Pinkerton: 'There’s a Strange Thing Happening in the Media' - Liberals Have Concluded Obama's a 'Turkey'
As NewsBusters has been reporting, Barack Obama's sycophants in the press are really starting to lose that loving feeling.
Driving this point home was the "American Conservative's" Jim Pinkerton Saturday who said on "Fox News Watch," "There’s a strange thing happening in the media which is, I think, liberalism has sort of concluded that Obama is kind of a turkey, and they're sort of trying to distance themselves from him" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
JIM PINKERTON: There’s a strange thing happening in the media which is, I think, liberalism has sort of concluded that Obama is kind of a turkey, and they're sort of trying to distance themselves from him. Carville is a great example of this. It's not that they’re Republicans, it’s not that they like Republicans any better. We'll get to that later. It’s that when you see, for example, Ron Suskind, who’s a well-known author, no conservative as far as I can tell, talking about what a feckless and ineffective economic policy President Obama has enacted. He can't even keep track of his own treasury secretary. Something is breaking loose in terms of the liberal lockstep.
Pinkerton was referring to a CNN.com op-ed written by former Clinton adviser James Carville Thursday in which the "Ragin' Cajun" surprisingly said:
People often ask me what advice I would give the White House about various things. Today I was mulling over election results from New York and Nevada while thinking about that very question. What should the White House do now? One word came to mind: Panic.
The Suskind reference was to an upcoming book by the author excerpted by the Washington Post Friday chronicling serious problems within Obama's economic team. But I digress:
JON SCOTT, HOST: You're getting nods from Judy here. You agree?
JUDITH MILLER: Yeah, I didn't expect to agree with Jim on this one, but I have to say that when you hear Ron Brownstein and other people say, “You know? This really raises questions about how effective a leader Obama.” Or the other thing I heard on Friday on “Morning Joe” quoting Chuck Todd as saying, asking, “Gosh - is he even serious about this American jobs bill? I mean, is this, is this not just a kind of political talking point?” There's something going on at the base.
National Journal's Ron Brownstein wrote Monday of the nation's "deepening doubts about President Obama’s economic agenda."
That's a lot of former Obama fans in one week concluding he's "kind of a turkey."
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Comments
We shouldn't say "we told you so..."
Submitted by Rasmus on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 4:39pm.
But we did. I have an easier time understanding the far left loons loving Obama and wanting to believe he's this incredible leader, etc. I've never understood the masses of "normal people" who so wanted to believe in him, in the face of so many indications to the contrary. Now they're feeling buyers' remorse and starting to come around, first a few at a time, then more and more. It's one thing to be young and idealistic, but when the very fate of our nation (and perhaps the world) hangs in the balance, I wish more people would put some actual effort into understanding the issues vs. blindly accepting whatever's thrown in front of them by the populists.
Why not? I like to say it every day, as often as possible
Submitted by lsudolemite on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 5:21pm.
As often as it takes to sink into the thick skulls of the genius voters who put this disaster in the Oval Office in the first place. If it can happen once, it can and will happen again.
Touche
Submitted by Rasmus on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 7:08pm.
Good point!
very bad news
Submitted by Agnostic on Mon, 09/19/2011 - 9:24am.
If the liberal media actually is leaving President Obama this is very bad news. Because as you say it will happen again. Obama has done more for the left movement than any sitting President in such a short period of time and it is failing. The fact that the media are leaving Obama would mean that they are blaming the man and not the failed policies which means they will go back to their news rooms and college campuses and continue to spout the same failed ideas as a utopian dream.
I would much rather they support Obama to the end and perhaps then they would learn the failure of socialistic ideas.
Rasmus, Very well said. I
Submitted by Liberallies on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 7:30pm.
Rasmus,
Very well said. I get why Left wingers for this guy. But when supposedly reasonable individuals, Independents and Republicans voted for this guy, it baffles the mind.
However, we must understand what the media did. They destroyed Bush AND Bush did not defend himself, Conservatism or Republican party. A while back I heard Karl Rove that the one regret he and Bush's White House had was that they did not defend themselves from the constant attacks by the Left and media.
