Posted on 12/10/2010 2:01:24 PM PST by La Lydia
The darnedest thing just happened on TV. Still happening. Obama takes Clinton to the White House press briefing room. Turns the podium over to Clinton, and leaves the room. If you didn't have the sound on your TV, it looked like Obama resigned and handed over to Clinton. Clinton still talking, setting up dueling filibuster with Bernie Sanders. Clinton at that podium is bad deja vu.
Remeber not long ago the mil lost control of a bunch of nukes in silos? Supposedly for 1/2 an hour, but still???!
I agree with your analysis. Obama starts off that Clinton had a presidency with a very good economic policy that gave a prosperous time for America. he was trying to sell the democrats and was using Bubba as a spokesman to bring the democrats around.
As if to say, look Not only do I think this is the best I can do .. so does Clinton .. who you respect. Now hear it from his own mouth.
What he never figured on though was that Clinton would take over for 30 minutes and be so eloquent in his speech. The reality of this is that this may well be one of the biggest hurdles of Obama’s presidency thus far, even including Obamacare. Only because he has to get his own party in line to do it. Bringing Bubba in shows that he can not lead.
Having Clinton go on for 30 minutes, articulating what the great orator can not (without a teleprompter no less) is going to be devastating to his base.
It may well sell the congressmen and senators but the people who voted for Obama are not going to be happy about this at all. Not to mention the foreign powers who now view Obama as someone who can not get his own people in line.
Imagine Putin turning over such a delicate matter to one of his predecessors? What must he be thinking of Obama now? What are the Chinese thinking now? Iran? N Korea?
Obama may well have had the intention of having a father figure go out and calm the senate, but he opened Pandora’s box IMO with the rest of the world and his base.
It was a bad move on his part, it will get a lot of air time and as much as I think Clinton is one of the biggest problems we ever had, he does talk a very effective game. No ummm’s .. no .. but but but but’s .. and he was poised.
Clinton may well have enjoyed the lime light and having been the one to Bail out junior as well. I don;t think he ever forgot what Obama did to him in the elections playing the race card on him etc. Stealing the presidency from Hillary .. I am sure he enjoyed it and it will make people wonder if they made the wrong choice.
All and all, a bad move on Obama’s part. REAL bad.
What insane drivel is this? Clinton punked Obama completely. Bill's discussing policy while Obama begs out cause he's late for a party? Match point Bill.
I bet this yo-yo is wishing he could bail as soon as possible. It’s just not fun anymore for him.
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And give up his new plane, AF1? and all the freebies, no way in hell will he ever leave willingly. He and big Mo will mil it for all they can.
“he’s done as of today.”
What are obummer’s supporters thinking (if they care to think at all)?
Free Republic has the best commentary on the lame relation between 0 and BJ. 0 really is a zero.
yep .. hey did predict it .. but these guys perfected it .. This is Obama!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xxgRUyzgs0
>Don’t kid yourself. I bet this yo-yo is wishing he could bail as soon as possible. It’s just not fun anymore for him.<
Your right. I don’t think he ever wanted to do anything except motivate people as a speaker. he thought that was all he had to do was convince people with his charming style, his NLP gestures and viola the world would be his oyster. Now he found out that he is responsible for much more and people are holding him accountable. he never had that before. He was always “magic” and never had to answer for his actions.
Now that he has to take responsibility and some criticism he doesn’t want to play anymore.
“This is how brain dead the libs truly are...they have proven this by putting Zero in there to be their president...”
They and their buddies in the propagandist press have taken this nation to the precipice. We may barely survive.
Pray for America.
“To make things worse, this thread has been posted fron 12 minutes into the future.”
Noticed tha too, earlier in the day.
Checked my computer clock, my watch and my cellphone.
FR is usually ahead of the time(s).
Got a hunch you can see some Bogart flicks free on the 'net. They're worth watching.
“He’s [Clinton’s] showing folks how a real president acts”
Too bad that didn’t apply to all areas.
“Clinton, Franken, Biden, Hussein-THIS is the cream of the ‘rat party, unbelievable. A fraternity of clowns.”
No doubt.
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Obama installs Clinton alone at the podium, leaves him to it; Obama gone,
Clinton still there
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Obama: The G-d (Messiah) That Failed
But I give Clinton credit for a good job of trying to pull The Messiah’s
chestnuts out of the fire.
I guess The Messiah (or some semi-rational staff member) realizes
he needs to be saved from himself.
Funny thing is I don’t like fiction.
:-)
Used to, not any more.
“Saturday Night Live is going to be hilarious this weekend!”
It was Friday Night Live this week.
Here’s the entire press conference:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ac9uDLUdSs
They actually planned Obama leaving from the start, which I think is actually worse than him deciding to bail in the middle. Clinton started with the tax deal, and then moved on to all kinds of things.
I’m not sure you can call this anything else but an abdication. I was watching Obama while Clinton was speaking. I’ve never seen anybody blink so much in my life. Just about the 10 minute mark, Obama bails after Clinton’s dissing “Please go”.
Something’s going to happen this weekend. No way this situation lasts into next week.
FICTION? I’d say how the various protagonists in “The Maltese Falcon” go about their nefarious business mirrors EXACTLY the federal government! :-)
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