Not all conservatives are singing O-Kumbaya

By Michelle Malkin  •  January 18, 2009 11:12 AM

I respect the historic tradition of inauguration day, not the cult of personality driving the schlock festivities now taking place.

Pomp and circumstance have been replaced with pimp and self-aggrandizement — all topped with a heapful of double standards.

I’m not the only one who thinks so. Politico’s Daniel Libit has a piece this morning quoting several conservatives willing to dissent from the Beltway O-Kumbaya. The intro:

With Barack Obama’s approval ratings in the 70s and his visage plastered on every shop window and Metro card in Washington, it’s hard to remember that 58 million Americans voted for the other guy.

Even President Bush — who presumably counts himself among that group — said last week that Obama’s inauguration is “a moment of hope and pride.”

That’s not exactly how Michelle Malkin describes it.

“Jan. 20 has turned into a schlock inauguration, (where) every last moocher has come to cash in on Obama,” says the conservative blogger and pundit. “There are some of us who want to bang our heads against the wall.”

While most Republicans now in office are saying all the right things about Tuesday’s proceedings — roll tape on “peaceful transfer of power” and “historic moment for the country” sound bites — some conservatives can’t quite get themselves in the “We Are One” mood.

Not even for a day.

On his radio show last week, Rush Limbaugh railed against “people on our side of the aisle who have caved and who say, ‘Well, I hope he succeeds. We have to give him a chance.’”

“Why?” Limbaugh demanded. “They didn’t give Bush a chance in 2000. Before he was inaugurated, the search-and-destroy mission had begun. I’m not talking about search-and-destroy, but I’ve been listening to Barack Obama for a year and a half. I know what his politics are. I know what his plans are, as he has stated them. I don’t want them to succeed.”

I do not pledge allegiance to The Obama States of America.

Getting ready for the countdown.

3, 2, 1…RAAAAAAAACIST!

***

Sister Toldjah notes that the AP has finally acknowledged the Obama-fest’s pricey pricetag in a dicey economy. ST points out Baghdad Jim McDermott’s disingenuous green defense of Obama-fest and skewers the hypocrisy:

The only thing more pathetic than McDermott’s hypocrisy is the fact that so many Obama worshippers who continue to descend on the Capitol in advance of PEBO’s inauguration are the same types who slammed John McCain as an out-of-touch rich guy living off his wife’s mega-wealth, so out of touch that he couldn’t remember how many houses they owned, and also criticizing Gov. Palin for spending decisions on her’s and her family’s wardrobes that she did not make, while at the same they painted Barack Obama as a humble guy who “gets the common man.” How many of these same people (including those in the mainstream press) would be looking the other way if it had been McCain/Palin holding this big, expensive Lincolnesque inaugural ceremony in the middle of this bleak economy?

The numbers would be in the single digits, I suspect.

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The schlock inauguration continues: Obama tattoos. Ew.

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  1. #1
    On January 18th, 2009 at 11:17 am, teresafromTexas said:

    I think we should wait to see him in action to be the vocal opposition. Right now if we too hyper-critical it looks like we are yelling at the wind since he hasn’t actually done anything yet.

  2. #2
    On January 18th, 2009 at 11:23 am, xplodeit said:

    I also do not pledge allegiance to The Obama States of America.

  3. #3
    On January 18th, 2009 at 11:24 am, rplatt said:

    Welcome to the Marxist States of America.

  4. #4
    On January 18th, 2009 at 11:26 am, Grayson said:

    It’s the same old routine with liberals. If you’re not fawning with them, you’re a dirty racist and probably eat puppies.
    Unfortunately, many supposed Republicans don’t have the spheres to stand up to such hypocrisy.

    On another note, I kind of felt an almost derisive tone from the article towards those who aren’t all for Obama. Maybe it was just me.

  5. #5
    On January 18th, 2009 at 11:26 am, teresafromTexas said:

    It think it’s too early to be hyper-critical since he hasn’t done ANYTHING yet.

  6. #6
    On January 18th, 2009 at 11:26 am, BruceB said:

    Anyone about ready for a “TEA PARTY” in Boston harbor?

  7. #7
    On January 18th, 2009 at 11:29 am, Boomer said:

    All this cult of personality is a scary reminder of propagandist Leni Riefenstahl’s “Triumph of the Will” fawning over Herr Hitler. I wonder what type of camera angles and shots of the masses adoring their new idol the MSM will use to mirror this type of over the top propaganda.

    ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE (mo-lone lah-veh) Translation: Come and take them!

  8. #8
    On January 18th, 2009 at 11:31 am, dj said:

    With Barack Obama’s approval ratings in the 70s and his visage plastered on every shop window and Metro card in Washington, it’s hard to remember that 58 million Americans voted for the other guy.

