" And now, less than a year into his presidential term, the Republicans want President Obama to create a miracle.

Problem is Terrence, he promised a miracle.

What happened to closing Gitmo, getting out of Iraq and Afganistan. How about how he promised to get tough with Iran and North Korea. He won't have to worry about Iran though, Israel will take care of them. After 9 months in office , his approval rating is 45% and Congress is 14%. They have no one to blame this time, they have control of the senate and house, with 60 votes in the senate. "

" True. The Bush family name is forever ruined, and Bush himself will become a synonym for "stupid, craven, lying, fascist filth." "

" great letter terrance...now, listen for all the whiners to get ramped up. you know, the sorehead LOSERS. "

" Medic57: "Problem is Terrence, he promised a miracle."

Oh give us a break! 45% my a--! He NEVER promised miracles and you know it. He promised to TRY to make change but always reminded us that he needed US to help him change Washington. Exactly what have YOU done to HELP him besides complain that he's not provided miracles for you to see?

This man has taken on two wars, the worst recession since the great depression, a pandemic flu, a messed up Katrina recovery, a new supreme court justice, a new health care reform bill, North Korea and Iran testing their nuclear or missiles ---every bit of it the Bush/Cheney team left behind over an 8 year period....and NOW you complain that Obama's not cured the world of the Bush/Cheney mess?

To top that all off, because of people like you and others accusing Obama of everything but nuking America (that will be next I'm sure) -- the secret service and intelligence say that the threat of harm toward this man and his family is 400% higher than any other president in our history.

You want a miracle? It will be a miracle if he survives till 2012 with all these threats from extreme right wingers wanting to take away the president's children's father and his wife's husband with prayers of theirs. "

" What difference does it make what the Republicans say or do? The Democrats have the strong majority to do whatever they would like. If Obama's ideas are so clearly the right thing to do, the Dems don't need the Republicans to hold their hands and tell them how great they. Just do it and take the blame or credit. "

" The Question wrote on Nov 20, 2009 6:01 AM:
" True. The Bush family name is forever ruined, and Bush himself will become a synonym for "stupid, craven, lying, fascist filth." "

You meant false right? "

" coonbug

The Washington Times:

For the first time in his presidency, President Obama's job approval rating has slipped to 45 percent and congress rating is 14 percent in the Gallup Polls daily tracking survey.

The secret service and intelligence say that the threat of harm toward this man and his family is 400% higher than any other president in our history.


Well hell, anyone who didn't think that was going to happen is a boob.

You want a miracle? It will be a miracle if he survives till 2012 with all these threats from extreme right wingers wanting to take away the president's children's father and his wife's husband with prayers of theirs.

Wait just a minute butthead, I have NEVER, WILL NEVER advocate violence against a President of the United States, EVER. I may not like what he is doing, but he is MY President. Anyone who says crap like you claim needs to be put away, there is no place in THIS country for that.
You're so good on the web, (with your website and all) show us EXACTLY where someone wanted to TAKE AWAY him and his wife.

RDCENT wrote on Nov 20, 2009 11:40 AM:

" What difference does it make what the Republicans say or do? The Democrats have the strong majority to do whatever they would like. If Obama's ideas are so clearly the right thing to do, the Dems don't need the Republicans to hold their hands and tell them how great they. Just do it and take the blame or credit.

You're right RDCENT, they don't need any help, but they are very much afraid to do what they say, especially with an election coming up. Obama won't even close Gitmo, like he promised. Oh, and moving the trial of the terrorist accused of mastermining the 911 attacks to New York, $75 million extra for us taxpayers to foot the bill for, just for security alone, and Obama's prediction last week, we are confident he will be convicted. Confident is not good enough for this person, the odds of conviction in liberal New York, well, good luck.

Oh, and by the way coonbug, I voted for Obama. "

" Coonbug, you hit the nail on the head.
George Bush left this country on the
edge of disaster. People don't remember
at the very end George Bush cowered in a corner while Paulson negotiated. And those who rant against the TARP have all forgotten it was passed -- and signed by the president -- in the Bush administration.
Many economists believe that Obama's
actions actually saved us from going over the cliff into another Great Depression; so why should people expect an overnight recovery. Remember (I do, for I was there) how long it took to recover from THE Great Depression. "

" Actually, they're NOT playing the same old record.

All day today we saw Republicans ranting about the health care program, ranting about its cost and frequently (particularly Enzi) lying about facts.

HOWEVER, those of us with long memories recall the Medicare D battle whens the
Republicans were riding high. The House said they would not spend more than ... 800 Million I think ... and Bush told the medical actuary who knew it would cost more than their limit he would be fired if he told the truth.

And we all recall they got the deciding voter in the back room, threatened him with the political destruction of his son if he didn't vote right. Also we recall when the rules were violated by extending the 15 minutes for voting to about 3 hours and -- talk about backrooms -- Delay demanded the CSPAN cameras be turned off so the public could not see what was going on.

So in one sense Republicans are doing the same things -- but now AGAINST everything, just the opposite of their stand when they were in control.

Note also during the Bush years, NEVER
did we hear a Republican moaning about the deficit; now they claim it's criminal. "

" Republicans playing same ole tune is because the democrats writes the same lyrics,,,,,,what my PAPA use to say. haha. "

" You want to kill grandma!!! "

" Congrats to Reid and the Democrats. They are taking us one more step closer to bankruptcy.
Preview of Obama's twenty second State of The Union speech in January.

"My fellow Americans, we are in deep do-do". Sorry! "

" Speaking to Bill OReilly, Sarah Palin said, "After a year of getting clobbered by the media, capitalizing on people who will make things up ... my guttural instinct is kind of like a mama grizzly bear."
"Guttural" means "a sound articulated in the throat."
Even the Republican moron Bush, when he wanted to justify ruling by lazy, brainless whim, knew enough to use the term "gut instinct." Palin sinks us to a whole new American sub-basement of stupid. "

" They're reall is no difference in the parties anymore, they only worry about getting re-elected. The Health Care Plan will never come to fruition, nothing ever does under any party,

I don't understand one thing though, if the Dems have the votes to do whatever they want, why does it take so long to call for a vote? Could it be because, if the crap don't work out, they want someone else to blame as well? "

" The best line I've heard today: Listening to a Cheney give advice about how to "win" in Afghanistan is rather like asking an arsonist what to do about your house as it burns to the ground. "

" Cognitus I think part of the problem with some folks demanding instant results from Obama is that they have the attention span and memory of a fruit fly! Far too many in our society demand instant gratification and they want it all and all of it right now. "

" Obama, the socialist democrat's, smooth talking, Harvard educated, perpetually campaigning, ineffective, empty suit attorney is proving to be the biggest boon to the conservative wing of the Republican party.

This fact can be witnessed by Obama's percipitously falling poll numbers, and the rise of Sarah Palin.

