Ailes: Obama is 'Lazy', 'Never Worked'

Thursday, March 07, 2013

Fox News chief Roger Ailes describes President Barack Obama as lazy in a new authorized biography written by Zev Chafetz. "Obama's the one who never worked a day in his life," Ailes says in the book. "He never earned a penny that wasn't public money. How many fund-raisers does he attend every week? How often does he play basketball and golf? I wish I had that kind of time. He's lazy, but the media won't report that." After Chafetz responded with raised eyebrows, Ailes responded, "I didn't come up with that. Obama said that, to Barbara Walters." What Obama said, ask described by Chafetz, is "he feels a laziness in himself that he attributes to his laid-back upbringing in Hawaii."

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"lazy? "never worked a day in his life"? I'm sure Harvard was a breeze and that being a college professor requires no effort.

The claim that Obama never worked in the private sector is false. After being hired in 1993, Obama worked 11 years at the law firm Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, the first three as an associate and the next eight as of counsel.

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I disagree with the lazy comment, but it was drawn from an Obama statement and is as valid as "mission accomplished" was for a barb. Never worked a day in his life? A stretch, but true as far as a real private sector job where your review is daily rather than every few years.
Not racist, just vitriolic and run of the mill political nastiness.

#1 | Posted by Diablo at 2013-03-06 10:07 PM | Reply | Flag:

The University of Chicago Law School where Obama worked is private.

Therefor Obama did have a private sector Job and I suspect Ailes knows this.

#2 | Posted by Tor at 2013-03-06 10:16 PM | Reply | Flag:

And, Tor, I wish such rhetoric would evaporate on all sides.
I used to watch the Brit Parliament debate on cable and the level of churlishness and disrespect makes our house and senate much more preferable. I doubt Canada's legislature behaves the same way as Britain's.
In the end, Ailes is a private citizen and is entitled to his words. But write the first draft drunk and the final on nothing but coffee. You will sound like a genius, not a dwarf.

#3 | Posted by Diablo at 2013-03-06 10:17 PM | Reply | Flag:

"The University of Chicago Law School where Obama worked is private."

Only in theory, just like the Ivies, UC gets so much money from government sources its policies are virtually dictated by political concerns like fairness, racial balance, gender opportunity, sensitivity to gays....they sold out (except for football, gotta admire UC for that). The professors employed usually reflect that bribery and its ideological preferences.

#5 | Posted by Diablo at 2013-03-06 10:46 PM | Reply | Flag:

If accepting aid or doing business with the government makes a entity publicly owned then even Walmart isn't private.

#6 | Posted by Tor at 2013-03-06 11:51 PM | Reply | Flag:

Jungle bunny is racist?

Not at all, snowball.

#7 | Posted by ness_gadol at 2013-03-07 01:19 AM | Reply | Flag:

Waitaminnit. "Lazy" is now a racist buzzword? Helluva leap Tor.

#8 | Posted by MUSTANG at 2013-03-07 08:13 AM | Reply | Flag:

Jungle bunny is racist?

He's taking it back for the white man.....

www.youtube.com

#9 | Posted by captjimmyjames at 2013-03-07 08:40 AM | Reply | Flag:

"Fox's Roger Ailes uses racist buzz words to describe Obama"

Are you sure it wasn't a "code" word Tor?

#10 | Posted by KBM at 2013-03-07 09:38 AM | Reply | Flag:

I don't see the racism.

#11 | Posted by kanrei at 2013-03-07 09:41 AM | Reply | Flag:

Like most of what is said in FOX editorials, what he said was factually incorrect but not racist.

#12 | Posted by Sully at 2013-03-07 09:46 AM | Reply | Flag:

virtually every point is out of context and just flat an exaggeration to attack one of the most successful men in all of media...

and how is it racist to complain that he plays too much golf....I thought that was a game just for rich white guys

#13 | Posted by afkabl2 at 2013-03-07 11:44 AM | Reply | Flag:

and calling any private university the private sector, while technically correct...its simply NOT what the point of ailes was making..but it was a really nice set up..

it just doesnt work....

