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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 05:33 PM
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Mark Halperin and Mike Barnicle gushing over Obama right now on MSNBC!
Edited on Fri Apr-03-09 05:35 PM by jenmito
Halperin said Obama has been masterful this whole trip and Barnicle said Obama has the "it" factor like Kennedy and Reagan. They went on to say how he is making it all look EASY and he's not even breaking a sweat throughout all the things he's done so far., that they LOVE him in Europe and the town hall would've been "unthinkable" a year ago (with Bush).
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lamp_shade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 05:36 PM
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1. I really enjoyed that.
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 05:39 PM
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3. Get ready for your enjoyment to take a turn for the worse. Brad Blakeman is on
with his regular negative BS talk. He just said "the optics were great but the 'deliverables' were not."
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ClarkUSA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 05:38 PM
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2. Barnacle wishes; the Reagans were despised in Europe and at home by a significant # of people..
The comparison between Kennedy/Jackie and Obama/Michelle is more apt, as both were adored on both sides of the Atlantic.
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 05:41 PM
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4. I agree with you...
but I guess in Barnicle's eyes it's the highest of compliments.
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ClarkUSA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 05:49 PM
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5. Guess he has to suck up to Reagan lovers or else he'll never get invited back to Morning Joe
Edited on Fri Apr-03-09 05:50 PM by ClarkUSA
Did you know he was fired from the Boston paper he used to work for because of plagiarism? Small trivia question but
it tells you about the man's character or lack thereof.

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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 05:54 PM
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8. And did you notice he asked Goolsby if he'd come back on Morning Joe again?
No, I did NOT know he was fired for plagiarism! Interesting! :hi:
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ClarkUSA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 06:40 PM
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11. Yeah, he's trying to score points. Goolsby made sure to mock Chuck Todd, too.
Heh. :hi:
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 07:51 PM
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15. Yup. I like how he did that.
The mocking him. :hi:
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denem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 05:50 PM
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6. Reagan was not loved in Europe.
He rated about equal with Maggie Thatcher.
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 05:52 PM
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7. Maybe he was talking about Obama's "style" in general? Reagan WAS
an actor who SEEMED comfortable in his surroundings, I guess.
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Thrill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 07:28 PM
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13. Reagan was a bullshit artist. But it worked very well for him
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 08:02 PM
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16. I know. I don't know if Barnicle knows or cares. Maybe he's just comparing what he SEEMED to be
with what Obama IS.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 06:02 PM
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9. Yes, and we can see that..what
we can't see is the shit chuckie todd and his ilk are spewing.
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 06:08 PM
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10. Chris Matthews just called it a "masterful performance" and asked Chuck Todd what HE
Edited on Fri Apr-03-09 06:10 PM by jenmito
thought of his masterful performance, and he said, "Some of this is the 'new guy treatment' and who knows if he'd get a similar reception the next time he comes here-a lot of people get the huge crowds the first time" and THEN he went on to tell Matthews what the "RWers" are getting fired up about-maybe criticizing America TOO much. :eyes: (paraphrased) He DID say Obama did a good job and was well received, though.
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Thrill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 07:27 PM
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12. He's a tool. Notice every time he wants to say something negative he
claims he either talked to some unnamed person in Congress or the Right Wingers are saying?
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 07:49 PM
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14. Yes. And he repeated the same thing, nearly word for word, about it seeming like
Iowa in Obama's campaign days (along with the "popularity because he's new" stuff). :eyes:
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chollybocker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 08:04 PM
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17. It's true that in many ways our leaders represent ourselves.
If there's a 'Most Respected International Leader Poll' conducted somewhere, the U.S.A. just went from #138 to #1 this week. ;)
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 08:11 PM
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18. That's true...
which is why after Bush "won again" in '04 I hated that the paper in England read, "How could 46 million people be so dumb?" (I don't remember the number, but I'm sure you know what I'm talking about.) Even though I didn't vote for him, the world looked at US as a dumb country. NOW I feel just the opposite!
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chollybocker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 08:18 PM
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19. 62 million, according to
Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_U.S._elections

Thanks for getting my point. :)
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 08:48 PM
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20. OK, thanks...
Edited on Fri Apr-03-09 08:49 PM by jenmito
my number WAS kind of low. Sure thing! It was easy to understand. :hi:
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Hansel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 09:00 PM
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21. In other news, hell has frozen over. n/t
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