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Our Petulant Child President

By: streiff (Diary)  |  July 13th, 2011 at 08:36 PM  | 

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From AFP

WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama stormed out of tense debt-limit talks Wednesday with his top Republican foes after declaring he was ready to stake his reelection on the outcome, a Republican aide said.

After Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor proposed to raise the US debt ceiling in more than one catch-all vote, Obama got “heated” and insisted on one comprehensive deal, said the aide, who requested anonymity.

Obama said he would not be “afraid to veto” a short-term approach or “defend it to the American people” and warned that a US debt default would amount to “a tax increase on every American,” said the aide.

Obama said “I have reached the point where I say enough,” and added “I’ve reached my limit. This may bring my presidency down, but I will not yield on this,” according to the aide.

This isn’t a surprise to anyone who has been playing attention to our child president over the past three years. The Obama administration has been a veritable Mecca for narcissism and incompetence from the time Obama took the oath of office.

Now, for the first time since taking office, Obama is forced to make a decision that entailed personal risk. It isn’t a pretty sight.

*kudos to my colleague Ben Howe who “captured the event” on video, so to speak, for posterity.

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  • Doc Holliday

    Oh I get it, where he says “enough!”. I don’t think he believes he can ever say enough. So, the destruction of the dollar is NOT a tax on everyone? hmm.

    btw, how many votes does he need? Does he get any affirmative action votes? Like if he gets close he wins? Let’s face it, people have been giving him things his entire life, he is not angry, he is just confused.

    • http://www.examiner.com/x-1597-Charlotte-Law--Politics-Examiner Mike gamecock DeVine

      inflation tax

      • Doc Holliday

        it used to always be in the 110 area. And at the grocery store, $5.00 is the new $2.50.

        • rightwardmarch

          Not ours though, the Japanese budget. The Japanese manipulated the Yen for years to keep it pegged to the dollar at about Y110:1$. They ran out of money to keep doing it, which has led to the change in valuation.

          • Doc Holliday

            but that means the Japanese were fighting to keep the Yen cheaper against the dollar. As always, when a currency refuses to stop inflating, they had to give up. In the end, the only thing that matters is that our currency has fallen to its true market value, and that value is low.

            And the long period of near zero interest rates in Japan should have helped the dollar, but no, Obamanomics knows no bounds.

        • banzaibob

          Ito the dollar in 1977.

        • rcastonjr

          it used be 328 yen to the dollar. When I was flying in the Air Force I traveled to Japan regularly. Because the value of the dollar was so high relative to the yen we were always buying TVs and stereo equipment for pennies on the dollar. Our dollar is crap compared to what it used to be. And now we get the first indication that there may be more QE headed our way. These guys should tried for treason for the hatchet job they are doing on the value of our currency. I’m with Ron Paul on this one. We need to get rid of the FED before it destroys everything we have.

          • Doc Holliday

            currency rates fluctuate, I am actually aware of this. When I said it used to be 110 to a dollar “always” I was overstating it, I meant during the last decade plus. It is kind of like I will “always” think a GBP should be around 150, the old French Frank was worth 20 cents, and the Deutsch Mark was around 50 cents.

            This does not chance the fact that the French Franc was something like 77 to the dollar after WW2. I would say the Yen was pretty low around the same time.

    • unclefred

      Like any child in the midst of a tantrum, and I don’t think he is confused in the least. His handlers have made it clear what his positions are, and what he is to accomplish. He just is unable to manage it. (at least so far). So in anger he walks out.

      His problem is that he cannot sell this to America. He has no credibility and little tolerance left with 65% of the country. As for staking his reelection on this, there he is indeed confused, because he is not getting a second term

      • Tanggor

        someone in the MSM starts talking about how “gutsy” this was.

        I guess this is what passes for Progressive manhood.

        • blooch

          Beyond gutsy….we’re into Cuban Missile Crisis comparisons by the dawn’s early light.

    • cwfoster

      kick open a door! That has GOT to be the most childish display I’ve EVER seen from an elected official! THAT needs to be on the mainstream media! (Yeah, right!) Once again the Republicans need to go on the offensive and hold back the curtain and show the American people (not just the ones who make an effort to educate themselves) what they elected in 2008! Those of us who paid attention and saw what was coming held our noses and voted for McCain, we failed, but we tried! We need to make sure the average citizen knows in 2012 what we figured out in 2008!

      • jim91010

        The comment title says it all.

        • cwfoster

          OK, I admit I fell for it! But it’s a shame that we have such a man child for POTUS that it was credible! And he STILL walked out on the negotiations!

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0Tfu27Bz2w&NR=1

          at least I’M man enough to admit a mistake! when will any of the Democrats be?