#14 | Posted by afkabl2 at 2013-03-07 11:45 AM | Reply | Flag:

and TOR...look at post 11

even meathead agrees with me..and when THAT happens,..well, lets just say, your on thin ice.

LOL

#15 | Posted by afkabl2 at 2013-03-07 11:46 AM | Reply | Flag:

Never worked a day in his life? A stretch, but true as far as a real private sector job where your review is daily rather than every few years ...

Actually, it's false. Obama was an associate from 1993 to 1996 at Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, a law firm specializing in civil rights litigation and neighborhood economic development. He then served as an of counsel at the firm from 1996 to 2004.

A lot of his work career has been in the public sector and government, but his time at the law firm was a private sector job.

#16 | Posted by rcade at 2013-03-07 11:48 AM | Reply | Flag:

Obama's Disdain For The Private Sector

How could the president possibly be so misguided? By his own admission, Obama has neither affinity nor respect for the private sector. In his autobiography Dreams from My Father, he wrote that he sought "conventional work" to pay the bills until he could realize his goal of becoming a community organizer. This line in the book reveals his mindset: "Like a spy behind enemy lines, I arrived every day at my mid-Manhattan office and sat at my computer terminal." His rationale? "I would need the money later, I told myself. Organizers didn't make any money; their poverty was proof of their integrity."

www.forbes.com

#17 | Posted by paneocon at 2013-03-07 11:53 AM | Reply | Flag:

The University of Chicago Law School where Obama worked is private.

Academic jobs are not generally regarded as being private sector. They are in another non-profit sector that has several names:

en.wikipedia.org

#18 | Posted by rcade at 2013-03-07 11:55 AM | Reply | Flag:

"He never earned a penny that wasn't public money. "

Uhhh... So? That's somehow the same as never having worked a day in his life? Wow. So I guess I've never worked since becoming a teacher. Hey, Roger. You're an imbecile.

#19 | Posted by pragmatist at 2013-03-07 11:57 AM | Reply | Flag:

18: Wow. Language is fun! I've never heard of those terms before. Cool.

#20 | Posted by pragmatist at 2013-03-07 11:58 AM | Reply | Flag:

Ailes needs to look up "work" "earn" and "money". I'd add "truth", but that's asking way too much.

#21 | Posted by Harry_Powell at 2013-03-07 12:00 PM | Reply | Flag:

OH PUULLEASE.

what a DISHONEST way to quote the word "LAZY"

it referred to him playing golf and basketball instead of working in the oval office..

your quotes make it sound like Ailes was saying he was a 'step and fetchit' like character..

MOVE ALONG

#22 | Posted by afkabl2 at 2013-03-07 12:14 PM | Reply | Flag:

A lot of his work career has been in the public sector and government, but his time at the law firm was a private sector job.

#16 | Posted by rcade at 201

okay then..we should all treat this the same way the commment about mitt's wife was when she was accused of not working a day in her life.

#23 | Posted by afkabl2 at 2013-03-07 12:16 PM | Reply | Flag:

Fox News chief Roger Ailes...

Who cares what an opinion piece from Fox News has to say.

Fox News prides itself on entertainment and misleading its viewers.

But, what ever floats your boat.

Carry on.

#24 | Posted by ClownShack at 2013-03-07 12:22 PM | Reply | Flag:

Ailes comments only make him look like the nasty and ridiculously partisan hack that we all know he is. Whether or not he is also racist, I don't know but I wouldn't be surprised by it if he is.

#25 | Posted by danni at 2013-03-07 12:24 PM | Reply | Flag:

If person A says "lazy" and person B thinks "Black people," which one really is the racist?

#26 | Posted by kanrei at 2013-03-07 12:27 PM | Reply | Flag:

This discussion of racism is a deflection.

Libs can't stand to even imagine that Emperor Barackus might be an incompetent douche. So any criticism of him is labeled racist. All libs have are excuses. But excuses don't pay the bills. Excuses don't keep Iran from getting a nuke. The only thing we've heard from the Emperor's administration during the past 4 years is George W. Bush, republicans, and racism. It's crap. Leaders don't make excuses, they take responsibility.

