No matter how much hope Obama generates, miserable, self-absorbed liberals who always look on the dark side of life will, well, always lack real hope – via Victor Davis Hanson over at NRO’s The Corner:
Re: “For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country, because it feels like hope is making a comeback.” — Michelle Obama
I wrote not long ago that Michelle Obama is a loose cannon, and I fear that her latest is not her last. I would have thought that two Ivy-League degrees, a joint income of about a million dollars, exclusive private schools for the kids, and a nice home in the suburbs were not so bad and might suggest that hope had made a comeback well before Barack’s presidential run.
Were Democrats fleeing the self-absorption of the Billary power couple of two Yale-educated lawyers — only to embrace the self-absorption of a power-couple of two Harvard-educated lawyers? Or was it a Yale versus Harvard Law School intramural thing all along?
Liberals live in a very small, very dark alternate universe – peopled with devils called “Christians”, “capitalists”, “Republicans” and “conservatives” who are always out to get them and destroy the world. Bravely they stand against this, but it is mostly a stance of despair – but, sometimes, a bright light breaks through…no, not the light of God Almighty; not even the light of a saint, such as Mother Theresa…but the light of a slick-talking political hack who just says the right things in the right tone of voice.
Pathetic. And Hanson is right, Mrs. Obama is a loose cannon – and if they can’t talk some sense to her, she’s going to be a liability as bad as Theresa was for Kerry in 2004.
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Breaking News: Castro just resigned.
In other news:
Federal Judge Robert Somma, rear-ended another motorist in his Mercedes-Benz after tying one on in a local gay bar. He had difficulty locating his drivers license in his purse, and he was wearing a little black dress.
His wife, Wendy, says he’s not interested in talking to the press right now.
I hope the dems bring him up the next time Bush threatens them with a recess appointment.
Blech. You’re parodying yourself again, Mark.
Back to topic.
I lost hope when the Supreme Court appointed Bush as president. But at the time I figured he would be out in four years and how much damage can on man cause in that time.
Boy was I wrong. It is not just the president, it is all the people he brings with him and appoints to different offices. Then the stolen election in Ohio for another four years. Bush has been worse for America than the 10 plagues were to Egypt. He had done so much damage to the world, yet I know it is not really his fault. He is just a puppet controlled by Cheney who, himself, is controlled by corporations. Bush is just too stupid to be held accountable for his crimes. It would be like executing a mentally retarded person (oh wait, Bush has done that in Texas).
It was easy to loose hope when you hear the president say, “The Constitution is just a damn piece of paper.”
A vote for Obama is a chance to change the direction of history to something brighter.
A vote for Clinton is pretty much the same old thing.
A vote for “100 more years” McCain is a vote to send your own children to war, because there is no possible way to maintain troop levels without a draft.
It is not just the president, it is all the people he brings with him and appoints to different offices. Christian Wright | February 19th, 2008 at 7:30 am
This is precisely the reason I am voting for Senator Clinton. I believe Senator Clinton has the better managerial skills we desperately need right now. All departments up and down the Cabinet are broken and lead by incompetents. Many of these Republican/Neocon hacks would stay in place or be reshuffled with a McCain-Bush lite Presidency. I just don’t feel Obama has the connections to bring in the best and brightest, regardless of ideology.
Back to the thread, I can’t deny I also thought Mrs. Obama’s words were not what we want to hear. I can speculate they were said looking through the eyes of an African American and so happy for her husband. But to be President, McCain can’t just view America through the eyes of an elderly white man. Senator Clinton can’t just view America through the eyes of a woman, and Obama can’t just view American through the eyes of an African American.
These are strong words for someone who seems convinced that an entire side of the political spectrum is trying to give America to “Islamofascists” (tripe) and make you marry your brother or some other lie. Take off the foil hat Mark, it might just uncover your eyes…
“devils called “Christians”, “capitalists”, “Republicans” and “conservatives” who are always out to get them and destroy the world.”
And then we have the human form of all those things, the evil Bush monster and the evil Rove/Cheney monsters! We need Barak to salvage the world! He has a nice smile, and best of all, he is black! Yes we can! Tax and redistribute. Now! Che! Berkeley is right!