    I don’t even buy this approval ratings in the 70s nonsense. He didn’t get over 70% of the votes, and I doubt this hideous display of overexposure and fawning changed many minds. Who are they asking?

  9. #9
    On January 18th, 2009 at 11:32 am, CommentGuy said:

    If people were following the transition and confirmation issues he would not be as rated as high as he is.

    Otherwise they just don’t care

  10. #10
    On January 18th, 2009 at 11:33 am, William Teach said:

    I can’t wait for the photos from some of the conservative bloggers who live in DC of the nutjobs doing what the nutjobs do. The types of pictures that we will not see in the MSM.

    I wonder how many Moonbats will suffer frostbite on Tuesday while watching The One?

  11. #11
    On January 18th, 2009 at 11:34 am, TXGator said:

    Obama’s touch can cure cancer, remove warts, and make one prettier. You just have to have faith. Weird to see libs finding religion.

    It’s not that I don’t want him to succeed. It’s that the policies he advocates have been proven throughout history to fail. Precedent has been set. Why do liberals expect failed policies to work this time? Because Obama is eloquent with a teleprompter? Because he’s black? Because of his rock hard abs?

    Jesus, it’s going to be a long four years.

  12. #12
    On January 18th, 2009 at 11:36 am, dj said:

    Obama’s touch can … make one prettier.

    Have you seen his wife? I beg to differ.

  13. #13
    On January 18th, 2009 at 11:36 am, TXGator said:

    You don’t think bulldogs are pretty, dj?

  14. #14
    On January 18th, 2009 at 11:37 am, rplatt said:

    Jesus, it’s going to be a long four years.

    Yes it is . . . and prepare to become a 3rd world country.

  15. #15
    On January 18th, 2009 at 11:38 am, dj said:

    Nope. Pitbulls, either.

  16. #16
    On January 18th, 2009 at 11:40 am, JamieD said:

    I agree with DJ. I do not believe that 70% approve. I guess the poll takers asked questions that people agreed to, then summarized the results, declaring this means “approval”.

    I feel like a cat after too much self grooming.

  17. #17
    On January 18th, 2009 at 11:41 am, TXGator said:

    rplatt,
    having lived in inner city Los Angeles, I can unequivocally say the third world is here. It just isn’t in enough places yet for the people that matter to care. If your kid is in a private school and you live in a gated community, why would you care about diversity mandates, affirmative action, runaway immigration and the like?
    We are like kids on the playground, moving down the slide with no worry as to what is quickly approaching below.

  18. #18
    On January 18th, 2009 at 11:43 am, zorro said:

    Rush, “…I know what his plans are, as he has stated them. I don’t want them to succeed.”

    Neither do I. Obama is a Chicago thug.

    Michelle: I respect the historic tradition of inauguration day

    I respect the tradition as well, but I have no respect for the thug taking the oath of office. Count me as another conservative willing to dissent from the Beltway O-Kumbaya.

  19. #19
    On January 18th, 2009 at 11:44 am, tpitman said:

    The day the race card is played in response to criticism of a failed Obama initiative will mark the day of his utter failure as a leader.

    That said, I have to say that all of this “merchandising” and the hype of his train trip to Washington, a la Lincoln, and the ridiculous Lincoln lifestory parallel comparisons by people who should know better doesn’t paint a particularly original picture for a man in whom so much “change” and “difference” has been invested. But with such a thin resume to work with, I suppose it’s necessary to morph into the reincarnation of someone famous or beloved in order to gain legitimacy. Too many republicans do it with Reagan. All it tells me is that the calibre of much of our representation in Congress, and now perhaps the leadership in the White House, is pitifully low. We’ll see.

  20. #20
    On January 18th, 2009 at 11:47 am, TXGator said:

    If you want symbolism, listen for the fiddle music during the $150 million dollar inauguration.

  21. #21
    On January 18th, 2009 at 11:48 am, JamieD said:

    I want America to succeed, as others do, but this means that the policies of Socialism must fail. No O-Kumbaya from this corner!

  22. #22
    On January 18th, 2009 at 11:51 am, moonsbreath said:

    Friday, I started a news media blackout. I have an idea it’s going to last for a long long time.

    On a good note, the guy living across the street has finally taken down his Obama/Biden sign.

  23. #23
    On January 18th, 2009 at 11:55 am, JamieD said:

    The Lincoln comparisons are nauseating. “Honest Abe” was, well…Honest! Abe had integrity. Abe walked in the snow, worked hard and was self educated. The character of Obama is 100% opposite of the character of Abe.

