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1. #1
   On August 11th, 2009 at 4:03 pm, Roman Con said:

   Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the defense rests.

2. #2
   On August 11th, 2009 at 4:06 pm, corona said:

   Expect another teleprompter to perish in an “accident”.

3. #3
   On August 11th, 2009 at 4:07 pm, TigerLady said:

   Heads are going to roll!!

4. #4
   On August 11th, 2009 at 4:07 pm, walterc said:

   Roman Con said:

   Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the defense rests.

   Indeed.

5. #5
   On August 11th, 2009 at 4:07 pm, EdDantes said:

   Priceless.

   Of course, there is the inevitable, “Right wing extremists take Obama’s Post Office comment out of context to ruin his presidency” press release.

6. #6
   On August 11th, 2009 at 4:09 pm, Flyoverman said:

   If I got paid one tenth of one cent for every time this little gem gets played, I will be a very, very rich man.

   The Ministers of Truth at MSNBC, NBC, ABS, and CBS will immediately send this clip down the Memory Hole.

   This is classic.

   Any doubts left that Obama’s only objective is to use this to sieze control over every aspect of your daily lives? He will say and do anything to sell this pile of dung.

   But sometimes you can talk yourself in a circle, which he just did, big time. GAME OVER

7. #7
   On August 11th, 2009 at 4:09 pm, Flyoverman said:

   If I got paid one tenth of one cent for every time this little gem gets played, I will be a very, very rich man.

   The Ministers of Truth at MSNBC, NBC, ABS, and CBS will immediately send this clip down the Memory Hole.

   This is classic.

   Any doubts left that Obama’s only objective is to use this to sieze control over every aspect of your daily lives? He will say and do anything to sell this pile of dung.

   But sometimes you can talk yourself in a circle, which he just did, big time. GAME OVER

8. #8
   On August 11th, 2009 at 4:10 pm, RobM1981 said:

   Good thing nobody mentioned school vouchers. There’s another government success story…

9. #9
   On August 11th, 2009 at 4:10 pm, Salt said:

   The Homer stamp seems appropriate.

10. #10
    On August 11th, 2009 at 4:10 pm, verogolfer said:

    Yes, a gaffe to most of us is when we make a mistake. In Washington, a gaffe is when a politician tells the truth.

11. #11
    On August 11th, 2009 at 4:10 pm, prendad said:

    Ah yes, Indeed. Thank you Mr. President. Getcha a case o’ beer for that one.

12. #12
    On August 11th, 2009 at 4:11 pm, T-Bone said:

    Yeah, the government run Post Office is having all kinds of problems that private companies like Fedx and UPS don’t have. Thats why we need a government run health care system so that private companies won’t have as many problems as the government run one.

    Wait, did I say that right TOTUS?

13. #13
    On August 11th, 2009 at 4:13 pm, d1carter said:

    No wonder he doesn’t want a bunch of talkin’, he don’t like talkin’, he likes reading.

14. #14
    On August 11th, 2009 at 4:13 pm, FuriousMob said:

    More and more Americans are waking up everyday no matter how hard they try to sell it.

15. #15
    On August 11th, 2009 at 4:14 pm, T-Bone said:

    Let me try again. Its because of the private companies like Fedx and UPS that the Post Office has so many problems.

    Darn, that still doesn’t sound right TOTUS.

16. #16
    On August 11th, 2009 at 4:17 pm, T-Bone said:

    No, no, no let me be clear, the Post Office acted stupidly..no, we should have Fedx, UPS and the Post Office to the White House for an overnight with beer…no, no, no..

    You are driving me postal TOTUS!

17. #17
    On August 11th, 2009 at 4:17 pm, traffic_robot said:

    What a dope. Not only does he suffer from anguished English, he can’t even compare apples to apples. Boy, all of us in trucking fear the mighty USPS. Will he next roll out the best practices of Medicare and Medicaid as examples of government efficiency?

18. #18
    On August 11th, 2009 at 4:21 pm, Paul Revere said:

    Never fear. Linda “Fish” Douglass will explain to us that some eeeevil Nazi person spliced the words together.

19. #19
    On August 11th, 2009 at 4:23 pm, JonB said:

    Sounds to me like Obama is hinting at a plan to shut down Fed Ex and UPS

20. #20
    On August 11th, 2009 at 4:28 pm, madshark said:

    On August 11th, 2009 at 4:10 pm, verogolfer said:
    Yes, a gaffe to most of us is when we make a mistake. In Washington, a gaffe is when a politician tells the truth.

    When I first heard about the quote, I didn’t even give it any thought, because I knew it to be true. I didn’t consider the implications of it, however.

