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Wes Pruden (Washington Post): It's NOW Desperation Time for Obama to play the RACE CARD
The Washington Times ^ | Tuesday, April 27, 2010 | Wes Pruden

Posted on 04/27/2010 12:21:08 PM PDT by Comrade Brother Abu Bubba

It's NOW Desperation Time for Obama to play the RACE CARD

The Democratic National Committee released a video clip Monday of the president rousing his troops with what Politico, the Capitol Hill political paper, calls with artful euphemism, "unusual demographic frankness." The auguries for November do not look good, the president concedes, and he wants "young people, African-Americans, Latinos and women who powered our victory in 2008 [to] stand together once again." Many of these "surge" voters cast their first ballots in 2008 and then ignored pleas to turn out for gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia (or that famous Senate race in Massachusetts) and the Democrats took a licking.

Mr. Obama spent enormous political capital to ram the health care "reform" down the throats of a public struggling not to swallow, and now he wants to do it again, and then again, and then once more, with his toxic agenda of financial reform, global warming "solutions" and immigration "reform" that he won't call by its rightful name, "amnesty." It's almost as if the president has figured out that he will be a one-term president and is determined to use whatever capital he has to impose as much as he can of that radical stuff from his Chicago activist days.

Mr. Obama, who rarely took a recorded stand on anything during his brief career as a senator, keeps demanding that Democrats in Congress fall on their swords for him. There's no scarcity of swords but he's running out of willing Democrats. The race card is all he's got left.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: obama; politics; racebaiting
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"If he can push the global-warming legislation aside Mr. Obama can move amnesty for the illegals to the top of his agenda, but this, as any number of Democratic congressmen are telling him loud and clear, is merely substituting a noose for the electric chair for a lot of Democratic incumbents. "It's not a tough vote at all for me," Rep. Jason Altmire of Pennsylvania tells Politico. "I'm not going to vote for amnesty. I'm not going to vote for a path to citizenship, or whatever you want to call it. … It's not like health care where everyone has a dog in the fight. If you come from where I come from, there's no support for [immigration reform] at all."

What visual imagery! Democrats in a noose or electric chair.

Obama is a great Uniter, of the Republican Party!

1 posted on 04/27/2010 12:21:08 PM PDT by Comrade Brother Abu Bubba
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To: Comrade Brother Abu Bubba

But WHERE is the republican party bashing Obama for this racist appeal?

They are too stupid to know it but they are letting democrats win the news cycle.

Obama should be trashed for aracial appeal at a time of tension.


2 posted on 04/27/2010 12:23:10 PM PDT by Williams (It's the policies, stupid)
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To: Comrade Brother Abu Bubba
"young people, African-Americans, Latinos and women"

0bummer is an ageist, racist, sexist socialist.

3 posted on 04/27/2010 12:23:54 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (http://www.teapartyslogans.com/cgi-bin/web/index.cgi)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Changing Tagline


4 posted on 04/27/2010 12:24:49 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie ("young people, African-Americans, Latinos and women" - 0. Ageist, Racist, Sexist.)
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To: Williams
No, the best way to win is to let your opponent hang himself.

If Repubs get out in front that just gives the MSM a new target.

Let Zero be the only bullseye.

5 posted on 04/27/2010 12:27:45 PM PDT by Siena Dreaming
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To: Comrade Brother Abu Bubba
If he can push the global-warming legislation aside Mr. Obama can move amnesty for the illegals to the top of his agenda, but this, as any number of Democratic congressmen are telling him loud and clear, is merely substituting a noose for the electric chair for a lot of Democratic incumbents. "It's not a tough vote at all for me," Rep. Jason Altmire of Pennsylvania tells Politico. "I'm not going to vote for amnesty. I'm not going to vote for a path to citizenship, or whatever you want to call it. … It's not like health care where everyone has a dog in the fight. If you come from where I come from, there's no support for [immigration reform] at all."

Glad to see some that Democrats aren't as dumb as I thought they were, well they're still dumb just not insane. I was worried about Amnesty being shoved through, let's hope most Democrats feel like Altmire does.

6 posted on 04/27/2010 12:27:51 PM PDT by Ballygrl
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To: Uncle Miltie

O mebbe de Presideng just done broke hisself.


7 posted on 04/27/2010 12:28:03 PM PDT by BelegStrongbow (Ey, Paolo! uh-Clem just broke the Presideng...)
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To: Siena Dreaming

The average person doesn’t know about this.


