… from LA Times [!!!?]
Not that it matters politically because obviously she’s a female Republican dunce and he’s a male Democrat genius.But Sarah Palin’s poll numbers are strengthening.
And Barack Obama’s are sliding.
Guess what? They’re about to meet in the 40’s. [...]
Although presidential incumbency has hardly kept Obama chained to the Oval Office, he and Joe Biden now own the U.S. economy, where their much-vaunted $787 billion economic stimulus package has so far stimulated unemployment to grow by a quarter from 8% to more than 10%. [...]
We’ll all hear much next year about how jobs are the last thing to improve in a sour economy, even in congressional districts that don’t actually exist. Which is too bad for Democrats because jobs are the obvious first measure the public uses to measure the economy.
Heh.
Comment by JHoward on 11/23 @ 9:52 am #
10% unemployment is an optimistic estimate.
Comment by BJTexs on 11/23 @ 9:55 am #
If we toss in the bows to monarchy and the constant apologizing for the great Satan that is America … can we refer to him as The Obsequious Democrat Genius?
Or … How about “Smooth Talking Puddle of Goo?”
Comment by Joe on 11/23 @ 10:04 am #
Is Sarah Palin is having a scrooge effect on…Maureen Dowd?
Comment by Salt Lick on 11/23 @ 10:21 am #
I’ve read nothing as telling as former Obama-supporter Ann Althouse’s, “I think what Obama seems to have become, he always was.”
Comment by Joe on 11/23 @ 10:26 am #
“The apartment was small, with slanting floors and irregular heat and a buzzer downstairs that didn’t work, so that visitors had to call ahead from a pay phone at the corner gas station, where a black Doberman the size of a wolf paced through the night in vigilant patrol, its jaws clamped around an empty beer bottle.”
Let’s get Professor Barack Obama to correct Sarah Palin’s poor writing… I mean he was editor of Harvard Law Review, so he knows how to write well. The Slate commentators let loose on the Palin.
Oh wait, that badly written line above was actually written by Professor Obama*!
* In President Obama’s defense he did release a statement that the line in question was acutally Bill Ayers.
Comment by Bob Reed on 11/23 @ 10:27 am #
And as the numbers draw closer together, the recitation of all of the usual invective such as “rube, hicktard, chillbilly, strumpet, know nothing bee-yotch”, will reach a crescendo. As I said last week, those who wish for her to be see as divisive, will ensure that heated argument and diminishing nearly always surround any discussion of her…
But there are cracks in Obama’s teflon coating, that’s for sure:
Via SBP
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/11/22/chris-matthews-obama-making-carteresque-mistakes
and from me
http://powip.com/2009/11/is-obama-in-the-fast-lane-on-the-road-to-perdition/
Just a bit of advice from a rocket scientist for folks like Obama that rely on teflon to protect them from any kind of heat; it’s not actually a “shield” per se, but merely has a predictable ablation rate; and I thing “the won!’s” has worn thin in a few places. Coming next will be structural failure!
Comment by BJTexs on 11/23 @ 10:27 am #
Seriously? (from the link above:)
Somebody needs to point to one interview, one speech or one town hall that has a moment of “impressively complex” from the Master Telestrater.” MoDo cracks me up in a head scratching kinda way.
Comment by geoffb on 11/23 @ 10:30 am #
At Ace from Treacher a Slate discussion of writing and Sarah Palin takes at unexpected turn.
Comment by Salt Lick on 11/23 @ 10:38 am #
…a moment of “impressively complex” from the Master Telestrater.”
I felt his remarks on the “profits to earnings ratio” demonstrated economic genius.
Comment by sdferr on 11/23 @ 10:38 am #
Indeed, HT, who knew that intelligence was even interesting, particularly in the context of the sale of one falsehood after another?
Comment by Salt Lick on 11/23 @ 10:40 am #
president of Harvard Law Review
Jason Blair.
Comment by Carin on 11/23 @ 10:42 am #
HT, what were his grades in college?
