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Go for the Throat! (new Face the Nation host)
slate.com ^ | January, 2013 | John Dickerson

Posted on 05/15/2015 3:01:30 AM PDT by cotton1706

On Monday, President Obama will preside over the grand reopening of his administration. It would be altogether fitting if he stepped to the microphone, looked down the mall, and let out a sigh: so many people expecting so much from a government that appears capable of so little. A second inaugural suggests new beginnings, but this one is being bookended by dead-end debates. Gridlock over the fiscal cliff preceded it and gridlock over the debt limit, sequester, and budget will follow. After the election, the same people are in power in all the branches of government and they don't get along. There's no indication that the president's clashes with House Republicans will end soon.

Inaugural speeches are supposed to be huge and stirring. Presidents haul our heroes onstage, from George Washington to Martin Luther King Jr. George W. Bush brought the Liberty Bell. They use history to make greatness and achievements seem like something you can just take down from the shelf. Americans are not stuck in the rut of the day.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 201301; elections; johndickerson
In the wake of Stephanopoulous, let's take a look at Dickerson!
1 posted on 05/15/2015 3:01:30 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706
Obama’s only remaining option is to pulverize. Whether he succeeds in passing legislation or not, given his ambitions, his goal should be to delegitimize his opponents. Through a series of clarifying fights over controversial issues, he can force Republicans to either side with their coalition's most extreme elements or cause a rift in the party that will leave it, at least temporarily, in disarray.

That part tells us all we need to know. It's not about governing under the "will of the people". It's about establishing a despotic ruler that will do what "they" think is best. This man is a tool for the left. He's another that thinks he knows best for all of the U.S. citizenry and by God he's going to get it implemented even if it means killing people to get it.

2 posted on 05/15/2015 3:05:38 AM PDT by raybbr (Obamacare needs a deatha panel.)
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To: raybbr

He identifies with Obama.
Probably reads the same books...


3 posted on 05/15/2015 4:14:17 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks ("If he were working for the other side, what would he be doing differently ?")
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Probably drinks from the same spigot too.


4 posted on 05/15/2015 4:21:27 AM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba (Obama - "I will stand with the Muslims")
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To: cotton1706

“so many people expecting so much from a government that appears capable of so little.”

Expecting it all for free and expecting no responsibility for themselves.


5 posted on 05/15/2015 5:01:21 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
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