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Letterman Knocks Obama For Latest Vacation

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T-shirts reading 'I vacationed with Obama, Martha's Vineyard '10' are displayed at a store in Vineyard Haven on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, on August 24, 2010. The First Family is vacationing on the island until August 29. (credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

T-shirts reading ‘I vacationed with Obama, Martha’s Vineyard ’10′ are displayed at a store in Vineyard Haven on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, on August 24, 2010. The First Family is vacationing on the island until August 29. (credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

NEW YORK (CBS/AP) — A storm that curtailed outdoor activities for much of President Barack Obama’s vacation was forecast to end Wednesday, but he said he’s been able to fight off cabin fever.

Not only has he been able to sneak in two rounds of golf, but he told reporters Tuesday he’s “doing a lot of reading” at the farm compound he’s rented for the first family. “I’m having a great time,” he said.

The president made the remarks, his first in public since heading out on vacation last week, as he escorted first lady Michelle Obama from the State Road restaurant.

Obama has faced some criticism for his latest vacation, his sixth since taking office. At a time when painful unemployment numbers continue to bear down on the tattered economy, many are frustrated that the nation’s leader is enjoying another luxurious trip. On CBS’ “The Late Show” Tuesday night, David Letterman took a jab at the president, saying: “He’ll have plenty of time for vacations after his one term is up.”

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The couple dined out for the second consecutive night, this time with Washington power broker Vernon Jordan and his wife, Ann, as well as Chicago friends Eric and Cheryl Whitaker. White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett also joined the group.

Fellow diners cheered the president and clapped as he left the restaurant. Obama paused for pictures and signed autographs. While Mrs. Obama wore a colorful print dress with contrasting sleeves, the president looked more subdued in khakis, a striped dress shirt and blue outdoor jacket.

Strong thunderstorms have lashed the island off Massachusetts since Sunday, causing power outages, curtailing air transportation and forcing ferry cancellations. They also triggered traffic jams and long lines at movie theaters, restaurants and other indoor venues.

The Obamas are scheduled to remain on vacation until Sunday, when the president heads to New Orleans to check on the gulf oil spill cleanup and to mark the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

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  • JJStryder

    Nathan:
    Another knee slapper from one of the clowns who voted in this disaster.
    Ya, I keep my guns clean. You gotta problem with that?

  • tom mikesell

    Five of those “vacations” were what most folks would call “The WEEKEND”.

    • OldConservative

      Oh comeon why can’t you jerks get over sarah Palin. She would have been 200% better than this jerk.

    • OldConservative

      Weekends that cost that much are vacations. Have you ever had a weekend half as lavish?

    • Hallmark

      I haven’t flown air force one anywhere lately at taxpayers expense for a weekend!

      Hallmark

    • Mark Carlton

      The thing is, they blow more taxpayer money in one of their “weekends” than I’ll make in half my life.

    • Maverick

      Most folks cal a weekend that time away from work where they mow the lawn, do chores, and try to relax on the couch wathcing TV. they certainly don’t call it a weekend when they travel aboard a private 747 to go to various locations around the country with 40 body guards, no standing in any lines, and not paying for any meals or otehr expenses. When most folks fly somewhere for the “weekend” they still calle it a vacation.

  • Roy

    Hey I used to be able to take one vacation a year,but not this year,with our economic conditions as they are……..Maybe I can run for president,and take one a month…..Hell it’s only August…….

  • Paul C. Kuehne

    Isn’t that nice …”While Mrs. Obama wore a colorful print dress with contrasting sleeves, …”. Investors are now running for shelter away from the stock market, double dip recession is almost a certainty, employment in anemic, and Letterman continues to be the shallow, pompous blow-heart as we’ve always known. Nice to see that Michelle is quickly settling into a life of privilege.

    • debra

      Mr. and Mrs. Marie Antionette take another vacation and live high off the hog–all at taxpayer expense. What a surprise.

    • alio

      Yeah! A commentary on her clothes, like get a life (reduce butt) while Rome burns.
      Not as bad as the young man who blew his brains out because his small business was failing and he was in a state of depression and couldn’t get out of it……..all this happened while our pres. & lst lady are pretending our Country is doing good.
      This a a true story that happened last night here in po-dunk middle America, leaving a young son without a dad.

