The victims of Obama Derangement Syndrome are becoming more and more unhinged with each passing day, and the chasm between them and reality is growing wider and wider. A few examples from over the weekend:
Overreacting to President Obama's bow in his meeting with Emperor Hirohito of Japan, Allahpundit at Hot Air wrote that it "made him look like an idiot" adding "this tool actually groveled himself into a minor international incident."
But that was just the warm-up. Here's the big finish:
Over at the Washington Examiner, Paul Mirengoff deduced from President Obama's remark about the American people not "jumping to conclusions" about the motives of Nadal Hassan that the president hates America. To further prove his point Mirengoff cites the president's absence from the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall:
At Politico, Mike Allen writes:
Irritation? Scolded? Heated response? What the .....?
But the creme de la creme of the ODS sufferers is Smitty at The Other McCain, who concludes that President Obama wants to be impeached.
One of Smitty's readers comments:
Overreacting to President Obama's bow in his meeting with Emperor Hirohito of Japan, Allahpundit at Hot Air wrote that it "made him look like an idiot" adding "this tool actually groveled himself into a minor international incident."
But that was just the warm-up. Here's the big finish:
"So why give the emperor the full Hopenchange treatment, then? Is it just ... reflex at this point? Or is it actually a sign of how keenly aware Obama is of the messianic hype that follows him around the world? Maybe he figured that, as the newly anointed global Jesus, he'd better go out of his way to show deference to Japan's divine ruler lest it seem like he was "pulling rank."
Over at the Washington Examiner, Paul Mirengoff deduced from President Obama's remark about the American people not "jumping to conclusions" about the motives of Nadal Hassan that the president hates America. To further prove his point Mirengoff cites the president's absence from the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall:
"Obama did appear in Berlin via video. But the president omitted from his remarks any mention of the Soviet Union or communism, Harry Truman, or Ronald Reagan .As my blog partner Scott Johnson put it, Obama neither "decried the villains nor saluted the heroes of the story." That's because we were the heroes."
At Politico, Mike Allen writes:
"President Barack Obama made no effort to conceal his irritation when his press corps used the first question of his maiden Far East trip to ask what was taking him so long on Afghanistan...Jennifer Loven of the Associated Press had asked: "Can you explain to people watching and criticizing your deliberations what piece of information you're still lacking to make that call."
"With respect to Afghanistan, Jennifer," the president scolded, "I don't think this is a matter of some datum of information that I'm waiting on. ... Critics of the process ... tend not to be folks who ... are directly involved in what's happening in Afghanistan. Those who are, recognize the gravity of the situation and recognize the importance of us getting this right."
The cool president's heated response reflected second-guessing from the press and Pentagon about a process that has spanned eight formal meetings with his war cabinet, totaling about 20 hours."
Irritation? Scolded? Heated response? What the .....?
But the creme de la creme of the ODS sufferers is Smitty at The Other McCain, who concludes that President Obama wants to be impeached.
"I submit that the continued provocations such as the KSM trial, the obsession with the previous administration, the wrenching changes from spendthrift to fiscal hawk could, if he's a committed con man, be deliberate provocations towards impeachment."
One of Smitty's readers comments:
"let me be the first to say, if BHO is using the trial to attack President Bush and VP Cheney; we give back as good as they do ---The moment the trial goes after Bush, we get our second Amendment friends and friends in the military and venture into the Capitol. We give the Left two choices: Protect your fellow Americans, or....."
gary must be "garytuck". No one else could write such stupidity with a straight face.
gary said, "Obama is Jimmy Carter 2.0. He doesn't believe in American power and he wants to see AMerican influence diminished. The bow was the perfect symbol for that."
Come on, gary, we don't let people get away with sweeping Glenn Beck drivel. Please give documented incidents about how the President doesn't "believe in American power" and "wants our influence diminished. If you mean he doesn't believe in indiscriminate bombing and invasion of other countries, maybe you're right. Also, he cares about keeping our troops safe and not sending them in on a fool's errand like our last president. If you mean that, then OK.
Oh, BTW, show me where you were outraged when President Bush bowed to the Pope, and KISSED Crown Prince Abdullah, or when Eisenhower bowed to DeGaulle, or when Nixon bowed to Hirohito.
Run along now. This board is for factual discussion about the subject at hand. Daycare is over at the chron.
Obama is Jimmy Carter 2.0. He doesn't believe in American power and he wants to see AMerican influence diminished. The bow was the perfect symbol for that.
Usually they write satire in The Onion, but I believe every word attributed to this guy is true.
Some people say ODS, I say they are the BOF (Blame Obama first). If you really believe he hates America then I just don't know what to say.
Yet again, The Onion nails it.
I REALLY hate to say this but we are gonna have to deal with these moronic, racist idiots for a long time. Maybe 'til the fall of 2016.
Sorry, that should have been "Capitol". My bad.
That last statement about second amendment rights is pretty scary. I know that his Presidency has awakened, or brought to the surface all of the worst in this countries racists but to make a comment like that in an open forum the guy has to be really a nut. It has nothing to do with his policies or actions it all derives from his heritage. They use his policies and actions just to keep the internal fires blazing. I still think we are getting close to an actual attack on the President. The we WILL be fighting the next civil war.
lets make up some t-shirts showing bush holding hands and kissing sheiks. and what about all the whitehouse sleepovers bush had with bandar bush? at the very core of this is the fact that obama conducts himself on foreign soil as a visiting dignitary, with proper protocol for a head of state. i'd say the rabid right would travel abroad with manners of one "born in a barn", only that's an insult to the barnyard animals i grew up with on my grandparents farm. and it falsely assumes they'd ever travel past the rural limits of the local kkk rally.
"We get our Second Amendment friends and friends in the military and venture into the CApital. We give the Left two choices: Protect your fellow Americans, or....."?
WTF? Does that sound like an opening salvo for a 2nd Civil War? It sure sounds like it to me.
The last thing this country needs is a group of angry, armed wingnuts.
"...deliberate provocations toward impeachment". Provocations? As in taking his oath of office seriously?
And wingers take these people seriously? To top it all off, I read this AM that under GOP primary rules, it looks increasingly like Sarah Palin could actually be their 2012 nominee.
Wonder how the wingnuts will respond to an Obama landslide?