tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post7227501589751502292..comments2023-09-15T04:27:57.129-04:00Comments on Commentarama: Jobs Bill: The Obama Is In The DetailsAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-43254362042402732592011-09-16T13:19:11.380-04:002011-09-16T13:19:11.380-04:00By way of an update, unemployment rose in 26 state...By way of an update, unemployment rose in 26 states last month and fell only in 12.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-17931881419041652672011-09-16T12:59:21.661-04:002011-09-16T12:59:21.661-04:00rlaWTX, You would think so, but apparently there a...rlaWTX, You would think so, but apparently there aren't.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-49372491082188751332011-09-16T11:25:06.456-04:002011-09-16T11:25:06.456-04:00surely there are some adults in his administration...surely there are some adults in his administration somewhere...? don't they recognize temper tantrums & hyperbole aren't "presidential"?rlaWTXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09319344164726195144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-51192639395653177562011-09-16T01:02:04.363-04:002011-09-16T01:02:04.363-04:00That's true, there seems to be a very fine lin...That's true, there seems to be a very fine line there and I'm not honestly sure they know where that line is drawn!<br /><br />How funny would that be though, to lead the left flank of the Democratic party to the right? LOL!AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-6434384899260613242011-09-16T00:59:18.137-04:002011-09-16T00:59:18.137-04:00Except the difference between Ron and som of the a...Except the difference between Ron and som of the anarchists around here is pretty narrow. They would either love you or pour gasoline on themselves and light on fire in protest.Koshcatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-204093992263083262011-09-16T00:54:02.022-04:002011-09-16T00:54:02.022-04:00Koshcat, That is an excellent idea! Let me see if...Koshcat, That is an excellent idea! Let me see if we have that kind of money lying around. LOL!<br /><br />I have to tell you, I have many times asked myself if it might not be worth it trying to become a prominent Democrat just to keep messing with their primaries. Then I could always get upset and run as an independent -- stealing vital voters. :-)<br /><br />Or... even better, I get elected and then shock the heck out of the world by governing FAR to the right! LOL!<br /><br />I can see the progressives now: "we voted for Pricebama and we got Ron Paul!!" Waaaaah!AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-2945104440651846222011-09-16T00:49:54.198-04:002011-09-16T00:49:54.198-04:00I have an idea but may need some help. I will cha...I have an idea but may need some help. I will change my designation from GOP to DEM and challenge Obama in a primary. I am nobody with little background but I think I can beat him with the independent and conservative democrats. The worst that might happen is scare him a little bit and cause him do something even more stupid. I'll just take some of Ron Paul's ideas and repackage them with liberal flim-flam. What sort of help do I need? Well, successful or not I will need some sort of an exorcism to regain my soul. And I need about $100 million, but I will make sure you get a nice, cuushiony ambassadorship.Koshcatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-33811910862727959432011-09-16T00:41:48.037-04:002011-09-16T00:41:48.037-04:00Ed, I can see Biden begging him.... "I know a...Ed, I can see Biden begging him.... "I know a guy who has the plague?!"AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-72873879771107714922011-09-16T00:39:14.698-04:002011-09-16T00:39:14.698-04:00Andrew, I would be surprised if a bunch of Democra...Andrew, I would be surprised if a bunch of Democrats hadn't suggested it.<br /><br /><br />T-Rav, Go for Emperor of All Sockpuppets! I've always wanted to know an emperor!Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122308626703654554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-25030946474465995302011-09-16T00:26:45.835-04:002011-09-16T00:26:45.835-04:00... of course, that assumes he hasn't already ...... of course, that assumes he hasn't already been asked.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-80648709665759653582011-09-16T00:26:31.068-04:002011-09-16T00:26:31.068-04:00T-Rav, I don't buy any psychological diagnoses...T-Rav, I don't buy any psychological diagnoses from a distance. I've seen those all my life and they are nothing more than projection. We don't know anything about who he is in private.<br /><br />That said, he's definitely not a happy man. I think his biggest problem is the one we spotted a long, long time ago -- he's never learned how to deal with rejection. His whole life, everyone has told him he's so clever and patted him on the head... and then his opponents tripped themselves up. And thus, he's never had to face any real challenge. I think it shocks him that he's facing opposition now and he literally doesn't know how to handle it.<br /><br />I see this in how angry he is when responding to the slightest criticism and how he flails around, not knowing how to win people over. He thinks winning people over involves saying "hey, this is what I want." And he can't understand why that isn't working.<br /><br />I know that makes him sound like an idiot, but that's not really how I mean it. I mean it in the sense that he really has never had to try to sell anything to anyone -- and he doesn't know how to do it.<br /><br />In terms of giving up, yeah, I agree -- he won't. It's not in his nature to give up at this point.<br /><br />I agree too that the Democrats would love to see him step aside. I'm surprised he hasn't been approached about having a medical issue?AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-64860123137162125302011-09-16T00:16:58.302-04:002011-09-16T00:16:58.302-04:00Andrew, that's pretty much the way I read it. ...Andrew, that's pretty much the way I read it. I'm sure a lot of people in the Democratic Party would be overjoyed to see him not run again; it would certainly make their problems a lot simpler. But he won't. The reason he's done so much wrong is the same reason he will never step down: he's far too fond of himself to admit he's beat. <br /><br />There was supposedly an article making the rounds on the Internet the other day, saying Obama was approaching clinical depression. That's possible, I guess, but I don't really believe it just yet. I think he'll run this into the ground, sure enough, but he'll never take his hand off the controls.T-Ravhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10861218035729479354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-83160407755685305192011-09-15T23:42:07.478-04:002011-09-15T23:42:07.478-04:00What about "Emperor of All Sockpuppets"?...What about "Emperor of All Sockpuppets"?