NY Times " Obama Not Up To The Task"

Wow, you're right Whirlaway! Obama should just go ahead and resign today!!

Gotta smile when I think about what guys like Whirlaway will say the day after the elections next year. "This country is finished....what were they thinking.....damn voters are gonna get what they deserve..."

I know, I know---such a strong field of GOP contenders. And guys like Whirl will say whoever is chosen to run against Obama will win. I wouldn't bet two hours with a HDH on that one, my friend. Bible-thumpers have a limited cult following, "Tea Party Favorite" is starting to get a real stench to it, and Romney's Health Care Plan is awfully familiar.

Voters want someone who will initiate something (anything) new, not take away things such as Health Care Reform. Something that creates jobs. Renewing Bush Tax Cuts, opposing new revenue, chopping away at entitlements...not only unappetizing ideas, but they don't create jobs.

Cheer up, Whirl....you got 15 months to create a post explaining what went wrong in the elections.

As the NYTs writer pointed out, Obama is simply not up to the task of being President.
Originally Posted by Whirlaway

What record of achievement ever led anyone! to believe he was? * Hope?

This Sunday's Review section, the liberal NYTs finally nailed it with what is wrong with Obama...and each day more and more Americans (notably Indepedents) are figuring it out ! The 2nd sentence is the key........ Originally Posted by Whirlaway

Actually, no, the first sentence is the key.

"A second possibility is that he is simply not up to the task by virtue of his lack of experience and a character defect that might not have been so debilitating at some other time in history.

As the NYTs writer pointed out, Obama is simply not up to the task of being President. Originally Posted by Whirlaway

Too bad for you that's not what he said. As WTF sorta pointed out, the gist of the article is that candidate Obama is not the same guy as President Obama. The author, a psychology professor, offered up 3 or 4 hypotheses as to why that is. One hypothesis, and only one hypothesis, was that Obama wasn't up to the job. Another hypothesis, in fact, is that we are, in part, being held hostage by an extremist Republican Party.

It's gotta be sad and depressing to watch all your hopes for change sink away each day as...blah blah blah...

And it's gotta be sad and depressing to have nothing better to do than sit at a computer all day typing made up nonsense. Especially when you know full well the only thing you'll accomplish is being a bratty little pest. I mean, really.

Whirlaway, you were the one to bring it up.

It is a stupid issue to bring up in times like these.

If you want to discuss the article you brought up , fine by me.

You basically lied about its content.

You seem to do that quite often.

You cherry pick a quote and then present it out of context.

When called out, you reshuffle the deck and try and start another conversation about something entirely different without ever having addressed your lie and deception.


You do understand nobody comes into office up to the task of President. It is not a job one can prepare for. While I agree Obama has been a huge disappointment, it is entirely different from why you think he has been disappointing. I was hoping he would come into office and not worry about getting re-elected and actually take on the establishment. That might be to much to ask of any one man. I thought Bush might until 9/11 came along and he lost focus.

Big money runs things. That is just the way it is. Until you guys on the right figure that out, you can dump all the Tea in China and still not make a dent in politics as usual. Originally Posted by WTF

This is so true Whirl is the most deceptive poster on here and he does nothing but take things out of context or post what he heard on RUSH- I don't respect anything he post because they are all fabrications.
I can find many articles stating that the current GOP crop running for President is horrible.

.......... the gist of the article is that candidate Obama is not the same guy as President Obama. The author, a psychology professor, offered up 3 or 4 hypotheses as to why that is. One hypothesis, and only one hypothesis, was that Obama wasn't up to the job. Another hypothesis, in fact, is that we are, in part, being held hostage by an extremist Republican Party. . . . . Originally Posted by Doove

Come on now... that is an awfully! weak defense!!

But since we're hypothesizing.... "might " it be possible that Candidate Obama (like many others before him) was simply a liar?

Ya think... maybe?

This Sunday's Review section, the liberal NYTs finally nailed it with what is wrong with Obama...and each day more and more Americans (notably Indepedents You have never shown any proof of this) are figuring it out ! The 2nd sentence is the key........

"A second possibility is that he is simply not up to the task by virtue of his lack of experience and a character defect that might not have been so debilitating at some other time in history. Those of us who were bewitched by his eloquence on the campaign trail chose to ignore some disquieting aspects of his biography: that he had accomplished very little before he ran for president, having never run a business or a state; that he had a singularly unremarkable career as a law professor, publishing nothing in 12 years at the University of Chicago other than an autobiography; and that, before joining the United States Senate, he had voted “present” (instead of “yea” or “nay”) 130 times, sometimes dodging difficult issues."

