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rurallib

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25. Sort of off topic, but I think it is a shame that Obama has had to curb

Fri Feb 28, 2014, 10:29 PM

Feb 2014

his marvelous understated sense of humor.
I am sure the often almost hostile atmosphere since he has been in office has caused him to choose his words very, very carefully so that some off-handed remark doesn't get him crucified on TV and in the press. Sure I know FUX and their ilk are not above making shit up, but then they can't bring up the tape. The comment about "you didn't do it yourself" is a fine example of how low they can go.

The reason I mention this is that I was just on the cusp of being a teenager when Jack Kennedy was president. His sense of humor was so keen and so -well- funny that we would talk over Kennedy humor at the lunch table. He was even funnier than the comedians who tried to satirize him (Q- What do you think of Vaughn Meder (kennedy mimic? A - I think he sounds much more like Teddy than me)

I think Obama has that kind of sense of humor and am really sorry we haven't been allowed to see that side of him. Had he had the freedom accorded other presidents, I am sure that Obama witty remarks would be one of the many great legacies of this president.

Once again the asshole republicans have fucked things up.

This ought to be a thread.

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President Obama Brilliantly Take Down a Heckler Who THINKS He’s Going to BLOW UP RUSSIA [View all] Segami Feb 2014 OP

"Republicans love this country just like we do." HUH? n/t Mika Feb 2014 #1

O is WAAAAY LiberalElite Feb 2014 #3

I think Obama nailed it with his "cling to guns" statement. SunSeeker Feb 2014 #42

It's too bad - they don't deserve it nt LiberalElite Mar 2014 #71

^^^true this^^^ irisblue Mar 2014 #78

That statement floored me LittleBlue Feb 2014 #5

They do. They're just wrong about how to do it. ConservativeDemocrat Feb 2014 #10

Bullshit false equivalence. NuclearDem Feb 2014 #11

+100 billh58 Feb 2014 #17

Slashed taxes on the richest, Medicare Pt. D for Big Pharma........... ErikJ Feb 2014 #44

The public doesn't care... ConservativeDemocrat Mar 2014 #74

WHAAAAT?! BUSH BURNED DOWN THE ENTIRE FREAKING COUNTRY! JaneyVee Mar 2014 #49

Wrong. The kind of people in today's Republican party haven't loved this country since we did Dark n Stormy Knight Mar 2014 #91

It's called being diplomatic. Crunchy Frog Mar 2014 #45

If politicians 'have to' why is it that Republican politicians don't? Bluenorthwest Mar 2014 #68

Republicans do it when it serves their agenda. Crunchy Frog Mar 2014 #70

Really, WTF? Scuba Feb 2014 #9

It's just the form of government (Democracy) that they hate rock Mar 2014 #72

great response, yes nt steve2470 Feb 2014 #2

I wonder what the heckler's DU handle is Cali_Democrat Feb 2014 #4

I'm pretty sure I have him on ignore...some reference to "1984" or something alcibiades_mystery Feb 2014 #6

Thanks for my second LOL from this thread! I think I know, never has any new material... n/t freshwest Feb 2014 #31

Grrrr shhhhhh Drew Richards Feb 2014 #7

Heckler strikes me as more of a Lyndon LaRouche follower(?) DonViejo Feb 2014 #8

Or some other Bircher spawn... n/t freshwest Feb 2014 #32

Yes. The nuclear-russia thing is Larouchian. They're high on it since Georgia. Democracyinkind Mar 2014 #77

+1 uponit7771 Feb 2014 #16

very nice Cali demwing Feb 2014 #26

YOUBETTERBELIEVEIT!!!! ProudToBeBlueInRhody Mar 2014 #76

See what Alex Jones produces? Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2014 #12

Ain't it grand? Our own homegrown article there, yup, by golly you betcha! n/t freshwest Feb 2014 #33

I'm old enough to remember when Art Bell was all the rave amongst the lunatics.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2014 #37

And the sobbing Area 51 guy. Classic. n/t freshwest Feb 2014 #43

Art Bell may secondvariety Mar 2014 #86

Coast to Coast went all "Glenn Beck" and Birther last time I tuned in. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2014 #92

That's nice, but it doesn't change the fact that cali Feb 2014 #13

Don't hold back cali, come on in and dump on Obama! sheshe2 Feb 2014 #18

o lordy lord lordy. Whisp Feb 2014 #21

Like the endless war he started in Syria ... right? JoePhilly Feb 2014 #38

I think of Obama as a transition from Dubya to something better. Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2014 #39

