PBO stole Hillary’s three-legged stool analogy, but his won’t be able to stand on its own

And many believed that PBO is a very brilliant man?????He doesn’t even know how to use analogies!!!!!

A one-legged stool can not stand: his economic package will not succeed without the other 2 legs.

We are screwed!!!

I just can’t stand him. He is the most disingenuous POTUS or politician for that matter that I can remember!

America has lessened it’s ideal of brilliance. Presnitwit Obama is not brilliant. He is a brand icon.

Brilliance comes in many forms and Obama’s only “brilliance’ is handled by a team of lawyers. With that team he’s been able to evade anything to do with who he really is. Much like the secret of Betty Crocker. He is a hologram.

America needs to grow up fast.

It takes a three-legged stool for O to comfortably address an audience: Leg One: Jon Favreau, or other speechwriter; Leg Two: Teleprompter One; Leg Three: Teleprompter Two. Then he’s ready to roll.

This all sounded kind of Bushy, didn’t it? This is going to be painful, or fun, depending on your perspective.

All I have to say is that BO’s bankruptcy as President is going ahead of schedule. Everything will unravel way too soon. Total chaos will be the most fun the MSM has ever had.

for the sake of our nation

What? That’s funny, for the sake of our nation. The nation made its decision. It decided they would rather sink than swim. Now is just a waiting game. Death by a thousand cuts.

“The recovery package is one leg in a — at least a — three-legged stool.-Obama ”

“We never heard about the other two legs.”

roflmao

He just liked the sound of it, he didn’t really mean it, so of course it couldn’t make sense. Or, then again, maybe that is the TRUTH, Obama always gives 1/3 the effort and leaves the rest hanging.

Yes! So many ideals have been re-defined to sell Obama. Hillary is polished diamond. That she is a diamond fashioned by nature was evident from the beginning. BO is really just a lump of coal. The most he will ever be is zirconia.

That’s not the stool I knew…

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“However , Obama noted that the estimated $825 billion recovery package is not the only step needed to ensure a full economic recovery. Rather, without additional reform the recovery package will be a “three legged stool,” Obama said.” (RTT) He did ???

Maybe it is difficult to speak clearly and with conviction when you can’t disclose your real intentions, or intentionally vague leading reporters to fill in the blanks for us. He’ll no doubt go along with whatever comes up.

Well, the 3-legged stool is presumably a little milking stool, which has either 4, 3, or 1 legs. The 1-legged model requires a little balancing, but makes it easy to lean around while sitting. I wonder what sort of milking stool O used while he was growing up on the farm? It’s best to stick with metaphors and analogies when the image is firmly in your mind.

Okay, he bungled the analogy. We can forgive him for that, and even smile about it. If this is indicative of an inveterate sloppiness of thought, we will soon know.

Actually……the three-legged stool analogy was coined by Gen. Wes Clark months if not years ago.

Kudos to Hillary for embracing it….. with Clark’s blessing, I’m sure, since they are very close.

Give Sick-O a break. He cant’s help but follow Hillary’s lead since he doesn’t know what the hell he’s talking about. He’s just too used to cheating and copying from the brightest in the room.

Be kind.

It never wobbled when I sat on it.

Maybe this is why he needs his Blackberry. So that Jon Favreau can text his way out of this verbal pablum.

Being kind is what got Obozo in the office, of which we as a nation maybe headed for the nice guys finish last pile.

Thanks so much for mentioning this. Yes, I credit Gen. Clark with this also. He has been using that one for a long time.

It is a crying shame we don’t have Clinton/Clark up there right now.

I really respect Wes Clark, and I am sure he was very savvy about using this analogy. But the analogy itself is in fact an old cliche, long in the public domain. Try googling the phrase “like a 3-legged stool” and see what you come up with. Note that pretty much all of the many many examples of this cliche in action provide clear 1-2-3 descriptions of what the various legs of the stool represent.

“There’s an old saying in Tennessee — I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can’t get fooled again.”

