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Obama’s Dean/Dukaksis Moment
Grand Rants ^ | 06-10-10 | Alan Speakman

Posted on 06/10/2010 5:57:05 AM PDT by Stoutcat

Ouch. As much as I truly didn't want to acknowledge it, I listened to the "ass kicking" display and felt the same embarrassed awkwardness I felt when Howard Dean and Mike Dukakis tried to channel their own inner manly man...

Hollow theatrics don't matter when push comes to shove; they just are embarrassing in the face of the environmental disaster that is the Gulf oil spill. Say what you will about Dubya, one fact about him remains clear - he never resorted to "acting" due to a lack of insight or conviction in his beliefs -- regarding Katrina or any other challenge he faced.

So where are we now? President Obama is lost...

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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: dean; dukakis; incompetence; obama

1 posted on 06/10/2010 5:57:06 AM PDT by Stoutcat
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To: Stoutcat

he’s been lost since “I do solemnly swear...”


2 posted on 06/10/2010 5:59:25 AM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)
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To: Doogle

LOL!


3 posted on 06/10/2010 6:01:15 AM PDT by FrdmLvr ( VIVA la SB 1070!)
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To: Doogle

Unfortunately, Obama’s “Dean/Dukakis” moment came after he was elected president with huge Dem majorities.


4 posted on 06/10/2010 6:35:01 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard
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To: Stoutcat

He is kicking ass at partying, bbqing, golfing and going on vacations.


5 posted on 06/10/2010 7:03:26 AM PDT by ignoramus2010
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To: Stoutcat
Two presidents claiming that they were going to kick some ass. Which appears more believeable?
-vs -
6 posted on 06/10/2010 7:13:42 AM PDT by GonzoGOP (There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
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