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2009-02-06 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-02-06 00:39|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 I didn't know the Joker's mum was in the Senate...

Posted by Raj 2009-02-06 08:01|| 2009-02-06 08:01|| Front Page Top

#2 How about we have 'accountability' in the Senate and House before trying to force it onto talk radio. (And you know this is aimed right at Talk Radio and that interweb thingy...)

Kind of a 'remove the beam from your own eye' kind of thing.....

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-02-06 09:04|| 2009-02-06 09:04|| Front Page Top

#3 Of course, the answer to that question isNo. The Dems know this is a dog that aint worth fighting. Besides, the only people in favor of reviving the FD are Liberal media hacks that cant make it on their on talent and the progressive Kooks that actually subscribe to their backwash. All they have to do is give them occasional lip service knowing their Useful fools always fall in line anyway.

Posted by DepotGuy 2009-02-06 09:54|| 2009-02-06 09:54|| Front Page Top

#4 I have no doubt that they will try to bring back the fairness doctrine, in as underhanded a way as possible. But my hope is that a legal defense is being prepared that will utterly neuter it before it gets off the launching pad.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-02-06 10:26|| 2009-02-06 10:26|| Front Page Top

#5 It won't be called the Fairness Doctrine, but they will try. Especially now that Obama is getting his butt kicked over the stimulous bill. TAke note of his last 3 speaches, he responded pointedly and personally to criticism of himself and the bill. He absolutely cannot stand to be critized - so massive is his ego.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2009-02-06 10:39|| 2009-02-06 10:39|| Front Page Top

#6 He absolutely cannot stand to be critized - so massive is his ego.

His performance last evening down in Williamsburg was very revealing. He was on the brink of losing it, very desperate. They'
ll be passing out Rush and Fox Network VooDoo dolls in their next outing I'm sure. Hopefully I can cheer him up a bit. I've been up in the attic going through old boxes, looking for some sprockets he can wear on his new Air Force One jacket. Lots of grins, teeth, and joking about the 149 mile flight down from Andrews. If the little people only knew what that hop cost them, wow!

Posted by Besoeker 2009-02-06 11:40|| 2009-02-06 11:40|| Front Page Top

#7 Obama's Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is showing.

As narcissism maturates, the narcissist becomes more demanding for respect and compliance and more intolerant of criticism. He becomes paranoid, and divides the world into us vs. them. He casts himself and his minions as victims and instills in them the distrust of the others.

An all-pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration or adulation and lack of empathy, usually beginning by early adulthood and present in various contexts. Five (or more) of the following criteria must be met:

Feels grandiose and self-important (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents to the point of lying, demands to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)

Is obsessed with fantasies of unlimited success, fame, power or omnipotence, unequalled brilliance (the cerebral narcissist), bodily beauty or sexual performance (the somatic narcissist), or ideal, everlasting, all-conquering love or passion

Is firmly convinced that he is unique and, being special, can only be understood by, should only be treated by, or associate with, other special, unique, or high-status people (or institutions)

Requires excessive admiration, adulation, attention and affirmation, or failing that, wishes to be feared and notorious (narcissistic supply)

Feels entitled. Expects unreasonable or special and favorable priority treatment. Demands automatic and full compliance with his expectations

Is interpersonally exploitative i.e., uses others to achieve his or her own ends

Is devoid of empathy. Is unable or unwilling to identify with or acknowledge the feelings and needs of others

Is constantly envious of others or believes that they feel the same about him or her

Is arrogant, has haughty behaviors or attitudes coupled with rage when frustrated, contradicted, or confronted

The third and fourth editions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of 1980 and 1994 and the European ICD-10 describe NPD in similar language

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-02-06 11:58|| 2009-02-06 11:58|| Front Page Top

#8 He shows all the signs of having had no father and a doting, indulgent but distant mother.

My mamma loves me, she loves me,
She gets down her knees and hugs me.
She loves me like a rock,
Rocks me like the Rock of Ages ....

And if I was the President and the Congress call my name,
I'd say who do, who do you think you're foolin'?
I've got the Presidential seal up on the Presidential podium and
My mamma loves me, she loves me .....

Posted by lotp 2009-02-06 12:23|| 2009-02-06 12:23|| Front Page Top

#9 Debbie Stabenow - I keep trying to vote her out of office but unfortunately too many of my fellow michiganders are too stupid to do likewise.

