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Obama’s 5 Biggest Political Miscalculations
politicalvanguard.com ^ | 10/6/09 | Thomas G. Del Beccaro

Posted on 10/07/2009 10:40:01 AM PDT by usflagwaver

Sinking in the polls, it is time to consider where Obama has gone wrong. In this column, I review Obama’s 5 Biggest Political Miscalculations. Next week I shall cover his Biggest Policy Mistakes. So, from Bad to Worse, lets begin . . . .

5. What’s a Few Czars Between Friends? Actually, when it comes to Congress the answer can be a lot. Yes it is true, as Glenn Beck has described, Obama’s Czars are a rather savory bunch for which Van Jones was just the tip of the iceberg. The Political Miscalculation here, however, is not his Far Left bureaucrats. The issue here is that he is broadening the powers of the Executive Branch. Such Imperial Presidential power grabs (no the Media won’t use those terms) does not play well even for Democrats in Congress who rightly view such actions as an encroachment on Congressional power. Touching off a civil war among your own, even if a minor war, is the type of unforced miscalculation that slows a President’s progress on key legislation.

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhoczars; bhofascism; bhotreason; bhotyranny; miscalculations; obama; vainhussein
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1 posted on 10/07/2009 10:40:04 AM PDT by usflagwaver
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To: usflagwaver

1. Selling myself as “black.”


2 posted on 10/07/2009 10:41:56 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand (Isn't the Golden Mean the secret to something," I parried? "Yes," Blue replied. "Mediocrity.")
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To: the invisib1e hand

1. Getting elected.


3 posted on 10/07/2009 10:45:16 AM PDT by Busywhiskers ("Once you have wrestled, everything else in life is easy" -Dan Gable)
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To: usflagwaver
0bama is much too egotistical to do a self examination of any short-comings. In his mind, and those of his “posse” , he is sinking, not because he has made mistakes, is a certified communist and doesn't have a clue, but because everyone else is racist.
4 posted on 10/07/2009 10:45:33 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (FUBO - When 0bama Fails, Freedom Prevails!)
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To: usflagwaver

Link doesn’t work for me. Just a bunch of swirling tadpoles.


5 posted on 10/07/2009 10:56:56 AM PDT by garyhope ( It's world war IV, right here, right now, courtesy of Islamofascism.)
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To: usflagwaver
The uprising of We the People?

Guess he didn't think of that.

6 posted on 10/07/2009 10:59:30 AM PDT by unixfox (The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery, The 16th Amendment Reinstated It !)
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To: garyhope

I hit my screen with the flyswatter a few times before I realized what they were.


7 posted on 10/07/2009 10:59:33 AM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Yardstick

Same here.

parsy, who thought he had gnats


8 posted on 10/07/2009 11:01:56 AM PDT by parsifal (Abatis: Rubbish in front of a fort, to prevent the rubbish outside from molesting the rubbish inside)
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To: garyhope
garyhope wrote:
Link doesn’t work for me. Just a bunch of swirling tadpoles.

The link should be http://www.politicalvanguard.com/publisher64.html.

But that might not help. The site is a nightmare of Flash stuff that look mostly broken. If you are on a dialup or slower DSL link, you'll never get to it. Even on a reasonably high speed connection, expect long waits (several minutes perhaps).


From the desk of
cc2k:

9 posted on 10/07/2009 11:03:35 AM PDT by cc2k (Are you better off today than you were $4,000,000,000,000 ago?)
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To: usflagwaver

I dub this “Most annoying website of the day”. Who hides a text article under a layer of very slowly loading flash animation?


10 posted on 10/07/2009 11:04:59 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Rio: Gold / Madrid: Silver / Tokyo: Bronze / Obama: Lead weight.)
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To: parsifal

I saw fruit flies, which got me thinking about how long the bananas had been sitting out.


11 posted on 10/07/2009 11:05:20 AM PDT by Yardstick
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To: usflagwaver
4. An Olympic Size Miscalculation. - wasted a lot of prestige expecting to be awarded the Olympics based entirely on his holy presense.

3. Mis-underestimating the Opposition. - didn't think anyone would fight back about health care and then really pissed them off.

2. Never Give Up Control of the Document. - let Pelosi and Reid handle the Health Care Takeover instead of presenting Congress with a complete proposal (this is the same thing President Bush did with Social Security reform - have broad generalities but wanted Congress to actually write it).

1. Chasing Rabbits. - Too many big plans but doesn't complete any of them.

It's a pretty good article, but it shouldn't have had a direct link to the article instead of to the front page and then the page should have been text with some Flash for important animation (of which I saw none) instead of requiring an extremely long flash download to even see the article. Web design grade: F-minus-minus.

12 posted on 10/07/2009 11:12:55 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Rio: Gold / Madrid: Silver / Tokyo: Bronze / Obama: Lead weight.)
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To: usflagwaver

I don’t know where to post this but there is a poll now on AOL.com on Obamas performance and it shows people aren’t happy with him. Stop by and take the poll and make those numbers soar higher.


13 posted on 10/07/2009 11:19:38 AM PDT by Bitsy
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To: KarlInOhio

Add, for me:

6. Thinking a speech full of platitudes is going to fix something.

7. Sitting on his b*tt while small outposts are getting clobbered in Afghanistan, as he ponders his strategy...

parsy, who sees shades of LBJ


14 posted on 10/07/2009 11:22:42 AM PDT by parsifal (Abatis: Rubbish in front of a fort, to prevent the rubbish outside from molesting the rubbish inside)
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To: parsifal
I have been thinking of a bumper sticker that reads:

Don't blame me - I voted for the war hero!

15 posted on 10/07/2009 11:44:32 AM PDT by ARepublicanForAllReasons (Give 'em hell, Sarah!)
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To: ARepublicanForAllReasons

I’ve been fed up with the GOP so I didn’t vote this last year. But this Obama stuff reminds me of LBJ and the war-tinkering in Vietnam. My dad was there and he says they were never really turned loose to win. Now these 50-70 men outposts are exposed and I wonder what happens when the weather conditions prevent air support.

parsy, who is disgusted with the delay


16 posted on 10/07/2009 11:51:30 AM PDT by parsifal (Abatis: Rubbish in front of a fort, to prevent the rubbish outside from molesting the rubbish inside)
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To: parsifal
Jed Babbin, in Human Events recently wrote an article on this very theme titled "Lyndon Baines Obama".
It's available at Real Clear Politics, but it's in the archives. Click on Monday of this week to read it.
17 posted on 10/07/2009 12:03:53 PM PDT by ARepublicanForAllReasons (Give 'em hell, Sarah!)
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To: garyhope

Same here.......


18 posted on 10/07/2009 12:09:39 PM PDT by Osage Orange (A community organizer cannot bitch when communities organize..... - Rush Limbaugh)
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To: garyhope

Those tadpoles are wierd, but if you wait a couple seconds, the story will appear.


19 posted on 10/07/2009 12:11:43 PM PDT by usflagwaver
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To: ARepublicanForAllReasons

Went there and read it. Good article.

parsy, who says thanks


20 posted on 10/07/2009 12:20:04 PM PDT by parsifal (Abatis: Rubbish in front of a fort, to prevent the rubbish outside from molesting the rubbish inside)
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