Obama outfoxes his critics every time
Posted on Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 10:29 PM
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It's official: Obama's ascendency has finally made the GOP lose every political instinct they ever had. They just don't think he should be president. He's not folks. He's the Obamanation from Kenya. He's Karl Mark. He's Malcolm X. Their incredulity and sheer racism is making them stupid. It's fascinating to watch.
Joe Barton's apology to BP today wasn't a "gaffe"; it was premeditated and heartfelt: because neither he nor his party think that Obama should be president and they're apologizing to every major industry that bankrolls them.
It was an outrageous apology, considering the anger and helplessness that the average American feels just looking at this unprecedented disaster unfold.
It's a measure of how extremist and out of touch the GOP has become that they'd even contemplate playing this card at this time. For over a year now they've cried Marx, Hitler and Stalin so loudly and so often they've almost made the comparisons meaningless.
But reality actually matters. So does a sense of decency and scale. Neither of those were present in Barton's apology today. I dread to think what's next? Perhaps an apology to the Confederacy for the hit they took to their cotton industry?
If Glen Beck thinks it will damage Obama it will run on his show tonight. That's how craven his (tea) party has become.
Between this and Arizona, the GOP (or is that the GO-PB!) are painting themselves into the narrowest corner in America. Anyone who bets against Obama always, always loses. It's past time his enemies and fair-weather friends found that out.
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hancock | Jul 13, 2010, 02:06 AM EDT
Obama is an incompetent joke.
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olovely | Jul 12, 2010, 02:21 PM EDT
It's sad to see how far the GOP has fallen into the hole of its own making. Now it's just a party of extremists.
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McNamara31 | Jul 09, 2010, 07:54 PM EDT
TexasGal....Everyone who disagrees with your "Limbaugh" rhetoric is either a socialist or a communist...so low and pathetic! Two years, of Boy Man Obama as you "so very crudley call him"....Get ready for six.
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seanomelbourne | Jul 04, 2010, 10:34 PM EDT
Texasgal! a typical southern neo-fascist muckraker who couldn't see the forest for the trees. History will prove how Obama saved your southern bacon and hauled the U.S. out of the depths of depression, gifted to him by the good old boys in the GOP.
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TexasGal | Jul 03, 2010, 09:35 PM EDT
Both Parties spend way to much but Obama and pork-belly Democrats have added 4T in 18 months give me a brake. @ McNamara31 you must be a Communist or a Socialist to go along with all that Obama is doing
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TexasGal | Jul 03, 2010, 09:06 PM EDT
@ McNamara31- If you would look at some short history its repeating its self with the Democrat again. Barry Frank and Chris Dodd ( D ) Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac was a large part of the financial melts down and did the Democrats learn anything NO the Democrat in the house and the senate give then an open ATM CARD under Boy Man Obama the Socialist pig and it BUSH, BUSH, BUSH the Democrat had both houses and the speaker for two years before Obama. And OMG the America people did vote but they don't vote for the crap that Obama is doing. McNamara31 you must be a Communist or a Socialist to think its OK to nationalize Ins co., Car Co., take over Bank., Health care. He thinks its ok to sign a EO and its law to let Interpol and the UN to come in and police if he calls for Martial Law. Its been 74 days and the oil spill is still spilling and the Gulf coast is being destroy and Obama ties the hands of the Governors and the people to clean it up 13 country want to help clean but its UNIONS WE CAN'T UPSET THE UNIONS they got their fat hands in America's pocket and Obama Kiss their butts. Yea Bush did his part but that was in 8 year Obama added 4T in and Healthcare has not been added all in 18 months and crap the Healthcare taxs boy thats going to bit us in the butt. And we still have 2 years of him I hope and pray that he gets impeached
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McNamara31 | Jul 01, 2010, 09:53 AM EDT
TexasGal stated "Obama is a socialist pig" "bigmanboy" "ruin the country" FACTs: 53% of Americans voted for Obama, but it is very obvious many of "the rest" will never be ready for his presidency. I know facts don't matter to "you people" as you call us, but here they are; when Obama placed his first step into the White House, the National Debt had already been raised by 72% to "10 Trillion Dollars" by the total, reckless, incompetence of Bush and his deregulating cronies. Two wars put on credit cards, Tax cuts and financial deregulation that took away the safeguard that protected Americans, are the legacy of Bush’s pillage and plunder that broke this economy, and sent a financial tidal wave around the world. Obama’s been under a constant barrage from people who feel it’s better to split this nation with divisive miss information, at a time we need to confront issues that could further destroy us. The likes of Limbaugh, Palin, and Beck, skillfully attack and demean Obama at every turn. They feed FOX News with verbal attacks like “You lie” “death panels” or “Shakedown” so the real substance and issues never make it to public view. And as for “your”, Barton of Texas, he remain a despicable politician who showed the world, that “some” Americans are bought and sold by the Big Oil at the price of the average man. "Impeach" you say...The man who should have been impeached sits in a backyard in Texas.
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TexasGal | Jun 30, 2010, 10:51 PM EDT
This jug head that wrote this piece of crap has no idea what he is writing about! @ olovely as far as the GOP being in the pocket that maybe true BUT Obama was given 70 or 90 million on his campaign and Rahm Emanuel lived rent free in Washington for 5 years a oil man own the house so its not just the GOP. If you people love Obama and are proud that he has a little Irish blood in him you can have him. If yall want to talk about Barton he did apologize to BP but it was for the shakedown from that big manboy Obama. Obama is a socialist pig I live in the south and Obama lets the environmentalist rule and it is destroying the Gulf coast, the lose of live is unbelievable and Obama is out playing golf and singing with Paul Mc the dumbass. You people need to realize that Obama needed a teleprompter to talk to sixth grader so to all of you that think he is smart will let him ruin you country we have had enough and we will vote him out or impeach him.
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McNamara31 | Jun 28, 2010, 11:17 AM EDT
Moonsoonman...The word was "destroyed" not wounded.
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Monsoonman | Jun 28, 2010, 09:12 AM EDT
I think the Czech editorial page hits the nail on the head. It would be refreshing if IC offered this editor a column, I am sure he must have a scintilla of irish DNA somewhere...At least as much as they think obama has....and Mc if Bush & Co. "wounded" the economy over eight years, then obama, frank, shumer, pelosi and reid are shoving in the bayonets.
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McNamara31 | Jun 27, 2010, 09:10 PM EDT
Olovely...I'm with you! The only area the GOP can master is smearing and demeaning Obama and his office at every turn. They succeeded in destroying the American economy in the previous 8 years, and now they continue to reveal they have "no plan", no vision for the future, just the same old dinosaur rhetoric on how "they want to take their country back", way back to their greedy dark ages.
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McNamara31 | Jun 27, 2010, 08:37 PM EDT
Since when are Czech newspapers such authorities on presidential substance? I guess they prefer the “two good ole boys” that brought a great country to its financial knees, rather than someone who's been left with the massive mission to rebuild, after their pillage and plunder of the American way of life.
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Monsoonman | Jun 26, 2010, 10:12 PM EDT
From a Czech editorial page: "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."
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Monsoonman | Jun 24, 2010, 10:26 AM EDT
Why does Fox have so many viewers? It is due to free market forces at work in America, in this case the public likes their product....Next question!
Why is the sky blue? Buehler?
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