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Gawker's List of American Things That Barack Obama Has Made "Unamerican" by Doing/Liking Them
News Type: Event — Seeded on Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:53 PM EDT
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Even though he didn't deserve it, it's still awesome that Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize, right? No, it's not. It used to be, but now that Barack Obama has done it, it's un-American.
It's been getting kind of confusing keeping track of what's truly American anymore, so we came up with a handy list of things that are socialist and foreign because Barack Obama has soiled them, by doing them.
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{"commentId":10063475,"authorDomain":"killfile"}
Don't forget burgers! If you put mustard on your burger you're clearly a god-damn commie. Clearly.
{"commentId":10063475,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"killfile"}
- 38 votes
#1 - Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:54 PM EDT{"commentId":10064971,"authorDomain":"dalejwendt"}
Other things not on the list are:
Being a good dad - or do they believe Sasha and Malia are fake kids, too? Or is that family values thing too much of a "social" institution to be American these days?
Going to a new church in his new community - oops, another social activity.
Demonstrating honesty, integrity, and compassion. Again, social, and therefore suspect, behavior.
Conservatives must be right. Obama is just full of social"ist" attributes. Anyone not self-absorbed in this culture must be un-American.
{"commentId":10064971,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"dalejwendt"}
- 27 votes
{"commentId":10065043,"authorDomain":"tiff269"}
It's so funny to me, with all the things going on in our country, that someone actually takes the time to compile a list such as this. Completely pathetic if you ask me! How bout putting your mind to use & coming up with some solutions to problems our country is facing. I mean, you have so much hate & discord about all the things Obama is doing...come up with some ideas of ur own. Let's see if they are any better at all! Sheesh! I can't believe this is the crap ppl waste their minds on! And Liberals are the idiots? I think not!
{"commentId":10065043,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"tiff269"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":10065179,"authorDomain":"TR966"}
I never got the mustard thing. I must be way unAmerican, I like Blue Cheese & spicey mustard (& bacon) on my burgers.
{"commentId":10065179,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"TR966"}
- 11 votes
{"commentId":10069218,"authorDomain":"AdrianThorn"}
I first realized I was a Socialist when I was ordering French Fries at McDonalds and everyone else was ordering Freedom Fries.
{"commentId":10069218,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"AdrianThorn"}
- 16 votes
{"commentId":10069961,"authorDomain":"notaelb"}
Why does everyone need to like him? You realize the U.S. has a polarized, two-party system that encourages nothing but hate. What do you expect? By the way, how did you feel about Bush?
{"commentId":10069961,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"notaelb"}
- 9 votes
{"commentId":10071542,"authorDomain":"softfacts"}
By the way, how did you feel about Bush?
Bush? You mean that guy who pushed us into an unjust war with Iraq based on intelligence that was utterly false -- if not blatantly misleading -- and who couldn't be bothered to recant the cluster@!$%# he got us into on account of all the medals and back-pats he was giving to everyone who helped get us into that very same mess? Yes, I can see why you think your treatment of Obama is similarly justifiable because he wants to help sick people. Those two are practically doppelgangers.
{"commentId":10071542,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"softfacts"}
- 22 votes
{"commentId":10072874,"authorDomain":"jawill11"}
Don't forget burgers!
And arugula. Some kind of frenchified spinach, arugula is. Popeye ate spinach, fancy-boys eat arugula.
{"commentId":10072874,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"jawill11"}
- 7 votes
{"commentId":10073467,"authorDomain":"christopher-calbat"}
Bush choked on a BAVARIAN pretzel during a baseball game. How much more unamerican can you get ?
{"commentId":10073467,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"christopher-calbat"}
- 13 votes
{"commentId":10075776,"authorDomain":"serpad"}
It's so funny to me, with all the things going on in our country, that someone actually takes the time to compile a list such as this. Completely pathetic if you ask me! How bout putting your mind to use & coming up with some solutions to problems our country is facing. I mean, you have so much hate & discord about all the things Obama is doing...come up with some ideas of ur own. Let's see if they are any better at all! Sheesh! I can't believe this is the crap ppl waste their minds on! And Liberals are the idiots? I think not!
