zacharytelschow

Dugg and dugg. Spot on analysis. Picking a cabinet should be a cakewalk, and Obama can't even succeed in that (not to mention filling all the new positions he invented to get more of his friends/allies on the payroll). With some luck, the Dems will keep tripping over themselves until the 2010 midterms and voters will remember why the the last Congress (and probably this one, too, by the time its all said and done) had the lowest approval ratings of all time.

jimw428

Every time the "ONE" screws up, the excuse merchants come out in droves. How long before the American people tire of the spin and begin to reflect their disappointment in the pols?

If Obama were truly admitting to having made a mistake with Daschle, his first act of contrition would be to fire the even bigger cheat, Tim Geithner. That won't happen, you can be sure.

Obama's problem with picking a cabinet is his raw inexperience. He knows nothing about the jobs he is trying to fill, so, just as he did with Biden, he's trying to make "safe" picks from the vast pool of calcified and entrenched Washington insiders. It's going to be an on-going battle. While he himself somehow managed a perceived immaculate conception from the corrupt womb of Chicago politics, he is going to find that anyone he picks from the pool of Washington Corruptocrats is going to be tainted in one way or another.

In my opinion, Obama is the chihuahua that chased a garbage truck and now has no idea what to do with it now that he's caught it. Also in my opinion, it couldn't happen to a more self-aggrandizing egotistical, pompous jerk.

Geez Dave, first you stole LOTS of my words, so I now have to use others, and second, you were as eloquent as I try to be. See what happens when one writes with passion! Great comment my friends, and know that I will pilfer, eg. Corruptocrats. And immaculate conception of the womb of Chicago politics, you are a poet my friend!

Oh, pleeeease!!! Don’t you get it? President Obama is way smarter than any of us. This whole Daschle thing was plotted and scripted weeks ago in order for our President to do just what you wrote; look like he can be magnanimous and admit a mistake. This was not incompetence! No, sir! And neither was the bipartisan 214-188 vote by the U.S House of Representatives on the stimulus bill. No, sir! Our President has everything under control. So sleep well comrades.

What a great and very accurate rant it is!

I can't help but think that Obama was probably also reacting to seeing his former 89% approval rating drop to 68% in just two weeks!

As if all that you shared in your excellent blog post isn't enough to worry us all, there is even more to be highly concerned about:

Talk Wisdom: Islam "House of Truce" by Barry Soetoro?

Another dead on the money breakdown Kevin.

"immaculate conception"

I thought you might like that. I've been saving it for weeks now, waiting for just the right time to use it.

...Obama looks that way - head in hands and O-so-dejected because of all the heavy reading he is doing! See all those library books behind him? He's confused by the Dewey Decimal system. In there lies the book "how to fill a presidential cabinet" and he just can't find it.

Kevin,
Always a perfect piece. Dave G really got his muse going today! Some great new vocabulary words. Maybe you should work up a book of brainy quotables from the posters in this world of Bizarro.

Big "O" making a mistake. WOW!!! But remember he will attempt to legislate based upon public opinion(and polls)....not the rule of law or common sense. Already cast his die on the maximum wage and mediocrity that goes along with it for our capitalist industries.

Will the last American off the ship please bring the flag and the Constitution...what is left of it after the next 4 years.

RonB

Chip, you may be right about the all-knowing Messiah planning the Daschle episode. I will take it under consideration!

Christine, I wonder how "Wonder Boy" will take it when his approval rating falls below 50%, and it will! "Who's your God now Moses?" to quote Edward G Robinson in The Ten Commandments!

Digital and Dave, thanks for the props. Pacaderm, I loved the reference to all the books behind Obama. He's won't find "How to run the presidency" in any of them. I suspect he is putting in a call to W!

Ron - You cracked me up Bro! You get a lifetime membership to The Black Sphere!

I predict the maximum wage issue backfires on him, once the truth comes out about the actual "outcome" of such a stupid idea. I will be discussing it soon.

Great comment, my friend!

nice post.

One aside- I don't think O ran a flawless campaign (media hype). It just seemed as such considering McCain's unmitigated disaster of a so-called campaign.

Ahh! The bloom is off the rose. Does anyone remember his claiming he would be "ready to lead, day one" and that whole "hit the ground running" nonsense. What a circus-pass the popcorn: who KNOWS what's next! :)

You know though, I never thought he was a good speaker. I know he could read a speech well but when he had to reply off the cuff he stumbled and couldn't do it. Once he turned and asked his press secretary to answer the question!
Even Clinton could pull answers out of his.....well you know. Anyway, another great rant.

So, math whiz that you are. What do you think of Nancy Pelosi's 500 millions jobs will be lost this month if we don't approve the stimulus bill? How many would that be by say, the 4th of July and can we only hope her's will be one of them

@Shannon - Agree on the campaign, but you have to hand it to them, he rallied the vote. I have always said that he is likely the best campaigner in history. Too bad that is his only real talent!

