Posted on 06/21/2009 3:23:45 PM PDT by EdnaMode
10 Reasons Why Obama Will be a One-Term President
1. Barack Obama won in part because of the amount of people he inspired with the campaign slogans: "Hope and Change" and "Yes We Can." He won't be able to use these slogans in 2012, unless he starts rooting for the opposition.
2. Over saturation. The problem with electing a Celebrity President is that people get tired of celebrities after a while. The news has become the new Entertainment Weekly, with anchors reporting on the latest Obama gossip.
3. The history factor will be gone. Part of the allure of voting for Obama was wanting to see a black President. Now that it has happened, the "white guilt" vote will likely be significantly reduced.
4. The Bush wasn't so bad after all vibe. In just five short months, Cheney has clearly exploited Obama's weaknesses on fighting terrorism, while vindicating Bush. Obama may have won, partially because a great number of people went back to a September 10th mindset, due to there not being another terrorist attack in the US.
5. Iran and North Korea. Obama's been indecisive and not acting like the leader of the free world. That he has remained silent on Iran will not sit well with many people.
6. The economy. People blamed Republicans for the Recession, and many people who voted for him expected Obama to end it quickly. The American public is more impatient than prior generations that reelected FDR in slow economic times. People will not have the patience to endure a long economic crisis. If the unemployment rate stays high, expect Obama's numbers to continue to drop.
7. America is still a center-right country. Americans are conservative on most of the important issues. The Republicans need to point out that Obama's views are the opposite of most Americans.
8. Don't count Hillary out. Jimmy Carter nearly lost in the 1980 primaries to Ted Kennedy. Obama ran out of steam against Hillary in the later primaries and lost in most of the big states. If Obama continues to fail on the most important issues, Clinton might want to capitalize.
9. High expectations. Obama was portrayed as a post-racial, healer who was going to solve all the world's problems. Now that the aura is dwindling, many people might realize the promises he made were impossible.
10. The more they know, the less they like. Part of Obama's appeal was that he was an enigma. Since being elected, they've seen him crack jokes about the Special Olympics, make a public speech about the murder of an abortionist and release only a written statement on the murder of an Army recruiter.
Now if only the GOP can nominate someone who is clearly different than Obama on the most important issues and can successfully inform the public on all of Obama's failures, which the mainstream media will not cover.
with candidates like john mcstupid 2008 and bob dope 1996,
the gop could mess it up.
It won’t be that easy. He will still have the media worshipping him. Unfortunately, they are still the gate-keepers for many voters.
I agree he will be a one term which will spand 30 -40years when they remove term limits he will use Acorn and similiar groups to win every year. It will be much like Iran and Venezuela
McCain was (is) just another Democrat. In a way it’s amazing Hussein’s margin of victory wasn’t larger.
Americans will elect someone who speaks for the Constitution and for them.
Noow that we’ve seen change, the next election will be “change-back”.
> Convincing the GOP that the best way to counter the leftists’ “magic negro” was with a “magic negro” of our own was a huge victory for the left.<
Correct. The GOP hasn’t learned the mistakes from the past “white guilt” pick for GOP head: Mel Martinez.
ACORN + SEIU + UAW + lapdog media + illegal immigration shamnesty + 2010 census gerrymandering + GOP minority compliance to bask in the glory of bipartisanship = 2nd term.
= removal of term limits
We can’t know that Obama will be a one-term president. In June 1993, many people thought that Clinton would have one term, but he won, in ‘96.
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Wouldn’t surprise me. He and Rahm can always whip up a crisis to make it so.
Obama is the macarena president.
You heard it here The communist have been trying to get control of this country for over 80 years do you think that there going to let a stupid election get in there way. Bloomberg did it in New York you dont think Obama and his political machine can’t?
can
The GOP screwing up is a given. Or have we forgotten Dole, The “Compassionate” Conservative and Juan McCain.
She really scares me.
At least Zero is dumb enough to think that he can pull off this takeover of everything in full view.
The witch does everything by stealth.
My bad. Fixed it.
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