Barack Obama Is A Coward

[native]

Could he do any less to get this country back on track?

Yes...yes, he could do less.......



btw, surprised a rugged individualist such as yourself would expect the President to fix our economy....that's a little too much inteference, isn't it?

Hey, Appy, when you finally get around to sticking your own pecker out and offering actual solutions - as opposed to making fun of everyone else's solutions and being against everything - could you please send me a PM heads up?

Thank you so much.

Love and kisses.

[AZGrizFan]

Hey, Appy, when you finally get around to sticking your own pecker out and offering actual solutions - as opposed to making fun of everyone else's solutions being against everything - could you please send me a PM heads up?

Thank you so much.

Love and kisses.

Don't hold your hand on your ass waitin' for that....it'll grow there.

[Rob Iola]

Maybe there's something I'm missing here, but a president's time is pretty valuable and he will not spend time helping candidates who have little chance of an upset. And an endorsement isn't really much good if you don't show up and speak to said candidate's electorate endorsing them.

So valuable that he jets off to Denmark (DENMARK?!?) to chat up the Olympic Selection Committee about Chicago...

[HI54UNI]

Or maybe they know something about this candidate and they don't want their name linked to them... think about running for re-election, what if this Dem Mayoral candidate turns out to be dirty? You're going to be lambasted for endorsing that candidate. I don't think it has anything to do with cowardice, I think it's political strategy...

he's received major endorsements and isnt dirty... Obama doesnt want to endorse him because Bloomberg will probably win rather easily and Obama doesnt want to look bad for endorsing someone who lost..... COWARD

And Barry doesn't want to piss off Bloomberg and potentially have a billionaire independent candidate running against him in the next election.

[native]

he's received major endorsements and isnt dirty... Obama doesnt want to endorse him because Bloomberg will probably win rather easily and Obama doesnt want to look bad for endorsing someone who lost..... COWARD

And Barry doesn't want to piss off Bloomberg and potentially have a billionaire independent candidate running against him in the next election.

Barry would be delighted for a billionaire candidate to run as an independent in 2012. It might be the only thing that could save his arse.

[phoenixMan]

Hey your MAGIC NEGRO** is not working on the economy or lack there of but he is jetting overseas to get those Olympics for Chicago!

Could he do any less to get this country back on track?



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Back on track is the correct phrase. The idiots in the previous adminsitration had it so far off track it will take some "magic" to get it moving forward again. And any person that would put someone as greedy, irresponsible, and ignorant as Dick Frickin Cheney on their posts....well, you have bigger problems than Barack Obama

[TwinTownBisonFan]

Maybe there's something I'm missing here, but a president's time is pretty valuable and he will not spend time helping candidates who have little chance of an upset. And an endorsement isn't really much good if you don't show up and speak to said candidate's electorate endorsing them.

So valuable that he jets off to Denmark (DENMARK?!?) to chat up the Olympic Selection Committee about Chicago...

you've got to be fucking kidding me... you're buying in to that lame-ass meme? this is the weakest manufactured outrage yet...

the guy is spending 5 hours in Denmark to bring the olympics here... something that would be fantastic... this is the lamest pot-shot the right has cooked up...

[AZGrizFan]

So valuable that he jets off to Denmark (DENMARK?!?) to chat up the Olympic Selection Committee about Chicago...

you've got to be fucking kidding me... you're buying in to that lame-ass meme? this is the weakest manufactured outrage yet...

the guy is spending 5 hours in Denmark to bring the olympics here... something that would be fantastic... this is the lamest pot-shot the right has cooked up...

Yep. Lame. But we know when YOU get worked up about our faux "outrage' we've hit a little too close to home for your comfort.

[TwinTownBisonFan]

you've got to be fucking kidding me... you're buying in to that lame-ass meme? this is the weakest manufactured outrage yet...

the guy is spending 5 hours in Denmark to bring the olympics here... something that would be fantastic... this is the lamest pot-shot the right has cooked up...

Yep. Lame. But we know when YOU get worked up about our faux "outrage' we've hit a little too close to home for your comfort.

[Rob Iola]

So valuable that he jets off to Denmark (DENMARK?!?) to chat up the Olympic Selection Committee about Chicago...

you've got to be **** kidding me... you're buying in to that lame-ass meme? this is the weakest manufactured outrage yet...

the guy is spending 5 hours in Denmark to bring the olympics here... something that would be fantastic... this is the lamest pot-shot the right has cooked up...

Dude, he's the President. He should grace the Olympics with his regal presence, not fly off half-way around the world hat-in-hand to plead Chicago's case.

