Obama admits: I was just a random campaign quote generator
Here’s your quote of the day in case you missed the press conference this morning. Responding to reporter Peter Baker’s question about his mockery of Hillary Clinton’s tea-sipping foreign policy inexperience during the campaign, Barack Obama basically admits that his words were, well, just words.
(And as his Secretary of State nominee reminded us during that campaign, some of those endless strings of words, words, words weren’t even his own.)
In other, ahem, words: Barack Obama was nothing more than a random campaign quote generator.
B-b-b-but it’s the media’s fault for quoting them back then and for resurrecting them now.
Straight from the mouth of The One (vid via Allah):
Partial transcript:
This is fun for the press to try to stir up whatever quotes were generated during the course of the campaign, and you’re having fun. And there’s nothing wrong with that. I’m not faulting it. But, look, I think if you look at the statements that Hillary Clinton and I have made outside of the heat of a campaign, we share a view that America has to be safe and secure, and in order to do that we have to combine military power with strengthened diplomacy.
Words. Just words.
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I guarantee that less than 1 year into his presidency, at LEAST 25-30% of the people who voted for him will have buyer’s remorse.
We tried to tell you, but this guy’s MO was to get elected. Nothing else. There’s no change coming from this windbag.
empty suit.
this man is a nightmare without a telepromter.
with or without a teleprompter he is a nightmare…period….
It’s sad but I find myself wishing Hillary was prez elect instead.
God help us all.
What a bold, arrogant stance taken by Obama. I know, this is not new, but for him to say, “Don’t think too hard about what I say, but always, whatever you do, assume the best of me,” is quite a dangerous proposition. Biden petitioned for people to do just that when he said this after explaining how Obama will be tested in the near future: “And he’s gonna need help. And the kind of help he’s gonna need is, he’s gonna need you - not financially to help him - we’re gonna need you to use your influence, your influence within the community, to stand with him. Because it’s not gonna be apparent initially, it’s not gonna be apparent that we’re right.” In other words, they’re saying: “Have blind faith in this mere mortal, Obama, and you’ll be alright.”
My response: “But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
Just words?
My collie says:
That’s not the Hillary he knew.
The real joke here is that liberals and the media seem to have taken Obama’s campaign rhetoric seriously. The electoral college hasn’t even met yet and already virtually all of Obama’s campaign promises have been exposed as lies. I’m not sure “I told you so” even cuts it . . .
With half the cabinet positions in already place and more to come, it looks like you may have your wish….
Im amused, Obozo kept calling McCain Bush II. Looks like Obozo is Clinton II.
Change my @$$.
One day Bush says he has confidence in Rumsfeld. The next day he fires said Rumsfeld. Are Bush’ comments random?
So far, Obama has had more press conferences and answered more questions from the press than Bush did in a whole term. Obama answers in whole sentences that are more than platitudes. People around the world are gaining confidence in America. They admire us for electing a good person.
And pay no attention to the lawsuits challenging his birth record…especially the one at the SCOTUS.
This reminds me of one of the few Rush Limbaugh newsletters I read (Dad got them) back in the 90s.
The relevant article was “Words mean things.” or something to that effect. Basically that the Democrats would say anything and not expect it to mean anything.
I seem to remember we were knee deep in the stain on a blue dress and the definition of the word “is” at the time.
Cut the crap, Lgm. The man loves to hear himself talk more than Bubba loves his Cheeseburgers.
Strengthened diplomacy? Say what? So when the UN puts out 17 resolutions telling Iran to stop its nuclear buildup….you’re going to do WHAT?
Talk them to death?
Tell Dinnerjacket he better quit or else…you’ll huff and you’ll puff?
Ask Hillary to put on a scarf like Peloser and go see what we can do to appease him one last time?
Promise the Iranian mullahs that all Westerners will submit to Sharia law?
Make Mohammed’s birthday a government holiday?
Promise to eat only pulled pork?
His grammatical errors in his speech are those that second grade students shouldn’t make.
How did this trainwreck get elected?
I blame you.
All those people Obama is dragging out from under the bus look worse than before he threw them under the bus.
Once in office, I wonder if his words will actually mean what he says.
Doubt.
mj, is that you?
A master of double speak, a con man at heart, a thug in practice.
Yeah, I second the with or without a teleprompter. Shuck and jive act all the way.
All the 2008 election proved is it’s real easy to make idiot voters out of ignorant people. Hugo Chavez was the model. Watch the video about how online at Frontline.
Oh you were talking about Uhhhbama and not lgm, my bad
Oh PU-LEEZE. The man doesn’t have the first idea what the word truth means. He is an empty suit who has had to resort to Clinton-retreads to assemle a cabinet. His ideas on capitulation to the UN and the international “community” will cost us dearly and take a generation to undo if we are even able to. He actually thinks Gorebal Warming is real and that somehow by driving the economy into the ground he can reduce energy usage. He and his non-cabinet, behind the curtain buddies, are Marxists intent on humbling the nation.
The only way others in the world are going to “like” and “admire” us is when we are reduced to a third world nation lead by our own version of the Dear Leader for Life.
Can you imagine what the last eight years would have been like if they gave Bush the passes that they are giving Obama on everything under the sun? Instead, they chose to undermine our country to spite him at every turn.
I hate the press and the people who voted for this turdburglar.
“My President (-Elect) went to two Ivy League Universities and all I got was an empty suit.”
lgm, Let me insult you again, you idiotic buffoon. Your willful myopic ignorance is so profound that only your stupidity can match it. Go back to doing stupid math tricks, you social idiot. It is obvious that you do don’t have any kind of shame and are incapable of being embarrassed.
Okay, since no one in the media or even the blogs has been able to latch on to this very simple political reality, I’ll say it first:
Obama is not bringing these people into his cabinet to”hear from strong personalities,” but rather as cover for his policies.
As I look at my crystal ball, I see the begin of serious trouble in both foreign policy and the economy, and these people who have signed on have no idea that, like his grandmother who raised him, they will be the first to be thrown under the bus when things go bad.
He’ll propose something insane, and when people question it, he’ll say, “based on input from my expert team that I assembled, I have made the following judgment”…. [insert bad policy here].
And, people like Gates, Summers, Volcker, Clinton et al will all have to bite their lip.
It’s brilliant!
lgm, pay no attention to these namecallers and naysayers. You’re absolutely entitled to express your own opinion on this site, no matter how stupid it might sound.
No, they are licking their chops and making fun of us for electing someone who will take America down a notch or two further without prompting from the rest of the world.
Personally, I think that he has little likelihood of trying to push through his agenda via his appointments or legislation. Watch the judges. They’ll be the ones who can enact any policy he wants without any electoral repercussions.
lgm…you have made many errors in your statement. Firstly, you have mistaken form for substance. Secondly, you have mistaken speaking with having something to say. Thirdly, you have forgotten that quantity does not equal quality. There are many other errors as well, however, I will stop with this: Your “equivalence” argument is not definitive.
Please go back and re-write your statement to correct the above mentioned errors.
nay, nay!
You can’t get universal healthcare, union “card check,” or not opting to protect Israel through judges.
“It’s only words.
And words are all I have
to take your heart away.”
–The Bee Gees
I was ready to slit my wrists after watching that video. Obama, uh, can’t, uh, put, uh, together, uh, a sentence, uh, without, uh, a hundred, uh, uhs, in, uh, it.
I don’t know if I can take 4 years of this!
It’s no surprise to many of us that Obama’s words were nothing more than empty rhetoric. It’s just irresponsible that they waited until after the election to ask questions about it. I don’t expect to see many of these types of questions though, because as Rush says, Obama is too big to fail and the press won’t let him, no matter how much of an abomination his administration turns out to be.
Just words.
Obamanation?
