The truth serum in San Francisco
This morning, I joked on Fox and Friends that San Francisco acts like a truth serum on Barack Obama. It’s where he trashed western Pennsylvanians as Bible-thumping racists clinging to their guns and religion. And it’s where he told the SF Chronicle that he plans to bankrupt coal companies and engineer huge energy price shocks to save the planet. (background links here and here)
Allah clipped the F&F video — watch here — and notes that Sarah Palin riffed on Obama’s San Francisco candor this morning:
“There must be something about San Francisco,” she said. “I heard on Fox News today, it’s like a truth serum where when he’s there, he seems to be more candid.”
It was at a San Francisco fundraiser earlier this year that Obama got into trouble, suggesting rural voters “cling to religion and guns” because jobs were being lost. Palin referred to them Monday as “bitter clingers” and “cling-ons.” (There goes the Star Trek vote?)
And it was Obama’s comments to the San Francisco Chronicle on fees for coal emissions that brought on Palin’s most recent attacks.
“So he’s talking to the San Francisco Chronicle, and he says that sure, if industry wants to try to build these coal-fired power plants, they can go ahead and try, but they’re only gonna be able to do it in a way that bankruptcies the whole industry, the coal industry,” she said. “Now he’s comfortable with this happening.”
Meantime, the Ohio Coal Association weighs in:
Mike Carey, president of the Ohio Coal Association (OCA), today issued the following statement in response to just-released remarks from Senator Barack Obama about the nation’s coal industry.
“Regardless of the timing or method of the release of these remarks, the message from the Democratic candidate for President could not be clearer: the Obama-Biden ticket spells disaster for America’s coal industry and the tens of thousands of Americans who work in it.
“These undisputed, audio-taped remarks, which include comments from Senator Obama like ‘I haven’t been some coal booster’ and ‘if they want to build [coal plants], they can, but it will bankrupt them’ are extraordinarily misguided.
“It’s evident that this campaign has been pandering in states like Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Indiana and Pennsylvania to attempt to generate votes from coal supporters, while keeping his true agenda hidden from the state’s voters.
“Senator Obama has revealed himself to be nothing more than a short- sighted, inexperienced politician willing to say anything to get a vote. But today, the nation’s coal industry and those who support it have a better understanding of his true mission, to ‘bankrupt’ our industry, put tens of thousands out of work and cause unprecedented increases in electricity prices.
“In addition to providing an affordable, reliable source of low-cost electricity, domestic coal holds the key to our nation’s long-term energy security – a goal that cannot be overlooked during this time of international instability and economic uncertainty.
Spread the word. It’s not too late.
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Coming from MM that gives SOME hope…
I sent to everyone in my address book. I hope it helps.
While it p*sses me off that the MSM sits on all of this crap until the vote-casting is imminent, at least it is trickling out bit-by-bit. I only hope it is not too little, too late. Come on WV, PA, OH, etc.! Can’t you see through this guy?!?!
So, I’m supposed to vote for this clown when he states that he intends to take actions that he acknowledges could adversely effect our economy? At least when Mondale proudly announced he would raise taxes in ‘84, he was just an idiot. Obama is not stupid…he is malevolent.
On the upside for all you folks depending on the coal industry (my own community included), once you’re unemployed you will qualify for a $500 tax refund. /sarc
If the far left wins control, we are in for some hard times.
Its too late for anyone who voted early to change their vote. Thats why I think early voting should be illegal. We call it election day for a reason.
Gosh, I do hope people in these states are beginning to see what this bho is going to do to our Republic. Please vote against this person. Thank you, from a lover of our country. I voted McCain/Palin, against bho/jb.
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ET, exactly…
Wonder how many “early voters” in coal states are wishing they had waited…
From the PUMA site:
I agree, 100%!
I heard on Rush about Obama and all his ‘umms’ and ‘ahhs’..
that isn’t Barack being a dunce.. that’s Barack sorting his thoughts of what to say.. like the JtP situation, he was off his guard, and redistribution of the wealth came out.. and thankfully, it was caught on tape too.
IMHO, when Barack is in San Fran, he is among more like minded individuals so he relaxes a bit more.. he doesn’t have to guard what he says as much.. hence.. more ’slips of the tongue’ to be taken out of context.
It’s not too late IF we can get that word out, and IF people will listen to it.
Obama promising higher energy prices right after we’ve had nearly $4/gallon gas, I would hope, would convince people not to vote for him.
On November 3rd, 2008 at 12:46 pm, Jim M. said:
They forgot Obama’s wind. It is powerful.