After all the vitriol spewed at SP, and she still bounces back, it must be tough on the socilaist democrats to know that Sarah Palin has more cahones than anyone in democratic party!

What a humiliation it must be to the socialist democrats, having put such an esteemed, credentialed, member of the aristocratic socially elite, democratic party in the Whitehouse, only to be bested in the polls by Sarah Palin, a fishing, snow mobile riding, gun-toting, three time college drop-out with a B.S. degree in Communication from the University of Idaho!

Ohhhh the inhumanity of it all for the socialists! "

" I have honestly lost faith in all political parties and politicians. I no longer think any of them are thinking about the people the way they need to be, they are thinking about what makes them look good politically... sighs.. I think its time for an 1800's style Boston Tea Party revolution only we toss out all the politicans and get new ones!

I know this "recovery" won't happen overnight but it seems to me that all these politicans do is fight each other rather than fight for the people of this country. "

" HaHA Go Sarah Palin. Please ride up on your snowmobile toting guns or whatever else can get us out from under this ridiculousness that "Obama the savior" has created. He is ruining our country, even those he groveled to are starting to see it. We need a strong leader and one that will not photo op himself so much he forgets to lead the country. Can you do that? "

" Republicans Rock! "

" thefunnyfarm wrote on Nov 22, 2009 11:44 PM:
" HaHA Go Sarah Palin. Please ride up on your snowmobile toting guns or whatever else can get us out from under this ridiculousness that "Obama the savior" has created. He is ruining our country, even those he groveled to are starting to see it. We need a strong leader and one that will not photo op himself so much he forgets to lead the country. Can you do that? "

Yes, if anyone can put our country's best interest ahead of self-promotion, it's Sarah Palin. We can only hope she picks Michelle Bachmann as her running mate. "

" ACORN in the news again for throwing out a bunch of documants... Oooop! And the global warming hoax? Looks like it was a giant lie... just as experts have claimed from the very beginning. Now, the health care debacle... wonderful! Obama is the worst president ever. What a dunce! "

" Tell us how you really feel Neo ;) "

" Remember how much fun the lib's have had over the last several months with their cracks, shots, and belittling of the tea party movement?

Guess what, this might be the first of hopefully many more of the dummy-crats (and some Rep-u-clowns) that arent going to run in 2010:
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Six term Congressman Dennis Moore, (D), Kansas 3rd District, announced that he will not seek reelection.

A member of the Blue Dog Coalition, Moore WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TARGETS OF THE TEA PARTY MOVEMENT when hundreds demonstrated at his Overland Park, Kansas office in mid-February, 2009.

From: The Kansas City Star

U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore, a Democrat who confounded the GOP by winning six consecutive elections in a heavily Republican district, will not seek re-election next year, key Democrats said Sunday.

Moore, who won his last race 56 to 40 percent over Jordan, was in trouble because of his support for many of President Barack Obamas initiatives, including the stimulus package and health care reform.

Hes very vulnerable, OHara said. Hes become a voting machine for the liberal wing of the Democratic Party.

http://www.kansascity.com/842/story/1587369.html "

" Palin-Beck 2012 "

" Cognitus

Tell me, where do we get 1 Trillion Dollars Plus to pay for this plan? And you know it will double in price before the government is done with it. "

" Tell me, where do we get 1 Trillion Dollars Plus to pay for this plan?
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Easy. Just take one of the trillions that's being wasted on Bush's wars. "

" "Easy. Just take one of the trillions that's being wasted on Bush's wars."

Easy professor. Don't you mean the wars Obama is continuing? A little amnesia, professor? Old age & far-left talking points will do that to ya, huh.

You better eat an extra bowl of bran flakes in the morning, gramps. "

" Mr. McGuire your last paragraph says it all. Doesn't matter how much the Dems plans stink to high heaven, at least they're not plans coming from the Republicans. Of course that's what's important, power and control no matter what it does to us and this country or whether you believe in it or not at least you won't let the other guy win. Damn the torpedos and damn all of us while you're at it. "

" We need a strong leader and one that will not photo op himself so much he forgets to lead the country.

Given your aversion to photo opting politicians, I guess you're not a fan of Sarah either, huh? "

" Rockin Rotty wrote on Nov 23, 2009 10:58 PM:

" "Easy. Just take one of the trillions that's being wasted on Bush's wars."

Easy professor. Don't you mean the wars Obama is continuing? A little amnesia, professor? Old age & far-left talking points will do that to ya, huh.

You better eat an extra bowl of bran flakes in the morning, gramps. "

Don't confuse Cognitus with reason. You'll burst his liberal fantasy bubble that he's some sort of intellectual. I can only imagine what sort of half-baked crap he babbles to his "students". "

" Easy professor. Don't you mean the wars Obama is continuing?
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You're not quite as dull as usual, Rot. Yes, the wars that the lying war criminal Bush started and failed to finish. Those are just the wars I mean. "

" Rockin Rotty wrote on Nov 23, 2009 10:58 PM:

" "Easy. Just take one of the trillions that's being wasted on Bush's wars."

Easy professor. Don't you mean the wars Obama is continuing? A little amnesia, professor? Old age & far-left talking points will do that to ya, huh.

You better eat an extra bowl of bran flakes in the morning, gramps. "

Nice post Rotty, but I believe he eats Rice Krispies because they talk back to him! SNAP, CRACKLE AND POP! "

" LOL @ cedric66!

Thanks - nice one yourself! "

" Harry Potter wrote on Nov 24, 2009 9:28 AM:
" We need a strong leader and one that will not photo op himself so much he forgets to lead the country.

Given your aversion to photo opting politicians, I guess you're not a fan of Sarah either, huh? "

Just thought I would point out that she does not hold and office. The President does. Oh, and who's plane was that flying low over New York for pictures? "

" FYI, little storm troopers. Former CIA agent Robert Bear says that what the U.S. faces in the Afghan insurgency isn't terrorism, but a war of national resistance. And that puts the U.S. on both the wrong side and the losing side. "

" A question from the Question: In a country busy celebrating a bestseller full of lies written by an illiterate woman who didn't write it, nothing can really be called "crazy" anymore, can it? "

" Just thought I would point out that she does not hold and office.

Good point, she did hold an office but quit half way through her first term. Hence the appropriate title from so many, Sarah the quitter. "

" The Question wrote on Nov 25, 2009 9:17 AM:
" A question from the Question: In a country busy celebrating a bestseller full of lies written by an illiterate woman who didn't write it, nothing can really be called "crazy" anymore, can it? "
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Who really gives a **** that another politician is going to make millions from some silly book.

Isnt that a tradition in this country- normal people lining up to buy the fictional stories and tales from the political elite (Bill, Hilary, Obama, etc.)?

Instead, lets ask what the folks on this site think are crazier-

Ill start:

Billions in stimulus that doesnt stimulate comes to mind. . . . .

How about monetizing our debt- you know the fed busily buying up treasury bonds with worthless printed pieces of paper because nobody else in the world wants them.