#27 | Posted by justanoversight at 2013-03-07 12:41 PM | Reply | Flag:

The last President was an early to bed kind of guy. Did that make him lazy? I'd love to get to bed early but most days I have too much to do.

#28 | Posted by Hagbard_Celine at 2013-03-07 12:53 PM | Reply | Flag:

#26 | Posted by kanrei

That depends who 'A' is...and everybody else is fully aware that one of the most common charges levied against black people as a whole is that they're inherently 'lazy'.

#29 | Posted by Dave at 2013-03-07 12:54 PM | Reply | Flag:

one of the most common charges levied against black people as a whole is that they're inherently 'lazy'.

And Mexicans, and White Trash, etc.

That depends who 'A' is

Not at all. David Duke can say Obama is lazy, but if you assume it is racial, that is all on you.

#30 | Posted by kanrei at 2013-03-07 12:57 PM | Reply | Flag:

Obama admitted he was lazy...no story. He admitted it.

Read the transcript below of President Obama talking about laziness.

December 23, 2011
Barbara Walters, ABC News: "What's the trait you most deplore in yourself, and the trait you most deplore in others?"

President Obama: "Laziness."

Walters: "You're lazy?"

Obama: "You know, it's interesting. There is a deep down, underneath all the work that I do, I think there's a laziness in me. It's probably from, you know, growing up in Hawaii and it's sunny outside, and sitting on the beach.

#31 | Posted by homerj at 2013-03-07 01:01 PM | Reply | Flag:

Lazy is only a problem to those who view Sloth as a deadly sin. I use my being lazy as motivation. If I do X now, then I don't have to do it later and can be lazy. If I work hard today, I can retire sooner and be lazy in my old age. Lazy is not a bad thing by any means.

#32 | Posted by kanrei at 2013-03-07 01:03 PM | Reply | Flag:

Ailes comments only make him look like the nasty and ridiculously partisan hack that we all know he is.

#25 | POSTED BY DANNI

Was it the 'ridiculously partisan hack' side of him that called Newt Gingrich a pr*ck? Admit it...you didn't read the article, did you?

#33 | Posted by MUSTANG at 2013-03-07 01:04 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Libs can't stand to even imagine that Emperor Barackus might be an incompetent douche."

Not nearly as afraid as you are that he is smarter than you and your party.

#34 | Posted by danni at 2013-03-07 01:05 PM | Reply | Flag:

Running for President, a job that commands 15 hours a day attention, is obviously what a lazy person does.

#35 | Posted by 726 at 2013-03-07 01:08 PM | Reply | Flag:

I agree Danni. Maybe Obama shouldn't have referred to himself that way. How self-deprecating.

#36 | Posted by MUSTANG at 2013-03-07 01:10 PM | Reply | Flag:

Oops. that was 726. Sorry, all liberals sounds alike to me.....

#37 | Posted by MUSTANG at 2013-03-07 01:10 PM | Reply | Flag:

Of course ailes thinks the only way to be worthy on earth is to make profits for someone. So if you're not selling some consumer crap then you're a leech in his mind.

But he is right about obama being lazy. Too lazy to take on the banks, who wrecked the economy. Too lazy to pursue single payer healthcare. Too lazy to close guantanamo. Too lazy to take on the mililtary industrial complex. Too lazy to reform the drug war. Too lazy to fight back against the insane retard gang called the tea party.

He was put in the seat to be able to pull america back to common sense after 30 years of pro-rich, pro-war, pro-corporate punishment of the underclasses, but he sqaundered it all. If that's not laziness, I don't know what is.

#38 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2013-03-07 01:11 PM | Reply | Flag:

"He never earned a penny that wasn't public money. "

This is stupid.
David Petraeus never worked in the private sector .

#39 | Posted by fribo at 2013-03-07 01:11 PM | Reply | Flag:

"And Mexicans, and White Trash, etc."

Comparatively, that's just BS.

