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What Place Do Demands and Threats Have in Public Debate?
The American Thinker ^ | September 13, 2009 | Monte Kuligowski

Posted on 09/13/2009 2:42:15 PM PDT by Scanian

There is something terribly wrong with using these words, “The president warns his critics and tries to seize the reins of the health care debate at a rally,” to described a news headline on the healthcare “debate.” Since when is “warning” the other side part of debating? I guess that’s how the machine-politicians debate in Chicago.

Clicking the Yahoo! link took me to the Sept. 12 AP story, “Obama says status quo no solution on health care.” The story covers Obama’s healthcare campaign rally in Minnesota where he fired up the crowd. Maybe the cold weather has frozen one too many brain cells in the Gopher State.

Incidentally, don’t forget that the only reason we’re having a so-called debate is because Obama wasn’t able to sneak through another mess of unread, power-grabbing legislation before the August congressional break.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: arrogance; healthcare; minnesotarally; obama

1 posted on 09/13/2009 2:42:15 PM PDT by Scanian
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To: Scanian
He also told that Minnesota crowd (which promoters had to give out free tickets and send last-minute emails just to fill the venue) that he “Expects to president for a long time.” . LOL
2 posted on 09/13/2009 2:53:24 PM PDT by boatbums (A man is no fool who gives up that which he cannot keep for that which he cannot lose.)
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How does he get away with the repeated lie that there are no alternatives but his solution or the status quo?


3 posted on 09/13/2009 3:15:07 PM PDT by gthog61
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He knows his audience-—mind-numbes libtard Obots.

He hardly gets away with it among people who practice critical thinking.


4 posted on 09/13/2009 3:47:42 PM PDT by Scanian
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To: gthog61

He knows his audience-—mind-numbes libtard Obots.

He hardly gets away with it among people who practice critical thinking.


5 posted on 09/13/2009 3:48:20 PM PDT by Scanian
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To: Scanian

It’s the Chicago way!


6 posted on 09/13/2009 4:05:28 PM PDT by the anti-liberal
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“If Obama really wanted a debate he wouldn’t be out there warning his critics. That’s how dictators operate, not statesmen. The process of passing law with far-reaching ramifications should not be rushed. It should be a deliberate process of real debate not a furious campaign accompanied with threats, demands and coercion.”

Obama’s arrogance and malignant narcissism will be his undoing in the end, but it won’t be pretty and could take our entire country down too. Malignant narcissists can get really nasty when they are outed and rejected.

Obama is America’s very own Chavez! God help us!


7 posted on 09/13/2009 4:52:14 PM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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I've been listening to audio from the Laurie Roth show of Aug 7th I think. The networks are being threatened from within the Obama administration about covering COLB, as well as college records and legal license issues. The links to the audio is at post #145 on this thread: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2336970/posts?page=145#145
8 posted on 09/13/2009 5:15:07 PM PDT by stayathomemom (Beware of cat attacks while typing!)
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“He knows his audience-—mind-numbes libtard Obots.”

The only problem is there’s so many of them. This country has been dumbed down significantly.


9 posted on 09/13/2009 5:18:51 PM PDT by LakeLady (No party for me...Next time I vote conservative!)
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