My favorite is that crazy dummy-crats are more worried about an x-governor from Alaska than the plummeting support all across the country for their crooks in charge and the congressional elections are less than a year away- now that is crazy wouldnt you say tQ?

Thats just a few that are crazier tQ. . . . "

" The Question wrote on Nov 25, 2009 9:17 AM:
" A question from the Question: In a country busy celebrating a bestseller full of lies written by an illiterate woman who didn't write it, nothing can really be called "crazy" anymore, can it? "

Questions for the Question. When was the last office you were voted in by your peers? Are you more mad about her popularity being higher then the President, or her book outselling Hilliary's within a shorter time span? Are you really that scared of her that all you can do is name call, but demand respect for the President (which should be given) to both)? Are you so hypocritical that you will post about her book containing lies, but not Obamas, or that Hilliary stole the title of her book? Do you hate her because she looks so much better then what the left has, Pelosi, and Hillary? Are you intimidated by just beautiful women, or women in general? Just a few questions for you. "

" Harry Potter wrote on Nov 25, 2009 11:38 AM:
" Just thought I would point out that she does not hold and office.

Good point, she did hold an office but quit half way through her first term. Hence the appropriate title from so many, Sarah the quitter. "

Harry are we using new math again?
"An American politician who served as Governor of Alaska from 2006 until her resignation in 2009."- Wikipedia Three years is not half way, 4/2=2 not 3.

Now would you like to compare how many years she was a public server against the President? You know he was only a senator for 3 years also right?
Obama:
- U.S. Senate January 3, 2005 November 16, 2008
- Member of Illinois Senate January 8, 1997 November 4, 2004

Palin:
- City Council for Wasilla 1992 - 1996
- Mayor of Wasilla 1996 2002
- Chairperson of the Alaska Oil and Gas
Conservation Commission 2003 2004
- Governor of Alaska 2006 2009

Lets look at the totals and see who has more experience
Obama - 11 years
Palin - 17 years

Take out her governorship and she still has more experience serving the people then the President. "

" "nothing can really be called "crazy" anymore, can it?"


It might be, by a certain extreme far-left, liberal nerd, who lives in constant fear, let alone the net, all day long. "

" Here's what America's most noted blithering moron Sarah Palin said this week, when asked by Bill O'Reilly if she is intellectual enough to be president.
"I believe that I am because I have common sense and I have -- I believe the values that are reflective of so many other American values. And I believe that what Americans are seeking is not the elitism, the kind of a spineless -- a spinelessness that perhaps is made up for that with some kind of elite Ivy League education and a fat resume that's based on anything but hard work and private sector, free enterprise principles. Americans are -- could be seeking something like that in positive change in their leadership. I'm not saying that that has to be me."
And there you have it, my friends. Another 102 words of completely meaningless tossed word-salad stupidity from the Great White Hope of the GOP. LOL. "

" Bush's lying mouthpiece Dana Perino actually told Sean Hannity that, "We did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bushs term."
No, there were TWO, you brainless liar. But then what can you expect from a Republican "press secretary" who didn't know what the Cuban missile crisis was? "

" Actually she didn't serve as governor for 3 years, it was two and a half years, she left 18 months early, jr.

The bulk of her political career (10 years of the 17) was serving publicly in a little burg about the size of Arcola, not too impressive to most, but apparantly you see that as presidential material.

But to tell you the truth, I'm glad that the majority of the fractured GOP sees her as their best candidate. She's a dream come true for the Dems, come 2012.

I would pay to watch a debate between her and Obama. "

" HEADLINE: Obama Shatters Spending Record for First-Year Presidents

President Obama has shattered the budget record for first-year presidents -- spending nearly double what his predecessor did when he came into office and far exceeding the first-year tabs for any other U.S. president in history.

In fiscal 2009 the federal government spent $3.52 trillion -- $2.8 trillion in 2000 dollars, which sets a benchmark for comparison. That fiscal year covered the last three-and-a-half months of George W. Bush's term and the first eight-and-a-half months of Obama's. "

" HEADLINE: Obama's Approval Slide Finds Whites Down to 39%

PRINNCETON, NJ -- Since the start of his presidency, U.S. President Barack Obama's approval rating has declined more among non-Hispanic whites than among nonwhites, and now, fewer than 4 in 10 whites approve of the job Obama is doing as president. "

" HEADLINE: Dollar hits 15-month low; steepest drop since July

NEW YORK (AP) - The safe-haven dollar slid to a 15-month low against the euro, was within striking distance of 14-year lows versus the yen and dipped below parity against the Swiss franc Wednesday as markets absorbed the Federal Reserve's indication that interest rates will remain at super-low levels for a while and it was not overly concerned by the U.S. currency's decline. "

" Harry Potter wrote on Nov 25, 2009 6:30 PM:
" Actually she didn't serve as governor for 3 years, it was two and a half years, she left 18 months early, jr.

The bulk of her political career (10 years of the 17) was serving publicly in a little burg about the size of Arcola, not too impressive to most, but apparantly you see that as presidential material.

But to tell you the truth, I'm glad that the majority of the fractured GOP sees her as their best candidate. She's a dream come true for the Dems, come 2012.

I would pay to watch a debate between her and Obama. "

So would I, but then of course Obama would have to have his TelePrompter. Do you think when his reign is over he will get a sponsor deal? Obama did nothing while he was in office. He cosponsored bills, in name only. He helped run Illinois' economy in the ground. I see her a a possible candidate, and the name calling of the left shows their fear of her. If they were not then they would not bring her up so much. They would just ignore her, and let her get the nomination. If the left is not scared of her, then why are they trying so hard to bury her now? Why not let her get the nomination then bury her? Maybe it has something to do with Congress having the lowest approval rating of any Congress? Maybe it has to do with the polls showing the people believe the country is going in the wrong direction? Maybe it has to do with the Presidents falling numbers? Maybe it's just that the left is trying to get the people not to notice what they are up to? I see a better future in the next election, and by the way Pelosi and Reid are trying to push their agendas through I think they see it too. "

" Sarah Palin's fans are more than willing to overlook her obvious stupidity as long as she continues to lie that white Christians are the real victims of the world. Their snarling, whining sense of victimhood and entitlement is their overriding value. "

" So would I, but then of course Obama would have to have his TelePrompter.

Unlike your hero Reagan, Obama doesn't always rely on a teleprompter. Even his biggest distractors agree that the man is gifted when it comes to making speeches. I've never heard him mangle the English language with any cutesy phrases like "you betcha".


Maybe so, but I'll bet that unlike Palin he would actually answer the questions put to him. Gwen Ifill, the moderator for the VP Debate, should have called Palin out for not answering any questions. If you saw it, you know that she merely repeated her bumper sticker type talking points.

Perhaps the reason she is being targeted is because she appears to be the leading Republican at this time. Given her lack of understanding of most substantive issues, I find that rather amusing, but looking at the fact that the GOP is in total disarray, I'm not too surprised.

