Smack. Obama finally says it: THEY MUST THINK YOUR STUPID

[debbierlus]

VERY good, Senator!

This is a winner. People hate to be played as chumps. And, Obama is finally stating the obvious. The GOP thinks you are STUPID.
Too stupid to see through them.

And, this tactic is truthful. They DO think the American people are very stupid. And, it is EFFECTIVE. It is one of the very few tactics I have found works.

:)

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Obama_rebukes_Palin_on_earmarks__0906.html

[MrsT]

1. Not to be the spelling police, but it is "you're" (the conjugation of "you are")

:)

[Cruzan]

9. Uh, contraction

[MrsT]

10. Oops!

At least they are both C words!

[endthewar]

17. Gotta love it when the spelling police are in violation of their own ordinances

:rofl:

Just playing with you (:hug:), even if you do still have a Hillary avatar. :rofl:

[jakem]

44. 'C words"! What are you calling Sarah exactly?

:rofl:

[anigbrowl]

13. No, MrsT was right 1st time. OP title should be "You're".

You're is a contraction of 'You Are', but that happens to also be the conjugation of the verb 'to be' (as opposed to the possessive case of 'your local grammar police'.

Love,

your local grammar police.

[endthewar]

18. Shouldn't the English teachers be out partying?

:rofl:

[noamnety]

50. self-delete

:)

[debbierlus]

11. No problem. Tonight in my current groove, it is amazing I am hitting the keys

Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[Stand and Fight]

2. You're NOT YOUR n/t

[TwilightZone]

3. Psst....

It's "you're". ;)

[livetohike]

4. I watched him say that on CNN and he has such a good delivery

We're just starting to see a glimmer of how Obama will win this fight :-).

[skooooo]

6. Yep...flipping the script on the goon party.

[tblue]

5. And there really is no good reply. It's a winner!

[Mz Pip]

7. Not only do they think

you're stupid. They are counting on it.

They are counting on the gullibility and stupidity of the American electorate to focus on the shiny new Gidget Gimmick and ignore the fact that they've got nothing.

This is a kin to waving a red flag in front of a bull. It's bright! It moves! Look at it!

In reality it's just a fancy piece of cloth and the bull will die.

[RoyGBiv]

8. This pains me ...

I know others have pointed it out, but I'm going to pile on and join the chorus.

It's "you're."

What is especially troublesome about this is that the rightful assault on someone's intelligence is presented with a sentence that has a misspelled word. No points.

[debbierlus]

14. Jesus tap dancing christ....I know the rules, it was a mistake

And, your point is moot.

There are millions of American people who may not know the basic rules of the written word, but understand when they are being manipulated. Or, condescended to....

Keep your 'points'.

Man.

[RoyGBiv]

16. The correct answer is ...

"Oops ... I screwed up. Sorry."

Defending the mistake is not the way to go.

No points.

[treestar]

21. When it's a typo it's not the same thing

As the mistake of not knowing.

Everybody makes those kinds of mistakes every once in a while.

I believe the point was about Obama being right.

[RoyGBiv]

24. Yes, they do ...

I do it all the time. When I do it, I own up to it or edit it if possible.

I'm not questioning the intelligence of the OP. I didn't respond until nearly 20 minutes after the OP was sent, after others had already pointed out the problem.

Look at this thread. A very good point has been demolished because the OP made a typo that was not corrected. Okay, fine, maybe the typo wasn't discovered until it was too late. However, the OP then chose to defend the mistake by belittling someone who pointed it out rather than own up to it.

Here's the thing. There's a cottage industry surrounding the "moran" guy. Do you know what his message was? I don't either. Don't care. Know why I don't care? The reason I don't care is because in the process of referring to people as morons, he misspelled the word "moron" as "moran," which makes him the moron.

This crap makes us look bad. Check yourself before you go off calling other people stupid. If you call them stupyd, you're not going to get the kind of attention you want.

[treestar]

22. When it's a typo it's not the same thing

As the mistake of not knowing.

Everybody makes those kinds of mistakes every once in a while.