And that to me is the bigger issue - he's not acting like the President of the United States, he's acting like an ambassador without portfolio. That's not leadership, that's Bono of U2. Read this from Richard Cohen (as liberal, er, progressive as they come) of the Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 02484.html:

... The trouble with Obama is that he gets into the moment and means what he says for that moment only. He meant what he said when he called Afghanistan a "war of necessity" -- and now is not necessarily so sure. He meant what he said about the public option in his health-care plan -- and then again maybe not. He would not prosecute CIA agents for getting rough with detainees -- and then again maybe he would.

Most tellingly, he gave Congress an August deadline for passage of health-care legislation -- "Now, if there are no deadlines, nothing gets done in this town . . . " -- and then let it pass. It seemed not to occur to Obama that a deadline comes with a consequence -- meet it or else.

Obama lost credibility with his deadline-that-never-was, and now he threatens to lose some more with his posturing toward Iran. He has gotten into a demeaning dialogue with Ahmadinejad, an accomplished liar. (The next day, the Iranian used a news conference to counter Obama and, days later, Iran tested some intermediate-range missiles.) Obama is our version of a Supreme Leader, not given to making idle threats, setting idle deadlines, reversing course on momentous issues, creating a TV crisis where none existed or, unbelievably, pitching Chicago for the 2016 Olympics. Obama's the president. Time he understood that.

[native]

you've got to be **** kidding me... you're buying in to that lame-ass meme? this is the weakest manufactured outrage yet...

the guy is spending 5 hours in Denmark to bring the olympics here... something that would be fantastic... this is the lamest pot-shot the right has cooked up...

Dude, he's the President. He should grace the Olympics with his regal presence, not fly off half-way around the world hat-in-hand to plead Chicago's case.

And that to me is the bigger issue - he's not acting like the President of the United States, he's acting like an ambassador without portfolio. That's not leadership, that's Bono of U2. Read this from Richard Cohen (as liberal, er, progressive as they come) of the Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 02484.html:

... The trouble with Obama is that he gets into the moment and means what he says for that moment only. He meant what he said when he called Afghanistan a "war of necessity" -- and now is not necessarily so sure. He meant what he said about the public option in his health-care plan -- and then again maybe not. He would not prosecute CIA agents for getting rough with detainees -- and then again maybe he would.

Most tellingly, he gave Congress an August deadline for passage of health-care legislation -- "Now, if there are no deadlines, nothing gets done in this town . . . " -- and then let it pass. It seemed not to occur to Obama that a deadline comes with a consequence -- meet it or else.

Obama lost credibility with his deadline-that-never-was, and now he threatens to lose some more with his posturing toward Iran. He has gotten into a demeaning dialogue with Ahmadinejad, an accomplished liar. (The next day, the Iranian used a news conference to counter Obama and, days later, Iran tested some intermediate-range missiles.) Obama is our version of a Supreme Leader, not given to making idle threats, setting idle deadlines, reversing course on momentous issues, creating a TV crisis where none existed or, unbelievably, pitching Chicago for the 2016 Olympics. Obama's the president. Time he understood that.

Dude, thanks for the post and the link!

Could you grace us a little more often with gems like this one?

[Appaholic]

Yes...yes, he could do less.......



btw, surprised a rugged individualist such as yourself would expect the President to fix our economy....that's a little too much inteference, isn't it?

Hey, Appy, when you finally get around to sticking your own pecker out and offering actual solutions - as opposed to making fun of everyone else's solutions and being against everything - could you please send me a PM heads up?

Thank you so much.

Love and kisses.

Perhaps you should stop stepping on your own dick....what solutions was Alpha offering beyond wishing failure? My response was directed to his non-solution...are you seriously stating that Bush was offering solutions to get our economy back on track? In between fiddle songs as the country burned? I'm not against everything, just against short-sighted ignoramuses whose only solution is to blame "the other guy" with no self -reflection or acknowledgement to their own shortcomings after 8 years of failure....get over yourself....

[Appaholic]

Hey, Appy, when you finally get around to sticking your own pecker out and offering actual solutions - as opposed to making fun of everyone else's solutions being against everything - could you please send me a PM heads up?

Thank you so much.

Love and kisses.

Don't hold your hand on your ass waitin' for that....it'll grow there.

And what was your solution? More of McSame? Wasn't McCain supposedly going to choose John Thane as his Treasury Secretary....the same guy who ran Merrill Lynch into the ground a year ago? Yeah, that's a plan......

[Ivytalk]

Thanks to Rob Iola for the Richard Cohen article. Very telling indictment of our current incumbent by a columnist with no conservative creds whatsoever. Barry Obama has a short attention span, a soundbite mentality, a vermicular spine, and no discernible interest in the nitty-gritty of public policy. Contrast him to "policy wonk" Bill Clinton, who was so involved in the minutiae of the legislation he supported that it was fair to call him "Legislator in Chief."

