Epiphany? Arianna Huffington Bashes Obama for Saying One Thing and Doing Another
- Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:14pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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For a small moment on this morning’s “Morning Joe,” Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington echoed a common conservative prediction over the last two years: President Obama says, or promises, one thing and does another.
That prediction was especially true when, after the 2008 election, many conservatives predicted all the “change” promised by Obama would be hard to deliver. It seems liberals are now understanding that’s the case. Huffington aired her grievances today, saying that Obama has fallen into a “pattern” of saying one thing and doing another.
“He proposed and accepted something he’s been opposing for years,” she said:
While Arianna does seem to echo a conservative critique, what she and many liberals fail to understand is a) no one is cutting taxes, and b) Obama actually did fulfill his promise to extend tax rates for the “middle class.”
Maybe it’s not a big epiphany after all.
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Comments (95)
vonryansexpress
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:42pmAt least, Mrs. Huffington didn‘t have to ’borrow‘ someone else’s thoughts or writings for that outburst; no small feat for one with her history of plagiarism and license.
Just another sad-sack that figured out how to catch a rich guy and give up ‘living like a refugee’.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:46pmthat is pretty good!!!!!
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:51pmsorry, i did dot finished the sentence my cat step on my key board, she is still living like a refugee, she still looks like she just fell down the tree of ugly and hit every limb on the way down, that is where she belongs with the rest of these slim ball moron snakes.
Report Post »flagbearer
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:40pmImpossible for them to ever admit they’re wrong about anything…
Report Post »Spyder
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:40pmAri(Man)na is once again spouting off the talking points of her master, George Soros. He recently went on record asking people to shift support away from the president, and here is his newly found lap dog barking the retreat. Ruff.. Ruff..
Report Post »MeteoricLimbo
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:40pmhuff and puff and blow the house down
Report Post »stacybernardslay
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:39pmMaybe Arianna and Christian Amanpour could get together for a Zsa Zsa sound alike contest
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:36pmidiots like this will eat their own kind they will destroy each other to get what they want. besides she is a dirt bag scum sucking left wing moron who don’t know her head from her but. i do she talks from her ass.
Report Post »tomika18
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:36pmIf Arianna does not like the way this country exist, honors the Constitution, engage in working and living honestly, rejecting class warfare making money which is never enough etc…, than… wait for it, wait for it get the f….k out of our country and go back to Europe.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:42pmi don’t have much money left, but i will pitch in to pay for the ticket on a one way on a boat with a big hole in it and no bail bucket.
Report Post »OneRepublic4us
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:35pmSo I guess this makes Arianna a racist.
Report Post »sconnolly
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:37pmLOL, by their own logic I believe it does.
Report Post »OneRepublic4us
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:55pmI just made the “enemy of the state” list for using their own logic against them :-P
Report Post »sconnolly
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 8:24pmUnfortunately their own logic doesn’t apply to them, it is a fascinating phenomena how that works.
Report Post »squeaker
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:33pmwhy isn’t this grounds for Impeachment… if you went to a job interview, said you were going to do one thing…. then did the opposite when hired, YOU would be terminated.
Report Post »Speak without Fear
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:31pmAll liberals say one thing….and do something else. She is no different. And they expect the rules to apply to everyone BUT them.
Quit your liberal whinning Huff-Huff………you voted for Dopey Change. .
Report Post »sconnolly
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:31pmThat woman makes my skin crawl…
Report Post »SlimnRanger
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:41pmi agree she is sinfully ugly
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:28pm“You’re gonna have to FORCE him to do what he wants to do.” ~Van Jones
All this is, is the uber-Left riling up the extreme base to get ready to mobilize “Top down, bottom up, inside out.”
Report Post »MamaofJ5
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:48pm@leftfighter, I am afraid you are right. And since Obama ligitimized this parasite’s website, the lefties will listen to the crap she spews and take it to heart. If they believe he is floundering they may step up to help get him and their agenda back on track.
Report Post »kb1200cc
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:47pmMake no mistake. All of this is carefully crafted to cause the desired effect. This is to get the truly dangerous loons out in the streets. Just like that commie animal Jones said “force him to do what he wants to do”.
Report Post »Steve Smith
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 7:39pmThe lefties may be feigning a little outrage over the “compromise” so the right feels like they won something. All the while we are screwed again with almost a trillion dollar unfunded stimulus.
Report Post »This thing isn’t a good deal.
Lantern
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:28pmDuh!?? Are “they” starting to wake up from their slumber? Can they remember making fun of Sarah Palin saying “How’s that hopey-changey thing workin’ out for ya?”
Report Post »Spawnomite
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:28pmPoor Obama, keeps getting thrown under the bus these days.
Report Post »larman
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:26pmArianna- Zsa Zsa evil sister.
Report Post »Liberals are Disgusting
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:25pmI still think she should do porn
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:38pmEwww, yuck.
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:00pmOh,NO.
Report Post »The Bees
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:22pmAmazing – did she learn that using her lizard brain?
Report Post »AristotleXIV
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:22pmIt’s always so very comical when the liberals go into a feeding frenzy,and start devouring their own.
Report Post »As if anyone,even liberals,actually believes that anything the left is suggesting could help them atone
spreadcommonsensenot pc
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:22pmI feel another another obama vacation coming on……………
Report Post »REETZBEE
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:44pmOMG, can you imagine how much it’s going to cost us?
Report Post »alcarfl
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:20pmDon’t believe anything the witch spews or writes. She’s on the WhiteHouse propaganda team and gets her funding from, guess who?
Report Post »American Saint
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:19pmWow! She came up with that all on her own?
Report Post »FED-UP-AND-READY-TO-TAKE-ACTION
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:18pmThe honeymoon is over and now the “couple” has to live together knowing and seeing all the faults they were blind to due the “love” they had for one another……………………..Funny how all things work out……VICTORY OR DEATH
Report Post »Bad Thunder
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:18pmSay it isn’t so
Report Post »gimmetheskinny
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:18pmWack jobs! Now its their turn to feel like the rest of America!
Report Post »NeoFan
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 4:03pmRemember ZHA ZHA was declaring that Obama was God as many other leftists were when he
Report Post »was running for president. Is she now saying that God was wrong?
kindling
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:17pmLoving proof, the left is capable of learing!
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:37pmActually, the article indicates otherwise.
**While Arianna does seem to echo a conservative critique, what she and many liberals fail to understand is a) no one is cutting taxes, and b) Obama actually did fulfill his promise to extend tax rates for the “middle class.”**
Report Post »guyperram
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:39pmGuppies eat their young, also.
Report Post »akelso
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:40pmLearning? No. They have an agenda and now parts of them are turning on each other. That, or Soros told them to back off, and give the Right a cookie.
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:40pmI think we need to get Arianna a stripper pole. She might not sound so stupid if i’m distracted……….
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:45pmThe left is beginning to cannabalize itself. They are imploding.
Report Post »kindling
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:02pmSorry, I was just trying to find something kind to say about them.
Report Post »IntheKnowOG
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:12pm@kindling
Disagree. Cue the theme song from “The Fall Guy” as Barry talks. Get the picture?
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 3:07pmTHE LEFT REPUDIATES MR. OBAMA?
Report Post »Recently, the media has been filled with stories of the left repudiating President Obama. He is being condemned by the left because of his inability to stamp out the last remnants of individual liberty after almost 2 years in office. According to the news reports the left considers this incompetence. Ridiculous! The real underlying message is that if the left is dissatisfied with Mr. Obama, then he can’t be all that bad, can he? This is a rather transparent effort to convince the gullible that Mr. Obama is not the wannabe tyrant his actions show him to be.
Do not be duped by this media blitz. Every proposal that Mr. Obama has initiated is aimed at oppression of the individual, destruction of the remainder of our Capitalistic system and increasing the power of the wannabe tyrants.
As tyranny always begets poverty and despair that will certainly be the result of Mr. Obama’s proposals
This is just another example of the use of the “preponderance of propaganda”! The wannabe tyrants and their cronies are publicizing lies, half-truths and the irrelevant to avoid a discussion of the issues. Pay no attention to the smokescreen.
When the premise is false the only arguments that can be used are fear mongering, emotion, sarcasm, ridicule, attacking the messenger and misrepresentation of the facts (lying). Those who expect to reap huge profits from our misery caused by tyranny are experts at these tactics.
The only relevant issue is freedom or tyranny!!!! http://commonsense21c.com/
tobywil2
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 3:55pmA few weeks ago it was racist to oppose any of Obama’s proposals. Arianna Huffington and the rest of the lunatic fringe must be racist? http://commonsense21c.com/
Report Post »Bullwinkle
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 4:42pmTobywil2, excellent analysis. It’s all a smokescreen for far worse things.
Report Post »TMax
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 8:44pmNaw … The Left never learns because they’re sheeple: “If the head sheep (Pelosi) jumps off a cliff, the rest will bah-bah jump too”. Obama forsaked them, in their eyes, but the anger is only temporary whilst awaiting Pelosi and/or Soros’ lead(s).
Report Post »Reagan/Demint.deciple
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 9:18pmThats because he’s as soft as a pat of butter in 90 degree heat Arianna.. douche..
Report Post »jzs
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 10:04pmFair and Balanced. You’ll never hear a positive thing about Obama on FOX, anywhere, anytime, no matter what he does. If he takes Michelle on a date, it’s a waste of taxpayer money, if he’s seen with his children, Glenn Beck mocks them as idiots, if he attends the wife of a fallen soldier, he’s vilified.
A news outlet is not balanced if there is never a single positive remark about this administration. That’s FOX. Huffington Post? It’s left wing for sure, but Obama is slammed regularly on that website. Same with MSNBC’s Maddow and Olbermann. If if you think criticism of the President is “seeing the light” it’s only because you actively avoid being exposed to anything like fair journalism.
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 10:19pmWait, wait, wait!!!
You must remember one thing. HuffPo lives off of attention. Just like Chris Matthews and Keith Olberman. This is what they DO for a living. And they are in competition with Rush, Glenn, Michael Savage, and numerous others for air time.
Olberman shoots off his mouth and the spotlight swings towards him. Mathews proves once again that there are precious few brain cells alive and well in his head, and oooohhhhh, we all look to see the car wreck. Joy Behar has diarrhea of the mouth and everybody tunes into the View to watch the next cat fight. So, Janeane Garofalo jumps into the act, just to show she can. Now Arianna’s grabbed center stage.
It’s a ploy. Just looking for the old Warhol 15 minutes of fame. This is what these people are paid to do. It‘s going to take a LOT more to convince me that she’s not mouthing some cue card rhetoric.
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