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Tsk, Tsk (Hypocrite Obama cranks the White House Thermostat so he can take off jacket)
National Review ^
| 01/29 10:33 AM
| Andrew Stuttaford and
Posted on 01/29/2009 8:17:38 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
'Climate change' moralists are always talking about the need to take responsibility/set an example in the face of the imminent planetary apocalypse. Imagine my surprise, therefore, when I read this (in the New York Times):
WASHINGTON — The capital flew into a bit of a tizzy when, on his first full day in the White House, President Obama was photographed in the Oval Office without his suit jacket. There was, however, a logical explanation: Mr. Obama, who hates the cold, had cranked up the thermostat. “He’s from Hawaii, O.K.?” said Mr. Obama’s senior adviser, David Axelrod, who occupies the small but strategically located office next door to his boss. “He likes it warm. You could grow orchids in there.
Thermostat down, coat on, Mr. President: the planet's in peril (or so you tell us).
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Editorial; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: animalfarm; axelrod; barack; bho2009; bho44; bhoenergy; bhowhitehouse; carbonfootprint; climatechange; democrats; gaffemachine; globalwarming; itsgoodtobetheking; liberalhypocrisy; lyingliar; obama; obamaflipflops; obamagaffes; obamaquotes; obamatruthfile
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
My grandmother-in-law lived in Hawaii much of her life and now cranks up her heater in the mainland up to the 80s as well.
To: Behind Liberal Lines
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:42:37 AM PST
by
zeaal
To: olivia3boys
Did your grandmother run for President on a platform that included telling Americans they needed to turn down their thermostats to fight climate change?
To: Behind Liberal Lines
The Times article is just cover. A lot of people objected to the photo, saying not wearing a jacket showed the O was disrespecting the office. They had to make up something.
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:43:50 AM PST
by
JennysCool
(Internet Powerhouse)
To: zeaal
Ditto to everything said so far!!!!!!!!!
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:44:07 AM PST
by
aragona
To: Between the Lines
"Can you say "Scumbucket"?
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:46:17 AM PST
by
digger48
To: zeaal
Get that man a
sweater straightjacket!
Sorry had to fix that...
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:47:05 AM PST
by
IrishPennant
(Patriotism is strongest when accompanied by bad politics, loyal FRiends and great whiskey)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
I still don’t follow the ‘logical explanation’...he was cold, so he turned up the thermostat, and then he took his coat off because he was hot?
It would be ‘logical’ tu just leave the thermostat alone and leave the coat on.
I think a more ‘logical’ explanation would be that he doesn’t like wearing a coat, and doesn’t seem to believe that the position requires wearing a coat.
The fawning media are bordering on Pravda stupid.
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:47:20 AM PST
by
lacrew
(Where's Blago?)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:48:09 AM PST
by
redreno
To: olivia3boys
My dad lived most of his adult life in the Pacific Northwest and used to keep the thermostat down on 65 when we were kids.
Now He keeps in on 80 and wears a sweater. Old people’s ability to regulate their body temp wears out like everything else.
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:49:03 AM PST
by
Valpal1
(Always be prepared to make that difference.)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Mr. Obama, who hates the cold, had cranked up the thermostat. Hes from Hawaii, O.K.? said Mr. Obamas senior adviser, David Axelrod, who occupies the small but strategically located office next door to his boss. He likes it warm. You could grow orchids in there. So then how the hell does he explain living in Chicago for 20+ years? The guy is an idiot if this remained true.
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:49:28 AM PST
by
Centurion2000
(01-20-2009 : The end of the PAX AMERICANA.)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
livin lauhge, 0.
at least we know he's not entirely like Jimmy Carter.
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:52:13 AM PST
by
the invisib1e hand
(this is disney world and obama is mickey mouse.)
To: DManA
“The sun people need heat.”
Reptiles need heat too.
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:53:32 AM PST
by
LottieDah
(If only those who speak so eloquently on the rights of animals would do so on behalf the unborn)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
In response to the 1973 OPEC oil embargo,
President Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)
created the Department of Energy in 1977,
with a key goal being the establishment of a
national energy policy that promoted clean
and alternative fuels. Carter famously
installed solar panels on the White House
roof and set the mansion's thermostats at 68
degrees to save energy. LINK:
http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/greenest-presidents-460808
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:54:40 AM PST
by
XR7
To: Behind Liberal Lines; IrishCatholic; Normandy; According2RecentPollsAirIsGood; Fiddlstix; ...
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:56:16 AM PST
by
steelyourfaith
(ObamaNation: Tax cheat sworn in as Treasury Secretary --- you can't make this stuff up !!!)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
“Well, there has to be room for a reasonable exception.” /s
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:56:38 AM PST
by
OKSooner
To: wny
Hypocrite Obama cranks the White House Thermostat so he can take off jacket
Why,Al would be apoplectic!! LOL
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:56:40 AM PST
by
gimme1ibertee
(Trust but verify.....Ronnie,we sure do miss you,sir!)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
We all knew that this would happen. Although, I am surprised to find it reported.
For thee, but not for me.
Same thing about private school vouchers.
The liberal hypocrisy just never ends,
To: Behind Liberal Lines
bttt for excellent dumbo photo!
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:57:02 AM PST
by
timestax
(Lewinskio)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Democrat = Hypocrite (a logical Identity)
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:57:41 AM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(The beginning of the O'Bummer administration looks a lot like the end of the Nixon administration)
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