Also, don't forget that the USA has become a nation of a popularity contest. I remember once being at a bar and I was talking politics with a few friends. Strangers joined us and it was a lively, but respectful debate. At one point one guy asked me, "Why do you still support a President (Bush) when he only has 29% approval rating?!" I remember looking at him in disbelief and telling him, "My beliefs and support for a President are not based on how many supported him yesterday, support him today and will support him tomorrow." I went into the whole "Hitler enjoyed great popularity inside Nazi Germany. I made my point well, but it took a little bit to get a few of the individuals to understand that popularity does not matter.
I also believe it had to do with the, it was the "cool", "in" thing to do, vote for Obama. And believe me, this was not only amongst the young and dumb.
However, I know countless of people who have buyers remorse and are terrified at the thought of Obama being reelected, even though they voted for him the first time.
What I do not expect is any Liberal to vote for a Republican. As a Liberal friend of mine told me, "I don't like Obama anymore, but I will die before voting for a Republican"
by the way, there is another reason why Obama was elected. Republicans and Conservatives staying home and not voting. Towards election day and on election day I remember coming into sites like NB, Hotair, Townhall, and other conservative blogs and countless of posters admitting that they were not going to vote for McCain. instead they were going to stay home. I blame them for Obama's election as much as I blame those who voted for him!
High School
Submitted by Unsane on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 7:32pm.
The older I get, I think I see two kinds of people: those who absolutely loved high school and think adulthood should be an extension of it; and those who were so repulsed by the experience that they want to erase all traces of it from adulthood, and want something frigging REAL out of life.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Liberallies....I agree completely with your post. Obama had
Submitted by Rush Fan on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 8:14pm.
the support of the mainstream media, as well as Tom Hanks. Obama also had the support of the usual liberal groups of Blacks (95%) and Jews (78%)
I forgot to mention another group that voted for Barack Obama. The uninformed, misinformed, misguided and uneducated.
But the nomination of RINO John McCain as the Republican nominee clinched the election for Obama. Not only did he run a terrible campaign, but his stance on issues such as Global Warming and energy (banning drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) was no different than Obama and the Dems. Nevertheless, I was one who didn't stay home, but went to the polls, held my nose, and voted for the RINO.
Obama has less of a chance of being elected again. But with the Left still controlling our education system and the mainstream media, I worry that the uninformed, misinformed, misguided and uneducated. may again put him over the top.
X
Submitted by serfer62 on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 2:09pm.
You voted for McNasty!?!
Well I voted for Palin...
I understand Liberals who will never vote Republican
Submitted by stunned on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 10:24am.
I am a Conservative and wouldn't vote for a Democrat in DC. (I did vote for a Democrat Sheriff in the last election who was a hands on guy, honest, cut crime and did it without a larger budget, and extended services to this Republican area for the first time in decades in a very blue county. He managed to piss off the Democrat County machine a number of times and the last two elections had a Democrat challenger in the primaries but won each election with a bigger and bigger percentage even as Republicans won on the county level.) Honesty wins every time.
In DC the party controls the policies and it doesn't matter if a liberal Republican or conservative Republican holds the seat, the same holds for the Democrats, the policies will be the policies of the party. Liberals will never vote for a Republican and Conservatives should never vote for a Democrat as that individual no matter how apppealing the individual candidate is (that is the reality).
The Tea Party scares libs in and out of the MSM because it is pushing the Republicans back to its base of limited government rather than "compromising" with the Dems on expanding government. Changing the policies of the Republican party (the Dems are a lost cause) is what Conservatives must fight for in the long run even if it means loosing a few seats along the way as RINO's go down.
Independents vote willy-nilly and the events in the weeks before an election decide the winner. Libs never point out the McCain was leading until the banking disaster hit less than 2 months before the election. People were angry, frightened and hundreds of thousands were loosing their jobs while the MSM never pointed out it was the Dems who blocked reforms for over 5 years because of their social justice philosophy. Sorry to say but elections are about what is going on at the moment for 1/3 of the electorate and that is why Obama is in so much trouble and the liberal political base knows it.
tired of liberal lies
It can't possibly be that hard to connect the dots
Submitted by lrgon on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 1:52pm.
"I get why Left wingers [for this guy.] But when supposedly reasonable individuals, Independents and Republicans voted for this guy, it baffles the mind."
The phenomenon is called looking at the damage the other guy did syndrome.
Bush gave us war, bailouts, A FOUR TRILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT etc.
