J-Pod says some things.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 29 March 2013 17:34 (eleven years ago) link
http://badskeptic.com/?p=123
― Mordy, Saturday, 30 March 2013 15:27 (eleven years ago) link
It's not filibustering Republican senators it's the guy in the White House, says inside the beltway rightward leaning columnist:
Obama’s failure to strike while the iron was hot offers a lesson in presidential leadership that goes beyond gun control. On almost every topic, from budget negotiations to national security, Washington seems only to act these days in response to crisis, if it acts at all. Obama erred in trying to use Newtown to build support for his positions on taxes, energy and immigration. And he compounded the error by sending Joe Biden off to conduct a study — an unnecessary delay when solutions were obvious. Once the president took his foot off the accelerator, no other action — not even Michael Bloomberg’s ad campaign — could maintain the momentum.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-obama-on-guns--too-little-too-late/2013/03/28/93a2287a-97f1-11e2-814b-063623d80a60_story.html
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 30 March 2013 16:56 (eleven years ago) link
failure to strike while the iron was hotthe president took his foot off the accelerator
Does the WaPo not hire editors?
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 March 2013 17:26 (eleven years ago) link
I would vote for dana milbank instantly and repeatedly for any position where he would never be heard from again.
― Aimless, Saturday, 30 March 2013 18:26 (eleven years ago) link
I really don't think they ever have editors look at the work of their columnists.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 30 March 2013 18:46 (eleven years ago) link
Not only is Barack Obama wrong politically, he's not a good guy, "cool," or even moderately likable.
http://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2013/04/30/30-reasons-to-dislike-barack-obama-n1582397/page/full
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 14:56 (eleven years ago) link
howbout we just keep the posts focused on what a right-wing authoritarian fuck he is, who would be loved by the above if they weren't racist?
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 14:59 (eleven years ago) link
x-post -That's like 3rd-rate National Review material
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 15:02 (eleven years ago) link
can we vote on these?
9) He ate a dog once which is just gross.
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 15:04 (eleven years ago) link
no prob dr. m! just wanted to give the responses of townhall commenter "commiedregs" a hearing
http://townhall.com/social/commiedregs-606149/comments/
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 15:05 (eleven years ago) link
my favorite
29) After it came out that the Korean rapper Psy had wished death not just on American soldiers, but their wives and children, Obama made a point of shaking his hand publicly even though the fact he was in the same room with him had been controversial.
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 15:06 (eleven years ago) link
Welp
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 6 June 2013 20:52 (ten years ago) link
i think pretending the nsa expansion doesn't occur and occur in pretty much this exact manner under the administration of any other candidate dem or republican to have won a primary in the last thirteen years (if not thirty) but i do think someone could point at obama's zealous pragmatism and cautiousness as why it hasn't been challenged or checked in any token way by this admin. similar root behind expanded use of drones (w/ added bonus of cutting defense budget), manages to avoid both the major risks of war and the major risks of peace, it was similar thinking that was behind eisenhower's embrace of the cia, having yr cake and eating it too.
― balls, Thursday, 6 June 2013 22:33 (ten years ago) link
I remember the "3 o'clock phone call" political ads HRC aired during the 2008 primaries. Obv, Barack has learned not to leave himself open on that flank.
― Aimless, Thursday, 6 June 2013 23:28 (ten years ago) link
"Don't worry, Michelle, I'll listen to the recording in the morning..."
― polyphonic, Thursday, 6 June 2013 23:29 (ten years ago) link
@DennisThePerrinObama justifying his authoritarian policies -- Nixon without the flop sweat.
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 8 June 2013 03:31 (ten years ago) link
george will got there already in may
― da croupier, Saturday, 8 June 2013 03:48 (ten years ago) link
GW is anti-infinite-surveillance huh
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 8 June 2013 03:57 (ten years ago) link
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/23/what-is-barack-obama-presidency-for
― piscesx, Monday, 24 February 2014 09:10 (ten years ago) link
ab-so-lutely nothin'
(cept Dems winning elections)
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Monday, 24 February 2014 18:26 (ten years ago) link
I suspect that the corporatists are so deeply entrenched in US government at this point that no power short of a cataclysm could dislodge them. No one rises to the top who would ever dream of rocking the boat.
― Aimless, Monday, 24 February 2014 18:56 (ten years ago) link
we'll need those boats in less than 50 years
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 24 February 2014 18:56 (ten years ago) link
solid summary, but leaves out how bill ayers ghostwrote soetero's books
http://thedailybanter.com/2014/04/the-story-of-barack-obama-as-told-by-conservatives/
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 2 May 2014 10:43 (ten years ago) link
Unconvincing. Not a single use of Hussein.