To say that the Dems "fear" here is comical, they want her to stay in front.

Those that fear her are the Huckabee's and the Romney's. They have to be scratching their heads wondering what to do.

Again, I hope she actually gets the nomination, although I don't think she would fair very well in any sort of a debate, even with her fellow Republicans. Yes, she has a big following, but for the most part they seem to be the disgruntled and angry people who feel left out. Palin may not very bright or worldly, but she knows how to milk her fans. And of course she attracts those types that shouted "kill him" when Obamas name was mentioned.

Back to your teleprompter barbs, are you aware that Reagan's staff had to make seating charts for him because he couldn't remember his own cabinets members names?

And as far as oratorical skills go, are you seriously suggesting that Palin comes even close to Obama? The woman has a high school level vocabulary, at best. While she may appeal to the uneducated and angry tea party types, I seriously doubt she would do very well if she decides to go for it. Using George Will's words, she is a oversimplifier at best. I predict she will set your party back, even worse than Newt Gingrich did. She has already managed to dumb her party down to it's lowest level in years and will no doubt take it even lower before she's through. If she fails to get the GOP bid, look for Palin to bolt and try a third party move. Guess which party she would take the most votes from? Yeah, go Sarah. lol! "

" I see where dumb and dumber, Palin and Bachman, are the featured speakers at an upcoming tea party convention. This ought to good. Get out the tin foil hats. Both Sarah and Michelle are noted for their conspiracy theories, so I'm sure they will have some new ones to unveil. If not Sarah can always bring back that one about the conspiracy to get God off the front of our coins, and the even nuttier Bachman can rehash that bit about Americorps really being a secret plot by the Obama administration to indoctrinate our innocent young people into liberalism. lol! "

" The last 45 of my 66 years I've spent in a commercial fishing town in Alaska. I understand Alaska politics but never understood national politics well until this last year. Here's the breaking point: Neither side of the Palin controversy gets It's not about persona, style, rhetoric, its about doing things. Even Palin supporters never mention the things that I'm about to mention here.

1- Democrats forget when Palin was the Darling of the Democrats, because as soon as Palin took the Governors office away from a fellow Republican and tough SOB, Frank Murkowski, she tore into the Republicans Corrupt Bastards Club (CBC) and sent them packing. Many of them are now residing in State housing and wearing orange jump suits. The Democrats reacted by skipping around the yard, throwing confetti and singing la la la la (well, you know how they are). Name another governor in this country that has ever done anything similar. But while you're thinking, I'll continue.

2- Now with the CBC gone, there were fewer Alaskan politicians to protect the huge, giant oil companies here. So, she constructed and enacted a new system of splitting the oil profits called ACES. Exxon (the biggest corporation in the world) protested and Sarah told them don't let the door hit you in the stern on your way out. They stayed, and Alaska residents went from being merely wealthy to being filthy rich. Of course the other huge international oil companies meekly fell in line. Again, give me the name of any other governor in the country that has done anything similar.

3- The other thing she did when she walked into the governors office is she got the list of State requests for federal funding for projects, known as pork. She went through the list, took 85% of them and placed them in the when-hell-freezes-over stack. She let locals know that if we need something built, well pay for it ourselves. Maybe she figured she could use the money she got from selling the previous governors jet because it was extravagant. Maybe she could use the money she saved by dismissing the governor's cook (remarking that she could cook for her own family), giving back the State vehicle issued to her, maintaining that she already had a car, and dismissing her State provided security force (never mentioning, I imagine, that she's packing heat herself). I'm still waiting to hear the names of those other governors.

4- Now, even with her much-ridiculed gosh and golly mannerism, she also managed to put together a totally new approach to getting a natural gas pipeline built which will be the biggest private construction project in the history of North America. No one else could do it although they tried. If that doesn't impress you, then you're trying too hard to be unimpressed while watching her do things like this while baking up a batch of brownies with her other hand.


5- For 30 years, Exxon held a lease to do exploratory drilling at a place called Point Thompson. They made excuses the entire time why they couldn't start drilling. In truth they were holding it like an investment. No governor for 30 years could make them get started. This summer, she told them she was revoking their lease and kicking them out. They protested and threatened court action. She shrugged and reminded them that she knew the way to the court house. Alaska won again.

6- President Obama wants the nation to be on 25% renewable resources for electricity by 2025. Sarah went to the legislature and submitted her plan for Alaska to be at 50% renewables by 2025. We are already at 25%. I can give you more specifics about things done, as opposed to style and persona . Everybody wants to be cool, sound cool, look cool. But thats just a cover-up. I'm still waiting to hear from liberals the names of other governors who can match what mine has done in two and a half years. I wont be holding my breath.

By the way, she was content to to return to AK after the national election and go to work, but the haters wouldn't let her. Now these adolescent screechers are obviously not scuba divers. And no one ever told them what happens when you continually jab and pester a barracuda. Without warning, it will spin around and tear your face off. Shoulda known better.








As we have been saying for a long time, Sarah Palin was an incredibly effective Governor, and a true servant of the people. The kind of woman who isn't afraid of whatever challenge that faces her. As she has shown in the past few weeks, she is more than ready to take on big government, like she has big oil. And if Sarah Palin could tame Exxon-Mobil, I'm sure she will make quick work of D.C.!

BTW, even though she has given Exxon-Mobil absolute fits, they were more than happy to sign on as a partner in the Trans-Canada natural gas pipeline, her crowning achievement as Governor, that Dewey mentions in his letter.

People, like myself, who have followed Sarah for some time, understand the greatness of this woman. Sarah Palin is an American leader who has what is sorely needed today: The ability to get things done, good things for the people.

Dewey Whetsell "

" The media, even those still trying frantically to destroy her, can't stop themselves from, inadvertently or not, promoting her. And I kinda think that the media needs Sarah (Oprah/Palin, biggest audience in two years) more than Sarah needs the media. She already has Mr. and Mrs. conservative America and that's not going to change. Liberals hate and fear her and that's not going to change.

So having withstood the most vicious, concerted media effort to destroy her, with a lot of help from the left and the McCain campaign, and coming out of it smelling like a rose, (and looking like a presidential candidate) I'd say she's in tall cotton and off to a very good start at... oh... whatever she wants to do.
__________________ "

" medic 57: "his approval rating is 45%"

You lie of course; I'm looking at the Washington Post of Nov 23 which says it is 56%.

If you're going to falsify, why not make it 35 -- take off another 10%??? "

" medic 57: not only does medic lie, but now he claims he saw it in the Washington Times.
Ah my; medic doesn't seem to know about the Washington TIMES. Doesn't he know the WT doesn't know the "Moon" from green cheese??? "

" Mama:" Republicans playing same ole tune is because the democrats writes the same lyrics,,,,,,what my PAPA use to say. haha. "

And MY PAPA reminds me that Hoover sang the first song, claiming "Prosperity is just around the corner". Has YOUR
PAPA forgotten to tell you that??? "

" TQ"...my guttural instinct is kind of like a mama grizzly bear."
"Guttural" means "a sound articulated in the throat."