Maybe the independent saw the other Bush negatives like: torure, secret prisons, military commissions and said "maybe I'll give this Democrat a try? who knows why voters vote the way the do unless you ask them. Many that I have asked said they were conned by the Obama rhetoric.
Maybe the independent saw Bush throwing away our heritage like Habeas Corpus; saw Bush building a government survellance network to spy on Americans. Maybe they were worrried that this spy bureaucracy would one day put them in prison and torture them?
The independent probably voted with his gut and sensed that Bush's love of big government was diametrically opposed to his public persona as a little government Christian. After all Bush built Homeland Security into an agency that threatens American's constitutional liberties.
It's no wonder if Bush treats Christians,patriots, vets, Second amendment advocates, anti-amnesty voters, pro-lifers, etc. with such disdain that this special class of Americans that love their country are treated like "terrorists" by the very depressing and oppressive department Bush created with his "Patriot Act."
Look who we were offered: McCain a pro-amnesty, pro-abortion, big government high tax guy.
Those independents took the marxist for his word and voted for him because he said he would undo Bush's ugly agenda of war,torture and crony capitalism. They were wrong but until we do have a real choice instead of an echo, expect them to vote the way they do since the major media won't straighten them out on their poor voting habits.
Pople who couldn't see through Obama's crap ...
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 2:42pm.
... weren't just wrong. They were also stupid.
Let me be the first (today) to say that I am no genius, but I recognize bull Shiite when I see it and hear it.
Now that you've listed all the evil things that Bush did, want to tell me which ones of them Bambi got rid of or improved on. Oh, that's right. The debt! He's made it much bigger.
Okay, now that you've established yourself as a prescient,
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 7:00pm.
condescending elitist, tell us how and when you divined that Obama would actually continue many of the previous administration's programs and policies which his base found distasteful and expected him to terminate?
Jer
Actually, good buddy ...
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 7:08pm.
... I knew it before that RBFSOB knew it himself!
No brag. Just fact.
Just for the record...
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 7:15pm.
does that stand for Rat Bastard F*cking Son Of a Bitch? I like to keep up with the current anagrams employed by the ODSers. :-)
Jer
The "F" stands for 'Fascist', Jer,---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 7:30pm.
which has been spelled out on numerous occasions.
You aren't doing well at "keeping up".
Understandable, what with all the problems your hero has created for himself AND the country; thereby making ODS not only a possibility, but a necessity.
MD
I thought I posed that question to Newsbubba, Matthew...
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 7:36pm.
but I keep forgetting you are the self-appointed spokesman for every conservative member of NewsBusters.
Jer
Luckily, Jer, your continual ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 7:52pm.
pissing. moaning, and mewling about where and why I post on any given NewsBusters thread makes it a certainty that I shall never forget that you are THE official NB house lib whine bagger.
MD
Just stating the obvious, Matthew...
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 8:03pm.
I think it's cute. And I'm sure all concerned are more than pleased to have you do their thinking for them.
Jer
"Cute" is for kittens, puppies, and---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 8:33pm.
Nancy boys. :o)
Why, exactly, would you try and make this an issue of me doing someone else's thinking for them?
You be slippin', brother.
MD
Don't worry about me, Matthew...
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 11:20pm.
Your buddy dscott is lying face down in a puddle of goo. Better lend him a hand.
Jer
Jer, ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 11:34pm.
Your reference to dscott has me drawing a complete blank --?
dscott is a very informed poster, who, like almost every regular poster here, on occasion has found himself either disagreeing with another poster, or being disagreed with by another poster.
That happens a lot around here.
That is a lot of what makes NB's interesting.
So, again --??
MD
Matthew....
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 09/19/2011 - 2:04am.
I'd always gotten along well with dscott and enjoyed our exchanges. But he made a couple of comments two or three months ago that I thought were especially unwarranted and offensive. And he wouldn't back off them. But, hopefully we'll get things back on track some time soon.
Jer
the kitty is being cheeky,
Submitted by dscott on Mon, 09/19/2011 - 2:13am.
the kitty is being cheeky, here, just for that I'll brush your fur backwards.
I insulted his god Obama and his religion liberalism of incompetence and not being as concerned for foreigners (1100 Mexicans killed as a result of Fast and Furious) as for Americans, for this he is offended.
Wrong on all counts, dscott...
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 09/19/2011 - 2:28am.
