Flees to Kenya seeking asylum after mob of 50 million dumb but pissed off voters storm DC and demand their free cheese and gas.
Posted on 11/14/2008 9:49:27 AM PST by Free ThinkerNY
Let’s accept, for the sake of argument, the assertions of various critics (including commenters to this site) as to the character of Barack Obama. I would like your predictions as to how this will manifest itself, specifically.
For purposes of this post, we’ll take it as a given that Barack Obama is “a[n] evil person” and “scum.” That he is “gutter trash” and a “liar and a thief.” We’ll accept as a sensible concern the possibility that Obama “may create a security force akin to the Gestapo to impose a Marxist dictatorship.”
If all these things are true, surely Obama cannot keep this under wraps. His evil, scummy, gutter trash character will have to emerge in some way.
So what, specifically, will he do?
I’ve already given my prediction: “I think he will damage this country with bad policies.” He’ll raise taxes and appoint rotten judges. He will weaken our fight against terror. At times, he will use shady political tactics to achieve all sorts of wrongheaded, far-left goals. Pretty much what any Democrat would do as President.
Somehow, I think most of you have something more dire in mind. I’d like to know what it is.
I would like specific predictions for Obama’s first three months, first year, and first four years.
How will Obama’s fundamental badness manifest itself in action?
Get on record now! We’ll come back and revisit this post after each relevant time period has passed, to see which dire predictions have come true. Nostradamuses can gloat through their tears.
I’m feeling pretty good about my predictions. Leave yours in the comments.
Are you going to turn my reply in to the Thought Police in February?
Red Menace!
He will invite William Ayers over for a sleepover in the Lincoln bedroom.
” “I think he will damage this country with bad policies.” He’ll raise taxes and appoint rotten judges. He will weaken our fight against terror. At times, he will use shady political tactics to achieve all sorts of wrongheaded, far-left goals. Pretty much what any Democrat would do as President. “
I would add, he will likely not be able to keep Bush’s perfect record of no new attacks since 9-11 on America.
Obama will get us nuked. He seems hellbent on not doing some of the necessary things to prevent it.
Though it is possible he may have reality checks before it gets that bad.
After the wrongheaded left wing policies which can have deadly consequences;
I’d say hiding political corruption and prosecuting others for political reasons are the most likely “evil” to come from an Obama administration.
Just look at Obama’s kooky logic of defending Acorn and wanting to investigate the Department of Justice, when Acorn’s voter registration efforts were scandalous in plain view.
Obama will seek, and be given, broad FDR-type "emergency" powers that will allow him to force companies into green compliance, redistribute wealth of CEOs, and will get higher taxes, which will deepen the depression further.
He will likely repeal NAFTA, shutting down our export industry (what is left of it).
He will try to get the "fairness doctrine." As of now, I don't know he could get this . . . but by 2009, who knows?
These are just chilling starters.
He will blame Bush for not being able to keep his impossible economic promises.
He will say that the damage was far deeper, far more widespread, much more insidious than anyone could have possibly imagined. He will say he needs much more time to fulfill his promises of economic nirvana.
Then, he will get some of his left wing allies in the Congress to begin investigations of Bush, Cheney and Rove in order to distract the people, and keep the Bush-haters who helped push The One into office happy.
He will remove missile shield in Europe.
He will advise our enemies of of national security secrets.
Obama, like Clinton before him, is in over his head. The people who surround him now (the real power in DC)are the same people who cut the military, cut intelligence spending, and basically took credit for pro-growth conservative policies brought on by Newt and the Congress.
Look forward to the same with one difference. Clinton had the internet boom to thank for the economy. There is no Bill Gates waiting in the wings to bail out an Obama economy.
I think he will toss a couple of bones to the left, like card check and closing Gitmo, but otherwise will strike a pretty moderate course down the left side of the middle, much like Clinton did. Yeah, call me naive and all that, we’ll come back in a year or two and see who’s right.
Despite all the areas where I disagree with Obama and despite my personal views of him, there is an “Office of the President” that goes beyond the man who occupies it. Regardless of what else we may think about him, there’s no question he is a bright man, and one who recognizes the weight of the burdens that he will soon bear, and I beleive that will prove to be a moderating factor. IMHO, of course.
Nominate judges that make Ruth Buzzie Ginsburg look like a conservative justice.......
I think he will rather quickly dismantle the military and close all bases located outside of the US by 2010. All carrier groups will be put into mothballs. And guess where all of the money for that will go.
We are already being given of preview of Obama’s leadership qualities during the pre-inauguration period.
Erratic, undisciplined, lacking any kind of strategic focus. Obama’s cliche-ridden, Oprah-esque , New Age mush campaign is turning into a Oprah-esque, New Age mush Administration.
We have seen this act before. Deval Patrick, Obama’s ideological soulmate, was elected as Governor of Massachusetts on the equally amorphous mantra of “change”. Patrick spent the first two years of his administration being rolled by the more experienced State Legislators.
Prediction:
It has become frightenly apparent that Obama actually believes his mushy, New Age rhetoric. Look for him to be led around by the nose by Pelosi and Reid.
Let us pray that our international adversaries do not make any aggressive moves while our toy President is stumbling around.
I’m still laughing at your linking “free cheese and gas” together.
First 2 months
welfare checks described as “stimulus” and “middle class tax cuts”, and expedited rollback of Bush tax cuts on upper 2-3 brackets called “fixing the mistakes of the Bush years”
First 3 months
stem cells and FOCA- rammed
“in your face” to Catholics, with the Church threatened with loss of tax deductions if it interferes with politics
First 6 months
Open gayness in the military! Do ask, do tell!
Whee!
and also “talks from the White House” broadcast via net into every public school classroom with massively fed govt purchased equipment and networks
- to keep young people “connected and informed”
Predictions:
First Three Months:
1) he will enact an FDR style National Recovery Act.
2) Illegal aliens will be made citizens in an an amnesty act.
3) He will set up a national energy program.
4) He will increase benefits for out of work people.
5) He will set up a “Peace Corps for America” an expanded
Americorps program for young people.
6) He will end all tax cuts and raise “fees.” National Park
passes will be the first to be raised.
7) He will close Gitmo and repatriate prisoners.
8) He will Free Taliban Johnny with a pardon.
9) He will bale out the auto indusrty but insist they build
cheap, small, fuel efficient cars—VWs for USA.
10) He will appoint a few blacks and Hispanics, but most
will be old Clintonites etc...
11) He will name Bill Clinton to ambasidorship to the UK.
12) He will give a faux Fireside Chat to the nation to
buck up the nation.
Year One
1) He will tour the world trying to get new support for his
Plans. A) more troops for Afghanistan,
B) More peacekeepers to Africa.
2) His plans to end the Middle East War will fail.
3) USA will be attacked— New York and Chicago will burn.
4) The Military will be cut back. No new ships.
5) He will visit China and Russia.
6) He will OK Nuclear Plants (he will be forced too).
7) Michele O will be involved in a scandal.
8) Blacks will be the first to turn on him calling him an
“Uncle Tom” and a “Oreo Cookie”
9) Mosques will be burned in the USA after attacks.
10) Obama will try to limit free speech but fail.
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