Some might contest my claim that Sarah couldn't find her XXX, but you've proved that at least we know she can't tell her throat from her belly. "

" Democrats are running scared of Sarah Palin.

Make no doubt about it; as Bennis and Manus, and Albrecht, point out, Palin is a tranformative leader.

You can tell by the demonization projected by her detractors upon her.

She's 'it', a natural, charismatic leader people are automatically drawn toward with leadership skills, and leadership skills not found in certain 'community organizers.'

She provides vision for the disaffected majority, unlike Obama who provides/provided vision to the disaffected minority interests.

She's draws people from the bottom to action. From 'the bottom' of enterprises, organizations, and movements are where solutions are found. Very seldom do solutions come from the top-down. Many American companies found this out, some too late, from the late '70's to the early '90's as foreign competitors overtook their markets.

Palin's 'I'm just like you' persona communicates shared meaning toward the vision. She sets direction and plays by her own rules, not allowing her detractors to define her. She's defining a new course.

So make no mistake. The democrats are scared of Palin's 'IT' factor, and as usual, they can't figure out why.

They're blinded by their elitist, top-down leadership mentality...just like those American companies of the '80's and '90's....

I for one am pleased. "

" TQ"The best line I've heard today:"

That IS the best line I've heard today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "

" Cedric, don't confuse the SP haters with facts. They're too busy not answering or even bothering to make excuses for what Barack Obama is doing to this country. But at least he's keeping the entertainment industry and media happy with his Wednesday night soirees that are of course not costing you and me a dime. RIIIGGGGHHHTTTT!!! "

" Harry Potter wrote on Nov 26, 2009 8:00 AM:
" I've never heard him mangle the English language with any cutesy phrases like "you betcha".
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Maybe you ought to and I quote the President "get all wee-weed up., you seem rather testy lately. "

" Rockin Rotty:"Easy professor. Don't you mean the wars Obama is continuing? A little amnesia, professor? Old age & far-left talking points will do that to ya, huh."

When the guy runs off who drove the car into the ditch, somebody has to get his hands dirty to get it out.
Glad you at least were honest enough to say "CONTINUING"!!!! "

" jrhendren:"then why are they trying so hard to bury her now? "

You misunderstand. We're not trying to bury her; it's just that she's the best
Comedian of the Year. Better even than
David Letterman.

RE whoever called climate change a hoax:
The best cartoon I saw this week was Dick Cheney and a friend frantically calling for help while sitting on a melting iceberg. "

" More Palin lies? It appears that Palin is continuing her personal vendetta against her former brother-in-law, Mike Wooten, in her get even with everyone who ever did me wrong confessional book. By making Wooten a target, she continues to tell half truths as well as out and out lies.

In Going Rogue, Palin mentions none of Wooten's military record, but cites many charges that were brought against Wooten that were subsequently dismissed. She contends that there were "ten different" citizen complaints field against Wooten--without acknowledging that all of them were filed by members of her family or close friends. "They filed every stinking one of the charges," Wooten contends. "But it's been more like two dozen."

Palin appears to be nothing more than a shallow, vindictive, nasty politician, along the lines of the accused felon Tom DeLay.

Wooten claims that he only spoke out after reading Palin's fact twisting book, which he says is full of lies, and wants to set the record straight. As Sarah's star rises, how many more people will speak about how she went after them in her quest for stardom? This is going to be interesting.

On another note, I read where Palin won't answer any question from her fans while on her book tour. What's that all about? Maybe she's afraid of one of those gotcha questions, like what newspapers do you read. LOL!

I'll bet seedy had to do a lot of work to actually find anyone from Alaska who had much good to say about the lazy quitter. I haven't checked it out yet, but I'll bet Dewey Whetsell is a family of the Palins. "

" Yes. I would vote for Sarah Palin in a minute. I do not understand why anyone thinks Mr. Obama (or any of these losers in Congress) is so intelligent. Any fool can ruin a great country like ours, it takes real intelligence to get out from under the mess these idiots have created for us. Give me common sense any day, a Harvard education seems to make some people dumber than dirt. "

" red,white,blue:"But at least he's keeping the entertainment industry and media happy with his Wednesday night soirees "

I note you write "soireeS" (plural) on purpose.
I guess you didn't have time to read the papers to the effect that this is the FIRST (i.e. ONE; ONE is NOT PLURAL)
such dinner the Obamas have had.
Also you seem unaware that PREVIOUS PRESIDENTS really have had similar State Dinners. Of course clod W Bush always wore his cowboy boots just to prove to all that he was unsophisticated. I don't know where he spit his tobacco juice.

When I was a kid down in the country they used to call someone who lied like this as someone who "was just blowing his bazooo". "

" cedric66:"Any fool can ruin a great country like ours,"

.. as George W Bush proved. "

" cedric66:"Give me common sense any day, a Harvard education seems to make some people dumber than dirt. "

....as proved FIRST by George Bush.

[I guess cedric never knew that GWB
went to Harvard. Thanks cedric for opening a window where I can throw a little more **** in your direction] "

" Hannity" ousted "The O'Reilly Factor" as the top cable news telecast of last week.

Watch for some heavy duty Obama bashing from O'Reilly. Hannity's stock in trade is Obama bashing, so Billo will no doubt follow suit to get back on top. "

" cedric66 wrote on Nov 27, 2009 4:29 PM:

" Yes. I would vote for Sarah Palin in a minute. I do not understand why anyone thinks Mr. Obama (or any of these losers in Congress) is so intelligent. Any fool can ruin a great country like ours, it takes real intelligence to get out from under the mess these idiots have created for us. Give me common sense any day, a Harvard education seems to make some people dumber than dirt. "

I don't know who provides more comic relief on this site seedy, you or Jon Vanatta. You two, with your disdain for education, intelligence and science, are always good for a laugh anytime you post. Thanks for all the humor.

Graduating from the top university in the country with honors makes you dumber than dirt, huh? What would that make someone who attended 5 colleges and graduated with average grades? lol! "

" Cognitus, I'm pretty sure GWB went to Yale. If he did spend any time at Harvard, he apparently saw the error of his ways since he graduated from Yale. "

" Bush attended Yale from 1964 to 1968, graduating with a B.A. degree in history and becoming a member of the secretive and hyper-elitist Skull and Bones society. Beginning in the fall of 1973, Bush attended the Harvard Business School, where he was given an MBA.
Both schools had the same effect on him that they might have on a particularly dense stump. "

" Cognitus, I am quite aware this was a state dinner this week and I was not referring to that. Although why they had to set up a special tent I do not know. I'm quite sure there are plenty of rooms in the White House that have been used for entertaining the same number of people and more. What I was referring to and to which you are perhaps unaware (although I don't know how) are the numerous 'events' that have been held on Wednesday nights at the White House most involving entertainment. At one time they seemed to be almost weekly but are not held as often lately. They were nothing more than social parties for which I am quite sure the taxpayer was footing the bill just as we footed the bill for the Obama's date night in New York. "

" At one time they seemed to be almost weekly....

