Obama: Let Them Eat Volts

A man asks Obama what he can do about oil prices.

In other words, he's pinched for money.

Obama tells him to buy a new car.

Video at the link, but here's how AP reported it initially:

Obama needled one questioner who asked about gas prices, now averaging close to $3.70 a gallon nationwide, and suggested that the gentleman consider getting rid of his gas-guzzling vehicle.
“If you’re complaining about the price of gas and you’re only getting 8 miles a gallon, you know,” Obama said laughingly. “You might want to think about a trade-in.”

And it gets better: AP, apparently having realized that's a Marie Antoinette sort of answer, actually deleted it from later versions of the story for no reason, and of course with no "CORRECTED" statement.

There's nothing to correct -- he said what he said. How did it begin the day by being news but wind up not being news?

Instapundit has more, as does Captain Ed.

Posted by: Ace at 12:41 PM

Comments

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1 Fuck Him.

Posted by: garrett at April 07, 2011 12:42 PM (7uOfO)

2 In Obama world you have to spend money to save money!

Posted by: Lauren at April 07, 2011 12:44 PM (+yOWy)

3 Disappearing Thread!

Posted by: garrett at April 07, 2011 12:44 PM (7uOfO)

4 In Communist Obamaland, money spends YOU!

Posted by: brian at April 07, 2011 12:44 PM (y05cf)

5 We have ESPN, you and I. No sooner did I post on this on my little blog, I run over here and you have a post on the exact same subject with the same snark content.
Your programming of me is now complete, Ace.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at April 07, 2011 12:45 PM (d0Tfm)

6 AP - washing it clean for Dear Leader.

Posted by: Lemon Kitten at April 07, 2011 12:45 PM (0fzsA)

7 he said what he said

Ah, but he can't have said what he never said at all. History written by the victors and all. Sort of a Trotsky pictures sort of thing.

Posted by: ef at April 07, 2011 12:45 PM (KIVK4)

8 Marie Antoinette at least offered them something to eat.

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at April 07, 2011 12:45 PM (Z1jiu)

9 It's getting to the point where saying "imagine if Bush said this!" is too tired and trite. Let's imagine if even Clinton said this! Or Carter, or FDR, Marting Luther King Jr! Never has anyone gotten more free passes from the press than the O

Posted by: The Voice of Reason at April 07, 2011 12:45 PM (UpqKo)

10 So Sales Manager-in-Chief Obama is going to hold another Cash for Clunkers promotions?

You know the AP will report on that.

FML

Posted by: Josef K. at April 07, 2011 12:46 PM (7+pP9)

11 If we didn't report it, it never happened!

Posted by: MFM - Ministry of Truth at April 07, 2011 12:47 PM (9hSKh)

12 Seriously. Gas prices have killed my Steelhead Season.
At $90+ per tank of gas, I can't afford to go over the passes to fish half as much as I could a few years ago...

Posted by: garrett at April 07, 2011 12:47 PM (7uOfO)

13 Let's imagine if even Clinton any Republican in the history of the republic said this!
FIFY

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 07, 2011 12:47 PM (B+qrE)

14 "Gee mr. President, my vehicle is already more efficient than your limo. And the SUVs in your motorcade. And I'll bet that it's more efficient than the vehicles that will haul the $30k + suckers that will be going to your fundraiser."

This should be blasted out with the claim that Bush said this in a reply to latter he received. See who takes the bait and then nail them. And keep repeatting this. Make it a quetion in polling.

Posted by: Blue Hen at April 07, 2011 12:47 PM (6rX0K)

15 The Pressure Gauge Strategy wasn't effective, then?

Posted by: nickless at April 07, 2011 12:47 PM (MMC8r)

16 AP - washing it clean for Dear Leader.

AP did, after all, get stimulus money to learn how to wash african balls.

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at April 07, 2011 12:48 PM (Z1jiu)

17 Nobody gets 8 miles to the gallon anymore.

I remember when stupid ol' H.W. didn't know how much a gallon of milk cost. Obviously disqualified him for President, and the media rightly harped on it.

This? This is Obama's noble attempt to save the world by telling other people what do to.

You're hungry? Eat cake!

Posted by: FUBAR at April 07, 2011 12:48 PM (McG46)

18 Barry's 'put on a sweater' moment.

Once Libya goes Islamic Republic, he's done the Full Carter.

Posted by: nickless at April 07, 2011 12:48 PM (MMC8r)

19 Posted by: Fart-Tube-Jones at April 07, 2011 12:47 PM (BAlW6)
You don't have to serve on the jury.

Posted by: judge garrett at April 07, 2011 12:49 PM (7uOfO)

20 The Pressure Gauge Strategy wasn't effective, then?
We have moved on from tire pressure to high speed rail.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 07, 2011 12:49 PM (B+qrE)

21 Let's imagine if any Republican in the history of the republic said this!

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 07, 2011 12:47 PM (B+qrE)

Lincoln?

Posted by: In Soviet Russia, Lincoln Drives Lincoln! at April 07, 2011 12:49 PM (lT0LC)

22 Along the same lines....

Oh my!

Princess Obama thought oh so hard yesterday!

Let Them Buy Cars

I hope She can relax with a round of golf....

Posted by: naturalfake at April 07, 2011 12:49 PM (jkSbV)

23 Taxes went up on my house. So fuck it, Mr. President, I'm buying a new house. And thanks for the tip, you jackass.

Posted by: mikeyslaw at April 07, 2011 12:50 PM (QMGr1)

24 The hate......
.....he can shove a whole fleet of Volts.....

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 07, 2011 12:50 PM (uTxVn)

25 Nobody gets 8 miles to the gallon anymore.
Not without a tailwind!

Posted by: garrett's Galaxie XL500 Ragtop at April 07, 2011 12:50 PM (7uOfO)

26 Lincoln?
Trade horses, same diff.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 07, 2011 12:50 PM (B+qrE)

27 Jugear Blowbama wants gas priced as high as possible, the dickless fuckhead

Posted by: killerdog at April 07, 2011 12:50 PM (Wfuno)

28 Brains...unh...Valu-Rite...unh...pudding...unh...LauraW's hump...unh

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at April 07, 2011 12:51 PM (d0Tfm)

29 The Pressure Gauge Strategy wasn't effective, then?
Posted by: nickless

He had to adjust for inflation dont'cha know.

Posted by: Blue Hen at April 07, 2011 12:51 PM (6rX0K)

30 Clueless. Utterly. Clueless.

Posted by: Talibill at April 07, 2011 12:51 PM (WEWGu)

31 Once Libya goes Islamic Republic, he's done the Full Carter.

We'll be lucky if he only goes "Full Carter". Obama is trying to out-do Carter, if that is even possible!

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at April 07, 2011 12:51 PM (9hSKh)

32 Taxes went up on my house. So fuck it, Mr. President, I'm buying a new house. And thanks for the tip, you jackass.

Posted by: mikeyslaw at April 07, 2011 12:50 PM (QMGr1)
You acted stupidly. You should have just bought more land from your real estate developer neighbor who buys politicians as a hobby.You folks are being fooled by false choices.

Posted by: His Excellency Hussein Obama at April 07, 2011 12:52 PM (McG46)

33 I am really getting tired of this jug-eared liberal fuckwit of a Presentdent.

Posted by: EC at April 07, 2011 12:52 PM (GQ8sn)

34 MFM MO: Ifwe didn't report it, it didn't happen.

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at April 07, 2011 12:52 PM (UO6+e)

35 Soon, my investment in high speed rail will eliminate our dependence on automobiles. Everyone will be riding my speeding trains to work, to school, to the grocery store....everywhere! Also, Air Force One will be retired, as the train will be faster. All aboard!

Posted by: Jugears Obumbum at April 07, 2011 12:52 PM (mQMnK)

36 I think I finally figured out Toonce's Energy Independence plan.

1. Wreck economy
2. Everyone loses their jobs
3. Without jobs, no need to commute to work
4. Nationwide gas consumption drops.
5. ?
6. Profit!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 07, 2011 12:52 PM (4ztKO)

37 I'm outta here. Gotta "enjoy" the rest of my time in Lost Wages.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 07, 2011 12:53 PM (uTxVn)

38
Talk about out of touch. Is there even a car sold in America in the last 20 years that gets only 8 miles to the gallon, besides perhaps the Hummer?

Posted by: Sharkman at April 07, 2011 12:53 PM (Orc9J)

39 Hey hey hey!

Did someone say eat cake? I'd love to eat some cake.

What are you stupid wingnuts complaining about now?

Posted by: Fat Oliver Willis at April 07, 2011 12:54 PM (mEyVv)

40
"...actually deleted it from later versions of the story for no reason, "Oh, there was a reason. All this guy has is his 'personal likeability,' and here he is behaving like an obvious prick.

Posted by: lauraw at April 07, 2011 12:54 PM (KHHRI)

41 besides perhaps the Hummer?

And that one only the H1 did so bad.
But.
Yes van's from the 80's can suck that bad.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose at April 07, 2011 12:54 PM (0q2P7)

42 Yeah, gonna trade in my 30 mpg 200 hp Camaro on a Government Motors $41000 POS Volt that gets 27 mpg on the highway where I spend most of my driving. Keep speakin' da wisdom, Zero.

Posted by: maddogg at April 07, 2011 12:55 PM (OlN4e)

43 Gotta "enjoy" the rest of my time in Lost Wages.
Vegas?
Go Get a Montesano's White Pizza!

Posted by: garrett at April 07, 2011 12:55 PM (7uOfO)

44 I don't care. Obama is awesome.

Posted by: A to the m-f'n K at April 07, 2011 12:56 PM (pnM43)

45 So Obama tells Reid to sit on a bill funding the troops and now he's telling a man it's his fault that he doesn't get better gas mileage. Such a compassionate president we have!
/

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at April 07, 2011 12:56 PM (UO6+e)

46 And what about all the other commodities that require gas to harvest, process, and distribute? If a volt can handle all of those jobs I guess it is a better car than I thought.

Posted by: robtron at April 07, 2011 12:56 PM (DSeW+)

47 My kid's college bills are eating me alive. Maybe I should buy Harvard.

Posted by: pep at April 07, 2011 12:56 PM (GMG6W)

48 So, did this 'questioner' pay his taxes? Does he go by a nickname?!?

Posted by: The MSM at April 07, 2011 12:56 PM (MMC8r)

49 Obama is so sensitive and nuanced, we just aren't able to comprehend his level of compassion for us serfs.

Posted by: NC Ref at April 07, 2011 12:56 PM (/izg2)

50 Really, how can any of us be surprised by this.

Posted by: Penfold at April 07, 2011 12:56 PM (1PeEC)

51 Get me to the memory hole! I'll throw myself on the grenade! SAVE NEW, IMPROVED JESUS!

Posted by: AP Propagandist at April 07, 2011 12:57 PM (mEyVv)

52 Let them eat bullets seems to be the Pres(id)ent's attitude too. He just vowed to veto a CR. The link is at hotair. I bet my husband loves working for free. It sure makes the last year he spent away from us worth while.

Posted by: nogooddeed at April 07, 2011 12:57 PM (MZSfb)

53 His point is that we should buy his not-even-fully-electric electric car, right? Or one of those podunk hybrids?

Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at April 07, 2011 12:58 PM (afWhQ)

54 3 Disappearing Thread!
Posted by: garrett at April 07, 2011 12:44 PM (7uOfO)
Disappearing AP article...Pravda would be proud.
This is the new normal.

