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The Man Who Would Be King
Townhall.com ^ | January 31, 2014 | David Limbaugh

Posted on 01/31/2014 1:02:39 PM PST by Kaslin

Other than his fundamental dishonesty about certain conditions in America, what he stands for, his record, his failure to accept responsibility for his actions, his demonization, his divisive rhetoric, his arrogant promise to double down on his unconstitutional unilateral executive actions, his calls for yet more government instead of less, his foreign policy distortions and his diminution of the presidential office, President Obama's State of the Union address was pretty good.

President Obama remains on his high horse about minimum wage, but he conveniently ignores that only 1 percent of the people in the U.S. labor force earn minimum wage, that the largest group among them is teenagers, that most are younger than 25, that most work less than 30 hours a week and that there are more than six times more minimum wage workers now than there were in 2007, shortly before he took office. More importantly, he doesn't admit that increases to minimum wage invariably lead to increased unemployment.

He continued his phony GOP war on women meme with his distortion of the employment pay disparity between men and women. He has to know that it is outright misleading to imply that women who are in the same jobs as men are paid only 77 cents for every dollar the men are paid. Studies show that women who are doing the same work as men receive less, but it's closer to 91 cents for every dollar.

He boasted that "more than 9 million Americans have signed up for private health insurance or Medicaid coverage." He failed to mention that because of Obamacare, more than 5 million Americans have been forced out of their private plans and that many are losing access to their doctors. He didn't say that his law robs $700 billion from Medicare to finance unnecessary new health care spending under Obamacare. He omitted Obamacare's deliberate assault on religious freedom. Nor did he discuss his lawless edicts exempting entities from the law's mandates.

Obama says he has cut the deficit in half. That's only close to true if you use as a base line Bush's last (partial) fiscal year, which was an extraordinary year because of the financial crisis. He's probably the biggest spender in the history of the universe. His current deficit is about twice Bush's average deficit, and if it weren't for Republicans forcing spending cuts, it would be much higher. Obama blocks reform of entitlements, which will bankrupt the nation unless restructured, and if he had his way, he'd further increase spending, with more "stimulus" and infrastructure schemes.

Obama says we have "the lowest unemployment rate in over five years," conveniently ignoring that we have the lowest labor participation rate in decades and that some 50 million people are on food stamps! His spending, taxing and regulations are killing the job market.

Obama touted the American people's "profound belief in opportunity for all." "Opportunity," he said, "is who we are." No one believes that "he" is part of that "we." If he truly cared about opportunity, he would loosen his stranglehold on the private sector and promote jobs. He would quit opposing work requirements in welfare reform and stop sabotaging the labor market with his minimum wage and unemployment extension agenda.

Obama dovetailed this counterfeit fealty to opportunity with his demagoguery about income inequality. But his own policies are exacerbating income inequality, and he has no solutions to alleviate it -- other than to use government to confiscate the assets of some Americans and give them to others. He can't talk about upward mobility on the one hand and then do everything in his power to discourage people from helping themselves on the other.

In a staggering display of dishonesty, he took credit for increased American production of oil and natural gas and claimed he supports energy independence. In the meantime, he impedes both industries -- and the coal industry -- and implements oppressive fuel omission standards. Any increases in energy production, other than his failed green projects, are in spite of him, not because of him. He's pushed for cap and trade, imposed energy taxes and demanded more onerous regulations on oil, gas and coal. And though global warming, er, climate change is a "fact" and "settled," we're freezing our buns off in the Midwest.

Obama impugns the "wealthy" at every opportunity, implying that most have acquired their money unfairly or through inheritance, which is demonstrably, statistically false. He vilifies Republicans while saying he wants us to all work together.

He says Republicans are only against things and not "for" anything. In fact, they've proposed countless reform plans, on health care, energy, taxes, spending, entitlements, defense and job creation. He knows better, but he has but one mode of operation: division, polarization and demonization.

If all this weren't bad enough, he promises even more unlawful unilateral action, as if he were king and not the head of one of three coequal branches of government. If he had his way, he would be.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: barack0bama; davidlimbaugh; incomeinequality; minimumwage; obama; obamacare; obamadictator; obamalies; obamasotu; sotu
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1 posted on 01/31/2014 1:02:39 PM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Obama lies every time he opens his mouth.

By now, this should be clear to everyone.


2 posted on 01/31/2014 1:08:44 PM PST by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: Kaslin
"Other than his fundamental dishonesty about certain conditions absolutely everything in America." Just a slight correction in semantics.
3 posted on 01/31/2014 1:11:46 PM PST by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (What we need is to sucker the fedthugs into a "Tiananmen Square"-like incident on the National Mall!)
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To: Kaslin
That gong show worthy performance on 1/28 (the pathetic and putrescent pep rally known as the SOTU), was an effort to salvage what remains of the worst and most dangerous administration in the history of this country.

