josiesbar (anonymous) says...

Most celebrities have the decency to not make fun of the Special Olympics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaCcsp...

April 13, 2009 at 2:19 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

goodoleboy (anonymous) says...

You know, a big part of what was wrong with the Bush administration was that it was poor at communicating with the people, and not forthcoming with pertinent information. I for one am glad to see that he communicates well, and displays some optimism at a time when it is needed. I don't agree with everything he does but I think people are just not used to a charismatic personality in the White House, its been awhile.

April 13, 2009 at 2:33 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Joe_Strummer (anonymous) says...

People have to have something to complain about I guess.

April 13, 2009 at 2:39 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

admireed (anonymous) says...

Josie how did BHO make fun of special olympics? I must have missed it.

April 13, 2009 at 2:54 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

goodoleboy (anonymous) says...

"Most celebrities have the decency to not make fun of the Special Olympics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaCcsp...

Because Warren Harding, Harry S. Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson, Gerald Ford, ] Jimmy Carter,Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush never screwed up either. How dare our presidents be human and make mistakes!

April 13, 2009 at 2:59 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

goodoleboy (anonymous) says...

Names I listed were presidential gaffes. If we wanted to to compile a list of presidential blunders... well that list includes all of them!

April 13, 2009 at 3:56 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

gooseylucy (anonymous) says...

Last I knew we voted in a "human" president and "humans" all make gaffes when speaking. But it is so refreshing to have a president that can speak intelligently!! And it is also nice to have a president that is willing to try and do something about the state of our economy.

But also, being POTUS is more than economic summits, commander in chief etc. It is also someone who can try to lighten things up, by being on Leno, March Madness brackets, Easter egg rolls on the White House lawn. Or planting a garden at the White House.

Are you just complaining? Or do you really just not get it?

April 13, 2009 at 4:48 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

USNretired (anonymous) says...

LMFAO at CF.

April 13, 2009 at 9:15 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

open_eyes (anonymous) says...

Well, you're never going to please all the idiots in the world no matter what you do. Cindy Sheehan has already labeled Obama a "warmonger".

Gooseylucy, I heard Bush crack plenty of jokes, sorry they just didn't happen to fit your particular brand of humor. But he's definitely not as glib or polished as Obama, at least when he gets to read from his teleprompter. But then again, that doesn't mean as much to me as it does to you & many others. To each their own. Vote for who has the best hair! :)

But I'm really curious just exactly what you mean by "it is also nice to have a president that is willing to try and do something about the state of our economy"....???? Are you saying the last president didn't try to do anything? With his inherited recession or after everything crashed around 9/11? Or the first half of TARP? Or going along with Obama's request for the 2nd half of it? Or were you just upset that Bush tried to keep the deficit under 500 billion? Do you consider that much too small of a deficit to be of any benefit to our economy? Would trying to regulate Fannie & Freddie in 2003 qualify in your mind as "trying to do something for the economy?" (Too bad that got shot down by......... __________" ........ (fill in the blanks, most people know, but don't care, as they will keep blindly re-electing most of those). Just curious what exactly your statement means.....

April 14, 2009 at 12:21 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

UsayULoveGod (anonymous) says...

anyone or anything is better than the last 8 years !!!!!!!!

April 14, 2009 at 12:37 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Bjnemp (anonymous) says...

Anyone or anything is better than the last 84 days. Someone who is not a big-spending socialist, tells the truth, and has at least some leadership qualities would be good.

April 14, 2009 at 1:45 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

UsayULoveGod (anonymous) says...

8 years of lies and we are still looking for WMD !

April 14, 2009 at 8:01 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

77flint (anonymous) says...

BJ, take off the blinders. In 8 years if things are worse then you will have a valid gripe.

April 14, 2009 at 8:13 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

josiesbar (anonymous) says...

As far as the Specail Olympic "joke" goes, yes, I understand he's human. My POV on this-- What would have happened if GW Bush would have made that same joke? There would have been no "ohh, he's only human" or "everyone makes mistakes". No, the liberal media and their dumb@ss worshippers would have been screaming for his head on a pike.

I will give President Obama as much respect as the Democrats gave President Bush. And in 2012, I'm voting Libertarian (again).

April 14, 2009 at 9:03 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

open_eyes (anonymous) says...

Better yet, look at M&M's disgusting rap of Sarah Palin. Not a whisper of it in the media. Not a single women's group rushing forward to condemn it like they jumped all over Bill O'Reilly for his little remark about Helen Thomas sounding like the wicked witch of the west. C'mon, women's rights groups, why so silent suddenly? Is it because deep down you're all a bunch of hypocrites?

Gosh, what do you think the outcry would be if he made the same rap about Michelle Obama....... I'm guessing his house would be torched by now..... Congress would be in a special session to censor and/or ban certain "offensive" rap videos.... NOW (National Org Women) would be in the headlines hourly.....

April 14, 2009 at 9:21 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

goodoleboy (anonymous) says...