Swing and a miss.
{"commentId":10075776,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"serpad"}
- 13 votes
{"commentId":10076067,"authorDomain":"eric24"}
I first realized I was a Socialist when I was ordering French Fries at McDonalds and everyone else was ordering Freedom Fries.
That was never offered at my local Mc. D's........
{"commentId":10076067,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"eric24"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":10078959,"authorDomain":"sevenwishes35"}
Micky D's puts Mustard on your burger if you don't tell them not to! Uh-Oh!!!I always thought Ronald was a bit Marxist looking!!!
{"commentId":10078959,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"sevenwishes35"}
- 9 votes
{"commentId":10078989,"authorDomain":"sevenwishes35"}
Micky D's puts Mustard on your burger if you don't tell them not to! Uh-Oh!!!I always thought Ronald was a bit Marxist looking!!!
{"commentId":10078989,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"sevenwishes35"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":10079109,"authorDomain":"sevenwishes35"}
Sorry for the dopple posting! I't wasn't my fault I swear!!...Now watch some damn fool put a "R" beside my name...
{"commentId":10079109,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"sevenwishes35"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":10079275,"authorDomain":"sti"}
Let's not forget thinking that America's best days are ahead of us.
Republicans obviously don't believe that as evidenced by their continued bloviating about the Nobel Peace prize, vis-a-vis, believing that America's best days are ahead of us is un-American.
{"commentId":10079275,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"sti"}
- 7 votes
{"commentId":10081604,"authorDomain":"LasVegasRocks"}
-Dave in Oregon-
Swing and a miss.
That's just what I thought.
{"commentId":10081604,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"LasVegasRocks"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":10082782,"authorDomain":"dkbales"}
Some are true , some are not , but they forgot speaking your own mind , giving an opinion, not being a liberal , not wanting a biased school curriculum at any grade level , being self reliant and wanting others to do so as well, paying your own way , raising your kids to think for themselves then form their own opinion , ............... .
{"commentId":10082782,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"dkbales"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":10083246,"authorDomain":"thomasdaddy1"}
Don't forget burgers! If you put mustard on your burger you're clearly a god-damn commie. Clearly.
I thought this long before Obama became prez! About 15yrs ago I went to a McDonalds in Ontario, CN and bit into a Quarter Pounder and almost lost my lunch!!! Oh, and they put vinegar on the fries! Now that's just sacrilege!!!!!
{"commentId":10083246,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"thomasdaddy1"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":10086247,"authorDomain":"pharris7329"}
And the presidency itself. The conservatives now hate the office and the man in it.
Come to think of it, the conservatives couldn't deal with running the country, so why do they want it back so badly?
{"commentId":10086247,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"pharris7329"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":10087030,"authorDomain":"notaelb"}
Thanks for demonstrating the hypocrisy...didn't think it would be that easy.
{"commentId":10087030,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"notaelb"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":10089225,"authorDomain":"LasVegasRocks"}
AZPADDY
Come to think of it, the conservatives couldn't deal with running the country, so why do they want it back so badly?
They only want the rule of King George (no, not Bush, the English King from 1776) returned. Otherwise, the country isn't conservative enough.
{"commentId":10089225,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"LasVegasRocks"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":10094921,"authorDomain":"pharris7329"}
I believe you're right. When the right sees Lindsay Graham as a "traitor", you have to wonder just how far will these nuts go?
{"commentId":10094921,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"pharris7329"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":10098549,"authorDomain":"sevenwishes35"}
They even hate Bush now! This just in!!!! Hell has frozen over!!!! Film at eleven!
{"commentId":10098549,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"sevenwishes35"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":10101110,"authorDomain":"dtansy"}
BREAKING NEWS: This just in!!!
Obama wins Heisman Trophy after watching college
football game!!!
{"commentId":10101110,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"dtansy"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":10104008,"authorDomain":"sevenwishes35"}
Breaking news! DTansy is trolling!...AGAIN!!!
