Has Obama Just Insured A 2nd Term?
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Babagounj
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[h=1]Obama Can’t Handle the Truth (Just Ask Gov. Brewer)[/h]President Barack Obama has a problem, a problem much bigger than his plummeting poll numbers among black voters, the ever-worsening housing market, or the chronically high national unemployment numbers. Although these are all bad and must be weighing down on him—whether he admits it or not—they are minor compared to his deeper problem, which is his inability to handle criticism, his inability to handle the truth.
We first saw this when Obama was starting to run for president and he put reporters “on notice” regarding comments about the size of his ears. Since then we’ve seen it in the way he locks out reporters who ask hard questions and, most recently, in the way he appears to have lodged a complaint with Gov. Jan Brewer regarding her criticism of the way he has gone to war with Arizona to keep that state from defending its southern border.
If you’ll recall, in December 2006, after New York Times’ reporter Maureen Dowd had written about how Obama’s “ears stick out,” Obama tracked her down at a speaking engagement and said: “I just want to put you on notice. I’m very sensitive,” adding, “I was teased relentlessly when I was a kid about my big ears.” (Rush Limbaugh was then criticized for seizing on that comment and warning people that it demonstrated Obama’s skin was too thin for the rigors of the presidency. And in retrospect, Limbaugh was right.)
We first saw this when Obama was starting to run for president and he put reporters “on notice” regarding comments about the size of his ears. Since then we’ve seen it in the way he locks out reporters who ask hard questions and, most recently, in the way he appears to have lodged a complaint with Gov. Jan Brewer regarding her criticism of the way he has gone to war with Arizona to keep that state from defending its southern border.
If you’ll recall, in December 2006, after New York Times’ reporter Maureen Dowd had written about how Obama’s “ears stick out,” Obama tracked her down at a speaking engagement and said: “I just want to put you on notice. I’m very sensitive,” adding, “I was teased relentlessly when I was a kid about my big ears.” (Rush Limbaugh was then criticized for seizing on that comment and warning people that it demonstrated Obama’s skin was too thin for the rigors of the presidency. And in retrospect, Limbaugh was right.)
moreluck
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This is what I was referring to when there was a question about "support" and "endorse". They ARE two different things.
Sara & Todd Palin are the example Iwas trying to explain before. This post is about the '2 words' and not anything about the Palins.
I lifted the sentences from Dick Morris's site.
This is not about Dick Morris either. The structure of these statements points to a difference between support & endorse.
"Palin has not endorsed any of the GOP presidential candidates, but has been enthusiastically supportive of Gingrich.
Last week before the South Carolina GOP primary Palin said she would vote for Newt Gingrich if she was voting in that state's primary.
Palin's husband, Todd, has officially endorsed Gingrich for president."
Sara & Todd Palin are the example Iwas trying to explain before. This post is about the '2 words' and not anything about the Palins.
I lifted the sentences from Dick Morris's site.
This is not about Dick Morris either. The structure of these statements points to a difference between support & endorse.
"Palin has not endorsed any of the GOP presidential candidates, but has been enthusiastically supportive of Gingrich.
Last week before the South Carolina GOP primary Palin said she would vote for Newt Gingrich if she was voting in that state's primary.
Palin's husband, Todd, has officially endorsed Gingrich for president."
Babagounj
Strength through joy
The woman who on Monday told President Obama about her engineer husband’s trouble finding a job said she thinks she “stumped” the president with her question.
“I don’t think he was trying to be condescending or anything,” Jennifer Wedel, of Fort Worth, Texas, told POLITICO. “I just think I stumped him a little and he wanted me to hush about it.”
Wedel said in a phone interview Monday night that she and Obama had a “pretty crazy interaction” that she hadn’t expected when she asked about the federal government granting H-1B visas to skilled foreign workers while U.S. citizens such as her husband are out of work.
“I don’t think he was trying to be condescending or anything,” Jennifer Wedel, of Fort Worth, Texas, told POLITICO. “I just think I stumped him a little and he wanted me to hush about it.”
Wedel said in a phone interview Monday night that she and Obama had a “pretty crazy interaction” that she hadn’t expected when she asked about the federal government granting H-1B visas to skilled foreign workers while U.S. citizens such as her husband are out of work.
moreluck
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[h=2]Poll: Obama’s Economic Approval Rating Just 36%…[/h]Don’t fret, Barack, you still make Pelosi and co. “so darn proud.”
Babagounj
Strength through joy
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — President Barack Obama collected the most votes in the Oklahoma Democratic primary, but lost in 15 counties.
