Time for Obama to go 'gangsta' on GOP (Mega-Barf)

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[Red in Blue PA]

This president got rolled by the Senate over health care. His team made some boneheaded mistakes, and now they are paying for them. Continuing to play footsie with opponents will only get him into more trouble. He should set a deadline to have his folks confirmed. If not, appoint them all during the recess and go on about your business.

Obama's critics keep blasting him for Chicago-style politics. So, fine. Channel your inner Al Capone and go gangsta against your foes. Let 'em know that if they aren't with you, they are against you, and will pay the price.

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It's the "Chicago Way"...

Justice Department Briefing on Blagojevich Investigation:
Patrick Fitzgerald, United States attorney general for the Northern District of Illinois [speaking to press]:
Published: December 9, 2008, New York Times

Excerpts from the transcript:

Fitzgerald: "In the governor's words -- governor's words, quote, 'Fire all those bleeping people. Get them the bleep out of there. And get us some editorial support', close quote. And the bleeps are not really bleeps."

(snip)

Fitzgerald: "A month or so ago a $1.8 billion tollway project was announced. While that tollway project was being announced, Governor Blagojevich was privately seeking to have a person benefiting from that contract raise $100,000 in contributions, and privately the government (sic) said, 'I could have made a larger announcement but wanted to see how they would perform by the end of the year. If they don't perform, bleep 'em.' That's a quote. And the word 'bleep' was not the word he used."

(snip)

Fitzgerald: "The governor's own words describing the Senate seat, quote, 'It's a bleeping valuable thing -- thing. You just don't give it away for nothing', close quote."

Fitzgerald: "Another quote, 'I've got this thing, and it's bleeping golden. And I'm just not giving it up for bleeping nothing. I'm not going to do it, and I can always use it; I can parachute me there,' quote. Those are his words, not our characterization, other than with regard to the bleep."

Fitzgerald: "The tapes reveal that Governor Blagojevich wanted a number of things in exchange for making the appointment to the Senate seat -- an appointment as secretary of health and human services or an ambassadorship, an appointment to a private foundation, a higher paying job for his wife or campaign contributions."

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/09/us/politics/09text-illinois.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all
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Blago's wife...

"Mrs. Blago, the former Patti Mell, won the hearts of old-school thugs everywhere with her f-word-filled rants captured on FBI wiretaps, some of which were colorfully detailed in the criminal complaint against her hubby..." --Michelle Malkin, December 17, 2008

http://710knus.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2008/12/17/the_real_housewives_of_crook_county
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"In between his stints in Washington, Emanuel got rich working as an investment banker. He once sat on the board of Freddie Mac and recuses himself from any Congressional votes on the mortgage giant."

"Has been known to send out cheesecakes from Eli's Bakery in Chicago to campaign donors and the many Democratic candidates he has recruited over the years. Once, when a pollster made him angry, Emanuel sent him a dead fish."

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1856965,00.html
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(Sonny opens a package to find two fish wrapped in Luca's bulletproof vest.)

Sonny: What the hell is this?

Pete Clemenza: It's a Sicilian message. It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Godfather
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YouTube video clip: "Leave the gun. Take the cheesecake cannoli" (8 second clip)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EJnEXuUR54&NR=1

[headsonpikes]

Gangsta??

Just ‘Pants On The Ground’, that’s all.

Lookin’ like a fool....

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Gangsta??
Just ‘Pants On The Ground’, that’s all.
Lookin’ like a fool....

Brings a whole new meaning to the phrase "covering your shorts"! Lol!

[LibLieSlayer]

Keep it up lefties... we will hunt you one day like the vermin you truly are. TREASON will one day actually be a crime again... so keep it up please!

LLS

[glaseatr]

Let him "Go Gangsta" on us.

Only two things happen to "Gangstas" they either Die or go to jail.

[LibLieSlayer]

I told everyone that pos kenyan was nothing more than a street thug. That picture says it all.

LLS

[LibLieSlayer]

Blocking pubbies won the dims a vast leftwing majority... so block every pos commie, muzzie, fag or carpet ***cher he nominates. The real path to victory.

LLS

[LibLieSlayer]

77% “SOMEWHAT DISAPPROVE” huh scotty rasmussen... you little wimp pollster. Bring back your daddy scotty... he was a real man that could take threats from an african communist.

LLS

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Let 'em know that if they aren't with you, they are against you, and will pay the price.

That was the philosophy Bush articulated in international relations -- you were either with us in the war against terrorism or against us. The leftist kooks went bonkers over that approach, even though it worked for 8 years.

Now it's ok to use the same approach against your domestic rather than foreign enemies?

Lefty hypocrisy knows no bounds.

[JimRed]

Declare open season and a bounty on ANYONE with gang tats (Aryan, MS 13, Bloods, 5% Nation of Islam, makes no difference to me!).

[Wyatt's Torch]

Obamarx...please, PLEASE, PLEASE take this advice...

[aeonspromise]

Uh_Bummer is “OPPOSITE MAN” able to act like a tax cutter in a single bound, able to lie so convincingly even he believes it..Able to sell global warming in a blizzard, its O__pposite man...
We should have a who’s the bigggest liar reality show with Uh_bummer as all the contestants..and watch him fight himself..then in the end he could claim victory!!!

[calex59]

up or down votes are fine if the majority isn't overwhelmingly one party or the other. There is no way a fair vote can be taken. Not only that, Republican nominees never get a fair up or down vote or do you forget Bush had to recess appointed Bolton?

These clowns do forget that recess appointments are temprorary. Also, they have the votes, or did have, to over ride any filibuster, why didn't they do it?

[Red in Blue PA]

I’m with you on that one 100%!

[Rich Knight]

Rahm Emanuel is the Ernst Roehm of the Obama Administration.

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