Comments on: POTUS profanity

POTUS profanity

Artifice_Eternity — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:21:45 -0800

Shit's gettin' way too complicated for me 1. Barack Obama puts some salty language (in quotations attributed to others) in his memoir Dreams of My Father. 2. Obama reads the audiobook himself. 3. Obama gets elected President. 4. Blogger posts remix-ready clips of POTUS profanity online. I can't wait to see what teh intertubes make of this.

By: Rhaomi

Rhaomi — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:29:23 -0800

After Obama Saves the World... Obama Soundboard with choice snippets

By: terranova

terranova — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:29:31 -0800

Meh. She's just copying a few Greatest Hits off the Obama "Fun with Whitey" Soundboard.

By: Artifice_Eternity

Artifice_Eternity — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:36:05 -0800

OK, I see the remixing is well under way. Mods: Thanks for the link fix.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:38:57 -0800

Buffering....

By: delmoi

delmoi — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:40:53 -0800

Oh hmm, there was something wrong with firefox.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:42:20 -0800

Yeah I listened to both Dreams and Audacity over last summer and I kept thinking, why isn't anyone cutting this up yet? "I am... a devout Muslim." "When I first met President Bush... we played basketball all day." These I pulled out of my proverbial behind, but really, the possibilities are infinite. It's about time, is all I'm saying.

By: mmmleaf

mmmleaf — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:45:54 -0800

Obama is relatively badass, but he probably learns it all from Rahm Emanuel. Now, that bitch is crazy.

By: acro

acro — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:47:45 -0800

Niiiiice.

By: Flex1970

Flex1970 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:52:42 -0800

Barack and Rahm. That would be a great TV show.

By: turgid dahlia

turgid dahlia — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:59:06 -0800

LOOK AT THIS FUCKING PRESIDENT

By: Curry

Curry — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:00:20 -0800

"You ain't my bitch, nigga. Buy your own damn fries." The audacity!

By: DecemberBoy

DecemberBoy — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:06:21 -0800

"You ain't my bitch, nigga!" If I cared enough about cell phones to have anything but the cheapest one possible, and there was a way to put ringtones on it, that would be my ringtone.

By: paisley henosis

paisley henosis — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:12:38 -0800

Yep, we all agree, this is the funniest thing any president has ever said.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:14:45 -0800

This makes me feel...dirty. But good dirty, like when you hear someone moaning lustily in the row behind you at the movies.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:15:48 -0800

America: You ain't my bitch, nigga. Get your own damn fries. A universal truth we can all live by.

By: fiercecupcake

fiercecupcake — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:17:06 -0800

This made my evening complete. Thank you to everyone involved in creating this moment(s) of awesomenessitude.

By: wolfewarrior

wolfewarrior — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:18:43 -0800

I love this president!

By: echo target

echo target — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:23:33 -0800

We're really not getting all the use we could out of the 'motherfucker' tag.

By: Slap*Happy

Slap*Happy — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:35:56 -0800

What? That our President is a human being who has observed other human beings and can communicate to us what they said in a way we can understand? Oh, the horror!

By: louche mustachio

louche mustachio — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:36:50 -0800

LOOK AT THIS FUCKING PRESIDENT His font got serifs goddamn

By: louche mustachio

louche mustachio — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:40:52 -0800

...and can communicate to us what they said in a way we can understand? See, that's the part we're not used to. It frightens us. It's akin to the effect of the midday sun after one crawls out of a cave after, oh, eight years or so.

By: heeeraldo

heeeraldo — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:46:14 -0800

LOOK AT THIS FUCKING PRESIDENT is he great, or the greatest?

By: Super Hans

Super Hans — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:47:47 -0800

And this is why this man is the first true 21st Century President. Buy your own damn fries.

By: Edgewise

Edgewise — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:50:20 -0800

What? That our President is a human being who has observed other human beings and can communicate to us what they said in a way we can understand? Hey, it's an understandable reaction, you know, the incongruity of it all...kind of like seeing a rabbi in a wrestling match, or your dad in a clown costume on top of aunt Flora. Especially on Easter when you didn't even know she was in the house.

By: Artw

Artw — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:52:55 -0800

Sure, you can have my number baby!

By: Blazecock Pileon

Blazecock Pileon — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:53:02 -0800

Heh.

By: jamstigator

jamstigator — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:28:29 -0800

Fucking Republicans gonna learn how we roll, the stupid bitches.

By: Avenger

Avenger — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:37:03 -0800

His font got serifs goddamn president has got no mercy

By: codswallop

codswallop — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:43:40 -0800

or your dad in a clown costume on top of aunt Flora. Especially on Easter when you didn't even know she was in the house. Cousin Eddie, is that you?!

By: mattdidthat

mattdidthat — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:50:21 -0800

Hope. Progress. Yes we can. Now buy your own damn fries. It's like a zen koan for the post-Neocon age.

By: Mikey-San

Mikey-San — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:14:00 -0800

MetaFilter: There are white folks, and then there are ignorant mothafuckas like you.

By: arcanecrowbar

arcanecrowbar — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:15:28 -0800

ok, "fuck an eskimo" made me laugh.

By: stinkycheese

stinkycheese — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:31:09 -0800

"and your mother was begging Barack to stop" LOL

By: Marisa Stole the Precious Thing

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:49:37 -0800

My favorite part of this, to me, is how unnatural he sounds using some of the more exuberant expressions. I can't tell if it's because I'm not used to hearing the president use twelve-letter words, or because Obama's not at ease himself using them.

By: querty

querty — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:27:30 -0800

Still sounds too similar to Dwayne Johnson.

By: zardoz

zardoz — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:36:47 -0800

Please someone do some prank calls with this, a la those Al Pacino and Schwartzenegger ones. I don't have the guts but if you do I'll be your best friend. Pleeeease?

By: zardoz

zardoz — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:40:00 -0800

Oh, hold up, I should've looked at that site more. Got 'em.

By: Bizurke

Bizurke — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:40:25 -0800

"Fuck an Eskimo" made me lol too — but then I looked it up. The words in the book are actually "fucking Eskimo."

By: louche mustachio

louche mustachio — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:50:53 -0800

If I cared enough about cell phones to have anything but the cheapest one possible, and there was a way to put ringtones on it, that would be my ringtone. Oh, these are all on my phone now. That's as good a reason as any to care about cell phones ; sometimes, the most amazing .wav file falls into your lap and you need a way to share it with the world.* *Within reason. I'm not That Guy - I believe in vibrate.

By: matteo

matteo — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:13:19 -0800

I'M ~~RICK JAMES~~ BARACK OBAMA, BITCH!

By: PeterMcDermott

PeterMcDermott — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:23:58 -0800

I'm waiting for the Barack Obama/Alexyss K. Tylor mashup. Obama: "Sorry ass motherfucker got nothin' on me." Tylor: "He be hittin' the back an workin' the sides, twistin' you all inside out like a pretzel" Tylor: "This man won't even buy you some shrimp from Long John Silver's" Obama: "Buy your own damn fries, nigga!" Tylor: "All you'll get is a mouth full of sperm and a rectum full of sperm." Obama: "Man, I'm not going to any more of those damn porn parties."

By: Goofyy

Goofyy — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:49:58 -0800

Sorry. The soundbyte I want is Obama saying "Suck my chocolate salty balls!" This hit my head yesterday, for some reason, at the grocery store (maybe I saw some Lindt balls). The Swiss aren't very accepting of folks bursting out laughing out loud in public! I realized that President Obama really ought to have a dish of chocolate balls on his desk, to offer guests. You can understand why I was cracking up! But why do I have such thoughts? Simple: Barack is my President. He's smart, fit, and black. The country is in shambles. He's got Rahm there, to handle his light work, but damn, I want to see some real ass-kicking. Terrorists be damned, the real enemies are the ones that just left office, and a few fools still warming seats in Congress.

By: mikeweeney

mikeweeney — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 03:17:57 -0800

Prank calls to Obama's field offices using the sound board.

By: Pallas Athena

Pallas Athena — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 03:35:14 -0800

I know it's wrong that I keep clicking to hear Obama say "Lurid and perverse", but somehow I don't wanna be right.

By: East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:17:09 -0800

Cooler than Taft

By: rokusan

rokusan — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:23:30 -0800

My favorite part of this, to me, is how unnatural he sounds using some of the more exuberant expressions. I disagree. I think he sounds... what is the term... fucking awesome saying most of those things, especially the twelve-letter treat. Not at all the way I would imagine the average senator half-balking on the words awkwardly and self-consciously.

By: rokusan

rokusan — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:26:59 -0800

I love posts like this, where four tags pretty much tell the story.

By: DU

DU — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:33:57 -0800

I was prepared to love these, but he actually didn't seem to put much feeling behind them.

By: flashboy

flashboy — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:38:47 -0800

What the world needs now is a Bale/Obama swearing mashup.

By: EarBucket

EarBucket — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:44:13 -0800

Sorry. The soundbyte I want is Obama saying "Suck my chocolate salty balls!" At my election night party, this is what blared over the loudspeakers the moment the election was called for Obama.

By: nax

nax — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:09:53 -0800

Barack and Rahm. That would be a great TV show. So that would be the BarackaRahma?

By: uncleozzy

uncleozzy — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:52:52 -0800

That's a really great blog attached to the ObamaSoundoff soundboard.

By: the_bone

the_bone — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:22:17 -0800

I haven't read Dreams from my Father, but now I really want to.

By: milarepa

milarepa — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:31:29 -0800

After 13 years of marriage, I found myself to be fully domesticated, soft and helpless. Preach it brother.

By: threeturtles

threeturtles — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:58:44 -0800

Ok, now I have to find the audiobook of "Dreams of my Father." I really enjoyed Obama's speech last night to the House Democratic caucus. He had some of this attitude. I like to see him get angry. I'm so proud to have an ass-kicking president.

By: fantabulous timewaster

fantabulous timewaster — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 07:31:24 -0800

I'm so proud to have an ass-kicking president.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?? WE JUST FINALLY GOT RID OF MR. "BRING IT ON" breathes into paper bag ... sorry about that

By: jamstigator

jamstigator — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 07:43:24 -0800

Well, to be fair, Bush was an ass-kicking president. That was kind of his problem: *all* he wanted to do was kick ass. At any price, for any length of time, regardless of whether it involved lying to We The People or not. He was like the ultimate ass-kicker. It must have been the only thing he thought he was actually good at. And yet, he wasn't even good at that, even if deceives himself about it. There is just a ton to like about Obama, but coming off of eight Bush years, Obama looks even better than he would compared to even a mediocre president. If I had to pick my three favorite things about Obama, I guess they would be: 1) Empathy for the common man. Obama grew up poor-ish himself, or maybe middle-class, so he knows what the life of an average person/family is like, the problems they face. This isn't something you can read in a book and 'get' anywhere *near* as well as living the life. 2) Sheer raw intelligence. Obama is the first president in my life that I could listen to and think, 'That dude is smarter than I am.' That has never been true for me before. And just when I think I'm getting a handle on just how smart Obama is, he does something else that makes me realize I'd actually underestimated him.`How can you synthesize a plethora of disjointed and complex ideas and pick the best path for the country if you're not freaking crazy-ass smart? 3) An appreciation of history. Bush didn't start thinking about his legacy until it was just about time for the door to hit him on the ass on the way out. The historical legacy of a president begins on the very first day, and really it begins before that. So, if you want to be remembered in the gloriously appreciative and thankful way that, say, Lincoln is remembered, you have to be willing to think big and act bold, yes, but you *absolutely* have to do the right thing for the country. If you don't, well, fuggeddaboutit. Obama knows that, and he knows it NOW. This instills confidence in me, that he will do good things for us.

By: quin

quin — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:33:18 -0800

I'm going to have to go through and see if I can find enough phonetic samples to have Obama's voice on my phone announce "Quin, you're a crazy mother fucker!" whenever I get a message. That would be pretty sweet for when I'm in a management meeting.

By: KokuRyu

KokuRyu — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:36:19 -0800

I thought we were entering an era of hope + change. Now it's certain we're just entering a new era of Internet weirdness.

By: clavdivs

clavdivs — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:42:42 -0800

on bill clintons inaugrial day (Augries?) He could be heard shouting "hurry the fuck up" to hilly i kinda liked him after that

By: celerystick

celerystick — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:59:24 -0800

I love April Winchell

By: bashos_frog

bashos_frog — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:04:41 -0800

Well, to be fair, Bush was an ass-kicking president. No. Bush wanted to be an ass-kicking president. In reality, he kicked ass like Charlie Brown kicked footballs.

By: ooga_booga

ooga_booga — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:22:04 -0800

Bush was Charlie Brown without the pathos or the cool dog. Obama? Obama is Hobbes manifest.

By: louche mustachio

louche mustachio — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:28:10 -0800

A wise man once said, "Discretion is the better part of kicking ass." Something like that.

By: louche mustachio

louche mustachio — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:39:00 -0800

I'm waiting for the Barack Obama/Alexyss K. Tylor mashup. -posted by PeterMcDermott Genius, sir. Also, don't give me projects when I've got too much shit to do already. If anyone else gets around to mixing those up before I do, please, feel free to do so, but it must be done. Kickin' ass, hittin' the sides and workin' the middle. Those would be some seriously fantastic ringtones. (I already have some Alexyss K. Tylor tones; let it not be said of me that I do not Stand Strong in Vagina Power.)

By: Squid Voltaire

Squid Voltaire — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:47:08 -0800

DecemberBoy, I don't know why that wasn't the first thing to pop into my head. As of thirty seconds ago, whenever I get a call I'll now hear this. (self-link, obviously).

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:00:44 -0800

Fucking Republicans gonna learn how we roll, the stupid bitches. Damn right!

By: barrett caulk

barrett caulk — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:05:10 -0800

during the campaign a minor issue was 'do black people think obama's black enough?' but perhaps the better question is, 'do white people think obama's black enough?' the white folk i know (that would include yours truly) are positively digging obama saying 'nigga' and 'motherfucker.' is it because we want our black president to talk the way we expect black folk to talk? having said that, the 'fries' line is fucking funny.