Comment by SDN on 11/23 @ 10:47 am #
“affirmative action president of Harvard Law Review ”
FTFY, HT
Comment by Squid on 11/23 @ 10:50 am #
One would think that a super-genius from Harvard Law would have better approval numbers than some mouthbreathing hick snowbilly breeder from Tardistan. Or that a super-genius from Harvard Law would write better than her. Yet here we are, with both writing and approval indistinguishable between the two.
Why on Earth would HT want to highlight this equivalence? It does nothing except further the comparisons that flourished last year, when so many noted that the experience and qualifications of the Republican Vice-Presidential candidate matched those of the Democratic Presidential candidate. Everything we were warned might happen if McCain died and Palin ascended to the Oval Office is now actually happening because this empty suit is proving himself unqualified to play ringleader of this circus.
The more that HT hammers away on how different the two should be, the more people wake up to how much Obama is underperforming. And yet, I think HT is sincere. I guess it’s like they say — with friends like HT, who needs enemies?
Comment by Darleen on 11/23 @ 10:51 am #
HT
You mean a privileged, prep-schooled, affirmative action pick who wrote nothing as that Harvard Law Review editor and nothing as a “professor” vs someone, child of school teachers, who paid her own way through college?
and let’s see who “struggled” to get their degree by seeing grades, eh?
Comment by DarthRove on 11/23 @ 10:53 am #
HT, so full of hate. And bigotry complete with racisms, too. What a pitiful creature. Sad, sad, sad.
Comment by cranky-d on 11/23 @ 11:01 am #
TrollHammer expired for me yesterday, thus I’ve been hammering trolls since yesterday. They get one comment to prove they aren’t still trolls, and so far they have all failed.
Comment by BJTexs on 11/23 @ 11:01 am #
So, meya, you agree that MoDo beclowns herself Chris Matthews style when she uses such overheated rhetoric? (Hmmm .. I wonder what tingles when MoDo thinks about Obama?)
And, boy howdy, a liberal Harvard Law Review community activist lawyer who couldn’t wax semi-poetically about The Warren Court would be significantly, nay, south of the border down from “impressively complex,” methinks.
Comment by Salt Lick on 11/23 @ 11:25 am #
…interview discussing the Warren court was among the better discussions of legal change i’ve heard from national politicians.
That type discussion is the easiest, fluffiest, Cornell-West-class-jive, shoot-the-shit-in-the-dorm-at-midnight-stuff in the entire legal lexicon. You made me laugh, meya, you really did.
Comment by SBP on 11/23 @ 11:46 am #
but his interview discussing the Warren court was among the better discussions of legal change i’ve heard from national politicians.
And your opinion matters why, SFAG?
I mean, we’ve all seen plenty of examples of your keen legal mind and your rigorous intellectual honesty.
Comment by SBP on 11/23 @ 11:48 am #
Are you familiar with the content of what he said?‘
I don’t recall Doctor Utopia ever saying much of anything about any subject whatsoever, actually.
No wonder you like him, SFAG. He’s so much like you.
Comment by Salt Lick on 11/23 @ 12:05 pm #
Oh I don’t doubt it was easy for him.
Heh, “easy” like in those English classes where students get affirmation for interpreting every gun as a penis, and every flower as a vagina, instead of actually pondering the author’s intent, because everybody’s interpretation is equal, and really the most important thing is how cool you sound making shit up.
Comment by dicentra on 11/23 @ 12:08 pm #
Also, “hide the decline” tees are available here:
http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/timblair/index.php/dailytelegraph/comments/wear_the_decline/
along with some nifty links.
Merry Christmas to us.
Comment by dicentra on 11/23 @ 12:08 pm #
Oops! Wrong thread. Delete at will.
Comment by Matt on 11/23 @ 12:19 pm #
If Obama’s so damn smart, how about he release some of his law school transcripts? Or law review articles? Search on google for both yields no substantive results.
Comment by Danger on 11/23 @ 12:25 pm #
“That type discussion is the easiest, fluffiest, Cornell-West-class-jive, shoot-the-shit-in-the-dorm-at-midnight-stuff in the entire legal lexicon. You made me laugh, meya, you really did.”
