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1. David Thomson:

Barack Obama will not likely finish his term in office. The job is overwhelming him. He is rapidly aging and appears befuddled whenever he lacks a teleprompter. Moreover, even some of his fervent supporters realize that Obama is not ready for prime time. Am I hoping that he soon resigns? Absolutely not. Joe Biden will simply take his place. We are in deep trouble.

Mar 17, 2009 - 2:09 am 2. LeighB:

We have truly elected someone who thinks like a community organizer. I don’t want a bunch of Ozombies ringing my doorbell to talk to me about the President’s bad ideas and dodge discussions about how much his tax increases are going to cost me. We need someone to lead this country. And not toward socialism.

Note to Ozombies: There is no electrical plug on my front porch so unless your very own teleprompter is battery powered, move along.

Mar 17, 2009 - 4:22 am 3. fear Obama:

The Democrats have finally realized that there will be a terrible bailout-pork us backlash to be faced in 2010.

Republicans that didn’t vote have woken up and Independents are banging their fists into their mortgaged basement walls.

It doesn’t work to tell them ‘I told you so’!

I think they have seen all the Tax and Spin they can handle and are tired of being angry.

But we could have bought a large Blackberry that reads a teleprompter and saved billions.

Mar 17, 2009 - 4:54 am 4. David:

I only wish I were so sanguine about his own party’s opposition to his ongoing, voracious plans. But half a dozen aren’t enough.

BTW, Jennifer: It’s “hesitant,” or maybe “resistant,” not “reticent.”

Mar 17, 2009 - 4:59 am 5. mk:

I WANT someone to come and talk to me about finances and the bailout/stimulus packages. I WANT them to come and explain why Obama’s asinine foreign policy is the bestest ever 1!!!1111eleventy!!! I WANT one of those little morons to show up and explain the reasoning behind 3rd party insuring of the Military.

Bring it on, little cultists. Unlike most of them, I know what a PE ratio is, what The Dow Jones Industrial Average means, who Bashir Assad is, and what the exact problem with health insurance companies being “awarded” Military contracts. Unfortunately, “OBAMA!”, “OBAMA!”, “YES WE CAN” doesn’t hold up to cold, cold logic.

Mar 17, 2009 - 5:15 am 6. elvis:

“I don’t think so” is a polite way of saying tea party!

Mar 17, 2009 - 5:23 am 7. acj:

What happens if the democrats really do jump start the economy on Obama’s terms? What happens if he is really does save the economy? What will happen to the republican party then?

Mar 17, 2009 - 5:52 am 8. acj:

I am going to church during this lent season. And I am refreshing my memory of the passion of Christ. Where-ever and whenever there is a new direction for hope and change, there is an angry mob waiting to crucify. I hope you look at yourselves and see who you really are.

Mar 17, 2009 - 5:58 am 9. LeighB:

Note to Ozombies in my ‘hood: Head over to mk’s house, s/he is ready to talk to you. Thanks mk, I owe you one.

Mar 17, 2009 - 6:00 am 10. Franklin's Locke:

Obama’s little boat is taking on water. Democrats are bailing on him left and right. He is going to need to do more than sitting down with Leno and the like to push his radical agenda.

His budget and then the populist revolt scared a lot of Dems, especially their moderates. Their careers are on the line and they are worrying about themselves right now and not Obama/Pelosi/Reid agenda. Leno can’t help Obama with that. Only moderating his agenda will do that.

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Mar 17, 2009 - 6:31 am 11. elvis:

Wow acj!

Do you read the Bible too? Or is this just the church of Obama?I don’t see Obama’s type of hope and change anywhere near the words of Jesus.

Mar 17, 2009 - 6:39 am 12. anon:

ajc: how did Castro’s ‘new direction’ work out? Repent now.

Mar 17, 2009 - 6:48 am 13. katablog:

LOL, I’m with #5 MK: I WANT O’s supporters to show up on my door step – if they dare!

But that’s the problem with O’s supporters:

They are not “worker bees”, these are the lazy fat a**es that sit all day in front of their big screens waiting for money to drop in their lap.