    If things don’t go any better for our leader, we better watch out, because he may “Go Postal” on us.

21. #21
    On August 11th, 2009 at 4:31 pm, BuckNutty said:

    Speaking of Gaffetastic; what have they done with Jabberin’ Joe Bidden during this healthcare debate? I think he’s sleeping with the fishes.

22. #22
    On August 11th, 2009 at 4:33 pm, stillontheroad said:

    Here is the individual the Lame Stream touted as the smartest President in modern history. Me thinks this one man clown show just talks and has no idea what he is saying, besides talking out both sides of his mouth. He should have included AMTrack in his postal statement.

23. #23
    On August 11th, 2009 at 4:34 pm, Misscheryl said:

    Obama: His own worst enemy but the gift that keeps giving to conservatives.

24. #24
    On August 11th, 2009 at 4:36 pm, T-Bone said:

    What I meant to say was not what I said but what I meant.

    If I said what I meant, I would say what I didn’t mean to say was what I meant.

    Now, this should be a lesson for all of you out there who oppose what I say without knowing the full meaning of what I meant to say before I said what I didn’t mean.

    Thats better TOTUS.

25. #25
    On August 11th, 2009 at 4:36 pm, sergeantmajorbill said:

    Gibbs will be out tomorrow telling us what he really said.

26. #26
    On August 11th, 2009 at 4:37 pm, spaceycakes said:

    “…buddy I can see your guilt/
    It’s cold when you’re wrong & you lookin’ like you need a quilt…”
    –Bubba Sparxxx

27. #27
    On August 11th, 2009 at 4:38 pm, shooter said:

    TOTUS / POTUS goes postal on …uh… the ….uh, post office?
    Now who is he gonna have a beer with?

28. #28
    On August 11th, 2009 at 4:41 pm, gco said:

    Daddy Ayers will be sending lil’ Barry to his room with no dinner tonight.

29. #29
    On August 11th, 2009 at 4:43 pm, 7thson said:

    They can’t win an honest debate and the polls continue to tank, so why do they want what the American people don’t want? Unlimited power!

    Manufacturing a crisis in 3 – 2 – 1…

30. #30
    On August 11th, 2009 at 4:45 pm, T-Bone said:

    What President Obama was referring to was the perception that private business can’t compete in the marketplace with government run business. The fact that we have private companies and government run companies competing already is a testament to the fact that it can be done. So the President is right in his statement and it is yet another compelling reason for Congress to pass this bill. Next question please?
    –Press lackey Gibbs

    Gee thanks for keeping us informed on these issues.
    –Press room lackeys

31. #31
    On August 11th, 2009 at 4:46 pm, James Otis said:

    This is what I wrote on another forum:

    I have to presume that any Democrat from top to bottom watching/hearing that statement had to have had a collective “Oh no!” moment. In fact I am sure Obama may have realized right away himself.

    Obama of course was trying to make the point that private entities that do some of the same shipping services have survived while competing with the taxpayer-funded Post Office. Truth is the private companies succeeded due to the very point Obama managed to accidentally let fly – the very incompetence of the Post Office service in general.

    As far as I am concerned Obama would be hard pressed to think up a line as devastating to his and the Dems argument and at the same time as beneficial to anti-Obamacare advocates than that one.

32. #32
    On August 11th, 2009 at 4:48 pm, spaceycakes said:

    Isn’t there a celebrity that can die of autoerotic asphyxiation in Rio de Janiero & take everyone’s attention off of this?!

33. #33
    On August 11th, 2009 at 4:48 pm, 7thson said:

    Stop it, T-Bone, you’re killing me!!

    BLAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

34. #34
    On August 11th, 2009 at 4:49 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    Great Icons of Government Efficiency

    * The United States Post Office
    * Social Security
    * Bureau of Indian Affairs
    * Immigration and Customs Enforcement

    Maybe someday government run health-care will be as promising as Amtrak and the Department of Motor Vehicles.

    Who wants to live forever?

35. #35
    On August 11th, 2009 at 4:51 pm, Hangfire said:

    Will we have safer air travel if someone starts their own company to compete with the FAA?

    A company that will make it illegal to keep passengers against their will for hours and hours on the ground, without air conditioning or bathrooms, while the pilots are changed or a light bulb is changed out in the cockpit.

36. #36
    On August 11th, 2009 at 4:53 pm, spaceycakes said:

    James Otis–I really wonder about someone who obviously plants the questions & has his answers (‘the… police acted stupidly’)ahead of time, yet FAILS so horribly at determining the actual outcome of it.

