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Obama XX: Maybe We'll Even Talk About Obama

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One mocks the Dems because of what they say. One mocks the GOP because of what they are. ;)
 
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bronconick said:
I wouldn't **** on either side if they were on fire.
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I'm with ya, with the crappy leadership we're getting on Libya, budget/subsidies, energy and everything else I'm still in the mood to throw em all out.
 
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The White house had time to do that while Obama was making out his bracket, multitasking at its best
 
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walrus said:
The White house had time to do that while Obama was making out his bracket, multitasking at its best
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You're seriously going to complain about the president filling out a bracket on ESPN? Things that bad for regressives these days? Next you'll criticize him for letting his daughters stay up too late (or maybe for sending them to bed too early).
 
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Definition of irony.
President Obama’s only event at the White House that isn’t closed to the press on Wednesday is a ceremony in which he’ll accept an award for being open to the press.
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no complaints, just thought it was funny.
 
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I'm surprised Obama had time to fill out a bracket, most have taken away at least one round of golf
 
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If only the Chimperor had spent more time filling out brackets.

Intelligent commentary from the right, continued.

What's striking to me is how many American conservatives actually long for the exercize of brute force or constant executive action in the face of a dramatically changing world. This they call strength - even after the debacles of Bush's executive whims. They see the role of an American president as mastering the world, controlling events, forcing everything through the prism of post-war American hegemony. But that hegemony is over, partly because of America's success in defeating the Soviets and China's and India's successes in forging a new economic order. The kind of hegemony Nixon or Reagan enjoyed was an accident of history. It will not be regained, by the laws of economics, and demography.
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It says something that Haley Barbour is now floating the narrative of drawing down in Afghanistan. And what it says is that Barbour is such a notorious opportunist that it must mean his handlers think he can cleave out a slice of the GOP using that language. Expect to see the war blamed more and more on Obama* as they turn their backs on the last bedraggled, self-deluded neocons.

(* and to a large extent, though not the way they'll frame it, Obama deserves a ton of blame. He's the flippin' president and he could have ended this goat rope yesterday if he wanted)
 
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I've never been a fan of mocking presidents by juxtaposing their leisure activities with some crisis somewhere. Nor have I thought the appropriate model for a president is to be "deeply involved" with some situation. I thought it was unfair to criticize Bush for not going bat chit in front of the little kiddies when he learned about 9/11 and most of this snarling at Obma falls into the same category. As to my second point I recall that Reagan was criticized when he ordered our Top Gun guys to splash Gadaffi's Migs if they fired on us. And the actual shootdowns had occurred while he was asleep. As POTUS he had given the order only he could give: shoot 'em down. The rest of our world wide chain of command should be capable of carrying out that simple order. The Jimmy Carter model, of presidential involvement in EVERYTHING can result in the world's most important leader scheduling time for the WH tennis court. Pass.

Speaking of Libya, the image that's been floating through my mind while this administration dithers (actually, dithering would be an improvement) is from the loss of the Titanic. Crew members manning the lifeboats refusing to go back to try to help the hundreds of folks in the water. Wanting for things to "quieten down." Of course, by that time, they had all died. I'm afraid that's what's happening in Libya. The passivity of this administration is breath taking. If doing nothing is the course of action, then do nothing with elan.
 
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Old Pio said:
Speaking of Libya, the image that's been floating through my mind while this administration dithers
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What does President Pio do? I can pretty much guarantee that whatever it is, if President Pio has a (D) after his name, the usual suspects will be outraged by it.
 
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I don't know. As I say, this situation is resolving instelf with Gadaffi killing or imprisoning all the rebels. If that's what we want, that's what we're getting. So I guess it's another triumph. Perhaps, instead of bowing to Gadaffi, the president could kneel. That might work.
 
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Kepler said:
If only the Chimperor had spent more time filling out brackets.
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"Chimperor"? :eek: Even I'm uneasy with that, and I've never been called PC.
Who all thinks it was right to fire Gilbert Gottfried for his "insensitive" joke?
 
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geezer said:
"Chimperor"? :eek: Even I'm uneasy with that, and I've never been called PC.
Who all thinks it was right to fire Gilbert Gottfried for his "insensitive" joke?
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A company that does a huge percentage of its business in Japan.
 
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Old Pio said:
I don't know. As I say, this situation is resolving instelf with Gadaffi killing or imprisoning all the rebels. If that's what we want, that's what we're getting. So I guess it's another triumph. Perhaps, instead of bowing to Gadaffi, the president could kneel. That might work.
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Why should we do anything? What business is it of ours? How much money do we have to spend fixing everyone else's **** before we start fixing our own???
 
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ScoobyDoo said:
Why should we do anything? What business is it of ours? How much money do we have to spend fixing everyone else's **** before we start fixing our own???
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Besides, it takes so much time to work up the federal policy on bullying.
 
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Old Pio said:
A company that does a huge percentage of its business in Japan.
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An insurance company that does a huge percentage of its business in Japan has more important things to worry about. Like, where the hell are they going to get all the money for the inevitable flood of claims coming their way. I think it was State Farm (?) that insured a heck of a lot in the deep south when Katrina hit. Their insurance premiums shot up nationwide the following year.
 
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An insurance company that does a huge percentage of its business in Japan has more important things to worry about. Like, where the hell are they going to get all the money for the inevitable flood of claims coming their way. I think it was State Farm (?) that insured a heck of a lot in the deep south when Katrina hit. Their insurance premiums shot up nationwide the following year.
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That's true. You wonder whether policy holders in Japan (especially now) even know who Gottfried is and whether, under the circumstances, they would care. The question was asked who would fire him, the answer is a company that does a huge percentage of its business in Japan. That doesn't mean the decision wasn't a hysterical overreaction.
 
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Old Pio said:
That's true. You wonder whether policy holders in Japan (especially now) even know who Gottfried is and whether, under the circumstances, they would care. The question was asked who would fire him, the answer is a company that does a huge percentage of its business in Japan. That doesn't mean the decision wasn't a hysterical overreaction.
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Is it bad if I thought most of the jokes he made were hilarious? :D
 
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One would think that Gottfried really has no part in Aflac's promo campaign over there. Can you imagine Gottfried overdubbing his own lines in Japanese? It's rough enough to hear him speak English.
 
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