http://baracksteleprompter.blogspot.com/

This is priceless. Very clever. Love it.

"John McCain time and time again repudiated Republicans who went after Obama in the way the Democrats went after him. McCain lost. The only chance for a GOP comeback is to fight as nastily as the Democrats have fought and nastier if possible. A big if."

John McCain infuriated me. His misplaced sense of fair play clearly cost him the election. One could argue, after looking at the national numbers, that if he maned-up, and did what he had to he could have easily won.

This impulse to be politically correct, to play by the liberals rules of conduct for non-liberals (because clearly they do not adhere to them themselves) does nothing but cripple. It emasculates truth, and forces people to detour around the obvious.

The GOP need not fight nasty in order to win. I believe in dignity and honor, but the GOP NEEDS TO FIGHT WITH PASSION, ELOQUENCE, AND TRUTH. If it is true SAY IT, and damn the consequences. Stand strong in your observations and beliefs. NEVER be bullied, but call out the bullies for all to see.

I hate weakness. Especially in my leaders. I would (almost) vote for any man who when called a racist on some bogus charge, looked into the camera at his accusers and said with a smile, "Nice try. Now, piss off." (Okay, maybe that is not the most dignified and eloquent response, but then again, I'm not running for office.)

Be men. Stand up. Know who you are. Do not apologize for your beliefs, and do not form your beliefs after sticking a wet finger in the wind. I want my leaders to LEAD.

If the GOP did that, they would win in a heartbeat. I am convinced.

To use CS Lewis' image, what we need is men WITH chests.

The media took care of her in short order by portraying her as, you guessed it, dumb.

Yep it was Teh EmEssEm that railroaded Palin into saying "Oil and coal? Of course, it's a fungible commodity and they don't flag, you know, the molecules, where it's going and where it's not."

Palin, the college grad who made an unsuccessful stab at something resembling journalism, then government. No wonder you sympathize.

Romano,

Did you not see thepost from libbietard troll #232 on your last post on this topic.
The headlines to the AP Story state that Cowen made a mistake. He read the wrong story first. However, having actually written or rehearsed is speech he knew it was the wrong one after 20 seconds.

Sure there is some mention of Obama making a huge blunder and indicating by implicaton that he never writes or reads his own speeches. But really John. That is on like the third paragraph. Who has taken enough ADD combating drugs to be able to focus for that length of time. Please!

It it isn't in the first two paragraphs it does not exist. Now Remember:

Obama is DoublePlusGood Correct in all applicaitons of DoublePlusREcommended Party Control Citizen………..

Go F yourself, San Diego.

And she said she could see Russia from her house too!

Conservatives see political discourse as a civil process within a larger context of consent to the will of the voter. Leftists deeply resent even pretending to suffer this notion of politics, and envision only its annihilation. As a child of the Left I'm simply astounded how few conservatives understand the Left, even at this moment, and how few seem willing to take the simple step to acknowledge the evidence now swirling and wailing around them. This willful ignorance is nearly universal among politicians. The ignorance among the citizenry is even more shocking. I don't know if it's too late or not. But one cannot really fight — or hope to fight effectively — until one knows what one is fighting, and conservatives right now have no clue. I don't see the clues coming. Even those identified as leading lights among conservatives are playing the same mincing, cautious game, importuning paternal liberal media, nibbling at the edges, as if hoping someone else will take up the cause and do the dirty work. And I'm being charitable to assume they even know what that dirty work is.

Tennwriter, I don't think we (Republicans or conservatives) should become meaner than Democrats, but we should start standing up to them, especially the Republican party. The reason we listen to people like Ann Coulter or El Rushbo is the fact that they show backbone and stand up to the left, whereas the political right does not.

You fellas are absolutely right. Its a dang conspiracy and the most important thing in the U.S. govt. when the President flubbs a 5 min speech for St. Patrick's Day. It don't mean nothing that he didn't write the thing and probably didn't see it until a few minutes before! How many times do I have to tell people that George W. Bush GREATEST LEADER SINCE AUGUSTUS wrote every single speech he ever made and he wrote hundreds and hundreds of them. And he didn't mess up a single line! No sir. He made people think he did but the only ones that thought he did were the Liberalcommunistatheistsocialistfascist terrorists! Am I right, fellas? To hell with everything else, Obama misspeaking is a national story!!! God Bless AMERICA!!!

Awesome.

… he pulls a knife you pull a gun. It's Kilvinsky's Law.

Obama has two modes: plausible deniability and suppression. He employs both on a daily basis.

So, Rush Limbaugh is divorced, hates women, and his audience is men. Hmmm. Ssssounds Sssso Ssssan Franssssco to me!

No John, from all the crap that the press and libs pointed about Bush, almost daily for 8 years and before, Obama better be PERFECT. Bush couldn't SO MUCH AS sneeze and it would literally be at the top of the news or front page. So you are right. He'd better be perfect. I guess it helps when every line you speak is presented to you on a screen. Am I right fella?

"The only chance for a GOP comeback is to fight as nastily as the Democrats have fought and nastier if possible."

