Why Couldn't He Just Be A Wimp?

Kathleen Parker tries for the Big Idea but ends up with a big mess:

If Bill Clinton was our first black president, as Toni Morrison once proclaimed, then Barack Obama may be our first woman president.

OK, it is an attention-getting lead.

It isn't that he isn't "cowboy" enough, as others have suggested. Aren't we done with that? It is that his approach is feminine in a normative sense. That is, we perceive and appraise him according to cultural expectations, and he's not exactly causing anxiety in Alpha-maledom.

Well, not all guys project as alpha, but that doesn't make them girls.  My goodness, the first George Bush was a young, decorated, shot-down Navy pilot and captain of the baseball team at Yale, but Newsweek found his inner wimp (and don't even ask about Dukakis).

Women, inarguably, still are punished for failing to adhere to gender norms by acting "too masculine" or "not feminine enough." In her fascinating study about "Hating Hillary," Karlyn Kohrs Campbell details the ways our former first lady was chastised for the sin of talking like a lawyer and, by extension, "like a man."

Could it be that Obama is suffering from the inverse?

OK, does Obama talk like a woman?

Generally speaking, men and women communicate differently. Women tend to be coalition builders rather than mavericks (with the occasional rogue exception). While men seek ways to measure themselves against others, for reasons requiring no elaboration, women form circles and talk it out.

Obama is a chatterbox who makes Alan Alda look like Genghis Khan.

It's a cute line, but saying it's so doesn't make it so.  Dare we look for evidence?

His lack of immediate, commanding action [in the gulf debacle] was perceived as a lack of leadership because, well, it was. When he finally addressed the nation on day 56 (!) of the crisis, Obama's speech featured 13 percent passive-voice constructions, the highest level measured in any major presidential address this century, according to the Global Language Monitor, which tracks and analyzes language.

Granted, the century is young -- and it shouldn't surprise anyone that Obama's rhetoric would simmer next to George W. Bush's boil. But passivity in a leader is not a reassuring posture.

Are we about to be offered some study telling us that women are more inclined to use the passive voice?  Not exactly:

Campbell's research, in which she affirms that men can assume feminine communication styles successfully (Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton), suggests holes in my own theory. She insists that men are safe assuming female styles as long as they meet rhetorical norms for effective advocacy -- clarity and cogency of argument, appropriate and compelling evidence, and preempting opposing positions.

I'm mystified - now Reagan and Wild Bill are women?

...negative reaction to Obama's speech suggests the opposite. Obama may prove to be our first male president who pays a political price for acting too much like a woman.

What, a woman couldn't have handled the gulf mess?  Geez, cleaning up after others is one of the many things they are good at.  Sterotypically, of course.

Well, if the idea of Obma as the first woman President takes hold Ms. Parker will get credit for starting it, but this is ludicrously slim servings.  And do let's find the bright side - Hillary can run in 2012 on a promise to put a man back in the White House.

MORE:  I am not even going to try and imagine Barack wearing the latest from Paris.  A picture is worth a thousand words, but here are a few words:

I wanted to like Riccardo Tisci’s laces for the Givenchy man. I really did. There was something interesting about the mock Victorian elegance he seemed to be working, without the reliance on literal references. And there’s a footballer’s bulk to his silhouette, which is at least a consistent point of view for him. And I certainly have no gripe with his skirts, which are actually shorts with a flap in front. Shorts that suggest skirts were a trend of the collections.

Who could have a gripe with men's skirts?

Comments

[TigerHawk]

Simply awesome. Grinning ear to auricle.

[Frayed Knot]

If Obama had acted like a putative woman and formed a coalition within the first week or two to solve the Gulf Oil Leak, no one would have complained. The problem is that he waited 56 days to do anything at all.

