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Obama dreams of ‘going Bulworth,’ New York Times reports
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| 16 May 2013
| Olivier Knox,
Posted on 05/16/2013 8:20:19 AM PDT by mandaladon
President Barack Obamaexasperated by scandals, a seemingly stalled domestic agenda and armchair chiefs of staff in the mediawants to tell you what he really thinks, Washington. Really let you have it. In fact, hes so frustrated with all of the inside-the-Beltway BS that he might hire an assassin to target him in a couple of days, but not before hes really ripped politicians (especially Democrats), denounced the outsized weight of money in elections and used socialism as a rallying cry against health insurance companies. Wait, what? The New York Times reported on Thursday that Obama "has talked longingly of going Bulworth, a reference to a little-remembered 1998 Warren Beatty movie about a senator who risked it all to say what he really thought." Probably every president says that from time to time, the Times quoted longtime Obama adviser David Axelrod as saying. ''It's probably cathartic just to say it. But the reality is that while you want to be truthful, you want to be straightforward, you also want to be practical about whatever you're saying.'' The Times' description of the movie is a bit antiseptic. Bulworth, a disillusioned veteran Democratic senator from California facing a tough primary, takes out a rich life insurance policy on himself, with his daughter as beneficiary, and hires an assassin to kill him in a few days' time. Thinking he's going to die, Bulworth decides he has nothing to lose and hits the campaign trail skewering the state of politicsand notably the Democratic Party and race relations.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: obama; scandals
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This is a joke!
To: mandaladon
Well...I remember how that movie ended....
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posted on
05/16/2013 8:21:21 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: mandaladon
I dunno, so far his Bull has been Worth about a 4-1/2 year around-the-world golf vacation.
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posted on
05/16/2013 8:21:42 AM PDT
by
wbill
To: wbill
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posted on
05/16/2013 8:26:24 AM PDT
by
latina4dubya
(when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
To: mandaladon
Bulworth, a disillusioned veteran Democratic senator from California facing a tough primary, takes out a rich life insurance policy on himself, with his daughter as beneficiary, and hires an assassin to kill him in a few days' time. Dear Lord help us.
To: mandaladon
Now we know about “O’s” background!!
He has spent his entire life in front of a TV or at the movies!
THAY’S where he was!
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posted on
05/16/2013 8:27:05 AM PDT
by
SMARTY
("The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings. "Henri Frederic Amiel)
To: mandaladon
the problem is Obama’s honesty would reveal him to be a total shallow fool.
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posted on
05/16/2013 8:27:26 AM PDT
by
Williams
(No Obama)
To: mandaladon
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posted on
05/16/2013 8:27:49 AM PDT
by
mandaladon
(The truth about Benghazi is all I want)
To: mandaladon
If Obama said what he really thought, it would be these are just bumps in the road to transforming America; he needs more skilled apparatchiks to carry on the mission.
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posted on
05/16/2013 8:28:19 AM PDT
by
Rennes Templar
(The true Obama persona is emerging, the one from his first Presidential debate.)
Comment #10 Removed by Moderator
To: mandaladon
"Obama "has talked longingly of going Bulworth, ..."..... Well ... if this report is true ... it sure speaks volumes about the Prez with a fez's mental stability doesn't it?
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posted on
05/16/2013 8:29:29 AM PDT
by
R_Kangel
( "A Nation of Sheep ..... Will Beget ..... a Nation Ruled by Wolves.")
To: mandaladon
"wants to tell you what he really thinks" Confirming 0bama has only been lying.
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posted on
05/16/2013 8:29:41 AM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(WHO IS ON THE ENEMIES LIST?)
To: mandaladon
It will never happen. Democrats rely on low information voters not knowing what they really think.
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posted on
05/16/2013 8:29:45 AM PDT
by
Bubba_Leroy
(The Obamanation Continues)
To: mandaladon
He’s already denounced Democracy as messy and getting in the way of his agenda. How much more candid can he get?
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posted on
05/16/2013 8:31:02 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: mandaladon
It bears noting, though, that even as those aides roll their eyes at the Green Lantern Theory of Politicsthe idea that the president just needs to change things by force of willor at the idea that he needs to cut more deals, or at calls for him to schmooze more with lawmakers, Obama has been putting all of that advice into practice. Actually, this is what I'm afraid of. The mask is off, he has nothing to lose - but he has enormous power still at his disposal. I think he'll dare the GOP and in fact any law-abiding people who believe in our system to just try to get him out or even to back down, and then he'll go on a rampage where he will just do all these things openly (because after all, he won...).
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posted on
05/16/2013 8:33:24 AM PDT
by
livius
To: mandaladon
I guess the simplest explanation is that this guy is just a lazy bum. I mean, cripes, he wanted this job, didn't he? Here is a clown he does nothing but campaign for office, and when he gets the job, he does nothing but complain, blame others, and seek pity because he is unhappy. Geez, man up a little, and just do your job. Those of us who have worked all our lives know that working isn't always something we will enjoy, but we still just man up and get on with the job. Try working for a living, Mr. President.
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posted on
05/16/2013 8:34:26 AM PDT
by
chimera
To: chimera
Exactly so Chimera. Having said that I could see this guy cracking up and losing it. It’s not completely beyond the realm of possibility.
To: mandaladon
This is a typical leftist reaction to people not buying their schtick: They think we didn't get the message. Somehow, after public schools, Marxist universities, NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, Newsweak, Time, every newspaper in creation, and advertising, we somehow didn't hear that message they believe to be so compelling... that we should do whatever they tell us to do, believe whatever they say, and throw flowers at their feet in appreciation at the crust they'll offer us.
So they repeat themselves, ever louder, and believe that if we don't buy it, we must either be stupid or "evil forces" are at work.
Going Bullworth? Growing bull$hit.
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posted on
05/16/2013 8:36:51 AM PDT
by
Carry_Okie
(An economy is not a zero-sum game, but politics usually is.)
To: chimera
Try working for a living, Mr. President.He never has, and he never will.
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posted on
05/16/2013 8:39:16 AM PDT
by
El Cid
(Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
To: All
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posted on
05/16/2013 8:39:41 AM PDT
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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