Newsweek editor Evan Thomas brought adulation over President Obama’s Cairo speech to a whole new level on Friday, declaring on MSNBC: "I mean in a way Obama’s standing above the country, above – above the world, he’s sort of God."
Thomas, appearing on Hardball with Chris Matthews, was reacting to a preceding monologue in which Matthews praised Obama’s speech: "I think the President's speech yesterday was the reason we Americans elected him. It was grand. It was positive. Hopeful...But what I liked about the President's speech in Cairo was that it showed a complete humility...The question now is whether the President we elected and spoke for us so grandly yesterday can carry out the great vision he gave us and to the world."
Matthews discussed Obama’s upcoming speech marking the 65th anniversary of D-Day and compared it to that of Ronald Reagan. He then turned to Thomas and asked: "Reagan and World War II and the sense of us as the good guys in the world, how are we doing?" Thomas replied: "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."
Thomas elaborated on Obama as God, patronizingly explaining: "He's going to bring all different sides together...Obama is trying to sort of tamper everything down. He doesn't even use the word terror. He uses extremism. He's all about let us reason together...He's the teacher. He is going to say, ‘now, children, stop fighting and quarreling with each other.’ And he has a kind of a moral authority that he – he can – he can do that." In response, Matthews wondered: "If there's a world election between him and Osama Bin Laden, he's running a good campaign." Thomas agreed: "Yes, he is."
Here is a transcript of the relevant portion of the exchange:
5:15PM SEGMENT:
CHRIS MATTHEWS: Tomorrow on the 65th anniversary of D-day, President Obama has a tough pair of acts to follow. His own speech yesterday and one given a quarter century ago. I remember getting up that morning in 1984 to catch President Reagan at Normandy. It was a real ‘Morning in America’ speech. I believe that Reagan’s ability to connect to World War II was a reason for his enormous popularity in this country. Here he was on the bluffs of France saying something very good about America, how we liberated Europe. That's the heart of it, really. The reason Reagan was popular, Roosevelt was popular, Jack Kennedy was popular, and Barack Obama is popular. Don't tear us down. Don't make us feel like victims or the angry guys or the worried guys. Make us feel American. I think the President's speech yesterday was the reason we Americans elected him. It was grand. It was positive. Hopeful. It said to the world, if you're a good guy, you've got nothing to fear from us. If you’ve got national aspirations, if you want to be respected as a people, if you want to be treated as an equal people in the world, we're on your side. If you're an aggressor, if you want to hold down other people, if you're driven by a predatory ideology, if you're out to hurt this country, look out. We Americans are that rattlesnake on that first flag, ‘Don't tread on me.’ But what I liked about the President's speech in Cairo was that it showed a complete humility. What he did was rob from the enemy, those who want to destroy us, their main case, the belief that only by extremism can the East reach equality of dignity with the West. The question now is whether the President we elected and spoke for us so grandly yesterday can carry out the great vision he gave us and to the world. If he can, he'll be honoring what happened on D-day 65 years ago tomorrow. He will be delivering the world once again from evil. Evan Thomas is editor at large for Newsweek magazine. Evan, you remember '84. 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. He’s-
MATTHEWS: Yeah.
THOMAS: He's going to bring all different sides together. It's a very different-
MATTHEWS: Can he – well, here’s Ronald Reagan. Let's take a look, a little Friday night nostalgia. Here he is speaking about peace and reconciliation at Normandy back 25 years ago. Let's listen.
RONALD REAGAN: But we try always to be prepared for peace, prepared to deter aggression, prepared to negotiate the reduction of arms, and, yes, prepared to reach out again in the spirit of reconciliation. In truth, there is no reconciliation we would welcome more than a reconciliation with the Soviet Union so together we can lessen the risks of war now and forever.
MATTHEWS: Let's talk about the difference. He was talking about the evil empire, trying to reconcile with the people of Russia and the Soviet Union, but not the country. Barack Obama the other day was saying, yesterday, that we don't have an enemy out there per se. We have people who choose extremism, but Islam’s not our enemy. That's not the evil empire.
THOMAS: But Reagan did it with a very – for the first term it was a clenched fist. I mean, we ramped up the cold war before we ramped it down. We built up our military. We – all of this D-day stuff was about war. That was about fighting.
MATTHEWS: Right.
THOMAS: Reconciliation only after the fighting. That's not – Obama’s not doing that. Obama – we've had our fighting. Obama is trying to sort of tamper everything down. He doesn't even use the word terror. He uses extremism. He's all about let us reason together. I think he has a much tougher job, frankly, because-
MATTHEWS: What's his shtick? Reagan had the United States arms race, winning the arms race. And we had the threat of high frontier, we were going to beat the Soviets at technology.
THOMAS: I don't think he has – his shtick is he's the teacher. He's the teacher. He is going to say, ‘now, children, stop fighting and quarreling with each other.’ And he has a kind of a moral authority that he – he can – he can do that-
MATTHEWS: If there's a world election between him and Osama Bin Laden, he's running a good campaign.
THOMAS: Yes, he is.
—Kyle Drennen is a news analyst at the Media Research Center.
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Liberal Heathen Have a god Now
June 5, 2009 - 17:59 ET by allanfIf the left were not so anti-Christian Obama would be called the second coming by these State Media apparathiks.
Isn't Thomas the grandson of ACLU founder Norman Thomas the great defender of athesism>
He may be
June 5, 2009 - 19:39 ET by b4m4wyHe may be Thomas's god, but he isn't my God.
Sounds like we are back to the Roman days, where many worshiped false gods.
Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.
Ronald Reagan
if he's "sort of God" to
June 5, 2009 - 22:44 ET by TruthMongerif he's "sort of God" to anyone than he's sort of the anti-Christ to me
the Bible is always so danged correct its totally cool
Palin/Prejean 2012
Geez.....
June 5, 2009 - 18:00 ET by superconA man could go his whole life and not see sucking up like that again.
"I mean in a way Obama’s standing above the country, above – above the world, he’s sort of God."
He's the teacher. He is going to say, ‘now, children, stop fighting and
quarreling with each other.’ And he has a kind of a moral authority
that he – he can – he can do that-
Then Chris Matthews gushed "Gee..I was just going to say that. Isn't he dreamy...?
