Not the god....but a god...

Gosh, what a strangely isolated sentence.
I wonder if there could possibly be some context missing...

/there is
//bring back Stephen Glass

Wasn't there a song about how magical Obama is?? It was so catchy..

If someone asks if you are a god, you say yes!

To be fair, Obama is my favorite chocolate god.

Tackboard: Wasn't there a song about how magical Obama is?? It was so catchy..

Yeah, it was rushin' up the charts with a headed right to the top.

Klingon Penis: Gosh, what a strangely isolated sentence.
I wonder if there could possibly be some context missing...

/there is
//bring back Stephen Glass

You want the context?

CHRIS MATTHEWS (HOST):Evan Thomas is editor at large for Newsweek magazine. Evan, you remember 1984. It wasn't 100 years ago. Reagan and World War II and the sense of us as the good guys in the world, how are we doing?

EVAN THOMAS: Well, we were the good guys in 1984, it felt that way. It hasn't felt that way in recent years. So Obama's had, really, a different task We're seen too often as the bad guys. And he, he has a very different job from ... Reagan was all about America, and you talked about it. Obama is - we are above that now. We're not just parochial, we're not just chauvinistic, we're not just provincial. We stand for something, I mean in a way Obama's standing above the country, above above the world, he's sort of God.

Okay, so it still sounds to me like Thomas called him "sort of God".

Does take long for the Republicans to call anybody in authority their deity, does it? Maybe that's their problem?

mud_shark: Okay, so it still sounds to me like Thomas called him "sort of God".

Lack of reading comprehension is a strange thing to brag about, but okay.

Old news is Old news.

I mean really, this is the first Sunday that Evan Thomas is holding services in praise to his deity, he spoke to the flaming bush last week.


ObaMessiah; more often than you think.

Heh, pretty unfortunate quote. It sounded out of context, so here's a clip with a bit more context linky.

He wasn't saying that he thinks he's God. He was explaining Obama's idealism in terms of acting messianic. Which is what Republicans have often attacked Obama for.

helix400: He wasn't saying that he thinks he's God. He was explaining Obama's idealism in terms of acting messianic..

Obama is an avatar of Jimmy Carter.

Klingon Penis: www.forumammo.com

I'm going to assume you used a Sisko facepalm intentionally there, since we are talking about gods.

thought it was going to be guest editor stephen colbert..and satire

/only newsweek issue worth reading

mud_shark: Okay, so it still sounds to me like Thomas called him "sort of God".



I'm a god!
You're a god?
I'm a god.
I'm not the God, I don't think.
You're not a god. Believe me. This is years of Catholic school talking.
How do you know I'm not a god?
Because it's not possible!... Is this some kind of trick?
Maybe the real God uses tricks. Maybe He's not omnipotent.

Damn right wing media.

Constitution says president becomes automatic pharaoh. It's science.

Klingon Penis: mud_shark: Okay, so it still sounds to me like Thomas called him "sort of God".

Lack of reading comprehension is a strange thing to brag about, but okay.

So why are you bragging about it?

Go ahead and explain how his last sentence was negated by his previous sentences.

At least Helix offered some explanation even though it still fails.

Animatronik: Obama is an avatar of Jimmy Carter.

I didn't think this thread could hold any more stupidity.

TL;DR

Besides, I'm late for my Sunday Church Service at the Church of Liberalism, where I'll sing songs in praise of my messiahs, Barack Obama and Al Gore.

I actually saw him say that om Chris Mathews show (who also agreed with him), it was just disgusting that anyone would be so entrenched in a political ideology that they could think that way. Credibility? Uh huh.. no bias at all in our media.

mud_shark: So why are you bragging about it?

Go ahead and explain how his last sentence was negated by his previous sentences.

At least Helix offered some explanation even though it still fails.

Thomas was obvious comparing Reagan's nationalism with Obama's proclivity to see all sides.
He could've put it more artfully, but he was saying it off the cuff in a TV interview, not an opinion piece for Newsweek.

