It only takes hitting the wrong button ONE time in the White House, and the world has a bad day.

[2rth2pwr]

Obama said oops on 6 state Senate votes: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obamavotes24jan24,1,7079399.story

".. according to transcripts of the proceedings in Springfield, he hit the wrong button at least six times."

That said, if there is ONE thing I do NOT want a President doing, it is pushing the wrong goddam BUTTON!




http://www.seeingtheforest.com/archives/2008/01/pushed_the_wron.htm

[hedgehog]

1. You do undertstand that "the Button" is a metaphor, right? nt

[Atman]

2. I was just going to post that...

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[pampango]

4. I suspect it doesn't really matter to the poster.

Once you've got a meme to throw out there, you keep slinging it against the wall hoping that it may start to stick. If it doesn't, you repackage the same s--t and heave that against the wall. ;)

[rodeodance]

11. Our language consists of metaphors

[cali]

14. *snicker*

actually not. Metaphors are part of our language, but our language does not consist of metaphors.

[rodeodance]

17. you said it much better than I did. thanks

[Turbineguy]

3. Well.... considsering the risk

we have endured for the last 7 years.... I think we'll be fine. Of course we still have one more year in which the world can have a bad day.

[Occam Bandage]

5. It's a little-known fact that our nuclear arsenal is actually controlled

by one button on the President's desk. It's right between the green button that unlocks the Oval Office door and the yellow button that accesses the Secret Service intercom. Pressing it will cause the entire American nuclear arsenal to be unleashed at random.

[2rth2pwr]

8. The metaphorical button. nt

[Occam Bandage]

9. So how do you accidentally hit a metaphorical button? By tripping over a simile?

[2rth2pwr]

20. No. when the Oxymoron trips over his messy desk. nt

[Occam Bandage]

25. Typical. Unable to defend a childish insult, more of the same is offered.

[2rth2pwr]

28. Ok, how about when the Ipsedixitism and the Asyndeton get in the

way of a Figura etymologica?

It could happen.

[Occam Bandage]

32. It could happen, it has happened - happily, it will happen.

Okay, your turn: Anadiplosis, Homeoteleuton, Epizeuxis. That should flow well.

[robbedvoter]

6. 6 times? and 129 present? (Not 130 times - bad. bad Hillary)

:spank:

[RaleighNCDUer]

18. Actually, she said 150 in the debate.

but never mind.

[cali]

7. I don't know whether to laugh or cry over your massive

ignorance. Sad or funny? I'll go with funny.

:rofl:

[2rth2pwr]

22. Thank God, there has been enough crying from the Obama camp already.

[ShortnFiery]

10. Are you really this desperate?

That dog don't hunt!

[Nailzberg]

12. Um, there is no "button". It takes a heck of a lot more than a button to trigger a nuclear strike.

Luckily safeguards for nuclear deployment is far better technology than the crap voting buttons in the IL Assembly.



It's not like Obama is the only one who's done this. During one late night session, Obama was one of four senators that hit the wrong button on a bill. They were taking roll calls six at a time - calling out the bill number, voting, then calling the next bill. (There are only a few second to register your vote, it's like the Audience lifeline in Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.)

It was the last day of the veto session, and they were racing the moon across the sky, so to speak. Eventually one senator rose to ask the presiding officer to hurry up so they could go home.

Not that my understanding of IL Assembly happening and procedure means anything to folks in the General Discussion:Partisan forum. We all just regurgitate campaign memos attacking our opponents and ignore inconvenient truths about our candidates anyway.

[2rth2pwr]

23. How many times have you hit the wrong button answering a poll on this site?

I don't want the other three senators who can't push the right button or who use that as an excuse for President either.

[Nailzberg]

26. I have hit the wrong button before. Everyone has.

Everyone has hit send on an email they meant to hit spellcheck on, or hit the wrong button on a remote control.

But the main concern from a strategic standpoint should be if Hillary makes a big deal out of this, she risks looking petty or like she's struggling for something to criticize him on.