{"commentId":10104008,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"sevenwishes35"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":10104728,"authorDomain":"pharris7329"}
DTansey
Even I, a liberal, had to laugh at that one.
To quote Homer Simpson: "It works on so many levels!"
( BTW, the president deserved the Nobel )
{"commentId":10104728,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"pharris7329"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":10109742,"authorDomain":"feronia6363"}
Yep. Saying "no" is totally vogue now, so saying "yes" must be totally un-american.
"Yes we can" is out. Next time your boss asks you to do something, do not be tempted to use it. The american thing to say is simply "no".
{"commentId":10109742,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"feronia6363"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":10110007,"authorDomain":"pharris7329"}
When the boss holds a meeting, get several older employees to jump up and start yelling and calling him names.
If he says they're out of line, he's a socialist.
{"commentId":10110007,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"pharris7329"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":10063955,"authorDomain":"rainbowwarrior"}
Sad... how deep can the hate go? Then again this could be a fun way to drive the right wing out of the country, did'nt they always say, "America, love it or leave it"? Let's give em Texas!
{"commentId":10063955,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"rainbowwarrior"}
- 14 votes
#2 - Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:21 PM EDT{"commentId":10064270,"authorDomain":"niafabo"}
Hey Texas has some good land on it and the weather is relatively nice. I say we give 'em Alaska that way they can go join their beloved Ex Governor Palin the women who couldn't even complete a full term as Governor but who they all think has a real shot at the White House.
{"commentId":10064270,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"niafabo"}
- 19 votes
{"commentId":10065011,"authorDomain":"tiff269"}
niafabo, I agree. Let's give them Alaska!
{"commentId":10065011,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"tiff269"}
- 9 votes
{"commentId":10065079,"authorDomain":"christopher-calbat"}
Sarah Palin For President! 2016-2017 1/2 ?
(Wow, I could barely TYPE those words without feeling dirty..even in the context of a joke. I need a shower)
{"commentId":10065079,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"christopher-calbat"}
- 20 votes
{"commentId":10065273,"authorDomain":"DanielCarrino"}
Too much oil in Alaska. Let 'em go to Puerto Rico.
{"commentId":10065273,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"DanielCarrino"}
- 8 votes
{"commentId":10065815,"authorDomain":"rainbowwarrior"}
Since most Repubs and conservatives are in denial about AGW, maybe there's a nice tropical atoll we find for them, Bikini comes to mind! Then they can sink or swim.
{"commentId":10065815,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"rainbowwarrior"}
- 8 votes
{"commentId":10081202,"authorDomain":"nmark"}
Hey! Why Texas? :(
{"commentId":10081202,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"nmark"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":10083251,"authorDomain":"dkbales"}
Rainbow Even science is in denial about man caused "warming"
{"commentId":10083251,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"dkbales"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":10083469,"authorDomain":"rainbowwarrior"}
Doug, wait 10 years... Even if it can be proved man didn't change the climate with CO2, the acidic oceans that become devoid of life will speak for them selves. We still need to get off of fossil fuels!
{"commentId":10083469,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"rainbowwarrior"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":10063996,"authorDomain":"eric24"}
If you put mustard on your burger you're clearly a god-damn commie. Clearly.
Damn.. I'm screwed. lol.
{"commentId":10063996,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"eric24"}
- 12 votes
#3 - Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:24 PM EDT{"commentId":10064587,"authorDomain":"furballs"}
Just be wary of people with (MDS) Mustard Derangement Syndrome.
{"commentId":10064587,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"furballs"}
- 13 votes
{"commentId":10065161,"authorDomain":"eric24"}
Could you please pass the Grey Poupon? lol
{"commentId":10065161,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"eric24"}
- 9 votes
{"commentId":10065325,"authorDomain":"JoulesBeef"}
the mustard incident was probably one of the only 'legit" ones.
not legit as in a legit complaint but worth making fun of.
not that it matters at all but it looked like a fast food joint and he asked for a spicy or dijon mustard.
and yeah we all get that he basically meant dijon type.. a spicey non yellow mustard but it still brings to mind the grey poupon commercials.
bush gave us so many belly aching laughs over the years with his gaffs, it's fitting obama gave them at least one even if you have to stretch it a bit.
