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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).



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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.

1 posted on 01/29/2009 8:17:38 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

By “We”, he meant “YOU”.

Collectivist elitists NEVER intend to abide by the rules they subject others to.


2 posted on 01/29/2009 8:18:53 AM PST by MrB (The 0bamanation: Marxism, Infanticide, Appeasement, Depression, Thuggery, and Censorship)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

I thought he was from semi-tropical Chicago.

“He’s from Hawaii, O.K.?”


3 posted on 01/29/2009 8:19:05 AM PST by DManA
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Rules are for little people. And Republicans.


4 posted on 01/29/2009 8:19:28 AM PST by wny
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To: DManA

In order to exploit this fully, we need an exact number that the thermostat is set to.


5 posted on 01/29/2009 8:19:57 AM PST by MrB (The 0bamanation: Marxism, Infanticide, Appeasement, Depression, Thuggery, and Censorship)
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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.


6 posted on 01/29/2009 8:21:50 AM PST by brytlea (You can fool enough of the people enough of the time.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

You’d think he’d get enough heat from burning the Bill of Rights.


7 posted on 01/29/2009 8:22:02 AM PST by Darkwolf377 (Pro-Life American Atheist)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

bttt


8 posted on 01/29/2009 8:22:25 AM PST by jla (Sarah! sarahpac.com)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
The new Carter might want to take a tip from the original Carter


9 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.)
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To: DManA
I thought he was from semi-tropical Chicago.

“He’s from Hawaii, O.K.?”

Via Kenya!

10 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.")
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To: Don Corleone

The “sun people” need heat.


11 posted on 01/29/2009 8:26:07 AM PST by DManA
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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?


12 posted on 01/29/2009 8:27:29 AM PST by CindyDawg
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

So if he was cold, why didn’t he just keep his jacket on? (for the children)


13 posted on 01/29/2009 8:29:20 AM PST by Nickname
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Just do as I say, not as I do, peasant!


14 posted on 01/29/2009 8:34:12 AM PST by AnnGora (I am unique. Just like everybody else.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Yet another example of hypocritical political speak....”Do as I say, not as I do”..GAG...Barf


15 posted on 01/29/2009 8:34:34 AM PST by Molly T.
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

UNBELIEVABLE ARROGANCE AND HYPOCRISY!!!!!!!!!!


16 posted on 01/29/2009 8:35:47 AM PST by deannadurbin
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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.


17 posted on 01/29/2009 8:36:51 AM PST by listenhillary (Rahm Emmanuel slip - A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.)
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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:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28896569/
 

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."


18 posted on 01/29/2009 8:38:22 AM PST by Vendome
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Primetime hypocrisy. As Orwell said, some animals are more equal than others.


19 posted on 01/29/2009 8:39:28 AM PST by TexasRepublic (I am inconsolate over the death of our country.)
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“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.

20 posted on 01/29/2009 8:41:35 AM PST by Trailerpark Badass (Happiness is a choice!)
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