swede316 Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Couldn't agree more. I know it's from Fox News so you Libs will automatically dismiss it but I don't care. In either case, the 2010 election could put checks and balances on Pelosi and Obama -- which will make it even harder than it has proven thus far for the president to keep his campaign promises. And when he runs for re-election in 2012, disappointed, disillustioned and dispirited libs and young voters may not report for duty at Organizing for America, or flock to the polls as they did in 2008. http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2009/08/19/...bama-lame-duck/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PearlHowardman Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Is President Obama a Lame Duck? Yes, he is. Review: President Barack H. Obama's experience prior to being POTUS was voting "Present" 120 times in the Illinois State Legislature. Two years doing little in the US Senate followed. Then he started his Presidential campaign. Barack H. Obama is not a leader. He has no leadership skills or experience. He has no executive decision making experience either. To date he has reversed little of the Bush foreign policy. He has even gone backwards with regard to some Bush environment policies. His administration is full of tax cheats! With regard to national health care what Obama should have done was broker a deal with Liberal and Conservative (Blue Dog) Democrats. Negotiations should NOT have taken place in public. It would have been a modest plan that would have had enough Republican support as well. The Liberal Democrats would have been outraged but Obama could have taken a Leadership role and explained to them that the U.S of A is in a lot of financial/budgetary problems right now and the the Public Option was not politically available. He would then go on to explain to those Liberals that the plan was better than nothing and that it's something that they could build on. Instead Obama started this idiotic town hall meetings idea, sending Democrat members of congress/senate out to...do what? The votes were NOT there for the Public Option. Moreover, how many different plans were discussed in these meetings? How many different plans currently exist? I honestly don't know! This is where the "misinformation" comes from. (Knock FOX news all you want but Sean Hannity is the ONLY talking-head on television that I have seen hold pages of (one of the) bill(s) and read directly from it.) President Obama attended one of these town hall meetings in Colorado and floated a trial balloon that the Public Option was only a "sliver" of the total plan in it's "entirity" (I think he meant to say "entirety"). This trial balloon was echoed the next day by his administration but on Monday Obama back-peddled. PRESIDENTS DO NOT FLOAT TRIAL BALLOONS. THEY LEAD. THEY MAKE DECISIONS. Now comes the Lame Duck: What President Obama did was expose to the public the brimming war going on in the Democratic party. He could have easily avoided this by showing much better judgment and Leadership. Instead, he's stuck between the Liberal Democrats who won't give an inch and the Conservative (Blue Dog) Democrats who won't give an inch. National health care is supposed to be Obama's signature domestic policy. It appears to be going down the drain along with Obama's poll numbers. And he's only7 months into office.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PastaJoe Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Actually the opinion piece was copied by Fox from the conservative blog site, The Stiletto. It's on par with a blog saying the Bills can win the Super Bowl this year if the stars are aligned right. But feel free to fantasize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThereIsNoDog Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 I had this revelation weeks ago. I figure that quite a few voters were like me, i.e. looking for a change from the Dubya error, and who voted Democrat most of the way. Only to realize the current administration is looking to make the country socialist in a way I never dreamed possible. So come 2010 and 2012, I'm voting Republican. I just hope that the Repubs don't trot-out some half-dead war veteran and a Barbie doll as his running mate again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Actually the opinion piece was copied by Fox from the conservative blog site, The Stiletto. It's on par with a blog saying the Bills can win the Super Bowl this year if the stars are aligned right. But feel free to fantasize. Nice avatar Commendatori Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passepartout Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Well he is taking his first ever vacation. Since President as if you exclude weekends, he hasn't taken one for eight months and three days. But the public is wearing thin on him so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede316 Posted August 24, 2009 Author Share Posted August 24, 2009 Actually the opinion piece was copied by Fox from the conservative blog site, The Stiletto. It's on par with a blog saying the Bills can win the Super Bowl this year if the stars are aligned right. But feel free to fantasize. I always fantasize about the Bills winning the superbowl, and winning the lotto and Penthouse Pet of the Month and..... What I was most in agreement with is 2010...Reid trials by double digits in the latest Nevada poll to a leading Rebublican challenger (I know November 2010 is along waaaaaay off and alot of people aren't happy right now but alot can change). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede316 Posted August 24, 2009 Author Share Posted August 24, 2009 I had this revelation weeks ago. I figure that quite a few voters were like me, i.e. looking for a change from the Dubya error, and who voted Democrat most of the way. Only to realize the current administration is looking to make the country socialist in a way I never dreamed possible. So come 2010 and 2012, I'm voting Republican. I just hope that the Repubs don't trot-out some half-dead war veteran and a Barbie doll as his running mate again. I can see a Romney/Huckabee ticket or a Romney/Jindal ticket in 2012. I'd give either of them the nod over Obama/Biden. Lot's of business and governer experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramius Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 The worst part of this article is that you have one side's party-line voting sheep celebrating because there may be fewer party-line voting sheep on the other side in the next election. Anyone else see the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PearlHowardman Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Actually the opinion piece was copied by Fox from the conservative blog site, The Stiletto. It's on par with a blog saying the Bills can win the Super Bowl this year if the stars are aligned right. But feel free to fantasize. Source notwithstanding, President Obama is simply hopelessly Incompetent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PastaJoe Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Source notwithstanding, President Obama is simply hopelessly Incompetent. Now you're just being silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PearlHowardman Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Nope! 120 "Present" votes in the Illinois State Legislature and two years doing zilch in the US Senate left Barack "Change You Can Make-Believe In" Obama woefully unprepared. "I don't belong to an organized political party. I'm a Democrat." -Will Rogers- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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