From: MNMikeW on 12 Feb 2010 08:34 "Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message news:4b7494aa$0$31017$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com... > 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 >>> news:nta8n5p2g17si7haj18qn7kif0vi0k4kre(a)4ax.com... >>>> 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 12 Feb 2010 08:36 "Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message news:4b749767$0$5110$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com... > 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 12 Feb 2010 08:38 "Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message news:4b74ae4d$0$4869$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com... > On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:47:09 -0600, David Laville wrote: >> On 11 Feb 2010 01:41:21 GMT, Carbon <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> >> wrote: >> >>>> I'll ask you again, name this masses of racist migrating over to >>>> the republicans. >>> >>>Showing up to spew a little more bile, eh David? >> >> Still waiting for that list of racist. >> >>>I am sorry that you are so unhappy in your life. >> >> Still waiting for that list of racist. >> >>>Perhaps that's what caused you to jump the gun the way you did. As >>>your own quote observes, before Phillips became a liberal political >>>commentator he was a campaign strategist for Richard Nixon. >> >> Still waiting for that list of racist. >> >>>He obviously would have thoroughly understood the strategies used in >>>Nixon's campaigns and was therefore more than qualified to speak about >>>them. >> >> Still waiting for that list of racist. >> >> What next, you're going to call me a homophobe? Tell me Nixon used to >> wear black socks? >> >> I'll ask you again, name the masses of racist migrating over to the >> republicans. > > Individually? Since there were masses of them, surely you could name a few.
From: MNMikeW on 12 Feb 2010 08:41 <assimilate(a)borg.org> wrote in message news:uE6dn.71265$RS6.56746(a)newsfe15.iad... > > 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 12 Feb 2010 09:48
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? |