Was it coincidental or calculated?
Locutisprime thinks it's the latter:
There seem to be a lot of comparisons of late, between Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama. Throwbacks to a better time and wishful thinking on the part of the left, combined with their belief that they obviously believe they can confuse the people and blur the lines between a truly great American president and heretofore, the worst president this nation has ever suffered.
But when Obama begins to refer to himself as the "Gipper" and does so completely out of context, that in my opinion demonstrates just how low and out of touch this administration really is as it concerns both history and the people.
There's video of the reference at the link. Check it out then answer the opening question.
Coincidence or calculation?
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Comments (40)
But..but...but....I thought... (Below threshold)1. Posted by GarandFan | February 12, 2011 10:47 AM | Score: 18 (18 votes cast)
But..but...but....I thought The One was Lincoln. Or was it FDR? Or was it Camelot? Now it's 'the Gipper'?
Here's a thought. How about The Chameleon? That way He could be ALL things to ALL people.
1. Posted by GarandFan | February 12, 2011 10:47 AM |
Score: 18 (18 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2011 10:47
2. Posted by galoob | February 12, 2011 10:57 AM | Score: -16 (22 votes cast)
Yes, this is an outrage!!!!!!
2. Posted by galoob | February 12, 2011 10:57 AM |
Score: -16 (22 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2011 10:57
3. Posted by 914 | February 12, 2011 11:07 AM | Score: 14 (16 votes cast)
The 'Gipper'? No way Barry, You are 'The Jipper'.
3. Posted by 914 | February 12, 2011 11:07 AM |
Score: 14 (16 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2011 11:07
4. Posted by Meiji_man | February 12, 2011 11:18 AM | Score: 11 (11 votes cast)
Wow check out the body language. He knows how bad that sounds as soon as he said it...
4. Posted by Meiji_man | February 12, 2011 11:18 AM |
Score: 11 (11 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2011 11:18
5. Posted by GarandFan | February 12, 2011 11:23 AM | Score: 15 (15 votes cast)
Yes, this is an outrage!!!!!!
2. Posted by galoob
TRANSLATION: Why, oh why can't my Obamassiah just STFU sometimes. Why is it always about him?
5. Posted by GarandFan | February 12, 2011 11:23 AM |
Score: 15 (15 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2011 11:23
6. Posted by a. moral | February 12, 2011 11:34 AM | Score: 11 (11 votes cast)
It's "take one for the team". Knute asked the boys to "win one for the Gipper". My guess is Obama spells "team" with an "I".
Not sure it's calculated. Perhaps it is a Freudian slip, and that it shows he's been thinking about RR lately. Keep dreaming.
6. Posted by a. moral | February 12, 2011 11:34 AM |
Score: 11 (11 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2011 11:34
7. Posted by Maddox | February 12, 2011 11:37 AM | Score: 13 (13 votes cast)
If the man is speaking he is lying. This is just another "you lie" moment in the saga that is Ba rack Hussein Obama.
7. Posted by Maddox | February 12, 2011 11:37 AM |
Score: 13 (13 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2011 11:37
8. Posted by Jeff Medcalf | February 12, 2011 11:52 AM | Score: 10 (10 votes cast)
The phrase "there is no team in I" applies quite forcefully to the Won.
8. Posted by Jeff Medcalf | February 12, 2011 11:52 AM |
Score: 10 (10 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2011 11:52
9. Posted by irongrampa | February 12, 2011 11:57 AM | Score: 12 (12 votes cast)
Any resemblance between the two stops after "carbon-based life forms".
9. Posted by irongrampa | February 12, 2011 11:57 AM |
Score: 12 (12 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2011 11:57
10. Posted by proof | February 12, 2011 11:59 AM | Score: 12 (12 votes cast)
Is there no detail of this President's life that we should not find fascinating? A long drawn out story about which tie he was going to wear...
No wonder he acts as decisively as he does in times of crisis!
10. Posted by proof | February 12, 2011 11:59 AM |
Score: 12 (12 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2011 11:59
11. Posted by proof | February 12, 2011 12:01 PM | Score: 13 (13 votes cast)
Can anyone imagine Reagan dithering over which tie he should wear and bring in his wife and several political consultants to help him with the decision???
11. Posted by proof | February 12, 2011 12:01 PM |
Score: 13 (13 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2011 12:01
12. Posted by RB | February 12, 2011 12:03 PM | Score: 14 (14 votes cast)
Idiot. Can't even get his quotes right.
You "win one" for the Gipper. You "take one" for the team.
12. Posted by RB | February 12, 2011 12:03 PM |
Score: 14 (14 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2011 12:03
13. Posted by galoob | February 12, 2011 12:10 PM | Score: -23 (25 votes cast)
Yeah, nobody is allowed to say "win one for the Gipper" or "take one" now that Reagan's dead.
I gave myself twenty lashes for saying it back in 1997.
13. Posted by galoob | February 12, 2011 12:10 PM |
Score: -23 (25 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2011 12:10
14. Posted by LiberalNitemare | February 12, 2011 12:29 PM | Score: 10 (10 votes cast)
I'm pretty sure the real "Gipper" would have bought his own GD tie.
