Posted on 09/30/2011 6:18:58 PM PDT by passionfruit
Our ludicrously unqualified chief executive would have been regarded as a joke candidate in any serious nation.
"The way I think about it," Barack Obama told a TV station in Orlando, "is, you know, this is a great, great country that had gotten a little soft."
He has a point. This is a great, great country that got so soft that 53 percent of electors voted for a ludicrously unqualified chief executive who would be regarded as a joke candidate in any serious nation. One should not begrudge a man who seizes his opportunity. But one should certainly hold in contempt those who allow him to seize it on the basis of such flaccid generalities as "hope" and "change": That's more than "a little" soft. "He's probably the smartest guy ever to become president," declared presidential historian Michael Beschloss the day after the 2008 election. But you don't have to be that smart to put one over on all the smart guys. "I'm a sap, a specific kind of sap. I'm an Obama Sap," admits David Brooks, the softest touch at The New York Times. Tina Brown, editor of Newsweek, now says of the president: "He wasn't ready, it turns out, really." Article Tab: From left, incoming Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Vice President Joe Biden, President Barack Obama, and outgoing Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen, take part a ceremony at Ft. Myer in Arlington, Va., Friday, Sept. 30.
If you're a tenured columnist at The New York Times, you can just about afford the consequences of your sappiness. But out there among the hundreds of thousands of your readers who didn't know you were a sap until you told them three years later, soft choices have hard consequences.
(Excerpt) Read more at ocregister.com ...
Actually, I think they (the lamestreamers) did do their job if that job was to get a democrat elected at any cost. Their due diligence was good enough to determine that Hillary Clinton was unelectable so they went out and found someone who nobody (including themselves) knew anything about and devoted 100% of their energy to getting him elected (i.e. Newsweek sending a couple of dozen reporters to Alaska to dig up dirt on Sarah Pain rather than concentrating on a birth certificate or authorship of a couple of books or practical experience). They still view their job as getting a democrat elected - any democrat. Therefore, they will continue print unfounded fictional slanders attributed to unnamed sources to destroy any republican candidate. The really interesting thing will be to see who they endorse (probably Hillary) once they finally conclude that zero is now unelectable.
I am searching for the term that properly captures the personality disorder that you describe. Bear with me as my knowledge of such matters was never anything formal, such a a class in school. I want to say “artist” but that doesn’t seem right for such a hideous, and truly sick behavior problem.
Maybe some word association will help. You Lie Obama is completely incompetent, unqualified, ignorant of the rule number one of Economics, - - - ooh! I almost had the second word, nah, lost it. Where was I, oh yes: WHEN YOUR OUTGO EXCEEDS YOU INCOME, YOUR UPKEEP WILL BE YOUR DOWNFALL.
I am getting so sleepy that I better stop. Maybe tomorrow - - - .
Well, I think they should have been reporting the truth. They got caught with their pants down and now it’s obvious to everyone that they are not the free press our founders envisioned.
The founders envisioned a land with highly partisan press. The notion of "objective reporting" is a lie, a fiction drummed up by the media, in order to give itself more power.
Not that it takes much power to dupe an ignorant public.
“Mark Steyn should be required listening among those with a voting ballot.”
That would be true in a sane world.
St. Louis Tea Party to Greet Obama at His Crony Socialist Mega-Fundraiser
Tom Carnahan, brother of Missouri SOS Robin and U.S. Rep Russ Carnahan, was awarded $107 million of stimulus dollars for his Missouri windfarm. To show his appreciation, Carnahan will host a $25,000-per-person fundraiser for Obama next week.
We’ll be there.
Jim Hoft (The Gateway Pundit) leads St. Louis Tea Party Coalition as it joins Americans for Prosperity, United for Missouri, and other organizations on Tuesday, October 4 to protest Stimulus Waste. Yes, the President will be here.
Date: Tuesday, October 4
Time: 5 p.m. to 6:0 p.m.
Thanks passionfruit.
Mark Steyn ping.
Freepmail me, if you want on or off the Mark Steyn ping list.
Thanks for the ping passionfruit.
This is what I think is going on ( complete speculation, on my part).
—In 2008, Rush IGNORED Obama’s eligibility and rarely mentioned after the election. Freepers were reporting that their e-mails to Rush on the topic were being rejected. Mine were. Today, Rush believes that Obama could and will cancel elections.
