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Barack Obama, Barry Soetoro and Barry Manilow [VIDEO UPDATE]

By Larry Johnson on October 28, 2010 at 11:00 PM in Current Affairs

* Bumped up *

He’s been up, down, trying to get the feeling again. Pop lyricist Barry Manilow prophetically captured the current mood and yearning of Mr. Barry Soetoro, who we know by the more familiar name, Barack Obama. Barack ain’t singing the blues–he’s channeling Barry Manilow. More about that in a bit. Remember back when Obama was strutting his stuff with Jay Z,?

Let’s ignore for the moment that Hillary had it right. Instead, focus on the arrogant, smug Messiah from Chicago. My how the mighty have fallen.

In a desperate bid to recapture the magic of “We are the ones we’ve been waiting for,” Barry Soetoro Obama genuflected last night at the foot of media savant Jon Stewart. Most previous occupants of the White House, like the Wizard of Oz, understood that part of the Presidential magic is to inhabit an elevated position. Minimize exposure and choose your public moments carefully. Barry aka Barack is totally clueless and demonstrated this last night. UPDATE: VIDEO of Obama on Stewart’s show last night:

PART 1:

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart

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Barack Obama Pt. 1

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PARTs 2 & 3: Go to Comedy Central to view all of the interview.

Showing up on Stewart’s stage Barack immediately found himself on the defensive. Dana Milbank delivers the bad news:

The president had come, on the eve of what will almost certainly be the loss of his governing majority, to plead his case before Jon Stewart, gatekeeper of the disillusioned left. But instead of displaying the sizzle that won him an army of youthful supporters two years ago, Obama had a Brownie moment.

The Daily Show host was giving Obama a tough time about hiring the conventional and Clintonian Larry Summers as his top economic advisor.

“In fairness,” the president replied defensively, “Larry Summers did a heckuva job.”

“You don’t want to use that phrase, dude,” Stewart recommended with a laugh.

Dude. The indignity of a comedy show host calling the commander in chief “dude” pretty well captured the moment for Obama.

Barack’s “Brownie moment?” That’s funny, telling and true. He is going to do to the Democrat party what Katrina did to New Orleans. Gonna be ugly.

Barack Obama as Spicoli (Sean Penn’s surfer dude character from Fast Times at Ridgemont High)? Maybe. But more telling is Barack’s desperation to recapture the magic of 2008. Which brings me to Barry Manilow. He nails Barry Soetoro’s current mood:

Barack Obama just does not get it. He is totally deluded into believing that he has genuinely accomplished important things and that the new laws are gems that the unwashed masses simply don’t appreciate. He has failed the ultimate test–surmounting campaign rhetoric and hunkering down to the tough job of leading and governing. He once was a swell candidate who managed to bamboozle a wide swath of the American electorate. Those days are done. He is now exposed as a politically inexperienced, thin skinned egotist who is daily demonstrating that he is in over his head. His appearance last night on a Comedy Show cements that image in the psyche of the American people.

Closing question–what is Barack’s next Barry Manilow ballad?

helenk

I guess he is not singing Oh Lord it is so hard to humble, when you are perfect in every way. any more.

All his life he has been taught to think he is special and really above everyone else.
He does not understand the real America and did not want to do so. That is his loss because we are pretty great people.

I do not know what his next Barry Manilow ballad will be,
Hw might want to learn the words to You Picked a fine time to leave Lucille

but I know the American people will be singing a medley in 2012

I got along without you before I met you gonna get along without you now.

Hit the road Jack

50 ways to leave your lover

I hear you knocking but you can’t come in.

Please feel free to add to the medley

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I’m a Dr Kracker 3 Seeded Linda too

roflmao EXCELLENT LJ!

Only, I don’t know if you really believes he genuinely accomplished important things, I believe he is just MARKETING it that way, yet again. Either that, or he is just so beside himself that he actually did something, instead of just talk about it for CHANGE.

His next song, mmmm, so many to choose from, but my guess “Aint nothing like the real thing”?
I’m a Dr Kracker 3 Seeded Linda too

roflmao EXCELLENT LJ!

Only, I don’t know if he really believes he genuinely accomplished important things, I believe he is just MARKETING it that way, yet again. Either that, or he is just so beside himself that he actually did something, instead of just talk about it for CHANGE.

His next song, mmmm, so many to choose from, but my guess “Aint nothing like the real thing”?
Janis

Eew, don’t compare him to Barry Manilow. Manilow actually knows how to do his job.
Samb

BYE BYE OCTOBER, HELLO NOVEMBER

When October goes – BARRY MANILOW
Tricia

Most things marketed are just passing fads, like the pet rock, Tickle Me Elmos, and hula hoops. It is sad for all of us that our leadership falls into that category.

Caveat Emptor! Too many buyers just didn’t get it.
helenk

this in the comment section downstairs but now it has been updated.
Dems to have phone banks after Stewart-Cobart rally.
Did Stewart understand how his so-called rally would be taken over by one political party and can he afford to lose many viewers that are not dems?
I stopped watching him during the 2008 primary. But after this patizan act I think many more will stop watching him

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/congratulations-jon-stewart-you-are-officially-a-tool-of-the-democratic-party-105911543.html

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ces

Bet Manilow didn’t need a teleprompter…
Tony Stark

Can we just fast forward to 2012 and fire his ass? Please?
helenk

good one
felizarte

“Sweet Music Man” by Kenny Rogers, also by Waylon Jennings and Elvis Presley. Perhaps someone could embed it. Don’t know how to do it. I remember this line: ”You’re a helluva singer but you surround yourself
with people who demand so little of you.”
EllenD

Larry is completely right on this. Unpresidential.
I was reluctant to watch The Daily Show but after Obama said “Heckuva job” I yelled “Brownie” at the screen as the whole audience snickered.
After that I noticed that Obama’s body language changed. Instead of leaning into Jon Stewart in a friend to friend posture he leaned back in his chair defensively as if he were trying to get as far away from him as possible.