I'd be careful with that one. Obama is popular and the first African American President so stick to conservative principles and not resort to low blows. The best comeback for the GOP is inflation and stagnet 401(k)'s. Watch. Hell, I'll vote GOP if it gets that bad since I'm a moderate independent and all.

If FOX News, Bill O’Reilly, Ingraham, Hannity, and even Rush Limbaugh wont mention the faux-scandal that is the teleprompter story then give it a rest. You Republicans will chase anything to bring Obama down like the birth certificate conspiracy theory. Some even claim that he can be impeached. At least wait for him to break the law first.

I think many Republicans are over compensating criticizing Obama, which they began on day one, because of their lowered moral from the Bush years. The playground bullies got embaressed by the entire school and want to fight. Finally, I'd rather have my President take orders from words he wrote on a teleprompter then have a President take cues from his vice President and corporate lobbyists.

[...] Drive-by pundits, to spin off of Rush Limbaugh’s “drive-by media,” are non-journalists Why Obama’s Teleprompter Gaffe Tape Matters – bighollywood.breitbart.com 03/19/2009 When George W. Bush was President, the Democrats and [...]

Obama doesn't deserve that respect. I think BillO is just scared of the racist card getting played.

mileshigh, thanks for posting and reading. Your advice is exactly what not to do in my opinion.

I'll give you this, lumping in the birth certificate lunacy with legitimate criticism of Obama is rather clever.

I agree. Put up your dukes and fight. Do a Costanza and do the opposite. Like I said before, we don't have to be sleezy like the Dems, but we can be tougher. Nice guys finish last and look at the current score.

For decades, the islamofascists have been at war with this country while we have not been at war with them (yes, I know, I am paraphrasing). One can say the exact same thing for the war of political ideas.

Nice trolling and outstanding job not getting the point. The sad thing is that you are so irrational and blinded that you probably think that is what Conservatives think.

The concern here is the White House is controlling information in a way previously never seen in America (perhaps in a limited capacity in WW2). Everyone makes mistakes, to err is human but for them to suddenly say "no cameras were allowed at this event and there is no video" is a clear out and out lie. This guy won't do anything unless he has full network coverage. This is the infancy of a state run media and everyone should be concerned about that.

Barack Obama IS Ron Burgundy.

There HAS to be SOMEONE in Washington that we can get to take advantage of this … even if its an intern or gaffer or someone else that can get a few seconds access to the teleprompter.

Imagine the damge that could be done.

The birth certificate thing is an idiotic non-story. Agreed.

Also before you say Republicans are run by corporate lobbyist I invite you to go to OpenSecrets.org . I think you'll be surprised to see Dems out pace them significantly in special interest dollars. I'm also and independent (lean right) and I thought like you until I did the research. These "squeaky clean, let's fight for the little man Democrats" are bought and paid for. Both parties stink of corruption and if we want to have a real constructive discussion it should be how do we get rid of both parties.

IT WAS COWEN"S GAFFE, NOT OBAMA"S. DO YOUR RESEARCH.

Exactly right. The GOP leadership is so far behind every issue it's embarrassing.They need to get up to speed with the technology and tactics and let's get this war started. It IS a war and we need to get engaged.

The reality that Republicans are going to have to come to grips with is that either we fight the Dems in the arena of the media fighting just as hard and dirty as the Dems do OR the only option that will be left is ANFO, 5.56mm and a LOT of death and destruction on both sides (with no guarantee that liberty will die as a result, never to be revived again).

Frankly I'd much rather call Obama a chimp and risk the backlash charges of racist than that.

Hey, I thought Rush Limbaugh *WAS* the Republican party in the spineless "moderate independent" universe. So how is it possible that Limbaugh doesn't mention something that "[y[ou Republicans will chase"?

Not that double standards mean anything to you anyway.

I don't mean to be clever or manipulative with the birth certificate issue, its just how I saw things. During a crisis, don't chase pity issues, speak on relevant ones. I think the Republicans need to argue conservative principle. Considering I voted for Bush twice while living in Ohio and Obama last fall, I think I have some perspective. I saw Ron Paul last year and liked him. I like him even more now. I still believe that the loony over compensation of criticizing Obama stems from lowered confidence from the fall out of the Bush years.

John, you are exactly right! Thank you.

Republicans need to learn that you just can't bring a knife to a gun fight. The Republicans need to learn to stand up for themselves, to shoot back in all forums and in all manners, and to stop trying to curry favor with those who hate them. Sadly, the Republican instinct is to let the people decide for themselves, with little or no attempt to shape the public's views. That's not noble — as so many Republicans delude themselves into believing — it's laughably stupid.

Most people do not want to spend the time or effort to think issues through. If you want them to understand your beliefs, you have to explain them repeatedly, over and over and over and over. You just have to suck it up and go defend yourself. To remain silent is merely to cede the field to the other side.

I'm sorry—why would the left be concerned with FACTS suddenly?

The Republicans stomped butt in '94 for doing exactly what you're saying.

The two party system is corrupt and bows down to the will of big business. The corporate welfare from both parties, which is happening on a daily basis, is proof enough. The GOP seems to be more tied to the big business especially when some (not the majority) of them defended the bailouts claiming that businesses, not the people, should be the only ones getting government money. I'll check out that website.

