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Obama Says Americans Don't Want Him 'Twiddling My Thumbs'
LATimes ^ | August 6, 2014 | KATHLEEN HENNESSEY, CHRISTI PARSON

Posted on 08/06/2014 8:37:55 PM PDT by Steelfish

Obama Says Americans Don't Want Him 'Twiddling My Thumbs' Obama news conference

By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY, CHRISTI PARSONS

Americans don't want Obama 'twiddling my thumbs,' president says Obama defends his use of executive power despite GOP threats to sue him Despite Republican charges that he has abused his authority, President Obama said Wednesday he won’t dial back his use of executive power to advance his political agenda without help from Congress.

The American public doesn’t want him sitting around “twiddling my thumbs,” Obama said in a wide-ranging news conference. He reiterated his plans to order executive actions on immigration, and said he was considering ways to discourage corporations from moving some operations overseas to avoid U.S. taxes.

Obama, who leaves Saturday for a family vacation on Martha’s Vineyard, spoke for 45 minutes as he ended an unusual three-day summit of about 50 African leaders in Washington.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: africaleaderssummit; golf; obamapresser
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To: buwaya

Well he does repeat himself ad nauseam so maybe that qualifies as memory.

On Fox tonight the lib panelist couldn’t understand how he could write so beautifully but sound so bad giving a speech...Its easy, he did not write his books


21 posted on 08/06/2014 9:04:30 PM PDT by woofie
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To: UCANSEE2

Because he likes to get a thumb up.


22 posted on 08/06/2014 9:05:21 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: woofie

He cannot even answer the scripted questions in a coherent manner unless the ahs, uhs, aaaas, are some form of code.


23 posted on 08/06/2014 9:10:08 PM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: Steelfish

The more he twiddles, the less time he has to destroy the country.


24 posted on 08/06/2014 9:13:08 PM PDT by bgill
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To: Steelfish

Which “americans” is that Barry? Your Central Americans?


25 posted on 08/06/2014 9:14:08 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (America is not a refugee camp! It is my home!!!)
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To: Steelfish

I want him twiddling his thumbs.


26 posted on 08/06/2014 9:14:10 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Steelfish

Actually, most of us want him to sit on it!


27 posted on 08/06/2014 9:30:28 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: nickcarraway

I want this malignant criminal in a prison cell in thumb locks.


28 posted on 08/06/2014 9:31:57 PM PDT by ogen hal (First amendment or reeducation camp)
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To: JohnBrowdie

You forgot to mention the release of top al-Qaeda operatives in exchange for Bergdhal.


29 posted on 08/06/2014 9:35:28 PM PDT by Steelfish (ui)
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To: marron

He needs to put one thumb in his mouth and the other
up his butt and switch them every 5 minutes...


30 posted on 08/06/2014 9:40:16 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Steelfish

A sad man, not even aware that he’s becoming irrelevant.


31 posted on 08/06/2014 9:43:31 PM PDT by Kenny
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To: Steelfish

Obama twiddles while Rome burns!


32 posted on 08/06/2014 9:54:08 PM PDT by Mjaye
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To: Steelfish

Twiddling the same thumbs Obama has had up his ass for
the past six years does not make for an appealing mental
picture.


33 posted on 08/06/2014 10:17:05 PM PDT by Sivad (NorCal red turf)
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To: woofie

It’s a joke, my dear.


34 posted on 08/06/2014 10:28:27 PM PDT by erkelly
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To: erkelly

You are the second person to let me know that

personally I think the joke is on us


35 posted on 08/06/2014 10:43:29 PM PDT by woofie
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To: MeshugeMikey
Obama. What a fool. A very dangerous,powerful, and deadly fool.

Obama: Doesn't he realize that his life AFTER the White House will be a living hell if he instantly legalizes 6 million illegals at the end of this summer 2014 WITH A STROKE OF HIS PEN when America is shouting over and over "NO! NO!NO!"

36 posted on 08/07/2014 12:05:05 AM PDT by john mirse
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To: Steelfish

I have the feeling somehow that a lot of Americans just don’t want Obummer, period!


37 posted on 08/07/2014 12:05:11 AM PDT by pbmaltzman
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To: Steelfish

I want him cooling his heels.


38 posted on 08/07/2014 3:24:53 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democratic party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: woofie

Apparently you did not pay close attention to what I wrote.
Mt reference to his photography memory not being developed is in the same vane as;

“to write with a broken pencil is pointless.”

Think about it.


39 posted on 08/07/2014 4:44:59 AM PDT by Tupelo (I am feeling more like Phillip Nolan by the day.)
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To: john mirse

His isolation from Reality appears to be quite significant doesn’t it.

Apparently his agenda is all that matters at all to him...

He may find that travel...even to and from the airport...will become problematic at some point soon


40 posted on 08/07/2014 6:18:51 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill ...)
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