If You Build It, They Will Come
By Ani on August 4, 2008 at 11:30 AM in Barack Obama, Current Affairs, John McCain, Obamatopia
Okay. So now the press has nothing better to talk about but the interiors of the Obama and McCain airplanes and how comparatively lush or spare they are.
Usually, I’d just skip over a ‘news item’ like this, but this tidbit from CBS News caught my eye…and here it is…
Yep. It’s hard to miss the fact that under the Obama ’08 Logo it says: President.
Is that to remind Senator Obama which office he is running for?
Perhaps he told his staff he is not going to sit his royal behind on a chair that doesn’t say President.
Or is it like the movie, Field of Dreams – “if you build it, they will come.”
Something out of The Secret or a methodology they teach at Camp Obama – just visualize it and say “Om.”
Be the change.
So, if I embroider Queen of All That Is on my blouse, can my throne be far behind?
Speaking of behinds, is the word “President” embossed on his toilet paper, too?
Somebody might want to quietly remind Senator Obama that he isn’t even officially the Democratic nominee yet and there’s still the pesky little problem of all those millions of voters going to the polls in November. Or has that already been fixed, too?
After looking at a few photos of Obama’s cabin, [Politico’s Mike] Allen quipped, “Air Force One may seem a tad claustrophobic.” Check it out for yourself:
Yeah, the place is pretty darn lush. I mean McCain’s plane isn’t exactly like the old “straight talk express” bus he traveled around in last year either — but I don’t think his chair has a title on it yet.
More about Obama’s special chair:
To one side is a small table stacked with newspapers ready for the candidate’s arrival. The table of the booth is always covered in snacks and cheese and is where Obama spends most of his time during flights meeting with staff and sitting for the occasional interview.
Snacks and cheese? What, no waffles?
And speaking of movies, his chair reminds me of a movie set where the director has his/her name emblazoned thereon – and woe to any poor slob with the audacity to sit on it. Only ‘the One’ may sit there!!
Oooh, maybe that smacks of more celebrity stuff again.
Ssshh. Don’t show this picture to McCain – he might put it in another ad!
Wouldn’t it be nice if a candidate like Mr. Hopey Changey were a little more concerned with figuring out how to actually do the job, before bestowing the title upon himself?
But his plane’s exterior reflects this same attitude. Senator Obama’s logo is actually twenty times the size of the American flag, even though he travels overseas by the leave of, and under the protection of, that flag. Oh yes, and let us not forget his version of the Presidential Seal. Yes we cannibus!!!
But he seems to like to do everything in a big way: large stadiums; screaming crowds; fainting in the aisles; the adulation of the throngs. And this ‘chair’ — sociopathically narcissistic? Is there no one on his staff to tell him this might look unseemly or over the top?
Perhaps this is more of the same “Camp Obama” strategy – overwhelm everyone into submission.
Glitz, media blitz and voila – there he sits!!
Mister Presumptuous.
Wow. Perhaps he is the celebrity candidate after all.
No “perhaps” about it. Barack Obama is our first American Idol candidate. And as with that show, you can hear every sour note and see the flop sweat, up close and personal. The gall of these people is staggering! No amount of pretense will change the facts on the ground:
The man is not ready for prime time. A throne does not a leader make.
Maybe after the election, he will get to star in a movie about himself called “The Audacity of an Elitist Loser”. I enjoyed your article Ani.
I’m sure that Obama’s is looking forward to his outdoor love-fest in Denver, but I bet his campaign is dreading it. First there is a risk that party dis-harmony and demonstrators will disrupt the moment of rapture. Second, it does rain sometimes in Colorado. (Could Native Americans Against Obama help us out here)?
But, even if everything turns out as planned, it is likely that the event will only reinforce the narrative now taking hold that Obama has an ego that is out of control. Maybe after the Denver speech Obama could cancel a visit to an orphanage just to make sure McCain has some ammunition.
Having suffered under King George for the past 8 years has been trying enough. Now having an emperor with no clothes proclaiming victory ahead of time..gag me with a spoon-
This is the subtle advertising marketing way- (just like drug companies create diseases to sell an old generic drug, repackaged as a new drug-Read Our Daily Meds.) Commercialize it and people will buy it.
He definitely has a slick marketing group working for him.
NOBAMA!
man you nutjobs really are reaching.
all sorts of campaign materials include the office the person is running for.
it could say “governor,” “mayor,” “senator,” whatever.
if that “president” is only on obama’s seat, then you might have a beef, but if–as I suspect, it is on ALL the seats, then it is no different than a million other campaign logos.