But I am certainly impressed by how quickly and thoroughly you have managed to demolish every shred of the considerable respect you had earned from me over the years.
Jer
I've got your dander up now.
Submitted by dscott on Mon, 09/19/2011 - 3:43am.
I've got your dander up now. I can feel the spit from your hissing right through the monitor. bad kitty
Dan...I have no idea how old you are, but
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 09/19/2011 - 10:21am.
you're exhibiting the emotional maturity of a four-year-old. Grow up.
Jer
Sorry jer, but his
Submitted by amyshulk on Mon, 09/19/2011 - 11:48am.
Sorry jer, but his descriptive phrasing made me laugh out loud! I guess I'm just a kid at heart, since I'm now officially in AARP territory!!!
Ronald Reagan
Sorry, amy...
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 09/19/2011 - 6:14pm.
but I despise cats.
Jer
Oh, I didn't know - did he?
Submitted by amyshulk on Mon, 09/19/2011 - 6:25pm.
Oh, I didn't know - did he? If yes, that was mean.
Ronald Reagan
Oh come now Jer, where's that
Submitted by dscott on Mon, 09/19/2011 - 12:25am.
Oh come now Jer, where's that Cheshire Cat smile. Here kitty, kitty. I'm nice to my pets so don't bite the hand that feeds you treats.
Bahaha, Jer, you're the house
Submitted by dscott on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 10:23pm.
Bahaha, Jer, you're the house whine or the house lib. bahahahah, our official pet. here kitty, kitty, here kitty, kitty.
I didn't know Jer didn't like
Submitted by dscott on Mon, 09/19/2011 - 8:30pm.
I didn't know Jer didn't like kitties. How about puppies, does Jer dislike puppies? Kind of hard to rub hair backwards on dogs.
Love puppies...
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 09/19/2011 - 10:04pm.
Jer
MD straighten you out, Jer?
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 7:38pm.
My definition is more accurate than your interpretation because I'm sure that Bambi is a Fascist, whereas there is some doubt about what the Clydesdale allows Him to do. Of course, I have to admit, He's slipping it to the rest of the country pretty good!
If he was correct, then yes
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 7:45pm.
he certainly did.
Jer
Newsbubba...
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 7:57pm.
I note several of your previous posts where you do indeed mention that the "F" stands for "Fascist". I apologize for insinuating otherwise.
Jer
ODS
Submitted by Free Stinker on Mon, 09/19/2011 - 2:10pm.
Obama's Dismal Stewardship ?
/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
Prince of Fools
Submitted by LarryG on Tue, 09/20/2011 - 12:11am.
Some people have the vocabulary to sum up things in a way you can understand them. This quote came from the Czech Republic. Someone over there has it figured out. We have a lot of work to do.
"The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president."
"The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America . Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince.
The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president."
Well I think if we looked
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 3:29am.
Well I think if we looked deeper we can understand the appeal of Obama.
Dan.....Your Zombie link was on the mark.
Submitted by Rush Fan on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 5:21am.
Barack Obama clearly spoke the truth at least once when he said "I'm reminded every single day, that I am not a perfect man. I will not be a perfect president." Perfect? Not even close. How about lousy?
Well, d'oh!
Submitted by Mary Louise Turner on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 4:44pm.
Attention, make believe media: We knew that Ears was a bad candidate long before he became the Democrats' nominee, but you fools were much too busy turning him into the Anointed One and managed to fool 66 million suckers. When Ears was revealed to have feet of clay, you were in constant denial...and NOW you're turning against him???
As an appellation for Obama,---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 5:09pm.
"Turkey", even capitalized, is waaaaaaay too ameliorative.
RBFSOBPLPOS is much more accurate. (h/t Newsbubba, jon t., and me)
The fact that I will not watch; anytime, anywhere; this sleazy, lazy, lying, worthless escapee from the joke that is Chicago and Illinois politics; does not take away from the sinking feeling I get that this fool and those who voted for hope and change, disingenuous or not for doing so, have stolen over four years of my life.
Even worse, the fool Obama and his Democratic political minions have managed to tarnish, or remove altogether, too much of the America I grew up in.
Sorry, sorry, bastards.
Each and every one of them.
MD
~MD
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 5:25pm.
I got it all figured out but the "RBF" part. *drums fingers*
Allow me, bru.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 5:34pm.
Dat be Rat Bastard Fascist.