Personally, lets stick to the Constitution. It's lasted this long.

Here's A video but not the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDJSVPAx8xc It's pretty darn good.

If Jimmy Carter didn't make mistake after mistake after mistake, he might be remembered for more than one speech. He essentially fell into the presidency on the heels of Nixon. He proved that he was inept, hence one term. He was so bad that even after the hang over of Nixon, he couldn't get re-elected. I'm not saying he's not a nice guy, but when he goes around the world, these days and puts down his country, I have lost any iota of respect I might have otherwise had. It wasn't just high interest rates. It was double-digit inflation, double-digit unemployment and gas lines. But Bush, who for most of his Presidency, had a pretty good economy, even after 9/11 and an ongoing war. Things were good. Didn't hear anyone complaining then.

On another note John you are right people are rushing to judgement on Obama on certain things, it has only been a short while. However liberals (not Democrats) started this with the outright hatred of President Bush before he even took office and then openly rooting against their country in a time of war just to spite him, I'm not saying it's right for Conservatives to be equally childish but just know there is a lot of anger about the way you guys have acted the last 8 years and in many cases continue to act.

I like your stance on the Constitution, but your grasp on the Dems v. the GOP is way off. Some Republicans have sold their souls to corporate America, that's true. But the Dems have ALL sold their souls to corporate America. The Dems were the ones who pushed through the bailouts, the Dems allowed the AIG-bonuses, the Dems used Fannie and Freddie as slush funds, the Dems receive more money from big business than the Republicans, the Dems appoint Big Business as many (or more) lobbyists to government, etc.

Here in my state, we are starting this process, and for the first time in history, OK has a republican majority in our state Senate. It is the first time in state history that we have controlled both houses. It took us getting rid of the Lance Cargills and the Todd Hyatts and the other corrupt people FIRST.

Republicans who go on the road and talk all conservative and then forget everything they said as soon as they step onto capital hill must be eliminated from the party. And that is your State Chairman's job (btw). Luckily, in OK, I have two really awesome senators (they aren't perfect, but they are pretty darn close) and not too bad of reps (who are even less perfect then our senators, but they still are pretty good, except for Boren, of course).

I think conservatives and Republicans should take this time of wilderness wandering to reflect on our values and principles, so that we can fight effectively. A boot camp of sorts, making ourselves faster, stronger and more cohesive. Stooping to the level of Democrats by focusing on gaffes just makes people disgusted with politics. We must be the party of ideas and debate on principles. McCain may have lost because he didn't take advantage of easy shots like Rev. Wright, but I believe that he learned a long time that when you are deprived of your rights and material comfort, all you have is your honor and dignity. So, he's disinclined to compromise his dignity by taking cheap shots. That's why I supported him. The fact that so many voters bought into the 2nd rate circuit preacher with his hope and change schtick who conducted a deceitful and underhanded campaign speaks more to how off track we've become as a nation. I know some on here have been critical of McCain, and in some cases rightly so, but I think the greatest fault lies with the American people – they don't know a leader when they see one. The Democrats may have power, but they will be ineffective and will end up destroying themselves within, they're already descending into finger pointing: Cramer v. Stewart, Dodd v. White House. Yes, we are in fight, but it must be a clean fight, otherwise we'll be no different from our opponents.

Here ya go Obamatron. She has been sucessful in everthing she has undertaken short of being elected V.P. No president is elected POTUS based on the veep, look at that joke Obammy has for his sidekick. The media had, and has a vested interest in helping a stealth moderate that has turned out to be a raging leftist succeed and that included savaging Palin no matter what. They should be held accountable for the damage that will befall our country. If you think Obammy is a roaring success so far your a blind sycophat, but your post said that about you, you don't have to admit it.

I'm dropping the guise now. My point (which was the point to my original post up there) was that these gaffes don't mean anything of lasting substance and for either side to dwell on them is ridiculous. As I'm sure you're aware, I couldn't stand Bush for a number of reasons, but not a single one had anything to do with his speaking ability. Those best of blunders miss the boat completely. Hence, my post about Carter. He's remembered as a failure for the things that we both mentioned and not for one of the hundreds of little P.R. speeches he made during his presidency.

"John McCain time and time again repudiated Republicans who went after Obama in the way the Democrats went after him. McCain lost. The only chance for a GOP comeback is to fight as nastily as the Democrats have fought and nastier if possible. A big if."

Bingo! McCain was so weak during the campaign, at his rally’s people were actually chanting, "Fight Back, Fight Back." He didn't, he lost.

The same thing happened with George Bush; Whether through arrogance, stubbornness, or some sort of a messianic complex, he came across as incredibly weak and sissified if/when he ever responded to attacks from the left, "Well, good people can disagree," etc. I believe most on the right simply gave up on him. If he's too weak (or clueless, or stubborn) to even TRY to defend himself, why should I?

