Gadhafi’s Fairly Unconvincing ‘I’m Still in Charge’ Speech Setting
**Written by Doug Powers
(Note: Everybody spells his last name differently, so I’m going to spell it a different way each time it’s mentioned and hope I get it right at least once)
The situation in Libya with Gaddafi continues to deteriorate:
Deep rifts opened in Moammar Gadhafi’s regime, with Libyan government officials at home and abroad resigning, air force pilots defecting and a bloody crackdown on protest in the capital of Tripoli, where cars and buildings were burned. Gadhafi went on state TV early Tuesday to attempt to show he was still in charge.
Amid reports that Gadhafi fled Tripoli for Venezuela and an inevitable power lunch with Sean Penn, Quadaffi chose an unusual setting to reassure Libya that he was still in the country and in charge. He appeared in a car wearing a Cousin Eddy hat holding an umbrella and speaking into a microphone swiped from Bob Barker:

That doesn’t exactly scream “the palace is secure.”
The video clip of Kadafi’s address lasted less than a minute, which for Qhaddaphi is about nine hours shorter than it usually takes him to give a waiter his lunch order, let alone deliver a speech — so something’s up.
And as the bombs fell, people revolted, gunshots rang out and hundreds were being killed in the violence, what prevented Kadaffy from delivering a more formal address?
he told an interviewer that he had wanted to go to the capital’s Green Square to talk to his supporters, but the rain stopped him.
Rain. At least everyone now knows his weakness.
**Written by Doug Powers
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Hot Air| Video: Qaddafi appears on Libyan TV carrying giant umbrella, wearing hat with earflaps
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/02/21/video-qaddafi-appears-on-libyan-tv-carrying-giant-umbrella-wearing-hat-with-earflaps/
What a poodle-haired scumbag.
He should have said it with more authority ala Alexander Haig…
Reminds me of…”the system worked” from our dear sister Napolitano.
If you have to say you’re in charge….
….you aren’t.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Stopped by rain?
So, Gaddafi is a mailman.
Yup.
…And just how does this speech, complete with the subterranean backdrop, convince anyone that he’s in Tripoli? That could have been shot in you-know-who’s driveway with you-know-who operating the camera.
Michael Moore. Alec Baldwin.
How strange. Several US presidents couldn’t manage to dislodge this guy, and he’s out because of a few riots and a little rain?
I’m sure the Lockerbie bomber is safe and sound.
And Bambi will be throwing his support to Quackdaffi within 48 hours. We have to support our allies don’t you know.
Does he have any supporters?
Bambi has not said anything on this but was quick to deteriorate our ally, Mubarak. hmmm
Gudaffy has to be careful about the rain. Look what happened to his sister,the Wicked Witch of the West.
Where is Baghdad Bob when you need him?
I have always been surprised this murdering cartoon character lasted so many years-what kind of military supported him? Sadly this murdering thug will be replaced by another.
The worldd is changings faster than I can keep up–something different is happening.
===
Let Your Sidearm Be Like American Express:
Don’t Leave Home Without It.
Yes, let’s all clap for Gadaffy’s downfall so another jihadist muslim state forms. Brilliant!
Gee whiz, is Kadaphi not the saddest looking ruler you ever saw ? He always looks like he`s about to cry ! He`s always been ugly and dressed like the Super Fly of the middle east but he used to look angry or occasionally happy….until a past pres. with cajones sent in 2 Navy planes and dropped a couple bombs on his family. He ain`t been right since !
If Moammar wasn’t a Muslim, Obama could have a few beers with him and settle everything.
If you think Islam is a thorn in the side of Western Civilization now – wait until all of these uprisings conclude and they form an Islamic alliance. Remember Pakistan already has nukes and Iran is on the verge. Israel will be their primary focus and then the West. What a world we are leaving for our Children and Grandchildren.
Too funny!
Doug,
Allow me to help you with the spelling…
S – C – H – M – U – C – K !!!
Glad to be of service.
