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Will Obama push us over the edge?
Fox News ^ | February 22, 2013 | John Lott

Posted on 02/22/2013 12:07:21 PM PST by richardb72

Obama thinks he has a mandate for change. But this is the man who ran for president in 2008 promising to “cut net spending” and to shrink the federal government; a man who promised that his “stimulus” spending was only temporary.

Obama hid regulations from view until after his reelection. The press maintained the fiction that Obama supports the Second Amendment and is no threat to citizens’ keeping guns for self-defense. Yet the day after his reelection, Obama called for the UN Arms Trade Treaty negotiations to be started again, and a few weeks later he promised to put the full force of the federal government behind a push for massive new gun control.

Even on taxes, Obama’s post-election demands contradicted the positions on which he campaigned. Sure he promised higher taxes on “the rich.” But during the campaign he said that he wanted $800 billion from them. As soon as Republican speaker of the House, John Boehner, agreed to raise that amount by eliminating various credits and deductions for high-income taxpayers, Obama announced that he really wanted twice that amount. . . .

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: banglist; congress; economy; guncontrol; healthcare; johnlott; obama; obamalies; redistribution; secondamendment; secupp; taxes

1 posted on 02/22/2013 12:07:26 PM PST by richardb72
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To: richardb72
Will Obama push us over the edge?

One could argue he already has.

2 posted on 02/22/2013 12:11:25 PM PST by WesternPacific (Deafness has its Advantages)
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To: richardb72

Obama won. The American people want their Christmas presents and any one who stops them from getting them from Santa will pay the price.

The GOP is not popular playing Uncle Scrooge in Washington.


3 posted on 02/22/2013 12:14:01 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: richardb72

I think this ANSWERS your question:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kzT6X3_Bg9o


4 posted on 02/22/2013 12:20:30 PM PST by ZULU (See: http://gatesofvienna.net/)
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To: richardb72

If Obama is looking over the edge, I say;

“Forward”


5 posted on 02/22/2013 12:41:18 PM PST by maine yankee (I got my Governor at 'Marden's')
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To: richardb72

It’s long past time to broach a topic which should have been raised YEARS ago when this America-hating Marxist began his campaign to DESTROY the country in which many of us were raised and served in uniform.

Let’s get on with it and let the chips fall where they may. If it leads to race riots, SO BE IT. He’s created more racial division than anyone in my lifetime. The option is to quietly submit to PC and to further acts of tyranny by this miscreant.

If it triggers CLASS WARFARE, SO BE IT. Class divisions have been exacerbated by this Chicago street thug since he came on the scene and they will only become more pronounced if he is allowed to remain in office.

I’ve resisted previous calls for his impeachment on the basis that he is IN OFFICE ILLEGALLY and impeachment might only serve to legitimize his tenure and possibly embolden another unvetted, Constitutionally ineligible usurper to have a go at it in the future.

His recent actions (Benghazi, EOs on destroying the 2nd Amendment, his appointments of fellow Marxists to the SCOTUS and executive offices, etc., etc.) cause me to rethink that: I WANT HIM GONE AND IN PRISON BY WHATEVER MEANS POSSIBLE!

If IMPEACHMENT is what will work, SO BE IT!!


6 posted on 02/22/2013 1:00:27 PM PST by Dick Bachert ("Those who hammer their swords into plowshares will likely plow for those who do not." B.Franklin)
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To: richardb72

I asked this on another thread, but I wanted ask it here:

I realize this may be a dumb question, and I’m fully prepared to receive a rhetorical boot to the head (adjusts helmet).

But with regard to all this new gun legislation, won’t it all be stopped in the House of Representatives?

I mean given the rock ribbed adherence to Liberty by the likes of John McCain (pausing for laughter) we really shouldn’t have to worry about the Senate as well… but

Bottom line, how much danger are we in?

At least for now, won’t the House of representatives be a stop gap for the Socialists?


7 posted on 02/22/2013 1:02:45 PM PST by StaffiT (Obama is the name - Downgrading the country is his Game)
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To: WesternPacific

“Event Horizon”....

we’re not IN the black hole yet,
but we’re beyond the point where we can get out of our own power.


8 posted on 02/22/2013 1:02:45 PM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: StaffiT

One thing you have to understand about leftists is that, unless actually STOPPED, they will NOT STOP.

We, as descent human beings, see limits on what we can and should do to others; there are boundaries that we inherently do not cross and expect others to comply with the same standards - but they don’t and won’t.


9 posted on 02/22/2013 1:22:03 PM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: richardb72

No.

We are the weakest generation.

He could place Black Panthers in the rooms of our daughters and all we will do is post sternly on FR.

They are wise to push for total control with our generation.


10 posted on 02/22/2013 1:43:35 PM PST by NoLibZone (We have the nation we deserve. I predict Freepers will hate GOP Candidates for 2016,2020,2024,2028,)
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To: WesternPacific

Obama isn’t the only one doing the pushing.

Pelosi, and Harry Reid, and yes John Mccain are just as guilty.


11 posted on 02/22/2013 1:44:46 PM PST by Venturer
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To: StaffiT

One of the bad offshoots of gun regulation is the fact that some states (like mine) have caught the bug.

If the feds don’t get us our states will.

There are currently 51 gun bills being discussed in Maryland by liberal crapheads, and one or two of them are almost bound to pass. Look at New York.


12 posted on 02/22/2013 1:48:39 PM PST by Venturer
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To: richardb72

This is what the communists do and want. They push for anarchy and then murder all who oppose them once armed opposition finally rises.

Think Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot.


13 posted on 02/22/2013 1:49:09 PM PST by Nachum (The Obama "List" at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Venturer
Obama isn’t the only one doing the pushing. Pelosi, and Harry Reid, and yes John Mccain are just as guilty.

Yes, but obummer is driving the bus.

14 posted on 02/22/2013 3:11:28 PM PST by WesternPacific (Deafness has its Advantages)
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