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The Clintons' Covert War on Obama (Panic setting in among the people who ran the Democratic Party)
American Thinker ^ | 06/11/2012 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 06/11/2012 4:35:55 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Panic is setting in among the people who ran the Democratic Party prior to the miraculous arrival on the scene of Barack Hussein Obama and the perfect storm of events that propelled him into the White House.

These people, starting with Bill Clinton, the master Democratic politician of our era, can read the tea leaves, and the following factors alarm them:

1. Obama has energized his opposition. Despite throwing everything they could into the game, the turnout effort in Wisconsin was handily beaten by those Tea Party nobodies and an RNC head who is actually up to the job.

2. Obama has alienated hugely important constituencies. Labor unions, utterly essentially to the ground game in November, feel betrayed, and are starting to focus more on their own survival than the success of the Obama re-election campaign. The antiwar left feels betrayed over Gitmo, drones, rendition, domestic surveillance, and a host of other issues. They turned out in San Francisco picketing his fundraisers, and spoke of not voting. His Bain Capital attacks are verging into a repudiation of capitalism, so Wall Street and the finance sector are getting alarmed, and the essential flow of political contributions to Democrats from them is drying up.

3. The economy is a disaster, and Obama is doing all the wrong things. The administration is reduced to making implausible claims of spending moderation based on an internet post. The public is fed up with Obama's performance, and his personal popularity is declining and will tank further as he goes increasingly negative on Romney. Swing voters are almost as negative about Obama as are Romney voters.

4. Obama is out for himself, and himself only.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: billclinton; clinton; democrat; obama
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To: ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY

Far from it, as evidenced by the fact that he won the primary battle.


41 posted on 06/11/2012 6:17:10 AM PDT by MindBender26 (America can survive 4 years of Romney. She cannot survive another 4 years of an unfettered Obama!)
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To: DiogenesLamp

“The media people are the enemy of this nation. They need to be wiped out financially. They need to be put into a position such that they can no longer tamper with the election process. They are the threat, and they need to be steamrolled.”

This cannot be repeated loud enough or often enough.


42 posted on 06/11/2012 6:20:54 AM PDT by Awgie (truth is always stranger than fiction)
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To: SERKIT

Anyone claiming money won Wisconsin is either a dullard or a liar. There was a spending difference but it was not the 6-1 that the left has been claiming. More like 2-1 if that. Secondly all that money spent by both sides didn’t really change any votes the people had made up their minds long before the advertising campaigns of both sides began. The end vote was vitually identical to the very first polls.

Fact is the democrats, using the uniOns as their surrogates completely overplayed their hand, and now sit in a disaster of their own making.


43 posted on 06/11/2012 6:23:36 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: LoveUSA
Do we know for a fact that the unions "feel betrayed"? I haven't read or seen any insider comments saying so.

If you dig into the boilerplate of what they are saying to one another, they absolutely, positively feel betrayed.

Card Check was their Holy Grail. It was what they were going to use to infuse their coffers with dues from millions of new members...unwilling if necessary. It was going to transform and revive the union movement back to where it was in the 1930's. Instead they are staring extinction in the face, and they are blaming Obama because he refused to push for Card Check.


44 posted on 06/11/2012 6:36:55 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: DiogenesLamp; uncbob

If I remember the percentages of the 2 presidential elections Clinton won, it was this :

1992:

Clinton 43.0% (Electoral vote : 370)
Bush 37.5% (Electoral vote: 168)
Perot 18.9% (Most of these were disillusioned Republicans)

1996:

Clinton 49%
Dole 41%
Perot 8.5%
Others 1.5%

In NEITHER of these two elections did Clinton even get 50% of the vote.


45 posted on 06/11/2012 6:38:35 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (bOTRT)
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To: Aevery_Freeman

no no. i want to stay home and pout and hope Obama gets back in so i can burrow into the ground while the disaster plays out around me.


46 posted on 06/11/2012 6:42:45 AM PDT by wiggen (The teacher card. When the racism card just won't work.)
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To: uncbob
Bill Clinton, the master Democratic politician of our era

What BS

Then who would be your choice?

Obama?
Carter?
Mondale?
Dukakis?
Kerry?
The inventor of the internet?

The competition is pretty weak here since we limited to Democrats.

47 posted on 06/11/2012 6:49:21 AM PDT by HangThemHigh (Entropy's not what it used to be.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Bill Clinton, the master Democratic politician of our era lying, impeached rapist who sold missile guidance technology to the chicoms in exchange for campaign contributions!

Bubba is still trying to rehabilitate his legacy, while pushing the 'Beast' into the white house, but let's never forget the damage this traitor did to OUR Country!

48 posted on 06/11/2012 6:54:23 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Sworn to Defend The Constitution Against ALL Enemies, Foreign and Domestic. So Help Me GOD!)
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To: SeekAndFind

What if Hillary really was serious about getting socialized medicine into the US? She tried it when Bill was in office and she got her behind handed to her. Maybe a black guy could get it through? Then, Hillary runs in 2012. Socialized medicine is already here and she just coasts. The Clintons are leg-breakers. I always thought they gave up too easy in 2008.


49 posted on 06/11/2012 7:02:05 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: HangThemHigh

The MSM


50 posted on 06/11/2012 7:02:19 AM PDT by uncbob
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To: blueunicorn6

To me, this article is setting up for Hiillary to take Biden out and she becomes the VP for Obama. This is the only he can win a second term. Then Hilliary is set up for a win in 2016.


51 posted on 06/11/2012 7:17:07 AM PDT by peekaboo
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To: blueunicorn6

To me, this article is setting up for Hiillary to take Biden out and she becomes the VP for Obama. This is the only he can win a second term. Then Hilliary is set up for a win in 2016.


52 posted on 06/11/2012 7:17:25 AM PDT by peekaboo
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To: blueunicorn6

To me, this article is setting up for Hiillary to take Biden out and she becomes the VP for Obama. This is the only he can win a second term. Then Hilliary is set up for a win in 2016.


53 posted on 06/11/2012 7:18:03 AM PDT by peekaboo
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To: peekaboo

Sorry for the three posts.


54 posted on 06/11/2012 7:19:52 AM PDT by peekaboo
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To: Eye of Unk

are you someone that normally gets vibes? And can those vibes be trusted? Impathic?


55 posted on 06/11/2012 7:22:40 AM PDT by conservativesister
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To: MrB

Clintons => Fabian socialists, Marxist by evolution, boiling the frog

0bama/Alinsky/Ayers/Dorhn => “Gueveran” Socialists, Marxism by Revolution.
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Thank you I keep trying to point out the difference but have been failing. The Fabians will work towards their utopia slowly and we will most of us never notice when we get there. The Obama rabble want their utopia now! and are perfectly willing to shoot any and all who would say “NO” and they are certain they can do this within the next four years. HOW ABOUT THEM APPLES PEOPLE!!! WAKE UP!

Most socialists in the US are of the Fabian variety, they want the same utopia as the revolution variety. The Fabians will stand on the sidelines and cheer them on. Now take a good look at Romney.... yep Fabian type.


56 posted on 06/11/2012 7:26:49 AM PDT by W. W. SMITH (Maybe the horse will learn to sing)
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To: ryan71
I think Bill Clinton is doing this not to make Obama lose but because he thinks Obama is going to to lose.

Ding ding ding! We have a winner. (Or loser, as the case may be).

57 posted on 06/11/2012 7:27:38 AM PDT by pettifogger
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To: DiogenesLamp
"Bill Clinton was not masterful, he was simply on the same side as everyone who broadcasts news and entertainment,"

Bill WAS and IS 'news and entertainment.'

58 posted on 06/11/2012 7:28:48 AM PDT by I am Richard Brandon
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To: DiogenesLamp
"Bill Clinton was not masterful, he was simply on the same side as everyone who broadcasts news and entertainment,"

Bill WAS and IS 'news and entertainment.'

59 posted on 06/11/2012 7:29:12 AM PDT by I am Richard Brandon
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To: SeekAndFind

If Clinton sinks Obama or has a major role in doing so - I’m going to reassess my opinion of him. Seriously. This may be the most important thing he ever does in his political life. Sure he probably has his reasons but still.


60 posted on 06/11/2012 7:50:25 AM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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