[narciso]

Oh, good god, Parker is embarassing herself again, I know what a surprise. It is quite clear how there would be plenty of women who would do a much better job at fixing this mess, because they know debating an oil slick proves no answer, specially when there are answers available, I speak not only of who
resides in the occipital lobe of most liberals
but most of the ladies here, from Clarice to
JM, Janet, Ann and co

[Porchlight]

10 new threads in one day! Is it a record?

[matt]

he is Max Headroom. No soul, disengaged, full of platitudes. But underneath he is implementing his agenda very successfully.

[Captain Hate]

Porker has obviously lost what little mind she still had at the thought of being on a set with Spitzer.

[narciso]

Btw, I don't want to feel like a fellow on PBS, but in the LUN

[Melinda Romanoff]

Cap'n-

She must have a thing for men in their socks.

[Granny Jan]

BHO does prefer the company of men although he's hardly a man's man. He just likes men and has his whole life. He made a brief foray to pick up a wife in Chicago but that was politics.

I made an amusing (I hope) video called Barack Obama is a Male Chauvinist recently. It's a little bit tongue in cheek but there are certain elements of truth to it.

[Jane says obamasucks]

Hillary can run in 2012 on a promise to put a man back in the White House.

I just had to repeat that. If Obama is now a woman I'm tempted to change my gender. Is that covered under Obamacare?

[SukhoiSuperjet-100]

Tom ,it's okay it's just counter intelligence. They told you could write what you wanted and, no, your not a Russian spy.

The red head's dad worked in Kenya as a 'diplomat'(not spy). It's all families like Plame's and Joe's(NSA /'diplomat'). O sure was mean. He got even and figured it out for himself and everything.

What happened to Clarice, she didn't go to the G20?

[matt]

speaking of men in their socks, how about all the details on the love poodle's deep, penetrating look and rough, lustful desire...it sounds like a porn movie.

[Dave (in MA)]

Not even mentioned in Kathy Parker's article:

The mom jeans.

[Clarice]

ludicrously slim servings. And do let's find the bright side - Hillary can run in 2012 on a promise to put a man back in the White House

Whatever you are drinking today, I want some.

[hit and run]

Kathleen Parker, June 30, 2010:

If Bill Clinton was our first black president, as Toni Morrison once proclaimed, then Barack Obama may be our first woman president.

http://www.newsweek.com/2008/02/25/the-first-woman-president.html>Newsweek, February 26, 2008:

Obama is a female candidate for president in the same way that Bill Clinton was the first black president.

It was Toni Morrison who first had the insight.

I don't mind that they printed this stuff in the paper version of the paper,but why is the WaPo intent on clubbing the poor baby pixels to death here on the internets?

[hit and run]

Next up in the WaPo:

Bill Clinton Was Our First (and only!) Black President

[Danube of Thought]

Can't stand Kathleen Parker.

[penalcolony]

With every new Parker column, it seems more and more like I must have read about her Pulitzer in The Onion.

[Ignatz]

What a load of crap.

[I R A Darth Aggie]

The Won's entire time in office has been an excercise in non-leadership.

The stimulus package? When Harry Met Nancy. Health Care? When Harry Met Nancy 2. BP Spill? Just plug the damn hole, like I try to do when I putt.

[Show me.]

OK, what does it say on the birth certificate?
=============

[bgates]

Our First (and only!) Black President

Voiceover - President Palmer from 24 type: Barack Obama says he's America's first black President. But let's look at the facts.
FACT: When Barack Obama plays basketball, it's with this guy.
">http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/arne-duncan.jpg"> His name is "Arne".
When Obama played in high school, he joined the school team, but he sat on the bench. For a private school. In Hawaii.
Chorus: "Not black!"
FACT: When Barack Obama dances, it looks like this: ">http://www.accesshollywood.com/content/images/65/originals/65291_video-224021-barack-obama-dances-on-ellen.jpg">
Chorus: "Not black!"
FACT: And Barack Obama was brought up by what even he describes as...
Video clip of Obama: "a typical white woman".
Chorus: "White is not black!"

