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Obama in Free Fall
NRO ^ | 1/25/10 | Victor Davis Hanson

Posted on 01/25/2010 9:30:17 PM PST by advance_copy

A year ago, a number of "moderate" Republicans and Democratic stalwarts, in the gush of the inauguration, warned us of new Democratic majorities for years to come. A new race/class/gender dynamic would doom conservatives and their-old-white-guy party and its reactionary fellow-travelers. And, of course, the post-national, post-racial, post-modern president would hope and change his way to just about anything he wanted.

All of this was nonsense, but the narrative did mesmerize quite a lot of DC-NY pundits, who mistakenly fell for the Emanuel/Axelrod thesis that popular outrage at Wall Street banditry, weariness with Iraq, and the lackluster McCain campaign would translate into populist support for a kinder, gentler socialism.

And now? On every issue — more bailouts, more stimuli, more deficits, higher taxes, statist health care, cap and trade, diplomatic apologetics, the shunning of natural gas, oil, and nuclear in favor of "millions of green jobs" subsidized by billions in federal "stimulus" — the Obama position polls 5-15 points below 50 percent.

After Van Jones, Anita Dunn, the Skip Gates mess, the "tea-bagger" slurs, the attacks on Fox News, the Copenhagen dashes, the bowing, the apologizing, the reordering of creditors, the NEA obsequiousness, the lackluster overseas-contingency-operation front, the deer-in-the-headlights pause on Afghanistan, the pseudo-deadlines on Iran, Guantanamo, and health care, the transparency and bipartisanship fraud, and dozens of other things, Obama simply does not have the popularity to carry unpopular legislation forward. Indeed, he is reaching a point where he may poll more negatively than his agenda does. "Let me be perfectly clear" and "make no mistake about it" are now caricatures.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: freefall; obama; vdh; victordavishanson
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To: FrankR
For "obama in free fall"...literally...go here: (note: you can "grab" him anywhere with your mouse and move him all around like a rag doll)

http://www.planetdan.net/pics/misc/barry.htm

WOW!!! What a great stress reliever!!! Thanks!!!

You can either watch him in free fall as he runs into, falls, bumps into, through & around the obstacles. I love watching the commie pig 0bozo's head get snapped back & forth. Or as you said, grab him with your mouse and just pound the living shiite out of him. Great stress reliever as I said. I am sending this to 8-10 of my conservative friends or co-workers.

21 posted on 01/25/2010 11:00:24 PM PST by rcrngroup
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22 posted on 01/25/2010 11:04:26 PM PST by Cobra64
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23 posted on 01/25/2010 11:04:57 PM PST by Cobra64
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24 posted on 01/25/2010 11:19:43 PM PST by Cobra64
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To: matthew fuller

“And Obama is a domestic enemy of the United States of America. “

that’s debatable...


25 posted on 01/25/2010 11:34:28 PM PST by ari-freedom (Obamacare: nananana nananana hey hey hey goodbye!)
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To: F15Eagle

looks like something Michelle would buy for a foreign leader


26 posted on 01/25/2010 11:35:47 PM PST by ari-freedom (Obamacare: nananana nananana hey hey hey goodbye!)
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To: F15Eagle

That is funny. I bought several of these plates at Big Lots closeouts to give as gag gifts to family and friends for Christmas. They where $2 each. Needless to say they where a hit. Many asked why I didn’t include the ammunition to properly dispose of them.


27 posted on 01/25/2010 11:49:01 PM PST by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: Jim from C-Town

LOL... what did your friends do to the plates?


28 posted on 01/26/2010 12:14:08 AM PST by paudio (Road to hell is paved by unintended consequences of good intentions)
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To: Jim from C-Town
That is funny. I bought several of these plates at Big Lots closeouts to give as gag gifts to family and friends for Christmas. They where $2 each. Needless to say they where a hit. Many asked why I didn’t include the ammunition to properly dispose of them.

Take them all to a Greek nightclub.

;)

29 posted on 01/26/2010 12:16:23 AM PST by Irish Eyes
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To: advance_copy

bttt


30 posted on 01/26/2010 2:44:23 AM PST by PogySailor (We're so screwed.....welcome to the American Oligarchy)
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To: F15Eagle
Every store I've been to can't give these things away!

I've seen it with my own eyes. I love the sales pitch of “Limited Edition” and “as seen on TV”

Heck, Elvis is probably still selling more glow-in-the-nigh velvet rugs on street corners than Obama “memorabilia”.

Recall them and send them to those now in the poverty level because of this clown.

31 posted on 01/26/2010 5:19:31 AM PST by not2worry (WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND)
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To: advance_copy
...he will borrow far more money than Bush did...

Borrowing more in two years than Bush borrowed in two terms.

33 posted on 01/26/2010 5:43:03 AM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: matthew fuller

And Obama is a domestic enemy of the United States of America.
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That was my implication. The evil bastard is going to go all out now.


34 posted on 01/26/2010 7:13:19 AM PST by unkus
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