Hey Janet Napolitano...I'm proud to be a Right-winger.
Wish it was true
June 5, 2009 - 18:20 ET by jazz_fanWould that you were right, but I'm sure we'll see even worse. They have no idea how foolish and ridiculous they look to the vast majority of Americans. This kind of fawning is what you expect from young teen girls talking about boy bands, not the 'press' talking about our chief executive. I'm sure viewers in Europe were shaking their heads in disbelief and I'm afraid to imagine how this looks to the Muslim world.
This hyperbolic fawning
June 6, 2009 - 20:16 ET by ahusseris eerily similar to the 'cult of personality' surrounding comrade stalin in those golden years of terror and oppression. The only difference is that Comrade Obama can't have you executed or transported to the gulag as an enemy of the state. Yet.
"Somehow, I told you so, just doesn't quite say it." Will Smith in 'I, Robot.'
Re Stalin
June 6, 2009 - 21:30 ET by slickwillie2001I have heard it said that when Stalin died in 1953, prisoners in the Soviet gulag system wept for him. They were so thoroughly programmed that they believed Stalin was not responsible for their plight and if only they could get word to him, they would be freed.
A majority of the followers of the Bamster will not turn on him no matter what. They will rationalize, make excuses, blame Bush, blame the rich, blame big oil, blame Wall Street, etc. They would follow him into hell singing his praises with their leg tingling all the way.
'Sort of God'..??
June 5, 2009 - 18:03 ET by Sergeant ROCKWOW! How strong is that Kool-Aid? What a bunch of nuts!!
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason
".....Reagan was all about
June 5, 2009 - 18:11 ET by GregE".....Reagan was all about America, and you talked about it. Obama is ‘we are above that now'......"
Yes, we are now above talking about America. We've moved on to greater and much better things than that nation that leaped over ever nation on earth in the blink of an eye. Talking about that nonsense is beneath us now. Shining city on a hill? No way, we cannot have that kind of talk about a nation that we just now jus want to be a "one of" nation not "the greatest" nation. The big happy world is now what's important. Crap on the Constitution, crap on what America stands for and was founded on, crap on independence and individualism and free thought......ring in the new marxism, collectivism, world as one, one government, its leader Barack Huessein Obama. Everyone bow down in his presence, touch the hem of his garment, be happy knowing you are taken care of completely, a child of the One, to whom you are to focus for your sunshine and all things good and majestic.
Morons.
"I mean in a way Obama’s
June 5, 2009 - 18:05 ET by HeavyChevy"I mean in a way Obama’s standing above the country, above – above the world, he’s sort of God."
When the fairytale end and Bambi is exposed for the fraud that he truly is, I wonder how many people will tossed themselves out the nearest window in shame knowing that their god was no more then a snake oil salesman.
...........as they look
June 5, 2009 - 18:07 ET by GregE...........as they look around to vote in someone next whom they can view in the very same light, bowing to, in awe of, learning nothing from the experience of the One.
HC
June 5, 2009 - 18:11 ET by well99I not sure how many will but I will open the window for them.I believe in helping others.
Well99 the sad thing is...
June 5, 2009 - 18:24 ET by HeavyChevymost of the folks I know who are like that are kin or close friends of mines and for them this man can do no wrong. Obama is as close to God as they feel they would ever get in this existence though Obama till this point has done nothing miraculous to support that claim.
"......done nothing
June 5, 2009 - 18:33 ET by GregE"......done nothing miraculous....."
I don't know, it's quite miraculous how he has people kissing his feet for reasons unknown, all the while telling them outright how he's going to spend (waste) their money on everything possible, and convincing them that that waste is necessary because we have spent too much and can't keep it it up, as he keeps it up. The miraculous is that so many people, no matter what he does, view him as God-like. He's telling people to follow him, without outright saying it, and I believe many would follow him to the ends of the earth.....or at least to Jonestown.
GregE
June 5, 2009 - 18:37 ET by HeavyChevyI stand corrected.
HC
June 5, 2009 - 18:35 ET by well99I have family like that also. I keep them confined to the east coast. They are not allowed out of MA. It is unbelievable how people can get so wrap up in a politician. Obama is someone who if he doesn’t dazzle you brilliance he will baffle you with BS. Maybe I am just a cynic but I believe actions speak louder then words. I agree with you Obama hasn’t delivered.Oh I think I have reach my quota of cliches.
Show me a politician that
June 5, 2009 - 18:43 ET by GregEShow me a politician that views government as the problem, wants it out of people's way, wants people as free as humanly possible to innovate and develop ideas, and I'd get wrapped up in it...........not in the person, but the fact that the person had sense enough to know that America wasn't about them and they were there to see that they themselves had a little power as possible over people's lives. Unlike politicians today, who crave that power and don't readily care for giving any of it up.
GregE
June 5, 2009 - 18:55 ET by well99"Unlike politicians today, who crave that power and don't readily care for giving any of it up."
That is it right there.I do agree with the rest of what you said.If you look at politicians the majority just care about getting reelected.So much for serveing those who elected them.
Yep, I just finished reading
June 5, 2009 - 18:59 ET by GregEYep, I just finished reading "The 5000 Year Leap" (and I'll promote that book anywhere I can :-) and the writings of our nation's founders, discussed in that book, are absolutely awesome. It puts alot of things into perspective. I HIGHLY recommend it. Easy to read, it's broken down into many short sections. I'll probably be reading it again soon, as it's alot to digest but well worth it.
GregE
June 5, 2009 - 19:07 ET by well99I have to hit Hastings to find it.Sounds interesting.Thanks for the heads up on it.
false christs
June 5, 2009 - 18:14 ET by sevenin shame knowing that their god was no more then a snake oil salesman.
He is a used car salesman.
Matthew 24:38 (King James Version)
38For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
and drooling over Obama.
Obama is lining up the world for the endtimes.
actually he is NEW car salesman now
June 5, 2009 - 18:35 ET by dark_dsactually he is NEW car salesman now
_______ Him and the Unicorn he rode in on
Evan "is sort of an
June 5, 2009 - 18:13 ET by d1carterEvan "is sort of an idiot'...
