Posted on 11/08/2010 10:48:22 AM PST by Renfield
President Obama was urged by the few White House insiders from whom he still takes advice to leave the country on his ten-day Asian trip, his longest trip abroad since becoming president, in order to not inflict any more damage to the Democratic Party in the wake of one of the worst electoral defeats for the party of an incumbent president in recent history. According to sources close to the White House, who put themselves in great danger by even talking to members of the media, the plans to have Obama leave for a visit to India, Pakistan, Indonesia, South Korea, and Japan are an attempt to get Obama out of the country while top Democrats can sort through the political disaster created for the party by Obama's increasingly detached-from-reality presidency.
Virtual political guerrilla warfare has broken out between Obama's inner circle on one hand and senior Democratic officials, including outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Party strategist James Carville, former Demcratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean, and, behind-the-scenes, Vice President Joe Biden and former President Bill Clinton, on the other.
Top Democrats are still reeling from Obama's bizarre behavior at a $7500-a-plate fundraiser at a stately mansion at Brown University in Rhode Island on October 25. The fundraiser, organized by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, was supposed to highlight Democratic Party unity. However, while Obama endorsed Democratic House candidate David Cicilline for outgoing Representative Patrick Kennedy's seat, the president failed to endorse Democratic gubernatorial candidate Frank Caprio over Republican-turned-independent former Senator Lincoln Chafee. Obama's lack of an endorsement for a Democrat over a former Republican prompted Caprio to tell a radio show host that Obama "could take his endorsement and really shove it as far as I’m concerned."
Later that day, Obama briefly appeared at the fundraiser at Brown University, where Democratic loyalists paid $7500 to hear Obama speak, but departed after only twenty minutes, telling the assembled guests that he had to go back to the White House to "tuck in my daughters, walk the dog, and 'scoop the poop.'" The Democratic faithful were appalled and shocked at Obama's quick departure and one of the three reasons he gave for it: to scoop up dog turds as if the President of the United States actually performs such tasks with a phalanx of White House staff and Secret Service agents at his disposal.
Vice President Biden knows too well about Obama's lack of attention to his daily tasks of being president. The details of the fiasco at Brown soon were conveyed to Biden by his two old Democratic Senate colleagues from Rhode Island: Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse. Biden was not amused about Obama's dissing of the Democrats in Rhode Island. A week later, Chafee defeated Caprio for the Rhode Island governorship, thanks largely to Obama's less-than-neutral stance in cutting a secret deal to support Chafee against Caprio.
White House leaks about the ineffectiveness of Obama's presidency are expandng beyond the revelations attributed to a former high-level Obama administration insider and which have been reported by a blogger named "Ulsterman." Some White House staffers have described a "reign of terror" in the White House over continued leaks and a troika of leadership that is making decisions without any input from the president. The troika reportedly consists of First Lady Michelle Obama, presidential adviser Valerie Jarrett, and the president's mother-in-law, Marian Robinson, who resides in the White House.
Not to be deterred, some White House staffers have sought out journalists and have arranged to meet them at nearby Starbuck's cafes to discretely convey to them inside information about the current disarray within the Obama administration. Some staffers have personally born the brunt of Obama's temper and witnessed his extreme narcissistic behavior. WMR has also learned from White House sources that Obama is taking presciption anxiety medication.
Vice President Biden, under intense pressure from some Democratic Party officials and Cabinet members to invoke Article 25, Section 4 of the Constitution and have Obama temporarily or permanently removed as president because of his mental incapacity to fulfill his constitutional oath as president is reluctant to take such drastic action. Biden feels that the country would "become unglued" after such action and he doesn't want to be the one who would be responsible for "picking up the pieces," according to a source who works within Biden's office.
Some staffers have said on deep background that the revelations by the ex-White House official to "Ulsterman" are not even half of the story about what is actually occurring in the White House.
However, Biden and other Democratic and adminstration do believe that if Obama were to display some of the same reckless behavior publicly as many White House personnel have witnessed privately, there may be wide support for enactment of the provisions of the 25th Amendment.
Such a public display by Obama that could trigger succession action might involve a public outburst, including the use of foul language or a statement that Obama believes there is a conspiracy against him.
