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Does Anyone Even Understand the President?
Townhall.com ^ | December 18, 2014 | John Ransom

Posted on 12/19/2014 12:51:56 PM PST by Kaslin

Look if you can’t screw up the economy in this country anymore, the least you can do is help out the one remaining Stalinist regime in the Americas.

That’s the take away I get from Obama’s phone and pen ploy to “normalize” relations with Cuba.

Since he’s failed at creating jobs here, maybe he’ll do a better job creating jobs in communist Cuba, an economy he better understands.

After all, Cuba has all those old cars, and Obama loves those Cash for Clunkers.

Or maybe it’s just this: Obama really hates Hillary so much that he’s willing to throw away the Cuban vote in South Florida to scuttle her chances of being president.

Pick a reason, any reason whatever, but you can be sure that Obama at his roots has some personal, political motive for “normalizing” relations with Cuba.

Getting past the fact that Obama enjoys normal relations with no one, it’s obvious the burning central issue of the day, the thing that could really change his presidency into one of only underwhelming failure and overweening weenyism is ending the embargo for the worst dictatorship in the Western Hemisphere.

Things will really start humming now for the president.

No, no, no: He needn’t worry about Iran getting the bomb, or the war in Ukraine, Russian bombers violating NATO airspace, ISIS, the Euro recession, wars and rumors of wars in Africa, the Middle East and the Urals.

Nope.

Remember when the calm, cool, collected candidate Obama reacted to the growing financial crisis in 2008 by saying the president needed to be able to do several things well all at once, while candidate John McCain panicked and ran back home to D.C.?

I would settle for a calm, cool president who could just do one (1) thing at a time well.

It’s come to that. I don’t just oppose this president’s ideology; I oppose his competency.

There could be things that the president and I could agree on. Of course I wouldn’t know—nor would you-- because most of the time I have no earthly idea—nor do you-- why he does what he does or what he means by doing them.

Why for example did he pitch global warming as a key campaign message during the 2014 mid-terms, or helpfully campaign for Democrat candidates who made it known they didn’t appreciate his help?

Is he that dumb? Or was it a clever ploy to cover up the last stupid thing he did?

There is a whole cottage industry devoted to deciphering the intended unintended consequences of the ideological incompetency and inconsistency that exudes from Obama.

Most of the time I’m left wondering if Obama genuinely follows a strategy that involves going from one gaffe to the next, from one poorly thought out decision to the next outrageous statement; from one ham-handed fumble to the next half-baked excuse on purpose.

And I suppose in this, upon reflection, I have gotten my wish.

There is one thing that president is doing really very well. He is making his party more irrelevant as he stumbles and fades at the finish line.

And I would hope that he continues to make the Democrats irrelevant by doing silly things like lifting an American embargo on Cuba, an idea no one understands, done in a way that will be most offensive to the most number of people.

It’s the epitome of Obama’s governing style: He’s doing something dumb and he looks dumb doing it, for reasons maybe even he doesn’t understand.

Understand?

Yeah, no one does really.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Cuba; Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: barack0bama; worstpresidentever
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1 posted on 12/19/2014 12:51:56 PM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Yes. He’s an America-hating, bearded-ROP-loving, White-hating redistributionist.


2 posted on 12/19/2014 12:54:52 PM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: I want the USA back
AMERICANS BEWARE!

Behind Obama’s unconditional surrender to the Castro’s brothers, is the plot to make the American taxpayers liable for whatever the American companies sell to Cuba. The end of the embargo is their goal. "Because of something called the Export-Import Bank there's no risk whatsoever in exporting to bankrupt, murderous and kleptocratic regimes- worse there' no incentive for the kleptocrats to clean up their act, as would happen under a genuine free-market. Also the World, financed 80% by the American taxpayers will open their vaults to be freely looted by the Castro brothers."

Castro helped to bankrupt the Soviet Union, Obama before leaving want to complete the destruction of United States. In the commercial and political relations of the Cuban regime and the U.S. there are several priorities to be concerned with.

1st. Cuba has defaulted in all his international financial deals and Castro encourages other Third World nations to follow his example. Why are we going to sell to someone without the expectation to ever be pay. The American taxpayers should be aware that they are the targets of the scam by which the multinationals sell to Castro whatever he needs and we, the taxpayers, end footing the bill. Castro for 42 years has been with commercial ties with over 150 nations. Now when he has exhausted the patience of nations fool enough to have given him credit, Castro’s puppets in the media, the congress in cahoots with some greedy commercial circles are trying that the American taxpayers shoulder the heavy burden of subsidizing his regime to the tune of 9 billions dollars.

2nd. The American companies cannot made business legally with Cuba without violating several American laws.

A.- Trading with the Enemy Act.

B.- U.S. Commercial Embargo Against Cuba.

C.- Helms- Burton Law.

D.- Involvement in bribes in commercial dealings with another nation.

E.- Involvement in slave labor of foreign workers in connivance with the local authorities.

