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EDITORIAL: America abandons Obama
The Washington Times ^ | July 29, 2011 | Editorial Board

Posted on 07/30/2011 6:04:44 AM PDT by no dems

So much for hope and change. With the economy growing worse and worse, the grand promises of Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign have faded as the reality of malaise takes hold.

Mr. Obama has vowed to spend $1 billion in advertising dollars to counteract the effect his policies have had on the nation. The GOP’s campaign chief met with The Washington Times on Friday to discuss why that’s not going to work. “I think this [election] is a referendum on Barack Obama,” said Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus. “The people in this country are going to ask themselves a question: ‘Am I better off than I was three or four years ago?’ And the answer is clearly no.”

Even liberals feel betrayed on a number of pet causes like torture and Guantanamo Bay, and they’re jumping ship. The Pew Research Center found Republicans were making huge gains among white voters. In 2008, 46 percent of this demographic group sided with the GOP while 44 percent preferred Democrats. Today, the Republican advantage has grown to 13 points, with the biggest gains found among those under the age of 30.

In other words, the young voters who once identified with the youthful, relatively unknown senator from Illinois are having a severe case of buyer’s remorse. The survey showed Republicans also made a small 2 percent gain among black voters, but larger inroads ought to be possible given the astonishing figure that 16.2 percent of blacks can’t find a job in Mr. Obama’s economy - double the figure for whites. “People are hurting,” said Mr. Priebus. “The problem that Obama has is that he has had results of his presidency, and these results are awful and people know it.”

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


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KEYWORDS: abandonobama; abandons; america; gasparino; liz; obama; obama2012; obamapolls
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To: csmusaret; no dems

BHOMayo


41 posted on 07/30/2011 7:44:06 AM PDT by FrankR ("If you can't make them see the light, let them feel the heat." - R. Reagan)
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To: no dems
Every time there's bad news about the economy or anything else dems have control of - the AP and MSM write it up as ‘unexpected’. It's a conservative joke about the bias of the press and the unending rationalizations used by liberals to prove nothing is their fault...
42 posted on 07/30/2011 7:45:57 AM PDT by GOPJ (Honk if I'm paying for your car, your mortgage, and your big, fat Greek bailout - mewzilla)
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To: SERKIT

Let’s see, his mother had a man’s name; Bambi is a homo. His mother and his father were commies; Bambi’s a commie. His friends are all commies; Bambi loves commies. I think I’m seeing a pattern here!


43 posted on 07/30/2011 7:50:23 AM PDT by Doc Savage ("I've shot people I like a lot more,...for a lot less!" Raylan Givins)
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To: no dems
Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer and another Demo gave speeches from House floor on CSPAN this Thurs. or Friday last July 21 or 22 stating that the budget and debt ceiling crises are all George Bush`s fault.-

I kid you not.

I laughed so hard the cat jumped up and fell off the tv onto the floor.

44 posted on 07/30/2011 8:02:11 AM PDT by bunkerhill7
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To: no dems
Malaise: A general feeling of discomfort, illness, or uneasiness whose exact cause is difficult to identify...

This ain't malaise.

We don't have a "general feeling of discomfort" and we certainly know the "exact cause" of what we're feeling.

It's very specific anger, not general discomfort.
45 posted on 07/30/2011 8:04:48 AM PDT by TheCornerOffice
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To: cousair
"America is quickly and quietly marching toward Cloward and Plivin....a complete downfall of the government and country. Obama is the pusher. Behind him marches the socialists who run the Democrat Party and the MSM (Main Stream Media)."

I take a different tack, from the "be careful what you wish for file". I liken it to some kid and his siblings playing with a pressure cooker on the stove, who really doesn't understand what the pressure cooker does. Oh, if something goes wrong, he figures he can just blame it on the neighbor kid, and the siblings will provide cover. Problem is, when that cooker blows, its gonna take out the kid and his siblings, and possibly other stuff in the kitchen. At that point, the blame game isn't going to matter.

46 posted on 07/30/2011 8:06:14 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe
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To: Tench_Coxe

You may be right but there is nothing “kid like” about Obama and or those behind and/or with him in what is happening. It is a well thought out ongoing plan to make America more like Europe and their socialized way of living.


