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Obama Advisers: Obama’s theory of government is he is the government
Examiner ^ | January 20, 2013 | Kevin Kervick

Posted on 01/20/2013 6:31:58 PM PST by Twotone

As was revealed in a breathtaking New York Times opinion piece today, many of Barack Obama's top advisers feel alienated from him. There is a sense within the White House that President Obama's theory of government is that "he is the government". Apparently, President Obama has personalized the presidency to such an extent that it is now seen as more about the man than about the position. Certainly that is not how the American Founding Fathers viewed the presidency.

The author of this article, David Rothkopf, characterizes the president as a poor manager who is also aloof and a poor listener. He describes a fragmented White House team that is dysfunctional.

(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
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1 posted on 01/20/2013 6:32:06 PM PST by Twotone
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To: Twotone
Obama's theory of government is that "he is the government".

Yes. We know.

2 posted on 01/20/2013 6:34:11 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: Twotone

Sounds a lot like Hitler.


3 posted on 01/20/2013 6:37:18 PM PST by fatnotlazy
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To: Twotone

It took four years to figure this out?


4 posted on 01/20/2013 6:38:29 PM PST by O6ret
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To: Twotone

Bttt.


5 posted on 01/20/2013 6:39:44 PM PST by Inyo-Mono (My greatest fear is that when I'm gone my wife will sell my guns for what I told her I paid for them)
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To: Twotone

The “breathtaking” part is that people didn’t know this already...


6 posted on 01/20/2013 6:41:35 PM PST by Wyatt's Torch (I can explain it to you. I can't understand it for you.)
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To: O6ret
It took four years to figure this out?

Some people are a little slow on the uptake ...

7 posted on 01/20/2013 6:41:40 PM PST by Ken522
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To: Twotone

“L’état, c’est moi”


8 posted on 01/20/2013 6:41:58 PM PST by mcswan
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To: Twotone

“L’état, c’est moi”


9 posted on 01/20/2013 6:42:01 PM PST by mcswan
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To: Twotone

Can there be any doubt that he views himself as a dictator?


10 posted on 01/20/2013 6:42:14 PM PST by CynicalBear
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To: Twotone

And the clueless Legislative branch and the absolutely worthless Judicial branch are letting El Bozo rule like a king over a bunch of peasants. Thousands of brave Americans have died on battle fields all over the world to keep our freedoms, and these lazy, unprincipled doofuses are letting a small cadre of Marxists hatched at our Leftist universities take over our economy and our country. That is simply disgraceful. All of them should be impeached for refusing to uphold the Constitution of the United States of America.


11 posted on 01/20/2013 6:42:21 PM PST by txrefugee
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To: Twotone

The media didn’t contribute to his narcisism, did they?


12 posted on 01/20/2013 6:44:30 PM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas
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To: Twotone
"L'État, c'est moi" -- Louis XIV

In the long run... that kind of thinking led to M. Doctor Guillotine's device being used for political purposes.

/johnny

13 posted on 01/20/2013 6:44:56 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Twotone

Just wonderful. We have a completely unrestrained narcissistic boy king who hates this Nation trying to run it all on his own.

God help us all.


14 posted on 01/20/2013 6:45:16 PM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: Twotone

This isn’t a presidential administration. It’s a personality cult.


15 posted on 01/20/2013 6:45:54 PM PST by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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To: Twotone

Oh, Jeez, doncha worry, we got them Constitutional checks und balances!


16 posted on 01/20/2013 6:47:37 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: Twotone

This topic is going get more interesting by the day.

I cannot wait until this, this “thing” tries to shut down a newspaper. I know, it is unlikely, since the publishers adore him, but one may fall a bit out of line pursuing a story along these lines.


17 posted on 01/20/2013 6:48:48 PM PST by OldPossum
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To: BenLurkin
Louis XIV supposedly is the one who first said "L'État, c'est moi" ~ but it's more likely that was simply thought of his attitude by those who had to deal with him up front.

Much of our Bill of Rights was written with this particular tyrant ~ the King of France ~ in mind!

Obama clearly thinks of himself as constituting the same sort of personage.

18 posted on 01/20/2013 6:50:23 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: Twotone
This is the fault of the pathetic news media who are so intellectually vapid as to believe the drivel they've written about this guy. Their job is to report the news, in as unbiased a manner as possible - not to pick sides, protect their chosen ones, and make celebrities out of politicians. The whole Camelot thing with the Kennedys was ridiculous and way, way over the top, and they've been doing the same with those they support ever since. It's really unprofessional, beneath the dignity of a real news organization, and frankly, destructive to the nation.
19 posted on 01/20/2013 6:50:29 PM PST by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: Twotone

Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuehrer...history repeats itself.

The founding fathers found cause to dispute their dictator.

Do we have the will to reestablish the constitutional republic they gave to us?

sic semper tyrannis

FUBO & FAD


20 posted on 01/20/2013 6:51:37 PM PST by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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