tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152276548741689888.post4274012586963892826..comments2023-07-13T02:41:14.787-07:00Comments on Captain Brodad Unkahubabuddy: Zogby finds most Obama voters got their information from SNL and the Comedy ChannelBrodad Unkabuddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15878104722897852511noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152276548741689888.post-49789147348430440592008-11-22T14:31:00.000-08:002008-11-22T14:31:00.000-08:00Please watch this video.http://jmillerwest.wordpre...Please watch this video.<BR/><BR/>http://jmillerwest.wordpress.com/2008/11/22/the-beauty-of-democracy/J Dubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16379871272007946573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152276548741689888.post-41806309826995682472008-11-22T14:14:00.000-08:002008-11-22T14:14:00.000-08:00David Brooks is as right wing as my left hand. So ...David Brooks is as right wing as my left hand. So a redo for the Clinton administration is Obama's version of "fundamental change"? Not much originality there.Brodad Unkabuddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15878104722897852511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152276548741689888.post-53634198335898338032008-11-21T16:24:00.000-08:002008-11-21T16:24:00.000-08:00This is really sickening-a right wing columnist(Da...This is really sickening-a right wing columnist(David Brooks, NYT) drinking the Obama coolade!! What's next?? Rush on the Oprah show? :<BR/><BR/> "As a result, the team he has announced so far is more impressive than any other in recent memory. One may not agree with them on everything or even most things, but a few things are indisputably true.<BR/><BR/>First, these are open-minded individuals who are persuadable by evidence. Orszag, who will probably be budget director, is trusted by Republicans and Democrats for his honest presentation of the facts.<BR/><BR/>Second, they are admired professionals. Conservative legal experts have a high regard for the probable attorney general, Eric Holder, despite the business over the Marc Rich pardon.<BR/><BR/>Third, they are not excessively partisan. Obama signaled that he means to live up to his postpartisan rhetoric by letting Joe Lieberman keep his committee chairmanship.<BR/><BR/>Fourth, they are not ideological. The economic advisers, Furman and Goolsbee, are moderate and thoughtful Democrats. Hillary Clinton at State is problematic, mostly because nobody has a role for her husband. But, as she has demonstrated in the Senate, her foreign-policy views are hardheaded and pragmatic. (It would be great to see her set of interests complemented by Samantha Power’s set of interests at the U.N.)<BR/><BR/>Finally, there are many people on this team with practical creativity. Any think tanker can come up with broad doctrines, but it is rare to find people who can give the president a list of concrete steps he can do day by day to advance American interests. Dennis Ross, who advised Obama during the campaign, is the best I’ve ever seen at this, but Rahm Emanuel also has this capacity, as does Craig and legislative liaison Phil Schiliro.<BR/><BR/>Believe me, I’m trying not to join in the vast, heaving O-phoria now sweeping the coastal haute bourgeoisie. But the personnel decisions have been superb. The events of the past two weeks should be reassuring to anybody who feared that Obama would veer to the left or would suffer self-inflicted wounds because of his inexperience. He’s off to a start that nearly justifies the hype."vwatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04352073204117744845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152276548741689888.post-26092111882519725402008-11-21T15:31:00.000-08:002008-11-21T15:31:00.000-08:00Yeah, I agree-no tough gotcha questions on the 60 ...Yeah, I agree-no tough gotcha questions on the 60 Minutes interview-Katie Couric sure tried to trick Palin by asking what newspapers she read, how being governor of Alaska gives her foreign relations experience with Russia, etc. etc. you betcha!! And Mike is right-a poll of the McCain supporters would show the same lack of civics knowledge-such a poll was proposed to the same pollster(Zogby, a right leaning pollster) but he declined and got real defensive in an interview about his poll of Obama supporters.vwatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04352073204117744845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152276548741689888.post-75389618325099084372008-11-21T11:17:00.000-08:002008-11-21T11:17:00.000-08:00It's easy to speak in complete sentences when you'...It's easy to speak in complete sentences when you're not responding to "gotcha" questions all the time. You know 60 minutes provided the questions to the Obamas ahead of time. Looking forward to the "Ah -uh-ye-ahs" coming up when he ACTUALLY takes questions from the patriotic opposition.Brodad Unkabuddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15878104722897852511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152276548741689888.post-5464651882216038652008-11-21T06:15:00.000-08:002008-11-21T06:15:00.000-08:00"They misunderestimated me." —George Bush Bentonvi..."They misunderestimated me." —George Bush Bentonville, Ark., Nov. 6, 2000<BR/>Style over substance - welcome to the new world order. <BR/>I did see the whole interview on 60 Minutes. That's the first time I have watched 60 Minutes in years. I get really tired of their over the top sensationalizing and exaggerations of news stories but this was an interview a kindergarden kid could have waltzed through. No tough questions at all but I understand it was a "get to know" type interview. But one thing leaped out at me. Bo said "I will be closing Gitmo." Wouldn't the next logical question be "what happens to the prisoners?" Nope..no follow up. I'll be honest and say I would hate to see a similar poll of McCain or Bush voters. I think most of the electorate on both sides are woefully misinformed and ignorant of basic civics.Mike Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06945346269901306549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152276548741689888.post-82171613204614188052008-11-20T20:31:00.000-08:002008-11-20T20:31:00.000-08:00The complete sentences are a bit hard to follow wi...The complete sentences are a bit hard to follow with all the ummms and ahhhs and uhs.J Dubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16379871272007946573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152276548741689888.post-55893269231140008492008-11-20T20:29:00.000-08:002008-11-20T20:29:00.000-08:00A little comic relief- made even funnier by the re...A little comic relief- made even funnier by the reality of it all:<BR/><BR/><BR/>Obama's Use of Complete Sentences Stirs Controversy<BR/><BR/>In the first two weeks since the election, President-elect Barack Obama has broken with a tradition established over the past eight years through his controversial use of complete sentences, political observers say.<BR/><BR/>Millions of Americans who watched Mr. Obama's appearance on CBS's 60 Minutes on Sunday witnessed the president-elect's unorthodox verbal tick, which had Mr. Obama employing grammatically correct sentences virtually every time he opened his mouth.<BR/><BR/>But Mr. Obama's decision to use complete sentences in his public pronouncements carries with it certain risks, since after the last eight years many Americans may find his odd speaking style jarring.<BR/><BR/>According to presidential historian Davis Logsdon of the University of Minnesota, some Americans might find it "alienating" to have a president who speaks English as if it were his first language.<BR/><BR/>"Every time Obama opens his mouth, his subjects and verbs are in agreement," says Mr. Logsdon. "If he keeps it up, he is running the risk of sounding like an elitist."<BR/><BR/>The historian said that if Mr. Obama insists on using complete sentences in his speeches, the public may find itself saying, "Okay, subject, predicate, subject predicate -- we get it, stop showing off."<BR/><BR/>The president-elect's stubborn insistence on using complete sentences has already attracted a rebuke from one of his harshest critics, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska.<BR/><BR/>"Talking with complete sentences there and also too talking in a way that ordinary Americans like Joe the Plumber and Tito the Builder can't really do there, I think needing to do that isn't tapping into what Americans are needing also," she said.<BR/><BR/>Andy Borowitz is a comedian and writer whose work appears in The New Yorker and The New York Times, and at his award-winning humor site, BorowitzReport.com.vwatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04352073204117744845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152276548741689888.post-47524515533186430872008-11-20T16:26:00.000-08:002008-11-20T16:26:00.000-08:00I heard Rush talking about this today. It does no...I heard Rush talking about this today. It does not surprise me in the least.J Dubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16379871272007946573noreply@blogger.com