Notice how the libturds completely ignore the substance of the thread yet again. I am starting to get a bit embarrassed for you. Obama’s wife is a loose cannon, and for somone that has led a dream life to bitch about her country reminds me of spoiled athletes with million dollar promotions or million dollar rappers complaining how tough they have it on the streets. If somone as successful as Michelle Obama has lost hope for her country, the rest of us must really be screwed. Thanks god her husband is going to hope for everything to get better. Oh well, im hungry, I’m gonna go hope me up some breakfest.
i seriously don’t understand why you are calling her a loose cannon. Are you really saying this because of the ‘first time in my adult life’ comment? How pathetic are you. Not everybody is mindlessly ‘ my country right or wrong’ and that doesn’t make them loose cannons it makes the thinking beings
Rich-
The thread had no substance to begin with… It was Mr. Noonan supporting the belief of an NRO blow-hard who apparently thinks that rich people can’t comment on socio-economic trends… Seriously, do you work hard in school and graduate school only to lose your ability to approve of or disapprove of the goings on in your country? Seems like a bit of class-baiting there… huh… and I thought that that was a liberal tactic…
Mark,
I’ve been trying to bite my tongue, but with all mindless stupidity passing as political commentary on your blog it has been difficult. But now you have done it, with the above post you have caused me to resort to the sort of straight ahead truth-telling that will surely risk getting me banned from Club Noonan. But I can’t help myself…so here goes…Mark, you are a simpleton, an intellectual and moral midget, and at the base of it all, an (expletive deleted).
Regardless, have a nice day.
I’m waiting for the Castro thread and how Noonan/Margolis will describe how the liberals are crying over Castro resigning.
Mark,
First, you took her statement out of context. She said was “for the first time in her adult life she was really proud to be an American”, with the emphasis on “really”. Now, you can interpret that to mean, she has never been proud to be an American before yesterday. Or, you can be fair and try to understand that, first, her words probably came out differently than she intended (have you ever said something that didn’t come out exactly as you intended? I have.) or more likely she meant to say that she was “really” proud to be an American because of the success of her husband and his accomplishments in this presidential race. Granted, Michelle Obama is no Laura Bush, standing silently behind her husband with nothing to say. She is an intelligent woman, a Harvard Law School graduate who held an impressive position until she resigned to help with the campaign. She is outspoken, she is lively and articulate. She is a devoted mother and wife, but she does have opinions and expresses them. Many find her refreshing and down to earth. But there always those who will criticize regardless of what she says or her intent.
Sunny… your small parsing of words hardly changes the meaning of what she said. You seem to think there is some key difference there, but there’s not.
And LiberalT… it would hardly take a “my country is always right” attitude to have found something about America in her whole adult life to have been proud of.
And that’s the issue that I find offensive. Sure, the last 8 years have been under President Bush, and as a liberal, surely she wasn’t thrilled about that, but…
Before that there were 8 years of Clinton in the White House. Not one thing during those entire 8 years (even before the huge controversy came up) made her really proud to be an American?
There hasn’t been any legislation that has passed that as a liberal makes her proud to be an American?
All the great things America has been able to do to help other nations through natural disasters over the years, and nowhere in there has there been anything to make her really proud to be an American?
She was an adult when the Berlin wall came down… that wasn’t worth being really proud to be an American?
I’m sure there are countless other instances that don’t readily pop to mind, but the point is this…
The ONLY thing in her WHOLE ADULT LIFE that could happen to make her proud to be an American is the possibility that she and her husband might be able to live in the White House?
That to me sounds extremely narrow minded and very “it’s all about me, not about any causes I say I support, just what I can get out of it”.
“Mrs. Obama is a loose cannon – and if they can’t talk some sense to her, she’s going to be a liability as bad as Theresa was for Kerry in 2004.” Mark
And this statement is a crock. Michelle Obama has made dozens of speeches over the past few months with very large crowds which were extremely affective. You only wish the potential first lady for the Republican party could and would get out to campaign for her husband. Cindy McCain is a very attractive woman, and I believe would be a lovely first lady, but I have not heard one word from her. I am sure she is very intelligent and engaging as she runs her own company from what I have read about her, but I have not even seen her interviewed. But Michelle Obama is not a loose cannon – not even close. Not even a good try on your part in making such a statement. Your desperation is showing.
I will be voting for John McCain, but not out of fear of Obama should he be the Democratic candidate – but because fiscal responsibility is an important issue to me and one in which John McCain will do better than Bacack Obama.