As I say, the only thing that may be a stretch is "rat." The other superlatives are true.
May have to switch "rat" to turkey since Pinkerton called a "fowl" on Bambi.
Do you think Pinkerton realizes that, not only is he a racist, but he is also anti-fowl?
It is LOL funny!
Submitted by jon_torlin on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 7:35pm.
I saw md's wonderful nickname while I was over at my dad's place today (we finally got some good hard rain in central texas today, hell yeah!) doing some upgrades on his PC and was reading NB while doing that. I busted out laughing and my dad asked me what was so funny. I pointed out the letters to him and he was confused for a second. I spelled it out for him and we laughed for a good couple of minutes.
Ahhh, good day.
Thanks for the h/t, md!
Maybe Pinkerton should be reported to Attack Watch for his fowl language? Talk about clucking around with words while beaking his mind.
-Jon
Jon!
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 7:43pm.
Glad to hear you guys finally got wet. It's been a while, I know.
Nah, bubba..........you can
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 12:08am.
Nah, bubba..........you can stick with 'rat'. My cat Oreo kills a lot of them,and they are all the same...........and guys like Obama and his commie/lib/anti-American pals are all the same too - vermin. Plus, a 'turkey' is something that might have looked good but ended up not working.................in my opinion, Boy Barry NEVER looked good - but I did my homework...........and, unfortunatly, even though his co-horts in crime are finally beginning to discover that they've been 'punk'd' too............he's done (possibly) irrepairable damage to our country - even though he's a 'turkey'.
Demeaning term
Submitted by LarryG on Tue, 09/20/2011 - 12:16am.
While I agree with your sentiment, I think it's unkind to the rat to use it as a comparison. Rats are very intelligent, adaptive creatures which accounts for their success while the subject of current discourse can't claim such admirable qualities.
Does this mean...
Submitted by kch50428 on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 4:48pm.
They're going to stop polishing their turd?
Maybe they have finally figured out there is no way...
Submitted by Dave. on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 5:13pm.
...to pick it up from the clean end.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
The Leftist media's love for Obama may be waning, but they
Submitted by Rush Fan on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 4:56pm.
are at heart Leftist ideologues like Barack Obama. That means the media will not only prop him up when it comes down to the wire, but they will vote for him as well. The Leftist media is a propaganda arm for Democrats and Obama, and that will not change.
Rush Fan, Exactly, at the
Submitted by Liberallies on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 7:33pm.
Rush Fan,
Exactly, at the end, they will carry water for Obama. Does anyone really expect the NY Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, San Fran Chronicle, etc not to endorse President Obama for 2012?
As I have been told by my Liberal friends. They are disappointed by Obama, but not enough to vote for a Republican.
We must work to get the Republicans that voted for Obama, who stayed home and did not vote for McCain (I will never understand this mentality!) and for the Independents who voted for Obama.
It's not the liberals
Submitted by Ken James on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 5:05pm.
that should concern us. They're a relatively small group. The people who bother me are those who call themselves Independents, you know, those who have no convictions and who change their minds at the slightest change. If Perry says "Social Security is a Ponzi scheme", they suddenly bolt back to Obama. They are as clueless as Obama and for some reason they are proud that they hold the balance of this country in sway. It's their vote that makes polls look like a see-saw. These are the ones who will vote for Obama again because the media persuades them to do that. These people cannot think for themselves and are easily convinced. They believe whatever they hear last and we have to hope it's a conservative who has the last word.
I have no problem with
Submitted by Rasmus on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 7:14pm.
I have no problem with Independents (whether capital "I" or not). Not everyone fits neatly into the Democrat or Republican party's mold. I'm a conservative, and it so happens that the Repubs most often align with my beliefs much better than the Dems do, and so I vote Republican consistently. The ones that concern me are those who can't form an opinion until days before election day. Remember those "independent voters" they had on all the news shows just days, sometimes even hours before the polls opened? "I just can't seem to make up my mind, but I'm leaning..." Seriously? The campaigns start ~ 2 years before the elections; the nominees are announced months prior; and there are literally thousands of news reports, opinion columns, debates, ads, and statements by the candidates, and you can't make up your mind until you walk into the booth? It's scary, because apparently the balance between serious Libs and Conservatives is about even in this country today (unbelievable) and these wafflers are the voters who really decide elections.