@LizV - Yes, those flowers were DOA!

ThsGuyRightHere

When you don't put any thought into it and just pick cronies and people to whom you owe favors then yes, picking one's cabinet is a cakewalk.

@Julie - Thanks, and yes I did see that Pelosi said we would lose 500M jobs, which happens to be 1.5X the number of all men, women, and children, including illegal aliens in the US! What a wit of the nit kind she is. The fodder was simply too easy, so I didn't bother to cut her to shreds...yet!

Jamdr

When O talked to Chris Wallace on Fox News he said "I screwed up". Isn't that just beautiful language for the president of the US! He evidentially didn't read GWB's memo that said "never swear in public and always wear your suit coat".

Hello Kevin,

This is the first time I have read your blog and it is very thought provoking....
Right now as a Canadian I am awaiting the outcome of BUY American...We seem to have become a cynical people in many nations as the people that are elected to serve us forget that very fact.

I will keep watching your blog but confess it has to be on days when I have a good outlook on life.

ALBERTA Lori

God help us all when he has to make some life and death decisions.

KEVIN, YOU THE MAN!

The problem is, Obama paid someone to run his campaign. So, he doesn't even have that experience to build on. He's like a spoiled brat with all the toys, making excuses for his bad behavior at someone else's expense.
You're right, this is no apology. And, he's no 'Change' either. How long before the kool-aid wears off and he has no friends? I'm not above saying I told you so.

LoriJ - Glad you found me. I think you will find my site humorous mostly, but it should make you think. I also do my best to NOT give you more of the same views that you already read.

Bad news is that I write about ObamaGaffs, so they will likely keep coming, which is unfortunately bad news!

Machine - We can already start with the "I told you sos", it's just that they will go unheard by the left now. But the big stuff is coming, and we will be whipping them out like napkins at a BBQ!

Renee Parker at 11:56pm February 4

famous four words for a fool...
WE TOLD YOU DO SOOOOOOOOO

If I was Prezydink I would have had an Air Farce F-15 or a Navy Aegis equipped Ticonderoga class put a satellite killing missile into Iran's new playtoy.
Just to prove that it could be done.
Just cause I'm an a**hole like that.

So the Messiah admits to a mistake and will take responsibility while the biggest example is sitting right next to him and he does nothing.. I believe I have the Obamaspeak, or Bizzaronese, translated. Opps, I got caught and nobody is buying my BS.

@Larry - That is funny! I agree with it too! Let's shoot that sucker down!

Kevin,

Been doing a nickname search for Obama today.. Ogabe? Oddam Hussein? O Jong Il? Papa Doc Ovalier?

I like Ogabe. Devaluing our currency, redistributing wealth whimsically.. soon we'll need a wheelbarrow full of $ to buy a loaf of bread.. anyone ready to put a Trillion Dollar Bill in your wallet?

Remember the Rip Van Winkle cartoon where he woke up and discovered his bank account had millions in it, then tried to make a phone call and the operator said "please deposit three million dollars for the next two minutes"..?

This is one of your best rants ever, man... keep 'em comin.

Big Dave

BigDave - I like them all. I love the "...please deposit $3M" bit!

Might I point out that Al Capone was jailed for not paying taxes. Apparently tax evasion used to be a crime. Now we have one RUNNING the IRS. Well done, Barry!

Nicole, excellent point! Times, they are a changin'!

From: Chip Robison
Date: February 5, 2009

Seriously, I do think Obama hates Southerners or he at least looks down his nose at them.

I just found your blog and I love, love, love your rants! I'll be making many returns to read what you have to say.

Diane, thank you so much! I am overjoyed to hear that. Tell and bring friends, kicking and screaming if you have to! :-)

Why do all Conservatives sound alike? No, really, I mean it. You all sound alike. It's very easy to pick you out of a crowd, because you all resemble each other... just like it's easy to pick a Downs Syndrome sufferer out of a crowd. There are unmistakable features that set you apart as the nation of half-wit retards that you are. Oh yeah, BUSH was a WAYYYYYY better president. Riiight. He wasn't even a half-decent human being... and frankly, neither are the lot of you. Kiss my centrist ass.

@Sheldon - I see Canada is still suffering from "penis envy" of Americans. I guess that comes from having to have this side of the border protect you socialists.

And leave it to a limp-noodled, spineless group like yours to attack the most helpless amongst us.

Enjoy that healthcare system of yours, and thanks for meddling in our politics. Last time I checked we could care less about yours. O Canada...now I actually "get it".

Thanks for providing my dose of ignorance for the day. I ofter wonder what meddling Liberal will give me my dose of "Bizarro World"

BTW, I'd much rather be around a group Down's Syndrome kids than any Liberal, and I thank you for putting me in with them. I gladly fight to protect them.