      • MudEngineer

        Yes, Alio, and the sad part of it is, this one person’s suicide is just the beginning of the hundreds of thousands that will happen in the Obama Depression which is just now in the early stages of beginning. His policies and the new Health Care law along with letting the Busch tax cuts expire have created the perfect storm. But, since this Kenyan citizen is out to destroy the U.S.; he couldn’t be happier. He is out celebrating on vacation with that fat butted cow he is married to.

    • alio

      Yeah! A commentary on her clothes, like get a life , while Rome burns.
      Not as bad as the young man who blew his brains out because his small business was failing and he was in a state of depression and couldn’t get out of it……..all this happened while our pres. & 1st lady are pretending our Country is doing good.
      This a a true story that happened last night here in middle America, leaving a young son without a dad.

    • myopinion

      She wants to be Jackie Kennedy

      • SARAH

        HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

  • dk

    wow, I wish I could have a vacation. I haven’t had one since 2003.

  • Jerry

    I stopped watching Letterman when he admitted that he was sleeping with his female employees. He is rude .

    • kirk

      Yeah, and remember when he went nuts when McCain didn’t make an appearance on Letterman’s show during the 2008 campaign. DL kept calling McCain out as a liar. Hmmm, I guess making your son’s mother look like a fool isn’t a problem.

  • JJStryder

    Another knee slapper from the clowns who voted in this disaster.

  • Brian L.

    I live on Martha’s Vineyard, where I operate a small business.

    Obama is not only a a weak fop & a fraud, he is our worst President in American history, and his policies are a threat to my family’s & my Liberty and Prosperity.

    We deserve & demand better. It is not enough for us to wait until 2012 for this corrupt chimera to get broomed out of office: Impeach him or force him to resign now.

    Everyone should know that Martha’s Vineyard is a beautiful, safe place to vacation with your family (AND the Hot Dogs are AWESOME, if you know where to go ;) ), but even we know that this Obama is our first anti-American President, and a threat to all of our futures.

    Get out, Barry, and take your scowling shrew beard with you.

    • alio

      WOW! why don’t you say how you feel? Thank you, I agree completely.

    • colin

      You’re an idiot. plain and simple. I think it’s one thing to disagree with Obama politically but to call him Anti-American is outrageous. The biggest threat to your family and your prosperity is your way of thinking (or lack of)

      • Brian L.

        You, Colin, are an idiot, plain & simple. Pipe down, crack-baby.

        I stand by statement that Obama is our first anti-American President.

        Forget about us striving for success, we’re striving for SURVIVAL against Obama’s schemes of ‘Cap & Trade’ & amestization of illegal aliens. Of course, none of this concerns you, as you wait for the postman to bring you your ‘entitlements’ that my labors pay for.

        Sit down, shut up, and play your Gameboy while we grown-ups do the driving now.

        01/20/2013!

      • dl

        Wasn’t his apology tour enough evidence for you?

      • Sister Sue

        How can you defend Hero to Zero? He does absolutely the opposite of everything he promised to get elected. No tax increase for the middle class. Gitmo was going be closed. The war in Iraq ended (it’s not ending and our people continue to die there). Osama Bin Laden captured. Unemployment would hold at 8%. There’s more, I just can’t think of it now. He promised so much, and has delivered zip. He can’t get along with anyone. This is not governance. The sooner he is gone the better for America.

      • Bixter

        He IS an anti-American Kenyan Marxist. How’s that hopey-changey thing working out for you?

      • father of 10

        Not hardly. Show us one thing that Obama has done that at least protects existing PROSPERITY and LIBERTY, let alone enhance it. C’mon. Just one little thing.

      • oldchicago

        Colin, keep your eyes on the muzzle and wait for the flash. Let us know how it feels. Oh! Speechless I see? Wait, you seem a little dazed. Let me check for a pulse….

    • Luther Poach

      Wahhh! I live on Martha’s Vineyard! the scary black man is scaring me. What if I can no longer afford golden toilet paper?

      • fredbear

        there ya go bringing his color into it – why are you racist?

      • Brian L.

        You obviously know nothing about the Vineyard, our history, or our culture. Not to mention our unemployment & crime rates.

        Morons like you can always be counted on to under-perform.

        Thanks for contributing your ignorance to our discussion!

