White House spokesman Jay Carney may have played a direct role in MSNBC’s decision to sack — er, suspend indefinitely — Time magazine’s Mark Halperin for calling President Obama a “dick” on Morning Joe.
Carney said he personally told MSNBC that he didn’t appreciate Time magazine’s Mark Halperin’s obscene name-calling.
“The coment that was made was inappropriate,” Carney told reporters at a briefing Thursday. “It would be inappropriate to say that about any president from either party. On behalf of the White House, I expressed that sentiment to the network.”
You can bet Carney was acting on direct orders from his boss. Narcissists can’t handle criticism but mockery is even worse.
Remember when Jon Stewart had to reassure his audience that “You’re allowed to laugh at him?” It was like he went to mass and made fun of the Pope.
On the other hand Obama has no problem insulting other people. As my grandma would say, “He can dish it out but he can’t take it.”
The Crawdad Hole 
The irony here is that if he just let it go, the snickers would eventually die down. By siccing his press secretary on it, he just made himself look like an even bigger thin-skinned petulant dick.
How many times have we heard about the WH calling some reporter to complain about an unfavorable story? Or worse
Oh man, I just laughed so hard I almost Bushed in my pants.
I was watching Two and a Half Men and Charlie hired a hooker. She asked him what he wanted and said “You can have anything you want. You paid for the full girlfriend experience.”
He said “Then come sit next to me on the bed and look annoyed while I watch Sportscenter.”
Winning
I don’t think he’s a dick. I think he’s a weenie.
That’s an insult to weenies everywhere.
I’m sorry weenies!
Thaddeus McCotter is stepping into the race. I don’t know much about this guy except he has a quick wit and always seemed like a wonk.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/58176.html
He’s very unconventional, and can bring the snark. He’s going to be a hoot to watch!
It will be Obama’s worst nightmare…lol….he will be obsessed by the substantive ridicule dished out by McCotter.
McCotter would be right below Sarah Palin on my candidate list.
What’s next, a free Slurpee with your $5 Obama donation?
http://legalinsurrection.com/2011/06/whats-next-a-free-slurpee-with-your-5-obama-donation/
Uh Oh. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI) just announced his run for president.
He is a regular on the late night RedEye show, and has a dry deadpan humor that is just killer. He hasn’t a chance, of course. But he is going to KICK ass in debates, and will just be entertaining to watch. Here he is discussing everything from AIG bonuses, to sucking sphincters, to literary onanism. Dude is really funny for a politician. Should be interesting. 😀
I am pants-wettingly enamoured of McCotter. Woot. Like an American Republican Trudeau.
OMG I’d never heard of this guy—-I LOVE this man!
He does, indeed, understand the bill of attainder concept–same thing happened to the GM bondholders.
Woo-hoo McCotter!
Here’s Bill Clinton with part of that Tapper interview. At the end of the clip he says: he’s not surprised by how well Michelle Bachmann has done. He remembers seeing her speak. She comes across as a real person.
Obots will love that. 🙂
Ah, our Big Dawg. He appears to be having fun subtly tweaking the O-party.
Halperin says O is a dick. Carville says O has no cojones. I guess he’s a castrato.
Obama’s such a baby. Goldman Sachs needs to stick a hundred in his mouth to stop him crying.
Here’s the serious McCotter – quietly filleting the AIG exec.
Oh, and since he is from MI, he is a swing state, rust belt homeboy. I am betting my ass that the real reason he is running is to set him up for the VP slot.
He’s definitely more conservative than I like, but I’d pee my pants for a Palin/McCotter ticket.
Bravo!
The American public, as he says, knows that it was Dems like Barak Obama, Chris Dodd, and Timmy Giethner who made that bailout/bonus payment (via the failed Stimulus Bill) happen.
Transparency, my ass.
For a while now I thought Obama was half nuts. Now I think he’s full nuts.
More like no nuts.
Hmmm….his wife is a first-generation Mexican American as well. Yeah, I’m betting the party is looking at him as possible VP material.
He’s going to be a good candidate period. For VP, he could really shine! Imagine his debate with Biden 😉
Palin / Cotter?
Good as any. At least I could listen to them without going into a rage 😉
I will be voting against Obama, but have no particular dog in the hunt as to who opposes him – though I’d prefer Palin for several reasons. I am a maniacal political handicapper come primary season, though. Being an Independent and not really emotionally invested anymore actually makes it kind of fun.
ROFL!
As I’ve said before, Obama is no pussy. No trying to pass him off on the female gender. No suddenly embracing his feminine side, no assigning him female characteristics. Nope, no way, no how. We’re not going to accept him. Sorry, but he’s all dick. He belongs firmly to dude nation.
If you want a president with balls, next time people should try voting for a woman. We have brass ovaries that just won’t quit.
Maybe we should make him an asexual being, sort of like a Ken doll with a better tan.
LMAO! Someone has compiled all the “unexpected” bad economic news headlines from the last year. Jeebus Crispies, but these idiots never learn.
http://punditpress.blogspot.com/2011/06/unexpectedly-compilation.html
Jay Floyd posted this over at JohnWSmart’s a week or so ago.
ROTFL!!
That was so awesome I shared it. Also, Ralph, I think I found you on facebook, via another commenter here. If you get a request from someone with my maiden name hyphenated with a german four letter one I mentioned, you know it’s me. My first names starts with A.
sounds like a plan 😉
I already friended her, ralph, so she likely found you through me.
We’re in happy facebook heaven, WMCB!
McCotter is totally the conservative American Trudeau.
He’s very funny and I really love the dry wit. You’re right.
I’ve never heard of him. You folks will have to catch me up.
Gov Cuomo is smarter than I thought a pleasant surprise.
Anyone else speculating when or if Hillary is going to step down? She said she would not serve two terms. I would flat LOVE, if she isn’t going to primary him, for her to resign at the worst possible moment for Obama, and cause a press frenzy when he doesn’t need one. I’d laugh my ass off.
Yes I’m thinking she’s not going to re-up SoS, or SoD, SoT, or VP in any BO admin after next year. If she does take the World Bank head job, she’d be starting next June, traveling and out of the country during the heart of campaign season.
I am really hoping Hillary & Bill are both too busy doing other stuff to go on the stump for his Oliness.
That’s it, y’all have won me over — Thad McCotter 2012 — and not in the crappy veep slot — I want him on the top of the ticket. He can’t be more of a Republican than Obama & he’s obviously hella smarter & funnier.
Our job is done. 🙂
Sheesh, all I said was he’s smart and funny and different, and I think it will be cool to watch him run and debate. I didn’t endorse him! 😀
That would sure be a real change from the last ten years
I doubt he’ll get a lot of traction, but I think he will liven up the debate and the process.
“Smart, funny & different” is enough of an endorsement for me. I’m actually thrilled to learn that there is at least one guy in DC who doesn’t take himself so seriously & has 1/2 a brain.
He’s both socially and fiscally conservative, which is a killer for me. It’s why I still want Palin, since her governance record is comparatively light on the social conservatism. That said, we’re going to have a Republican running no matter what, so it might as well be one with a sense of humour.