He’ll no doubt go along with whatever comes up.

Half way.

Hillary invented all metaphors pertaining to three-legged stools.

Or maybe he should pick up one of those Super Sonic XL devices so he can look like he has a blue tooth in his hear but he’s secretly listening in to Favreau or Axelrod from the back of the room.

sorry, it’s actually the Silver Sonic XL

LOL

In this case he was clearly using the analogy as context only-a jumping off point to hone in on the legislative recovery leg of the stool.

It may have been slightly sloppy or off the cuff, but the remarks did not seem intended as a broad economic policy overview.

Maybe he confused it with a stool sample

Yes, Boxer Mum. That’s exactly the incident I was thinking of.

LOL–But you must admit, it was a “slightly sloppy” stool sample!

But isn’t it sad that it’s only two days into this guy’s administration and we’re already trying to explain away what he really, REALLY meant to say? Why do I have a feeling that an Obamaism day calender is already in the works.

My question is this: “What hasn’t the One stolen from Hillary and then messed it up?”

I don’t have that much free time.

That’s a little too descriptive. I’m having a peanut butter sandwich.

What hasn’t the One chosen taken from anyone else? Does he have any original ideas? This pretense of being the reincarnation of Abraham Lincoln makes me gag.

Speaking of Wes Clark, I was kind of hoping he would be picked as Secretary of Defense, as he has a brilliant military background, is very articulate and personable and well-respected as a former Commander of NATO. Did he perhaps criticize the One when he was supporting Hillary and that put him in disfavor? I am surprised Bush’s defense secretary is still on the job. Makes you wonder. Bravo to Hillary. She is a true leader and the bright light in the new team.

No, no, this was his entire economic plan. Really, it was. Because, you know, it’s totally fair to take any given statement and say that it encapsulates the whole of a diverse and complicated set of policies. TOTALLY fair.

I’m starting to feel young again! So much to look forward to! And to think, I thought the honeymoon was over 10 minutes after the swearing-in ceremony.

Well, technically, a “one-legged stool” can stand-if the leg has a solid enough, wide base.
The top image on http://www.elegantbarstools.com/products.asp?cat=15 is an example.
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Granted, these are all barstools, but they’re also “one-legged stools”.
I have no doubt that Obama wasn’t thinking about barstools when he “crafted” his analogy, but I wouldn’t dismiss a one-legged stool’s ability to stand on its own. (Obama’s policy is quite likely to fail, just as his analogy did.)

Obama grew up on a farm? When was this added to his biography?

I’m sorry, it’s 2001, and we’re listening to Bush, right?

Aye!

BTW:

U.S. Approves First Stem Cell Study for Spinal Injury

…President Obama is expected to lift a ban on federal funding for such research imposed by his predecessor. While the timing of the FDA approval led some to speculate that the two moves were related, Geron’s work had not been restricted by the ban. The cells being used by the company were derived from leftover embryos at fertility clinics before the ban was implemented in 2001…

You are correct that the 3-legged stool is an old cliche, so Obama can be forgiven for using it to describe his economic recovery plan without attribution to Secretary Clinton. But mad4clark is also correct that General Clark was the first to use it to describe our foreign policy’s dependence on defense, diplomacy, and development, the exact same analogy Clinton used in her address to her State Dept staff. Perhaps she should have given Clark some credit.

The economy is like a one-legged stool? Maybe he’s subconsciously telling the truth. Or maybe his weird description is just a bad omen for the economy. Either way, not his most shining moment.

I also would have liked to have seen Clark as Secretary of Defense, though it is real hard to imagine him in a subordinate position to Barack Obama. Someone pointed out that he would have been ineligible for the position as he had not yet been retired for 10 years from being active military. Is this true? I don’t know. I’m frankly interested in seeing Wes Clark run for president again.

I’m sure the one legged stool is what Obama was refering to, being from Kansas, he’s an expert, or didn’t you know that? The stability of that setup requires the milker to provide the other two legs though. The best way I can describe Obama in such a position is, “A one legged stool run by a two legged fool.”

