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The Sandy Man ... Mark Steyn
Steyn Online ^ | 29 Aug 2014 | Mark Steyn

Posted on 08/29/2014 8:58:49 AM PDT by Rummyfan

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1 posted on 08/29/2014 8:58:49 AM PDT by Rummyfan
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I believe Churchill after the fall of France, went out and gave a press conference outside 10 Downing Street, where he announced that we don't have a strategy... /Steyn Sarc

Obviously, BHO just adores Churchill so much he wanted to emulate Winnie. /My Sarc

BHO has met the enemy of America, and it is him.

2 posted on 08/29/2014 9:08:30 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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Now I gotta see the suit's suit. After all that has my curiosity up, I already know we are screwed regarding ISIS et all.
3 posted on 08/29/2014 9:12:13 AM PDT by Conservative4Ever (waiting for my Magic 8 ball to give me an answer)
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...but just looking at the color of his suit, I think you would have concluded that this was a man without a strategy.

Precisely. That was a nice soothing colored suit totally in tune with message. A bold dark colored suit would have been way too stern.

4 posted on 08/29/2014 9:12:58 AM PDT by shove_it (long ago Orwell and Rand warned us of Obama's America)
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To: Calvin Locke
BHO just adores Churchill so much

Wonder if he adores this Churchill quote:

"How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! 
Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia
in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many
countries, improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods
of commerce and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the 
Prophet rule or live.  A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and 
refinement, the next of its dignity and sanctity.  The fact that in Mohammedan 
law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as
a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the
faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men.  


Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion 
paralyzes the social development of those who follow it.  No stronger retrograde
force exists in the world.  Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant 
and proselytizing faith.  It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising 
fearless warriors at every step, and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the 
strong arms of science, the science against which it (Islam) has vainly struggled, 
the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome.”  
WARNING: Quoting the above in Great Britain could land you in jail.
5 posted on 08/29/2014 9:14:53 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Conservative4Ever
Nice calm soothing suit ... ,,, not the least bit scary or bold.
6 posted on 08/29/2014 9:19:11 AM PDT by shove_it (long ago Orwell and Rand warned us of Obama's America)
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This was his position on ISIS: "We don't have a strategy yet.!"

As Vlad and the mullahs and the ChiComs must be thinking: Wow! When he promised he'd be the most transparent administration in history, he wasn't kidding.

ISIS is not our enemy.! Our enemies are Republicans, Tea Party Members, Fox News, and white males who believe in God and own guns.


7 posted on 08/29/2014 9:19:14 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (If you don't Donate to Free Republic. Shame on you! Freep Loaders are scum!)
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To: Rummyfan

Did I imagine it? After Obama said he didn’t have a strategy, he said (paraphrasing) he’s going to ‘consult with congress and the American people’ (to formulate his strategy)? Is it anything like Hillary’s “Listening Tour”?

A shining example of Leading From Behind.

He will continue to (1) delay delay delay (world events bypass him and anything America eventually does is meaningless); (2) not be responsible for anything (inaction or any action);


8 posted on 08/29/2014 9:20:31 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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Steyn: ....if you were the Estonian government, would you actually be reassured by that? And if you were Putin, if you were Putin sitting in the Kremlin, and you just wanted to mess with Obama, wouldn't you be slightly ever-so-tempted just to invade Estonia, just to see whether Obama follows through on that Article Five thing?
9 posted on 08/29/2014 9:33:59 AM PDT by Qiviut
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What are the kids on reddit saying about it? Can’t move forward without their approval!


10 posted on 08/29/2014 9:36:22 AM PDT by februus
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To: Conservative4Ever

Taupe and change

One Taupe over the line


11 posted on 08/29/2014 9:41:21 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: shove_it

I don’t have a problem with the suit, except for its inapropiateness.

that is a spring color

It is definitely not the color to wear, when conveying you mean business.


12 posted on 08/29/2014 9:43:54 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: shove_it

Reminds me of the suit Nixon wore in his televised debate with Kennedy, that made him look like a lightweight.


13 posted on 08/29/2014 9:53:16 AM PDT by Boogieman
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This light-colored ensemble was apparently at the cleaners...
14 posted on 08/29/2014 9:53:55 AM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: Vendome

“One Taupe over the line”

Many years ago I joined a Sheriff’s Department that wore Taupe Uniform Trousers. For the benefit of anyone not familiar with the color, the Uniform Specification contained this clarifying definition: “Taupe = Pink-Tan”.

Obozo should be right at home in Taupe!


15 posted on 08/29/2014 10:21:33 AM PDT by 230FMJ (...from my cold, dead, fingers.)
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To: Calvin Locke
If I recall correctly, while the British government had no strategy to defeat Hitler, Churchill declared that the British people were at least determined to fight. On the beaches, in the fields, in the streets, from house to house.

The waste of chemical elements who currently occupies the White House has neither a plan nor any desire to create one. I would wager that any American who adopts the attitude of the Britons in 1940 would probably be accused of racism and harried by the (in)Justice Department for terrorist activities.

16 posted on 08/29/2014 11:06:18 AM PDT by 60Gunner (The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. - Plato)
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To: Vendome

Taupe-a-dope.


17 posted on 08/29/2014 11:07:16 AM PDT by 60Gunner (The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. - Plato)
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To: 60Gunner

Bingo!!!


18 posted on 08/29/2014 11:21:26 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Izzy Dunne

bump


19 posted on 08/29/2014 12:19:45 PM PDT by VRW Conspirator (The next DNC convention will be spoken in Spanish; Press 1 for English)
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To: Calvin Locke
Obviously, BHO just adores Churchill so much he wanted to emulate Winnie. /My Sarc

He certainly would like to emulate Winnie Mandela.

20 posted on 08/29/2014 4:42:21 PM PDT by Disambiguator (#cornedbeef)
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