  24. #24
    On January 18th, 2009 at 11:55 am, William Amos said:

    I hope Obama does do what is best for the US. For that he has my best wishes.

    But I have little faith that he has the ability or judgement to make good decisions. He is more a celebrity than a leader.

    So I wish him the best and I pray he has the wisdom to rise above his limitations.

  25. #25
    On January 18th, 2009 at 11:58 am, A Typical Patriot said:

    I’ve yet to hear a newsreader ask how many of the really poor and needy $150M would feed.

  26. #26
    On January 18th, 2009 at 11:58 am, Tennessee Dave said:

    He (Bob Anderson) doesn’t necessarily begrudge those who will celebrate this week, so long as they keep it short. “You can take a sip of Kool-Aid. It’s OK to smell it, stick your finger in it. But on Jan. 21, let’s get back to business.”

    On January 18th, 2009 at 11:26 am, BruceB said:
    Anyone about ready for a “TEA “KOOL-AID PARTY” in Boston harbor?

    Fixed that one. So many people have already overdosed on the Kool-Aid and many more will over the next few weeks. There may not be an intervention good enough to help these people.

  27. #27
    On January 18th, 2009 at 11:59 am, Helene said:

    When I grew up, people had pictures of the Last Supper in their houses. Now they have pictures of obama.

    Sad.

  28. #28
    On January 18th, 2009 at 12:01 pm, CantCureStupid said:

    I heard Rush’s commentary on this, and I cheered. Obama’s plans for this country will destroy life as we know it (thanks for the head start on that, George), and so I pray that he will either change his policies or fail utterly. My country and culture are far more important than the feelings of some neophyte race pimp and his slobbering hoards, no matter how smooth his rhetoric is.

    On a side note, Kumbaya has always been my least favorite hymn. I much prefer Blessed Assurance and Amazing Grace.

    God bless America (Please).

  29. #29
    On January 18th, 2009 at 12:02 pm, JamieD said:

    I understand the “wish for the best”, Amos. However, given whats been exposed of his character, I do not think this will happen. I pray for whats best for the country, which could mean many things (good and bad from Obama’s perspective, but mostly bad).

  30. #30
    On January 18th, 2009 at 12:04 pm, TXGator said:

    The only parallel I can draw between Obama and our sixteenth president is that their wives are nuttier than squirrel crap.

  31. #31
    On January 18th, 2009 at 12:05 pm, CantCureStupid said:

    On January 18th, 2009 at 11:58 am, Tennessee Dave said:

    On January 18th, 2009 at 11:26 am, BruceB said:
    Anyone about ready for a “TEAKOOL-AID PARTY” in Boston harbor?

    You know, I’d be down with throwing some support at an event like this. It could be the beginning of a grass-roots conservative revolution.

  32. #32
    On January 18th, 2009 at 12:07 pm, dj said:

    On January 18th, 2009 at 12:05 pm, CantCureStupid said:

    I’m in.

  33. #33
    On January 18th, 2009 at 12:07 pm, Kevin from Ohio in Virginia said:

    I am a staunch conservative who hangs on the edge of the right wing of the political spectrum by his fingertips, and I hope and I pray that Obama succeeds. Here’s why:

    1. Like it or not, and I don’t like it, he’s gonna be the President of the United States.

    2. I am an American.

    3. That’s about it.

    I do not hope that his politics succeed. I hope that his attempts at furthering the socialist agenda fail miserably, but I pray that he wakes up and realizes the error of his political ways. Certainly a longshot, but greater miracles have occurred.

    I will hammer his liberal policies and his socialist agenda, but any good American would be foolish to not pray for him and hope that he undergoes a political conversion of sorts. Like it or not, he will be our President for the next four years.

  34. #34
    On January 18th, 2009 at 12:09 pm, tiredofit08 said:

    NMP and will not support this usurper libtard less than experienced jerk who’d sell the country out in a heart beat. If the muslims overseas approve of him we should be afraid very afraid…

  35. #35
    On January 18th, 2009 at 12:10 pm, farmgal said:

    Sorry no kumbaya here either.Have you heard who will be praying at the inauguration,oh well everyone,I’m surprised it’s not Jeremiah Wright.He even has a gal praying who has ties to Hamas.Take a look at World net daily.This guy gets creepier all the time.He reminds me of the antichrist.Anyone who can desecrate Old Glory with their mug and have all this fawning and has no problem with it is very scary and close to being like a dictator.So do we call him
    “my furhur” sorry if I spelled that wrong,but you get the idea.

  36. #36
    On January 18th, 2009 at 12:10 pm, JHSII said:

    Two things:

    First – Obama’s poll ratings are always going to be skewed because the same peoplewho conduct the polls – the MSM – are the same people who voted for Obama at least 12-1.

