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| The beginning of the end for Barack Obama |
| 2013-11-19 |
| [WASHINGTONTIMES] Twenty hours after Mr. Obama's depressing presser, 39 Democrats joined Republicans to support the "Keep Your Health Plan Act of 2013." And just like that, No. 44 became a lame duck, eviscerated and emasculated. The shutdown? Ancient history. The fractured Republican Party? Gone with the wind. Instead, the headlines are suddenly focused on dissension in the Democratic Party, in Mr. Obama's Cabinet, and in Congress, where lawmakers are running for cover over Obamacare, abandoning the party's standard-bearer to save their own political skins. In the blink of an eye, Mr. Obama's approval rating plunged to 39 percent -- exactly where George W. Bush found himself after weeks of dire Katrina coverage. "When you take a look at history, when presidents in their second terms drop on credibility, trust and approval, they never come back from that," former Bush campaign strategist Matthew Dowd said last week. "When we look back three years from now at the end of his presidency, we're going to all say this was the tipping point of his relevancy." And the president knows it. In his funereal news conference, he sought to once again sow division and dissension -- his go-to M.O. In a desperate gambit, he suggested that insurers re-offer the plans they have been canceling because of Obamacare. The intent: If Americans pay more for health care under his program now, it's not his fault -- it's those heartless insurance companies! He hopes the discord will help in 2014. But deep down, he knows it won't. And by Sunday, the president was back on the golf course, in a thick fog, on a cold and drizzly day. This time, though, the outing didn't have the aura of a powerful man taking a break from his powerful post. Instead, it felt more like a newly retired guy just looking to get out of the house for a bit. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #20 Iff one believes that the Bammer is an anti-US Marxist-Anarchist-Globalists whom sees only opportunity in a deadlocked US Congress to continually wreak Systemic, anti-Establishment + anti-Sovereign-Constitutional-Electoral National, Geopol havoc wid his POTUS-led EXECUTIVE PRIVELEGE/ACTION AUTHORITY, THEN ONE SHOULD BELIEVE THAT OBAMA HAS A VERY LONG WAY TO GO YET BEFORE HE'S ACTUALLY FINISHED. Lest we fergit, OWG "GLOBALISM" = Smaller or lessor Nation-States are risen up to share International or Global burdens or obligations, etc. IN [imperfect = rough?] PARITY WID GREAT POWERS, NOT FROM THEIR HISTORICAL OR TRADITIONAL POSITION(S) OF INFERIORITY = WEAKNESS. The scope of the above means or infers that the US must voluntarily or forcibly lose something(s) that it normally wouldn't iff it had a choice. AS A GOOD POLITICIAN, THE JOB OF THE BAMMER + OTHER ALIGNED, ETAL. IS SEE THAT THE US "LOSES" OR "GIVES UP" ITS "SOLE" SUPERPOWER POWER-N-INFLUENCE/AUTHORITY WID THE FULL SUPPORT + BACKING OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION. * E.g. CHINA-VS-JAPAN/PHIL/INDIA, ETC. = the Bad Econ, Sequester, Shutdown + post-Shutdown, ....@etc. US can't intervene in moral or treaty obligation to its overseas Allies because it can no longer econ or $$$ afford to do so. In addition, its not in the US interest to risk fighting either a major Conventional War andor a major Nuclear War in East Asia-Pacific agz China. OBAMA US of AMERIKA = 1945 PRE-SURRENDER EMPEROR HIROHITO = AMERIKA [Post-Hiroshima, Nagasaki Japan] "MUST ACCEPT THE UNACCEPTABLE, BEAR THE UNBEARABLE, TOLERATE THE INTOLERABLE" ... ... IN THE NAME OF PEACE + COUNTRY'S FUTURE. POTUS BAMMER = ONE HELLUVA LOUSY PRO-US NATIONALIST, SOVEREIGNTYIST, + AMERICAN, BUT ONE HELLUVA OUTSTANDING ANTI-AMERICAN, ANTI-SOVEREIGNTY, GLOBALIST AMERIKAN! D *** NG IT, ... AND DON'T YOUSE EVER E-V-A-R! FORGET WHAT WE NEVER TOLD YOU! Dats our story + we're sticking to it. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-11-19 21:06 |
| #19 Gettuysburg is not a haooy memory for the Democrats |
| Posted by: JFM 2013-11-19 19:06 |
| #18 Bill, USN Ret. and Bobby, do not assume that US troops will not fire on US Citizens. It has happened before (and no, I don't mean the Kent State shootings). On the other hand, there are reports that Obama has been asking the military brass if they are willing to shoot US citizens if ordered. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2013-11-19 17:47 |
| #17 Don't sweat it Bill, he's been revealed as just another 2nd rate populist president lame duck. Democrats are heading for the high grass. (I love that term). |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-11-19 16:22 |
| #16 I donno - I just finished re-reading Red Storm Rising last night and the coup d'état the Ruskies pulled off at the end seemed pretty easy. "Less than 200 people really knew what was going on." But I 'spose our troops would not so blindly follow world-class-stoopid orders. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2013-11-19 16:06 |