On October 5, Obama was addressing Fortune magazine’s “Most Powerful Women” summit in Washington, DC. During the middle of Obama's speech, the presidential seal fell off the podium. Publicly, Obama took the incident as a joke, but WMR has learned from White House insiders that Obama went on a tirade after the incident, accusing White House staffers of purposely not anchoring the seal to the podium. The White House supplies all the podiums and seals at all presidential addresses and the seal is usually well-anchored with four screws affixed to the podium. Obama reportedly "freaked out" and accused White House staffers of engaging in a conspiracy against him. The presidential tirade over such a trivial matter was not lost on senior administration officials who have witnessed Obama's lackadaisical behavior during the consideration of much weightier issues, for example, the war in Afghanistan.
http://www.opinion-maker.org/2010/11/oh-dear-obama-this-world-is-full-of-agony/
Although some observers believe African-Americans would react negatively to the invocation of the 25th Amendment, WMR has learned that members of the Congressional Black Caucus would reluctantly go along with such a move. Many in their ranks, including outgoing House Judiciary Committee chairman John Conyers (D-MI) were outraged over Obama's lack of interest in Haiti after that nation's devastating earthquake. For many black caucus members, it was their first indication that there was something very wrong with Obama and his grasp of reality.
With Obama intent on running for re-election and seriously considering sending White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to replace former Virginia Governor Tim Kaine, the potential Democratic challengers to Obama in 2012 are beginning to stir. WMR has learned that former DNC chairman Howard Dean is seriously considering a challenge to Obama as is Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who will reportedly depart Foggy Bottom after Defense Secretary Robert Gates leaves his position, possibly in January.
Several top Democrats consider Obama's chances to keep the White House in 2012 as slim and they find it fanciful that White House policy adviser David Axelrod is moving back to Chicago to work on Obama's 2012 re-election campaign, an effort many Democratic officials find a "fool's errand."
Obama also is disengaged from the plight of his former Senate Democratic colleagues in the wake of their near loss of the Senate with a much-reduced majority. There is pressure on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to step down as Majority Leader. However, Charles Schumer (D-NY), who has been mentioned as a replacement, reportedly has let it be known that he will not carry Obama's water as Majority Leader and may not want the job after all. The Majority Whip is Dick Durbin (D-IL) but he is seen as part of the Obama Chicago Mafia and almost every Democratic senator agrees on one thing: they do not want Durbin as their Majority Leader. Obama, the titular head of the Democratic Party, has refused to weigh in with any effective leadership as congressional Democrats pick up the pieces and lick their wounds.
Meanwhile, a team of ex-CIA officers are traveling the globe assembling a dossier of documents on Obama's past, including his education, passport, travel, and residency records. The team has scoured Kenya, Indonesia, Pakistan, and other countries collecting documents that are not already mantained in the CIA's own files on Obama's past. There is a possibility, according to WMR's sources, that any "smoking gun" documents may be released while Obama is in Asia in order to elicit a public and, perhaps, irrational enough response from the president to prompt the public to begin raising questions about Obama's suitability for office. Such an incident would make it easier for Biden to begin the succession process that was previously considered when President Richard Nixon was drinking heavily and taking prescription medication during the final days of his administration, twice during the Ronald Reagan administration — after the attempted assassination and in 1987 when he demonstrated early stages of Alzheimer's Disease, and during the Bill Clinton administration, when Clinton's self-destructive sexual antics had Vice President Al Gore considering taking similar steps.
Meanwhile, a team of ex-CIA officers are traveling the globe assembling a dossier of documents on Obama's past, including his education, passport, travel, and residency records. The team has scoured Kenya, Indonesia, Pakistan, and other countries collecting documents that are not already mantained in the CIA's own files on Obama's past.........
Madsen’s a nutjob. Take ANYTHING he says with a huge grain of salt.
While entertaining, I think this whole “insider’ stuff is pure fiction.
I thought we didn’t do Wayne anymore!?
Our good friend Rev. James Manning has been saying this for some time. I haven't heard the evidence, but 0 being associated with the CIA seems like a bit of a stretch (and a huge conspiracy theory to boot).