Sort of like W's vacations, huh reddy?

You do know that W actually broke RR's record for taking vacations in office don't you?

Hmmm...I wonder if we footed the bill for all those fortune tellers, tarot card readers and other assorted occult advisors RR and Nancy consulted with on a regular basis?

And who footed the bill for flying Air Force One back and forth to Texas and California for those two on a regular basis? Were you equally offended by that?

The hilarious part of a lot the petty Obama complaints is that once it gets pointed out that his GOP predecessors did the same thing, the subject gets dropped. Case in point: the appointment of "Czars" and the bowing incident. You Obama critics just keep shooting your in the foot. I'll just chalk it up to your lack of knowledge of our history.

Perhaps you need to stick to the birth certificate claim, at least that one's original.

Let's face it, you're looking for any and everything to whine about our president, aren't you. You and your ilk have nothing to add but constant whining about our president, and yes I said OUR president. "

" Fox News' Glenn Beck has a number of things in common with the fictional character Lonesome Rhodes from the film "A Face in the Crowd." One of them is a deep contempt for anybody who'd be stupid enough to listen to them.
Lonesome Rhodes: "This whole country's just like my flock of sheep! Rednecks, crackers, hillbillies, hausfraus, shut-ins, pea-pickers -- everybody that's got to jump when somebody else blows the whistle. They don't know it yet, but they're all gonna be 'Fighters for Fuller.' They're mine! I own 'em! They think like I do. Only they're even more stupid than I am, so I gotta think for 'em."
The 1957 film was about the danger of television as a tool of fascist propaganda and demagoguery. It was prescient. "

" The Question wrote on Nov 27, 2009 8:56 PM:
" Bush attended Yale from 1964 to 1968, graduating with a B.A. degree in history and becoming a member of the secretive and hyper-elitist Skull and Bones society. Beginning in the fall of 1973, Bush attended the Harvard Business School, where he was given an MBA.
Both schools had the same effect on him that they might have on a particularly dense stump. "
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Yep, that dumb old Bush was only a C student and graduated from Yale.

By the way, to paraphrase you he was as dumb as a stump, isnt it amazing that his grades at Yale were actually a tad better than Kerry. Both were C students but Bushes final average (77) was one point higher than Kerry (76).

How do we know that?

Bush's grades and all his records were first made public in 1999 when he was then the Texas governor and the Republican front-runner for the 2000 presidential nomination as eventually Kerry followed suite.

Yep, unlike our current president who has fought tooth and tong to withhold all of his records.

We know all about the history and achievements (or lack of) of all who applied for the job at the white house for a very long time FROM THEIR OPEN RECORDS.

Bush, Kerry, Gore, the Clintons, and just about everybody else in the USA who has ever applied for a job have released access to all their records but Obama doesnt.

Guess he is special hum tQ? "

" Hey Rotty, better to be a former professor than a trailer-park livin' moron who barely earned a high school diploma! "

" The details about how Bush lied the nation into attacking a country that never attacked or threatened the U.S. continue to emerge.
The United States was "hell bent" on a 2003 military invasion of Iraq and actively undermined efforts by Britain to win international authorization for the war, a former British diplomat told an inquiry Friday.
Jeremy Greenstock, British ambassador to the United Nations from 1998 to 2003, said that President George W. Bush had no real interest in attempts to agree on a U.N. resolution to provide explicit backing for the conflict.
The ex-diplomat, who served as Britain's envoy in Iraq after the invasion, said serious preparations for the war had begun in early 2002 and took on an unstoppable momentum.
This Republican war crime, which has killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and cost this nation borrowed trillions, will continue to be documented by history. "

" BW"" Cognitus, I'm pretty sure GWB went to Yale. If he did spend any time at Harvard, he apparently saw the error of his ways since he graduated from Yale. "

BW, I shall try to make this clear enough that even YOU can understand it.
I said that GWB went to HARVARD.
I did NOT deny the truth which is that HE DID ALSO GO TO YALE.
In fact he got a degree FROM BOTH.

My point is that he proved that even a fool, with a famous father, can get a degree from BOTH and still be ignorant (but neither can cure arrogance). "

" red,white,blue:"They were nothing more than social parties for which I am quite sure the taxpayer was footing the bill just as we footed the bill for the Obama's date night in New York. "

Take off your Republican tin hat so you can HEAR ME.

First of all, ALL presidents have state dinners. I believe, tho not certain, that Obama waited longer for his first than did GWB.
Second, GWB had some very fancy dinners and parties, and I don't recall a single instance in which YOU complained about his parties.
Third, when one is a president, it is required that he travel -- whether on business OR PLEASURE -- in secure circumstances and that he be surrounded by communications in case a national
emergency arises.
Fourth, re the "date night" in New York, did you EVER sneer at GWB's trip to his so-called ranch in Texas?? When a president travels, whether the New York or Texas, the tremendous cost is the travel and security, not the expense of the dinner.

Yes, I've been to New York -- several
times, and it is expensive; yes I've paid $100/plate for dinner (in the cheap places). BUT as I'm trying to beat into your head, the expense for presidential travel is NOT the date,
it's the travel and all the crowd that necessarily goes with it, NOT the "date".

I suppose you expect the President and Michelle to ride bicycles to New York. Allow me to point out that even GWB rode his bicycle only at the ranch, but still followed by a swarm of Secret Service people with bandaids should he fall and have an "owie". "

" jrhendren:"Are you more mad about her popularity being higher ,,,,,,,her book outselling Hilliary's within a shorter time span?"

jr, comedy always sells better than
serous, honest, thoughtful books. "

" Cognitus wrote on Nov 26, 2009 10:04 PM:

"When the guy runs off who drove the car into the ditch, somebody has to get his hands dirty to get it out.
Glad you at least were honest enough to say "CONTINUING"!!!!"

.......

Thanks, Cognitus, but when that ditch is filled with God only knows what, & you come to the rescue with a kids sand shovel & a fake smile, not a whole lot will be accomplished. "

" After engineering an unprecedented spending surge for nearly a year, President Barack Obama now wants to signal that he takes deficits seriously. So this week the White House announced that it is considering creating a commission to figure how to fix the budget mess.

Eureka!

Well, almost. What seems to concern the president is not the problem runaway spending poses for taxpayers and the economy. Rather, what bothers him is the political problem it poses for Democrats.

more

"What bothers him is the political problem it poses for Democrats." Which says it all about Obama. He's wholly unconcerned about America's best interests, only with those of his own. Frankly he doesn't even care about his party, and readily throws those Dems under the bus where politically expedient. The Democrat Party is just a vessel for his own advancement and the media a willing dupe in the establishment of his radical agenda.

