Why us?

During a news conference for the 19th annual Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation leader's summit on Sunday, the president gave birthers the answer they have been waiting for, that Obama was not born in America. The media seemingly focused on the "magic beans" statement Obama made during the speech but completely glossed over the part where the president said of his birth state of Hawaii, "Here in Asia." If Hawaii is in Asia, then the president was not born in the U.S. You win, birthers. This is not the first gaffe the president has made regarding his birth state and the U.S. in general. During his campaign, Obama claimed to have visited 57 states, not including Alaska and Hawaii. Compounding these gaffes with others such as when he stated his approval ratings were dropping but are still "very high in the country of my birth," one can almost hear the wheels grinding back to life in the birther movement. Obviously, this is not the first presidential gaffe of the Obama administration. It's not even the first gaffe this month. On Nov. 9, Reuters reported Obama complaining of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the G-20 summit earlier this month. The president complained, "You're fed up with him, but I have to deal with him even more often than you," not realizing that his microphone was still turned on, according to the report. What the president's record is beginning to reveal, in addition to his anti-Israel sentiment is the likely reason he will not release his school records, he is not educated on U.S. nor world history, geography or ethics. In 2009, Obama advised that the Constitution was written more than 20 centuries ago during his news conference on the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. During the 2008 presidential debates, then-Sen. Obama stated, "Sen. Clinton, I think, is much better known, coming from a nearby state of Arkansas. So it's not surprising that she would have an advantage in some of those states in the middle." Illinois, Obama's home state, shares a border with Kentucky. To get to Kentucky from Arkansas one would have to travel through Missouri or Tennessee. Add to this his disparaging comment about the Special Olympics on the "Tonight Show" that his health care reform would bring greater inefficiencies to health care and many others, it is becoming increasingly clear that Obama is not the amazing orator he is made out to be. Speech is not the only area where Obama is clumsy. A video from Fox News show "Redeye" shows Obama attempting to enter the White House through a window he thought was a door. Another video, this time from CNN, shows Obama bouncing his face off of Marine 1, the presidential helicopter in 2009. Didn't they make fun of the last guy for stuff like this?

Ok why the hell is he in power

Copypasta, apparently from here

If Hawaii is in Asia, then the president was not born in the U.S.

This is retarded in several ways. First, it implies that whatever is part of Asia can't be part of the US - consider Guam ( currently a US territory ), the Phillippines ( formerly a US territory ). Second, the president doesn't need to be born in the US, (s)he needs to be born as a US citizen. Being born in the US is not the only way to be a citizen from birth, just ask anyone born on overseas military bases.
Then of course, Hawaii as part of Asia is almost as dodgy

Originally posted by Virusboy:

Ok why the hell is he in power

Remember these things called 'elections'?

Erections!?!

Those too

Originally posted by Virusboy:

Ok why the hell is he in power

Why the hell are any of them in power? The answer is that nobody that should be president wants the job anymore. It's more profitable and less stressful to be involved in smoky back-room deals.

Originally posted by jbrothernew37:

Erections!?!

Maybe if Slick Willie is able to weasel in a third term

Given what we've been seeing lately-- any man who would want the job should be permanently banned from it. He obviously isn't sane.

True

Originally posted by Virusboy:

Ok why the hell is he in power

Patience, 'boy, patience.

If that doesn't happen Smileyfaze in local parlance here "Yir gonnae greet yirsel tae sleep and dinna fash." (!)

Translation for ex-Colonists.... 'greet' means 'cry. And 'fash' means don't get into a lather or upset!

One thing needed over there Smileyfaze is someone steering the ship rather than walking about chatting downstairs and hoping icebergs melt.

Originally posted by Smileyfaze:

Originally posted by Virusboy:

Ok why the hell is he in power

Patience, 'boy, patience.

“The key to change… is to let go of fear.”
You might give a try.

Ah, I see now Jaybro. Definitive policies that mean something are just a trick? Yes, hhm, dumb is so easy to play with and now they are reaching the top should be even easier to spread dumbness about? If we all in turn became dumb it would make democracy a far easy philosophy to get on with........

Originally posted by mjmsprt40:

Given what we've been seeing lately-- any man who would want the job should be permanently banned from it. He obviously isn't sane.

As usual, Douglas Adams is ahead of us all:

The major problem — one of the major problems, for there are several — one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them.
To summarize: it is a well known fact that those people who most want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it.
To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem.

Originally posted by johnnysaucepn:

As usual, Douglas Adams is ahead of us all:

As usual, Plato was ahead of Douglas Adams.

In 2008, Obama promised us Hope and Change.

I submit to you, for your consideration, that he kept his promise.

Now, as you walk down the street, you hope you find some loose change.

In 2012, maybe we'll change it back.

Can we deport him like the illegal, money grubbing, bandwagoning jumping Mexicans

Originally posted by Virusboy:

Can we deport him like the illegal, money grubbing, bandwagoning jumping Mexicans

I can't speak for the Mexicans but Plato has been dead for 2500 years.

Originally posted by OperaBloke:

I can't speak for the Mexicans but Plato has been dead for 2500 years.

nice trolling....

Originally posted by Virusboy:

Originally posted by OperaBloke:

I can't speak for the Mexicans but Plato has been dead for 2500 years.

nice trolling....

Thank you.

And to parody that mjmsprt40 - I wonder - change it back to what??