Posted by: dananjcon at April 07, 2011 12:58 PM (pr+up)

55 And what about all the other commodities that require gas to harvest, process, and distribute?
Robtron, this is a man who said that Iran is a tiny country.
Do you really think he has a grasp of even Page 1 of Econ 101?

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 07, 2011 12:58 PM (B+qrE)

56 Disappearing Thread!
Well...if your thread is disappearing.....maybe you should buy the internet from Al Gore.

Posted by: Prezident B to the O....Hollar!!! at April 07, 2011 12:59 PM (OWjjx)

57
So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant and impressive?

Posted by: Talibill at April 07, 2011 12:59 PM (WEWGu)

58 That guy who asked that question sounds like a real dumbass!1!

Posted by: Meghan McCain at April 07, 2011 01:00 PM (mEyVv)

59 And, if you have more than two children, kill the excess, because the new 'family car' Volt is for four. Max.

(It's okay if you put them on a closet shelf to die.)

Posted by: nickless at April 07, 2011 01:00 PM (MMC8r)

60 Do you really think he has a grasp of even Page 1 of Econ 101?
I'm not sure he can spell economics.........or page.

Posted by: Mallamutt at April 07, 2011 01:00 PM (OWjjx)

61 Obama sucks. Is it any surprise now that the US owns a car company that the solution to every problem is to buy a new car?

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at April 07, 2011 01:01 PM (TpXEI)

62 "So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant and impressive?"
Let me tell you, he's clean for one thing. You just don't see many folks like him who are clean.

Posted by: DC Joey B at April 07, 2011 01:01 PM (mEyVv)

63 Ace: "How did it begin the day by being news but wind up not being news?"

Because we did our job properly? The 2008 political stylebook for The One sets some pretty tight parameters.

Posted by: The MFM at April 07, 2011 01:01 PM (swuwV)

64 I would love Obama to say this kind of bullshit to my dad, who spent forty years as an independentflooring installer and depended on his pick-up truck for his livelihood.
Then again, no I wouldn't. Because my dad would have reasonablyflown off the handle and gotten himself arrested.
He's down in NJ right now, visiting family, and I talked to him on the phone the other day. I asked what the gas prices were like there and he said (at teh time) it was about $3.49/gallon. "What about in NH?" he asked.
"When I gassed up this morning, it was $3.57."
"You're kidding. Where?"
"The Irving station across from where I work."
"G*ddammit."
"Yep."
It is a sad, sad day when NH's gas prices are worse than New Jersey's, and almost as bad as my sister's in Pennsylvania.

Posted by: MWR at April 07, 2011 01:01 PM (4df7R)

65 At $90+ per tank of gas, I can't afford to go over the passes to fish half as much as I could a few years ago...

Did I mumble? I said 'trade it in'?

Posted by: Barky McStumblefuck at April 07, 2011 01:01 PM (pLTLS)

66 Breaking: Pipe bomb explodes outside synagogue in LA, per fox.

Amish again?

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at April 07, 2011 01:02 PM (Z1jiu)

67 actually deleted it from later versions of the story

Deleted what? That was never part of the story. He never said that.

Posted by: MBM Using Doublethink Skills at April 07, 2011 01:02 PM (0q2P7)

68
Surprise! The Marxist CocoPuff-in-Chief reveals himself as condescendingly arrogant by answering the questioner in a manner meant to demean.

Obama suggests a trade-in, and he is absolutely correct that in '12 we're going to trade him in for a real president.

Posted by: Fish the Impaler at April 07, 2011 01:02 PM (ZHsNw)

69 So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant and impressive?
I think it was pants or something.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 07, 2011 01:02 PM (B+qrE)

70
And it gets better: AP, apparently having realized that's a Marie Antoinette sort of answer, actually deleted it from later versions of the story for no reason, and of course with no "CORRECTED" statement.

Ain't it a bitch for these "news" reporters. Constantly having to wipe Jug Ears' ass and cover up his asininity. The incompetence is breathtaking. This guy is a full-fledged, raving dumb ass. Oh, the screeches from the left if this had been Booooosh.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 07, 2011 01:03 PM (usvhr)

71 Are there seatbeltson this handbasket? It's going to be a bumpy ride.

Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at April 07, 2011 01:03 PM (fk/lm)

72 59 That guy who asked that question sounds like a real dumbass!1!
Posted by: Meghan McCain at April 07, 2011 01:00 PM (mEyVv)
Yeah...he must have been a Dick Cheney-Hailburton plant.

Posted by: Stoopid fat spoiled libtard bitch #2 at April 07, 2011 01:03 PM (pr+up)

73 Amish again?

Militant Quakers.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose at April 07, 2011 01:03 PM (0q2P7)

74 So you think grocery prices are kind of high? Well, you can always eat shit. It's free.

Posted by: King Barry I "Piehole" at April 07, 2011 01:04 PM (QKKT0)

75 Unleaded $3.89 here yesterday. Saw milk for $4.98. Gonna start drinking gas.

Posted by: Cowardly Conservative at April 07, 2011 01:04 PM (1NW1c)

76 Breaking: Pipe bomb explodes outside synagogue in LA, per fox.Amish again?
Presbyterians.
Possibly Lutherans.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 07, 2011 01:04 PM (B+qrE)

77 Pipe Bomb explodes outside a LA Synagogue- no one hurt

Posted by: nevergiveup at April 07, 2011 01:04 PM (0GFWk)

78
"Nobody gets 8 miles to the gallon anymore.

Not without a tailwind!"

That reminds me of Dornheim's comment in "Achewood" about Ray Smuckles' Escalade:
"The turning radius of a supertanker combined with the fuel economy of an oilfield fire..."

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at April 07, 2011 01:04 PM (PMGbu)

79 58,

his sharp crease in his pants....

Posted by: Davey brooks at April 07, 2011 01:04 PM (kq1lG)

80 This isn't the quote you're looking for.

Posted by: The MSM, Using Jedi Mind Tricks at April 07, 2011 01:05 PM (QKKT0)

81 If I weren't so lazy, I would Photoshop a picture of Barry in a plaid jacket and Slow Joe in a pink gorilla suit in front of a lot full of Government Motors Volts.

Posted by: Damiano at April 07, 2011 01:05 PM (3nrx7)

82
I'm not sure he can spell economics.........or page.

Posted by: Mallamutt at April 07, 2011 01:00 PM (OWjjx)

he always has Bill Ayers to take care of that for him...

Posted by: Unclefacts Luxury-Yacht at April 07, 2011 01:05 PM (6IReR)

83 Yep. In these financial times, when a man is suffering from the pinch of high gas prices, taking out a loan and spending even more money than he would save would be the appropriate answer.
No doubt about it.
I mean, clearly, the man is flush with cash for new car purchases. Right?

Posted by: Whatever! at April 07, 2011 01:05 PM (LyOUH)

84 If you like your car, you can keep....
And the running joke finally falls apart.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 07, 2011 01:05 PM (B+qrE)

85 Easy @70, you're going to make me spend myself if you keep talking abut his pants...oooooh OH! I spent myself.

Posted by: David Brooks, Conservative Columnist for the New York Times at April 07, 2011 01:05 PM (mEyVv)

86 nickless: "Barry's 'put on a sweater' moment."

How many of those does he get? He's starting to look like a burrito.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at April 07, 2011 01:05 PM (swuwV)

87 Breaking: Pipe bomb explodes outside synagogue in LA, per fox.

Amish again?

Presbyterians.

Possibly Lutherans.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 07, 2011 01:04 PM (B+qrE)

Must be a work accident by them violent Jews, at least that is what Dickie Durbin must think

Posted by: nevergiveup at April 07, 2011 01:05 PM (0GFWk)

88 Ain't it a bitch for these "news" reporters. Constantly having to wash the record and make O look like something other than what he is an elitist and a hardcore socialist.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose at April 07, 2011 01:06 PM (0q2P7)

89 OT: RSC releases their budget, which cuts $9.1 over 10yrs but it also has some problems. They'll include it as an amendment when the 2012 budget is voted on, but the RSC budget is never adopted. Should add that RSC always releases an alternative budget, but the reason they're doing this is because the House Rs collectively could not agree to further cuts and entitlement changes.

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at April 07, 2011 01:06 PM (UO6+e)

90 Epic, arrogant, out of touch douchebag.
Rush just covered this. He made the comment that if Obama had really pumped gas once for a job (as he claimed yesterday), wouldn't there be people stepping forward bragging about how they had worked at the gas station with Obama? Like so much this JEF says, it's all lies, blurted out, off prompter in the heat of a moment. Rush also doesn't believe that Obama scooped ice cream for a summer job either, as he has earlier claimed.

Posted by: runningrn at April 07, 2011 01:06 PM (ihSHD)

91

Obama Theme Song

Posted by: Fish the Impaler at April 07, 2011 01:06 PM (ZHsNw)

92 76 Unleaded $3.89 here yesterday. Saw milk for $4.98. Gonna start drinking gas.
Posted by: Cowardly Conservative at April 07, 2011 01:04 PM (1NW1c
Stoopid sock! Now i have that picture of the witch from WI in my head again!

Posted by: Cicerokid at April 07, 2011 01:07 PM (1NW1c)

93 And, if you have more than two children, kill the excess, because the new 'family car' Volt is for four. Max.(It's okay if you put them on a closet shelf to die.)

Posted by: nickless at April 07, 2011 01:00 PM

Bring 'em on. We're trying to keep that abortion funding coming.

Posted by: Eleanor Holmes-Norton, D (D&C) at April 07, 2011 01:07 PM (2pEj7)

94 How can this guy get a cheap trade-in when the Obama administration bought up all the cheap cars with "cash for clunkers" than DESTROYED THEM?

Posted by: looking closely at April 07, 2011 01:08 PM (6Q9g2)

95 77

Breaking: Pipe bomb explodes outside synagogue in LA, per fox.

Amish again?
Presbyterians.
Possibly Lutherans.
Nah, this has all the hallmarks of an Amish terrorist attack. There were probably several boweler-hat, heavily-bearded men seen fleeing the scene. btw, nobody here has seen AmishDude lately, have they?
/I kid. Hope nobody was hurt.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at April 07, 2011 01:08 PM (9hSKh)

96 Must be a work accident by them violent Jews, at least that is what Dickie Durbin must think
Durbin would say that such an act by Jews would be even worse because it would break from past Muslim precedent. Or something.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 07, 2011 01:08 PM (B+qrE)

97 Ain't it a bitch for these "news" reporters. Constantly having to wash the record and make O look like something other than what he is an elitist and a hardcore socialist.

Jobs created and saved! He keeps his penis sucking media hopping.

Posted by: runningrn at April 07, 2011 01:08 PM (ihSHD)

98 My motorhome gets around 7 mpg, but I can live in it too. My 69 Vette gets 6-11 mpg, but I drive it like it doesn't have a gas pedal. You know, all I need is a gas switch -- gas on, gas off. What's the sense of having 4 barrels if you don't use them all.

It's good to see the AP is still carrying the JEF's water.

As an aside, my understanding of the whole 'cake' quote does not refer to sweet tasty baked goods, but the leftover stuff stuck to the pan after baking bread. That is the 'cake'. Pan scrapings.

