Oh, say it ain't so, BO!
 

Great Source, very respectable paper there never been known to make it up as they go along. :rolleyes:

He certainly likes the ones with effed up grilles.

Well we'll see who else picks up the story. NE's been right mucho more times than they've been wrong.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/art...the.html?cat=2

I hope for the nation's sake that it's not true. He's got enough on his plate right now.

But, IF it's true... emphasis on the word IF, will any of you who love him so feel any differently? Doubtful. It'll be more of the same of when Bubba was getting BJ's in his private office just off the Oval Office. Water off a duck's back.

At least it's not a guy like the GOP seems to favor lately...

Oh, that's a good reason to dismiss the story.

I REALLY don't want this to be true. There's nothing positive to come of it - just a major distraction from the major problems with which he has to deal.

The National Enquirer?

Timmig? You may now kiss the bride!

NE broke both Edwards and Woods story. They're going for a tri-fecta.
Beside, this was something that was suppoed to have happened in 2004.

Im just giving you a hard time. Enjoy your derby. Who are you taking?

I guess Super Saver's as good as any. Thank you for your interest in my opinion. Enjoyable day to you, as well.

this sounds remarkably like what was said when the john edwards story first broke about rielle hunter. national enquirer laughed last on that one. i can't believe he'd be so dumb, but we see stuff like this happen all the time, so i don't know why it continues to surprise. men will seemingly throw away so much for some poo-nannie. large egoes, they think they're so damn smart, that they can commit the perfect crime. anyone remember gary hart running his mouth??

along with paying sources for information that helped them correctly break the edwards and woods stories, the inquirer has also had to settle claims arising from false stories about kidnap victim elizabeth smart's family and former congressman gary condit.

you have to give them credit for evenhandedness as they also reported in 2005 that george bush was drinking and acting erratically. a story that was essentially about a rumor. probably embraced by his opponents as heartily as this one is by obama's.

note how carefully worded this "story" is. there is no allegation of an affair. just that gop operatives are willing to pay $1,000,000 for information and that a limo driver states he drove this women to a hotel where obama stayed.

myself i can't imagine any reason a female staffer would be driven to a meeting with a candidate unless it was sex. no way they discussed business. the fact that john edwards had an affair proves beyond any doubt that all politicians with female staffers are having sex with them. but like republicans, i'm obsessed with sex.

good luck with this. until there's more i put it in the birther, secret muslim category.

Just remember to call the suicide hotline if it's true, Spinderella.

Just my two cents...I won't feel any differently because it's his private life. I don't feel any differently towards Tiger and I don't feel any differently towards Bill Clinton. A person's private life and behavior is not really any of my business unless there's some significant hypocrisy involved in it, ie people supporting the "war on drugs" and getting caught doing cocaine, people voting against gay rights/marriage while having secret liaisons with same sex folks, etc.

Outside of things like that, if someone is unfaithful, that's between them and their spouse as far as I'm concerned and not an ounce of my business.

i'll be fine coach.

you may need to comfort doreen who posts the unsubstantiated rumor but then wrings her hands hoping it isn't true.

lol

i do agree with brian, it really isn't anyone's business but barrack and his wife. reminds me of the old snl sketch with the founding fathers...

i agree with this. Eliot Spitzer is the biggest hypocrite-scumbag that comes to mind.

i agree with brian, also.

that said, there is nothing to this story. zero.

i'm sure that won't stop it from getting repeated on right wing blogs ad naseum with the occasional spillover here.

it can be another point of resentment against the msm who refuse to report unsubstantiated rumors the right wishes were true.

Yeah, but that story was helped along by John Edwards campaign staff who were aghast the guy seriously thought he could live two lives (Elizabeth and mistress) yet be President of the United States and nothing would come out about it. I give them credit for putting country before their man.

The right is pretty bereft of campaign planks right now. Dropping dollars trolling for mistresses is pretty standard political fare. John McCain was hit with the same during the GOP primary season last election.

more important that story contained specific verifiable facts. as opposed to being a story about people trying to find specific verifiable facts.

i don't know why no one seems to notice the difference.

You want people to pay attention to verifiable facts? That is so old-fashioned :rolleyes:

I give you, "The Creation Museum" ("creation, evolution, science, dinosaurs") which now proudly boasts 1 million visitors.

"The state-of-the-art 70,000 square foot museum brings the pages of the Bible to life, casting its characters and animals in dynamic form and placing them in familiar settings. Adam and Eve live in the Garden of Eden. Children play and dinosaurs roam near Eden’s Rivers. The serpent coils cunningly in the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Majestic murals, great masterpieces brimming with pulsating colors and details, provide a backdrop for many of the settings."

http://creationmuseum.org/

just watched 'religulous' from bill maher earlier this evening. the creation 'museum' was one place he visited-hilarious!

The more I think about it, in my fantasyland, I hope this is totally true.

He gets caught cheating, family woman Sarah Palin uses it to blast him and climb her way to the GOP nomination, every teabagger's mouth starts instantly frothing, and then the country votes and the tally confirms that Sarah Palin is still the only thing people are more afraid of than a Black Muslim Socialist Philanderer, I think I would probably die of smug pleasure. Like actually spontaneously combust from sheer hilarity and righteousness.

