Is Obama Down For the Count?
Kurt Schlichter
Mar 11, 2013
We always knew that Obama has a glass jaw, that he can’t take a punch. But it’s a little surprising that he’s started staggering around the ring so soon after November, his approval numbers bleeding away, desperately counting the seconds until the bell rings at election time in 2014 to save him from further pummeling.
It’s also hilarious.
On paper he’s a bruiser. This is a guy who won a knockout reelection bout even though the economy was in the toilet. He hit the GOP with an uppercut over the Fiscal Cliff. He’s got an awestruck media in his corner that is so enamored of him that after his speeches they need cigarettes and cuddling.
And his most powerful asset is the fact that his opponent is the GOP, an organization whose recent track record of success compares unfavorably with that of the French Army of 1941.
And yet now he’s losing. Big time.
The Sequester turned out to be a big nothing. We were told to expect The Road Warrior but instead we got Wall Street. Who would have thought that the market might respond positively to news that the government was borrowing slightly less money from China to subsidize lay-about Democrat constituents’ Cheeto-munching, Judge Judy-viewing, couch-centric lifestyles?
Instead, he engaged in a frenzy of overwrought, dire predictions of zombie apocalypse-level doom if bureaucrats were forced to pare their annual budget increase by a couple percent. But nothing happened. Back before liberals took over the children’s’ books industry and made them all stories about gender-neutral teddy bears that their share feelings regarding global warming, kids’ stories usually had a point. There was this one about a boy who cried wolf with a lesson the President could have learned from.
Compounding this losing streak is the reality that he lost to the Congressional GOP. Think about that. He lost to the Congressional GOP. No one even thought that was possible. Of course, all the GOP had to do was…nothing. It just had to sit there and let the cuts happen. But most observers were pretty sure they would manage to screw that up anyway.
Kurt Schlichter
Kurt Schlichter's freelance work has been published in nationally recognized publications like the New York Post, Washington Examiner, Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, the Washington Times, the Army Times, and the San Francisco Examiner.
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#12: war To: Mudboy Slim (#9)
List it please...
Thanks...
And make your case that the $85bln addresses that belief.
war posted on 2013-03-12 10:21:28 Reply Private Reply
#13: war To: Mudboy Slim (#10)
war posted on 2013-03-12 10:22:13 Reply Private Reply
#14: sneakypete To: war (#7)
Because you would see it as being less than 200 percent supportive of your Illustrious Leader,the Kim Jong-un of DC by way of Indonesia?
sneakypete posted on 2013-03-12 10:35:01 Reply Private Reply
#15: Mudboy Slim To: war (#12)
Mudboy Slim posted on 2013-03-12 10:36:15 Reply Private Reply
#16: Mudboy Slim To: war (#13)
Heh heh heh...yeah yeah yeah...yer opinion. Heck, I didn't post a single word ANYWHERE fer well over a year, and it didn't matter a lick...lol.
MUD
Mudboy Slim posted on 2013-03-12 10:39:33 Reply Private Reply
#17: war To: sneakypete (#14)
The truth is what it is...no matter who we are...anyone who understands that as a year gets by people get older and thus receive SS and Medicare for the first time that spending would have to increase...
war posted on 2013-03-12 10:47:16 Reply Private Reply
#18: war To: Mudboy Slim (#15)
A year off and you still spout bullshit...you sat back for over a year sucking the teat of unemployment...you live in an area that exists, in good part, because the FedGov is seated nearby and you STILL write stupid, arrhythmic song lyrics that not only lack the proper meter of the original song but are about as meaningful as the words to any Pink Floyd song...
war posted on 2013-03-12 10:50:22 Reply Private Reply
#19: sneakypete To: war (#17)
There are no people receiving SS and Medicare that die during that year?
There are no new workers paying into the system during that year?
Want to know what kills SS? It the asshole leftists STEALING the money out of the system to support the parasites who never pay a dime into it who vote for them.
sneakypete posted on 2013-03-12 11:15:42 Reply Private Reply
#20: sneakypete To: war (#18)
Ok,that pretty much explains why you are a leftie. You lack the ability to think creatively and are only comfortable when government tells everybody how to think and what to think.
"We don't need no thought control....."
sneakypete posted on 2013-03-12 11:18:37 Reply Private Reply
#21: mininggold To: sneakypete (#20)
Domer's been controlling your "thoughts" for quite a while
mininggold posted on 2013-03-12 12:05:34 Reply Private Reply
#22: war To: sneakypete (#19)
Um...yea...but had you the necessary information to be intelligent in this conversation you'd know that new enrollees outpace those *leaving*...
war posted on 2013-03-12 12:19:45 Reply Private Reply
#23: sneakypete To: mininggold (#21)
Sure he has,Obummer Jr.
sneakypete posted on 2013-03-12 13:02:38 Reply Private Reply
#24: sneakypete To: war (#22)
Only because we have had a succession of Dim politicians stealing the money to pay for welfare and the votes that gets them.