Voiceover: Barack Obama: Not black. Not our fault. (This message paid for by African Americans Against Letting Whitey Pin This Half-Cracker's Screwups On Us).

[Jim Miller]

Tom - I'm glad you tackled this Parker column. I looked at it this morning, and found it baffling. I was beginning to think that there was a secret message in it somewhere, that it should be read backwards or something.

(And I had other things to do. I figure Patty Murray is at least partly my responsibility. And, now that I think about it, I realize that she and Parker share some characteristics.)

[Clarice]

If I knew how to copy that all I'd send it around the world. It's that good bgates.

[Jack is Back!]

And Eliot Spitzer was our first "black socks" Governor.

[hit and run]

You are good bgates. Good.

How about...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/mar/01/usa.uselections2008>Facts from 2007

FACT: In 2007 Stanley Crouch told us Obama wasn't black enough

FACT: In 2007 Obama told Steve Kroft on 60 Minutes: "I think what would be true is that I don't have the typical background of African-Americans . . ."

FACT: In 2007 Jesse Jackson told us that Obama was http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297332,00.html>"acting like he's white".

Voiceover: Barack Obama: Not black. You Were Warned. (This message paid for by African Americans Against Letting Whitey Pin This Half-Cracker's Screwups On Us).

[matt]

speaking of which, the federal prosecutor handling the Black Panther case just made Drudge.

The decision to drop the case was political and driven by race, according th his version.Hope and change....

[She wants to see White House emails.]

What's with CREW? Is Melanie Sloan a PUMA?
===================

[narciso]

I would doubt it, Kim, he has been found wanting even by the Sorosites, among many,

[Ignatz]

--When Obama played in high school, he joined the school team, but he sat on the bench. For a private school. In Hawaii.--

Holy Toledo that is funny.
Could somebody please give bgates a syndicated column?

[MarkJ]

"Obama's speech featured 13 percent passive-voice constructions, the highest level measured in any major presidential address this century"

Well, of course. Obama's frequent use of passive speech constructions is "voting present" in a communicative sense. I'll bet His Majesty drives professors--even the ones who voted for him--in college Communications and Poli-Sci departments absolutely up the wall with his utter inability to take concrete stands on anything.

[Dave in OC]

Somewhat OT but strangely this post reminded me of the YouTube LUN from NRO's The Corner

[hit and run]

Obama's speech featured 13 percent passive-voice constructions, the highest level measured in any major presidential address this century, according to the Global Language Monitor, which tracks and analyzes language.

For the record, Global Language Monitor is the outfit that rated the Palin-Biden debate,saying Palin spoke at a 9.5 grade level and Biden at 7.8.

[Janet]

Here is Dennis Miller from FB today -
Dennis Miller Fan Comment: “The best thing that came from cash for clunkers.... it took 95% of the Obama bumper stickers off the road!” DM says: “Cash for Clunkers! Ronald Reagan called America, ‘A shining city on the hill’. Under Barack Obama we’ve become the front yard on Sanford and Son.”

[hit and run]

http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spot/230602/biden-indiana-nation-lebron-coming-back-8-million-jobs-wont-come-back>Nobody messes with Joe:

Proving that politicians will promise anything in an election year, Vice President Biden told a Cleveland audience today that NBA superstar LeBron James will remain with the hometown Cavaliers.

The comment came at a fundraiser the veep attended on behalf of Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, who is running for the open U.S. Senate seat in Ohio.

“LeBron James is coming back and Lee is going to Washington,” he said, according to a pool report from the event.

Sorry,Captain Hate.

[Captain Hate]

When Obama played in high school, he joined the school team, but he sat on the bench. For a private school. In Hawaii

Yes, but he organized his community of fellow splinter-gatherers to petition the coach for more playing time. The coach probably thought "WTF; I think we'll use these dweebs as cannon-fodder for the starters to learn in practice how to make a bunch of floppers pay the price for being such douches".