Interestingly enough, Karl Rove has been criticizing Sarah Palin for her reality show saying it doesn’t show the “gravitas” needed for the Presidency. Obama apparently hasn’t been listening or else he believes that to woo his young voters back he has to hang out in the Frat House with them – exactly the opposite of what is needed.
~~JustMe~~
Samb

AND THIS IS WHAT THE SOCIALIST BEAST (O) WILL
SAY WITHOUT HIS FRIENDS.
CAN’T SMILE WITHOUT YOU -BARRY MANILOW

POOR POOR BARRY (SOCIALIST BEAST) OBAMAMAMA

I need to stop now I could do this all day.
LOL I crack myself up.
felizarte

thanks, JM.
Sandi78

What did Barry Manilow do to deserve this?
Onofre’s arm (a fellow enemy)

Hosting a reality show detracts from Palin’s gravitas? Hmmm, hosting “Death Vally Days” didn’t seem to hurt Reagan.
kinthenorthwest

Yea why pick on poor Manilow…

Good song for depicting Obama though..
Onofre’s arm (a fellow enemy)

Hosting a reality show detracts from Palin’s gravitas? Hmmm, hosting“Death Valley Days” didn’t seem to hurt Reagan.
~~JustMe~~

Barry cares about America!
Samb

IT’S TIME TO BREAK UP, WITH AMERICA
NOW BARRY AND COMPANY.

IT’S WAY BEYOND SUSPICIOUS MINDS, DUDE!!!!!!!
~~JustMe~~

Barry Manilow cares about America!
oowawa

“Closing question–what is Barack’s next Barry Manilow ballad?”

As an old rocker, I’ve always thought of the genre of music represented by Barry Manilow with contempt: it is worse than musical “lite beer,” it is musical near beer. Back in the early 60′s I remember a real rocker, Chuck Berry I think, referring with bewilderment to the influx of rock pablum that was ruining rock and roll as “all them Bobbies,” meaning singers like Bobby Rydell, Bobby Vinton, Bobby Sherman, Bobby Darin, etc. Well, the “Bobbies” were the precursors of Barry Manilow.

And Barack Obama, despite his exotic name, is indeed a political Bobby, or Barry: political pablum, “cool” only to people who haven’t a clue and are easily sucked in by empty trite lyrics and saccharine over-produced background orchestration . . .
~~JustMe~~

There is a difference between these two Barry’s!!!!!
Barry Manilow cares about America!
Samb

Music can say things that you want to say, without having
to say them.

I love Barry M and Elvis P
no harm intended.
~~JustMe~~

There is a difference between these two Barry’s!!!!!
Barry Manilow cares about America!?????
elaine

I think he’s doing an ok job for indigents & an excellent job for “the white shoe boys on Wall Street”, to use an ole Gerald Celente phrase. If I was a bankster I’d really be shaking my pom poms for the dude & his buddies, Bernake, Geithner & Goolsbee.
oowawa

And we won’t even mention “Bedtime for Bonzo.” Uh-oh, guess I just did . . .
oowawa

Yeah, you’re right JustMe–he’s more like the suit Barry Manilow is wearing in this video . . .
Blue Moon

HOW ABOUT “96 TEARS”:
http://www.jacquedee63.com/96tears.html
96 Tears
Artist: ? & The Mysterians
Peak: #1 Lyrics by: ? & The Mysterians
Year: 1966 Week peaked: 10/24/1966

Too many teardrops for one heart to be crying
Too many teardrops for one heart to carry on
You`re way on top now since you left me
You’re always laughing way down at me
But watch out now, I`m gonna get there
We`ll be together for just a little while
And then I`m gonna put you way down here……
And you`ll start crying ninety-six tears
Cry, cry

And when the sun comes up, I`ll be on top…..
You`ll be way down there, looking up
And I might wave, come up here
But I don`t see you waving now
I`m way down here, wondering how
I`m gonna get you but I know now
I`ll just cry, cry, I`ll just cry

Too many teardrops for one heart to be crying
Too many teardrops for one heart to carry on

You’re gonna cry ninety-six tears
You’re gonna cry ninety-six tears
You’re gonna cry, cry, cry, cry now
You’re gonna cry, cry, cry, cry
Ninety-six tears

C`mon and lemme hear you cry, now
Ninety-six tears, woo, I wanna hear you cry
Night and day, yeah, all night long
Uh, ninety-six tears, cry cry cry, come on baby
Let me hear you cry now, all night long
Uh, ninety-six tears, yeah, come on now
Uh, ninety-six tears
Samb

–Justme–
found another one for you like this one too.
~~JustMe~~

Blue??? Bad luck!
helenk

OOWAWA

This has to be the Chuck Berry song that describes what backtrack
has done since being in office between golf games and vacations.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MLBfwblps8

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I’m a Dr Kracker 3 Seeded Linda too

ouch, this is actually a song Barry wrote, too.

“I am your child” he’s a man child – donchaknow!

I am your child.
Wherever you go, you take me, too.
Whatever I know, I learn from you.
Whatever I do, you taught me to do.
I am your child.