Every time I look at this buffoon, I wonder whose curtains he stole to achieve that look…
…or what grit sandpaper he used on the orbital sander to get that wonderful facial complexion?
It’s long past time for Quadaffi to be removed from office. Qadaufi is one of the most tyrannical of Arab leaders. Qhaddafi is clearing losing his mental capacity, as he was once contained by Reagan. It was just about a year or so ago when Hawaii was demanding a giant Beduin tent to be put up for a UN meeting or something here in New York.
Not funny.
The poor guy’s tent caught fire, he was burning alive, and someone put his face out with an icepick.
I’m trying to figure out if it’s raining frogs or blood.
Did he leave, or did he not? Media and ministers here say he’s enroute to Venezuela.
when poo gets wet….
And now a short message from our Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution, Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi…
Sponsored By Dippity-do
Pshaw! We’ve known for years that Charles is in Charge…and he even has a theme song!
I have the feeling Quadaffy tucked his skirts between his legs and skipped town.
Really this is a win/lose for the wack job types in Hollywierd like Glover, Penn et al. They’re loss is that they can’t go to Tripoli to bash America, but they can go to Venezuala and bash America with two despots in one place.
From SNL sometime in the ’80′s…
Just as a service for impaired spellers.
It’s long past time for Kadaffy to go back to a certain cantina and have a drink. And hopefully get shot next by my cousin’s misbegotten son-in-law.
Besides those on U.S soil?
“to the sunny slopes of long ago”
JennyHatch said:
Does he have any supporters?
perhaps an old athletic supporter?
I’m tired of struggling with his name. I really do wish he’d hire the same cosmetic surgeon the Jacksons use. The guy is as ugly as his policies. He’ll never be able to hide, and if he lies still to long, he’ll get embalmed.
How about spelling it “Gawd-Awful”?
That’s what he gets, though. You would think a military dictator with the rank of Colonel would at some point in 25 years of reign be able to promote himself to General.
No?
Wasn’t water also the nemesis of the Wicked Witch of the West? And Kadaffy will what? Melt? Lose control of his dippity ‘do?
HA!
“to the sunny slopes of long ago”
I can’t wait to see the pictures of his spider hole in a couple of weeks. Uh, you know what I mean. Sheesh.
Mmmmm………lovely.
Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it.
The Caliphate is forming before our very eyes…..
Khadafi: “nothing to see here folks, please remain calm, all is well.”
Wasn’t Westminster last week?
Also, wait til his “Nurse” finds out who’s hairdo he is channeling.
C’mon everybody, grab a lighter… Purple rain, purple rain!
Don’t you think his speech would have been more convincing if he had stood on top of the vehicle and got the camera guy to get up there with him?
I just assumed that “Guide of the First of September Great Revolution of the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya” was local-ese for “General”
Maybe Moo-chelleO took him skiing with her this weekend in Vail and his face got in the way of the hot wax irons for the skis and snowboards.
Mo-coffee, Kadoffee?
he does have some nice hats though
Gadaffy Duck and Helen Thomas have an arrangement to rendevouz in Gaza for a romantic interlude. Oh, those kids! wink-wink. Please God, don’t let them breed!
Merry Christmas! The s*****r’s full!
Exactly.
Same idea as seeing the name of the has-been (or never-was) spokesman on a TV commercial.
“If you gotta tell ‘em who you is,…you isn’t!”
LOL!!
Haven’t heard that one for ~35 years~!!
I totally get it. He’s the long lost son of the Wicked Witch of the West.
Plus, rain would just RUIN that fabulous hat.
My bet on what’s going on in Libya is that it is merely similarly savage, barbaric jackals turning upon one of their own, in order that another similarly savage, barbaric jackal may take charge.
Same $h!*, different jackal.
Islamic extremists are abounding in this country. We have happily let them in and now we are overrun. Sharia law is at our doorstep. We MUST take drastic measures to rid our country of this scourge. And I mean DRASTIC. If we don’t fix this problem NOW, there really WILL be a flag of islam flying over the WH in our future. Batton down the hatches, folks. Get some adults back in charge of our country and then kick out All the mooslums, and I mean ALL. Is that possible? Probably not, but we can at least try. It’s a start. Our country was founded on the basic principles of the 10 commandments and we are a nation of laws and a constitution based on those commandments. Our laws and our culture are not compatible with islam and it’s time the regressives were made to understand that, loud and clear!