Even if he didn't secure any extra playing time it was probably more successful than the Annenberg Challenge.

[hit and run]

A caveat: it is possible that Joe is right about LeBron staying. Of course,that'd be a blind nut finding a squirrel situation ... literally ... God love ya.

[Captain Hate]

Damn hit, bleeding brainstem Joe is as wrong about everything as Lurch.

[WW69600]

Clarice, did you offer asylum or just lock 'em up?

[Danube of Thought]

My money says LeBron stays in Cleveland.

[Mister X]

Well, if the idea of Obma as the first woman President takes hold Ms. Parker will get credit for starting it, but this is ludicrously slim servings.

She will? Christ, Tom, you make it sound like a bad break I wasn't killed.

****

In the same sense that Toni Morrison claimed Bill Clinton was our first black president, Barack Obama could be thought of as another groundbreaker: our first female president.

--Ralph Alter, "Our First Female President?," American Thinker, June 5, 2009

Obama is a female candidate for president in the same way that Bill Clinton was the first black president.

It was Toni Morrison who first had the insight.

--Martin Linsky, "The First Woman President?," Newsweek, February 26, 2008

Obama ... offers a compelling blend of masculine and feminine. Bill Clinton, who was famously dubbed America's first black president, provides a useful typecasting precedent.

--Lucy Berrington and Jeff Onore, "Bam: Our 1st Woman Prez?," New York Post, January 7, 2008

****

There is this thing called the Google.

[Mister X]

This meme is as stale as the farts who post on this site. Do your research old man.

[boris]

Italiacto ye Internet Despoilers

[narciso]

It's a stupid meme, when Morrison coined it, and Chris Rock adapted it as a rationale for his pecadillos, it's downright insulting when applied to Obama, who is vacillating and stubborn at once. Now we have our share of 'splunge,' I'm not being indecisive' males, most notable the ochre candidate, Crist, and there are decisive females, like in the LUN

[Threadkiller]

Wimp might still be possible:

">http://robsrantings.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/bush_firstpitch.jpg?w=468&h=340">

President Bush - First Pitch

· 2-Seam Fastball. Will cut down-and away. The typical strikeout pitch.
· Power-T position before the throw. Generates hip drive for max. velocity.
· Eyes on the target.
· Pitching hand cocked back so batter can’t see ball during delivery.
· Business slacks. He ain’t here to play, hes gonna break the catchers hand.

ASSESSMENT
Strike three – batter looking. Fastball looked inside coming towards plate then broke away on the inside corner

">http://robsrantings.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/obama_firstpitch.jpg?w=468&h=714">

President Obama – First Pitch

· Palm ball. Comes in slow and doesn’t move.
· No Power-T. Right hand hanging down towards dirt.
· Eyes and mouth show fear that a batter will actually be in there to knock it 603 feet..
· Pitching hand open so batter can see ball during delivery.
· Blue jeans? When they asked him to throw out the first pitch he wrote a speech.

ASSESSMENT
This ball will be hit so far it will need a flight attendant

***SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON***

">http://robsrantings.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/bush_firstpitch_sidebyside.jpg?w=468&h=163">
">http://robsrantings.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/obama_firstpitch_sidebyside.jpg?w=468&h=373">

This was one of my favorite chain emails!

[narciso]

OT, but comic book writers nowadays have no understanding of what motivates readers, in the LUN, even the creator of Babylon 5

[Sue]

Threadkiller,

That is the best thing I've seen all day. Thanks.

[cathyf]

This ball will be hit so far it will need a flight attendant

Only if it gets close enough to the batter, something that seems highly unlikely!

[Jim Miller]

The more I think about this, the more I think that Kathleen Parker has written a column that insults women. And since I am very fond of (most) women, I resent that.

[centralcal]

Ditto what Sue said!!!!

Now I can go relax and watch HGTV with a smile on my face!

