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Is Obama Becoming a Joke?
RealClearPolitics.com ^
| 10/8/2009
| David Paul Kuhn
Posted on 10/08/2009 5:00:26 AM PDT by SonOfDarkSkies
Most presidents become a joke at some point. It's a matter of when and how. Both points should concern this president. In Winston Churchill's words, "a joke is a very serious thing." Or it can be, when the joke is about a very serious thing.
"Saturday Night Live" has long been a comedic benchmark. Last weekend, SNL took its first hard hit at President Obama. Fred Armisen, who plays the president, gave an Oval Office address: "When you look at my record it's very clear what I've done so far and that is nothing. Nada. Almost one year and nothing to show for it."
Political satire matters when it is larger than the joke. The growing rap on Obama is that he is a man both ineffective and meek; a man who is loved by all and feared by none.
Bill Maher hit the punch line first in mid-June: "You don't have to be on television every minute of every day. You're the president, not a rerun of 'Law & Order'... TV stars are too worried about being popular and too concerned about being renewed."
Soon Maher came to his key point: "You're skinny and in a hurry and in love with a nice lady, but so is Lindsay Lohan. And just like Lindsay, we see your name in the paper a lot but we're kind of wondering when you're actually going to do something."
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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bho44; emperornoclothes; jumpedtheshark; obama; olympicfail; palin; sarahpalin; theegohaslanded
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To: SonOfDarkSkies
![](http://blogs.dixcdn.com/shine_a_light/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/maybe.jpg)
..since this is the actual Art piece selected by the Odumbo's to hang in the White House...waddya think?
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posted on
10/08/2009 5:16:47 AM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Jack Hammer
The only thing I found funny about the skit was the punchline about the dog. Obama hasn't accomplished a lot of what he campaigned on, (Thank GOD!) but, look what he has managed to accomplish by just threatening to enact these things. Our economy has ground to a halt and distrust of the government is at an all time high.
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posted on
10/08/2009 5:18:48 AM PDT
by
stayathomemom
(Beware of cat attacks while typing!)
To: SonOfDarkSkies
When you look at my record its very clear what Ive done so far and that is nothing. Nada. Almost one year and nothing to show for it.
So what are we bitchin’ about if he hasn’t done anything?
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posted on
10/08/2009 5:19:19 AM PDT
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists...Call 'em What you Will, They ALL have Fairies Living In Their Trees.)
To: SonOfDarkSkies
While it is so sad that America has a Marxist puppet with no background, other then being a Chicago thug, and maybe an illegal immigrant, it is sadder that 50 % seem to think he is just peachy... That is so frightening.
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posted on
10/08/2009 5:19:42 AM PDT
by
AlexW
(Now in the Philippines . Happy not to be back in the USA for now.)
To: SonOfDarkSkies
From Oscar Brands Three Prominent Bastards!
The Banker, The Broker and The Washington Joker.
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posted on
10/08/2009 5:20:23 AM PDT
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
((B.?) Hussein (Obama?Soetoro?Dunham?) Change America Will Die From.)
To: SonOfDarkSkies
Anyone watching Gretchen spank Lanny Davis? Hes being such a nasty twit but she is giving it right back to him.
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posted on
10/08/2009 5:22:38 AM PDT
by
Miss Didi
( "After all...tomorrow is another day." Scarlett O'Hara, Gone with the Wind)
To: Jack Hammer
“When you look at my record its very clear what Ive done so far and that is nothing. Nada. Almost one year and nothing to show for it.
Considering what an ignorant, misguided and extreme Leftist he is, this is, on balance, probably a good thing.”
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LOL! That is an excellent point. :)
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posted on
10/08/2009 5:23:32 AM PDT
by
proud American in Canada
(my former tagline "We can, and we will prevail" doesn't fit with the usurper's goals.)
To: Miss Didi
Anyone watching Gretchen spank Lanny Davis?Lanny Davis angrily accuses someone else of being partisan???
He's a jackass.
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posted on
10/08/2009 5:29:50 AM PDT
by
paulycy
(Screw the RACErs)
To: Vaquero
The tide is turning, he’s being exposed to even the most naive
followers for what he is......A smiling jack ass.
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posted on
10/08/2009 5:35:57 AM PDT
by
greyfox
(If I were a Democrat I'd be pushing for the fairness doctrine too.)
To: Doogle
Google “Obama dithering” and see all the hits you get - looks like he even prefers artwork that ‘dithers’.
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posted on
10/08/2009 5:38:27 AM PDT
by
MissMagnolia
(Obad. 1:15: As you have done, it will be done to you; your deeds will return upon your own head.)
To: SonOfDarkSkies
Bear....feces....woods....
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posted on
10/08/2009 5:45:29 AM PDT
by
ladyvet
(WOLVERINES!!!!!)
To: SonOfDarkSkies
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posted on
10/08/2009 5:47:28 AM PDT
by
woollyone
(I believe God created me- you believe you're related to monkeys. Of course I laughed at you!)
To: SonOfDarkSkies
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posted on
10/08/2009 5:48:25 AM PDT
by
Dewey Revoltnow
(People don't respect that which they don't earn.)
To: SonOfDarkSkies
Funny when the National Barack Channel fires one across the Presidential bow.
Is this a warning from his handlers? Surely they know how to manipulate him via his malignant narcissism...
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posted on
10/08/2009 5:50:54 AM PDT
by
monkeypants
(It's a Republic, if you can keep it.)
To: SonOfDarkSkies
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posted on
10/08/2009 5:51:40 AM PDT
by
my small voice
(A biased media and an uneducated public is the biggest threat to our democracy)
To: Doogle
It's so comforting to know our cic will be able to handle a 3 AM phone call with that as his art. < /sarc>
I know, the < /sacr> tag was not needed.
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posted on
10/08/2009 5:52:20 AM PDT
by
Arrowhead1952
(Jimmy Carter - now the second worst POTUS ever. BHO [the LIAR] has #1 spot in his sights.)
To: Arrowhead1952
Phone rings at 0300.
Voice on the other end: “Uh mr present, your shipment of wagu beef is on the way”.
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posted on
10/08/2009 5:54:16 AM PDT
by
Texas resident
( It's us against them. And we're on our own.)
To: SonOfDarkSkies
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posted on
10/08/2009 5:59:58 AM PDT
by
Mozilla
To: Texas resident
Speaking of the 3 a.m. phone call...the Friends reported that during yesterday's Afghanistan meeting, Mrs. C. took the side of Joe Biden. Could she be planning her graceful exit???
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posted on
10/08/2009 6:02:47 AM PDT
by
Miss Didi
( "After all...tomorrow is another day." Scarlett O'Hara, Gone with the Wind)
To: SonOfDarkSkies
no sh!t, sherlock!
;)
Hatlo’s they’ll do it every time/FR—same-o-same-o!
Here, Let Me Google That Fer Ya!
http://lmgtfy.com/
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posted on
10/08/2009 6:08:38 AM PDT
by
gunnyg
(SUFFER NO FOOLS -Gunny G)
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