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Tim2
Mr. Obama as Mr. Lincoln? I think it is funny how a Democratic president wants to model the first Republican president. And how people compare the two is kind of funny as well.
Well, once he starts doing something, we will see if Mr. Obama is worthy of being compared to Mr. Lincoln.
Aye Chihuahua
Oh Good Lord!
Another day…..ANOTHER Obama post.
Come on Neatorama….there are all sorts of truly neat things beyond the residents of the White House that you could create posts about.
ziggystardust
They forgot the Friedman portrait on the cover of the latest New Yorker. http://www.boingboing.net/2009/01/20/drew-friedman-obama.html
Gauldar
Aye, don’t blame it on Neatorama, the viewers “voted” for this post in the Upcoming Queue.
SenorMysterioso
participate in the queue, its your chance to say what is neat or not 
cody
i agree with tim 2. forget the hype wait till he does something to deserve this comparison.
pbenavides
I loved the Obama / Terminator mash up… cool shop skills! BTW, this is my first post here in Neat.
Corinne
Obama-Bush-Cheney hybrid looks frighteningly like my second grade teacher. Like crazy.
Dave
There ought to be a Carter/Obama chimera; policy-wise, I doubt you could tell the two apart, so the pairing ought to work pretty well in Photoshop too.
wpdunn71901
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Paul in Boca
@ wpdunn
You better be careful with your thoughts there, mate, or you might just be vaporized by the Thought Police.
Tony LaRocca
I have to agree- I wish Obama the best of luck, but let’s wait until he’s actually done something before all the worship, shall we?
adam carter
if you knew what you were talking about, you’d remember that Lincoln’s republicans are actually democrtas now, and vice versa…
violet
Are all those admonishing people to “wait until he’s actually done something” just not paying attention?
What do you call issuing an order with a hard deadline for closing Guantanamo and signing legislation ensuring equal pay for women within a week of his inauguration?
Continue lamenting Obama posts on neatorama all you like, but at least don’t just make up stuff. Any cursory investigation of his time in the last week will reveal plenty of action.
latin trident
How about creating an “Obamarama” website instead of adding this trash. please stop!!!!!!!!!!!!
Aye Chihuahua
“What do you call issuing an order with a hard deadline for closing Guantanamo”
I’d call that “making up stuff” because that isn’t what happened. Even Obie himself has said that Gitmo may be open through the end of his first term.
wok
@ violet
Yeah violet in all fairness, Gitmo still has a loophole open for the CIA.
Ledbetter though, that’s real progress. So that’s 1.
Lloyd Kempson
Lincoln: A racist warmongerer elected with only 39% of the vote as a 4th party candidate and not a favorite of the south, Was very unpopular during his two terms. Violated the Constitution, Held political prisoners, and suspended Habes Corpus. Sounds a lot like George W. Bush if you ask me.
This election was a repeat of 1976, Jimmy Carter was played by Obama and Gerald Ford was played by John McCain. John McCain represented bad ideas that his own base hated him for and immediately blamed the only bright spot in his campaign for his loss. 2012 might bring out a serious challanger for Mr. Obama, until then I plan on waiting for a Candidate who can be Ron Paul without being Ron Paul. When that time comes, then the Obama worship will end.
violet
Well, caveats given, the language and existence of the order surely falls within the “action taken” column. Call me low-expectations Sally, but it’s more than we could have hoped for previously, so I was encouraged.
Saying out loud that it was torture, that the shadow trial set-up is unacceptable, that the effect on our identity as a nation of laws based on the rights of man is pernicious, and that it needs to go is a step we had lamentably not climbed before.
And Ledbetter is amazing and unprecedented, and certain cabinet appointments have been incredibly heartening, especially with regard to Holder on record as declaring torture as torture and holding the door open for those with deep pockets and great power to potentially be held accountable for crimes that far, far outweigh the petty ones that the poor and powerless are routinely and harshly penalized for. The mere suggestion that the vast and utterly disgusting gap in justice between the very powerful and the most powerless has me feeling a wee bit warmed.
My point stands that there is activity and there is movement, and there are things to cite if one were so inclined to be informed of them.
Aye Chihuahua
violet,
“especially with regard to Holder on record as declaring torture as torture and holding the door open for those with deep pockets and great power to potentially be held accountable for crimes that far, far outweigh the petty ones that the poor and powerless are routinely and harshly penalized for.”
Would this be the same Holder who agreed to NOT prosecute former administration officials in return for votes in the Senate? Is that the Holder you are referring to?
“held accountable for crimes that far, far outweigh the petty ones that the poor and powerless are routinely and harshly penalized for.”
That little morsel was so delicious I had to post it a second time.
I especially like the “held accountable for crimes…the poor and powerless are routinely and harshly penalized for.”
That’s my favorite part considering that this administration just named Tim Geithner, an admitted tax cheat, to Sec of the Treasury.
Can you tell me any other time in US history we have had a tax cheat in charge of the Treasury and the IRS?
Activity and movement perhaps. In the right direction? Not so much.
Sorry, but your point doesn’t stand. Making stuff up, getting called out on it, and being proven wrong pretty much destroys your point.
Of course all of these facts are readily available to anyone who is inclined to be informed of them.
violet
@Aye Chihuahua: I don’t want you to think I’m ignoring you because you’re attempting a fair and reasonable discussion of the different points, pro and con, concerning some of the appointments and actions taken by Obama.
I’m ignoring you because you’re being condescending, sneering, antagonistic, and trollish without regard or thoughtful consideration for any dissent, differing opinion, or information beyond what fits into your fixed view.
Aye Chihuahua
“I’m ignoring you because you’re being condescending, sneering, antagonistic, and trollish without regard or thoughtful consideration for any dissent, differing opinion, or information beyond what fits into your fixed view.”
That right there is priceless ladies and gentlemen.
Priceless.
What you’re really saying is that the facts fly in the face of your argument and that you have nothing to rebut what I’ve presented.
That’s what you’re really saying.
You can present whatever “dissent” or “differing opinion” you wish to present. No one is stopping you.
Certainly not me.
I gave your posts thoughtful consideration and discovered that you were wrong. Sorry about that. If you’re interested in expanding your intellectual acuity then perhaps you should read more widely and broaden your horizons.
Facts are stubborn things and I will present them so that you can see that the truth lies beyond your fixed view.
The questions I posed to you regarding Holder and Geithner remain unanswered by the way. Why is that?
They were easy.
The questions will only get tougher as we go along.
Oh, I almost forgot. You can add Tom Daschle to the list of nominees in this administration who have tax issues.
What is it about Dems and not paying taxes?
They have no problem raising them at every opportunity for everyone else.
Is this the “HopenChange” that BO promised?
Aye Chihuahua
Also, violet, if you or I or any other “ordinary” American did what Geithner and Daschle did would we be nominated and confirmed to serve in the President’s cabinet or would we be in prison?
Hope. Change. Double standards.
wok
@ Chihuahua
You are featured in terrible movies.
I am constantly stymied by the fact that you keep appearing on the silver screen.
I blame Disney
Aye Chihuahua
I was so hoping that violet would drop back by to discuss things here.
Guess it’s tough to argue when the facts are outside of your narrow fixed view.
It seems like BO is keeping the practice of rendition as a tool in the War on Terror.
This is bound to cause a huge amount of bed wetting among the HopeyChangers.
Heh.
http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-rendition1-2009feb01,0,7548176,full. story
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