  • acat

    ?Eric, don?t call my bluff,? the president said, warning Cantor that he would take his case ?to the American people.? He told Cantor that no other president ? not Ronald Reagan, the president said ? would put up with the treatment he was getting from the House majority leader.

    (lifted from Politico…)

    Somehow, I don’t think Eric Cantor is in Tip O’Neil’s league.

    Mew

  • streiff

    Eric, don’t call my bluff

    What does this mean? That he admits he’s bluffing? Or that he’s never played poker and doesn’t know what he just said?

    • http://jhpruitt.blogtownhall.com/ kipling

      Honest or ignorant?

    • conservativecurmudgeon

      Richard Nixon made his first campaign grub-stake playing poker in the Navy during World War Two– he came home with nearly $5,000 in winnings (back in the days when this would have been a year-and-a-half’s worth of salary)

      Without regard to what you might think of the Nixon Presidency, THIS was the sort of game-face a leader needs. Obama has the negotiating skills of a gum-ball machine, and when the quarters jam up, he starts pouting.

    • msctex

      It simply is not something an intelligent person says, even as a slip of the tongue.

      “My gun is empty; don’t make me pull the trigger.”

      • izoneguy

        Photo taken at the White House earlier today.

        • msctex

          And things have over a year to grow still more absurd.

        • blooch

          since Duffer McBluffy is all about playing the Gipper these days, but I dont’ think he wants to go there:

          “I have only one thing to say to the tax increasers: Go ahead, make my day.”?March 13, 1985, in a speech threatening to veto legislation raising taxes.

        • nobo2012

          a hat tip from MOTUS:

          http://www.michellesmirror.com/2011/07/call-my-bluff-and-n-word-gets-it.html

          • nobo2012
          • msctex

            When we clear 10 million in t-shirts and coffee mugs, izone, I’ll expect a call.

          • izoneguy

            That made my day…..

            Obama – the grift that keeps on giving.

    • throwback59

      country down with me!”

      • acat

        Pull the plug. Shut it down.

        See if anyone who works for a living notices.

        Mew

        • Green_Lantern

          Boy, that’s not getting much air is it? That’s a laugher. Minnesota is supposedly “shut down” and nobody but government employees notice.

    • SoFiMil

      According to The One, and don’t you dare disagree with him or TOTUS, a PE ratio is of course a “profit and earnings” ratio,

    • blooch

      …

      • SoFiMil

        “I’m warning you, I’m really warning you. This is your last chance. Really. I really mean it this time. Don’t call my bluff.”

    • SoFiMil

      http://michellemalkin.com/2011/02/12/robert-gibbs-gipper/

  • tamib

    Save this nation and take down his presidency. We can not afford more debt, more spending or more Obama programs.

    Obama is like a perpetual two year old, throwing temper tantrum every time he passes by a toy store and wants something. The GOP elected in 2010 was put in to be the parent. Stop buying him everything he wants, teach him the value of the dollar, that temper tantrums do not work and send him with his dunce cap to the corner.

    Sincerely,
    America

    • uselogic

      Question is, will they accept parenthood. Methinks not…. at least the Republican “leadership” won’t.

  • swami7774

    “Obama lit him up. Cantor sat in stunned silence,? said an official in the meeting. ?It was incredible. If the public saw Obama he would win in a landslide.?

    The only thing “incredible” is the MSM’s unwavering, knee-pad admiration for The One.

    • SoFiMil

      Meanwhile, Chris Matthews continues to get a thrill going up his leg.

      Cantor may indeed have been stunned because he was saying to himself: “Huh?!”

  • victrola

    These aren’t the actions of someone who’s sitting in the catbird seat. Obama needs this deal more than Republicans do. 80% of the public doesn’t want the debt limit raised, and so Obama is demanding that both the debt ceiling is raised AND that we raise trillions of dollars in new taxes, or he’s going to “Take his case to the American people.” I’m trembling.

    I’m usually a more “establishment” Republicans, but the GOP needs to stay united against the proposition of any tax increases and make Obama give concessions.

    • swami7774

      …a strong response to the “raise taxes or Granny dies” routine.
      Years later, they still don’t have a response to that.

      • unclefred

        The numbers make it very clear that without a debt ceiling increase, tax revenues pay for SS, Medicare, essential military, interest on the debt, with about $40 billion left over each month. If he throws granny under the bus, it’s only because he chose to do so. That will not sit well, and granny is watching.

        • Kyle-MI

          It is Obama who will deny SS, not because he has to but because he wants to.