You don’t get a thrill up your leg every morning knowing that the lightworker is going to be at the helm?
Obama is technically not “President Elect” until after the electorial congress votes. Nor, technically, is there an “Office of the President Elect.”
Now, the human gaff machine has nominated a sitting/serving Senator to be his Secretary of State? I thought the Constitution forbids any member (of either House) of Congress, who voted for a pay raise for any federal office, from leaving Congress to serve in an Office for which they have voted for said pay raise?
Shouldn’t Obama know this little fact? After all, he did teach Constitutional law, did he not? Or is this just a “minor” technicality he is willing to overlook?
Really. I seldom listen to him any more because of the halting way of speaking he has. How anyone can believe that is a sign of great intellelect is beyond me.
As a member of a rather large astronomy club, it is my pleasure to hang out with a lot of really intelligent people. None of them have to stop in the middle of each sentence to think of what they’re going to say next. Their minds are much quicker than that.
aka, a politician trying to get elected. What stunning insight. You get paid for this?
We have a word for this kind of “doublespeak” where I live. Unfortunately, MM’s censors probably have blocked the compound that refers to male livestock and the stuff that is excreted by their bodies as waste.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
http://www.federfalistpartyblog.blogspot.com
No, she gets paid for people clicking onto her site. Like you - paying her. Ha-ha.
PBoilermaker - comment #26 was excellent in its simplicity and style.
Yeah umm … he sure is … umm … a umm … really good umm … well you know he’s ummm … a umm … really good … ummm … ummm ….
Yeah nice complete sentences. I’m no fan of GW, but I’ll put ANY straight talk of his against ANY of Obama’s crap. Oh yeah. NO TELEPROMPTER.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Thank you. It is always good to expose people like lgm to the truth.
I defy anyone to find ANYTHING Obama has EVER said that is THAT inspiring. And this not even from a man who bears any claim to being much of a speaker. Hmm … sounds a lot like Lincoln, doesn’t it?
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Huggybear isn’t very intelligent. S/he probably doesn’t believe you.
Here’s another “complete sentence” that I’d like to see Obama try to deliver with credibility.
The guy’s already gotten started with his search for scapegoats. He’s found a bunch of them, and he’s looking for more.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
No, the MSM will provide the cover for him. He doesn’t need to worry about explaining his failures.
Won’t stop him from looking for more scapegoats.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
When BHO’s apologists damn him with faint praise, it reminds me of a child’s face when they open the lovely gift…and find ugly clothes.
“Oh yes, this is just what I wanted”
Lefties, you were fooled. We’re not getting out of Iraq, we’re not going to soak the rich, and the welfare cheese still tastes like dreck.
Nice job lefties, you just elected an african-american Jimmy Carter.
LMAO
Unless thrills are masquerading as nauseous feelings, the answer is no.
.
Cult of Personality
I shall “endeavor to persevere” whatever length of a nObama administration comes along. I expect it to taste like a crap sandwich…without the bread (pun intended).
To assuage my conscience, I used to keep track of my visits here and click on liberal sites like http://www.johnmccain.com just to even things out.
B-b-b-but I want my Blackberry….
The dude is going to be the POTUS(!?!) and he’s cryin’ about keepin’ a Blackberry. lgm is right, the ROW does admire us for electing The One.
There, fixed that for him.
What a lying sack of …………… they have that in common anyway.
…just words …just speeches
This is going to be a turbulent four years. We all best buckle up; and by that, I mean stockpile our ammo fast.
On December 1st, 2008 at 8:55 pm,
Chap, you kill me
Okay… that hurts Chap. I have no argument for that.
I don’t know of anything Obama’s ever said that he will do, follow thru on, stand behind, implement, attempt, you name it. There’s nothing he’s said that he won’t reverse 180 degrees. No position, no statement of principle, no expression of loyalty to a person or a cause. But he’s cool, isn’t he? I love the casual way he walks, like he doesn’t have a care in the world. The guy is cool.
megalomania
Main Entry: meg·a·lo·ma·nia
Function: noun
Date: 1887
1 : a mania for great or grandiose performance
2 : a delusional mental disorder that is marked by feelings of personal omnipotence and grandeur
Did I mention he lies a lot.