By: louche mustachio

louche mustachio — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:09:22 -0800

I thought we were entering an era of hope + change. Now it's certain we're just entering a new era of Internet weirdness. Those factors are in no way mutually exclusive. In fact, they are complementary. I disagree. I think he sounds... what is the term... fucking awesome saying most of those things, especially the twelve-letter treat. ITA. I love that he sounds equally at ease using twelve letter and four letter words. He understands the nuances of spoken language well enough that he can engage in stirring, erudite discourse and deploy the F-bomb like what. Like any speech, there is an art and a skill to swearing properly. I mean, you can't just carelessly toss those effenheimers around like confetti, they lose their impact. Context is key; style, brio and passion turn an everyday four letter expletive into a thing of quotable greatness. Remember what a douche Bush sounded like when he called that reporter and asshole? Or what about when he was clowning around and gave that famous finger - which is also a profane expression - did he not look a smug, immature tool? Lenny Bruce and George Carlin smile upon you from Cool People Heaven, Mr. President Badass Motherfucker, sir. Please feel free to unleash the Fury of the Seven Words upon the Senate.

By: ericbop

ericbop — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:12:53 -0800

A president using obscenities is so much better than an obscene presidency.

By: fantabulous timewaster

fantabulous timewaster — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:18:33 -0800

Obama? Obama is Hobbes manifest.

Nasty, brutish, and short? I hope not.

By: zoinks

zoinks — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:19:16 -0800

Obscenity is the spice of language.

By: morganw

morganw — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:02:21 -0800

3) An appreciation of history. Bush didn't start thinking about his legacy until it was just about time for the door to hit him on the ass on the way out. Wha!? Bush (& Condi) used future history as an excuse to brush aside criticism & I think they were doing it back in 2005 or at least 2006. Yep- I (for once) was right about the dates:

I still think it was the right decision to make. But history will judge. President Bush on Iraq, 12/19/05 I think the outcome, the judgment, of all of this needs to await history. Condoleeza Rice on Iraq, 3/16/06 Fortunately, history is not made up of daily headlines, blogs on Web sites or the latest sensational attack. History is a bigger picture, and it takes some time and perspective to measure accurately. Donald Rumsfeld on Iraq, 3/19/06

By: Super Hans

Super Hans — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:02:43 -0800

Obama? Obama is Hobbes manifest. Obama? No. Harlan Ellison, maybe. But not Obama.

By: The World Famous

The World Famous — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:33:01 -0800

Obama is the first president in my life that I could listen to and think, 'That dude is smarter than I am.' I realize that, most of the time, Clinton did not talk like an egghead, but if Obama's smarter than you, then Clinton is, too. Frankly, George H. W. Bush is really, really smart, as well. W., not so much. But don't let W. make you forget how smart WJC and GHWB were.

By: ooga_booga

ooga_booga — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:51:09 -0800

Obama? No. Harlan Ellison, maybe. But not Obama. posted by Super Hans at 5:02 PM on February 6 [+] [!] Obama? No. Harlan Ellison, maybe. But not Obama. posted by Super Hans at 5:02 PM on February 6 [+] [!] Wrong Hobbes. Perhaps I should have been more explicit in my comic strip treatise on presidential equivalence.

By: Emperor SnooKloze

Emperor SnooKloze — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 06:36:26 -0800

ooga_booga: I managed to transmogrify "comic strip treatise" into "comic striptease." I need more coffee.

By: hattifattener

hattifattener — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:09:33 -0800

Here you are: a repetitive techno remix of these sound snips.

By: mdn

mdn — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 22:00:07 -0800

jamstigator, all three of your items can be and were said of Clinton when he was inaugurated. THings may be different with Obama, but it'll only be because Obama will have learned from Bill's mistakes... WJC grew up (1) poor white trash with a single mom, became a (2) Rhodes scholar and worked his way to the presidency, and specifically decided not to run in '88 because he had that (3) appreciation for history and knew it wasn't "his time" yet. IN his autobiography, he notes his understanding of history sometime around age 16 - when he decided he wasn't going to dedicate his life to music because he knew he could never be John Coltrane, but he could dedicate it to politics because he thought perhaps he had what it took to be the next JFK (whom he had briefly met). And he did make big moves as soon as he was elected, including attempting national health care in 1992, & gays in the military... A lot of it ended up in disaster, as two years into things, the Repubs took back the house and senate, and he struggled the rest of his time in office to get anything passed. But when he was first elected, he had a +6 pt man da te, a promise for change, and majorities in the legislature, much like Barack. (And he was even called the "first black president" - played his sax on Arsenio Hall, comfortable at historically black churches, etc.) Basically, I think you are just comparing Obama to GWB, not to presidents generally, others of whom meet your criteria - Clinton certainly does.