[Sue]

I can't even think of a decent comment to make about Parker's column. Eff U, comes to mind. To answer her question, hell no I'm not done with cowboys.

[narciso]

Parker is too clueless for words, logically they would pair her with Elliot Spitzer, a slimy weasel not only for his personal peccadillos but his lack of prosecutorial discretion, which cost this country plenty

[Porchlight]

That was sublime, Threadkiller. I immediately copied it and sent it to some folks.

[Stephanie]

Parker's column translated for DUmmies (in pictures).

LUN

[daddy]

Well at least women are finally beginning to prove that they ">http://www.theindychannel.com/news/24068373/detail.html"> can act like men in traditional male professions.

[caro]

I will never be done with cowboys.

[PDinDetroit]

In keeping with the thread of Obama = 3rd Grade Girl...

We need a new poll on O'mama.

Q: Do kind of underwear do you think President Obama wears?

A) Boxers

B) Briefs

C) Panties

Why let a good criticism go to waist?

[Stephanie]

D) Thong

He has to keep his cheeks uncovered for easy, continual access by the MSM.

[jimmyk]

Great job, Threadkiller, but that Detroit beauty queen looks like she has more on the ball than BO.

[Stephanie]

BTW it was a tough decision between thong and codpiece...

[PDinDetroit]

Best laugh I had all day Steph...

[narciso]

"These goggles they do nothin" scrub, scrub
with bleach and industrial acid

[Ralph L]

Only if it gets close enough to the batter,
He's got enough time to move up to hit it before it bounces.

My childhood best friend was the last boy cut from Obama's JV bball team. Unfortunately, I couldn't get any dirt from him, because that was their only contact. It's a BIG private school.

My friend is and was unathletic, pudgy and flatfooted, but his dad commanded the Pearl Harbor Naval Base, and later Subic (incl. schmoozing with Imelda) and the whole Supply Corps during Desert Storm.

[narciso]

Segueing a bit, the whole Russian spy scandal reminds me of this, in the LUN

[narciso]

And this, just blows Parker's premise clean away, I think another mama grizzly is in the offing, in the LUN

[JM Hanes]

"Obama's speech featured 13 percent passive-voice constructions...."

Make that passive-aggressive.

[Threadkiller]

In keeping with the thread of Obama = 3rd Grade Girl...

We need a new poll on O'mama.

Q: Do kind of underwear do you think President Obama wears?

A) Boxers

B) Briefs

C) Panties

D) Thong

That would be:

E) The Constitution.

[bgates]

"it shouldn't surprise anyone that Obama's rhetoric would simmer next to George W. Bush's boil."

W: I believe the most solemn duty of the American president is to protect the American people.
Obama: I'm the only thing standing between you and the pitchforks.

W: I understand everybody in this country doesn't agree with the decisions I've made. And I made some tough decisions. But people know where I stand.
Obama: I don't want the folks that created the mess -- I don't want the folks who created the mess to do a lot of talking. I want them just to get out of the way so we can clean up the mess.

W: ...and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon.
Obama: ...so I know whose ass to kick.

There are nearly seven billion people in the world. Why are TM, JMH, and the rest of us writing about Kathleen Parker?

[Stephanie]

Gaia knows who is responsible for the disaster in the Gulf.

LUN

[Sara (Pal2Pal)]

Parker is insulting women. Every single woman I know, smart, dumb, well educated, barely educated, young, old, fat, thin, beautiful, ugly, Republican, Democrat, and every other category, would have handled the oil spill far more competently than this nincompoop in the WH. Women assess a situation and then get to work to resolve the problem.

I'm not saying men are incompetent, but an awful lot of them can't even pick out their socks and tie without help. Just sayin'!

[Sara (Pal2Pal)]

Cowboys are sexeeeeeeeeeee!!!!

[Sara (Pal2Pal)]

Cowboys are sexeeeeeeeeeee!!!!