We will be lucky to get that before he is done with us.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 07, 2011 01:08 PM (ENKCw)

99 It WAS news because it demonstrated an unguarded statement by the President that gave an insight into his "worldview".
Upon reflection, the MBM realized it did not fit The Narrative, so it was no longer news and wasexpunged.

Posted by: RM at April 07, 2011 01:08 PM (TRsME)

100 Doubleplus ungood.

Posted by: The AP at April 07, 2011 01:08 PM (RSqz2)

101 which cuts $9.1 over 10yrs but it also has some problems.

$9.1? That sucks even more than the paltry billions the Repubs would like to cut.

>8^>

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at April 07, 2011 01:08 PM (PMGbu)

102 Keeping racists in line all day long is thirsty work! Is it time for my golf game?

Posted by: Barack Soetoro at April 07, 2011 01:08 PM (mEyVv)

103 This sort of thing is what's called a "Kinsleyan gaffe" when a liberal accidentally says what he really thinks. You hear it most often from the eco-nannies who want us to give up our SUVs and ride our bikes to work, or want a "nature trail" instead of, say, a little-league ballpark.

It usually goes something like this:

Liberal: "I think all you knuckle draggers out to trade in your gas-guzzling SUVs for eco-friendly friendly cars like a Prius or a Volt!"
Me: "I live in Minnesota, where it often gets down to thirty degrees below zero in the winter, and where we often have two feet or more of snow on the ground. And I don't live in a densely-packed urban neighborhood; I have to drive thirty miles to my workplace. How well does your Volt work in those conditions?"
Liberal: "Well...but you should just move to the city!"
Me: "So your problem is not so much with the car I drive, but with the whole way I live, yes?"
Liberal: "Look, if I can make an eco-friendly lifestyle work in my upscale suburban California enclave, why can't everyone?"

Posted by: Monty at April 07, 2011 01:09 PM (4Pleu)

104 What an ass.
Does he even grasp the concept of being broke?

Posted by: Jackwagon at April 07, 2011 01:09 PM (qjUnn)

105 When this fucker hits the campaign trail in a friggin' Volt, I'll consider taking his advice.

Posted by: mpurinTexas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at April 07, 2011 01:09 PM (LFiVW)

106 Here is a guy, who like most of us is spendinghundreds of dollars a month for gas; thousands a year for heating oil in some cases (ME!) And the best explanation he can get from his President is a smart-assed,snark-filled comment on what he's driving.
Real. Fuckin. NICE! Thank you progs and sheeple, may all burn in hell.

Posted by: dananjcon at April 07, 2011 01:09 PM (pr+up)

107 No one with any pull will call the AP on this.

To the rest of us, the will pretend it didn't happen for as long as they can, then blame the edit on the pool reporter mis-hearing the QA/not having any notes verifying the account--See! Integrity of the narrative news required they not put anything in there that cannot be confirmed.

Oh, and if you thought they had went all-in to get the jug-eared fuck elected, we have not yet begun to see the depths they will plumb to get him re-elected.

Pravda at least had to be paid/threatened with death to write what they wrote--these guys are doing it on their own free will. That is what makes them so deadly and dangerous.

Posted by: jimmuy at April 07, 2011 01:09 PM (jYHTG)

108 I'll give Carter this: sweaters are cheaper, and most people probably already have one.

Posted by: alexthedude at April 07, 2011 01:09 PM (JZ/5Q)

109 I would love to see Barackets try to pump gas. I'm thinking that would be as successful as his ability to work an umbrella.

Posted by: laceyundearlls at April 07, 2011 01:09 PM (pLTLS)

110 Rush live blogging the thread.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose at April 07, 2011 01:10 PM (0q2P7)

111 Jobs created and saved! He keeps his penis sucking media hopping.
Posted by: runningrn at April 07, 2011 01:08 PM (ihSHD)
Job perk. Hell, if I was POTUS, I'd keep mine warm and wet all the time.

Posted by: maddogg at April 07, 2011 01:10 PM (OlN4e)

112 How can this guy get a cheap trade-in when the Obama administration bought up all the cheap cars with "cash for clunkers" than DESTROYED THEM?
Let's just trade in the "O" for a "P".

Posted by: Cicerokid at April 07, 2011 01:10 PM (1NW1c)

113 This happened right down the road from me, and none of the local media covered it either. Unbelievable.

Posted by: rockmom at April 07, 2011 01:10 PM (Y01Pi)

114 Rush also doesn't believe that Obama scooped ice cream for a summer job either, as he has earlier claimed.
I don't belive Jugearsever held a job in the private sector. It's why he's so gobsmacked by the fact that some people are holding him accountable for results for the first time in his miserable life.

Posted by: Cicero at April 07, 2011 01:10 PM (QKKT0)

115 I'm outta here. Gotta "enjoy" the rest of my time in Lost Wages.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 07, 2011 12:53 PM (uTxVn)
Awesome.

Posted by: His Excellency Hussein Obama at April 07, 2011 01:10 PM (McG46)

116 #64

NJ has the lowest gas prices in the Northeast.

Posted by: looking closely at April 07, 2011 01:10 PM (6Q9g2)

117 When the tar is heated and the feathers bagged, do the MSM 'journalists' first.

Then the bureaucrats.

Then the politicians.

Posted by: JEM at April 07, 2011 01:11 PM (o+SC1)

118 I'm not sure that I believe that Obumbles ever pumped gas or has ever even had a driver's license. He lived in Chicago and rode the trains for most of his life. Besides, he would have needed to present his birth certificate to get a license and DMV is not as accommodating as the MFM about caving in on such things.

Posted by: Damiano at April 07, 2011 01:11 PM (3nrx7)

119 Interesting how rush is talking about this now. "AP scrubbed the story of the remark, they just took it out."

And they aren't carrying the water for BO.....

Posted by: . at April 07, 2011 01:11 PM (k1rwm)

120 It is a sad, sad day when NH's gas prices are worse than New Jersey's, and almost as bad as my sister's in Pennsylvania.

Yeah, OR and NJ pay less for gas than we do, and they pump it for you. I'm paying 3.89/gallon here in the Seattle area. Disgusting.

Posted by: runningrn at April 07, 2011 01:11 PM (ihSHD)

121 Posted by: His Excellency Hussein Obama at April 07, 2011 01:10 PM (McG46)

Sockoff

Posted by: FUBAR at April 07, 2011 01:11 PM (McG46)

122
Rush slamming AP for deleting Barkey's 8 mile/gallon trade-in fuck-up from their storyline!

Posted by: Fish the Impaler at April 07, 2011 01:11 PM (ZHsNw)

123 99 RM,

of course the newsies don't realize they have NO control of the narrative with the muddled middle anymore thanks to their reacharounds for Jugears....

watch the newsies will break out their lewinskys for Ogabe and his polls will plummet.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 07, 2011 01:11 PM (kq1lG)

124 3.89/gallon here in the Seattle

3.79 here in OH. I'd like to see him say that in a state as important to his reelection as Ohio.

Posted by: laceyundearlls at April 07, 2011 01:12 PM (pLTLS)

125 Ace, your link to Instapundit does not work.

This is the link you have : http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/118181/"

Remove the quotes at the end and all is good.

Posted by: atwoodsux at April 07, 2011 01:12 PM (OIAMD)

126 NJ always has among the lowest gas prices.
That was one good part of working in Newark.

Posted by: garrett at April 07, 2011 01:13 PM (7uOfO)

127 You know, every now and then, for a brief moment or two, I think it might be a good idea to take the President's penis out of my mouth, if only so I can brush my teeth.

And then I remember the mission, and the Narrative, and so I just increase the suction and swab my tongue around until he gets hard and finishes again, and I thank Him silently for another shot of magical protein.

Back to work! He said what!?! No, no, that won't do! Don't worry, I'll take care of it.

Posted by: MFM Journalist, Mildly Depressed and Doesn't Know Why at April 07, 2011 01:13 PM (mEyVv)

128 If you don't like paying $4 a gallon for gas, get a girl's bike and kid's helmet. Put your Mom jeans on and you're good to go!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 07, 2011 01:13 PM (f9c2L)

129 NJ has the lowest gas prices in the Northeast. When refineries are plentiful, gas prices are lower.
I know I'm jsut talking crazy again.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 07, 2011 01:14 PM (B+qrE)

130 Here is a guy, who like most of us is spendinghundreds of dollars a month for gas; thousands a year for heating oil in some cases (ME!) And the best explanation he can get from his President is a smart-assed,snark-filled comment on what he's driving.
If that guy was a blue collar, union worker at that plant, that would be sweet. Ogabe's answer could not have sat well with him. (Of course, he'd be tarred a racist if he complained to any of his co-workers.)

Posted by: runningrn at April 07, 2011 01:14 PM (ihSHD)

131 110 Rush live blogging the thread.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at April 07, 2011 01:10 PM (0q2P7)
yes he is...... says his car gets 8 MPG and he loves his car.

Posted by: Racefan at April 07, 2011 01:14 PM (XGgku)

132 Taxes went up on my house. So fuck it, Mr. President, I'm buying a new house. And thanks for the tip, you jackass.

Posted by: mikeyslaw at April 07, 2011 12:50 PM

Heh.

Posted by: rdbrewer at April 07, 2011 01:14 PM (DGIWi)

133
Let's not argue over who gets to suck Obama's Black Mamba, it's my turn next Mr. Krugman.

Posted by: Eleanor Clift at April 07, 2011 01:14 PM (ZHsNw)

134 Remember that this fuck is the same one who said, during the campaign in'08 that the way tocombat higher gas prices was to make sure your tires were properly inflated. That's borderline genius level reasoning for developing an energy policy, IMNSFHASO. Has to be the product ofa Harvard education. And 52% still voted for him.
But on a positive note, at least ANWR is still pristine...40 degrees below fucking zero,,,but pristine.

Posted by: LGoPs at April 07, 2011 01:15 PM (lHn6+)

135 When refineries are plentiful, gas prices are lower.

there's a Tesoro refinery not too far from us, but WA has one of the highest gas taxes in the nation.

Posted by: runningrn at April 07, 2011 01:15 PM (ihSHD)

136 Rush is obviously a long-standing lurking moron.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 07, 2011 01:15 PM (B+qrE)

137 These are my people. I am their King. I love them. PULL!!!

(Peasant goes flying like skeet.)

Posted by: Barry Obama at April 07, 2011 01:15 PM (zgZzy)

138 Even if you trade in for a vehicle that gets better mileage, you still have a problem with rising gas prices. The obvious solution is to buy and store a large quantity of gasoline five years ago.

Posted by: Ted Kennedy's Gristle Encased Head at April 07, 2011 01:15 PM (+lsX1)

139 Yeah, I believe Obama pumped gas when he was a teenager. Just like I believe his 'vault' copy of his birth certificate exists. He says this stuff, but there's never one iota of detail. Ask me about when I pumped gas and I'll tell you number of pumps (six), price per gallon (.25), number of cars per day (700 on a busy day), and how much I got paid (1.60 an hour).

But I was so abused back then that for every hour I worked I could buy either six gallons of gasoline or six packs of cigarettes -- or some healthier combination of the two.

Posted by: Downscaled Upscale at April 07, 2011 01:15 PM (IhHdM)

140 The President hates construction workers. garb your saws, drills, hammers, mixers,trowels, tow that pump with a volt, dumb stupid, workers.