    It is very Swiftian.

37. #37
    On August 11th, 2009 at 5:01 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    I think Joe Biden suggested “Who wants to live forever” as the theme song for Obamacare.

    It makes about as much sense as making “Mambo Number 5″ the theme song for the Democratic National Convention win 2000. I wonder if Biden suggested that too?

38. #38
    On August 11th, 2009 at 5:02 pm, nail49 said:

    The fact that we have private companies and government run companies competing already is a testament to the fact that it can be done.

    So, a $7 Billion (that’s a “B”) deficit last year and another $7 Billion (that’s ANOTHER “B”) deficit this year means they are competitive. With just a little help from us taxpayers.

    Let FedEx or UPS run up similar debt and they would go bankrupt — Oh, that’s right, they are ‘too big to fail’ so they will get a bailout and the taxpayer will get hosed once again.

    Ain’t life grand in Obamaland?!?!?!?!

39. #39
    On August 11th, 2009 at 5:06 pm, docflash said:

    Keep running him out there.This has become a real live clown show.The American people are seeing right through it.Soon they won’t be serving TEA at the White House.

40. #40
    On August 11th, 2009 at 5:08 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    I, uh, don’t have all the facts, but, uh, the Post Office acted stupidly.

41. #41
    On August 11th, 2009 at 5:08 pm, vsatt said:

    If Tommy Lee Jones shows up at your door with a little pen, DON’T look at it!

42. #42
    On August 11th, 2009 at 5:12 pm, James Otis said:

    To spaceycakes: I couldn’t agree more.

    To all: I just went to relax and watch an episode of Cheers and, I swear to God, after the tease where Sam is late opening the bar and Frazier reminds Sam that a very important responsibility of a successful business is to open on time, Cliff Clavin says:

    “Absolutely. If the Post Office ran it’s business like you run yours…never mind.”

    For those with Cheers ninth season collection the episode is Disc 2 Episode 5.

43. #43
    On August 11th, 2009 at 5:16 pm, Ragspierre said:

    If that TOTUS has any family…anyone who loves it…

    FGS, get it out of town…NOW!!!

44. #44
    On August 11th, 2009 at 5:18 pm, Ragspierre said:

    Under the ObamaCare bills, there is no such thing as a “private” insurance company.

    They would be totally fascist insurance companies, utterly controlled by the feds.

45. #45
    On August 11th, 2009 at 5:18 pm, Uplander said:

    Slightly OT.
    Maybe Barbara Boxer would be a better Obama Representative as SecState.
    At least the Racism is more transparent.

46. #46
    On August 11th, 2009 at 5:20 pm, Southpaw said:

    I still get mail from the person who previously lived at my residence. Apparently, that person never filed a change of address and the Post Office told me I can’t stop it from being delivered. I get medical bills, insurance notices, jury summons, etc. for this person. What I do is drop it in the outgoing mail box at the Post Office (I don’t know what happens to it after that). This has been going on for 4 YEARS.

    Welcome to the brave new world of Obamacare.

47. #47
    On August 11th, 2009 at 5:24 pm, Misscheryl said:

    That tricky Obama. Put his foot in it again. This is good for a laugh:

    The provision cited by opponents would authorize Medicare to pay doctors for counseling patients about end-of-life care, living wills, hospice care and other issues, if the patient wants it, Obama said. He said the idea originally came from Republican former congressman, now Sen. Johnny Isakson of Georgia.

    It would not “basically pull the plug on grandma because we decided that it’s too expensive to let her live anymore.”

    After the event, Isakson issued a statement denouncing Obama’s attempt to connect him to language in the bill. He said that he successfully offered an amendment in a Senate version of the bill that allows individuals to “make their own choices on these critical issues rather than the government incentivizing doctors to conduct counseling on government-mandated topics.”

    Isakson ultimately voted against the Senate Health and Education Committee’s version of the bill.

    “This is what happens when the president and members of Congress don’t read the bills,” Isakson, R-Ga., said. “The White House and others are merely attempting to deflect attention from the intense negativity caused by their unpopular policies. I never consulted with the White House in this process and had no role whatsoever in the House Democrats’ bill. I categorically oppose the House bill and find it incredulous that the White House and others would use my amendment as a scapegoat for their misguided policies.”

48. #48
    On August 11th, 2009 at 5:24 pm, DougT said:

    I was hoping for a laugh this afternoon, knowing that this “townhall” was going to be a sedated love fest for wrongheaded reform, and man, did the big O deliver!

    Thanks for posting this one, Michelle. An Instant Classic, worthy of Crazy Uncle Joe.

