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Gaffetastic:
Vice President Joe Biden had his “oops” moment Wednesday speaking in a 49er-crazed SF when he told a crowd at a city political fundraiser that “the Giants are on their way to the Super Bowl.” - SF Chronicle, 1-18-12
Conyers to Obama: You won’t shut me up
When last we left you, House Judiciary Committee Chair John Conyers was openly complaining about having to always save Obama’s “can” on the healthcare “reform” issue even though, in Conyers’ eyes, President Obama wasn’t giving true “reform-minded” folks like him much in return. Well, apparently word got back to the President about Conyers’ remarks and as a result, the President personally called Conyers in an attempt to shut -, er, um, talk through some of their disagreements. How did Conyers respond to the gesture? Blabbing about it to The Hill:
According to the lawmaker, the president picked up the phone several weeks ago to find out why Conyers was “demeaning” him.
Obama’s decision to challenge Conyers highlights a sensitivity to criticism the president has taken on the left. Conyers’s critical remarks, many of which have been reported on the liberal-leaning Huffington Post, appear to have irritated the president, known for his calm demeanor.
Conyers, the second-longest-serving member of the House, said, “[Obama] called me and told me that he heard that I was demeaning him and I had to explain to him that it wasn’t anything personal, it was an honest difference on the issues. And he said, ‘Well, let’s talk about it.’”
Sitting in the Judiciary Committee’s conference room two days after Obama delivered his speech on Afghanistan, the 23-term lawmaker said he wasn’t in the mood to “chat.”
The WH’s response to The Hill’s interview with Conyers? No comment (via Don Surber).
What this highlights more than anything is the President’s uber-sensitivity to criticism. To the politically disconnected, reading about President Obama “reaching out” to a selective critic makes him look like he’s putting forth a sincere effort to “bridge differences” but in reality it’s all about Obama’s penchant for wanting to either bring in line or mute any critics and/or criticism that has the potential to both seriously embarass him and derail his liberal agenda. We saw this all during the campaign with whisper campaigns, false accusations of racism, and legal threats, and we’ve seen it multiple times this year as well, mostly against conservative critics. But lately the adminstration has been hitting back hard not just against liberal critics, but also liberal friendlies who appear on the evil critical-of-Obama Fox News cable outlet. Not even that is acceptable anymore to our celebrity President.
Carol Platt Liebau asks rhetorically:
Incidentally, has anyone else noticed that the only time the President seems ready to stand up and get tough is when someone attacks Himself?
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Just like any other megalomaniacal leader in history (from Alexander clear on through today’s tinhorn dictators like Chavez and Castro), Duh-1 can’t stand the thought that anyone out there can’t see his godliness. I mean, it’s so obvious to him, why doesn’t everyone see it?
If he were simply a leftist with a swollen head, that would be one thing, but the Chicago thug has a serious problem with his self-adoration.
And Conyers thinking he can keep Duh-1 in touch with reality has a serious problem, too.
Slightly off-subject, but this is on Yahoo!News right now, from Eileen Sullivan, AP:
“The federal government improperly posted an internal guide to its airport passenger screening procedures on the Internet in a way that could offer insight into how to sidestep security.”
And they want us to trust our health care and records to the United States government? Sure. They never make mistakes that are potentially fatal.
Ear Leader is a whinny little child: he needs to be given a great big mug of warm STFU and be sent off for a nice long, say 3 years or so, time out, so the adults can get back to running the country…. at this point, even Joe Biden would be an improvement.
“President
Oba-PissyPants”What a wussy. He talks trash, has his minions talk trash, publicly wars with private citizens and private entities… but OMG let it be known he’s not adored and he has to get to the bottom of it.
Was he one of those kids raised to believe he deserved a daily trophy for breathing?
SO not statesman-like. What a shambling, bumbling mess he is.
Is the Imperial Empty Suited One beginning to lose favor with even those who ‘should be’ his most ardent supporters? How long will the charade that he can lend effective leadership to what was once the most powerful seat in the most powerful nation continue? It would be funny watching them implode but instead the consequences of having elected a clueless nobody president is scary and sad for us all.
This all goes to upbringing in the democratic party, too. They sugar-coated everything to make him seem so special….now the truth has come out and those who worked up through the ranks the “hard” way are wearying of his inability to deal with the office they coveted.
Goes to the old adage, be careful what you wish for…you might get it.
Now we are seeing the “real” personality of Obama…the privileged liberal pet who hates dissents no matter where it comes from.
Congratulations, fellow citizens, we’ve got the results coming in for our first “affirmative action” student president, and the results show he’s no more competent than the average affirmative action student and probably significantly less so because (I believe) he really does think he’s qualified.