And I am your chance.
Whatever will come, will come from me.
Tomorrow is won, by winning me.
Whatever I am, you taught me to be.
I am your hope, I am your chance,
I am your child
I’m a Dr Kracker 3 Seeded Linda too

Maybe, “I can’t get started”.
Bob Dobbs

IT’S TOO LATE

It used to be so easy living here with you
You were light and breezy and I knew just what to do
Now you look so unhappy and I feel like a fool

And it’s too late, baby, now it’s too late
Though we really did try to make it
Something inside has died
And I can’t hide and I just can’t fake it
Patience

I just hope the next apt Manilow song isn’t Could It Be Magic.

With his loyal friends in Big Media, I’m reluctant to let my guard down and count him out. We watch NBC Nightly News and I don’t know why that station doesn’t just come clean and change its initials to DNC — all week long there’ve been sly digs at GOP or Tea Party candidates. I don’t know if I’ve heard one really negative thing about any Democratic candidates. My guess is that if the network decides to show some degree of balance, it’ll probably wait until Friday or over the weekend when the viewing audience is much smaller. And then it’ll likely be something negative about a Blue Dog.
arabella trefoil

There’s a quote somewhere in “White Teeth” by Zadie Smith where Alsana tells her husband “You are not Barry Manilow and you do not write the songs that the whole world sings.”

Someone should use that one on Obama.

PS: (off topic) Just found out I got into nursing school. Very happy, very overwhelmed. It’s the school I wanted to go to, but hard to get into. Didn’t think I’d make the cut. But I did!
Samb

Enjoy-Blue moon
I’m a Dr Kracker 3 Seeded Linda too

OK, LJ, this is YOUR fault. Look at all these Barry songs,

Did he have a premonition of The One….”Only in chicago”.

Too many, but still, I think yours is best.

http://www.whosdatedwho.com/music/songs/barry-manilow.htm
~~JustMe~~

WhooHoo!!! Congrats!
Onofre’s arm (a fellow enemy)

“ He is totally deluded into believing that he has genuinely accomplished important things and that the new laws are gems that the unwashed masses simply don’t appreciate.”

Barry is stupid on so many levels it’s hard to know where to start. His general stupidity on a multitude of subjects stems from a complete lack of curiosity and it’s reinforced by an army of sycophants who constantly tell him how smart he is. His more focused stupidity on issues such as the economy or foreign affairs, is the result of an early and thorough indoctrination by his mother, Frank Marshall Davis, Rev. Wright, and other Marxist mentors. His rigid adherence to philosophies that have ALWAYS failed, demonstrates one of his greatest flaws, his inability to alter his tack when the winds change.

He boasts of his accomplishments, but his pride is based on the speculative and shaky optimism that extremely complex bills, like Obamacare and financial reform, will be great successes. However, since his only contribution to the bills was his obsessively practiced signature, he truly has no idea what’s in them, and he has even less understanding what effect they’ll have, he just HOPES it will turn out fine. Of course, it’s easy to understand his “Candide” like optimism, he’s a man/child with little practical intelligence, the world view of a simpleton, a serious personality disorder, and a flimsy resume, yet…………he still managed to become the POTUS. “All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds.”
arabella trefoil

Larry said:

He (Obama) once was a swell candidate who managed to bamboozle a wide swath of the American electorate. Those days are done

I’m thinking of the Steely Dan lyric

“Those days are gone forever, over a long time ago”
I’m a Dr Kracker 3 Seeded Linda too

Well, no wonder Barry’s looking for that feeling again.

“ Poll: Most Want Obama Fired In 2012

By Paul Bedard

Posted: October 27, 2010
Print

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, rapped by the White House for pledging to make Barack Obama a one-term president, seems to have the support of a majority of Americans. A new poll provided to Whispers says that 56 percent of likely voters want the president fired.

According to pollster Doug Schoen, whose new poll shows vast support for the Tea Party movement among voters, the president is still liked by about half the nation. In fact, more like him personally than like his policies. Some 48 percent think he’s a nice guy, while just 42 percent approve of his job performance.

[See photos of the Obamas behind the scenes.]

But that personal favorability doesn’t translate into re-election support when voters are asked if Obama deserves a second term. Says Schoen: “Despite voters feelings toward Obama personally, 56 percent say he does not deserve to be re-elected, while 38 percent say he does deserve to be re-elected president.” Worse, Schoen adds, “43 percent say that Barack Obama has been a better president than George W. Bush, while 48 percent say Bush was a better president than Obama has been.”

http://politics.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2010/10/27/poll-most-want-obama-fired-in-2012
Cindy-the-artist-formerly—etc.

Larry,
I know the Messiah.
The Messiah is a friend of mine.
And Barry is no Messiah.
Cindy-the-artist-formerly—etc.

oowawa—-I’ve told this before here at the Quarter….but when one of the big fancy malls in Austin was beginning to have a gang problem, the management did something brilliant: They piped-in continual Barry Manilow recordings. Problem solved!
helenk

WAY TO GO.
You will be very good at it. The school is lucky to have you and the patients will be also after you get your degree.

