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Republicans Smell Weakness In Obama
The Daily Beast ^ | 2/27/2009 | John Batchelor

Posted on 02/27/2009 12:45:16 PM PST by SonOfDarkSkies

The public may have liked the president’s big speech, but the GOP isn’t worried. Insiders say they’re raring for a fight, and that they think Obama’s in a very vulnerable position.

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“I feel sorry for him sometimes,” confided a senior Republican House member about President Obama. “He invited us over to the White House to explain to us how the stimulus plan is working, and how the budget is going to work, and he spoke to us a couple of times. He doesn’t act like he knows what’s going on with the economy. He’s so afraid of confrontation, when you challenge him, he backs off, like he doesn’t know the right answer. Who does? That’s why you kinda feel sorry for him. Not his guys, they don’t act like they know. Do they notice the stock market sinking? Who doesn’t? There’s this sense of disarray. The administration is made up of a lot of Number twos. The only one with any gravitas is [David] Axelrod. Geithner? He looks like he’s 12-years-old, or a grad student. The president is like a perfect vice president. That’s what the big speech was like. A vice president was talking.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 1rat; americasmells1rat; batchelor; bho44; first100days; obama; politics; weakling
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1 posted on 02/27/2009 12:45:17 PM PST by SonOfDarkSkies
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

This article lifted by spirits!


2 posted on 02/27/2009 12:45:48 PM PST by SonOfDarkSkies
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

Er...lifted MY spirits!


3 posted on 02/27/2009 12:46:13 PM PST by SonOfDarkSkies
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

If he’s weak, he’s not showing it much.


4 posted on 02/27/2009 12:46:21 PM PST by txnativegop (God Bless America! (NRA-Endowment))
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

LOL! LOVE the remarks on Obama, Geithner and the rest of this gang! Classic!


5 posted on 02/27/2009 12:46:40 PM PST by SolidWood (Palin: "In Alaska we eat therefore we hunt.")
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

It’s a cruel world isn’t it?


6 posted on 02/27/2009 12:46:55 PM PST by txnativegop (God Bless America! (NRA-Endowment))
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

Moi thinks the GOI has a long way to go before challenging anybody.

And the next few yrs in the wilderness could actually do it some good. Esp as they will see the Dems making blunder upon blunder in a dangerous world.


7 posted on 02/27/2009 12:48:05 PM PST by voletti (There's no place, I can be, since I found, serenity.)
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

Someone once said “First rate people surround themselves with first rate people. Second rate people surround themselves with third rate people.” or something like that....


8 posted on 02/27/2009 12:49:16 PM PST by Paytriot (The rudiments of lifes simple pleasures are being redefined by idiots.)
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

“The public may have liked the president’s big speech, but the GOP isn’t worried. Insiders say they’re raring for a fight”

Hope they don’t plan to use pillows or wet towels as usual.


9 posted on 02/27/2009 12:50:19 PM PST by ZULU (Obamanation of Desolation is President. Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam.)
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

I knew I smelled something coming from FUBO


10 posted on 02/27/2009 12:51:10 PM PST by clamper1797 (FUBO ... The Kenyan Lincoln)
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To: SonOfDarkSkies
"This article lifted by spirits!"

I'll drink to that!

11 posted on 02/27/2009 12:51:23 PM PST by Enterprise (A Representative Republic - gone now. Foolish people.)
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

He needs to be sent a virtual $ so he can buy a virtual clue.
Did like his decision on Iraq though. Better than expected.

Pray for America, Our Troops and obama


12 posted on 02/27/2009 12:51:38 PM PST by bray (Welcome to the USSA!)
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To: SonOfDarkSkies
“He’s so afraid of confrontation, when you challenge him, he backs off, like he doesn’t know the right answer.”

Classic passive-aggressive behavior. Wait until you see what he does behind your back.

13 posted on 02/27/2009 12:51:50 PM PST by Constitutions Grandchild
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To: txnativegop
If he’s weak, he’s not showing it much.

President Pelosi sees it.

14 posted on 02/27/2009 12:52:00 PM PST by NeoCaveman (hey who ordered the trillion dollar crap sandwich? FUBO)
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To: SonOfDarkSkies
Geithner? He looks like he’s 12-years-old, or a grad student.

Actually, Geithnew looks like a 12-year-old boy masterbating in his room right after his mom walks in.

15 posted on 02/27/2009 12:52:01 PM PST by pabianice
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

I DON’T FEEL SORRY FOR HIM ONE DAMN MINUTE!!!!!!

(I’m not yelling at you, just angry in general).


16 posted on 02/27/2009 12:52:31 PM PST by diamond6 (Is SIDS preventable? www.Stopsidsnow.com)
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

—don’t like to be a spoilsport, but—

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2195346/posts


17 posted on 02/27/2009 12:53:00 PM PST by rellimpank (--don't believe anything the MSM tells you about firearms or explosives--NRA Benefactor)
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To: NeoCaveman

Not a fair trade. Wish Pelosi would go crawl back under the surgical table where she was created in California.


18 posted on 02/27/2009 12:53:12 PM PST by txnativegop (God Bless America! (NRA-Endowment))
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To: txnativegop

A fools greatest enemy is his mouth.

Barrack never shuts up.


19 posted on 02/27/2009 12:53:16 PM PST by BornToBeAmerican (Freedom is not freehe was when he done)
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To: Paytriot

FUBO is somewhat clueless. But the people in the backgrounds around are deadly and they know exactly what they are doing.


20 posted on 02/27/2009 12:53:52 PM PST by Enterprise (A Representative Republic - gone now. Foolish people.)
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