For example here is a link to a hillary sign that is basically the same logo as the obma one on the plane seat.
http://images.cafepress.com/product/184275649v3_240×240_Front.jpg
Note that it says “Hillary Clinton President”
But, I suspect you won’t be criticizing the female FDR for that one.
Furthermore, analysis on the web not performed by kook dead-enders like you indicates that ALL of the candidates have pretty nice planes and that Gore, Kerry, et al all flew the same basic model of jet.
But, I guess that doesn’t fit into your uppity negro analysis so you don’t want to mention that. You just speculate that John McCain couldn’t possibly have as nice a plane as Obama.
Bow to Obama stevieboy-your knees must hurt like hell. Poor little bot.
Anybody can make stuff at cafepress,stevieboy- poor example.
You’re right roseeriter….he made that. It’s so obvious. What a lame, pathetic move steeeeveeeboy. And nice race card thrown in to boot. How lame.
Don’t you just love the smell of desparation in the morning? Almost as good as the smell of panic in the afternoon.
and sheer terror by nightfall….
so funny, Roseeriter
Poor thing, bless his heart. He can’t talk because he’s too busy giving oral service to Barry.
Take your racist ass bullshit somewhere else! You have a damn candidate that seems to think he already has the job, who we STILL no jack shit about. He is prancing around as if he is king, and THIS is suppose to be Commander in Chief material? I am black and I wouldnt vote for his sorry ass if they paid me to. We cant even focus on the important things going on in this country because the world is focused on princess Obama.
The only nutjob is you, Anchovy. Why don’t you haunt HuffnPuffPo–they’re intoxicated enough to enjoy your tripe.
They just can’t stop playing the race card. It’s a chronic personality disorder.
Y’know, Obamatroll better hope his massas at ObamaHQ don’t find out the kind of language he’s using while trolling here.
Some of the bros at HQ might not like his “hate-filled” “typical white” language.
sweetie boy…….muah**** thats a kiss off..pucker up to your boy hussein…he loves you
You Obamatrons just can’t help yourselves–bring up the racist slur in every post. Doesn’t work anymore, Stevo. Your candidate is unqualified, period.
Hahahaha!! Another asshole troll! Another frightened acolyte, who has come here to tell us what we think!!!
Be very afraid, tool!
Guess what? You SUSPECT wrong–that fancy embroidery, it’s only on His Majesty’s seat. His Majesty, you see, has a SPECIAL seat–different from the rest. But then, if you had read the article before you shifted into gear and engaged that pea you call a brain, you’d know that instead of having to have others tell you so.
Read the fucking article, if you can. Particularly, slowly and carefully, the part that says:
Is there something about the phrase “HIS CHAIR” that confuses you, tool?
Go on, read it again. Nice and slow, so you can comprehend it. And get a good sense of the ego of your idol.
And Be. Very. AFRAID.
That smell of warm bread? Your hero is toast.
STOP THE HATE!, asshole!
God. Whenever I think I have a problem, I just think about how bad it must suck to be you and have to wipe that tremendous super sized axx of his! hahahahahahahahhahahahaha
good on ya’ loser.
Hmmm….Stevieboy how do you manage to type with Barry’s Boot so far up your ass ? This must be a skill taught in PE at the Indoctrination center at GAZA LOL
Great post Ani….
You had me going there, Steveeboy, until you said “uppity negro analysis” That’s when you lose all credibility. You’ve got to put in more thinking than this.
Sorry but a sign that says Hillary Clinton for President does not compare with stitching PRESIDENT onto a leather chair for Obama to sit on — on his very regal plane with his giant logo bigger much than our own flag!
It is you who are reaching — just like your candidate.
Stevieboy, go take out the garbage. your parents are sick of supporting you.
And thank you for playing the race card! We hadn’t seen the race card here in at least twenty minutes. We worry when it takes that long.
steveeboy is a loser and supports a loser, too
Steveeboy is a valuable asset to this web site, because I’m afraid that without some agitation some of you will go wobbly on us and end up voting for Obama over the abortion issue.
Ted is a national treaure.
Who is Us?
There’s a bunch of them rattling around in the old noggin.
If I would have contributed to Obama, (not even a remote possibility) I would be pretty pissed that this is the way my money is spent. May be this is paid for with money taken strictly from the large chunks he is getting from Gaza.
yeah that is pretty hillarious…
but it does cross into the offensive realm when you factor in the vote stealing…
a. hillary
b. mccain
america first!
Obama’s chair will fit nicely with his seal.
I am more concerned that he went to Europe getting “troop promises” from foreign governments to his fight his war in Afghanistan when he isn’t even the nominee of the party yet and hasn’t won a damn thing.