Well according to O'Reilly "nobody over 20 listens to Eminem" lol. Public figures have to endure things of this nature, remember the Supreme court ruling on Falwell vs. Flynt on the liquor ad? Choose to ignore it or feed the fire and sell a few more records for the guy. Seriously if I was Palin I would be more peeved about what McCain did on Leno then what a rapper had to say about me.

April 14, 2009 at 10:03 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

create (anonymous) says...

"Vote for who has the best hair! :)" What's that supposed to mean, open_eyes?

I'm just glad to know that President Obama is capable of making a cool-headed rational judgement quietly and behind-the-scenes instead of getting in front of cameras to crow and threaten with "Bring it on" or making a big deal of riding in on the deck of a carrier wearing a flight suit under a "Mission Accomplished" sign. Yea team! And that's not stage work?

April 14, 2009 at 10:08 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

open_eyes (anonymous) says...

Goodoleboy, I agree with you completely. But that was NOT the point. The point is, the media treatment of it. Seriously, what do you think the media & NOW would do if it was of Michelle? Does anyone think its just the tiniest bit strange that NOW jumps all over the merest perceived slight in the media of someone on the left, but is suddenly completely MIA for others? NOW=NOH - National Organization of Hypocrites

April 14, 2009 at 10:14 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

allintogether (anonymous) says...

Well said Open_eyes. No outrage unless it benefits your fund raising. Hillary Clinton has huge flaws and very little experience but is heralded as some kind of brave female crusader. Palin is dismissed as a crazy hick from Alaska to the point where people started believing Tina Fey's impersonation on SNL was indicative of of Palin's actual positions and demeanor. If NOW were relevant anymore they would have been outraged at the media hatchet job that was done on Palin. As it is, they would never go against the core, liberal orientation of their donors. Thus they are really the National Organization of Politically Like Minded Liberal Women. NOPLMLW doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. Special interest groups are called special interest groups for a very good reason.

April 14, 2009 at 10:21 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

open_eyes (anonymous) says...

What I meant, create, is vote for superficial things instead of substance, like how they deliver their lines, instead of what they are actually saying. I don't care how magnetic a personality Hitler was, I care more about the meat of the matter (not comparing Obama to Hitler, just an example).

Well, I'm glad to find out that there were no cameras turned on during the Leno segment. But I'm really curious - just how did anyone manage to watch it if there weren't?

Yes, is hindsight, the "Mission Accomplished" was definitely a PR blunder. Alot like "Change We Can Believe In"........... LOL

April 14, 2009 at 10:23 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

open_eyes (anonymous) says...

I would ask you the same question about Palin, create. You've been very quick to jump to any perceived "disrespect" of Obama, and I'm sure you would be marching in the streets and organizing protests and boycotts if he made the same video about Michelle, but so many are so silent when the shoe is on the other foot. I watched O'Reilly & Beck say that the Notre Dame protestors should show respect to Obama, that they did not agree with that (of course, on that bastion of bias, Fox). Can anyone point me to an MSNBC segment where they ever defended & called for respect of a conservative in the same manner?
Why is respect only a 1-way street anymore? I agree that Obama is a very personable person, with a great personality, a good speaker (at least when on a teleprompter), and a generally all-around likable person as a human being. I disagree with much of Obama's policies, I agree with some of them, I am critical of him, and I often criticize him. But I would still be honored to sit down and meet and shake the hand of the President of the United States if I were given the opportunity. I would consider it an honor and a priveledge, regardless of policy. I get the feeling that most of the blind Bush-haters here would rather keep a hidden can of paint in their pocket to dump on Bush if they were given the same opportunity.

April 14, 2009 at 10:39 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

open_eyes (anonymous) says...

Yeah, I totally agree with Obama there on the pirate move. Good job, Mr. President, I LIKE it, my kudos. (What I don't understand is why each ship isn't armed with a person or 2 with the authority to defend them, instead of wanting our Navy to do it all. A few licensed people with a single RPG blowing a few Somalian pirate ships out of the water would put a big dent in the piracy there, I believe). And, for the record, I don't think a big deal about Obama's Special Olympics slight. Yes, it was rude and he didn't think, but it was just a human slip like we all make. (Not exactly a cool-headed rational judgement quietly and behind-the-scenes, though) :)

April 14, 2009 at 10:45 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

allintogether (anonymous) says...

Since this article was on Obama I want to know where the outrage is with Obama's pick for the State Department’s legal adviser Harold Koh. Judges should interpret the Constitution according to other nations’ legal 'norms.' Sharia law could apply to disputes in US courts. The United States constitutes an “axis of disobedience” along with North Korea and Saddam-era Iraq. Harold Koh subscribes to this line of thinking. Holy underwear! Seriously? Really? State Department legal adviser thinks this way?