#40 | Posted by Dave at 2013-03-07 01:11 PM | Reply | Flag:

You really think comparatively the stereotype of Blacks being lazy is greater than the concept of the lazy Mexican? ROFLMAO@U

#41 | Posted by kanrei at 2013-03-07 01:12 PM | Reply | Flag:

Ailes should be GLAD obama is lazy. A less lazy president wouldve fought back harder against the corporate plutocracy that ailes holds so dear.

#42 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2013-03-07 01:13 PM | Reply | Flag:

There's a little hyperbole going on this thread. I think we can agree Obummer never had a real job in his life, but lazy----I don't think so; there's no sequester going on in that oral cavity of his.

#43 | Posted by matsop at 2013-03-07 01:14 PM | Reply | Flag:

"There's a laziness in me." ~ Barack Obama, in an interview with Barbara Walters.

#44 | Posted by MUSTANG at 2013-03-07 01:20 PM | Reply | Flag:

You really think comparatively the stereotype of Blacks being lazy is greater than the concept of the lazy Mexican? ROFLMAO@U

#41 | Posted by kanrei at 2013-03-07 01:12 PM | Reply

That's a stereotype for sure. The lazy Mexicans I know aren't lazy.

#45 | Posted by matsop at 2013-03-07 01:24 PM | Reply | Flag:

"There's a laziness in me." ~ Barack Obama, in an interview with Barbara Walters.

Posted by MUSTANG at 2013-03-07 01:20 PM

That is no more Obama saying he IS lazy than my saying there's an X Chromosome in me is my saying I'm a woman.

#46 | Posted by kanrei at 2013-03-07 01:25 PM | Reply | Flag:

I think we can agree Obummer never had a real job in his life,

#43 | Posted by matsop

Depends on what you call a "job". If you want him to have dedicated a portion of his life to earning profit for shareholders or selling disposable crap to gullible consumers then I'm glad he never had a job.

I'll take someone who never had that kind of "job" over someone like Romney, who worked super hard at his "job" everyday shipping american careers overseas and pulling off fine print legal magic tricks to profit off dying companies and leaving taxpayers to swallow the loss.

#47 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2013-03-07 01:26 PM | Reply | Flag:

The lazy Mexicans I know aren't lazy.

Me too, but that doesn't change the cliche of the lazy Mexican taking a siesta and being drunk on beer.

If you want a crash-course in racism, watch old Warner Brothers cartoons. Speedy Gonzalez was funny because he was actually a fast Mexican compared to all the others who slept all the time.

#48 | Posted by kanrei at 2013-03-07 01:27 PM | Reply | Flag:

#41 | Posted by kanrei

Laugh all you want...you're still wrong.

"Mexicans do all the jobs blacks won't do...because the blacks are too lazy."

You're either a liar or haven't been paying attention if you haven't heard that repeated, ad nauseum, in the last 20yrs.

#49 | Posted by Dave at 2013-03-07 01:34 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Mexicans do all the jobs blacks won't do...because the blacks are too lazy."

Never ever have heard this once ever in my entire life.

I have heard Mexicans do the jobs Americans won't do, but you adding race to it is a first, and the post ... comment should earn you a nice white sheet.

#50 | Posted by kanrei at 2013-03-07 01:36 PM | Reply | Flag:

Here is how many times that expression has been used online in the last 20 years.

www.google.com

I have to give you credit as I have NEVER seen a Google search yield only 1 result.

ROFLMAO@U

#51 | Posted by kanrei at 2013-03-07 01:41 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Never ever have heard this once ever in my entire life."

Guess you don't live in the south. I've heard that sentiment expressed countless times.

"...but you adding race to it is a first, and the post ... comment should earn you a nice white sheet."

Not a first and not my idea.

#52 | Posted by Dave at 2013-03-07 01:48 PM | Reply | Flag:

Guess you don't live in the south.

I lived in Miami, Tampa, Orlando, Gainesville in FLorida and have grandparents in Altha, Fl. Whether that is the "South" or not is subject to debate

#53 | Posted by kanrei at 2013-03-07 01:51 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Whether that is the "South" or not is subject to debate."

Actually, it is.

Florida, south of the panhandle, is not considered part of the traditional south, and shares almost no cultural tradition with places like Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, etc.