        • rightwardmarch

          …suddenly capping the debt won’t just be “OK”. To get those numbers you are claiming requires you to have zeroed out:

          The FAA – Air travel in the US is shut down.
          Medicaid – Instant budget crisis in all 50 states, and seniors being dumped out of nursing homes within the month.
          DHS – FBI gone, TAA gone (but no air travel anyway), border security gone.
          Unemployment/Food stamps – Instant double-dip recession as the economy responds to a sudden massive loss of consumer spending.
          “Non-essential” DoD – That’s most of it. Good-bye F-35. Good-bye national guard.
          The VA – Sorry wounded vets, time to pay out of pocket.
          Nat Parks – Yellowstone, closed. Yosemite, closed. etc.
          NASA – those astronauts might be taking a long stay in the ISS.

          Cutting spending responsibly is done in a budget. Capping the debt will hit SS. It will hit the military. It will hit Medicare. Its not possible to zero everything out like you are pretending and maintain a safe country with a working economy and rule of law.

          • littlehouse18

            after maxing out my credit cards, will I really be able to get lenders to consider me a good risk and lend me more? Of course, I’m not like the govt and able to raise my own credit limit.

            Getting through a plan like Ryan’s, or a few others’, that puts us on the path to fiscal sanity, is what is required. Democrats will have none of that. Republicans ought to make the point loudly that Democrat refusal to pass their budget is the real problem. The debt ceiling may not be that important otherwise.

          • izoneguy

            You shut off all funds to ACORN.

            You kill all HUD projects.

            You disband and shutter the EPA, Dept. of Energy & Dept. of Education.

            Kill the NLRB.

            Streamline OSHA & the Dept. of Labor

            Kill the minimum wage.

            You kill all overseas funding.

            You close military bases in Europe.

            You pull out of Iraq & Libya.
            Leave a small force in Afghanistan to maintain drones.

            On the “revenue” side – you lift all drilling restrictions.

            You cut all corporate taxes to 15% and get rid of all loopholes.

            Make the personel rate 10% for EVERYONE.

            If you make $10,000 a year your tax is $1000
            If you make a million per year your tax is $100,000

            These rates would unleash the private sector and we would see
            7-9% growth within a year.

            Revenue would probably grow to 3 Trillion per year and
            cosr savings to federal government would be 1 Trillion in the first year alone.

            I cannot verify these figures and doing a best guess as the Federal Government has done over the last 50 years.

            Of course Mitch McConnell was right about one thing…..
            None of this can happen until Obama is gone.

          • rightwardmarch

            I cannot verify these figures

            There’s a reason for that. Your “figures” are nonsense.

            As someone who owns a (very small) business I have some experience meeting a payroll and covering monthly bills. And I have to be honest, I worry that the American people – and American politicians – just don’t understand what freezing the debt limit means. Cut ACORN? Sure, it doesn’t even exist anymore. We just saved zero dollars. Shut the EPA, DOE? That’s not even in the vicinity of what will be necessary, thats a given. Those two agencies are miniscule parts of the govt cash flow. We could shut down the entire govt, zero out the “discretionary” budget and freeze every department/agency/commission you can google, and we still wouldn’t be able to meet spending from incoming revenue!

            Pull out of Iraq/Afghanistan? OK, a bit radical but lets go with it. That will COST MONEY that won’t exist if we are using our entire incoming cashflow to pay SS and Medicare.

          • izoneguy

            America is already rudderless.

          • BigRedConservative

            How much does the Fed pay ACORN? Zilch. Your wholesale bonfire of the Departments and Agencies will leave America rudderless for too long, and turn the free market into a free-for-all mayhem. Overseas aid is not an option, it is a moral prerogative. Defence again is the one thing that should be ringfenced. And you neatly ignore the elephant in the room, SS. If we were to stop every government expenditure except SS and defence, we’d still be in the red. The only solution is to privatize SS. Without that, America goes down the route that Greece is taking.

          • http://theminorityreportblog.com Repair_Man_Jack

            This is what happens when YOUR BOYS can’t pass a budget for 800 freaking days. I say let it happen. Let it become an object lesson to any future Congressional leadership of either party that assumes it can just vacation next to the Smithsonian Museum. The Republic will not continue to function if either house of Congress believes that it can be deliberately derelict in its dutiees for partisan gain.

    • bk

      Because we know darn good and well that Obama is itching to quit printing checks to seniors and the military, hoping it hurts the GOP.

      The sad thing is the press licks his feet, so they will be helping him every step of the way. The GOP should demand that no one on the federal payroll gets paid – Secret Service, White House staff, EVERYONE – if the military doesn’t get paid.

      • swami7774

        …someone in the GOP leadership must get out there and explain that it is Obama’s decision(actually, Tiny Tim’s) which checks get cut in the event of no debt deal. If Granny doesn’t get her Social Security check it will be Obama’s decision.
        An honest MSM would have explained this already but we don’t have one.