{"commentId":10065325,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"JoulesBeef"}
- 10 votes
{"commentId":10070693,"authorDomain":"michaellonkouski"}
Mustard on a burger? I thought it was ketchup on a hotdog? I'm so confused!
{"commentId":10070693,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"michaellonkouski"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":10065123,"authorDomain":"redphish-1"}
Noooooo .... not beer, say it ain't so. He better not start drinking Maker's Mark or I'll be totally screwed.
{"commentId":10065123,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"redphish-1"}
- 5 votes
#4 - Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:30 PM EDT{"commentId":10065430,"authorDomain":"JoulesBeef"}
one of my fav was the checking the girl out for a variety of reasons.
one the picture damns obama badly..he's checking her out.
but when you see the video... maybe not.. or he is at least slick enough to make it look unnoticeable as he reach back to help another young lady down.
Just shows how things can fool you especially out of context.
i'm not saying he didnt check her out but when you watch the video.. there is no proof he did despite the picture.
Now sarkozy he was totally busted and was grinning ear to ear watching her.
but i guess thats sarkozy
{"commentId":10065430,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"JoulesBeef"}
- 5 votes
#5 - Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:48 PM EDT{"commentId":10096956,"authorDomain":"thefocusgroup"}
well... the girl had a fine booty. Real fine. You can't fault a man for that, really. At least he didn't inviter her to the WH for a cigar.
{"commentId":10096956,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"thefocusgroup"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":10112108,"authorDomain":"pharris7329"}
A photo is simply a snapshotshot of a millisecond, and when coupled with the suggestion that the president was "checking her out", you have to question the source.
The easily led tend to see what they've been told to look for.
{"commentId":10112108,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"pharris7329"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":10113540,"authorDomain":"michaellonkouski"}
Clearly demonstrates just how easy it can be to skew the news, and how easy it is to take quotes out of context, etc. That's "News" 101 , but it has almost always gone on, and happens across the board. The News is, and always has been, a lie!
{"commentId":10113540,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"michaellonkouski"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":10065924,"authorDomain":"sgsteitler"}
OK so I'm going to enroll in community college, sneak my mutt into class, while simultaneously squeezed into my vintage scouting uniform! I guess I'd be clearly unamerican. Oh, yes and Im going to take a big old thermos of fair trade coffee with me.
{"commentId":10065924,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"sgsteitler"}
- 2 votes
#6 - Tue Oct 13, 2009 9:08 PM EDT{"commentId":10067450,"authorDomain":"time5428"}
Cute list, shame their are Americans that really think that way, I walked my dog around the block this evening I'm sure that is commie too......thanks for the laugh.
{"commentId":10067450,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"time5428"}
- 4 votes
#7 - Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:02 PM EDT{"commentId":10068089,"authorDomain":"picker335"}
I know I can't critique Obama because some "Leftish Liberal Agenda" thugs will use the well worn out race card and call me a racist.....LOL like I will care. There is no end to the insane crap with these people.
{"commentId":10068089,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"picker335"}
- 2 votes
#8 - Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:27 PM EDT{"commentId":10081470,"authorDomain":"nmark"}
You know by saying that you purposefull put yourself out there. Was that intentional to start another useless debate? It doesn't seem to have worked.
{"commentId":10081470,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"nmark"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":10082651,"authorDomain":"moo2u"}
Picker- funny, replace Obama with repubs, and liberal thugs with "right-wing nut jobs" and I could say the same!
{"commentId":10082651,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"moo2u"}
{"commentId":10071453,"authorDomain":"notaelb"}
So the lesson is...
- Love Obama unconditionally, and
- Always bash Sarah Palin (even though she hasn't been remotely relevant since the 2008 Presidential Election).