But the times they are a'changing. America isn't just disillusioned. We're peeved off. "

" jrhendren, I think your mathematics is off a bit.

Palin:
- City Council for Wasilla 1992 - 1996
= 4 years
- Mayor of Wasilla 1996 2002
= 6 years
- Chairperson of the Alaska Oil and Gas
Conservation Commission 2003 2004
= 1 year
- Governor of Alaska 2006 2009
= 3 years
Palin - 17 years??????????????????????

Consider her Chairperson of Oil and Gas, which she held from 2003 to 2004.
IF she began office on January 1st, 2003 and ended Dec 31, 2004, she would indeed have 2 years of service. But when an elected/appointed office runs from 2002 to 2003, that USUALLY means she started on xxxx,2003 and left office on xxxx, 2004, working only 1 year.
In the case of GWB, 2001-2009, you might try to claim he worked 9 years, but we know he "worked" only 8.

But your silliest assertion is the claim that a year on the city council of a small village is equivalent to a year as a state senator or as a US Senator. "

" Re Bush's grades, I just found the following in a "national" magazine.
"Quotations collected over the years here may leave the impression that George W. Bush is a dimwit. Let's face it: A man who cannot talk about education without making a humiliating grammatical mistake ("The illiteracy level of our children are appalling"); who cannot keep straight the three branches of government ("It's the executive branch's job to interpret law"); who coins ridiculous words ("Hispanos," "arbolist," "subliminable," "resignate," "transformationed"); who habitually says the opposite of what he intends ("the death tax is good for people from all walks of life!") sounds like a grade-A imbecile.

And if you don't care to pursue the matter any further, that view will suffice. George W. Bush has governed, for the most part, the way any airhead might, undermining the fiscal condition of the nation, squandering the goodwill of the world after Sept. 11, and allowing huge problems (global warming, entitlement spending, AIDS) to metastasize toward catastrophe through a combination of ideology, incomprehension, and indifference. If Bush isn't exactly the moron he sounds, his synaptic misfirings offer a plausible proxy for the idiocy of his presidency." "

" logic over passion wrote on Nov 28, 2009 11:27 AM:

"Hey Rotty, better to be a former professor than a trailer-park livin' moron who barely earned a high school diploma!"

.......

Speaking from experience, Ebenezer? Forgive me, you're a l1874rd. You're excused to go stick your head back in the sand pile. Now, play nice, or I'll have to take your hammer & sickle away from you.

Do you need a granola bar too?
LOL! "

" Osama Bin Laden was within military reach when the Bush administration allowed him to disappear into the mountains of Afghanistan rather than pursue him with a massive military force, a new Senate report says.
NY Daily News-

I can't wait to see how Cheney and Fox news spins this one. lol! "

" Cognitus the Repubs just look for something to complain about because they can't make any legitimate complaints about what Obama is doing. I am surprised none have raised a stink about Michelles dress, hand made in India, not America. Or could it be that there own top Repub ladies would get called on the carpet for their clothing choices? "

" New details have emerged about how Bush and Rumsfeld let the 9-11 mastermind, Osama bin Laden, escape.
Bin Laden was "unquestionably" within reach of U.S. troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when American military leaders made the crucial and costly decision not to pursue him with massive force, a new Senate report says.
The report claims that the failure to kill or capture bin Laden at his most vulnerable in December 2001 has had lasting consequences beyond the fate of one man. Bin Laden's escape laid the foundation for today's reinvigorated Afghan insurgency and inflamed the internal strife now endangering Pakistan, it says.
Staff members for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's Democratic majority prepared the report, and it says, "Removing the al-Qaida leader from the battlefield eight years ago would not have eliminated the worldwide extremist threat. But the decisions that opened the door for his escape to Pakistan allowed bin Laden to emerge as a potent symbolic figure who continues to attract a steady flow of money and inspire fanatics worldwide. The failure to finish the job represents a lost opportunity that forever altered the course of the conflict in Afghanistan and the future of international terrorism."
George W. Bush: the corrupt historic failure who keeps on giving. Remember how the little creep sneered that he "wasn't concerned" about bin Laden, after he let bin Laden escape? "

" Looks like I hit a nerve, Rotty. What, did my guess strike a little too close to (the trailer) home? Generally people who attack the educated tend to be low-class, uneducated buffoons. "

" Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Carl Levin insisted on Sunday that, had it not been for the Bush administration's failure to catch Osama bin Laden in 2001, there likely would be no debate about sending more troops to Afghanistan.
"This has been kind of well known for some time," Levin said. "We took our eye off the ball instead of moving in on him at Tora Bora, the previous administration decided to move its forces to Iraq. It was a mistake then. I think this report of the Foreign Relations committee just sort of reinforces that."
Republicans always brag about war in their ugly, bloodthirsty way. They're always quick to push for war and more war. It's funny that they're so lousy at actually waging war, isn't it? "

" Kuddos, Mr. McGuire!!!
Republicans do things like rush to war and award themselves no bid contracts for the selfish purpose of war profiteering.
Things that don't benefit 95% Americans. Some how, some way the Republicans mangage to gather enough support to challenge or win elections. Head scratcher that's for sure. "

" Yes, because this music is so much sweeter to the taxpayer than that of the terrible Republicans.

Total Personal Staff Members for 1st Ladies Paid for by TAXPAYERS:
Mamie Eisenhower: 1 - paid out of President's salary
Jackie Kennedy: 1
Rosalin Carter: 1
Barbara Bush: 1
Hillary Clinton: 3
Laura Bush: 1
Michele Obama: 22
You may notice a drastic difference when you get to Michele Obama. I guess she is taking all this "unprecedented" business seriously. The total price tag from these personal staff members comes to a whopping $1,591,200.00 and that does not cover her hair stylist or make-up artist. Source: CanadaFreePress

Nice song but we can't afford to play it again. Ouch. "

" Cognutis, keep right after it. There may just be a nit somewhere that you missed-not for lack of trying, though. "

" "Republicans playing same old record"

Perhaps the Democrats taught them well.

.......

Look, l.o.p. has a thing for me....

I believe NeoCon was right, it should be "passion over logic".
LOL!

Don't worry, l.o.p., my fan club always gets its just desserts.

