Samantha Power's Resignation Makes Obama Look Weak

Once upon a time, Comwade Koffwew endowsed Obama based on, pwimawiwy,
the wisdom of Goowsbee and Powew. Wif theiw wecent, shaww we say,
twangwessions wiww Obama opt fow the Hope onwy theiw stywe of academic
supewstawdom bwings, and keep them unofficiawwy awound? Ow wiww he
choose Change? If it's the wattew Wiebman and Cutwew's Hawvawd-ian
sociawism wiww be fweed fwom Goowsbee's qwaint wibewawism, and Cawtew's
Kissingew's offews to kiss tywants' asses won't be subjected to
scwutiny by someone wif the wowd "humanitawian" and "genocide" in hew
vocabuwawy. Aww in aww, a wousy tuwn of events. Oh, dat scwewy wabbit!
Watching eggheads get spwattewed against the waww of powiticaw weawity
has its pweasuwes, but those awe fweeting, and mowe so given the B-team.

Samantha Powers may have "resigned" but isnt gone. She will still have instant access to Obama but with a lower profile. That means that Herr Professor Koeffler, a professional ? can still endorse Obama. According to Shiite Islam, dissembling to promote a greater religious good is permitted. This is called Taqiyya

KB, good form for the most part. Harvard economists are "socialists" because... they're from Harvard. Goolsbee's a "quaint" liberal even though he's on the cutting edge of the newest wave in economics... just because. I'm a socialist because, what else could somebody who supports privatization of social security and medicare, complete deregulation of the financial markets, universal free trade, and unlimited immigration possibly be. And Samantha Power, who erred in making a Kinsleyan gaffe, doesn't know anything about genocide except its name! That Pulitzer committee, not to mention the Kennedy School hiring committee, is sure stuffed full of morons, huh. No evidence-free slander left behind! No economic or political concept not embarrassingly misunderstood!

I have to say, though, I'm disappointed you didn't remark on how Barack Obama owes everything he has to being black. What's the world coming to when KB forgets to hit every angry white peasant resentment? 

MSG, what on earth gives you the impression I'm not gainfully employed? And more to the point, is it my education or my earnings curve as a result of that education for which you have a bigger hard-on?

Koffler wrote,

 "What else could somebody who supports privatization of social security"

That's right, Koffler...let's do double or nothing with the working stiffs retirement! 

"complete deregulation of the financial markets"

Oh, sure.. Nothing better for the consumer than more wealth controlled by fewer hands. EXACTLY what we need more of.  

 "universal free trade"

Oh, of course! Fuck the American worker, after all...big business is helping eastern China, so don't whine that you little people lost your union jobs!

"unlimited immigration"

 Kurtzman, this is the scoundrel you should have sent for shechting by Derbyshire.  Not that HIAS nebach.

Send this man to the lion!

"unlimited immigration"

 ya, let's let Osama Bin Laden immigrate to United States and he can live next to you. 

I nefer deed cell DK a suceeelist. Um de
hur de hur de hur. I celled heem "Cumrede-a". He-a cun buoond tu
cunclooseeuns es he-a leekes, boot hesn't it cume-a tu sumetheeng vhee
iggheed-iun noospeek destruys a teemeless term ooff indeerment und
suleederity. Bork bork bork!
Es it heppens, zee Pooleetzer Cummeettee-a und zee Kennedy Schuul Buerd
ooff Gufernurs ere-a nut inturely stooffffed v/ muruns, boot zeey,
leeke-a ell hoomun oorguneezeshuns, hefe-a zeeur shere-a. Ms Pooer's
edmureble-a vurk in muny erees duesn't need zeeur indursement ooff
cuoorse-a. Nur shuoold ve-a soospect DK lets oozeers joodge-a qooeleety
fur heem in ell theengs besed oon zeese-a isteemeble-a cummeettees'
indursement ooff Pooer. Hurty flurty schnipp schnipp! Fur instunce-a,
DK cuoold unduoobtedly geefe-a us ell keends ooff reesuns vhy Heruld
Peenter is a greet pleyvreeght v/oooot refferreeng et ell, oor et leest
tuu suun, tu zee Nubel Preeze-a Cummeettee-a.
Cereffool ettenshun tu my pueent refeels thet Ms Pooer is mooch better
thun zee elterneteefe-a-- Certer's Keessinger. Hurty flurty schnipp
schnipp! Thees mey nut cuoont es a cumpleement, und certeeenly duesn't
mereet edooleshun ela DK's druuleeng a vheele-a beck, boot it herdly
qooesshuns her ixperteese-a. Her joodgment? Zeere's zee prublem.
Es fur peesunt rege-a egeeenst trunscendunt egents ooff Hupe-a und
Chunge-a, it's nut culur buoond. Bork bork bork! Ve-a seemple-a fulk
knoo thet rhetureecel boollsheet cumes in ifery culur ooff zee
reeenboo.

