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Obama flubs in guest book, dates visit "2008"

No, your perspective is all wrong.

Given the politics of personal destruction every Democrat politician has pursued since Reagan was elected, given the rabid support for said policy by the lamestream media, given the nature of the completely undeserved savaging every Republican candidate suffers for every minor slip of the tongue, not one person on the left can claim anything resembling a moral position in objection to the freudian slip the "President" made in that guest book.

When those clowns on the left stop making an issue of the word "potato" and start wondering how anyone as demonstrably stupid as Joe Biden can continue to get a completely free pass for his almost daily gaffes, when they start defending Republicans against the politics of personal destruction played by their party's leaders, then perhaps rational people will think about paying them some attention when their Harvard Law Perfessor makes yet another idiot mistake.

In the meantime, their outrage that anyone would pillory a fool who doesn't know what year it is, who, btw, also didn't know how many states were in the Union, just because he's their fool, is purest entertainment.

The shoe's on the other foot. How's the fit, hypocrite?

Oh, the Mayor's a poet, and didn't even know it.

The Mayor is not a poet. The Mayor's post is a great example of irony. Of course, the Mayor can't see it because the mayor can't see anything beyond his hyperpartisanship. That's why the Mayor has no credibility.
 
And, as usual, apdst demonstrates his hyperpartisanship and lack of objectivity. So, tell us, apdst... did YOU call Palin stupid when she screwed up on North Korea?

Not Apdst...but I DO think Palin is thoroughly unqualified and kinda a rube when she gets to speaking in public. Typical NRFPTP. I thought Bush's verbal fox paws where painful to watch but funny as hell (I think 'strategery' will find its way into the dictionary).

And BTW...Ive watched that video a few times...I think the Queen kinda hung him out to dry. Youdathunk she could have leaned over and whispered 'not yet, ya maroon' or some such thing.
 
And the Captain is certain that if the President had been Conservative, the Mayor and other conservatives would be saying this was no big deal.

But thats the thing...it really IS NO BIG DEAL. It was a F/U...it was kinda funny. A graceful person would make a joke about it...laugh along with it. This president lacks the ability to laugh at himself when teased and his followers...good lord...they are even worse.

Whats wrong with..."man...what was I thinking...of COURSE I know its 2010...sheesh" or 'Hey...I got the 25 and May part right...so...2 out of 3..." or..."yeah...that was kinda goofy...I usually let Michelle handle all the numbers and stuff..."
 
Yes and thats entirely the point. When it was Bush people were trippin' hysterically...but when it is Obama its...come on...geez...thats not funny...its not a big deal...why you hatin...

It would probably be a lot more effective a response if it truly didnt matter if people just kinda laughed along cuz...well...its kinda funny and shows that Dood1 is just as prone to the common ****-up as anyone. Oh...and then again, you cant spend years focusing on other peoples faux paus and not expect to catch at least a LITTLE **** when you are busy campaigning in all 57 states...

There's a difference though. It was a silly error, and I think we can agree on that... at least most of us. However, when some people take it seriously because they are so hackish that they are unable to look at things without hypocrisy, I see no reason to not confront them.
 
Etiquette lesson in Obama’s bungled toast to Queen Elizabeth II - PostPartisan - The Washington Post

Which I appreciated as ending with "Luckily, the special relationship between the United States and Great Britain is strong enough to withstand this minor — and hilariously awkward — breach of protocol."

Bush would have probably stopped in the middle of it and politely told the guy playing the music "Dude...I dont really think it's appropriate that you play "My Country Tis of Thee" right now...but later...k?"
 
But thats the thing...it really IS NO BIG DEAL. It was a F/U...it was kinda funny. A graceful person would make a joke about it...laugh along with it. This president lacks the ability to laugh at himself when teased and his followers...good lord...they are even worse.

Whats wrong with..."man...what was I thinking...of COURSE I know its 2010...sheesh" or 'Hey...I got the 25 and May part right...so...2 out of 3..." or..."yeah...that was kinda goofy...I usually let Michelle handle all the numbers and stuff..."

