Posted on 08/13/2010 4:19:43 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen
In October 1987, Newsweek ran a cover story on would-be presidential candidate George H. W. Bush with the blaring headline “Fighting the Wimp Factor.”
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For Obama, the stereotype is one of a distant, cool, rather narcissistic yuppie.
Yuppism, remember, is not definable entirely by income or class. Rather, it is a late-twentieth-century cultural phenomenon of self-absorbed young professionals, earning good pay, enjoying the cultural attractions of sophisticated urban life and thought, and generally out of touch with, indeed antithetical to, most of the challenges and concerns of a far less well-off and more parochial Middle America
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Obama, the Philosopher King. Sitting around, smoking dope, talking about social injustices and how to have a revolution to engage in wealth redistribution.
Obama, the frightened little boy, afraid that people will realize that he is an empty suit. A person that has never accomplished anything other than getting elected.
Mr. Hanson is a gifted gem that America should savor to the fullest. Not only is he right on in his commentary, but he is quite the historian also!!!
I think he is going to resign soon. America does not deserve “The One”. The work is too hard and people are being mean to him.
Think about it. He’s never had to work before. Not really. Now he has to, and it sucks. He doesn’t know how.
It would be pathetically humorous if he was in any other job in the world.
That’s odd, I thought he was fighting the “This assclown obviously can’t find his ass with both hands” factor.
or the “unqualified affirmative action hire” factor
He's simply a slow-witted fool. Avery dangerous fool but a fool
I wonder if he is the sophisticated yuppie or if that is merely an act, a painted on veneer?
I have concluded there is not really any sort of there there. He is a purely synthetic creation, a truly plastic man.
self ping for later
The secret to understanding Yuppies is to realize that, for all the appearance of worldly sophistication they try to put on, they’re really some of the most blinkered and culturally retarded people in America. It is also the secret to understanding Obama.
It certainly explains the comical, transparent, dad-jeans-wearing, “Barkeep, gimme a Bud and a Bloody Mary” attempts to appeal to the hoi polloi. It also explains Obama’s complete inability to understand the backlash against his policies. He may pretend to be a man of the world, but he has the social acumen of a man of the World of Warcraft.
Victor describes Bill Clinton perfectly.
LOL
More like the Weather Underground factor, IMHO
I am amazed how gray his hair is getting. Maybe he will have a major breakdown. We know he isn’t up to the job.
He’ll resign first.
The Dems are abandoning him in droves. The Globe just published another big expose on his SSN. Say what you want about the fake birth certificate, the Social Security Number is pretty much ironclad. There is no way he could have gotten that SSN normally.
The water is getting neck high and the alligators are getting hungry.
No wonder he is getting gray hairs. It is also no wonder why he is off to Martha’s Vineyard again next week. At this stage of the game, he might as well party down as much as he can while he has the chance.
I don’t think he’ll resign - there is still some candy in the store he is looting.
yeah- excellent
bump
They all fit.
mark
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