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Onofre’s arm

This song has Obama covered:
EllenD

Oowawa, Barry Manilow started out writing jingles for commercials. Sometimes, with that background you can’t help doing more commercial stuff. It’s in your blood.
Speaking of which, Roger Sterling’s book, mentioned on Madmen is actually going to be published.
Cindy-the-artist-formerly—etc.

helenk—Well, as a Texan, I’d prefer a western song….maybe:
“O Barry me not on the lone prairie” ?
EllenD

I’ve also heard of outdoor areas using classical music.
EllenD

YAY! Arabella! All that studying paid off!
Onofre’s arm

Sort of like the way Slim Whitman yodeling bursts Martian heads:
Larry Johnson

Good for you. My wife is a nurse who now manages a cancer program’s surgical unit and has 70 nurses working for her. A worthy profession.
Bob Dobbs

Excellent quotation, Arabella! And especially appropos because it’s from the song “Pretzel Logic,” a form of rationalizing that Barry practices so often.
Crackerjack -Obamastahn Rebel Resistance

UM i think its too soon to count him out. HE ALWAYS BOUNCES BACK. there is always some cosmic evil that scoops him up before he goes splat on the ground. I will rejoice when he is totally devestated
Blue Moon

Thanks Samb, I didn’t know how to insert the music. I will enjoy—-I voted early yesterday and it went very smooth.
Cindy-the-artist-formerly—etc.

Onofre—OMG–that’s the one!
I’m a Dr Kracker 3 Seeded Linda too

Oh, Karl has his panties in a twist still. Remember, he got lambasted for his O’Donnel smear having a hissy fit right there on live tv for all to see.

He doesn’t want to lose his tv gig, so he has no choice but to go after Sarah, because she called him out for his dirty and wrong conduct. He would rather lose that seat in an effort to build himself up.

Something tells me Karl won’t be on tv much after the midterms.
Crackerjack -Obamastahn Rebel Resistance

that being said…I would vote for Billy Joel’s Second Wind. cause you know he’ll have is ass saved…….this time by pretend votes being counted as real so that the dems keep majority….I’d bet on it
Cindy-the-artist-formerly—etc.

EllenD—-As you know, I’m a Madmenist, so this is great news about Roger’s book….hilarious, too.
arabella trefoil

I cut my ties with the Democrats after Obama got the nom. I had been around the party long enough to know some “semi-insiders” with whom I still speak from time to time. There are a lot of rank and file people in supporting roles in the WH and Congress who have totally had it with Obama. Some of them think he’s crazy.

I heard that all he wants to do is talk about sports, watch ESPN, doodle around with his blackberry, and be anywhere but the White House. He would like to travel all the time. Also Valerie Jarret and Michelle are the ones running things now.

Can’t swear that all of that is true, but you piss off “the little people” and that’s how stories get started.

My question is, what TV show will he do next? 19 Kids and Counting? Hoarders? Cops? Survivor?
Breeze

-

”
Dude. The indignity of a comedy show host calling the commander in chief “dude” pretty well captured the moment for Obama. ”

THAT, Larry, makes me want to cry…..
HARP

This song fits Barry and his voters in so many ways.
I’m a Dr Kracker 3 Seeded Linda too

He “writes the songs that makes the whole world sing”.
oowawa

Love that sound–though these guys were from Michigan, this is pure Tex-Mex, ala Sam the Sham, and later, Sir Douglas Quintet (Doug Sahm). Excellent!
I’m a Dr Kracker 3 Seeded Linda too

Barry Manilow “I put the words and the melody together, I write the songs”.

I think Axelrod wants in on the action, too.
oowawa

Love that sound–though these guys were from Michigan, this is pure Tex-Mex style rock and roll, ala Sam the Sham, and later, Sir Douglas Quintet (Doug Sahm). Excellent!
I’m a Dr Kracker 3 Seeded Linda too

And, after all, it was the public that rewarded him for those kind of songs. They more than liked them.
I’m a Dr Kracker 3 Seeded Linda too

Go figure. One of my sisters was/is a Barry M fan forever…and she also likes Ozzy Osbourne and Billy Idol.
I’m a Dr Kracker 3 Seeded Linda too

OA, excellent find.
I’m a Dr Kracker 3 Seeded Linda too

Congrats Arabella!!!
r2s

this fits real well lol obama TO Manilow:

http://goo.gl/CaYp
HARP

Maybe the “DUDE” can listen to this song as he watches the election results come in.
Onofre’s arm

Barry’s economic strategy:

Screw the little bluebird, where the hell is my pink pony? I’ve already made room in my freezer for it.
oowawa

Yay, Arabella! I pity the first young doctor who proselytizes for Thee One in front of Nurse Trefoil!
oowawa

“there is always some cosmic evil that scoops him up”

Yeah, it’s the general theme of nightmares and movie series like Friday the 13th and Halloween: he’s never really gone for good . . .
helenk

BACKTRACK
Some advice from the American people

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bJDE72dA_I

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Onofre’s arm

He could be a regular on “Two and a Half Men”, and they could call it “Two and Three Quarter Men”.
Cindy-the-artist-formerly—etc.

Onofre—–you’ve just ruined one of my favorite songs! LOL!!!
Cindy-the-artist-formerly—etc.

And of Obama were French
Cindy-the-artist-formerly—etc.

And if Obama were French….
Samb

JUST BECAUSE
FAMILY GUY-
Onofre’s arm

Sorry. :-[
Cindy-the-artist-formerly—etc.

Onofre—That’s OK, my son…Just say 20 Hail Barrys, then go and sin no more.
O:-)
Onofre’s arm

How about “I Saw Miles, and Miles of Taxes”.
Cindy-the-artist-formerly—etc.

He could be a regular on “Two and a Half Men”, and they could call it “Two and Three Quarter Men”.

And Barry says our country’s kids are dragging behind in math and sciences? Ha! Onofre just put that myth to rest!
sowsear

When you were studying all of those body parts etc. I didn’t realize you were just trying to get into a nursing school..I thought you learned those things after you went to school.
sowsear

Dancing with the Stars,,,,
sowsear

Well, I think that having a child ask the president whether he wears boxers or briefs takes the prize for tackiness.
donjo

How about this from a friendly neighborhood blog.

