Fouad Ajami is always a great read. I think he hits on something when he writes about Obama’s over weening sense of hubris and the speed in which Obama and his cronies are trying to ram down our throats their programs before the public wakes up. Never forget that only the September 2008 financial crisis combined with the milquetoast candidacy of John McCain put this fraud in the White House. Charles Krauthammer jokingly refers to 2010 as Anno Domini 2.
by Fouad Ajami
Unlike this president, John Kennedy was an ironist who never fell for his own mystique.
The curtain has come down on what can best be described as a brief un-American moment in our history. That moment began in the fall of 2008, with the great financial panic, and gave rise to the Barack Obama phenomenon.
The nation’s faith in institutions and time-honored ways had cracked. In a little-known senator from Illinois millions of Americans came to see a savior who would deliver the nation out of its troubles. Gone was the empiricism in political life that had marked the American temper in politics. A charismatic leader had risen in a manner akin to the way politics plays out in distressed and Third World societies.
There is nothing surprising about where Mr. Obama finds himself today. He had been made by charisma, and political magic, and has been felled by it. If his rise had been spectacular, so, too, has been his fall. The speed with which some of his devotees have turned on him—and their unwillingness to own up to what their infatuation had wrought—is nothing short of astounding. But this is the bargain Mr. Obama had made with political fortune.
He was a blank slate, and devotees projected onto him what they wanted or wished. In the manner of political redeemers who have marked—and wrecked—the politics of the Arab world and Latin America, Mr. Obama left the crowd to its most precious and volatile asset—its imagination. There was no internal coherence to the coalition that swept him to power. There was cultural “cool” and racial absolution for the white professional classes who were the first to embrace him. There was understandable racial pride on the part of the African-American community that came around to his banners after it ditched the Clinton dynasty.
The white working class had been slow to be convinced. The technocracy and elitism of Mr. Obama’s campaign—indeed of his whole persona—troubled that big constituency, much more, I believe, than did his race and name. The promise of economic help, of an interventionist state that would salvage ailing industries and provide a safety net for the working poor, reconciled these voters to a candidate they viewed with a healthy measure of suspicion. He had been caught denigrating them as people “clinging to their guns and religion,” but they had forgiven him.
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Mr. Obama’s self-regard, and his reading of his mandate, overwhelmed all restraint. The age-old American balance between a relatively small government and a larger role for the agencies of civil society was suddenly turned on its head. Speed was of the essence to the Obama team and its allies, the powerful barons in Congress. Better ram down sweeping social programs—a big liberal agenda before the people stirred to life again.
Progressives pressed for a draconian attack on the workings of our health care, and on the broader balance between the state and the marketplace. The economic stimulus, ObamaCare, the large deficits, the bailout package for the automobile industry—these, and so much more, were nothing short of a fundamental assault on the givens of the American social compact.
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Americans don’t deify their leaders or hang on their utterances, but Mr. Obama succumbed to what the devotees said of him: He was the Awaited One. A measure of reticence could have served him. But the flight had been heady, and in the manner of Icarus, Mr. Obama flew too close to the sun.
We have had stylish presidents, none more so than JFK. But Kennedy was an ironist and never fell for his own mystique. Mr. Obama’s self-regard comes without irony—he himself now owns up to the “remoteness and detachment” of his governing style. We don’t have in this republic the technocratic model of the European states, where a bureaucratic elite disposes of public policy with scant regard for the popular will. Mr. Obama was smitten with his own specialness.
In this extraordinary tale of hubris undone, the Europeans—more even than the people in Islamic lands—can be assigned no small share of blame. They overdid the enthusiasm for the star who had risen in America.
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I put a spell on you.
Of course, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins has a bone through his nose. Maybe he’s racist.
He was a zero as a State Legislator, he was less than a zero as a US Senator, and you were expecting what from this phony commie bastard?
buzzsawmonkey wrote:
No, according to the stout failed jazz artist it would be you who are the racist for bringing this video to light.
///
For a broken spell, he sure does get to spend your money yet.