And maybe he was just having a bad day. But why should any of us presume to tell anyone else how they should handle a truly embarrassing, international moment?
 
There's a difference though. It was a silly error, and I think we can agree on that... at least most of us. However, when some people take it seriously because they are so hackish that they are unable to look at things without hypocrisy, I see no reason to not confront them.

or to publicly aknowledge when you peg one of them incorrectly it seems ;)

http://www.debatepolitics.com/breaking-news-blogs/99887-obama-flubs-guest-book-dates-visit-2008-a-23.html#post1059514275

I'm just sayin.....
 
There's a difference though. It was a silly error, and I think we can agree on that... at least most of us. However, when some people take it seriously because they are so hackish that they are unable to look at things without hypocrisy, I see no reason to not confront them.

The hacks cut both ways. Thats for sure.

I always smile at least a little when people suggest someone who has reached the status of Governor or President is a moron. I ESPECIALLY smile about it when most of those folks think that about the governor or president ( and in the case of our last few presidents, people who have advanced degrees from prestigous universities) and post their comments from a computer after a hard days work at a job with their name on a tag on their shirt.
 
And maybe he was just having a bad day. But why should any of us presume to tell anyone else how they should handle a truly embarrassing, international moment?

Not 'presuming' to tell him what to do...but I will laugh at his FU...just like I did at Bush. Its a lot easier to laugh WITH someone than laugh AT someone, especially when that someone is actually laughing and not rigid from a broomstick shoved up his or her own ass.
 
I thought you were referring to the picture and what was in it. If I am incorrect, my apologies.

Post #92 was a Red vs. Blue reference that described what I think about this thread perfectly. My statement was a paraphrase of the clip in my post. I guess I'm the only Halo or Red vs. Blue fan on the board.

No worries. I'll use a less obscure rip next time ;)
 
Not 'presuming' to tell him what to do...but I will laugh at his FU...just like I did at Bush. Its a lot easier to laugh WITH someone than laugh AT someone, especially when that someone is actually laughing and not rigid from a broomstick shoved up his or her own ass.

That bit at the end was a bit vulgar and probably unnecessary. Embarrassment has a lot of faces, especially when you're at a high formal function.
 
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That bit at the end was a bit vulgar and probably unnecessary. Embarrassment has a lot of faces.

Yeah...good point-truly. Sometimes I can be a bit of an ass myself.
 
Post #92 was a Red vs. Blue reference that described what I think about this thread perfectly. My statement was a paraphrase of the clip in my post. I guess I'm the only Halo or Red vs. Blue fan on the board.

No worries. I'll use a less obscure rip next time ;)

Yeah... I had no idea. Figured you were refering to some "thread" in the video.
 
I don't even remember the N. Korea thing... see I tend to ignore stupid little slips of the tongue that EVERYONE makes, but that hyperpartisans make such a big deal about. The thread is idiotic and hyperpartisan... as would one about Palin making an error like that. I consistenly rail against stupidity like this on both sides. Go do a search and learn how I attacked all the liberal idiots when they were attacking Palin's kids.

Apologize if you want, Barb, but do it because you think the thread is stupid. If you don't, then I guess we know where you stand on hyperpartisanship, don't we?

Threads like these are in response to the similar threads about George Bush, Sarah Palin and soon, Michelle, Bachman, Mitt Romney, and whoever dares challenge Barrack Obama. It's just payback, and preemptive payback.
 
Obama continues in England showing his incompetenc and his lack of credibility there

Barack Obama's speech failed to live up to his own high standards - Telegraph

Perhaps Mr Obama was smothered also by his audience, which remained stubbornly unresponsive. For most of the time the President had nothing to bounce off: no applause and certainly no shouts of praise or blame as might be heard in an American church or at an American political rally.

