This is from DailyKos, but could just as easily come from DU.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/4/3/716342/-DRUDGE:-Guardian-Paper-Mocks-Worlds-Greatest-OratorPoor Barack Obama can't do anything right.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/...
Read the transcript as this poor fool stumbles all over himself.
Barack Obama: "I, I, would say that, er ... pause [I HAVEN'T A CLUE] ... if you look at ... pause [WHO IS THIS NICK ROBINSON JERK?] ... the, the sources of this crisis ... pause [JUST KEEP GOING, BUDDY] ... the United States certainly has some accounting to do with respect to . . . pause [I'M IN WAY TOO DEEP HERE] ... a regulatory system that was inadequate to the massive changes that have taken place in the global financial system ... pause, close eyes [THIS IS GOING TO GO DOWN LIKE A CROCK OF SHIT BACK HOME. HELP].
It is so immensely helpful of John Crace to channel BO's innermost thoughts from half a world away so that we can know what he's really thinking...
Or maybe he's just a right-wing hack who wanted to bang out an article so he could start his weekend early.
Let's take a look at the points BO made and once again be grateful we have a President whose words and thoughts don't step on and trip over each other:
Reporter Nick Robinson asked President Obama which country was at fault for the global economic crisis, and suggested that assigning culpability was key to repairing the damage (something I half-agree with).
Obama was obviously thinking as he assembled his reply, and I'll do the opposite of Crace by removing the extraneous content:
Oh, of course. He flubs, stumbles, ers and ums and that means he "was obviously thinking as he assembled his reply." The previous president has half as many of the same and it means he was an idiot.
Stripping out BO's pauses in speech and Crace's disrespectful
Criticizing someone for being disrespectful of the sitting president? IRONY ALERT!!!
and unnecessary insertions (which also fall far short of making BO sound as bad as Bush),
True. B.O. doesn't sound as bad as Bush. He sounds much, much worse.
we are left with a cogent, satisfying answer to the question which is also consistent with what Obama's been saying all along.
No, we're not! Cleaned up, the answer doesn't mean jack squat. B.O. is bullshitting his way through this presidency with flowery rhetoric.
Hey Crace, making that answer hard to read didn't make it wrong.
That's exactly right. It was wrong no matter what.
Comments begin:
Obama ain't so good speaking (1+ / 0-)
extemporaneously. Recall the surprise at his lackluster performances in the debates.
We are building a team that is continuously being built. - Sarah Palin
by burrow owl on Fri Apr 03, 2009 at 06:23:44 PM PDT
Uh, oh. First comment stirs the pot:
gimme a break! (7+ / 0-)
by Sotally Tober on Fri Apr 03, 2009 at 06:25:36 PM PDT
Fantastic rebuttal!
What nonsense (14+ / 0-)
The man speaks just fine. He uses appropriate grammar, knows what the words he speaks actually mean, and thinks before he responds.
Get over yourself.
"But your flag decal won't get you into heaven anymore"--Prine 4240+ dead Americans. Bring them home.
by Miss Blue on Fri Apr 03, 2009 at 06:26:22 PM PDT
Countless uhs, ums, and ers are not appropriate grammar, you douchenozzle! He's an obvious and consummate bullshit artist who thinks while he's responding.
The rest of the responses are identical. They're all stumbling over each other to fellate their lord and master.
Had President Bush made the exact same statement verbatim (with all the pauses, ers and ums intact), he'd have been labeled an idiot.
