The Intellectual Professor in Chief.

[Oldandtired]

They can't even come up with anything else, lets keep focusing on experience. He's president who the fuck cares. And they say what are his accompishments? He's President of the United States, how much bigger of an accomplishment can you get?

There's you problem...or at least one of the many you have.

A president's "accomplishments" are those that he has done for the people....not for himself. Becoming president is an accomplishemnt for his memoirs...not for your future.

You are quite misguided.

you are delusional and

It's been one year, and you guys are thinking all you have to do is snap your fingers and the shitty economy will suddenly be fixed. it takes time. I think he's made some good accomplishments.

Instead of just stating your legitimate criticism of his accomplishments, you guys childishly just claim "he's done nothing". That's simply not true.

But I don't think many of you obama bashers know what a legitimate argument and criticism is, all we hear are the stupid political mudslinging bullshit that plagues politics

So all I ask yopu to do is list some of those accomplishemnts.

Why must you divert and talk about conservatives being delusional?

Why wont you simply list the accomplishments and prove we are?

 

[Dr Gregg]

But you bozos will spin it and make up yet again more stupid arguments to say how these aren't accomplishment, like the good trolls/morons you are


Obama's accomplishments ( again, you may not like what he did, doesn't mean he has "done nothing"

1. Mended diplomatic relationships with many of the countries Bush pissed off. Displayed a respect for other countries and their cultures, and is willing to hear other countries out.

2. Passed the stimulus package, in which the results are yet to be seen, since the economy doesn't magically recover overnight

3. Stepped up efforts in Afghanistan, which had gotten out of control

4. Brought the healthcare debate to the forefront of political issues. May not have gotten anyting passed yet, but at least many people are talking about it, maybe a compromise is on the horizen.

5. named Sotomayor to the SCOTUS

6. Won the nobel peace prize

 

[Darkwind]

Why is being an intellectual a negative with the conservative right?

Its not. But an intellectual with no real world understandings is a liability. What is needed is wisdom. Not intellectualism.

 

[Oldandtired]

But you bozos will spin it and make up yet again more stupid arguments to say how these aren't accomplishment, like the good trolls/morons you are


Obama's accomplishments ( again, you may not like what he did, doesn't mean he has "done nothing"

1. Mended diplomatic relationships with many of the countries Bush pissed off. Displayed a respect for other countries and their cultures, and is willing to hear other countries out.

Proof this was needed and did anything for us please. I said concrete accomplishments.

2. Passed the stimulus package, in which the results are yet to be seen, since the economy doesn't magically recover overnight

Proof it WILL work. He said unemployment will not go above 8%. SO that was a failure. He ORIGINALLY said it will create (not save) 2 million jobs in 2009. That failed

3. Stepped up efforts in Afghanistan, which had gotten out of control
That was at the insistance of his field general...but I will let you have that one

4. Brought the healthcare debate to the forefront of political issues. May not have gotten anyting passed yet, but at least many people are talking about it, maybe a compromise is on the horizen.
So did Hillary in 1994...not a concrete accomplishment

5. named Sotomayor to the SCOTUS
Naming a SCOTUS is a responsibility...not an accomplishment

6. Won the nobel peace prize
Not an accomplishment as a President for the people. But a great personal accomplishment

Please list his accomplishments...not what they have you believing he has done with no prooof....just words.

 

[beowolfe]

Of course the Obama's of the word are all the same.. look ar Mao, Marx, Chavez, Castro, Lenin, Stalin, etc... these people were not peasants but well educated pinheads who rely on an army of ignoramus' following them. They all preach feel good bullshit to a bunch of disenfrachised losers who lap it up... meantime.... fearless leader lives in a palace, dines on all the best food while his clueless followers wallow in shit.

