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Obama References 'Alex' de Tocqueville
Youtube ^ | 2/12/14 | Daniel Halper

Posted on 02/12/2014 7:16:01 AM PST by Nachum

President Obama referenced "Alex" de Tocqueville in today's remarks at the White House

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alex; chitchat; dumbass; obama; references; tocqueville
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To: Mr. K

To “O”, Alexis de Tocqueville isn’t a caution to freedom loving individuals, but wish fulfilling prophesy of totalitarian oppression.


21 posted on 02/12/2014 7:39:11 AM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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To: Nachum

Aleckssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

Hissing like a snake


22 posted on 02/12/2014 7:41:04 AM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: Nachum

Hey man, I didn't know your name was Alex.

23 posted on 02/12/2014 7:41:39 AM PST by VRWCmember
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To: Nachum

Alexis de Tocqueville on big centralized government “excels in preventing, not doing”


24 posted on 02/12/2014 7:46:31 AM PST by Usagi_yo (Standardization is an Evolutionary dead end.)
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To: Nachum

He a smart boy .. just ax im


25 posted on 02/12/2014 7:48:50 AM PST by tomkat
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To: Nachum

When Levin played the audio yesterday, I immediately thought Obama got tongue-tied and was about to say ‘Alice B Toklas’.

Alice B Toklas - Alexis de Tocqueville

Easy mistake. Or maybe Tel E Prompter was just screwing with him again and changed the wording on the screen.


26 posted on 02/12/2014 7:51:19 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: GraceG
One Toke Over The Line - Brewer & Shipley
27 posted on 02/12/2014 7:51:20 AM PST by Heart-Rest (Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. Gal 6:7)
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To: Nachum

In the 2010 midterm elections, the Republican Party won the majority in the House of Representatives.

Tocqueville’s famous quote, “The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.”

Hmm, His ‘read between the lines’, inference?

Or, like Tocqueville’s father, he subscribes to the Bourbon monarchy?


28 posted on 02/12/2014 7:51:33 AM PST by Beowulf9
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To: Nachum

The man is a moron.


29 posted on 02/12/2014 7:56:30 AM PST by jospehm20
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To: Nachum

Bozo was having flashbacks of a fling with Alexis de Topless.


30 posted on 02/12/2014 7:59:09 AM PST by windsorknot
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To: Mr. K

h never read it and his handlers were equally unfamiliar with the book. I just finished reading it for the first time and came away with the distinct impression that Alexis found the answer to his motivation in coming here to study America.

He wanted to find out why Democracy worked here and didn’t in France.

His answer was that we were built democratically from the small town basis up; not from the top down.

Obama wouldn’t understand either the question or the answer.


31 posted on 02/12/2014 8:22:34 AM PST by JeanLM (Obama proves melanin is just enough to win elections)
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To: Nachum

Wasn’t he whining a few years ago that Americans cannot speak french and mispronounce everything?


32 posted on 02/12/2014 8:23:37 AM PST by Politicalkiddo (Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crused it. -M. Twain)
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To: Nachum

He was a backup goaltender for the Quebec Nordiques, I believe.


33 posted on 02/12/2014 8:26:29 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Nachum

As a result, Alexic de Tocqueville began spinning in his grave so rapidly that he could provide all the alternative energy for America that Obama could ever want.


34 posted on 02/12/2014 8:36:17 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Colorado: the Maryland of the Mountain West)
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To: Nachum
As the Latin proverb has it, Obama locutus est, causa finita est. From now on, Tocqueville's first name is Alex, and anyone who insists on calling him "Alexis" is a racist who doesn't like Obama because of his color.
35 posted on 02/12/2014 8:45:16 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: SparkyBass

“Oh, yeah, didn’t Alex deTokeVille come out as an openly gay tight end for the Nitally Lions?”

You are very mistaken! Alex deTokeVille was the 3rd member of the choom gang that eventually went on to play for the Miami HeatS.


36 posted on 02/12/2014 9:28:43 AM PST by CSM (Keeper of the Dave Ramsey Ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
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To: CSM
"You are very mistaken! Alex deTokeVille was the 3rd member of the choom gang that eventually went on to play for the Miami HeatS."

Oh, that's right!
he had a great career after serving as a Corpse Man!

37 posted on 02/12/2014 9:30:39 AM PST by SparkyBass
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To: SparkyBass

Ha, great response! I do think that they enjoyed a fine meal of dog together....


38 posted on 02/12/2014 9:31:26 AM PST by CSM (Keeper of the Dave Ramsey Ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
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To: Nachum

Does he know who Alex de Tocqueville is?


39 posted on 02/12/2014 9:45:16 AM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: MrB
I’ll take “Historical writers that pointed out the danger of politicians like me for $100, Alex”.

That made me smile. Have a great day, MrB.
40 posted on 02/12/2014 10:41:27 AM PST by Sopater (Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? - Matthew 20:15a)
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