        • 4suramcan

          obama would be exposed for what he really is. Do I have to explain what he really is. Get busy people. Start informing the populace of what MSM is doing to us. Millions of voters are ignorant of what is going on because of MSM.

      • Kyle-MI

        I think the opposite. They should continue “negotiating” but have something ready to pass at the last minute. When there is no time left to pass anything else, they should pass a decent looking package and then let Obama veto it or the Dem Senate block it.

        We should also be making our case to the American people starting right now. There is no convincing Obama or the Dems without poll pressure. The GOP is starting out with good poll numbers, but we need to make sure Obama doesn’t out flank us as he has already telegraphed.

        • littlehouse18

          ..

  • carolina

    DeMint just tweeted the ABC story about BO’s hissy fit.
    Somebody is going to have to give…… and I am confident it will not be the GOP re tax hikes.

    • acat

      How low do Obama’s numbers have to go for him to really lose it?

      (and how can we get him there faster?)

      Mew

      • carolina

        He said (based on analysis of polls and presidential election results since 1960) that ‘undecided’ folks always (85%+) vote against the incumbent = BO is losing now.

        • acat

          (and even if I did, I don’t think I’d watch O’Reilly)

          Wasn’t thinking of losing as in “not getting elected”, more as in “major meltdown on camera”.

          (see cat’s previous hypothesis that Obama will retire rather than run again)

          Mew

          • snowshooze

            I have been thinking the same thing.
            But Retirement wasn’t one of them. I believe there is a real chance he will not complete his term, much less win a second.
            He could be impeached, or have some kind of breakdown, or ascend to heaven. I didn’t think of retirement… as I didn’t think one copuld do that in the middle of sa four year commitment..

          • carolina

            That would explain why Biden is so stressed (which has become obvious).

          • acat

            There’s just such a good example of a politician who has retired in the middle of a multi-year elected term… not once, but twice. She’s a perfect example that it can be done… You know who I mean….

            Seriously, as long as Obama’s alive when he leaves the White House, I’ll be a happy enough cat .. even if it takes until January 2013. The worst-case scenarios I can come up with all involve him being dead. Were I a praying cat, I’d be praying for him to stay alive. The alternatives are that dire.

            2012 is going to be a bad year for the Dems – the Dem Senators especially. Their polling data has to alaready be bleak, and if Obama can’t generate coattails like he did back in 2008, he may find that the Chicago Way is a two-edged shiv… the dirt on Obama is out there, all it takes is for it to come out in a way that shreds his chances, and .. quack. Lame duck.

            Mew

          • 4suramcan

            because he knows better and is still playing the stooge for obama

          • FlyingTigress

            .. In theory, he could simply resign (citing health or some made-up excuse) and leave the Presidency – leaving the Veep to assume the office.

            Imho, it isn’t in the character of a narcissist to step down. He’s too convinced of being ‘special’.

          • acat

            Hypothetical scenario.

            A suitably highly-placed Illinois Dem insider, say Bill Daley, calls Obama’s people and says “He’s going to retire or all the dirt from the Chicago days comes out”.

            What does the narcissist-in-chief do? Retire as a one-term historical wunderkind, or retire as a dirty hack who got caught?

            Mew

          • blooch

            He will not leave office until the last mile of high speed rail is complete in Iowa City.

          • carolina

            So, we watch……. (while the sharks smell blood and circle in closer and closer)
            “never let them see you sweat”

  • jaykali

    Because liberals and NPR and MSM people were all really mad which usually means we’re onto something. Now I’m thinking more along the lines of another smoke and mirrors compromise. It doesn’t MATTER that it will be smoke and mirrors. Let’s say for instance it’s a 2 yr phony 2 trillion dollar deal. All you see are headlines that say 2 trillion dollars in savings but it will be completely phony numbers and future promises and fine print everywhere. That I think is the new norm. The Healthcare bill was like this, the CR deal was like this, anything now that involves a lot of money will have all these gotcha fine print phony numbers. Remember most of these people are lawyers.

    • carolina

      as part of the deal. He has never waivered in his compulsion to TAX.
      (he holds a grudge from the earlier ‘deal’ where he agreed to extend the “Bush tax cuts”)

      • Kyle-MI

        They sunk H.W. Bush with it and will stop at nothing to sink the GOP House the same way.

        It is a pure unadulterated political power play.

    • unclefred

      Most of the Republican Senate and virtually all of the house Republicans walked away by late yesterday. I called my Republican Senator to express my displeasure with the Senate leadership offering to walk away from their constitutional responsibilities. From the aid’s response it was clear that I was one of many callers, and her boss was not about to support McConnell.

