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| 1st Day: You stay classy, Mr. President | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 20 2009, 04:51 PM (454 Views) | |
| George K | Jan 20 2009, 04:51 PM Post #1 |
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Finally
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/agenda/additional/
Has any other President been so openly critical of his predecessor? I don't know. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Mikhailoh | Jan 20 2009, 04:56 PM Post #2 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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What goes around comes around. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| Kincaid | Jan 20 2009, 04:56 PM Post #3 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Hmmm...still sounds like campaign mode. In any case, this kind of drivel is written by lower level staffers. I suppose Rahm didn't proof it very well. |
| Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006. | |
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| QuirtEvans | Jan 20 2009, 04:56 PM Post #4 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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Refreshing honesty. Change you can believe in. |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| QuirtEvans | Jan 20 2009, 05:01 PM Post #5 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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More seriously, you know full well that Obama ran against Bush, not against McCain. He didn't run on a platform of doing exactly what Bush did, only better. He ran on a platform of change. It's awfully hard to blame him for highlighting the changes. And if Bush had been doing the right thing competently, there'd be no reason to change direction. The style is just marketing. Bush is very, very unpopular. He's a millstone around your collective neck. Obama's just building political capital. |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| George K | Jan 20 2009, 05:04 PM Post #6 |
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I don't disagree that Bush is unpopular. Can anyone remember another President slamming his predecessor that way (Jimmy Carter doesn't count)? |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| John D'Oh | Jan 20 2009, 05:06 PM Post #7 |
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MAMIL
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George Washington. No class at all. |
| What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket? | |
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| George K | Jan 20 2009, 05:14 PM Post #8 |
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Nice linkage (and subtle) to that other thread, D'Oh. Well done! |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| QuirtEvans | Jan 20 2009, 05:14 PM Post #9 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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It would have to be a party change, right? So here are the possibilities, in our lifetimes ... Eisenhower to Kennedy Johnson to Nixon Ford to Carter Carter to Reagan Bush to Clinton Clinton to Bush Offhand, I'd guess that Nixon wasn't particularly complimentary to Johnson. And Reagan wasn't particularly complimentary to Carter. (Sorry, Carter DOES count.) |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| George K | Jan 20 2009, 05:19 PM Post #10 |
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So, what did Kennedy say about Eisenhouer (AFTER he was inaugurated)? How did Nixon criticize Johnson (AFTER he was inaugurated)? How did Bush blast Clinton (AFTER he was inaugurated)? IIRC, all of them were, at worst, silent. I mention Carter because I can recall him criticizing Bush II. Other than that, I can't recall. Can you? |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Mikhailoh | Jan 20 2009, 05:21 PM Post #11 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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I've never seen anything like this. There's no excuse for it, especially after the gracious transition. No excuse, and it bodes badly for the character of the new administration. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| QuirtEvans | Jan 20 2009, 05:25 PM Post #12 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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The Google is a wonderful thing.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6387/is_/ai_n25554277
http://www.enotes.com/1970-education-american-decades/politics-funding-during-nixon-carter-years |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| plays88keys | Jan 20 2009, 05:26 PM Post #13 |
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Pisa-Carp
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| George K | Jan 20 2009, 05:30 PM Post #14 |
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That rhetoric is just a bit different from calling Johnson on "broken promises", no?
Same comment. But, I suppose one can find snark where one wants: just look at D'Oh's comment.
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| QuirtEvans | Jan 20 2009, 05:45 PM Post #15 |
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Give me a break. I'm doing two minutes of Googling on events that are almost forty years old. Quotes are hard to come by. |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| Mikhailoh | Jan 20 2009, 05:49 PM Post #16 |
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I suspect that public excoriation of presidential predecessors is going to be exceptionally hard to find, and nonexistent on Inauguration Day. Until now. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| kathyk | Jan 20 2009, 06:05 PM Post #17 |
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Pisa-Carp
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Has any president in your lifetime screwed up so badly on a national catastrophe? |
| Blogging in Palestine: http://kksjournal.com/ | |
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| QuirtEvans | Jan 20 2009, 06:05 PM Post #18 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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I guess that's what happens when you're the worst President in history. You set all kinds of records. |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| Jack Frost | Jan 20 2009, 06:15 PM Post #19 |
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Bull-Carp
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I would suggest everyone take a deep breath and give Obama a few days at least to chart his course. Anyone dying to find something to criticize will always find it with any President. As I recall, I gave W the benefit of the doubt for about two years and at times during that period was something of a supporter.. jf |
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| Mikhailoh | Jan 20 2009, 06:15 PM Post #20 |
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Is that the precedent you want set? The standard for presidential behavior? Be careful what you wish for. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| kathyk | Jan 20 2009, 06:16 PM Post #21 |
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Pisa-Carp
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Much to my chagrin.
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| Blogging in Palestine: http://kksjournal.com/ | |
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| Mikhailoh | Jan 20 2009, 06:18 PM Post #22 |
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What you did or did not do doesn't make a damn bit of difference. We're talking about the behavior of a new president. I have seen two stupid, classless public statements before the sun set on his first day. I've been willing to give him the benefot of teh doubt and my support as well. But not for these things. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| Improviso | Jan 20 2009, 06:31 PM Post #23 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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If you loved today Mik, you're gonna love the next 1459.
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Identifying narcissists isn't difficult. Just look for the person who is constantly fishing for compliments and admiration while breaking down over even the slightest bit of criticism. We have the freedom to choose our actions, but we do not get to choose our consequences. | |
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| Copper | Jan 20 2009, 06:38 PM Post #24 |
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Shortstop
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I hope someone fills this guy in that the Gulf Coast will get many more hurricanes. Rebuilding it is foolish. Build a monument and abandon the place. There is no reason for the taxpayers to foot the bill for the mess. |
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The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy | |
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| Mark | Jan 20 2009, 08:20 PM Post #25 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Did hell just freeze over? I agree with Copper!
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