    Second – I’m with Ann Coulter on this. I’m going to show their president – Obama – the same respect and civility that they’ve shown Republican Presidents. If they want me to start singing kumbaya for Obama they should’ve started singing it for Ronald Reagan in 1980.

  37. #37
    On January 18th, 2009 at 12:11 pm, torabora said:

    duh1′s Obamabots claim that they have an email list 13 million long for their “Obama 2.0″ community organizing effort.

    Seems I’m on that list. I use it to fling poo and dead carcasses over their castle walls.

    These people are every kind of stupid imaginable. That makes them dangerous to our country’s security. They must be defeated or we are all in trouble.

  38. #38
    On January 18th, 2009 at 12:12 pm, JamieD said:

    On January 18th, 2009 at 11:26 am, BruceB said:
    Anyone about ready for a “TEA “KOOL-AID PARTY” in Boston harbor?

    What a great symbolic gesture! Imagine tons of Kool-Aid being dumped into Boston Harbor! This could even help the stock price. But, of course, I’m sure it would be hard to get the proper permits and oh… don’t forget about the environment protests. But I’m all for it!

  39. #39
    On January 18th, 2009 at 12:15 pm, pueblo1032 said:

    HOOOORAAAAY, someone beside me not on this MORONIC BANDWAGON… I also know his political leanings, and I do not like them, nor wish him well in accomplishing HIS GOALS… The man is a SOCIALIST pure and simple… Those following him remind me of “THE PIED PIPER”…Blinded by his RHETORIC, without the GUTS to tell the emperor he is NAKED… Headline in our local RAG this AM,”best chance for FDR style initiatives”… Good grief, I for one hope not… FDR put this country into a deep recession, and needed a war to pull it out, and that’s according to a LIB university in California… Come CORONATION DAY, he better have a TELEPROMPTER, or this could be start of revealing his NAKEDNESS…

  40. #40
    On January 18th, 2009 at 12:15 pm, BayStateRepublican said:

    On January 18th, 2009 at 11:59 am, Helene said:
    When I grew up, people had pictures of the Last Supper in their houses. Now they have pictures of obama.

    Its only a matter of time before we see huges images of Obama plastered all over our cites, like a modern day Mao or Ayatollah Khomeini. The tonier boulevards in mixed race neighborhoods will be renamed Barack Obama Way.

    I want Obama to succeed only in as much as it enables USA to succeed. This is a man who is much more concerned about image and legacy than Clinton was IMO. He’ll be careful not to do anything that might blow up in his face. I am seeing four years of inaction as competing contingencies duke it out in congress.

  41. #41
    On January 18th, 2009 at 12:16 pm, CantCureStupid said:

    Seems I’m on that list. I use it to fling poo and dead carcasses over their castle walls.

    ROFLMAO!!!! Oh man, I can barely breathe!!

    A Monty Python visual, is it not? I’m going to have to watch that again, it’s been years.

    He he he. Very well done. :lol:

  42. #42
    On January 18th, 2009 at 12:17 pm, BayStateRepublican said:

    meant “constituencies”, sorry

  43. #43
    On January 18th, 2009 at 12:20 pm, bjc said:

    *Things will go decidely downhill after 01/20/2009, the beginning of an error; Better to know that now as a thinking conservative than to deny it later as a faux conservative or liberal; PEBO is destined to fail; He believes in and will attempt to implement a failed ideology(socialism), so hence, will preside over a failed presidency; Hopefully the fiscal conservative grownups will be around to pickup the pieces beginning in 2010; I will do my part to assist.

  44. #44
    On January 18th, 2009 at 12:21 pm, nwsseeker said:

    Not to be redundant but what all who have gone before me have said, in spades!

  45. #45
    On January 18th, 2009 at 12:23 pm, TXGator said:

    Its only a matter of time before we see huges images of Obama plastered all over our cites

    That time has arrived. I’m watching my local black community show (I’m into self-torture, but it is hilarious), and they are hawking everything Obama. Some of the things so far:
    clocks, scarves, life-size cutouts (only $39.95!), champagne, hijabs, mugs, magnets. Dude is everywhere.
    If you will spend $20 on an Obama quarter, check your blood sugar…you have drunk way too much kool-aid.

  46. #46
    On January 18th, 2009 at 12:25 pm, DesertLover said:

    As I have already stated elsewhere … we MUST vote all libs and RINOS out of office every election at every level … in some RINO cases that will mean going against an incumbent and backing someone new … hopefully a conservative … to get rid of the disease that infects Congress from all sides …

    Every day I find myself thinking more and more about the cultist philosphies of self-destruction as I watch these delusional people that are my fellow citizens go further and further down the road away from everything that made this country great …

    I can only hope that they see the error of their ways before it is too late …

  47. #47
    On January 18th, 2009 at 12:31 pm, Boomer said:

    JHSII I am with you on giving the Obamessiah the same respect the liberal left gave President Bush. Both Mrs. Boomer and I agree with Rush Limbaugh that we hope he fails at every liberal agenda item he tries. All we need is FDR policies 2.0 to turn the richest nation in the world into another Zimbabwe.

