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The true Obama: Scandals are of a piece
unionleader.com ^ | 6/9/2013

Posted on 06/09/2013 5:01:58 AM PDT by RoosterRedux

America, it's not like you didn't have fair warning.

We, the conservative movement, tried to tell you. From the very start, we warned that Barack Obama was not the man he claimed to be. We were not making it up. We merely listened to him. Everything the country needed to know about how he would handle power was there for all to see. The dishonesty, the secrecy, the hubris, the personal detachment, all of it was evident as far back as 2007. But, oh, didn't he have charm?

Upon taking office, Obama wasted no time. The retribution began at once. The man who claimed the desire and the power to heal the nation after the divisive Bush years immediately overturned President Bush's compromise order on embryonic stem cell research, callously dismissing the deeply held beliefs of pro-lifers as wholly inconsequential. It was to be the hallmark of his governing style.

On Obamacare, he promised compromise, transparency and open, honest discourse. None of that happened. During the campaign he had vigorously opposed an individual health insurance mandate. Once in office, he swiftly changed his position and demanded one. Instead of transparency, we got a bill brought to the floor before anyone had a chance to read it, and rushed into law via old-fashioned, back-room arm twisting, the kind of politics he expressly campaigned against. The law was so vague and complex, the Speaker of the House said we'd have to pass it to find out what was in it. Last week disapproval of the law hit its highest level as Americans have slowly begun learning its contents.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: benghazi; fastandfurious; impeachnow; irs

1 posted on 06/09/2013 5:01:58 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux
Want to win the MA senator seat and dozens of "safe" democrat seats?

Try this, "The government has been listening since 2006, did they catch the Boston guys who used the internet and sent e-mail too? The government looks at tax returns of donors...in one party, they choose who gets medical care and who does not in the VA and on top of this while people are being laid off they party on your dime in $3,000 a night hotel rooms. Do you want more government of less?

2 posted on 06/09/2013 5:06:24 AM PDT by q_an_a (the more laws the less justice)
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To: q_an_a

These aren’t Obama scandals...they are evidence of a coup.


3 posted on 06/09/2013 5:12:09 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Get armed, get fit...get ready,)
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To: RoosterRedux
they are evidence of a coup

Yes, and unfortunately the end result isn't a replacement of Obama but a replacement for America.

The Reign of King Obama, nee America, has a nice ring to it.

4 posted on 06/09/2013 5:36:52 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: rarestia
Absolutely.

A man like Obama, devoid of character and integrity, will have no problem using all the powers at his disposal (which are as we are learning more vast than we ever realized) to end the country he hates so much and replace it with one of his own making.

5 posted on 06/09/2013 5:46:08 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Get armed, get fit...get ready,)
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To: rarestia

We should start making Hillary nervous. Let’s go to the Leftist Websites, Log in as fake Obama fans and start touting a 3rd-term for Obama. If a 3rd-term Obama movement picks up steam you can count on Hillary to crush Obama even if it means a Republican gets elected into the White House in 2016. She can still run for prez in 2020 but if Obama usurps the Constitution to get elected to a 3rd-term, you can bet he will do the same as Hugo Chavez and annoint himself US President for life. Hillary aint gonna like that idea.


6 posted on 06/09/2013 5:48:25 AM PDT by TexGrill (Don't mess with Texas)
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To: q_an_a
Sadly, here in MA I recently had a conversation with a neighbor. She walked right up to me and said, "So -- what do you think about the scandal?"

I thought: "The scandal? Which one is she talking about? Benghazi? IRS? EPA? AP? NSA?" so, to cover all possibilities, I simply said, "I haven't been keeping up -- what's the hot topic?"

Her eyes got big and she said, "The sexual harassment in the military!! It's disgusting, and it's high time they did something about it! It's just an Old Boys club, you know, and blah, blah, blah"

I think the situation is pretty hopeless.

7 posted on 06/09/2013 5:55:33 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: q_an_a

Its not for National Security,its for Political Power,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIA1lQBqH1s


8 posted on 06/09/2013 6:06:19 AM PDT by ballplayer
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To: RoosterRedux
The truth means nothing to the vast majority of the public. Nobody cares, nobody is holding Pres. Obama accountable for anything. He is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate - leave him alone, forget facts, Bush did it, Bush was worse, Bush, Bush, Bush...