8 posted on 04/27/2010 12:29:18 PM PDT by Williams (It's the policies, stupid)
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To: Comrade Brother Abu Bubba

The Washington Times, not the Washington Post, printed this excellent piece. The Post is still shilling for BO, though it’s getting more and more difficult to hide who he is and what he is doing to change the USA into a Socialist quagmire.


9 posted on 04/27/2010 12:29:31 PM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: Williams

I think the Republicans are taking a sit back and let the Democrats screw themselves attitude, but that’s wrong IMO, the Republicans need to give people a real reason to vote for them, but they’re blowing so many good opportunities purposely it seems. Makes me wonder sometimes how much they agree with the Democrats on these issues. The RNC is useless, I always call them asking them to fight and they just say they’ll pass my message along. It’s very frustrating.


10 posted on 04/27/2010 12:30:50 PM PDT by Ballygrl
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I'm not sure of what your definition of the average person is. If you mean independents, they're leaving Obama in droves and the number will increase as Obama "goes racist".

Don't interrupt the process by giving the MSM new Repub targets to go after IMO.

11 posted on 04/27/2010 12:33:27 PM PDT by Siena Dreaming
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kitty,
Yes, The Washington TIMES not the *PUKE* Post. I was too concerned about the 300 word limit and goofed.

Comrade Brother Abu Bubba.


12 posted on 04/27/2010 12:33:50 PM PDT by Comrade Brother Abu Bubba ("Hope is not a strategy. We've got to earn what you want." Retiring Intel CEO Dr. Craig Barrett)
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To: Williams
Americans aren't stupid and don't need some things - like this, which is so obvious - pointed out - some times, like this, it's better to stand back and let the person be hoisted by his own petard...

just stand back and let the rope reel out...

13 posted on 04/27/2010 12:38:18 PM PDT by maine-iac7
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To: Comrade Brother Abu Bubba
0bama is his name class warfare is his game.

0bama the "Uniter" ...

Obama To Supporters: "Argue With Friend and Neighbors Get In Their Face!"

Obama Mocks Fox, "Teabaggers"

Obama Mocks Republican 'Armageddon' Rhetoric (Again)

Obama: Police Acted 'stupidly' in Scholar Arrest

Obama On GOP Running On Repeal: 'Go For It'

NRA: Barack Obama - "bitter gun owners"

A President who mocks and taunts Americans, who incites his followers to be confrontational, is troublesome.

14 posted on 04/27/2010 12:42:59 PM PDT by TigersEye (0basma's father was a British subject. He can't be a "natural-born" citizen.)
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To: Comrade Brother Abu Bubba

Shep Smith: “The right is getting all wierd about this, aren’t they?”

The Wash Post reporter he’s interviewing says Obama is appealling to “new voters” and many of them “Just happen to be blacks and minorities”.


15 posted on 04/27/2010 12:44:21 PM PDT by Williams (It's the policies, stupid)
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Rep. Jason Altmire of Pennsylvania tells Politico. "... … It's not like health care where everyone has a dog in the fight. If you come from where I come from, there's no support for [immigration reform] at all."

Apparently this moron never looked at the polls about health care reform. So be it. Let him be right on this one and then vote him out.

16 posted on 04/27/2010 12:50:41 PM PDT by TigersEye (0basma's father was a British subject. He can't be a "natural-born" citizen.)
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To: TigersEye
Apparently this moron never looked at the polls about health care reform.

Oh yes he did, especially in his district (PA-4). He voted against it.

17 posted on 04/27/2010 1:10:31 PM PDT by Ditto
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To: Ditto

OK. His statement seems even stranger then.


18 posted on 04/27/2010 1:16:45 PM PDT by TigersEye (0basma's father was a British subject. He can't be a "natural-born" citizen.)
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To: TigersEye
I'm not sure what he meant, but he is my Rep, and I have to say that so far, he has not voted against the general sentiment of the people in his district (Western PA including the northern suburbs of Pittsburgh.)

The district can swing between Republican and Democrat pretty easily. The district is socially conservative but generally more "moderate' on economic policy -- clinging to guns and Bibles as Obama would say.

Maybe Peliosi gave him a pass for voting against her. Or maybe he just isn't suicidal, because if he had voted for Health Care, (or this amnesty BS) he would not have had a chance in November.

19 posted on 04/27/2010 1:35:10 PM PDT by Ditto
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To: Ditto

At least you can keep the pressure on him and keep his votes straight. My former Rep. was the most conservative Rep. in the House and she was replaced by a die hard commie.


20 posted on 04/27/2010 1:51:34 PM PDT by TigersEye (0basma's father was a British subject. He can't be a "natural-born" citizen.)
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