Posted by: willow at April 07, 2011 01:15 PM (h+qn8)

141 Rush is reading AoSHQ today!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 07, 2011 01:15 PM (f9c2L)

142 NJ...3.57 p/gal Not bad if you consider that cheap.

Posted by: dananjcon at April 07, 2011 01:16 PM (pr+up)

143
You don't like paying a lot for steaks?

Become a vegetarian.

Posted by: Soothsayer Moribund at April 07, 2011 01:16 PM (uFokq)

144 #126
>>NJ always has among the lowest gas prices.

>>That was one good part of working in Newark.

Except for good Portuguese food in the Iron-Bound, I bet it was the ONLY good part.

I spend some time in Newark a few years back, and I can say its the only time in my life I've ever felt scared driving around during the middle of the day.

Posted by: looking closely at April 07, 2011 01:16 PM (PwGfd)

145 lol got a call from Africa last night.
My friend said that these cowards couldnt organize a riot after a Lakers game.
he hates the word but he called them Cowards. well he did give them that they make the very best friend squid out on the coast. but other than that?
said they couldnt organize their way out of a wet paper bag.

seems like the president is FOR all the wrong stuff and lives in an alternate universe.

Sigh. I really dont know what to think of all this. I suppose if i dwell on it i would be scared shitless for several people i love, but as it is i try to just laugh at these nonsensical antics.

at this rate he will get us a president Trump. And I am REALLY not sure what to think of THAT.

Posted by: Gushka at April 07, 2011 01:16 PM (93zw2)

146 Mr. President, I'm having trouble paying my bills.

Obama: Get a job.

Posted by: FUBAR at April 07, 2011 01:16 PM (McG46)

147 "The Royal Penis is clean, your Highness."

Posted by: AP resurfacing in the Royal Bathtub at April 07, 2011 01:16 PM (7uOfO)

148 you got 5 kids 3 in car seat? buy a volt~! strap a couple to the roof. dumb shlubs.

Posted by: willow at April 07, 2011 01:16 PM (h+qn8)

149 Obama needled one questioner who asked about gas prices, now averaging close to $3.70 a gallon nationwide, and suggested that the gentleman consider getting rid of his gas-guzzling vehicle.
“If you’re complaining about the price of gas and you’re only getting 8 miles a gallon, you know,” Obama said laughingly. “You might want to think about a trade-in.”

Dear Barak,
(laughingly) Go Fuck Yourself.
Best Wishes,
T9

Posted by: tangonine at April 07, 2011 01:16 PM (x3YFz)

150 but WA has one of the highest gas taxes in the nation.
Where California refugees are nereby, public policy goes into a tailslide.
The idiot Cali-fu is more powerful than even market forces.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 07, 2011 01:17 PM (B+qrE)

151 3.79 here in OH. I'd like to see him say that in a state as important to his reelection as Ohio.

Yeah, he and all the other Demotards don't have to worry about getting reelected in my state. It's all locked up for them. We are one of the few states where his approval rating is still the same.

Posted by: runningrn at April 07, 2011 01:17 PM (ihSHD)

152 "Does he even grasp the concept of being broke?"

What are you getting at? If you're out of money, just go get some more!

Posted by: Barack Obama at April 07, 2011 01:17 PM (mEyVv)

153 Epic, arrogant, out of touch douchebag.
Rush just covered this. He made the comment that if Obama had really
pumped gas once for a job (as he claimed yesterday), wouldn't there be
people stepping forward bragging about how they had worked at the gas
station with Obama? Like so much this JEF says, it's all lies, blurted
out, off prompter in the heat of a moment. Rush also doesn't believe
that Obama scooped ice cream for a summer job either, as he has earlier
claimed.

I worked at a seafood restaurant for like 3 days. I doubt anyone remembers me.

But, I don't put it on my resume, either.

Wouldn't surprise me that O has never held a steady job in his life and ice cream scoopin' and gas pumpin' was stuff he did for a couple of days before he quit, back when he was a punk ass teenager.

Posted by: mpurinTexas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at April 07, 2011 01:17 PM (LFiVW)

154 I believe Ogabe pumped gas, just like I believe that the only evidence we have he is a Christian was such a moving experience for him he never noticed his pastor was a Mocha Robert Byrd in a funhouse mirror.....

honesty is for you little people

//Jugears

Posted by: sven10077 at April 07, 2011 01:17 PM (kq1lG)

155 Remember, he's fine with the high gas prices, he just wishes they hadn't gone up so fast.

Posted by: nickless at April 07, 2011 01:17 PM (MMC8r)

156 Except for good Portuguese food in the Iron-Bound, I bet it was the ONLY good part.
A hearty NY, 'Fuck You!', for reminding me of that...Portugese Women and Portugese Rolls...
That and Amelia's for Italian!

Posted by: garrett at April 07, 2011 01:17 PM (7uOfO)

157 Even an old Chevy Suburban gets 10-12 mpg. The last car my family had that got 8 mpg was a 1971 Cadillac DeVille.
This is just more proof that Obama is really living in the 1970s, along with the rest of the Democratic establishment.

Posted by: rockmom at April 07, 2011 01:18 PM (Y01Pi)

158 Obama Meme Generator:

You Israelis don't like being victims of violence?

Give back the land you stole from the Palestinians and leave.

Posted by: Soothsayer Moribund at April 07, 2011 01:18 PM (uFokq)

159 3.69 a gallon here in central AL last I checked. Stupid permitorium.

Hysterical thing is, lots of the folks getting hurt are 52%ers. (Heck, probably 95%ers, if you catch my drift.) And yet, and yet...no cure for stupid.

Posted by: AoSHQ's worst commenter, DarkLord© at April 07, 2011 01:18 PM (GBXon)

160 I think Mopar Qducky posts here too. In his letter to the prez he addressed him as Baraka Hussein Abu Oumama.

Heh.

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at April 07, 2011 01:18 PM (Z1jiu)

161 Where California refugees are nereby, public policy goes into a tailslide.
The idiot Cali-fu is more powerful than even market forces.

True dat! Calidouchetards all moved up here in the 80's and 90's. They drove up the price of housing and brought all their horrible leftist policies with them.

Posted by: runningrn at April 07, 2011 01:18 PM (ihSHD)

162 I believe Ogabe pumped gas
He's pumped me full of gas on more than one occasion!

Posted by: Kal Penn at April 07, 2011 01:18 PM (7uOfO)

163 152 Barrack Obama,

you meant PRINT some more my friend....

Posted by: Jugears T. Clown esq. at April 07, 2011 01:19 PM (kq1lG)

164 Hey dummies. If gas prices are too high, unicorn farts are still free.

And gas is $4.11 here in the PR Portland.

Posted by: FUBAR at April 07, 2011 01:19 PM (McG46)

165 The last car my family had that got 8 mpg was a 1971 Cadillac DeVille.
My first car was a Mustang Mach I. You could actually see the gas needle move when you punched it.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 07, 2011 01:19 PM (B+qrE)

166 Let me be clear: This is George Bush's fault.

Posted by: Barry Obama at April 07, 2011 01:19 PM (zgZzy)

167 the economy is Great! buy a new car!

Posted by: willow at April 07, 2011 01:19 PM (h+qn8)

168 130
Here is a guy, who like most of us is spendinghundreds of dollars a month for gas; thousands a year for heating oil in some cases (ME!) And the best explanation he can get from his President is a smart-assed,snark-filled comment on what he's driving.
If that guy was a blue collar, union worker at that plant, that would be sweet. Ogabe's answer could not have sat well with him. (Of course, he'd be tarred a racist if he complained to any of his co-workers.)

Posted by: runningrn at April 07, 2011 01:14 PM (ihSHD)
Yeah...the poor guy was obviously not properly screened, must have been one of thoseraging right wingers with a big block chevy!

Posted by: dananjcon at April 07, 2011 01:19 PM (pr+up)

169 "you got 5 kids 3 in car seat? buy a volt~! strap a couple to the roof. dumb shlubs"

Only strap the children who have ever enjoyed a car ride with the window rolled down!

Posted by: Mitt Romney at April 07, 2011 01:19 PM (mEyVv)

170 Teamster/Truckers hardest Hit.

Posted by: willow at April 07, 2011 01:20 PM (h+qn8)

171 Give back the land you stole from the Palestinians and leave.
Posted by: Soothsayer Moribund at April 07, 2011 01:18 PM (uFokq)
After reading your post, I am actually moist for the first time since the Calvin Coolidge Administration!

Posted by: Helen Thomas at April 07, 2011 01:20 PM (7uOfO)

172 Anyone want to wager what the White House up-armored limo fleet averages for MPG?
Maybe six?

Posted by: Beagle at April 07, 2011 01:20 PM (sOtz/)

173 #134

Its not just that obtuse remark about air pressure, I believe Obama (or some lackey in his administration) explicitly said that he WANTED to raise gas prices.

On gas prices, NJ has cheap ones in part because the refineries are right there, but also because it subsidizes its roads via ridiculous amounts of tolls, instead of high gas taxes.

The road subsidies also have the added side "benefit" of creating gigantic opportunities for political patronage and wastage for the tollkeepers and administration.

Posted by: looking closely at April 07, 2011 01:20 PM (PwGfd)

174 161 Rg,

yeah the modern moonbat is like a retarded locust who never quite grasps that their little "-d" hobby is why they ran in the first place.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 07, 2011 01:20 PM (kq1lG)

175 161
Where California refugees are nereby, public policy goes into a tailslide.
The idiot Cali-fu is more powerful than even market forces.

True dat! Calidouchetards all moved up here in the 80's and 90's. They drove up the price of housing and brought all their horrible leftist policies with them.
Posted by: runningrn at April 07, 2011 01:18 PM (ihSHD)
Yeah we got a boatlod of those fuckers here in CO. Thankfully they all moved to Denver/Boulder. The avoid the springs, we're too well armed.

Posted by: tangonine at April 07, 2011 01:20 PM (x3YFz)

176 I'm surprised that Obama didn't plug Government Motors in his answer. But that might have been a bit too obvious, even for him.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at April 07, 2011 01:21 PM (9hSKh)

177
You don't like the job I'm doing as president?

Move to Canada.

Posted by: Soothsayer Moribund at April 07, 2011 01:21 PM (uFokq)

178 You just know that when he asks how many kids the guy has and the guy answers 10 and Oblahblah says with a shit-eating grin, "10 kids you say?" that what Oblahblah is really thinking is not about hybrid vans but rather that Pennsylvania is worse than he thought, that it is filled not only with bitter clingers but with subhumans who have never even heard about abortion.

Posted by: jeannebodine at April 07, 2011 01:21 PM (nvlAW)

179 California is a cancer.

Posted by: garrett at April 07, 2011 01:21 PM (7uOfO)

180 If he pumped gas, it must have been in Connecticut where they issued his SS card, right?

Posted by: nickless at April 07, 2011 01:21 PM (MMC8r)

181 I've pumped gas ...

Oh, you've pumped things, Preznint Splutnik, but by all reports they they weren't gas ...

Posted by: ya2daup at April 07, 2011 01:22 PM (FcKXR)

182 Is this your sponge, you fat motherf*cker?

Posted by: President Gary Busey at April 07, 2011 01:22 PM (GwPRU)

183 Waiting for the intrepid investigative journalist to find out where Obama pumped gas, and for how long. . .

waiting. . .

waiting. . .

