New Rule: Just because a country elects a smart president doesn't make it a smart country. A few weeks ago I was asked by Wolf Blitzer if I thought Sarah Palin could get elected president, and I said I hope not, but I wouldn't put anything past this stupid country. It was amazing – in the minute or so between my calling America stupid and the end of the Cialis commercial, CNN was flooded with furious emails and the twits hit the fan. And you could tell that these people were really mad because they wrote entirely in CAPITAL LETTERS!!! It's how they get the blood circulating when the Cialis wears off. Worst of all, Bill O'Reilly refuted my contention that this is a stupid country by calling me a pinhead, which A) proves my point, and B) is really funny coming from a doody-face like him.
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pelinore // August 7, 2009 at 3:07 pm |
You might check out what a younger Obama said here http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/06/becoming-barack-1993-unse_n_253408.html about citizens getting involved. I wonder why the change to now reporting citizens to the White House?
mbking87 // August 7, 2009 at 5:35 pm |
It’s assumed that liberals (the people that Obama wants to organize) are actually thinking individuals, rather than their counterparts, who scream about non-existent socialism and missing birth certificates.
pelinore // August 7, 2009 at 6:17 pm |
So in 1993 when he said “citizens” he really meant “people who agree with me” or are you saying conservatives were thinking individuals in 1993?
mbking87 // August 7, 2009 at 6:25 pm |
Well I certainly don’t think he was referring to ignorant racists and political hypocondriacs who eat up right-wing propaganda like ice cream. Those people don’t need to be reported to the White House, they need to be committed to a mental hospital.