MORE BOOS THAN BALLS

[dgriffin]

MORE BOOS THAN BALLS



Lot of great quotes in this column of January 21, 2009, that also addresses the difference in spending on the inauguration.


www.anncoulter.com/cgi-local/article.cgi?article=294


"Obama was also not as fulsome in his praise of his predecessor as Reagan was. To appreciate how remarkable this is, recall that Reagan's predecessor was Jimmy Carter. "

"Under Carter, more than 50 Americans were held hostage by a two-bit terrorist Iranian regime for 444 days -- released the day of Reagan's inauguration. Under Bush, there has not been another terrorist attack since Sept. 11, 2001."

"But I gather that if Obama had uttered anything more than the briefest allusion to Bush, that would have provoked yet more booing from the Hope-and-Change crowd, which moments earlier had showered Bush with boos when he walked onto the stage. That must be the new tone we've been hearing so much about."

"When will the first reporter ask President Obama to admit that he has made mistakes? Try: Never.
No, that question will disappear for the next four years. It will be replaced by the new question for conservatives on every liberal's lips these days: Do you want Obama to succeed as president?
Answer: Of course we do. We live here, too.
But merely to ask the question is to imply that the 60 million Americans who did not vote for Obama are being unpatriotic if they do not wholeheartedly endorse his liberal agenda."

"So maybe liberals can stop acting as if the entire nation could at last come together in a "unity of purpose" if only conservatives would stop fomenting "conflict and discord" -- as Obama suggested in his inaugural address. We're not the ones who booed a departing president. "

[snickers]

That was a pretty classless display by the gracious winners, including the electronic cheering section.

[dgriffin]

Where I come from, educated people were taught not to boo.

I come from Utica.

Hmmm.

I guess I come from another era.

[bobbbiez]

Dave, I think you hit the nail right on the head with that one.

We were taught "respect." Something many of the kids lack today.

[Swimmy]

"Responsibility? What's that? Responsibility? Not quite yet... I think we're better off without it." It's from a song Responsibility by MXPX

[Swimmy]

The irony is that for the past 8 years, the democrats did exactly what they're trying to prevent the republicans from doing.

[frankcor]

I thought booing as Laura Bush walked to her seat at the inauguration was pretty classless.

One of Coulter's predictions has already been proven to be wrong -- the one about Obama admitting he made a mistake.

On the day Tom Daschel withdrew his name from consideration as HHS Secretary, Obama admitted "I screwed up."

That's something you don't hear an American president say very often.