Posted on 04/18/2013 11:29:21 AM PDT by shortstop
Yesterday was a big news day.
One of the biggest in years.
The nation had been hit by a terrorist attack just two days before, reports were that a suspect had been identified and might even be close to being arrested.
The mysterious assassinations of two Texas prosecutors had been broken open and the country was just learning that it was neither white supremacists nor Mexican drug lords who had targeted our legal system.
Letters containing a lethal poison had been mailed to both the Congress and the White House. For the first time since the season of terrorism commenced in 2001, a poison attack had been launched in the mails.
And all of this had broken since noon.
So when the White House announced that the president was holding a hurry-up press conference at 5:30, you knew it was big.
The Boston evening briefing had been called off just minutes before it was scheduled to start, presumably out of deference to the president’s appearance, and the air was heavy with portent.
Perhaps the president was going to announce an arrest. Possibly he was going to give more information about the deadly letters sent to Washington and whether they were tied to some terrorist plot.
Maybe he had something to say about the evacuations at the Boston courthouse, and at Brigham and Women’s.
Maybe it was just an update to the country on where we stood and what we should expect.
But it was none of those things.
As radio stations and television broadcasts across the country went live, the president and his props walked out and it became clear what this was about.
Barack Obama was throwing a fit.
After some comments from a Sandy Hook father who has become an anti-gun campaigner, Barack Obama took the microphone and wore it out for most of a half an hour.
Not a word about Boston.
Not a word about defending the country against terrorism or any success that might have been had in catching whoever was behind an attack on the country just 48 hours before.
It was Obama about Obama.
His big gun-banning initiative had come up empty.
He had taken the horrific murder of 20 young children and their teachers and whored it out to advance his lifelong anti-gun agenda. He used the tears of bereaved mothers to manipulate the political system to get what he wanted.
Only he didn’t.
The Senate – controlled by his own party – denied him even the least offensive of his attacks on the Second Amendment.
The legislative process played out and he lost and his reaction was – on a day when there was an abundance of truly significant issues facing the country – to throw a self-centered hissy fit.
He ranted and raved, condemning Congress and the NRA and anyone else he could think of. He raised his voice and there was rage in his eyes and he threatened his foes and tried to rally his supporters.
He called on people to support him and his party and to oppose the Republicans and their supporters.
He was concerned about politics.
While there was still blood on the sidewalk.
While a dozen people were still fighting for their lives.
While a nation was looking for leadership.
Barack Hussein Obama was throwing a fit. Outraged at his political impotence. Indignant that the Congress had not bowed before him.
On the day that a poll said 4 percent of Americans believe gun control is an important issue.
Barack Obama was upset about guns.
So clueless. So out of touch. So focused on what mattered to him, without regard to what mattered to the people.
He had tried to gut a piece of the very Constitution he had sworn to uphold, and it bit him, and he threw a tantrum.
It was like watching a spoiled prince, some inbred and addle-minded scion of entitlement and privilege, raging against a disappointment to his ego.
Last night we saw the real Obama.
The one who doesn’t give a damn about anything but himself and his interests.
All it would take would be for the audience - reporter, guests, whoever - to start laughing. Toss in couple hard hitting (I know, I dream) questions. Hacking the teleprompter or causing a feedback loop in his earpiece would be fun too.
That’s exactly what he is. A Narcissist extraordinaire.
Why is Holder not being questioned about the Fast and Furious crimes he is a party to?
Bob Lonsberry has an annoying writing style.
Very annoying.
Each sentence is a separate paragraph.
Even a sentence fragment.
Did he sleep through grade school English?
He isn’t the only so-called journalist who does this, either.
I wish that those writing for a living could actually write.
But I guess that’s too much to ask.
It was gloatworthy TV. I rarely watch Obastard speak, but I made a special point to watch yesterday, and it was worth it.
It could have been much worse. Lonsberry posts these on FR all the time, and he only posts a teaser paragraph or two, then the dreaded “Excerpt” link, And he never responds to comments. A blog Pimp of the worst kind.
Sure is.
His radio show in Rochester, NY can also be annoying. With me it’s a case of liking the message for the most part, but not the messenger. I don’t listen to him too much any more.
Quite the thin-skinned little bitch, isn’t he? It’s only a matter of time before Democrats realize he’s a cancer on their careers and give him the old heave-ho. He won’t take it well, and I just can’t wait.
Ping for a good thread!
Not only are we going to take your guns in New Hampshire, we’re going to South Carolina and Oklahoma and Arizona and North Dakota and New Mexico, and we’re going to California and Texas and New York … And we’re going to South Dakota and Oregon and Washington and Michigan, and then we’re going to Washington, D.C., to take all your guns Yeeeeeaaaahhhhah!!! Stolen from the Dean scream, but it sounded like that to me. He’s lost it. Call Bellview.
‘whored’ indeed - a ‘spoiled prince’ indeed. Well said, Lonsberry. The Schmuck is a disgusting narcissistic brat. Let’s We the People give him a few more NOs.
‘whored’ indeed - a ‘spoiled prince’ indeed. Well said, Lonsberry. The Schmuck is a disgusting narcissistic brat. Let’s We the People give him a few more NOs.
I'm not always in agreement with Lonsberry and have had words with him in the past, but he hit a base clearing, grand slam home run with this commentary! 
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More on past disputes with Lonsberry. He broadcasts out of my hometown, WHAM-1180 out of Rochester, NY. Back in 2009, Lonsberry bad-mouthed the Tea Party on-air and it pissed me off. Here we were, a group of regular, small government folks, trying to get our message out and Lonsberry slammed us big and it hurt! In other cities, conservative radio hosts were supporting local Tea Party efforts, but Lonsberry chose to slam us.
BTW, we changed his mind:
My local paper's not running a big retraction on this - I'll bet lot of people in my city are left with the impression might of been a 'white supremacist'... That's wrong.
Also, the press is NOT talking about the political party of the killer - so we have to assume democrat. Why aren't they talking about that?
The trilogy was great! It should be required reading for Congress. It’s hard to say they can’t, when the mantra they use is ‘never let a crisis go to waste’.
And basically called 96% of Americans liars.
Good article!
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