#54 | Posted by Dave at 2013-03-07 02:00 PM | Reply | Flag:

Florida, south of the panhandle, is not considered part of the traditional south, and shares almost no cultural tradition with places like Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, etc.

Which is why I included my family in Altha, which is about as South as you can get. It is a town with one school; a town where everyone eventually becomes mayor; and a town that only has 535 people in it. Spent many many summers there.

#55 | Posted by kanrei at 2013-03-07 02:02 PM | Reply | Flag:

Oh, I also spent 3 years living in Savannah, Ga, but maybe that isn't Southern either.

#56 | Posted by kanrei at 2013-03-07 02:02 PM | Reply | Flag:

And, here, laugh some more:

www.google.com

#57 | Posted by Dave at 2013-03-07 02:06 PM | Reply | Flag:

Oh, I am. Did you even read that?

Here are examples of what your link brings up:

Farmers Finding Few Americans Willing To Do Jobs Immigrants
Why Americans Won't Do Dirty Jobs - Businessweek
Why do people say Mexicans are taking the American jobs? - Yahoo ...
MEXICANS DO THE JOBS THAT AMERICANS ARE TOO LAZY TO

Like I said, Americans are too lazy. This saying of Blacks is only you.

Not only am I laughing at you, but I am cracking up at you now.

#58 | Posted by kanrei at 2013-03-07 02:10 PM | Reply | Flag:

All the non-libs are caught up defending themselves against the allegation of racism. This has been an effective tactic of the left of 50 years now. Obama is not POTUS because people are racist. Obama is POTUS because people are stupid.

#59 | Posted by justanoversight at 2013-03-07 02:18 PM | Reply | Flag:

#25....YOU, of all people, call someone else out as a 'partisan hack'...kind of like the pot calling the kettle black..!!!!

#60 | Posted by drsoul at 2013-03-07 02:18 PM | Reply | Flag:

"I have a soft spot for Joe Biden," he added. "I like him. But he's dumb as an ashtray."

"Obama's the one who never worked a day in his life. He never earned a penny that wasn't public money. How many fund-raisers does he attend every week? How often does he play basketball and golf? I wish I had that kind of time," Ailes said, according to the excerpt.

"He's lazy, but the media won't report that,"

Well, ailes certainly hit the nail on the head. I have been saying obama is lazy for some time now and yes the far left just don't like that fact.

In a couple of years they will figure out obama isn't good for this nation.

#61 | Posted by moneywar at 2013-03-07 02:51 PM | Reply | Flag:

Any time racism is brought up for obama it is just a deflection card to avoid having to agree with the truth.

In my life time I have never heard so much racism calls from these political slanders and its amazing that it has come from the "FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT." Yep, it must be racism!

#62 | Posted by moneywar at 2013-03-07 02:54 PM | Reply | Flag:

Sadly, you do realize if the DNC doesn't nominate a Black person in 2016, they will be accused of being racist too.

#63 | Posted by kanrei at 2013-03-07 03:00 PM | Reply | Flag:

Sadly, you do realize if the DNC doesn't nominate a Black person in 2016, they will be accused of being racist too.

#63 | Posted by kanrei at 2013-03-07 03:00 PM | Reply |

If they don't nominate big Hill this time around, it'll be a sexist charge.

#64 | Posted by matsop at 2013-03-07 03:05 PM | Reply | Flag:

" a town where everyone eventually becomes mayor"

I LOVE that! (I lived for some of my formative years in a town of 300, but I don't believe there was any real local government at all.)

Obama isn't lazy. He works very hard. If he were actually lazy, you critics would have nothing to complain about legislatively or fp-wise.

"Sadly, you do realize if the DNC doesn't nominate a Black person in 2016, they will be accused of being racist too."

I don't think so. I think if they don't nominate Hillary Clinton (if she's around), they'll be accused of being stupid. : )

#65 | Posted by pragmatist at 2013-03-07 03:05 PM | Reply | Flag:

Oops, Mats and I crossed.

#66 | Posted by pragmatist at 2013-03-07 03:06 PM | Reply | Flag:

Hillary is a red herring and, IMHO, her support of Libya and the Benghazi disaster on her watch will hurt her chances of winning and she will not run.

#67 | Posted by kanrei at 2013-03-07 03:08 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Any time racism is brought up for obama it is just a deflection card"

Really so if a cross was burned on the white house lawn and obama objected he would be using "a deflection card"?

#68 | Posted by Tor at 2013-03-07 03:08 PM | Reply | Flag:

Really so if a cross was burned on the white house lawn and obama objected he would be using "a deflection card"?

#68 | POSTED BY TOR

Get back to us when that happens, and we can discuss it.....

#69 | Posted by AndreaMackris at 2013-03-07 03:10 PM | Reply | Flag:

Really so if a cross was burned on the white house lawn

We would have bigger problems as it takes time to set one up and set it ablaze and the White House lawn is supposed to be secure. Anyone focused on racism of such an event would have their priorities seriously mess up.

#70 | Posted by kanrei at 2013-03-07 03:11 PM | Reply | Flag:

"I like [Biden]. But he's dumb as an ashtray."

Hearing that from the guy who propped up George W. Bush for eight years is hilarious.

#71 | Posted by rcade at 2013-03-07 03:12 PM | Reply | Flag:

I don't understand the lazy comment unless it's implied racism. Unless lazy is meant as not doing what you want him to do. I think the President has a lot of bad ideas, combined with half measures dressed in lefty rhetoric that are often worse than no measures at all, but I don't think he's lazy.

#72 | Posted by Hagbard_Celine at 2013-03-07 03:13 PM | Reply | Flag:

Hillary is a red herring and, IMHO, her support of Libya and the Benghazi disaster on her watch will hurt her chances of winning and she will not run.

#67 | Posted by kanrei at 2013-03-07 03:08 PM | Reply

That's an interesting comment. I wonder also if there was more to that "concussion" then is told.

#73 | Posted by matsop at 2013-03-07 03:14 PM | Reply | Flag:

Hag,

The lazy can be defended in things he claimed to have wanted to do, but stopped trying when it appeared too hard to do; like closing Gitmo or Single Payer Healthcare.

#74 | Posted by kanrei at 2013-03-07 03:14 PM | Reply | Flag:

I think Benghazi is probably an issue mostly only for those who wouldn't vote for Hillary anyway.

72: Agreed! And my point in 65.

#75 | Posted by pragmatist at 2013-03-07 03:16 PM | Reply | Flag:

"I like [Biden]. But he's dumb as an ashtray."

Biden is the demonrat's Dan Quayle----the difference is that unlike Quayle the MSM gives Joe a pass like his boss.

#76 | Posted by matsop at 2013-03-07 03:17 PM | Reply | Flag:

I think Benghazi is probably an issue mostly only for those who wouldn't vote for Hillary anyway.

Maybe. I can only speak for myself as someone who would of before Libya and won't after.

#77 | Posted by kanrei at 2013-03-07 03:20 PM | Reply | Flag:

"The lazy can be defended in things he claimed to have wanted to do, but stopped trying when it appeared too hard to do; like closing Gitmo or Single Payer Healthcare."

You'd have to actually believe he wanted to do those things in the first place.

#78 | Posted by Hagbard_Celine at 2013-03-07 03:28 PM | Reply | Flag:

You'd have to actually believe he wanted to do those things in the first place.

#78 | Posted by Hagbard_Celine at 2013-03-07 03:28 PM |

Touche'. I did believe. =(

#79 | Posted by kanrei at 2013-03-07 03:29 PM | Reply | Flag:

Ailes comments only make him look like the nasty and ridiculously partisan hack that we all know he is. Whether or not he is also racist, I don't know but I wouldn't be surprised by it if he is.

#25 | Posted by danni at

WOW...sweety...Ive got a job for you..HARRY REID needs someone to write for him next time he needs to talk about someone on the senate floor...

