tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post2333406869933859743..comments2023-11-03T06:35:48.003-05:00Comments on Shark and Shepherd: Barackus CaesarRick Esenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07280070509167910367noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-28558690209649235132008-08-29T08:34:00.000-05:002008-08-29T08:34:00.000-05:00I didn't know that Mr. T was a Roman Emperor.I didn't know that Mr. T was a Roman Emperor.PaulNoonanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01600099270280639424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-68452013084827711062008-08-29T07:47:00.000-05:002008-08-29T07:47:00.000-05:00Anon 6:58 am--no, that would be McCain!Anon 6:58 am--no, that would be McCain!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-2238409344035709692008-08-29T06:58:00.000-05:002008-08-29T06:58:00.000-05:00Perhaps the gods are telling Obama to turn our gov...Perhaps the gods are telling Obama to turn our goverment to the days of ancient greece, where woman had no rights and minorities where slaves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-87432439386216433782008-08-28T14:44:00.000-05:002008-08-28T14:44:00.000-05:00Anon 2:30 -- Yep. We've had our fun with him. Ti...Anon 2:30 -- Yep. We've had our fun with him. Time to move on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-80507874956884051242008-08-28T14:39:00.000-05:002008-08-28T14:39:00.000-05:00Anon.1:42 Thank goodness for that. He's done eno...Anon.1:42 Thank goodness for that. He's done enough damage to this country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-5545424898497925492008-08-28T13:42:00.000-05:002008-08-28T13:42:00.000-05:00The Decider won't be on the ballot this Fall.The Decider won't be on the ballot this Fall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-36107561054982486022008-08-28T13:16:00.000-05:002008-08-28T13:16:00.000-05:00John Faust. . .and don't forget, besides naming hi...John Faust. . .and don't forget, besides naming himself "The Decider", he also called himself "The Uniter" (and sometimes added "The great uniter"). But alas. . .what some people forget (besides how many houses one owns).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-52941150499338117962008-08-28T13:10:00.000-05:002008-08-28T13:10:00.000-05:00Whew, what with all the rock-and-rolling, I though...Whew, what with all the rock-and-rolling, I thought you'd lost your deep concern about Obama. <BR/><BR/>Others feel the same way. It's almost <A HREF="http://rightviewwi.typepad.com/the_right_view_wisconsin/2008/08/barack-obama-re.html" REL="nofollow">as if there's a radio transmission</A> that tells them what to do when they wake up in the morning.<BR/><BR/>Gus, what's with all the name-calling? <BR/><BR/>Dad29, come now, you know better about what the Oracles did. Don't make me give you an aural tongue-lashing worthy of your Latin teacher.<BR/><BR/>Staggering self importance and regard? Obama didn't say he was The Decider.Display Namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15842340986220388709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-90445033837086914312008-08-28T11:06:00.000-05:002008-08-28T11:06:00.000-05:00TOGA!! TOGA!!! TOGA!!!!!TOGA!! TOGA!!! TOGA!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-38160631581080546552008-08-28T10:37:00.000-05:002008-08-28T10:37:00.000-05:00For example, tonight, the campaign should absolute...For example, tonight, the campaign should absolutely forbid the crowd to start that creepy Obama chant.Rick Esenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07280070509167910367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-38780312489249378712008-08-28T10:32:00.000-05:002008-08-28T10:32:00.000-05:00BrawlerTwo faux columns does not a temple make. Be...Brawler<BR/><BR/>Two faux columns does not a temple make. Beyond that, politicians have to be aware of their weaknesses. Whether you think it's fair or not, Obama is acquiring a reputation for staggering self importance and regard. You don't play into that.<BR/><BR/>Jay<BR/><BR/>Without commenting on you and Gus, I would think that a virtual restraining order - being virtual -should require only virtual proof.Rick Esenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07280070509167910367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-4992577821593562962008-08-27T21:03:00.000-05:002008-08-27T21:03:00.000-05:00I don't mind ZerObama and his grand ascension one ...I don't mind ZerObama and his grand ascension one bit. He and Axelrod, and whomever is actually pulling the strings are miscalculating.<BR/>Cutting to the chase.<BR/>When Obie (not Opie) loses, it'll be all about racism, not this guys King of Greece sized ego and hubris.<BR/>ZerObama et al, are playing to their lock step kook base. They are not converting working class, gun clinging voters. People do not like grandstanding like Obama.<BR/>He's sinking fast.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-69518781553515327272008-08-27T20:10:00.000-05:002008-08-27T20:10:00.000-05:00Have you yet had the time to provide evidence for ...Have you yet had the time to provide evidence for your earlier claims re. the principles of most gay men?T.F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13434995660101467490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-4773793915492846862008-08-27T19:25:00.000-05:002008-08-27T19:25:00.000-05:00Try here.Try <A HREF="http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0808/Bushs_2004_temple.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-83394947788726681432008-08-27T19:19:00.000-05:002008-08-27T19:19:00.000-05:00Here's what it looked like when Bush stepped out f...Here's what it looked like when Bush stepped out from between some faux columns. You can do better than this.<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0808/Bushs_2004_temple.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-16131540392281708422008-08-27T17:55:00.000-05:002008-08-27T17:55:00.000-05:00"Oracular President"Not in the Bill Clinton sense,..."Oracular President"<BR/><BR/>Not in the Bill Clinton sense, either.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-41599431283433130542008-08-27T17:44:00.000-05:002008-08-27T17:44:00.000-05:00I mean, "president."I mean, "president."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-5608438642884969032008-08-27T17:43:00.000-05:002008-08-27T17:43:00.000-05:00There are plenty of backdrops Senator Obama could ...There are plenty of backdrops Senator Obama could have chosen that would haven't drawn any attention or furthered the impression that he has some grandiose belief that he is more than a mere mortal candidate for present but an Oracle sent to us from above. However, he didn't choose them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-39456503114176486122008-08-27T17:16:00.000-05:002008-08-27T17:16:00.000-05:00Counsellor, gus seems to be stalking me. How hard...Counsellor, gus seems to be stalking me. How hard is it get a restraining order?<BR/><BR/>And, more on topic: Is there a choice Obama could have made that would not have draw criticism from the right? Not necessarily from you, of course. But you do know that the perpetually outraged would have been thoroughly, er, outraged with any choice of backdrop, right?Jay Bullockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18303687624670151530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-63445286403585688372008-08-27T14:50:00.000-05:002008-08-27T14:50:00.000-05:00This makes sense, via Josh Marshall at TPM:"..we d...This makes sense, via Josh Marshall at TPM:<BR/><BR/>"..we do all know that virtually every American civic building is based on Greek Revival architecture, right? And that the Obama backdrop actually looks like -- whether intended or not, I don't know -- the Lincoln Memorial. (Remember, they're both Illinoisians.) Perhaps because Obama's speech is on the 45th anniversary of King's 'I Have A Dream' speech.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-85204815374258932022008-08-27T14:24:00.000-05:002008-08-27T14:24:00.000-05:00You are wrong. Folktunes and Foost probably got t...You are wrong. Folktunes and Foost probably got that tingle up their leg when they heard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com