Spoken like the truly uneducated!!! Bravo!!~

 

[beowolfe]

President School(s)
George Washington The College of William and Mary (surveyor's certificate)

John Adams Harvard University

Thomas Jefferson The College of William and Mary

James Madison Princeton University

James Monroe The College of William and Mary

John Quincy Adams Leiden University (transferred to Harvard University)
Harvard University

Andrew Jackson None

Martin Van Buren None

William Henry Harrison Hampden-Sydney College (withdrew)

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (withdrew)

John Tyler The College of William and Mary

James K. Polk University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Zachary Taylor None

Millard Fillmore None

Franklin Pierce Bowdoin College

James Buchanan Dickinson College

Abraham Lincoln None

Andrew Johnson None

Ulysses S. Grant United States Military Academy

Rutherford B. Hayes Kenyon College
Harvard Law School

James Garfield Hiram College (transferred to Williams College)
Williams College

Chester A. Arthur Union College

Grover Cleveland None

Benjamin Harrison Miami University

William McKinley Allegheny College
Albany Law School

Theodore Roosevelt Harvard University

Columbia Law School (withdrew)

William Howard Taft Yale University
University of Cincinnati College of Law

Woodrow Wilson Davidson College (transferred to Princeton University)
Princeton University
University of Virginia School of Law (withdrew)
Johns Hopkins University (Ph.D.)

Warren G. Harding Ohio Central College

Calvin Coolidge Amherst College

Herbert Hoover Stanford University

Franklin D. Roosevelt Harvard University
Columbia Law School (withdrew)

Harry S. Truman University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law (withdrew)

Dwight D. Eisenhower United States Military Academy

John F. Kennedy London School of Economics (transferred to Princeton University)
Princeton University (transferred to Harvard University)
Harvard University
Stanford Graduate School of Business (withdrew)

Lyndon B. Johnson Texas State University-San Marcos
Georgetown University Law Center (withdrew)

Richard Nixon Whittier College
Duke University School of Law

Gerald Ford University of Michigan
Yale Law School

Jimmy Carter Georgia Southwestern College (transferred to the Georgia Institute of Technology)
Georgia Institute of Technology (transferred to the United States Naval Academy)
United States Naval Academy

Ronald Reagan Eureka College

George H. W. Bush Yale University

Bill Clinton Georgetown University
University of Oxford (Rhodes Scholar)
Yale Law School

George W. Bush Yale University
Harvard Business School

Barack Obama Occidental College (transferred to Columbia University)
Columbia University
Harvard Law School

Hey Soggy!! Take a peek!!

 

[Claudette]

But you bozos will spin it and make up yet again more stupid arguments to say how these aren't accomplishment, like the good trolls/morons you are


Obama's accomplishments ( again, you may not like what he did, doesn't mean he has "done nothing"

1. Mended diplomatic relationships with many of the countries Bush pissed off. Displayed a respect for other countries and their cultures, and is willing to hear other countries out.

2. Passed the stimulus package, in which the results are yet to be seen, since the economy doesn't magically recover overnight

3. Stepped up efforts in Afghanistan, which had gotten out of control

4. Brought the healthcare debate to the forefront of political issues. May not have gotten anyting passed yet, but at least many people are talking about it, maybe a compromise is on the horizen.

5. named Sotomayor to the SCOTUS

6. Won the nobel peace prize

Hmmm Your list needs work.

1. Mended fences??? That must be why the whole of Europe is laughing at our POTUS. Not much respect there my friend. His I wanna be your friend didn't work with Iran or N Korean either.

2.Did pass stimulus. Loads of pork all over the place. Not much else.

3. He did send troops to Afg.

4. The Healthcare boondogle was a long way from a debate. Jeeze they litterally had to buy support from members of their own party to get to the floor. The MA election convinced them that this bs ain't gonna fly. I doubt they will try and ram it down our throats.

5. Naming Sotomayor?? Done by Presidents all the time. No big deal there.

6. Nobel Peace Prize???? Big question mark there. Still ain't figured out what he did to win that. I guess you just have to walk, talk, breath and be a liberal.

Well. Not much progress for a year. I'm sure this year will be way, way better. Just keep believing in that Hopey Changey BS and it may come to passL LOL

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

But you bozos will spin it and make up yet again more stupid arguments to say how these aren't accomplishment, like the good trolls/morons you are


Obama's accomplishments ( again, you may not like what he did, doesn't mean he has "done nothing"

1. Mended diplomatic relationships with many of the countries Bush pissed off. Displayed a respect for other countries and their cultures, and is willing to hear other countries out.

