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Hey remember that time Barack Obama was at the Jebus Summit and he emerged from the Silence Cone to mutter some waffly bullshit about abortion? That Obama is no Harry Truman! According to Boston Herald political sage Michael Graham, Harry Truman — a Democrat who constantly stopped bucks at his desk — would never have hedged on one of the most politically radioactive issues of our time when discussing it in front of a hostile audience he was trying not to offend. Nope, Harry Truman would have rolled up his sleeves and started personally performing abortions onstage, if that’s what he believed in! Meanwhile, Barack Obama “passed the buck” to somebody “above his pay grade.”
“Well, uh, you know, I think that whether you’re looking at it from a theological perspective or, uh, a scientific perspective, uh, answering that question with specificity, uh, you know, is, is, uh, above my pay grade.” - Sen. Barack Obama, on “When does a baby get human rights?”
In 1948, they had Harry Truman and “The buck stops here!”
In 2008, they’ve got Barack Obama and it’s “above my pay grade.” [...]
Leaders don’t pass tough questions to the next “pay grade.” They don’t need five minutes to answer yes-or-no questions about the surge or Russia’s invasion of a democratic neighbor.
And this, my friends, is why John McCain will win the presidency.
‘Pay grade’ unartful dodge [Boston Herald]
The Boston what-now?
My grandfather, Ray Futrell, was a lifelong FDR Democrat, the kind who would proudly rather vote for a wife-beating, syphilitic drunkard than for a Republican. In fact, he would find the previous sentence entirely redundant.
OK, I’m having a hard time parsing this sentence. He seems to be saying that Democrat = wife-beating, syphillitic drunkard? But I don’t think that’s what he mean to say… unless…. nah, couldn’t be.
Way to take on that wording of “When does a baby get human rights” Barack. Man Obama got played by Warren - what is with this guy and trusting crazy evangelicals?
I keep reading “Pay grade,” but keep seeing “Gay Parade.”
“My grandfather, Ray Futrell, was a lifelong FDR Democrat, the kind who would proudly rather vote for a wife-beating, syphilitic drunkard than for a Republican.”
The wife-beating syphilitic drunkards haven’t left the Democratic party, sir — the Democratic party has left the wife-beating syphilitic drunkards!
Harry Truman not only would have responded with flippant, vacuous theology, but also would have started his own religion right there on the spot.
Also, the Herald is going down in flames, and crap like this is why.
“My grandfather helped push Patton’s tanks across Europe”
1. So gas was expensive even back then?
2. Ha — my grandfather carried B-17s on his head from London to Hamburg.
i thought this thing would be a land-slide but now I worry.
Is that a picture of Ron Paul?
Q: “Do flippant, posturing oversimplifications exist? And should they be negotiated with, confronted, or destroyed?”
A: “They should be destroyed. With a manly and decisive fervor. Just like we did with evil.”
My grandfather pushed big rocks up mountains and watched them roll back down again during the Sisyphean wars.
Harry Truman would have dropped the A-bomb on those fetuses like a good American.
If McCain picks Romney watch that little lead he has disappear. Romney will Hurt McCain the evengelicals and christian base of the Party will turn and Run. Put Huckabee on the ticket and get the Base excited all ready, Then you can win this thing.
No one is going to “Not” vote for McCain if he picks Huckabee., If he Picks Romney There will be a ton of People that Wont Vote for McCain. Whats really going on is Romney belongs to the RNC. The RNC wants to make sure that they stay in power. By putting bush 4 in office ie (Romney) after McCains term is over. The RNC dont like Huckabee because he is more for the working class. That is blasphemy in the GOP.
Harry Truman would have dropped an atomic bomb on Saddleback.
Harry Truman aborted a couple of million Japanese fetuses on one day, although some of them were in their 200th+ trimester and married to other fetuses with fetuses of their own. All to show the Russians that we were more efficient abortionists than they were.
Serolf Divad: but was he thankful for it?
“They don’t need five minutes to answer yes-or-no questions about the surge or Russia’s invasion of a democratic neighbor.”
Yes, because we all know what matters is answering a question quickly, not correctly.
All fetuses and fertilized human eggs have human rights. That’s why, during the next census, proportional representation is going to be staggeringly lopsided in favor of districts where there are fertility clinics. They’re going to need those extra representatives to score resources for their citizens, too. It ain’t cheap to pay for the electricity to keep those freezers full of fertilized human eggs from going off.
I’m looking forward to when my boss asks me why I’ve been doing nothing but be on Wonkette this week at work.
“It’s above my pay grade… bitch.”
I will be liberated shortly thereinafter.
So Barry is speaking in relative terms.
Lets consider how that applies to Harry Truman.
Did he ever have to sit through questioning by a self-serving evangelist?
Were hot-button, wedge issues like abortion a part of political conversation?
Was the average American as emotionally, spiritually and intellectually retarded
then, as they are now?
It’s all relative. And Americans have been more than happy to eat a giant shit sandwich for the last 20 years or so. This article is the Big Mac of shit sandwiches.
FalconerHK: well-played!
why is MSM harping on that “above [his] pay grade” bullshit? they do know he was talking about God or something, right? like, only God can make judgment like that and stuff?
confused?!?!?
Sussemilch: Me too. What’s up with that? Wishful thinking?
Obama’s becoming a total douche. After his criminal FISA vote, the thrill is definitely gone.
Wait, it’s no longer acceptable for leaders to spend at least five minutes thinking about how to deal with Russia? And here I thought JFK was hasty.
NoWireHangers:
Barack should have dropped the “F” bomb on that pedantic cocksucker, asked him to have f’n Jebus show up and state that he’s given Warren or any of the rest of the psychotic scum that insist that they’ve received guidance from above any advice at all.
Corpus Christus Delicti or some such Latin blather.
Peace on ‘em all,
Jerry w
http://www.boskolives.wordpress.com
No, but really - did Barack’s balls shrink a little?
Destonio: Obama’s becoming a total douche. After his criminal FISA vote, the thrill is definitely gone.
What’d somebody say before? It’s all relative? Lets see you try to get elected president of the Ameritards and not sink to a certain level of douchiness.
Twinkle Twinkle Lil Star: You would think so.
Apparently Gramps McCain can speak for God. Which I guess is OK, since he’s older than God.
Lascauxcaveman: When I run for president my slogan will be: Vote for me, I’m less of a douche than that other guy.
Is this the same Michael Graham who was so upset with something Newsweek published (which turned out to be true) he staged a protest in front of the Washington Post Building, several blocks away from Newsweek’s diggs?
The same Michael who compared breast feeding in public to pissing in public (both bad)?
The same Michael Graham said something hateful about Muslims and was “suspended” from WMAL Radio? Then we learn the answer to the age-old question “what happens when a radio station orchestrates a publicity stunt and no one cares”
When I run for president (on the Meh party ticket) my slogan will be: “I’m not happy ’til you’re not happy!” Unless, of course, Hopey Smurf continues his present course and pinches that one for himself.