Islamic law is essentially religious law. Aren't there groups out there that should be condemning this pick because of the implications the introduction of Sharia law into our court system would have on womens' rights and gay rights? Where are the protests? Where are the colorful parades? I haven't heard a peep except on Fox News but they covered it from the standpoint that if you let Islam into our courts you have to let other religions in too...which they concluded was a horribly bad idea. A conclusion reached over 230 years ago by our founding fathers.

There are several more instances where Obama has been sheltered by a media that is lazy, opportunistic and adept at sensationalizing all of it's content. I want consistent scrutiny put on our leadership, not another puff piece about their damn dog. Heh heh.

April 14, 2009 at 10:58 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

open_eyes (anonymous) says...

Anyone notice the Prime Minister of India got a shoe thrown at him too??????????????

Anyone notice Somalia has declared US their #1 Enemy? I didn't care BEFORE if EVERY country in the world "loved the US", and I don't care NOW. Depends on who it is doing the loving & the hating, & why. But I WOULD prefer a President who concentrates on the huge good the US does for the world (and we do more than ANYONE) instead of going overseas and apologizing. Unless we get apologies in kind from all those countries as well, none of them have absolutely clean hands either.

Allintogether, that is the main reason I like Fox News. Yes, they do lean to the right, and I think as other networks move even farther to the left by default that makes them farther right (even if they do nothing, but with Combes leaving, that leaves them farther right in my mind). But the main reason I like them is it AMAZES me the things I see and hear on their that other networks Simply - Will - Not - Report - On. I think if I only watched other networks I would be woefully uninformed on SO many things. Yeah, everyone spins & slants anymore, but at least I FIND OUT ABOUT it on 1 network, most of the others follow the Patrick Kelley mantra that they will, in Patrick's own words, print all the news that THEY deem "newsworthy".

April 14, 2009 at 11:07 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

allintogether (anonymous) says...

Taking credit for authorizing the use of deadly force against three Somalian pirates is taking credit for stuff you are supposed to do. Did everyone see the animation of the sniper shots as described by the Navy? I am astonished as to how the rescue went down. Unbelievable shooting! 3 head shots through a pane of glass from the rolling and pitching deck of a destroyer 30 yards away in low to no light conditions. Hollywood needs CGI to make that happen! Thank God for our men and women serving their country.

April 14, 2009 at 11:34 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

open_eyes (anonymous) says...

YY4U - you are without a doubt the funniest person on this board today. You should be hosting SNL :).

Well, I don't know about "taking credit" for it, but he DID authorize it, it could have went the other way and he might have told them that they were NOT authorized to use deadly force. Kindof like he has told ICE that they are no longer authorized to do illegal immigration raids. Either way, my hat is off to the entire chain of command, from the top that authorized it, to those that actually did it. Amazing the talent that pulled that off. Says alot for our military training & proficiency. AND. contrary to the popular liberal view, to the quality of people in our armed forces. My kudos!

April 14, 2009 at 11:56 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

josiesbar (anonymous) says...

YY4U,

Me and Steve had a discussion about this last night. He says they were SEAL snipers. I think the news got it wrong, and they were really Marine snipers. BTW, Green Berets are above getting on any ship other than a cruise ship.

April 14, 2009 at 1:15 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

OutsiderJ (anonymous) says...

I pretty sure that Navy SEALS and Marine recon/snipers are instructed and trained in the same place. They all have to go to BUDS and the back to the Navy or Marine specialty school. So to say that a Marine Recon is better than or worse than a Navy SEAL is alot like saying apples are better or worse than apples.

In my opinion green berets are the least trained of the special forces, not that they aren't kick ass, just highly specialized. The Army Rangers are their elite special forces I believe. Unless I've got the two switched around.

As a Navy man, I am probably a little biased. Having known several SEALS and Recon personell personally, I can tell you that most of them are average looking mild mannered guys that are exceptional at the things they are asked to do.
They do not back down, and do not quit.

If the president or their commander wanted them to kill those three pirates with pea shooters they would have found a way. I am proud of the president for authorizing deadly force, and proud that the world is reminded of a part of our military might that gets little mention.

April 14, 2009 at 2 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

open_eyes (anonymous) says...

Actually we could have just leaked to the media that the pirates were in some way connected to Palin or some other conservative. The press would have absolutely slaughtered them. Not a single shot fired. (First they would have circulated a fake story that they didn't know that Somalia was part of Africa, once everyone fell for that, the rest would have been easy) - LOL

April 14, 2009 at 2:07 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

OutsiderJ (anonymous) says...

YY4U

thanks for the info. I did not know that. I am a little embarassed as a vet that I know so little about the Army.

I am always ready to hear something I did not know.

April 14, 2009 at 3:43 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

create (anonymous) says...

Kwitcherbaiting, open_eyes!

Outsider J, I sure enjoyed your post. Nicely said.

We are a lucky nation indeed to have the kind of highly trained forces like Navy Seals or Marine Recon. More than that, the fact that they are so devoted to our nation and what we stand for makes me very proud.

Semper Fi!

April 14, 2009 at 4:10 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )