Barack Obama mean-spiritedness shows as he jokes about Edwards' and Clinton's'

[itsrobert]

answers in the last debate. Wow, his "fame" has gone to his head.

[babylonsister]

1. Yawn. Prove it. Link, anything, or just your biased perception? nt

[itsrobert]

3. Duh, it's my opinion

He sounded smug and full of himself.

[Big Blue Marble]

16. Let us judge for ourselves.

I heard that most folks thought he was amazingly funny.

Since I have heard personally and think he has a great sense of humor, I
would probably think is funny as well.

[itsrobert]

30. A lot of people think Rush and Dennis Miller are funny

But I don't. To each, his own.

[Big Blue Marble]

50. To the ridiculous.

Sure compare Obama to Rush and Dennis and it
would show only that your intelligence is lacking.

[Clintonista2]

47. "You're likable enough Hillary"

[babylonsister]

48. Hell, I thought that was nice considering how 'her' camp had slimed him. nt

[bigwillq]

2. Link please?

:shrug:

[itsrobert]

4. Countdown with KO

Showed Obama being smug and full of himself.

[ShortnFiery]

13. B.S. Tell me when Craig Crawford (CQ), the one doing the trashing, does NOT spin positive for HRC?

IMO, ole Craig is so damn transparently Pro-HRC, he needs to lighten up on his pain meds, i.e., he admitted being on them due to a broken ankle. :shrug:

[K Gardner]

19. I'm not sure why KO has him constantly commenting.. its not like he's unbiased. He clearly does NOT

like Obama. Typical tho, for MSNBC.. biased journalism is their stock in trade.

[jenmito]

20. Exactly. I couldn't believe he and Keith spun it like it was a "redo" as if he made a mistake

by answering honestly. Obama was obviously teasing the OTHERS for NOT giving honest answers-not regretting that he DID give an honest answer. And then Craig went on to say Obama's having trouble figuring out if he's the insurgent candidate or not with all those establishment endorsements? :WTF: It's obviously a GOOD thing for the "new guy" to get "cred" from establishment people, showing he is being taken seriously.

[K Gardner]

28. Did you hear Crawford trying to say that Obama was having a hard time

figuring out which personality he was <paraphrased>?? I nearly fell out of my chair !

At least Obama didn't have to put out a video trying to define who he was, or claim the people had helped him "find his voice". It just gets more bizarre each day. Like a really bad case of Transference, wherein all of HRCs distortions & tricks & problems are projected onto other candidates.

[Pirate Smile]

31. Craig has really become a joke.

[jenmito]

33. Yes...

It was pathetic of him. Obama has one consistent personality. Just because people who SHOULD be endorsing Hillary are endorsing Obama doesn't mean he's changing anything.

[bigwillq]

14. Link please (nt)

[jenmito]

15. I saw it. It showed him joking. Keith had his own take on it which differed from everyone else who

commented on it, saying it's refreshing that Obama's the only one to answer honestly and it's clever of him to joke like he did about it.

[itsrobert]

17. REEKED OF SMUGNESS

He was full of himself. Not very appealing if he's trying to woo Edwards supporters. But maybe he's going after the Rush and Reagan crowd?

[jenmito]

22. THAT'S BULL!

He was showing a sense of humor. He's the only one who answered honestly. He's the most liberal of the 3.

[itsrobert]

25. Dennis Miller type humor

I am not amused.

[jenmito]

35. Far from it...

but I'm not surprised you're not amused. Afterall, he was poking fun at your guy who said his weakness was caring too much. :eyes:

[K Gardner]

5. Geezus.. you thought that was mean-spirited? You've got to be kidding. That's really

a stretch, even if you're intent on slamming Obama.

You didn't think JE's remarks on the Obama/Reagan incident were mean, then? Because by your standards, JE was inappropriately mean in responding to what he knew Obama certainly did not mean.

[gateley]

6. EDIT I thought you were referring to something else. If you want us to

share your outrage, it might help to offer a description/explanation. Otherwise sorry, can't jump on your bandwagon.

[itsrobert]

7. Actually, it was more LIKE REAGAN SPEAK

SMUG HUMOR. OBAMA = REAGAN.

[SoxFan]

21. "neener neener neener"

Go to bed, little boy

[itsrobert]

27. Obama supporters showing their stripes

figures

[ShortnFiery]

8. B.S. You want to talk mean-spirited it was HRC's surrogates filing that law suit two days

after learning that she did not snag the Culinary Workers' Union Support. :thumbsdown:

[jenmito]

9. "Mean spirited" by joking about how he should've given a phony answer like the others?

It was a great joke because it was true that he's the only one who gave a truthful answer. Hillary's been commenting, meanly, about what Obama said in the debate, too. So has Edwards (not about the debate but about the Reagan remark). Both of them showed only anger and no humor.

[polichick]

10. See the "Obama does Comedy" video...

I think the part about "weaknesses" is really funny!

[durrrty libby]

11. He's embarrassed that he didn't know how to answer a kid's

job interview question.

Trying to save face.

[Kittycat]

12. Link for you

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4110479

[bunnies]

18. "mean spirted"

Spirt- noun - the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid). :rofl:

[jefferson_dem]

23. Ironic slip given the anniversary of Lewinsky and all...

:rofl:

[bunnies]

42. My thoughts exactly.

Today has been a good day.
:toast:

[itsrobert]

24. Thanks my poor typing skills and poor reading eyesight

does me in a lot.

[zulchzulu]

26. You call this a post?

First of all, it's pretty shitty English. Secondly, are you on crack?

[itsrobert]

29. Never done drugs. If you are worried about people doing drugs

you are backing the wrong candidate.

[durrrty libby]

36. Oh Snap

:rofl:

[David Zephyr]

32. Obama's "mean-spiritedness" or just your over-sensitivities?

It's the latter.

[jackson_dem]

34. What to expect from the guy who sneered "you're likable enough" after Iowa to Hillary

[water]

38. That was a good-natured joke!

[Clintonista2]

49. Then why did he apologize for it ?

[ursi]

37. this is not a tie breaker issue

[tandot]

39. I am not decided on who to support but I definitely think it was extremely funny

He made a joke and I didn't see any mean-spiritness in it. To be quite honest, Edward's and Clinton's answers to what their weaknesses are were pretty disappointing...caring to much about the poor and being impatient about bringing about change...oh please...

[Proud2BAmurkin]

40. it was funny for a comedian, mean spirited and "off" for a presidential candidate

[Bicoastal]

46. Well, you'd be an expert at what is and isn't "mean spirited" at this point, eh P2BA?

For goodness sakes...talk about the pot calling the kettle black.

ON EDIT--THIS?! THIS offends you? In what life?

[EffieBlack]

41. Mean-spirited?

I thought it was hilarious. And his comedic timing was perfect.

I enjoyed Hillary's Hillforce One schtick, too.

[EffieBlack]

43. Let folk judge for themselves . . .

Obama poked fun at John Edwards and Hillary Clinton for their response to the "what is your weakness” question at the MSNBC debate. Obama said that he answered the question as an “ordinary person."

"Folks, they don't tell you what they mean!" exclaimed Obama.

“I thought that they meant 'what’s your biggest weakness?!' So I said 'well you know I don’t handle paper that well, you know, my desk is a mess, I need somebody to help me file and stuff all the time.'”

“So the other two - they say well my biggest weakness is 'I'm just too passionate about helping poor people.' I am just too impatient to bring about change in America.'”

Obama joked, “If I had gone last I would have known what the game was. I could have said 'well you know I like to help old ladies across the street. Sometimes they don’t want to be helped. It’s terrible.'”
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/01/18/politics/fromtheroad/entry3726679.shtml

Funny? Hell, yes. Mean? Hardly. And, I dare say, anyone who takes offense at this really needs to stay as far away as they can from politics - and sports and garden parties and offices and restaurants and just about anywhere else human beings gather, converse and interact - since they are WAY too sensitive to be able to come in contact with other human beings.

[Nimrod2005]

44. I am reminded of: "Go fuck yourself?"

[Az_lefty]

45. Mean spirited??? You have to be kidding...

he was right on target. You can bash Obama all you want for pimping Reagan, but this video was just some light humor.

[Thrill]

51. You people are pathetic...He made fun of them for their fake answers

it wasn't anything smug about it. It was a joke. The guy can't even make a joke now? They should of been truthful with their answers.