Salon has a story about Obama’s second term. None of the comments seem to question the idea.
PUMA
ChristObamaHoly Moses, nothing like hubris. These obamatrons ahve bet the whole farm on the Anointed One.Off topic, but did anyone see Nobama’s new “energy plan” speech in Lansing this morning?
Suddenly he’s all for nuclear and coal energy. What a disgusting pig.
Tomorrow we’ll hear, “as I’ve always said many, many times, coal and nuclear energy are excellent solutions to our energy woes. And I’ll create three billion new jobs…”
Is one of those jobs going to be “the Royal Ass-Wiper?”
Illinois is loaded with coal, which is why he pushes that clean coal bullshit (there’s nothing clean about clean coal). We sell a lot of our coal to the Chinese, which is why our electric bills are soaring (we generate a lot of electricity in coal fired plants).
Obama has been up the ass of Exelon (nuke power industry types) since he started playing the political game. He’s into them for a bundle–he’s got to pay back, of course.
As I have said before and must say again, he’d have a great energy plan, if only bullshit were electricity–he’d personally generate enough power to meet our needs for the next half century!
Yeah…poisoned Chinese tooth paste!
He’s the toxic lead paint candidate!
Obama is being marketed like tooth paste–not anywhere near what is best for our country in such dangerous times.
WELL, I THINK THEY SHOULD PUT THAT SPECIAL OBAMA TOILET PAPER IN HIS SHITTER ON THAT PLANE. AND I WISH SOMEONE WOULD SMUGGLE IT INTO THE CONVENTION FOR ALL THOSE OBAMA WORSHIPPERS TO USE !
I hope Obama saves a roll to pass down for a family heirloom..
Excuse me…who paid this 300,000. or 500,000 to to take the flag off the plane and put BO’s slogan on?
And who paid for the upgrade of the “Airforce O”..
People wake up!!! who do you think?
“They.. long ago I named them me…” that’s who.
Good point. I wonder how those “small internet donors” giving him their hard earned cash will feel about this.
Is this the new way of doing business in Washington — no excess there?!
Ed Schultz today threw a total hissy-fit over Nancy Pelosi having the GALL to suggest Chet Edwards for Vice President- “What are you DOING, Nancy? Don’t you realize that if Obama doesnt pick Edwards now, the Media will say that there’s a rift between the House Leadership and Obama?”
He went on like this for about five minutes. Then he had Daschle on and brought up Pelosi’s blatant attempt to use her First Amendment rights to express an opinion.
It could not be more obvious that Schultz simply cannot bear it when a woman- ANY woman- expresses herself when it comes to politics. It sounds like nails across a chalkboard to him. It also causes him to lose all sense of perspective and political acumen- if Obama were to chose someone other than Edwards, the In-the-Tank media would play it up as Obama showing off his Independence of Pelosi, of course.
A few minutes later, Schultz told his audience that we should “stop crying over spilled milk” and not hold T Boone Pickens’s financing of the Swift Boat Veterans Hired To Smear John Kerry against him.
For Schultz to get bent out of shape over Pelosi while endorsing Pickens- give it a break, asshole. I am really sick of listening to a guy who considered running as a REPUBLICAN for Congress in 1994 lecturing us on what Good Democrats are supposed to be doing now. Eat shit and die, “Big Eddie.”
It’s nice to know that Daschle took the time out from his corn scam. After all, making millions off the backs of Americans while creating high food prices here and starvation in other countries is a full time job.
I admire him so.
Obama trolls, low class and low IQ
I guess he read the polls this am…
next thing you know he will be telling us that he was a POW in Indonesia as well. I can already hear the text…
my mother married a Muslim, I was forced to beat up other kids who insulted me while I was forced to attend a madrassa because my Mom kept marrying weirdos…
At this point I don’t even care what his religion is. He’s nuts.
Ed Schultz is worried that we might think of John Edwards when we hear the name Chet Edwards…and we can’t have that.
Must not remind them of John Edwards and his lies…must not remind them of John Edwards and his lies…
I think we have pulled the curtain back, and are watching Oz (BO) work the levers.
Obama will name Bayh his VP choice on Wednesday
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bil-browning/obama-will-name-bayh-his_b_116752.html
Uh oh. There’s going to be a fight for who gets the distinction of being top Pretty Boy in the campaign.
ROFL Paul. They can have a Prance and Preen contest.
He’ll need more than PA to win this… and even Bayh won;t turn intelligent folks to obassole
Evan is in Indiana …. fomer Governor and Senator
Evan Bayh would make a better presidential candidate than 0bama … I can’t believe that he would accept this “honor.”