2. Passed the stimulus package, in which the results are yet to be seen, since the economy doesn't magically recover overnight

3. Stepped up efforts in Afghanistan, which had gotten out of control

4. Brought the healthcare debate to the forefront of political issues. May not have gotten anyting passed yet, but at least many people are talking about it, maybe a compromise is on the horizen.

5. named Sotomayor to the SCOTUS

6. Won the nobel peace prize

Hmmm Your list needs work.

1. Mended fences??? That must be why the whole of Europe is laughing at our POTUS. Not much respect there my friend. His I wanna be your friend didn't work with Iran or N Korean either.

2.Did pass stimulus. Loads of pork all over the place. Not much else.

3. He did send troops to Afg.

4. The Healthcare boondogle was a long way from a debate. Jeeze they litterally had to buy support from members of their own party to get to the floor. The MA election convinced them that this bs ain't gonna fly. I doubt they will try and ram it down our throats.

5. Naming Sotomayor?? Done by Presidents all the time. No big deal there.

6. Nobel Peace Prize???? Big question mark there. Still ain't figured out what he did to win that. I guess you just have to walk, talk, breath and be a liberal.

Well. Not much progress for a year. I'm sure this year will be way, way better. Just keep believing in that Hopey Changey BS and it may come to passL LOL

These people are ignoramus'.... mended fences??? REALLY??????? Remember, liberals are a bunch of do-nothing pinheads.... breathing in their eyes is an acomplishment.

 

[Oldandtired]

President School(s)
George Washington The College of William and Mary (surveyor's certificate)



Hey Soggy!! Take a peek!!

He has an outstanding academic background. So does the professor in Massachusettes.

So did the former CEO of Lehman.

What has he done in his past that shows he can reisde over a large group of people?

WHere are examples of smart decision with long term positive consequences?

I mean....what the hell made him so "perfect" for the job as President?

As I see it....a slogan......probably conjured up b y an ad agency.

 

[chanel]

Every political community includes some members who insist that their side has all the answers and that their adversaries are idiots. But American liberals, to a degree far surpassing conservatives, appear committed to the proposition that their views are correct, self-evident, and based on fact and reason, while conservative positions are not just wrong but illegitimate, ideological and unworthy of serious consideration. Indeed, all the appeals to bipartisanship notwithstanding, President Obama and other leading liberal voices have joined in a chorus of intellectual condescension.

This condescension is part of a liberal tradition that for generations has impoverished American debates over the economy, society and the functions of government -- and threatens to do so again today, when dialogue would be more valuable than ever.

Gerard Alexander: Why are liberals so condescending? - washingtonpost.com

Great editorial if you want to read the whole thing.

 

[Dr Gregg]

But you bozos will spin it and make up yet again more stupid arguments to say how these aren't accomplishment, like the good trolls/morons you are


Obama's accomplishments ( again, you may not like what he did, doesn't mean he has "done nothing"

1. Mended diplomatic relationships with many of the countries Bush pissed off. Displayed a respect for other countries and their cultures, and is willing to hear other countries out.

Proof this was needed and did anything for us please. I said concrete accomplishments.

2. Passed the stimulus package, in which the results are yet to be seen, since the economy doesn't magically recover overnight

Proof it WILL work. He said unemployment will not go above 8%. SO that was a failure. He ORIGINALLY said it will create (not save) 2 million jobs in 2009. That failed

3. Stepped up efforts in Afghanistan, which had gotten out of control
That was at the insistance of his field general...but I will let you have that one

4. Brought the healthcare debate to the forefront of political issues. May not have gotten anyting passed yet, but at least many people are talking about it, maybe a compromise is on the horizen.
So did Hillary in 1994...not a concrete accomplishment

5. named Sotomayor to the SCOTUS
Naming a SCOTUS is a responsibility...not an accomplishment

6. Won the nobel peace prize
Not an accomplishment as a President for the people. But a great personal accomplishment

Please list his accomplishments...not what they have you believing he has done with no prooof....just words.

just like I said, more idiocy. Those are accomplishments, no proof required if htey are good, since for many of them, only time will tell. Just because YOU think they are no good, doesn't mean that they are not.