These are the same supporters who thought the GOP was in power in Congress and couldn’t identify 9 out of 10 government officials. You want them to memorize high finance? Give me a break!

Mar 17, 2009 - 7:27 am 14. TOhio:

I don’t trust any Democrat in office. They all seem to eventually fall in line to support Obama, Pelosi and Reid’s agenda. These Democrats are only doing what they need to do to make sure that they get re-elected. That’s all.

Once they are re-elected, they’ll get amnesia and then we’ll have two more years of Democrats voting in line with Obama, Pelosi and Reid. Then, once the election time gets close in 2012, they’ll start lying all over again to get re-elected. By this time, the United States may not even be recognizable.

I’ve seen what can happen in as little as 30 days. I’m not going to give them another two years. 2010 can’t come fast enough for me.

2010…Vote straight Republican. Get rid of all Democrats.

Mar 17, 2009 - 7:28 am 15. katablog:

I hope you look at yourselves and see who you really are.

Thank you ajk, I ran to my mirror and discovered that I am one angry, patriotic American clinging to my guns and religion just like the fake messiah said.

Mar 17, 2009 - 7:30 am 16. katablog:

Do you read the Bible too? Or is this just the church of Obama?I don’t see Obama’s type of hope and change anywhere near the words of Jesus.

You know, you are right. Jesus talked about toiling for what you eat, charity for those who actually deserve it, and not coveting your neighbors’ possessions. hmmm, that’s not going to fit well in the O’s agenda.

Mar 17, 2009 - 7:34 am 17. Ken Besig:

And we have almost four more years to go!

Mar 17, 2009 - 7:34 am 18. JED:

By my count of stimuli and budgets, post Bush, each American household is now $64,000 into the hole. I would hope to have some spare change after the additional cap-and-trade and universal health care costs which could double that above number. The mandate of November was about a 6% margin of the electorate. The electoral votes came from the big five states with the most debt,largest unions, and hijacked housing market. I think that we are now witnessing the history of where idealism meets reality.

Mar 17, 2009 - 7:34 am 19. Войска ПВО:

#8 acj:

“..I hope you look at yourselves and see who you really are.”

Who we are, acj, are the hard-working, “ordinary” people upon whose backs have been placed a burden and debt so immense that our children and grand children will have to bear it as well. This being done, by the way, by uncaring, unconcerned, and unreading elected representatives who frolic in their royal privilege and do not listen to their constituents. We are the people who, through our charitable work, volunteer to serve this country and those in need by making ourselves available despite having to face a government who hectors us incessantly, insists that we render yet more unto Caesar, uses our money to take over failing companies and cause our hard-earned savings to evaporate because of the blathering of a Profits-and-Earnings-Ratio-Challenged-POTUS and his tax-cheating minions.

So reacquaint yourself with the passion of Jesus; that is a good thing. But remind yourself how generally good, kind, civil, and charitable the “ordinary people” who comprise this “angry mob” really are.

By the way, I frankly do not care what happens to the Republican party. I DO care what will become of these “ordinary” people however (and so should you). Also, I sincerely doubt your boy will be able to do as you suggest. Based upon what I have seen so far, I am inclined to agree with David Thompson’s post at the head of this list.

Mar 17, 2009 - 7:43 am 20. Meryl:

What David Thompson said.

The only advantage I see with Biden is that his intellect is not sufficient to make as many damaging things happen as the present POTUS’.

Of course, Rahm Emanuel is the point of the spear and we still don’t know who’s holding the spear. So if obiden is as beholden and ignorant as obama, it may not improve things.

acj, you don’t realize, do you, how silly an attempt at a “theological statement” looks when it has to be introduced by “I am going to church during this lent season”?

Mar 17, 2009 - 7:58 am 21. brad:

Seriously, I would rather be governed by the first person you run into at Wal-Mart than any of these clowns.
Just a thought.

