Troubles Dog President Obama
Ed Driscoll had a prescient blog post titled 'Something Weird Happens When Presidencies Go Wrong.' It looks at how Presidential gaffes and incompetence beget more Presidential gaffes and incompetence. This clearly plagues President Obama but he's by no means the first president to suffer in this manner.
And that was before his speech yesterday. I didn't listen but followed online a bit. He said something that I'm sure made his aides just groan:
“They talk about me like a dog,” Obama said with a chuckle of his political opponents. “That’s not in my prepared remarks but it’s true.”
Not in your prepared remarks? I wonder why! Since he uttered this, one side of my Twitter stream has pretty much been a non-stop joke fest. A sample:
@iowahawkblog Didja hear about the dyslexic agnostic narcissist President? He laid awake all night wondering if he was really Dog.
@ExJon My dog is mad at me again. (I talk about her like Obama.)
@jtLOL Who’s a good president? Obama’s a good president, isn’t he? Yes he is! http://bit.ly/aUvfps
@gpollowitz In dog years, Obama has served his full two terms.
I'm sure that President Obama thought this would go over better. But with his critics responding to an important speech unveiling his new jobs plan with hours of jokes, he might want to be more mindful of that TelePrompTer in the future.
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Jul '10
Re: Troubles Dog President Obama
It's a bizarre, narcissistic statement.
And as I noted elsewhere, Muslims really, really do not like dogs.
Have we ever seen a picture of him and Bo together?
Re: Troubles Dog President Obama
I just noticed that Instapundit has a similar roundup of reaction -- some of it much harsher than just jokes!
Re: Troubles Dog President Obama
Here's Jim Treacher at the Daily Caller:
Ouch!
May '10
Re: Troubles Dog President Obama
Obama ate my homework
Jul '10
Re: Troubles Dog President Obama
Sit. Stay.Stop spending.
Edited on Sep 6, 2010 at 9:54pmAug '10
Re: Troubles Dog President Obama
Kenneth: It's a bizarre, narcissistic statement.
And as I noted elsewhere, Muslims really, really do not like dogs.
Have we ever seen a picture of him and Bo together? · Sep 6 at 9:37pm
So what you're suggesting, Kenneth, is that "Dog Troubles President Obama"?
Sep '10
Re: Troubles Dog President Obama
All kidding aside, I believe that Obama was quite deliberately playing the Race Card:
"They talk about me like a dog...['cause I'm like, black, y'know]."
When he ignores the TelePrompTer and starts "shooting from the lip", he displays all the worst instincts of a mean-spirited community agitator — because that is all he is.
Aug '10
Re: Troubles Dog President Obama
I want to know what the "new foundation" he is building our economy upon is. Our "old economy" was built upon Free Market principles with a little smattering of regulations. Stating you are using a new foundation doesn't imply new "regulations," it is more fundamental than that -- as a statement.
So what is this "new foundation?"
May '10
Re: Troubles Dog President Obama
His statement is ambiguous. Is it "They talk about me like (I am) a dog," or "They talk about me like a dog (would talk about me)"?
The latter is worse since it suggests that even the elitist, effeminate, hypoallergenic water-poodle Bo doesn't like him, which is a stronger indicator of future trends than even Intrade.
May '10
Re: Troubles Dog President Obama
There is a major difference between the President and a dog. A dog usually stops whing after the first six weeks.
May '10
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Google Ads comes through again. I am looking at an ad exorting you to register to "Get Your Dog's Picture on Our Race Car!"
Jul '10
Re: Troubles Dog President Obama
Rumor has it that Bo now refuses to do any further photo-ops with the President he dismissively refers to as "Mom Jeans".
"I'm not peeing away my personal popularity propping up a sissy who can't break 45% in Gallup.
Some of us are still hoping to have a career when this fiasco is over."
Edited on Sep 7, 2010 at 7:22amRe: Troubles Dog President Obama
Surely I've just missed the cartoon of the stray dog complaining that they treat him like the President. The scruffy mutt getting the rolled-up newspaper... thwack! More symbolism than Moby Dick.
Jun '10
Re: Troubles Dog President Obama
Maybe we're missing the point. Could Obama have been noting that his opponents have now begun to respect him? Twain said, "Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." In other words, being a dog is probably a step up in your pay grade.
May '10
Re: Troubles Dog President Obama
Maybe he's trying to channel Seinfeld in some bizarre way(?):
On my block, a lot of people walk their dogs, and I always see them walking
along with their little poop bags, which to me is just the lowest function of
human life. If aliens are watching this through telescopes, they're gonna think
the dogs are the leaders. If you see two life forms, one of them's making a
poop, the other one's carrying it for him, who would you assume was in charge?
Aug '10
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Doggone?!
May '10
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Fred Thompson strikes again on Twitter:
"Obama: some people in DC "talk about me like a dog". Maybe it's because he keeps treating this country like a fire hydrant."