― tsrobodo, Friday, 2 May 2014 12:07 (ten years ago) link
pop culture gets the hopey changey sadz
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/30/us/politics/pop-culture-puts-spin-on-grim-realities-of-obama-presidency.html
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Friday, 2 May 2014 12:13 (ten years ago) link
http://www.salon.com/2014/05/03/93_countries_that_have_flip_flopped_on_obama_partner/
― Mordy, Saturday, 3 May 2014 22:19 (ten years ago) link
https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/statuses/462782328797159425
― Mordy, Sunday, 18 May 2014 05:14 (ten years ago) link
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/05/22/a_poor_chapter_in_the_history_books_obama_foreign_policy
― Mordy, Thursday, 22 May 2014 16:32 (ten years ago) link
ghostwritten by ghost of richard nixon
― balls, Thursday, 22 May 2014 17:03 (ten years ago) link
jusy remember guys, WalMart is leading the way to our green future.
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 22 May 2014 17:08 (ten years ago) link
not that we really need it anymore but i think this piece answers the thread title's question about as well as anything will:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-bromwich/the-leader-obama-wanted-t_b_4932145.html
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 28 May 2014 01:50 (ten years ago) link
ugh reading this gives me heartache
― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 May 2014 01:57 (ten years ago) link
It ambles into speculative psychology in the last third but I can't quibble with the characterization of the early years, his preparedness for the job, and his use of words as mirrors. And it's true: he's overexposed, but, c'mon, Ronnie would have been all over social media.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 May 2014 02:10 (ten years ago) link
i like bromwich generally. he and "leo strauss" are good go-tos for non-volkist criticism
― goole, Thursday, 29 May 2014 21:04 (nine years ago) link
anyway: OFA spammed me twice today about james taylor
swing and a miss, obungler
― goole, Thursday, 29 May 2014 21:05 (nine years ago) link
Ronnie would have been all over social media.
Ronald Reagan @thegipper - 1mjklol #joke
Ronald Reagan @thegipper - 6mWe begin bombing in five minutes.
Ronald Reagan @thegipper - 8mMy fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw #Russia forever.
― display name changed. (amateurist), Thursday, 29 May 2014 21:08 (nine years ago) link
can't even imagine what the reaction would be if a president made a crack like that now.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 29 May 2014 21:11 (nine years ago) link
longest five minutes ever
― display name changed. (amateurist), Thursday, 29 May 2014 21:13 (nine years ago) link
"A tree's a tree. How many more do you need to look at?"
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 29 May 2014 21:14 (nine years ago) link
Contrary to popular misconception, this microphone gaffe was not broadcast over the air, but rather leaked later to the general populace. But the Tokyo newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun reported in October 1984 that the Soviet Far East Army was placed on alert after word of the statement got out, and that the alert was not withdrawn until 30 minutes later.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 29 May 2014 21:18 (nine years ago) link
Ronald Reagan @thegipper - 1mWhat's #AIDS? I don't have it, do you? #hilarity
(http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/12/aids-white-house-larry-speakes-joke-press-briefing-1982.html)
― display name changed. (amateurist), Thursday, 29 May 2014 21:22 (nine years ago) link
make that
Retweeted by Ronald ReaganLarry Speakes @presssec - Oct. 15What's #AIDS? I don't have it, do you?
― display name changed. (amateurist), Thursday, 29 May 2014 21:25 (nine years ago) link
WalMart is leading the way to our green future.
fwiw I hate Walmart with a passion, have never set foot in one etc. but their energy efficiency and renewables program really have been v forward-thinking
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 29 May 2014 21:44 (nine years ago) link
other bits:
Q: Governor, do you think homosexuals shoud be barred from public office in the United States?
A: Certainly they should be barred from the department of beaches and parks.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 29 May 2014 21:45 (nine years ago) link
"We were told four years ago that 17 million people wen to bed hungry every night. Well, that was probably true. They were all on a diet."
In contrast to reading Ishmael Reed's interview with George Schuyler this afternoon:
http://www.policymic.com/articles/38965/ishmael-reed-all-the-demons-of-american-racism-are-rising-from-the-sewer
― bamcquern, Friday, 30 May 2014 06:00 (nine years ago) link
http://gawker.com/president-obama-cut-in-line-for-barbecue-in-texas-1603270179
― j., Friday, 11 July 2014 01:43 (nine years ago) link
"I feel real bad, but—"
classic barry
― difficult listening hour, Friday, 11 July 2014 02:06 (nine years ago) link
ENTER Morbius, with a grudge.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 11 July 2014 02:22 (nine years ago) link