    As far as the Boston Tea Party the folks at PITA will have a stroke at how all the Kool-Aid will hurt fish in Boston Harbor. :lol:

    ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE (mo-lone lah-veh) Translation: Come and take them!

  48. #48
    On January 18th, 2009 at 12:33 pm, DesertLover said:

    Kumbaya is for sheeple … not people …

  49. #49
    On January 18th, 2009 at 12:37 pm, SilverCat said:

    There’s not enough of the right wing lunatic fringe left to vote all libs and RINO’s out of office. The country has moved away from hate and on to more sensible approaches. Repub’s couldn’t even beat comedian Al Franken! You can thank your voting for the incompetent George Bush for the demise of the conservative movement.

  50. #50
    On January 18th, 2009 at 12:37 pm, JamieD said:

    Boston Kool-Aid party:
    What flavor should we choose? :)

  51. #51
    On January 18th, 2009 at 12:38 pm, CantCureStupid said:

    As far as the Boston Tea Party the folks at PITA will have a stroke at how all the Kool-Aid will hurt fish in Boston Harbor.

    Somehow I find the potential ire of PETA to be just another damned good reason to proceed. The more libs we annoy, the better.

  52. #52
    On January 18th, 2009 at 12:41 pm, vcferlita said:

    Are they going to be throwing beads along the parade route? Just askin’ :)

  53. #53
    On January 18th, 2009 at 12:43 pm, Marshall Russ said:

    It’s one thing for liberals to say,”we have to give him a chance” but, conservatives or even Republicans to say it? The liberals have already had two years and they have devastated the economy not to mention policy reversals. I don’t have to give Obambi a day. I won’t be saying,”I told you so”, because Obambi told you. It’s the only thing he was honest about during his campaign when he said, “I hate the way America is and I am going to CHANGE everything”.

  54. #54
    On January 18th, 2009 at 12:44 pm, Trop said:

    Two words for Malkin (and her Makinites):

    SORE. LOSER.

  55. #55
    On January 18th, 2009 at 12:44 pm, TXGator said:

    I checked the weather reports for the inauguration…there’s a 85% chance of locust showers.

    And the flavor of Kool-Aid should be chicken.

  56. #56
    On January 18th, 2009 at 12:45 pm, JamieD said:

    SilverCat: You stand corrected. This country is progressively moving towards hate. I believe the term is “progressives”, meaning to constantly change regardless of the direction (according to my “enlightened” definition).

    Our country began moving away from hate beginning with the first Republican president (“Honest Abe”) and the civil war.

    Now the “progressives” are steam rolling our country into another long era of hate…towards the honest, civil and religious in our country.

    Only the selfish and greedy love socialism (aka. Obama).

  57. #57
    On January 18th, 2009 at 12:48 pm, JHSII said:

    Geez…I thought there had been a clearing out of the trolls lately… :roll:

  58. #58
    On January 18th, 2009 at 12:52 pm, JamieD said:

    TXGator #55

    Hmm, now that would be interesting..fish that taste like chicken!

  59. #59
    On January 18th, 2009 at 12:53 pm, InCali said:

    It think it’s too early to be hyper-critical since he hasn’t done ANYTHING yet.

    And it’s too early to be hyper-supportive also since he hasn’t done anything yet – except for scandals in some of his cabinet appointments.

  60. #60
    On January 18th, 2009 at 12:57 pm, Joy said:

    JHSII – Nah, Bill Grant is still here…

  61. #61
    On January 18th, 2009 at 12:57 pm, longbow said:

    George Orwell was right. He was a prophet with “Animal Farm” and “1984″. Can’t happen here, we thought. Big Brother is for those socialist countries…

    The liberals and the mainstream media (but I repeat myself) have succeeded in their re-education (really a dumbing-down) of the American people. Style is valued far more than substance in politics. We’re in for a rough four years.

  62. #62
    On January 18th, 2009 at 1:00 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:
  63. #63
    On January 18th, 2009 at 1:07 pm, Trop said:

    Dumbing down can’t get any dumber than the offering up of candidates like Sarah Palin.

    If the tables were turned, and we were about to inaugurate McCain, and this thread was over at Huffington Post, you people would be hyper-critical.

    What a bunch of cry-babies y’all are.