The presidential text sounded as if it had been worked on so hard and conscientiously by a vast team of helpers that it had lost all savour, and been reduced to a series of orotund banalities, of the sort which can be heard at every tedious Anglo-American conference: “Profound challenges stretch out before us…the time for our leadership is now…Our alliance will remain indispensable.”

It did not help to hear Mr Obama assert, after only a minute or two, that “fortunately it’s been smooth sailing” between Britain and the United States “ever since” 1812, when we burned down the White House. Everyone present will have been able to think of occasions when this was not so. Suez did not seem like plain sailing.
 
Thanks for the link!

"Here was a personal connection rather than a platitude. We warm to Mr Obama, and feel an affinity with him, in part because he is a grandson of the British Empire. As well as being an American, he is one of us. And like many Americans, he has a generous appreciation of the tradition of liberty on this side of the Atlantic: hence his references to Magna Carta, the Bill of Rights, Adam Smith and Winston Churchill."
 
Thanks for the link!

"Here was a personal connection rather than a platitude. We warm to Mr Obama, and feel an affinity with him, in part because he is a grandson of the British Empire. As well as being an American, he is one of us. And like many Americans, he has a generous appreciation of the tradition of liberty on this side of the Atlantic: hence his references to Magna Carta, the Bill of Rights, Adam Smith and Winston Churchill."

I bet that is why he sent the bust of Churchill back to England. :lamo
 
Obama continues in England showing his incompetenc and his lack of credibility there

Barack Obama's speech failed to live up to his own high standards - Telegraph

Perhaps Mr Obama was smothered also by his audience, which remained stubbornly unresponsive. For most of the time the President had nothing to bounce off: no applause and certainly no shouts of praise or blame as might be heard in an American church or at an American political rally.

The presidential text sounded as if it had been worked on so hard and conscientiously by a vast team of helpers that it had lost all savour, and been reduced to a series of orotund banalities, of the sort which can be heard at every tedious Anglo-American conference: “Profound challenges stretch out before us…the time for our leadership is now…Our alliance will remain indispensable.”

It did not help to hear Mr Obama assert, after only a minute or two, that “fortunately it’s been smooth sailing” between Britain and the United States “ever since” 1812, when we burned down the White House. Everyone present will have been able to think of occasions when this was not so. Suez did not seem like plain sailing.

The fact is, as most Americans now know and what Europeans are learning, is that Barrack Obama was horribly overrated as a speaker and no one could live up to the accolades his supporters once gave him. The reporter simply overestimated his "usual standard".

And as pointed out, BHO does not say what is true, he says what he thinks should be true, or wants to be true.

We have become accustomed to that and accept his oversimplifications and fictions as something expected, but certainly not something we should take seriously. Barrack Obama is not a serious man, and we have come to know that. He is a celebrity president, enjoying his fame and 15 minutes and it is up to the American people to finally take their situation, and the stark consequences of his presidency, seriously.
 
Threads like these are in response to the similar threads about George Bush, Sarah Palin and soon, Michelle, Bachman, Mitt Romney, and whoever dares challenge Barrack Obama. It's just payback, and preemptive payback.

Tit for tat crap just demonstrates hypocrisy and the problem with the US today... few care about doing what's right; they just care about beating the other guy. Very unproductive.

Those who create threads like these have no business complaining when people create threads of the opposite type.
 
Perhaps the bride and groom had already seen his traditional Walmart gift set, or maybe they knew the DVD's would not work on the British system. They might have been able to spend their Honeymoon watching classic American movies, or perhaps they're already subscribers to TCM.

Obama’s Gift Gaffe | Matador Network

That is what the Mayor surmised.

The left beleives its because the British are racist....cuz if you don't agree with Obamy, you's racist.

It's going to be fun if Herman Cain gets nominated....but that's way off this thread about A Clown Abroad.
 
but does the "mayor" know what balances a hyperinflated ego? an under-developed brain, from what i understand.

The balanced and comprehensively knowlegeable personality of the Mayor bows to your confession of greater expertise in an area in which the Mayor has no experience.
 
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