Thank me later, l1874rd on patrol. "

" jrhendren:

"Now would you like to compare how many years she was a public server against the President? You know he was only a senator for 3 years also right?
Obama:
- U.S. Senate January 3, 2005 November 16, 2008
- Member of Illinois Senate January 8, 1997 November 4, 2004

Palin:
- City Council for Wasilla 1992 - 1996
- Mayor of Wasilla 1996 2002
- Chairperson of the Alaska Oil and Gas
Conservation Commission 2003 2004
- Governor of Alaska 2006 2009

Lets look at the totals and see who has more experience
Obama - 11 years
Palin - 17 years

Take out her governorship and she still has more experience serving the people then the President. "


...You mean take out the governorship that she resigned from? I would take a Senator over someone who was a Mayor of an Alaskan town, oh and her city council membership any day of the year. Good logic! "

" Here are some facts folks but, just as my factual comments about Obama's parties were ignored and the ole 'but Bush did it too' totally untrue statements came out, I'm sure this will be twisted to your nitpicking logic once again. Oh, by the way, I'm still waiting for those answers as to what path this administration is leading this country down with its record spending, record deficits, record unemployment, takeover of banking, car industry and now health care. Still waiting to be enlightened about how that's all going to work out. In the meantime, enjoy these FACTS (oops I seem to be shouting again which is just another of the stupid criticisms designed to deflect attention from the other FACT that you have no answers):
from CBS News on Nov. 12.(CBS) "Even before President Obama sets foot on Air Force One tomorrow [today- ST] to begin a 9-day trip to Asia, he has traveled to more countries in his first year in office than any of his predecessors.

Since taking office, he has made 7 foreign trips and visited 16 countries, 3 of them twice.

The Asia trip which takes him to Japan, Singapore, China and South Korea will bring his total to 8 foreign trips and 20 countries.

The only other president to come close to Mr. Obamas first-year-in-office globe-trotting numbers is President George H. W. Bush, who took 7 foreign trips to 14 countries.

His son traveled abroad five times to 11 countries during his first year. President Clinton only did 2 foreign trips to 3 nations in 1993.

[...]

This Asia trip is not Mr. Obamas last foreign foray of the year. Hes scheduled to travel to Oslo next month to accept the Nobel Peace Prize he was awarded in October. And he may stay or head back to Scandinavia to attend the United Nations Conference on Climate Change a few days later.

It will further secure his record as having done more foreign travel than any U.S. president to date." "

" Here are some facts folks but, just as my factual comments about Obama's parties were ignored and the ole 'but Bush did it too' totally untrue statements came out, I'm sure this will be twisted to your nitpicking logic once again. Oh, by the way, I'm still waiting for those answers as to what path this administration is leading this country down with its record spending, record deficits, record unemployment, takeover of banking, car industry and now health care. Still waiting to be enlightened about how that's all going to work out. In the meantime, enjoy these FACTS (oops I seem to be shouting again which is just another of the stupid criticisms designed to deflect attention from the other FACT that you have no answers):
from CBS News on Nov. 12.(CBS) "Even before President Obama sets foot on Air Force One tomorrow [today- ST] to begin a 9-day trip to Asia, he has traveled to more countries in his first year in office than any of his predecessors.

Since taking office, he has made 7 foreign trips and visited 16 countries, 3 of them twice.

The Asia trip which takes him to Japan, Singapore, China and South Korea will bring his total to 8 foreign trips and 20 countries.

The only other president to come close to Mr. Obamas first-year-in-office globe-trotting numbers is President George H. W. Bush, who took 7 foreign trips to 14 countries.

His son traveled abroad five times to 11 countries during his first year. President Clinton only did 2 foreign trips to 3 nations in 1993.

[...]

This Asia trip is not Mr. Obamas last foreign foray of the year. Hes scheduled to travel to Oslo next month to accept the Nobel Peace Prize he was awarded in October. And he may stay or head back to Scandinavia to attend the United Nations Conference on Climate Change a few days later.

It will further secure his record as having done more foreign travel than any U.S. president to date." "

" It will further secure his record as having done more foreign travel than any U.S. president to date."

Look at it this way, reddy. It takes a lot of traveling to repair our reputation around the world, after Bush tarnished it. "

" Harry Potter wrote on Nov 26, 2009 8:00 AM:
" So would I, but then of course Obama would have to have his TelePrompter.

Unlike your hero Reagan, Obama doesn't always rely on a teleprompter...."


I never said he did not have a good speaking voice or now how to speak eloquently. As for him not always relying on a teleprompter, you have to be kidding me. Remember as reported in papers around the world how Ireland Prime Minister started reading Obama's speech word for word at a White House meeting. This was were he got up and actually read the prompter and tanked himself for coming to the dinner. Remember the dumbfounded look on his face when the teleprompter fell and broke. Heck, even his own VP made fun of him for that one. Luckily he had a second prompter, "To finish his 11-minute remarks calling for a new policy toward the nation's cities and metropolitan areas, he used notes and the remaining teleprompter screen." - USA Today. Remember him telling us how he was going to campaign in all "57 states" of the country. How about the "bomb that fell on Pearl Harbor". How about not being able to pronounce Orion right after being given a speech by the "Orion Energy Systems". He pronounced it "our-ee-on". Now I am not saying other Presidents didn't mess up, look at Ford, but to make it sound as if he never does, or that he doesn't depend on a teleprompter is a joke. As for former President Reagan's seating chart, how about some citation. All I could find is that he like other Presidents have a seating chart regarding the press. "

" Generally people who attack the educated tend to be low-class, uneducated buffoons. "

Allow me to add the following:

And seem to perfectly describe the average Sarah Palin fanatic. lol! "

" Oooh, Rotty, I'm so scared -- just how will I get my "just desserts"? Will you round up a bunch of Sarah Palin wannabees and spew all of your great intellectual theories until I spontaneously combust? "

" Please, jrhendren, don't even begin to talk about Obama's speaking abilities. I'll assume you're a Republican, correct me if I'm wrong, so I won't even begin talking about you know who's speaking abilities. I'm not even an Obama fan, but at the same time cannot stand people like Sean Hannity and his little Fox News posey. "

" You're welcome, l.o.p.. I appreciate you for thinking that I voice great intellectual theories. I knew you would finally come around.
LOL!

Now, are you getting your panties in bunch because I suggested a bowl of bran flakes, & mentioned an extreme far-left liberal nerd, who lives in constant fear?

You must be.... you're bringing up Sarah Palin.

Oh, & no need to worry about your "just desserts" now. Your passion over logic will cause you to spontaneously combust, my fan clubber.

You may now go back to your Obowa talking points in 3.. 2.. 1.... "

" whatsitmatter wrote on Dec 1, 2009 4:36 PM:
" Please, jrhendren, don't even begin to talk about Obama's speaking abilities. I'll assume you're a Republican, correct me if I'm wrong, so I won't even begin talking about you know who's speaking abilities. I'm not even an Obama fan, but at the same time cannot stand people like Sean Hannity and his little Fox News posey. "


You must have missed the beginning of my post where I said, "I never said he did not have a good speaking voice or now how to speak eloquently." In fact, he has quite a well speaking voice and is quite articulate. That was what helped him win the election. "

" Just came across wrong apparently. Touche "

" whatsitmatter wrote on Dec 2, 2009 6:31 PM:
" Just came across wrong apparently. Touche "

No problem. "