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/op...passion?&scp=1

Originally Posted by Whirlaway

Normally, Whirly would be screaming that half the information posted in this piece was liberal tripe, lame stream media, etc. He would dismiss it out of hand
Several got it right when describing whirly’s behavior. Cherry picking. Anything from anybody that is anti Obama. Etc.
We spend so much time correcting whirly’s posts we frequently can’t cover completely or give a subject the time it deserves. Today let’s go right to the chase.

Today I quote “The Daily Caller”

As a moderate, I frequently agree with conservative’s take on a variety of subjects. I also disagree with them on certain things. Same with the liberals. I am saying upfront I will defend specific examples, not mischaracterized generalities. I can talk so there is no reason to put words in my mouth. That all being said, it’s play time.

First off, no one has to release their school records/grades. If Obama got all As, you would probably something about the other people being stupid, classes were easy, anything to downplay his achievement. Here is your chance to vote “present”. He probably got all As in law school at Harvard. I say that because If you go to Harvard’s website, they define the law degree that includes the Latin honor, Magna Cum Laude, as a person in the top 10% of their class.

Next in The Daily Caller, this story was posted.

August 8, 2011
Liberal’s lament on Obama offers a child’s view of the world

What happened to Obama?” The title of liberal professor Drew Westen’s unintentionally humorous essay in Sunday’s New York Times is not so much a question as a lament. And while the mainstream media’s narrative during the debt crisis has been how negotiating with Tea Party conservatives is like negotiating with terrorists, Westen’s piece inadvertently reveals how negotiating with at least some liberals is like negotiating with children.
“It was a blustery day in Washington,” begins Westen’s similarly blustery essay. Westen describes his feelings as he stood watching President Obama’s inauguration speech with his eight-year-old daughter: “I had a feeling of unease,” writes Westen. “It wasn’t just that the man who could be so eloquent had seemingly chosen not to be on this auspicious occasion, although that turned out to be a troubling harbinger of things to come. It was that there was a story the American people were waiting to hear — and needed to hear — but he didn’t tell it. And in the ensuing months he continued not to tell it, no matter how outrageous the slings and arrows his opponents threw at him.”


Whirly agrees with a guy that tells us that the President should blow smoke up our collective asses. We needed daddy “to tell us a story”. We already know that whirly doesn’t believe anything Obama says. If he would have told us a story, it would just be another lie. Now whirly complains he didn’t lie. I’m going to post the President’s inaugural address. Maybe whirly has heard it, maybe not. Please feel free to compare it with the piece of shit the shrink wrote. Comments? No links no glory. Plus remember, my issues were not with a source as much as they were with someone’s analisys of any given info.