OMG...I just listened to
June 5, 2009 - 18:15 ET by bigtimerOMG...I just listened to Evan...all I can say is motherbelt...
...WHERE is the DUCT-TAPE!
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Memo to NB Staff, Editors....
June 5, 2009 - 18:16 ET by ThisnThatOk. I've put up with this nonsense far too long. We NBer's have gone along with you so far. But it's time for you to stop, take a breath, and finally admit it...
Nobody -- and I mean NOBODY -- would ever believe some Newsweek puke would claim that Obama is God. Comeon. I know we're gullible, but Geezze -- do you think we're that stupid??? Where do you go from here, if we allow you to get away with this? Are you going to claim, for example, that the Prez of the US would go to a foreign land and appologize to the world for America? Are you going to be making up stories about nationalization of America's industries?
So, I beg you --- no, I demand that you --- cease and desist, and start reporting the facts. Thanks. .... A concerned NB'er...
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Liberals constantly demand that we accept a glaring falsehood as truth; Obama's elimination of the word "terror" will make terrorist acts less terrifying
TnT... ...ROFLMAO! You made
June 5, 2009 - 18:19 ET by bigtimerTnT...
...ROFLMAO!
You made my day here...that is hilarious!
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
TnT
June 5, 2009 - 18:24 ET by well99Gee next think you know they will say Newsweeks report of Korans being flush wasnt true.
LOL. Let's
June 5, 2009 - 18:36 ET by GregELOL.
Let's see..........waterboarding, no one died.
Reported a Koran was flushed down a toilet. Riots, and people were killed.
That's does it for me. Newsweek reporting is torture.
GregE
June 5, 2009 - 18:41 ET by well99Yup.They will never understand there is consequences for shoddy reporting.To them it is just a oh shoot I goofed no big deal.
T, you know they couldn't
June 5, 2009 - 18:31 ET by motherbeltT, you know they couldn't make this stuff up if they tried.
Evan, I hate to disagree with you, (HAH!) but I don't think
It was grand. It was positive. Hopeful...But what I liked about the
President's speech in Cairo was that it showed a complete humility..
Humility?????? Surely you jest!
I think it was both pathetic and narcissistic. He practically apologized for the US even existing! And in the end, it was all about him!
The whole thing smacked of yes, we were evil, we were cruel, we tortured, we were enslavers, we wanted to conquer the world, we thought we were better than everyone else. But now I AM HERE and I will make all things new. And if you follow me, we will remake the world.
Evan Thomas thinks Obama is sort of God... it seems The One is starting to believe his press coverage.
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
Man above God
June 5, 2009 - 18:22 ET by iveseenitallPlacing man above God. It has been done before in the history of the world. The results were disastrous each time and they will be again. When will the bastards ever learn?
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
He is only a god to the
June 5, 2009 - 18:57 ET by George S PattonHe is only a god to the illiterate,unthinking,mindless liberals who wander through life without any direction. He is a false prophet who feeds their anger and plays upon their self induced guilt.
God? Isn't that a little
June 5, 2009 - 18:39 ET by GregEGod!?!?!?!? Isn't that a little weak, Evan?!? C'mon EVAN!!!! GOd!?!? Do you THINK that GOD could create a thrill up Chris Matthews leg??? I don't think so, MR THOMAS!!!!
Cult of Personality
June 5, 2009 - 18:44 ET by slickwillie2001This is timely: Obama's Cult of Personality: http://novusordoseclorum.blogtownhall.com
"Americans numbering in the millions swallowed whole the propagandists’ genetically produced persona of Obama, because those millions couldn’t tell the difference between a bagel and a brick. Today they are suffering from a severe case of “What have I done?” acid reflux, the result of which is their arrogance has shriveled dramatically."
Very good piece.
June 5, 2009 - 18:53 ET by GregEVery good piece.
What makes a cult?
June 5, 2009 - 19:02 ET by nwahsI'm not trying to say that Obama mania is not a cult or has a cult following. But describe to me what makes a cult or cult following.
Some people feel cults require physical imprisonment of a person. Fact is most cults and cult followings do not involve physical capture. But all do rely on cult or "mind control" tactics. I hate to use the term mind control because actually its really just the malevolent exploitation of a human's natural fear of failure.
I didn't leave the Republican party, they kicked me out.
A "cult of personality" is
June 5, 2009 - 19:12 ET by GregEA "cult of personality" is different than a full blown mind-control cult. I see a "cult" as I think you do, bringing people to a point where they will follow anything and everything you say and not question any of it, but if questions do creep in, they are able to toss them aside with the confidence that their leader said or did it, so it must be the right thing. And of course human nature is such that if people are like that toward you, you're likely not going to be able to contain yourself and you'll try for a little more "control" over and over. That's my view of a "cult" anyway.
Our Dear Leader is full of sh*t
June 5, 2009 - 19:27 ET by PA ConservativeJust saw him give an interview on MSNBC stating that his great uncle was in the unit that liberated Buchenwald concentration camp. Coincidentally, I saw a video regarding Obama's gaffes during the campaign where he was making a claim that his uncle's unit helped liberate Auschwitz. Which is, dear leader? He can't keep his lies straight. Is anyone in the MSM going to point out and investigate what is obviously a bogus claim? He either lied then or is lying now. This truly is unbelievable in two ways...1) that he would inject himself into something as serious as a concentration camp story and 2) Most of the sheeples in the MSM are too much in love with the guy to realize that at least one of these claims was bogus. They sure killed Hilary over the "landing under fire in Kosov" story during the campaign. Where is the MSM now? We are in big trouble.
PAC
That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends,
it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to
institute new government...
No difference to him
June 5, 2009 - 19:55 ET by iveseenitallBuchenwald, Aushwitz --- all the same to Barry. He probably doesn't even know the difference. He claims he is a "student of history". What a laugh! Yes, PA Conservative, Barry is truly "full of sh't". How sad that we have him as the leader of all "57" states in the Union.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
"He claims he is a "student
June 5, 2009 - 20:04 ET by ckc1227"He claims he is a "student of history"
He is....a "D" student.
Now I don't claim to be an 'A' student
June 6, 2009 - 08:06 ET by ThisnThatSung to the tune of "What a wonderfull world", didn't the lyrics start out something like this?
