Give the guy a break. He's got a lot of work to do and no time to waste.

Hell, if I was President I'd have a staff of Playboy Bunnies who hand-feed me at every meal (and they must be naked). At least our President is more sensible than I am.

And I happen to love Grey Poupon.

"Those days are over for the moment," he added."

FTFY, Subby.

Crap like this gets greenlit? What's next? "Busy Obama can't make trips to dry cleaner for the moment."

But.. but.. but.. DATE NIGHT! ARUGALA! GREY POUPON! ELITIST!

/wharrgarbl

"I think it's important to understand that good friends don't worry about the symbols and the conventions and the protocols," Obama said, dismissing the suggestion he was snubbing his French host.

I wonder how much mileage they'll try to get out of this one.

Donald_McRonald: "I think it's important to understand that good friends don't worry about the symbols and the conventions and the protocols," Obama said, dismissing the suggestion he was snubbing his French host.

I wonder how much mileage they'll try to get out of this one.

If there's one thing Republicans can't stand, it's snubbing the French.

Donald_McRonald: "I think it's important to understand that good friends don't worry about the symbols and the conventions and the protocols," Obama said

Fitting, actually, since his Treasury Secretary is doing the same thing with his decisions on who to bailout. Cronies get one set of rules, normies get another. Obama's much like a drug dealer in that sense, there's "cool price", "normal price", and "chump price". The American taxpayer is the chump.

Again, the mods fail at greenlighting this crap, and the right fringe will inevitably fail by, well, just being themselves.

Boring, boring, boring.

This is weird because...?

Obama inherited picnics...

// Meh, had nothing.

He goes on a date night, he gets criticized.
He doesn't go on a date night, he gets criticized.

Conservatives are whining that Obama isn't spending MORE time in FRANCE? Really?

Obama must have ran over every cat that belonged to Drew and the admins.

NeverDrunk23: Obama must have ran over every cat that belonged to Drew and the admins.

Except one.

Nina_Hartley's_Ass: Donald_McRonald: "I think it's important to understand that good friends don't worry about the symbols and the conventions and the protocols," Obama said, dismissing the suggestion he was snubbing his French host.

I wonder how much mileage they'll try to get out of this one.

If there's one thing Republicans can't stand, it's snubbing the French.

I say we start calling Freedom fries "French" fries instead, to demonstrate our outrage over this slight.

dodecahedron: "Those days are over for the moment," he added."

FTFY, Subby.

Crap like this gets greenlit? What's next? "Busy Obama can't make trips to dry cleaner for the moment."

Until he goes on a trip, then it's OMFG!!1! why is he leaving??!!? HE'S GOT WORK TO DO!!11!!!

elchip: He goes on a date night, he gets criticized.
He doesn't go on a date night, he gets criticized.

NEWSFLASH: Presidents get criticized.

Come to think of it, he kind of looks like Fred Thompson.

Ca va pas.

Epsilon: Give the guy a break. He's got a lot of work to do and no time to waste.

But plenty of money to waste apparently.

I hear humans unscrew our lug-nuts at night and eat them at their human brunches.

/got nothing

Funny how the outrage over "elitist" is coming from a party whose last president went to Yale and who takes their advice from a man always pictured with a cigar.

wharrgarbl headline is wharrgarbl

Why are right-wing f*ckwits so obsessed with Obama's eating habits? It's just sad.

This isn't even worth commenting about so I'm going to recite a poem.

There once was a man from Nantucket...

Yesdog: Again, the mods fail at greenlighting this crap, and the right fringe will inevitably fail by, well, just being themselves.

Boring, boring, boring.

The Politics tab is a special kind of Groundhog Day hell: every day it's the same old bullshiat -- except you still get older. I've stopped reading the threads, by and large.

fenrael23: Why are right-wing f*ckwits so obsessed with Obama's eating habits? It's just sad.

I know you're being rhetorical with that question, but I have a general theory about what's been going on the past 25-30 years.

Republicans are good emotion-based campaigners, in general, but absolutely crap when it comes to governing. How CAN you govern when the central thesis of your party is that government cannot work? So they campaign all the time, and use the power they get to dismantle or block any system that could endear government to the people.