{"commentId":10071453,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"notaelb"}
- 5 votes
#9 - Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:55 AM EDT{"commentId":10071497,"authorDomain":"softfacts"}
Here's an idea. Instead of loving him unconditionally or decrying everything he does, why not find some middle ground and take a look at his actions with a rational mind focused on raising rational questions so we can have a rational debate?
On second thought... Nevermind. That @!$%# is boring.
{"commentId":10071497,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"softfacts"}
- 15 votes
{"commentId":10073493,"authorDomain":"christopher-calbat"}
# Always bash Sarah Palin (even though she hasn't been remotely relevant since the 2008 Presidential Election)
She's been quite relevant to Alaska...just because it doesn't affect you in your little corner of the world doesn't mean it doesn't matter .
{"commentId":10073493,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"christopher-calbat"}
- 11 votes
{"commentId":10079382,"authorDomain":"egoode"}
I bash Palin whenever possible.
I just don't think we need Forrest Gump to be President. She couldn't even run her own state...what makes the GOP think she's capable of handling the U.S. without at least going back to High School and taking her Civics courses again (and maybe some Geography too)?
Hell...if she got that phone call at 3:00 a.m. she'd probably resign and say there was no point in being a Lame Duck President.
{"commentId":10079382,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"egoode"}
- 8 votes
{"commentId":10081141,"authorDomain":"blueherring2006"}
I bash Palin whenever possible.
I got a feeling your more stupid than her.
{"commentId":10081141,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"blueherring2006"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":10082027,"authorDomain":"egoode"}
I got a feeling your more stupid than her.
You spelled "you're" wrong.
{"commentId":10082027,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"egoode"}
- 8 votes
{"commentId":10083162,"authorDomain":"blueherring2006"}
I now (know)
{"commentId":10083162,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"blueherring2006"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":10084260,"authorDomain":"king-of-messico"}
I now (know)
You lie!
{"commentId":10084260,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"king-of-messico"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":10087102,"authorDomain":"notaelb"}
She's been quite relevant to Alaska...just because it doesn't affect you in your little corner of the world doesn't mean it doesn't matter.
6th most populated city in America -- a short train ride to the most populated city in the country or to the nation's capital. Yeah, totally my little corner of the world.
Seriously though, how is she relevant? Because Maher, Stewart and Colbert tell you she is? Because she had a ghost author write a book? What exactly is relevant about Sarah Palin. How specifically is she impacting your life? Do tell...
{"commentId":10087102,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"notaelb"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":10087182,"authorDomain":"notaelb"}
I bash Palin whenever possible.
Because you think women are inferior to men.
I just don't think we need Forrest Gump to be President. She couldn't even run her own state...what makes the GOP think she's capable of handling the U.S. without at least going back to High School and taking her Civics courses again (and maybe some Geography too)?
As opposed to the ever-experienced community organizer/junior senator from Illinois.
Hell...if she got that phone call at 3:00 a.m. she'd probably resign and say there was no point in being a Lame Duck President.
Because she's a woman, right?
{"commentId":10087182,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"notaelb"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":10095410,"authorDomain":"egoode"}
bleat_on #9.9: 1) Um no. 2) Um yes. 3) Um no.
Especially since I started out supporting Clinton (and way back when, I was a supporter of Libby Dole).
That said, as to Mr. Community Organizer: let's do a quick comparative:
Mr. Obama: B.A. in Political Science from Columbia University; J.D. (Doctorate/Law Degree) from Harvard Magna Cum Laude; 12 yrs as a professor of Constitutional Law while practicing law as an associate (for 3 yrs) and a counsel (for 8 yrs) - 7 of those years while he was a State legislator in Illinois; then he became the Jr. Senator from Illinois, and now U.S. President.
Mrs. Palin: B.S. in Communications from University of Idaho; 1yr as a sportscaster; 4 yrs helping family business (fishing business); 4 yrs. City Council; 6 yrs as Mayor of her town; 1 yr chairing Alaska Oil & Gas Commission - after which she resigned. 1-2 years helping a 527 group training political women in Alaska; In Dec. 2006, became governor - spent 1 year doing that, 1 year running for V.P., then resigned.