Other than the advancement of a socialist agenda, I do not believe Obama has one core value. If I were our allies, I would be nervous as hell.
Anyone or anything can end up under the bus.
On December 1st, 2008 at 9:44 pm, Paul-Cincy said:
I don’t know of anything Obama’s ever said that he will do, follow thru on, stand behind, implement, attempt, you name it. There’s nothing he’s said that he won’t reverse 180 degrees. No position, no statement of principle, no expression of loyalty to a person or a cause. But he’s cool, isn’t he? I love the casual way he walks, like he doesn’t have a care in the world. The guy is cool.
megalomania
Main Entry: meg·a·lo·ma·nia
Function: noun
Date: 1887
1 : a mania for great or grandiose performance
2 : a delusional mental disorder that is marked by feelings of personal omnipotence and grandeur
Did I mention he lies a lot.
Le barack est tres cool. I don’t know if he lies a lot. I have never heard him speak the truth; “a lot” seems to imply that he occasionally tells the truth.
I think he has cut a deal with NY Gov Patterson to get some Obamatron in as Senator from NY, will get Hill in as SOS, then fire her for “policy differences.”
IMHO
Well, I don’t disagree but then again, it took only 4 or 5 years for 25 to 30% of us Bush voters to feel the same way. If I hear “compassionate conservative” again I am going to barf.
Gay Patriot & I had the same thought …………………..
Semper Fi’
DM
Reminds me of a classic line from Animal House:
B.Hussein’s favorite words;
All swarm, no sting
it’s only words…
b-b-b-but he can body surf better than Bush.
/lgm mode off
just words…just speeches
It won’t take long for this disgusting piece of trash to self destruct.
Unfortunately, half of us are going to suffer for the stupidity of the other half.
Has anyone else noticed that Chairman Hopenchange’s cabinet and the Congress is controlled by the people who plowed the ground and planted the seeds for both 9/11 and the financial meltdown?
All I can say is me too!! Mostly I hate the press. We HAVE to do something about them!!
Translation:
“You can not believe a damn word that comes from my mouth. I will do and say anything at all if it makes me look good and allows me to win elections that I am hideously unqualified for. I am not to be held responsible for anything I have ever said, am saying, and/or will ever say. You only have yourselves to blame over the next four years as you continue to be disenchanted with me because after all, you WANTED to believe the crap spewing forth from my lips and between your own imaginations and what the MSM told you to believe…well me and my boys are just astonished and laughing our socks off at the absolute stupidity and gullibility of the American public.
“Heck…you people aren’t even listening to me now are you? No…I didn’t think so. Therefore, I will simply say, ‘Flibity Flobbity Floop” from now on and let you, the American public, fill in whatever you wish I had said to fulfill your own self0sh motives.”
More like a sharp pain at the base of my skull…
The guy spewed a line of crap to get elected, and he admits publicly that he purposely said things he didn’t mean. No core, no convictions, no shame, and few people seem to give a crap.
I have to go puke now.
Let’s see….a no-name who comes out of nowhere having no accomplishments suddenly mesmerizes everyone everywhere by speaking ever so eloquently about a whole lot of nothing gaining him the power over everything!
Well…. lets not get caught up in semantics. Look at it like this: Words are just random letters that are strung together in order to make people think they are smarter than they are.
This guy’s such a lying dirtbag. I can barely listen to his tedious, grating oral flatulence.
Next time ask him, “The buck stops where?” (Coming soon the office to stop blaming the only black guy in the white house.)
Holy smoke, the situation reports from the Bush administration must be very dark for Obama to send this message of strength to our adversaries.