      • jaykali

        It would seem with all the conservative backlash and lefty support (Pelosi’s on board that should tell us something) would scare off votes. But to guys like Steve Hayes who I think gets it, he just said yesterday this is more or less the deal at the moment. If this is the Democrat’s best deal then there isn’t going to BE another deal unless Republicans walk away which is what you’re saying but you said that on Weds.

        I don’t know why Republicans didn’t have a more unified front going into this. They had months to gameplan a strategy. I just think the cap/cut/balance thing is a symbolic vote that wont matter especially if in a week they have to pass a BAD deal that actually gets signed. I would have loved to seen like a 2.5 trillion cut package pass the house, it’s the same number as the president wants and let that be the plan that sits out there. Then the pressure shifts to the president and democratic allies bc they can’t really complain ab default when there’s a planning sitting there that raises it in exchange for cuts.

        I know one of the holdups of course is “revenues”, I think conservatives/republicans are fine with closing loopholes in favor of lower rates but that isn’t the discussion, I imagine democrats want loopholes closed in exchange for cuts elsewhere which would be a suckers deal. Especially considering we’re going to have so much “filler” smoke and mirrors in the cuts we do get.

        What makes me really mad is zero accountability by the press on the fact that entitlement spending is NOT on the table therefore the president should NOT get credit for compromising until he actually puts something out there. He so much as hints in the most vague Obama way he operates at maybe/kinda/sort looking at entitlements and that’s gospel to the press. He is never forced to give specifics on ANYTHING and it makes me crazy. God forbid he would ever actually have to submit a budget or plan or anything that could be scrutinized. He still gets credit for his speech where he floated a 4 trillion number over a wonky 12 year window with as usual zero specifics. Wow what a great leader we’ve got, can we sign him up for 4 more years?!?!

  • FlyingTigress

    … he simply picked the wrong week to stop snorting coke.

    /Airplane!

  • vamoose

    I think his anger is misplaced. It is as if he got a glimpse of the future and he saw his presidency going up in smoke. Give Cantor a Bibi Award for getting under Obama’s skin.

    Now the president wants to take his case to the American people. The same American people that Obama talks down to and says “is not paying close attention…” Good luck with that. More likely he will take his case to CBSABCNBCNYTWAPO.

    • SoFiMil

      “No, no. No. Hold on. Hold on. No. Let me finish. Stop filibustering me.”

      “Can’t you see I’m trying to eat my waffle?”

  • snowshooze

    Wehall default on debt P&I, withhold SS and close all the parks, pull every single thing the public actually WANTS from the government, but programs?
    Those are sacred. We are fully funding with inflation offsets, the EPA, DEC, NEA, CIA, FBI, TSA, Dept. of Homeland Security… Obamacare, and you all can go fish.
    So… all we get to keep is the stuff we do not want?
    Yep…that’s right. By the way.. the parks are closed…

  • Kyle-MI

    The veto will show that he is the one being the obstructionist. Of course, I think the Senate will scuttle anything he would veto anyway. Either way, it is the Dems fault.

  • Tbone

    Then he wouldn’t be so cranky.

    Actually, it is time that the Republicans called him out as the incompetent street thug he is and announced to the Country that Obama is trying to become an American Hugo Chavez.

    • littlehouse18

      while he’s recuperating. Sounds like a position he would really love, more suited to his temperament than a constitutional republic. C’mon Barry, it would be a lot more fun, a ready-made dictatorship for you!

  • jmimac351

    because his administration is committed to bringing down this country and plundering it’s wealth through redistribution to the slackers and leechers who ably walk into Social Security offices on a daily basis for their “disability” checks.

    I see these people on a daily basis. They and their supporters in government will destroy our country.

    This is the hill we must plant our flag on. Boehner MUST NOT BACK DOWN.

    • 4suramcan

      the American people. Millions dont know this and the msm will not inform them

  • http://charlemagne-the-hammer.blogspot.com/ DerKrieger

    …MUST point out to Teh Petulant Won that 47% of Americans pay no Federal income taxes and tell him that if he wants to raise taxes that they know a few million people who can finally get some “skin in the game”.

    Obama is unfit to be POTUS.

  • http://www.AmericanThinker.com Hammer2008

    If so, maybe some actual work might get done. High time for the House GOP to pass it’s own solution now, send it onto the Senate and keep doing so until the send it to POTUS for his threatenend “veto”.

    • traversecityconservative

      That’s EXACTLY what should be happening.

    • http://www.AmericanThinker.com Hammer2008

      He might be found there…

  • traversecityconservative

    “I will not rest” issues. Looks like he left to rest.