Bingo
Submitted by Ken James on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 8:41pm.
That's exactly the kind of person I'm talking about. I doubt they even understand the rationale of their own muddled thought process. They are as likely to vote for Obama again for no reason other than they feel sorry for him, but you can be sure it will have nothing to do with competency or performance.
Gobble gobble gobble
Submitted by Restless Legs on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 5:13pm.
The real turkeys are the ones who voted for him.
he was elected for the color
Submitted by TruthMonger on Mon, 09/19/2011 - 1:47pm.
he was elected for the color of his skin, not the content of his character
Congratulations Jimmy Carter!
President Obama's election
Submitted by ThePickle on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 5:15pm.
President Obama's election NEVER had anything to do with his politics, his policies or his political positions.
It had nothing to do with his experience in either the private or public sector.
It had nothing to do with his ability to lead this nation neither real nor perceived, nor did it have to do with anything remotely resembling a "history of success". .
The election of Barrack Obama WAS about "a historic moment in this nations history" a phrase I heard ad nauseum in the fawning MSM.
Draw what conclusions you will about what was meant by it being a "historic moment"....
I know I have, and as I have said, it sure wasn't about his politics or political positions.
ThePickle, Yeap! I know a
Submitted by Liberallies on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 7:35pm.
ThePickle,
Yeap! I know a few people who voted for Obama because it was historic and it was time to prove that America was not racist!
Ditto
Submitted by jon_torlin on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 7:38pm.
Me too, LA. What happened to those same people I knew? They dropped out of sight, they won't talk to me, avoiding my "I TOLD YOU SO!" because I can lay it on thick, especially with the crap from the last few years with him and the dems before that.
But this is Texas and it voted for McCain so I'm not too judgmental. Nah, not too much. These are the ones that live in liberal-la-la-land that is known as Austin.
-Jon
The People's Republic of Travis County
Submitted by Unsane on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 7:49pm.
Austin: otherwise known as Moscow-on-the-Colorado.
I live way too close to it and I am also saddled with their idiot U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett as a consequence.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
My sympathies!
Submitted by jon_torlin on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 10:21am.
I've heard some people call him Dogmeat. Geez, I feel sorry for anyone who has him. Heck, I've heard his "Christmas" messages are so bland and politically correct, it looks like he goes out of his way to say "Happy Holidays" when he does them.
-Jon
Geez Tex.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 10:31am.
Do you guys still let Austin claim to be part of Texas?
Maybe Sheila Jaskass Lee can get it moved to Mars where the flag placed there by our astronauts already stands.
Nah
Submitted by jon_torlin on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 12:06pm.
Austin's a really nice city despite the liberals, lot of interesting history. We just need to run those liberals out of Texas or at least out of town, maybe El Paso. Maybe then they will get a cold hard lesson in reality.
Nah, doubt it.
-Jon
Dogmeat
Submitted by Unsane on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 8:44pm.
Dogmeat doesn't send me ANY mail after the scathing answers I have sent in response to his laughably loaded "questionnaires" for voters in his district.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
stealth
Submitted by LarryG on Tue, 09/20/2011 - 12:25am.
I can't provide anything concrete to support my thoughts but I have had this feeling from the outset that this jackanapes organ grinder's monkey is simply the tip of a larger stealth spear and I can only guess that the owners of the spear are getting somewhat fretful over the miserable performance of their point man. I can provide some links to some info I found recently:
Dunham/Obama/CIA
http://www.infowars.com/bombshell-barack-obama-conclusively-outed-as-cia...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2148751/posts
http://tinyurl.com/3t8aevc
http://tinyurl.com/3u469wn
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2709489/posts
http://tinyurl.com/45345bb
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Maybe the MSM has finally tired of buying lipstick daily
Submitted by Dave. on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 5:21pm.
... - and that by the truckload.
It must really suck being a slow learner.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
The media is scared...
Submitted by GregE on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 6:25pm.
Scared that if this first black president fails, that Americans will not look to a black candidate for decades to come. THEY are concerned with his skin color and his record, while calling racist everyone who is against his policies. It's an interesting scenario.
They are afraid it would keep a liberal black candidate out for decades, why? Because THEY would have that COLOR question in THEIR minds, while calling racist everyone who is against the policies.