Without getting into criticisms of how each did their jobs in respective places (and there is criticism for BOTH of them), I still have more faith in Obama's experience - and his steadiness on the job - compared to Palin's - Also, a B.A. from Columbia with a J.D. from Harvard trump a B.S. from Idaho any day of the week (and twice on Sunday).
To sum up: It's NOT because she's a woman (if it was, my wife would kick my ass). It's because she's a nincompoop zealot. I would probably enjoy having sitting down to a family dinner with her - and my family and hers would probably get along (as long as we stayed off of religion and politics). I felt the same way about Bush, who I met a couple of times (and he's really not nearly as dumb as he came across - just didn't know what he was doing as POTUS).
That doesn't mean I think she's is any less incompetent.
{"commentId":10095410,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"egoode"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":10106305,"authorDomain":"notaelb"}
Spare me. I don't like Sarah Palin. I wouldn't vote for her (or any other democrat or republican for that matter). So save the "Obama" is better than "Palin" discussion for someone that cares.
I'm simply pointing out that her inexperience wasn't all that different from Obama's.
By the way, legal experience and Ivy League degrees do not make you an effective leader. Al Frankin?
{"commentId":10106305,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"notaelb"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":10112406,"authorDomain":"pharris7329"}
Funny you should mention Al Franken.
Leadership has less to do with experience as it does with emotional intelligence, character and an ability to articulate and execute plans.
Al Franken is intellectually and emotionally so far above Sarah Palin's level there can be no rational comparison. It's easy to imagine how Al Franken ( Or most people ) would have answered the simple question Couric asked Palin re what newspapers or magazines she gets her information from. That extremely simple question literally paralyzed Sarah Palin in her tracks. If that is leadership, I'm George Washington.
Since you mention Ivy league degrees, the intelligence and fortitude Barak Obama possesses made it possible for him to not only gain acceptance to an Ivy league school, but to excel. Intelligence, fortitude, and an ability to stay focused are a few of the attributes president Obama has in common with effective leadership.
Sarah Palin is a leader....of sorts. She is the unchallenged leader of "Idiot America". That is no slur, or mean-spirited accusation. It is fact.
{"commentId":10112406,"threadId":"700784","contentId":"3379531","authorDomain":"pharris7329"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":10113557,"authorDomain":"michaellonkouski"}
Az-
I hate to get all "Newsvine" on you, but...
Sarah Palin is a leader....of sorts. She is the unchallenged leader of "Idiot America". That is no slur, or mean-spirited accusation. It is fact.
Factual source for such empirical data?
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":10131309,"authorDomain":"pharris7329"}
Unless you've been in a coma the last 18 months, your question qualifies you as a card carrying citizen of I.A.
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- 3 votes
{"commentId":10133264,"authorDomain":"michaellonkouski"}
Az-
You didn't exactly answer my question.
CIA?, maybe, who knows who, works for the company, I suspect we all do, I just willingly do my part, such was my oath to this nation and it's constitution.
By the way, I just got back in the US, and was gone for 20 months...so, answer my question.
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{"commentId":10136108,"authorDomain":"pharris7329"}
Please read my last comment again. Twice. S L O W L Y.
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- 3 votes
{"commentId":10139789,"authorDomain":"michaellonkouski"}
N O T H A N K Y O U ! Y O U R E A D M I N E 3 T I M E S !
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{"commentId":10142921,"authorDomain":"pharris7329"}
The one where you are under the impression I mentioned the "C.I.A."?, or the one where you ask me to prove to you what every one else that can read and / or hear already knows?
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":10150222,"authorDomain":"michaellonkouski"}
Az-
You really need me to explain my sarcasm and wit?
Ok, you said ...
She is the unchallenged leader of "Idiot America". That is no slur, or mean-spirited accusation. It is fact.
Now look, you and I both know that there is no "fact" in that statement, so I was pointing out that you made a pretty subjective post, and then labeled it as fact.
