Posted on 03/25/2012 9:59:43 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Earlier today Forbes posted an excerpt from the book Hope Is Not a Strategy by John Mariotti and D. M. Lukas. The author provided an excerpt from the book for the article where he describes Barack Obama as a “manufactured candidate” whose history remains sealed. Mariotti then calls Obama the “Manchurian candidate.”
But, after the article was posted for a few hours it suddenly disappeared down the memory hole.
Here is the article which was posted at Courage in America blog before it disappeared.
“There is something very wrong when the sitting president refuses to divulge huge pieces of information about his background. What is he hiding? Maybe the “birthers” were a little extreme, but is there something wrong with this “manufactured candidate,” whose history remains sealed from public view? What is he hiding?
Could the “Hawaii birth certificate” be a forgery? Is there something much worse—like “sponsorship” by an unnamed special interest? I don’t know. I do know that the man in the White House now is an imposter. The only question is which kind of an imposter: an incompetent “pretender” or a genuine phony, a “Manchurian candidate,” who is a liberal, ½ black and ½ white, and an obvious Muslim sympathizer.
Will this campaign expose him as the imposter, and the pretender his behavior has revealed? Will it expose his hidden history and murky background. We know about his failures and mistakes.
For those who don’t, here is another in this series of revealing excerpts from Hope Is Not A Strategy: Leadership Lessons from the Obama Presidency.
Excerpt from the chapter: Beware the Pretender:
…”No matter how many times President Obama refers to the “problems he inherited,” he has now been in office three years. Certainly many of the current problems can be traced back to events that happened during the eight years that Bush held the top office, and some can be traced back to even earlier presidencies — but far from all of them.
Many of the problems are newly created (or made worse), and Barack Obama owns them. Candidate Obama stepped up and essentially said, “I want the job, and everything that comes with it” by running for president. After three years in office, the problems now belong to him and his presidency. He caused them, made them worse, or didn’t solve them. Either way, they are his now.
…In leadership, you cannot “pretend” to be a leader. You either are — or you aren’t — a leader. One or the other will become apparent very quickly.
If you want the leadership job, you must step up and take full ownership of it. A “pretender” or “poser” is like an actor who has learned all the right lines, but has no idea what they mean. Once the script has been followed (or deviated from), the actor is clueless about what to do next. This is the job of the leader.
Unfortunately, in this government, the “directors” often seem clueless, having learned in academia where results and wins/losses are theoretical, or in politics where success (at getting elected) is more a matter of rhetoric than results.
If you are not ready for a position, or do not believe that you have what it takes to rise to the challenge (or clean up the mess even if you believe it is not your mess), then do not take the job. This was Barack Obama’s fundamental mistake. He grossly underestimated the difficulty of the position he was running for, and overestimated his preparedness to actually do the job. Just because he could “talk a good game” (thanks to a phalanx of speech writers and the omnipresent teleprompters) does not mean he actually knew what to do or how to do it. The presidency of the United States of America is not a place for heavy OJT (On-the Job-Training)….”
After the first three plus years of the presidency, it is painfully clear that Barack Obama was a “pretty face,” and “glib speaker” and a lightweight liberal politician with a community organizer/radical background. The American people should be outraged at this man’s behavior and even his candidacy. Why are they not? Because of the misinformation delivered by sympathetic liberal/mainstream media who loves his nonsensical form of governing.
…”Obama’s perceived preparedness for the presidency is a terrible delusion, from which it is difficult to escape. Mistakes build upon each other and result in even more complex problems. Difficult problems that are mishandled become even more difficult to fix. When you have too little experience, lack substance (other than the words of your latest speech), then leading, managing and problem solving simply don’t happen. And that is what has occurred. When you compound the problem by surrounding your self with like-minded theorists, lacking in real-world experience, things become worse yet. The theoretical solutions to problems often don’t work due to the messiness of the real world — and the reasons are almost unfathomable to these rookie executive/politicians. …”
What should Americans think about this “imposter?” Will he divulge his true background so we can all see who he is and where he came from — really? If not, is this just a man who should never have been sworn into the office of President in the first place, and who has crippled Americans miserably during his term?
Will we continue to believe his misstatements (the politically correct term for lies)? Can he simply use the media to “erase and forget the past three years of misery and missteps?” Or will we learn from his imperialistic behavior and terrible results and throw him out in November?
