The Politico’s Carrie Anne Budoff tucked this nugget into her dispatch from Amman, Jordan:
At a morning background briefing, reporters parried with senior advisers on the characterization of [Barack] Obama’s speech Thursday in Berlin as a campaign rally. The outdoor speech at the Victory Column could draw thousands of people, similar to the size of Obama events in the United States.
“It is not going to be a political speech,†said a senior foreign policy adviser, who spoke to reporters on background. “When the president of the United States goes and gives a speech, it is not a political speech or a political rally.
“But he is not president of the United States,†a reporter reminded the adviser.
So there is at least one person in the press pool who remembers. And when you have milquetoast establishment pundits like David Gergen and Gloria Borger criticizing Obama for releasing the substance of his talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, noting that “we only have one president at a time,” you might want to stash the hubris back in the closet, next to the Great Seal of Obamaland.
(h/t Hot Air headlines.)
Comment by Rev Dr E Buzz on 7/22 @ 3:07 pm #
How can you criticize someone as important as Barry for having hubris?
He’s got ten of thousands of children to save.
Comment by ccoffer on 7/22 @ 3:08 pm #
Nothing will diminish the singular significance of the Chocolate Jesus Tour. This is history.
Comment by Techie on 7/22 @ 3:09 pm #
So, we don’t need to bother with that whole “elections” thing anymore? Baracky will heal the planet whether the voters want him to or not?
What is he, the Kwisatz Haderach?
Comment by quellcrist falconer on 7/22 @ 3:16 pm #
any hubris O! can muster is completely whelmed by mccains.
a younger man could have a done a much better job for both the GOP and the country.
flaming hubris is the only reason mccain is running.
Comment by Jack Klompus on 7/22 @ 3:16 pm #
Making Obama contend for Supreme Ayatollah of Arugula in an actual election has been declared racist. Those who doth protest report to repeated-action drudgery camp with bullhorn slogan yelling. Make bobble-head Obama dolls with halos.
Comment by dre on 7/22 @ 3:22 pm #
Hubris taste like marshmallows.
Comment by Radish on 7/22 @ 3:24 pm #
Well there’s someone who doesn’t get to ride the O! plane anymore…
Comment by Big Bang Hunter (pumping you up) on 7/22 @ 3:35 pm #
- They did it again when talking about Obamas visit to Israel and the Gaza, and again they got nailed on it.
- If after all of the press royal scepter polishing if he ends up losing they’ll need HAZmat trucks to clean up the “gore” from all the esploded heads,
Comment by Dave in SoCal on 7/22 @ 3:37 pm #
Speaking of the O! Plane
I’m surprised the seat/throne doesn’t have the Great Seal of Obamaland on it.
Comment by Percy Dovetonsils on 7/22 @ 3:40 pm #
“Supreme Ayatollah of Arugula”
That, my good man, is priceless.
Comment by alppuccino on 7/22 @ 3:44 pm #
I’m surprised the seat/throne doesn’t have the Great Seal of Obamaland on it.
Heard tell he craps right into the air filters. Obama poo makes good air fresheners for these folks, supposedly.
Comment by Dave in SoCal on 7/22 @ 3:48 pm #
Here comes Obama
He’s gonna be the president
Here comes Obama
The one we’ve waited for…*
* sung to the tune of “Hail to the Chief”
Comment by dre on 7/22 @ 4:03 pm #
I think Baracky would make a good funeral director. Zombie Organizer.
Comment by Mr. Pink on 7/22 @ 4:36 pm #
I really wish someone would put hidden camera’s in the newsrooms around the United States (particuarly the NYTimes, CNN, and NBC) to catch their reactions to Obama’s win or loss in November. Their collective cheering or crying would be hilarious to witness.
Pingback by July 22nd Link Roundup | THE HOT JOINTS on 7/22 @ 5:14 pm #
[...] Obama’s Hubris [...]
Comment by Jack Klompus on 7/22 @ 5:32 pm #
Percy I have been chirpily saying your full name and giggling each time. I keep going back to reread Obama’s answer to Terry Moran’s question about the surge and I’m ready to hire a professional cryptographer or yoga instructor to decipher and untwist just what the hell Obama is talking about. Oh well, not an important issue after all. Give him the job just so we can get all post racial an’ shit.
Comment by B Moe on 7/22 @ 5:41 pm #
Obama’s plane got a new paint job for the trip, it seems.
Before: http://tinyurl.com/594y6h
After: http://tinyurl.com/6ztpza
(Hint: notice the tail.)
Comment by alppuccino on 7/22 @ 5:48 pm #
Fruit and cheese platters greeted the reporters on board the very pricey charter.
Great. Raisins and cheese for everyone! In a crowded plane where the air is recirculated. Perfect. So fitting.
Comment by Spies, Brigands, and Pirates on 7/22 @ 6:08 pm #
Zombie Organizer.
Also known as “getting out the vote” in Chicagoland.
Comment by RTO Trainer on 7/22 @ 10:21 pm #
Ben Edlund must have been channelling someting psychic.
He created a character named Barry Hubris, who wanted to be a superhero named The Tick (which is a blood-sucking parasite) despite the fact that there already was a superhero named The Tick.
Maggie could probably add even more wierd coincidences in that story line.
My mind is boggling–gonna go put it on ice.
Comment by thatguy on 7/22 @ 10:40 pm #
Oh. You guys are so fucking screwed. Awesome.
Pingback by Dies ist nicht eine politische Plakat! [Karl] on 7/23 @ 6:00 am #
[...] “It is not going to be a political speech,†said a senior foreign policy adviser, who spoke to reporters on background.* [...]
Comment by afall on 7/23 @ 8:03 am #
“Obama’s plane got a new paint job for the trip, it seems.”
Did Mccain lead or follow?
http://www1.airliners.net/photo/Boeing-737-4B7/1368685/M/
Comment by gald rtoj on 8/27 @ 9:46 am #
vxwutedk ehosvuln xvyjnlq ygxrfa zjidlctn rzpxbvo hkndzxq
Comment by car alarms on 9/7 @ 9:06 pm #
jcfm lskvne
Comment by acomplia on 10/17 @ 1:28 am #
egmzh ifpq