This is called, “Obama’s Bush Deflection Tactic” (OBDT).
The public is apathetic, he can wiretap anybody at any time. He can violate his Constitutional authority because...he is NOT George Bush! Viola!!

9 posted on 06/09/2013 6:08:14 AM PDT by Netz (Netz)
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To: RoosterRedux

You folks are right on!!! Shucks from day one of this farce Obama, I knew this guy was going to try to destroy America, her republic and democracy. Now...in his second term, internally, he is laying the groundwork for his “dictatorship” and wipe out of any free speech and political opposition. He has no intention of supporting Hillary Clinton for POTUS in 2016. He intends to secure his lifelong “despot rule” over this great republic and its people. He uses the weak, the poor, the uniformed, the free hand out masses, etc. to gain power. Once he accomplishes that goal, he will quick rid society of this blight with a fury worse then Hitler or Stalin ever did!!! Wake up, America......time for freedom, liberty and opportunity is drawing toward a close!!!


10 posted on 06/09/2013 6:09:00 AM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX ( My only objective is to defeat and destroy Obama & his Democrat Party, politically!!!)
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To: JLAGRAYFOX
Ditto that!

And taking that point forward and backward, it is easy to see how someone (like the Saudis) supported a terrorist attack in 2001 knowing that such would lead to something akin to the Patriot Act that could later, by a man of their chosing, be abused and expanded to intimidate anyone who stood in the way.

Sharia and socialism, here we come!

11 posted on 06/09/2013 6:16:28 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Get armed, get fit...get ready,)
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To: RoosterRedux

The Obama Presidency is the natural evolution of American politics. The scum that has permeated the house has naturally percolated to the top of the cesspool. It’s going to take a mighty powerful pressure washing to clean the place out.


12 posted on 06/09/2013 6:33:07 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: Netz

I have a liberal friend I went to school with 53 years ago. She was smart as hell in school. I guess something ate her brain. She hates Bush blames everything on him and says there is no way I can detest Obama as much as she detests Bush.

Yeah she sure is stupid now.


13 posted on 06/09/2013 6:45:01 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: Venturer
This is the most interesting phenomenon of the last decade in US political history.

People seem to have an extreme hatred for GWB NOT based only on errors he made as President, no, it goes much farther than that. It is highly irrational in nature.

One can blame GWB for many things but to hold it up as the ultimate litmus test for all presidents, as if he (George) was the worst of the worst since recorded history is inaccurate and unfair. OK, so he was not the smoothest most eloquent of Presidents, does he deserve the absolute hatred many Liberals heap upon him? I think his casual demeanor, his country boy drawl, he relaxed, modest way of speaking is what drove Liberals nuts.
No matter what Obama does now, he will never be "as bad as Bush". I think this is the “Party Line” now and there is no way to get around it because people have branded GWB as a jerk while keeping BHO up on a pedestal, no matter how horribly he runs the country and lets America descend into a has been nation. I can tell you for a fact, abroad, he is seen as the weakest US President ever, even worse from the sack of sh*t from Plains, Georgia... America is no longer seen as a "paper tiger", now it is a wet toilet paper cub...sorry but that is the reality no matter how many Liberals try to convince me that Obama is the greatest thing since Jello. Note that Jello has no spine.

14 posted on 06/09/2013 7:18:25 AM PDT by Netz (Netz)
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To: q_an_a
The government has been listening since 2006

Barf-o-bama. Happened to be channel surfing and stopped on FOX last night to see Geraldo, Juan Williams and someone else talking about NSA datamining. Of course, lib hussein lubber Juan was doing back flips trying to blame it all on Bush and that hussein was against it when he was a senator so that excuses him of any wrong doing today.

15 posted on 06/09/2013 7:26:15 AM PDT by bgill (This post was mined before it was posted.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Wenn nur der Führer wusste!


16 posted on 06/09/2013 7:49:26 AM PDT by Roccus
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To: Roccus

Der Führer wusste.


17 posted on 06/09/2013 7:52:21 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Get armed, get fit...get ready,)
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To: ClearCase_guy

so right...all that can be done is to drip out the latest and wait for the pile of crap to be big enough to be noticed.


18 posted on 06/09/2013 8:19:17 AM PDT by q_an_a (the more laws the less justice)
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