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The Liberal Tipping Point Away From Obama (Empty Suit Alert)
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| 6/16/2010
| Jennifer Rubin
Posted on 06/16/2010 1:28:17 PM PDT by mojito
....That iconic moment for Obama may well be the image of him last night, hands folded behind that huge empty desk. He was revealed as an impostor, someone play-acting as president and an interloper in serious matters. There wasnt anything particularly wrong with what he said it was that image. He and his presidency seemed shrunken, with the man once considered a political colossus now hiding behind and dwarfed by the props of the office.
Part of the reaction is certainly the steely political calculation by the left that Obama may be a lost cause. But there was also, I think, the flash of insight and the pang of panic by those invested in this president: it is impossible to maintain the pretense that hes larger than life. The man looks entirely out of his league.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: deepwaterhorizon; emptysuit; obama; ovalofficespeech
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To: RonDog
This picture is just plain SCARY...the guy has been in office for well over a year and the Oval Office looks EMPTY! This guy is just plain wierd!
To: mojito
It’s a shock, I tell ya! /s
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posted on
06/16/2010 1:53:26 PM PDT
by
alice_in_bubbaland
(Professional Politicians are a Threat to the Republic! Remove them on 11-3-10!)
To: stevem
The likes of Chris Matthews can still tingle in his loins when Obama moves.
I know it might cause you distress but go watch the Olberman/Matthews tag team on Obama after the speech. They were a heck of a lot harder on him than O'Riley, Hannity or Krauthammer were. Chrissy the Sissy said that every time Obama talked about the Nobel Prizes of his staff it made him want to barf. Olberman said he didn't just shoot low, he didn't shoot at all. Face it on the extreme left the love is gone.
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posted on
06/16/2010 1:54:19 PM PDT
by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
To: US Navy Vet
Wow you’re right! That/he is strange. I guess he never uses the office, so why make it look like there is actual work going on there. The golf course probably shows more wear and tear.
I didn’t watch the wimp’s speech last night, I just don’t have the stomach for it anymore.
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posted on
06/16/2010 1:57:34 PM PDT
by
alice_in_bubbaland
(Professional Politicians are a Threat to the Republic! Remove them on 11-3-10!)
To: stevem
While this would be nice, I'm not convinced. The likes of Chris Matthews can still tingle in his loins when Obama moves. Liberals need to believe the lie. They still will. Liberals will always be liberal, but there's an entire generation of wishy-washies out there; people who missed the lessons of the Carter years, who desperately need to be mugged by reality. Once they've had their mugging, a good percentage of them will come around.
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posted on
06/16/2010 1:57:36 PM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
To: GonzoGOP
Chrissy the Sissy said that every time Obama talked about the Nobel Prizes of his staff it made him want to barf. Olberman said he didn't just shoot low, he didn't shoot at all. I saw that.
Face it on the extreme left the love is gone.
I certainly hope so. We shall see.
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posted on
06/16/2010 1:59:23 PM PDT
by
stevem
To: mojito
I'm thinking of that dinner scene from Citizen Kane where the camera pans back ever so gradually.
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posted on
06/16/2010 2:00:02 PM PDT
by
Zionist Conspirator
(Veyiqchu 'eleykha farah 'adummah temimah 'asher 'ein-bah mum, 'asher lo'-`alah `aleyha `ol.)
To: mojito
The empty desk just made him look lost behind it. Whoever decided to do it like that made him look over whelmped and lost.
To: alice_in_bubbaland
Even when I was on my ships I had more personal stuff in my work center than this guy. WIERD!
To: RonDog
Great pic! He looks like his feet don’t reach the floor.
To: RonDog
Ok, now I see it. It’s Forrest Gump.
To: mojito
What was his pr people thinking? He just keeps reinforcing the reality that he is a total joke. The symbol of a cleared desk doesn't work when the occupant is a small statured unhealthy looking person dressed in a suit that is wearing him. But, it fits in with his latest speeches where he is trying to get patriotic Americans to join the War on Spilled Oil. Crazy man is POTUS.
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posted on
06/16/2010 2:07:16 PM PDT
by
crazyhorse691
(Now that the libs are in power dissent is not only unpatriotic, but, it is also racist.)
To: RonDog
Still has that Emporor Nero look going for him there. The only thing missing is his fiddle.
To: GonzoGOP
Face it on the extreme left the love is gone. What's more, it's gone for two different reasons...
1. One group of liberals now recognize that the man is an incompetent.
2. Another group of liberals are pissed because he didn't announce a government seizure of BP and a total shutdown of the oil industry.
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posted on
06/16/2010 2:11:50 PM PDT
by
okie01
(THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
To: RonDog
To: mojito
I think that's why Olby and Chrissy were so angry last night, they know it's over, the putz is failing and their agenda is going down with him.
To: colorado tanker
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posted on
06/16/2010 2:32:09 PM PDT
by
RonDog
To: mojito
Problem is there isn’t one damn democrat who is competent in anything but lies corruption
His handlers haven’t the faintest idea of what is needed to solve our problems
So Barry has no where to go and is left holding his teleprompter
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posted on
06/16/2010 2:34:13 PM PDT
by
uncbob
To: colorado tanker
a Democratic Presidential Primary is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get.
To: albie
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