    It’s your party here, so go ahead and cry if you must.

    You lost the election, get over it.

    SORE. LOSERS.

  64. #64
    On January 18th, 2009 at 1:10 pm, DMC said:

    A Typical Patriot said:

    I’ve yet to hear a newsreader ask how many of the really poor and needy $150M would feed.

    I’m afraid if one does, a number of Obama-ites would justify the expense by paraphrasing from Mark 14:7:

    “The poor will always be with us, but the Obamessiah we will only have for four (or eight) years!”

  65. #65
    On January 18th, 2009 at 1:10 pm, BayStateRepublican said:

    On January 18th, 2009 at 12:45 pm, JamieD said:
    SilverCat: You stand corrected. This country is progressively moving towards hate…another long era of hate…towards the honest, civil and religious in our country.

    Well put. You want to witness hate firsthand? Wear a Sarah Palin jacket in DC Tuesday.

  66. #66
    On January 18th, 2009 at 1:10 pm, eaglehaslanded said:

    3, 2, 1…RAAAAAAAACIST!

    No, just stupid.

    “There are some of us who want to bang our heads against the wall.”

    Please do. Repeat as many times as necessary, until you knock some sense into yourself, or become unconscious. Either one is fine.

  67. #67
    On January 18th, 2009 at 1:11 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    The stupid people of America voted for this neophyte with two years of “experience” (if you call it that) in the Senate. Change? You’ve got to be kidding me. All he’s done is put Clinton retreads in his office. In my opinion, you can keep your “change”.

    Obama has done nothing but purchase this election. He’s a man of lies, no substance, and no character. Just look at his record, and how he actually “won” his races in IL. That will give you an idea of what he’s really about. Nothing but Chicago thug politics. As the media novelty wears off, and people actually start digging into his past, the love affair will be over in no time. They’ll soon find out that they’ve been had.

    People like Trop who claim Palin is dumb, has no experience, are basically threatened by her success as a governor. Where exactly was all your outrage when she was running for governor huh?

  68. #68
    On January 18th, 2009 at 1:11 pm, Dimsdale said:

    Chris Matthews and his guests (drool buckets affixed firmly to chins) said that the world looks on the inauguration of Obama as a new beginning, one with a person that is essentially worldly.

    Their evidence for this: his “stint in Indonesia” and “his Kenyan father.”

    Wasn’t his time in Indonesia (when he as about 6) downplayed during the election as irrelevant and trivial? And didn’t his father abandon him as a child?

    So what are they actually saying without speaking the actual words? That his sole “qualification” for the office was that he was black.

    They keep saying it, indirectly, but if you point it out, you are a “racist.”

    Sorry libs. The only reason he was elected was because he was black. No political experience, no legal experience, no nuthin’, as they say.

    Biden was right: “clean and articulate” really sums up the guy. Sadly, if he goes down, so do we.

    Great.

  69. #69
    On January 18th, 2009 at 1:12 pm, rplatt said:

    You lost the election, get over it.
    SORE. LOSERS.

    Stick it in your ear Jack . . . our the orifice of your choice. Remember, losing is only temporary and this too shall pass.

  70. #70
    On January 18th, 2009 at 1:14 pm, pgtips said:

    Guys, he’s the POTUS. That’s doesn’t mean he isn’t a PITA, but it does mean we need to respect the office of the presidency. Liberals didn’t during the Bush years, but that doesn’t mean that _we_ descend to _their_ level.

    The office of the presidency deserves respect even if the person sitting in it doesn’t.

  71. #71
    On January 18th, 2009 at 1:15 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    Palin is stupid?

    I bet she knows how many US states there are.

    Or knows that she can’t see the people honored by Memorial Day standing before her.

  72. #72
    On January 18th, 2009 at 1:17 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    Then again, maybe the Annointed One can see dead people…

  73. #73
    On January 18th, 2009 at 1:25 pm, Dave Turson said:

    at 12:44 pm, Trop said:
    Two words for Malkin (and her Makinites):SORE. LOSER.

    Quote of the week:

    “Do not blame Caesar, blame the people of Rome who have so enthusiastically acclaimed and adored him and rejoiced in their loss of freedom and danced in his path and gave him triumphal processions… Blame the people who hail him when he speaks in the Forum of the ‘new, wonderful good society’ which shall now be Rome’s, interpreted to mean ‘more money, more ease, more security, more living fatly at the expense of the industrious.’ Julius was always an ambitious villain, but he is only one man.”
    – Cicero

  74. #74
    On January 18th, 2009 at 1:26 pm, neocon527 said:

    First comment to mention Marx…#3
    First to mention Hitler/Nazis…#7

    Slowing down, guys. Lazy Sunday?