I think Iraq was the game changer. If the mission had stayed in Aghanistan, then public opinion would have been different. I admit he lost me after that. I think its one of the biggest blunders this side of (yes) Vietnam and a massive, massive hemorrhage of taxpayer money. As to your charge of Americans, "opening rooting against their country", I think we can draw the curtain of modesty on that and agree to disagree. Look, I don't think Obama is the Savior but I think (I'm certain I'm alone on this forum) he is competent. Time will tell.

"The birth certificate thing is an idiotic non-story. Agreed. "

I am not convinced. If it was a non-story he'd have released the official copy to quell everything. The fact that he hasn't in interesting and we shouldn't be shamed into silence on the issue until he produces his official bc.

"why does the teleprompter sitch remind me of a Bloom County episode?"

Thank you!! I've had this vague sense of "deja vu" but couldn't put a name on it.

I'm expecting Milo to stand up in a presser and asking Gibbsy why T. Prompter hasn't been properly vetted for tax issues or lobbyist ties, nor appropriately confirmed by the Senate.

As Meghan McCain would say, "I, like totally, agree!" Daddy Mc's backstabbing ways did not show any mitigation during the campaign and emboldened the drive-bys(d-b), and the d-bs knew they could defeat the republicans from within – ugh, I need a shower: Meghan and Papa McCain need to withdraw from the national spotlight and go watch Cindy on Dancing with the Stars. UUUGGHH!!!

Like his dad, GWB never defended himself, even when he was 100-percent correct; they are men of honor. Even just last week, GWB said Obama "deserves his silence" or something to that effect. I can't picture any Democrat saying something that classy. However, that misses the point. Nowadays, what works is the soundbite. I know it speaks to the country's collective lack of attention span, but it is what it is.

The best ad McCain had in that pathetic, grovelling campaign of his was the Obama "celebrity" ad, which I believe McCain later repudiated.

McCain's whole campaign was about "reaching across the aisle." People — on both sides — want their representative to reach across the aisle only as far as it takes to slap the other side. The Democrats know this, so they attack, attack, attack — even when logic (global warming) or honor (Reid, Pelosi, Frank) are not on their side. The GOP had a perfect opportunity to turn Pelosi's winning "culture of corruption" slam against the Dems in 2010. But too many Republicans already stuck their hand in the pork barrel.

Somewhere Obama's "killer bunny rabbit" moment, ala Jimmy F-ing Carter, is lurking out there. The question is, will his accomplices in the press report it?

it wasn't Obama's teleprompter that gaffe'd, it was Obama

The birth certificate issue is legitimate if only to highlight the problem: Obama was allowed to SLIDE through life, from college, through law school, into the White House with no proof of having done anything.

And while a respected journalist like Dan Rather went so far as to torpedo his own reputation by backing his national guard hoax to try to hurt GWB, the MSM doesn't lift a finger to pursue what could be a blockbuster of a story — the first U.S . presidency undermined by the constitutional rule that presidents must be U.S. citizens.

I'm not sure where I stand on this. Normally, I agree with CalVRWC. We shouldn't sink ourselves to their level. We need to lead by example and not lead by volume. But, (most) liberals are idiots. Those who follow liberals are (mostly) idiots. They don't understand the point we're trying to make by keeping to the high road. We just might have to resort to their tactics.

Jesus said, "Turn the other cheek." But he also wasn't afraid to take a whip to the moneychangers in the synagogue.

Cont'd

The birth certificate issue is legitimate if only to highlight the problem: Obama was allowed to SLIDE through life, from college, through law school, into the White House with no proof of having done anything. No college transcripts, essays, nothing.

And while a respected journalist like Dan Rather went so far as to torpedo his own reputation by backing his national guard hoax to try to hurt GWB, the MSM doesn't lift a finger to pursue what could be a blockbuster of a story — the first U.S . presidency undermined by the constitutional rule that presidents must be U.S. citizens.

Absolutely. They're all corrupt, enjoying salaries, benefits, and perks most of us will never see. Did you know members of Congress can legally trade on insider information? It's on the books, written by the people who write the laws, members of Congress.

Your partially right.

Kerry ran as the smart guy, but he was an idiot. Got Ds in school (as opposed to GWB's Cs. And GWB could fly a fighterjet.)

If Kerry was smarter he'd have been aloof — he was just a lunkhead.

Try using English when you write on this blog you might find your points are better understood that way.

I agree with this, though I wouldn't call it shooting our wounded. I would say that we need to police our own party and eject the corrupt and the perverse.

Oh, there was a 'guise'?

Here's a clue for you. For the past eight years you and yours leapt on anything like this that came down the pike about Bush–regardless of it's importance relative to the job of President–AND you and yours used those gaffes to insist that they PROVED that Bush was too stupid to be President. Or don't you think we remember that? Come on–you all couldn't even let the man leave office without childish rudeness.

And now Obama is proving himself just as gaffe prone and we should leave it alone? it's not important?

Are you for real?

I knew my method of making you expose yourself would work. Excelsior!

There's a great bumper sticker on Protest Warrior that says "Say no to war, Unless a Democrat President starts it"

The War in Iraq was poorly planned and pooly executed by the people in charge. That surge should have been from the beginning and the whole thing would have been done two or three years ago, different discussion though.