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more proof the spell is broken
Virginia’s Democratic-controlled state Senate passed measures Monday that would make it illegal to require individuals to purchase health insurance,
We’re stuck with this dangerous fool for another 3 years. There is plenty of potential for more damage.
He is a buffoon.
rain of lead wrote:
And his own party told him to go frak himself. YAY!
This Al Gore dude saw his own shadow.
@ Urban Infidel:
We have another nine months or so fof Democrat controlled House and Senate. Thank God for the filibuster. The Republicans need to become the party of “No” in truth, and not let these dangerous fools do more damage than they already have done.
what does it mean?
six more years of bloviating?
@ Truck Monkey:
Did you see? LGF is still pushing the DKos “poll” as legit. Wow. Who could have seen that coming? Next, Satan will take communion from the Pope himself…
Urban Infidel wrote:
Quite right. This is a guy who wants to change America at all costs.
Iron Fist wrote:
I cannot even go there unless someone points out a particularly absurdity that I have to just check out myself. Besides his leftwing talking points – his blog is a total bore.
rain of lead wrote:
More states will follow. What a great rebuke of Zero.
This quote is from the article Vagabond Trader posted at the previous thread.
REALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This just in at Atlas Shrugs
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2010/02/after-statue-removal-threat-obama-family-trip-to-indonesian-school-where-he-studied-islam-and-to-ann.html
Andrew Young (John Edwards’s lackey) is on Hannity right now.
@ Speranza:
the blanks shootin’ lackey
@ Speranza:
Speranza, has anyone other than Young seen the sex tape? Could he be bluffing, just making up juicy stuff for the book?
@ Iron Fist:
I never go there anymore. The train wreck has already happened. There is nothing left to see over there.
@ Speranza:
It’s a blog ran by an obscure Jazz Artist. What does he know about politics.
Harry Reid must be thrilled with Obama ragging on trips to Las Vegas!
snowcrash wrote:
Probably most likely John gazing in the mirror fixing his hair.
more proof the spell is broken pt 2
Democrats join move to stop detainee terror trials in the U.S.
Eighteen senators, including two Democrats and one Independent, unveiled a bill Tuesday to withhold funding the President requested to try terror suspects in civilian courts
@ Truck Monkey:
He’s a loser Jazz Guitarist.
teacake wrote:
I am not sure about that but there is little doubt in my mind that the sex tape exists and that it is Silky Pony.
Rodan wrote:
Shit.
Urban Infidel wrote:
We haven’t even begun to see the damage.
Rodan wrote:
He knows as much about politics and history as I know about Opera and Rugby.
waldensianspirit wrote:
I think he speaks the truth though.
rain of lead wrote:
Perhaps because unlike obama, they are all born and bred American and understand the American mindset, as well as what a damn mess that would create.
Rodan wrote:
An obscure and mediocre Jazz artist…
@ Speranza:
yea, I think so too. And he might as well cash in after working for the sob.
@ Iron Fist:
Just when you think Der Blog Fuhrer can sink no lower, he uses The Daily Kos as a source.
Speranza wrote:
But that’s what I’m sayin. LOL (just me trying to be funny and it didn’t work as usual)
Andrew Young is a disgusting man. Almost as disgusting as Edwards.
refugee000 wrote:
But ref, who is left in the media world that he trusts and respects?
refugee000 wrote:
Nothing new about DKos as a primary source; he’s been using them for many a month now.
snowcrash wrote:
I heard him this afternoon on Hannity’s radio show and his voice sounded very defensive as if he was trying to hide a guilty conscious while pretending he is somehow noble.
Cough Chuckles cough…
@ teacake:
He thinks the rest of the media trusts him, all the while they are laughing at him.
Speranza wrote:
I heard him on the radio show. Hannity wasn’t exactly buying his reasons for lying and covering for the silky pony. And now he’s trying to look like a ‘victim’ and make a buck. Sleazy people. The lot of them.
waldensianspirit wrote:
I am glad he is turning on him. Edwards is an arrogant ambulance chasing first class phony.
@ rain of lead:
Yes! I was very glad to see Jim Webb came to his senses….. on this issue at least. I hope there is a snowball effect and the whole civilian trial decision is shoved up Obama’s nose.
