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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
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Contining:
So this is the same President that said,
"We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times . . . and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK."
Got it. Also, this was one of the most memorable quotes of the campaign, so why didn't the NYT story reference his obvious hypocrisy here?
On second thought, don't answer that.
To: Behind Liberal Lines
By “We”, he meant “YOU”.
Collectivist elitists NEVER intend to abide by the rules they subject others to.
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:18:53 AM PST
by
MrB
(The 0bamanation: Marxism, Infanticide, Appeasement, Depression, Thuggery, and Censorship)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
I thought he was from semi-tropical Chicago.
“He’s from Hawaii, O.K.?”
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:19:05 AM PST
by
DManA
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Rules are for little people. And Republicans.
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:19:28 AM PST
by
wny
To: DManA
In order to exploit this fully, we need an exact number that the thermostat is set to.
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:19:57 AM PST
by
MrB
(The 0bamanation: Marxism, Infanticide, Appeasement, Depression, Thuggery, and Censorship)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
He’s from Hawaii?? I guess they forgot he lived in Chi for many years, he could have acclimated. The guy is a self centered “It’s all about me” sort.
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:21:50 AM PST
by
brytlea
(You can fool enough of the people enough of the time.)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
You’d think he’d get enough heat from burning the Bill of Rights.
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:22:02 AM PST
by
Darkwolf377
(Pro-Life American Atheist)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:22:25 AM PST
by
jla
(Sarah! sarahpac.com)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
The new Carter might want to take a tip from the original Carter
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:22:35 AM PST
by
Between the Lines
(I am very cognizant of my fallibility, sinfulness, and other limitations.)
To: DManA
I thought he was from semi-tropical Chicago.
“He’s from Hawaii, O.K.?”
Via Kenya!
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:25:20 AM PST
by
Don Corleone
(Leave the gun..take the cannoli now reads "Oil the gun..eat the cannolis.")
To: Don Corleone
The “sun people” need heat.
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:26:07 AM PST
by
DManA
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Didn’t he say yesterday that he was from Chicago and something like DC didn’t know how to deal with cold/icy weather?
To: Behind Liberal Lines
So if he was cold, why didn’t he just keep his jacket on? (for the children)
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:29:20 AM PST
by
Nickname
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Just do as I say, not as I do, peasant!
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:34:12 AM PST
by
AnnGora
(I am unique. Just like everybody else.)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Yet another example of hypocritical political speak....”Do as I say, not as I do”..GAG...Barf
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:34:34 AM PST
by
Molly T.
To: Behind Liberal Lines
UNBELIEVABLE ARROGANCE AND HYPOCRISY!!!!!!!!!!
To: Behind Liberal Lines
All Things Considered, January 28, 2009 · President Obama took a moment Wednesday to comment on how the nation’s capital handles bad weather. He joked about bringing “flinty Chicago toughness” to Washington, D.C.
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:36:51 AM PST
by
listenhillary
(Rahm Emmanuel slip - A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
PROVE IT!!!Hasn't he been living in Chicago for 20 years? He was just making fun of the residents of DC:
Obama gives D.C. cold shoulder over 'some ice'
After living in Chicago, he jokes about his girls getting day off from school
President Barack Obama, steeled by many snowy Chicago winters, expressed disbelief Wednesday when his daughters woke up to find that their classes had been canceled for the day.
"My children's school was canceled today. Because of, what? Some ice?"
As my children pointed out, in Chicago, school is never canceled," Obama said to laughter. "In fact, my 7-year-old pointed out that you'd go outside for recess. You wouldn't even stay indoors. So, I don't know. We're going to have to try to apply some flinty Chicago toughness."
Asked if he meant the people of the national's capital are wimps, Obama said: "I'm saying, when it comes to the weather, folks in Washington don't seem to be able to handle things."
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:38:22 AM PST
by
Vendome
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Primetime hypocrisy. As Orwell said, some animals are more equal than others.
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:39:28 AM PST
by
TexasRepublic
(I am inconsolate over the death of our country.)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
“He’s from Hawaii, O.K.?” Yet he mocks Washingtonians for not handling the ice like he did in Chicago?
This guy's a real piece of work.
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