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Old 01-25-2010, 07:33 AM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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Self delusion is a powerful thing.

People will believe anything that fits their way of thinking, if the truth differs with that they find another truth.

Just look at the economic bust, people were saying left and right that housing/credit was unsustainable and was going to crash. No one listened, many actively shouted at those who contradicted the forever boom till they threw up their hands and left.
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Old 01-25-2010, 07:34 AM
 
Location: Riverside, CA
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I went to school with a girl that stammered when she spoke. She had perfect grades and went on to finish Valedictorian. You really cannot be seriously comparing the intellect of Obama to Bush. Bush had everything handed to him on a silver platter since birth and in no way shape or form could ever have reached the office of Presidency on his own merits....C'mon, get real.
You are talking to bunch of people who voted for Sarah Palin, who doesn't know the difference between North and South Korea.

I totally agree, funny how having a father who is a Senator helps get you in all the right schools. Kind of like many of the star college football players, they really didn't get into these schools because of their 4.0 averages.
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Old 01-25-2010, 07:36 AM
 
Location: The land where cats rule
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So, Ms Hussein, you don't recall Bush (or ANY OTHER PRESIDENT FOR THAT MATTER) visiting schools or being filmed/photographed with schoolchildren?
Just out of curiosity, is this thread about any other president or is it about Obama?

Nice attempt at deflection, though.
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Old 01-25-2010, 07:36 AM
 
Location: On Top
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LOL! The OP has been owned and it will continue that way, just like the President getting pwned by the people of Massachusetts!
Owned? By wingnuts claiming Obama used school children for a photo op? How silly of you.
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Old 01-25-2010, 07:37 AM
 
Location: SARASOTA, FLORIDA
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I know he really wanted to talk to the kids about sex education.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pO1dIKgfPw
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Old 01-25-2010, 07:38 AM
 
Location: Land of debt and Corruption
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You are talking to bunch of people who voted for Sarah Palin, who doesn't know the difference between North and South Korea.

I totally agree, funny how having a father who is a Senator helps get you in all the right schools. Kind of like many of the star college football players, they really didn't get into these schools because of their 4.0 averages.
You can't exactly graduate from Yale or Harvard without passing grades though, can you?

What were Obama's grades in college? Oh, right. Nobody knows.
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Old 01-25-2010, 07:38 AM
 
Location: Chicago Suburbs
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I went to school with a girl that stammered when she spoke. She had perfect grades and went on to finish Valedictorian. You really cannot be seriously comparing the intellect of Obama to Bush. Bush had everything handed to him on a silver platter since birth and in no way shape or form could ever have reached the office of Presidency on his own merits....C'mon, get real.
C'mon get real.

Bush has nothing to do with Obama sounding like a goof when his handlers let him off his script and it's not just the stammering.

I'm waiting to hear that Einstein was a poor public speaker without a script therefore Obama is a genius too.
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Old 01-25-2010, 07:48 AM
 
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I know he really wanted to talk to the kids about sex education.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pO1dIKgfPw
Thanks for that! Another wonderful example of lying. Your little clip cut off the rest of his sentence! The kindergarden "sex education" was to tell kids that if someone touches them inappropriately, they should tell a teacher or a parent. Horrible idea, I know....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwNV069wLGU
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Old 01-25-2010, 07:50 AM
 
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You are talking to bunch of people who voted for Sarah Palin, who doesn't know the difference between North and South Korea.

I totally agree, funny how having a father who is a Senator helps get you in all the right schools. Kind of like many of the star college football players, they really didn't get into these schools because of their 4.0 averages.
How can a person without sense recognize that another has no sense? It's all about perspective. A person more dimwitted than a dimwit just might think that the latter is actually bright. This explains the Palin phenomenon. They also love these stupid debates, at is akin to rival football fan mentality debates.
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Old 01-25-2010, 07:52 AM
 
Location: Spartanburg, SC
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A podium is not a teleprompter.


The two teleprompters are on each side of the podium. They look like glass. They are about two feet in front of him. http://catalogs.infocommiq.com/AVCat...2FSpeechx3.jpg

The podium was for television close-ups so you wouldn't see the teleprompter.
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