"What do you think a stimulus is?" Obama asked incredulously. "It’s spending — that's the whole point! Seriously.”
ah, that's more like it.
― thunda lightning (clotpoll), Friday, 6 February 2009 11:55 (fifteen years ago) link
no doubt! heard some reporters discussing this @ npr this morning & finally seemed to be catching on as far as why it might be important to spend money, someone called in & made the point that the GOP had no problem with spending shitloads of money every time bush wanted it, no questions asked. but a lot of media still hung up on viewing the entire thing as fighting for political advantage, which.. no doubt plays a role in whatever gets done but for crying out loud, another 600K+ jobs were lost last month!!
also, good lord - some of you guys really need to get over the primaries.
― NFL RUNOFF miss u plaxico (daria-g), Friday, 6 February 2009 16:51 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, the "Villagers" aspect of this is really taking over, with all these pundits and journos continuing along on their behavior of something between junior high schoolers and courtiers/syncophants of the Sun King.
― kingfish, Friday, 6 February 2009 17:16 (fifteen years ago) link
And sentiments like We're All Bob Somerby Now are spreading
― kingfish, Friday, 6 February 2009 17:19 (fifteen years ago) link
I think PRESIDENT: ARE THESE PEOPLE SERIOUS? is my favorite headline.
Like, ever.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 6 February 2009 17:31 (fifteen years ago) link
"I don't care whether you're driving a hybrid or an SUV -- if you're headed for a cliff, you've got to change direction."
^^^luv this fucking guy
― Courtney Love's Jew Loan Officer (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 6 February 2009 17:34 (fifteen years ago) link
I've been reading somerby for years as well.. the media attack on gore in 2000 is kind of an idee fixe for him, but he's OTM on that, I think.did you catch MoDo's recent column comparing obama visiting a DC public school while Daschle was being attacked for tax issues to... Bush sitting there in the classroom, dumbfounded, on 9/11? clearly THE SAME THING
― NFL RUNOFF miss u plaxico (daria-g), Friday, 6 February 2009 21:19 (fifteen years ago) link
the hatchet job the new yorker did on gore in 2000 still gives me the willies
― kamerad, Friday, 6 February 2009 21:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Rumor is he's not very good in the sack. Neither was Sam Cooke apparently. Huh. Imagine that.
― OldHamSweat, Friday, 6 February 2009 21:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Wait...you got a source for that, OHS?
― Stefanthenautilus, Saturday, 7 February 2009 21:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Lucianne Goldberg told him; he recorded the conversation.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Saturday, 7 February 2009 21:58 (fifteen years ago) link
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/4209/att00000lg2.gif
― James Mitchell, Saturday, 7 February 2009 22:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Ha ha ha!
― It is not enough to love mankind – you must be able to stand (Michael White), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 16:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Mr. White, words cannot express my delight in what lies at the end of this link. My sorry ass motherfucking ignorance has been cured.
― Aimless, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 18:34 (fifteen years ago) link
There is something immensely satisfying about it, n'est-ce pas?
― It is not enough to love mankind – you must be able to stand (Michael White), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 18:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Nixon on the WH tapes - now there was a motherfucking asshole. This Obama guy is just... sweet.
― Aimless, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 18:39 (fifteen years ago) link
That's EXACTLY what I was thinking. His 'motherfucker' sounds downright wholesome next to any profanity uttered by Nixon.
― It is not enough to love mankind – you must be able to stand (Michael White), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 18:41 (fifteen years ago) link
NO WORSHIPPERS HEAH, NO SIR
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 18:43 (fifteen years ago) link
did you promise not to post about obama for the first 90 days?
― Lord Infamous Epsilon (and what), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 18:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh, c'mon, Morbs! Did you ever expect to hear a President of the U.S. utter the word 'motherfucker' like that?
xpost
― It is not enough to love mankind – you must be able to stand (Michael White), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 18:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Take a listen, Morbs. It's Obama reading aloud from his book about growing up, for a book-on-CD version. He doesn't seem able to make it sound nasty. The timbre of his voice is too gosh-darned good-natured.
― Aimless, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 18:47 (fifteen years ago) link
he wanted ron paul, who cant say "motherfucker" without a racial slur in front of it
― funk doctor nude spock (and what), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 18:47 (fifteen years ago) link
i promised not to comment on his policies, and must you dive on my dick every time you see I've posted? It's disturbing.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 20:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Technically, it's a comment about the Obamaloverfaithful, amirite Morbs?
