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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: mojitojoe
I'm telling you all, get ready, it's coming. People are seething with anger everywhere I go. 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”.

See my tag

41 posted on 03/16/2009 5:44:47 PM PDT by Larry381 ("in the final instance civilization is always saved by a platoon of soldiers" Oswald Spengler)
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To: Nachum
Another moment.
42 posted on 03/16/2009 5:46:02 PM PDT by william clark (Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: sionnsar

“Do You Think!?!”

Well, libs aren’t even in the same drawer with the sharp knives.


43 posted on 03/16/2009 5:48:22 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Nachum

Bring on the Tea Parties. If we make a great showing on April 16, the Dims will have fits.


44 posted on 03/16/2009 5:49:46 PM PDT by manic4organic (We Are S0 Screwed)
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To: Nachum

The community organizer was trained under Saul Alinsky’s blueprints. Is he incompetent or Marxist? He’s both, but Let me ask you this, if you were a major stockholder of a large corporation that was financially in trouble and you had a CEO spending and acting like obama, how long would he last before you fired him?

C’mon people, let’s say it out loud and often, “Fire Obama”.


45 posted on 03/16/2009 5:51:15 PM PDT by Enough is ENOUGH
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To: HollyB
This is an important task you’ve taken on.

It really has amazed me.

Keep an ey on the currency meetings indeed. Obama is soiling his pants on this one....

The list has grown and taken on a life of its own.

46 posted on 03/16/2009 5:52:56 PM PDT by Nachum (the complete list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: mojitojoe
I'm telling you all, get ready, it's coming. People are seething with anger everywhere I go

Bring it on!!! Let the fireworks begin!!!

47 posted on 03/16/2009 5:57:50 PM PDT by rcrngroup
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To: mojitojoe
I'm telling you all, get ready, it's coming. People are seething with anger everywhere I go

Bring it on!!! Let the fireworks begin!!!

48 posted on 03/16/2009 5:57:59 PM PDT by rcrngroup
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To: Nachum

Incompetence is what we get for “vetting” Trig and Bristol Palin to death and not paying any attention to the “messiah’s” qualifications.


49 posted on 03/16/2009 5:58:11 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Just being a "U.S. citizen" does not make one an American.)
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To: Nachum
Obama is proving is detractors wrong in once sense. Before taking office the accusation was that Obama would be learning on the job...but clearly Obama hasn't learned anything yet.
50 posted on 03/16/2009 5:59:32 PM PDT by highlander_UW (The only difference between the MSM and the DNC is the MSM sells ad space in their propaganda)
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To: sionnsar

From the Noooz yet!


51 posted on 03/16/2009 6:01:44 PM PDT by AmericanVictory
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To: MissDairyGoodnessVT
Othugo could be headed for a psychotic break ,too, did ya’ ever think of that one?

I hope it happens soon on national TV in front of 300 million people.... I would love to see him have a meltdown and just stare blankly & incoherently at the teleprompters.
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52 posted on 03/16/2009 6:02:31 PM PDT by rcrngroup
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To: Nachum

There is no way to be a competent socialist. There is no “competent” screen door for submarines either. No matter how hard one tries.


53 posted on 03/16/2009 6:03:40 PM PDT by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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To: Chode

As many times as I have seen that picture it always makes me laugh and groan. ;9)


54 posted on 03/16/2009 6:04:22 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: Ditter
thx... posts like that are why i keep dragging it out. 8^)
55 posted on 03/16/2009 6:09:48 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - Obama is basically Jim Jones with a teleprompter)
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To: sionnsar

Wht hasn’t SNL gone after 0bama with both barrels? There is so much material there, they could have a field day. SNL didn’t waste any time with Sarah Palin.


56 posted on 03/16/2009 6:12:29 PM PDT by Raster Man
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To: Nachum

If they had only logged on to FR, we could have told them long before he took office that there was a competence problem. That’s a big DUH!


57 posted on 03/16/2009 6:19:24 PM PDT by peggybac ("A Liberal is a person who will give away everything they don't own.")
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To: Nachum

This guy proves his incompetency with every breath he takes.


58 posted on 03/16/2009 6:28:01 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: Nachum

This guy proves his incompetency with every breath he takes.


59 posted on 03/16/2009 6:28:04 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: LibLieSlayer

I agree - I also miss President Bush, and I’m not even American!

Obama is transparent alright - we can see right through him.


60 posted on 03/16/2009 6:28:56 PM PDT by JudyinCanada
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