49. #49
    On August 11th, 2009 at 5:25 pm, rowsdower said:

    Let’s play “If George Bush had said this”:
    It would be on an endless loop with a new cable channel started just to play it.
    For dear leader, you’ll barely hear about it.

50. #50
    On August 11th, 2009 at 5:29 pm, Ron said:

    Well, we all agree we don’t want to buy health insurance coverage from the Post Awful, the DMV or (gasp) Fannie and Freddie…or Government Motors…or US/AIG…fill in the blanks

51. #51
    On August 11th, 2009 at 5:32 pm, mom2jack said:

    T-Bone, you owe me a new keyboard! LOL!

    (that sounds mysteriously like a liberal claim – i.e., you must be punished because I chose to read a comments section regarding an Obama gaffe on MM whilst drinking my Coca-Cola – so for that I apologize.)

52. #52
    On August 11th, 2009 at 5:34 pm, floridaobserver said:

    As for the mail for the former occupant….just write on it…Not known at this address and return to sender. 4 years is a long time.
    Uhhhh….
    Maybe we could do the same with the current WH occupant…”return to sender”. Ahhh, NEXT election.

53. #53
    On August 11th, 2009 at 5:38 pm, Uplander said:

    Definition – (Nothing against actual Trailer Dwellers – I were one once)
    As a side note. Did anyone ever hear during the Mortgage Meltdown, any reason why renters should be homeowners. I rented for 25 Years and when the time was right I bought a house which I still live in, But:
    Back to Definitions in the 21st Century.

    Intellectual Trailer Trash =
    Obama
    Pelosi
    Reid
    Boxer
    Rahm
    Leftists
    Statists

54. #54
    On August 11th, 2009 at 5:51 pm, MrOlympia said:

    OH this is sooooooooooo good!

    A compulsive liar inadvertently tells the truth!! HAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAa

55. #55
    On August 11th, 2009 at 5:55 pm, Southpaw said:

    As for the mail for the former occupant….just write on it…Not known at this address and return to sender.

    Did that for about a year, until I got tired of it. It still comes. I am sooo excited for the arrival of Obamacare.

    However, there may be a silver lining to the Obamacare dark cloud. This could be the program that causes the Federal Government to collapse under its own bloated, wasteful, dead weight.

56. #56
    On August 11th, 2009 at 5:57 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Isn’t there a celebrity that can die of autoerotic asphyxiation in Rio de Janiero & take everyone’s attention off of this?!

    TOTUS is sniffing Windex in the basement…

57. #57
    On August 11th, 2009 at 6:00 pm, Uplander said:

    Southpaw:

    A shredder works. If after this amount of time either the PO or the previous recipient haven’t figured it out well…
    Although I might search for ‘Paid Postage’ envelopes and send them attached to various bricks and such.
    Try it. It’s fun. AARP has been known to send out postage paid envelopes in their junk mail.

58. #58
    On August 11th, 2009 at 6:33 pm, Southpaw said:

    Although I might search for ‘Paid Postage’ envelopes and send them attached to various bricks and such.

    Good idea. I can also fold all the junk mail, flyers and coupons that get stuffed in my mailbox every week. That’s gotta be a pound week a that goes straight to the trash.

    Love the way government works.

    BTW, any bodies turned up in that cash for clunkers program yet? They’re destroying those cars so fast I doubt anybody even checks the trunks.

59. #59
    On August 11th, 2009 at 6:53 pm, rambler said:

    Yup, that’s cuz the post office has to deliver to ALL 57 states!

60. #60
    On August 11th, 2009 at 7:03 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    This is usually about the time McCain forms a gang to save the day for the Democrats. We already heard from his girlfriend Lindsay Graham the other day (not to be confused with ageless hottie Lindsey Wagner) so can the rest of the gang be far behind?

61. #61
    On August 11th, 2009 at 7:13 pm, gunslingerpatriot said:

    Cue lgm that Bush said this…..in 3…2…1….(namblalgm crickets chirping!)

    GSP

62. #62
    On August 11th, 2009 at 7:27 pm, cheapseat said:

    the reason every gubmint program goes “overbudget” is because they social engineer things. the post office lets people send bulk mail (advertisement) to your mailbox for way less than the going weight rate. so we all go to our mailboxes and find thirty magazines from online stores, 100 pages of ads for foods and restaurants, 25 ads for new credit cards, and 1 bill. then the real men of genious at the post office tell us they lost 7 billion and they must raise the rates of the stamp on that 1 bill. just like the airlines who can’t take off and land on time because they make passengers who check their bags pay, but those who carry their total wardrobe and office on the plane do so for free. so we all wait to find ivana trump a few more overhead bins, and then when we land we wait while ivana asks 27 people to pass her luggage up to her while she blocks the aisle. carrots and sticks people, you want to spur an activity (buying cars) reward people for doing that. you want to cut teen pregnancy, quit giving them welfare. you want to cut healthcare costs, don’t punish the insured and reward the uninsured with taxpayer insurance. it’s a recipe for disaster and has proven to fail every time it is used.