Mar 17, 2009 - 8:05 am 22. AThinkingPerson:

I think it’s very telling that President Pork is going on Leno.he’s feeling the need to campaign again now that his polling numbers are falling. So much for decorum in office. I also think his Press Secretary Gibbs has taken the entire office down about 10 levels. Instead of being the President’s first line of defense he turns the press conference into his own personal stand-up show. The problem is that there is not ONE Democrat in Washington that is a real stand up person. Barney Frank? Nancy Pelosi? President Pork? Anyone on his staff?
Not a one. Pathetic especially in this time of world turmoil. Guess we definitely got change. Just can’t wait until 2012 to get back the hope.

Mar 17, 2009 - 8:17 am 23. sule:

There’s a passage in Scripture describing a nation deteriorated so badly, the only qualification necessary for public office was possessing a full set of clothes to wear…
“you have clothing…be our ruler, and let this ruin be under your leadership…”

Add to that (clinging guns, bibles, and religion) clinging static polyster business suits…and we have: THE ONE!!!

Barry in hand tailored suits (since his income jumped from -million to ++++million over a two year period…gee, wonder how that works…

Mar 17, 2009 - 8:40 am 24. I, ParkdaBus:

The Boy Won-duh has no idea what he’s doing, except that he, like so many revolutionaries who deign to take their countries in “totally new directions [his words]“, just stir the pot to make a mess.

Instinctively, they know that a mess means a crisis, and that in a crisis people panic, and in their panic (being sheep), they look to the person who can talk the loudest and command the greatest attention (i.e. our Boy Wonder).

So long as rioting doesn’t become widespread giving him the opportunity to invoke martial law, the brilliance of the “checks and balances” provided by our democratic republic, will serve as a governing mechanism. As the economy shows no real turnaround, the 2010 elections should show a huge pick-up of Republicans in the House, perhaps even becoming a majority.

Tho I’m no fan of the R-party, they may be chastened by their 2006 and 2008 defeats, and return to true conservative principles. Then, the Boy Won-duh will have some real competition.

Mar 17, 2009 - 9:29 am 25. Войска ПВО:

21 brad:

“..I would rather be governed by the first person you run into at Wal-Mart than any of these clowns.”

..maybe wait for the second or the third; the first would be the greeter who has a glib, rehearsed spiel memorized and we already have one of those as POTUS.

Although, in a pinch, I would take the greeter because at least he or she could work without a teleprompter, whereas President Poopie-Diapers cannot.

Mar 17, 2009 - 10:44 am 26. karlstro2u:

Every member of Congress who stole from the Treasury to pay for a Stimulus plan that was never debated let alone read before signing should be thrown in jail. There is not one ounce of fiscal responsibility with the Democratic leadership!

Mar 17, 2009 - 11:05 am 27. arhooley:

Clearly, this is Obama’s response to Tea Parties. He hopes he can manufacture a counterswell. I hope one of those Canvassers comes my way. Ooooh, I hope so!

Mar 17, 2009 - 11:11 am 28. NahnCee:

Driving home from work last Friday, in a lower-middle-class Mexican part of Los Angeles, I noticed an anti-war demonstration taking place across the street. The banners were all pre-Bush “Stop War Now!” and I wondered to myself what, exactly, these Hispanic loons were protesting for or against.

Is an anti-war protest on a Friday afternoon in this third month of Obama’s Presidency also to be construed as an anti-Obama protest? And what does it say that it appeared to be a bunch of Mexican high school teenagers who were doing the caterwauling?

Mar 17, 2009 - 11:21 am 29. arhooley:

LeighB, that’s no attitude. Engage them, I say! If they show up at my door or stop me in the street, I intend to ask them what’s wrong with the idea of a ten-month tax holiday. The conversation has so many possibilities: What would you do with your money? Do you have any kids? Any debts? Any favorite charities? Here’s what I’d do: blah blah blah. Okay, so a complete tax holiday is unrealistic or untenable, but what about a limited version of it? You know, lowered taxes, or tax cuts? See where I’m going with this? Say, your thermos of kool-aid is running low. May I offer you some TEA?

Mar 17, 2009 - 11:21 am 30. arhooley:

@brad 21

That’s a perfectly acceptable alternative to Bill Buckley’s random phonebook-trolling for Congresspeople. The only catch in my case is that most of the Wal-mart customers in my town are illegal aliens, but Christ! they have a better work ethic than these Dems. Irony upon irony, they’ll probably vote Democrat once they’re amnestied. But I rave. Back to the outrage at hand.

