"Alone Again, Naturally" - Maureen Dowd.
 

Interesting Column:

"The president who was elected because he was a hot commodity is now a wet blanket."

"The man whose singular qualification was as a uniter turns out to be singularly unequipped to operate in a polarized environment."

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/08/20...ally.html?_r=3

Woooo, the snarky little leftie does a number on him!

Pete

Motivational speech? :confused:

Funny little righties crushing on a lefty gal....:rolleyes:

This is really going to hurt his re-election chances.:rolleyes:

Ms. Dowd fell out of love with Barry long ago.

Is that a reference to a 70s song that I can't quite remember but is now stuck in my head?

Pete

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alone_A...28Naturally%29

In total, the single spent six weeks, non-consecutively, at #1 on the United States Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. In Casey Kasem's American 'Top 40 of the 1970s', "Alone Again (Naturally)" ranked as the fifth most-popular song of the decade (Debby Boone's "You Light Up My Life" was #1). "Alone Again (Naturally)" also spent six weeks at number one on the Easy Listening chart.[2] The track reached #3 in the UK Singles Chart.

Like that easy listening stuff, eh Pete? Time to spin up some Kenny G.;)

She's moving over to Hillary's side.

GAAAA! NOT Kenny G. Anything but that :o Maybe some Chuck Mangione. Does the Statler Brothers count?

Listened to Kasem every Sunday back before puberty. Now I listen to him again, 70s repeats on the oldies station :)

Pete

Hey, has he been buried yet? His passing has been handled like nothing I've seen before.

What can I say..it was a pathetic decade all around.....

Ever see the way we dressed?

I understand they are going to reanimate him. Like Dick Clark.

:eek: :p

Pete

or Michael Jackson.....

More zombie shit

Kasey Kasum

Michael Jackson

Dick Clark.....

Rock n' roll hell......

The examples she cites of his non presence are poor ones. For example his not going to the border. His going would only enhance/focus the republican agenda without adding anything concrete.

I believe the president has come to realization that whatever he does in any situation he will be heavily criticized: so he is responding with coolness
to crisis and incidents.

This is where the Left and Right differ the most noticeable in press stories on job performance. The Left will willingly criticize openly the short comings and failures of their guy. But the Right will circle the wagons as a default, stay the line support long after the facts show otherwise. Still to this day they will say overthrowing Saddam and Iraq was a smart move as an example!

I will tell all that this President has fallen short of my expectations. But still know he was 300 times better the anything from the Republican Party.



Barney

Why should the president neutralize himself? Why doesn’t he do something bold and thrilling? Get his hands dirty? Stop going to Beverly Hills to raise money and go to St. Louis to raise consciousness? Talk to someone besides Valerie Jarrett?

I am in complete agreement. I am not very happy with Mr. Obama's job performance but still believe that he is a decent guy. Most American's that don't watch Fox or listen to Limb or Hann probably feel the same way. I also feel that the intransigence of the US Congress (Tee Party) had a lot of impact on Obama's lackluster record.

Anyone wonder where we would be with Romney at the helm? Seriously.

Me three. I'm not buying the 'pubbies meme that he's ineffectual for the simple reason that they are the ones who refuse to do their jobs, thus it's a self fulfilling prophecy. Dirtbags. :mad:

Make it four.

Count me in for five.

Hey, i was going to be five! OK, six.

Last I heard his old lady stole the body and he's going to be buried in Norway. Sure beats a shallow grave in the desert. <grin>

Here is a score card.

WMD's: Obama 1, Bush 0
Terrorists: Obama 1 (OBL), Bush 0 (Tora Bora)
ACA: Obama 1, Romney 1

This list is open for amendments. :D

I've been reading her off and on for years and stand by my definition :)

There's a reason she gone and done this column. Are the Dems distancing themselves from Obama?

Pete

Of course, though not with the vehemence with which the GOP distanced themselves from Dubya. In politics, it's all about the next election.

Any politician will throw anybody - wife, child or parent - under the bus if he/she thinks it will help. Look at the McDonnell trial in Richmond. He's throwing his wife of 38 years under the bus in full view of the world to save his own ass.

Agreed, however it certainly shows what Dem pollsters are hearing regarding him.

Pete

Keep tax loopholes for the 1% : Bush 1, Obama 1

"Petty, needy, bickering egomaniacs." :rolleyes: Sounds like a good description of Ms. Dowd.

Come'on Bob, admit it, when she slams Bush you love her :D

Pete

I wasn't here, but where I was (radiofreeliberal.com and unceremoniously handed my hat for being not quite "lefty" enough), I tried to tell them...

Look people I'm from Chicago and you're gonna learn, sooner or later, the sooner the better, that the man is no "reformer."

Obama was schooled by the best in back room politics, then Illinois State Senate President Emil Jones. One of the great political hacks in the history of Illinois politics, which puts him among the elite of the greatest political hacks of all time...anywhere. Obama learnt everything he knows about politics from Emil Jones.

And then there was the fabulous kick-back deal with current federal system resident Tony Rezko that landed the Obama's their cozy 6,500 sq/ft cottage down in the Kenwood neighborhood.

Among other things...

Maureen Dowd, for all of her stellar lib reputation, is a little late boarding this bus. Or anybody else just figuring it out.

I don't like her at all.

I still remember how she fawned over Colin Powell's WMD presentation to the UN. "I am convinced" she wrote.

Funny thing, I did some searches and can't find that column on the net. I'll bet she had it scrubbed. But I haven't forgotten it.

Plus, she's married to a rightie iirc.

Pete

I like her snarky writing style, regardless of whether I agree with the points she's trying to make.

it's flat out true

good to see someone put the country over party and speak honestly

i have never seen this from anyone on the right

i find her very attractive

Absolutely.

And I have no doubt that Obama is OK with taking one for the team.

I would be in his shoes.

I'd say "Hey, I don't have any more elections to worry about, so you all do whatever it takes to win."

Once again he's just like Bush :p

Pete

There can never be enough slamming of the Bush. ;)

And once again Pete demonstrates that he is the undisputed champion of the False equivalency.:rolleyes: