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No. 2 House Republican compares Obama to Putin
AP via Brietbart ^ | 06/11/09 | LAURIE KELLMAN

Posted on 06/11/2009 2:01:06 PM PDT by Big_Monkey

WASHINGTON (AP) - The No. 2 Republican in the House is comparing some of President Barack Obama's economic policies to those of Russia's prime minister and former president, Vladimir Putin.

The House Republican whip, Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia, tells The Associated Press that Obama is micromanaging the auto industry to win points with Democratic allies and labor unions.

Cantor said Thursday that Obama's plans for the auto industry are, in his words, "almost like looking at Putin's Russia."

Cantor says the normal rights of secured creditors have been taken away and given to political cronies and the auto workers unions.

The Obama administration says that the roughly $80 billion in federal aid to the car companies, their lending affiliates and their suppliers gives automakers a chance to become viable and competitive.

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


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 111th; bhorussia; cantor; mccain49ratcds; obama; putin; socialism
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To: Big_Monkey
Obama denies it and then sends Cantor to the Gulag.
21 posted on 06/11/2009 2:11:38 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG, Chrysler and GM are what Marx meant by the means of production.)
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To: BGHater

Cantor seems to be a little late to the party.


22 posted on 06/11/2009 2:11:51 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
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To: Big_Monkey

Well, thet ought to pi$$ off Putin to the max!


23 posted on 06/11/2009 2:14:21 PM PDT by devistate one four (Back by popular demand: America love or leave it (GTFOOMC) TET68)
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To: Big_Monkey

Almost?


24 posted on 06/11/2009 2:14:26 PM PDT by stylecouncilor (The black man is keeping me down!)
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To: BGHater

He’ll be backpedaling fast enough. Kind of a wimp


25 posted on 06/11/2009 2:15:34 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: Big_Monkey

Hurray for Cantor. I just called his office and let him know how pleased I was. Same with Boehner. Those guys are fighting, hard. I mentioned that We the People were going to work to get the Ins out in 2010, and he might want to share that with his less courageous colleagues.


26 posted on 06/11/2009 2:17:46 PM PDT by bboop (obama, little o, not a Real God)
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To: Big_Monkey
"Well that woman up there in Alaska, you know, the governor,
she's been saying these types of things about Obama
all along. Just recently telling Hannity that he,
Obama, was leading the country to socialism.
Heck, I figure if a woman can dare speak the truth
about Obama well, doggonit, so can I!"

27 posted on 06/11/2009 2:17:54 PM PDT by jla
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To: SandWMan

Niet Way? Way Comrad.


28 posted on 06/11/2009 2:19:01 PM PDT by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale Patriot)
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To: All

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29 posted on 06/11/2009 2:20:06 PM PDT by patriot08
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To: Big_Monkey

Maybe its a coincidence, and I am grasping at straws, but this has started since Sarah called 0 out on TV. That and Rush constantly saying this on the radio.


30 posted on 06/11/2009 2:23:44 PM PDT by ABQHispConservative (A Blue Dog Democrat is an oxyMoron!)
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To: Freee-dame

These are the guests that Hannity needs to have on today and not an “angry” McCain.


31 posted on 06/11/2009 2:27:38 PM PDT by FlashBack ('0'bama: "Katrina on a Global Level")
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To: Big_Monkey
The Obama administration says that the roughly $80 billion in federal aid to the car companies, their lending affiliates and their suppliers gives automakers a chance to become viable and competitive.

So what's your point, AP? The 0 administration says all kinds of things designed to placate the stupid people. This has nothing to do with Cantor's remarks. It is also untrue.

32 posted on 06/11/2009 2:28:55 PM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Big_Monkey

3.....2.....1.....Eric Cantor apologized today for comments that he made comparing President Obama with Vladimir Putin.

Putin has accepted Cantor’s apology.


33 posted on 06/11/2009 2:29:02 PM PDT by Yankee
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

I see many folks like you referring to Obama as 0 or Zero.

Given his history wouldn’t it be accurate to refer to him as Coke Zero?


