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The Great Prevaricator
Daily Pundit — Power Line - The Importance of Being Careful Obama thinks he is a good talker, but he is often undisciplined when he speaks. He needs to understand that as President, his words will be scrutinized and will have impact whether he intends it or not. In this regard, President Bush is an excellent model; Obama should take a lesson from his example. Bush never gets sloppy when he is speaking publicly. He chooses his words with care and precision, which is why his style sometimes seems halting. In the eight years he has been President, it is remarkable how few ...

11/10: The Calm Before The Storm
Blogometer — ... the names being floated for Pres.-elect Barack Obama 's cabinet (especially Larry Summers ), they were nevertheless excited to learn about Obama's plans to reverse some of Pres. George W. Bush 's executive orders concerning climate change, stem cell research, and reproductive rights. Susan Gardner declares: "Our long national nightmare is over. The great undoing has begun ." Conservative bloggers, meanwhile, are mostly in opposition mode. Some are criticizing Obama for making a joke about Nancy Reagan , while others are ...

The Importance of Being Earnest
Talking Points Memo — John Hinderacker, arguably the most influential conservative blogger in the country ... Obama thinks he is a good talker, but he is often undisciplined when he speaks. He needs to understand that as President, his words will be scrutinized and will have impact whether he intends it or not. In this regard, President Bush is an excellent model; Obama should take a lesson from his example. Bush never gets sloppy when he is speaking publicly. He chooses his words with care and precision, which is why his style sometimes seems halting. In the eight years he has ...

The Golden Wingnut
ArchPundit — Last Years: It must be very strange to be President Bush. A man of extraordinary vision and brilliance approaching to genius, he can’t get anyone to notice. He is like a great painter or musician who is ahead of his time, and who unveils one masterpiece after another to a reception that, when not bored, is hostile. The clear frontrunner for this year: Obama thinks he is a good talker, but he is often undisciplined when he speaks. He needs to understand that as President, his words will be scrutinized and will have impact whether he ...

I’ll have what Hindy’s smoking, please
Sadly, No! — I don’t even know what to say to this, so I’ll just respond to it with YouTube clips: The Importance of Being Careful [...] Obama thinks he is a good talker, but he is often undisciplined when he speaks. He needs to understand that as President, his words will be scrutinized and will have impact whether he intends it or not. In this regard, President Bush is an excellent model; Obama should take a lesson from his example. Bush never gets sloppy when he is speaking publicly. He chooses his words with ...

High praise, low standards
Political Animal — ... , after writing a post -- or more accurately, a paean -- about George W. Bush's greatness: "A man of extraordinary vision and brilliance approaching to genius, he can't get anyone to notice." On Sunday, Hinderaker, a one-time winner of Time's blogger of the year award and one of the far-right's most influential bloggers, made a play for the next Golden Wingnut Award with this jaw-dropping item : Obama thinks he is a good talker, but he is often undisciplined when he speaks. He needs to understand that as President, his words will be scrutinized and will have impact whether ...

Is Our Children Learning?
Blah3 Feed — ... I know that it is hard to put food on your family, and John Assrocket needs to post stuff onto the internets to keep his Republican Welfare ad revenue pouring in, but all he needed to do was use ...

Obama Should Talk Like Bush
Outside The Beltway | OTB — ... John Hinderacker recently offered some communications tips for Barack Obama: Obama thinks he is a good talker, but he is often undisciplined when he speaks. He needs to understand that as President, his words will be scrutinized and will have impact whether he intends it or not. In this regard, President Bush is an excellent model; Obama should take a lesson from his example. Bush never gets sloppy when he is speaking publicly. He chooses his words with care and precision, which is why his style sometimes seems halting. In the eight years he has been President, it is ...

Elokwent Dikshun
WTF Is It Now?!? — John Hindquarters, considered by many to be the most influential conservative blogger loudest shrill in the country Reichwing blogosphere has lost it.....completely. ...

