— because, as has been pointed out, doing so is just another form of racism.
More than that, though, is this: it simply isn’t true. In fact, Obama is to “cool” as Mitt Romney is to “mad sick.”
Case in point:
Now tell me: can you watch that video without cringing for the guy?
The truth is, Obama wants to be cool — he craves adulation and power, and tries desperately to believe his own hype — but in the final analysis, his “cool factor,” like most everything else about this manufactured cipher, is just another facade, a simulacrum of hip troubled by strained, corporate-tested pseudo-street beats and desperately dated slang that marks those who actually fall in line behind such pap as perhaps the least “cool” of any set of humans on earth.
And yes, that includes Hanson fans.
So I wonder: does pointing out that Obama isn’t cool, and in fact is the antithesis of cool (watching him throw a baseball is like watching a particularly bad contestant on “Love Connection” try out his “you’re a sweet little lollipop, and I’m just the tongue you’ve been looking for” line on a hot chick), mark me as a racist, too?
That was a rhetorical question. Of course it does.
I do sort of agree in a weird way – I don’t care about the charges of racism so much, but I do believe that when they said he was “cool” what they meant was that he is black. That’s how they see the world – a black guy is imbued with all manner of coolness and it is some kind of honor to be included in his circle or something.
It’s more sad and pathetic than anything else.
FWIW, in my view, having an elevator just for your cars is really fucking cool.
So many Presidents and powerful politicians are alpha males- Obama’s background and choice of profession is evidence that he is nowhere close. You look at his life growing up- Hawaii, the Choom Gang, the affirmative action pathway to all of his education, his votes of “present” in the Senate, his petulance when criticized. He’s always going to be a “victim” and despite his success, he’s never stepped up to the plate and led- instead, he’s like a puppet, with Jarret, Axelrod and Rahm with their hands up his hand, manipulating him to say “the right things.” He’ll never be cool on his own and he knows it.
Hey quasi-lineal descendents of slaves, here’s a cool idea! Exhibit non-slavishness by defying stupid categorizations based on nothing other than shared skin-tones, and think for yourselves instead! Cool! Why not? Unless, that is, you celebrate appearances of slavishness.
Perhaps we can get past “cool” or “uncool” and move on to a full body dry heave
set to musicon a pitcher’s mound.Obama isn’t cool at all. He’s pissy, preachy, formal, thin-skinned, and touchy. He is the opposite of cool.
He is a square.
O/T except in its inherent racism — did y’all hear that G Zimmerman’s wife got arrested for perjury? The prosecution then immediately released her picture … despite all the death threats. I heard this on the radio last night.
yesterday we tried out a new fancy pizza place down and about where the beautiful people are during the day in studio city (read obamawhores) – apparently it’s an Australian chain’s first American footprint – and anyway we were sitting outside and this very hot supermodel hoochie walks by slowly on the sidewalk in sunglasses and a tighty whitey obama biden shirt
and everyone laughed, even the people what voted for Obama last time
he is so over
Best part of the audio is the last line where the voice of Obama says OFA, his own operation, paid for the ad.
Believing your own paid for publicity. Just too Cool!
I’m willing to call Nigel Farage cool: beauty.
Obama’s not cool, he’s cold.
Kevin Durant is cool.
Obama isn’t even in the ballpark of cool. He isn’t in the ballpark of being black, either. He’s just an international left wing dork.
No, Obama is not cool, Abe. He can’t even dance without doing the White man’s overbite. Watch him next time they show film of him at a soiree.
Maybe they think he’s cool in an ironic way. Maybe he’s their John Deere trucker hat.
Probably not but I like the thought.
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Ah ha! You may be on to something: he’s ‘cool’ because he’s a dweeby black guy who acts white, but not in an Urkel-ish way but still can’t quite pull it off because he’s no good at sports or dancing?
It’s hard to tell what the left thinks. How do you process the notion that Joe Biden isn’t an embarrassing human being? How do you listen to Barbara Boxer talk and not think that she’s too stupid for public office? How do you support a ban on 17+ ounce sodas when every fountain soda on earth is 80% ice? How do you believe that having kids play sports without keeping score is anything but psychotic? Of course Barack Obama is cool to these people.
He’s a non-threating black-ish guy who went to an Ivy. Plus he’s a metro-sexual so their wives feel safe around him.
heh Abe.
And yet we continue to believe reason sits at the core of the human soul, and should rule them, no less. Its’ a puzzle.
First they came for the Big Gulps
Looks like we were right.
Begging people to ‘have his back’ is just…pitiful. Whiny desperation is not a pretty site in anyone, let alone the putative Leader of the Free World.
I declare these people to be dangerous to my health. It says something that as much as I display my loathing for the likes of Obama and much of the left, Bloomberg is the only person who I’ve sincerely wished death upon. Do it soon, God. Pretty please?
Do we believe that? More importantly, do leftists believe that?
– “Hyper-cautious risk taker”
– Make of it what you will.
This is the sorta thing that’s gonna test exactly how cool a certain voting block is with our first gay president.
I guess we’d better play it safe and not call Obama “fabulous” while we’re at it.
Youtube picked the perfect still for that video bh. And heh
Notes from the losing camp:
Joe Scarborough:”What do you think, Mika? Do you think, do you think it’ll work: blaming George Bush?”
Mika Brzezinski:”… A-h-h-h, well, I’m hopin’. But I think it’s a tough sell. And I still don’t know what the freakin’ metaphor is.”
(The metaphor is: “….and anyone who disagrees will be shot at dawn!)
Here’s another new video on Fast and Furious deserving widespread viewing.
That’s good sdferr. I’ll send it around.
I thought Mika was a political “analyst” not a Democrat spokesflak.
And yes, I realize the distinction is a nebulous one where Democrats are concerned.
– Ernst, political analyst for the Left is any sockpuppet that resembles a human.
Yeah, but a smart sockpuppet says, “they” when they mean “I.”
– For heartburn for Bozo…..
Obama should be aware that my big shiny voting boot has his back (side all lined up to give him a swift trip out of the whitehouse).
– *More*, not For, damn fingers.
Calling Obama cool just might be racist.
Only because Obama is entirely uncool, and in point of fact, is a whiny, petulant, self important dork. He’s not in the least way nerdy, or geeky, he’s pure dork. He’s the kind of guy who thinks he really could carry a Bad Mother Fucker wallet if he wanted to (I’d be willing to bet hard money Michelle bought him one as a gag gift – a gag only she is in on.)
So calling him cool is either wrong to the point of idiocy, or grossly patronizing. If patronizing it may very well stem from the sort of racism of low expectations so common among the ‘well intentioned’ left/liberal set.
– But…but…but, every Leftwise pundit, analyst, talking head, sockpuppet, mailman, landscapper, and team Obama mascot Donkey has proclaimed that Wisconson meant nothing.
– What the hells the matter with you people. H8ters.
(I’d be willing to bet hard money Michelle bought him one as a gag gift – a gag only she is in on.)
Heh. You’re too funny, ThomasD. Thanks for the laugh.
Oops.
Obama’s going to make a ‘big’ speech. And we’re going to laugh and laugh and laugh.