      • disque-0-duque

        Obama scary? You are taking a huge liberty here. Have you seen the pantywaist throw a baseball, swing a gold club, and shoot his fluffy, sissy-boy jump shots?

        You’re an idiot.

      • tarzan

        Why is it that liberals always comment and criticize subjects they know nothing about? Are you aware that Martha’s Vineyard is one of the largest, if not the largest Black resort in the country? Those of us who live there do not distinguish one person from another; we all enjoy this island paradise together. I have never been any other placer in this country where race is not and never has been an issue. Why must you racist liberals always try to infuse racism into everything; are you a little uncomfortable with anyone who looks different than you? Go upstairs and tell mommy that you are ready to grow up but don’t know where to start.

      • Luther Poach

        I guess when I saw the right wing freaking out over a half-wit Black Panther wielding a stick I jumped to conclusions about what scares them. My apologies.

    • HorizonScanner

      What you just said is what more and more Americans are saying, EVERYWHERE! Watch what happens in D.C. on Saturday, and on into September. MILLIONS upon MILLIONS of PATRIOTS just like YOU are ready to CRUSH the TRAITORS who have stolen our government and the SPIES who upon us WAGE RELIGIOUS WAR IN NEW YORK CITY!!

      I SALUTE YOU, SIR!

  • jeffo

    gee letterman, i wonder what gave it away that we have a little boy failure in the white house? well, hopefully he can make more jokes.

  • liv

    Rome burns and this idiot, illegal mess in OUR White house plays golf.

    • alio

      same as fiddling while Rome burned, or just go play golf and vacation.

  • brigitte

    He knows he’s a one-termer so he’s taking advantage of it now. Once a weakling, always a weakling.

  • Bob

    Matt, You just described all the people who voted for Obama.!

    • 12yearsofit

      We feel the same way about all you people who voted for Bush and Cheney. Twice.

      • Smashicus

        So you turned around and voted in an even bigger idiot. You really showed us!

  • FEDup

    Nice reporting..
    I bet if Mrs. Obama took the time to step over a homless man, they would comment on her classic choice of an opened toe shoe.
    Summer of recovery!

  • LPB

    SO glad to hear that he’s “having a great time.”

  • Orlando Eagle

    Obama is a disgrace and a liar. 2012 cannot come soon enough to get rid of him.

    • ceerayl

      Do we really want to wait that long?

      • Tad

        No!

    • Condi fan

      Condoleezza Rice/Paul Ryan 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Jon

    The hand-picked diners and other WHtie House staff hogging the reservations that night in the restaurant cheered when the guy who got them their gummint jobs walked in….

  • charwv

    Why not take vacationn on the taxpayers money (free-ride)? He should enjoy it while they can…lol

  • Prudence

    he better eat good decent food while he’s getting it for free because in about 2 more years he’ll be eating pigs feet, chittlings, fried chicken and watermelons again!

  • Robert

    This is news?

    • Jack

      Um, when the now-elected candidate’s chief water-carriers start to turn, yeah, Robert, it’s news.

      • Luther Poach

        Never watched the show before, have you? If you had, you would know how ridiculous your comment is.

  • too many idiots

    Vacationing while America falls like a meteorite. What a great leader we have. You’ve gotta love this country….Hope and Change people, and you fell for it!!

    • Robert

      Go Obama!!!!!

      • Nichael

        @Robert: Yes, PLEASE, JUST GO!!!!

      • seeyaloser

        ya keep going North Obama, don’t stop when they start speaking French…

      • Rob

        And take Biden with you.

      • Jim in Houston

        Yeah, go to hell!

      • jb

        Yes, please…GO!!!

      • ljones

        Couldn’t agree more….Please, just go. Hey, I will even help you pack.

      • roy hobbs

        Robert. just another idiot rat following the pied piper. Brainless.

      • Leslie

        Yes Go Obama! Go far, far away! Then keep going!

    • myopinion

      Yeah and our tax dollars are paying for it….

  • nathan

    thanks for checking in from the lunatic fringe guys. you may go back to polishing your guns now.

    • Can’t wait til Nov

      And guess what Nathan? Mine is getting nice and shiny…

      • Jon

        No need to tell us that. Where is yours? Rusting in your locked safe?

      • jimboellis

        i’ll second that

    • Hillary

      Nathan, you are the lunatic fringe! (Liberalism is a mental disorder)

      • tlom

        Wow Hillary!!