Josh Marshall cannot believe what John Hindraker wrote.
Althouse — Link to Marshall (who misspells Hinderaker -- think rake, Josh, not rack). Here's the quote: Obama thinks he is a good talker, but he is often undisciplined when he speaks. He needs to understand that as President, his words will be scrutinized and will have impact whether he intends it or not. In this regard, President Bush is an excellent model; Obama should take a lesson from his example. Bush never gets sloppy when he is speaking publicly. He chooses his words with care and precision, which is why his style sometimes seems ...

An Excellent Model
Shakesville — Never let it be said that folks like Power Line's John Hinderacker don't have a sense of the ironic. At least I hope so. Obama thinks he is a good talker, but he is often undisciplined when he speaks. He needs to understand that as President, his words will be scrutinized and will have impact whether he intends it or not. In this regard, President Bush is an excellent model; Obama should take a lesson from his example. Bush never gets sloppy when he is speaking publicly. He chooses his words with care and precision, which is why his style sometimes seems halting. In ...

Hinderaker hard on for semi-literate Bush unabated
Martini Revolution — Assmissile’s hagiographic rendering of the life of the inarticulate, inept W continues: Obama thinks he is a good talker, but he is often undisciplined when he speaks. He needs to understand that as President, his words will be scrutinized and will have impact whether he intends it or not. In this regard, President Bush is an excellent model; Obama should take a lesson from his example. Bush never gets sloppy when he is speaking publicly. He chooses his words with care and precision, which is why his style sometimes seems halting. ...

Dan Sweeney: Fear and Loathing in the Conservative Blogosphere
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... every time he signs off his show, I can certainly burglarize from the King of the Gonzos. Right. To the point. Since the election of Barack Obama just a week ago, the conservative blogosphere -- never a place for sober reflection -- has become a nightmare bizarro world in which up is down, black is white, and George Bush is a brilliant orator. No, seriously. Witness John Hinderaker, one of the trio of bloggers behind the conservative Power Line Blog, in a post from two days ago: "Obama thinks he is a good talker, but he is often undisciplined when ...

ThinkFast: November 12, 2008
Think Progress — ... Just days after right-wing blogger John Hinderaker counseled Barack Obama to be as careful with his words as George W. Bush, the President said he “regrets saying some things I shouldn’t have said.” Bush added, “My wife reminded me that, hey, as president of the United States, ...

It Still Stands
Hoffmania! — ... I know the wingnuts are screaming and offering suggestions to the incoming president and stonewalling before anything even happens and in general acting like the asses they are. A lot of people on our side are scared of this kind of talk as if they have that much power. Let us remind you... It's more than an LOL. It happens to be true. It always keeps us grounded. ...

Friday Bush Retrospective
Comments from Left Field — ... John Hinderaker suggests that Barack Obama would be well-advised to take elocution lessons from Pres. Bush. (Yes, of course, he’s serious. This is Hinderaker we’re talking about.) ...

This is Your Brain on Drugs
Lawyers, Guns and Money — Hinderaker, via Dave Weigel: Obama thinks he is a good talker, but he is often undisciplined when he speaks. He needs to understand that as President, his words will be scrutinized and will have impact whether he intends it or not. In this regard, President Bush is an excellent model; Obama should take a lesson from his example. Bush never gets sloppy when he is speaking publicly. He chooses his words with care and precision, which is why his style sometimes seems halting. In the eight years he has been President, it is remarkable how few gaffes or verbal ...

The Fluffy, 2008 - Voting
The Poor Man Institute — ... LOOKING RIGHT ME OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE************** The Nominees for the 2008 Fluffy: Jeffrey Scott Shapiro, “The Treatment of Bush Has Been A Disgrace“ Andrew Klavan, “Bush is Batman“ John J. Miller, “Jesse Helms was a civil rights hero“ Rich Lowry, “Starbursts“ Buttrocket, “Dubya: Master of Public Speaking“ View Poll * It appears that ...