Now for the CIA thing, I just took you I.A. and made fun of it. I call it "literary license"
entiendo?
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{"commentId":10152665,"authorDomain":"pharris7329"}
I call it C.Y.A.
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":10079110,"authorDomain":"tydicea"}
This thread would be funny, if it wasn't for its odorous truth.
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- 3 votes
#10 - Wed Oct 14, 2009 1:37 PM EDT{"commentId":10079337,"authorDomain":"crrauch"}
You all need to look at the BIG picture and grow up and use some common sense and stop crying about who peed in your cornflakes this morning...It does not matter if you put mustard, mayo, or pickle on your burger for that matter but when it comes down to politics it is not about YOU or the Rep. party or the Dem. party..it is about how much the people in D.C. can get away with. they want it so we are all fighting each other because it makes it easier for them to pass bills without us knowing what there doing. there only looking out for themselves not for us even if they seem good they do have a price tag attached to them.
But if we all come together and stand for what is good for our country then we will win.. or we can keep fighting each other and we remain divided.
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#11 - Wed Oct 14, 2009 1:46 PM EDT{"commentId":10080714,"authorDomain":"kmkfornow"}
Oh, Lord, this is so shocking. If Chicago is un-American, then will we need to rewrite all the poetry courses to eliminate Carl Sandburg?
And what about all my relatives living near Milwaukee and enjoying beer with their brats? My nephew is a good dad, goes to church, ran a marathon (that's a Greek thing, isn't it?); I never realized he was such a subversive.
And puppies -- this breaks my heart. I was going to get a dog to keep me company in my old age. Will it be okay if I get a cat?
Farming -- well, that's gone the way of agri-business so not many of those left anyway. Guess that makes Michelle Obama a neocon or something? Someone who wants to return to the old days and rejects all progress?
Checking out asses -- well, nosirree-bob. Not even an Italian man would do that, and as for the occasional pinch -- I'm sure the Vatican would immediately excommunicate.
Mustard -- I'm so afraid someone is going to find out I put a little mustard in my good ole American potato salad.
Can I still have apple pie? Anything about that being on the White House menu? And what are they serving for Thanksgiving? I think I feel faint. Where are my smelling salts. I'm going to go lie down.
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- 3 votes
#12 - Wed Oct 14, 2009 2:44 PM EDT{"commentId":10080830,"authorDomain":"tydicea"}
ROLF! :-)
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":10100613,"authorDomain":"nospin1234"}
Chicago isn't un American, it is irrelevant
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":10175201,"authorDomain":"pharris7329"}
Unless you live in Chicago......or enlist in the U.S. Navy.
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":10081266,"authorDomain":"blueherring2006"}
I guess Blackberry's still rule though!
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- 1 vote
#13 - Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:08 PM EDT{"commentId":10083742,"authorDomain":"jfrank"}
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- 3 votes
#14 - Wed Oct 14, 2009 5:02 PM EDT{"commentId":10084219,"authorDomain":"niafabo"}
lol. i love how much of a nerd our President is. lol! how adorable.
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- 3 votes
{"commentId":10096683,"authorDomain":"jfrank"}
Haha yeah, me too.
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":10084994,"authorDomain":"dguaglardi"}
Satire.......is a good thing.
Aren't the Saturday Evening Post covers just great....luv em'.
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- 1 vote
#15 - Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:08 PM EDT{"commentId":10088451,"authorDomain":"niafabo"}
You know the more I think about it the more it annoys me that they would consider Bowling more American then Basketball. I mean sure we standardized Bowling's rules but we got the game from Germany whereas Basketball was invented in the USA.
Also foods that are more American then apple pie because of their origins:
-Gumbo (Louisiana)
-Crackers (Massachusetts)
-Potato Chips (New York)
-Fortune Cookies (California)
-Chocolate Chip Cookies (Massachusetts)
Don't even get me started on other inventions.
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- 5 votes
#16 - Wed Oct 14, 2009 9:25 PM EDT{"canLink":false,"threadId":"700784","isPrivate":false}
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