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Who says Obama is a lame duck?
NY Post ^ | June 25, 2014 | Thomas Sowell

Posted on 06/26/2014 9:42:08 PM PDT by QT3.14

Pundits are pointing to President Obama’s recent decline in public opinion polls, and saying that he may now become another “lame duck” president, unable to accomplish much during his final term in office.

That has happened to other presidents. But it’s extremely unlikely to happen to this president. There are reasons why other presidents have become impotent during their last years in office. But those don’t apply to Obama.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: lameduck; obama; sowell

1 posted on 06/26/2014 9:42:09 PM PDT by QT3.14
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To: QT3.14

He is lame, and is an odd duck.


2 posted on 06/26/2014 9:44:34 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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3 posted on 06/26/2014 9:46:35 PM PDT by QT3.14 (DEAD BROKE! This space for sale)
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4 posted on 06/26/2014 9:48:08 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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They all say he’s a lame duck. THey think he should care about his approval rating They think he cares about things presidents should care about.

They ascribe expectations on him that he shows no potential of achieving.

They treat him like a fifteen year old girl treats a boyfriend who uses her.


5 posted on 06/26/2014 9:51:11 PM PDT by stanne
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There are reasons why other presidents have become impotent during their last years in office. But those don’t apply to Obama.

Gee whiz, I wonder what the biggest factor is? Actually, I think I know what it is.

6 posted on 06/26/2014 9:53:45 PM PDT by Mark17 (Rats and RINOs, who are destroying America, may an elephant caress you with his toes, or worse)
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Obama has demonstrated, time and again, that he has no respect for the Constitution’s limitations on his power.

He sees every minute he's allowed to be in office as an opportunity to change America into a totalitarian state. "Lame Duck" is not on his radar screen because he challenges anyone to stop him from blatantly violating the Constitution. So far, no one has.

Obama's "Lame Duck" presidency is more like a game of "Chicken" and so far, the other guy has always swerved first.

7 posted on 06/26/2014 9:54:45 PM PDT by PapaNew
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8 posted on 06/26/2014 9:55:06 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement ("World Peace 1.20.09.")
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Obama will become more and more obstinate and get away with as much as he is allowed to get away with.


9 posted on 06/26/2014 9:59:15 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hare_Psychopathy_Checklist

Seems very relevant.


10 posted on 06/26/2014 10:01:16 PM PDT by matthew fuller (gopetition.com/petitions/request-for-immediate-texas-border-control/sign.html#se)
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To: ConservativeStatement
Caption to your photo:

Mochelle thinking...Keep it up ∅ and you'll be a impotent lame duck.....

LMAO

11 posted on 06/26/2014 10:06:26 PM PDT by QT3.14 (DEAD BROKE! This space for sale)
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Presidents in their last term who follow the constitution are lame ducks. Dictators in their last term who flout the constitution tend not to be lame ducks. That’s a brand-new truism established by B.O.


12 posted on 06/26/2014 10:07:12 PM PDT by luvbach1 (We are finished. It will just take a while before everyone realizes it.)
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Lame duck? No, the word starts with an F.


13 posted on 06/26/2014 10:10:00 PM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: matthew fuller
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hare_Psychopathy_Checklist
Seems very relevant.

There's "insane", and then there's "hussein."

14 posted on 06/26/2014 10:16:53 PM PDT by tsomer
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He is not viewed as a lame duck because he bypasses Congress like an autocrat or dictator.


15 posted on 06/26/2014 10:20:56 PM PDT by Republican1795.
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I’ve called him a lot worse.


16 posted on 06/26/2014 10:57:23 PM PDT by jyro (French-like Democrats wave the white flag of surrender while we are winning)
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sowell is wise


17 posted on 06/27/2014 12:45:46 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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