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Obama impresses 'educated class' but not terrorists (Michael Barone)
Washington Examiner ^ | 1-31-10 | Michael Barone

Posted on 02/01/2010 6:21:00 AM PST by STARWISE

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1 posted on 02/01/2010 6:21:01 AM PST by STARWISE
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2 posted on 02/01/2010 6:26:10 AM PST by STARWISE (They (LIBS-STILL) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war- Richard Miniter)
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If the “educated class” is impressed with Obamalamadingdong, they aren't nearly as “educated” as they think they are. Having an Ivy League education used to be viewed as a wonderful thing in the USA. Given the mess that the Ivy League crowd has made of our gubmint and economy, an Ivy League education should now be viewed as the ultimate disqualification for holding public office, IMHO.
3 posted on 02/01/2010 6:34:13 AM PST by Thermalseeker (Stop the insanity - Flush Congress!)
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To: STARWISE
He's not trying to "impress" anyone.

He's trying to destroy the US as a world power.

4 posted on 02/01/2010 6:38:05 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (We have the 1st so that we can call on people to rebel. We have 2nd so that they can.)
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To: STARWISE
Just whom are we trying to impress?

George Soros.

5 posted on 02/01/2010 6:38:57 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: STARWISE

What a coalition the Dems have assembled, only the GOP could lose to them.


6 posted on 02/01/2010 6:39:01 AM PST by junta (S.C.U.M. = State Controlled Unreliable Media)
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To: Thermalseeker

If the “educated class” is impressed with Obamalamadingdong, they aren’t nearly as “educated” as they think they are.


Many, many liberals want to APPEAR to be “intellectual”, and they get backslapped as such if they hold the “correct” worldviews, etc. Of COURSE they’re “impressed” with 0bama, or at least they’ve either convinced themselves or seek to convince others that they are,

because it makes them appear to be smarter to the rest of the members of their lefthanded circlejerks.


7 posted on 02/01/2010 6:42:35 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: ClearCase_guy
He's trying to destroy the US as a world power.

Yep. That, and turn every US citizen into gubmint serfs in the process. You know what is surprising to me is how all the pundits, especially Conservative pundits, continue to be shocked and awed at the various efforts of Obamalamadingdong to destroy the country. The man told us for months and months exactly what he was going to do if he were elected POTUS. He admits in his own writings (assuming he did indeed write them) that he favors Marxist ideology, even though he proclaimed recently that "he was not a Bolshevik". Numerous people he has chosen to serve in his cabinet and as his "Czars" have expressed gleeful adoration of Mao and other Marxist ideologues. How in the world can these pundits, especially the ones that claim to be Conservatives, possibly be surprised?

8 posted on 02/01/2010 6:48:39 AM PST by Thermalseeker (Stop the insanity - Flush Congress!)
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You would think the “educated class” would exhibit some level of discernment. Educatedschmeducated.


9 posted on 02/01/2010 6:56:10 AM PST by crosshairs
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It is a safe bet that few in the White House have read the Army field Manual. That is, except the assigned DOJ lawyers.

The Field manual is like a virgin field, left fallow for a long time it is ripe for productive crops. It is like the Constitution to a lawyer, it can be interpreted however you want. The manual can be made to say anything. To a lawyer it is a bonanza that unlike the Constitution is uncluttered with messy precedents. The discovery of the Army Field Manual by a lawyer is like finding Roman gold coins in the new field.


10 posted on 02/01/2010 6:56:20 AM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Tax the poor. Taxes will give them a stake in society)
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Many, many liberals want to APPEAR to be “intellectual”...

Man, you got that right! A neighbor of mine, actually part time neighbor, they live in Atlanta, but have a house here on the mountain, mentioned before the last election that we needed to put "more Progressive candidates in office". I asked him if he was at all familiar with the history of the Progressive movement and the steps that they had taken to institute horribly failed policies, like the Federal income tax, the League of Nations, the United Nations, Socialist (in)Security, and the Federal Reserve? He didn't have a clue. I told him to read up on Woodrow Wilson, FDR, and other big gubmint types and get back to me. I don't know if he did or not, but he hasn't mentioned the term "progressive" again since......

11 posted on 02/01/2010 6:59:01 AM PST by Thermalseeker (Stop the insanity - Flush Congress!)
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Michael Barone never disappoints.

He proves once again that the smartest people are not necessarily those with all the pat answers but are most always the ones who ask the best questions.

12 posted on 02/01/2010 7:02:16 AM PST by Mobties
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To: crosshairs
Educatedschmeducated.

Just more glaring evidence that attending an Ivy League skool and earning a degree doesn't make you smart anymore than going into a barn makes you a horse. I know a couple of Phd's, one from HAAAARvard. This guy can barely tie his own shoes. Totally devoid of the common sense that God gave a turnip. By contrast, I also know a couple of dirt poor farmers who barely have 8th grade educations, but are both two of the wisest men I've ever met.

13 posted on 02/01/2010 7:03:35 AM PST by Thermalseeker (Stop the insanity - Flush Congress!)
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“...the educated class, blacks and Hispanics...”

I'm quite well-educated, my wife and most of our children even beyond that. We are all staunch conservatives because conservatism is logical and intelligent, vice being emotions/guilt-oriented. The term “educated class” needs further refinement in order to be accurate. Perhaps "curmudgeonly elitist achedemics" would suffice.

14 posted on 02/01/2010 7:06:44 AM PST by downtownconservative
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He admits in his own writings (assuming he did indeed write them) that he favors Marxist ideology

I don't want to be trite and make the whole Hitler comparison, but I have to point out that in "Mein Kampf", Hitler pretty much came out and said that he wanted to take over the world and kill all the Jews. His book was a huge best seller and everybody knew about it -- but, apparently everyone was surprised when he tried to take over the world and kill all the Jews.

Our educated classes are educated, but a lot of them are not very smart.

15 posted on 02/01/2010 7:15:57 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (We have the 1st so that we can call on people to rebel. We have 2nd so that they can.)
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I don't want to be trite and make the whole Hitler comparison...

Yep. Far be it for me to add more trite-ness (if that is even a word) but, much to the chagrin of many Leftists here in the USA who likened GWB to that monster, Hitler, like Obama, was also a Socialist. One of the first things Hitler did after gaining power was a gubmint take over of the German medical system of the time. This lead to human experimentation by people like Mengele. Obamas first step towards human experimentation came in the form of opening up fetal stem cell research. Sounds kinda familiar, doesn't it?

Couple that with the history of other Marxist/Socialists like Mao, Pol Pot, Stalin, Lenin, Castro and, most recently, Chavez, and it's not much of a stretch to see where Obama's policies are headed. Marxists always claim to start out with good intentions "for the people", but it never quite seems to work out that way in the long run. Knowledge of this history should, beyond a shadow of doubt, expose the elite "educated class" as not being very smart at all simply by virtue of their ignorance of history and their support of Obama and his Marxist policies. It is also notable that academics are almost always the first to be enslaved by Marxist dictators, followed shortly thereafter by members of the press. Seems like most of the press is already slaves to Obama, albeit willing servitude.

History does indeed repeat itself. My more sinister side says that the dumbing down of the curriculum in gubmint skools that has occurred over the past 60+ years is being done precisely so that the masses will be ignorant of this history. With the lack of focus on the Constitution and history in gubmint skools our youth are being dealt a horrible disservice because they are ignorant of Freedom and Liberty, too. As I've said here before, stupid people are much easier to control and Progressive Marxists are very patient......

16 posted on 02/01/2010 8:14:10 AM PST by Thermalseeker (Stop the insanity - Flush Congress!)
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O Man is waging his version of appeasement propaganda to Islamic world .. Look at what is does domestically:
http://downloads.cbn.com/cbnnewsplayer/cbnPlayer.swf?aid=11991

Witness their terrorist in our traitorous US ARMY Major ..

17 posted on 02/01/2010 3:08:26 PM PST by Broker (Darwin's gods are dangerous men.)
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Cartoon destined to become a classic.
18 posted on 02/01/2010 4:43:33 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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Thank you! MUST see Gen. Boykin ................ PING!

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19 posted on 02/01/2010 5:54:16 PM PST by STARWISE (They (LIBS-STILL) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war- Richard Miniter)
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To: STARWISE

For some reason your link isn’t working for me.


20 posted on 02/01/2010 6:07:47 PM PST by CaribouCrossing
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