Perfect Obama. Especially the end of the song, thus:
That last line kinda sums it up, doesn't it?
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Liberals constantly demand that we accept a glaring falsehood as truth; Obama's elimination of the word "terror" will make terrorist acts less terrifying
Its interesting and not studied enough
June 5, 2009 - 19:27 ET by nwahsI really believe the 60's was more of a cult explosion than a social revolution. Whether it be "mystical" religions or Beatlemania I think it was more about control than freedom. I never forget an interview of George Harrison talking about a field trip he went on to Haight-Ashbury ( a notorious street corner in San Francisco). I found a piece of it here.
http://www.lewrockwe...
"You
know, I went to Haight-Ashbury, expecting it to be this brilliant
place, and it was just full of horrible, spotty, dropout kids
on drugs. It certainly showed me what was really happening in
the drug culture. It wasn’t what was I thought of all these groovy
people having spiritual awakenings and being artistic. It was
like the Bowery, it was like alcoholism, it was like any addiction.
So, at that point, I stopped taking it, actually, the dreaded
Lysergic. I had some in a little bottle, it was liquid, and I
put it under a microscope, and I looked at it, and it looked like
rope, just like old rope, and I thought I’m not going to put that
in my brain any more."
Thats the truth of the social "revolution." No guidance, and a lot of external forces preying on people who disparately needed some guidance. Is happening now, in many places.
I didn't leave the Republican party, they kicked me out.
Just another decade
June 5, 2009 - 19:50 ET by Kingfish17The only reason people think that the 60s was a "unique" sort of decade is because it was the first real decade that was recorded by television and the self elevated, all important, "news journalist". Every decade has it's significant events. The "social upheavel" of the 60s is a bunch of nonsense. The news media has glamorized a counter-culture that was really insignificant to the majority of the average American.
"I've sentenced boys younger then you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it, but I felt I owed it to them." Judge Smails
Kingfish17
June 5, 2009 - 20:10 ET by iveseenitallAbsolutely! I was in college in the 60's. The "movement" was definitely a left-wing phenomenon created by radicals in the media and the universities. Nixon was right, there was a great silent majority who just laughed at the fools. Unfortunately, the small group of radicals had a huge influence on American culture. They took over the media and "changed" America for the worse-- much worse. And it continues today. Sad.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
That begs the question
June 5, 2009 - 20:23 ET by nwahsHow does a small group of radicals create a huge influence on American culture and the silent majority stand impotent and complaining? What makes a leader? Stands to reason if everyone was a leader, the world would be in chaos. So some mechanism separates the leaders from the sheep. What is it? Quality? Luck? Empirical evidence shows both, and the sheep are no less loyal whatever it is.
Did Nixon go down because of what he did because he was perceived as weak? Would Reagan have survived what Nixon didn't?
I didn't leave the Republican party, they kicked me out.
Knowledge
June 5, 2009 - 20:29 ET by Kingfish17You've watched to many Oliver Stone films.
"I've sentenced boys younger then you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it, but I felt I owed it to them." Judge Smails
Well, I see
June 5, 2009 - 20:40 ET by nwahsI see you've faired better with the "Flinstones" :D
Thats "too" btw.While the counter culture was dropping acid in college, lemme guess - you were dropping "o's" :D
I didn't leave the Republican party, they kicked me out.
Strong Retort
June 5, 2009 - 20:57 ET by Kingfish17How about this one?
I'm rubber, you're glue. It bounced off me and got stuck to you! :P
"I've sentenced boys younger then you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it, but I felt I owed it to them." Judge Smails
;)
June 5, 2009 - 21:26 ET by nwahsThat'll work ;)
I didn't leave the Republican party, they kicked me out.
...and just curious.
June 5, 2009 - 21:44 ET by Kingfish17What's an "o"?
"I've sentenced boys younger then you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it, but I felt I owed it to them." Judge Smails
In "too"
June 5, 2009 - 21:48 ET by nwahsIn your post saying I've watched too many Oliver Stone films, you dropped the "o" in "too."
Now I bet you're thinking "ohhhh"
:D
I didn't leave the Republican party, they kicked me out.
Shallow and Pedantic
June 5, 2009 - 22:11 ET by Kingfish17I actually went back and tried to edit that, but it was 2 late.
"I've sentenced boys younger then you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it, but I felt I owed it to them." Judge Smails
touche!
June 5, 2009 - 22:12 ET by nwahsGood one :)
I didn't leave the Republican party, they kicked me out.
nwahs
June 5, 2009 - 20:46 ET by iveseenitallThe silent majority had no place to go in the 60's. Just as today, the lefties owned the news and the schools. As for Nixon, the media ousted him. The American people had just voted overwhemingly for him before Watergate. Contrary to media reports, he was quite a popular president. But he had made the fatal mistake of outing Alger Hiss and the commies in the 50's. The media hated him for it and still do to this day.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
How did Reagan survive?
June 5, 2009 - 20:57 ET by nwahsWhat was the incredible difference between Nixon and Reagan? How did Reagan accomplish his own cultural movement (not a revolution, but certainly a readjustment)?
I didn't leave the Republican party, they kicked me out.
Reagan
June 5, 2009 - 21:20 ET by iveseenitallReagan was an actor. This was a positive for him. Nixon was an old-school conservative. He just couldn't "schmooze" like Reagan could. Reagan would have survived a Watergate. Clinton would have survived a Watergate. Nixon was too blunt and he was often awkward with the media. That killed him in the 1960 election and in the Watergate affair.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
I agree
June 5, 2009 - 21:25 ET by nwahsI agree completely
I didn't leave the Republican party, they kicked me out.
The Deepest Cut
June 5, 2009 - 21:35 ET by Kingfish17Please do not associate the word conservative with Nixon. Nixon was a liberal, country-club Republican. (Not a blue blood though, because he wasn't from the East Coast, although he did spend a lot of his post Presidency in New York City.)
No conservative would ever have imposed Wage and Price Controls on the citizens.