But of course this only concerns them with a black liberal. Black conservatives, they'll continue to slam if one were to ever move to the front of the Republican pack. The only reason they say so little about Herman Cain now and don't have to show themselves, is that he's not a threat to them at this point. And you can bet your arse they are soooooooooooo glad he's not.
True, but it goes deeper than that
Submitted by lsudolemite on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 8:40pm.
Remember, the media MADE Obama, and they're all in. Obama is ENTIRELY a media creation and myth. Without them nobody would know who an obscure junior Illinois senator is today. They have poured every ounce of their scant credibility into crafting the Obama mythology (historic/supremely competent/most intelligent president ever, etc.) If Obama fails as a president, then the media has failed. They lose every last shred of credibility with the public after the unprecedented marketing job they undertook on his behalf. It's over for them.
For that reason they will never completely abandon him, the way economists will never abandon Keynes. To do so would be an astronomical admission of the failure of liberalism/progressivism, and an admission of their complicity in its promotion. So the lapdogs will dutifully do their master's bidding until the very end.
Turkey? I always thought the
Submitted by Sockpuppet Politic on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 6:34pm.
Turkey? I always thought the term was "lame duck."
Obama admitted to the fraud,
Submitted by dscott on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 7:03pm.
Obama admitted to the fraud, waste and abuse in Medicare. The primary reason for the need of a tax increase is due to INCOMPETENCE. In the business world, a manager who fails to monitor and control the process is deemed incompetent and fired.
The core of Progressivism is the government is supposed to run everyone’s lives better than they could individually in terms of efficacy via economy of scale. So even according to liberal standards Obama is a total failure as he by his managerial incompetence demonstrates he can not measure up to Progressive ideology which demands efficacy.
White or Dark meat??
Submitted by kangaroo on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 8:04pm.
Hey they brought it up, just sayin,
"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on"--Thomas Jefferson
Good question, roo!
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 10:37am.
According to Joe Blow Biden, O'Turkey is very "clean and articulate," for a turkey (I guess that's what he was implying).
Harry Reid said that he could gobble in "dark turkey" (i paraphrase) when he needed to and "white turkey" at other times.
Hard to say which O'Turkey is.
Judy, Judy, Judy...
Submitted by Chris Norman on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 12:37am.
JUDITH MILLER: "Or the other thing I heard on Friday on “Morning Joe” quoting Chuck Todd as saying, asking, “Gosh - is he even serious about this American jobs bill? I mean, is this, is this not just a kind of political talking point?” There's something going on at the base."
Do I understand correctly that giggly liberal Judy Miller is really admitting that NBC's supposedly neutral Chuck Todd is part of Obama's base? I mean, we knew it and all, but, still...
under the bus
Submitted by MidAmerica on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 1:17am.
We must keep in mind that if obama looks to be a loser the Liberals will have to distance Liberalism away from obama in order to save Liberalism. In fact, a post President obama will be haunted not by Republicans but Liberals who must lay all the blame for failure at obama's feet and not on the policies of Liberalism.
However....
obama was not promoted as the first Liberal President but the first Black President. If Liberals are seen as too dissmissive of obama then they may anger the Blacks who support the democrats by 90%. If the Black vote became fractured the democrats would be seriously hampered to ever elect a Liberal President again.
Face it, MA.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 10:40am.
90% (+ or - a few points) are going to vote for the dumbocrat even if they were to run a Grand Dragon of the KKK!
Liberals Have Concluded Obama's Immature!
Submitted by scottie1321 on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 2:39am.
POLITICO reporting Bill Daley brought in to provide fresh blood and adult supervision to WhiteHouse! LMFAO
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0911/63648.html
Try to keep up, liberals. We
Submitted by jessieH on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 7:37am.
Try to keep up, liberals. We conservatives have known that for three years, now. Remember, when you called us every name in the book, trying to make this imposter look good?
Bob Beckel's Pouting
Submitted by ThisnThat on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 10:55am.
I am enjoying Bob Beckel's pouting on Fox News' "The Five". He refuses to even entertain questions on o'bama anymore -- claiming "I won't talk about this until you have facts instead of pure speculation".
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I love it TnT.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 7:14pm.
Beckel is the poster boy for today's liberal. I'm taking bets on when he will lie down on the floor, start kicking, and hold his breath.