OT – Just heard that a good friend of mine in the computer science biz was hired for a new job last week after getting a job tip while in a chat room. Not while on a blog, but while he was in a fast flowing chat room (and it’s a wonderful job with the same salary as his last job where he’d been laid off recently — i.e., a good salary).
How he could see it with chat messages blowing by at 100mph is beyond me, but he spotted it and made the jump to apply for it.
He’s also a wonderful conservative!!!
Whoohoo!
chickadee wrote:
He does not try to come off as a martyr – he seems like he has a “man crsuh” on Edwards though.
rain of lead wrote:
Finally we get some respect. They like us. . . they really like us. lol
Well, they are listening to us.
@ Eliana:
Glad to hear it. I hate to see anyone (but especially conservatives) out of work.
This is just to pi$$ the lurkers from BVoAL off:
Illinois Update: Andrzejewski Get-Out-the Vote Effort ‘On Fire’; MORE: Exit Polls
@ snork:
Groovy Chucky flew too close to the lava lamp.
Looks like Mark Kirk will win the GOP nomination for Obambi’s old senate seat. Good luck to him in the general election.
@ Macker:
@ doriangrey:
@ Speranza:
This is too funny!
Speranza wrote:
How disgusting. All my gay friends think he’s hideous.
I’ll bet President Obama retires every evening in absolute amazement the American people continue allowing him free reign with the public coffers. He’ll go at it till the United States of America is no more.
I would love to see Specter, Barbara Boxer and Patty Murray (the dumbest Senator) go down in flames in November.
@ Rodan:
*BARF*
*VOMIT*
*SPEW*
(wipes mouth) And I really liked dinner the first time.
waldensianspirit wrote:
I always thought that he and Michelle have a big laugh every night about what they pulled off on the American people.
Rodan wrote:
Kinda gooey?
@ Speranza:
Yeah, me too!
AFTER he was offered the job and accepted it, one of his new co-workers asked very gently for his political views (without getting too personal).
The guy said to my friend, “Let me put it this way, if you’re not a conservative, you may find our political environment a little bit overbearing at times — but please don’t take it personally. We’re all friends and we don’t put anyone down for their politics.”
My friend just smiled from ear to ear. Enough said!
It’s bumper sticker time!
snork wrote:
How exciting. I love it. Dear Lord, please a major upset in the Land Of Lincoln. Gosh I wish I could be there to vote.
@ Rodan:
Good grief how does that guy/gal type with a straitjacket on?
Speranza wrote:
Without a doubt. It has got to be the most hilarious fun for them.
chickadee wrote:
Hey in Chicago even the dead vote.
Speranza wrote:
Hey! Patty Murray’s my Senator!
I’d want to see her smack hard into the wall, burst into flames, while I stand by the side pointing and chortling “HA-HA!”
Eliana wrote:
Geez I oish I could switch offices with him. I am surrounded by moonbats. Best of luck to your patriotic friend.
@ Rodan:
Oh my, is that Sharmie’s replacement?
@ Eliana:
Hey congrats to your friend!
@ FurryOldGuyJeans:
Your Senator is the dumbest **** in congress and that is saying a lot when you consider that Boxer, Sanders, Specter and Franken reside there.
@ chickadee:
That’s probably Sharmuta!
@ Rodan:
He forgot to mention, “He is surrounded by lost children, who hope only for a chance to touch the hem of his garment.”
chickadee wrote:
LoL! Is she back from her spiritual journey yet?
@ Speranza:
Thanks!
This friend and I were co-workers at a place several years ago where almost every single person was a conservative. It’s a nice place to be!
@ Rodan:
I’ve heard of brown noses, but brown tongues?
@ Speranza:
She hasn’t bought enough “Happy Socks” yet.
@ Speranza:
All three excellent choices for the axe.
Right after Harry Reid.
snork wrote:
It’s what they call the Pacific Rim.
@ Rodan:
Thanks!
snork wrote:
Sinuses clogged up, real bad.
wolfie wrote:
I don’t give a sh** what Jim Webb does from here out – the R’s could run an untrained monkey against him and I would support it monetarily and vote wise. Webb is a kow-towing, spineless sycophant who suddenly found his nuts. Screw him.