"I've sentenced boys younger then you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it, but I felt I owed it to them." Judge Smails
Nixon
June 5, 2009 - 22:12 ET by iveseenitallI was referring to his demeanor. He was not a glib Kennedy, Reagan, or Clinton. He was conservative and stiff in his overall approach with the media and it didn't help him at all.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
McGovern
June 5, 2009 - 22:19 ET by Kingfish17I was young and dumb and, well, you know the rest. I actually voted for McGovern in 1972. I didn't like the way Nixon was manipulating the Vietnam War for political purposes.
I'm glad McGovern lost, but I'm also glad I never voted for Nixon.
"I've sentenced boys younger then you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it, but I felt I owed it to them." Judge Smails
NWAAAAAAHS, after reading your posts why would you want to
June 5, 2009 - 21:27 ET by pahuberbe a Republican? You sound like all of the demoncrat trolls around NB's.
Are you refering to the Iran/contra BS?
Yep,
June 5, 2009 - 21:35 ET by general companyNot a very clever one either
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
Oh yea?
June 5, 2009 - 22:13 ET by nwahsSee this
I'm clever
I didn't leave the Republican party, they kicked me out.
Not too late on that one.
June 5, 2009 - 22:15 ET by Kingfish17Did I say clever? I meant to say, Shallow and Pedantic, in keeping with the cartoon reference theme previously exposed upon.
"I've sentenced boys younger then you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it, but I felt I owed it to them." Judge Smails
too late :)
June 5, 2009 - 22:23 ET by nwahsTo(o) late :)
I didn't leave the Republican party, they kicked me out.
Nixon ousted himself.
June 5, 2009 - 22:58 ET by JerThe media didn't oust him. Nixon, and his stunning abuses of power, ousted himself. By the way, the people had just voted overwhelmingly for him after the Watergate revelations, not before. The cover-up he orchestrated had effectively kept the lid on the depth and breadth of illegality prior to the election.
True, he had enjoyed considerable popularity, and many in the media strongly supported him. A substantial segment did dislike him, however, for reasons aside from, or in addition to, Hiss. He too often had taken the low road in politics, insinuating, for example, that Truman was a coward and that he and other Democratic leaders were treasonous. When Nixon in turn was attacked, his smarmy self-pitying "poor-meism" was excessive and unseemly.
Jer
The media didn't
June 6, 2009 - 07:59 ET by BDThe media didn't oust him. Nixon, and his stunning abuses of power, ousted himself.
What's a more "stunning" abuse of power?
June 6, 2009 - 08:36 ET by Kingfish17Which of the following is a greater abuse of power?
1. Nixon trying to cover up a break in to steal documents?
2. FDR ordering the internment of over 100,000 Japanese Americans?
"I've sentenced boys younger then you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it, but I felt I owed it to them." Judge Smails
More stunning?
June 6, 2009 - 08:51 ET by Blonde3. The attempt to overturn 150 years of bankruptcy law?
4. Setting by fiat the salaries of executives of publicly held corporations?
5. Sixteen un-elected czars to set policy?
6. The refusal to disclose whether the holder of the office of the President is constitutionally entitled to do so?
And that's just a few off the top of my head.
I hope he fails, too.
Nixon's malfeasance was by
June 6, 2009 - 15:47 ET by JerNixon's malfeasance was by far the more stunning. It embraced a wide range of actions from "mere" abuses to outright illegalities. FDR's internment of the Japanese was a regrettable chapter in our history, but it was done openly and with the overwhelming support of the American public, and--on the scale of Presidential overreaching--probably ranks below the curtailment of civil liberties which Lincoln engineered during the Civil War.
Jer
FDR and Executive Order 9066
June 7, 2009 - 11:54 ET by Kingfish17Just because a President issues an Executive Order, and the public backs it, that doesn't make it legal. Didn't you learn anything when you watched the Frost vs. Nixon movie?
So how can the illegal internment of 100,000 Americans be more stunning then the illegal cover-up of a break in and stealing of documents?
And you won't get any argument from me that Lincoln was a tyrant.
"I've sentenced boys younger then you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it, but I felt I owed it to them." Judge Smails
I've never seen Frost/Nixon
June 7, 2009 - 23:08 ET by JerI've never seen Frost/Nixon, and had gathered NewsBusters generally took a rather dim view of "Opie: Distinguished Historian". However, based upon your [implied?] recommendation, maybe I should give this one a shot.
Jer
Frost vs. Nixon
June 8, 2009 - 17:59 ET by Kingfish17I haven't seen it and won't watch it, but it's pretty easy to guess from the previews what this movie is all about:
"Tricky Dick gets hoisted on his own petard and caught in some lies while trying to play word games with David Frost, the master journalist."
But don't take my word for it. You might like that sort of stuff.
Nixon was a jerk, was no conservative and I have no problem with him resigning.
As far as Opie goes, he is much like Sampson, only in losing his hair, he lost his ability to critically think.
"I've sentenced boys younger then you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it, but I felt I owed it to them." Judge Smails
Jer
June 6, 2009 - 13:26 ET by well99Just curious how much money did he get from the mob?Wasnt he the one who wire tapped MLK.Opps wrong one my bad.He's the one who got the dead to vote for.Opps my mistake again.
What influence?
June 10, 2009 - 09:44 ET by CobraMan"How does a small group of radicals create a huge influence on American
culture and the silent majority stand impotent and complaining?"
What influence? What changed because of the radicals? Did the Vietnam war end because of groups like the SLA or the Weathermen? No, that ended in1973 due to a Republican President IGNORING those radicals and expanding the war into Cambodia and North Vietnam itself. So much for a small group of radicals changing the Vietnam War policies.
Did the Woman's Liberation movement expand because of a small group of radicals "burning their bras" or singing "I Am Woman (hear me whine)? No it changed because it was ALREADY changing due to WWII and the fact that so many women were included to work in jobs normally considered to be men's jobs. America, especially the employers, remembered their contributions and women began to "take over" more and more jobs usually considered to be a man's job. So much for the Woman's Lib movement "changing" America. It was already changed a full decade before the Woman's Lib movement even started.
Did the Green movement expand during the 60's? No, that expanded in the 70's when the Oil Shortage started and gas prices increased while supplies were radically decreased. So much for the "Green Movement" changing anything. Good old capitalism changed what all the "Save the Earther's" couldn't accomplish
So, what influence did those "radicals" actually have? None whatsoever.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court
Obama the God
June 5, 2009 - 18:58 ET by charlietexasI believe firmly that Obama is conducting a non violent Coup upon the United States. Comments like this from so called educated people is just what Hitler did to the masses before he took control over the German people.