  • http://twitter.com/s_dog @s_dog

    For the most powerful man in the world, President Obama does seem to choose the strangest things to spit the dummy over.

    From the other side of the world, it almost looks like he views the democratically-elected representatives of his own American citizens as more of an enemy than America’s (and the rest of the free world’s) *actual* enemies.

    It recalls the time where he had his “boot on the throat” of BHP, whilst murmuring apologetic platitudes about Islamic terrorists.

    I know he’s in re-election mode and all and probably not “thinking globally,” but does Obama ever stop to think how some of these populist stunts look to America’s traditional allies?

  • izoneguy

    He said if Obama blackmails him and 40 million other people he will lead the charge to the White House with his pitch fork…..

    He says to hell with Obama. He can survive a year without SS checks but won’t survive if Obama hangs around until 2016 …. and beyond.

    • SoFiMil

      .

  • http://www.skiloveland.com skicougar

    He is laughing his backside off. True, Obama will be built up to be the greatest ever over time, but he has no abilities in the political arena.

    Unfortunately, the GOP, America, the world and even democrats has to live with him. It’s no wonder many arab countries have seen enough, I have had enough; but I know there’s at least 2 more years of pain and more of his lingering policies.

  • http://charlemagne-the-hammer.blogspot.com/ DerKrieger

    …tax increases IF there were no increase in spending. All tax receipts must be applied to the debt. But we all know, hence this battle, that the politicians have NO discipline and self control when it comes to our money.

  • carolina

    The wheels have really come off of the BO bus this time.

  • http://www.barrypopik.com barrypopik

    Stephen Colbert (during an interview, about conservative reaction to McConnell):
    “I tried to go on RedState and my computer exploded.”

  • http://thethinkingvoter.blogspot.com abierubin

    unrelated to this post, but I’ve never figured out how to get a pic on my diary.

    I have a diary that I want to post and want to add a pic that would really help make the point. I saved it on flickr and tried to “Press This” all I get is a link towards the flickr, not the actual photo on the diary. What am I doing wrong?

    I also tried at HTML to click on img and enter link and description and only description was visible……

    I’ve been trying to figure this out since I’ve joined and just can’t get it.

    any assistance is greatly appreciated!!

    • acat

      This one, over here: http://www.redstate.com/html-help/

      In short, you need an image, and the URL to the image. Let’s suppose I want to put an image in this post. I need to know that the image is located here:

      http://sweasel.com/wp-content/themes/weasel/graphics/zombiereagancarter.jpg

      I need to put this in an image tag, that should look something like this:

      &ltimg src=”http://sweasel.com/wp-content/themes/weasel/graphics/zombiereagancarter.jpg” alt=”Zombie Reagan: Make Carter shut up again!” &gt

      (we’ll see if Red State is smart enough to show the &lt and &gt properly… there’s a code for displaying ‘em without ‘em being active…)

      Anyway, that should work. According to the help page, anyway.

      Zombie Reagan

      Looking forward to seeing what you’ve got to say, Abie.

      Mew

      • acat

        In the example above, the &lt and &gt didn’t get replaced by the less-than or greater-than respectively, so it looks a little funky, but .. hopefully you get the idea.

        Mew

    • powertothepeople

      you upload the pic you want to a site like tinypic.com, then copy the link provided (last one). Prior to clicking the button to upload you pic, make sure you set the size correctly, I think it is 320 by something.

      Then go to your diary page. Make sure you click on HTML which is located at the top right of you diary box. You will see some buttons on the top and you are looking for IMG. Click on that, erase the www stuff that is in it, paste the link you copied, name the pic, and your pic will be on the diary. Same code that gets posted to the diary area will be the same code you use to post a pic here in the lobby.

      Hope that helps.

      • powertothepeople

        .

        • acat

          It’s good that both of us answered. One of us is bound to be right. (grin)

          Mew

          • http://thethinkingvoter.blogspot.com abierubin

            will let u know if I got it……

          • http://thethinkingvoter.blogspot.com abierubin

            tell me the right way to do the subtitles…….I’ve tried to add to the “customs field” in the key box, subtitle and then in value the text but didn’t happen……I’m not too good with HTML stuff…..since you helped me with the image I’m hoping you can help me with this as well.

    • http://908StraightSt.wordpress.com/ mbecker908

      is here: http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/

      You can either click on “is here” or copy and paste the code into your browser.

      You’ll find “images” under the “Tutorial” box on the left side of the page. Follow the directions and you should be good.

      If this is a new diary you’re posting, make sure you are in the “HTML” tab on the data entry page or the software thinks your HTML code is just more strange words. Also, DO NOT type the diary in a word processor like Microsoft Word. When you copy and paste from Word into an HTML editor like WordPress (the basic blog software that Redstate uses) you will also paste in a ton of HTML code that is inherent in Word and the diary will look like hell.