        Did Rush teach you that?

      • Smashicus

        tlom, at least she’s capable of learning, unlike you old dog!

      • cbass

        tlom,

        That’s actually Michael Savage, read a book now and again it might be good for ya.

      • gus

        tlom………Typical Liberal response……no facts to back-up their emotions so attack the messenger……BHO is a nightmare and anyone that actually believes he is helping the country does have some form of mental issues.

      • JsMom

        @tlom

        That’s Savage, not Limbaugh. Nice work!

    • Gnat

      What’s wrong Nate? Don’t you like our Constitution?

      • Craig

        Are you done rewriting it?

      • haha

        Craig – he can’t get to it – your Lefty incompetent Congress is currently using it to wipe their arses

    • me

      and so P Town is heard from… surprise

    • Gabrielle

      The difference is, Nate, that our side have our guns legally. The wayward baby-mama daddies on your side got theirs from the trunk of some beat-up 1972 Cadillac.

      • John

        I think I fell in love with you just based on this comment. So much truth in it. LOL

      • Jon

        Gabrielle is my new girlfriend. I could take her everywhere.

    • Ratt

      No problem Nat, they are sitting right beside my Bible, Praise Be To The Lord.

      • Ratt Fan

        Ratt is an awesome band

    • phillysmart

      like most brainwashed liberals you don’t have a clue

    • Heston

      Yes I keep my military style rifles and high capacity magazines clean and ready to go. Thanks to BHO, gun sales have been the only business thriving in his term!

    • bubbaskirtchaser

      Nathan, get out of the sun & Quit drinking the liberal Kool-aid.

    • Bones

      And what’s is wrong with keeping my guns in good working order??? Please do tell. Why do you Progressive idiots ALWAYS presume we’re going to use our firearms on you??? Unless you know of a Liberal Agenda that I am unaware of or plan on breaking into my home, what is it that you have to fear about my firearms?

    • kirsten

      Thanks Nathan, just finished polishing my guns, didn’t need your permission though. Now my 12th vacation can begin, only thing is taxpayers aren’t paying for mine or yours..well unless you are a government employee.

    • Qman

      Mine is always clean and ready to go just for you Nathan. Oh yeah, next to my gun is a copy of the Constitution and a Bible. Happy now Nathan.

    • bvill Hurt

      nathan,
      Thanks for reminding me, I want to to be sure I can see your reflection in it
      clearly as I pull.
      ib

    • ib quiet

      nathan
      got to keep it shining simply smile when you see the flash.
      ib

    • Chuck

      My, aren’t WE witty and sarcastic! Obviously a superior intellect. Of course, a superior intellect wouldn’t go around flipping off people with guns when they have none. You need to re-think your basic attitude, amigo.

    • Paul

      Sorry Nathan, recent polls show 60% of the American public now identifies the Democrat Party as the extremists… you’re so for out of the mainstream you’ve lost your bearings and don’t know where you are.

    • TheOtherJon

      Okay, we will.

    • James Polecat

      guns polished … check.

    • Mike

      And Nathan, you can go back to cornholeing your boyfriend now!

    • Emerson

      OK Nathan. You can now go back to writing slash fiction about yourself and serial killers.

    • roy hobbs

      Hey nathan I’ll bet you are a little puzzy, if somebody came up and slapped you in the face you would run home to mommy crying. Dam straight I got my guns and knives ready if I need them.

      • Tad

        Roy, It’s the knives that scare me! lol

    • Buddy

      Nathan I think Osama needs to come up with a white woman to keep his base happy and show he’s a man.
      Buddy Hogan

    • Steve DeMarcus

      I don’t polish mine I clean it and oil it well and practice with it often to make sure I only hit my intended target! Notice I use my full name when I post which is Robert Steve DeMarcus!

    • DrDarby

      Nathan is too much of a puss to own or touch one. He depends on government to feed clothe bathe protect and think for him. Pitifull excuse for a man

    • bob schaeffer

      And now he heads for NOLA for Katrina remembrances….and another chance to blame Mr. Bush for something. That’s all he is able to do. Blame anybody and everybody, while he holds himself unaccountable for our floundering economy and weakness on the international front.

    • MudEngineer

      You don’t have to polish camoflauged guns. You are so out of touch. Where is spellchecker when you need it?