Not sure, but have you seen the satellite pictures of North Korea at night?
That’s how the US will look under Obama.
It’s never too late. Spread the
wealthword.He has his sights set on the agricultural sector as well.
More here.
When you say CHICAGO you have said it all.
I am Worf the Cling-on and I approved this message.
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Patrick Henry quote – The great object is, that every man be armed. Every one who is able may have a Disruptor.
I do beleive that as soon as the voters find out the propaganda screed sold to them by the MSM, the MSM will shrivel up and die.
Are you kidding? lol
This is still just the tip of the iceberg and its just one of hundreds of Titantics running full-steam ahead towards the ice-field.
Lemmings – “Due to their association with this odd behaviour [Obama will save us], lemming suicide is a frequently-used metaphor in reference to people who go along unquestioningly with popular opinion, with potentially dangerous or fatal consequences.”
They asked for it…
You talking about his “North” wind or his “South” wind – or is there really any difference???
et – #6 – I absolutely agree. Early voting should not be allowed. If you can’t make the time to vote, then too bad. (Absentee voting used to be tougher, too.)
Elitist liberals, all over the country, have adopted “San Francisco Values”.
If proposition 8 passes in California, I would expect much mischief and violence from radical homosexuals in California.
When a segment of the population is unwilling to accept the results of elections, we are on the road to losing our democracy. This has already happened in about 8 states already where voters passed referendums on banning gay marriage, but the activists were unable to accept the result of the election. Activist lawyers then “shopped” these cases to liberal judges in state courts. Eventually these judges overturned the vote of the people in every state where gay marriage is now legal.
This happened in California several months ago. Now there is a referendum on Tuesday’s ballot that will overrule the California court if passed. If the voters in California, once again vote to ban gay marriage, I do not think that the gay activists will accept this result. I think they will turn to violence, intimidation, smear tactics, claims of voter fraud and any other means at their disposal to nullify the vote.
The root cause of this behavior is the change in American culture. Many Americans no-longer believe in a power greater than themselves and universal spiritual principles. When you substitute “San Francisco values” for spiritual principles, the inevitable result will be chaos. Raising a ruckus is what unprincipled people do best when they don’t get their way. I do not see this trend reversing unless America gets back to the core values that made this nation great.
“Homosexual Marriage, the California Courts and the Decay of Society”
“My Views on Homosexuality”
The truely classless man that is Obama
Nagin WAS right! It will be a chocolate city (country).
Actually, I already have my Night Vision Goggles. Do you have yours?
Did you really think New Zealands fart tax wasn’t coming here? Part of green house gas calculations is METHANE produced by farm aminals.
I’ve already sent that same story to a few people…..hopefully it will swing many to McCain.
And I’m baffled that this idiot would actually state: “……bankrupt the industry….” considering how many people (voters) depend on the coal industry for their livelihood.
The fact that the head of the coal association is speaking out – and nailing Obama – is good……VERY good.
Yet the United Mine Worker’s Association still backs Obama.
To any UMWA member out there: If you vote Obama, you’re voting yourself out of a job.
Do you really think the union has your best interests in mind? Think about it. Isn’t the union leadership pretty much the same as the socialism Obama claims he’s not? They’re living like kings on your hard earned money pretending like their helping you out.
Obama:
-Mocks those of us who are religious.
-Threatens to bankrupt the coal industies of Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Imagine if you could, being the fly on the wall of all the Obama private discussions. What would we hear?
Cabinet position for Louis Farrakkan?
A “Just-in-case” Pardon for Ayers?
Federal Gun Bans?
10% Rich Persons’ Tax for everyone making over $50,000?
Mandatory Community Organizer Work for all high school grads?
Based on what has made it out into the light, the pile of scary stuff this guy plans on doing must be pretty big.
I heard both you and the Gov say it this a.m. pretty cool. and the coal news is playin big….
O.B.A.M.A.I.S.T.O.A.S.T.
ahahahhahahha, to bad Barry Bonds former S.F. Giant hasn’t drank any of that stuff.
Hmmmmm, Maybe thats where Odopey got the Roids, from Barry…
Odopey, the Televangelist on Steroids.
It’s Killin em and
I Love it!!!
McCain/Palin 08′
Wow, someone’s getting testy!
It’s not about what I think. I’m voting for McCain. I’m more concerned about those who have been persuaded by his mellifluous voice and are unaware of his diabolical scheme to collapse the USA; changing our entire way of life.
