Posted on 11/08/2010 7:18:46 AM PST by RobinMasters
You dont send scores of your faithful blithely off the electoral precipice without consequences.
Last January, in the thick of the Obamacare debate, nervous Blue Dog Democrats met with Obama and communicated their unease. They specifically brought up Clintons electoral backlash in 1994, caused to some degree by Clintons failed effort to do exactly what Obama was having them do now: pass a healthcare plan.
According to retiring democratic Rep Marion Berry, as reported in ADG (subscription only, but heres a good link from Politico to get the general gist), Obama dismissed their concerns, claiming his popularity would provide them adequate political cover. He told told jittery Dems Well, the big difference here and in 94 was youve got me.
Fat load of good it did. One imagines Napoleon said the same to his generals before he invaded Russia. Yes, the Dems passed Obamacare, and yes, the French captured Moscow, but a month later Napoleon marched back out again and ultimately earned himself a long vacation at Elba. Now Obamas in India and the word around the capital is the Dems sent him there to be rid of him while they assess the wreckage.
According to sources close to the White House, who put themselves in great danger by even talking to members of the media, the plans to have Obama leave for a visit to India, Pakistan, Indonesia, South Korea, and Japan are an attempt to get Obama out of the country while top Democrats can sort through the political disaster created for the party by Obamas increasingly detached-from-reality presidency.
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Now THAT's funny.
Pretty much, my friend. The Birth Certificate Issue is on the way as well and several dems know it.
They knew before they passed Obamacare that this would happen. All attempts to stave it off failed.
Obama is directly responsible for the high unemployment of democrats in Congress. That does not increase your popularity within your party.
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Braude?
Although that makes for a great story, the fact is that a trip like this is months in the making ... it wasn't planned at the last minute for purposes of getting rid of Obama. So that part, at least, is a fantasy.
That said ... Now that he's gone, I'll bet the Dems are in fact looking seriously at ways to survive the Obama presidency for the next two years.
Lepanto PING !
if he goes down at the hands of dems then the black community (I hate that word) won’t hate repubs quite as much. Of course it depends how the MSM spins it =/
If the dems were serious about "assessing damage" - why the push for Pelosi to run and win minority speakership?
Obama went to Asia for WORLD LEADER status recognition and imperial ambitions that rival only those of Alexander the Great, IMO - He's off his nut with not being able to figure out what to do next. These are very dangerous times.
I also smell a rat with this so called "insider" line of misdirection. I aint buying it. Been burned too many times.
He’ll double down with his leftist agenda.
It’s all he knows.
He is a true believer in socialism and all its “benefits”.
He is convinced that his way is the true way for America.
He cannot think any other thoughts.
He is surrounded by radical leftists, reinforcing his thought pattern with their own.
Get rid of the “advisers” and he will implode.
Alinsky’s Rules tell you how to gain power, not how to keep it............
The dems don't have to go to that much trouble. All that is needed is a few subpoenas for his birth, school, adoption, and repatriation records. The dems could also ask him to explain is multiple social security number, and why no one remembers seeing him on the Columbia campus.
I expect, also, that our Marxist media don't want to see their political party permanently damaged. A weakened Democratic Party would halt the slow march of their beloved communism. The media may completely turn on the Obamas too.
The Dem's asking for his BC seems like it would just lead to further embarrassment for the party. After all, they were the gate-keepers, so to speak, after the election.
“WMR has learned from White House insiders that Obama went on a tirade after the incident, accusing White House staffers of purposely not anchoring the seal to the podium. The White House supplies all the podiums and seals at all presidential addresses and the seal is usually well-anchored with four screws affixed to the podium.”
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That is what you get when you ONLY hire union labor.
What a blithering a$$hole. He and Maryanne Marsh combine the worst traits possible: stupid and arrogant.
I refuse to watch NECN because of those two. I'd rather listen to Robert Gibbs for hours than watch (or listen) to either one of them for 1 second.
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Now THAT's a loaded phrase. Soudns like Oliver Stone's version of what LBJ "did about" JFK.
1,000% correct - let them eat each other up!!! Now that's what I call "triangulation".
1,000% correct - let them eat each other up!!! Now that's what I call "triangulation".
I understand that the game of politics cannot tolerate too much honesty, but I do think it's a shame that the pundits habitually say things they know are untrue, and then -- after the truth is on the front page in black and white -- they say: "We all knew that a long time ago".
It's evidence of bias, and it's evidence that they don't care about the truth, and it's evidence that they just want to "win" rather than help the country by honestly discussing the situation.
I also remember that he is an admitted coke-head.
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