Aside from Beckel's adolescent behavior, the best reason to watch The Five are the incredible legs on the ladies! How do liberals watch the likes of Joy Behar and Whoopie when they could be watching Kimberly, Andrea, and Dana?
Obama is definitely "foul"
Submitted by jkwtrading on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 3:39pm.
Obama is definitely "foul"
On behalf of turkeys everywhere, I take offense...
Submitted by Sasquatch on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 5:42pm.
After all, Ben Franklin argued that the turkey should be the national bird. There are, however, quite a few more appropriate birds that could describe Obama. Here are a few, feel free to add on:
Loon
Cuckoo
Chicken (after all, he's laying eggs)
Ostrich (buries its head in the sand to ignore threats)
Parrott (bwaakk...Hope & Change...bwaakkk...Blame Bush...)
Albatross (a burden around ones neck)
Raven (an omen of back luck)
Long-legged Buzzard (oops, that was Michelle)
...and finally, my personal favorite:
The Grey-crowned Babbler.
Sasquatch, I would add,---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 6:29pm.
with apologies to magnificent raptors and all feathered entities:
Foul-Con, or Fowl-Con
R-Egret
Spare O
Cardinal-sin
Flamin'-go (according to rumor)
Gosh-awkward
Blustard
Blue-footed Booby (with purple beak)
All-Butt-ross (oops, Michelle again)
The Bob-or weave-link
and finally, my personal favorite:
The Barn(yard) H-Owl-er
MD
analogies
Submitted by LarryG on Tue, 09/20/2011 - 12:35am.
It's unfortunate that we are forced to use some poor creature as an analogy to human stupidity, arrogance and nastiness. I view the natural world as being populated by creatures that are pure, innocent and noble by their very existence. I am at a loss to suggest anything as dismal and objectionable as a liberal except another one of them.
This not a criticism of the wit and imagination shown in the previous posts.
Darn, they are catching on -
Submitted by amyshulk on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 6:34pm.
Darn, they are catching on - it only took them what - 2 1/2 YEARS???
Ronald Reagan
L:ooking back
Submitted by Catherwood on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 7:28pm.
I remember right after Barry was elected there was this woman in LA who said that now she would have no more car payments and no more house payments. It's hard to believe but a lot of people reallyberlieved that Obama in his holiness would be the man who freed them from all their obligations. Now that that has not happened the anoited one is left holding the bag. Cruel, cruel world, ain't it?
Too funny.
Submitted by HockeyKid on Mon, 09/19/2011 - 11:49am.
I read the headline, and the image that wouldn't get out of my brain was of Sherman Hemsley as George Jefferson, struttin' around complaining about the latest person he viewed as a "turkey"!!
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Leftists throwing Obama under the bus
Submitted by ChuckySchmucky on Mon, 09/19/2011 - 8:22pm.
What's going on is that leftists see the writing on the wall -- Obama is a total failure and he's bringing down the entire radical left and sullying their twisted leftwing beliefs. And if they have to choose between Obama and their perverted beliefs, they'll dump Obama in a heartbeat.
For awhile, they were defending Obama and insisting that his radical agenda was working. They were going overtime with the propaganda, smearing his opponents as racist, greedy, violent, hateful, etc, etc, etc.
But none of that is working, they continue to get clobbered in blue districts and they know Obama is going down, and going down hard. But they don't want him to take them and their disgusting un-American agenda down with him.
So they're going to throw him under the bus.
It's going to be great sport to watch.
~Jer, oh cat despiser
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Mon, 09/19/2011 - 8:49pm.
I assume you are familiar with the tale of Kipling's cat?
"Then the Man threw his two boots and his little stone axe (that makes three) at the Cat, and the Cat ran out of the Cave and the Dog chased him up a tree; and from that day to this, Best Beloved, three proper Men out of five will always throw things at a Cat whenever they meet him, and all proper Dogs will chase him up a tree."
I don't believe this is a good sign
Submitted by UndercoverConse... on Tue, 09/20/2011 - 5:24pm.
all that's really going on here, is the Media attempting to put some criticism on Obama, so in the future (during the election campaign blitz) they can go back to their water carrying for the DNC and claim they were "fair and balanced" by pointing to the softball critiques they're making now.
It won't be long until everyone in the MSM is back on the arse-kissing train. There will be nothing but fawning political advertisement supporting Obama for reelection in another month or two. Any complaints now are just tactical.
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