      • http://908StraightSt.wordpress.com/ mbecker908

        Neil fixed the feature that made “http…” just look like words so that it actually links.

      • http://thethinkingvoter.blogspot.com abierubin

        will check it out…already bookmarked! btw-how’d u make a link in your comment? I know how to link in my diary, but haven’t figured out how to link in a comment…….

        It’s wonderful having so many people ready to help another especially at this hour!

        • http://908StraightSt.wordpress.com/ mbecker908

          {a href=”put the http://www.whereever.com in the quotes”} goes in front of the linked text.

          {/a} goes after the linked text.

          Replace { with .

          You’ll find this in the tutorial here…

          • http://908StraightSt.wordpress.com/ mbecker908

            Replace { with “<"

          • http://908StraightSt.wordpress.com/ mbecker908

            with “>”

    • rightwingmom52

      Because I’ve tried to post a pic with no success and just couldn’t figure it out. I’m admittedly technologically challenged, so I’ve bookmarked this page for future reference.

      My thanks to everyone who answered as well.

      • SoFiMil

        ..

        • http://908StraightSt.wordpress.com/ mbecker908

          HTML is really easy to learn, but it is REALLY fussy.

          Also, don’t try to get fancy. That can get complicated if you don’t really know how to write HTML code and the result will look like crap. Also, WordPress – the Redstate software – doesn’t recognize all HTML. It will do all the basic stuff like links and images and YouTube videos – and if you embed a YT vid, be sure and use the “old” embed code.

          • http://thethinkingvoter.blogspot.com abierubin

            I do the linking html coding right in this box and when I click post it automatically converts to a link?

            I’m trying it out…… href=”http://www.redstate.com/users/mbecker908/”>your profile

          • http://thethinkingvoter.blogspot.com abierubin
          • http://thethinkingvoter.blogspot.com abierubin

            always felt so stupid…..thought I’d never get this HTML stuff…..you’re a good teacher!

          • http://908StraightSt.wordpress.com/ mbecker908

            to swine. I’m a lousy teacher, you just happened to pick a subject that’s easy to learn :-) …

            Have fun with the tutorial.

  • gvtga

    That’s what you do with thin-skinned empty suits.

    Come out with an ad in the morning…

    President Obama has already shown he’s willing to play politics with the debt ceiling….

    “The fact that we’re here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. Leadership means ‘The buck stops here.’ Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I therefore intend to oppose the effort to increase America’s debt limit.”

    His spokesman said the president was just trying to “make a point” when then Senator Obama made that speech.

    Thursday, President Obama said, “I can not guarantee those checks go out on August 3rd if we haven’t resolved this issue because there may simply not be the money in the coffers to do it.”

    Barack Obama – playing politics with the debt ceiling again.

  • usadying

    It’s always about him.

    I think he’s using gray hair dye to make it look like he’s actually working and stressed out. Watch his next campaign junket. His hair will be black again.

    • acat

      (nt)

    • blooch

      It’s ashes. Boehner got him smoking like a fiend again on the golf course, but he and Michelle have reached an agreement of sorts:

      http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/2011/07/food-nazi-miche.html

  • Menlo

    She said the Republicans were the ones acting like “spoiled children,” and I couldn’t help but laugh again when she added that “Democrats need to put their ‘sacred cows’ on the table.”

    Voters need to hear a lot more of her before the next election.

  • dajeeps

    Or maybe he means it’s now just waiting for the dramatic, final, and extremely large explosion after colliding with the earth; the kind of going out with a “bang” that only happens in Hollywood – until now.

    But maybe that’s why he’s not worried about who gets paid and who doesn’t – because he sees the writing on the wall for 2012. And of course his being where he is has never had anything to do with anyone but himself, same with the majority of Democratic leadership. But there’s always a silver lining somewhere, and maybe something like a default out in the open, rather than rounds of QE to infinity, will finally bring some market discipline to bear on the government’s borrowing apparatus, and people might think twice before buying anymore of its debt.

    It’s even close to being the best way to abridge the ever expaning power of government, that’s made possible in large part thorough its power to borrow, but it may just be one of the only ways.

  • SoFiMil

    BTW, www.gutsycall.com after a heitus once again redirects to www.barackobama.com.

    Check out the golf tips on the redirect for www.3amphonecall.com.

  • barrowmrb

    I DON’T BELIEVE THE PRESIDENTIAL BLUSTER.

    HE IS FAKING ANGER TO SHOW HIS BASE THAT HE IS IN CHARGE.