Imagine her bringing this up in a debate? "I hit the wrong button on the vote. A mistake I immediately brought to the attention of the Senate President. Now, I don't think the American people are concerned by this, Senator. I think they'd rather know why you've never admitted a mistake on your vote to authorize the war in Iraq."

[2rth2pwr]

30. The wrong button on the remote control!?!! LOL!!!

Bwaaahaaaaaaahaa!!!

[Nailzberg]

33. Yes. Laugh if you want, but IL senators do it all the time.

It's part of the problem with how roll calls are taken in IL. It's like a game show. They open the vote, everyone hits a button, and they close the vote. Too bad if you hit the wrong button, your vote is registered.

You're already anti-Obama, so I don't expect you see this with your blinders off - I'm speaking from a purely tactical standpoint. It's a weak attack. Voters don't identify with attacks on procedures. Edwards won the last debate by saying "how is this going to get Americans health care?"

All that has to be done to turn this is to remind anyone who's recorded over three seconds of their child's soccer game before realizing what they've done, or hit send on a email before realizing they didn't spell check, that Hillary still has run out of real things to make issue of, so this is what she's left with.

[2rth2pwr]

35. Hendon said "it happens" that senators press the wrong button. But he was quick to add: "I've never

Shortly afterward, Obama chastised Republicans for their "sanctimony" in claiming that only they had the mettle to make tough choices in a tight budget year. And he called for "responsible budgeting."

A fellow Democrat suddenly seethed with anger. "You got a lot of nerve to talk about being responsible," said Sen. Rickey Hendon, accusing Obama of voting to close the child welfare office.

Obama replied right away. "I understand Sen. Hendon's anger. . . . I was not aware that I had voted no on that last -- last piece of legislation," he said.

Obama asked that the record reflect that he meant to vote yes. Then he requested that Hendon "ask me about a vote before he names me on the floor."

Hendon declined to discuss the episode. "I try to block out unpleasant memories," said Hendon, who has endorsed Obama. "If I tried really hard to remember it, I probably could, but I'm not going to try hard because I'm supporting the senator all the way."

Hendon said "it happens" that senators press the wrong button. But he was quick to add: "I've never done it."

[Nailzberg]

36. Hendon also said prior to the voting that he knew which way this was going.

Senator Hendon was upset because the closed office was in his district. Notice how he's supporting Obama "all the way". They had a misunderstanding over the wrong button. The office was closing regardless.


I don't bother with the spin coming from Obama or Hillary's "fact" sites to educate myself. I've seen the floor transcripts and read the bills. I made up my mind on this vote when I researched it four years ago.

[yodermon]

13. who keep nominating these fucking threads

:banghead:

[pampango]

29. Obama people. NOT!!! n/t

[2rth2pwr]

31. Well, it's possible that they hit the wrong button. nt

[butterfly77]

15. So I guess this will be another rightwing talking point..

[CyberPieHole]

16. Obama's "experience" speaks for itself. n/t

[Bonobo]

19. Oh, this is really embarrassing...

You should stay away from Bruce Willis movies...

[HeraldSquare212]

21. That's a really gross post, esp. since it's Hillary who has not ruled out use of nukes in some cases

the way that Obama has.

[Proud2BAmurkin]

24. kick

[gorekerrydreamticket]

27. But what if Bill and Hillary got in a big fight and one of them pushed the nuclear button for spite?

This is a "silliest post" contest, right?

[DrFunkenstein]

34. Wasn't This a Genesis Video?

Where Reagan wanted a glass of water and blew up the world?

See what happens when you have a messy desk? Don't trust Obama or Barry Goldwater with your children!

[LanternWaste]

37. Bullshit story alert #1

There's simply too many fail safes and safe guards in the office of the President for an accident like that to happen. Anyway, the nuclear "button" is simply a metaphor for an entire protocol designed to ensure that accidents like your dramatic warning about mushroom clouds (hey-- didn't Pretzlenuts warn us about a mushroom cloud too) to ever become anything more than what it is-- alarmist stories to sell copy.

Bullshit story alert #1

[JAbuchan08]

38. Way to not go all hyperbolic and shit.

[Perky]

39. Ooops... Somebody actually allows you to vote...