63. #63
    On August 11th, 2009 at 7:32 pm, txvet2 said:

    Sigh. I hate to do this but somebody really should…..As I said in another thread, the P.O. has major problems and I’m pretty sure I know more about them than most people, but it’s only fair to point out that they do some things pretty well.

    1) I regularly buy music CDs from a variety of sources nationwide. They are invariably shipped via USPS. I’ve never had one damaged, and the majority of them arrive within one or two days although they are sent first class. Let’s see FEDEX or UPS do that.

    2) If you’re receiving a previous occupant’s mail, it’s because that individual didn’t file a change of address, or it’s expired and they didn’t bother to inform their correspondents. That has nothing to do with the USPS, which has clear regulations about the handling of such mail.

    3) The post office doesn’t originate (most) junk mail, but they do make revenue on it that helps them keep rates down for other classes of mail. Most of mine goes in the trash too, but some of it is useful to me and it doesn’t cost you anything – the advertiser would just spend the money on some other sort of advertising, like TV commercials – which I’m sure everybody really loves. You may just as well complain about the Sunday newspaper inserts (for those of you who actually read newspapers).

64. #64
    On August 11th, 2009 at 7:45 pm, John Deaux said:

    On August 11th, 2009 at 4:31 pm, BuckNutty said:
    Speaking of Gaffetastic; what have they done with Jabberin’ Joe Bidden during this healthcare debate?

    Apparently his new job of feeding TOTUS isn’t working out so well.

65. #65
    On August 11th, 2009 at 8:00 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    No gaffe too big that a couple of smart bombs on some aspirin factories can’t fix.

66. #66
    On August 11th, 2009 at 8:23 pm, JustAThought said:

    it’s the post office that’s always having problems

    This is why my ‘overnight’ packages that aren’t required to be there overnight get sent via USPS. I go back to the local PO the days after the package actually gets delivered and get my money back. Guaranteed, you know?

    Oh, and have any of you tried sending any first class mail using anything BUT the post office lately? Want to know WHY UPS and FedEx don’t offer first class mail services? Because it is AGAINST THE LAW!

    Oh, technically the United States Post Office isn’t really a government agency. It’s a “government-supported private business”. That has federal benefits. Who’s employees are all paid by the federal government.

67. #67
    On August 11th, 2009 at 8:26 pm, Wayfaring Stranger said:

    On August 11th, 2009 at 5:24 pm, Misscheryl said:

    That tricky Obama. Put his foot in it again. This is good for a laugh…

    So OB not only misuses grammar, he’s misusing gramma too – or at least the amendment that Rep. Isaksen proposed as protection for gramma’s (and grandpa’s) rights.

    The faux-potus (definitely lower-case) is certainly teaching we lesser mortals a thing or two.

68. #68
    On August 11th, 2009 at 8:38 pm, MarcoPolo said:

    On August 11th, 2009 at 4:14 pm, T-Bone said:

    Let me try again. Its because of the private companies like Fedx and UPS that the Post Office has so many problems.

    Darn, that still doesn’t sound right TOTUS.

    Let me help: The Post Office only started losing money when they lost their monopoly on packages. It’s obviously hard to make money when you only have one monopoly.

    Well, let me work on it a little more.

69. #69
    On August 11th, 2009 at 8:41 pm, MarcoPolo said:

    On August 11th, 2009 at 4:14 pm, T-Bone said:

    Alright. I’ve got it.

    Competition is absolutely necessary to drive down costs and increase efficiencies. That’s why Social Security has been so sucessful.

    DARN IT!

70. #70
    On August 11th, 2009 at 8:47 pm, Misscheryl said:

    Here’s a clue. Put the Obama the Jokes on us picture on the next stamp and charge a couple of dollars for it. That will help USPS increase business.

71. #71
    On August 11th, 2009 at 9:09 pm, Danceswithdachshunds said:

    His argument would have had merit within the context he was using it but …. the trouble with that context is that Fedex and UPS are NOT told by the government who they are allowed to have as clients, Fedex and UPS are NOT told by the government what services they are allowed to offer nor does the government dictate some standard of performance that Fedex and UPS are required to obey. The FREE MARKET does all of those for Fedex and UPS with no input from government.

