Posted on 01/30/2009 8:16:03 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
For the past eight years I have suffered the intolerant hate-filled-froth that has rested on the lips of "intelligencia." And by "intelligencia" I usually refer to people who have such high opinions of their learned place in life that they rain down condemnation and snobbery upon the poor schmucks like me who think common sense can be a more valuable commodity than ivy league tenure. (It can also include but not be limited to pretty much anyone else on the theological or political left in today's society. I've personally spotted froth on the mouths of fellow church goers, relatives, and an 80 year crackpot who comments frequently on this page that fancies herself witty--but incapable of defending a single thing she has ever stated... and likes to name herself after a popular barnyard animal. But hey it's intelligencia and we're not allowed to question it... Maybe it's to do with the smell...)
These people all believed one thing in common. Or maybe several. But the biggest, most important one that they all agreed upon universally, was that our past president was the dumbest man to ever walk the face of this planet.
They made jokes about how he walked. What he said publicly about God. The fact that he actually thought Al Qaeda were animals that, perish the thought, should be locked away from the rest of humanity. They made jokes about what kind of parent he was. They made jokes about President Bush making Condi Rice his own personal Sally Hemmings. AND They made jokes about pretzels missing their intended "target." (And by "joke" I mean something that they likely told their friends in the teacher's lounge and everyone giggled at.) They made them about new words like "strategery" and "misunderestimated."
These types applauded the Dixie Chicks when they went to foreign soil and spit on their nation. And oddly enough they actually DO feel like the United States should apologize for keeping her citizens safe for the past eight years. But I digress.
Now that the chosen O has replaced the much scoffed at W there seems to be a high road of hypocrisy that the frothy-pants seemed to have put in place.
(Especially given the fact that to date it is Barack Obama who had the dumbest of all time responses ever in a presidential forum in the history of planet earth. Fat Albert's friend translated it this way: "Uh... that-ba would-ba be-ba an answer-ba above-ba my-ba paygrade... bah...")
But see we were never told by Brian Williams that everyone who had ever been president prior to W was evil. Or that he had been the editor of the Harvard Law Review. Or that he was the most famous person in all of history.
So maybe it's because of all those "accomplishments" that the press gets to give Obama a near shut out of coverage when he tries to use window as though it were a door earlier today outside the Oval Office.
For every mishap that W ever had there were non-stop commentaries for weeks about his IQ (which was higher than Al Gore and John Kerry's) and his manliness though he was perhaps the most fit president ever to serve. (Big Bad Barry O only grudgingly released his medical records to the public because of his addiction to nicotine.)
I don't take delight in anyone trying to open a locked door--even one not in his own house (as Bush did) or to try to convert an Oval Office window into an entry way (as did Obama). But I do think that if one gets the label for being imperfect, the press has an obligation to return the favor, especially when the expectations on said chosen one are higher than ever before in the history of mankind.
And full disclosure here, I've tried to go through a shut door as well. But I was 17, and in a hurry to complete a task on the university campus so that I could meet up with the hottest brunette in attendance. Running at a dead sprint I hit the closed glass door full speed, and needed eight stitches at the campus hospital. Worked out though... the next morning major sympathy from the cute brunette... AND her phone number!
Imagine what the press would've said about that!
Does Kevin mean “intelligentsia”, perhaps?
“intelligencia”
I call those kinds “pseudo-intellectuals”.
Real intelligence is kind, approachable, gentle and has a good sense o fhumor, including about themselves.
"Obama is a war criminal! His illegal war on Pakistan was not approved by the UN!!! Why the rush to war on a country that had nothing to do with 9-11? Where is the diplomacy? Why not try sanctions before attacking Pakistan??? Where is France and Germany? Why are we doing this unilaterally?
Obama is an idiot! Have you seen the video on YouTube where his teleprompter went out? He can't even tell the difference between a window and a door at the White House! What a moron!!! He thinks there are 57 states! He said there were 10,000 deaths in some tornado, and instead there were only 12-what a buffoon!!!"
HA! Good catch.
I should expect nothing less from you, given your screen name. :)
I’ve been arguing this since I saw that pic of Obama trying to walk through a window. Same exact line - “remember Bush trying to walk through the locked door?”
Remember: it doesn’t matter that Bush received better grades than Gore. Bush is a moron and Gore is a GENIUS. It doesn’t matter that Bush scored higher on the OSB than Kerry. (OSB = loosely disguised IQ test in the military) Bush is an imbecile and Kerry is Einstein.
Sigh.
Is it on youtube?
“Does Kevin mean “intelligentsia”, perhaps?”
Hopefully, he used “intelligencia” ironically, with full knowledge of how to spell it correctly. If this is a gaffe on his part, it undercuts his credibility IMHO. I don’t care to be “schooled” by someone who gives the appearance of having spent too much time on his spitball skills when he should have been paying attention in class. He literally has no business selecting a word he cannot spell as the title of his rant etc.
~~PING!
;-)
Dan Quayle misspells potato--and the Press goes ballistic and NEVER lets anyone forget it!! Yet they ignore the things you mentioned.
The Press is simply beyond contempt.
You might be right, but the press are nothing but ravage dogs and are ready to turn on anybody and anything in an instant. The O has no chance if he somehow puts them offside.
For the first time in my life, I'm ashamed of my country - for electing an IDIOT.
I'd say I am ashamed he is from the USA, but he has yet to prove that. He has already ticked off the media within the first week. They built him up, and they can sink him like a lead ballon.
“Dan Quayle misspells potato—and the Press goes ballistic and NEVER lets anyone forget it!! Yet they ignore the things you mentioned.”
It wasn’t even a misspellng...it was an outdated alternate spelling.
Sure they can....
but just like the kid-glove treatment they gave SLICK....
they will never, ever, EVER do that to a far-left liberal ON THEIR TEAM!
Subtle propaganda. Do they teach these bias techniques in Journalism 101?
He read it off a placard held up by a member of the Teachers Union.
Was it accepted as a correct answer?
Nope.
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