Great comments, newbies!! Yay!! We have winners! ding, ding, ding!!
Excellent!
The umbrella is more confusing than the Cousin Eddie hat…unless it was a kelvar special. Otherwise this had a strange whiff of Michael Jackson props.
If memory serves me correctly, the planes were Air Force jets. Our base was the staging area for EF-111′s from RAF Upper Heyford that joined up with F-15 Strike Eagles from RAF Lakenheath. That’s not to say the Navy wasn’t involved… we never heard they were.
France (of course) and Spain refused to let us use their airspace so they had to fly along the coast of Spain over international waters. Rumor has it the entire flight was under radio silence (even air to air refueling).
We lost one jet, he lost a kid and we almost got him in the process. I know almost only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades and nuclear devices but this almost was worth the effort. He DID exit the world stage for quite some time.
As a side note, he stayed away from people sporting a BIC lighter with that ’60′s style ‘fro.
OK, I stand corrected…. there WERE Navy jets involved. My apologies to the Squids…
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-bombs-libya
I should have done the research before I spoke…. “better to keep one’s mouth shut and be thought of as an idiot than open it and confirm the thought’ (paraphrase)
There were (according to this link) over 100 USAF and Navy jets involved hitting several targets. I stand by the rest of my comment as I was there in England (RAF Alconbury) when the raid took place.
Doug, you crack me up.
Cudabhie (Gaelic)
I’m still trying to figure out what the hell kind of machine the colonel is entering. I think it was a safari version electric car gift from Obama Motors.
Look everybody, it’s MICHAEL JACKSON!!!!
So predictable…blood-thirsty, egomaniacal dictator proclaims they will fight to the last man becomes the first coward to flee the country.
Reporter: Your country is in ruin. Your countrymen want your head. Whaddya gonna do now?
Ka-daffy: I’M GOIN’ TO DISNEYWORLD!
Real tomatoe ketchup, Eddie?
Gross, now I need some brain bleach!
This middle east/mooselimb stuff is scary. But let’s get things right here first. And that first thing is get rid of Owe-bow-mao in 2012 (earlier if possible), close the borders, get energy independence (and no, the color of that is not green.) Back to the basics, folks.
Caracas tower, this is Libia One. We have our “fearless leader” on board. Requesting clearance to land.
Denied. You’re too much trouble.
What are we supposed to do?
Go to Teheran, or wherever they take refuse.
He will take refuge in Oliver Stone’s house.
YOU.GOT.IT! If we don’t start drilling and getting those nuclear plants built, like yesterday, we have no chance. They are waiting for us to cut down the trees for fuel before they do anything. And they are waiting for the violence at the souther border to reach northern Texas. And, they are waiting for some radical mooslum to get in here through Mexico and kill another 3,000 or more of our citizens. This is gross negligence and abuse of power and as such is certainly impeachable. Who will stand up to this? Unfortunately, he has so much power and all the people who can impeach him are in his pocket.
This is what a dictatorship looks like,folks. No, I’m not talking about Kudaffie. I’m talking about Obama.
I always figure he couldn’t be completely in charge. After all, he’s been in charge and still can’t get promoted from Colonel. You’d after being in charge of the military, he would have managed to make himself a general by now.
Thanks for that vision.
Rumor has it the entire flight was under radio silence (even air to air refueling).
On February 22nd, 2011 at 1:33 am, cabrerski said:
Doug,
Allow me to help you with the spelling…
S – C – H – M – U – C – K !!!
Glad to be of service.
Benghazi must be lost by now, in which case Tripoli won’t hold for long. Way past time to consider what actions to take to keep the Muslim Brotherhood from jumping into the power vacuum. What say you, Mr. President? Got anything?