  75. #75
    On January 18th, 2009 at 1:28 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    Pomp and circumstance have been replaced with pimp and self-aggrandizement — all topped with a heapful of double standards

    Do you have a way with words Darlin’. That Shuck and Jive choir at one stop just may be a portend of things to come.

    Pimp My Country may well replace Hail to the Chief.

    And when WE challenge BroBama’s faith read this our trollish fools:

    Obama prayer leader from group US linked to Hamas

    We may well have lost the election to the Kenyan Candidate but as WE have not given up this is only a battle in a war of belief systems. Yes my Trollish fools we shall give your man all the respect and consideration you and yours gave Presidents Reagan and Bush–none.

    Is this a New Beginning or merely a hic up as Dingy Harry might say? Resistance to tyranny is a virtue.

  76. #76
    On January 18th, 2009 at 1:30 pm, DesertLover said:

    neocon527 … countdown to football … :lol:

    and remember folks … please … Don’t Feed The Trolls … you just encourage them …

  77. #77
    On January 18th, 2009 at 1:37 pm, Marie said:

    Do the toilet rental people and the toilet cleaning people and the street sweepers and the Obama trinket vendors count toward Obamas 3 million new jobs?

  78. #78
    On January 18th, 2009 at 1:37 pm, Dandapani said:

    Unless we fight his policies tooth and nail, Tuesday will literally be the start of TEOTWAWKI!

  79. #79
    On January 18th, 2009 at 1:38 pm, graysonret said:

    I will respect Obama until he says the oath of office. I can’t then respect a President who doesn’t abide by his oath to the Constitution or to God (“so help me, God”), or the office if it is corrupted. Meanwhile, a lot of Obama worshippers are going to be darn disappointed this year, when they find out he is nothing more than a shrewd politician in a dominant party. My greatest fear is all the rookies heading out worldwide to meet with professional diplomats who will make fools of them.

  80. #80
    On January 18th, 2009 at 1:41 pm, JamieD said:

    On January 18th, 2009 at 1:28 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said: Resistance to tyranny is a virtue.

    Absolutely! I will continue to resist the destruction of good virtues..wherever the threat originates, even if it is the office of the presidency. I will respect our laws completely (unlike progressives) with great tolerance and patience. However, I will Never Surrender.

  81. #81
    On January 18th, 2009 at 1:42 pm, right4life said:

    its now the leftie’s country…let them defend it in their new RAINBOW military!!

    bet they bring back the draft…gotta have new recruits for their GLTB corps!!

  82. #82
    On January 18th, 2009 at 1:43 pm, simcoe said:

    With Barack Obama’s approval ratings in the 70s…

    …in the 70s…?

    Beside picking the completely unqualified and totally inept for his regime, and starting down the road to turn Washington DC into Chicago DC, what has he done?

    I guess perception really is next to impossible to fight against. With an Obamafile, as with all the other “-files” and “-ites” it’s always “…don’t recite facts to me. I’m not interested, you racist.”

    Bad character in a leader only makes bad people feel better about being bad.

  83. #83
    On January 18th, 2009 at 1:45 pm, DesertLover said:

    grayson …

    I will always respect this country … I will always defend her and the Constitution … just as I swore to do in an oath 45 years ago … and that will never change …

    I will always respect the Office of the President of the United States …

    I will not always necessarily respect the individual in that office …

    Respect is earned … and to this point BO has done nothing to deserve my respect …

  84. #84
    On January 18th, 2009 at 1:56 pm, mojack420 said:

    oh what to do with all the Obama states of America flags.

    (k) The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.

  85. #85
    On January 18th, 2009 at 1:58 pm, William Amos said:

    With Barack Obama’s approval ratings in the 70s…

    They need to stop taking Press polls…

  86. #86
    On January 18th, 2009 at 2:03 pm, floam said:

    Amen Desert Lover #76 —it’s difficult, but try not to feed the trolls. They are very much aware of the hate that spews from the oracles of libs/leftists …and…they are scared to death of Sarah Palin. Some of them even know, but won’t admit, that obama is not the sharpest pencil in the box..so they spew their venom against those whom they fear.

  87. #87
    On January 18th, 2009 at 2:06 pm, TVG said:

    Yeah, but he is so damn photogenic.

  88. #88
    On January 18th, 2009 at 2:08 pm, beenthere said:

    True, not all conservative/republicans are doing a Kumbaya number as the Obamagasm approaches, but the majority of them are. Obama has already made it clear what it domestic program is. If only a small part of it gets implemented it will be a catastrophe for what is left of America.

    It used to be conservatives argued that ideas have consequences. Now, for far too many it’s: “I sure hope this works and let’s give him a chance.” Sorry, but I want his program, four-year plan, or whatever it is to fail miserably.