LOL 30pcs…..
he would make all dairy farmers stock up on Beano for the cows…
no use Beeno, you get fined!!!!
and go B.A.N.K.R.U.P.T.!!!!!
Lest some lefty claim Chairman O’s comments were taken out of context, let’s put them into a broader philosophical context:
It sounds to me like the Chairman O favors involves a rather substantial lowering of the American standard of living.
Oh, so that’s why he needs a 250,000 man personal army…
I know, its just so stupid, didn’t anamials exist before those evil humans did? And in far greater numbers? The buffalo alone used to blanket the countryside.
Obama’s energy plan is to drive up the costs citizens and companies pay for electricity and heat, while limiting oil, coal, gas and nuke power, which will leave us all sitting in the dark. Even a moron could think through the lack of logic in this plan. Community organizing is a poor training ground for understanding how the real world works. Obama just keeps shooting himself in the foot.
Everything about this man is, well, stupid… and dangerous to boot. If my post came across the wrong way, I apologize.
I just can’t believe that this man has gotten so close to the office of POTUS.
his diabolical scheme to collapse the USA
For what purpose?
Please expand on this monumental concept that isn’t at all a paranoid fantasy that you made up out of thin air.
If say, by Wednesday, if the country isn’t “collapsed”, can I hold you to this post?
PS- many giant US BANKS have collapsed already, under Bush’s tenure. Any concern there, for what is real and actually happening in, you know, reality? Probably not.
SF is where it is OK to act like a child and have the base honesty of a child as if you do not know better.
This is evident by the absurd positions taken by the leadership there!
Perhaps they should learn that life is not just a fairy tale.
Those that think that above statement has an alternate meaning having to do with gays you are wrong. I am speaking about actual Grimm’s Fairy Tales and not homophobia.
No kidding.
…there, Ajmontana, I corrected it for you.
Ask him. Isn’t there something on his website that
explainswhitewashes this statement?I’ll do no such thing. If you do not already have a firm grasp on why Obama’s stance on this issue(and many other issues, I might add) are detrimental to the US on a level unseen. Praytell, why then would I spend my time trying to explain it to you? I truly have better things to do.
You may want to try for after he actually has the opportunity to implement some of his destructive plans. Say, after 1.20.09.
You can read through the trackbacks on that. But if you think this wasn’t a bipartisan effort then you are as worthless as a penny with a hole in it.
Simply the fact that the weak countries of the world, the communist countries of the world, and all our enemies around the world want Obama to win says a lot to me.
It is kind of ironic that I keep reading comments from conservatives talking about praying and stockpiling ammo….
lovetorumba, thanks but i didnt say that.
Generation II, in the rifle safe.
How so?
Not really, haven’t you heard, “Kill ‘em all, and let god sort ‘em out.”
Not really, haven’t you heard, “Kill ‘em all, and let
godGod sort ‘em out.”Correction.
Religious nuts have to have their way with EVERYTHING! lol
Iraq war Marine veteran assail Murtha as a ‘fat little bastard’…
Naughty, naughty; imagine a Marine using such language to refer to the fat little turd.
I’ll do no such thing.
No, of course you won’t. You have literally NOTHING that backs up the statement “diabolical scheme to collapse the country”, other than you and your fellow orcs here on the Malkin boards WISHING it to be. It’s utter paranoia, like so much here is.
Talk to you on 1/20/09 then.
beat me to it 30
resist…..resist…I just keep whispering it to myself.
Voters need to be reminded of Obama’s comments about high gas prices too, i.e. he didn’t mind them, just wishes they hadn’t risen so fast. That should set off alarm bells for UAW workers.
The man and his radical eco-Marxist supporters don’t want any growth. How they deal with zero growth and adding 20 million illegals to the population escapes me though.
Riiiiiight. You can’t see the writing on the wall; therefore, I’m paranoid. How is it that you are able to use a computer? Boggles my mind.
It is kind of ironic that I keep reading comments from conservatives talking about praying and stockpiling ammo
Here on the Malkin boards, it is the alpha and the omega. The average poster’s fetishy wet dream here is to have Obama win, and then die in a blaze of glory in an epic gunbattle with Obama’s armies, taking out as many as they can along the way. It practically reads like a bad western/dungeons and dragons fan fiction book. This place is cuckoo!
I’m sure he has the country’s best interest at heart when he says he wants to redistribute wealth and bankrupting the coal industry. How could we all be so naive and selfish?
I hear ya.
#55
Then expand on it. Tell me what I am missing about this “diabolical scheme to collapse the country”.
I’m losing control….I must step away from the computer.
