Posted on 11/27/2008 7:03:24 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
Check out the clip of Barbara Walters's interview of the Obamas, aired on GMA today, and tell me whether you find something off-putting in the way Walters poses what is, after all, a very banal question. And then there's the President-elect's self-centered answer . . .
Adopting a tone of maudlin sincerity:
BARBARA WALTERS: You know, I don't have to stress the fact that this is such a hard time for this country. Do you have a Thanksgiving message that you would like to give to the people?
"The people"? Wouldn't "Americans" or perhaps "your fellow Americans" be customary? And "give," instead of "send" or "share"? Maybe I'm being picky here, but have a look and tell me if it doesn't almost come across as Walters inviting a monarch to bestow something on his huddled peons.
View video here.
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But of course it is all very monarchical. But since it is clear Obama can’t deliver squat of all his promises, and is now backtracking as fast as he can into a muddy status quo of inept policies, I believe he is being set up for a Big fall.
I mean, if Bush is such an idiot (and Biden is smarter than Cheney), then why will we still be in a recession a year from now??
I cannot believe that a clear Majority of you Yanks voted that fellow to be your next President-for-Life. I just cannot believe it.
Your election had all the dirty tricks that you would expect from Burkina Faso or Zimbabwe — and yet somehow it is allowed to stand! I cannot believe that, either. Just can’t.
I can’t believe that you get more scrutiny of your vital documents when applying to go to kindergarten in the United States than you do when you apply to run for the Presidency.
Unbelievable...
I used to say that nothing about America or Americans could ever surprise me. I was wrong.
God Bless America
*DieHard*
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LOL!
Those would be the subjects of the Ruler.
Barry don’t do grammar. That’s why Bill Ayers had to ghost write his book.
What exactly were the tough times he and Omarosa had to go through?
I don’t want to be inspired by TheOne*. Unlike him, I’d end up in jail if I did even 1% of what he has done.
“What exactly were the tough times he and Omarosa had to go through?”
Probably Omarosa’s extensive facial makeover . . . was probably very painful . . . ever see her before she had her face done over?
Must run in the family. During the campaign, Michelle said something about “me and Barak.”
The Peoples Republic Of Obama, haven’t you seen the name change coming January 20?
I thought if I heard my friends once more i was going to puke. ha ha
Wouldn’t “Americans” or perhaps “your fellow Americans” be customary............................................
??Maybe WaWa knows that he’s not an American citizen??
Not for folks determined to trash America
in behalf of the North American Union and the global government.
Anal grammar alert! Don’t mean to nitpick our Glorious Leader, but...
That's ok, Mrs. "The One" says "Me an' Barak" every time I hear her speak. Like nails on a chalkboard!
Excellent point. I was taken with BW’s attitude (paraphrasing): “Things have become so unspeakably horrible under the administration of the Evil Republican Bush the Bad that the citizens need a crumb of encouragement, and this can come only from you, Great, Brilliant, Wise Obama.” That’s what I heard her say, anyway.
It’s also hard to get past the fact that O cannot construct a sentence. No, no, no...It’s not “for Michelle and I,” it’s “for Michelle and me.” And it’s not “somebody like myself,” it’s “somebody like me.” He does this so often - I don’t think I’ve ever heard him say it correctly.
I guess he’s been so busy being brilliant that he hasn’t had time to study grammar and syntax. Funny how that never came up at Harvard, Columbia, etc., etc. No English tutoring there I guess.
I wish the Roloffs a Happy Thanksgiving!
Or the “people” in the soon-to-be Peoples Republic of America, and also, under the rule of the Messiah, soon to be a third-world country.
The people? The PEOPLE?!?!?!
Uhmmm Barbara, this is America. Here we have fellow Americans, fellow citizens, even fellow countrymen but we do not have The People. Our elected officials are citizens, not rulers. Got it? If we’re still a republic in 4 years, there will be a quiz. Start studying.
That’s the Thanksgiving message?! jeez. He lacks. Sorely lacks. Dear Lord...
It’s the concept of the party elite as the vanguard of the people. This was explained a while back.
Yes, 0bama, please soothe the ears of the bleating sheep with your wisdom, the promise of change, and the sound of the government cheese being grated.
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