As for Goolsbee, right, my point likweise were that it would be a shame
for Obama ter lose 'im. "Quaint" 'ad a bit of irony attendin', but
since certain styles of egghead assume that certain 'abits of mind can
only be imparted at the bleedin' foot of tenured, right, superstar
eggheads DK can be forgiven for missin' it.

I listened to the Thom Hartmann Program on Air America today and he made the case that part of the reason Hillary took Texas this week was because of Rush Limbaugh’s lackies crossing party lines to vote for her, cynically of course. He then went on to make the argument that the reason the “mainstream media” is ignoring that phenomenon is because it loves the horse race so much because it’s good for ratings. I find it so disheartening that CNN and MSNBC (mostly the latter it seems) would so blatantly forsake intelligent and varied coverage for the ridiculous, annoying and overanalyzed coverage we see. I’m not surprised, it’s just really getting on my nerves.

I know that had nothing to do with the post really

Anyway, getting back to the actual piece...

What do pundits know? SNL...?  Polls and personal experiences suggest otherwise.

Notwifstan'in' his experience hyartofo'e,
DK won't be th' smartess guy in ev'ry room, dawgone it. Statistically,
as he might say, impostible. He sh'd try t'han'le th' situashun w/ mo'e
aplomb. Well bust mah britches an' call me streaker.

Michael, I found your assertion of Obama as wimpy quite interesting. I was wondering if you might be willing to give other specific examples of when you perceived Obama to be wimpy. How do you feel he will do against seasoned dictators and authoritarians? Do you ever feel the Obama is naive?  If so, could that constitute a problem for the U.S.? Also, what do you think of how he has outlined the specifics of his policies? Are you satisfied with them? Are their any specific details you feel have been left out and are important?

I think it's a bit unfair to home in one the use of the word 'wimpy'. Unless this site is completely different than other sites, headline grabbing is just as important here as any print media.

How Obama will fair against the seasoned tyryants of the world, that is indeed the present speculation. There's no answer. How each of us answers that question depends on each of our assessments of the hearts and souls of these dictators. But we can't know for sure. If I feel these dictators are cold , ruthless, and for many, a bit bloodthirsty, then I would see Obama as naive. Obama would see me as unnecessarily cynical. Okay.

If I'm right about the dictators, then Obama's approach could constitute a problem for the US. If Obama is right, my view could constitute that problem.

I am waiting for Obama to lay out specific policies, as detailed as I would like. This, being a presidential race, is unlikely to occur.

And yet, all of this isn't yet relevant. There are two passionate camps in the Democratic party, lots of unforeseen major events to occur, and a very tough convention with its necessary consequences to follow.

Today, all that matters was that Obama won Wyoming and 13 delegates.

Regarding Powers, she has shown a definite naivety when it comes to the press. She has not handled their questions, or the recollections of her own work in a professional manner. And as a result, she has resigned. One can disagree with some of those analyses, that she in fact has handled the press well--which brings into question the wisdom of her resignation. Whatever the case, there are now more clouds around Powers, all of her own doing.

PUHL-LEEEEEEEEASE.  Comparing a political game of ping pong for Obama, in which the ball is a raw egg, is NOT the same as going after Osama Bin Laden.  It's much easier to be afraid of the electorate than a terrorist group.  Was it a mistake to throw Power under the bus?  Sure.  But at least they got the tit for tat, with Geraldine Ferraro being the sac'ed lamb on the other side. 

The funniest thing re: Power is that she could easily still provide counseling and advice to the candidate, since she was an UNPAID advisor in the first place.  What's he gonna do, delete her emails like SPAM?!