Poor Glynnis, Obama is not a “secret” progressive. He is openly a progressive. Of course presidents change the decor. It is just dumb for a guy that won’t be there much longer. The next president will have to move swiftly to get the boom box and the prayer rug out of the oval office.

Look for that last addition of Teddy Roosevelt and the welfare quote to feature prominently on Glenn Beck at some point as further proof Obama is a secret progressive with nefarious intentions.

Secret? Of course he’s a progressive. That’s no secret.

Royal King will be posting here soon
The musings of a liberal loon
America has been Beckoned
On November 2
He’ll be singing a different tune

Don’t worry. That rug will only be there for another 18 months. It can be rolled up and put in his moving truck.

gordonbloyershow said:
Poor Glynnis, Obama is not a “secret” progressive. He is openly a progressive. Of course presidents change the decor. It is just dumb for a guy that won’t be there much longer. The next president will have to move swiftly to get the boom box and the prayer rug out of the oval office.

Hideous, racist trash even for you Marceaux, I mean Blower.

SOME TIME IN THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY TWO,
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT “DISCOVERED” SOMETHING “NEW”:
AMERICAN WAS WASP, AFRICAN AMERICAN AND JEW,
A FACT EVEN ARCHIE BUNKER REGRETTED, BUT KNEW.
PERHAPS SOME DAY FOX WILL KNOW THIS, AND THIS TOO:
HISPANICS AND MUSLIMS ARE PART OF OUR AMERICAN STEW.

LOL….I hope in 2013, when the next President is in that office, that they promptly do away with that rug. Either way, his choice of quotes are not surprising. Personally I’d like to have seen some Thomas Jefferson up there but Mr. Jefferson’s view of tyrannical governments and individual liberty are not shared by President “spread the wealth around” Obama.

Bill Clinton put his “own little stamp” on
HIS Oval Office Rug more than once, as I
understand it !

But where is the prayer rug?

“Partisan count: Two Democrat Presidents and Two Republicans (of the old-school variety) ”

Serious question Glynnis: Are you only referring to the R’s as the old-school variety? Or the D’s too? JFK wouldn’t last a second in today’s Dem party if his last name were anything other than Kennedy.

“Look for that last addition of Teddy Roosevelt and the welfare quote to feature prominently on Glenn Beck at some point as further proof Obama is a secret progressive with nefarious intentions.”

What will be more interesting is Glenn’s take on that quote and whether President Obama has read the rest of that speech (or Glenn, for that matter). It was given at the New York State Fair, Syracuse, September 7, 1903. Here is a link to the whole thing:

http://books.google.com/books?id=iLQZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA466&lpg=PA466&dq=New+York+State+Fair,+Syracuse,+September+7,+1903&source=bl&ots=Tqn2k1bvuo&sig=7IaUHwV9NbllGwlQBoIHED13Gfg&hl=en&ei=FTV9TPT2JZPGsAOp64zTCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CCMQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=New%20York%20State%20Fair%2C%20Syracuse%2C%20September%207%2C%201903&f=false

I think everyone (Left, Right, Middle) could actually find a lot to love in that speech: as an Ayn Rand fan (I know I’m crazy), I found a lot of hizzah moments I hope Liberals and Progressives notice like:

“The line of cleavage between good and bad citizenship lies not between the man of wealth who acts squarely by his fellows and the man who seeks each day’s wage by that day’s work wronging no one and doing his duty by his neighbor nor yet does this line of cleavage divide the unscrupulous wealthy man who exploits others in his own interest from the demagogue or from the sullen and envious being who wishes to attack all men of property whether they do well or ill On the contrary the line of cleavage between good citizenship and bad citizenship separates the rich man who does well from the rich man who does ill the poor man of good conduct from the poor man of bad conduct This line of cleavage lies at right angles to any such arbitrary line of division as that separating one class from another one locality from another or men with a certain degree of property from those of a less degree of property.”

While there are some good things in that speech by Roosevelt that anyone of any affiliation and mind can glom onto – Glenn or any other critic of Progressivism and Liberalism have the strongest footing to say the President’s choice is telling. The speech has great points but Teddy’s recommendation of how to achieve the worthy goals stray from the very liberty of self-governing he starts out praising to justification for federal mandates and legislating behavior to curtail possible exploitation.

That’s the grounds for attacking the quote.

Yes, we are all better off when we all act for more than our own selfishness; but when you sacrifice the wealthy or the poor on the alter of “social justice” or, to use Teddy’s phrase in this speech, “the wise distribution of wealth” through legislation, aren’t you just forcing men to exploit each other in a “cozy” way? Regulating a business to keep them from certain behavior may ‘save’ one group of people from losing but at the cost of the business’ employees and investors who stood to gain from that transaction. It’s Bastiat’s Broken Window fallacy.

Meh.

If no one likes the rug, it’ll be gone in two years — out with the rest of the garbage in the White House right now. I think it’s pretty innocuous.