PBO: 1) Don’t say anything on your own. 2) Fire Favreau. 3) Ask Hillary to double up as your speech writer. Problem solved!

She did.

He grew up on a farm in Kansas before he flew over the rainbow and became the Wizard of Oz–all after stopovers in Hawaii and Indonesia and Chicago and NYC on his way to becoming President of the United States of America. I don’t know . . . maybe I am getting some of these themes muddled together . . . and I think Kenya fits in there somewhere . . . sometimes it’s hard to tell where fiction stops and facts begin . . .

But he said “the recovery package is one leg in a three-legged stool’!!!!!Where are the 2 remaining legs????

A one legged stool run by a two legged fool.

Wow! That’s good . . .

I would humbly add an item 4: Replace Blackberry with pocket teleprompter.

“Replace Blackberry with pocket teleprompter”.
LOL………….. that’s it! I love this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bo is still stealing from Hillary! Yeah, we’re screwed!

Yes, that’s right – he has one year to go. I am hoping that Gates will resign voluntarily after a year and let Clark have a go. i got the impression that Gates didn’t REALLY want to stay.

Barry is in over his head and the first week hasn’t even ended.

I still say the MSM will not be able to cover-up Barry Soetoro’s f**K-ups. The majority of Americans will realize the charlatan for what he is. A fairy tale. Granted-evil, with that wicked wife….Rev Manning says she is King Kong’s baby sister. Yikes! The Drama of Soetoro-Obama. Pity our country. Who knows, if Ms. Clinton continues to do her job without the evil backstabbing of the Soetoro minions. Can we say prez, 2012! So what if Blks want to decieve themselves….the general public may turn away from the messiah as they watch his vindictive behavior which is similar to a vindictive drama queen!

Actually, the “three-legged stool” is a long-time image used by the Episcopal Church to explain it’s theology: scripture, traditional, reason.

Actually, the “three-legged stool” is a long-time image used by the Episcopal Church to explain it’s theology: scripture, tradition, reason.

1 – He thrills to the sound of his own voice

2 – That “hypnotic-high-thing”-from-Denver carry-over…it just sounds so COOL to the press …they just cannot pick apart this “_’Nother Silly Love Song”.

What’s wrong with that?

0bama, being very young and not near as bright as people pretend he is, was raised for a good bit of his youth over seas. He has limited reference points for metaphors, old wives tales, pop references, old TV shows etc. He also seems to have a stammer problem. He was never able to learn the language in Indonesia, which is why he was sent back to Hawaii. He hires a young frat boy speech writer. And we know how brilliant he is…NOT. The two of them either heard Hillary’s remarks and were so impressed that they thought they could take them and use them. Maybe 0bama’s speech writer gave the words to 0bama and 0bama didn’t realize Hillary had just used the metaphor. Neither 0bama nor his speech writer really understood the metaphor and how it had to be used. As per 0bama, and his oath, and the metaphor, it got screwed up. Not a good omen.

Yeah. There should be a running WORM watch on NQ for the next 4 years.

trixta, go upthread, read NCgirl’s comment and be prepared to laugh your ass off. WORM!!!!!

Wesley Kanne Clark, (born December 23, 1944) is a retired general of the United States Army. Clark was valedictorian of his class at West Point, was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford where he obtained a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, and later graduated from the Command and General Staff College with a master’s degree in military science. He spent 34 years in the Army and the Department of Defense, receiving many military decorations, several honorary knighthoods, and a Presidential Medal of Freedom. (Too many medals to list here.)

Clark commanded Operation Allied Force in the Kosovo War during his term as the Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO from 1997 to 2000. He resigned from the Army on May 2, 2000.

0bama, being very young

Huh? He’s 47 or 48, isn’t he? He might be immature, but he’s still middle-aged.

No, she just happened to say it a day before Obama said it.

Kind of like how she had to answer all of the questions first in debates with him, so he could piggyback off her answers.

He’s a copycat.

This is what he does.

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