As An American First And Foremost…
By Mitch Berg
…I wish President Obama all the best. It would be a great thing for this country if he were not a resounding flop.
As a pragmatist who pays attention to history? I think Obama, with his gigantistic statist ambitions and “vote present” mentality, has the potential to be the worst, weakest, most disastrous president of my cognitive lifetime. And that’s if his more authoritarian notions – the permanent compaign, the clamping down on freedom of speech – don’t come to pass.
For today, I’ll focus on the former. Good luck, Mr. President. Unlike some of your more deranged fans’ behavior over the past eight years, my fellow conservatives and I are a loyal opposition.
But we are watching. You get no more free passes. And while conservatism’s been on the ropes for the past four years, we’re in much better shape for a comeback than, say 35 years ago. Another Gingrich Revolution awaits you in two years if you’re not a whole lot smarter than your administration seems to be starting out.
At any rate, good luck and God Bless America.
January 20th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
No, Lord Clown, by your leave I’ve begun the next argument.
There will be no argument. As we were instructed today, the time has come to JOIN TOGETHER for the GREATER GOOD.
Mitch, you are white, so Embrace What’s Right.
That is all.
January 20th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
Yes Mitch, you’ve moved on because you lost this one, we get it, it’s your normal mode – ignore anything inconvenient.
BTW, interesting how your perfect Chief Justice screwed up the oath of office, yet John Paul Stevens managed (at 88) to complete the one for the vice without error.
Talk about your flops.
January 20th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
And talk about your ironies – considering how look down on folks – even your esteemed CJ couldn’t practice the damned oath enough that he got it right – condescension toward good governance is no substitute for good governance, but I’m sure you’ll spend the next 8 years proving that right, so I suppose my comment is redundant.
January 20th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
peev, most of your comments are redundant. All of your comments, however, are ludicrous.
January 20th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
ignore anything
inconvenientutterly irrelevant.even your esteemed CJ couldn’t practice the damned oath enough that he got it right
Indeed, neither of them reportedly practiced the oath at all.
They both seemed to get a chuckle from it.
You could learn a lesson from them (if, indeed, you can learn lessons from anyone at all).
perfect Chief Justice
Strawman. Please stop.
January 20th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
I only hope that if, in two years time or four years time, conservatives once again control the congress and presidency, I can display the same grace and bonhomie that peev has demonstrated in his comments here today.
January 20th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
considering how look down on folks
Peev, of all the garbage with whicn you’ve polluted my site, this is perhaps the stupidest of all.
I “look down” on folks? Nope. About as rarely as humanly possible. And I certainly have never felt the need to make up neighbors to puff up my own dubious expertise on subjects, so I could “look down” on others.
Seriously, Peev, I’m starting to think it’s time for you to take another break from this blog.
January 20th, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Seriously, Peev, I’m starting to think it’s time for you to take another break from this blog.
By my count that’s the fourth time Peev will have been banned. That has to be a record.
January 20th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
I suppose my comment is redundant.
Wrong adjective. Try vapid, vacuous, irrelevant or just plain stupid.
Any of those will suffice.
January 20th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
That has to be a record.
I find myself wondering if he changes Internet providers just to get the new IP address so he can emerge with a new, obvious persona.
That’s a little creepy.
January 20th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
Well now that BHO is president of all 61 states…
January 20th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Seriously, Peev, I’m starting to think it’s time for you to take another break from this blog.
Us:
You don’t bring me flowers
You don’t sing me love songs
Maligna:
You hardly talk to me anymore
When you come through that door at the end of the day…
Us:
I remember when you couldn’t wait to love me
Used to hate to leave me
Now after loving me late at night
Maligna:
When it’s good for you, babe
And you’re feeling all right
Us:
When you just roll over and turn out the light…
And you don’t bring me flowers anymore
Maligna:
It used to be so natural
Us:
It used to be…
Maligna:
To talk about forever
Us:
Mmm…
Maligna:
But used-to-bes don’t count anymore
They just lay on the floor
Till we sweep them away
Us:
And baby I remember all the things you taught me
Maligna:
I learned how to laugh and I learned how to cry
Us:
Well, I learned how to love and I learned how to lie
Maligna:
So you think I could learn how to tell you goodbye
Us:
So you think I could learn how to tell you goodbye
You don’t bring me flowers any more…
All together:
Well, you think I could learn how to tell you goodbye…
Maligna:
‘Cause you don’t say you need me;
Us:
You don’t sing me love songs;
All together now:
You don’t bring me flowers anymore…