I agree with you on Obama, I think he is competent. I would go so far as saying he is dangerously competent. He (or his handlers) knows how to manipulate the media and public opinion beautifully, and he is extremely agressive in pursuing very radical legislation using the media. What he's doing is brilliant but idealogically it is my polar opposite and in my opinion, I know you'll differ, it's counter the nation's founding principals of minimal government and the right to self determination.

One more note on Vietnam that a lot of people don't mention is it was an international (ie. UN) action just as Korea was. We were in there to pull the French's rears out of hot water. We never asked for that war, we were just the last to abandon it.

In spite of my disagreement with the birth certificate nonsense Stephen makes a great point here. This should have been a story the media was itching to investigate and should have been pretty easy to disprove. They reported on rumors about President Bush as though they were facts.

Vice President's corporate lobbyists??? So Obama doesn't have corporate lobbyists? Okay, keep believing that.

By the way….there is no such thing as the "office of the President Elect"! Anyone with any sense was embarrassed by his blatant stupidity and arrogance!

Amen. The two party system is horrifically corrupt, and the voters are the problem. We've allowed ourselves to be divided like we're rooting for sports teams where you are either for one or the other and this has left a lot of great independents out in the cold.

Miles, you do appear to have some misunderstanding about the Republican party as far as the bailout goes. They fought it tooth and nail thinking bad businesses should be allowed to fail. Only 3 crossed the aisle to vote for it. Philisophically Republicans are against government intervention which is an extension of the Jeffersonian ideaology while the modern Democrats have moved more to the Alexander Hamilton Federalist model of an all encompassing Federal government; ie Socialism.

I think OpenSecrets site will open your eyes a bit to some surprising misconceptions, make sure to look up all these banks and big businesses we've bailed out and look who they're giving money to.

i'm hunting snarks. if we lacked snarks, what would i hunt?

I have no problems repurposing old George W. Bush jokes for Obama. But just an FYI, Brazil wasn't in the COTW. And I don't think the color can drain from Obama's face.

I hope war is never decided on who can figure out first they are not reading their speech.

Cowen took 20 seconds Obama never realized it.

Do these talking heads not have the first inclining as to what there speech is going to be until they stand up there and start reading. If so then who is pulling the strings on Obama's lips. That's what we need to have polls about. Do you approve of or disapprove of what the writers are saying and the policies they are coming up with.

Obama can't seem to finish a sentence with out a teleprompter.
Perhaps a great orator but not a very good thinker.

it seems someone's tinfoil hat is coming loose………..

Cheney had no clue who Plame was. The only reason the subject came up was because some reporter asked about it. The person that outed the fact that she went to a government building every day to work was a "democrat". Despite this your special counsel invesitigating this dd see fit to charge him with anything even though he said it was such a horrible crime.

By the way neither did Ronald Reagon cut a secret October Surprise deal with Khomani to release the hostages from Iran because Baker could not show one day's travel itinerary in a four year period.

And you know what in his first three months Bush did not double the national debt, half the value of my house and 401K and then use government bailouts as an excuse to turn the US government into Fascist Italy by taking half the equity of major banks in the financial sector at the point of a gun.

Here's a clue. Learn to read. If you had read what I had written, you would have noticed that I didn't care about Bush's speaking ability. I wrote several times that it has no bearing on my opinion of a president's worth. As much as you would clearly like to think it, all liberals are not alike.

Okay, walk me through this. The national debt is $11 trillion and change. Are you still implying that it was roughly 5.5 on Jan. 20th and Obama has doubled to $11? Are you really implying that? Are you aware that the national debt increased by $4 trillion under Bush, the highest for any president in the history of America? So, you're saying (I guess) that blaming Clinton for a lot of problems over the last 8 years is A OK but implying that maybe, just maybe the problems of the economy could be due to Bush's years is anthema and I'm the one with the tin foil hat?

If there was actually an independent platform, you might have a chance of convincing me of that. However, I can plainly see with my own two eyes that all an independent does is moisten his finger and feel the direction of the wind. Then he goes with what's popular. He's a windvane, nothing more.

It doesn't take courage to go with the majority; rather, it takes courage to defend your principals even when you are in the minority.

Our teleprompter/affirmative action President, B. Obama, is nothing but an empty suit. He is completely incompetent to run a small business, let alone the government. However, he may just be the tool the socialists in this country have dreamed of to remake our economy and our form of government into something they could never achieve openly. Obama lies and pretends to be "centrist", but actions speak louder. He talks nice (when teleprompted), but he has an underlying arrogance. By the way, if he's as smart as he thinks, why have his college grades been kept such a secret?

Bingo! This is why the left must be challenged and corrected every single time they associate fascism with the extreme right wing. They do it again and again, and unfortuantely that lie has been swallowed. In what alternate universe could liberty and individual freedom from government tyranny EVER be associated with fascism? Fascism is just another failed attempt at social engineering. The Nazi party were national socialists.

Bush never tried to cover his gaffes… except for little things, like refusing to read the briefing paper on Al qaeda because he was on vacation in August, 2001. Or invading a foreign country on faulty intelligence that his team had cherry-picked. That must be why he and his team illegally used RNC email adresses to communicate in the White House, and then "lost" thousands upon thousands of them.

This is brilliant strategy! When people are terrified about losing their jobs, their houses, and their health care, the right should boldly sttup up to the plate and call Barack Obama names. That will make Americans realize that Republicans have much better ideas how to help them. You go out and start that movement, and you'll have an Alaskan hick in the White House in no time!

Romano is right on! Dems get away with everything and Republicans are dumb. Amazing. Romano's point about Obama thanking himself is #97 (97 already!!!) on the Official Obama Administration Scandals List!
http://conservativeamerican.org/dems-libs-sociali...

Thanks WR1! What people should be terrified about is the ever expanding federal government. Where people find themselves with their jobs, houses, and health care are directly related to government meddling, Taxes-CRA-Medicare (the list is long) etc. We’re just following the liberal blue print on how to treat a sitting President. You had better be careful calling Sarah a hick, she might come kick you’re a$$, ha!

The Obama administration is handing gaffes large and small to the GOP on a daily basis on a silver platter and the GOP acts like a deer in the headlights. They claim to take the high road but they're taking the road to no where. They need to roll up their sleeves and get in the game.
http://the100mostannoyingthings.blogspot.com/

The GOP doesn't need to lower themselves to the way the libs and dems attack their opponents with personal attacks – going after credit reports – like with Steele, putting up billboards – like with Rush, attacking children – like with Palin, etc. The GOP start being tough, which would be a step up. The press doesn't like Republicans and that's just a fact. The problem is that the GOP thinks if they act like they think the press and libs want them to act, that the tables will turn. History shows that ain't going to happen. But the GOP can point out and press legitimate falicies, like with Dodd, Obama, Frank, etc. and forcibly bring this stuff to light. They don't do that. They want to play nice and as a result, get their nads kicked in. Time to start causing some black eyes on the other side!!!

I wanna see that run over and over again on every late night show!

How is it stupid. You are welcome to say it is stupid, but how is it stupid?

Writer X: It is a complete paralysis caused by political correctness – I'll remind you the odious scene that happened in a "V" show last year when Woopy Goldberg jumped at McCain asking him whether she had to expect to wear an iron collar again if Reps win the presidency.
And Mccain, instead of simply walk out from the set, sat there, immobile, without saying anything – home, Al Sharpton, Spike Lee and Jessie Jackson don't compare with Woopy, I telya.
So here we are, republicans and the larger nation – completely paralysed and blackmailable.

"I'd rather have my President take orders from words he wrote on a teleprompter then have a President take cues from his vice President and corporate lobbyists"

See Miles, the difference is that Obama has a 27 year old writing all of his speeches. He's too busy calling up the NYT explaining himself and making his NCAA picks to actually write his own speeches. I wonder why he needs a teleprompter to do what any 3rd rate local politician could do in their sleep.

I think it is a non-story, however I think you are right. Let's just see his birth certificate and be done with it. Do I hear FOIA request?

Yes, Mark you are right. However, it seems that the past POTUS' actually read drafts and edited them before committing them to posterity. I would hope that Obama wouldn't need a speechwriter to say "thank you for coming", but apparently he does.

Remember Bush's bullhorn speech on 9/11? Succinct. Perfect. From the heart. And guess what? Off the cuff.

Can you imagine Barry's people setting up a teleprompter on the smoking ruins of WTC?

Every human flubs his words (e.g. strategery). Only a horse's ass/Manchurian Candidate would blindly read something without mentally vetting it.

Remember the MSM actually spending time on whether a wrinkle in Bush's suitcoat contained a monitor so Rove (or whoever) could feed him debate answers? Where's that scrutiny?

Of course the MSM won't cover this, but the fact that the video hasn't leaked out at all — in this day and age where everything gets out (even gaffes from idiot Biden) — this is scary censorship.

McCain just had to have a surgery for a rotator cuff injury from reaching across the aisle.

Don't look at the racket I'm running….I am Obama so look at my NCAA brackets.
Obama being a marxist is a fact; and the duplicity among the d-b(s) about railroading a political opinion (Palin, Coulter, Ingraham, Rush, et. al.) by distorting truth is important to the survival of our republic, John.

Exactly — Rudy's teleprompter crapped out during RNC, too. Rudy should have been the nominee. Next to McCain, his was the second worst-run campaign ever.

I don't think he is competent. And that's not because I'm not a Democrat. I believe he is a bureaucrat at heart and his governing style shows. I believe he thinks there should be a manual that explains everything in life. He's all about government control because deep in his heart, I believe he thinks government is the all-knowing, all-great entity. I believe he and most liberals at his level, believe he is the smartest guy in the room. When I saw the seal of the Office of President Elect, it was high-schoolish. His administration, so far, seems very high-schoolish. I was waiting for one of his promises to be that we would get an extra hour of recess a day if elected to the office of President Elect.

The Left's elitism is even beyond anything that the Country Club Rockefeller Repubs were capable of back in the day. Alaska is one of 50 states. It is no less of a state and her citizens are no less citizens than someone from the Hamptons or Cape Cod or Georgetown. There are actually people who work their way through college like Gov Palin did and go where the scholarships or work opportunities are.

