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Is the Obama honeymoon over?
Canadian Chronicle-Herald ^ | March 12 | BOGDAN KIPLING

Posted on 03/13/2009 7:00:43 AM PDT by meandog

PRESIDENT Barack Obama is a whirlwind, a political miracle, a man of action on multiple fronts. He fits several moulds without straining.

The moulds are easily explained. As a successful politician, he strives to appeal to as many voters as he can. For independents, he is inclusive. He is digestible to more Republicans than any survey shows. For his own party’s faithful, he is all things to all of them.

Mr. Obama’s gambit is harder than it appears. As is their tradition, Democrats are split in fractious wings and flying off in all directions at once. Left liberals demand nanny-state legislation. Greenies want to kill oil and coal, regardless of cost. Mainstream Democrats are ready to cut deals as long as they come up on top. Labour wants jobs above all else. Internationalists have become invisible, but still have remnants of influence. And Mr. Obama has been in office exactly 52 days, as I write.

His ways are just as wily. Jackson Diehl, the Washington Post’s deputy editorial page editor, presented him as "George W. Obama?" on Sunday. "Instead of comparing Obama to Franklin Roosevelt or Ronald Reagan," he wrote, "consider the parallels to George W. Bush in the period after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks."

Bush declared an all-out war on terrorism, but did not ask Americans to help pay for it.

Barack Obama addressed the joint session of Congress on Feb. 24. He spoke of "crisis" in the financial markets and said he would create a new "lending fund" for banks, housing and the auto industry. But he did not say who would pay. On the contrary, he promised 98 out of 100 Americans they would be taxed less, and the rich – any family making more than $250,000 – would pay the rest.

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TOPICS: Canada; Editorial; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cultureofcorruption; first100days; honeymoon; obama; taxcheats; worst100days; zeroawareness
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1 posted on 03/13/2009 7:00:43 AM PDT by meandog
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To: meandog

“...he is digestible to Republicans”. Pardon me, but he gives me indigestion.


2 posted on 03/13/2009 7:02:43 AM PDT by sarasota
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To: meandog

The “Obama honeymoon” was over about the 24th of January, 2009, somewhere in the first 100 hours.

He is SUCH a delicate flower.


3 posted on 03/13/2009 7:07:59 AM PDT by alloysteel (Obama was lying, your rights are dying)
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To: sarasota

““...he is digestible to Republicans”. Pardon me, but he gives me indigestion.”

...and a bad case of the runs.


4 posted on 03/13/2009 7:09:46 AM PDT by Londo Molari
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To: sarasota
PRESIDENT Barack Obama is a whirlwind, a political miracle, a man of action on multiple fronts. He fits several moulds without straining.

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!

To the 62 million that elected/selected this Silly Putty President he may be but I AM NOT one of them..............................!

5 posted on 03/13/2009 7:10:44 AM PDT by jedi150
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To: meandog
He fits several moulds without straining.

Yes he does. And they are, in no particular order:

national socialist
liar
totalitarian

6 posted on 03/13/2009 7:13:07 AM PDT by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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Oh!

I forgot: buffooon and embarassment to our nation


7 posted on 03/13/2009 7:14:13 AM PDT by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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To: WayneS
From the article: Mr. Diehl’s column is doubly significant because his paper supported Mr. Obama’s presidential campaign and hailed his victory. Though officially independent, the Post favours Democrats most of the time.

"most of the time"?

8 posted on 03/13/2009 7:19:27 AM PDT by meandog (The only "Bush" sounding surname worth a damn belongs to NASCAR's Kurt&Kyle Busch--not GEORGE!)
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To: meandog

I wonder if Bogdan Kipling is any relation to Rudyard.


9 posted on 03/13/2009 7:20:20 AM PDT by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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To: meandog
"Is the Obama honeymoon over?"

Project ahead to January 20th, 2010 and ask the same question.

10 posted on 03/13/2009 7:24:45 AM PDT by davisfh ( Islam is a very serious mental illness)
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To: jedi150
PRESIDENT Barack Obama is a whirlwind, a political miracle, a man of action on multiple fronts.

or hyperactive flake.

11 posted on 03/13/2009 7:25:46 AM PDT by Need4Truth
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To: jedi150
"PRESIDENT Barack Obama is a whirlwind, a political miracle, a man of action on multiple fronts. He fits several moulds without straining. ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!"

Dittos. Clueless (as to leadership) socialist puppet is what he is...

12 posted on 03/13/2009 7:32:37 AM PDT by eureka! (Elections have consequences, boy howdy. *sigh*)
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To: meandog

The honeymoon will never be over on msnbc and the chicken noodle network.


13 posted on 03/13/2009 7:39:26 AM PDT by Carley (President Obama ~ Leaving No Tax Cheat Behind)
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To: WayneS

He’s moldy all right....


14 posted on 03/13/2009 7:46:12 AM PDT by Right Cal Gal (Abraham Lincoln would have let Berkeley leave the Union without a fight)
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To: meandog
.... he did not say who would pay. On the contrary, he promised 98 out of 100 Americans they would be taxed less, and the rich – any family making more than $250,000 – would pay the rest.


Dr. John Galt From September to December Before Obama


Dr. John Galt From September to December After Obama

15 posted on 03/13/2009 7:57:14 AM PDT by Polybius
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To: meandog
He is digestible to more Republicans than any survey shows.

I see - it's those dang POLLS which fail to capture the "digestibility" !

Yeah, that's the ticket.

16 posted on 03/13/2009 8:02:05 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Izzy Dunne

He’s about as digestible to me as an old, smelly sneaker.


17 posted on 03/13/2009 8:06:04 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (I am 63 days from outliving Andre the Giant)
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To: sarasota

What’s digestible comes out as ****.


18 posted on 03/13/2009 8:10:04 AM PDT by bgill
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To: meandog

I don’t think the left’s rape of our nation qualifies as a honeymoon.


19 posted on 03/13/2009 8:12:44 AM PDT by freedomfiter2
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To: meandog

It is not over yet. He is still screwing us.


20 posted on 03/13/2009 8:14:41 AM PDT by Piquaboy
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