How can President Obama know when the thrill is gone? When the kindest of responses from his fiercest apologists, the mainstream media, was a long, collective, disappointed sigh to his speech concerning the BP oil spill. CNN has a rather harsh montage of “pundit response” from the speech on their website.
Joan Walsh called the speech “Just Words” saying that Obama was not “playing to win” politically. Rachel Maddow physically dropped her head in disappointment when asked by Keith Olbermann for her reaction to the speech. She then added that America wanted a little more “adult talk from the President on this.”
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Maddow continued to call the speech a “sobering spectacle”, hardly a rave review. Ezra Klein, when asked by Rachel Maddow if the president made the “best possible case for energy reform” (which is what Klein earlier that day said that Obama had to do in his speech), Klein responded with “No, I don’t.” He then went on to clarify today that the speech wasn’t “that bad of a speech. It was more of a bad situation.”
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The most telling commentary, though, comes from Keith Olbermann’s immediate response panel with Chris Matthews and Howard Fineman of Newsweek.
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Some of the greatest commentary (in case you can’t stomach all three of them at once on video):
- Matthews, in an uncharacteristic show of critical thought, said that Obama failed to explain how the President of the United States has the power to force BP to do the things that Obama said he was going to make them do.
- Fineman said “He should have been Commander-in-Chief tonight… Tell everybody [what’s going on]. They’ve been watching television for the last 59 days, they want to know how we are doing.”
- Olbermann responded with “I don’t think he [the president] aimed low [with his speech]. I don’t think he aimed at all.”
- And the final nail in the coffin of what was the formerly known as the “thrill up my leg” syndrome, Matthews said, “I don’t sense executive command.”
The best part? Gibbs being forced to respond that Olbermann and Maddow and the rest of the left in the mainstream media aren’t living in the same place as “real Americans.”
But who are we kidding? All President Obama needs to do is shove another 2,000+ page gross expansion of government down our throats and the mainstream media will be back by his side in no time. As Senator Jim Inhofe (R, Ok.) explained today, that is exactly what the President is planning to do with cap-and-trade.
A sobering reminder that although a narrative contrary to the normal sickening, in-the-tank, pro-everything Obama media agenda seems to have temporarily dominated the mainstream media for one day, it’s probably only a matter of time before they resume their familiar supine position at the feet of the Dear Leader.
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Joan Walsh, Chris Matthews, Howard FIneman, Rachel Maddow, and Keith Olbermann HAMMERING Obama?
The LA Times, Maureen Dowd and Jon Stewart RIPPED him too.
I guess we're all racists now!
Ding ding ding the bells went off. I'm not impressed. When it takes this long to know and understand you're backing an absolute idiot I can't believe you even when you finally say. Wow you were right all along.
These uh alledgedly learned people finally seeing what us small people have known since the first time we saw the great black hope enter the ring. Sheesh.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP-IM7maxbI&fe....
I can hear the words of the immortal B.B. King ringing in my ears now!!
Yup! And OMG! who knew that Rachel actually does have boobs?
I just read the LA Times article. Who wold've ever thunk?
(in case you can’t stomach all three of them at once on video)
Are you kidding me!? I tried, I really did. I'm just going to have to take your word for it. Heard some of these comments on the radio this morning while driving to work. I almost had to pull over.
Staged, planned and well executed.
The talking points (would love to see THAT memo) prolly said to respond this way.
Why?
So he could pull the 2000+ page "solution" out of his hat. Everyone; cue applause. . . thus being the saviour that he sees himself as being.
Dunno, just a different tact, a different view. I just don't trust this crowd to be genuine, or honest ONE BIT!
Oh, my. The leftists are finally realizing that the Empty Suit is a weak vessel, too incompetent to carry their knavish plots to fruition.
Cry me a river.
Finally, something was disastrous enough to penetrate their blind love and obedience. But let's not get too excited. All these guys work for failing organizations. A bail out or a czar position might make their disillusionment disappear.
They're not real. They were airbrushed in.
Bad situation? Ever since obama was elected, it's been a bad situation. It's just so bad now that even the libs can't ignore it.
its that time again…CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT Okay kiddies it is once again time to play "What Will Obama Do" Once again his poll numbers are have sunk to the negative 20 mark in the Rasmussen index. I suspect the few remaining true believers will swoon a bit over the “historic” oval office speech and bring him up a point or two but that will be at best a two day bump.