    So Obama – get real! The only way that your parallel of private health insurers can be considered analogous to Fedx or UPS is to rip up at least 900 pages of HR3200. Punked.

72. #72
    On August 11th, 2009 at 9:11 pm, gco said:

    On August 11th, 2009 at 8:00 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:
    No gaffe too big that a couple of smart bombs on some aspirin factories can’t fix.

    Here’s an AP headline from earlier today: “Aspirin shows promise for colon cancer patients.” So Obama won’t be bombing any aspirin factories like B. J. Clinton did, because whether you have a headache, heart disease, or colon cancer, aspirin can cure it all! Whoopee! It’ll be the Obamacare miracle pill! Maybe they can color the tablets both red and blue, and then you’ll have choice: the red pill or the blue pill. And you won’t have to wait in line for it either, though it’ll take that damn post office three weeks to deliver your monthly regimen.

73. #73
    On August 11th, 2009 at 9:20 pm, jrgdds said:

    There are millions of Americans that are unable to afford the premium delivery services, FedEx, and UPS.
    In a country as rich as ours, it is disgraceful that only the political elite, the rich, white collar employees of large corporations, small business owners, and union members can afford timely delivery without loss or damage to their documents and parcels.

    What we need is a government run “Universal Package delivery system”.
    If you are happy with your delivery company, you can keep it. (You will have to pay a small tax on your fees to help finance the government program. the political elite, and union members are exempt from this tax.) Of course, if for some reason you choose the government Universal Package delivery system, you must always have them deliver your mail for you, and for convenience, all of your delivery records will be stored electronically in Washington, D.C.

    If you are unable to have a package delivered the government will do it for you. Since there would be no requirement to verify that a parcel is legal, Universal Package delivery will even deliver illegal packages for you. If you need to have an older package delivered they may not be able to do it because of stamp rationing, but they will always be happy to give you package delivery counseling.

    Its a win win situation for everyone.

74. #74
    On August 11th, 2009 at 9:36 pm, rightisright said:

    another example of why I want to see his school records…another TOTUS breakdown?
    Seems every time he starts flappin’ his jaws his intellect, or lack of, comes shinning through. Those are actually the only times I can stomach watching this socialist, when I read or hear on streaming the jerk has done it again, can’t wait to see it.

75. #75
    On August 11th, 2009 at 9:47 pm, TacitEagle said:

    Mr. President, that is a very good point. And that is just one of many very good reasons why the power of government must be limited.

76. #76
    On August 11th, 2009 at 10:05 pm, txvet2 said:

    On August 11th, 2009 at 9:11 pm, gco said:

    Here’s an AP headline from earlier today: “Aspirin shows promise for colon cancer patients.” So Obama won’t be bombing any aspirin factories like B. J. Clinton did, because whether you have a headache, heart disease, or colon cancer, aspirin can cure it all!

    Hushs!! If they find out it’s actually effective, they’ll ban it like DDT.

77. #77
    On August 11th, 2009 at 10:15 pm, Papa Louie said:

    The Obama administration is full of contradictions. They speak out of both sides of their mouths to cover their tracks no matter what happens. For example, when Obama was selling the stimulus bill he claimed it would create jobs immediately. But later in the same speech he said that progress would be measured in years not months.

    And sure enought, when the stimulus bill passed and it did not create jobs, Obama fell back on his second statement and ignored his first as if he had never said it. He uses this trick all the time and the news media lets him get away with it.

    Here is another example of him saying two different things about health care reform:

    “…providers will give patients the best care, not just the most expensive care, which will mean big savings over time. And we have urged Congress to include a proposal for a standing commission of doctors and medical experts to oversee cost-saving measures.”
    – President Obama; Jul 18, 2009; Weekly Address

    “This is not about putting the government in charge of your health insurance. I don’t believe anyone should be in charge of your health-insurance decisions but you and your doctor. I don’t think government bureaucrats should be meddling, but I also don’t think insurance company bureaucrats should be meddling. That’s the health care reform I’m talking about.”
    – President Obama; Aug 11, 2009; N.H. Health Care Town Hall

    The first contradiction is Obama’s statement that he’s not putting the government in charge of your health insurance. That’s a flat out lie because Obama has insisted on a public option where the government is the one in charge of your insurance.

    The second contradiction is a little more subtle. Last month Obama was touting the cost savings of his plan. He proposed a “standing commission” of experts to oversee cost-saving measures. But now he says you and your doctor will be making all decisions and government bureaucrats will not be meddling.