LNC | February 19th, 2008 at 10:25 am
Sunny… your small parsing of words hardly changes the meaning of what she said. You seem to think there is some key difference there, but there’s not.
LNC, IF Michelle Obama comes out with an explaination of exactly what she meant by her statement, will you be open minded enough to listen to it and give her the benefit of doubt? I seriously doubt it, but you are quick to judge with your statement. I must be one of the few in this world who has mis-spoken from time to time, and had to explain my true meaning of those words. We are all human, and at times make mistakes. For Michelle Obama, who has been on the campaign trail day after day, speaking to large groups of potential voters, one could assume that she might speak in error on an occasion or to. I do believe that there can be a change (and in cases an huge change) in meaning when the emphasis is inteded to go to a certain word and the speaker failed to do so.
“a gaffe is when a politician tells the truth”
And, am I the only one that’s noticed that “plainjane” and “liberalT” are the same person?
Just asking …
Michelle Obama also said, when asked if Hillary gets the nomination would she (Michelle) support her, Obama responded “I’d have to think about it.” Ouch!
“The thread had no substance to begin with… ”
…And yet here you are sniffing around. Do you have nothing better to do than comment in a thread you believe has no substance on a blog sponseored by people you despise? Get a hobby buddy.
I have seen thousands of comments on the web about this today.
To sum it up: “how dare she!”
Well, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Come on guys. I’m really thinking this speech which I watched all of was one of the best I’ve seen in my life!
I knew what she meant. She’s proud of The People of this country for wanting to come together, rise above that which has divided us, and stand together for progress and change.
She spoke as a real person not someone disconnected with real working people but as one of us.
She and Barack are the good guys! Watching The People (albiet on right wing blogs) fighting against them is a tragic example of where we are as a nation.
I am NOT proud of the citizens who are taking part in this witch hunt to oust her for making a fair and real statement.
Again, shame on all of you! Her speech was awesome, well spoken, with confidence, with emotion. It was one of the most inspiring speeches by a politician or even a politician’s spouse that I’ve heard in my entire life!
That’s how good the whole thing was. And so to tear her up for that one line is to throw away your patriotism for blind partisan hatred.
Michelle Robinson Obama was born into a lower middle-class hard working African-American family. Through intelligence, determination and by the grace of God, she was educated at Princeton and Harvard, married to a successful African-American politician, mother of two charming daughters.
Barely one generation removed from Jim Crow Michelle and Obama have earned the American dream and this is the first time she’s proud to be an American?
Audacity of hope, indeed!
Mark Noonan lives in a very small, very dark alternate universe – peopled with devils called “atheists”, “socialists,” “Democrats,” and “liberals” who are always out to get him and destroy the world. Bravely, he stands against this, wielding an amazing conspiracy theory about how “the left” has been trying to destroy society, god, and god in society since the French Revolution and standing up against all the horrible indignities Christians suffer in America–indignities like not getting their way all the time, not to mention the unspeakable horror of the scientific method.
No Timmy, not the first time she is proud to be an American. She said, it is the first time in her adult life that she is really proud.
People are not happy with the way things are going in this country. They are not happy with all of the war, the economy, health care, wages, costs of food and fuel, lack of alternatives for costly fuel, and they want change. But for their to be real change the people must stand up and be united.
She’s proud that the public have moved to a point where they are united in that they are aware that we need to change. Some are fighting this change.
We The People can only have real change in leadership if we earn it and to earn it is to vote for the appropriate candidate for president.
This vote must be made with a clear mind, with open thought. We must know our candidates and what they stand for. But knowing means fact checking and researching. To soak up all that is spewed from conservative radio and television without any questioning of it’s validity and fact-checking is to be a sponge that gets, in return, poor leadership that will screw the voters in the long run.
The Democrats are pretty confident about their chances in 2008. Confident about picking up even more seats in Congress and confident about winning the White House.
With all this country has offered to Michelle she isn’t proud of America? Oh, she’s really roud, not proud but really proud. I guess Michelle attended Harvard and Princton as a larvae and not an adult.
And like an empty vessel we pour into Obama all our hopes, all our dreams and all our expectations, because he certainly hasn’t any plans or schemes or programs to get in the way of our hopes.
I’d like to debate the issues, but I’m not hopeful; I’m really hopeful. Beyond that I’m really really hopeful that the tools wake up from this Obamamania, and soon.