I said it was a communist coup back in 2008.......the state run media has held their magic mandingo's mud, what is truly scary is no one in the alternative media has the BALLS to broach this subject. The pussies waited and waited and now it's becoming too late. The noose is tightening......the threat matrix is in place. Hard tyranny is here. Wasn't it obvious to anyone with 3 brain cells to rub together what would be the outcome here?
All the so called opposition voices will be off the air <----see Glenn Beck etc. The jack boot is here.
I guess John Mariotti won't be a contributing editor at Forbes anymore.
When you do a search on Forbes, under Mariotti's name, the title still comes up. But, when you click on the article, linky no takey.
Damn thats a hard job.. there are so many bonifide conspiracy’s in this administration..
Nully's ping list is a high-volume list. Scads of articles every day. Haven't seen anything like it since the Clinton Administration, which was also fraught with deceit.
It’s never too late until the last breath is taken. Even for someone as wicked as he.
Matthew 19:24-26
"And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
When His disciples heard it, they were greatly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?”
But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
According to Snopes, she didn't resign but changed to inactive status. Apparently this procedure allows a lawyer who is not practicing to pay lower bar fees and avoid continuing education requirements, while keeping open the door to practice later. IIRC Snopes also said that Barack Obama did resign his law license.
It is accurate to say that both accepted inactive status rather than face inquiry. Quite common for lawyers who take a step too far.
In Michelle's case, it was Insurance Fraud and it was apparently mitigated by her ignorance of a client's actions. In Barry's case, he was challenged by another lawyer on the grounds of an untruthful application (He denied ever having used another name ....an "alias." Conveniently ignoring the Soetoro and the Dunham handles on record. Although it wasn't mentioned, he also denied traffic violations and drug use. And now, there's the SSN kefuffle. all rather significant "gaps" in the legal game.)
Michelle should have less trouble "reactivating" than Reggie Love's boyfriend.
I didn’t recognize Soros without his glasses...
He will lose in a landslide.
That depends entirely on who counts the votes.
[ Haven’t seen anything like it since the Clinton Administration, which was also fraught with deceit. ]
I’ve wondered about George Bush as well..
You cannot just unplug deceitful political machines..
What a difference between his first term and his second term..
AND Zerodamus took OVER completely just a little too quickly for me...
Actually Obama WON because of Dubyas second term..
Its like Dubya and Zerodamus were in cahoots..
I don’t believe republicans are voting for Romney..
There must be a voting machine scam going on...
Course its possible most Americans are quite thoroughly brain washed..
The FOX Network might just damage control for what the others cannot HIDE..
[ Only Shep Smith have I noticed on Fox...can’t stand Shepard. ]
Shemp Smith and “Eddie Munster” Cavuto are SHILLS for damage control to Obama.. and “Butch” VAn Susteren as well..
Bush went completely over to the Dark Side the day he beat sKerry.
Media blackout on Obama eligibility near-total
http://www.wnd.com/2012/03/media-blackout-on-eligibility-near-total/
Then last week, another regular Townhall columnist, Diana West, wrote “Why the Silence About Obama’s Historic Scam?” but found that it wasn’t posted on Townhall at all. Worse, it was déjà vu for West, whose previous column on the same topic likewise was also spiked.
When WND asked West why her last two columns on the subject of Obama’s eligibility weren’t posted on Townhall, she responded: “This week’s empty hole where my column on media silence on Sheriff Arpaio’s press conference would normally go, like last month’s empty hole where my column on the Atlanta court proceeding on eligibility would normally go, speak for themselves.”
Bush was DEFINITELY briefed on the Eligibility Question. Did absolutely nothing. Cheney, too. They both knew. I think the power structure feared "urban unrest."
If something happens to Zimmerman, the Latin community will come unglued. I really don’t think that is the plan of Obama and the democrats. If he has a lick of sense, he would start trying to calm things down.
No matter what the media says about “white hispanic”, the hispanics (white, black, Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican, etc) will stick together. This is like the old, we can attack each other, but you can’t attack us.
I can’t wait to vote. I just hope it is a fair election, America wins (Obama is defeated) and the margin of victory is large enough to keep reasonable peace in the streets.
[ Bush was DEFINITELY briefed on the Eligibility Question. ]
Every past Pres. cleaned out the Justice Dept.. i.e. hired new lawyers..
Bush did not.. he kept most all of Clintoons lawyers in place..
He he fought them for eight long years..
I am still worried about the two Justices he picked..
They have not been “proved” yet.. they could be ringers..
Could be they will OK Obamacare.. I don’t trust them..
I don’t trust them simply because Bush selected them..
Bush made Obama possible..
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