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2010-01-28 Home Front: Politix

Mark Steyn: "the president is pretty much a total bust as an orator"

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Posted by Mike 2010-01-28 10:49|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 from moonbattery.com :

Posted by BigEd 2010-01-28 11:33|| 2010-01-28 11:33|| Front Page Top

#2 I love it when I learn a new word! Mawkish - Pronunciation: ˈmȯ-kish
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English mawke maggot, probably from Old Norse mathkr more at maggot
Date: circa 1697
1 : having an insipid often unpleasant taste
2 : sickly or puerilely sentimental

mawk·ish·ly adverb

mawk·ish·ness noun

Posted by Bobby 2010-01-28 11:51|| 2010-01-28 11:51|| Front Page Top

#3 One year ago, I took office amid two wars, an economy rocked by severe recession, a financial system on the verge of collapse, and a government deeply in debt.

I only want to deal with the "two wars" issue - one war, Hopey-Dopey, in two foreign countries, on numerous battlefronts, including the Homefront and the media front.

The Emporer (still) has no clothes.

Posted by Bobby 2010-01-28 11:56|| 2010-01-28 11:56|| Front Page Top

#4 If you like Steyn like I like Steyn, go read Bob Herbert who looks ... like ... he ... would've voted for The One.

Posted by Bobby 2010-01-28 12:02|| 2010-01-28 12:02|| Front Page Top

#5 And it looks like his "two wars" are expanding to "three or four wars" (Yemen and Somalia).

Posted by tipover 2010-01-28 15:59|| 2010-01-28 15:59|| Front Page Top

#6 Obama's speech was genuinely Shakespearean:

"It is a tale told by an idiot,
full of sound and fury,
signifying nothing"

Posted by DMFD 2010-01-28 18:46|| 2010-01-28 18:46|| Front Page Top

#7 Obama demonstrates he's still desperatly seeking a clue.

Posted by notascrename 2010-01-28 21:18|| 2010-01-28 21:18|| Front Page Top

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