I love to talk to the a-wipes here in VA that voted this turd in because of that bullsh** “macaca moment” that Senator Allen had. Happy now? Not only did you elect this turd, you killed the best shot we had at a real Presidential candidate in 2008 for the conservatives. All because of a made-up word?!?
@ Rodan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTH8_elwCpA
Eliana wrote:
I can openly dream of an environment like that. My boss is a classic red diaper baby fromtehearly 1950′s and she has Obama propaganda written on her blackboard every day.
@ IslandLibertarian:
He’s worshiping a Jazz Musician. It’s too funny!
FurryOldGuyJeans wrote:
Go to the Wa State GOP website and look for the roster of candidates opposing her. Then bang head on concrete wall 100 times.
Speranza wrote:
Someone mentioned that after she found out from the NYT article abt. cluck’s fiancee, she started ending all her posts with ‘Bless you.” Then she disappeared. How strange.
@ Speranza:
AT work, I can’t discuss Politics. The Big Bosses are Progressives and Far Left. That’s why we got shitty raises.
Speranza wrote:
Unfortunately, only dead Democrats seem to care enough to vote…. And the dead republicans seem to have switched parties!
@ chickadee:
She was heart broken!
Crashnburn01 wrote:
That bastard with the bad rats nest on his head was incredibly rude to President Bush during a meeting right after that election.
chickadee wrote:
I hope the fool does not do something drastic.
snork wrote:
There is no such animal here in WA, the ever elusive GOP, we only have the free range RINO.
Rodan wrote:
I hear you dude. We get good raises but progressivism rules at my place.
I read Nil Stooges analysis of commenters and # of comments. I didnt see Honorary Yupper’s name!He used to be a very frequent commenter.
@ Crashnburn01:
Preach it, brother!
(Wahoo or Hokie?)
snowcrash wrote:
yeah he seems to have disappeared as did his Defenseman blog. Also I no longer saw American Sabra (another uber leftie) there anymore. Unfortunately the odious wrenchwench is there quite often.
Speranza wrote:
Disrespectful prick. Not you Speranza! – Jim Webb. Or Charles Johnson…
@ Speranza:
I hope the fool does not do something drastic.
like driving cross country, wearing a diaper, planning some sort of abduction….oh wait, been done……maybe dismantling the shrine and getting a real life?……
Charles is engaged? Really? Boy, am I out of the loop! Thank God!
@ Speranza:
Hahahahaha.
wolfie wrote:
Buckeye, although I tend to the Hokie end of things here.
FurryOldGuyJeans wrote:
And even he (Neathercutt) was no match for Ms. Sneakyshoes.
wolfie wrote:
and hopefully JD Heyworth will be the new (real)Republican Senator from Arizona.
@ IslandLibertarian:
Probably a washed up Groupie!
Speranza wrote:
BINGO! LOL Every time he mentioned him on the radio today when he said how he was so taken by him, something sounded so very odd! That was exactly what the feeling I got was, but couldn’t figure it out! LOL
@ IslandLibertarian:
Would that not be awesome?!?
Rodan, sorry I think the link did not work.
Reading that post reminded of the introduction of Dom DeLuise as Caesar in History of the World.
Rodan wrote:
It is unconscionable how cluck took advantage of her. It was difficult to watch. I’m sure she actually thought he loved her. LOVE. Wow. How can people be so naive? Didn’t she wonder why cluck just let her twist in the wind when ice scrunt and dim-ah attacked her?
@ chickadee:
Oh lord, what is going on? Sounds like a very complicated back story. Is this for real?
chickadee wrote:
Not at all – here’s your sword Sharmmy – fall on it peacefully, please…
Speranza wrote:
That jerk was feeling his oats that night. I remember that. Well, he’s eating crow now.
And crawling on his belly like a worm.
@ Formercorpsman:
Hey, FCM! You may enjoy #82, previous thread.
That Kirsten Powers (on the Great American Panel right now on Hannity) is sure nice to look at.