  • Lulu

    Isn’t Valerie Jarrett Vernon Jordan’s niece? Birds of a feather flock together……so glad to know Mr. Obama is having such a great time. Many in this country are just trying to figure out how to pay their utility bills. Elitists don’t seem to know or care.

    • PineappleShoe

      The Obama’s remind me of looters running out of a store during a riot.

    • cristanti

      can barely pay my electric bill with my SS check and may have to call them to see if they will let me pay half and half this month, obama promised us he would give us a check of 250.00 since we did not get cost of living increase this year for first time and of course he lied about that and there he is living it up with michelle and could care less about the struggles others go thru, I am sick of this man, I pray he does not win again, he is the most arrogant, conceited man I have ever seen and she is ntot much better.

  • Matt

    Letterman is an idiot! American got exactly what she paid for with the Obama administration. If you expected anything different, then you are either completely ignorant, or you are of extemely low intellect.

    • paul

      matt: low-intellect? like sarah palin???

      • Dr.Zarkov

        no like Rachel Maddow and Keith Olberman

      • larry

        paul: low-intellect.. such as yourself apparently.

      • chuck farley

        Boy, that sure felt good, didn’t it? Is that your best shot?

      • LSBrewer

        No, like Joe Biden.

      • Drake

        Paul…low intellect? You spelled Sara wrong. It also shows you don’t really know her well enough to make that judgment. It simply propaganda to make her look bad and make liberals feel better about their own candidates. It doesn’t work with people with high intellect. How’s that “change” coming from the liberal intellect of spend trillions and accomplish nothing? Now that’s smart. A vegetable could sit there and work better for our country.

      • Jim

        Paul: if you can’t see the lack of progress and what’s happening to the country, you are of low intellect.

      • jr

        why do you think Sarah is low-intellect? Just because you are NOT measured up to her!

      • astralweeks

        No, low intellect like you who numbly and dumbly fall for everything the media throws at you. “Sarah Palin is of low intellect because she jotted some notes on the palm of her hand for an inspiring and off the top of her head speech.” “Obama is the smartest man alive though he can’t even address school students without a minimum of teleprompters.”

      • devnulzzz

        Low intellect, like the dullards and half wits that VOTED for this neo fascist socilalist liar and his criminal band of crooks. Let’s hope the truth is finally dawning on them, I believe most have “seen the light” as is evidenced by the libtard in chief, mr letterman, actually seeing the truth after pitching for this awful failure for months. Farewell to mister obama, the first post constitutional president, and his band of liberal morons.

      • jon

        No, low intellect like you. What would you know about Sarah Palin? All you know is the crap the media fed you. I highly doubt that you did any real research like most other lazy media driven Americans. If you had done your research you probably would have wanted her to be the president. But you don’t know anything about her. Just like you don’t know anything about Obama because all you did was take the news channels at their word. Truth is though, you probably didn’t even vote.

      • Harold

        And Katie Couric, Chris Mathews, Matt Lauer and Paul… So many liberal idiots!

      • Jim in Houston

        I supposed yours is much higher you Kool-Aid drinking moron! On what do you base your stupid remark?

      • Fred

        Matt: why are you still picking on Sarah Palin? Is she really that much of a threat to you?

      • jm

        If Palin is low intellect than that is what I want. She eliminated the debt in her state, eliminated personal income tax, lowered sales tax and property tax. Alaska was the only state that needed no stimulous money when the rest of the states couldn’t manage their pocket books.

        Give me Palins low intellect over Obama’s socialist agenda any day of the week.

        • FinancialConservativesRule

          iNDIANA (R) Governor Mitch Daniels did so as well. It’s what happens when a TRUE conservative is in charge!

      • opiniononly

        no, way WAY lower — like you

      • Cleatus

        HEY Paul!! YPUR MAMA!!

      • KrisW

        No not like Sarah Palin. She has no intellect.

      • LukeJohn

        way, way lower

      • Chuck

        Last time I checked, Sarah Palin wasn’t the President, genius….

      • jimboellis

        libs are a complete joke

      • greg

        you are so ignorant paul. do you have any common sense?

      • MudEngineer

        Sarah Palin is genius when compared to those that voted for Obummer, the Kenyan citizen.

    • debra

      Amen to that, Matt.