Posted by: looking closely at April 07, 2011 01:22 PM (6Q9g2)

184 Hysterical thing is, lots of the folks getting hurt are 52%ers. (Heck, probably 95%ers, if you catch my drift.) And yet, and yet...no cure for stupid.
At least there's a silvery schadenfreude lining in all of this. I'd love to hear what Peggy Joseph thinks about her beloved Barry these days.

Posted by: Cicero at April 07, 2011 01:22 PM (QKKT0)

185 18 Nickless,

hey everyone has social security numbers generated at random when they are native born Americans....

"everyone"

Posted by: sven10077 at April 07, 2011 01:23 PM (kq1lG)

186 174 #134 Its not just that obtuse remark about air pressure, I believe Obama (or some lackey in his administration) explicitly said that he WANTED to raise gas prices.
It was Ken Salazar on the floor of the Senate.

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at April 07, 2011 01:23 PM (UO6+e)

187 Can i buy some gas from Venezuela?

Posted by: Cicerokid at April 07, 2011 01:23 PM (1NW1c)

188 If he pumped gas, it must have been in Connecticut where they issued his SS card, right?
Him, or one of the other 22 people that SS number was issued to.

Posted by: mpurinTexas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at April 07, 2011 01:23 PM (LFiVW)

189 177 I'm surprised that Obama didn't plug Government Motors in his answer. But that might have been a bit too obvious, even for him. .

He did. Mentioned GM, Ford, and Chrysler.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 07, 2011 01:23 PM (zgZzy)

190 182,

I think you are confusing "got pumped" with "pumped"

Posted by: sven10077 at April 07, 2011 01:23 PM (kq1lG)

191 Hey hey hey!

I wish I could get a job with the AP. They get to fellate the President all the time.

Posted by: Fat Oliver Willis at April 07, 2011 01:23 PM (mEyVv)

192 Listen Folks, Let me be clear, the only people that should have vehicles that use 8 gallons to the mile are my approved peoples, seiu, They have a very important job to do and i think we should give them a gas waiver for their buses.

Posted by: willow at April 07, 2011 01:24 PM (h+qn8)

193 Obama never worked at a gas station. Are you shitting me? That fucker never had a job. ever.

Posted by: tangonine at April 07, 2011 01:24 PM (x3YFz)

194 I worked at a seafood restaurant for like 3 days. I doubt anyone remembers me.But, I don't put it on my resume, either.Wouldn't surprise me that O has never held a steady job in his life and ice cream scoopin' and gas pumpin' was stuff he did for a couple of days before he quit, back when he was a punk ass teenager.

Yes, but you weren't the only black kid "with a funny name" who worked at the seafood restaurant who went on to become president. Trust me, if anyone ever worked with this douchebag, someone would have remembered--the person that hired him or someone who worked shoulder to shoulder with him. He is such an arrogant douchebag, I'm sure he would have stood out (probably questioning store policies or rules), agitating somehow, being lazy and not showing up. He's one of those people that co-workers would have bad-mouthed after he was gone, no matter how brief his employment. I think he is a bold faced liar. I don't think he ever scooped ice cream or pumped gas. I think he just throws stuff out when he thinks it will make a good sound bite.

Posted by: runningrn at April 07, 2011 01:24 PM (ihSHD)

195 He wasn't born here. Quit blaming us. He was born in the US. It is not our fault. No more slanderous lies.

You do have our sympathies though.

Posted by: The Kenyans at April 07, 2011 01:24 PM (ENKCw)

196 you got 5 kids 3 in car seat? Abort a few of them.

Posted by: Baracka Hussien Abu Oumamajeans at April 07, 2011 01:24 PM (Z1jiu)

197 "I'd love to hear what Peggy Joseph thinks about her beloved Barry these days."
You wouldn't believe us if we told you. And we're not going to tell you.

Posted by: The MFM at April 07, 2011 01:25 PM (mEyVv)

198 18
Barry's 'put on a sweater' moment.Once Libya goes Islamic Republic, he's done the Full Carter.Posted by: nickless at April 07, 2011 12:48 PM (MMC8r)

Race ya!

Posted by: Egypt, delivered from bondage by the mob at April 07, 2011 01:25 PM (FcKXR)

199 He did. Mentioned GM, Ford, and Chrysler.
Ah, my mistake.
But did anybody expect a different type of answer from Sissypants?

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at April 07, 2011 01:25 PM (9hSKh)

200
This cutesie answer has been pissing me off since yesterday.

Obama apparently doesn't realize how fuel prices impact every single sector of the economy. Jobs are lost because of high fuel prices.

Construction industry is deeply impacted by fuel prices. For example, a site developer might have to spend an extra $250K on fuel on a job he bid on.

Where do you think he's gonna make up for that extra cost? Yeah, by cutting people loose -- i.e., lowering his labor cost.

Posted by: Soothsayer Moribund at April 07, 2011 01:25 PM (uFokq)

201 Are you going to pump me or should I do it myself?

Posted by: Kelly Bundy at April 07, 2011 01:26 PM (1NW1c)

202
Is this the pumping thread?

Posted by: Bawny Fwanks at April 07, 2011 01:26 PM (P/tet)

203 191
182,I think you are confusing "got pumped" with "pumped"

We should ask Kal Penn how well Obama's siphoning skills are.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at April 07, 2011 01:26 PM (9hSKh)

204 He did. Mentioned GM, Ford, and Chrysler.
Ah, my mistake.
But did anybody expect a different type of answer from Sissypants?

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at April 07, 2011 01:25 PM (9hSKh)
Yeah, I'm shocked he included Ford.

Posted by: Tami at April 07, 2011 01:27 PM (VuLos)

205 A real job!?!

Folks, I've never even wiped my own ass.

Posted by: Barack Obama at April 07, 2011 01:27 PM (mEyVv)

206 People don't have jobs, asshole. They can't afford to trade in their cars even if they wanted to. Bastard.

This prick never had to work or pay for anything in his life. It was always a wink wink here and a wink wink there.

And when he and mooochelle get ready to leave the Whitehouse, be sure to count the silverware.

Posted by: Chris Klein at April 07, 2011 01:27 PM (dDbkT)

207 But did anybody expect a different type of answer from Sissypants?

Oh, absolutely! I think he had a rare honest moment and said what was really on his mind. The prick.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 07, 2011 01:28 PM (zgZzy)

208 Barack The Shizzle Obama, Str8t outta Chicago with his new hit, 8 Mile.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 07, 2011 01:28 PM (TMB3S)

209 201 This cutesie answer has been pissing me off since yesterday. Obama apparently doesn't realize how fuel prices impact every single sector of the economy. Jobs are lost because of high fuel prices. Posted by: Soothsayer Moribund at April 07, 2011 01:25 PM (uFokq)

To say he was out of touch would be an epic understatement. Let's just pray it comes back to bite him in the ass in 2012, and that the country wakes up and realizes what a total loser this clown is.

There has never been a more worthless president than this sonofabitch.

Posted by: tangonine at April 07, 2011 01:28 PM (x3YFz)

210 Let's say I have a 1970's-era Chrysler Cordoba or Cadillac Deville that only gets 8MPG. I own the car outright (because if I'm still paying on a 30-year old POS, shame on me!). Yeah, it burns gas; but it's cheap to insure and I don't have any payments on it. It's reliable because I maintain it.

So let's say I can't afford to pay $4 per gallon to feed my gas-guzzler any more. If that's the case...how in God's name am I going to be able to afford to pay between $8K and $10K for a (used) gas-efficient compact car? Eight grand buys a lot of gas, even at $4 per gallon. The new car will still require insurance, tags, etc. on top of the payment; so all that money I'm saving on gas is getting blown out on a lot of costs that I didn't have with my old wide-body Caddy.

And never mind the retard-math I have to do to justify a purchase of a $40K Volt.

Posted by: Monty at April 07, 2011 01:28 PM (4Pleu)

211
I have two trucks that get 8-12mpg. They're trucks. Can't be replaced with a volt, civic or bicycle.
No trucks, no work, no income. But Obama has never seen that world, not even from a distance.

I would have a third vehicle, something small, for those rare times when I'm not carrying a truckload of tools. But the cost of mandatory insurance and registration makes that impossible.
(I had insurance before it became mandatory. When that happened, rate tripled in two years and I cut insurance back to bare minimums.)

And off to work I go, at 8mpg...

Posted by: Rodent at April 07, 2011 01:29 PM (604CD)

212 Yeah we got a boatlod of those fuckers here in CO. Thankfully they all
moved to Denver/Boulder. The avoid the springs, we're too well armed.

Heh. That was why I got the hell out of Boulder as soon as I could. I didn't mind commuting an hour rather than live in town.

The really wealthy ones also bought property up in Aspen, and have been moving steadily down valley for years, driving up the cost of homes and being general asses.

Posted by: Alex at April 07, 2011 01:29 PM (kwNeL)

213 Yes, but you weren't the only black kid "with a funny name" who worked
at the seafood restaurant who went on to become president. Trust me, if
anyone ever worked with this douchebag, someone would have
remembered--the person that hired him or someone who worked shoulder to
shoulder with him. He is such an arrogant douchebag, I'm sure he would
have stood out (probably questioning store policies or rules), agitating
somehow, being lazy and not showing up. He's one of those people that
co-workers would have bad-mouthed after he was gone, no matter how brief
his employment. I think he is a bold faced liar. I don't think he
ever scooped ice cream or pumped gas. I think he just throws stuff out
when he thinks it will make a good sound bite.

How do you know I wasn't a black kid with a funny name?

But, yes, I agree with you. He's either exaggerating or flat out lying. Most likely lying.

Posted by: mpurinTexas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at April 07, 2011 01:29 PM (LFiVW)

214 I think Obama is horrible, and I don't want to defend him. But the loser who asked the question seems to think that it's the government's job to ensure a certain gas price. He's free to buy less gas, if he wants to save some money. I think they should crank up the gas tax too. Get some of the riff-raff off the streets, and reduce the deficit too. Cheap gas is not a human right!

Posted by: Chris M at April 07, 2011 01:29 PM (7GpjJ)

215 Seriously?! I can't come up with the price of a gallon of milk, and I'm out of touch. He tells some guy to get a new car, and he's the Messiah.

Oh this is bullshit.

Posted by: George HW Bush at April 07, 2011 01:29 PM (McG46)

216
>>>Let's say I have a 1970's-era Chrysler Cordoba...

With or without rich Corinthian leather?

Posted by: Soothsayer Moribund at April 07, 2011 01:30 PM (uFokq)

217 So Politifact has Obama scooping ice cream in 1975. That Connecticut Social Security number wasn't issued til 1977-1979. So Teh Bamster was working illegally at BR?Getting paid under the table? He claims to have lost his taste for ice cream after working at BR, but whenever you see him on vacation, he's stuffing a cone in his piehole. Odd that.

Posted by: runningrn at April 07, 2011 01:30 PM (ihSHD)

218 Well, its not like I could have answered "we should immediately drill and develop our own oil fields", I mean what do you want from me.

Posted by: Baracka Hussien Abu Oumamajeans at April 07, 2011 01:30 PM (Z1jiu)

219 When I say 'pumped gas,' I meant pumping up the price of futures for George Soros.

Posted by: Barry Antoinette at April 07, 2011 01:30 PM (MMC8r)

220 This needs to be in a ad with his "arugula" comment. and his "bitter clingers" comment.

Posted by: FreakyBoy at April 07, 2011 01:30 PM (iLoeh)

221 So let's say I can't afford to pay $4 per gallon to feed my gas-guzzler any more. If that's the case...how in God's name am I going to be able to afford to pay between $8K and $10K for a (used) gas-efficient compact car?
Um, I was told there would be no math in this job.