And its an accomplishment getting your first nominee through the blocking congress, if you knew anything about politics you would know that

 

[Darkwind]

Every political community includes some members who insist that their side has all the answers and that their adversaries are idiots. But American liberals, to a degree far surpassing conservatives, appear committed to the proposition that their views are correct, self-evident, and based on fact and reason, while conservative positions are not just wrong but illegitimate, ideological and unworthy of serious consideration. Indeed, all the appeals to bipartisanship notwithstanding, President Obama and other leading liberal voices have joined in a chorus of intellectual condescension.

This condescension is part of a liberal tradition that for generations has impoverished American debates over the economy, society and the functions of government -- and threatens to do so again today, when dialogue would be more valuable than ever.

Gerard Alexander: Why are liberals so condescending? - washingtonpost.com

Great editorial if you want to read the whole thing.

That hit the bulls-eye from 10,000 paces. Wow. That is a great observation.

 

[Dr Gregg]

But you bozos will spin it and make up yet again more stupid arguments to say how these aren't accomplishment, like the good trolls/morons you are


Obama's accomplishments ( again, you may not like what he did, doesn't mean he has "done nothing"

1. Mended diplomatic relationships with many of the countries Bush pissed off. Displayed a respect for other countries and their cultures, and is willing to hear other countries out.

2. Passed the stimulus package, in which the results are yet to be seen, since the economy doesn't magically recover overnight

3. Stepped up efforts in Afghanistan, which had gotten out of control

4. Brought the healthcare debate to the forefront of political issues. May not have gotten anyting passed yet, but at least many people are talking about it, maybe a compromise is on the horizen.

5. named Sotomayor to the SCOTUS

6. Won the nobel peace prize

Hmmm Your list needs work.

1. Mended fences??? That must be why the whole of Europe is laughing at our POTUS. Not much respect there my friend. His I wanna be your friend didn't work with Iran or N Korean either.

2.Did pass stimulus. Loads of pork all over the place. Not much else.

3. He did send troops to Afg.

4. The Healthcare boondogle was a long way from a debate. Jeeze they litterally had to buy support from members of their own party to get to the floor. The MA election convinced them that this bs ain't gonna fly. I doubt they will try and ram it down our throats.

5. Naming Sotomayor?? Done by Presidents all the time. No big deal there.

6. Nobel Peace Prize???? Big question mark there. Still ain't figured out what he did to win that. I guess you just have to walk, talk, breath and be a liberal.

Well. Not much progress for a year. I'm sure this year will be way, way better. Just keep believing in that Hopey Changey BS and it may come to passL LOL

Just as I said would happen. Holy cow you guys are stupid. Accomplishments doesn't require your approval or like of them. ANd you stating something doesnb't make it true.

Those are accomplishments regardless of what your opinion of the consequences are.

 

[Dr Gregg]

But you bozos will spin it and make up yet again more stupid arguments to say how these aren't accomplishment, like the good trolls/morons you are


Obama's accomplishments ( again, you may not like what he did, doesn't mean he has "done nothing"

1. Mended diplomatic relationships with many of the countries Bush pissed off. Displayed a respect for other countries and their cultures, and is willing to hear other countries out.

2. Passed the stimulus package, in which the results are yet to be seen, since the economy doesn't magically recover overnight

3. Stepped up efforts in Afghanistan, which had gotten out of control

4. Brought the healthcare debate to the forefront of political issues. May not have gotten anyting passed yet, but at least many people are talking about it, maybe a compromise is on the horizen.

5. named Sotomayor to the SCOTUS

6. Won the nobel peace prize

Hmmm Your list needs work.

1. Mended fences??? That must be why the whole of Europe is laughing at our POTUS. Not much respect there my friend. His I wanna be your friend didn't work with Iran or N Korean either.