Kinda funny, and telling, that Obama didn’t choose “The buck stops here” from Harry Truman, and “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country” from John F. Kennedy.

gordonbloyershow said:
Poor Glynnis, Obama is not a “secret” progressive. He is openly a progressive. Of course presidents change the decor. It is just dumb for a guy that won’t be there much longer. The next president will have to move swiftly to get the boom box and the prayer rug out of the oval office.

Gordon,

Commentary of this sort only serves to reinforce the worst stereotypes about the right while failing to add anything to the discussion. If you are simply sending a cheap salvo for the satisfaction of the upward pointing green thumb then your comment is even more odd and embarrassing. I will assume positive intent though and take it is an intentionally politically incorrect effort at levity… but truth be told I believe you are better than that in any case…

Apparently, everything is political, even down to the choice of carpet in the Oval Office. Was this piece posted to elicit such ugly rhetoric? Or would some take any opportunity, no matter how insignificant, to excoriate the President?

Greg said:
but truth be told I believe you are better than that in any case

Despite your gracious. carefully chosen rhetoric, Greg, I’m quite certain the aforementioned comment is entirely representative of who and what G. Gordon Blowhard is: a fucking dirtbag.

jesse cornish is an impotent weirdo said:
Despite your gracious. carefully chosen rhetoric, Greg, I’m quite certain the aforementioned comment is entirely representative of who and what G. Gordon Blowhard is: a fucking dirtbag.

My parents raised me well, plus I actually believe in the philosophy of Dr. King and refuse to be goaded into the gutter by those who wish to fight there… people know us by our words and actions… we speak powerfully when we realize that…

The Real Royal King and Royal Court Jester should have their own “point-counterpoint” column.

gordonbloyershow said:
Poor Glynnis, Obama is not a “secret” progressive. He is openly a progressive. Of course presidents change the decor. It is just dumb for a guy that won’t be there much longer. The next president will have to move swiftly to get the boom box and the prayer rug out of the oval office.

And in one large swoop, someone’s opinions on the subject of the presidency has permanently lost all credibility. One quote did it, and anyone new to this room only has to read it and say, “Hmmm, well, this guy’s an asshole and probably doesn’t need to be listened to.” Way to keep your movement going forward, Gordo.

Greg, who appointed you to the racist police? I put that comment there to draw comments from fools like you. It is people like you that are the problem with race relations in this country. YOU FOLKS are always offended for everyone else. You would not know a racist comment if it bit you in the ass. We will have good race relations when we don’t allow fools like you to determine what is racist. You and RRK need to mind your own business. Black comedians could make that comment without any problem. I live by the standard, IF THEY CAN SAY IT SO CAN I. I am also tired of other republicans and conservatives that fall for that nonsense and try to gain favor by jumping on every comment the left labels racist.
So to sum up, I don’t care what you or any other race baiter thinks is a racist comment. I get to determine that myself.

gordonbloyershow said:
Greg, who appointed you to the racist police? I put that comment there to draw comments from fools like you. It is people like you that are the problem with race relations in this country. YOU FOLKS are always offended for everyone else. You would not know a racist comment if it bit you in the ass. We will have good race relations when we don’t allow fools like you to determine what is racist. You and RRK need to mind your own business. Black comedians could make that comment without any problem. I live by the standard, IF THEY CAN SAY IT SO CAN I. I am also tired of other republicans and conservatives that fall for that nonsense and try to gain favor by jumping on every comment the left labels racist.
So to sum up, I don’t care what you or any other race baiter thinks is a racist comment. I get to determine that myself.

Gordon,

Firstly, I am no fool… secondly I have no badge, thirdly I was appealing to the better angel of your nature and you responded with disrespect…

As to the issue of race, I have every right to be offended and express my dissatisfaction with your use of racial stereotyping. I have taught children on the South Side of Chicago for many years… amazing kids… many of them have seen more trouble and anxiety in their lives than should justly be visited upon children… they are my responsibility beyond the classroom and I consider it my duty to object to anyone who would denigrate or degrade based on race… Good kids go through too much for me to ignore disrespectful and hurtful speech…

You have the right to speak and be known… Excuse yourself as you see fit… Construct millions of false equivalencies as you sleep… But know that this is America and good people will always object.

mikepower said:
But where is the prayer rug?

That IS his prayer rug.

Oh, and did anyone notice? Unless those evil conservatives have rewritten history (again!), Dr. Martin Luther King was never the president. A truly great man, but NOT the president.

Thumbs UP to all those who have noted that Mr. -0bama can no longer be considered merely a latent progressive.

And NO, I do NOT believe Mr. -0bama is a Muslim. I don’t think he knows what he is.

MerryMarjie said:
Apparently, everything is political, even down to the choice of carpet in the Oval Office. Was this piece posted to elicit such ugly rhetoric? Or would some take any opportunity, no matter how insignificant, to excoriate the President?

Judging on the content of character, and the actions, appointments, speeches, etc. thus far, I believe the current occupant of the White House needs quite a bit of excoriation…or haven’t you noticed?