    • Joel Mawmah

      How is Letterman an idiot for stating the truth, Matt? And arch-leftist? Really? Have you paid attention to his monologues and remarks over the years re politics? Obviously not….

      Now excuse me…since I’m an independent and not a party sycophant, I need to go do some adult stuff.

      • yousoundstoopid

        not for nothing but what the hell is a sycophant professor “all grown up”?

      • FordSVT

        @yousoundstoopid: an appropriate screen name for you, sir or ma’am. Open an English dictionary.

      • StephenRex

        Yeah, like leave more comments on news websites. If you don’t think Letterman’s as left as he is pervy to his female staff, you’re either wrong or stupid.

      • you’re still an idiot FordSVT

        FordSVT – look up sarcasm before you hand the book to me – a little slow today are ye?

    • ronlsb

      A second Amen to that, Matt!

    • Ringo

      Matt Matt Matt. You have described yourself.

    • Deskboy

      Maddow and Olberman, those two guys spoon feed it to their brain dead audience. No wonder MSNBC is a blip on the screen. How come Maddow never wears a neck tie? Why does he get to skip the tie and Olberman and the rest of the talking heads have to wear one? Can anyone explain it to me?

      • Luther Poach

        Actually MSNBC rose up and passed CNN when they went liberal. While Maddow’s delivery gets on my nerves sometimes, she can at least appear on the Sunday talk shows and hold her own with the heavyweights. I don’t think Beck, Hannity, Limbaugh or Savage could do that. O’Reilly probably could.

    • Cindy Crenshaw

      You hit the nail on the head Matt!

  • walter12

    Isn’t that nice, arch-leftist and Bush hater Letterman is beginning to see what a disaster this Obama really is.

    • Luther Poach

      Apparently you’ve never actually watched the show. if you had, you would know that he has always given Democrats just as much hell as the Reps. Conservatives just seem to be more thin-skinned.

      • larry

        Spoken like a true leftist

      • jack

        luther writes, “he(letterman) has always given Democrats just as much hell as the Reps”

        Yes, and Fox gives just as much hell to Reps as Dems. get your head out of the sand, man.

        • DigitalBob

          No, he has not given Dems as much grief as Reps. What you smoking?

        • Luther Poach

          Shouldn’t you be out protesting the ground zero mosque, or is it okay now that it has come to light that the number two Fox shareholder is funding it?

          • tarzan

            Luther the Moron again validates the fact that all he does is watch TV; who’s funding your non-productive life?

            • Luther Poach

              Good response to my mosque question. I learned that from watching TV, but not Fox because they’re not reporting that part of it.

              • tarzan

                Luther the Moron has a limited capacity to think. So every time he’s challenged to respond to anything that is beyond his limited intellectual capabilities (that statement is actually a compliment to him) he must first confer with his TV and if nothing registers he changes the subject to the last headline he remembers.

                • Luther Poach

                  Busted! Well, I need to go run a business, and you probably need to watch Hannah Montana. Nice battling with you guys!

                  • Richard Tuck

                    Apparently someone needs a crack delivery

                    • Leonard Peracchio

                      Yeah, Send to Fantasy Island C/O Joe Biden….

              • Richard Tuck

                I didn’t know you could get the UFO CHANNEL in your mother’s basement.

            • Richard Tuck

              Maybe “Poached” can tell us why Barry changed his name? If a Republican did so Thom Borkebackcaw would have been all over him.

          • larry

            Changing the subject are we?

            Typical leftist arguing style.

          • Richard Tuck

            According to the latest reports, the” celebrate the slaughter in 711 AD” mosque folks had only 9 GEES in the bakn as of yesterday. That ain’t enough to paint a crosswalk in the Big Apple. How about some NAMES, Poachedbrain, or didn’t they come to you in that dream? Was the TV ON when you heard this?

      • monkeysee

        apparently you’ve watched it with your Lefty goggles on.

      • tarzan

        Luther the Moron,

        That’s right listen to our resident expert who as nothing better to do than watch TV and form idiotic opinions

      • Richard Tuck

        Man, Poachedbrain, I have better things to do than watch that perv on TV. BTW I didn’t know they had internet at the homeless shelter. Is there a time limit Poached?

      • will

        Still drinking the cool-aid.