Posted by Andy Ulusoque aka Broadhead6 2009-02-06 12:48|| 2009-02-06 12:48|| Front Page Top

#10 They would obviously love to shut down talk radio, but Obama's comments on Limbaugh is going to make it more difficult. That he dislikes talk radio is now public knowledge and undeniable.

Even hearings on the subject are likely to generate blowback.

Posted by DoDo 2009-02-06 14:02|| 2009-02-06 14:02|| Front Page Top

#11 Both Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin are attached with barnacle-like tenacity to the Michigan legislature. With advances in medical care, they and their utterly predictable voting may be there forever.

Posted by SteveS 2009-02-06 14:09|| 2009-02-06 14:09|| Front Page Top

#12 Stabenow is married to Tom Athans, a Liberal talk radio executive. He is the executive VP of "Air America". Any conflict here??

Posted by Tom- Pa 2009-02-06 14:53|| 2009-02-06 14:53|| Front Page Top

#13 Maybe that's why Al Franken is so keen to get into the Senate.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-02-06 16:19|| 2009-02-06 16:19|| Front Page Top

#14 This is part of Obama's narcissism--the whole "I will eliminate ALL legitimate criticism of my greatness" thing. Obama is actually VERY DANGEROUS. Really. My DH grew up in Indonesia during the same time as Obama did, so naturally he can read "O" like a book. He says Obama has all the qualities of a very bad dictator. I'm not surprised. He's a real Dr. Jeykill-Mr. Hide type: one minute Mr. Boy Next Door, the next Hitler-esque. Creepy. He will get more and more scary as time goes by, and will gather more and more of his irrational worshipers to him, while excluding others who do not tow his line.

The article linked at post #7 is excellent. Also to be noted is that the narcissist (.le. Oama):

- Feels that he is above the law.

- Talks about himself in the 3rd person singluar or uses the regal "we" and craves to be the exclusive center of attention, even adulation

- Has a messianic-cosmic vision of himself and his life and his "mission".

- Sets ever more complex rules in a convoluted world of grandiose fantasies with its own language (jargon)

- Displays false modesty and unctuous "folksiness" but is unable to sustain these behaviors (the persona, or mask) for long. It slips and the true Obama is revealed: haughty, aloof, distant, and disdainful of simple folk and their lives.

- Sublimates aggression and holds grudges.

- Behaves as an eternal adolescent (e.g., his choice of language, youthful image he projects, demands indulgence and feels entitled to special treatment, even though his objective accomplishments do not justify it).

When he doesn't get his way with the Porkulus Bill, he will begin his descent into trantrum-land, and will vow "never again." This is when things will begin to truly go downhill. He will blame everyone who did not support him 100%, and continue to make accusations of Republicans.

Soros, the ex-Nazi is helping this, I'm sure.

Think about it.

The Nazis blamed the bankers and business men for Germany's economic crisis, took over the banks, nationalized major means of production, enlisted a civilian army to deal with the populace, silenced opposition, and eliminated freedom for anyone not 100% in line with Adolf.

Personally, I don't see much difference between the two.

Posted by ex-lib 2009-02-06 17:49|| 2009-02-06 17:49|| Front Page Top

#15 vPersonally, I don't see much difference between the two

Or between the two of them and the 'profit' Mo....

Scary...

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-02-06 18:08|| 2009-02-06 18:08|| Front Page Top

#16 #13, Al is ready for the Senate cuz at least there he'll get a bigger audience on CSPAN2 than he ever did Air America.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839">AlmostAnonymous5839 2009-02-06 19:36|| 2009-02-06 19:36|| Front Page Top

#17 Debbie's hubs was also caught with a prostitute near Big Beaver. No idea why. *shudder*

(Big Deb looks like Janet Reno crossed with the mom from "that 70's show")

Posted by Frank G 2009-02-06 20:14|| 2009-02-06 20:14|| Front Page Top

#18 Seems like an appropriately named venue for a prostitution sting operation.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2009-02-06 21:26|| 2009-02-06 21:26|| Front Page Top

#19 caught with a prostitute near Big Beaver

You can also refer to it as 16 Mile Road, but the snark potential goes waaay down.

Posted by SteveS 2009-02-06 23:36|| 2009-02-06 23:36|| Front Page Top

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