This doesn’t sound like the tea-sipping and boot-licking he promised to Iran and Syria.
MoveOn
to socialism.org must be pissed.Just what you wold expect a non-citizen to say.
He believes in dissenting views? really? So where are his republican/conservative appointees?
Sock puppet.
What nobody he actualy believed what he SAID right?? Come on.
I watched the whole thing and basically what he said was that if I supported him, he’d pay all my bills and watch my kids so I can take my wife out on Saturday night. I don’t know what y’all are talking about.
/sarc
zzz
I’m more concerned with the blatant disregard of the Constitution.
Read it - Hillary Clinton is not eligible to become Secretary of State.
Ohhh…do tell. Why not?
Equivocate all you like, LGM, but Obama is leaving you little wiggle room when he admits to and validates the criticisms nearly every poster here has made about him over the last two years.
She invented non-transparency and holds the copyright on unaccountability - and those are her good points!
Btw, how are the adoptees (the kittens)? I bet they’re a handful by now! I respect you immensely for taking them in to your home.
Little Gizmo sadly is under the knife as we type getting, ahem, emasculated.
Poor little guy.
Well lookie there Chap. We actually have something in common. Our 14.5 year old cat…the one who alerts me to the oncoming cold weather by following me everywhere until I sit down so that she can lay in my lap and sap me of all my strength…is also named Gizmo. Named after the little creature from the movie, as when she was a kitten, she looked just like one.
Well wishes for a speedy recovery, and thank you for being a responsible pet owner! Felines seem to reproduce exponentially when no one cares, and it is so hard to find good homes for all of them when they must be rescued.
Say WHAT?!?!?! Since when does breaking and entering not warrant the police getting involved?
These people are squatting on property that is not theirs, in houses that do not belong to them, and have a mindset that says, “Laws mean nothing, anarchy reigns and too bad. I want it, it is mine and there is nothing you can do about it.”
This is the Liberal mindset at it’s basest form. “I am doing the owner a favor by breaking in, doing whatever the hell I want to his property, moving people in. I am a saint and rather than having me thrown in prison for years, I should be given a medal and the Key to the City”.
this is unbelievable.
Well, there is another law that I would put into IMMEDIATE effect were it me. that is the law that if you are an uninvited stranger and decide to break into my house, I have the right to blow your freakin head clean off your pencil neck. This is exactly what any homeowner in that city should do. They should lie in wait until this organ for eliminating human excrement decides to set foot into the building and end this situation once and for all.
This country has most assuredly gone down the Rabbit Hole. I don’t even recognize it anymore, and it is only going to get worse over the next 4 years.
New Zeland is looking better and better ever morning when I wake up.
That pix of Uh-bummer with the ciggie hanging out of his mouth has been aptly captioned:
“Just another bum lookin’ for change.”
But if he says nothing, what’s the big deal?
I’ve always relied on the kindness of strange-uhs.
Sarc off
Well, once again the loneliest troll in Trolldom has absolutely no idea what he is talking about and chooses to demonstrate that fact in writing on the Internet for all to see.
President Bsh did not fire Rumsfeld you complete moron. Rumsfeld RESIGNED. What that means…since that thing you have that separates your ears is too small and is obviously being used merely to maintain the basic functions such as breathing fails to understand…that Donald Rumsfeld QUIT. In fact, he had attempted to resign several times previously, but President Bush REFUSED his resignation.
So, why don’t you just stop already. You have got to be the biggest idiot on the net, and if you aren’t you are definately trying for the title. No one likes you. Everyone hates you and no..you are NOT worth the air you breathe or the space on this planet that you take up.
Now for the last time…stay the hell off your mother’s computer, move out of her basement, get a job and enter the mainstream of society. Once you are finally cut her apron strings, you may just realize what an absolute twit and useless sack of phlegm shoved into a boy-bag you truly are.
I mean, I have encountered some absolute idiots in my time…but GD…you really are in a class all to yourself. No, that is not something you should be proud of.