<br /><br />If you're going for a title, go big!AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-84982634389836529962011-09-15T23:41:10.907-04:002011-09-15T23:41:10.907-04:00Here's your link: LINKHere's your link: <a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2011/09/15/john-fund-what-if-a-committee-of-prominent-dems-approached-obama-and-asked-him-not-to-run/" rel="nofollow">LINK</a>AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-32898134320757670382011-09-15T23:40:42.879-04:002011-09-15T23:40:42.879-04:00T-Rav, I've actually weighed the possibility t...T-Rav, I've actually weighed the possibility that Obama would not run again. I honestly can't see him agreeing. I could have seen him announcing after ObamaCare by saying it was too much pressure on his family blah blah and now that he's done what he needs to, he's stepping aside. He could have appeared to go out as a winner doing that.<br /><br />But now, he would look like a loser and quitter and I don't think his ego would let him do that.<br /><br />That said, I honestly think he cannot be re-elected.<br /><br />1. As you very accurately point out, his support is gone. The loyal Democrats will still vote for him, but independents are gone and even the Democrats aren't going to waste a lot of time or money supporting him.<br /><br />Jews will probably turn out against him. Hispanics will stay home. Unions will do their thing, but their members probably won't vote for him (except teachers -- they'll turn out for him).<br /><br />The media will fall back in love as will blacks and socialists, but that's about it. And as you note, that's not a winning coalition.<br /><br />2. What really convinces me is the consistency of his polling. Everyone goes up and down except Obama -- he goes down and stays down. I honestly think this is proof that the public has stopped listening, which means he can't win them back.<br /><br />3. His team has proven to be incompetent.<br /><br />4. This will be the first race he's ever had where the other side doesn't implode. He has no idea how to handle that.<br /><br />5. He will get crushed in the debate because each of our candidates can debate.<br /><br />6. He has an impossible task of trying to warm up his base while also winning back independents -- can't be done at the same time and he doesn't have time to do it separately.<br /><br />Based on all of that, I literally think it's impossible for him to turn this around.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-13483294022675746612011-09-15T23:32:51.769-04:002011-09-15T23:32:51.769-04:00In referring to such matters, we are of the opinio...In referring to such matters, we are of the opinion that "king of the sockpuppets" is less ambiguous, and more definitive. To say "sockpuppet king" could imply that one has a king who is a sockpuppet, which is of course an impossibility. As "king of the sockpuppets" denotes ownership/possession, we recommend that this term be used henceforth.Grammar Policenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-74606293622200732832011-09-15T23:29:59.870-04:002011-09-15T23:29:59.870-04:00Andrew, back to the voters stuff for a minute, I t...Andrew, back to the voters stuff for a minute, I think Obama's running out of secure demographics to fall back on. The college kids won't turn out for him, at least nowhere near the way they did in '08; the unions will probably still turn out for him, but in a perfunctory manner; a poll today had 40% of the Jewish vote unhappy with him (see also: NY-9); and the Hispanics aren't exactly locked up for him. That basically leaves the blacks, the hippies, and the media, which is not exactly a winning coalition. Even the WH has to know this by now. <br /><br />Which is why I include this. I don't really think it's going to happen, given the man's ego, but given the pounding Obama's taken on every front recently...what if?<br /><br />http://hotair.com/archives/2011/09/15/john-fund-what-if-a-committee-of-prominent-dems-approached-obama-and-asked-him-not-to-run/T-Ravhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10861218035729479354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-69710527567409699822011-09-15T23:29:14.575-04:002011-09-15T23:29:14.575-04:00Ed, You can't sneak a movie reference by me! M...Ed, You can't sneak a movie reference by me! Mwoo ha ha ha! :-)AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-66403245134172905062011-09-15T23:28:43.110-04:002011-09-15T23:28:43.110-04:00T-Rav and Ed, I'm pretty sure T-Rav is the soc...T-Rav and Ed, I'm pretty sure T-Rav is the sockpuppet king... or should it be king of the sockpuppets? Is there a difference?AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-66651813767971710552011-09-15T23:27:29.686-04:002011-09-15T23:27:29.686-04:00T-Rav, I figured that was your purpose. And as th...T-Rav, I figured that was your purpose. And as the old people I knew when I was young used to tell me, I shall now tell you...<br /><br />"It's not nice to make fun of us old people, you'll be old yourself one day."<br /><br />Yeah... I didn't believe it either.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-52456450546285141122011-09-15T23:24:52.607-04:002011-09-15T23:24:52.607-04:00Andrew, I was afraid that might make you and possi...Andrew, I was afraid that might make you and possibly some others feel old...which is why I did it. I didn't want to; I HAD to.T-Ravhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10861218035729479354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-75911572490755699882011-09-15T23:23:37.592-04:002011-09-15T23:23:37.592-04:00Ed, I happily accept your proposal. Just remember ...Ed, I happily accept your proposal. Just remember who is the sockpuppet king around these parts (and if you know, please tell me). :-)T-Ravhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10861218035729479354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-75781331175124647692011-09-15T23:22:31.888-04:002011-09-15T23:22:31.888-04:00Andrew, That's the one.Andrew, That's the one.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122308626703654554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-24529676386094785412011-09-15T23:15:26.639-04:002011-09-15T23:15:26.639-04:00Ed, That's the Roger Rabbit rule -- you can on...Ed, That's the Roger Rabbit rule -- you can only do things "when they're funny!"AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-41144367026009905352011-09-15T23:14:25.823-04:002011-09-15T23:14:25.823-04:00Wow, 1970s superstar. . . remembered as a pop spok...Wow, 1970s superstar. . . remembered as a pop spokesman. Actually, I can't complain about that -- I mainly remember OJ Simpson running through airports as a rental car spokesman.<br /><br />Oh... and the murder thing rings a bell to.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.com