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Obama Just Doesn't Get It
Pajamas Media ^ | March 8 | Jennifer Rubin

Posted on 03/08/2009 10:05:10 AM PDT by AJKauf

George W. Bush, his critics said, was isolated and unaware of how badly things were going in Iraq. He was caught up in a messianic vision to bring democracy to the Middle East. Meanwhile, he stubbornly clung to grandiose domestic policy proposals (e.g., social security reform and immigration reform) when the timing was simply not right. Some of that has been disproved by subsequent events (e.g., we did bring democracy to Iraq) or revelations about his own intimate involvement in reworking a failing Iraq strategy. But the image remained of an isolated and out-of-touch president.

As queasy as it might make us feel, we might consider that we have gone from the frying pan into the fire. Obama does not perceive things are substantially worse or that his “strategy” is failing. He also seems to have the timing terribly off as he discusses an onslaught of taxes and regulation while the economy is staggering. And to make matters worse we have no General Petraeus to help guide us back from the brink of ruin. We have instead Tim Geithner....

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: economics; geithner; obama; stockmarket
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1 posted on 03/08/2009 10:05:10 AM PDT by AJKauf
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To: AJKauf

Obama’s not isolated or unaware of how things are in hip-hop America.


2 posted on 03/08/2009 10:06:48 AM PDT by Steely Tom (RKBA: last line of defense against vote fraud)
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To: Steely Tom
I really do not understand why people keep acting like O's incompetence is causing this mess.  He knows exactly what he is doing, it's all going according to plan.

He needs to destroy the economy as quickly as possible so he can continue to blame GWB and the Republicans for the mess and claim that capitalism is failing.  The Sheep out there will still fawn on his every word and he'll be held blameless, even praised for "trying" to fix things.   The media will help cover his tracks and look for "enemies", like Limbaugh.  Once he destroys the economy and our will to fight, that he can push his socialist agenda on us.

It's really very simple.

3 posted on 03/08/2009 10:15:32 AM PDT by softwarecreator (Definition of a sucker: Pay your bills like a responsible adult to compensate for those who didn't!)
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To: AJKauf

The CIC tells the U.S. military that they have failed in Afghanistan.


4 posted on 03/08/2009 10:16:26 AM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: anniegetyourgun

It is time for the citizens to take the Obozo and the Dems to the wood shed.


5 posted on 03/08/2009 10:19:40 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
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To: AJKauf

Time wasn’t right for IMMIGRATION REFORM?

THat’s where I stopped reading.


6 posted on 03/08/2009 10:19:59 AM PDT by wolfcreek (There is no 2 party system only arrogant Pols and their handlers)
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To: Texas Fossil

The only way to do that is mutiny.


7 posted on 03/08/2009 10:21:15 AM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: AJKauf

Obama does not perceive things are substantially worse or that his “strategy” is failing

This writer assumes that Obama’s strategy is to make things better for America.I see his strategy as to make things worse for America so that he and other Socialist in Government can jam socialist policy and programs through without much fuss by Americans.


8 posted on 03/08/2009 10:22:06 AM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (Coming to You From the Front Lines of Occupied America)
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To: AJKauf

PBO is well aware of what is happening. It is what he wants, America brought to its knees so that he can institute the policies he wants.

He sees what is going on as an opportunity to do what he knows he never could in better times.


9 posted on 03/08/2009 10:23:43 AM PDT by Jvette
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To: anniegetyourgun

Agreed, Mutiny.

The first mutiny should be at the State level. The chances of success are much greater.


10 posted on 03/08/2009 10:24:04 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
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To: AJKauf

By accident the American people elected an affirmative action squirrel to be their “teleprompter Jesus” to take them to the imaginary land of Free Government Handouts where the Big Rock Candy Mountain overflows with soda water fountains, cigarette trees and they killed the jerk who invented work. By the time Zero and his merry band of Marxist morons are done raping the country and Constitution we’ll all be pining for Jimmy Carter, let alone Bubba Clintoon.


11 posted on 03/08/2009 10:26:24 AM PDT by Blado (his support of legislation to let babies die if they survive abortion, gives a glimpse into his soul)
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To: AJKauf

Oh, he get’s it. It’s just that no one (in the MSM) “get’s” his goal. Destroy the Republic and replace it with a totalitarian socialist state. The few in the MSM that get it, are silent because they agree with Obama’s goals.


12 posted on 03/08/2009 10:27:18 AM PDT by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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To: anniegetyourgun

I have this tune running in my head, it is the tune of “A Stranger in My House” but the words modified to say :

“A Traitor in White House”

It would certainly fit.


13 posted on 03/08/2009 10:28:33 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
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To: AJKauf

As long as the The Great Spreader’s poll numbers are above sizty percent, he’ll ignore all the critics and keep plowing ahead on his socialist path. That sixty plus also includes many Pubbies. We’re definitely headed for the cliff with no brakes.


14 posted on 03/08/2009 10:29:04 AM PDT by driftless2
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To: AJKauf

Can you believe these fool honkies?

15 posted on 03/08/2009 10:30:07 AM PDT by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: AJKauf

Goes back to “experience” doesn’t it?


16 posted on 03/08/2009 10:30:42 AM PDT by RC2
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To: anniegetyourgun

No, Mr. Obama. It is YOU who is the failure.


17 posted on 03/08/2009 10:31:38 AM PDT by CheneyChick
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To: AJKauf

Sure he gets it... He gets everything, and we get nothing.


18 posted on 03/08/2009 10:31:44 AM PDT by Brilliant
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Obama and Bush, yep


19 posted on 03/08/2009 10:36:01 AM PDT by sickoflibs (Keynesian Eco 101 : "If you won't spend your money WE WILL, and your kid's too!")
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To: Brilliant
YES WE CAN eat wagyu.

YES YOU CAN eat corn flakes.

20 posted on 03/08/2009 10:37:58 AM PDT by Enterprise (I went to America and all I got were some DVDs and little helicopters.)
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