There are multi-generations of parasites living in this country now who have lived in government housing and received food stamps and medicaid their whole lives without ever having contributed a dime into the system.
THIS is why the system keeps going broke.
sneakypete posted on 2013-03-12 13:05:18 Reply Private Reply
#25: Mudboy Slim To: war (#18)
I have never once taken a single penny of unemployment...never have and never plan to, war. I did once work for contractor who used me to complete Federal contracts on occasion, but I've never dined at the Federal teat, not since I left the home of my Navy Captain father.
"...you live in an area that exists, in good part, because the FedGov is seated nearby..."
Balderdash, boopsie, I live in Richmond, Virginny, Capital of the Confederacy and ground zero of the anti-DeeCee revolution...
"...and you STILL write stupid, arrhythmic song lyrics that not only lack the proper meter of the original song but are about as meaningful as the words to any Pink Floyd song..."
Sounds like a song request to me, my friend...I'll see what I can dredge up...MUD
Mudboy Slim posted on 2013-03-12 13:56:44 Reply Private Reply
#26: war To: Mudboy Slim (#25)
Two or three times, then, I'm sure...then again...someone who paints his face blue and goes to Freeper rallies is probably on food stamps and public assistance...
And it's nice to see that you were for government assistance before you were against it...
Balderdash, boopsie, I live in Richmond, Virginny, Capital of the Confederacy and ground zero of the anti-DeeCee revolution...
I stand by my statement...Richmond sucks more government tit than NYC...
war posted on 2013-03-13 08:57:46 Reply Private Reply
#27: meguro To: war (#26)
I say they try seceding once again. And this time, we won't stop them.
meguro posted on 2013-03-13 10:50:28 Reply Private Reply
#28: mininggold To: meguro, sneakypete (#27)
One of the reasons they want to secede is they want to be able to practice slavery again eithout being called on the carpet by the Feds. They just can't seem to acheive their past economic status by paying anyone a decent wage.
Did you know that Sneaky believes that the CSA did not support slavery?
mininggold posted on 2013-03-13 11:10:46 Reply Private Reply
#29: sneakypete To: mininggold (#28)
You are that rare combination of stupid AND insane.
I don't know how you do it.
sneakypete posted on 2013-03-13 11:30:09 Reply Private Reply
#30: mininggold To: sneakypete (#29)
LOL. You now have Alzheimers?
mininggold posted on 2013-03-13 11:32:44 Reply Private Reply
#31: sneakypete To: mininggold (#30)
Why do you say that? Is it because most of your friends and family are also stupid AND insane,and you don't think it's all that rare?
sneakypete posted on 2013-03-13 12:18:35 Reply Private Reply
#32: mininggold To: sneakypete (#31)
You say you know most of my family, yet you deny having a mental illness. LOL
Just to let you know they're mostly idiot Tea Baggers like you.
mininggold posted on 2013-03-13 14:35:15 Reply Private Reply
#33: sneakypete To: mininggold (#32)
Where and when did I say that?
sneakypete posted on 2013-03-13 18:30:59 Reply Private Reply
#34: no gnu taxes To: sneakypete (#29)
You are probably right, but I tend to just notice the insane part when it comes to that entity.
no gnu taxes posted on 2013-03-14 07:44:50 Reply Private Reply
#35: sneakypete To: no gnu taxes (#34)
Yeah,but she probably doesn't post to you as often as she does me. There is no way to ignore the stupid if you get personalized posts from her every day.
sneakypete posted on 2013-03-14 11:31:48 Reply Private Reply
#36: Mudboy Slim To: war (#26)
Sorry, charlie, but yer WRONG AGAIN...never food stamps, never public assistance, always a net-taxpayer. Can YOU say the same?
"And it's nice to see that you were for government assistance before you were against it..."
I am for STATE and LOCAL public assistance, but the most effective solutions for these societal issues are not those instituted at the Federal level, which more often than not serve as an enabler to the poor behavior and bad decisions that led to these folks requiring public assistance in the first place.
"Richmond sucks more government tit than NYC..."
Check yer facts, the City of Richmond has a 5% Food Sales Tax and $1.45/$100 assessed real value. It's real high compared to the surrounding counties, but I'm sure it's nowhere near the impact of NooYawkCity...MUD
Mudboy Slim posted on 2013-03-18 15:42:17 Reply Private Reply
#37: Mudboy Slim To: mininggold (#28)
What a friggin' MORON!! Sheeesh, they don't get much STOOOPIDER then you, do they, Lefty?
LOL...get yer head outta yer ass, RAT-minion...MUD
Mudboy Slim posted on 2013-03-18 15:45:40 Reply Private Reply
#38: mininggold To: sneakypete (#33)
Post 31. LOL Your Alzheimers strikes again.
mininggold posted on 2013-03-18 16:34:35 Reply Private Reply
#39: mininggold To: Mudboy Slim (#37)
Really? So "The South shall rise again" doesn't mean what it used too?
mininggold posted on 2013-03-18 16:38:02 Reply Private Reply
#40: Mudboy Slim To: mininggold (#39)
MUD: "Yeah, just what you'd expect Satan to say..."
LOL...classic!! Any of y'all checking out History Channel's "The Bible"?
MUD
Mudboy Slim posted on 2013-03-18 18:23:07 Reply Private Reply
#41: sneakypete To: mininggold (#38)
More proof you are stupid. You have a reading comprehension problem. I do NOT say I know anyone in your family in post 31 or anywhere else.
I have standards.
sneakypete posted on 2013-03-18 18:54:24 Reply Private Reply
#42: war To: Mudboy Slim (#36)
That's local. moron.
war posted on 2013-03-19 07:22:37 Reply Private Reply
#43: mininggold To: sneakypete (#41)
mininggold posted on 2013-03-20 01:10:23 Reply Private Reply
#44: sneakypete To: mininggold (#43)
Where did I say I know anybody in your family in that quote. I was merely speculating they are all dumber than dirt and crazier than a shithouse rat based on you.
Which seems like a valid assumption because if there were much sharper than that they would have smothered you at birth.
sneakypete posted on 2013-03-20 01:34:19 Reply Private Reply
#45: Mudboy Slim To: sneakypete, mininggold, war (#44)
Obamabotulism is rampant amongst the RAT population these days...MUD
Mudboy Slim posted on 2013-03-20 09:12:11 Reply Private Reply
#46: Mudboy Slim To: All (#45)
Mudboy Slim posted on 2013-03-20 09:14:18 Reply Private Reply
#47: mininggold To: Mudboy Slim (#45)
Yep Obama won the election bigtime in case you missed it..... Poor Sore Loserman, MudboySlime
mininggold posted on 2013-03-20 10:26:36 Reply Private Reply
#48: mininggold To: sneakypete (#44)
mininggold posted on 2013-03-20 10:51:43 Reply Private Reply
#49: Mudboy Slim To: mininggold (#47)
My point exactly, EmGee...MUD
Mudboy Slim posted on 2013-03-20 12:00:40 Reply Private Reply
#50: Mudboy Slim To: war (#42)
All politics are local, genius...MUD
BTW...fitty.
Mudboy Slim posted on 2013-03-20 12:01:59 Reply Private Reply
#51: sneakypete To: mininggold (#48)
Since you are obviously too slow to realize it,I am going to take pity on you and inform you that every time you repeat that you are telling people you are incapable of learning or comprehending.
sneakypete posted on 2013-03-20 12:27:24 Reply Private Reply
#52: mininggold To: sneakypete (#51)
mininggold posted on 2013-03-20 13:03:33 Reply Private Reply
#53: mininggold To: Mudboy Slim (#50)
Actually, that's another one of your myths.
mininggold posted on 2013-03-20 13:05:08 Reply Private Reply
#54: war To: Mudboy Slim (#50)
Would you please try to focus...for once...
war posted on 2013-03-21 10:23:25 Reply Private Reply
#55: mininggold To: war (#54)
He's still pretty confused and easily distracted. I believe he's even pinging some posters who are dead.
mininggold posted on 2013-03-21 10:32:27 Reply Private Reply
#56: war To: mininggold (#55)
war posted on 2013-03-23 15:02:27 Reply Private Reply
#57: Mudboy Slim To: war, miningold, sultan88, yankhater (#56)
Of course I am, and fer good reason...sometimes. Sometimes, I just copy/paste from lists of FReepers from long ago.
Otoh, fer instance, I know sultan88 is dead since I attended his funeral. At the wake, his son (aka yankhater) told me his father had given his son his FReeper pass word, and when he pulls up Latest Posts, yankhater gets to see whazzup with folks who like to remember his father...MUD
Mudboy Slim posted on 2013-03-25 17:00:05 Reply Private Reply
#58: Mudboy Slim To: war (#54)
On what?
Mudboy Slim posted on 2013-03-25 17:02:24 Reply Private Reply
#59: Mudboy Slim To: sultan88, yankhater, Landru, AuntB, A K A Stone, Murron, mel, Jhoffa_, continental op, buckeroo, stand watie, Angelwood, ironman, kristinn, Doctor Raoul (#58)
Friends Of the Constitution of the United States.
That was my friend's motto...F.O.C.U.S. on the Constitution...R.I.P., Mr. Greg Summers...MUD
Mudboy Slim posted on 2013-03-25 17:09:31 Reply Private Reply
#60: Mudboy Slim To: war (#54)
Obama's simply not gonna survive his second term...he'll RESIGN sometime in 2015, I reckon...MUD
Mudboy Slim posted on 2013-06-04 07:57:50 Reply Private Reply
#61: Mudboy Slim To: war (#54)
Hey there, PENIS-breath..."war" shore AIN'T purty...MUD
Mudboy Slim posted on 2017-05-15 15:26:42 Reply Private Reply