And some good ones as well. Would you seriously care to tell us JaneyVee Mar 2014 #50

none, but thanks for the adorable red herring, my friend. cali Mar 2014 #67

I see we've opened tonight's bottle of whine Pretzel_Warrior Mar 2014 #53

And it's always the same bottle.....Sour Grapes, 2008. nt msanthrope Mar 2014 #69

Ha! secondvariety Mar 2014 #88

I was looking through the intertubes and found this: Whisp Mar 2014 #80

WTF does that even have to with the post above? Drunken Irishman Mar 2014 #75

You're right, Segami, the ultimate WTF look.. PBO handled it just right.. Cha Feb 2014 #14

Kudos to the Prez~ sheshe2 Feb 2014 #20

Was that not Cha Feb 2014 #23

Sooooo stealing that!!!! nt msanthrope Feb 2014 #22

The Cha Feb 2014 #24

That photo must become a meme. JaneyVee Mar 2014 #51

Love that so much BeyondGeography Feb 2014 #27

I know, Cha Mar 2014 #48

hahahahahahaha d_b Feb 2014 #40

It's a Cha Mar 2014 #47

This photo or similar should go through the MEME machine Pretzel_Warrior Mar 2014 #54

This face.. it's the best one yet, PW.. Cha Mar 2014 #61

great screen capture. LOL KittyWampus Mar 2014 #82

When I watched the video I thought I heard someone in the audience murmuring, TexasTowelie Mar 2014 #85

And, why wouldn't Cha Mar 2014 #93

+1 Segami Mar 2014 #90

Stupid prick is lucky he was heckling in the USA ... in Russia he would have been thrown in jail ... MindMover Feb 2014 #15

Be nice. It's really cold and they're stuck in Moscow, in a 120 mile long traffic jam: freshwest Feb 2014 #34

lol. you are on a roll. Pretzel_Warrior Mar 2014 #55

Don't worry! Our snowed in hero will soon escape his apartment and tell us PBO's nuclear warplan: freshwest Mar 2014 #62

can't wait for another PowerPoint Pretzel_Warrior Mar 2014 #63

Kick! sheshe2 Feb 2014 #19

Sort of off topic, but I think it is a shame that Obama has had to curb rurallib Feb 2014 #25

yes, classic WTF look Sanity Claws Feb 2014 #28

Obama: I don’t know what you’ve been reading. - Audience member: Or smoking... Tx4obama Feb 2014 #29

THAT made my evening! Thanks so much! n/t freshwest Feb 2014 #30

“I wouldn’t feel comfortable if I didn’t have at least one heckler.” BO 3/21/13 Sunlei Feb 2014 #35

kick & recommended. William769 Feb 2014 #36

As if Obama would be told the plans of the Deep State... Junkdrawer Feb 2014 #41

I hope you're being sarcastic. Because if you're not.... Pretzel_Warrior Mar 2014 #58

From you? Junkdrawer Mar 2014 #66

The rightwing propaganda machine is pushing the meme that we are on a collision course with Russia OldRedneck Mar 2014 #46

What matters now is NATO. Ukraine isn't in it: freshwest Mar 2014 #96

that would be a perfect response to so many of the threads on DU these days JI7 Mar 2014 #52

in my town PowerToThePeople Mar 2014 #56

really? That's so 2009. Pretzel_Warrior Mar 2014 #57

you should know PowerToThePeople Mar 2014 #59

ahh...forgot you were in Spokane. I have been fortunate to not see much of that Pretzel_Warrior Mar 2014 #60

How's the snow getting? KOMO said you were getting it. nt freshwest Mar 2014 #65

Bet that's the Lyndon LaRouche cult. Watch for them. Stone cold fuck nuts, as Lewis Black says. nt freshwest Mar 2014 #64

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2014 #73

Oy! ReRe Mar 2014 #79

Kick for being so damn funny! Cha Mar 2014 #81

Thank you Mr. President! Harmony Blue Mar 2014 #83

That absolutely made my day k/r 1000+ SmittynMo Mar 2014 #84

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Rex Mar 2014 #87

KnR and I am saving that wtf photo for posterity Hekate Mar 2014 #89

There goes Obama LYING again. cui bono Mar 2014 #94

did he have a thumbdrive full of the news that tyranny is coming? nt arely staircase Mar 2014 #95