[native]

...Perhaps you should stop stepping on your own dick....what solutions was Alpha offering beyond wishing failure? My response was directed to his non-solution...are you seriously stating that Bush was offering solutions to get our economy back on track? In between fiddle songs as the country burned? I'm not against everything, just against short-sighted ignoramuses whose only solution is to blame "the other guy" with no self -reflection or acknowledgement to their own shortcomings after 8 years of failure....get over yourself....

Oooooh, must have hit close to home, shipmate!

So after all that, are you nothing more than a nattering nabob of negativism? (Don't really think so, just itching to use the phrase somewhere...)

And, no, I do not think that Bush was too much better, or that McSame would have been very much better, but maybe he would have been more frugal than either Obama or Bush.

Get this: BUSH SUCKED BECAUSE HE BECAME ONE OF THE LIBERAL ELITE IDIOTS, NOT BECASUE HE WAS CONSERVATIVE, WHICH HE WAS NOT!

Even with Bush, waiting between fiddle songs is better than pouring massive quantities of gas on the fire!

But back to the point: What are YOUR solutions, Appy? What are you for?

P.S. I love ya, maaaaaaan!

[Appaholic]

Thanks to Rob Iola for the Richard Cohen article. Very telling indictment of our current incumbent by a columnist with no conservative creds whatsoever. Barry Obama has a short attention span, a soundbite mentality, a vermicular spine, and no discernible interest in the nitty-gritty of public policy. Contrast him to "policy wonk" Bill Clinton, who was so involved in the minutiae of the legislation he supported that it was fair to call him "Legislator in Chief."

Well put...and can't argue with the short-attention span of BO...the dems need some focus as their message is getting drowned out by the static of changing priorities (& values to a certain extent)

[native]

...I'm not against everything, just against short-sighted ignoramuses whose only solution is to blame "the other guy" with no self -reflection or acknowledgement to their own shortcomings ....

STOP the self-loathing! You're better than that!

Now get off the cheap seats and into the arena.

[native]

So valuable that he jets off to Denmark (DENMARK?!?) to chat up the Olympic Selection Committee about Chicago...

you've got to be **** kidding me... you're buying in to that lame-ass meme? this is the weakest manufactured outrage yet...

the guy is spending 5 hours in Denmark to bring the olympics here... something that would be fantastic... this is the lamest pot-shot the right has cooked up...

Well, now we'll get to see if all of Barry's self-flagellation and America-hating will be rewarded by the international community with the payoff of awarding the Olympics to the United State.

Ooooh, just think of all the pork barrel and political payback!

[Appaholic]

...Perhaps you should stop stepping on your own dick....what solutions was Alpha offering beyond wishing failure? My response was directed to his non-solution...are you seriously stating that Bush was offering solutions to get our economy back on track? In between fiddle songs as the country burned? I'm not against everything, just against short-sighted ignoramuses whose only solution is to blame "the other guy" with no self -reflection or acknowledgement to their own shortcomings after 8 years of failure....get over yourself....

Oooooh, must have hit close to home, shipmate!

So after all that, are you nothing more than a nattering nabob of negativism? (Don't really think so, just itching to use the phrase somewhere...)

And, no, I do not think that Bush was too much better, or that McSame would have been very much better, but maybe he would have been more frugal than either Obama or Bush.

Get this: BUSH SUCKED BECAUSE HE BECAME ONE OF THE LIBERAL ELITE IDIOTS, NOT BECASUE HE WAS CONSERVATIVE, WHICH HE WAS NOT!

Even with Bush, waiting between fiddle songs is better than pouring massive quantities of gas on the fire!

But back to the point: What are YOUR solutions, Appy? What are you for?

P.S. I love ya, maaaaaaan!

Dude, this country is so far removed from the solutions I would suggest we implement, all I can be is negative. The vast majority of citizens in this country have been suckling on the govt teet for so long, they're addicted....the dems admit, nay, embrace the concept while the Reps claim the moral high ground of fiscal responsibility, yet grow the government at the fastest rate since New Deal....it's like searching for honor among thieves...and again, don't misintepret my leanings....I consider myself a true conservative & the solutions being bandied about from BOTH parties are niether true nor conservative in nature. However, I do enjoy calling out both sides for their inconsistent attacks upon one another, hence, the idea that I am negative I guess.....

[CitadelGrad]

Thanks to Rob Iola for the Richard Cohen article. Very telling indictment of our current incumbent by a columnist with no conservative creds whatsoever. Barry Obama has a short attention span, a soundbite mentality, a vermicular spine, and no discernible interest in the nitty-gritty of public policy. Contrast him to "policy wonk" Bill Clinton, who was so involved in the minutiae of the legislation he supported that it was fair to call him "Legislator in Chief."

Well put...and can't argue with the short-attention span of BO...the dems need some focus as their message is getting drowned out by the static of changing priorities (& values to a certain extent)

It isn't short-attention span. It's the belief that all you need to do to address a problem is utter a few platitudes that scroll across a teleprompter. The real problem with this president is a lack of substance and intellect. He's in over his head.