3rd. Cuba is, and has been a terrorist state for 54 years, and counts with advanced chemical, biological and cyber warfare capabilities aimed against our country. The cooperation between the Cuban regime with Iraq and Iran in the chemical and biological research is well known. A few months before the September 11 attack Castro affirmed at the University of Tehran that their cooperation would put the U.S. down to its knees. Castro once tried to nuke our cities and he has the means and the will to fulfill his dream of destroying our country. If we are involved in a worldwide war against terrorism, Cuba at 90 miles from our coasts should be a prime target in that war; so, those involved in appeasement policies towards Castro and in the promotion of the lifting of the commercial embargo against Cuba are in fact aiding and abetting our worst enemy.

The British intelligence recently made public the relationship between Castro and the terrorist guerrillas of Colombia, IRA, and Chilean terrorists. The socialist administration in Chile has expressed their deepest concern to Castro. The Cuban dictator, as usual, disregarded Chile's official inquiry into the matter and denied that any of those Chilean terrorists had ever been in Cuba, although there are phone calls that were intercepted between them while in Cuba and their relatives in Chile.

We have to wonder why Obama unconditionally surrendered to the Cuban Communist thugs endangering the security of the U.S.?

3 posted on 12/19/2014 12:56:26 PM PST by Dqban22 (Hpo<p> http://i.imgur.com/26RbAPx.jpg)
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To: I want the USA back

You forgot ISIS sympathizer muslim


4 posted on 12/19/2014 12:57:41 PM PST by kjam22 (my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
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To: Kaslin
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5 posted on 12/19/2014 12:59:04 PM PST by MtnMan101
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To: Kaslin

Start by thinking of him as an eight year old and putting the rest of the pieces together is much easier.


6 posted on 12/19/2014 12:59:52 PM PST by TigersEye (ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
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To: Kaslin
And I would hope that he continues to make the Democrats irrelevant by doing silly things like lifting an American embargo on Cuba, an idea no one understands, done in a way that will be most offensive to the most number of people.

John, babycakes. When you cannot figure someone out, start plugging in key words phrases or sentences to fit the phenomenon.

Let me try a few. Puppet, figurehead, manipulated. Or, how about commie, self-righteous, narcisstic, spoiled-brat-emotionally-challenged-sore-loser.

Well, you get the idea.

7 posted on 12/19/2014 1:04:29 PM PST by VRW Conspirator (American Jobs for American Workers)
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To: Kaslin

Easy guy to understand, if you read a couple of books on his upbringing.

Abandoned by both (evil) parents.

Tutored at a young age by a rapist/communist.

Short version.


8 posted on 12/19/2014 1:05:47 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens.)
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To: Kaslin

I have understood this POS perfectly since February of 2008.


9 posted on 12/19/2014 1:06:10 PM PST by rlmorel (The Media's Principles: Conflict must exist. Doesn't exist? Create it. Exists? Exacerbate it.)
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To: Kaslin

Lest we forget, Obama is just one person. It is THE DEMOCRAT PARTY who made him our President.


10 posted on 12/19/2014 1:11:00 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Kaslin

That’s what you get when you elect a president with no qualifications for the job and unknown psychological challenges. He may be a genius or an idiot. It’s a fine line between the two. Either way, I think we’re screwed.


11 posted on 12/19/2014 1:11:22 PM PST by Texicanus (Texas, it's a whole 'nother country.)
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To: blueunicorn6

With a big assist by the GOP, who forced 2 horrible, unelectable candidates on us.


12 posted on 12/19/2014 1:12:50 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens.)
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To: Kaslin

I think I do. He grew up learning to hate America and now has seized power hating America. His goal, even if it hurts him politically or his party in the short term, is to PUNISH America.

Period. Full stop. End of story.


13 posted on 12/19/2014 1:14:11 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: stephenjohnbanker

You left out the gay transvestite Indonesian Nanny.


14 posted on 12/19/2014 1:18:05 PM PST by Kenny Bunk (The fate of the Republic rests in the hands of the '15 -16 Congress. God help us.)
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To: Kaslin
Intentional mismanagement in order to stress you into submission.
15 posted on 12/19/2014 1:20:02 PM PST by conservativeimage (Own your challenges without blaming others for them. Bide your time and hold out hope.)
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To: SoFloFreeper
I think I do. He grew up learning to hate America and now has seized power hating America. His goal, even if it hurts him politically or his party in the short term, is to PUNISH America. Period. Full stop. End of story.

The very sad part is that there seems to be no one in the legislative or judicial branches willing to stop him.

16 posted on 12/19/2014 1:23:19 PM PST by WHBates
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To: Kenny Bunk

Yes, thank you.


17 posted on 12/19/2014 1:24:43 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens.)
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To: Kaslin

Educated in Muslim
School in Indonesia
Father hated colonial powers
Friends of domestic terrorists
Attended church where pastor called upon God to damn America
Followed of socialist philosophers

What do we expect


18 posted on 12/19/2014 1:25:45 PM PST by morphing libertarian (Defund , sue, impeach. Overturn Obamacare, amnesty.)
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To: WHBates

” The very sad part is that there seems to be no one in the legislative or judicial branches willing to stop him. “

They aren’t goint to, either. GOPe got their Obamacare and amnesty. And then on top of that, got PAID will billions in pork. They won, we lost.


19 posted on 12/19/2014 1:26:45 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens.)
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i am mortal. I can’t wait around for a perfect Republican candidate. We have the here and now.


20 posted on 12/19/2014 1:27:04 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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