Which Will Hurt Obama The Most

When I have more time, it can be diverting, but I'm busy enough that it's in the "so not worth it" bin.

Someday I'll do my bulldog impersonation and pursue an LSM unargument/ exercise in silliness 'til the bitter end...

Roxxxanne wrote:

What a surprise, I go away for the weekend and LSM is back to her old abusive self.

you were gone? I didn't notice.

sozobe wrote:

When I have more time, it can be diverting, but I'm busy enough that it's in the "so not worth it" bin.

Someday I'll do my bulldog impersonation and pursue an LSM unargument/ exercise in silliness 'til the bitter end...

Someday, when you are a lonely old woman who desperately seeks the only attention she can get by posting bile on the internet... Somehow, I think that someday wil be never in your case.

Roxxxanne wrote:

sozobe wrote:

When I have more time, it can be diverting, but I'm busy enough that it's in the "so not worth it" bin.

Someday I'll do my bulldog impersonation and pursue an LSM unargument/ exercise in silliness 'til the bitter end...

Someday, when you are a lonely old woman who desperately seeks the only attention she can get by posting bile on the internet... Somehow, I think that someday wil be never in your case.

When you become a lady then you will know what an old lady feels like. You sure don't act very lady like now do you.

LoneStarMadam wrote:

His chain smoking, his race, or his name, Barak Hussein Obama?
Each of those are a negative in some circles.
Since I'm a smoker, I understand that habit, my family looks like the UN, so his race isn't a problem, now that name, oooh, I might have a peoblem with that.

An objective observer would place his political beliefs ahead of anything you listed.

Zippo wrote:

Phoenix32890 wrote:

LSM- Just look at the title of your thread. Just the way you have couched the question, shows your bias, loud and clear.

It's obvious that she (LSM) doesn't want Obama to succeed as President and some people (like me) don't want Bush as President. Whats the problem ?

Shhhh, I'm having fun, let them hiss & spit to their hearts content, it's easier for them than saying anything worthwhile.

Baldimo wrote:

Phoenix32890 wrote:

Possible. But this is the first time that I have heard so much psychologizing about a possible candidate. Whew, I am sure that PLENTY could have been inferred about some of the former occupants of the White House. But why now? Is it because deep down inside, some of you think that Obama might have a good chance at the presidency, and are scared shitless about that possibility?

I have the perception that some of you are reflecting more about your OWN feelings, than anything that is a reality with Obama.

You must not have been around during the 2000 and 2004 elections. Bush seemed to be on the couch both times and it wasn't anything nice being said. Funny how you see these things when it effects someone you like.

Remember the "all hat & no cattle"? Then he was elected & re-elected, good or bad, more people than not voted for him in his re-election & had Bush done re-counts in the states that were close, he would probably have gotten the popular vote in the first election as well. Bill Clinton was pilloried a lot, he gave the republicans the ammunition to pillory him & the dems went nuts, now that Bush is being pilloried, well, everyone is just supposed to agree with every dastardly thing said against him, if you don't then it's because you're stupid, uneducated, or just not fit to breathe the same air as the holier than thou liberals....some at least.

Bush had no foreign policy experience but more importantly, no foreign policy expertise. Obama has foreign policy expertise, tons of it , as well as the good judgement to surround himself with expert advisors and the willingness to seek out a consensus.

AND HAVE WE MENTIONED HIS MIDDLE NAME?:

Good lord. Via Josh Marshall, here's CNN's Jeff Greenfield "analyzing" Obama's decision to go without a tie:

The senator was in New Hampshire over the weekend, sporting what's getting to be the classic Obama look. Call it business casual, a jacket, a collared shirt, but no tie. ... But, in the case of Obama, he may be walking around with a sartorial time bomb. Ask yourself, is there any other major public figure who dresses the way he does? Why, yes. It is Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who, unlike most of his predecessors, seems to have skipped through enough copies of "GQ" to find the jacket-and-no-tie look agreeable. ... Now, it is one thing to have a last name that sounds like Osama and a middle name, Hussein, that is probably less than helpful. But an outfit that reminds people of a charter member of the axis of evil, why, this could leave his presidential hopes hanging by a thread. Or is that threads?

That's cute. They might've also noted that Obama likes movies... just like Kim Jong Il! I'd declare this a low point in CNN's political coverage, but I'm worried someone will find a counterexample. What this does suggest, though, is this. Democrats often fret about finding a presidential candidate who won't get mocked, skewered, and otherwise unfairly tarred by the media the way Al Gore was in 2000. But I can't think of a single Democratic candidate who won't receive this sort of treatment on some level. Obama was supposed to be the media darling. But if the kids want to throw spitballs from the back of class, there's not much stopping them.

There is nothing wrong with criticizing people names/religions. Especially if they have a chance of becoming America's future president. LoneStarMadam is completely faultless. However, what i would really like to know is, why people don't do the same with Jewish names in powerful government positions ?

Double Standards ?

Gosh, this is shading into the surreal.

Your topic title is which one will hurt him MOST. Inherent in that -- they'll all hurt him, to varying degrees. Inherent in that -- as factors that will hurt him to varying degrees, they're all negative.

In LSM's, urr, defence -- there is, incredibly, much, much worse and implausible out there ...

... and it's on CNN. (What was that about liberal media again?)

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AND HAVE WE MENTIONED HIS MIDDLE NAME?:

Good lord. Via Josh Marshall, here's CNN's Jeff Greenfield "analyzing" Obama's decision to go without a tie:

The senator was in New Hampshire over the weekend, sporting what's getting to be the classic Obama look. Call it business casual, a jacket, a collared shirt, but no tie. ... But, in the case of Obama, he may be walking around with a sartorial time bomb. Ask yourself, is there any other major public figure who dresses the way he does? Why, yes. It is Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who, unlike most of his predecessors, seems to have skipped through enough copies of "GQ" to find the jacket-and-no-tie look agreeable. ... Now, it is one thing to have a last name that sounds like Osama and a middle name, Hussein, that is probably less than helpful. But an outfit that reminds people of a charter member of the axis of evil, why, this could leave his presidential hopes hanging by a thread. Or is that threads?

That's cute. They might've also noted that Obama likes movies... just like Kim Jong Il! I'd declare this a low point in CNN's political coverage, but I'm worried someone will find a counterexample. What this does suggest, though, is this. Democrats often fret about finding a presidential candidate who won't get mocked, skewered, and otherwise unfairly tarred by the media the way Al Gore was in 2000. But I can't think of a single Democratic candidate who won't receive this sort of treatment on some level. Obama was supposed to be the media darling. But if the kids want to throw spitballs from the back of class, there's not much stopping them.

Roxxxanne wrote:

Bush had no foreign policy experience but more importantly, no foreign policy expertise. Obama has foreign policy expertise, tons of it , as well as the good judgement to surround himself with expert advisors and the willingness to seek out a consensus.

What foriegn policy experience would that be?

nimh I said at least some liberals, you decide which camp you're in, I just read & watch & decide who I think is holier than thou.