    • soundinseasons

      the disaster was Bush dude!! how can you deny that. forget standing for a particular party. thats the bull that’s going to destroy this country. it promotes dishonesty on the left as well as the right. u guys wanna talk about money and research, pull up the bill for Iraq. why wasnt new orleans given that kind of attention. thats an american city. last i checked Baghdad was not. thats sounds more anti-american than trying to provide health care for AMERICANS who cant afford it! come on now!! keep it real for once please!!! you’ll feel better!

    • soundinseasons

      dude. cant you see that it can no longer be about left vs right. thats some bull that perpetuated to keep us loyal to sides and parties and robs u from thinking as individuals on individual ideas. its so those pricks can get votes. i wonder how thinks would be if there was no partisanship, if you had no idea of who you were voting for or supporting, but only those ideas that they promote. i bet the farm that Left vs Right would be totally irrelevant. non of us would fit on the so called left or the right. think about it, they tell us what to support, we dont come with those ideas on your on, we just jump on the party ban wagons.

      • soundinseasons

        pardon spelling

  • cmunit

    Obama, the lie, and his operatives are anti America.

    http://www.OBAMAtheLIE.com

    • soundinseasons

      the last i checked this country took a turn for the worst under the last administration, but you racist, tea party having cats never seem to remember that. that fact that you find fault in everything this man does only exposes your dislike for him for every reason other than his policies. why are you so uncomfortable with obama. really … be honest for once. its ridiculous how you rally behind palin. she may not be as unintelligent as she’s been branded to be, but she certainly has not proven to be otherwise. keep it real. she has said some dumb s….. lol. come on now we’re alllllll Americans. we should be able to keep it real with each other. black white, blue or red!! as for anti- American, as the people of New Orleans who’s anti-american. or does anti-african american not count!!!!!

      • baa

        keep it real….Obama Sucks and is NOT an American. Thats whats real.

      • joseph

        i How’s this for Keepin it Real: Calling tea party people racists is a lazy and dishonest thing to do. How racist are the African Americans who voted for Obama soley because of the color of his skin? … oh and Obama and Biden has said some amazingly dumb things but why do you think you and most media concentrate on someone like Palin? You are being duped.

      • Chuck

        You want honesty? Here it is…we don’t like Obama’s policies. It’s not his race (which is half white)…it’s the policies. I know that’s not the answer you want. You want to believe that all his opponents are racist. But we supported Condeleeza Rice because of her policies…liberals didn’t support her because of her policies. If your side doesn’t stop this constant hysterical racial ranting, you will ruin the chances of all future blacks who run for president. The American people are tired of all the racial garbage. Get over the slavery days and the Jim crowe laws…they are behind us. There, I gave you the truth, not what you wanted to hear. Live with it and deal with it.

      • hypnomark

        Yeah, OK, well I have to agree that Bush was not the best president we have had, and perhaps one of if not THE worst we ever had. However, Obama does not seem to be doing much better, in fact he may be giving Baby Bush a run for his money in terms of the worst president ever.

        Most of what happened during the Bush administration and even the elections was questionable, but practically everything that Obama has done has been just as questionable if not more so. It’s all about power and money, and how much it takes to get your way. They both sold out, and that’s what has led us to this place we are now.

        The more people who wake up and become aware that living in fear and hate is not the place to be, the better the opportunity for us all to move this world into a better state, a better place, a higher state of consciousness. That’s where we are headed, and that scares those who are really in power.

        So stop pointing your finger at Obama or Bush, they are just puppets. Stop living in fear, find love, joy and happiness, and leave the hate and fear for those who like to suffer. The more of us who live in love, joy and happiness, the sooner we’ll be able to move on to a better world, free of greed, hate, war and destruction.

        As John Lennon once stated, ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE

        hypnomarkcom

      • seasonsinsound

        It took turn for worst when the democrats took over the congress and that was way before Obama become a president. So it is not his fault it is fault of the democrats as a whole

      • Buster

        January 3rd, 2007 was the day the Democrats took over the Senate and the
        Congress:

        At the time:

        The DOW Jones closed at 12,621.77

        The GDP for the previous quarter was 3.5%

        The Unemployment rate was 4.6%

        George Bush’s Economic policies SET A RECORD of 52 STRAIGHT MONTHS of JOB
        CREATION!