Why would working in Anchorage tv news be any less worthy work — if one does it well— than working at CBS or NBC on the East Coast. ? Sounds like Paul wishes the original 13 had formed an exclusive club and not let any of those backwoods hicks joined the USA. Boo to that Louisiana Purchase, Tom Jefferson. What were you thinking!! Alaska should take her oil, fishing industry and lumber industry and form its own club — and not sell any oil or salmon to Paul.

I believe conservatives were willing to give Obama the benefit of the doubt after the election. Moreso than liberals were after Bush won. But what tripped me was this endless spending and taxation that was starting to be the norm of the Obama sea-change. Trillions in spending. Rushing legislation through congress without the opportunity for people to look at it. To tell us that this was the most important legislation in history, needed to be done, then when congress cleared it, take off to Hawaii for 4 days. This ongoing drumbeat of spend, spend, spend, without much direction. But spending for spending's sake. Floating the idea of injured vets to pay for their own insurance? It goes on and on. His goodwill is falling very fast. Even Whoopi Goldberg is pissed about getting taxed at every direction. Sign of the apocalypse.

I never saw Bush ever "looking" dumb. Just because a bunch of liberals repeat it to each other on their news channels does not make it so. Shoot you say Condaleeza Rice "looked" dumb and she has got to be one of the most competent and intelligent Secratary of State's that we've had.

The old adage repeat a lie often enough and it becomes true only works on those people that listen to the propaganda.

Country Club Republicans do this. Every election cycle I have to watch the converatives try to drag the Northeast Liberals in the party to actually fight these people. Until 1980 these CCR'ers were more than happy to sit back let liberals take charge and work behind the scenes to put specific tax loopholes in the code.

It is actually pretty funny to see these liberals try to elevate people like Snow and lecture us on how the party should be in order to succeed. They want that "golden" age of the post FDR takeover back. Problem is they've grown the government so large that there is always going to be a huge opposition from then small business sector.

That is of course assuming that Obama wises up and realizes that the counttry cannot actually spend one trillion dollars every four months. Otherwise there is going to be a bloody civil war and the voting will be done with bullets. I an assuming that Obama is this smart but let's face it the man does not read his own speeches.

Be careful of the Delay effect. As I understand it there is a liberal DA in Austin who went after Kay Bailet Hutchinsen. He accused her of election fraud and tried to get a grand jury to indict. When that did not work he tried again and again until he finally found a charge that would indict. Eventually all of it was thrown out but it drug on for two years.

This same guy did the same to Delay. Because of our rule he had to step down as party leader and eventually he was tied to Abramov and the defeat was complete. It will be to easy for the Dem's to just invent charges. If we get rid of the worng doers fine. I am all for it. It we end up helping libs slander our own and destroying people's lives then no that is a mistafe. Let's face it October Surprise was the charge that Reagan used his pull with the Ayatollah to delay the release of the hostages based on BAker not being able to show his travel itinerary for one day.

The one thing to remember first is that liberals are dirty slandering liars and any charge from them should be suspect. Hate to say it but it is true.

Alaska should go Galt.

I had an economics professor who stated that congress does 12% better in the stock market than any one else.

It's not hard to see why the people that legislate laws and have an inside track on what will be the inevitable ups and downs of the market. I hope congress men and women got hosed on the massive drop in the stock market.

"Bulls*%! you didn't convince me. Let me see your real war face!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8Nf1MK7lts

It's stupid because wr1 acts as if Palin claimed this as her one and only bit of foreign policy experience. If that were true, it would be funny. Rather, in a longer conversation on her foreign policy credentials, Russia was brought up. As an aside, she mentioned "You can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska."

Then, being the dishonest, hate-merchants that they are, the Left proclaimed that this was the entirety of her foreign policy credentials. Then, cretins like wr1 ran (and continued to run) around the Internet repeating as fact everywhere they could.

Well, we Conservatives better decide. Fight for our country with the dems, who clearly need history lessons but are not, though nasty and miserable when they are out of power and completely oblivious to anything resembling intelligence when they ARE in power, do not want to turn the country to Sharia Law or cut off all heads who disagree.
At least not yet. Don't dare take a nap though!
We are at war. Dems never acknowledge that unless they are in power and lobbing the missles at tents or heaps of stones and dust . ONLY if THEY are doing the waging. Otherwise, their blood sport is taking out conservatives and republicans at every opportunity and thoroughly trashing decent society in the process. With this administration doing it's all to be very charming while ruining everything we have built or ever will build we had better make sure we take this seriously. They have targeted the financial system and under that cover intend to change the country forever. This isn't funny.

the prez is really something – it is amazing that America has foisted this pox on her house

i guess that 1976 has been long enough that America has to take some suffering again.

America has to remember the liberal policies (that bring fraud, lies, welfare, high taxes, economy and morality breakdown and crime waves) to see the lite and bounce the liberals again.