My fellow citizens:
I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.
Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet, every so often, the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forebearers, and true to our founding documents.
So it has been. So it must be with this generation of Americans.
That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred. Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age. Homes have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly; our schools fail too many; and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet.
These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics. Less measurable but no less profound is a sapping of confidence across our land -- a nagging fear that America's decline is inevitable, and that the next generation must lower its sights.
Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America: They will be met.
On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.
On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics.
We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.
In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of shortcuts or settling for less. It has not been the path for the fainthearted -- for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame. Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things -- some celebrated, but more often men and women obscure in their labor -- who have carried us up the long, rugged path toward prosperity and freedom.
For us, they packed up their few worldly possessions and traveled across oceans in search of a new life.
For us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the West; endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard earth.
For us, they fought and died, in places like Concord and Gettysburg; Normandy and Khe Sahn.
Time and again, these men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked till their hands were raw so that we might live a better life. They saw America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions; greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or faction.
This is the journey we continue today. We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth. Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began. Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or last month or last year. Our capacity remains undiminished. But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions -- that time has surely passed. Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.
For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act -- not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together. We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology's wonders to raise health care's quality and lower its cost. We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age. All this we can do. And all this we will do.
Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions -- who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short. For they have forgotten what this country has already done; what free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose, and necessity to courage.
What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them -- that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply. The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works -- whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified. Where the answer is yes, we intend to move forward. Where the answer is no, programs will end. And those of us who manage the public's dollars will be held to account -- to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day -- because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government.
Nor is the question before us whether the market is a force for good or ill. Its power to generate wealth and expand freedom is unmatched, but this crisis has reminded us that without a watchful eye, the market can spin out of control -- and that a nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous. The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our gross domestic product, but on the reach of our prosperity; on our ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart -- not out of charity, but because it is the surest route to our common good.
As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man, a charter expanded by the blood of generations. Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience's sake. And so to all other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born: Know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and that we are ready to lead once more.
Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not just with missiles and tanks, but with sturdy alliances and enduring convictions. They understood that our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle us to do as we please. Instead, they knew that our power grows through its prudent use; our security emanates from the justness of our cause, the force of our example, the tempering qualities of humility and restraint.
We are the keepers of this legacy. Guided by these principles once more, we can meet those new threats that demand even greater effort -- even greater cooperation and understanding between nations. We will begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people, and forge a hard-earned peace in Afghanistan. With old friends and former foes, we will work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat, and roll back the specter of a warming planet. We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense, and for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you.
For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth; and because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself; and that America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace.
To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West: Know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy. To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.
To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds. And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to suffering outside our borders; nor can we consume the world's resources without regard to effect. For the world has changed, and we must change with it.
As we consider the road that unfolds before us, we remember with humble gratitude those brave Americans who, at this very hour, patrol far-off deserts and distant mountains. They have something to tell us today, just as the fallen heroes who lie in Arlington whisper through the ages. We honor them not only because they are guardians of our liberty, but because they embody the spirit of service; a willingness to find meaning in something greater than themselves. And yet, at this moment -- a moment that will define a generation -- it is precisely this spirit that must inhabit us all.
For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people upon which this nation relies. It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break, the selflessness of workers who would rather cut their hours than see a friend lose their job which sees us through our darkest hours. It is the firefighter's courage to storm a stairway filled with smoke, but also a parent's willingness to nurture a child, that finally decides our fate.
Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. But those values upon which our success depends -- hard work and honesty, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism -- these things are old. These things are true. They have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history. What is demanded then is a return to these truths. What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility -- a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation and the world; duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task.
This is the price and the promise of citizenship.
This is the source of our confidence -- the knowledge that God calls on us to shape an uncertain destiny.
This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed -- why men and women and children of every race and every faith can join in celebration across this magnificent Mall, and why a man whose father less than 60 years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath.
So let us mark this day with remembrance, of who we are and how far we have traveled. In the year of America's birth, in the coldest of months, a small band of patriots huddled by dying campfires on the shores of an icy river. The capital was abandoned. The enemy was advancing. The snow was stained with blood. At a moment when the outcome of our revolution was most in doubt, the father of our nation ordered these words be read to the people:
"Let it be told to the future world ... that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive... that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet [it]."
America. In the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember these timeless words. With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come. Let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested, we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back, nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations.

"Come on Whirlaway: bring it home"

Come on now... that is an awfully! weak defense!! Originally Posted by MrGiz

Only in your world would the truth be a weak defense.

But since we're hypothesizing.... "might " it be possible that Candidate Obama (like many others before him) was simply a liar?

Ya think... maybe?

Possible. And it's also possible that candidate Obama simply underestimated the radicalism of the Republican Party.

Come on now... that is an awfully! weak defense!!

But since we're hypothesizing.... "might " it be possible that Candidate Obama (like many others before him) was simply a liar?

Ya think... maybe? Originally Posted by MrGiz

So that makes 5 hypothesizes? How about one more? How about "Dreams and aspirations taken to Washington may not hold together for a bunch of different reasons"?

They post like they sound scared to me. Time will tell. Marshall said to tell everyone hellow. LOL

Free Marshall...Free Marshall....Free Marshall.....

This is so true Whirl is the most deceptive poster on here and he does nothing but take things out of context or post what he heard on RUSH- I don't respect anything he post because they are all fabrications.
I can find many articles stating that the current GOP crop running for President is horrible. Originally Posted by wellendowed1911

Actually the most transparent. Always check his links.

Free Marshall...Free Marshall....Free Marshall.....

Originally Posted by Whirlaway

It's good to be free. Especially mashall free. You folded early tonight. How ironic that you think somebody who would have nothing to contribute except HA HA HA has your back.

I didn't fold...the Obama zombies follow my posts around and bark bark bark like puppy dogs as entertainment for me.

Why don't you guys post a thread telling us what a great job Obama is doing with the economy, the war, the debt, health care, food stamps, employment, wages, the environment, yada yada....ya can't ! His administration has no accomplishements you want to brag on.....shit your guy presided over the shut down of space exploration !

I guess you could brag on all his WH social fun; or his golf game; or all the union thugs he has hosted at the WH......oh I know, tell us all about his fund raising.......

Oh well, nothing positive to say so why don't you Obama zombies just keep blaming everybody else.............

"We all must do what we must do,

for if we do not,

then what we must do does not get done."

Chung Mee

YUP