IF HE IS?

well do you think he is or not...surely a man no vile and bad has made you think one or the other

#80 | Posted by afkabl2 at 2013-03-07 03:46 PM | Reply | Flag:

That is no more Obama saying he IS lazy than my saying there's an X Chromosome in me is my saying I'm a woman.

#46 | Posted by kanrei at 2013-03-

does this comment from meathead make anyone else just a little 'uncomfortable'...

heehee

#81 | Posted by afkabl2 at 2013-03-07 03:48 PM | Reply | Flag:

I lived in Miami, Tampa, Orlando, Gainesville in FLorida and have grandparents in Altha, Fl. Whether that is the "South" or not is subject to debate

#53 | Posted by kanrei at 2013-0

you wouldnt have heard that in those places I dont believe..

but I bet you've heard these some..
Tsuris --
Shiksa --
and you've heard THIS one even more..Shmendrik

#82 | Posted by afkabl2 at 2013-03-07 03:52 PM | Reply | Flag:

okaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyy

Im sorry....:)

#83 | Posted by afkabl2 at 2013-03-07 03:53 PM | Reply | Flag:

you wouldnt have heard that in those places I dont believe..

I don't think they've ever seen a real Black person in Altha except on TV. They are my step-grandparents there, and I think my dad and I were their first Jews.

#84 | Posted by kanrei at 2013-03-07 03:53 PM | Reply | Flag:

Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm of the impression that the most common stereotype about Black people is that they're lazy.

That this would be say about a twice elected President does smack of racism.

#85 | Posted by Tor at 2013-03-07 06:33 PM | Reply | Flag:

Ailes is a fat liar and partisan hack.

#86 | Posted by nutcase at 2013-03-07 06:40 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Maybe. I can only speak for myself as someone who would of before Libya and won't after."

I didn't watch the footage. I think she'd be a capable president, and I mean "capable" in a laudatory way. There are things I don't like about her, but if it was her against pretty much anyone on the GOP side that I've heard of so far, I'd vote for Hillary. (If Huntsman made it to the nomination--hahahahahahaha--I'
d probably give him a go over her. His cred is pretty good. Plus, we had a nice chat when he visited up here last year. : ) )

#87 | Posted by pragmatist at 2013-03-07 06:45 PM | Reply | Flag:

#72 | Posted by Hagbard_Celine at 2013-03-07 03:13 PM | Reply | Flag

LOL...so cleaning up half the bedroom is not lazy?

#88 | Posted by moneywar at 2013-03-07 07:19 PM | Reply | Flag:

No...not racist at all...
Same Grand Ole Boys Party...
Same Grand Ole Boys Problem..

#89 | Posted by earthmuse at 2013-03-07 08:06 PM | Reply | Flag:

A lot of his work career has been in the public sector and government,
#16 | Posted by rcade at 201

nothing wrong with that. It worked for me!
#23 | Posted by afkabl2

#90 | Posted by northguy3 at 2013-03-07 10:42 PM | Reply | Flag:

"He never earned a penny that wasn't public money. "

Uhhh... So? That's somehow the same as never having worked a day in his life?

sounds like Boaz. Or the SEALs that got bin laden. All just leaches.

The Right

#91 | Posted by northguy3 at 2013-03-07 10:46 PM | Reply | Flag:

Was it the 'ridiculously partisan hack' side of him that called Newt Gingrich a pr*ck? Admit it...you didn't read the article, did you?

#33 | Posted by MUSTANG

Ailes insulted Newtsy only because FOX was pimping for Etchy. Other than that, FOX loves the Newtster, given the amount of air time they give him. Do try and keep up.

#92 | Posted by northguy3 at 2013-03-07 10:49 PM | Reply | Flag:

I know of a guy who had four jobs in his life:
night supervisor at the Belle Springs Creamery,
possibly minor league baseball player,
Solider,
and President.

Eisenhower didn't do anything wrong by having only these jobs either.

#93 | Posted by Tor at 2013-03-07 10:53 PM | Reply | Flag:

Any person worth his salt would DIE for a resume like Obama's. Right wing racist hate Obama and they would even if he personally saved them from drowning. He is arguably the best lawyer in the country. Read his books and publications, the guy is not a regular dude. He is extraordinary by every measure. If you can't recognize that then you are are ignorant or worst racist. The dude is unique by every standard. Obama is extraordinary people. I'm sorry. He just is.