—In 2008, Rush believed that if he was silent that Obama and his gang would not throw him off the air. Today, Rush knows that will happen, and Steyn has now been given a longer leash.
—In 2008, Rush believed that if he was silent, that Obama would not take all his money. Today, Rush knows that will happen.
I—n 2008, Rush wrongly believed that the threats against him and his family would not be carried out. Today, Rush knows that will happen. Rush now KNOWS that not only are the elections on the line, but so is his money, fame, and his life and the lives of his family.
http://www.thepostemail.com/2011/07/23/the-coup-detat-on-january-21-2009/
The Coup d’etat on January 21, 2009
AND WHY DOES CONGRESS STAND BY AND DO NOTHING? by Gary Stevens (Jul. 23, 2011) — No battle was fought. No guns were fired. No bullets or bombs were involved. In the smooth movement of a pen over a previously-prepared document, the overthrow of the United States of America took place. The coup d’etat, still [...]
AND WHY DOES CONGRESS STAND BY AND DO NOTHING?
by Gary Stevens
The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln. There is nothing in the U.S. Constitution which specifically permits the issuing of executive orders.
(Jul. 23, 2011) — No battle was fought. No guns were fired. No bullets or bombs were involved. In the smooth movement of a pen over a previously-prepared document, the overthrow of the United States of America took place. The coup d’etat, still in its progressive movement of deconstructing America, was achieved without Congressional debate. No voice of argument. Less than 24 hours into office, the putative President of the United States, Barry Soetero (aka Barack Obama), signed Executive Order #13489.
Filed on January 23, 2009 at 8:45 a.m., the occupant of the Oval office sealed his records containing past names, student status, foreign travels, passport information, Selective Service registration and all educational transcripts. The historical footprint of Barry Soetero (his last legal name since adoption) was wiped away in the swoosh signature of a pen on a document prepared by Robert Bauer. No fanfare. No major media paid attention. For the first time in the Republic’s history an unknown, undocumented, and non-vetted candidate took the highest office of the land. Through the cheers, the tears, and the exuberance of those who voted for this unknown mystery, many failed to note what really happened.
The HUGE fact that a previous document (the Constitution) required that the office of President and Vice President be eligible as to age, country of residence and a “natural born Citizen” was disregarded in the election of 2008. The distinction of “natural born” in Article II, Section 1 was deliberately articulated by the founders for these two offices. Why? So that no foreign loyalties could hamper or compromise the Republic. We as a nation have been compromised. All the awareness of terrorism in our day from without is but a distraction of the real threat we have within the White House. A person would have to be blind and not know Braille to see the fabric of complicity among the ranks in government.
Why has there NOT been discovery allowed in every court case filed regarding Barry’s real ID? Why is the FBI NOT investigating the now-proven fraudulent birth certificate? Why is Congress NOT interested in the fraudulent use of Barry’s Social Security number? Why is the only person who peeked into the passport records of Barry shot dead? Why is it okay to have seventy (70) known documented National Socialist members in Congress? Why is the majority of Barry’s administration all linked to Soros or the SEIU or communist organizations? Is there even a hint maybe something is amiss with the incompetence of the impostor?
The GREATEST INSANITY of all!
The Congress is negotiating the economic future of America with an illegal president.
The ALARMING INSANITY: the liar-in-chief commands our military.
The ASTOUNDING INSANITY: the Director of Homeland Security has a boss that is “THE” breach of all security.
The ASTRONOMICAL INSANITY: he is still in office with no disclosure of who he really is !
The coup d’etat from January 21, 2009 continues.
Remember when Obama was being criticized for not doing more for gun control? And he told his critics that the administration was doing "things under the radar"? The POS was referring to Fast and Furious, IMO.
Levin?... You are kidding? Another weenie and COWARD who failed to report on Obama’s ineligibility, multiple social security numbers, forgeries,...etc.
WhereRush and his sidekick, Steyn?.....SILENT!!!! The two are like Batman and Robin.
Freepers and concerned citizens sent them e-mails by the thousands. What did they do? They refused to accept them and the e-mails were kicked back to the sender.
Levin, Coulter, Beck, Medved and the rest are COWARDS and despicable.
Isn’t Steyn an undocumented worker? /s
The press is such a collection of morons.
Wow, hard-hitting Steyn column. He is always worth reading, but this one is a great column.
If there is a "silver lining" here, it is that any future "Obama Library" can be stored out of sight in a cardboard box.
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