Chaz was warned in an email a long time ago about Sharm-wow’s obsessive behavior directed at a former LGFer and how she would transfer her affections onto him in time. She might even Play Misty on him – yet he felt he could control the situation.
@ chickadee:
Yup, remember how he wore his sons combat boots over his neck on the campaign trail? Then, when Bush asks about him how is son was doing, Webb was rude and insulting. Ugh.
Did sharm and pudge actually meet? Was she really his fiance for a spell? I sort of dont pay attention to the posts about him.
teacake wrote:
Sounds like a vaudeville act.
teacake wrote:
There is specualtion but I doubt it. She was interviewed for the NY Times article (along with Thanos) but it was left on the cutting floor. However she could have been interviewed via phone.
snowcrash wrote:
Haven’t heard a peep out of him about his son since Obama started to rule from day one. I guess the butterflies and bunnies came out to play in Iraq at that point?
Didn’t someone here say that Sharmuta was in the room when the NYT guy went to visit CJ? Or was it Jimmah / Ice Weasel who were there?
teacake wrote:
I just tasted a little vomit. Thanks for that…
teacake wrote:
Apparently she disappeared from the blog right after the nyt article mentioned cluck’s “fiancee” .
Who knew? Or cared? Except maybe the missing super poster who misjudged her significance to him ?
@ Speranza:
Ah – I see.
CJ was locked up in his basement with someone else when the NYT guy visited. At least they had water and fruit, though.
Still confused – something dramatic happened? He lowered the boom or she just finally woke up to reality?
@ snowcrash:
I only wish he were up for re-election this year instead of in 2012.
chickadee wrote:
HAHAHAHA HEHEHEHE HOHOHOHO
@ wolfie:
I wish they were ALL up this year!
Eliana wrote:
According to the interview it was Chaz and his un Mata Ahari-like fiance (whatever that means).
Eliana wrote:
Oh… sharm thought she was his girl but he was “engaged” and she didn’t know and she left? In love with someone you’ve never even met? That is the one thing about the cyber world I can’t fathom. Being in love without ever meeting. weird!
Miss Lindsey Graham on Greta right now. Cannot stand that RINO.
For some reason the Bates Motel comes to mind with his mother in the rocking chair.
@ Speranza:
Mata Hari was the stage name of Margaretha Geertruida “Grietje” Zelle (7 August 1876, Leeuwarden – 15 October 1917, Vincennes), a Frisian (Dutch) exotic dancer and courtesan who was executed by firing squad for espionage during World War I.
Eliana wrote:
While “matted, hairy” is a description of….
teacake wrote:
Or Will Ferral’s character in Wedding Crashers MOM! could we get some pizza rolls!!!???
Speranza wrote:
Mata Hari was a dish who was also a good spy, so being Un Mata Hari would mean fugly and denser than a rock.
@ teacake:
If CJ starts talking about buying thread and sawdust, it’s time for those near him to back … away … quietly …
@ Eliana:
I know who Mata Hari was I was juat wondering what the reporter (Jonathan Dees) from the NY Times meant by “un Mata hari-like fiance”?
FurryOldGuyJeans wrote:
Oops now I can see what he meant!
@ Speranza:
OH – sorry!
Maybe, “un-stripper-like”?
Speranza wrote:
Chubby loud mouth?
“Un-Mata-Hari-like” is a nice way to describe the gulf between seductive and duct tape.
Eliana wrote:
LOL
FurryOldGuyJeans wrote:
Thick. Like Chuck himself.
teacake wrote:
Hey! I resemble that remark!
buzzsawmonkey wrote:
SASQUATCH!
“Mata-Hari”= “fan dance” “hide the truth” “fake out the viewers”
like that
@ teacake:
That’s all speculation.
All I heard is that she took a break around that time for a “spiritual retreat” and has apparently not come back yet.
I hope she breaks free…..for her own sake.
Truck Monkey wrote:
Hey! I really resemble that remark! ::laugh
FurryOldGuyJeans wrote:
Chubby or loud mouth? LOL I would think the worst trait for a spy is a big mouth.
Fox News is doing something cute on their America’s Election HQ pages:
He does this mostly when he’s out there winging it sans teleprompter.