THIS IS REALLY SCARY
So relieved!
June 5, 2009 - 19:12 ET by jaywlI am so relieved that after The Evil George Bush attacked the peace loving Islamists that GodObama has the "Moral Authority" to set things right with the Muslims of the world. Thomas must have had a private communal with The One to receive the full ecstasy of his pleasure. I am only surprised that Obama has allowed Thomas and Matthews to tell the world of his divinity, after all Obama might seem overly vain and the messengers stained with the excrement encountered on their journey up Obama's colon.
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If I'm them, I'm reaching
June 5, 2009 - 19:16 ET by GregEIf I'm Obama, I'm reaching for some of this. www.colonblow.com
The worship is getting blatant!
June 5, 2009 - 19:43 ET by c5thenI'm really beginning to wonder where the two prophets in Jerusalem are and when they are going to show up. On the other hand maybe there are only 38 months left?
http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Rev&c=13&t=NIV >
Hey, I got the wrong "CHANGE"!
www.loyaltoliberty.com
Evan Thomas is...
June 5, 2009 - 19:52 ET by Kat Outta the Bag...more than sort of a blasphemer.
Damn, and I'm all out of barf bags.
June 5, 2009 - 19:52 ET by R D HelmAgain.
-Dave
Honest Prediction - Not a Joke
June 5, 2009 - 20:07 ET by Kingfish17I've made up my mind, before reading this article, that we will see the day when a member of the White House reporting crew stands up in a Presidential press conference and with deer like adoring eyes, asks Obama:
"Are you God?"
I'm thinking it will be that wacked out elderly Hellen Thomas lady, but it could be asked by a good majority of them.
"I've sentenced boys younger then you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it, but I felt I owed it to them." Judge Smails
Barf bags anywhere because
June 5, 2009 - 19:56 ET by Radical1979Barf bags anywhere because I need one after that!
By the way, we HAVE been the good guys. We haven't taken ownership of Iraq's oil fields or pillaged the country. Let's try cutting foreign aid for a year and let the world see what good guys the Americans really are.
Cut Foreign Aid?
June 5, 2009 - 20:10 ET by Kingfish17No way we will cut foreign aid until this crowd is out of power and some real conservatives are finally back.
Obama wooed over the Arab/Muslim world the same way he did to Americans. He promissed that we would start and pay for more programs then even they dreamed possible.
"I've sentenced boys younger then you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it, but I felt I owed it to them." Judge Smails
I'd love to find some real
June 5, 2009 - 20:17 ET by Radical1979I'd love to find some real conservatives. They've been in hiding.
The Arab/Muslim world will love taking our money and using it to attack us.
God?
June 5, 2009 - 21:09 ET by iveseenitallThis comment by Thomas is more evidence of the Godless relativists in the MSM and elsewhere in America. Communism, Socialism, modern "liberalism"--- it's all one left-wing package - the enemy within. Sadly, it looks like they're winning. But so did the Germans and the Japanese in early WWII. We can give in or fight them. I choose the latter.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
The Tipping Point
June 5, 2009 - 21:21 ET by Kingfish17My fear is that Obama and his Statist cronies will take us past the tipping point where significantly more then 50% of the actual voters will be dependent on the government for their subsistance. Once elections are removed from the equation, we will turn into something similar to the Soviet Union of roughly 50 years ago. With economic freedom gone, there will still be classes comprised of the elites and the plebes.
Once we are in that sort of a system, it will take a prolonged period of depravation and hardship for the government to be overthrown.
"I've sentenced boys younger then you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it, but I felt I owed it to them." Judge Smails
Oh My
June 5, 2009 - 20:52 ET by jdripperI am 58 years old I have never watched anything more disgusting in my life. What I fear though is that it will get worse much worse.
Jack
"If at age 20 you are a conservative then you have no heart. If at age 30 you are a liberal then you have no brains." Sir Winston Churchill
Mark the date- a new low.
June 5, 2009 - 21:13 ET by muh-oonMark the date- a new low. This might be the last stop before the state run media hit bottom. He did say "sort of " so I guess he has one more step down.
Joseph Goebels lives in the MSM
June 5, 2009 - 21:13 ET by pocomocoNewsweek should be considered the new mouth-piece for todays Joseph Goebbels.
If you recall, it was his job to make Hitler into a god-like figure which, eventually, brought down Germany.
Can we now, hopefully, expect the same of Newsweek???
"THOSE WHO CANNOT REMEMBER THE PAST ARE CONDEMNED TO REPEAT IT" - George Santayana
Nazis
June 5, 2009 - 21:57 ET by iveseenitallAlthough the left will mock and deny the comparisons, the Obama administration, in conjuction with the corrupt media, is resembling the Hitler Nazi propaganda machine more each day. It's a sad time for America.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
isia... ...Sad and
June 5, 2009 - 22:00 ET by bigtimerisia...
...Sad and spookier each day.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
BT
June 5, 2009 - 22:39 ET by iveseenitallHi, BT...
You know, for all the media's praise of this Obama and for all of their lies about him, I find that it is not working in many quarters. I know quite a few intellegent young people in particular who are actually getting depressed because they understand that something is not right, no matter what the media is feeding them. And I believe it can be compared with those in Germany in the 30's who knew something was wrong but couldn't exactly put their finger on it. The frustration level is rising, and there is a feeling of pessimism and fear, not hope, in the real world today.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
isia... This is what
June 5, 2009 - 22:50 ET by bigtimerisia...
This is what gives me hope too...I know of three family members who have changed their opinions, slowly, I don't say too much...but it is refreshing to me.
The problem I have is all the work that is being done now to enable intimidation at the polls, ACORN and sister groups and the Census Control the WH took...Holder at the wheel in the JD.
We are in for big trouble this way I fear in the mid-term, most especially 2012 with fraud etc.
Wish with all my heart I am wrong...we shall see, time will tell.
We had better have real conservatives running in the upcoming elections...that's all I know.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
We had better have real
June 5, 2009 - 23:01 ET by SvenWe had better have real conservatives running in the upcoming elections...that's all I know.
bt, I really believe that 2010 is going to be a defining moment in GOP politics...just like 1994 and the "Contract With America."
