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Obama slams 'corporate takeover of our democracy'
cnn.com ^ | August 21, 2010

Posted on 08/21/2010 11:58:40 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

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To: Free ThinkerNY
People who live in glass houses should (or was it shouldn't) throw stones.

He certainly has a way with words. It is really getting hard to understand what he is talking about.

61 posted on 08/21/2010 12:57:22 PM PDT by An Old Man
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Hussein thinks PRIVATE & PUBLICLY-HELD BUSINESSES AND ENTERPRISES HAVE NO PLACE IN POLITICAL DISCUSSIONS??? (BUT UNIONS AND 'COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS' ARE JUST PEACHY KEEN, RIGHT?)

Take a flying leap, you FRIGGIN' COMMIE!!!!!!!!!

Please, Dear God, spare us from this type of thinking in our halls of government. Allow a new day to begin come November and January--stop the forces of tyranny and bring liberty to this land again! Change men's hearts and turn them to you and your Word!

62 posted on 08/21/2010 12:59:37 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: The Comedian
the Obama Doctrine:

corporate influence in government: BAD

government control of corporations: GOOD

63 posted on 08/21/2010 1:02:05 PM PDT by KTM rider ( ..........tell me this really isn't happening ! !)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I think he’s making a preemptive blow against the (hopefully upcoming) Republican charges of a communist take-over of the United States led by Obama.


64 posted on 08/21/2010 1:04:42 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Free ThinkerNY
"[W]e cannot allow the corporate takeover of our democracy," Obama says in the address.

A) This is a republic, not a democracy.

B) There's a takeover underway but not by corporations. The whole system is being usurped by the ruling class. Politicians serve their parties now. That's why these wildly unpopular agenda items keep getting rammed through. The Dems know the majority of people don't want ObamaCare. They know they will lose in November. But that doesn't matter because the DNC has enough cash and infrastructure,(either directly or through lobbies and NGOs to employ politicians who lose their seats. Guys like Bart Stupak don't stop working. They just pop back up in another part of the machine. An election cycle or two really isn't a big deal for them. And the weed always grows back bigger

65 posted on 08/21/2010 1:04:56 PM PDT by Poison Pill
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Liberal lie but Obama is out-of-control and certifiably insane.


66 posted on 08/21/2010 1:04:56 PM PDT by steelyourfaith ("Release the Second Chakra !!!!!!!" ... Al Gore, 10/24/06)
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To: Josephat

Transparency means INVISIBLE , not “fully in view” as implied by the deceptive phrase


67 posted on 08/21/2010 1:07:05 PM PDT by KTM rider ( ..........tell me this really isn't happening ! !)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

This guy Obama is a certified nut-job.


68 posted on 08/21/2010 1:10:28 PM PDT by NoControllingLegalAuthority (As Wichita falls so falls Wichita Falls)
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To: Poison Pill
A) This is a republic, not a democracy.

wrong:

this WAS a representative republic,

now it is an AUTOCRACY

69 posted on 08/21/2010 1:17:08 PM PDT by KTM rider ( ..........tell me this really isn't happening ! !)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
"[W]e cannot allow the corporate takeover of our democracy,"

I wonder if he knows how Socialistic he sounds or that this kind of speech only appeals to the left?

70 posted on 08/21/2010 1:23:49 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Free ThinkerNY


Obama slams ‘corporate takeover of our democracy’

Well, I guess I didn’t get the memo.
That only the Federal and state governments are the producers of wealth
in the USA.
EXCUSE....ME...!!!!
(/sarc)


71 posted on 08/21/2010 1:29:22 PM PDT by VOA
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To: Free ThinkerNY
What an fng a-hole.

His regime is an advocate of the Socialist+ Labor Union takeover of “our” democracy.

Should this aberration of America prevail America will no longer functions as a free democracy at the logical end of his Marxist beliefs.

He talks about “democracy” while at the same time pressing to establish a Socialist regime that allows no room for it to remain at all once his party has total authority and control.

His ideological version of democracy is one where the citizens are slaves to their government masters.

Of course he, his family, and Party elite will live opulent lives of luxury while all of us live a hellish life of malaise and mediocrity.

72 posted on 08/21/2010 1:36:25 PM PDT by R0CK3T
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To: SERKIT

But 0’b will continue to withhold his birth cert., spending million$ if necessary to do so.


73 posted on 08/21/2010 1:39:25 PM PDT by Waco (From Seward to Sarah)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Hey Kenyan,

Why don’t you stick to doing what you do best:

1) Throwing baseballs like a girl (No offense to girls!)

2) Eating ice cream and snow cones

3) Staying on a perpetual vacation

4) Looking like a queer

5) Attending the WH Concert series

6) Saying: “Let me be clear” and “Plug the damn hole!”

7) Generally looking ridiculous and not even knowing it.

How does it feel to have three quarters of Americans looking at you like the complete dumb A$$ that you are. You’re probably too stupid to know we’re in the process of pulling an Alinsky on you ;-)

Just sayin’


74 posted on 08/21/2010 1:42:03 PM PDT by Artcore
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To: NoControllingLegalAuthority
Unfortunately, he's just the Chief nut-job.

Check out this site, which a facebook friend invited me to:

http://www.standfordemocracy.org/ratify/index.html

That's right, the idiots are actually forming an an organization to lobby for new laws which will stop organizations from lobbying for new laws.

And apparently a half-million people are utterly and completely blind to the hypocrisy and irony.

For bonus points, scroll down to look at the litany of leftists organizations behind this.

75 posted on 08/21/2010 1:43:30 PM PDT by Carlucci (THIS is what happens when you play 'American Idol' with the Presidency!)
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OMG—why won’t he just shut-up already?


76 posted on 08/21/2010 2:14:53 PM PDT by NOBO2
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