His handlers will make him start dragging the screens with him into the men’s room from now on. He can’t be trusted for a single second without them.
buzzsawmonkey wrote:
ROFL!
ludwigedout was ranting today
that guy needs mental health care fast…
wolfie wrote:
LOL all speculation? LOL I thought someone knew something that really happened. So, you’re saying she woke up and decided to resume having a life.
teacake wrote:
AND, not OR.
And who said I was a spy? I sure never did.
think its time for one of my old socks to re-appear on the .00001
and cause ludwiged out to think he is correct and that the end time is near, get him to dig a cave and hide from the 30′ ocean rise….
Citizens Against Government Waste names Barney Frank 2009 Porker of the Year
Why am I thinking of “Deliverance”?
FurryOldGuyJeans wrote:
So, most people are un Mati Hari-like I guess, including you. Got it. lol
mjazz wrote:
That was such a gimme…. good call though!
@ taxfreekiller:
By the way TFK – you have the best of all gravitars! Love it.
buzzsawmonkey wrote:
Let me look. Hey, I sent you an email today. Nothing special though. Just a little rant.
@ Rodan:
No marching in lockstep there. No siree.
It seems possible that William Ayers himself bought out lgf’s .0001
and his college days buds are running the place and posting…
iceweasle
ludwigged out
jummy
austin blue
blueworeing
tear it all down,,,, please!!!
teacake wrote:
It’s exactly how Zero got elected.
like I said prior being a 1/2 breed, my “shape shifting” is a bit off, thus the lost legs….@ teacake:
FurryOldGuyJeans wrote:
Bingo, that’s what I thought. In other words, cluck didn’t turn because a lib woman got his knickers in a twist.
chickadee wrote:
Excellent point. Infatuation can be a dangerous thing.
@ Rodan:
Sounds like someone is gunning for the Wild Irish Rose Award.
will never be able to walk away from this blog like it is
taxfreekiller wrote:
Well, what ever you are, it looks good on you!
later
I’ll have some fur for all of you tomorrow with my old sock at lgf’s
.0001.
I frankly do not feel any malice towards Sharm-wow – she is more to be pitied. The ones over there that I really cannot stand are iceweasel, Jimmah, Slumbering Behemoth, Dark_Falcon, Thanos, Floral Giraffe, and wrenchwench.
Speranza wrote:
Is that before, during, or after their prayers to Mecca?
Of course how could I’ve forgotten KKKillgore Trout?
@ Eliana:
Must suck to be left on the cutting room floor for some un-Mata Hari-like hussy.
Macker wrote:
I thinks he spends most of his night preening before the full length mirror in his private rooms.
@ Eliana:
It could also mean un-spy like.
Macker wrote:
I bet Michelle gives him an earful and they both know the jig is up. as for mecca, make sure to check out atlas shrugs article about his trip to his childhood homeland, family trip next month.
Speranza wrote:
She is a raving lunatic, seriously. On “open” threads she would bitch and moan when people actually talked about different topics, hence, open threads. She thrives on people kissing her ass as much as they kiss his.
She gave Buzz a hard time, jumped on the bandwagon when they decided to screw Zombie over.
Sorry, I have no pity for this person. Neurotic to the bone.
snork wrote:
Especially when you have that much time invested in the “possibilities” with the object of your affection.
Yay! The recent comments thing is back. Or have I just not noticed it?
chickadee wrote:
It doesn’t take a great beauty to turn a man into a fool.
Exhibit A: Rielle Hunter.
I still think the moonbat babe is the best explanation, even if it doesn’t explain things completely. Let’s put it this way, if Unma Tahari were a conservative, I don’t think CJ would have flipped 180 degrees.
@ Formercorpsman:
She also wrote to our Snork (when he was Earth2Moonbat) when he made his “flounce” on LGF – “I thought you were dead”. Yeah I forgot her malicious side. Sorry.
@ Formercorpsman:
I had left there for quite a long time out of pure boredom, don’t recall when that was. I barely recall her other than I think he said she was one of the new admins or something like that.