My sense is that there is going to be a house cleaning like the GOP has never seen before. When I attended my Tea Party here in Utah, our two Republican Senators (Hatch & Bennett) were roundly condemed for their moderate, RINO tendencies. I firmly believe these two appeasers will be voted out when they come up for reelection. I believe this "house cleaning" will be taking place across the country come 2010.
I believe the GOP now know what's at stake! WE've also learned what nominating a RINO can do: COST AN ELECTION!!
Sven... I hope
June 5, 2009 - 23:07 ET by bigtimerSven...
I hope so...especially Hatch.
We are planning in attending one ourselves on the 4th, unless something major comes up to change that.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
bt
June 5, 2009 - 23:18 ET by SvenAs an aside, did you happen to see Liz Cheney on Greta's show tonight?
The last thing Greta asked her was if she had future political aspirations. Liz did not rule this out!!!!
Now, I'm not attempting to say what office Liz might think of running for, but I'll be watching the State-Run-Media very closely the next few days to see if her comments to Greta insight the typical Liberal smear machine.
If the Libs start attacking Liz personally, you know they're scared crapless ;-)
At any rate, thought this was encouraging news :-)
Sven... I did see it and
June 5, 2009 - 23:25 ET by bigtimerSven...
I did see it and she made my heart happy!
I don't know if you know it, but I have been saying for quite awhile here now I wished she would run for Prez...and I am serious.
I do want to know more about here other views naturally, but I bet you I would agree with just about all of them.
The majority of the msm still do not how to handle her, you can be sure they have dug every place they can already, and they cannot get the best of her during any interview, no matter how hard they try (Cheney blood-line...hehehee)....so it is going to be interesting eh?
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Sven... I did see it and
June 5, 2009 - 23:38 ET by SvenSven...
I did see it and she made my heart happy!
Indeed! My wife and I looked at each other and smiled!
I don't know if you know it, but I have been saying for quite awhile here now I wished she would run for Prez...and I am serious.
Yes, you like me (and many others) see something special here!
I do want to know more about here other views naturally, but I bet you I would agree with just about all of them.
Exactly! Thus far, I find myself cheering all of her positions!
The majority of the msm still do not how to handle her, you can be sure they have dug every place they can already, and they cannot get the best of her during any interview, no matter how hard they try (Cheney blood-line...hehehee)....so it is going to be interesting eh?
Indeed! Not sure if you've already seen this, but just in case, here's Liz feeding Andrea Mitchell her lunch:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2009/06/04/liz_cheney_andrea_mitchell_get_in_heated_argument_over_iraq.html
THE ANTI-GOD , ALSO KNOWN AS THE DEVIL
June 5, 2009 - 21:21 ET by mooseburgerYES INDEED,
Finally! A Libtard
June 5, 2009 - 21:37 ET by RR GOPFinally! A Libtard admitted it.
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).
RR... That he
June 5, 2009 - 21:40 ET by bigtimerRR...
That he did...won't be long before others join.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Bigtimer-Judging by the
June 5, 2009 - 23:23 ET by RR GOPBigtimer-Judging by the ever growing bread lines I can only imagine it will have to come from the journalists and Academia.
Who knows? If unemployment pays as well or better than actually having to get up and go to work...
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).
Barack Obama the Liberal Messiah
June 5, 2009 - 21:42 ET by Retired GeekBarack Obama and his campaign managed to 'Ride the Wave' of popular trends like 'American Idol' and pithy 'Meaningless' slogans like 'Change' and 'Hope'.
'Change' was for anything his followers wanted and 'Hope' was for anything his followers desired.
With 'Followers' who do NOT use facts, reason and logic to make decisions the rest was easy. Barack Obama voters were not just stupid, they were mesmerized by a 'False Image' who promised miracles for everyone.
"... a light will shine through that window, a beam of light will come down upon you, you will experience an epiphany ... and you will suddenly realize that you must go to the polls and vote for Obama" - Barack Obama Lebanon, New Hampshire.
January 7, 2008.
“It is absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal.” Barack Obama
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"...Barack Obama isn't really one of us. Not in the normal way, anyway.
...A Lightworker -- An Attuned Being with Powerful Luminosity and High-Vibration Integrity who will actually help usher in a New Way of Being"
Mark Morford San Francisco Chronicle, Friday, June 06, 2008
Louis Farrakhan: "...And he has involved young people in a political process that they didn't care anything about. When the Messiah speaks, the youth will hear, and the Messiah is absolutely speaking."
"I mean in a way Obama’s
June 5, 2009 - 22:07 ET by Sven"I mean in a way Obama’s standing above the country, above – above the world, he’s sort of God."
No Evan!! Like you and me he's sort of a finite human!
Evan, you make think your comments are cute, but you should take care and note that GOD is NOT mocked, and He hates Pride!
Oh, and you might want to remind Obama "The Man", that God shares His Glory with NO ONE!!
One world Order: Global Economy
June 5, 2009 - 22:13 ET by LindamaeWell said. If you read The Shadow Party, you will see Obama's blue print for a one world order as designed by George Soros. It sounds like a bad science fiction movie- the mad CEO of an international company goes megleomaniac. But, it's true. Soros discusses it openly.
Has anyone asked why Obama wants the one billion for IMF? Some of the money is for small countries in stress and some will be used for IMF to BUY GOLD.
Geithner gave a speech in China and the audience laughed when he said the dollar was sound. He's printing money, then the government is buying it, super inflation is here. The dollar is in very dangerous straits. I wonder if Soros is trying to repeat his breakin g the bank of England, of Thailand, or doing an end run that had the French government want to arrest him for fraud?
Soros also brags that he spent millions of his own money to discredit Bush because Bush would not buy into the idea of the US being just another country - like in the EU. Soros said Bush was too proud of the soverignity of the United States and we were not any better than any other country. Obama is ensuring that we will not be any better than any other country - and I fear we will sink further into poverty. Instead of helping other countries improve, he will distribute our wealth to them, and we will all be poor together. Except for Obama who will continue to go to NY for a "date" and let the taxpayer pay the cost - was it $75,000 for transportation, security for Obama and also some of the press?