I believe the point was about Obama being right.

[endthewar]

20. Just edit your post to shut up the haters

:patriot:

[endthewar]

19. Good grief, you really are piling on

:crazy:

[RoyGBiv]

25. Yes, I am ...

I'm so sorry that I believe if someone is going to refer to other people as stupid, they might want to make absolutely sure they don't do shit like misspell a word.

Now, why others are piling on me when I was the last one to point out the problem, I'm clueless to say.

[endthewar]

26. But they weren't referring to someone as stupid

They were quoting Obama as saying the Republicans are stupid. See the difference?

P.S. I know that I shouldn't begin a sentence with "But". You gonna hold that against me too?

P.P.S. I know that "gonna" isn't an official word. :rofl:

[RoyGBiv]

29. This is absurd ...

Laugh all you want at your own ridiculousness.

The problem could have been solved easily if the OP had simply edited the post after several people pointed to the problem. But that didn't happen. What did happen was the OP chose to take offense at constructive criticism.

So be it.

[U4ikLefty]

30. You heard of the "circular firing squad"?

They are the ones who form the circle.

[bridgit]

31. Pft! Puh-leaze!!

[RoyGBiv]

32. Grammar Nazi ...

You've made fun of the "moran" guy, yes?

Yes.

[bridgit]

33. No. It's worse than that; I don't give a tinker's damn about the 'moran guy'...

Let alone two figs. He's a dumb shit and that's the end of it. Such dalliance' are, however, the province of others. And so I say fine & dandy.

[RoyGBiv]

34. He's a dumb shit, eh?

You know him personally?

Or are you basing your judgment entirely on the fact he misspelled the word "moron" as "moran"?

I agree he's a dumb shit. I agree with that because when you are questioning the intelligence of others, it behooves you to avoid making such simplistic mistakes.

Edit: See there ... I misspelled a word, so I edited my post.

[bridgit]

35. I'm basing my over-arching opinion on his do-rag, crystal methamphetamine induced sunglasses

and 2-3 day stubble. Without doubt; other IQ's may be suspect ;) for having performed little other deed than to step off the map where the monsters are without so much as glance to either side; just: Ker-PLUNK!

You've made some grand assumptions of your own have you not? Shouldn't you be more like Alice? When she noted out loud whilst soaked all wet, that she actually gave other people such good advise on occasion, or certainly so she reckoned; so that she mused; that she should maybe follow some of it herself one day.

[RoyGBiv]

36. Nice ...

Appearance is of course the best way to judge someone.

[bridgit]

38. Now you're behaving like my X...and I *know* he's wears an ass-hat routinely

Poor 'moran dude', poor poor 'moran dude' :cry: Such empathy on your part so universal in scope, from where did you get it? From a Cracker Jack box :spray:

[RoyGBiv]

39. I'm not sympathizing with the moran dude ...

And, you know that.

In any case, I give up. You're right. I'm wrong. We shouldn't bother with spelling or proper grammar. That just makes us seem elitist. Standards are stupid. It's all a social construction. Obviously if someone is wearing a "do-rag" or seems to be on meth because he or she is wearing sunglasses, that person is an idiot.

Fine. You win. Your lingering issue with your English teacher is resolved. Happy?

[bridgit]

40. yes daddy, whatever you say, i'll be a good girl

[RoyGBiv]

41. Amazing ...

Simply amazing.

I have a lot of respect for you, so I'm going to leave this alone. Good day.

[Stand and Fight]

53. And you are part of the problem in this country...

You -- like it or not -- are part of the anti-intellectualism crowd. You may not think that a simple spelling mistake doesn't warrant correction; however, little things like this can add up to a whole generation of youth NOT knowing their own native tongue. A generation of youth who could very well end up birthing an even dumber generation of youth until we find our self in a state of -- if I may borrow the term -- idiocracy. Your response encourages them to not even give a damn -- much like that crowd of dullards who insist that science has NOT proven that global warming exists simply because 10% of the world's scientific "minds" are hold-outs. Grammar, spelling, and syntax do matter and your dismissal of that fact puts you right on par with the idiots who disparage intellectualism. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it, buddy.