    He can’t have it both ways. Either a standing commission appointed by the government will require your doctor to take cost saving measures, or you and your doctor will make all the decisions. Obama is simply saying the things he thinks you want to hear to get his bill passed. Afterward, the bill will be implemented without regard to any of his promises. It will be as if he never said them, or they’ll claim we took his words out of context just like every other time we have caught him in a lie.

78. #78
    On August 11th, 2009 at 10:16 pm, lgm said:

    MM finally is addressing a real health care issue, in her own roundabout huff’n'puff way. Is the public option a good idea?

    It seems to me that it isn’t a bad idea. If it works and drives down the cost of insurance, good. If it fails, nobody will buy it and nobody will be worse off.

    If you want to focus on the things about health care reform that might actually be bad —

    1. mandates force people to buy something they might not want, like drivers are forced to buy car insurance.

    2. a specified “minimum package” might become de-facto the only package anyone can get for a reasonable price.

    3. health care subsidies might be a burden on the deficit.

    Of course, if something isn’t done to slow the increase in health care cost, Medicare will become impractical. All that fear mongering about reduced medicare coverage will become a reality.

79. #79
    On August 11th, 2009 at 10:18 pm, palani said:

    Are you sure that Obama wasn’t simply quoting VP Biden? Maybe Gibbs will find a way to shift the blame.

80. #80
    On August 11th, 2009 at 10:34 pm, Ragspierre said:

    It seems to me that it isn’t a bad idea. If it works and drives down the cost of insurance, good. If it fails, nobody will buy it and nobody will be worse off.

    Good grief. You are an idiot.

    “Say, let’s tinker with 1/6 of the economy!!! If it destroys things…well, what the hey…!!! You know…all good collectivist fun.”

    It is the essence of fascist theory; do something…anything… To HELL with the consequences!

    Please, go to France. Fast. Tonight.

81. #81
    On August 11th, 2009 at 10:47 pm, Papa Louie said:

    “And we have urged Congress to include a proposal for a standing commission of doctors and medical experts to oversee cost-saving measures.”
    – President Obama; Jul 18, 2009

    Maybe Palin was right. If Obama’s standing commission has any power to determine who gets paid and they tell your doctor that a “pain killer” is a better cost-saving measure than surgery, does that not make them a “death panel”?

82. #82
    On August 11th, 2009 at 11:25 pm, joeblough said:

    .

    … he said that UPS and FedEx were doing fine, but “it’s the post office that’s always having problems.”

    Well, bonehead Red Hussein himself has given us the definitive argument for not letting the idiot gov’t anywhere near the hospitals and doctors.

    Couldn’t have said it better myself.

    But it was no “gaffe”. In Red Hussein’s twisty mind, he thinks that he said something good about government control.

    And on that basis he expects you to give him control of your parents’ and kids’ doctors.

    The nerve of this cheeky bastard is amazing!

    He has to be shown who runs this country.

    ========

    Oh, and Glenn Beck says we have to keep it non-violent so he doesn’t have an excuse to drop the Nazi hammer on us.

83. #83
    On August 12th, 2009 at 12:39 am, RUSH73 said:

    Axelrod to Obama: “Sir, we are working on a mobile robotic teleprompter so it can follow you at these staged townhalls and the sheeple will still think you are talking to them even when you’re reading”

84. #84
    On August 12th, 2009 at 1:07 am, corkie said:

    On August 11th, 2009 at 10:16 pm, lgm said:

    It seems to me that it isn’t a bad idea. If it works and drives down the cost of insurance, good. If it fails, nobody will buy it and nobody will be worse off.

    lgm, I think you meant to say, “If it works and drives the health insurance companies out of business, good. Then everyone can have substandard care.

    If you want to focus on the things about health care reform that might actually be bad —

    ‘Health care reform’ is 180 degrees off course, lgm. Small course corrections won’t help. We need to turn it around!

85. #85
    On August 12th, 2009 at 1:59 am, vatodio said:

    The Confession: Fadex and UPS are better run than US Post Office.

    Lets create another inefficient and incompetent Government bureaucracy anyway.

    The Donkeys have gone insane: Calling names to real people (Republicans, Independents, and Democrats) who are expressing their fears and anger for bogus stimulus and health care boondoggle; unleashing the union goons just to drown out the opposing voices at the town halls; hoping to buy off some people / groups with the stimulus money in the 2010 midterm elections.

    What these fools don’t understand is, you can buy votes from only the union thugs and welfare recipients.