Posted by: King Barry I "Piehole" at April 07, 2011 01:30 PM (QKKT0)

222 I think Obama is horrible, and I don't want to
defend him. But the loser who asked the question seems to think that
it's the government's job to ensure a certain gas price. He's free to
buy less gas, if he wants to save some money. I think they should crank
up the gas tax too. Get some of the riff-raff off the streets, and
reduce the deficit too. Cheap gas is not a human right!

Posted by: Chris M at April 07, 2011 01:29 PM (7GpjJ)
Is that you, Soothsayer? Because this is retarded.

Posted by: FUBAR at April 07, 2011 01:31 PM (McG46)

223 The entire speech was completed out of touch with reality.

He goes on about cutting our supplies of every available energy source in the world and domestic sources he doesn't like, then swings into "people like you" will get us out of our energy crisis.

The fuck thinks that if he makes everything else impossible, somehow people who are worth a fuck will come up with magic beans overnight. Then we'll be the word leader in magic beans and everyone in the world will buy them from us. Of course, all of this from someone who has never made anything in his life, held a full time job, or even made a dollar that did not come from taxpayers.

He also goes on about how his interim solution to our economic troubles is to tax regulate the shit out of everything he doesn't like; for the double benefit of running it out of business and increasing tax revenue.

A person that has never answered the question, "How?" with a tangible answer in his life should never be in a position of authority.

Atlas Shrugged was ahead of it's time.

Posted by: Damiano at April 07, 2011 01:31 PM (3nrx7)

224 black kid "with a funny name"

...by what standards?

Posted by: AoSHQ's worst commenter, DarkLord© at April 07, 2011 01:31 PM (GBXon)

225 I want the presidential car fleet to be Chevy Volts then...should be funny watching the SS guys pushing the damn thing because it isn't powerful enough to handle the armor plating...maybe they could take turns with Shelley baby, since she's such a health nut.
In fact, I think all the Congressional Dems should be made to replace the limos they have now with armored Chevy Volts...Nanzi and Dingy need to work out a little...keeps you youthful after all (good for the glutes).

Posted by: unknown jane at April 07, 2011 01:31 PM (5/yRG)

226
tangonine, if I could possess the body of ANY leading Republican, I could beat Obama in 2012 by 20 points.

Easily.

And so could everyone here.

Posted by: Soothsayer Moribund at April 07, 2011 01:31 PM (uFokq)

227 I think now is a good time to invest in cowfarts.
And no-name vodka.

Posted by: dananjcon at April 07, 2011 01:31 PM (pr+up)

228 Does anyone still think it's just "bias"?

This is beyond Stalin.

Posted by: Cherry π at April 07, 2011 01:31 PM (+sBB4)

229 Remember when Chavez gave away heating oil a few years ago? Maybe he could serve up some free gas to save his favorite cock warmer.

Posted by: maddogg at April 07, 2011 01:32 PM (OlN4e)

230 From everyone according to his culpability, to everyone according to his gullibility.

Posted by: Frank Lloyd Piven, chief architect of the dingy city on the hill at April 07, 2011 01:32 PM (kb0wl)

231 That's President Sissypants to you morons!

Posted by: Chris Klein at April 07, 2011 01:32 PM (dDbkT)

232 223: Nope. Sooth has a diff hash, and a fair bit of funny. That fool, not so much.

Posted by: AoSHQ's worst commenter, DarkLord© at April 07, 2011 01:32 PM (GBXon)

233 Whoa. Wait.... somebody was able to ask Obama a non-scripted question?!

Posted by: pitythefool at April 07, 2011 01:32 PM (BjQSh)

234
FUBAR, you're a cocksucker. Always have been.

You go out of way to be a douche bag. You are a troll.

Posted by: Soothsayer Moribund at April 07, 2011 01:33 PM (uFokq)

235 You're hungry? Eat cake!
Posted by: FUBAR at April 07, 2011 12:48 PM (McG46)

Nope, new memo...trade your moldy crusts of stale bread in for some new cake.

Posted by: unknown jane at April 07, 2011 01:34 PM (5/yRG)

236 I think Obama is horrible, and I don't want to defend him. But the loser who asked the question seems to think that it's the government's job to ensure a certain gas price. He's free to buy less gas,
And what if Barry's government is interfering with the oil market by unduly restricting production because ofa bizarre leftist political dogma?Should he just suck it up so asnot to embarass the Dear Leader?

Posted by: Cicero at April 07, 2011 01:34 PM (QKKT0)

237 A man asks Obama what he can do about oil prices.

I hope for his sake he's not a plumber named Joe.

Posted by: Heorot at April 07, 2011 01:34 PM (Nq/UF)

238 Trade it in?Does Obamathink the trade in value of an older low mileage vehicle is going to be worth much?He is totally out of touch. It is a let them eat cake moment and he should be hammered with it.

Posted by: lauren at April 07, 2011 01:34 PM (eUmIE)

239 It's on videotape, right? And available for use in a Republican campaign ad?

Heh-heh. You oughta be thinkin' about a trade-in.

Fuck yeah! We all should, and November 2012 cannot come soon enough.

Posted by: HackedTheHubble&Looking@U at April 07, 2011 01:34 PM (4sQwu)

240 Whoa. Wait.... somebody was able to ask Obama a non-scripted question?!

Posted by: pitythefool at April 07, 2011 01:32 PM (BjQSh)
I knew it was a bad idea. I tried to tell them. But does anybody listen to me?

Posted by: TOTUS at April 07, 2011 01:34 PM (McG46)

241 Apt comparison to Marie (who actually was never stupid enough to say such a thing). I have been thinking for awhile that the budget crisis and popular revolt was looking uncomfortably like the run-up to the French Revolution.

Posted by: Grey Fox at April 07, 2011 01:35 PM (e8fe0)

242 $3.61 southeastern PA

Posted by: Flapjackmaka at April 07, 2011 01:36 PM (sCoOF)

243 Hey troops! I've got your back. Now watch me veto this spending bill...

Posted by: Barry Obama Soetoro at April 07, 2011 01:36 PM (YVZlY)

244 Heh! Politifact put up Ogabe's resume to prove that he has worked in the Private Sector:

You know what else is hard work? Socialism," Scarborough said on the April 7, 2009, Morning Joe . "And I'm not being negative toward the president. This is the truth though. Think about this. We've got a president who has never received a paycheck ... he's never received a check from a profitmaking business in his entire life, not one check. Think about it."
Another guest, New York Times reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin, thought about it for a split second and pointed out that Obama had received plenty of checks from the publisher of his two books.
"Is that all you've got?" Scarborough replied. "Think about the radicalism of that."
No. That's not all.
It's true that Obama's most well-known jobs, as a community organizer and politician, have been for governments or nonprofit organizations.
But Obama has worked for plenty of private companies, from Baskin-Robbins to Business International Corporation. He worked at law firms. He was a telemarketer. He worked construction. He sold island trinkets in Hawaii.
In his diatribe, Scarborough remarked that "if you're going to run the most complex financial sectors in the world, I hope that you have at least received a paycheck for working at a burger stand."
We're not sure whether the deli at which Obama worked as a young man in Hawaii sold burgers, but it's entirely possible.
Below, compiled from and cross-checked among a host of sources, is what we believe to be the most thorough account of the president's work history. (Several details from his early years are unknown, and will remain so for now; the White House did not respond to our request to verify the accuracy of our list and fill in the blanks.)
1975 or 1976 — ice cream scooper, Baskin-Robbins — Honolulu — Obama claims to have lost his taste for ice cream during this, his first job, the duration of which is not publicly known.
Date unknown — deli counter clerk, business name unknown — Honolulu — Obama had a summer job at a deli counter in Hawaii, making sandwiches, his spokesman said during the presidential campaign.
1980 — gift shop sales clerk, business name unknown — Honolulu — Obama worked at a gift shop in Hawaii selling island souvenirs the summer after his freshman year at Occidental College in California.
Sometime between 1981-1983 — construction worker, business name unknown — New York — Obama cleared a construction site for a summer on Manhattan's Upper West Side while attending Columbia University, the Associated Press reported. Obama referred to this job in Dreams From My Father .
Sometime between 1981-1983 — position unknown, company unknown — New York — During his years at Columbia University, Obama worked one summer for a private company processing health records of either police or firefighters, his spokesman said during the presidential campaign.
Sometime between 1981-1983 — telemarketer, company unknown — New York — During one school year at Columbia, Obama was a telemarketer in midtown Manhattan selling New York Times subscriptions over the phone, his spokesman said during the presidential campaign.
1983-84 — research assistant, Business International Corporation — New York — At this firm that helped American companies do business abroad, Obama was a researcher and writer for a reference service called Financing Foreign Operations; among his duties was writing a newsletter called Business International Money Report.
1985 — project coordinator, New York Public Interest Research Group — New York — Obama mobilized student volunteers at City College in Harlem for NYPIRG, a nonprofit organization that promotes consumer, environmental and government reform. He promoted activism around issues such as mass transit, higher education, tuition, financial aid and recycling.
1985-1988 — community organizer, Developing Communities Project — Chicago — Obama advocated for asbestos removal, job training and public-works services at this community organization on Chicago's South Side.
1988 — research assistant, Lawrence Tribe — student assistant to this Harvard Law School professor and renowned constitutional scholar.
1989 — summer associate, Hopkins Sutter — Obama held this job the summer between his first and second years of law school.
1990 — summer associate, Sidley Austin — After his second year of law school Obama was a summer associate for one of the world's oldest and largest law firms, where he met Michelle Robinson, his future wife.
1990-1991 — president, Harvard Law Review — Obama was the first African-American to hold this prestigious position.
1991-1992 — executive director, Project Vote — Ran a campaign that registered nearly 150,000 black voters for the 1992 elections.
1993-2004 — associate and partner (starting 1996), Davis, Miner, Barnhill Galland — Chicago — defended clients ranging from landlords to a securities trader, and handled employment-discrimination and voting-rights cases at this Chicago law firm.
1993-2004 — part-time lecturer, University of Chicago Law School — Chicago — lectured on constitutional law.
1995 — author, Times Books — published memoir, Dreams From My Father.
1997-2004 — state senator, Illinois — senator from Illinois' 13th District on Chicago's South Side.
2005-2008 — U.S. Senator — represented Illinois in the U.S. Senate.
2006 -- Author, Random House — published The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream.
2009 — President, United States — Washington— In his current position, Obama is the head of state of the most powerful country in the world. He runs the executive branch and serves as commander in chief of the armed forces.
There you have it. By our count, Obama earned paychecks from 11 for-profit businesses, compared to just six nonprofit or government employers. We understand the point that the most well-known part of Obama's work history is in positions outside the private sector, but Scarborough was absolute in his declaration. "Not one check," from a for-profit enterprise, he said. We like Joe. He's hosted segments on PolitiFact. But this claim is False.

There's a lot of spotty "unknown" things in his resume. I can sit here and tell you the names (and duties) of every place I've ever worked. I am sure as hell he never did construction in his life. Lying jackass douchebag.