“Question?
Can a single, twice divorced man win the Presidency? <img src=”http://s2.images.proboards.com/huh.gif” border=”0″ alt=”???”/>

Second question…

Even if he doesn’t win, would the “run” be worth it?

I say YES!!!

Some talk around the blogosphere about trying to get Feingold to primary Obama in ’12 if he loses his Senate seat. (oh please please please, yes)

The thought of that campaign just curls my toes. <img src=”http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif” title=”Cool” border=”0″ alt=”<img src=”/>”
helenk

LOL LOVE IT
Onofre’s arm

However, the Tackiness Prize immediately changed hands when Clinton answered the question. Yuk!
Cindy-the-artist-formerly—etc.

Onofre—you are cracking me up today!!!….and I needed a laugh!
Thanks, kiddo.
HARP

SEE…..The NQ gang has clout.
Cindy-the-artist-formerly—etc.

Trefoil in triage!! Watchout!
~~JustMe~~

LOL he will have 2 left feet!!!
FLDemFem

Here is one of the many “Hard to be Humble” videos…this one with the Muppets. Check out the Obama lookalike, except for the blond hair, who is singing along with Mac Davis..hehe
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Yttik

The Comedy Central interview was actually a little scary. Stewart of course wore kid gloves and tried to be respectful, but President Obama was so distanced and detached from what he was saying, I found it a bit disturbing.
Cindy-the-artist-formerly—etc.

he will have 2 left feet!!!

JustMe—LOL……and if they’re not on the floor, they’ll be in his mouth!
J.J. (the P.U.M.A.)

Two hours of playing Barry Manilow songs would be more effective with me than waterboarding. I’d confess to being on the grassy knoll.
FLDemFem

Actually, ? and the Mysterians are also considered early punk influences..for some reason I cannot fathom.
Talk2ThePaw

Remember how they inundated Noriega with rock music? Maybe we should wire the WH and pump Opera at FauxPrez. I can see he and MObutt fleeing the WH in the middle of the night. Well, I can dream can’t I?
Cindy-the-artist-formerly—etc.

JJ (the PUMA)—-That’s funny!
Talk2ThePaw

Congratulations Arabella, very well done!!!
Onofre’s arm

Hey, Hillbuzz got on Rush this morning with a damn good letter. Congrats’ to Hillbuzz!

http://hillbuzz.org/2010/10/27/an-open-letter-to-rush-limbaugh-and-his-listeners/
Talk2ThePaw

If you watched Two and A Half Men lately it would more correctly be called Three and a half Men Jerking Off. Seems to be new premise of the show, jerking off, could this be a stab at O’Donnell?
Onofre’s arm

I’ve never seen the show. I stay mostly with more subtle and sophisticated comedies, like “South Park”, and “Eastbound and Down”.
~~JustMe~~

Just for the record!!!! Breaking News Alert: Due to the high volume of voters participating in the mid-term elections, officials have decided
Republicans will vote on November 2nd.
Democrats will vote November 3rd.
Please share this update with all your friends!
~~JustMe~~

Just for the record!!!!

Breaking News Alert: Due to the high volume of voters participating in the mid-term elections, officials have decided
Republicans will vote on November 2nd.
Democrats will vote November 3rd.
Please share this update with all your friends!
wodiej crackerdawg

love Barry Manilow’s music.
helenk

this was fun. With everything that is going on in the country right now, we needed some enjoyment.
All the music was great and being able to laugh along with the music was great.

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wodiej crackerdawg

I don’t believe it is a reality show. It’s on the Learning Channel which does not have reality shows. It is simply a series highlighting Alaska and Sarah’s life there. Whatever the label-I don’t much care what Karl Rove thinks. He has his knickers in a knot alot lately which I could care less about. Didn’t like him when he was on Bush Jr.s team, and I still don’t like him. He’s a bloviating blowhard.

I think the show will help her if anything, not hurt. The American people are starving for a leader who has integrity. Who values our military, the Constitution and the Christian values this country was founded on. Sarah Palin does not fit the mold that many feel makes a great leader. How have we been doing the last 3 decades? Not so hot.

People dismissed Reagan and the Tea Party too and we all know how that went. I rest my case.
wodiej crackerdawg

I do believe that the Ivory Tower Obama has been standing on is crumbling around him. When he loses majority in Congress, it won’t be pretty.
donjo

From a friendly neighborhood blog:

“Question?

Can a single, twice divorced man win the Presidency?

Second question…

Even if he doesn’t win, would the “run” be worth it?

I say YES!!!

Some talk around the blogosphere about trying to get Feingold to primary Obama in ’12 if he loses his Senate seat. (oh please please please, yes)

The thought of that campaign just curls my toes.”
Susan H Silverstein

I just read Janis’s comment that poor Barry Manilow should not be compared to Obama, because “THAT” Barry, actually DOES HIS JOB and his fans would SAY HE DOES HIS JOB VERY WELL, WORKS VERY HARD”. I agree. and even if you don’t like his music, give the man his due. Barry Manilow’s music project for kids, a very soft type project, no bells or whistles, is making lots of people happy. Between Barry Manilow’s talent (at least for the many fans) & his charities, he is making many more happy than the President. Barry O could only wish for Manilow’s popularity! PS: Barry Manilow is not photgraphed jet setting & living the life of Rich & Famous like some ladies we know.
AbigailAdams

tricia: “hula hoop” — that’s good. Trouble is, we still buy hula hoops by the truck loads. That’s troubling that a hula hoop is more useful.
getfitnow

And don’t forget Barry Manilow’s incredible commercial jingle successes. Who knew?