14. Posted by LiberalNitemare | February 12, 2011 12:29 PM |
Score: 10 (10 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2011 12:29
15. Posted by 914 | February 12, 2011 12:31 PM | Score: 15 (15 votes cast)
I give Barry an F for trying to be cute and an F- for driving the economy into the ditch.
Gaboob refused his meds again.
15. Posted by 914 | February 12, 2011 12:31 PM |
Score: 15 (15 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2011 12:31
16. Posted by Jason | February 12, 2011 12:57 PM | Score: 11 (11 votes cast)
Obama opens mouth, inserts foot.
Again.
16. Posted by Jason | February 12, 2011 12:57 PM |
Score: 11 (11 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2011 12:57
17. Posted by Neo | February 12, 2011 1:06 PM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
17. Posted by Neo | February 12, 2011 1:06 PM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2011 13:06
18. Posted by GarandFan | February 12, 2011 1:29 PM | Score: 11 (11 votes cast)
Yeah, spending a year on "medical reform" really showed Jackson was concerned about jobs. She's just pissed now that she actually has to READ legislation and debate it BEFORE passage.
18. Posted by GarandFan | February 12, 2011 1:29 PM |
Score: 11 (11 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2011 13:29
19. Posted by TexBob | February 12, 2011 2:04 PM | Score: 14 (14 votes cast)
Proof wrote: Is there no detail of this President's life that we should not find fascinating?
Yes, I would wager Barry's school transcripts, records, and papers would be pretty boring, full of errors, and well below average.
Narcissistic empty suit who is not even qualified to WORK at a Taco Bell, let alone manage one.
19. Posted by TexBob | February 12, 2011 2:04 PM |
Score: 14 (14 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2011 14:04
20. Posted by LeBron Steinman | February 12, 2011 2:16 PM | Score: 11 (13 votes cast)
I believe the appropriate name is "The Grifter"
20. Posted by LeBron Steinman | February 12, 2011 2:16 PM |
Score: 11 (13 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2011 14:16
21. Posted by Pretzel Logic | February 12, 2011 2:26 PM | Score: -16 (16 votes cast)
God knows I am no fan of the president but this is silly. I dont think for one minute he was consciously projecting Ronald Reagan. He used an old movie line, a common one. Let's move on.
21. Posted by Pretzel Logic | February 12, 2011 2:26 PM |
Score: -16 (16 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2011 14:26
22. Posted by Jim Addison | February 12, 2011 2:41 PM | Score: 9 (13 votes cast)
Sorry, Pretzel, but this was no accident. His handlers have been pushing the "Obama-as-Reagan" meme for a couple of weeks now: reading the book, Time cover, etc. Pretty much every word the man says is scripted and put on the teleprompter.
If you think this was an accident, you're dumb enough to vote for the spineless weasel.
22. Posted by Jim Addison | February 12, 2011 2:41 PM |
Score: 9 (13 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2011 14:41
23. Posted by Pretzel Logic | February 12, 2011 3:37 PM | Score: -3 (5 votes cast)
@addison---you have no idea what youre talking about and thanks for the personal attack. Always helpful in getting your point across. I cant stand the guy but this doesn't look scripted or intentional to me, there's plenty to attack him on, lets focus on the real issues and defeat him in '12.
23. Posted by Pretzel Logic | February 12, 2011 3:37 PM |
Score: -3 (5 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2011 15:37
24. Posted by Jay Guevara | February 12, 2011 3:53 PM | Score: 11 (11 votes cast)
Given the media blitz comparing Obama to Reagan, it is literally inconceivable that his use of "The Gipper" was coincidental. This is part of a leftist-coordinated campaign (can you say, "JournoList?" I can.)
I'd be willing to bet a lot that Obama does not know the reference to "The Gipper" apart from its connection to Reagan. If he'd watched movies of 30s and 40s, he'd also have come across the word "corpsman" in the WWII flicks, since every time someone was wounded everyone yelled the word. Even Obama would have realized that those were the same guys he was putatively honoring when he made that gaffe.
Idiot. Can't even get his quotes right.
You "win one" for the Gipper. You "take one" for the team.
I bet he also doesn't know the context of the expression "take one for the team." They don't play baseball in Indonesia, and from his girly throw at the All-Star game, he obviously never played the game when he came here.
This is much like Kerry saying he was a huge baseball fan, and especially liked Manny Ortiz and David Ramirez. Uh...no. Reminds me of a Korean girl who admired another girl's "horse tail." Puzzled looks all around...ah! she means "pony tail!" These cultural references and idiomatic usages are impossible to learn; they must be absorbed by marinating in a culture. And that's where Obama fails.
Bottom line: Obama presumably has a piece of paper - somewhere - that says he's an American, but culturally, viscerally...he's not one.
24. Posted by Jay Guevara | February 12, 2011 3:53 PM |
Score: 11 (11 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2011 15:53
25. Posted by Jay Guevara | February 12, 2011 4:01 PM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
PS: that clip is painful to watch. I'm embarrassed for Obama. Seriously.
25. Posted by Jay Guevara | February 12, 2011 4:01 PM |
Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2011 16:01
26. Posted by DaveD | February 12, 2011 4:05 PM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
That's OK Barry, I can't think of one Democrat I would want to be compared to either so good choice. Unfortunately I think it's gonna take a lot of work to make people believe this and let's face it, you don't like to work too hard.
'Mr Bernake, tear down this economy'.
26. Posted by DaveD | February 12, 2011 4:05 PM |
Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2011 16:05
27. Posted by Rich Fader | February 12, 2011 4:10 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Some statements are so absurd, you just have to laugh.
27. Posted by Rich Fader | February 12, 2011 4:10 PM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2011 16:10
28. Posted by oldpuppymax | February 12, 2011 4:14 PM | Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Absolute and obvious calculation. "Take one for the Gipper" is NOT a well known or accepted phrase of any kind!! "Take one for the TEAM" fits here. Hussein is shameless like all leftists.
28. Posted by oldpuppymax | February 12, 2011 4:14 PM |
Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2011 16:14
29. Posted by Murgatroyd | February 12, 2011 4:57 PM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Obama thinks his supporters are stupid enough to buy this ... and he's right. He's deeply contemptuous of them, and they richly deserve his contempt.
29. Posted by Murgatroyd | February 12, 2011 4:57 PM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2011 16:57
30. Posted by iwogisdead | February 12, 2011 5:17 PM | Score: 10 (10 votes cast)
The Knute Rockne Story, George Gipp, and Notre Dame football are part of American culture. I guess that boys growing up in Jakarta never learn about it.
30. Posted by iwogisdead | February 12, 2011 5:17 PM |
Score: 10 (10 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2011 17:17
31. Posted by gaius piconius | February 12, 2011 5:58 PM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Rex Harrison in, 'My Fair Lady', of Liza Dolittle, from a point of extraordinarily high culture and erudition,......"What a deliciously low creature"! And the same applies to Barackula,...'sans adjective'.
31. Posted by gaius piconius | February 12, 2011 5:58 PM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2011 17:58
32. Posted by Bill M | February 12, 2011 6:20 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Calculation
32. Posted by Bill M | February 12, 2011 6:20 PM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2011 18:20
33. Posted by Jay Guevara | February 12, 2011 7:12 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Maybe he'll garble something closer to home, such as "To each according to his abilities, ...er..." (see Soros glowering at him), starts stammering, "...that is, taxpayers of the world unite!"
Nah. He's all too familiar with the real quotes to mess these up.
33. Posted by Jay Guevara | February 12, 2011 7:12 PM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2011 19:12
34. Posted by Jeff Blogworthy | February 12, 2011 10:13 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
How bizarre. Leftists are beyond shame.
34. Posted by Jeff Blogworthy | February 12, 2011 10:13 PM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2011 22:13
35. Posted by Jim Addison | February 13, 2011 1:47 AM | Score: 4 (6 votes cast)
@Pretzel ~ I apologize for the sharp tone, it was uncalled for.
I do not doubt for one second, though, that the "Gipper" reference was intended, even if Obama botched the delivery - as oldpuppymax notes @ #28, the proper term would be "take one for the team" or "win one for the Gipper," but the latter makes no sense in this context.
Every public statement of this Administration is carefully crafted to support their current meme. The only exception is when they are taken by surprise by events, as in Egypt, when their innate incompetence shines through.
35. Posted by Jim Addison | February 13, 2011 1:47 AM |
Score: 4 (6 votes cast)
Posted on February 13, 2011 01:47
36. Posted by fairmack
| February 13, 2011 2:27 AM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
President Teddy Roosevelt said "Speak softly and carry a big stick." Guess which President says "Teleprompt loudly and hoist a white flag!" (To see a related web article that some have banned, Google "Obama Fulfilling the Bible.")
36. Posted by fairmack
| February 13, 2011 2:27 AM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on February 13, 2011 02:27
37. Posted by Gmac | February 13, 2011 7:54 AM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Feh, the (P)resident is simply projecting an image of who he wants the great unwashed to believe he is.
37. Posted by Gmac | February 13, 2011 7:54 AM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on February 13, 2011 07:54
38. Posted by 914 | February 13, 2011 11:02 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Barry got caught with his pants down and name dropped a partial quote to try and save face and look alert at 3am.
FAIL
38. Posted by 914 | February 13, 2011 11:02 AM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on February 13, 2011 11:02
39. Posted by Jay Guevara | February 13, 2011 12:07 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
I do not doubt for one second, though, that the "Gipper" reference was intended, even if Obama botched the delivery...
Every public statement of this Administration is carefully crafted to support their current meme.
And now we know why Soros & Co. insist that everytime Obama he just read everything off of a teleprompter. Without it, the Great Orator can't order a cheeseburger without screwing it up.
39. Posted by Jay Guevara | February 13, 2011 12:07 PM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on February 13, 2011 12:07
40. Posted by David | February 14, 2011 5:16 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
That is just flat-out WRONG. In fact, it should be crime.
40. Posted by David | February 14, 2011 5:16 PM |
Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Posted on February 14, 2011 17:16