As always, Ann says it best.

Subject: As always, Ann says it best. Wed Jan 21, 2009 11:21 pm

Quote :: MORE BOOS THAN BALLS
January 21, 2009

It will not be easy for President B. Hussein Obama. More than half
the country voted for him, and yet our newspapers are brimming with
snippy remarks at every little aspect of his inauguration.

Here's a small sampling of the churlishness in just The New York Times:

-- The American public is bemused by the tasteless show-biz extravaganza surrounding Barack Obama's inauguration today.

-- There is something to be said for some showiness in an inauguration. But one felt discomfited all the same.

-- This is an inauguration, not a coronation.

-- Is there a parallel between Mrs. Obama's jewel-toned outfit and
somebody else's glass slippers? Why limousines and not shank's mare?

It is still unclear whether we are supposed to shout "Whoopee!" or
"Shame!" about the new elegance the Obamas are bringing to Washington.

Boy, talk about raining on somebody's parade! These were not, of
course, comments about the inauguration of the angel Obama; they are
(slightly edited) comments about the inauguration of another historic
president, Ronald Reagan, in January 1981.

Obama's inaugural address tracked much of Reagan's first inaugural
address -- minus the substance -- the main difference being that Obama
did not invoke God as stoutly or frequently, restricting his heavenly
references to a few liberal focus-grouped phrases, such as "God-given"
and "God's grace."

Obama was also not as fulsome in his praise of his predecessor as
Reagan was. To appreciate how remarkable this is, recall that Reagan's
predecessor was Jimmy Carter.

Under Carter, more than 50 Americans were held hostage by a
two-bit terrorist Iranian regime for 444 days -- released the day of
Reagan's inauguration. Under Bush, there has not been another terrorist
attack since Sept. 11, 2001.

But I gather that if Obama had uttered anything more than the
briefest allusion to Bush, that would have provoked yet more booing
from the Hope-and-Change crowd, which moments earlier had showered Bush
with boos when he walked onto the stage. That must be the new tone
we've been hearing so much about.

So maybe liberals can stop acting as if the entire nation could at
last come together in a "unity of purpose" if only conservatives would
stop fomenting "conflict and discord" -- as Obama suggested in his
inaugural address. We're not the ones who booed a departing president.

It is a liberal trope to insult conservatives by asking them
meaningless questions, such as the one repeatedly asked of Bush
throughout his presidency about whether he had made any mistakes. All
humans make mistakes -- what is the point of that question other than
to give insult?

When will the first reporter ask President Obama to admit that he has made mistakes? Try: Never.

No, that question will disappear for the next four years. It will
be replaced by the new question for conservatives on every liberal's
lips these days: Do you want Obama to succeed as president?

Answer: Of course we do. We live here, too.

But merely to ask the question is to imply that the 60 million
Americans who did not vote for Obama are being unpatriotic if they do
not wholeheartedly endorse his liberal agenda.

I guess it depends on the meaning of "succeed." If Obama
"succeeds" in pushing through big-government, terrorist-appeasing
policies, he will not have "succeeded" at being a good president. If we
didn't think conservative principles of small government and strong
national defense weren't better for the country, we wouldn't be
conservatives.

And why was that question never asked of liberals producing
assassination books and movies about President Bush for the last eight
years?

Say, did liberals want Pastor Rick Warren to succeed delivering a meaningful invocation at the inaugural?

The way I remember it, the Hope-and-Change crowd viciously
denounced the Christian pastor, stamped their feet and demanded that
Obama withdraw the invitation -- all because Rick Warren agrees with
Obama's stated position on gay marriage, which also happens to be the
position of a vast majority of Americans every time they have been
allowed to vote on the matter.

Liberals always have to play the victim, acting as if they merely
want to bring the nation together in hope and unity in the face of
petulant, stick-in-the-mud conservatives. Meanwhile, they are the ones
booing, heckling and publicly fantasizing about the assassination of
those who disagree with them on policy matters.

Hope and unity, apparently, can only be achieved if conservatives
would just go away -- and perhaps have the decency to kill themselves.

Republicans are not the ones who need to be told that "the time
has come to set aside childish things" -- as Obama said of his own
assumption of the presidency. Remember? We're the ones who managed to
gaze upon Carter at the conclusion of his abomination of a presidency
without booing.

COPYRIGHT 2009 ANN COULTER

Subject: Re: As always, Ann says it best. Thu Jan 22, 2009 6:48 am

Did you notice that Obama had to take the oath of office again, after flubbing it during the inauguration? No thoughts of conspiracy here, but why was it done in private, with us having no idea what his hand was laid upon (read Koran) or what he actually swore to.....?

Subject: Re: As always, Ann says it best. Thu Jan 22, 2009 8:37 am

sabidoo wrote:: Did you notice that Obama had to take the oath of office again, after flubbing it during the inauguration? No thoughts of conspiracy here, but why was it done in private, with us having no idea what his hand was laid upon (read Koran) or what he actually swore to.....?

we do have an idea. there are pictures. and no... he didnt put his hand on a Bible or anything else.

Subject: Re: As always, Ann says it best. Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:08 am

I'd like to see those pictures.

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Subject: Re: As always, Ann says it best. Thu Jan 22, 2009 12:11 pm

I'd like to hear the oath.

Subject: Re: As always, Ann says it best. Thu Jan 22, 2009 4:34 pm

I read in an article that he did not put his hand on the bible for the second oath.
It doesn't matter because God heard him anyway and will hold him accountable for his actions.

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