We then have to listen to the idiots in the network who bow to Obama or just sit and gaze into his eyes. Hitler used force; Obama just smiles.
Linda Mae
tired of liberal
June 5, 2009 - 22:32 ET by stunnedtired of liberal lies
Isn't Newsweek gone out of business yet?
This isn't shocking to me at all
June 6, 2009 - 01:11 ET by mbuelIt's because liberals, EVEN church going ones, don't really believe in God.
"When people stop believing in God, they don't believe in nothing -- they believe in anything" - C.S. Lewis
This is what we are facing. People that NO LONGER believe in themselves even.
Conservatives are as follows:
God
Family
Self
Country
Liberals don't believe in Family, God, self or country:
False Beliefs (Man Made global warming, veganism, etc)
False Gods (Believing that other men have the power and means to lead you better than yourself.)
False Motives (No self-determination to get ahead in the world.)
The other key difference is how we see money. To conservatives Money is just another tool. Like ANY other tool, it can be used for good or for evil, it is up to the free will of the individual using it. Liberals see PERSONAL wealth as the greatest evil. Why?
Because they don't believe in free will. They believe we are animals and need a HUMAN shepherd.
The free market works, Government controls always fail.
Re God and Liberals
June 6, 2009 - 10:26 ET by slickwillie2001"Once abolish the God, and the government becomes the God." (G. K. Chesterton, 1933)
Glad to see another fan
June 12, 2009 - 13:21 ET by mbuelChesterton is a fountain of eternal wisdom.
;)
The free market works, Government controls always fail.
Obama and GOD
June 6, 2009 - 04:48 ET by trhugT.R. Huggins
Obama was elected, not by Americans, but by citizens of the world. Most who voted for him are overgrown political juveniles or believers in liberal "fairy tales". Be VERY careful. GOD is not mocked!
Best tag today-
Save a seal, club a Liberal!
Newsweek
June 6, 2009 - 07:38 ET by svh83Just more of the same from Thomas (and Meacham), desperately flailing about and appearing anywhere and everywhere in a last ditch attempt to save the sinking Newsweek. -Let's get out there and say controversial things so people will think Newsweek is oh so cutting edge.- Meanwhile circulation drops and no one buys. I'd feel a little sorry for them if they weren't such transparent liberal jackasses. And Matthews of course... I swear that when Obama opens his mouth I can see the top of Chrissy's head. Down with the ship, boys.
"I think you'd better call John, 'cause it don't look they're here to deliver...the mail". -NY
GOD
June 6, 2009 - 07:59 ET by kangarooit's more like OMG
The good guys
June 6, 2009 - 08:05 ET by svh83"Thomas replied: "Well, we were the good guys in 1984, it felt that way. It hasn't felt that way in recent years."
By the way Evan, "hasn't felt that way" to whom? To you? To liberals? To Democrats? To Oprah? To Dr. Phil? I for one am certain that we were in fact "the good guys" in 1984 and that we are still "the good guys" now in 2009, you trembling little fool. Take your "feelings" and shove them.
"I think you'd better call John, 'cause it don't look they're here to deliver...the mail". -NY
...and there you have the
June 6, 2009 - 10:31 ET by msh1973...and there you have the truth, the left does in fact worship Obama.
And Obama looked down upon his creation MSNBC
June 6, 2009 - 12:44 ET by shuq4Thomas: "I mean in a way Obama's standing above the country, above-above the world, he's SORT OF GOD. He's
Matthews: "Yeah"
(In the background Madcow can be heard "Evan stop bogarting that doobie, dude!)
Steve Dollar's "lusty froth" captured...
June 6, 2009 - 18:57 ET by ThalpySteve Dollar's "lusty froth" captured the essence of this a few years ago when he reviewed Mel Gibson's movie Apocalypto. Dollar's review was a precursor for the interview with Matthews and Thomas when he described the "peaceful Mayan jungle village of hunters and their brood...ravaged by a ruthless warrior tribe, the strongest of its men are served up to appease the gods, hearts yanked from their chests still beating atop a pyramid-shaped temple. Wild-eyed priests gibber. Heads roll down thousands of steps toward the ecstatic masses. Drums beat. Dollar had previously described Gibson as "just wanting to whip audiences into a lusty froth with blood-soaked sprawls of human sacrifice, impossible struggle, and burning vengeance." You can just see the crazed Matthews and Thomas on that temple together--worshiping and sacrificing at the alter of Obama.
Thalpy...right you
June 6, 2009 - 19:14 ET by bigtimerThalpy...right you are...and we can throw in a lot more in that stew-pot of worshippers...Brian Williams being the more than obvious latest.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
I think that I have...
June 7, 2009 - 13:58 ET by maryerinI think that I have "Obama Reflux Disorder" because the more I hear idiots like Evan Thomas oogle over him, the more I'm compelled to throw up.
The big print giveth, and the fine print taketh away.
Fulton J. Sheen
Just when you think the leftwingnut media can't get more asinine
June 8, 2009 - 15:03 ET by SFCMACMy take on Matthews' and Thomas' love affair with THE ONE is here:
http://sfcmac.wordpress.com/2009/06/08/newsweeks-evan-thomas-obama-is-sort-of-god/
I use stronger language than what is permitted on this site.
"On the Eighth Day God Created the United States Army and the Devil Stood at Attention"
Idol Worship
June 9, 2009 - 20:38 ET by ghblogIt is funny how casually the left uses the word "God" except when it counts. Their worship of Obama would be silly if it were not so frightening. Let's hope that they keep up the worship. The giant is starting to wake up...
More of my thoughts on Obama worship can be found at:
http://www.framingthedialogue.com/archives/a-frog-as-a-metaphor/
That explains it
June 22, 2009 - 06:52 ET by nadadhimmiAnd this guy is the editor of Newsweek Magazine?. I picked up that mag at the library last week after not reading it for a couple of years and was astonished at how THIN it was. Seamed it was only 50 pages or so. I mean it felt like a pamphlet. With an ass kissing sycophant like Evan Thomas in charge, Newsweek is circling the drain. The Godless liberals finally pick a God to worship,,, and it's f#ckin' OBAMA????? Hilarious.