Posted on 07/30/2010 9:05:54 AM PDT by Federalist Patriot
Here is video of White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs today predicting that Democrats will retain both the House and Senate in this Fall’s Midterm Elections.
Gibbs thinks Americans will want to continue making the “progress” we’ve been making under Obama’s leadership. Of course they will! Obama’s “progress” is breaking out all over (like a bad case of chickenpox). Can’t you see it?
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Totally delusional.
He is probably right. Once again, we are letting the media set the tone..
Ms Nancy must have gotten his mind right!
I thought snorting that stuff was illegal.
Nothing but lies from this nest of demonic communists.
LLS
I don’t trust the dems, I think they’ll mess with the election somehow.
Whatever you say Gibby. LOL
The truth is that Mr. Gibbs is in with the other Dems, in PANIC mode.
Baghdad Bob’s deathless quotes:
“My feelings - as usual - we will slaughter them all”
“Our initial assessment is that they will all die”
“No I am not scared, and neither should you be!”
“I can assure you that those villains will recognize, will discover in appropriate time in the future how stupid they are and how they are pretending things which have never taken place.”
“The American press is all about lies! All they tell is lies, lies and more lies!”
“I have detailed information about the situation...which completely proves that what they allege are illusions . . . They lie every day.”
Ironically, that would be the worst thing for Obama’s re-election chances. If the GOP takes over either the House or Senate, then a) you will probably start to see things improve as all of the job-killing legislation will stop; and b) Obama can blame the GOP dominated House or Senate for any failures. This would help Obama get re-elected in 2012 (see Clinton, 1996).
If, on the other hand, the Dems keep each house by 1 or 2 seats, they still get all of the blame for continued problems, but the GOP has enough seats to stop any liberal legislation from going through.
What follows is but a small sample of failed predictions by some of the smartest men of their time. Gibbs — whose prognostications will add volumes to this list — is anything but.
“Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons.”
Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science,
1949
“I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.”
Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943
“I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and
talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data
processing is a fad that won’t last out the year.” The editor
in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957
“But what ... is it good for?” Engineer at the Advanced
Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the
microchip.
“There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their
home.” Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital
Equipment Corp., 1977
“640K ought to be enough for anybody.” Bill Gates, 1981
“This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously
considered as a means of communication. The device is
inherently of no value to us.” Western Union internal memo,
1876.
“The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value.
Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?
David Sarnoff’s associates in response to his urgings for
investment in the radio in the 1920s.
“The concept is interesting and well formed, but in order to earn
better than a ‘C,’ the idea must be feasible.” A Yale
University management professor in response to Fred Smith’s paper
proposing reliable overnight delivery service. (Smith went on to
found Federal Express Corp.)
“Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?” H.M. Warner, Warner
Brothers, 1927.
Obama’s “progress” IS NOT like chickenpox...it’s more like smallpox.
Me thinks that Gibbsy is whistlin’ past the graveyard.
That’s true. “Smallpox” is much more appropriate.
Funny how often people dismiss the effectiveness of the trip to the woodshed.
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