― ----> (libcrypt), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 20:19 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.art-books.com/artbooks/images/items/05-2338.jpg
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 20:20 (fifteen years ago) link
I saw my first (1.20.13) bumper sticker today.
― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 20:21 (fifteen years ago) link
What did the little voice inside your head say?
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 20:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Don't look, Barack!
― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 20:28 (fifteen years ago) link
He should stop emailing everybody asking for hits on his Youtube videos but then leaving the videos as 'friends only' so no one can watch them.
― James Mitchell, Wednesday, 25 February 2009 20:19 (fifteen years ago) link
He needs to give Joe Biden the correct name for recovery.org
― The Screaming Lobster of Challops (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 25 February 2009 20:21 (fifteen years ago) link
is, by any reasonable standard, a huge fucking liar.
is just another Imperial Manager, most reminiscent of Clinton and Nixon so far.
(welcome to the 101st day)
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 30 April 2009 14:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Dr. Morbius is talking about reasonable standards
― loaded forbear (gabbneb), Thursday, 30 April 2009 14:50 (fourteen years ago) link
x-post -- Not only that, there is not enough melody in his speeches.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 30 April 2009 14:50 (fourteen years ago) link
one of his flaws i was thinking last night is that he's too perfect and too handsome--it would be nice if he got something wrong so we could criticize him for it
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 30 April 2009 14:51 (fourteen years ago) link
whats the over/under on the number of days until morbius is banned from all politics threads
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Thursday, 30 April 2009 14:59 (fourteen years ago) link
http://ec.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/2009-countdown.jpg
― m coleman, Thursday, 30 April 2009 15:03 (fourteen years ago) link
He has cellulite on the backs of his thighs. I saw it in the Enquirer.
― Kevin Yates, Phys. Ed. (u s steel), Thursday, 30 April 2009 15:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Do we have a hundred days thread proper somewhere?
― thomp, Thursday, 30 April 2009 17:26 (fourteen years ago) link
I mean, I'm aware it's a meaningless retarded benchmark, but I feel I should catch up.
Here's Ms. Magazine's list of womanly accomplishments:http://www.msmagazine.com/press/2009_Obama100Days.asp
― Alex in SF, Thursday, 30 April 2009 18:11 (fourteen years ago) link
What has he been lying about? I haven't been paying close enough attention, I guess. Mostly I just get all my news from watching PBS and reading this board.
― slugbaiting (rockapads), Thursday, 30 April 2009 19:43 (fourteen years ago) link
I've been having a hard time figuring out his flaws. Will we really know this early about policy flaws? All I can think of is superficial stuff. "Arrogance", his whole professorial speaking style which can be tedious to listen to sometimes.
― slugbaiting (rockapads), Thursday, 30 April 2009 19:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Sometimes you can see his political gears grinding his brain to a halt. His answer last night on torture and the Bush administration was totally incoherent because he didn't want to say outright that his predecessor had committed crimes, yet he wanted to signal that he understood that Bush did.
― I'm crossing over into enterprise (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 30 April 2009 19:48 (fourteen years ago) link
right, morbius -- nixon was "just another imperial manager," no better or worse than any of the others.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 30 April 2009 19:52 (fourteen years ago) link
He supports charter schools.
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 30 April 2009 20:19 (fourteen years ago) link
His approved federal government budget might get me laid off.
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 30 April 2009 20:25 (fourteen years ago) link
That's just three letters more than something awesome :-(
― StanM, Thursday, 30 April 2009 20:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Isn't he supporting some weird expansion of federal branch powers in court?
― autogucci cru (deej), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 15:27 (fourteen years ago) link
MUSTARD! Impeach this unamerican evil dictator NOW, America.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gawker/2009/05/burger.png
http://gawker.com/5244126/obama-orders-burger-with-elitist-european-condiment?skyline=true&s=i
― StanM, Thursday, 7 May 2009 22:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh no! Even WORSE! First Lady wears dress more than once SHOCK
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/05/06/2009-05-06_michelle_obama.html
― StanM, Thursday, 7 May 2009 22:07 (fourteen years ago) link