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Obama Has Just Begun
National Review ^ | 11/24/2015 | Victor Davis Hanson

Posted on 11/24/2015 5:07:02 AM PST by Servant of the Cross

How much damage can he do in his last year in office?

Insidiously and inadvertently, Barack Obama is alienating the people and moving the country to the right. If he keeps it up, by 2017 it will be a reactionary nation. But, counterintuitive as it seems, that is fine with Obama: Après nous le déluge.

By sheer force of his personality, Obama has managed to lose the Democratic Senate and House. State legislatures and governorships are now predominantly Republican. Obama's own favorable ratings rarely top 45 percent. In his mind, great men, whether Socrates or Jesus, were never appreciated in their time. So it is not surprising that he is not, as he presses full speed ahead.

Obama certainly has doubled down going into his last year, most recently insisting on letting in more refugees from the Middle East, at a time when the children of Middle Eastern immigrants and contemporary migrants are terrorizing Europe. What remaining unpopular executive acts might anger his opponents the most? Close down Guantanamo, let thousands more refugees into the United States, free thousands more felons, snub another ally, flatter another enemy, weigh in on another interracial melodrama, extend amnesty to another million illegal aliens, make global warming laws by fiat, expand Obamacare, unilaterally impose gun control? In lieu of achievement, is the Obama theory to become relevant or noteworthy by offending the public and goading political enemies?

An Obama press conference is now a summation of all his old damn-you clichés ... fantasy strawman arguments ... demagogic litany of the sick, the innocent, and the old ... affected accentuation ... in lieu of learning foreign languages; the ... let-me-be-clear empty emphatics ... flashing temper tantrums mangled sports metaphors; factual gaffes; and the monotonous I, me, my, and mine first-person-pronoun exhaustion.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: dangerous; gop4obama; impeach; mcconnell4obama; obama; obamavsamerica; ryan4obama
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1 posted on 11/24/2015 5:07:02 AM PST by Servant of the Cross
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To: Servant of the Cross

A reactionary nation (Assuming the term means the opposite of “Progressive”) would be just peachy as far as I am concerned.


2 posted on 11/24/2015 5:11:42 AM PST by Fai Mao (Genius at Large)
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To: Sir Napsalot; Kaslin; neverdem; EXCH54FE; 2ndDivisionVet; Rummyfan; smoothsailing; Hojczyk; ...

VDH ping ...


3 posted on 11/24/2015 5:13:24 AM PST by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Fai Mao
A reactionary nation ....

Bring it on.

4 posted on 11/24/2015 5:13:53 AM PST by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Servant of the Cross
I have been predicting this. He will not go out quietly. This last year will see extremely aggressive executive over reach. All that stands in his way is McConnel and Ryan...

Obama’s forth coming executive actions will also be a major wild card in the presidential races.

5 posted on 11/24/2015 5:14:01 AM PST by Awgie (truth is always stranger than fiction)
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To: Fai Mao

we will soon be going to war to defend Turkey from Russia.

That’s what will be obummers crowning achievement.

getting American soldiers killed for the caliphate.


6 posted on 11/24/2015 5:19:14 AM PST by dp0622 (..)
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To: Servant of the Cross

He certainly has that lowlife scumbag’s number.


7 posted on 11/24/2015 5:22:44 AM PST by afsnco
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To: dp0622
we will soon be going to war to defend Turkey from Russia.

Impeachment is the only solution.

Paging Speaker of the House Ryan ... please pick up the red courtesy phone in the lobby ... America is on the line.

8 posted on 11/24/2015 5:23:01 AM PST by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Awgie

“All that stands in his way is McConnel and Ryan...”

Don’t expect them to stand in the way.


9 posted on 11/24/2015 5:24:59 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: Servant of the Cross

He will reach peak anti-American, dictatorial insanity in the 2 1/2 months between the November 2016 election and his last day in office in January 2017.


10 posted on 11/24/2015 5:26:16 AM PST by Junior_G (Funny how liberals' love affair with Muslims began on 9/11)
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To: Awgie
Obamas forthcoming executive actions will be a major wild card in the presidential races. He will not go out quietly......we will see extremely aggressive executive overreach.

I do hope that the cunning Clintons will be just a little unnerved w/ the knowledge that voters are lying in wait to wreak their revenge on Democrat candidates.

But, alas, the bloodless Clintons will not falter....they have the voter fraud machine up and running as we type.

11 posted on 11/24/2015 5:29:29 AM PST by Liz (SAFE PLACE? A liberal's mind. Nothing's there. Nothing can penetrate it.)
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Obama: I'm going on offense

01/16/15 - President Barack Obama made clear Thursday in a closed-door session with Senate Democrats that he's prepared to veto hostile legislation from the GOP-controlled Congress, including an Iran sanctions package on the front burner of Capitol Hill.

According to several sources at the Thursday summit in Baltimore, Obama vowed to defend his agenda against Republicans in Congress, promised to stand firm against GOP efforts to dismantle his agenda and called on his Democratic colleagues to help sustain his expected vetoes. The president also was explicit about his opposition to an Iran sanctions bill, promising to veto legislation as his administration is in the midst of multilateral nuclear negotiations with the Middle Eastern regime.

12 posted on 11/24/2015 5:36:38 AM PST by Libloather (Embrace the suck)
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To: Awgie
All that stands in his way is McConnell and Ryan.

IOW NOTHING!!!

13 posted on 11/24/2015 5:42:54 AM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: Servant of the Cross

“In his mind, great men, whether Socrates or Jesus, were never appreciated in their time.”

Somebody please tell me he didn’t really say that.


14 posted on 11/24/2015 5:43:12 AM PST by V_TWIN
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To: Servant of the Cross

When Nudge comes to Shove.


15 posted on 11/24/2015 5:43:31 AM PST by spokeshave (MDSM = Mentally Discombobulated Screaming Media)
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To: Awgie

Quote:

“All that stands in his way is McConnel and Ryan...”

Lord have mercy on us.


16 posted on 11/24/2015 5:45:03 AM PST by TTFlyer
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To: Liz
But, alas, the bloodless Clintons will not falter....they have the voter fraud machine up and running as we type.

My biggest fear, and one I hope Trump gets to expose.

There is no way Obama won in 2012. Selective vote fraud in key states did the trick.

17 posted on 11/24/2015 5:46:22 AM PST by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: Servant of the Cross

Moving to the right? Are they really that stupid?


18 posted on 11/24/2015 5:58:00 AM PST by armydawg505
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To: exit82
There is no way Obama won in 2012. Selective vote fraud in key states did the trick.

I still recall the evil, smug look on his face when he came out to claim his so-called victory. It was chilling....as if he was saying....I'll make sure them whiteys are gonna get what's coming to them.

19 posted on 11/24/2015 6:08:20 AM PST by Liz (SAFE PLACE? A liberal's mind. Nothing's there. Nothing can penetrate it.)
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To: Servant of the Cross

Exactly. The cost of what he’s done in office is still yet to be tallied.

Don’t forget both Obamas are young and full of zeal, the harm could be wrecked by both is unfathomable. American people are really “in it” this time.


20 posted on 11/24/2015 6:19:16 AM PST by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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