Comments on: Obama and Baier and “process” and Hawaiian earthquakes

By: neo-neocon

neo-neocon — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:33:03 +0000

Luther Poach: ah yes, of course, Obama simply destroyed those Republicans in that Q&A. I guess “destruction,” like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.

And of course, 90% of the MSM isn’t in Obama’s pocket either, even with the thrills going up their legs and all, and those wonderfully creased pants of his!

By: Luther Poach

Luther Poach — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:06:45 +0000

Baier no doubt saw Obama destroy the Republicans in the recent Q&A so he figured his only hope at not being humiliated was to prevent Obama from finishing any statements. On the other hand, I do think reporters should hold politicians’ feet to the fire, so he did a good job in that regard. No surprise though that Bush/Rove etc. are treated with kid gloves and special lighting when they appear on Fox.

By: Poor Richard

Poor Richard — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:12:52 +0000

Hey, Occam’s Beard! How dare you diss our first Irish-Hawaiian President, Barry O’Bama?

What? What’s that you say? He’s what? Our first what? You’re sure?

Neverrrrrmind!

By: michaele

michaele — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:13:31 +0000

If my memory serves me right, there were multiple bills for financial aid to LA that passed after Katrina. I can’t imagine that LA really deserves any more funds for Katrina related issues if the money that was voted their way was spent honorably.

By: J.J. formerly Jimmy J.

J.J. formerly Jimmy J. — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:12:38 +0000

I did not watch the interview because I cannot bear to watch Obama in person anymore. My wife watched and I could tell by the way she was screaming at the TV every few minutes that it was well that I didn’t watch. Thank God forFox News.

By: Occam's Beard

Occam's Beard — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:52:03 +0000

So he’s going to give Hawaii a break on healthcare costs because they had a tsunami scare that didn’t materialize?

I can discern no context whatever, no matter how charitable I try to be, in which his comment makes the slightest bit of sense.

By: Artfldgr

Artfldgr — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:51:58 +0000

Maybe he was remembering mount murabi i Indonesia… 🙂 its outside of jojakarta (not jakarta)
i saw it… wanted to climb it had no time
(yes, very dangerous to climb and be there. VERY)

i did get to take my son to the caldera rim of a very active other volcano.. (killed people a couple of years back and all the plants to the north of the cinder cone)

that was Bromo mountain i think

i also got to do some back country walk
worried about orangutan since i kept crossing droppings.

im not a typical geek… 🙂

By: SAB

SAB — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:39:56 +0000

He was probably referring to the non-tsunami that did not hit Hawaii after the Chilean earthquake…but was expected to be huge. His staff really needs to keep him updated on current events, it’s embarrassing. 🙂

By: Occam's Beard

Occam's Beard — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:26:08 +0000

I initially thought I’d misheard the Hawaiian earthquake remark, mentally rewound the tape, realized that that was in fact what Obama had said. I then thought that he probably meant “Haitian earthquake,” but in the same instant realized that that doesn’t make sense in this context either, since there is no nexus between Haiti and the health care bill (unless Haiti is one of the 58 states now).

There’s been no significant earthquake in the U.S. So WTF was he talking about?

No clearer reflection of media bias can be found. If Bush had said something like this, the NYT would have had it on their front page in the point size used for declarations of war. But this? Crickets.

By: roc scssrs

roc scssrs — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:10:39 +0000

Of course not–after all, it’s not like he was ever a Senator, or a Constitutional law prof/lecturer, or anything like that. Or, like he took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution.