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Home - by - July 20, 2012 - 08:45 America/New_York - 17 Comments

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Pat Sajak

It’s as if President Obama climbed into a tank, put on his helmet, talked about how his foray into Cambodia was seared in his memory, looked at his watch, misspelled “potato” and pardoned Richard Nixon all in the same day. It’s fun to imagine the hand-wringing that must be going on within the White House as staffers try to figure out how to undo the damage their boss has done with his anti-entrepenurial riff. Defining moments in politics are strange beasts. Sometimes they’re only recognized in hindsight, while sometimes they throw the train off the tracks before a sentence has been completed. Sometimes their effect can be contained and minimized, while sometimes their effect on the political narrative mestastasizes. This one is very bad for the White House.

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  1. sammi

    July 20th, 2012

    The worlds smallest violin is now playing! BooHOO!

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  2. reddecaesari

    July 20th, 2012

    pat, i’ld like to solve the puzzle

    MARXIST

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  3. Truthsayer

    July 20th, 2012

    I’ve enjoyed Pat’s quick wit for years. This morning I am enjoy his brevity and outspokenness. Also ROTFLMAO at Ricochets comment, gave you the first like!

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  4. Menderman

    July 20th, 2012

    and I thought “The private sector is doing fine” would be the phrase that would be played from now until November…and we still have over 3 months for Bambam to let his true feelings slip as he gets more desperate to keep his ‘free’ private jet.

    btw, I started my first business when I was 18 in 1982…Obama was doing coke in Chicago that year…

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  5. Stirrin the B.S.

    July 20th, 2012

    Jay Carney responses:

    a) He was taken out of context.

    b) The overwhelming majority of the American People know that this president is business friendly.

    c) This president has a track record he can stand on.

    d) You must be a racist.

    e) Bush said it.

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  6. cfm990

    July 20th, 2012

    We have been spinning the wheel of misfortune. ever since that fateful day in January 2009.
    There’s a graphic for ya. A wheel were every spot is a bankrupt.

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  7. Stirrin the B.S.

    July 20th, 2012

    @cfm

    “…There’s a graphic for ya. A wheel were every spot is a bankrupt….”

    I second that. Fur that one is teed up for ya.

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  8. Menderman

    July 20th, 2012

    I give it a third!

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  9. Menderman

    July 20th, 2012

    WTF: Obama runs ad saying Romney lied about what Obama said and plays the clip of Obama saying exactly what romeney said he said and Obama said he didn’t say:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-z-U57BaSc&feature=player_embedded
    ..

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  10. Menderman

    July 20th, 2012

    maybe the wheel should have a spot that donates your wedding gifts to Obama.

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  11. Stirrin the B.S.

    July 20th, 2012

    @Menderman – is his team really that stupid? We know his voter base is.

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  12. Stirrin the B.S.

    July 20th, 2012

    Here’s another game: The Wheel of Welfare

    The contestants spin to see how much they will collect from the government.

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  13. Menderman

    July 20th, 2012

    and all the players are named “Julia”

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  14. Dr. Tar

    July 20th, 2012

    There should be other spots on the Wheel for the $$$ dishing out for green energy, shovel ready projects, bank bailouts, auto bail outs

    Then larger spots for penalties for donating to Obama’s re-election campaign, Obama fund raisers at Celeb houses, ObamaTax, Keystone Pipline, Cost of EPA and Cost of trying to restrict our energy sources.

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  15. Menderman

    July 20th, 2012

    and Obama saying: “I would like to buy a vote, Pat”

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  16. Stirrin the B.S.

    July 20th, 2012

    @Menderman

    “….and Obama saying: “I would like to buy a vote, Pat….”

    Classic! You brought the house down on that one!! :)

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  17. serfer62

    July 20th, 2012

    OHbama…get a tank

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