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NYT: Barack’s Progress Report (Message from Bizzaro World)
The New York Times ^ | August 5, 2009 | Gail Collins

Posted on 08/06/2009 12:32:50 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Barack Obama had his 48th birthday this week. Since we learned during last year’s campaign that he can be blamed for anything bad that’s happened in this country since he was a toddler, perhaps this is a good time to suggest that it’s his fault the Beatles didn’t perform at Woodstock.

The president celebrated by having lunch with the Democratic senators, proving once again that this is truly a guy who knows how to party. He also showed up at a press briefing to sing “Happy Birthday” to Helen Thomas, the legendary reporter and columnist who turned 89 on the same day.

Thomas began covering the White House for United Press International in 1961, and she once told me that the competition for Kennedy family stories was so intense, U.P.I. woke up press secretary Pierre Salinger to ask him if it was true that Caroline’s hamster had died. This sort of thing would of course never happen now because the hamster would have its own Facebook fan page, updated hourly.

Obama is hitting another milestone this week. When Congress goes into recess it’ll be a rough half-year marker for his presidency. And things have been looking pretty good. American influence is rising abroad, and at home nobody in the White House appears to be plotting to undermine our civil rights on a daily basis.

The economy’s looking kind of stimulated. These things take time, but the “cash for clunkers” part of the plan seems to be working like a charm. Believe it or not, it turns out that Americans will buy a lot more cars if you pay them a bunch of money to do it.(continued)

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: barackobama; bho44; birthers; dnctalkingpoints; economy; idiotorial; kneepadbrigade; obama; obamacare; pravdamedia; presstitutes; socializedmedicine; townhalls
This is from the editorial page editor of the world's most influential newspaper? Unreal!!
1 posted on 08/06/2009 12:32:50 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Gail Collins: Queen of the self-deluding liberals.


2 posted on 08/06/2009 12:34:17 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Everything is Zero’s fault, eh?

How does it feel, moocher?


3 posted on 08/06/2009 12:35:10 PM PDT by Seruzawa (Obamalama lied, the republic died.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Do not miss the CNN report at 8 pm on Obamas Poll. So far he is flunking big time. I wonder if they will dare report or if they will jigger the #s?


4 posted on 08/06/2009 12:35:17 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (!!)
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“And things have been looking pretty good. American influence is rising abroad, and at home nobody in the White House appears to be plotting to undermine our civil rights on a daily basis.

The economy’s looking kind of stimulated. “

Unbelievable!!!


5 posted on 08/06/2009 12:36:57 PM PDT by Pessimist
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I called my Commie Senator and demanded 4500 bucks to buy a used car. Told him he gave my neighbor 4500 for a new one but I can not afford a new one. Asked why he gave a rich guy 4500 and a working stiff can not get it. They stammered and had no answer. Said it was good for the environment...WHOA! I pay taxes and you give it to the RICH!


6 posted on 08/06/2009 12:38:58 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (!!)
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More than 2 million jobs lost since he took office.

How much more stimulation can America take?


7 posted on 08/06/2009 12:39:07 PM PDT by Deo volente ("WE ARE AMERICANS AND WE HAVE A RIGHT TO DEBATE AND DISAGREE WITH ANY ADMINISTRATION!" HRC, 2003)
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>>”.....at home nobody in the White House appears to be plotting to undermine our civil rights on a daily basis.”<<

This broad needs a bib to catch all the drool coming out of her mouth. Not to mention, this swastika-carrying, knuckle dragging conservative is thinking MY civil rights are being destroyed on a daily basis.


8 posted on 08/06/2009 12:39:36 PM PDT by Humidston (IT'S COMING...I SMELL IT.)
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To: screaminsunshine
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9 posted on 08/06/2009 12:42:55 PM PDT by B-Cause (It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived.)
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From looking at the comments section, it appears Gail Collins wrote all of those too. Such glowing happyness, sunshines and rainbows for all...

What an absolute joke this Communist rag has become.


10 posted on 08/06/2009 12:53:42 PM PDT by bamahead (Avoid self-righteousness like the devil- nothing is so self-blinding. -- B.H. Liddell Hart)
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I cannot read her garbage but I would not be surprised if she is not pushing her pro gay marriage agenda


11 posted on 08/06/2009 1:10:45 PM PDT by italianquaker (“Every inch of this Administration is rife with corruption and cronyism.” --- Michelle Malkin)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Since we learned during last year’s campaign that he can be blamed for anything bad that’s happened in this country since he was a toddler, perhaps this is a good time to suggest that it’s his fault the Beatles didn’t perform at Woodstock.

He must've been the ones who introduced his parents to each other on the Selma march as he recounted during last year's election.

12 posted on 08/06/2009 1:33:25 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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The president celebrated by having lunch with the Democratic senators, proving once again that this is truly a guy who knows how to party on other peoples money during an economic disaster.
13 posted on 08/06/2009 1:34:21 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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Thomas began covering the White House for United Press International in 1961, and she once told me that the competition for Kennedy family stories was so intense, U.P.I. woke up press secretary Pierre Salinger to ask him if it was true that Caroline’s hamster had died. This sort of thing would of course never happen now because the hamster would have its own Facebook fan page, updated hourly.

Do you realize that it took the Obamas longer to choose a family dog than Congress is spending deciding on the details of the medical plan?

14 posted on 08/06/2009 1:35:45 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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and at home nobody in the White House appears to be plotting to undermine our civil rights on a daily basis.


15 posted on 08/06/2009 1:39:57 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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The economy’s looking kind of stimulated. These things take time, but the “cash for clunkers” part of the plan seems to be working like a charm.

Of course, the numbers are not subject to review.

Why is Obama Hiding The Cash For Clunkers Data? (Washington Examiner/The Lid 8/4/09)

Trust us. Just like we say that there is a birth certificate on file you cannot see.

Trust us.

16 posted on 08/06/2009 1:43:43 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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Bizarrobama
17 posted on 08/06/2009 2:05:57 PM PDT by NewJerseyJoe (Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
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at home nobody in the White House appears to be plotting to undermine our civil rights on a daily basis.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot???? Has this woman heard of the "snitch on your neighbor if he opposes 0bama" website?

it turns out that Americans will buy a lot more cars if you pay them a bunch of money to do it.

The above is arguably one of the simultaneously most obvious, and most stupid, statements ever to appear in print.

18 posted on 08/06/2009 2:15:13 PM PDT by Hardastarboard (I long for the days when advertisers didn't constantly ask about the health of my genital organs.)
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Truly the willfully blind can look at a war zone and see a rose garden.


19 posted on 08/06/2009 3:19:04 PM PDT by RipSawyer (Change has come to America and all hope is gone.)
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How much longer before this rag folds? Or will Americans get to bail it out? Actually, it’s a good candidate to send to Obama’s Gestapo info-gathering, as it’s just chock-full of fishy disinformation.


20 posted on 08/06/2009 5:05:15 PM PDT by mrsmel (Put the Gitmo terrorists near Capitol Hill.)
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