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OBAMA: BUYER’S REMORSE
New Majority ^ | May 28, 2009 | Crystal Wright

Posted on 05/30/2009 8:45:38 AM PDT by yongin

Admittedly, I was one of the moderate conservatives who was wooed by Obama during his PR campaign to become the country's next president. Sadly, even though I was still unsure of my vote until the week before the election, I know better now. I truly had no idea he would turn out to be the radical tax and spend liberal he's revealed. Since the beginning of his presidency, Obama seems more interested in making policies and decisions that grab headlines than those in the best interests of the country. The announcement of his whopping $3 trillion budget, trailing the $800 billion bank bailout, was shocking and yet the media seemed to rally around him. The president wants to do everything at one time, national healthcare, economy, taxes (wealth redistribution), clean energy, infrastructure, education and more. He acts very king-like, expecting Congress to endorse everything he floats their way, but his high octane PR strategy--loaded with smiles and good oratory may be fading.

Mr. Obama spends money like its coming out of his own piggy bank and expects Congress to rubber stamp his agenda at every turn, which they have been doing except when it came to the closing of Guantanamo Bay prison. This is when the pie in the sky headline grabbing Obama style of governing met reality. Mr. Obama asked Congress for $80 million to build a new prison (it's just more money to pile on the ginormous debt) but they paused, scratched their heads and couldn't just go along with this brazen request without more details from King Obama. Even more hilarious was when the administration said it would just relocate these terrorists to state prisons but governors stopped that bad idea --- "not in my back yard." Even FBI Director Mueller nixed the idea as highly risky because terrorists could easily plot attacks on the US from within prison, recruiting other terrorists, organizing, fundraising etc.

Before this miscalculation, the President listened to his faithful servant Rahm Emanuel and released CIA memos about harsh interrogation tactics used on terrorists under the Bush administration. Many people including Defense Secretary Gates thought this was a bad idea and would endanger our troops needlessly not to mention reveal interrogation methods to our enemies. Once again, the president got great headlines from the partisan press which bashed President Bush and the interrogation methods he endorsed during his administration.

But as the reality of keeping this headline grabbing story going began to sink into President Obama's head, he started walking backwards on the topic weighing the risk in the reality of the situation. This is when the administration had Attorney General Eric Holder tell the media that the Justice Department wasn't going to prosecute former Bush officials. Shortly after this, the president announced he wouldn't release photos of detainees being interrogated. Why engage in any of this in the first place? Releasing interrogation memos and detainee photos only harms our intelligence community and puts American's at risk. Incidentally, the Wall Street Journal was the only paper to relentlessly criticize the administration about taking this action.

These recent events, the planned closing of Gitmo and "CIA-gate", have made the president look very inexperienced and unpolished in his ability to lead the nation and only widened the partisan bickering in Washington. Oh, yeah and Speaker Pelosi's memory lapse over when and what she knew about waterboarding looks sloppy, as if she's trying to hide the truth. It doesn't help the president and certainly doesn't look like change we can believe in or need.

On a side note the president's comments about his nominee to the Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor, are also cause for pause. He said he picked her because she would show empathy. While Supreme Court justices are human and bring experience to their work, they're tasked with finely reviewing cases, considering the Constitution and using their intellect to arrive at rulings. Emotion isn't part of the job. Even more disturbing are Judge Sotomayor's comments that judges make policy.

It seems like the president's image is unraveling in recent months and we're getting a look at the real Obama underneath the PR, razzle, dazzle veneer he sports so well. I think Americans are growing weary of the sparkle, shine and high-spending policies this president is selling and want to see something more. Every week he is on TV holding a press conference for this or that announcement on funding, bailouts or programs to expand government exponentially. As my father exclaimed recently, "when does he have time to run the country, if he's on television everyday." This is a question to be pondered. Team Obama may have won the presidency through an innovative public relations campaign but winning over the confidence of Americans and setting the country on the right course will require careful thought, temperance and bipartisan collaboration.

A smile and eloquent speech won't make it all right.


TOPICS: Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 111th; bho44; buyersremorse; obama; second100days
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To: yongin

I think we overlook how horrible a candidate McCain was. I had three members of my family vote for Obama and it was more a vote against McCain. McCain killed us.


21 posted on 05/30/2009 8:55:32 AM PDT by neodad (USS Vincennes (CG 49) We know how to deal with Iran.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Truly what Demoncrat isn’t a TAX AND SPEND imbecile?

Time to remove head from where the sun doesn’t shine.


22 posted on 05/30/2009 8:55:56 AM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: All

Go read some of the comments at the site......


23 posted on 05/30/2009 8:56:20 AM PDT by goodnesswins (WE have a REPUBLIC.....IF we can KEEP IT!!!)
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To: y6162

No, she’s not bright at all.

How can she say things like this and be taken seriously:

” I truly had no idea he would turn out to be the radical tax and spend liberal he’s revealed.”

What? Is she kidding? Did she NOT listen to him during the campaign?


24 posted on 05/30/2009 8:56:27 AM PDT by vladimir998 (Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. St. Jerome)
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To: yongin

Anyone stupid enough to not have seen what would come down the road with the election of Obama, shouldn’t be allow to drive a car.


25 posted on 05/30/2009 8:56:49 AM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (ALSO SPRACH ZEROTHUSTRA)
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To: yongin
" I think Americans are growing weary of the sparkle, shine and high-spending policies this president is selling ..."

Unfortunately that's not true. Obama's approval rating has moved up 3% this week in the Rasmussen daily poll.

26 posted on 05/30/2009 8:57:12 AM PDT by avacado
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To: yongin

“I truly had no idea he would turn out to be the radical tax and spend liberal he’s revealed”


That’s we WE get for YOU not paying attention to: what that jerk was saying, history, recent history, the constitution, and radical know-your-enemy ideals.

Thanks!


27 posted on 05/30/2009 8:57:20 AM PDT by CommieCutter (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/programs/ht/qt/3013_08.html)
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To: Psycho_Bunny

Just think of all the idiots like her on the road!!!


28 posted on 05/30/2009 8:57:24 AM PDT by goodnesswins (WE have a REPUBLIC.....IF we can KEEP IT!!!)
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To: pnh102

The media says a “cool” and “hip” conservative is one that bashes Palin, Rush, and Hannnity.


29 posted on 05/30/2009 8:57:55 AM PDT by yongin
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To: yongin

I’m angry at people like this. Don’t openly admit your mistake! OOPS!!??

YOU WERE TOLD, AND YOU DIDN’T LISTEN!

You’ve taken the rest of us down with you, you effing jerk!

These people need to be told that admitting it isn’t enough. They need to be publicly shamed to beg our forgiveness, shameless idiots they are.

I want apologies, not “OOPS! OH WELL!” I want them to be ashamed of themselves.


30 posted on 05/30/2009 8:58:09 AM PDT by prismsinc (A.K.A. "The Terminator"!)
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To: yongin
This is FRUM’s site.....do not give him a hit.

This is a BS article designed to draw traffic to the RINOs.

31 posted on 05/30/2009 8:59:16 AM PDT by roses of sharon (We must get a grip on what we can, and hold on. Hold on with energy, imagination, and ferocity)
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To: y6162

This represents most of my family. I gave them all the info they needed long before the election and begged them to prove me wrong. Some even blocked my emails.
They are silent now because they are all hardheaded dumba$$es who are waking up but would never indicate to me that we had him pegged.
Now we all pay the price.


32 posted on 05/30/2009 8:59:19 AM PDT by AirForceMom (Locked and loaded, and sharpening wooden stakes.)
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To: y6162

Dang, stupid and fugly


33 posted on 05/30/2009 8:59:34 AM PDT by Popman (Joe Biden REALLY can't be Vice President, can he ?)
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To: y6162

That pic tells everything. looks like she’s on a lot of special meds.


34 posted on 05/30/2009 8:59:39 AM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: yongin

Stop picking on her, sillies! This is an EXCELLENT article by an Obama voter with buyer’s remorse, and she explains what hit her and why she has that remorse! Everyone should read it.


35 posted on 05/30/2009 9:00:19 AM PDT by Yaelle
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To: yongin
Obama's constant left-right-left-right turning of the head to read his teleprompter should tell anyone that's all he can do, read a teleprompter.

Off prompter, as Rush said, he's angry, got a chip on his shoulder, and just a two-bit Chicago political street thug.

36 posted on 05/30/2009 9:00:30 AM PDT by DTogo (High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: Nathan Zachary

I’m not sure that’s her, but this one is named crystal wright =)


37 posted on 05/30/2009 9:01:12 AM PDT by y6162 (uish..)
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To: yongin

Moderate conservative, my ass..


38 posted on 05/30/2009 9:01:57 AM PDT by cardinal4 (Dont Tread on Me)
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To: yongin

Two words, honey...’personal research’. You can’t let the media do your thinking for you. ‘Oprah’ and ‘The View’ are bad for you...bad.


39 posted on 05/30/2009 9:02:12 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: yongin
"Admittedly, I was one of the moderate conservatives who was wooed by Obama"

There are NO moderate conservatives. You are one or you're not. What exactly about him "wooed" you? His outright support of killing babies? Is that part of the "moderate" conservatism you speak of?

40 posted on 05/30/2009 9:03:14 AM PDT by NoGrayZone (All aboard the 1st Annual Free Republic National Tea Party Convention 9/10-9/12. Be there!!!)
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