BTW, he wrote them with no help from Bill Ayers.
don tufts

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sybilll

He could have a recurring role on The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayres.
sybilll

Did you mean Dancing With The Czars?
(What a fun thread!)
sowsear

Sybill, You are a quipper, extraordinaire.
sowsear

Nothing is “sacred” anymore…At one time, people would think twice about taking liberties when talking to the president.
sowsear

Didn’t they actually try that last time, but the other way around on dates?
oowawa

The big question: does he wear jammies with a trapdoor in the back? We’ll probably have to wait for Reggie Love’s Memoirs to find out . . .
sybilll

That was fun, too, getfitnow. And, I confess to seeing him perform these in concert, and dayum, it was surprising. And yes, I loved the concert. (Hey, I was 16, ya know).
candymarl red bone cracker

Don’t forget The Dude by Quincy Jones.

“Soft talkin’ with a rap so sweet ladies call him the candy rapper”.
AC

Ode to Barry
I’m Looking Through You
Cindy-the-artist-formerly—etc.

oowawa—–That’s beyond LOL—-what a scream!
Cindy-the-artist-formerly—etc.

Republicans will vote on November 2nd.
Democrats will vote November 3rd.

~JustMe~ Now that’s the kind of political plan I can get behind!LOL
ctfsh

Spot on. Did you happen to catch the NY Times Book Review of the latest biography http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/28/books/28klopp.html?ref=books . Author describes that one as an “intellectual” (this does not mean he’s calling him smart, it merely means he thinks a lot, what author omits is he thinks about himself) that the author unearthed a philosophy behind that one’s thinking, a philosophy the author calls “pragmatism”.

It’s a suger-coated way of saying that one is a man of mediocre intellect.
ctfsh

He wants the Repubs to win so he can blame them for getting nothing done when he runs for re-election.
Katmoon

Fantastic Arabell, and Woot. Congratualtions and they are darned lucky to have you. Best news all day!
AC

Off topic–My bad!

Seasonal: Monster Mash
AC

Barry’s Song
Runaway
TeakWoodKite

Now if someone can get Barry to sing it. “Dude”.
oowawa

Loved the post–didn’t know he wrote that stuff–but HATE the jingles! “State Farm is theyrrrrr . . . “ Grrrrrr . . . What a horrible thing to do to our brains . . . That Barry is as infectious as the one in the WH.
TeakWoodKite

This?
oowawa

And speaking of the sweet-talking candy rapper . . . Beware of Thee One’s cloying Dudeness!
TeakWoodKite

Harp, you like Softmachine? Love meatlof.

Maybe this?
Docelder

He is going to find himself “Opracised” from middle America if he isn’t careful. Barack is like a black hole of negative energy that will consume anything positive.
Docelder

Reminds me of the “teach the world to sing” coca-cola ad. This is exactly how Barack was branded. It was all about “him”. Now that he is a bust the whole party is screwed, because they put all their eggs in his basket.
oowawa

AC–I have dreams like this . . .
TeakWoodKite

This one? (although Bary Soetoro doesn’t deserve it. )
tango

Well in the spirit of Tickle me Elmo, I hereby dub Obama the “Pretend Me President”.
tango

Great news! Congratulations.
TeakWoodKite

Or…

Pain and sorrow…
oowawa

Bill Clinton was a pragmatist when he saw Republicans take over the House in 1994: “The U.S. House election, 1994 was an election for the United States House of Representatives on November 8, 1994, in the middle of President Bill Clinton‘s first term. As a result of a 54-seat swing in membership from Democrats to Republicans, the Republican Party gained a majority of seats in the House for the first time since 1954.” (Wikipedia)

Bill Clinton saw the writing on the wall and moved towards the center. That was a pragmatic decision. What will Thee One, with his head in the clouds, do after the 2010 midterm losses? My bet is he will hunker down in his self-righteous positions and blame the Republicans for destroying His presidency . . . Obama shows no signs of being a “pragmatist” . . .
TeakWoodKite

Does anyone but me think Jon owes the PO’DUDE’TUS an apology for calling him just ”dude”? How rude!

Not that he would do so, but Jon was addressing the office of the president as well.

He should have addressed him as Mr. President being that he is leader of the “dude” world.

Larry..gotta love Barry Manilow. Barak? not so much.
AC

Hi oowawa, I’m not writing much because I have a slight (I hope) hand and forearm injury and shouldn’t be typing–thinking of you all. But I can still use one hand to let you all know I’m still here.
oowawa

“pain and sorrow”

Oh, that’s painful alright . . .
sowsear

In BO’s case, “Do whatever you have to do to win” has always been his mantra. It’s the Alynsky Way.
sowsear

As someone said on another thread, BO wants the Repubs to win so he’ll have someone to blame for his failures, as usual.
TeakWoodKite

More like “The Illinois Enema Bandit” is what I hear…
sowsear

Are you feeling tacky enough to ask BO now?
sowsear

host calling the commander in chief “dude”

Someone said Stewart misspoke when he said “dude”, he meant dud.
oowawa

My mood is better expressed by something like this:

The problem with some people out there
They insist that wrong is right
But we still hold on to the dream
Despite our present plight
We must make do
With ends that never meet
Riots in the street

Living life daily like all the rest
America! America!
Even though flawed we’re still the best
America!

There are those of us still ready to fight
They will never get our guns
We stand ready to defend ourselves
Against crime and ruthless scum
It seems that you can’t always count on the police
So we all pack a piece

Land of the brave, home of the free
America! America!
Can’t take my country away from me
America!

