates were open for the war and everything else once people sank their teeth in. I just know Katrina was a natural disaster that no one could have stopped.
Obama like you said promised the world to everyone. Low class people were singing his praises thinking their mortgage was gonna get paid and that they were never have to worry about money ever again. He said he was bringing troops home, hasn’t happened, said the economy would flourish under his time, it has only sunken lower. I understand it’s not like a light switch, but I believe a year and a half is enough time to get the ball rolling. And personally, I absolutely hate his stance on immigration, and how he tries to put that in the very back of his agenda, unless it’s fighting to knock down a law he doesn’t see eye to eye with. He has forced Healthcare on this country.
Obviously you see how I feel about him, and I definitely respect the post that you directed towards me, cause it was civil, so thank you.
popeye
June 25th, 2010
12:22 pm
xoxo….Deny it all you want big guy, but those are the numbers. You might also be interested in these numbers too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_debt_by_U.S._presidential_terms
ken
June 25th, 2010
12:29 pm
Joke, clown, divider, narcissist, thug mentality, does not understand America, knows nothing about business etc.,
ken
June 25th, 2010
12:30 pm
Who is Van Jones ?
Contractor
June 25th, 2010
12:31 pm
HBD,
Affirmative action is a mistake in itself. You bark against the same people you claim that are against you, but you sit there and use your skin color to advance yourself to a level that you may not deserve. Don’t get me wrong, if you deserve it, then, you deserve all good things that come to you. But getting a job, admission to a college solely based on color is completely racist and shouldn’t be allowed in this country.
Your income quadrupled? How did that happen? So you’re saying that Republicans were using that money you weren’t making and giving it to something else, but the Democrats are just handing over more money to your industry to put in your pocket? You can not sit there and blame the Republicans because you were laid off, and were for two years. Did you ever think of going out and finding another job instead of sitting on your tail for two years? It’s a filthy lie if you tell me you continued to looked for work, and turned over every rock, looked in every nook and cranny, and couldn’t find anything for two years. Obama did not give you your job back, as much as you would like to think so.
“During President George W. Bush’s terms, which included a mild economic downturn in 2001, the unemployment rate actually averaged 5.53 percent, which compares very favorably with the average since Harry Truman’s second term in 1948 of 5.67 percent.”
Guess those were hard times for you and others like you huh, full-employment.
Get Real
June 25th, 2010
12:37 pm
Normally jokes are funny but I guess Obozo falls into the category of a Stupid Joke! Saw a petition the other day that was signed by everyone that thought Obama was doing a good job and the only signature on it was Michelle! What do you get when you elect a president that has no experience, no leadership ability, no qualifications, no business experience, no economic experience, thin skinned, personallity to pout like a 5th grader? You get a National Disaster named Obozo!
Peter
June 25th, 2010
12:54 pm
Obviously Republican’s here are basically prejudice, and small thinkers.
Bill Campbell
June 25th, 2010
12:55 pm
Worst President in American History!
stands for decibels
June 25th, 2010
1:02 pm
I’m sick of people saying if you don’t like Obama then you are racist.
ok, I’ll ask–who actually says this?
stands for decibels
June 25th, 2010
1:04 pm
Obama like you said promised the world to everyone. Low class people were singing his praises thinking their mortgage was gonna get paid and that they were never have to worry about money ever again.
Translation: “I saw this colored lady on the YouTube say something like this. Once.”
mrs. w.
June 25th, 2010
1:15 pm
Joan: usually you are a little harsh for me but today, yes, I agree. If you are on welfare you do need to make dam* sure you do not get pregnant.
As for me, today, I will go with JOKE.
Contractor
June 25th, 2010
1:26 pm
stands for decibels,
I love how you translate everyone elses words to benefit your stance and try to make others look ignorant. Yes, I have seen that black lady yapping her mouth off, but that wasn’t the basis for my statement. Take a look back in any news show archive and look at the type folks that normally would never ever vote, except when for this election when they wanted one of their own in office. Open your eyes and smell the roses bubba, step your game up and then translate some comments.
Attila
June 25th, 2010
1:35 pm
HBD,
Your symptomatic of what’s wrong with Dem voters. You think your fortunes in life are all tied to powers beyond your control and especially to what part is in power. That is incredibly shortsighted. Its hard to fathom someone being unemployed for 2 whole years just because a different party is in power. Its absurd in fact. George Bush doesn’t sit up there with levers or buttons that he pushes that automatically push black employment numbers up or down. The idea in and of itself is preposterous that you can’t get a job because Bush was president. Do you have any idea how ridiculous that sounds?
Are you going to sit there with a straight face and tell me that people from 3,000 miles away in Honduras who don’t even speak our language can travel 3,000 miles, get a job, make enough money to support themselves, and make enough money to support a family back in Honduras? And you can’t?
I Report/You Decide
June 25th, 2010
1:39 pm
BHO = JOKE
Attila
June 25th, 2010
1:39 pm
stands for decibels,
Don’t forget. That lady who was crying in happiness because she said her mortgage was going to get paid now that Obama was elected was also crying in delight over the fact that her car was also going to get filled with gas. We see how that turned out. Especially with gas inching back towards $3 again.
ken R
June 25th, 2010
1:46 pm
Seeing how you asked,
BOZO THE CLOWN, sorry Bozo didn’t mean to disparge the real one.
stands for decibels
June 25th, 2010
2:02 pm
That lady who was crying in happiness because she said her mortgage was going to get paid
Really burns you up when—what was Contractor’s term?—those “type people” actually get motivated to exercise their right to vote, doesn’t it?
rex
June 25th, 2010
2:08 pm
This is clearly the king of all rhetorical questions
x-wingback
June 25th, 2010
2:21 pm
A superhero pol who learned earlier than most to never underestimate the stupidity of the
american people-if you don’t believe we’re stupid simply walk the halls of the georgia
legislature, the halls of the US Congress,the white house,Georgia governor’s mansion or
read the AJC opinion columns..
Byron Mathison Kerr
June 25th, 2010
3:48 pm
Barack the Barbarian
Bob the Clarinet
June 25th, 2010
9:24 pm
“….likes of Will *Puke* Smith and Keanu “cant act” Reeves. ”
A Keanu fan here, pointing out that just because he underacts or has a subtle acting style doesn’t mean he “cant-act”. http://whoaisnotme.net/anr/under.htm
Bud Wiser
June 26th, 2010
7:24 am
I think that “Foxy Lady is #1 ” is actually #2, if you catch my meaning.
Never has there been a more virile, mean-spirited and ugly racist pig (whose posts Jay allows much more off the charts than ANYONE from the right, I might add, almost to the point of encouragement) … I suggest renaming this creature “Pig Lady #2″; all the right descriptions there, I think.
Matt Camp
June 26th, 2010
11:26 am
So I think most conservatives like me have had about enough of the Fox News tea-party paranoia and thinks its scaring people away. People have wised up to the fear spread around by the gun shops that Obama was taken over everything.
2 years later, he’s supported the military, put more money for road construction, and cut taxes. AND I still have my weapons (plus a little more ammo). Don’t know ’bout you, but everyone I’m talking to thinks this whole “Obama is like hitler thing” is a false alarm.