What ARE these people thinking…?
Drudge is awesome. You stay classy, Obama.
Of course I mean the ones NOT voting for McCain…
What you are missing is the ability to see Obama’s plans out to their logical conclusion. Why don’t you explain how bankrupting the coal industry is a good thing?
Oh for Gods sake people, when are you going to learn that watershed is here to provoke not discuss? The guy is a clueless obama drone so don’t even bother with him.
redistribute wealth and bankrupting the coal industry
That would be “shift the tax burden from the middle class to the rich” and “invest in clean energy technology”.
Hyperbole doesnt really help your case in a legitimate political debate. Which is why you are losing.
Who is Mike Carey is what I pondered? So I went and searched…..la..la…la…
Found this:
A Republican blasting Obama. Come On.
Now That’s Truth Serum.
mr obama is such a classy individual, when he was congratulating hillary on her campaign, he was giving her the finger, and now he is doing the same while congratulating mccain. i wonder what the main stream press would say if mccain gave the finger to obarry?
I don’t even know how I got sucked into a “discussion” with him. This must be what it feels like to be an Obama supporter.
Isn’t it time for your momma to feed you strained peas?
I know what you mean… there is troll red-meat all over the place today, and I may have to break my fingers to keep from feeding them.
It really is chilling, though, the level of willful ignorance that the Obamafied mental undead are willing to display in order to justify their votes for the One. All they have now are drive-by insults and dopey fake pejoratives like ‘hillbilly’. Totally lame.
You’re in the 6th district, right? I’m not, but I’m thinking happy thoughts for Bill Cassidy.
God bless America!!!
How much electricity do we get from coal? If the coal industry goes bankrupt, where do we get the electricity we need? How do we keep the nation running and people employed with super-priced power. You people are shockingly stupid.
YES
I’m even going to bribe several of my Dem friends to join me as they see where their party is headed.
What you are missing is the ability to see Obama’s plans out to their logical conclusion.
Oh, that’s not an answer. Expand on your concept. Give me the who, what, where, when, and why of “diabolical scheme to collapse the country”. Surely you have all the info!
On 11/4/2008, hope for the best, but prepare for the worst; If Obama does indeed win, I believe that over time the MSM will turn on him; There will be no protracted honeymoon as with Clinton; Clinton was harmless by comparison and they will see the error of their ways and pounce.
The real Barack Obama and his Marxist agenda is summarized best by these two articles:
The ‘Social Justice’ of the Stealth Candidate
Senator Stealth
When fear is justified it is not paranoid, it is sensible, unlike the liberals who come here spouting off nonsense!
The fear is justified.
Those that scoff at that will also realize it eventually and will suffer from their own ignorance.
That’s not the answer you are seeking but it remains true nonetheless. I’m waiting for you to explain why Obama’s plan is good thing.
BTW don’t take the bribe thing seriously….I’m promising gumbo and potato salad if they vote for McCain/Palin, Kennedy and Cassidy
Being deliberately obtuse explains why you just don’t seem to get it.
I wish you much luck… I hope Kennedy wins, too.
Hubs and I will be at the polls bright and early tomorrow. Unlike the Obozo undead, we don’t need a whole day off to exercise our civic responsibilities.
The Democratic Soicialist Communists want us to be dependent on them for our energy. While we have more than enough coal, natural gas, and oil (at least 3 times as much oil as Saudi Arabia!), the Marxists want to bring the “Imperialist” “Empire” of the United States “to its knees.”
Except that The Declaration of Independence, and the American Revolutionary War that ensued, were NOT about bringing the British “Empire to its knees”. It was about breaking free from tyranny and establishing a government of the people, by the people, and for the people…a government which would protect, not take away, the people’s God-given (endowed by their Creator) unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. By the words out of his own mouth, Barack Hussein Obama has confessed that his god is Allah (with Mohammed as his prophet), and he has not confessed “Jesus is Lord”. As such, it is appropriate to read his “journey” as:
Anthropogenic (Man-made) Global Warming is a complete and utter hoax, just like Darwinian macro-evolution, but the fascist Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy stifles any dissent, preventing any “intelligent” debate.
Do you think Russia or Venezuela care about carbon emissions? No.
The Democrat[ic Socialist Communist]s learned in August how angry American voters are about $4/gallon gas. So, in two months they have all but reversed the price increases that happened over the last two years that they have been in power. Just in time for the election.
Who is manipulating gas prices?
