Following the Supreme Court’s decision on ObamaCare, a degree of celebration was expected. Many in the pundit class have said the Court’s decision could be the single most influential event on the November election.
After the dust settled and it became clear that the healthcare law survived the gavel, officials in the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Obama administration went to their computers to let off some steam.
The executive director of the DNC took to Twitter and sent out the following message: “it’s constitutional. Bitches.” The DNC’s new media director vented on Twitter, immediately tweeting, “Overheard in the office: ‘TAKE THAT MOTHER******S!!’” The tweet was soon deleted, but nothing on the Internet disappears completely. Screen shots were taken and that soon appeared on Twitchy, which was then linked to by Drudge.
One might understand this momentary weakness and forgive the total loss of decorum if it wasn’t then replicated by the president’s digital and campaign staff. But it was.
The official Twitter account of the president of the United States tweeted last night: “Still a BFD: http://OFA.BO/ayPgAZ” For those of you unsure of the definition it can be found here on a site that translates young people’s speak into everyday English. The president’s Twitter account quoted a hot-mic utterance of the vice president’s from when the bill was passed. Instead of repudiating the vice president’s total lack of class and dignity, the president decided to imitate it on the world’s stage. The link leads to the Obama campaign store – they’re selling a t-shirt to match the president’s tweet. You cannot make this stuff up.
Just in case you missed that tweet – just wait – there was even more classlessness from the Obama campaign last night. President Obama’s campaign manager sent a fundraising email with the subject line, “Let’s win the damn election.” “Win the damn election” was also repeated in the body of the email.
Perhaps I shouldn’t, but I would like to remind the Obama campaign of its target audience. Young people, if they make it out to vote in the same numbers as they did last time, are still more or less in the bag for Democrats. The target constituencies the Obama team should be focusing on are the middle-aged and middle class voters in states like Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan. This kind of behavior may have be seen as cutting edge from a young underdog in the race. Not from the president of the United States. While the president has a reelection campaign to run, one would hope he would keep in mind that the office of the president deserves more respect.
It is disgusting to me that the president would totally disrespect the office of the president, but I'm not surprised. BHO called the White House, "my White House". I think he truly believes that when the military salute him that they are saluting him personally and not the office. The campaign shirts, mugs, etc. sold by his official re-election committee as well as the lottery they run to gain money are beneath the office of president and are undignified. He has lowered the office of dignity and he needs to be thrown out. and the use of foul language by anyone in public office is embarrassing to hear. Where are the grownups?
In the GOP, what's left of them!
I think the thrust of the argument is that the most substantial objection that could be raised is "They said a dirty word." n nI wouldn't care if Obama were to read George Carlin's entire Seven Dirty Words speech from the White House podium if it helped them to stand up and get moving forward.
And I thought they were all bright people. So much for that. There is stupid and then there is just plain stupid. The book should b ea real yuk or two!
The first indication that trailer trash had landed in the White House may have been in the first months of this administration, when the White House neglected to hold the customary state dinner and full press conference during a state visit of the British Prime Minister. Who could forget that when Gordon Brown gave Mr. Obama a penholder made from the wood of a ship that had fought against the slave trade, Obama gave him in return a collection of Hollywood DVDs that anyone could pick up at the nearest Wal-Mart? n nDignity? This president can't have lost it. He never had it in the first place.
yael, I'm sure that you find nothing untoward about calling the president trailer trash and I'm not going to blame you for doing it. it's simply a failure on the part of your pimp who should have made sure that you were turned out better than that.
mikefoxtrot: The President thinks nothing of sending out emails with curse words in them… to his supporters! What should I conclude, then, and how should I respond? He has embarrassed the country with his lack of manners and has failed to be hospitable to visiting dignitaries who represent our allies. In my neck of the woods, we cling to our guns and religion and we call ill-bred, ill-mannered persons, "trailer trash." It may not be polite, but it's accurate. I feel no compunction about responding in kind, as he has insulted me several times… on the basis of my skin color, my region of the country, my religion, my political affiliations and my way of life. He reaps nothing other than what he himself has sown.
what part of the country hosts your little wooden neck, yael? where I'm from, we would offer you a heapin platter of Coney Island whitefish
this is REALLY scraping the bottom of the barrel. Obama won a huge political victory and trying to claim he lost his dignity because of a tweet from some other guy is just plain bullspin. n nsure you want something to salvage from this, but this is plain childishness on your part.