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Panic sets in at the White House
Boston Globe ^ | 6-18-2012 | John E. Sununu

Posted on 06/17/2012 7:23:39 PM PDT by smoothsailing

EXCLUSIVE MONDAY PREVIEW | OPINION

Panic sets in at the White House

By John E. Sununu | JUNE 18, 2012

KEVIN LAMARQUE/REUTERS

President Obama said, “the private sector is doing fine.”

It’s been a tough couple of weeks for President Obama, one of those stretches where everything seems to go south at once. The economy is soft, his poll numbers are down, and Europe has the markets on edge; Romney is even beating him in the money race. What was once hailed as personal confidence — or condemned as arrogance — is long gone. Panic has set in, and it’s making Team Obama do strange and disturbing things.

In Wisconsin, the result was merely a bit of comic relief. Fearful of making a personal appearance in a losing cause, Obama couldn’t even bring himself to phone it in. Instead, he packed the power of the presidency into a 95-character tweet endorsing Tom Barrett’s challenge to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. Barrett, a plainspoken former congressman, is far too nice to speak the truth: Thanks for nothing.

Next came a more pronounced gaffe: Obama’s statement at a press conference that “the private sector is doing fine.” Panic can make anyone say crazy things, but blurting out irrational statements isn’t exactly ideal for a president of the United States.

Aides tried desperately to walk things back, but the damage was done precisely because it revealed an element of truth about Obama................

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


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bho22; bho44; miserablefailure; presflustercluck
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To: Fred Nerks

I’m all for this, but only combined with pro-American trade policy.

Build and buy American.


101 posted on 06/22/2012 8:07:09 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (America doesn't need any new laws. America needs freedom!)
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To: smoothsailing

Ouch!


102 posted on 06/22/2012 8:12:59 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: chicken head

http://www.geni.com/people/Stanley-Dunham/6000000000240233401


103 posted on 06/22/2012 8:50:16 PM PDT by chicken head
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To: chicken head

2 wife’s?

http://www.geni.com/people/Lolo-Soetoro/6000000008328463758


104 posted on 06/22/2012 8:59:04 PM PDT by chicken head
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To: RitaOK
Thanks be to God for the Ron Paul front!

LOL!

105 posted on 06/22/2012 9:26:10 PM PDT by Eaker (When somebody hands you your arse, don't give it back saying "This needs a little more tenderizing.")
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To: Eaker

You betcha, genius. Thanks be to God for the Ron Paul contingency. They are still standing. You are not. Your guy cut out.

LOL!


106 posted on 06/22/2012 9:38:57 PM PDT by RitaOK (NO ROMNEY, NO COMPROMISE. NO WAY. NO HOW. NOT NOW. NOT EVER.)
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To: RitaOK

LOL!

Y’all are so cute!


107 posted on 06/22/2012 10:01:05 PM PDT by Eaker (When somebody hands you your arse, don't give it back saying "This needs a little more tenderizing.")
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To: RitaOK

108 posted on 06/22/2012 10:05:14 PM PDT by Eaker (When somebody hands you your arse, don't give it back saying "This needs a little more tenderizing.")
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To: RitaOK

Is the sun shining on your planet?


109 posted on 06/22/2012 10:20:55 PM PDT by altura
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To: Eaker

LOL! That’s it?

Just, LOL?

ok, lol and draw pictures? I think I get it. You’re on mom’s computer again.

Nighty night.


110 posted on 06/22/2012 10:25:57 PM PDT by RitaOK (NO ROMNEY, NO COMPROMISE. NO WAY. NO HOW. NOT NOW. NOT EVER.)
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To: RitaOK
Y'all are just like the oldest child sitting at the kid's table on Thanksgiving day. So excited that maybe next year you will be allowed to sit with the adults.

However, everyone but you know that you will always be at the kid's table because you don't fit in with the grownups due to the self-inflicted mental retardation and refusal to grow up better known as liberalism.

Here wee n00bie troll is a quote from Jim Robinson himself, "Ron Paul and his flaming antiwar spam monkeys can Kiss my Ass!!" -- Jim Robinson, 09/30/07

111 posted on 06/23/2012 8:40:20 AM PDT by Eaker (When somebody hands you your arse, don't give it back saying "This needs a little more tenderizing.")
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To: Baynative

And let’s not forget that he just passed an important milestone - he recently played his 100th round of golf since taking office.


112 posted on 06/23/2012 9:10:15 AM PDT by JaguarXKE (If my Fluffy had a puppy, it would look like the puppy Obama ate!)
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