    As for his foreign policy, I am unimpressed when I am not terrified. Pseudo-cons are singing his praises for appointing “Smart Power” (whatever that is) Hilary as secretary of state while he is already making overtures to Chavez. I wish the pseudo-cons were kidding, but they are not. Maybe it is just because almost everyone on the Right has gone race simple. Forget about the administration of Bush the II, in a few months we will be pining for the Carter years.

  89. #89
    On January 18th, 2009 at 2:15 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    On January 18th, 2009 at 1:42 pm, right4life said:

    its now the leftie’s country…let them defend it in their new RAINBOW military!!

    bet they bring back the draft…gotta have new recruits for their GLTB corps!!

    Reinstatement of the Selective Service for both Military and Mandatory Volunteer Service has beeb introduced in the House by Charlie Rangel (D-15) of New York.

    Interesting timing as BroBama claims to have registered for Selective Service in 1979 WHEN SELECTIVE SERVICE DID NOT EXIST. Personally I think this country lost the right to draft anyone for service after Jimmy Carter gutted every man and women who ever served.

    I’ll defend me and mine, my city and my state. Let the Leftist defend the rest.

  90. #90
    On January 18th, 2009 at 2:17 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    beeb is Old Guy for been

    :oops:

  91. #91
    On January 18th, 2009 at 2:20 pm, DesertLover said:

    A-N …

    Even though there is no draft there is still a registration requirement at age 18 …

  92. #92
    On January 18th, 2009 at 2:21 pm, Speakup said:

    Reagan’s first inauguration=11 million.
    His second parade was canceled due to the very cold weather.

    GHW Bush’ inauguration= 24 million.

    Clinton’s second inauguration= 33 million.

    GW Bush’s second inauguration= 42 million.

    Obama’s first inauguration= 150 and rising, million.

  93. #93
    On January 18th, 2009 at 2:22 pm, b-cat said:

    I had to register with Selective Service when I ETS’d in 1984, even though I was in the IRR.

  94. #94
    On January 18th, 2009 at 2:23 pm, Southpaw said:

    Well, let the Obama people have their fun on Inaugural Day. Unless you are invited to one of the special parties for the wealthy and political elites, I suspect the day will not be what many are expecting.

    I went to the first Clinton Inauguration, not because I supported the man, but because I was living in the D.C. area and thought I should experience at least one. My impressions: A big crowd of people standing for hours in cold weather with a lousy view of what was happening. I heard that they are setting up 5000 porta-potties for the big crowd they are expecting. I don’t think it’s going to be the earth-changing great event that many are expectiing. Cold, crowds and inconvenience, not my idea of fun.

    As for the new era of The Obama: Wednesday morning is going to be a big hangover for many. The problems we face are going to still be present after Inauguration Day. The vexing challenges that the world faces are not going to be solved with oratory and style. The Obama administration is going to have a disconcerting “now what do we do” moment very early on.

  95. #95
    On January 18th, 2009 at 2:25 pm, rooster said:

    “For the first time in my adult life, I am not very proud of my country!” Michelle Obama rooster

  96. #96
    On January 18th, 2009 at 2:29 pm, simcoe said:

    On January 18th, 2009 at 2:21 pm, Speakup said:….

    An interesting stat to see would be the crime stats at each inauguration.

  97. #97
    On January 18th, 2009 at 2:31 pm, Jeff2161 said:

    As for trolls, they suffer from a cranial-rectal disorder at times.

  98. #98
    On January 18th, 2009 at 2:35 pm, Speakup said:

    “They didn’t give Bush a chance in 2000. Before he was inaugurated, the search-and-destroy mission had begun. I’m not talking about search-and-destroy,

    Doesn’t cut the mustard, and doesn’t = relentlessly.

    Obama second term? Search and destroy?
    Obama second term? Search and destroy?

    Not a tough choice folks.

    The liberal media has to be driven through, like a paving crew.

    Real, true, old time, Conservative, Federalist principles have to be laid down first.

    If the road to liberty and Conservatism is founded on manure, then the path to the goal will be the same old shifty crap.

  99. #99
    On January 18th, 2009 at 2:37 pm, William Amos said:

    Obama’s first inauguration= 150 and rising, million.

    Umm unless I miss my guess I think there are only 300 Million Americans in this country. So half the country is going to be in Washington DC on Monday ?

    Glad I wont be….

  100. #100
    On January 18th, 2009 at 2:41 pm, RogerCfromSD said:

    For idiots like TROP and Silver Cat:

    You call US sore losers?

    The past eight years was a prolonged exercise in sore losering. (I’m coining this)

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