Mar 17, 2009 - 11:28 am 31. Paco:

@MK:

While your logic, undoubtedly, will be correct, unfortunately we both know the true outcome if this showdown should occur.

The Oba-Mao cultists simply will check the “racist” box on their diversity compliance report, cluck cluck at your rubish refusal to embrace progressive ideals, and move to the next doorstep.

Mar 17, 2009 - 11:29 am 32. Войска ПВО:

NahnCee:

“Driving home from work last Friday, in a lower-middle-class Mexican part of Los Angeles, I noticed an anti-war demonstration..”

Nahncee, I love it! The torch has been passed!

Others here wisely counsel confrontation (”Go ahead, make my day!”) and I am here to tell you I pity the fools who actually canvass for Boobus POTUS.

Participating in a CAP/USAF evaluation last weekend in Bakersfield (e.g., NOT the liberal echo-chambers of San Francisco or Los Angeles), I engaged in a number of idle conversations that, when tangential political overtones crept in, the invectives and vitriol displayed for P.B. (cf., above) and our other elected royalty was searing. There might be a few misguided Mexican kids protesting the now-successfully waged war, but there is a river of resentment for this government — both federal and state — that runs wide and deep. It was truly alarming, the heat of and passion of those that spoke to me.

Nahncee will tell you all that our beloved California (I live in Orange County) has been brought to its knees by the idiots in Sacramento and their mismanagement. We are getting fed up by the likes of Ah-nold and Mayor “We clean your toilets” Villar-regosa. Time for them to go.

The drum beat is quickening: 5,000 in Cincinnati and I am sure it will grow larger by 15 April.

My hope is that The Dear Leader gets a dose of this when he speaks in Costa Mesa this afternoon. But, alas, he won’t; he’ll just keep reading the slogans off the prompter screen and wander through yet another day of continuous campaigning.

Hey, jerk, you won already, start doing your job!

Mar 17, 2009 - 11:49 am 33. cheeflo:

#7 acj — What if you could fly to the moon for lunch and get home in time for American Idol?

If you understand anything about economics or history, there is no “what if” as you suggest. Quite simply, the conditions Obama proposes will not — WILL NOT — produce the results that Obama says they will. They never have and they never will.

Reality is not negotiable. No matter how hard you wish.

And re: your #8 remark — sometimes that “angry mob waiting to crucify” is the agent of hope and change. Think Nazi Germany, the French, Russian, and Chinese Revolutions, The Great Leap Forward, the Cambodian Year Zero — there are countless victims of “new directions” throughout history.

Mar 17, 2009 - 12:01 pm 34. Ms. Attitude:

Great…I finally got rid of the solicitors and now I have to deal with Obama Lovers!

Mar 17, 2009 - 12:13 pm 35. Shadysider:

Where’s the outrage against Republicans who put ‘pork’ into the stimulus? They might say they are against it, but they may as well say they are for it by keeping their pork in the bill.

Mar 17, 2009 - 1:00 pm 36. Maddog:

So, Sean Hannity and Rush are regretting their vote for President Obama? You fools are being played like a violin.

The anti American Republican Party is only fooling themselves with these nonsense attacks. “Oh my god Obama uses a teleprompter” or attacking him for being popular? Do you think this is fooling anyone outside your right wing bubble? Rush Limbaugh and his drug induced stuttering attacking the most gifted speaker elected in years for his speaking? Rove 101, “attack on the opponents strength” did not work out well for you wing nuts did it? You have no idea how foolish you people sound. Thankfully the voters do. Keep digging, you will find the bottom someday!

The economy will eventually recover, one way or another and the people will remember who tried to fix it and who tried to obstruct the attempts. It won’t matter if the democrats actually fix the economy or not. What will be remembers is that in a time of crisis the Democrats tried to do what they thought was best for the country and the Republicans stayed with what got us into this mess, trying to do whatever is best for the Republican party, country be dammed! Republicans are vested in the failure of the US Economy!