| #15 My fear is "world class stupid" as well. He's cornered, spiteful, and angry. Bad combinations I'd say. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-11-19 15:01 |
| #14 I have to admit having thoughts along the same line as Bill's; but mine switch gears when you get to the part about where Obama "...orders his sycophant generals out into the streets with their troops ..." At that point, my thoughts go more to ; the general may order but the trops will not act; and in fact may turn their weapons into another direction. But I do not rule out Barry doing something world class stupid to (tyr to) save his own sorry ass. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2013-11-19 14:57 |
| #13 Lay off the Del Taco. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2013-11-19 13:14 |
| #12 I woke up in the middle of the night with a Captain Obvious moment. Perhaps on the anniversary of the Kennedy Assassination, my conspiracy theorist credentials are working in high gear. Various agencies of the federal government, not normally connected with law enforcement, guns, bullets and bombs have been purchasing weapons, ammunition, and equipment by the truck load. Obama has been purging the ranks of our General Officer corps of anyone not a true believer While I believe in Heinlein's Law ("Never attribute to malice that which could be more easily explained by stupidity"), no one in the inner circle of true believers surrounding Obama is THAT stupid and our foreign policy is just BEGGING for some catastrophic event to occur. NSA is tracking everyone of us in email, websites, bank transactions, cell phones, heck I think they even have my fleet of stealth carrier pigeons wired. Taken in isolation, all of this odd and near keystone cop behavior by our government is symptomatic of an administration in self destruct sequence and counting. Taken together, and my intelligence analyst/conspiracy theorist tendencies, I can see a scenario being played out for an enormous coup d'état. An enormous catastrophe or vast civil disobedience uprising gives the ONE the excuse to declare martial law, he issues a series of executive orders to suspend most civil rights, hits the kill switch on the internet, orders his sycophant generals out into the streets with their troops and he thinks he could have 1917 all over again with a newer and greater communist paradise. Of course all of the useful idiots in the media and academia would be herded into confinement or shot as traitors.... Am I nuts or have I just been reading this stuff too much and I should law off Del Taco at midnight? |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2013-11-19 13:01 |
| #11 His reading of the Gettysburg Address was horrible. It reminded me of some of the readers at church haven't bothered to read the material beforehand, seemingly emphasizing words at random. I thought he was supposed to be a great orator. Not so much. |
| Posted by: JonC 2013-11-19 11:51 |
| #10 ...in Madison. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-11-19 11:34 |
| #9 His failure to go to Gettysburg indicates that he is afraid of the reception he will receive. Look for more and more of his "public" appearances to be before controlled audiences. He may become known as the education president because the only group he could speak to was union teachers. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2013-11-19 11:09 |
| #8 These are democrats. They are disgustingly ignorant and it will not matter what 0 does or not, they will still think of him the world. |
| Posted by: newc 2013-11-19 10:20 |
| #7 It is best he doesn't got to the Gettsyburg anniversary. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2013-11-19 10:16 |
| #6 GETTYSBURG ADDRESS 150th anniversary of Abe's Civil War speech honored Obama Snubs 150th Anniversary of Gettysburg Address The beginning of the end for Barack Obama, yes... Is he a great man of the people...no. |
| Posted by: Au Auric 2013-11-19 09:08 |
| #5 ...dunno....images of Glen Close / Fatal Attraction keep flashing by, including the bunny.... |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2013-11-19 08:15 |
| #4 ...and the difference between that an Biden being in the seat is? Joe's smart enough to know not to touch a third rail. Reid has about as much power that the rules of the Senate allow and yet not too much to tempt a coup by some other Senator (its an old Roman tradition). |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-11-19 07:26 |
| #3 Not interfering with ValJar while she busy |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-11-19 07:24 |
| #2 And by Sunday, the president was back on the golf course, in a thick fog, on a cold and drizzly day.> As we have instructed here on the Burg. For best taxpayer results, a daily regimen. Nine before noon, a two hour lunch & nap, then another 9 following. Lots of smoke breaks in between. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-11-19 07:23 |
| #1 39 Democrats joined Republicans 39 new IRS audits? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-11-19 04:31 |