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President Obama's strategy gets personal (is it too soon for him to panic?)
Politico ^ | 4/27/2010 | JONATHAN ALLEN & CAROL E. LEE

Posted on 04/27/2010 7:03:08 AM PDT by markomalley

Mitch McConnell is in bed with Wall Street “movers and shakers” — and is fronting “cynical and deceptive” arguments on their behalf.

John Boehner is a health care Chicken Little to be mocked for predicting Armageddon if the Democrats’ reform bill passed.

Sarah Palin can be ignored on arms control because she’s “not exactly an expert on nuclear issues.”

And Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh are just a “troublesome” twosome spreading “vitriol.”

Democratic oppo research? Comments from Daily Kos?

No, this is your president speaking.

Once chastised for not being tough enough, President Barack Obama has lately been getting personal with his political adversaries — singling them out for scorn in speeches, interviews, asides and even in his weekly radio address.

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Republicans also depict Obama’s approach as a sign of weakness born of a loss of traction on the issues.

“Name-calling isn’t typically done from a position of strength,” McConnell spokesman Josh Holmes said.

Rather than just going after big groups of bad guys — insurance companies, lobbyists, the media — Obama has adopted a strategy that gives a face to the enemy.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: palinfreeperping; sarahpalin; saulalinsky
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BTW, hey, Politico, he's not my President. He's just the scumbag squatting in 1600 PA AVE NW for now.

Otherwise, I agree with the McConnell spokesman. He's desperate.

1 posted on 04/27/2010 7:03:08 AM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley

Hey Obama ...it takes one to know one....na na nanana


2 posted on 04/27/2010 7:06:17 AM PDT by woofie
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To: markomalley

We’ve had a run of really awful presidents, but the loon most certainly will go down as the worst of the worst.

Really, this guy cannot debate, cannot reason....

We really need some research on how such a bottom dwelling slime mold got to such a position.


3 posted on 04/27/2010 7:06:43 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: markomalley

The Fuhrer is going to have to get personal with 300 million that despise his treasonous innards. Calling names and trying to smear his enemies ain’t gonna work when millions already know who and what he is.


4 posted on 04/27/2010 7:07:32 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead (Clean the RAT/RINO Sewer in 2010 and 2012)
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To: markomalley

Ha! I can only imagine Sarah field dressing Obama in 2012. I just regret that Obama probably won’t even be the candidate. Too bad.


5 posted on 04/27/2010 7:07:55 AM PDT by Genoa (Luke 12:2)
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To: markomalley

Gee, when OZero gets his lying ass kicked out of the WH hopefully Politico will get their socialist lying ass kicked to the curb!


6 posted on 04/27/2010 7:09:04 AM PDT by Doc Savage (SOBAMP!)
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To: markomalley
DANG! Photobucket took too long to load!

No, this is your president speaking. ---->> Photobucket

7 posted on 04/27/2010 7:09:06 AM PDT by Just A Nobody ( (Better Dead than RED! NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA))
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To: markomalley

He’s not panicing. He’s lashing out. It’s what narcisists do when their “I’m God” worldview is challenged...


8 posted on 04/27/2010 7:10:55 AM PDT by piytar (Ammo is hard to find! Bought some lately? Please share where at www.ammo-finder.com)
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To: markomalley

Playing the race card in April is incredibly foolish and shows the White House believes Rasmussen’s + 10 GOP generic poll even if the Democrat controlled media is trying to smother the story.


9 posted on 04/27/2010 7:10:55 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: Da Coyote

He’s like so many liberals -

they take a position on an issue because of the sense of moral superiority it allows them to confer upon themselves,

and they don’t/won’t actually examine the results of those positions.


10 posted on 04/27/2010 7:10:59 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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“Name-calling isn’t typically done from a position of strength,”

Guess the empty suit is starting to smell.

11 posted on 04/27/2010 7:11:00 AM PDT by MamaTexan (I am not a administrative, corporate, collective, legal, political or public entity or ~person~)
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To: Doc Savage

Many people and orgs will be investigated and prosecuted where needed... bank on it.

LLS


12 posted on 04/27/2010 7:11:12 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer ( WOLVERINES!)
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To: markomalley
King turd Obama is on the ropes as far as November. Up to November he will pull every communists trick he can including passing amnesty so the illegals can vote.
13 posted on 04/27/2010 7:11:49 AM PDT by Logical me
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To: markomalley
If the facts are on your side, argue the facts.

If the law is on your side, argue the law.

If the facts and law are against you, attack your opponent.

14 posted on 04/27/2010 7:13:48 AM PDT by Senator_Blutarski
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Rather than just going after big groups of bad guys — insurance companies, lobbyists, the media — Obama has adopted a strategy that gives a face to the enemy.

Alinsky Rule 11: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, polarize it. Don’t try to attack abstract corporations or bureaucracies. Identify a responsible individual. Ignore attempts to shift or spread the blame.

15 posted on 04/27/2010 7:13:51 AM PDT by Future Snake Eater ("Get out of the boat and walk on the water with us!”--Sen. Joe Biden)
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To: Genoa
The Democrats would rather lose with 0bama than win with someone else. There is very little chance that 0bama will not be their nominee. And victory is not certain.
16 posted on 04/27/2010 7:13:59 AM PDT by allmendream (Income is EARNED not distributed. So how could it be re-distributed?)
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To: markomalley
Sarah Palin can be ignored on arms control because she’s “not exactly an expert on nuclear issues.”
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President Barack Obama has lately been getting personal with his political adversaries — singling them out for scorn in speeches, interviews, asides and even in his weekly radio address

And how’d that “getting personal” work out for ya, Mr 0bama?
Sarah Palin:“with all the vast nuclear experience he acquired as a community organizer, a part time Senator and a full time candidate, all that experience and still no accomplishment to date with North Korea and Iran.”
OUCH!

17 posted on 04/27/2010 7:16:53 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: markomalley

......For example, the House minority leader’s [John Boehner of Ohio] prediction that the health care law would begin Armageddon gave Obama a chance to note the absence of asteroids and earthquakes in the wake of its enactment.....

No Armageddon, Hussein? What about the setting up of your Death Panel (the Medicare “Independent” [sic!] Payment Advisory Board), which has begun already, and Orszag bragging about how much money it will save?

obama is a cheap muslim would-be dictator who does the bidding of Soros and the other banksters (who WANTED the “financial reform” bill to pass to squeeze out their smaller competitors).

Hopefully, his personal attacks will hurt him and his cracked party in November. And hopefully, the other shoe will drop and destroy his evil DeathCare scheme, too!!!!


18 posted on 04/27/2010 7:18:10 AM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: allmendream

If he has to show a certified copy of an original BC in any state, I’m guessing he’ll find a reason to retire.


19 posted on 04/27/2010 7:18:45 AM PDT by Genoa (Luke 12:2)
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To: Future Snake Eater
Alinsky Rule 11: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, polarize it. Don’t try to attack abstract corporations or bureaucracies. Identify a responsible individual. Ignore attempts to shift or spread the blame.

It’s working beautifully..against 0bama. He is now so toxic, whenever he’s capaigned for an important seat in states he won in 2008, the Democrats have proceeded to lose it. 0bama is running 0-3 right now.

20 posted on 04/27/2010 7:20:41 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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