So what will the dear leader do to revitalize his base?
Correct answers will be entered into a random drawing and a winner selected.
Prizes will be given to the nearest homeless bum so it will not impact your taxes.
Since it is my contest I get to play to.
The vivacious Wonder_all2 was our last winner her prediction was spot on :
My guess is he is going to be spending a lot more time on the gulf coast. Obama likes to be where the heat is not and right now the heat is on DC (Sestak) and Chicago (Blaggo) and AZ (border troops) so Obama will be somewhere else.
Get ready for a round of talk shows, speeches, Whitehouse.gov announcements, etc.
Plus he'll use all this face time to remind us how BAAADDDDD evil Bush was and how Big Oil is ruining the environment, etc…
For winning Bob the homeless guy will be receiving this wonderful prize package in Wonder_all2‘s name; A bag full of empty pop cans, a Harvard diploma, half a roll of toilet paper, and a beer can cozy imprinted with “I AM A VICTIM“.
So enter NOW and enter OFTEN …. its like voting democratic
What the hell is the Nobel prize winner Obama and his Nobel prize winning Democratic team of Chu and Gore done to manage this mess….Obama is a black incompetent person. I'm intolerant towards incompetence does that make me a racist because he is a black incompetent?….Funny how America became enlightened with Obama election with a 65 popular support 2 years ago. Yet today, at 42% support, now all of a sudden America is racist again….As I said before, racism is not the issue here, incompetence is.
So, are KO, MadCow, Chrissy tingles, et al, gonna admit that they are now racists for opposing OBAMA? Since day 1 of his presidency, we have been saying the same thing. Incompetent. No Experience. All Talk. Community Organizer. Now that they do it, the conversation is acceptable? How F-ing insulting is that?
-waves fingers-
"these are not the tingles or groveling attitudes you are looking for"
Cash for Clunkers II.
The sycophants have had their fill…of defecation….
Great post, Dake! The honeymoon just might be over for BHO. I really hope that MSM isn't fooled by "another 2,000+ page gross expansion" and that they have begun to see what "real Americans" have seen for awhile: talk is cheap, but all BHO's talking might cost America a lot.
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The big question is why is the left attacking their king? It's has to be depressing for the administration when it is being slammed by its greatest slobbering and groveling proponents. It is rumored that some of the more radical conservation groups wanted the anointed one to stop all off shore drilling. Others that the entire ecology of the Gulf region is being destroyed. And many that he is not managing effectively and should have taken control much, much sooner. Whatever the case, he has not performed well and twenty some thousand will be unemployed, businesses will close, and the fishing industry is toast. All this due to an unqualified, community organizer being elected to the witless house.
Watch out here comes cap and trade. Call your senators and request that they not support this legislation. That is where it is stalled.
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I'm loving watching the left cannibalize themselves. It is inevitable when you are an incompetent leader who has never done anything more than "community organize". And when your spokespeople are Olby, Madcow, and Tingle Chris turn on you, you know it is the end.
As Obama speaks of the Fishermen's Prayer he may want to turn to the real One and get on his knees and seek real guidance and forgiveness with a repentant heart.
That would require him to stop bowing to the meteorite in Mecca first.
Obama just needs to tweak his kool-aid recipe and the MSM will fall in line once again
yeah, "Thrill is gone, thrill is gone from me" Not that there ever WAS one from me, lol
Intresting and a real possibility it could be tied into the "new" energy policy. CCI was obviously popular in usage . It had a direct stimulating effect on the auto industry in clearing inventories. Jobs and stimulation beyond that not so much. Many speculated that it merely pulled forward sales as opposed to created new sales and artificially raised the cost of used cars (destruction of inexpensive clunkers)… but many lined up for the free money.
Declare the border open and all residence get to vote.
more monetary sweetner please
only a stumble would bring him to his knees. In his mind he is God
They would still love to have him for dinner thought with a nice chianta and some fava beans.