Excuse me for growing tired of the right dumbing down every sound bite to the lowest common denominator. See: Palin, Sarah re: Letterman, David, etc.

A God? Didn't Mr. Thomas rant about Obama's policies in the past?

Anyways here's something that may be relevant to a farker's political interests. The Obama Stimulus: Predictions vs. Reality (new window)

Klingon Penis: Thomas was obvious comparing Reagan's nationalism with Obama's proclivity to see all sides.
He could've put it more artfully, but he was saying it off the cuff in a TV interview, not an opinion piece for Newsweek.

Complex ideas do not translate well into television soundbites.

Murkanen: Klingon Penis: Thomas was obvious comparing Reagan's nationalism with Obama's proclivity to see all sides.
He could've put it more artfully, but he was saying it off the cuff in a TV interview, not an opinion piece for Newsweek.

Complex ideas do not translate well into television soundbites.

It's not that complex an idea or a soundbite.
It's a political party so obviously desperate for a toehold that they take any opportunity to coarsen the discourse.

artificialraven:
Anyways here's something that may be relevant to a farker's political interests. The Obama Stimulus: Predictions vs. Reality (new window)

Kinda cheesy, but it certainly drives home the point.

Can't you see, he's the man? Let me hear you applaud. He is more than a man, he's a shiny golden god!

Jesus, ever heard of metaphor and similar

the american right: the new Amelia Bedelia

Are you a god?

I wonder if he got a shiver down his leg.....

Klingon Penis:
I wonder if there could possibly be some context missing...


In context, he was actually he was criticizing obama in a balanced but firm manner.

Triaxis: I actually saw him say that om Chris Mathews show (who also agreed with him), it was just disgusting that anyone would be so entrenched in a political ideology that they could think that way. Credibility? Uh huh.. no bias at all in our media.



True.


Matthews is pathetic. He is so ghey for Obama.





credibility ZERO

Klingon Penis: mud_shark: So why are you bragging about it?

Go ahead and explain how his last sentence was negated by his previous sentences.

At least Helix offered some explanation even though it still fails.

Thomas was obvious comparing Reagan's nationalism with Obama's proclivity to see all sides.>

He also points out that times are different. It is not just a contrasting of Reagan with Obama.

He could've put it more artfully, but he was saying it off the cuff in a TV interview, not an opinion piece for Newsweek.

So it's still his publicly stated opinion. So what?

Excuse me for growing tired of the right dumbing down every sound bite to the lowest common denominator. See: Palin, Sarah re: Letterman, David, etc.

I'm of the opinion that Palin is only making herself look dumber by not being able to handle being made fun of by a late night TV talk show host.

Sadly, I suppose if Newsweek is no more unbiased than David Letterman then I guess this comment should be ignored as insignificant just as I feel Letterman's comments are insignificant.

It's just that Chris Mathews and Newsweek try to frame themselves in a more serious light.

Car_Ramrod: If someone asks if you are a god, you say yes!

I'm just here for this.

Klingon Penis

It's not that complex an idea or a soundbite.
It's a political party so obviously desperate for a toehold that they take any opportunity to coarsen the discourse.

Exactly, they're desperate to get any kind of traction against Obama right now and would like to have people perceive the media as being liberal. That allows the media to continue being center right or far to the right, with the exception of a very few media outlets.

Taking things out of context and/or making an issue out of nothing is not new though. Palin demonstrated this in the last week.

Klingon Penis: context



Context? Not this shiat again.

All Apologies: That allows the media to continue being center right or far to the right, with the exception of a very few media outlets.

UCLA study of political news coverage:

Of the 20 major media outlets studied, 18 scored left of center, with CBS' "Evening News," The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times ranking second, third and fourth most liberal behind the news pages of The Wall Street Journal.