[Sara (Pal2Pal)]

Oops, don't know how that happened, but it was worth saying twice.

[Stephanie]

Shouldn't the Republicans request Judge Kopf's input on whether Kagan has the judicial veracity to sit on the bench?

LUN

[daddy]

This seems like good news.

The BBC has been ordered to ">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/7864700/BBC-told-it-must-reveal-salaries-of-biggest-names.html"> reveal the salaries paid to its biggest names.

Sunlight, a great disinfectant. Get mad Britain.

[W00]

there should be a movie about the spies. Chapman, single and smart; families\ studying, advocacy workers for Red Cross; it's just too good to pass up.

[Kevin B]

Wait a minute. Threatening to kick someone's ass is not very feminine.

Mmm... Wonder what time of the month it was.

(ducks)

PS Who else thought that Clarice's latest at American Thinker was biographical?

[narciso]

The Daily News took it as a news peg to promote the new Angelina Jolie film, Salt, which features the allegation of a sleeper
agent in the CIA

[peter]

The (half) year in quotes, from my friend, Jim O'Sullivan. LUN

[narciso]

I was up late last night, and Gurfeld just nuked the premise, Crowder and Kerry Picket,
piled on,

[hit and run]

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/06/30/obama_on_unemployment_at_96_at_least_its_not_12_or_13_or_15_percent.html>Uh huh:

The problem is, number one, it's hard to argue sometimes, things woulda been a lot worse. Right? So people kinda say "yeah but unemployment's still at 9.6". Yes but it's not 12 or 13 . . . or 15. People say "well, you know, uh, the stock market didn't fully recover". Yeah but it's recovered more than people expected last year.

So part of the challenge in delivering this message about all that the recovery act accomplished is that things are still tough. But they just aren't as bad as they could have been, they could have been a catastrophe."

--stuff Barack Obama said

http://article.nationalreview.com/356722/michelle-obama-says-amen/byron-york>Well...

Walking onstage to chants of "Yes, we can!" and "Fired up — ready to go!" [Michelle Obama] quickly gets to the heart of her message: There are forces out there who are trying to take away everything Barack has worked for. They — she doesn't mention anyone in particular ... are trying to deny Obama the opportunity to move America to the mountaintop of hope. And they must be stopped.

"We've learned that we're still living in a time and in a nation where the bar is set, right?" she tells the crowd.

"That's right."

"They tell you all you need to do is do these things and you'll get to the bar — "

"Uh-huh."

"So you go about the business of doing those things — "

"Yes — "

"...and you're struggling ... you're reaching out for the bar, and then what happens?"

"They hold you to the bar you set yourself!"

"They raise the... Wait. What? No, they..."

"Hold you to the bar you set yourself!"

"No. They raise the bar. Shift it to the side. Keep it just out of reach."

"No! Obama set the bar! He promised all these wonderful benefits from the stimulus bill that never happened."

"Well then we're lowering it dammit! We're lowering the bar. Deal with it."

--stuff Michelle Obama (almost) said

[Janet]

From your link Peter -
Obama at the bat

very funny...I like the cig dangling from his lips!

[hit and run]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100630/ennew_afp/entertainmentindonesiausfilmobama_20100630160129>Well there you go:

JAKARTA (AFP) – A film about US President Barack Obama's childhood days in Indonesia made its debut in Jakarta on Wednesday, promising a very different perspective on the man in the White House.

"Obama Anak Menteng" or "Obama the Menteng Kid", is set in the upscale Jakarta neighbourhood of Menteng, where Obama lived from 1967 to 1971 with his mother and Indonesian stepfather.

"Viewers, especially Westerners, will see a different world. They'll see Obama eating chicken satay, not hamburgers. They'll see his neighbours and friends wearing chequered sarongs and Muslim caps," he told AFP.

And hey,it's a movie right? You can expect this:

Based on his interviews with Obama's surviving neighbours and friends in the Indonesian capital, Dematra claims the film is "60 percent fact and 40 percent fiction".

