Thursday, March 19th, 2009 11:28 pm
I wanted to stay away from it, but I wonder — is he worse than Carter already? Or is it just, uh, the broad right-wing conspiracy?
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Friday, March 20th, 2009 04:31 am (UTC)
Of course he is. Anyone can use The Objective Measure Of Presidential Success to unimpeachably verify that based on first 59 days of presidency he is definitely worse than Carter.

What the fuck indeed.
Friday, March 20th, 2009 05:01 am (UTC)
Well, it is too early to talk about measures in economics and so on. But International?
Friday, March 20th, 2009 06:09 am (UTC)
If it is not clear yet if he is BETTER than Carter, probably it is safer to stop the experiment?
Friday, March 20th, 2009 06:56 am (UTC)
Has he missed Soviet invasion, allowed Iranians to take hostages, gave away to f-ng Arabs territory that was taken away from them fair and square, started the war under false pretenses (much to the dismay of the world) or escalated one unnecessarily by 10-fold, caused OPEC boycott, lost 200 marines in a single blast, armed militia that later bombed American embassies and ships?


WTF, Give guy a chance to screw up. So inpatient.
Friday, March 20th, 2009 06:58 am (UTC)
Ah, what a glorious Freudian slip- impatient, of course.
Friday, March 20th, 2009 11:35 am (UTC)
Я не знаю, что успел Картер за первые пару месяцев, но к концу его срока между Израилем и Египтом был мир. Это довольно большой размер обуви, фигурально выражаясь.
Friday, March 20th, 2009 03:08 pm (UTC)
Упаси нас всех Боже, если Избранный станет залазить именно в эти галоши!
Friday, March 20th, 2009 03:12 pm (UTC)
— Ладно, ладно, детки, дайте только срок,
Будет вам и белка, будет и свисток!

Свисток уже опробовали: свистит, даже с переливами.
Friday, March 20th, 2009 03:42 pm (UTC)
Yeah, what a disaster. I'd SO MUCH rather have McCain and his hundred more years in Iraq right now.
Friday, March 20th, 2009 04:24 pm (UTC)
А что именно произвлео такое впечатление на тебя?
Friday, March 20th, 2009 05:11 pm (UTC)
Если честно, то дивидишки.
Friday, March 20th, 2009 05:54 pm (UTC)
:-))
Friday, March 20th, 2009 05:55 pm (UTC)
какие?
Friday, March 20th, 2009 06:06 pm (UTC)
And where is his BIRTH CERTIFICATE?
Friday, March 20th, 2009 06:07 pm (UTC)
That is not an issue.
Friday, March 20th, 2009 06:08 pm (UTC)
Которые он британцу подарил.
Friday, March 20th, 2009 06:10 pm (UTC)
How about TELEPROMPTERZ then? Can we have it as an issue?
Friday, March 20th, 2009 06:34 pm (UTC)
не знаю, о чем речь
Friday, March 20th, 2009 06:45 pm (UTC)
You can if you want to. The real issue is the difference between the perception and reality. Too much partisanship, especially in the coverage, and then in the discussion. It can all become very cozy and comfortable, you know.
Friday, March 20th, 2009 06:48 pm (UTC)
Шурик, а куда ты пропал из своего журнала? Даже с Д.Р. тебя поздравить негде!!
Friday, March 20th, 2009 06:48 pm (UTC)
Here is the least partisan source (still partisan, though) I could quickly find:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mandrake/5011941/Gordon-Brown-is-frustrated-by-Psycho-in-No-10.html
Friday, March 20th, 2009 07:08 pm (UTC)
Ты серьезно, что ли? То есть вот это тебя огорчило?
Ну, может это послужить первой ласточкой к отмене дурацких региональных кодировок наконец-то, но Обама как президент тут при чем?
Friday, March 20th, 2009 07:22 pm (UTC)
You are a muslim acorn-eating teleprompters-driving socialist. I am so disgusted I need to go galt now.
Friday, March 20th, 2009 07:33 pm (UTC)
Понимаешь, когда речь про непонятное, то можно отвлечься: скажем, убедить себя, что сказанное (за или против) просто партийная болтовня. Или когда всякий новый назначенец начинает с того, что извиняется за недоплаченные налоги: кто туда пойдёт, ну нету других, из кого ж тут выбирать. Chas Freeman другой случай, но тоже можно отнести на счёт борьбы фракций.

Но здесь настолько явная некомпетентность, причём дешёвая такая. Даже дело не в том, что некомпетентность. There is substance and there is perception. I do not know what kind of man Obama is and what kind of team he is putting together, time will show. But I was under impression that he was able to maintain the perception. Here he failed in the department where I thought he was solid.

А кодировки не отменят, с чего бы вдруг. Да ну их всех.
Friday, March 20th, 2009 07:34 pm (UTC)
Вот, у меня можно. :-)
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