Only Fox News' "Special Report With Brit Hume" and The Washington Times scored right of the average U.S. voter.

The most centrist outlet proved to be the "NewsHour With Jim Lehrer." CNN's "NewsNight With Aaron Brown" and ABC's "Good Morning America" were a close second and third.

"Our estimates for these outlets, we feel, give particular credibility to our efforts, as three of the four moderators for the 2004 presidential and vice-presidential debates came from these three news outlets - Jim Lehrer, Charlie Gibson and Gwen Ifill," Groseclose said. "If these newscasters weren't centrist, staffers for one of the campaign teams would have objected and insisted on other moderators."

The fourth most centrist outlet was "Special Report With Brit Hume" on Fox News, which often is cited by liberals as an egregious example of a right-wing outlet. While this news program proved to be right of center, the study found ABC's "World News Tonight" and NBC's "Nightly News" to be left of center. All three outlets were approximately equidistant from the center, the report found.

"If viewers spent an equal amount of time watching Fox's 'Special Report' as ABC's 'World News' and NBC's 'Nightly News,' then they would receive a nearly perfectly balanced version of the news," said Milyo, an associate professor of economics and public affairs at the University of Missouri at Columbia.

Five news outlets - "NewsHour With Jim Lehrer," ABC's "Good Morning America," CNN's "NewsNight With Aaron Brown," Fox News' "Special Report With Brit Hume" and the Drudge Report - were in a statistical dead heat in the race for the most centrist news outlet. Of the print media, USA Today was the most centrist.

All Apologies: Klingon Penis

It's not that complex an idea or a soundbite.
It's a political party so obviously desperate for a toehold that they take any opportunity to coarsen the discourse.

Exactly, they're desperate to get any kind of traction against Obama right now and would like to have people perceive the media as being liberal. That allows the media to continue being center right or far to the right, with the exception of a very few media outlets.

Taking things out of context and/or making an issue out of nothing is not new though. Palin demonstrated this in the last week.

So what is your preference, that a party which is "desperate to get any kind of traction" do nothing? Honestly, I am curious to know.

I don't think calling to attention a risible statement comparing Obama's actions to God's are that far-fetched.

All Apologies:
Taking things out of context and/or making an issue out of nothing is not new though. Palin demonstrated this in the last week.

Okay it is nothing.
I bet if Newsweek were to call Bush Godlike everyone on the left would be cool with that.

All Apologies: That allows the media to continue being center right or far to the right...


What? Do you live in opposite world or something?



All Apologies: context



Ah yes.... look like we are headed down the "context defense" again


you're taking out of context!!!

Typical Lib: I know he said he was sort of a "God", but what he meant to say was .......

Listerine:
So what is your preference, that a party which is "desperate to get any kind of traction" do nothing? Honestly, I am curious to know.

Jesus Motherfarking Christ.

It's an obvious mix of royalty/celebrity, except instead of royalty it's whatever you want to call power in the USA.

Bad choice of words maybe, but only for those looking for something to biatch about.

/Atheist, so the most powerful man in the world is the closest thing to a god I've actually seen

Let's just hope Michelle Obama does not bite him causing him to bleed.

Klingon Penis: Listerine:
So what is your preference, that a party which is "desperate to get any kind of traction" do nothing? Honestly, I am curious to know.

Jesus Motherfarking Christ.

I actually am curious to get your answer of what acceptable criticism is, and I say that with no sarcasm.

Listerine: I actually am curious to get your answer of what acceptable criticism is, and I say that with no sarcasm.

It's obviously words that someone else uses to describe Obama and the President's use of a teleprompter.

Only the most partisan thinkers could take his asinine statement and try to spin "context".

He opens up and expressed his blatant bias and bizarre belief about the POTUS, and should get called on it, not excused.

Listerine: I actually am curious to get your answer of what acceptable criticism is, and I say that with no sarcasm.

Go get some ethics first, then we'll talk.