Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign was an exercise in wish-fulfillment. The junior senator from Illinois who wowed Democrats at their convention in 2004 did not make a conventional run for the White House. As Virginia Postrel noted in Reason’s November 2008 issue, “Barack Obama has not run as the typical candidate, selling specific policies, a worldview, experience, or executive competence. He has instead sold himself, a glamorous icon onto whom supporters project their hopes and dreams and, in many cases, their own identities.” What many political observers referred to as charisma, Postrel identified as glamour. The last three years have supported her interpretation; a charismatic president can stir people to follow him, a glamorous one faces difficulty every time the spell is broken. Nevertheless, as we approach the 2012 election, some of Barack Obama’s supporters continue to attribute political positions to him that he just doesn’t hold. Here are four.
[SIZE=-1]The Bush administration detained and tortured suspected militants; the Obama administration assassinates them. Both practices not only visit more hatred upon the United States; they are also illegal. Our laws and treaties prohibit torture. The Constitution forbids the government from depriving any person of life without due process of law; that is, arrest and fair trial. Yet President Obama has approved the killing of people, many of whom were not even identified before the kill order was given.
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Today’s schedule:10:30 am || Receives the Presidential Daily Briefing
11:00 am || Meets with Secretary of State Clinton
12:05 pm || Departs the White House
1:35 pm || Arrives Portsmouth, New Hampshire
2:05 pm || Delivers remarks at a campaign event; Oyster River High School, Durham, New Hampshire
4:05 pm || Departs Portsmouth
4:30 pm || Arrives Boston
5:10 pm || Attends a fundraiser; Hamersley’s Bistro
7:35 pm || Attends a fundraiser; Symphony Hall
9:25 pm || Attends a fundraiser; private residence
Maybe he would if OBAMA was in Washington doing what he promised (You know, crossing the aisle, gaining consensus.... You remember him saying that, don't you?)Sounds like a busy man, what BOEHNER been doing this year? Has he passed ANY BILLS that got the signature of the president yet?
peace
TOS
Sounds like a busy man, what BOEHNER been doing this year? Has he passed ANY BILLS that got the signature of the president yet?
peace
TOS
From your article:
""“Hey young couples just starting out, instead of creating a nest egg, saving for a down-payment for a house or simply paying for your wedding and reception, give your money to the President!” It’s the audacity of self-importance.""
NO ITS AN INVESTMENT IN THE MIDDLE CLASS FUTURE. You know the one, the one that ROMNEY and the GOP are trying to destroy?
Please.
Peace
TOS
I already posted a link on his inauguration check it out it's interesting, HE is NOT a muslim, neither christian...bhos was born a Muslim, his father was a Muslim. The seed of Islam is passed through the father like the seed of Judaism is passed through the mother.
He was born a Muslim, his father gave him an Islamic name.
Thus if he truly rejects his father's faith that makes him kafir,(Arabic: كافر kāfir, plural كفّار kuffār) is an Arabic term used in a Islamic doctrinal sense, usually translated as "unbeliever", "disbeliever" or "infidel".
The term refers to a person who rejects God or who hides, denies, or covers the "truth".
Thus his most recent actions confirm this to be true.
Which Middle Class ?
The one bhos has totally wiped out ?
Or the one that only a real business leader can restore ?
Doing quite fine, thanks.I also remember something about the unemployment rate not going below 8%, deficit reduction and the most transparent administration ever.
Soooooooooooo....................... how's that obama thing working out for you, America ??
Oh, I don't know. I think I like this better than learning it in the gutter. A couple years ago the perceived "safe sex" according to "peer counseling" was anal sex.This was so out of line........I don't want my 13 or 14 year old hearing about contraception and abortion from the president. His overstepping is inappropriate. These kids aren't voters. What was he thinking? .....did he buy them beer afterwards too?
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