With 98 percent of precincts reporting Tuesday, Obama won 57 percent of the vote.
Four other candidates combined for 43 percent of the vote, including anti-abortion activist and Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry who received 18 percent of the vote.
According to Democratic Party rules, Terry is eligible for a delegate since he won more than 15 percent of the statewide vote.
Terry beat Obama in 12 counties, mostly in western Oklahoma.
Terry acknowledges he can’t win the presidency but says he hopes to cause Obama’s defeat in the fall.
With 98 percent of precincts reporting Tuesday, Obama won 57 percent of the vote.
Four other candidates combined for 43 percent of the vote, including anti-abortion activist and Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry who received 18 percent of the vote.
According to Democratic Party rules, Terry is eligible for a delegate since he won more than 15 percent of the statewide vote.
Terry beat Obama in 12 counties, mostly in western Oklahoma.
Terry acknowledges he can’t win the presidency but says he hopes to cause Obama’s defeat in the fall.
moreluck
golden ticket member
As promised at CPAC by Breitbart......more to come later.
OBAMA: 'Open up your hearts and your minds' to racialist prof
A few quotes from Professor Bell’s 1992 book Faces at the Bottom of the Well:
OBAMA: 'Open up your hearts and your minds' to racialist prof
A few quotes from Professor Bell’s 1992 book Faces at the Bottom of the Well:
“Despite undeniable progress for many, no African Americans are insulated from incidents of racial discrimination. Our careers, even our lives, are threatened because of our color.”
“[T]he racism that made slavery feasible is far from dead . . . and the civil rights gains, so hard won, are being steadily eroded.”
“. . .few whites are ready to actively promote civil rights for blacks.”
“[D]iscrimination in the workplace is as vicious (if less obvious) than it was when employers posted signs ‘no negras need apply.’”
“We rise and fall less as a result of our efforts than in response to the needs of a white society that condemns all blacks to quasi citizenship as surely as it segregated our parents.”
“Slavery is, as an example of what white America has done, a constant reminder of what white America might do.”
“Black people will never gain full equality in this country. . . . African Americans must confront and conquer the otherwise deadening reality of our permanent subordinate status.”
“Tolerated in good times, despised when things go wrong, as a people we [blacks] are scapegoated and sacrificed as distraction or catalyst for compromise to facilitate resolution of political differences or relieve economic adversity.”
“[T]he racism that made slavery feasible is far from dead . . . and the civil rights gains, so hard won, are being steadily eroded.”
“. . .few whites are ready to actively promote civil rights for blacks.”
“[D]iscrimination in the workplace is as vicious (if less obvious) than it was when employers posted signs ‘no negras need apply.’”
“We rise and fall less as a result of our efforts than in response to the needs of a white society that condemns all blacks to quasi citizenship as surely as it segregated our parents.”
“Slavery is, as an example of what white America has done, a constant reminder of what white America might do.”
“Black people will never gain full equality in this country. . . . African Americans must confront and conquer the otherwise deadening reality of our permanent subordinate status.”
“Tolerated in good times, despised when things go wrong, as a people we [blacks] are scapegoated and sacrificed as distraction or catalyst for compromise to facilitate resolution of political differences or relieve economic adversity.”
moreluck
golden ticket member
I was listening to a discussion about the new HARP program that the pres. is pushing. I was amazed when I heard some of the details about who qualifies.
It's only for people who presently have 30 yr. fixed loans. You don't have to be a real estate whiz to know that the people in the most trouble had adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs).
You also have to be current on your mortgage payments and can't have had but one late in 6 or 12 months (I forget which)
If you were current on your mortgage with no lates, you probably aren't in much distress. It seems to me, given the qualifications, this program won't help many who are upside down in their homes.
Timing of course is to make him look like the hero rescuer......however, I think people will see this plan for what it is.
It's only for people who presently have 30 yr. fixed loans. You don't have to be a real estate whiz to know that the people in the most trouble had adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs).
You also have to be current on your mortgage payments and can't have had but one late in 6 or 12 months (I forget which)
If you were current on your mortgage with no lates, you probably aren't in much distress. It seems to me, given the qualifications, this program won't help many who are upside down in their homes.
Timing of course is to make him look like the hero rescuer......however, I think people will see this plan for what it is.
moreluck
golden ticket member
moreluck
golden ticket member
Monday, March 12, 2012 @ 1:25 pm | [h=2]WaPo/NBC Poll: Record Number Of Americans Have “Strongly Negative” Opinion Of Obama…[/h]