Posted by: runningrn at April 07, 2011 01:37 PM (ihSHD)

245 109
I would love to see Barackets try to pump gas. I'm thinking that would be as successful as his ability to work an umbrella. Posted by: laceyundearlls at April 07, 2011 01:09 PM (pLTLS)

Documented already in Zoolander (with musical score provided by Wham!)

Posted by: Egypt, delivered from bondage by the mob at April 07, 2011 01:37 PM (FcKXR)

246 FUBAR, you're a cocksucker. Always have been.

You go out of way to be a douche bag. You are a troll.

Posted by: Soothsayer Moribund at April 07, 2011 01:33 PM (uFokq)
Whoa, dude. Why the hostility? I'm totally on your side. I hate Obama worse than anything too, but, like you say, he's super-popular, he's going to get 70 million votes, and the Republicans are idiots. Why waste a vote on a Republican? I hate to do it, I hate Obama, but I think voting for him is the sanest course of action. At least it's not a wasted vote, right? amirite?
We're on the same page buddy.

Posted by: FUBAR at April 07, 2011 01:37 PM (McG46)

247 @220
Soros really does seem to feature prominently in what we're doing overseas and to kill the dollar. Bet Soros is planning for major devaluation of the dollar, which he helped bring about.
Where is 007 when you need him?

Posted by: Beagle at April 07, 2011 01:37 PM (sOtz/)

248 Why does Mr. Obama like to do pump to us?

Posted by: dananjcon at April 07, 2011 01:37 PM (pr+up)

249 I was at this campaign rally yesterday and this guy starts giving me trouble about gas prices. Here I am trying to get the car I drove into the ditch out and he's complaining. I'm down there in the mud pushing as hard as I can and he's up there sippin' on a Slurpee. You know how many miles per gallon cars in a ditch get? That's right zero. Then it hit me. We could make him buy a new car. Trade in the one I drove into the ditch.Get a great deal on a hybrid fromGM.

Posted by: Obama at April 07, 2011 01:37 PM (ihLiz)

250 Hmmm.... lets think... and just when was the Last time Obama filled up his tank, with gas bought with HIS (not our) money?
The Hubris is stronge in this one...

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 07, 2011 01:38 PM (NtXW4)

251 black kid "with a funny name"...by what standards?

I believe that is how he described himself.

Posted by: runningrn at April 07, 2011 01:39 PM (ihSHD)

252 215 Well I guess that means he's "free" to not make it to work anymore either, which means he's "free" to go on welfare and unemployment, or free to move into gov't. project housing and take gov't transportation to a gov't subsidized job, or maybe both(because both of those scenarios are the likely endgame outcome). Wow! This Obamanomics really is the bomb!!FREEDOM!
spit

Posted by: unknown jane at April 07, 2011 01:39 PM (5/yRG)

253 Monty,
That looked like math.
And we know how that is currently going in the country.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 07, 2011 01:40 PM (B+qrE)

254 138
Even if you trade in for a vehicle that gets better mileage, you still
have a problem with rising gas prices. The obvious solution is to buy
and store a large quantity of gasoline five years ago.Posted by: Ted Kennedy's Gristle Encased Head at April 07, 2011 01:15 PM (+lsX1)

Hello!

Posted by: Zombie John Denver at April 07, 2011 01:40 PM (FcKXR)

255
On last night's panel, the Kraut said bammy's comment should be THE centerpiece GOP campaign ad for the 2012 challenger.
If you missed the ONT, here is a nifty tidbit about Ebola's "fellow" worshippers from Rev. Wright's church, two of whom met mysterious ends.

Posted by: RushBabe at April 07, 2011 01:41 PM (urYpw)

256 227 tangonine, if I could possess the body of ANY leading Republican, I could beat Obama in 2012 by 20 points. Easily. And so could everyone here.
Posted by: Soothsayer Moribund at April 07, 2011 01:31 PM (uFokq)
Yeah, I know. However, the current crop of GOP runners makes me want to play star wars cantina music every time I see them.

Posted by: tangonine at April 07, 2011 01:41 PM (x3YFz)

257 Whoa. Wait.... somebody was able to ask Obama a non-scripted question?!

Posted by: pitythefool at April 07, 2011 01:32 PM (BjQSh)

Nope. The question and the answer were both scripted. The pathetic part is that the White House (and AP, apparently) didn't realize how stupid the answer was until everyone started making fun of the Dear Reader today.

Keep in mind, this is an administration who can't tell you what time it is without at least 2 weeks of polls, 3 czars, and a dozen committees.

Posted by: Damiano at April 07, 2011 01:41 PM (3nrx7)

258 247 FUBAR, you're a cocksucker. Always have been. You go out of way to be a douche bag. You are a troll.
Posted by: Soothsayer Moribund at April 07, 2011 01:33 PM (uFokq)
Whoa, dude. Why the hostility? I'm totally on your side. I hate Obama worse than anything too, but, like you say, he's super-popular, he's going to get 70 million votes, and the Republicans are idiots. Why waste a vote on a Republican? I hate to do it, I hate Obama, but I think voting for him is the sanest course of action. At least it's not a wasted vote, right? amirite?
We're on the same page buddy.
Posted by: FUBAR at April 07, 2011 01:37 PM (McG46)
You're a dumbass.

Posted by: tangonine at April 07, 2011 01:42 PM (x3YFz)

259 Nope. The question and the answer were both
scripted. The pathetic part is that the White House (and AP, apparently)
didn't realize how stupid the answer was until everyone started making
fun of the Dear Reader today.

Posted by: Damiano at April 07, 2011 01:41 PM (3nrx7)
Too good to check. A scripted opportunity to teach the American people a valuable lesson. For their own good.
Whether it's true or not, it's true in my mind.

Posted by: FUBAR at April 07, 2011 01:43 PM (McG46)

260 245 Construction worker? AHAHAHHAHA...I seriously doubt that man has done a minute's worth of manual labor in his life.

Posted by: unknown jane at April 07, 2011 01:43 PM (5/yRG)

261 I would vote for my parrot, Chilly, before I voted for O'commie. At least she was born here.

Posted by: tangonine at April 07, 2011 01:44 PM (x3YFz)

262 You're a dumbass.

Posted by: tangonine at April 07, 2011 01:42 PM (x3YFz)
Just because you say? Or is there a reason?

Posted by: FUBAR at April 07, 2011 01:45 PM (McG46)

263 Why is FUBARdoing sex to us today?

Posted by: dananjcon at April 07, 2011 01:45 PM (pr+up)

264 Amish again?Militant Quakers.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose

Hey. We were sowing our wild oats. Back off.

Posted by: Quakoer Oats man wears black for a reason at April 07, 2011 01:46 PM (6rX0K)

265 263
You're a dumbass.
Posted by: tangonine at April 07, 2011 01:42 PM (x3YFz)
Just because you say? Or is there a reason?
Posted by: FUBAR at April 07, 2011 01:45 PM (McG46)
did you miss the bolded part? If you would vote for O'Commie, you're automatically inducted into the dumbass hall of fame.

Posted by: tangonine at April 07, 2011 01:46 PM (x3YFz)

266 Construction worker? AHAHAHHAHA...I seriously doubt that man has done a minute's worth of manual labor in his life.

Posted by: unknown jane at April 07, 2011 01:43 PM (5/yRG)

No really. Obama was a construction worker once. And Rahm was the police officer. And Biden was the cowboy. And Gibbs was the Indian.

It was just a one night performance at the DLC in Chitown though.

Posted by: Damiano at April 07, 2011 01:46 PM (3nrx7)

267 You're a dumbass.

Posted by: tangonine at April 07, 2011 01:42 PM (x3YFz)
Just because you say? Or is there a reason?

Posted by: FUBAR at April 07, 2011 01:45 PM (McG46)
Oh, I see. I'm a dumbass because you thought I was being serious.

Posted by: FUBAR at April 07, 2011 01:46 PM (McG46)

268 O'Fudge-nuts couldn't screw a curly-cue light bulb into its socket.

Posted by: dananjcon at April 07, 2011 01:47 PM (pr+up)

269 I would vote for my parrot, Chilly, before I voted for O'commie. At least she was born here.
Does she pine for the fjords?
Thus concludes our gratuitous Monty Python reference for April 7, 2011.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 07, 2011 01:48 PM (B+qrE)

270 268
You're a dumbass.
Posted by: tangonine at April 07, 2011 01:42 PM (x3YFz)
Just because you say? Or is there a reason?
Posted by: FUBAR at April 07, 2011 01:45 PM (McG46)
Oh, I see. I'm a dumbass because you thought I was being serious.
Posted by: FUBAR at April 07, 2011 01:46 PM (McG46)
If you were joking; hint: take a course in satire/tongue-in-cheek writing, because it definitely didn't come across as you meant it. If you weren't serious, I apologize.

Posted by: tangonine at April 07, 2011 01:49 PM (x3YFz)

271
270
I would vote for my parrot, Chilly, before I voted for O'commie. At least she was born here.
Does she pine for the fjords?
Thus concludes our gratuitous Monty Python reference for April 7, 2011.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 07, 2011 01:48 PM (B+qrE)
She's not dead yet!

Posted by: tangonine at April 07, 2011 01:50 PM (x3YFz)

272 If you were joking; hint: take a
course in satire/tongue-in-cheek writing, because it definitely didn't
come across as you meant it. If you weren't serious, I apologize.

Posted by: tangonine at April 07, 2011 01:49 PM (x3YFz)
That was over-the-top satire. If you didn't notice, you're the dumbass. Good Lord. You think anyone could honestly go through that line of reasoning and mean it?Haha. I'm a dumbass.

Posted by: FUBAR at April 07, 2011 01:51 PM (McG46)

273 OT: The Terry Jones death watch has begun.

Hezbollah has announced that it will pay a $2.4 million bounty for his death. But wait, it gets even better. Terry Jones plans to visit Dearborn, MI, on April 22, to criticize aggressive passages in the Koran. Honestly, what could go wrong? http://tinyurl.com/42kufcf

Posted by: conscious, but incoherent at April 07, 2011 01:54 PM (YVZlY)

274 Ha! A caller just told Rush that Obama sounded like a used car salesman "Come on down, we've got a deal for you..."

Posted by: runningrn at April 07, 2011 01:54 PM (ihSHD)

275 Obama 2008: "Hope! Change!"
Obama 2012: "You might want want to think about a trade-in."

Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at April 07, 2011 01:56 PM (BvTwT)

276 It won't resonate - only bitter, clingers have trucks that get 8mpg.

Posted by: Jean at April 07, 2011 01:56 PM (WkuV6)

277 Hmm, in 1975 when Obama claims to have worked at Baskin Robbins, he would have only been 14 years old. Was that legal back then?

Posted by: runningrn at April 07, 2011 01:57 PM (ihSHD)

278 I'm thinking Pastor Jones and congregation, might be the well heeled type of people.

Posted by: Jean at April 07, 2011 01:58 PM (WkuV6)

279 And how shall I pay for this brand new fuel efficient chariot?

Food stamps baby!

Posted by: mpfs at April 07, 2011 01:58 PM (iYbLN)

280 Did somebody say trade-in

I wonder what the Blue Book value is on a 1948 Communist Dipshit?