Salt Lick,
I think you just hit the Peak of JD’s denouncement chart right there. No, on second thought you may have actually gone off the chart ;).
Comment by Salt Lick on 11/23 @ 12:31 pm #
I’m going for the gold, Danger.
And after that, the “GAY COCK PORN OF LIES!” award.
Comment by JD on 11/23 @ 12:39 pm #
Pretty good, but still room for improvement. Think jingoistic, xenophobic and hegemon ;-)
Comment by Danger on 11/23 @ 12:51 pm #
Salt Lick,
A good craftsman is only limited by his imagination and the quality of his tool(s)
Comment by LTC John on 11/23 @ 12:54 pm #
Matt, your search for law review articles will always come up empty – the only editor of the Review NOT to write one. Too busy/important/smoking weed to worry about that crap.
Comment by Danger on 11/23 @ 12:58 pm #
Of course we are all just apprentices for JD One Kanobe
Comment by alppuccino on 11/23 @ 12:59 pm #
Obama is such a genius Law Professor in Chief that he knows KSM WILL be convicted and WILL be put to death before he even has his day in the American court system. That’s Hahvahd Law smahts right there.
Comment by alppuccino on 11/23 @ 12:59 pm #
….and it looks like the boner count in Manchester UK is trending upward.
Comment by alppuccino on 11/23 @ 1:00 pm #
…….or to put it another way: Go long on Manchester boners.
Comment by JD on 11/23 @ 2:34 pm #
Meya always prefers to answer questions that were not asked. Easier that way.
Comment by sdferr on 11/23 @ 2:37 pm #
It is out of an excess of personal modesty that has heretofore held Pres. Obama back from revealing his academic achievements. He doesn’t wish to embarrass former Presidents with the blinding contrasts his academic record would demonstrate to their detriment.
Comment by BJTexs on 11/23 @ 2:38 pm #
Shorter meya: “No, he didn’t write any Law review articles but he appears to have been a bitchin’ editor.”
Comment by alppuccino on 11/23 @ 2:46 pm #
McConnell was impressed meya? Wouldn’t a Federal Judge who’d been nominated by George W Bush be impressed with any black man who could make change of a dollar?
Comment by Salt Lick on 11/23 @ 2:53 pm #
She was concerned that “some African-American scholars might be offended by the comparison” but says Obama was “incredibly reassuring and smart and nonideological” about the way he approached the piece.
“It was usually an effective tactic, another one of those tricks I had learned: (White) People were satisfied so long as you were courteous and smiled and made no sudden moves. They were more than satisfied, they were relieved — such a pleasant surprise to find a well-mannered young black man who didn’t seem angry all the time.” — Barack Obama, Dreams from my Father
The guy was elected to the Harvard Law Review under a new rule that ditched good grades as a requirment. The new rule was designed to add minorities to the review. He was pretty much then the same lazy jackass he is today.
Comment by alppuccino on 11/23 @ 2:58 pm #
He works smart, SL, not hard. FORE!
Comment by sdferr on 11/23 @ 3:03 pm #
He needs to work a little harder on ridding himself of that double cross snap-hook alpuuccino.
Comment by alppuccino on 11/23 @ 3:08 pm #
I pictured him as a chunker and a slicer.
Comment by meya on 11/23 @ 3:09 pm #
“McConnell was impressed meya? Wouldn’t a Federal Judge who’d been nominated by George W Bush be impressed with any black man who could make change of a dollar?”
How can you argue with that?
“He was pretty much then the same lazy jackass he is today.”
I’m highly sympathetic to people who don’t like having a lazy jackass for president.
Comment by sdferr on 11/23 @ 3:10 pm #
The double cross is the slicer’s plague alp.
Comment by alppuccino on 11/23 @ 3:13 pm #
Oh yeah. You got me sdferr. And your reward: You’ll have to give a few strokes a side.
Comment by alppuccino on 11/23 @ 3:15 pm #
So if I read you right meya, you’ve changed your mind – Obama is not brilliant and you concede that he is lazy. Welcome.