[bridgit]

56. nonsense...

elitism & the phony intelligentsia, such as yourself, has rendered this land into a nation of flop eared bunnies forever lost between what they think they see and what they think they understand about it. this is an internet board plain & simple. yes, we do what we do. yes, we believe what we believe in. but yes as well it has Google Ads so that it is riddled with specifics and generalities alike; razor wit and silly-ass-shit, incongruities, and misshaped lies such as the ones you'd have others believe here, facts; even they such as me, and histories all three. it's your heart, put whatever spin your heart may desire...

imo your so-called, as such concerns are steeped within what are some the most pompous trivialities...and so as an american i reject them out of hand,

though by threatening discount my personal Freedom & Liberty! to be myself in ways that i see fit, on a public board and by means of rank chastisement; you have tipped your most worthless, anti-american card of them all...if that is what you refer to as "intelligent" then you and i are in profound disagreement and will remain as such till the end of time which by the by...

i have no more for you :shrug:

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[Marsala]

42. Nice to see we can stay focused on the issues here

:eyes:

[RoyGBiv]

43. I am perfectly focused on the issues ...

And the issue in this case is that Republicans think we're stupid. Why do they think we're stupid? Well, one reason might be is that we don't bother with such niceties as correct spelling or proper grammar.

The bigger problem is those who defend improper spelling and grammar, suggesting that those who do notice such things are out of touch or themselves somehow "wrong."

I will not apologize for daring to point out a mistake, nor will I bow to the bullying of those who seem to think those who care about such things are wrong.

If'n youse wanna thinks bein all laizy and stuff about grammar aughta be just all fine and dandy, well okeydoke.

I have an issue that's very important to me, to wit that intelligent adults are in charge of this country, not ignorant frat boys who think standards don't matter. George Bush thinks it's funny that people criticize the fact he can't pronounce "nuclear" correctly. I don't think that's funny. I think it's indicative of the fact he's an idiot.

I will repeat, if the OP had simply owned up to the mistake, no problem would exist. The OP instead chose to get defensive about it, and inexplicably others came along to defend the mistake as though it were not a mistake.

[uppityperson]

12. k&r because you're not stupid and neither am I

[MadrasT]

15. This is AWESOME and I hope he sticks with that point. n/t

[Danger Mouse]

23. Glad he made the point about the lobbyists running McCain's campaign.

That has to be out there.

[mw]

27. They think EVERYone is as stupid as their Xtian Reich nutballs nt

nt

[No Elephants]

28. "You can't just make up stuff.." Words mean something. " Love it.

[TheKentuckian]

37. The truth is a hell of a battle hammer.

Keep cracking it on their skulls.

You literally couldn't make up these insane tactics and lies for a movie and expect anyone to believe it.

There world is...

A clean break means you declare one but not only continue the same exact policies and priorities but actually ratchet them up, see.

Nothing to see here, see.

It's going to be so much the same that you won't recognize place, My friends that's change! How we do that My friends is to do much more of exactly what we have been. We need surges on everything, my friends, everything!

[Critters2]

45. I'll bet he spelled it "you're". Damn Harvard elitist! nt

[RoyGBiv]

46. Only elitists spell things correctly

Damn elitists.

[Critters2]

47. And then there's

[RoyGBiv]

48. Ohdearlord ...

I hadn't seen that one.

[Critters2]

49. It was at the convention. Mavricks aren't bound by those silly spellin' rules! nt

[kurth_]

51. Great big threads about small things

Lots and lots of people misspell "you're" and "they're". Sheeesh.

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"You make big elections about small things." - Obama

[RoyGBiv]

52. Yup ...

And lots and lots of people who do it then say "Oops, I made a mistake."

Others choose to attempt to belittle those who point out a mistake was made.

[butterfly77]

54. One of my favorite speeches ..

he gets right to the point.

[butterfly77]

55. They really do think we are stupid..

if they expect us to believe that Palin has more experience than all of the other candidates...