Mar 17, 2009 - 1:07 pm 37. Old Soldier:

Shadysider: I’m outraged at the Rino’s. Many of them do not recognize what a reckoning they will face in the next primary.

Mar 17, 2009 - 1:30 pm 38. Joe Fattal:

If Sarah Palin was in office instead of Obama, we would have heard more about her messed up family than the economy. And we would have run our daily life as we are running it today. All that economy failure isn’t but Obama’s idea. Another Obama stimulus package and this country will turn under socialism.

Mar 17, 2009 - 1:48 pm 39. kenny komodo:

I was in a local grocery store this morning and noticed a woman was purchasing several 100 count boxes of tea bags. I asked her, jokingly, if she was planning on opening a lemonade and tea stand and she said to me, quite seriously, that “no, she was hoping to get some people together and have a “tea party”. So no, I don’t think I’m going to go out and canvass the neighborhood and ask anyone if they think they will be supporting any of Obambi’s socialist agenda ideas. I will, however, be looking for an announcement for the next “tea party”. And if one of the Obambi acolyes happens to knock on my door asking me to support some wild Obambi initiative I’ll politely invite them into my home and point out my shadow box with a folded American flag and 5 rows of ribbons representing 24 years of service to my country. Then I’ll politely ask if that acolyte really thinks I’m going to support a socialist.

Mar 17, 2009 - 2:04 pm 40. Войска ПВО:

Maddog == KOS Troll or dyslexic

Mar 17, 2009 - 2:31 pm 41. FLMom:

The only big-time Obama supporter in my neighborhood allowed his home to go into foreclosure a while back. I have no idea where they are now, but rather doubt hosting an Obama party is very high on their agenda at the moment.

Mar 17, 2009 - 3:07 pm 42. LeighB:

arhooley, you have inspired me. Ozombies, bring it on. I’ll even run an extension cord to the front porch for your teleprompter. Please visit arhooley and mk first, they appear to have more patience than I do.

Mar 17, 2009 - 4:54 pm 43. Eric:

If one of my neighbors comes knocking on my door asking for support for Obama I have a baseball bat I’ll introduce him or her to.

Mar 17, 2009 - 5:49 pm 44. jmc:

acj:

While you watch Passion of the Christ, pray to the Risen Christ and ask Him what he thinks of using embryo humans as a means to an end? Don’t ask “What would Jesus do?” Ask “What will Jesus do?”

Mar 17, 2009 - 6:13 pm 45. jmc:

Maddog:

You are living up to your name.

Mar 17, 2009 - 6:14 pm 46. Venham:

MD,your Messiah is not exactly a “gifted speaker” if he’s READING a teleprompter.I’ve noticed when he’s forced to speak without his crutch nearly every other word has exactly one syllable.Your boy was offered a rhetorical duel with Limbaugh but he doesn’t have the balls to except.You don’t suppose he’s scared do you?Would you be willing to put your money where your mouth is and bet on the rate of addiction and or criminal prosecution between conservatives and liberals?After all your shill of a President just happens to be an addict himself.

Mar 17, 2009 - 6:36 pm 47. Essedarius:

@ #8 acj;

You sound like a nice person. It may well be that Obama can be successful in fixing the economy but the probabilities of him achieving this are very small since some of his ideas are contradictory. Take, for example, his ideas of Cap and Trade, which amounts to a new tax on everybody that uses energy. The more energy you use, the more you pay. This is fine if you have a lemonade stand on a street corner but for heavy industries like steel, aluminum, or petroleum refineries – even Hotels in need of good winter tourism – it is seriously bad news. Also, the stimulus plan gives more money to already bloated government agencies than to small businesses or private industry.

Every time I hear of Obama and the economy I think of the movie “Titanic”. You don’t want the ship to go down but you know that it’s going to. It’s heartbreaking to see the passengers in the ship trying to find purpose and hope in the face of disaster, like the thousands of people that own small businesses that will face the potentially irrecoverable loss of their wealth and the economic burden of declaring bankruptcy. It’s OK to have hope and to try new ideas. Just don’t let emotion cloud your reason.