Listening to him is like listening to an oratorically gifted evangelical preacher (like Jeremiah Wright). The preacher has no problem whipping the true believers into a a frenzy, but once the emotional high has subsided you realize that he didn't really say anything. But you don't care because you're a true believer and you love the emotional high and having something to believe in.

[Appaholic]

...I'm not against everything, just against short-sighted ignoramuses whose only solution is to blame "the other guy" with no self -reflection or acknowledgement to their own shortcomings ....

STOP the self-loathing! You're better than that!

Now get off the cheap seats and into the arena.

Dude, I've been in the arena through volunteering my services to the local governemntal boards...I'd say that's being more involved than 90% of the every-4-yr-voters prevalant in this country (or this board for that matter)....

[native]

...The vast majority of citizens in this country have been suckling on the govt teet for so long, they're addicted....the dems admit, nay, embrace the concept while the Reps claim the moral high ground of fiscal responsibility, yet grow the government at the fastest rate since New Deal....it's like searching for honor among thieves...and again, don't misintepret my leanings....I consider myself a true conservative & the solutions being bandied about from BOTH parties are niether true nor conservative in nature. However, I do enjoy calling out both sides for their inconsistent attacks upon one another, hence, the idea that I am negative I guess.....

So you must be FOR personal responsibility and less government?

Anyway, I now officially accept that Appy is FOR something.

Thank you for throwing me a bone and not making me beg.

And by the way, I totally agree!

[Appaholic]

...The vast majority of citizens in this country have been suckling on the govt teet for so long, they're addicted....the dems admit, nay, embrace the concept while the Reps claim the moral high ground of fiscal responsibility, yet grow the government at the fastest rate since New Deal....it's like searching for honor among thieves...and again, don't misintepret my leanings....I consider myself a true conservative & the solutions being bandied about from BOTH parties are niether true nor conservative in nature. However, I do enjoy calling out both sides for their inconsistent attacks upon one another, hence, the idea that I am negative I guess.....

So you must be FOR personal responsibility and less government?

Anyway, I now officially accept that Appy is FOR something.

Thank you for throwing me a bone and not making me beg.

And by the way, I totally agree!

Surprised you ween't aware of that? I didn't think it was a secret....and since you are correct in what I am for, then you can see how tough it is to find similar values from either of the two major parties...

[Ivytalk]

Well put...and can't argue with the short-attention span of BO...the dems need some focus as their message is getting drowned out by the static of changing priorities (& values to a certain extent)

It isn't short-attention span. It's the belief that all you need to do to address a problem is utter a few platitudes that scroll across a teleprompter. The real problem with this president is a lack of substance and intellect. He's in over his head.
Listening to him is like listening to an oratorically gifted evangelical preacher (like Jeremiah Wright). The preacher has no problem whipping the true believers into a a frenzy, but once the emotional high has subsided you realize that he didn't really say anything. But you don't care because you're a true believer and you love the emotional high and having something to believe in.

I think Obama has an intellect: he's just superficial in his approach to policy. He's left health care in the hands of the Pelosi/Reid gang and their legislative aides, while turning his pollsters and advance men loose on VA and NJ to keep those statehouses in Dem hands. He dithers about Afghanistan, flitting from "crisis" mode to appeasement of his party's left wing in a matter of days, if not hours. The primacy of politics in this administration is truly breathtaking -- and scary. Friends, we're in the hands of a callow amateur with a big ego.

[Appaholic]

It isn't short-attention span. It's the belief that all you need to do to address a problem is utter a few platitudes that scroll across a teleprompter. The real problem with this president is a lack of substance and intellect. He's in over his head.
Listening to him is like listening to an oratorically gifted evangelical preacher (like Jeremiah Wright). The preacher has no problem whipping the true believers into a a frenzy, but once the emotional high has subsided you realize that he didn't really say anything. But you don't care because you're a true believer and you love the emotional high and having something to believe in.

I think Obama has an intellect: he's just superficial in his approach to policy. He's left health care in the hands of the Pelosi/Reid gang and their legislative aides, while turning his pollsters and advance men loose on VA and NJ to keep those statehouses in Dem hands. He dithers about Afghanistan, flitting from "crisis" mode to appeasement of his party's left wing in a matter of days, if not hours. The primacy of politics in this administration is truly breathtaking -- and scary. Friends, we're in the hands of a callow amateur with a big ego.

I felt this way about Bush as well. But the difference was, at this same juncture in W's 1st term, I was very impressed with the team he had surrounded himself. You don't have to know all the answers yourself, but surround yourself with people who specialize in those arenas. While I didn't agree 100% (who does) with their policy, there was no doubt to that team's political ability & experience...I don't have that same feeling with this administration.....which, who knows, may not be a bad thing considering.....