When I returned during the 0 campaign, I never interacted with her, but out of the blue she would personally attack me, not my comments. Same with walter and one other asshole.
Formercorpsman wrote:
I actually do pity her. Especially at this point. Because she is, as you say, neurotic to the bone. Maybe I’m too sympathetic. She reminds me of stupid friends of mine who have been jerked around by creeps.
wolfie wrote:
Yeah that Rielle Hutner is definitely not an attractive woman.
@ Rose:
It’s been back for a few days.
Talk about creepy women… Liz Edwards wants to meet the baby. Poor baby in so many ways.
Speranza wrote:
Likewise.
Oh, I make fun of her sycophancy. It’s so over-the-top that it’s hard not to laugh at it. And if I don’t laugh, I’d have to cry.
Because CJ should have discouraged her excessive devotion rather than exploiting it. IMO.
@ teacake:
I thought has already has seen Frances Quinn.
wolfie wrote:
I think it is what the reporter was implying in his article. That cluck’s fiancee was NOT some obvious beguiling spy/operative there to turn a perfectly sound conservative into a flaming moonbat. He was saying that cluck did it on his own. That’s what his use of the term “un-Mata Hari” meant in this context.
@ wolfie:
She actually is highly neurotic, delusional and pathetic.
chickadee wrote:
Not necessarily. Dee didn’t say anything about UMH’s age. Some 56-yo guys will put up with a lot if the femme is a decade or two or three younger.
@ wolfie:
She was a bully and he banished others for far less. But, as I recall, yeah, she was a bit of an arrogant nutcase too.
@ chickadee:
That’s what I thought.
Speranza wrote:
Maybe that was an old article. I don’t keep up with most celebrity gossip.
@ snork:
In fact, a much younger woman would explain the other odd thing that Dee said – that he introduced her as his fiancee, as if Dee wasn’t buying that this 20-something floozy was really engaged to him.
@ teacake:
I thought of her as a bouncer. One could say something that wasn’t all that challenging or aggressive toward CJ and she’d be all over the person.
She could launch into interrogation mode in a heart beat if she thought her would-be (or would-not-be, as it turns out) sweetie might be in danger or disrespected in any way.
This is dedicated to Obama, to Sharmuta and fill in the blanks
teacake wrote:
It is from January 4, 2010.
@ Rodan:
Holy crap Rodan! What the hell did you use to handle that toxic waste?
@ teacake:
You think selrahC is on Viagra/Levitra/Cialis?
teacake wrote:
Pure lunacy. Lord of the Rings bullshit. I got her goat though. I had the exchange saved, but, lost it when i was stealth banned.
Oh well. She is still a head case.
Eliana wrote:
Gotcha – the family pitbull
If anyone missed it and is still interested, the latest CJ v Dee stat’s are here. (Spoiler alert: Dee wins.)
Also the latest lizard stat’s (now including karma) are here.
Sharm is still missing. Cato the Elder is back.
snork wrote:
Well of course that’s true. I’m just saying that the writer of the article, based on the fiancee NOT looking or acting the part of an intriguing manipulator, led him to conclude CJ turned on his own with out the coercion of a female paramour. This was the writer’s opinion coming through. But who knows for sure.
fat bastard wrote:
To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Goodnight. Love you guys.
I’m like, touched.
@ Eliana:
What got me is she would be up at 3:30 AM (Central Time) keeping watch on LGF threads. Weird.
Speranza wrote:
With a few F-bombs mixed in, just to spice it up.
nil stooge wrote:
Cato the Ogre is back? Whew now I can sleep at night.
snork wrote:
Classy chick! Btw I love when she fights with icewesel/Jimmah.
Speranza wrote:
Sounds like that creepy french guy who moved into my building to keep watch over what went on with me and the ex.
chickadee wrote:
I can understand that to a point.
One of the breaking points for me was when she was going after Zombie, (in all seriousness) assailing then of being a marijuanaphobe. Vitriolic, hyperbolic, accusatory bile.
Gimme an A!
Gimme a T!
Gimme an I!
Gimme a V!
Gimme an A!
Gimme an N!
What does it spell?
He visited Walter in CO and then disappeared for a while. Now he’s baaaack!