Eventually, that leads to things getting so bad that people need help. When they're down and out, the vast American middle stops listening to how evil government is and demand a helping hand. Democrats happily oblige, and quickly go about the business of governing (imperfectly.) What was the preceding environment to the election of the past two Democratic presidents? A Republican (named Bush both times) letting things go to shiat.

But when things get better, people start buying into the illusion that they are independent and powerful ("I may not be rich now, but I will some day!"), and start buying in to the constant Republican jabber. After years of background noise, constant attempts to throw anything against the wall to see what will stick will build emotional resentment in these people. They look around, realize they're doing okay, and grow annoyed by the downsides to government intervention. The inevitable Democratic screwups and scandals will facilitate this. Then we'll elect the next Bush.

The cliff notes version: Republicans will attack Democrats constantly while they fix things. Once things are better, people will listen and Republicans will be voted back in power.

/And the cycle continues.
//Disagree if you want. But ask yourself this: If Obama succeeds in fixing things, how many elections pass until people vote in a Republican?

Jensaarai: //Disagree if you want. But ask yourself this: If Obama succeeds in fixing things, how many elections pass until people vote in a Republican?

The next one.

And let's be honest: Americans deserve Republicans.

Jensaarai: fenrael23: Why are right-wing f*ckwits so obsessed with Obama's eating habits? It's just sad.

I know you're being rhetorical with that question, but I have a general theory about what's been going on the past 25-30 years.

Republicans are good emotion-based campaigners, in general, but absolutely crap when it comes to governing. How CAN you govern when the central thesis of your party is that government cannot work? So they campaign all the time, and use the power they get to dismantle or block any system that could endear government to the people.

Eventually, that leads to things getting so bad that people need help. When they're down and out, the vast American middle stops listening to how evil government is and demand a helping hand. Democrats happily oblige, and quickly go about the business of governing (imperfectly.) What was the preceding environment to the election of the past two Democratic presidents? A Republican (named Bush both times) letting things go to shiat.

But when things get better, people start buying into the illusion that they are independent and powerful ("I may not be rich now, but I will some day!"), and start buying in to the constant Republican jabber. After years of background noise, constant attempts to throw anything against the wall to see what will stick will build emotional resentment in these people. They look around, realize they're doing okay, and grow annoyed by the downsides to government intervention. The inevitable Democratic screwups and scandals will facilitate this. Then we'll elect the next Bush.

The cliff notes version: Republicans will attack Democrats constantly while they fix things. Once things are better, people will listen and Republicans will be voted back in power.

/And the cycle continues.
//Disagree if you want. But ask yourself this: If Obama succeeds in fixing things, how many elections pass until people vote in a Republican?

Democrats fixing shiat? Thats a good one. Kennedy, Johnson and Carter sure fixed things alright! Clinton was good and hopefully Cheeseburger will be good too but don't pretend democrats are the fixers of America.

/Give me a break.

i'll believe it when i see it

fenrael23: Why are right-wing f*ckwits so obsessed with Obama's eating habits? It's just sad.

Because the Freepers and Independents^TM feels a need to criticize Obama at the same volume Bush was criticized. But they lack anything with substance to criticize him for, so they have to stick with "birthcertificatearuglateleprompter!!1"

Anyone know if Grey Poupon is getting the Obama Bump, much like any product mentioned on Oprah?

Some commentators have questioned whether his short stay indicated a lack of interest in Europe

This kind of remark wouldn't even stand up to Wikipedia standards.

what's funny is that while the European press is making these claims, none of the European leaders have come to Obama's defense......instead, they are letting him piss in the wind and defend himself....

interesting....

libbynomore2: what's funny is that...European leaders have come to Obama's defense...

They aren't defending him because there is nothing to defend. This is another manufactured non-issue that you guys on the right want desperately to make stick.

The thing is, no one's buying your crap anymore and that fact is making you on the right fringe pull your hair on in terror.

But by all means, keep flinging crap.

Hey right wingers!!

FRAK YOU!!

I'm LAUGHING at your "superior" ideology.

The thing is, no one's buying your crap anymore and that fact
is making you on the right fringe pull your hair on in terror.

Praise the Emperor.

Praise the Lords of Kobol too, why the frak not.

If I had any good shi@t to drink I'd raise a toast.

\nuts, absofrakkinlutely nuts