2.Did pass stimulus. Loads of pork all over the place. Not much else.

3. He did send troops to Afg.

4. The Healthcare boondogle was a long way from a debate. Jeeze they litterally had to buy support from members of their own party to get to the floor. The MA election convinced them that this bs ain't gonna fly. I doubt they will try and ram it down our throats.

5. Naming Sotomayor?? Done by Presidents all the time. No big deal there.

6. Nobel Peace Prize???? Big question mark there. Still ain't figured out what he did to win that. I guess you just have to walk, talk, breath and be a liberal.

Well. Not much progress for a year. I'm sure this year will be way, way better. Just keep believing in that Hopey Changey BS and it may come to passL LOL

These people are ignoramus'.... mended fences??? REALLY??????? Remember, liberals are a bunch of do-nothing pinheads.... breathing in their eyes is an acomplishment.

Love it when people post something as stupid as this, with no intelligence, logic or reasoning, and then call others' pinheads or stupid.

Fucking trolls, have to be, can't be this dumb

 

[Dr Gregg]

Liberals are condescending because many conservatives are stupid as fuck, yet think they are smart. That should never be rewarded in our country. Just read the forums.

"Mom, when I grow up, I want to be uneducated and ignorant"

 

[xsited1]

Why is being an intellectual a negative with the conservative right?

It's not a negative, unless you're in a leadership position. Experience is the key here and Obama doesn't have any.

Actually, he has more experience at president than any Republican or Democratic candidate. If you want to vote for experience for president in the next election you'll have no choice but to vote for Obama, or the next most experienced person, Hillary Clinton. (followed by Laura Bush, but I know you conservatives aren't fans of women leaders.)

Wrong. Try again.

(BTW, I'm not a conservative, but you can think that if it helps you sleep at night.)

 

[beowolfe]

Every political community includes some members who insist that their side has all the answers and that their adversaries are idiots. But American liberals, to a degree far surpassing conservatives, appear committed to the proposition that their views are correct, self-evident, and based on fact and reason, while conservative positions are not just wrong but illegitimate, ideological and unworthy of serious consideration. Indeed, all the appeals to bipartisanship notwithstanding, President Obama and other leading liberal voices have joined in a chorus of intellectual condescension.

This condescension is part of a liberal tradition that for generations has impoverished American debates over the economy, society and the functions of government -- and threatens to do so again today, when dialogue would be more valuable than ever.

Gerard Alexander: Why are liberals so condescending? - washingtonpost.com

Great editorial if you want to read the whole thing.

I see both sides as being condescending at times (me included). They are condenscending to each other in different ways. Liberals are condescending in the way humans get with other humans after explaining something a thousand times and the other person still doesn't get it.

Conservatives are condescending in they KNOW they are right, even when they are wrong and they chastise others for not KNOWING that the Conservatives were right.

 

[xsited1]

Why is being an intellectual a negative with the conservative right?

It's not a negative, unless you're in a leadership position. Experience is the key here and Obama doesn't have any.

Experience doesn't count for much if you don't have the smarts to learn from it....

And what makes it worse is that Obama continues to make the same mistakes over and over again. He hasn't learned anything. Very sad for the country.

 

[chanel]

Thanks for proving the point Dr. Gregg.

Obama offered a similar (and infamous) analysis when he suggested that residents of Rust Belt towns "cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations" about job losses. When his comments became public, Obama backed away from their tenor but insisted that "I said something that everybody knows is true."

 

[xsited1]

Why is being an intellectual a negative with the conservative right?

It's not a negative, unless you're in a leadership position. Experience is the key here and Obama doesn't have any.

Experience isn't the key. If that was the case, Dubya would have had a successful presidency. He was a two term governor of Texas afterall. So, how do you explain that?

Experience is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT! Obama doesn't have any. And experience as a politician doesn't mean much when you're trying to grow the economy. Dubya was a failed businessman and mediocre politician. For the purposes of your post, let's designate Obama as Bush-III.