When it comes to truth there’s no such thing
As being to direct
But they dont dare speak they’re afraid to be
Politically incorrect
They dont think that we don’t realize
They’re all selling out
It makes me want to shout

Land of the brave, home of the free
America! America!
Can’t take my country away from me
America!

******
There you go, Barry! Funny when some blue collar “oi” boys from NJ make more sense than the establishment in the MSM. I’m beginning to like the idea of Christie for President . . .
Cindy-the-artist-formerly—etc.

He is going to find himself “Opracised”

Docelder—That’s a good one!
margaret

How about “Mr. Dude?”
Cindy-the-artist-formerly—etc.

Teak—-love that—one of those cast members was an old friend of ours—hadn’t thought about him in a long time. Thanks.
Cindy-the-artist-formerly—etc.

AC——–poor thing! Hang in there, kiddo.
Good to hear from ya!
oowawa

I kind of like “Your Dudeness” . . .
Cindy-the-artist-formerly—etc.

oowawa—–Great one! Where the hell do you find this eclectic & hilarious stuff!
Samb

I love this version
Thanks
Cindy-the-artist-formerly—etc.

oowawa—Allow me, if I may, to offer a complement to your candy bar musicale…..although not as great a find as yourn.
Cindy-the-artist-formerly—etc.

or if he comes to Tejas, we’ll greet him with
“Howdy, Dude-ee!”
Objective Analysis

Ray Charles’ ‘hit the road jack”

“Hit the road jack and don’t you come back no more no more no more no more, hit the road jack and don’t you come back no more.”

- Or hit the road to Kenya either one….
candymarl red bone cracker

You go! Congrats!
Annie Soda Cracker

LOL! Reminds me of the restaurant I worked in during my Big Sur days…when the boys from the South Coast got too rowdy, the boss would call downstairs and tell the bar to take off the rock & roll and put on Beetohoven. Worked every time.
TeakWoodKite

It would be good if Hill and Bill did not fetch BO’s pale of water….

Damn fine ink.
Annie Soda Cracker

Would he cry when they voted him off the island and he had to put out his torch? Looking forward to the day when “the tribe has spoken”.
candymarl red bone cracker

Hey Dude leave us alone.
We now know you
Want to forget you.

Remeber to get out of our house
Then we’ll de-louse and make it better.

When Telepromter feels the pain hey Dude refrain. Don’t tell us again how stupid we are.

And you know that it’s just you and your ego too
that we find hard to get along with.

Hey Dude. Just go away.
Let us have time to just forget you.

Remeber to get out of our house.
The we’ll de-louse and make it better.

Better better better Oww!

Na, na na na na na
Na na na leave Dude!

Na, na na na na na

Na na na leave Dude!

Everybdy Sing!
TeakWoodKite

Same here.
HARP

This must be how Barry feels when campaigning.
oowawa

Oh my Cindy–I remember being a little boy at the drive-in movies with my parents (San Rafael CA Motor Movies, long long gone) and being enchanted by this intermission cartoon. Thanks for the nostalgic treat!
Tamara Cracker

Wow.
Feingold.
A man who is LEFT of Obama.
Dream on, donjo.

He’s losing his seat in Wisconsin BECAUSE HE IS A DESTRUCTIVE PROGRESSIVE.
He won’t be dog catcher in a few months.
HARP

Is Operation Alaska Chaos Working?; UPDATED: 56 Senate Write-in Applications So Far

KFQD 750 AM radio host Dan Fagan, a backer of Republican nominee Joe Miller, has been urging voters to sign up in an act of “civil disobedience” — defying what he calls the courts’ illegal decision to allow a list of write-in candidates at polling places.

http://www.conservatives4palin.com/2010/10/is-operation-alaska-chaos-working.html
oowawa

Classic, candymarl!
sowsear

oowawa…youse a bad boy.
sowsear

I was going to say, First Dude” but that’s taken.
BettsAZ

I find my self singing “The times they are a’changin’” Funny,back 40 years as a young hippie singing those words seemed so relevent…Today even more so!!!

“…Senators,Congressmen , please heed the call.Don’t block up the doorway, don’t stand in the hall…”

The Times They are a’Changin…Bob Dylan
sowsear

Third World, We R U. Barry said they wanted to get rid of the electoral system and I believe they are working on it. Who needs to vote when you can have Barry for a lifetime.
Cindy-the-artist-formerly—etc.

oowawa——Come to Texas, cowboy! I’ve probably mentioned this but in Midland, there’s Big Sky Drive-in movie theater. It’s fabulous! Has three, count ‘em, three big screens! Good food too.
Obama: Dubya 2 Electric Boogaloo

I don’t know what Barack’s next Barry Manilow ballad is…..but I do know what Chris Matthews and his tingly leg are thinking about right now….
Cindy-the-artist-formerly—etc.

Obamad2EB—–funny!
Patience

Annie – did you work at Nepenthe???
Patience

Oh boy, I love “She’s About a Mover” by the Sir Douglas Quintet.
helenk

This something that backtrack does not and never will understand about America and her people.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dsjSpyb0pM&feature=player_embedded

WOMEN WITH INTELLIGENCE AND EXPERIENCE,MEN WHO SUPPORT THEM AND COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY ALWAYS

PUMAS,BUBBAS,EQUALSITS AND THOSE CHATTERING PEOPLE RULE
helenk

PS
if someone is out there that can show this song would you please do it for me? Thank you

It is a song i would like people to remember during this election time. This song describes my feelings about America.