“Women are more than smart enough to see that McCain’s policies are a disaster … He is anti every reproductive issue we’ve ever fought for.” - GLORIA STEINEM
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0a3012de-5f5a-11dd-91c0-000077b07658.html
She needs to pay better attention. We’ve moved on from one issue. We have lots of issues now. Like morality and integrity and honesty.
Gloria is a nice lady. But I don’t give much of a rat’s butt what she says. My vote is mine. Barky can’t have it.
Please do not confuse us with Obama and Bush sheep. Thanks.
Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frances Willard are my type of feminists. They’re women to admire. Gloria Steinem, in my opinion, isn’t worthy to be mentioned in the same category.
I’m rolling my eyes here. I have read this same tired comment so many times, I have taken the liberty of copying and pasting my answer.
Any woman who falls for this sexist pig named Obama is already in danger of losing her rights as a complete person. Roe v Wade is the least of their worries after that happens and Sweetie Obama starts setting the Example for the workplace.
If my younger sisters lose Roe Wade it will be their own fault for taking the rights they have for granted, because they didn’t fight for them. They are complacent and can take the time to swoon over a sexy empty suit who has already set gender relations back a minimum of 30 years, and we haven’t even gotten to the General Election campaign yet. Serves them right. Not my problem. I know how not to get pregnant.
It’s my job to protect the rights I fought for that matter to me. This is a misogynist’s campaign and if younger women are too busy spawning over Leland Gaunt handing out Needful Things and discussing his vibrating phone when he leans on one of them, then they will have to learn to take the consequences of their own folly along with the consolations. Maybe then they will Get It. I have already done well in my life. Complacency is their enemy, not mine. They don’t appreciate what the previous generation of women went through so that they could spawn for Obama, and they don’t deserve our help any longer. Let em eat vibrating cell phones.
Furthermore, the Democratic party has been using roe v wade to keep women as their slaves for decades. We are tired of it and it’s bullshit. Roe v wade isn’t going anywhere. And if it does, it goes to the states. And THEN what will the democratic party have left to hold over women’s heads?
Bravo. Well said and right on the mark.
Uppity,
Their only tool is a hammer, so they see every problem as a nail.
Uppity, as always, you rock. Period.
You are exactly correct. I am appalled by young women voting for Obama, not noticing or caring, seemingly, about the misogyny emanating from his every pore and that of his campaign people. Enough.
As I have stated many times, even Justice Scalia has stated he is not going to fly in the face of stare decisis, well settled law.
Republicans would not overturn Roe v. Wade because this country would rise up and send them scurrying back to caves for cover. They only like to rattle the sabor to have an issue at election time.
McCain is not a reactionary. He knows better than to push this one.
Right now McCain is the luckiest man alive — a man with a campaign that was declared dead last summer is going to have a landslide victory this November because of DNC trickery and youthful foolishness and most important, because Obama can’t be bothered to have an ounce of integrity to stick with any policy long enough to let the ink dry on it.
Gloria Steinem is a ‘has been’… (and a sell out!)
And has a special place in her… uh, HEART… for AA men. Particulary Jim Brown.
Oh dear!!
YOU have to it leave to Obama…….. if Obama becomes president…I won’t know how to be an American….
If you are Opposed to Dear Leader and his New Party for a New America….You won’t have to worry too long about it…Dig what I’m sayin’
Obama ride got PIMPED!
Is there no end to Walter Mitty’s Narcissism? He is Textbook. I’m laughing my ass off here.
Walter Mitty is right.
The problem is his fantasy is turning into our nightmare.
Maybe somebody can arrange to put some pretzels on B. Hussein Obama’s snack table.
“…sociopathically narcissistic?”
Yes. The answer is YES.
Obama is a megalomaniac.
Very funny article, Ani.
It goes with the latest from the McCain group showing a tire gauge with the quote “Obama’s energy plan.”
If his campaign staff and management are this stupid now, what will they be like if they get the White House.
It becomes more and more necessary to PUMA them out of the stadium.
Nobama.
IN THE TANK FOR OBAMA:
Google headline up now: Obama backers Bernie Mac and Morgan Freeman both hospitalized
How much did Google give Obama?
Jeez.
PUMA
Also, Novak who outed Valerie Plame and degraded Joe Wilson(a strong Hillary backer) diagnosed with brain tumor. There’s strong karma with anyone who has sold out and gone against Hillary and supported Obama.
Obama probably has read The Secret. If he visualizes something long enough and truly believes it, it will happen.
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UGH! Arrogance and narcissim! What a match….this man is something else. WTF was the Democratic Party thinking? They should have told jr to go back to Chicago where he belongs…