47 posted on 07/30/2011 8:17:41 AM PDT by cousair
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To: no dems

FYI- Rubio cannot be Sarah’s running mate because he is not NBC, a natural born citizen. His parents were not US citizens when he was born, therefore he cannot ever run for POTUS or be VP.


48 posted on 07/30/2011 8:23:58 AM PDT by stockpirate (Proud member of the TEA Party Hobbits.........remeber the hobbits won the day)
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To: 240B

Nicely stated. With your permission, I’d like to steal that for use with a couple of relatives.


49 posted on 07/30/2011 8:24:27 AM PDT by Chaguito
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To: pburgh01

The Alinskyites aren’t about to back off now. They haven’t even got to the government shutdown part yet.


50 posted on 07/30/2011 8:32:41 AM PDT by ngat
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To: no dems

Only one way Obama can win in 2012. The GOP select a monster to run—someone the MSM can turn into A) a dithering fool, B) a religious nut case, C) an unstable madman. Or all three. Obama can only win this way. SO what ever the GOP does it must tap someone able to weather this storm.


51 posted on 07/30/2011 8:35:00 AM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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To: no dems

Somewhat more than three weeks for the White Hut Dog.

52 posted on 07/30/2011 8:36:49 AM PDT by IbJensen (God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made politicians.)
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To: no dems
Mr. Obama has vowed to spend $1 billion in advertising dollars to counteract the effect his policies have had on the nation

Obama isn't going to spend a billion dollars on advertising

Obama is going to spend 100's of millions of that billion funding

VOTER FRAUD SCHEMES
VOTER INTIMATION INITIATIVES
COVERT DEM OPS TO DEMONIZE AND DEFAME TEA PARTY AND GOP CANDIDATES IN CLOSE RACES.
FUNDING FAKE TEA PARTY CANDIDATES IN PRIMARIES
BUSING THOUSANDS OF OUT OF STATE UNION THUGS TO VOTE IN PRIMARIES

That's just the short list

53 posted on 07/30/2011 8:37:05 AM PDT by Popman (Obama. First Marxist to turn a five year Marxist plan into a 4 year administration.)
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To: no dems

So now it’s just Mr. Obama? Not President Obama, PERFECT.


54 posted on 07/30/2011 8:39:54 AM PDT by annieokie
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To: Tench_Coxe

Great illustration there. Now the question is, can we predict what’s gonna cause the pressure cooker to blow? If the kid takes it into government shutdown mode, will it blow up? one week into shutdown, perhaps 2, pehaps furloughs, delayed pension checks? What?


55 posted on 07/30/2011 8:44:47 AM PDT by ngat
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To: no dems

NA , NA , NA , NAAAAAAAA ,,,,, Na , NA , NA ,,, Hey , Hey , Hey ,,, Goodbye !!!!


56 posted on 07/30/2011 8:47:03 AM PDT by lionheart 247365 (-:{ GLENN BECK is 0bama's TRANSPARENCY CZAR }:-)
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To: stockpirate
Rubio cannot be Sarah’s running mate because he is not NBC, a natural born citizen

That didn't seem to bother Obama or nearly anybody else who "matters" - including the GOP establishment and the courts.

57 posted on 07/30/2011 8:49:39 AM PDT by Gritty (The depraved ruling class of America cannot self-correct, and, indeed, has no desire to-Mark Steyn)
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To: no dems

I could definitely support (with passion and vigor) a Palin/Rubio ticket.


58 posted on 07/30/2011 8:53:08 AM PDT by Hoodat (Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. - (Rom 8:37))
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To: FrankR
Please....all who read this article.....remember: this is from the Washingtom Times....not the Washington POST!

If an article like this ever appears in the Washington POST, then we'll have something.

Until then...more of the same for all of us.

59 posted on 07/30/2011 8:54:10 AM PDT by Logic n' Reason (The stain must be REMOVED (ERADICATED)....NOW!!)
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To: no dems

Sarah, Marco = Mama like!


60 posted on 07/30/2011 8:57:52 AM PDT by hummingbird (Help keep Guam from tilting...still not tilting...)
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