DONT BLAME ME – I DID NOT VOTE FOR JIMMY CARTER2

I disagree. The very existance of the site is a giant slam against Obama. It doesn't need to bludgeon. The subtly of it is great. Plus you dont want the guy to blow his wad at the very start… this might be a very long four years . so he'll have to pace himself

Republican leaders don't seem to have a clue, except for Limbaugh. They're still busy "making nice" with the democrats. And John McCain and his loopy daughter are the worst. Perhaps they'll wake up when they start losing their seats in Congress, but don't bet on it.

We need a new bunch of candidates who aren't afraid to fight. But they'll just be told by Michael Steele and other Republican leaders to "tone it down. You're being mean spirited!" Make you sick, doesn't it?

You're missing the point. We know that gaffes and public speaking shortcomings are of little consequence, but we're not the ones who decided to saturate media coverage with it. We're simply returning the favor.

[...] Why The Teleprompter Gaffe-tape matters. [...]

John. Seriously don't take my word for this research it. Obama has already committed now to over $15 trillion dollars in under two months. According to the Congressional Budget Office he has spent more money already than every President from Washington to Bush combined. Again, don't take my word look it up.

On top of that it came out today that his staff "underestimated" the 2010 deficit spending by $1 Trillion and the fed is going to have to pump out this money which currently doesn't exist. This is on top of the $1 trillion they've already had to create which has already cause a jump in oil prices to their highest levels since November. We are really in a true dange of hyper inflation.

As an independent I am defending my principles and unfortunately seem to rarely take the populist opinion. I've spent the last 3 days arguing for the AIG bonuses for crying out loud. I'm a Reagan small government Republican and a strict constructionist, I think the Republican party moistened it's finger and tested the wind and that's why they fell apart. They left me, not the other way around.

Kinda of smug, aren't we? Mommy and Daddy put you through where, UCLA? Berkley? Enlighten us. The fact of the matter is she is alot more like many everyday, work aday people and has more true populist appeal than the phony snob that has climbled the very ladder of success he seeks to punish. It about time we have a non-Harvard / Yale president.

Oh indeed. Both in Baltimore and here in Chicago we can can count on our 3:00 a.m. news desks having a different sort of SLAUGHTER on their plates. Of course the Iditarod has a longer sports pedigree than the Baltimore Ravens do and probably generates more local interest in Anchorage than the most recent Ravens update.

A principled positive message comes first. This will include pointed judgements of those who do wickedly (whether its the WSJ supporting border amnesty or Barney Frank running a gay prositution ring). We stand for conservatism four-square with no apologies. Anyone can join the Republican Party as long as they realize that its a Bring Your Own Conservatism Big Tent, and Leave the Unconservative Parts at Home.

Laughter is neccessary, but it takes second place behind principle. If it comes first, people start thinking you're a nasty mosquito instead of a funny guy. Laughter keeps the heart bold and light, and gives us variety, and helps us make our points with subtlety in order to slip into the mushy middle's minds.

"I'm a Reagan small government Republican and a strict constructionist,"

Then you're not an Independent, even if you call yourself one.

BTW, I agree that the Republican party also moistened its finger and tested the wind. That's why I'm a Conservative, not a Republican.

And even if we stipulate for the sake of argument that you, Brandon, are an Independent, you are not one in the mold of Mileshigh. So if the term "independent" applies equally to both of you, it's a meaningless term.

Not really relevant John. This residual hate, and focus on what might of,or should have been is misdirected. Either we are all IN in the Middle East, or all OUT. It's that simple. As long as we refuse to drill for our own oil the Middle East is strategically vital. So what do you do…ya, we need to be in.

It isn't (less worthy) and you are (being elitist). TV news breaks down into two types: the anchors (news readers) and the reporters (the ones who get the stories). The main skill for being an anchor is the ability to read a telepromter competently and being able to connect with an audience. As we've seen, anyone can do that and the skill is the same whether its Anchorage or New York. The other is getting stories. Again, the skills are the same and the people bring the same traits and personalities whether its the Middle of Iowa or middle of D.C. If you are a true professional, your effort should be the same whether it's the #1 market or #201. The only thing that changes is the scope of the story. The stories may be different but the skills are the same.

THIS springs immediately to mind.

I'm Ron Burgandy?

The "she's just like one of us" boat sailed off with the Saks wardrobe bill.

Ann Coulter is an ignorant douchebag. It says volumes about you, Bonnie, that you would come to the defense of such a worthless person.

There's a great new blog by Barry's $5.3 million styrofoam Greek Columns. You should check it out! His "new kind of politics" apparently went straight into the dumpster right along with them.

Not even close. You can put Obammy in a tailored suit and he still rings odd. You can't camoflage phony and false, it seeps through. Conversely, people will accept Palin for what she is, Governor, Mom, Grandma, milf. That's a scary proposition for doctrineaire liberals that really don't like mainstream Americans because they don't understand or respect them. Guess what? They're beginning to figure out the got scammed by Obammy. It's gonna get ugly, the people don't know him or have much emotionally invested in him. They'll turn in a New York minute, watch.

[...] maybe he’s really not so hot at the ‘prompter, after all, but that’s most likely because the thing got a little too big for its britches [...]

Late 80s movie "Heathers". Funny movie.

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