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The end of the road for Barack Obama?
telegraph.UK ^
| Monday March 8, 2010
| Simon Heffer
Posted on 03/08/2010 7:49:52 PM PST by Bigtigermike
The descent of Barack Obama's regime, characterized now by factionalism in the Democratic Party and talk of his being set to emulate Jimmy Carter as a one-term president, has been swift and precipitate. It was just 16 months ago that weeping men and women celebrated his victory over John McCain in the American presidential election. If they weep now, a year and six weeks into his rule, it is for different reasons.....
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bho44; economy; elections; fifth100days; obama; politics
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Despite the efforts of some sections of opinion to talk the place up, America is mired in unhappiness, all the worse for the height from which Obamania has fallen. The economy remains troublesome. There is growth a good last quarter suggested an annual rate of as high as six per cent, but that figure is probably not reliable and the latest unemployment figures, last Friday, showed a levelling off. Yet 15 million Americans, or 9.7 per cent of the workforce, have no job. Many millions more are reduced to working part-time. Whole areas of the country, notably in the north and on the eastern seaboard, are industrial wastelands.
A thrashing of the Democrats in the mid-terms would not necessarily be the beginning of the end for Mr Obama: Bill Clinton was re-elected two years after the Republicans swept the House and the Senate in November 1994. But Mr Clinton was an operator in a way Mr Obama patently is not. His lack of experience, his dependence on rhetoric rather than action, his disconnection from the lives of many millions of Americans all handicap him heavily. It is not about whose advice he is taking: it is about him grasping what is wrong with America, and finding the will to put it right. That wasted first year, however, is another boulder hanging from his neck: what is wrong needs time to put right. The country's multi-trillion dollar debt is barely being addressed; and a country engaged in costly foreign wars has a President who seems obsessed with anything but foreign policy as a disregarded Britain is beginning to realise.
There are lessons from the stumbling of Mr Obama for our own country as we approach a general election. Vacuous promises of change are hostages to fortune if they cannot be delivered upon to improve the living conditions of a people. The slickness of campaigning that comes from a combination of heavy funding and public relations expertise does not inevitably translate into an ability to govern. There is no point a nation's having the audacity of hope unless it also has the sophistication and the will to turn it into action. As things stand, Barack Obama and America under his leadership do not.
To: Bigtigermike
The question of the day is....
Why does it take a Brit newspaper to point out the obvious yet no major American paper has?????
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posted on
03/08/2010 7:55:47 PM PST
by
nevergore
("It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.")
To: Bigtigermike
The slickness of campaigning that comes from a combination of heavy funding and public relations expertise does not inevitably translate into an ability to govern. Ya think?
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posted on
03/08/2010 7:56:45 PM PST
by
Outlaw Woman
(If you remove the first Amendment, we'll be forced to move on to the next one.)
To: nevergore
Because Bummer doesn’t have ACORN goons in Britain.
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posted on
03/08/2010 8:00:04 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
To: Bigtigermike
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posted on
03/08/2010 8:01:53 PM PST
by
garjog
(Used to be liberals were just people to disagree with. Now they are a threat to our existence.)
To: nevergore
Brits blast everyone even though they are liberals, American media just get on knee-pads.....
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posted on
03/08/2010 8:02:25 PM PST
by
Bigtigermike
(Loose lips sink ships, stay away RINO's)
To: nevergore
“Why does it take a Brit newspaper to point out the obvious yet no major American paper has?????”
The same reason Al Capone's crime family did not have an impact in Great Britain. The Ocean
English papers are not afraid of repercussions.
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posted on
03/08/2010 8:03:53 PM PST
by
NavyCanDo
(Palin 2012 Teleprompter Not Required)
To: Bigtigermike
This nation is in a malaise like the late 70's
WELCOME BACK CARTER!
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posted on
03/08/2010 8:05:05 PM PST
by
Bigtigermike
(Loose lips sink ships, stay away RINO's)
To: nevergore
Check out these vids of Senator Obama predicting that the "Troop Surge in Iraq will not only fail, but will make the situation much worse..."
This ass chimp goes on in other videos listed here to make commitments to how he will deal with Afghanistan if he's elected Prezadizzle. Fun to hear him then, and see how it comports with his actions as we now know them.
Dead wrong. Complete ignoramus. Compulsive liar.
America's biggest political mistake, and failure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnaiGByyh58
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or7Vc9vv6e4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4XY1SB7FFU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s41EHbDm4SA&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vpCBpTbEds&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD6nMxYcmjE&feature=related
Great viewing! Enjoy!
;-/
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posted on
03/08/2010 8:06:19 PM PST
by
Gargantua
(DON'T TREAD ON US.)
To: Bigtigermike
Fortunately for us, Obama is inept in virtually all dimensions. Only 32 more months, and the joke will be over.
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posted on
03/08/2010 8:07:24 PM PST
by
mlocher
(USA is a sovereign nation)
To: Bigtigermike
Just a couple of responses so far, but evident that folks aren’t reading the article before commenting.
Read on, and find yourself wondering where’s the “Barf Alert”.
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posted on
03/08/2010 8:08:13 PM PST
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists...Call 'em What you Will, They ALL have Fairies Living In Their Trees.)
To: mlocher
Fortunately for us, Obama is inept in virtually all dimensions. Only 32 more months, and the joke will be over.Lord have mercy! This is one joke I NEVER, EVER WANT TO HEAR AGAIN!
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posted on
03/08/2010 8:08:34 PM PST
by
thecraw
(God allows evil. God allowed Barry to usurp the highest office in the land. God will not be mocked.)
To: rockinqsranch
Fox news? LOL!! yea i saw that too!
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posted on
03/08/2010 8:09:06 PM PST
by
Bigtigermike
(Loose lips sink ships, stay away RINO's)
To: mlocher
Lets hope sooner. The commie needs to throw in the towel NOW!
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posted on
03/08/2010 8:09:07 PM PST
by
HerrBlucher
(Jail Al Gore and the Climate Frauds!)
To: Bigtigermike
This nation is in a malaise like the late 70'sBush's. Fault.
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posted on
03/08/2010 8:09:21 PM PST
by
thecraw
(God allows evil. God allowed Barry to usurp the highest office in the land. God will not be mocked.)
To: Bigtigermike
The magnificent campaign created the notion that Mr Obama could walk on water. Oddly enough, he can't.
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posted on
03/08/2010 8:10:00 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Bigtigermike
Obama/Reid/Peolosi will be extremely dangerous for the next 8-10 months. That's their window of opportunity.
Their Congressional majority will evaporate in the 2010 elections, and I don't think he can produce the required documentatation of eligibility that some of the States are now requiring to appear on their ballot in 2012.
Anything they can't get done this year isn't going to happen, period.
IMHO.
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posted on
03/08/2010 8:11:32 PM PST
by
tacticalogic
("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: thecraw
This nation is in a malaise like the late 70's Bush's. Fault.
How did you find out about the Obama admin campaign strategy for 2012?
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posted on
03/08/2010 8:11:58 PM PST
by
Bigtigermike
(Loose lips sink ships, stay away RINO's)
To: thecraw
Lord have mercy! This is one joke I NEVER, EVER WANT TO HEAR AGAIN!Not a very good punch line. Not even The Carter Joke was not this long, drawn out and chuckle-less.
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posted on
03/08/2010 8:12:41 PM PST
by
mlocher
(USA is a sovereign nation)
To: Bigtigermike
My vision of real "hope and change" comes in November 2010 and in 2012.
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posted on
03/08/2010 8:14:54 PM PST
by
cranked
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