In fact,that's a higher ratio of fact to fiction than his real life.

And bringing things around to the topic of the post...speaking of "why couldn't he just be a wimp?"

Clips available on the Internet show "little Barry" learning to box with his stepfather after getting into a shoolyard fight, but ultimately learning to resolve conflicts through means other than violence.
...
"We have to stick together to achieve our goals and resolve our problems and fights," Barry later tells his friends.

Give that boy a Peace Prize!

Make your plans now,international release set for September. Fun for the whole family.

[centralcal]

Well, hit, I think I will skip that movie. However, I did enjoy the short movie at Jane's YTC - done by Caro - on the launch of the Phebe. Wish I could have been there, looked like a lot of fun.

[Clarice]

JOM and bgates develop more new fans:

http://iowntheworld.com/blog/?p=27849

[Jane]

If our side had a journ-0-list I would send out the command that everyone, EVERYONE must talk about the Holder and the DOJ's decision to refuse to prosecute any civil rights cases against whites.

We forced the media to pay attention in the whole Dan Rather baloney case, and I think this is the most important news out there.

[Danube of Thought]

Unexpected:

WASHINGTON - The number of workers filing new applications for unemployment insurance rose unexpectedly last week, a report showed on Thursday, heightening fears the labor market recovery was stalling.

[Captain Hate]

the labor market recovery was stalling.

What "recovery" would that be? Do these MFM idiots think they're addressing a bunch of clueless dweebs from Racine?

[Porchlight]

is set in the upscale Jakarta neighbourhood of Menteng

No, this is not possible. I was told that Barack was raised by a single mom on food stamps, who was barely making ends meet. Stick to the narrative, people.

[Rob Crawford]

Unexpectedly unexpected!

Hmmm... someone needs to rewrite "Unforgettable"...

[Sue]

I have nothing much to say, still, on the topic of this thread. I'm trying to get to the next page. Firefox, you know.

[Danube of Thought]

Unexpected:

WASHINGTON - The number of workers filing new applications for unemployment insurance rose unexpectedly last week, a report showed on Thursday, heightening fears the labor market recovery was stalling.

[Captain Hate]

Unexpected:

Typepad is dysfunctional software which takes an unconscionably variable amount of time to display comments.

[Danube of Thought]

Minus 19 at Raz today.

[jimmyk]

What "recovery" would that be?

Ah, the new Orwell-speak: Recovery = not getting worse. Or "Not as bad as it would have been without my super-duper stimulus!"

So now that it is getting worse: "We just need more of my super-duper stimulus that helped so much the first time around!"

[hit and run]

Yup. Now that we got the noise from Sunday (which helped lift Obama to the -9 on Monday) out of the Ras rotation of three day rolling polling . . . he's headed down down down.

Obama's underwater again on the Total Appove (44%) vs Strongly Disapprove (45%)

[Rob Crawford]

hit -- the holiday weekend is going to make him look good, though.

[Janet]

Comedian Al Franken is picking our Supreme Court justice...
Barney "let's legalize pot, but I don't know what it looks like" Frank is writing our banking & financial laws...
Barack "who the hell am I" Hussein Obama is our President...

We really are doomed with these sketchy characters as our leaders. Could we have worse leaders? I don't think so.

[Whssianforid]

Rove explains what happened to your money foreign aid the birth records and O's informant dad and treats for son.

Indonesia was honored with film awards from the US embassy and PC for their movies. O's movie came out Wednesday. G8 had him and the military dictator installed understanding the need to kill terrorists and spies, like O's meeting with Medeved and spies have to be caught even if their daddy was real good at it like Plame and Joe.

Cracky is mad. Filth on like writi

[Whssianforid]

Cracky got all mad and wants to be presidient but has a problem with his birth certificate.

Heres the link to the heart attack or maybe you'll just see.