From: MNMikeW on

"Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:14:21 -0800, dene wrote:
>> "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote in message
>> news:7tiptpFq3qU1(a)mid.individual.net...
>>> <bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message
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>>>> On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:04:37 -0500, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The TelePrompter "BS" hasn't been wiped off the table. Obama has a
>>>>> long way to go before he can claim to be weaned off of the
>>>>> TelePrompter.
>>>>>
>>>> Cripes Bert. Didn't you see the whipping he gave the repub
>>>> congressmen, all off the cuff?
>>>
>>> Whipping is subjective.
>>
>> Agree. Saw the whole thing. Both sides rose to the occasion and it
>> was a healthy exchange. "Whipping" is a gross overstatement.
>
> The GOP lined up for an hour and asked him prepared question after
> prepared question. They gained no ground whatsoever. Call it whatever
> you want. The Republicans know what happened and will never invite him
> to another debate like this again.

Pulhleese. Like they're scared of Obama.


From: MNMikeW on

"Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:21:30 -0600, MNMikeW wrote:
>> "Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:4b748e2c$0$5095$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com...
>>> On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:51:42 -0600, MNMikeW wrote:
>>>> <bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:eni8n5d2ni49tgp0j8pd0dc4p0jroki97j(a)4ax.com...
>>>>> On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:58:12 -0500, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote:
>>>>>> In article <sof8n5drfaqjkerbbv1ubt2f5ts6ta5i8l(a)4ax.com>,
>>>>>> bknight(a)conramp.net says...
>>>>>>> On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:21:44 -0500, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> In article <nta8n5p2g17si7haj18qn7kif0vi0k4kre(a)4ax.com>,
>>>>>>>> bknight(a)conramp.net says...
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:04:37 -0500, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The TelePrompter "BS" hasn't been wiped off the table. Obama
>>>>>>>>>> has a long way to go before he can claim to be weaned off of
>>>>>>>>>> the TelePrompter.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Cripes Bert. Didn't you see the whipping he gave the repub
>>>>>>>>> congressmen, all off the cuff?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In your dreams only.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Enough so that the Senators don't want to be embarrassed too.
>>>>>>> They won't subject themselves to such a drubbing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In your dreams only.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bert! This has been widely publicized. He offered to meet with
>>>>> them and they said no, not as a large group, just with a few of the
>>>>> leaders. They obviously don't want a repeat of the
>>>>> representatives' poor showing.
>>>>
>>>> And the only people saying it was a "drubbing" are left wing blogs.
>>>> The meeting they want to have on the 25th is just as bogus. Obama
>>>> has stated he has no plans on starting over on healthcare. So
>>>> whatever proposals are presented by the Repubs, they will be
>>>> rejected. The people want a "do-over" on this and so do most Repubs.
>>>> Obama will not allow that so basically it comes down to nothing more
>>>> than more Obama Kabuki theater.
>>>
>>> Jesus. You guys say you've watched it. Are you all blind, or what?
>>
>> We dont have blinders on like you.
>
> No, Mike. According to the ceaseless Fox News narrative, Obama is
> helpless without a teleprompter. He debated the GOP for over an hour,
> all of them lined up with prepared questions. Not only did he not fall
> apart, he gave no ground whatsoever. In fact he did very well. It's that
> simple. The entire narrative is ridiculous and stupid.

I said he did very well. He by no means "drubbed" anyone.


From: MNMikeW on

"Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:47:09 -0600, David Laville wrote:
>> On 11 Feb 2010 01:41:21 GMT, Carbon <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>> I'll ask you again, name this masses of racist migrating over to
>>>> the republicans.
>>>
>>>Showing up to spew a little more bile, eh David?
>>
>> Still waiting for that list of racist.
>>
>>>I am sorry that you are so unhappy in your life.
>>
>> Still waiting for that list of racist.
>>
>>>Perhaps that's what caused you to jump the gun the way you did. As
>>>your own quote observes, before Phillips became a liberal political
>>>commentator he was a campaign strategist for Richard Nixon.
>>
>> Still waiting for that list of racist.
>>
>>>He obviously would have thoroughly understood the strategies used in
>>>Nixon's campaigns and was therefore more than qualified to speak about
>>>them.
>>
>> Still waiting for that list of racist.
>>
>> What next, you're going to call me a homophobe? Tell me Nixon used to
>> wear black socks?
>>
>> I'll ask you again, name the masses of racist migrating over to the
>> republicans.
>
> Individually?

Since there were masses of them, surely you could name a few.


From: MNMikeW on

<assimilate(a)borg.org> wrote in message
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>
> On 11-Feb-2010, "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote:
>
>> Holy smoke.
>>
>> Criticizing anyone for having a few words scribbled anywhere, a piece
>> of paper or the palm of the hand, does nothing but drive home the
>> negatives associates with excessive use of a teleprompter, which Palin
>> does not use all that much.
>>
>> =======================================
>>
>> Obama desperately needs the Palin distraction. As long as his allies in
>> the
>> liberal press talk about Palin 24/7 it detracts from his miserable
>> polling
>>
>> numbers. Not to mention his socialist takeover of the US.
>
> nothing else would explain the obession with someone out of public office
> for 6-9 months
>
> --
> bill-o

Yes funny they are not all over the Edwards circus. Oh, that's right, he's a
Democrat.


From: William Clark on
In article <7tjvnuFmiU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
"dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote:

> "William Clark" <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:wclark2-7A2582.20455911022010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
> > In article <7tiv9iFq1qU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
> > "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote:
> >
> > > "William Clark" <clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu> wrote in message
> > > news:clark-36E8F4.08004111022010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
> > > > In article <LhNcn.71268$s%.53944(a)newsfe18.iad>, assimilate(a)borg.org
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On 10-Feb-2010, William Clark <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Fact is the TEA party convention drew far fewer people than
> > > anticipated,
> > > > > > and even with Fox News cheerleading it for all it was worth, it
> was
> > > > > > pretty much a bust for anyone other than the loony right rednecks.
> > > > >
> > > > > that's because the convention is not reflective of the nature of the
> > > > > movement, which is a bottom-up, decentralized affair.
> > > >
> > > > Right. With crib notes scrawled on the palm of your hand. I get it.
> > >
> > > What's the big deal, Billy? Why is it acceptable for a person to take a
> > > sheet of paper up to the podium but it's not ok to put two or three
> words on
> > > one's hand? Have you ever done some formal public speaking? I
> have....and
> > > it's not easy.
> > >
> > > -Greg
> >
> > She did take a "sheet of paper" to the podium. That was her "speech" in
> > which she tried to ridicule Obama for using a teleprompter. The "palmy
> > stuff", as she would say, was for a Q&A session, for God's sake, that
> > was already completely staged. She couldn't even remember which of her
> > stupid cliches was supposed to go where. As Steven Colbert says, she is
> > a "f*****g retard", which is OK to say as long as it is satire. Sarah
> > says so.
> >
> > You seem to forget, I am a college professor - public speaking is what I
> > do most days of the week, in classrooms and in large national and
> > international meetings, where the audience is not necessarily friendly.
> > It's fun - it isn't that hard.
>
> You're making a big deal out of nothing.
>
> -Greg

Ah, so if it is Obama and the teleprompter to make sure he gets things
right, it is a matter of national importance, but if it is SarahQuitter
being incapable of answering scripted questions without stuff scrawled
on the palm of her hand like a third grader, that is trivial.

Your hypocritical double standards know no bounds, do they?