Comment by sdferr on 11/23 @ 3:15 pm #
“You’ll have to give a few strokes a side.”
Oh, still attempting to extract blood from turnips are we?
Comment by alppuccino on 11/23 @ 3:17 pm #
The answer is always “no” if you don’t ask.
Comment by B Moe on 11/23 @ 3:22 pm #
And still manages to get them wrong. Not an easy thing to do.
Comment by sdferr on 11/23 @ 3:27 pm #
This gives me an idea. Mayhap Obama ought initiate a new revenue gathering stream for his government — call it, “Win Barry’s Money“!
Entrants to the contest pay a modest fee for the privilege of seeing their name go into a random selection hopper, wherefrom four contestants per week are chosen by a blindfolded Michelle, and are then rewarded with a game of 18 holes ‘gainst Barry himself, playing a $1000.00 Nassau over at Burning Tree or some other local DC courses, maybe on a Rota even (excluding Rock Creek, wouldn’t want to upset the regulars with all that Presidential security business). Excess funds from the lottery go into general revenues. Whadda ya think?
Comment by alppuccino on 11/23 @ 3:31 pm #
I’m in.
Comment by sdferr on 11/23 @ 3:32 pm #
Did I mention the modest fee?
Comment by sdferr on 11/23 @ 3:33 pm #
It’s only $1,000,000,000,000.00 per chit.
Comment by alppuccino on 11/23 @ 3:34 pm #
I’ll make it back on the nassau. Barry’s ego will not allow him to take a beating without pressing.
Comment by Bob Reed on 11/23 @ 3:34 pm #
Would that include the cart fees?
Comment by alppuccino on 11/23 @ 3:35 pm #
In that case, I’m in Barry-style: “I’m good for it china-man.”
Comment by sdferr on 11/23 @ 3:35 pm #
Oh certainly Bob, comes with a tuna fish sandwich at the turn too. And a soda pop of your preference.
Comment by Bob Reed on 11/23 @ 3:36 pm #
Won’t Burning Tree be a problem due to the exclusivity..? I guess not, as long as he doesn’t bring
ChewbaccaMichelle along…Comment by Bob Reed on 11/23 @ 3:38 pm #
Will there be a beer cart? I’ll accept it being driven by comely Secret Service agents even; although the shoulder holsters leave strange tan lines…
Comment by sdferr on 11/23 @ 3:38 pm #
Presidents are all rewarded with automatic membership privileges there I think Bob. But you’re right, that place is locked up tighter than Ft Knox.
Comment by alppuccino on 11/23 @ 3:40 pm #
Will there be a beer cart?
All 40 ouncers.
ooh. too far maybe.
Comment by Bob Reed on 11/23 @ 3:41 pm #
I was referring more to their exclusion of women, and the hand-wring-worthy unfairness of it all; or did they lift that ban a few years ago?
Comment by sdferr on 11/23 @ 3:47 pm #
That I don’t know Bob. But we can set Burning Tree aside if it would bring the distaff golfers into the mix; think of the rollicking fun to be had a Langston, East Potomac, Paint Branch, Sligo Park, not to mention Redgate, Needwood, Algonkian and Falls Road. Oh such fun and revenues too. Hell, they could tape it for showing on the weekends and sell advertising, a latter day Valero Oil World of Barry!
Comment by Bob Reed on 11/23 @ 3:49 pm #
Bradcast it on CSPAN, with an acceptable mulligan delay of course…
Comment by BJTexs on 11/23 @ 3:53 pm #
Will Barry, in recognition of his foreign policy chops, be hitting from the red tees?
Comment by alppuccino on 11/23 @ 3:54 pm #
Bradcast it on CSPAN
And who is Brad Pitt cast as?
Comment by JD on 11/23 @ 3:55 pm #
Barcky would not pay up, and if he did, it would be with our tax dollars. I am still in.
Comment by BJTexs on 11/23 @ 3:56 pm #
The wise but mysterious caddy.
Ooops! Wrong race! I denounce myself.