#94 | Posted by ron81 at 2013-03-08 04:24 AM | Reply | Flag:

#94 | POSTED BY RON81 AT 2013-03-08 04:24 AM | FLAG:

I hear he also passes rainbows instead of turds and farts out gentle mists of lavender, much like a glade plug-in, whenever someone passes by.

#95 | Posted by curisemssl at 2013-03-08 09:24 AM | Reply | Flag:

Ailes is a fat liar and partisan hack.
#86 | POSTED BY NUTCASE

Please stop sugar coating it and tell us what you really think.

For a "lazy" man Barry Obama sure has "f"ed up the whole country from coast to coast so for me I wish he was lazy, we would be better off now.

#96 | Posted by paneocon at 2013-03-08 10:12 AM | Reply | Flag:

...repukes didn't begrudge da shrubs biking & golfing...

...I wonder what the difference is?

...could it be because Da Prez is black?

...let the repuke denial of the obvious commence...everyone can see it but they cannot admit the obvious...

...being a repuke is resigning yourself to defending the indefensible...

...LOL...

#97 | Posted by 1EyedMan at 2013-03-08 10:14 AM | Reply | Flag:

96: PA knows what "lazy" means!

#98 | Posted by pragmatist at 2013-03-08 11:33 AM | Reply | Flag:

He may be laid back and tend to be lazy, but I don't think anyone that is President can be a total slacker. It takes energy to give speeches and constantly have to work on issues.

Obama may be many things, but I wouldn't classify him as lazy.

#99 | Posted by sames1 at 2013-03-08 12:04 PM | Reply | Flag:

...how that effort to outreach to minorities going, repukes...?

...LOL...

#100 | Posted by 1EyedMan at 2013-03-08 05:07 PM | Reply | Flag:

Ok, that's extremely productive - not.

#101 | Posted by pragmatous at 2013-03-08 07:03 PM | Reply | Flag:

This thread is a tremendous microchosm of our current political discourse:

Any criticism of Obama in particular, or liberal policies in the abstract is motivated by: Racism.

According to our state-run media, otherwise known as the MSM, "Chicago" and "angry" are racist, dog-whistle terms. Hell, "lazy" is clearly a racist word.

It's amazing that leftists are by-far the biggest impediment toward racial harmony in this country.

#102 | Posted by JeffJ at 2013-03-09 01:11 AM | Reply | Flag:

state-run media: So was there no actual change in the state from Bush to Obama (shadow gov't), or was there a media coup?

Anyone using this phrase immediately throws credibility out the window.

#103 | Posted by pragmatist at 2013-03-09 01:28 AM | Reply | Flag:

Pragmatist,

My comment was directed at the fact that much of our media has evolved from watch-dogs to lap-dogs. As it stands now, the MSM is a propaganda arm of this administration and is also very biased in favor of 'progressive' agenda issues.

#104 | Posted by JeffJ at 2013-03-09 01:51 AM | Reply | Flag:

the MSM is a propaganda arm of this administration and is also very biased in favor of 'progressive' agenda issues.

#104 | Posted by JeffJ at 2013-03-09 01:51 AM | Reply | Flag:

It was the same under Bush. Remember the Terry Schiavo debacle, basically media created, and it was the exact same position bush had?

The MSM is a corporate owned mess, regardless. They do "hard hitting" stories about crap (madrassa, muslim, ayers, acorn, rev wright) BECAUE IT SELLS and lick obamas sack over drones, civil liberties, etc etc BECAUSE IT SELLS.

Same garbage with Bush...they did stories about his drinking a long time ago, dirty bomb attacks that would never happen, and rarely mentioned our country doing illegal renditions to Syria to torture/murder people.

The only exceptions to these rules are the cable news programs MSNBC and Fox. Fox kisses republican ass, MSNBC kisses democratic ass. CNN just sucks.

#105 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2013-03-09 03:09 AM | Reply | Flag: