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Panic sets in at the White House
Boston Globe ^ | 6-18-2012 | John E. Sununu

Posted on 06/17/2012 7:23:39 PM PDT by smoothsailing

EXCLUSIVE MONDAY PREVIEW | OPINION

Panic sets in at the White House

By John E. Sununu | JUNE 18, 2012

KEVIN LAMARQUE/REUTERS

President Obama said, “the private sector is doing fine.”

It’s been a tough couple of weeks for President Obama, one of those stretches where everything seems to go south at once. The economy is soft, his poll numbers are down, and Europe has the markets on edge; Romney is even beating him in the money race. What was once hailed as personal confidence — or condemned as arrogance — is long gone. Panic has set in, and it’s making Team Obama do strange and disturbing things.

In Wisconsin, the result was merely a bit of comic relief. Fearful of making a personal appearance in a losing cause, Obama couldn’t even bring himself to phone it in. Instead, he packed the power of the presidency into a 95-character tweet endorsing Tom Barrett’s challenge to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. Barrett, a plainspoken former congressman, is far too nice to speak the truth: Thanks for nothing.

Next came a more pronounced gaffe: Obama’s statement at a press conference that “the private sector is doing fine.” Panic can make anyone say crazy things, but blurting out irrational statements isn’t exactly ideal for a president of the United States.

Aides tried desperately to walk things back, but the damage was done precisely because it revealed an element of truth about Obama................

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


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bho22; bho44; miserablefailure; presflustercluck
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To: Patton@Bastogne

The President and Mr Axelrod thank you for your zealous agitprop.


81 posted on 06/18/2012 10:51:01 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: exit82
Pray hard, call your reps tomorrow and demand impeachment proceeedings if Zippy doesn’t rescind his order on illegal aliens, and make popcorn—lots of it.

I've been of the opinion, since Nancy's famous congress, that it is a waste of time to tweet, email or call our elected criminals. All those can be ignored or redirected to the nuke the stupid citizes' whines Trash Folders.

Snail mail. That's my choice. They can ignore those too, but they got to open them (or not) there might be checks in them : )

The can't as easily ignore bagsful of mail. A few million ought to do it.

82 posted on 06/18/2012 12:52:55 PM PDT by publius911 (Formerly Publius 6961, formerly jennsdad)
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To: ctdonath2
Or would you rather see another four years of Obama?

Have you ever heard the expression... False Choice?

Time to jettison libtard techniques and grow up.

83 posted on 06/18/2012 12:59:28 PM PDT by publius911 (Formerly Publius 6961, formerly jennsdad)
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To: publius911

You have a palatable “true choice” available?
“none of the above” is no more “true” than the crappy options we have.


84 posted on 06/18/2012 1:07:00 PM PDT by ctdonath2 ($1 meals: http://abuckaplate.blogspot.com)
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To: cricket
(Think too; 'en toto'; the pics themselves; while racy; are still, somewhat innocent. And Ann Dunham, certainly 'brave'/rebellious/daring. . .enough to go here.)

Yes, the pics are still out there, and my reaaction is not as kind as yours. 'brave, rebellious, daring' is a very diplomatic way of saying the 'look' about her says 'loser,' never part of the popular or 'in' group, she devolved into the trap most of her type do (absent brains and competence,) desperately seeking acceptance and belonging to anything and everything, and continuing to be a loser her entire life.

Absent Hussein, who would ever remember her?
Or even mention her?

'Sad' is the briefest description for her.

85 posted on 06/18/2012 1:20:11 PM PDT by publius911 (Formerly Publius 6961, formerly jennsdad)
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To: MindBender26
It’s amazing how quickly you can turn an anti-Obama post into an anti-Romeny one.

You know, I've learned from experience that for clever trolls the best medicine is to ignore them and never respond to their posts. Works for me.

If they don't manage to get themselves banned, first.

86 posted on 06/18/2012 1:25:45 PM PDT by publius911 (Formerly Publius 6961, formerly jennsdad)
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To: MindBender26
I always hope that informed citizens will vote according to their principles, knowledge and conscience.

NEVER because of whom endorses whom, of who is voting a certain way.

My biggest hatred is reserved for fakes (specially incumbents) of any party who go along to get along ---- for decades.

87 posted on 06/18/2012 1:34:22 PM PDT by publius911 (Formerly Publius 6961, formerly jennsdad)
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To: ctdonath2
You have a palatable “true choice” available? “none of the above” is no more “true” than the crappy options we have.

Don't know yet. My Ouija board is broken.

What happens during and after the conventions, what happens generally in the country politically and economically can create a Black Swan. If I knew exactly what it would not be a Black Swan.

Whatever his name is or whatever citizenship he holds, Odumbo WAS a black swan.

88 posted on 06/18/2012 1:47:02 PM PDT by publius911 (Formerly Publius 6961, formerly jennsdad)
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To: publius911
Well; good points;and agree with your analysis; was really allowing that 'she' considered herself, daring; and enjoyed, no doubt; her 'counter' position to 'Establishment'. And this just one more way; for her to 'go there'. (But yes; her choices; her life; all the aspects of a 'loser'.)

Many who have seen these pictures; from the time these pics began appearing online; have offered that this 'is not Obama's Mother'; could not possibly be her; and that these pics are fake/contrived. My point is simply to offer; given 'times'/place and 'who'; why would/could it not be her. . .

89 posted on 06/19/2012 7:10:11 AM PDT by cricket (Narcissism IS the 'heart' of Liberalism . . .)
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To: Flotsam_Jetsome

you have any idea what kind of book this came out of?

http://www.google.com/imgres?start=378&hl=en&sa=N&rlz=1T4TSNP_enUS484US484&biw=1525&bih=661&tbm=isch&prmd=imvnso&tbnid=el46KMDT9Kt1DM:&imgrefurl=http://groups.yahoo.com/group/alliancepeaceprosperity/message/249&docid=alXD3a_YViBRcM&imgurl=http://myveryownpointofview.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/ptdc0030.jpg&w=2560&h=1728&ei=6pfhT4-DII2E8ASm7NCGCA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=1053&vpy=362&dur=423&hovh=184&hovw=273&tx=145&ty=159&sig=109955503908007479048&page=14&tbnh=124&tbnw=184&ndsp=29&ved=1t:429,r:5,s:378,i:20


90 posted on 06/20/2012 2:35:16 AM PDT by chicken head
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To: chicken head; butterdezillion
Not sure without additional identifying marks, but it could be a page out of a DOH birth index.

butterdezillion knows more about DOH hijinx than probably just about anyone on FR. She may be able to shed light on it.

butter- See #90

91 posted on 06/20/2012 5:37:39 PM PDT by Flotsam_Jetsome (If not you, who? If not now, when?)
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To: cricket

The pix are not of Stanley Ann Dunham/Obama.Soetoro. Look at the nostrils and the sahpe of the nose. The shape of the nostrils does not change dramatically throughout life, though the face sags with age. The nuke model is also most likley NOT Marcy, but it is more likely the pictured female is Marcy than Stanley Ann. Even in High School, Stanley Ann’s nose turned down ont he end and the pictured female has a nose that turns up on the end.


92 posted on 06/20/2012 5:54:56 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: chicken head; Flotsam_Jetsome

This is a photo taken from what the HDOH presents to the public as their 1960-64 birth index. In reality it has been altered to include legally non-valid records as well as valid records, as I’ve documented on my blog.

This is how the HDOH was able to have an index that shows both Obama and Virginia Sunahara at the same time even though they presumably share(d) a number. Only one name under that number can be legally valid at a time, though - and when the database was searched Virginia’s name could not be found. Her record was under somebody else’s name at that point.

I discuss why it is almost certain that her record was under Obama’s name, at http://butterdezillion.wordpress.com/2012/06/12/virginia-sunahara-and-hdoh-fraud/ .


93 posted on 06/20/2012 6:27:47 PM PDT by butterdezillion
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To: butterdezillion

Interesting.


94 posted on 06/20/2012 6:29:27 PM PDT by Jane Austen (Boycott the Philadelphia Eagles!)
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To: butterdezillion

Thank you so much as always for the great information! Your herculean efforts are very much appreciated by those of us who follow this issue.


95 posted on 06/20/2012 8:16:55 PM PDT by Flotsam_Jetsome (If not you, who? If not now, when?)
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To: Flotsam_Jetsome

found this on the net- i have no idea how true it is, but this says stanley ann dunham was married to jackie chun juanie and had (2) children -you ever heard of this?

http://www.geni.com/people/Jackie-Chun-Juanie/6000000004017885834


96 posted on 06/22/2012 7:26:40 PM PDT by chicken head
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To: chicken head; Fred Nerks

“found this on the net- i have no idea how true it is, but this says stanley ann dunham was married to jackie chun juanie and had (2) children -you ever heard of this?”

Sets off my bs meter. Fred might know.

http://www.geni.com/people/Jackie-Chun-Juanie/6000000004017885834


97 posted on 06/22/2012 7:53:15 PM PDT by Flotsam_Jetsome (If not you, who? If not now, when?)
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To: Flotsam_Jetsome

http://www.geni.com/people/Yusuf-Soetoro/6000000008328422829


98 posted on 06/22/2012 8:01:49 PM PDT by chicken head
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To: ctdonath2

Yes Romney sucks.
Got a better viable option?
Or would you rather see another four years of Obama?

This is also how I feel and if we can elect a conservative senate and house, we’ll be able to hold Romney’s feet to the fire. I’d like to see him bring in Rubio as his VP and we might find ourselves on the right track. The alternative is the end of America and I’m not ready for that!


99 posted on 06/22/2012 8:02:42 PM PDT by Lucky2 (Ignorant lefties = waste of of oxygen and energy!)
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To: Flotsam_Jetsome

Never heard of it, don’t want to know, sounds about as idiotic as the Frank Marshall story or Stanley Armour bringing a baby home for Madelyn to look after.


100 posted on 06/22/2012 8:05:35 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (Fair Dinkum!)
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