    No amount of coercing will work on people who feel let down after their enthusiastic support for Obama and the Congressional Democrats in 2008. Buyer’s remorse has already set in.

    It would be fun to watch the pundits surprised by the 2010 poll results.

86. #86
    On August 12th, 2009 at 3:24 am, blues said:

    Another “awww sh*t moment from the Duh’bama.Needs a new teleprompter.

87. #87
    On August 12th, 2009 at 3:30 am, Jason L. said:

    As someone over on Hot Air stated, if the GOP doesn’t jump all OVER this, they’re worthless.

    He basically just dug his own grave with that statement….

88. #88
    On August 12th, 2009 at 3:38 am, Jason L. said:

    lgm – If the tactics and goon strategy that Obama and the left are employing are not symptoms of a “mandated” attitude, what is? If Congressional Democrats’ locking out GOP dissent and cutting off debate at the knees isn’t an attitude and symptom of “mandate” mindedness, then, please, do tell, what is? Since the DEMS got into power and have stifled dissent to the point that they have to send out their union thugs, goons, and stooges to beat up people who are merely voicing dissent, and it isn’t an attitude of “mandate” mindedness, what is it? Further, how many DEMS have actually read this bill? How many? And despite the fact that so few have, they’re ready to pass this monster into law…..and the constituencies are supposed to roll-over and let them do it? What country are we talking aobut here? 1917 Russia? 1950 China? 1960 Cuba? 1921 Italy? 1933 Germany? Where, again? The US of A, where dissent is protected by the US Constitution? Hmmmm……

89. #89
    On August 12th, 2009 at 4:39 am, yohannbiimu said:

    On August 11th, 2009 at 10:34 pm, Ragspierre said:

    Good grief. You are an idiot.

    What clued you in on that conclusion? I mean, nothing that comes from this dim-witted administration is too stupid for a mindless troll like lgm to accept as plausible (at worst) or as the greatest idea to ever.

    Even when everything that Obama proposes to “fix America” fails miserably to do so, nincompoops like lgm will be consoled by the fact that HIS PARTY is in power, and they are calling the shots instead of those EVIL REPUBLICANS. Really, that is the only thing that matters to the common mesmerized Obama follower.

    And Obama WILL fail to do what he says that he intends to do as far as “bringing about economic recovery” (and of course, when “stimulus” fails (adding over 10 TRILLION dollars to our already out-of-control-national debt), “health care reform” is just the ticket to bring it about–so says THE ONE). Government running ANYTHING to revive and invigorate economic activity is like putting potholes and orange traffic barrels in the Indianapolis 500 in order to “speed things up.”

    The stupidity of liberal followers is exceeded only by those who lead them. They will be the death of us all.

90. #90
    On August 12th, 2009 at 10:29 am, spaceycakes said:

    If it fails, nobody will buy it and nobody will be worse off.

    Nobody will be worse?! Okaaaay, what about the $$ taken from my paycheck for something that’s utterly useless?

    You might not mind it, but I really have a problem with legislated slavery.

91. #91
    On August 12th, 2009 at 12:42 pm, terristeelmagnolia said:

    Bwahhh haaa haaaa…
    so freaking funny!!!

92. #92
    On August 12th, 2009 at 12:51 pm, Jet Jaguar said:

    On August 11th, 2009 at 10:16 pm, lgm said:

    What a profoundly naive and thoughtless dunce.

93. #93
    On August 12th, 2009 at 1:29 pm, txvet2 said:

    On August 11th, 2009 at 10:16 pm, lgm said:

    Good. I’m glad you’re finally starting to realize what a terrible plan this is. It’s everything you just described as bad – It’s mandatory, it sets cost and limits of coverage for everybody, and it will be a huge addition to the deficit.

94. #94
    On August 12th, 2009 at 1:51 pm, denver republican said:

    And they called Bush dumb.

95. #95
    On August 12th, 2009 at 5:44 pm, cwbois said:

    I had this same conversation with some guys at work last week. They said that private companies like UPS still stayed in business even with competition from the Post Office so that proved that a national health care system would not drive private insurers out of business. I pointed out that the problem with that view was that in shipping there is no mandatory public option and that businesses do not get an extra tax placed on them if they choose to use UPS over the Post Office. In this case this is not a valid comparison to use.

96. #96
    On August 12th, 2009 at 7:04 pm, yohannbiimu said:

    On August 12th, 2009 at 1:51 pm, denver republican said:

    And they called Bush dumb.

    On Bush’s worst day, he looks brilliant compared to this idiot. He’s merely one of MANY stupid people in Washington. When will people get a CLUE?