@ 36 Maddog:

You sound angry. The best solution for you is to give yourself a large enema, hold it as long as you can, and then release it. The effect should be similar to Obama’s effect on the economy

Mar 17, 2009 - 7:00 pm 48. Alana:

“the most gifted speaker in years”?

hahahahahahahaha rofl!

Mar 17, 2009 - 7:24 pm 49. Delia:

I double dog dare the 0bamabots to put one step on my porch. he-he-he

Mar 18, 2009 - 9:10 am 50. hawkeye:

thank you #15-16, that is what i saw in the mirror too.

Mar 18, 2009 - 11:09 am 51. hawkeye:

and thank you #19 as well

Mar 18, 2009 - 11:11 am 52. AThinkingPerson:

Maddog is a perfect example of the growing hysteria of the Obama cult. They elected their dream candidate on face value alone. Now they have seen the havoc they have unleashed on their own country. I say they need to be put on suicide watch. Just glad I can still sleep at night.

Mar 18, 2009 - 12:47 pm 53. Charles Davis:

I love reading all these different viewpoints. Here’s mine Obama will never be a good president. Unless he changes to the core. Doubt it. He is a confusd egotist who is bright in some ways.BUT! What we will watch unravel is going to be made worse by what we know but can’t prove until it happens. The media, many ill informed citizens and some bright Democrats don’t want him to be wrong so they will hold on.His favorability rating will keep him making bad decisions as long as possible. It will end when the handwriting is so clear that it will be too late. What is it? We will lose our identity as a nation and become fractured because the emotionally immature will outweigh the balanced.

Mar 18, 2009 - 2:24 pm 54. acj:

Embryos that end up in the trash can because women want babies is a waste of human life. Give them a reason to cure a list of diseases instead of the drug companies getting rich just taking care of symptoms.
I am middle class and I have had to work hard at what I do. I am not asking for an easy ride.
Obama needs a chance to prove himself…but everywhere you see the angry crowd mocking him. I think that we just got rid of a dictator. Now you will see the Obama that I knew by reading his campaign speeches.
Do you ever listen to NPR? If you only listen to the right you will never get the truth about Obama.

Mar 19, 2009 - 3:35 pm 55. AThinkingPerson:

Obama came and went on Leno. Nice that he threw Special Olympics kids under the bus to get a laugh. What a jerk.

Mar 20, 2009 - 7:02 am 56. AThinkingPerson:

acj….Obama has been proving himself. Look to the economy SINCE he took office. Look to the veterans that he almost forced to pay for their own care. Look to his picks for his staff….all tax cheats. Look to his foreign policy…he’s already alienated some including our closest allies the Brits.

How far are you willing to let Obama trash our country before you will wake up? Some in his own party are expressing disgust at what he’s already done. It’s time to take your blinders off.

Mar 20, 2009 - 7:05 am 57. Lynn B.:

Orange shirts coming to a neighborhood near you soon. Obama targeting private citizens, Congress loopy over the “Dem Win”, 170 billion in bailout for AIG and they are screaming over 165 million, creating class warfare and telling us to “hate” the very people who keep business in business (banks). Fannie Mae execs get millions in bonuses, no one upset or calling for theirs to be taxed, Raines got 90 million in perks. Tax cheats chairing the most sensitive Committees, including Dodd, Franks, Rangle. Who do you think is being suckered? HINT: every taxpayer in the US. Dems will lose their majority if all this continues. I will look forward to 2010 and hope it’s the case. Our government is no longer balanced or sane.

Mar 20, 2009 - 10:33 am 58. AtheistConservative:

People like acj don’t get it – if Obama’s “policies” were to fix everything and make this country work, we’d be happy. It’s not like we’re partisan-over-country, like the Obamabots who refuse to see how he’s hurting everyone.

But we’re so vocal about it because there’s zero chance his policies will fix anything. It’s like saying, what if setting fire to my house will cause my hair to grow back? Sure, in the theoretical world there is a slight statistical possibility that this sequence of events might occur. But it’s probably smart to bet against it.

So for your answer: if Obama’s idiotic ideas magically pull a rabbit out of a hat, you’ll be feeding Republicans crow for years to come.

But it ain’t gonna happen.

Mar 20, 2009 - 6:39 pm

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