Promises, promises
Bookworm on Jan 16 2009 at 12:32 pm | Filed under: Barack Obama
A lovely juxtaposition of quotations from Obama:
- “When John McCain said we could just ‘muddle through’ in Afghanistan, I argued for more resources and more troops to finish the fight against the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11, and made clear that we must take out Osama bin Laden and his lieutenants if we have them in our sights. John McCain likes to say that he’ll follow bin Laden to the gates of hell–but he won’t even go to the cave where he lives.”–Sen. Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention speech, Aug. 28, 2008
- “I think that we have to so weaken his infrastructure that, whether he is technically alive or not, he is so pinned down that he cannot function. My preference obviously would be to capture or kill him. But if we have so tightened the noose that he’s in a cave somewhere and can’t even communicate with his operatives, then we will meet our goal of protecting America.”–President-elect Barack Obama, CBS News interview, Jan. 14, 2009
I knew from the start that Obama would say anything to win, which is one of the reasons I didn’t like him. You have to give him credit, though, for being enough of a pragmatist to backtrack from the idiocy of his former statements.
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We have to give him credit, except he already has a trillion.
The first crisis will let us see whether there is any kind of spine underneath the glibe exterior. We will also see whether Obama is a puppet pulled by the strings of his advisers. That could always be possible, certainly given Democrat accusations (in front of a mirror) that Bush was not the true power of the throne.
Think of Obama as an alien life form that has mastered the ability to bend light rays so that he gives the appearance of being a human.
But to do so requires immense reserves of energy. Even the slightest flicker in the facade could invite devastating exposure.
Now imagine that human piranhas like Nancy Pelosi, Bawney Fwank and Harry Reid suspect his true nature. Eventually, under their constant wheedling and assault, Obama’s facade is going to crack.
By July we should be hearing CNN braying, “This just in: Obama revealed as inexperienced six-headed deep-space cuttlefish with a Chicago accent! Pundits demand, how did he pull it off?”
The aliens have sent in a scout/saboteur, so we must bulk up on our munitions even more in preparation for the invasion.
I once observed a feed frenzy of catfish and bullheads where a kid was throwing large hunks of bread on the surface of the water. The surface was absolutely solid with ugly fish climbing over one another to get at the bread, making disgusting slurpy sucking sounds with their mouths wide open.
I didn’t realize then that I had witnessed the perfect metaphor for the coming Democrat Congress. What will make or break Obama is decidingwhether he is with them or against them.
Fat cats feeding frenzy.
Ahem … speaking of Democrat Congress critters who resemble ugly piscine creatures, here’s a picture of a powerful California congressman and member of the Progressive Caucus: http://drudgereport.com/hw.jpg
Hey, who would have guessed that Nosferatu would be living in California?
That is the first time I have ever seen tumescent ears on a Democrat.
Hey, who would have guessed that Nosferatu would be living in California? Nosferatu. The prediction is in one of his couplets. Right after the one prophesying the success of Ben Stiller.
Oops … my bad. I got Nosferatu confused with Nostradamus.
LOL!
The funny thing, Z, is that I made precisely the same thinking error you did when I first read Y’s comment! My excuse is that I’m sleep deprived (as usual). What’s yours?
Vampire the Masquerade posits the Nosferatu as a certain Vampire bloodline that has been so transfigured by the “change” that they cannot live anywhere except in the dark of the sewers.
They have big bat like ears and crooked/buck teeth.
Book, I will give him credit for recognizing a victory parade and running around to the front so as to appear to be leading it.
I think that with the aid of the MSM we are going to see a concerted effort in the next few years to prove that it was really Obama who set the stage for victory in Iraq, who sent Osama cowering into the caves, and developed the infrastructure to combat terrorism. Unfortunately, Bush left him a terrible economy–a fact which he reminds of every day; and an unsettled mid-east. Poor guy. He will do his best to convince the world that all good results flow from him and all bad results can be laid to Bush. I do hope that this effort will so consume him that he cannot do too much mischief. I an not sanguine.
I’ve been getting enough sleep, Book. I just had an info fractal in the brain.
I noticed a few days bac how severely Waxman has physically declined in the last ten years. That picture was absolutely shocking. I didn’t think even ten years of severe stress could cause that to happen to a person. There may be something seriously wrong. I don’t wish him ill even though I detest nearly every aspect of his politics and policies, which are among the worst of any in Congress.
Uh, MikeD…a picture of Dorian Gray?