Secondly, if only half of the allegations in this piece are true, then we better buckle up and break out the popcorn. Can you imagine what measures 0 would take if he truly felt fellow Democrats were trying to remove him from power?
I second the motion.
The return of Deep Throat
It was only a matter of time before the real Patriots would get to a point where they no longer could standby and watch this usurper destroy this country. The people in the service of our country like the CIA and the military have a proud history of respect for the rule of Civilian entities over them, but there comes a breaking point to even the strictest of traditions. Reminds me of these lines from the movie 'Open Range':
Mack: "It's a shame what this town has come to."
Charley: "You could do something about it."
Mack: "What? We're freighters. Ralph here's a shopkeeper."
Charley: "You're men ain't you?"
Mack: "I didn't raise my boys just to see them killed."
Charley: "Well you may not know this, but there's things that gnaw on a man worse than dying."
What makes this interesting is that Rush has touched on this today (not this article, per se). Talking about the ‘leaks’ and the Politico article. Very interesting.
I agree. This is fun to read but I doubt there is any real meaning to it. Sure, the Dems are mad and think Obama screwed up but the real story of the past two years is that Obama was a fairly weak president who let the Congressional Dem leadership set the agenda. Pelosi and Reid drove the Dems over a cliff, although Obama’s incompetence was a factor too.
And every White House has its “reign of terror” stories—remember Hillary throwing ash trays at the Secret Service? I’d peg this as low to mid-level insiders and Dem politicians who were voted out or are now on the outs unloading a bunch of bitchy frustration in the press.
I will take your word for it, but the charges leveled in the article are nevertheless plausible. That is the scary part.
Wayne Madsen is not a source that is allowed on FR.
He is not credible.
“Meanwhile, a team of ex-CIA officers are traveling the globe assembling a dossier of documents on Obama’s past, including his education, passport, travel, and residency records. The team has scoured Kenya, Indonesia, Pakistan, and other countries collecting documents that are not already mantained in the CIA’s own files on Obama’s past.........”
The operative para in the whole article.
The Dummies don’t have the guts to do this.
Zero would immediately call for his Bros to rise up against the Pigs.
Makes a nice story, but it’s really not credible.
Mean while, this whole trip was planned LONG before the RATS knew the election results...
*Posted on another thread, but it works here as well*
With allllll these new scandal-gates hatching, one or more surely to stick and cause damage, my dusty, cloud filled crystal ball predicts the following:
Biden is asked to step down, “for the good of the party and country” and retire with glowing honors and all the lame-stream media has a field-day with a compilation of his “foot-in-mouth disease” moments now that he is no longer in the cabinet.
The Hildebeast is asked to take the VP slot, again “for the good of the party and country”, to maintain continuity of the message and to build a strong-winning (in their eyes) team for the 2012.
Whilst serving as VP, the Hildebeast secretly delivers the BC goods on the ObaMessiah to BOTH parties, understandably frets and pontificates (on TV at least), over his impeachment proceedings and is dubbed the “1st Female President” upon his conviction and removal from office.
This gives the Hildebeast a STRONG position to run for re-election in the 2012 campaign, and allows the DemonCrooks of the nation to vote with a clear conscience after having stepped on themselves with the ObaMessiah fiasco.
The Republicans MUST deliver a well-supported candidate! One who is articulate, educated and not afraid to stand up for what he/she believes in! This candidate MUST return the US to a position of greatness and soon.
The Hildebeast, and ALL progressives like her, MUST be placed on the endangered species list. They must NEVER be allowed to have the power to control the country ever again!
Also posted here from dif source->
Obama conducting ‘reign of terror’ against suspected White House leakers (Online Journal)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2623627/posts
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I had previously found this source and it appears much the same->
“Obama In Deep Trouble, Huge Scandals Brewing”
http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2010/10/30/obama-in-deep-trouble-huge-scandals-brewing/
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The pieces seem to fit. Dems looking for exit strategy that does not destroy the Dem Party for good.
This all fun reading... But if it were true then Woodward would put a shiv into Obama. Just because he is Woodward. Rocket himself to more fame and more fortune. If this were true, Woodward would know. He is very plugged in. Particularly into the Democrat Administrations.
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