Rachel paints a picture of the "gravity" and "sobering" setting of the Oval Office as the back drop for this non-speech. Call me crass but all I could think of when she invoked that picture involved cigars and blue dresses.
I think you nailed it.
Here we have the worst environmental disaster in the history of our country being met with obvious ineptitude. The worst the MSM can spew out is a few sentences about King Barack not quite meeting his obligation – he needs better talking points, he's got a good plan he just can't explain it, etc. What a joke
These jerks will be back in bed with the King well before November. This is just the perfect opportunity to appear to be "objective" and "hard-hitting" for the folks who still can't admit that the King represents a danger to our country.
Don't forget Rolling Stone and the NYT.
At least both of his hands were in plain sight so we knew he was just whacking-off figuratively.
What, no Peace Prize?
Let's hope it is and that it never comes back. I hope we have enough people in this country who understand what socialism is to that so.
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The acolytes' faith in The One has been shaken.
Despite all the horrible news of the day, the fact these Obamanauts are choking on the bad taste in their mouths almost makes it worth it.
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Why are people so surprised that Obama has totally failed at being president? Approximately 48% of the voters in the 2008 election were trying to convince the other 52% of the voters that this guy had absolutely no experience at running ANYTHING! He has never run a town, a city, or a state, let a lone one of those large, evil, corporations. The only experience he had was running for public office. And yet, to 52% of the voters it didn't matter because he was "so brilliant." How could things go wrong? Hmmm, let's see now, the economy is in shambles, America is hopelessly in debt, Iran is about to get a nuclear bomb, North Korea is about to invade South Korea again, our former allies (like Britain and Israel) hate us, while our enemies (like the Taliban, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, and al Qaeda) still really, really, hate us. And that war in Afghanistan (remember that little skirmish you never seem to hear about anymore) is just going peachy, right? I'm going to try and be as mature about this as I possibly can. To all those people out there who voted for Obama, "I TOLD YOU SO!!!!!"
Your suspicions are correct. CNN has already published an article titled "Language guru: Obama speech too 'professorial' for his target audience" So now, it's not that the speech was bad; we were just too stupid to get it.
Ugh.
How slow and completely retarded(that means slow to grasp for the PC crowd) these morons are to finally get a clue about obama, they should ALL be ashamed of their HACK reporting. If I were any of their bosses they'd all be getting a pink slip. As it stands now IMO, they're just pandering because their ratings are suffering, what they're saying now isn't how they really feel/think about obama. It's just the bash du jour for these MSM hacks.
Yeah, but was he wearing pants?
Yeah, and who's turn was it to occupy the executive kneewell?
Uncle!!! I'm not taking this any further. HaHaHa!
That's generally my response also. It took this long for that tingling leg syndrome thing of Matthews' to be healed – C'mon – Pay attention!
Most certainly we are not alone and the number is growing. With some luck we can make him a powerless duck come november
God forbid, critical thinking! I know that's rough for people that supported W even while his approval rating was hanging at about 20 percent.
This is typical of the media though. ALL the networks and cable news stations, including MSNBC, were cheerleaders for the Iraq War, until of course public opinion turned and then they turned with it. They go where the ratings are. In fact this is the story of every romance the media has with a political figure when the public turns on them.
As delicious as this is, I think they're largely trashing him for not being forceful enough in his commitment to the leftist agenda, i.e. Cap and Trade, federalizing everything they can lay their hands on, etc.. They'll fall back in line behind him because they have no where else to go. To whom else would they turn if they gave up on Obama? Hillary? They burned that bridge in '08.
The drooling idiots in the Lame Stream Media are finally realizing they elected an Amateur Hour doofus. Revenge would be delicious if it was not so tragic for our country!! Morons!!
That "HOPEY CHANGEY" thing sure makes me tingle–Do Hemorrhoids count? All I can say to my fellow Americans is youre a damn pack of idiots for electing this clodhopper and his ILK—Everyone heard this message of CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE –, But Barry Saetoro never mentioned what he was going to change—-You got some change alright–I sure hope youre happy!
Im certain they will compose a multi thousand page piece of legislation that nobody with a college degree can decipher—However Pelosi the clown will parade before a crowd of civically responsible Tea Party members with a Gavel insisting they have to pass it before they can find out whats in it!
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