        Remember the day…

        January 3rd, 2007 was the day that Barney Frank took over the House Financial
        Services Committee and Chris Dodd took over the Senate Banking Committee.

        The economic meltdown that happened 15 months later was in what part of the
        economy?

        BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES!!!

        THANK YOU DEMOCRATS for taking us from 13,000 DOW, 3.5 GDP and 4.6%
        Unemployment… to this CRISIS by (among MANY other things) dumping 5-6 TRILLION
        Dollars of toxic loans on the economy from YOUR Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac !
        (BTW: Bush asked Congress 17 TIMES to stop Fannie & Freddie – starting in 2001
        because it was Financially risky for the US economy):

        And who took the THIRD highest pay-off from Fannie Mae AND Freddie Mac????

        OBAMA

        And who fought against reform of Fannie and Freddie???

        The HYPOCRITE Socialist in Chief Obama

      • VJ

        Opposition is patriotic. That was the cr*p I heard for 5 years till 2009. The opposition to the current POTUS has nothing to do with Racism. If 70% of people supported him at the time of inauguration and only 45% support now, the 25% did not suddenly realize that Obama is African American.

      • Jason

        Last time I checked CBS and Letterman are as liberal as they come. How can you rant about the tea party and Palin under this news article? This article is all Obama and Letterman. Learn to debate and present a dialectic argument. If I just went over your head, quit blogging and go read something that will educate your mind.
        Letterman’s point in this article is correct. Obama has taken more vacation than people in France that get 30 days off!! 6 weeks X 5 day/wk = 30 days and the year isn’t over yet.

      • Bassboat

        What other reason is there to dislike a president other than his policies. You drink way too much kool-aid. Try to study the facts and what works in the real world for once in your life.

      • Joe

        Obama is destroying America by destroying the middle class.He’s terrible and doesn’t have a clue. It’s over for this loser.

      • Mike

        @soundinseasons,
        You are a mental midget. I associate with the tea party it is not racist. You can’t argue facts so you resort to name calling. You can watch numerous youtube videos of black people supporting the tea party movement. I’m white, my wife is not, she was actually born in Africa! I’m not racist. You overlook the fact that unemployment is around 10% (which Obama guaranteed wouldn’t go over 8%) and the housing market is tanking again. The media is reporting that the so called recovery is “slowing down.” Obama said he would focus on jobs, but he hasn’t. And while more and more homeowners are going into foreclosure he is taking numerous vacations, living it up at my expense. It is extremely insulting to me and the American people. My older brother is unemployed for the 2nd time this year. He finally found another job after his first lay off and lost it because things slowed down. I don’t support Palin either, but you want to ignore the fact that Obama has said equally dumb things, like 57 states and others. You also like to ignore that yes, Palin had more experience than Obama. Obama only would mention her mayorship, and ignore the fact that she was governor. What was he? A community organizer and a senator who never showed up. Yeah thats real experience. All of Obama’s policies are failing, but you are to blind to know, and too stupid to realize it is Obama’s actions, not his skin color that pisses us off.

      • MudEngineer

        You are again a clueless liberal. The Democrats took over Congress in January of 2007 which was two year before Bush left office. The recession began one year later due to their policies. Now, due to Obama’s policies; we are in the early stages of the Obama Depression. He has only made the economy even worse than what the Democratic Congress created from 2007 to 2008. Good luck over the next five years, you are going to need it.

      • gregd

        took a turn for the worse when the Democrats took over Congress in Bush’s last too years…be accurate… tea party racists? That’s a stock comment… What about the blacks, hispanics, asians, etc. that are part of the tea party movement? You rant a lot but have no clue.

      • soundinseasons

        Chuck how stupid can u be say get over slavery and jim crow! you have no idea what its like. its not at all over. you wouldnt know the first thing about racism because your not a constant victim. you dont know how much it hurts. you have nooo idea my brotha. some but not most people voted for that guy because he was qualified. can u honestly say that some did not vote against him because of his race. thats racism dude. front and center 2010. dont tell me anything about race dude. u dont have a clue.

      • soundinseasons

        U guys are funny! come at me as hard as you want! im not a mental midget. you dont even know me. u still wont admitt thta the econmy clearly tanked BEFORE OBAMA! its very clear! how can you blame him for not fixing it fast enough! thats amazing!! but im the mental midget?

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