    OBAMA AND HIS DEM.TEAM ARE NOT STUPID. HE KNOWS WHAT THE AMERICANS WILL DO IN A CRISIS,,,THEY WILL YIELD.

    HE HAS ALREADY TRIED THE LIE OF CUTTING OFF SOCIAL SECUTIRY CHECKS, VET’S BENEFITS, AND OTHER MONTYLY
    CHECKS FROM THE GOVERNMENT. YOU KNOW IT’S A LIE,,BUT
    HOW MANY AMERICANS REALLY BELIEVE HIS LIE. AND WILL CALL THEIR CONGRESSMAN TO DEMAND ACTION.

    OF COURSE HE HAS THE POWER TO STOP THIS,,,BUT HE WANT’S THE DEBT LIMIT INCREASED AND WILL DO ANYTHING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN,, INCLUDING LIEING TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.

    BEWARE HIS TACIC AND EVILNESS.

    • SoFiMil

      Peace, be still…

  • SoFiMil

    Peace, be still.

  • 4dees

    Mr. President…….Pride and Narcissism goeth before a fall!! Obviously, you’ve never heard this.

    For the first time in his presidency he’s having to spend some time working and making decisions that will effect him directly. He’s ticked because he can’t leave town to make another speech, can’t go on one of his lavish vacations, can’t play golf, can’t play basketball, or the other fun things he’s done while he’s driven our country into bankruptcy. It’s time for the Republicans to stand up and take the bull by the horns. I would suggest that Mitch McConnell put duct tape on his mouth, and let Eric Cantor and Paul Ryan handle this.

    • littlehouse18

      which makes no sense at all. Maybe Obama demanded that he not be brought along because he knows he can’t debate him. Cantor may be the next persona non grata.

      In the healthcare passage the dems got their reluctant members alone to give them a talking to. Maybe now they want to get Boehner all alone. Wasn’t this Camp David invite only for the Speaker?

  • johnt

    This is scary s—. One thing to be a child, one to be stupid, one to be unbalanced, and one to be a socialist gangster. But to be all four?
    How does Baby Barack look to the media who invented him now?

  • renny

    There is a 1970s Budget Act that specifies the budget and debt schedule that so far o and ilk have ignored for up to 2 years, as the Sen. has passed no budget since 09.

    It is the 1974 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act that regulates payment priorities and revenue appropriations.

    o has ignored the Defense of Marriage Act and devising a real detailed budget proposal, but if he threatens the entire US with default and international monetary disaster, even though I thought Clinton’s impeachment was a terrible was of time and distraction, the House should start impeachment procedures, because no president should be able to play with this nation’s financial reputation to boost his personal bids for power.

    • powertothepeople

      nothing else needs said.

  • Nodak61

    ” Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child,
    and your princes feast in the morning! “

    • rightwingmom52

      I added Ecc. 10:2 as my tag line just minutes ago.

  • macperr

    We cannot trust a boy who cannot control his actions.
    And to to walk out on a very serious talk about the debt limit because he’s no getting his way, kick a door open shows just how unqualified this boy is to be president of the United States of America.

    Senor citizens in Florida are blaming him, not a Congress on his remark about stopping social security benefits to them.
    He will lose a lot of us seniors in the 2012 election.
    It’s time to balance the budget, stop spending, and cut out all the crap and lying.
    From two senior citizens in Florida and a 9-12 Tea Party Member,,
    among many and growing.

  • johnstoirvin

    It now seems immature to us,
    Those scenes we used to play,
    To intimidate our folks and friends
    And have our selfish way.
    The tantrums thrown, the stomping feet
    And hurtful words displayed
    Or slamming doors and threats to leave
    If the game’s not played our way.

    Most matured with common sense
    To know what’s bad and good,
    While some did not, and chose instead,
    A second childhood.
    These resurrected juveniles,
    Reliving childhood tricks,
    Are firmly placed in unions and
    Entrenched in politics.

    • funwithknives

      They had their chance, Two Years and more, and see what they have wrought. What further escapades still lie in wait,to further move The Rot? “We’ll wait no more, it’s Up To Us”,says You & Him & Me. The Wait is over, The Time is Now,it’s plain for all to see. No further Rule from BHO: The Child,His “Style” and Vanity. (N E X T?)

  • runner12

    a clear sign of weakness. His behavior reinforces the fact that he is a spoiled, entitled man who is bent on wielding the power of the Presidency (often times beyond the bounds set forth in the Constitution) without the responsibility of the office.

    He cannot even articulate what principle he is willing to “risk his presidency” on. He has no position, other than to continue to spend us into oblivion, further ruin the economy, and increase the scope and power of the federal government. He is weak and vulnerable.

    Conservatives have the upper hand a clear set of principles to hold the line on. It is time to stand firm.