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Enough About Obama’s Temperament
Commentary Magazine ^ | October 16, 2008 | Abe Greenwald

Posted on 10/16/2008 9:35:43 AM PDT by Jbny

he word of the day is “temperament.” On PBS, last night after the final presidential debate, David Brooks was celebrating Barack Obama’s reassuring temperament. He told Charlie Rose that Barack Obama is like a mountain. When you go to bed–he’s there. You wake up–he’s there. You go to bed the next night–he’s there. Wake up–he’s there. It’s true: Obama does bear a striking characterological resemblance to a shapeless heap of non-living matter.

Moreover, he’s accomplished about as much as a massive hump of rock.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: barackobama; davidbrooks; johnmccain; temperament
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1 posted on 10/16/2008 9:35:43 AM PDT by Jbny
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His temperament? Who cares about Obamanation’s temperament? What does that Marxist Puppet stand for?

Thank you, Joe, the Plumber, for asking the GREAT questions and giving John, the Senator some talking points.


2 posted on 10/16/2008 9:38:10 AM PDT by madison10
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To: Jbny

I think he appeared to be a smug, know-it-all, smart-mouthed, snotty teenage kid. Why is no one talking about his laughing at the voter fraud in the debate?


3 posted on 10/16/2008 9:38:38 AM PDT by Reagan69
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Yeah those smirking childish rude facial expressions were really Presidential. Obama is an amateur with no class that is very dangerous because of those he has chosen to surround himself with his whole life.
4 posted on 10/16/2008 9:38:52 AM PDT by jrooney (Obama's mentor says God Da*n America. That explains Obama's refusal to put his hand over his heart.)
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To: Jbny

Abe Greenwald is my hero. This is exactly what I find so irritating about Obama. As Mark Levin said - say what you will about McCain, but even with the cutting and trimming all candidates do, he’s not the preposterous liar Obama is.


5 posted on 10/16/2008 9:39:22 AM PDT by nyc1
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To: Reagan69
"Why is no one talking about his laughing at the voter fraud in the debate?"

They will when it hits Youtube and the ads show him. Obama is a fraud, a serial liar, a cheat and surrounds himself with terrorists and criminals.
6 posted on 10/16/2008 9:40:47 AM PDT by jrooney (Obama's mentor says God Da*n America. That explains Obama's refusal to put his hand over his heart.)
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To: Jbny
When you go to bed–he’s there. You wake up–he’s there.

Wish David Brooks would keep his fantasies to himself.

7 posted on 10/16/2008 9:41:20 AM PDT by AU72
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obama’s nuts he’s up in NH telling the stupid pie story again. This guy is a total dweeb. Cream Pie? Face!


8 posted on 10/16/2008 9:43:34 AM PDT by lmc12
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Barack Obama is like a mountain. When you go to bed–he’s there. You wake up–he’s there. You go to bed the next night–he’s there. Wake up–he’s there.

This is true...and it explains his voting record...

"Present"

9 posted on 10/16/2008 9:44:23 AM PDT by NorCoGOP ((borrowed from another Freeper) "They have Obama...we have Oh! MAMA!")
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The real question for Americans is, do you want Senator Government “there” day and night, in your home, in your office, in your churches, in your radio programming, in your cable news networks, in your gun shops, in your health care provider’s office, in your military policies, in your lending policies, in your fuel policies, in your judicial policies?

This is the first time I will say there is a “there” there, and Senator Government is it.


10 posted on 10/16/2008 9:47:51 AM PDT by Constitutions Grandchild
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I took Obama’s calm demeanor to be troubling, he is too smooth that was my impression. And I just heard on Rush that now Joe the Plumber is in trouble because he also thought Obama was smooth. Obama is not a saint, he believes in partial birth abortion, if he is smooth, it’s not a good sign. He’s got discipline alright, but it’s not from doing what’s right. How can anyone be for partial birth abortion and claim to be a Christian. That is fraudulent right there. So the fact that he is “smooth” only adds to it that he is dangerous, because he is clearly wrong and is hiding behind “smooth.” I’m alarmed. I think McCain started the process of unmasking Obama, but you know what? I feel sorry for McCain, because he woke up a little too late. He’s a decent man and it makes me feel bad.


11 posted on 10/16/2008 9:48:53 AM PDT by rodeo-mamma
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Abe got it right. In fact, B.O. reminds me of THIS smooth talking guy. He, too, led HIS nation on to UTTER DEVASTATION.
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12 posted on 10/16/2008 9:49:10 AM PDT by Dick Bachert
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“Obama is a fraud, a serial liar, a cheat and surrounds himself with terrorists and criminals.”

Yes he is, but he is a “rock, he’s always there when you go to bed at night and when you wake up in the morning.” I really hope this isn’t more of making Obama out to be some sort of a Messiah, because I only know of one rock. This is scary!


13 posted on 10/16/2008 9:49:42 AM PDT by rodeo-mamma
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To: madison10

Over the years I have found that those who use pot have a very even temperament. They tell you that everything is cool and not to get excited. In the meantime if they have been entrusted with something to do that is important they have often neglected to do what they agreed to do but if you complaint they keep an even temperament and assure you that “Everything is cool, man.”


14 posted on 10/16/2008 9:50:16 AM PDT by AmericanVictory (Should we be more like them, or they like us?)
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To: Constitutions Grandchild

You expressed my sentiments exactly. Yes Senator Government will be everywhere. He will even be there in your bathroom ensuring you use your Al Gore Commode properly.


15 posted on 10/16/2008 9:50:23 AM PDT by lone star annie
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To: Jbny

0 gets thrashed like a red-headed stepchild and all the NE limp wrists can talk about is how he keeps his cool. Brooks needs to come clean and just admit he’s every bit the lib as all the other elitist faux republicans such as Parker and Noonan.

David just needs to go sit in the corner and contemplate Niebuhr a little longer while he fantasizes about 0.


16 posted on 10/16/2008 9:54:40 AM PDT by bereanway (Sarah get your gun)
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To: AU72

Who is the biggest “conservative” moron with sillier Barry fantasies? The field is getting crowded, but Brooks may be leading that pack of dimwits right now.


17 posted on 10/16/2008 9:55:21 AM PDT by Cecily
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To: lone star annie

Tell the children: the markist BxO will hide under your bed and come out and GET YOU if your parents use the wrong kind of light bulb.


18 posted on 10/16/2008 9:58:57 AM PDT by ichabod1 (You won't know communism is here until it puts a boot in your (fat) bottom.)
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19 posted on 10/16/2008 10:02:21 AM PDT by JZelle
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of course that is what the media reported, it is what the obama campaign told them to say about the debate 12 hours before the debate

BREAKING: OBAMA CAMPAIGN ISSUES TALKING POINTS TO MEDIA AHEAD OF DEBATE [Drudge]
Drudge ^ | 10/15/08 | Drudge

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2106158/posts

* Obama has shown steady leadership during this crisis and offered concrete solutions to move the country forward - and his Rescue Plan for the Middle Class builds on the plans to strengthen the economy and rebuild the middle class that he’s laid out over the course of this campaign.


20 posted on 10/16/2008 10:05:07 AM PDT by edzo4 (Vote McCain, Keep Your Change)
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