I literally lost track of the number of bald-faced lies this miscreant told in what I pray will turn out to be a miserably failed attempt to convince enough of the no/low information crowd to vote D in the 2014 mid-terms. (Even Eric Bolling Tweeted that “My BS meter broke”).

Newsflash: With the exception of his comments about bypassing the Constitution and congress, OBAMA DIDN'T MEAN A WORD OF IT. HE WAS LYING. I could tell because his lips were moving. And if enough of the no/low info idiots fall for it, we're in for a very bad 2 years and, if Hitlery succeeds, well beyond.

The America we seasoned seniors knew growing up will be gone forever.


4 posted on 01/31/2014 1:12:38 PM PST by Dick Bachert (Ignorance is NOT BLISS. It is the ROAD TO SERFDOM! We're on a ROAD TRIP!!)
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To: Kaslin
He says Republicans are only against things and not "for" anything.

That's not true, David.....I'm FOR impeachment and removing him from office................

5 posted on 01/31/2014 1:13:22 PM PST by Red Badger (Proud member of the Zeta Omicron Tau Fraternity since 2004...................)
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To: Kaslin

Many kings in history have suffered ignobly

Should watch Sean Connery in the movie to see what his fate could be when his subjects turn on him for being misled


6 posted on 01/31/2014 1:21:00 PM PST by bestintxas (Every time a RINO bites the dust a founding father gets his wings.)
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To: Kaslin

If women were truly only paid 77 cents on the dollar compared to men, then every business would hire nothing but women with perhaps 1 token man to fend off accusations of discrimination. I love to use this illustration when talking to a liberal to show how ridiculous and deceitful that statement is. Because everyone knows those evil greedy business owners would jump at the chance to earn more profit for themselves, lol.


7 posted on 01/31/2014 1:21:02 PM PST by Prince of Space (Be Breitbart, baby. LIFB.)
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To: bestintxas

I guess the modern equivalent to walking him out on a suspension bridge made of jute would be dropping him off in Compton in his mom jeans and bicycle helmut.


8 posted on 01/31/2014 1:25:40 PM PST by skeeter
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To: Kaslin

Which should Obama be? Caligula, Nero, or Kim.

Decisions, decisions.


9 posted on 01/31/2014 1:31:32 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: Kaslin

Save


10 posted on 01/31/2014 1:34:31 PM PST by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux)
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To: Prince of Space

“...those evil greedy business owners would jump at the chance to earn more profit...”

I love that refutation of the 77 cents on the dollar nonsense.


11 posted on 01/31/2014 1:40:37 PM PST by Monterrosa-24
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To: Kaslin
he promises even more unlawful unilateral action, as if he were king and not the head of one of three coequal branches of government. If he had his way, he would be.

The sick truth is that Obuttwipe is a de facto king, because the so-called coequal branches have utterly and thoroughly ignored their responsibility. Cowards and traitors, the lot of them.

12 posted on 01/31/2014 1:42:53 PM PST by workerbee (The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1!)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Big Chief photo BigChief2011_zps64c5670c.jpg Big Chief wanna be big king.
13 posted on 01/31/2014 1:44:15 PM PST by Monterrosa-24 ( ...even more American than a French bikini and a Russian AK-47.)
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To: Monterrosa-24

SHAKA?


14 posted on 01/31/2014 1:48:21 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

“SHAKA?”

Pre-Seminole


15 posted on 01/31/2014 1:50:05 PM PST by Monterrosa-24 ( ...even more American than a French bikini and a Russian AK-47.)
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To: Monterrosa-24

SHAKA KHAN?


16 posted on 01/31/2014 1:51:39 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: bestintxas
Many kings in history have suffered ignobly . . .

Ever read about what happened to the last King of Iraq?

17 posted on 01/31/2014 1:51:59 PM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: dfwgator

SHAKA KHAN?

No, this one can’t carry a tune.


18 posted on 01/31/2014 1:56:09 PM PST by Monterrosa-24 ( ...even more American than a French bikini and a Russian AK-47.)
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To: Monterrosa-24

I feel for him.


19 posted on 01/31/2014 2:03:48 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Kaslin

He dud-den wanna be no stinking king. He wants and demands to be the next muslin dictator.


20 posted on 01/31/2014 2:06:42 PM PST by RetiredArmy (All that call upon His name shall be saved! HE is the ONLY way to heaven. Only HIM!!)
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