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Gibbs: Obama’s willing to be a one-term president to pass health care
Hot Air ^ | August 20, 2009 | ALLAHPUNDIT

Posted on 08/21/2009 2:49:54 PM PDT by RobinMasters

Via Breitbart, your transparent White House lie of the day. If this were remotely true, Obama never would have flirted with health-care co-ops or reached out to Grassley and Snowe for political cover on a phony “bipartisan” bill.

He’d have drawn a line in the sand, demanded the public option that he’s been dreaming of for years, and told the Blue Dogs that they can either get on board or face reconciliation in the Senate and an all-out media blitz from the White House press shop and lefty PACs. (And yes, reconciliation is feasible, even though it would be difficult.)

Sure, it would have alienated the GOP, the centrist wing of his own party, and the growing majority that opposes ObamaCare, but so what? The dream of Hopenchange would have been realized. And according to our pal Gibbsy, that’s all that matters.

The hard truth for the left is that our supposedly genius president may be a one-termer anyway, precisely because he isn’t willing to make tough, risky decisions:

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agenda; bho44; duplicate; onetermer
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1 posted on 08/21/2009 2:49:54 PM PDT by RobinMasters
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Do us a favor. Why not 1/4 term president?


2 posted on 08/21/2009 2:52:41 PM PDT by y6162 (uish..)
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To: RobinMasters

As much as I want Obozo gone, it’s still not worth our freedoms to do it.


3 posted on 08/21/2009 2:53:50 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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To: RobinMasters
Obama's willing to be a one term president...

When the parade is passing you by, get out in front and pretend you are leading it.

4 posted on 08/21/2009 2:54:17 PM PDT by Wardenclyffe
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To: RobinMasters

And over half of the people living in this country want him to be a one-termer also.


5 posted on 08/21/2009 2:54:32 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (January 20th, 2013)
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To: RobinMasters

How about a one-term president with no health care?


6 posted on 08/21/2009 2:54:43 PM PDT by keat
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7 posted on 08/21/2009 2:55:31 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: RobinMasters

How about he just quit now and get his Marxist’s @#@ out of there?


8 posted on 08/21/2009 2:55:33 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: RobinMasters
Tells you all you need to know regarding the strategic importance of socialized medicine.


9 posted on 08/21/2009 2:55:53 PM PDT by sourcery (Obama Lied. The Economy Died!)
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To: keat

How about a one-term president with no health care?


And no cap and tax and no amnesty for illegals either


10 posted on 08/21/2009 2:55:56 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: RobinMasters

Maybe he plans to become a one-term commie dictator for life.


11 posted on 08/21/2009 2:56:43 PM PDT by ravingnutter
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To: Sarah Barracuda

How about a 1/4 term presidency with none of the Marxist crap?


12 posted on 08/21/2009 2:57:55 PM PDT by webschooner (First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win -- Mahatma Gandhi)
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To: RobinMasters

I believe their think tanks have told him nothing can get him re-elected at his point (even so early on), and it is probably for a variety of reasons that are “turning off” so many of his 2008 fans (pacifists see ongoing wars with no end in sight with the “peace” candidate in office, centrist whites see the anti-white bigotry in the Gates vs. police incident, anti-tax economic refugees watching the <$250K no tax pledge broken, etc., etc.)


13 posted on 08/21/2009 2:58:35 PM PDT by Carlos Martillo II (Guernica was a work of art...and I don't mean the painting.)
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"The hard truth for the left is that our supposedly genius president may be a one-termer anyway, precisely because he isn’t willing to make tough, risky decisions..."

Why would anyone think Obama is going to walk away from his vision for a Marxist America??? For heavens sake people, it's the end of August 2009. Can we have this discussion at the end of August 2112?

14 posted on 08/21/2009 2:58:51 PM PDT by justkate
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And why would it make him a one-term president? Because the people don’t want it? Doesn’t going ahead and passing something we don’t want make him a dictator?

I’m not so sure it’s irreversible if he rams it through. Most federal legislation is, but if he rams it through and we throw him and the rest of the bums out, the new Congress and President will be on notice: the first thing you are doing is removing that legislation or we’ll throw you out and we won’t wait until the next election.


15 posted on 08/21/2009 2:59:12 PM PDT by Rastus
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These people are a joke and the joke is on us, screw him and his effort to destroy this county.
16 posted on 08/21/2009 2:59:30 PM PDT by boomop1
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I can hardly wait ‘til he’s ex-president.


17 posted on 08/21/2009 3:01:21 PM PDT by mombonn (God is looking for spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.)
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To: RobinMasters
I SUPPORT OBAMA (on this point)
18 posted on 08/21/2009 3:01:44 PM PDT by Obadiah (Obama: Chains you can believe in!)
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I pledge to do my part to help Obama be a one-term president!
19 posted on 08/21/2009 3:02:27 PM PDT by Obadiah (Obama: Chains you can believe in!)
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To: RobinMasters

Obama,

Make it 1/4, get that hag of yours out of my White House right now, don’t do a damn thing until your last day..... and we can talk.


20 posted on 08/21/2009 3:02:41 PM PDT by Gator113 (It's about stupidity, stupid. IMPEACH HERE, IMPEACH NOW.)
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