Comment by alppuccino on 11/23 @ 3:56 pm #
How could Barack possibly compete, you know, without balls?
Comment by Bob Reed on 11/23 @ 3:56 pm #
Darn turncoat fingers!
Comment by BJTexs on 11/23 @ 3:57 pm #
Side bet him, JD. If you win the first nine holes you get to call him “dirty little mendoucheous socialist” for the back nine.
Take happyfeet as your caddie.
Comment by B Moe on 11/23 @ 3:58 pm #
Are nassau’s stroke play or match play? Or can they be either?
Comment by JD on 11/23 @ 3:58 pm #
Valero Oil World of Barry. Sublime.
Comment by alppuccino on 11/23 @ 3:58 pm #
either.
Comment by JD on 11/23 @ 4:00 pm #
BJ – I need not make a bet to do that.
Comment by sdferr on 11/23 @ 4:10 pm #
Bob, ought we to let these guys in on the key thread unifying the courses named? Or wait til they start playing ‘em to watch the fun axplode? T’wouldn’t be fair, would it?
Fellas, they are, down to the individual blades of grass, muni-dogtracks one and all, complete with the dogs even, in a few cases. However, since Barry is nothing if not a man-of-the-people (not to say an entirely shitty golfer), it seemed appropriate that we stick to the common man’s course, no?
Comment by JD on 11/23 @ 4:13 pm #
Sdferr – I do not mind letting my game befoul any course.
Comment by B Moe on 11/23 @ 4:17 pm #
I only play public courses, the cheaper the better. That is the way golf was meant to be.
Comment by sdferr on 11/23 @ 4:17 pm #
I’m with you there JD, though I would have a long, very long pause before I ventured onto the grounds of Pine Valley, assuming somehow I managed to wrangle an invite. I mean, I played all those courses for years.
Comment by B Moe on 11/23 @ 4:18 pm #
And also because I suck out loud at golf.
Comment by JD on 11/23 @ 4:21 pm #
THE Pine Valley?
Comment by JD on 11/23 @ 4:23 pm #
You often times have to be more skilled/lucky to roll in a 10 foot putt for bogey on a muni goat-track, as opposed to a nice private or expensive daily-fee course.
Comment by sdferr on 11/23 @ 4:24 pm #
Used to live about 9 miles from there as the crow flies JD, and I’m thinking that being reincarnated as a crow is about as close as I’d ever come to seeing the whole of the place called THE Pine Valley.
Comment by sdferr on 11/23 @ 4:25 pm #
“You often times have to be more skilled/lucky to roll in a 10 foot putt for bogey on a muni goat-track, as opposed to a nice private or expensive daily-fee course.”
’sTruth.
Comment by JD on 11/23 @ 4:34 pm #
The Pine Valley and Cypress Point are nearly mythical, given their exclusivity.
I am playing Victoria National again tomorrow morning, a treasure.
Comment by B Moe on 11/23 @ 8:53 pm #
The thing I like about public courses around here is they don’t put obstacles you have to fly in front of every green. I like being able to poke one in front and let it roll up on the green.
Comment by Yackums on 11/24 @ 3:19 am #
Can I just say, I love PW. Only here can I be this entertained on a golf thread knowing absolutely nothing about golf.
Thanks guys!
Comment by JD on 11/24 @ 9:11 am #
I play golf all the time yackums, and I do not know a damn thing about it either, should you judge by my scoring. Fucking game.
Comment by Blitz on 11/24 @ 6:09 pm #
Me too Yack. I play hockey. My day? was a semi-pro golfer, but nah, not for me. And JD? Hockey is way more expensive than golf, so throw me a few bucks? I’ll guard the concertina for a month…
Comment by Blitz on 11/24 @ 6:10 pm #
MY DAD
Comment by Rusty on 11/26 @ 7:11 am #
Moe. I have caught bass out of every pond at Kemper Lakes and a near trophy steelhead from the Sheboygan River that goes through Wolf Run at Kohler. That is my full knowledge of golf; just about every water hazard has fish in it.