Meanwile, Walter (with a bullet) is now up to number 10 in the prolixard rankings.
@ Formercorpsman:
I can understand completely why you feel the way you do.
teacake wrote:
Most French guys are creepy by nature.
Speranza wrote:
ROFL
nil stooge wrote:
I thought Walter was in N.C.
Speranza wrote:
Cato’s back and you’re going to be sorry…
Cato, Cato the Ogre’s Back.
If I were you I’d change you nick and your story…
Cato, Cato the Ogre’s Back.
And he knows who has been flaming…
And he knows who has been blaming…
I’m not Buzzsaw, but mayby Buzz can fix it up.
I thought Walter (L. Newton) was in CO.
@ chickadee:
Someone just mentioned up thread, A certain someone should have maybe told her in private she should cool it with all of the ass kissing. Being it continued, I suspect that probably never even entered the thought process.
Plus, she was always making everything about her.
The real laugh in all of it, is to see the catty bullshit between her & the other 2. For crying out loud, that blog was slaying dragons at one time, and now the equal of Jerry Springer of the blog world.
Seriously, think about it for a minute. Good lord, green helmet guy, the missiles, Rather, etc.
Now look at it.
One last thing. I have no beef with Walter. I don’t agree with everyone, but I think whether you agree with him or not, Walter is a straight shooter with his point of view.
It does not mean you have to agree with him, but that is just my take.
snork wrote:
LOL, it’s great.
Olbermann is crying into his pillow tonight:
@ chickadee:
If you are familiar with the movie Perfume… the main creepy guy looks and acts like the creep I had the misfortune of dealing with.
@ Formercorpsman:
It really isn’t worth looking at, is it?
Does anyone here do any multimedia work?
Perhaps that is not even the correct question to be asking.
What would people think of having post topics with some video & voice over work?
@ Formercorpsman:
He always attacked me out of the blue. I never interacted with him, so for him to jump on me for the stupidest of reasons, left me with the impression he was an arrogant bully.
chickadee wrote:
Well, in train wreck sort of way at times I suppose.
@ teacake:
I didn’t see it. I’ll have to get it. I’m sure I’ll want to slap him.
@ nil stooge:
Wow! That’s a wonderful presentation!
@ Formercorpsman:
I think its probably easy with the right software. Doesn’t Vista have movie maker that has that feature?
Tru’ dat; and his occasional, necessary, boot-licking sycophancy is often so over-the-top it’s parodic.
teacake wrote:
And I would never doubt you. I never really had a problem with him, but I totally understand why some folks might not share my opinion. I mean that.
@ wolfie:
Thank you!
@ chickadee:
Probably won’t disturb you as much as it did for me since that movie was like watching the neighbor on screen! LOL Really creepy guy, both of them. But it is an interesting movie.
@ teacake:
I’ve used Windows Movie Maker.
It’s very easy to use.
@ nil stooge:
Yeah, great job, nil stooge!!
@ snork:
Not the original, but faithful to it, and I just had to…
nil stooge wrote:
Nil, I missed that post. I’m pissing myself. Oh man that is hilarious. Awesome work.
nil stooge wrote:
Yeah, I can’t defend the passivity.
@ Eliana:
Thank you!
Have a good night guys. It looks like I’ll be getting up early to shovel my way out.
Take it easy, see ya later.
@ Formercorpsman:
Thanks. Re Walter – I think he must enjoy the intrigue of trying to survive at LLLGF, kinda like living thru the Stalin purges.
Stooge, if you want to write that up, one of us will make it a guest post. I’ve done more than my share of “Nancys”, but one more wouldn’t hurt.
@ nil stooge:
Yes, he may like the drama.
He is, after all, a playwright— and a good one, from what I’ve seen.
@ snork:
Thanks. It’s certainly available – i.e. y’all can use any or all of it, and I’d help with the logistics if needed. Trying to find a couple of links for it today I was yet again impressed with the number and quality of the posts done here, so kudos to you and all the other posters. Teh swamp has nothing on this place when it comes to content.
Good point. And, yes he is.
Makes sense to me. PJTV is a great example of where it could go.