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More than a bad day: Worries Grow that Obama & Co. have a Competence Problem
New York Daily News ^ | 3/16/09 | Michael Goodwin

Posted on 03/16/2009 5:00:17 PM PDT by Nachum

Not long ago, after a string of especially bad days for the Obama administration, a veteran Democratic pol approached me with a pained look on his face and asked, "Do you think they know what they're doing?"

The question caught me off guard because the man is a well-known Obama supporter. As we talked, I quickly realized his asking suggested his own considerable doubts.

Yes, it's early, but an eerily familiar feeling is spreading across party lines and seeping into the national conversation. It's a nagging doubt about the competency of the White House.

It was during George W. Bush's second term that the I-word - incompetence - became a routine broadside against him. The Democratic frenzy of Bush-bashing had not spent itself when a larger critique emerged, one not confined by partisan boundaries.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bho44; competence; grow; impeachzero; obama; scrawnyo; worries
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To: Nachum

21 posted on 03/16/2009 5:15:35 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: boomop1
"He is a moron guided by commies."

Simply stated, but big on truth.

22 posted on 03/16/2009 5:16:17 PM PDT by two23 (Romans 16:20)
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To: boomop1
He is a moron guided by commies.

Good a description as any.

23 posted on 03/16/2009 5:17:28 PM PDT by Churchillspirit
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To: Steven Tyler
Revelation 12:12
...Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
24 posted on 03/16/2009 5:17:43 PM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 56 of our national holiday from reality.)
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To: Nachum

They should of actually thought of all of this before they voted for him.


25 posted on 03/16/2009 5:18:01 PM PDT by Islaminaction
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To: Obadiah
Well, at least we elected a black person president.

He is half white, raised by white grandparents in multiracial Hawaii, and educated at some of our best private schools. Yep, he is down with the struggle.

26 posted on 03/16/2009 5:21:07 PM PDT by kabar
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To: Nachum
The charge of incompetence covered the mismanagement of Iraq, the response to Hurricane Katrina and the economic meltdown. By the time Bush left, the charge tipped the scales to where most of America, including many who had been supporters or just sympathetic, viewed him as a failed President. -Michael Goodwin

Not I. Each of those "mismanagements" were judged regarding problems with enormous difficulty factors. Group-think inevitably finds someone to blame. Fine.

To be fair, the economic meltdown presents the same difficulty to the new President. It is too soon to judge outcomes, but it is fair to say the administration has already directed astronomical amounts of spending to money sinks that cannot possibly help the economic picture. Is that competence?

27 posted on 03/16/2009 5:21:14 PM PDT by NutCrackerBoy
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To: Nachum

To the Obama supporters, be careful what you wish for you just might get it. And now we are all going to get it.


28 posted on 03/16/2009 5:22:36 PM PDT by valkyry1
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To: mojitojoe

Go back and tell them, “You bought it, now you get to pay for it.”


29 posted on 03/16/2009 5:22:44 PM PDT by patton (If Hawai'i seccedes, is Barack Obama still an illegal alien?)
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To: mojitojoe
2 people that I had lunch with today, that voted for him called him a Communist. I said to them “Gee, it took you this long to figure it out”.

What did those people think he was when they voted for him? A free market capitalist? Are those two people just idiots, or were they just your typical over-emotional, tingle-down-my-leg, koolaid drinkers on election day? Any idea?
30 posted on 03/16/2009 5:26:50 PM PDT by fr_freak
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To: sionnsar
I think hussein is a muslim communist hell bent on the destruction of America and I think that about right now I miss Bush pretty badly... I also think we are all screwed beyond comprehension.

LLS

31 posted on 03/16/2009 5:27:48 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (hussein will NEVER be my President... NEVER!!!)
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To: two23

Othugo could be headed for a psychotic break ,too, did ya’ ever think of that one?


32 posted on 03/16/2009 5:28:14 PM PDT by MissDairyGoodnessVT (Off Hunting--- for the COLB)
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To: Nachum
Worries Grow that Obama & Co. have a Competence Problem

That's because they are idiots.
33 posted on 03/16/2009 5:29:14 PM PDT by advance_copy (Stand for life or nothing at all)
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To: boomop1
He is a dumber than a box of rocks, communist muzzie... I know it is redundant but there it is!

LLS

34 posted on 03/16/2009 5:32:45 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (hussein will NEVER be my President... NEVER!!!)
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To: Nachum

and 0bama takes another one in the.................................HA ha!!!

35 posted on 03/16/2009 5:34:30 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - Obama is basically Jim Jones with a teleprompter)
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To: mojitojoe
I had a liberal professor buddy call me tonight and apologize to me for doubting what I said about hussein before the election. I should not call him liberal, because he says he is no longer of that persuasion. He and his wife have lost about 2 million so far. Pain is a great educator!

LLS

36 posted on 03/16/2009 5:35:54 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (hussein will NEVER be my President... NEVER!!!)
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To: gaijin

That ****wad catah may get lucky and slip into second place amongst the worst Presidents in US History!

LLS


37 posted on 03/16/2009 5:38:30 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (hussein will NEVER be my President... NEVER!!!)
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To: riri
Jury is still out for me on whether he's incompetent or a Marxist. Probably a combination of the two.

An incompetent Marxist. He's not Lenin, but even an incompetent can ruin the country. He just has to occupy the White House. And thanks to a majority of the voters, he's there.

38 posted on 03/16/2009 5:39:44 PM PDT by Rocky (OBAMA: Succeeding where bin Laden failed.)
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To: gaijin
Ohh WOe is me... Whys everybody pickin on me???

39 posted on 03/16/2009 5:41:47 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - Obama is basically Jim Jones with a teleprompter)
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To: Nachum

It’s been a busy afternoon, heck that means you’ve been busy, Nachum! Thanks for everything. This is an important task you’ve taken on.

I’m keeping an eye on the G20/One world currency talks and the H.R. 1388/The Give Act which will be presented to the House tomorrow.


40 posted on 03/16/2009 5:44:30 PM PDT by HollyB
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