How long do you think those prices will stay down after the election? If Democrats remain in control, you can look forward to $5+/gallon gas quicker than you can say “Obama’s gonna CHANGE it, rearrange it: the Constitution and the New Communist Bill of Government Rights.”
WATCH FOR THIS TO HAPPEN: The MSM will declare it over almost immediately tomorrow in every state once they begin. By noon tomorrow on the East coast it will be called.
I E-mailed 200 radio stations last night on the subject of Obama’s desire to shut down coal production. Every little bit helps.
Oh look, he’s still here.
On November 3rd, 2008 at 1:43 pm, watershed said:
redistribute wealth and bankrupting the coal industry
When the Bush tax cuts expire, my household will pay 31% to the IRS, instead of 25%. Even if we were suddenly making $50K, we would jump to 28%. I asked you to explain how that is beneficial to me. You were strangely silent.
Any word on how losing 10% of my pre-tax income is good for me?
Redpill #82, spot on, once again. There is never a rationale given for the US “reducing global emissions,” esp. in light of the fact that other countries with larger populations and proportionately larger “carbon footprints” aren’t doing the same.
The conclusion that Obama and friends want to destroy the US is not just a logical deduction from an assemblage of facts, it comes from Obama’s own words, which have been cited over and over again. Some of the most famous ones being spoken to Joe the Plumber and to the SF liberal elite.
I’m NOT drinking the kool-aid!
That’s why everyone needs to turn off or disregard the TV, radio, etc. Vote your values no matter what you hear! It ain’t over til all the polls are closed and all the votes counted.
What is a green job? Do we each hug a tree and get paid minimum wage? Do we all get an ice cap to babysit? All these “green jobs” are going to be up for grabs. Just want to know what to look for.
#78
No, it’s simply not an answer at all. I expected nothing less after your absurd and paranoid statement. You have nothing to back it up with. And that’s OK. It’s really par for the course here.
I for one, think that changing to clean and renewable energy sources is a good thing, and a necessary one, given the danger of fossil fuels. The country and its workforce will evolve with the technology as they have through every new chapter in it’s development.
Not COLLAPSE.
Which is basically what I was trying to explain to watershed. Thanks for wording more clearly.
You’re dreaming.
You don’t seem to understand though. To the Liberals and Democrats, $4 a gallon gas was still too low. They envision a day when the price for gas is well over $10 a gallon, thus forcing people to go back to the horse and buggy, bicicles etc. They want to force people into buying into the entire Global Warming Hoax, thus the only way they feel they can do so is to put the cost of such things as coal and oil and gasoline etc., well out of the reach of the common man.
Look at what he is saying. He is saying that the only way to get people to use “Alternative Sources” is to bankrupt the coal industry. It does not stop there, nor will it. Look at how they rejoiced at the cost of oil, yet continued to refuse the drilling of it in our own country. Instead, we need to fill our tires and tune up the cars, take public transportation and ride bikes. That is NOT an energy plan.
Now, I am not claiming that Obama is a Muslim. However, if you look at his policies, look at what he has stated he would like to do and what he will do, he is basically wanting to do the exact same thing that Islam wants. To do away with cars, electricity, and the luxuries that this country has come to depend on and expect.
No more air conditioning, no more power plants, no more anything, until we look to the Amish to find out how we are to live. Even then, the emissions of horses in the form of methane gas releases will come under Government Regulations and end up taxed.
Pro “collapse” concept posters: I want to know two things-
1) Why does Obama secretly want this collapse? Who does it benefit?
2) What will happen after the collapse? A “left behind” kind of sceanrio, or what?
New Communist/Sharia Bill of Government Rights…
In my opinion it appears that Obama thinks:
1) the U.S. is that “one left to go” to add to the “57 states” of the OIC.
2) Alaska and Hawaii were taken through “Imperialism”, so they shouldn’t be states. Oil-rich Alaska should be given back to the Russians, and Hawaii should be made its own sovereign country (an organization by the same name as Bill Ayers’ Communist Manifestor “Prairie Fire” has such an article about Hawaii). That is why Obama was “not allowed” to campaign in Alaska or Hawaii.
Maybe not a collapse. Maybe just a rapid & steady decline in our standard of living. You know. Like 1976 to 1980.
Actually, they will start declaring it over tonight so that they can spend all tomorrow night worshipping at the alter of their savior, President for Life Obama.
And with the Fairness Doctrine quickly reestablished, the MSM will simply consolidate into ONE entity for broadcast and print venues as, in all fairness, competition will no longer be necessary.
It will be ALL Obama ALL the time.
Glad we’re on the same team, 30.