WOMEN WITH INTELLIGENCE AND EXPERIENCE,MEN WHO SUPPORT THEM AND COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY ALWAYS

PUMAS,BUBBAS,EQUALISTS AND THOSE CHATTERING PEOPLE RULE
Onofre’s arm
Lady Cracker

here you go! NOt Manilow but a PERFECT song to the OTHEr Barry!
Lady Cracker

one more time – Not Manilow but perfect for the OTHER Barry
Cindy-the-artist-formerly—etc.

Lady cracker——oh yeah, that’s a good ‘un!
Cindy-the-artist-formerly—etc.

Onofre—-I’ve heard the Sinatra version several times on old Radio Classics (Sirius), and thought it was a really moving piece.
I’ve never seen this version—great find!
Cindy-the-artist-formerly—etc.

Thanks helenk….wonderful piece!
Please see my note to Onofre—-it should be to both of you.
Murray

I found myself wondering what what going thru Jon Stewart’s mind on a couple of occasions.

Barack is mumbling on for minutes upon minutes, reading from his teleprompter which was installed in the desk….Jon Stewart has his hand over his mouth, when Barack looks up at him, Jon sputters a little and says, in a tiny, tiny voice, “…It’s just so hard not to say anything…”

I’m thinking that Jon had to be thinking: “MOST. BORING. SHOW. EVER!”
Boxer Mum 06

the Learning Channel actually does have reality shows. This is the network that brought us Jon & Kate plus 8, Little People Big World, etc..

I agree that the premise seems to be more about discovering Alaska than the Palin family.
helenk

Fair Warning from Jon Stewart. check before submitting vote on electronic voting systems

http://www.maniacworld.com/Beware-of-Elections-Ahead.html

WOMEN WITH INTELLIGENCE AND EXPERIENCE,MEN WHO SUPPORT THEM AND COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY ALWAYS

PUMAS,BUBBAS,EQUALISTS AND THOSE CHATTERING PEOPLE RULE
arabella trefoil

I would love to see Jeff Probst extinguishing Obama’s torch and intoning “Barack, the tribe has spoken.”

Obama would probably misunderstand that he was being kicked off. He’d think he just won something. He’d say “I’m glad I’m on this show cuz my wife likes it. Usually when we’re watching TV Michelle will say ‘give me the clicker’ but she watches this show – uh, uh, the Discover Channel ….”

Meanwhile the production assistants would be trying to drag Obama off for his exit interview. And Mark Burnett would be cursing into the PA’s ear phones the way only Mark Burnett can. “Get that bloody ******* off the fucking set. Stop rolling the tape now, you bleeding tossers.”
barry bums a ciggie

Did he really have a teleprompter on the desk?!
Boxer Mum 06

The first song that popped into my head when thinking about our fearless leader is ….

You walked into the party
Like you were walking onto a yacht
Your hat stragegically dipped below one eye
Your scarf it was apricot
You had one eye in the mirror
As you watched yourself gavotte
And all the girls dreamed tht they’d be your partner
They’d be your partner, and

You’re so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You’re so vain
I’ll be you think this song is about you
Don’t you, Don’t you?

You had me several years ago
When I was still quite naive
Well, you said that we made such a pretty pair
And that you would never leave
But you gave away the things you loved
And one of them was me
I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee
Clouds in my coffee, and ….

You’re so vain….
Noogan

Great job Larry. You nailed it on Obie-Dude: Loser.

James Taranto Nails it too:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303362404575580273655487494.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_MIDDLETopOpinion
Noogan

Dude is what you get when you visit the callow cubicle of the children….

If Obama wants to be addressed as Mr. President, perhaps he should BEHAVE like one. Haven’t seen that yet.
Noogan

When October Goes lyrics
Songwriters: Manilow, Barry; Mercer, Johnny;

And when October goes
The snow begins to fly
Above the smokey roofs
I watch the planes go by

The children running home
Beneath a twilight sky
Oh, for the fun of them
When I was one of them

And when October goes
The same old dream appears
And you are in my arms
To share the happy years

I turn my head away
To hide the helpless tears
Oh, how I hate
To see October go

And when October goes
The same old dream appears
And you are in my arms
To share the happy years

I turn my head away
To hide the helpless tears
Oh, how I hate
To see October go

I should be over it now I know
It doesn’t matter much
How old I grow
I hate to see October go
sowsear

Cindy, That’s way more than eclectic…
sowsear

I never really like Drive-Ins. They were either too hot with the windows rolled up or too buggy with the windows down. But on the other hand…
sowsear

I never really liked Drive-Ins. They were either too hot with the windows rolled up or too buggy with the windows down. But on the other hand…
sowsear

Hit the road, Barack…
Onofre’s arm

Calling Obama “Dude” actually diminishes the meaning of “Dude”.
Retired

Larry, I’ve heard in LA that Obama has a new street name: Barry the Dude (or just the Dude, for short). Personally, I think that in the 2012 campaign, he’s going to use the Manilow lyrics “Well, I’m waiting to take good care of you,” to beg to be held over in the presidential gig through 2014, when the real Obamacare economy killer provisions start to be implemented.
One thing is for sure. Whatever little dignity remained in the office of president after Bush’s departure was obliterated by the Dude’s appearance with Stewart. Until that debacle, I thought that you were being a bit tough on him when you characterized him as clueless. But it certainly doesn’t get any more clueless than allowing John Stewart to call you out on your delusional political bullshit on prime time national TV. “In front of God and everybody,” as we used to say in the Corps.
Noogan

Spooky: Drudge Has this up top on his site. Is he reading NQ? Ha!
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