Even if it is true, it isn't going to topple Obama. It would be a major distraction, but those that love him will continue to do so. Cheating allegations with some pretty good proof before Clinton's first and second election and during his time in office didn't hurt him one little bit.

This Obama "affair" supposedly happened in 2004 - well before he was President, but during the time he was an elected U. S. Senator. I would think this would be the death knell of NE if they don't have substantive proof of the allegation.

I'll readily admit that what goes on in marriages is strictly between the spouses. But somehow someway I have it in my head that men and women seeking public endorsement to an office of TRUST should be held to the light of a heavier candle.

It would seem that some pre-set excuses are being made by a lot of you even before allegations are proven or not.

I don't trust any man or woman who cheats on their spouses. If they're capable of cheating in marriage, they're quite capable of cheating at anything. Get a divorce or don't get married if it's in your nature to cheat.

Yeah, I know - it's 2010. Times change. Sad!

In all honesty, did I miss the "pre-set excuses" in this thread? Can you show me them?

Pretty much all the chorus line is saying is "hey Doreen, I doubt this is true....and if it is, guess what? It's none of my business."

Those are not "excuses," they're people who think that other folks' are entitled to having certain portions of their private lives remain private...yes, even the President, Tiger Woods, and Bill Clinton. Not everyone is a huge fan of water cooler gossip. Do your job. If you can't keep your $hit in your pants, that's between you and your wife, as long as it's not affecting your job, which a 2004 affair certainly wouldn't, you know, unless someone was going around trying to craft another "pre-set" list of reasons why BO should be hated that have nothing to do with his job performance.

And, since you cherry pick one sentence out of my post to respond to, I'll add another sentence that was in my post as to why I think it's different for Obama:

<<I'll readily admit that what goes on in marriages is strictly between the spouses. But somehow someway I have it in my head that men and women seeking public endorsement to an office of TRUST should be held to the light of a heavier candle.>>

And, the pre-set excuse of yours and others is - what goes on between a man and a woman in marriage is no one's business but their own (or words to that effect). You're giving Obama a pass on the chance this story may be proven to be true.

It's impossible to say that I'm giving Obama a "pass" on anything, because the way I see it, there is no "pass" that needs to be given in the first place, because it is NONE of my business and NOT my issue to judge. I'm saying that my worldview dictates that it's none of my freaking business if he cheats on his wife, and it wouldn't my business if he was a teacher in a local school, the clerk at a local gas station, or my next door neighbor. Unless it's MY spouse cheating on ME, then it's none of my business and I have no place to make it my business because it's salacious and fun to talk about.

That's not making "excuses," that's having some line drawn somewhere in my life of the fact that there are just some things that are better off without my nose being stuck in them. Perhaps you don't have a similar line, or your line is conditional on what job a person has, as it seems to be. Mine is unconditional.

If your thoughts on politicians have a built-in "trust" policy, I hate to be the first to tell you, you're going to be let down.

I probably would, and I'd make certain they didn't get my vote the next time around if they were found out - regardless of what party they belonged to. I'm sure you'd have a lot to say if it was a Republican. I have this sneaking suspicion, however, you'd spin it some way to make your displeasure stick.

Is there hypocrisy involved with this generic Republican cheating on his wife?

Then absolutely, I'll be screaming from the rooftops. In fact, I find the Ted Haggard and Larry Craig stories absolutely HILARIOUS...it's true. But not because they were cheating, but because they had a long record of outspoken anti-gay sentiment all while they were doing drugs and getting banged by a hooker, and cruising for sex in a freaking airport bathroom, respectively.

Yes, that kind of hypocrisy is when it certainly is my business, which I don't need to spin because I admitted as much up front in my very first post on this topic, so there's no "gotcha" moment here where you've exposed some flaw in my reasoning. Generic Republican cheating on his wife? I couldn't give two figs, and you'll be hard-pressed to pin that one on me.

Well, good for you. Tell me where to mail your cookie.

Wait, did this really just go down?

1.) You try to paint me as a likely hypocrite
2.) I reiterate exactly what I already wrote earlier in the thread showing you're wrong and giving you a second chance to flex your awesome reading skills
3.) You snark at me with a 'here's your cookie' line?

You're really something.

When it comes to snarking -


Yup - I really am something. Glad you noticed.

You're showing good proficiency with those internet cartoons. Keep it up!

A picture sometimes is worth 1000 words. If the shoe fits....

Now, you seeming to need the last word, go for it.

Didn't the National Enquirer win a Pulitzer last year or something? Not that winning a Pulitzer makes a paper worthwhile, as I'm sure the Washington Post has won many of them.

Yeah..breaking a story like Watergate doesn't deserve a Pulitzer

I thought this was about Bo Jackson :)

LOL.. I thought Bo was the name of the Presidents dog?

I can see your comment's relevance since the Watergate story was only broken...over 35 YEARS AGO. Do you still pick up the New York Herald on occasion as well?