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at April 07, 2011 01:58 PM (pdRb1)

281 278
Hmm, in 1975 when Obama claims to have worked at Baskin Robbins, he
would have only been 14 years old. Was that legal back then?Posted by: runningrn at April 07, 2011 01:57 PM (ihSHD)

Like so many brave young'uns, he lied about his age so that he could get into the service (industry). He just had to do his part!

/sarc (and no disrespect intended to any and all in the armed forces)

Posted by: ya2daup at April 07, 2011 01:59 PM (FcKXR)

282 Barky can eat shit.

Posted by: Ronster at April 07, 2011 02:01 PM (rzuJR)

283 I still can't believe we elected a guy who basically said: "I'll give you everything you want and I'll take it from those guys over there."
And 52% of us said: "Hey, that sounds like a great idea!"

Fuck me sideways.

There ain't no way in hell the JEF worked more than a week at any paying job--and I doubt that even ever happened.
There is not one, single person who has:
1) Claimed to worked with him
2) Claimed to have hired him

Let alone that there is not one single person who has come forward and said (that I've heard of):
1) They were his college roommate/knew him in college
2) That they were his K-12 friend/ knew him as a kid
3) What kind of student he was
4) They went to church with him before Chicago

This fucking D- student is our CiC?

Again: Fuck me sideways.

Posted by: jimmuy at April 07, 2011 02:03 PM (jYHTG)

284 I know how I shall pay for my new chariot!

I shall sell my valuable eggs to Shamwow Guy!

It's gold baby, gold!

Posted by: mpfs at April 07, 2011 02:03 PM (iYbLN)

285 So Politifact has Obama scooping ice cream in 1975. That Connecticut
Social Security number wasn't issued til 1977-1979. So Teh Bamster was
working illegally at BR?Getting paid under the table? He claims
to have lost his taste for ice cream after working at BR, but
whenever you see him on vacation, he's stuffing a cone in his piehole.
Odd that.

There are Baskin Robbins franchises in Kenya.

Posted by: mpurinTexas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at April 07, 2011 02:04 PM (LFiVW)

286 Construction worker? AHAHAHHAHA...I seriously doubt that man has done a minute's worth of manual labor in his life.

Although it would be fun to watch him try and build anything with his hands.

Posted by: Alex at April 07, 2011 02:04 PM (kwNeL)

287 The obvious solution is to buy
and store a large quantity of gasoline five years ago.

Or, setup your own SWA-lite fuel hedge fund, using exotic derivatives.

Posted by: Jean at April 07, 2011 02:05 PM (WkuV6)

288 This needs to be in a ad with his "arugula" comment. and his "bitter clingers" comment.

Don't forget the "spread the wealth" remark.

Posted by: mpurinTexas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at April 07, 2011 02:05 PM (LFiVW)

289 289
This needs to be in a ad with his "arugula" comment. and his "bitter clingers" comment.Don't forget the "spread the wealth" remark.

What about the "sharing the sacrifice" comment by the partying jet-setter in chief.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at April 07, 2011 02:07 PM (pdRb1)

290 Don't forget the "spread the wealth" remark.

And who can forget this golden admonition:
"We can't go around driving our SUV's, eating whatever we want and keep our thermostats set at 72 degrees. That's not ok with the rest of the world."

Posted by: runningrn at April 07, 2011 02:08 PM (ihSHD)

291 Although it would be fun to watch him try and build anything with his hands.

I wouldn't want to be near anything he built. It would probably collapse in seconds.

Posted by: runningrn at April 07, 2011 02:09 PM (ihSHD)

292 From Insty: Reader Jennifer Townsend writes: “One point in the video that is not
being commented on is Obama seems stunned that someone might actually
*need* a larger vehicle rather than using it as a status symbol.

Needless to say, Obama is not a popular figure here in Utah.

Posted by: Y-not at April 07, 2011 02:09 PM (pW2o8)

293 Oh, and at least Jimmy Carter can pound a nail. He's actually built some really beautiful pieces of furniture.

Posted by: runningrn at April 07, 2011 02:10 PM (ihSHD)

294 267 The Chi is falling rapidly then as a center of entertainment and culture...because I see Joe as being more the cop or the biker, and Rahm as the cowboy (he has more supple wrists). Talk about miscast performances.

Posted by: unknown jane at April 07, 2011 02:10 PM (5/yRG)

295 You know, we've had a troll/moby invasion the last few days.

It would be REALLY nice if the yokels didn't get caught up in the game and start attacking each other.

It's not like we don't have enough *real* enemies.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 07, 2011 02:11 PM (bxiXv)

296 From Insty: Reader Jennifer Townsend writes: “One point in the video that is not being commented on is Obama seems stunned that someone might actually *need* a larger vehicle rather than using it as a status symbol.
Well, in urban areas, big cars are just that, status symbols. Escalades are very popular with gangbangers.

Posted by: runningrn at April 07, 2011 02:11 PM (ihSHD)

297 Although it would be fun to watch him try and build anything with his hands.
I'm sure he can build SOMETHING with his hands -- I mean...look at that artist who sculpted with dung.

Posted by: unknown jane at April 07, 2011 02:12 PM (5/yRG)

298 I think Obama is horrible, and I don't want to defend him. But the
loser who asked the question seems to think that it's the government's
job to ensure a certain gas price. He's free to buy less gas,

When the federal tax on a gallon of gas is approximately 20% (upwards to 50% when you also include local government taxes), I believe the government is ensuring a certain gas price. Just happens to be an OMFG price.

Free to buy less gas? Really? I'm not free to buy less gas. I have to have X amount to get back and forth to work. I'm already at the bare minimum and yet the prices keep going up.

Posted by: mpurinTexas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at April 07, 2011 02:15 PM (LFiVW)

299 Inuit dogsleds and gypsy wagons for everyone!

Posted by: unknown jane at April 07, 2011 02:16 PM (5/yRG)

300
Oh, and at least Jimmy Carter can pound a nail. He's actually built some really beautiful pieces of furniture.

Obama's never nailed anything properly in his life!

Posted by: Michelle Obama's Coochie at April 07, 2011 02:17 PM (kwNeL)

301 Number one stole the words right outta my mouth.
This moron who would be king, needs a smart car, or a smart brain at least.
And let me tell you how much of that lovely Brazilian gas I plan to buy, you pompous America killing president...NOT ONE DROP.

Posted by: Trish at April 07, 2011 02:19 PM (MOgvJ)

302 Dear Peasants,

Fuck off and die.

Sincerely.

B. Hussein Obama

ps. Remember to Vote in 2012! :-) Hope and Change, baby, Hope and Change!

Posted by: B. Hussein Obama at April 07, 2011 02:25 PM (QcFbt)

303 Oh, and remember this is from the guy who scoffed about the $600 Bush tax refund 'cause it "wouldn't even buy a muffler" or some shit.

Cars, gas, jobs, work, and all the other concerns of a daily life of ordinary Americans exist only in the abstract to the JEF and 90% of his worshipers.

Posted by: jimmuy at April 07, 2011 02:29 PM (jYHTG)

304 Obama will change, just like Ben did for me! I anticipate a long, loving, trusting marriage.

Posted by: Ashley Harlan at April 07, 2011 02:33 PM (0ba8c)

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Posted by: todler at April 07, 2011 02:37 PM (fPOY0)

306 Comin' at you like a stiff blow, fuckin' up your program

Ain't takin' shit from you him or no man

Master mind maniac and a menace soooo...

How they want to pass sentence

Posted by: Hand on The Pump at April 07, 2011 02:37 PM (pnM43)

307 Commodities traders are now talking about $175 per barrel oil. The trend is not going the right way.

Posted by: navybrat at April 07, 2011 02:44 PM (GH1d3)

308 European gas prices! Woot!

Posted by: Obama's lesser-known campaign promises at April 07, 2011 02:50 PM (sOtz/)

309 Obama not only is evil but he is an idiot. It simply is not economically feasible to trade in a gas guzzler for one of these high mileage POS. The difference in cost of the car vs gas cost savings simply is not great enough to ever break even.

Trading in for better mileage when the old car is wore out and you were going to trade in anyway is OK.

Posted by: Vic at April 07, 2011 02:52 PM (M9Ie6)

310
Wait till he puts all the electricity producers other than wind and solar out of business!

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie © at April 07, 2011 02:55 PM (1hM1d)

311 No wonder Michelle could never pay off her student loans. No idea how to manage money - it's unlikely anyone would come out ahead in that sort of trade in, even with reduced fuel costs.

Someone get the hook.

Posted by: SarahW at April 07, 2011 03:13 PM (Z4T49)

312 From 258 :

"Nope. The question and the answer were both scripted. The pathetic part is that the White House (and AP, apparently) didn't realize how stupid the answer was until everyone started making fun of the Dear Reader today."

He is a fool, surrounds himself with fools. Lets hope the fools who voted for him are not just sadder, but wiser.

Posted by: SarahW at April 07, 2011 03:15 PM (Z4T49)

313 "I wonder what the Blue Book value is on a 1948 Communist Dipshit?"

I don't know about that, but the little red book value is PRICELESS!

Posted by: Mao Tse Tung at April 07, 2011 03:32 PM (mEyVv)

314
284 I still can't believe we elected a guy who basically said: "I'll give you everything you want and I'll take it from those guys over there."And 52% of us said: "Hey, that sounds like a great idea!"Fuck me sideways. There ain't no way in hell the JEF worked more than a week at any paying job--and I doubt that even ever happened. There is not one, single person who has:1) Claimed to worked with him2) Claimed to have hired himLet alone that there is not one single person who has come forward and said (that I've heard of):1) They were his college roommate/knew him in college2) That they were his K-12 friend/ knew him as a kid3) What kind of student he was4) They went to church with him before ChicagoThis fucking D- student is our CiC?Again: Fuck me sideways.
Posted by: jimmuy at April 07, 2011 02:03 PM (jYHTG)
yup. but you'll read miles and miles of print about how sarah palin isn't qualified. Fucking hippies.

Posted by: tangonine at April 07, 2011 03:41 PM (x3YFz)

315 Well, well, well.
Look at what President Motown Night used to drive.
Is that an SUV? Why, I do believe it is. Only the best for Barry.
But you? The guy with 4 kids? Fuck you and your complaining, pal. Trade in for a Prius.
Can't fit all your kids in government mandated car seats? Well, just hire some day care and drive where you need to go alone.

Posted by: Warden at April 07, 2011 03:49 PM (mZ2fp)

316 This crap is starting to get to be frightening. I would have expected such sensorship from the old Soviet Pravda, but that the American press does this sort of thing almost all of the time is getting to be truly scary.

Posted by: kanyewest at April 07, 2011 05:06 PM (wZSGd)

317 I hate to do it, I hate Obama, but I think voting for
him is the sanest course of action. At least it's not a wasted vote,
right? amirite?We're on the same page buddy.

OMGhaveyoulostyourfuckinMIND??? Any-fuckin'-body...ANY...would be better than this incompetent wannabe. I wasn't a McCain fan at all - too mealy-mouthed - but even he would have stood head and shoulders above this fool. Hell, even HILLARY, for that matter. She and her husband are both crooks, but at least they're good at it...

Posted by: antisocialist at April 07, 2011 05:20 PM (Rwudm)

318 This Jackass reminds me of the "let them eat cake" syndrome caught by most liberals. I own my car. I don't want to go into debt for another one. I am not like the government in that I cannot print money and buy an entire car company. I hope the country has enough sense to ouste this treasonous creatin who holds hostage military pay for political points.

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