34 posted on 06/11/2009 2:30:51 PM PDT by Yankee
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To: Big_Monkey

I thought I heard that Putin is warning Obama not to go down the road of taking over the auto industry.


35 posted on 06/11/2009 2:33:16 PM PDT by bradactor
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To: Yankee

Putin is more like a half-capitalist. He would be a RINO here. Obama is a National Socialist.


36 posted on 06/11/2009 2:33:20 PM PDT by pleikumud
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To: Yankee
Given his history wouldn’t it be accurate to refer to him as Coke Zero?

I guess so. Given my history maybe I should change my screen name to Beer Homer.

37 posted on 06/11/2009 3:04:34 PM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

I have always loved Cantor. I would hope after the GOP retakes the Majority (sooner rather than later) that Canter will challenge Boehner for speaker.

Some on here have bashed him a few times, but he’s one of the best voices of opposition in the Legislature.


38 posted on 06/11/2009 4:54:26 PM PDT by big_pale
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To: Big_Monkey; Jim Robinson; Clintonfatigued
Democrats enjoy a 256-178 majority in the House, with one vacancy. Republicans would have to have a net gain of 40 seats in November 2010 to reclaim a majority. Cantor said they would begin by looking at the 49 districts that voted for Republican John McCain for president last year but are represented by Democrats.

I think that is the most interesting paragraph, IMHO. Tea parties will help, but we need to defang their front groups. Check how the Sierra Club and Greenpeace are described in:

Analyzing the politics of climate change (I linked to the article directly, not my thread.)

Politics is politics as the old saying goes. Global warming has become a political hot button for several reasons. Among these reasons is the ability for politicians to garner support and finances for their elections. The spread of the idea of global warming has spurred many activist groups such as Greenpeace USA, an international group founded in 1971 to battle climate change and nuclear testing. Greenpeace says that it does not endorse political candidates, yet Greenpeace employees can be seen supporting President Obama’s initiatives at every turn. An article on greenpeace.org dated February 4th, 2009 called, “Carbon Footprint Analysis of Economic Recovery Package” lavishes support for the politically charged stimulus bill that eventually passed through congress and was signed into law. In this article, Greenpeace claims that the stimulus money, used for repair of existing highways and creation of public transport, could reduce our carbon emissions by “61 million metric tons annually, equivalent to the greenhouses gases from electricity use in 7.9 million American homes, or taking 13 million cars off the road.”

Another instance of Greenpeace displaying partisan behavior came on April 1st, 2009 in New Hampshire as local Greenpeace members urged their senators to pass the Obama Budget plan. An article entitled, “Greenpeace Urges New Hampshire Senators to Support President Obama’s Budget”(examiner.com) points out that Greenpeace supports a cap and trade policy in the budget that would cut greenhouse gas emissions by 83% below 2005 levels by 2050. The article also refers to millions of dollars being spent on new environmental initiatives to create new green jobs and move away from foreign oil and the use of coal.

A blogger on greenpeace.org seemed to sum up to relationship between politics and environmental groups on November 5th, 2008 with his or her “Memo to Obama.” The writer tells Obama that Greenpeace is “non-partisan” and that Greenpeace “supports policies not politicians.” The blogger then writes that many at Greenpeace “are jumping up and down this morning with glee..” due to the election of Barack Obama. While Greenpeace is steadfast in its organizational convictions, it seems susceptible to politicians willing to utilize their intentions. President Obama has promised massive reductions in the use of coal and foreign oil, forging defacto campaign support for himself through the powerful Greenpeace organization. Greenpeace believes that we can change the climate for the better through political policies. If they are correct, the Barack Obama Presidency should put an end to the “global warming crisis” for he, is their candidate for change.

Another environmental activist group with major political implications is the Sierra Club. The Sierra club unabashedly campaigned for Barack Obama in the last Presidential election. On their website, one finds the Sierra Club boasting:

1) An independent direct contact program that’s reached tens of thousands of targeted swing voters in key battleground states. Efforts to promote Barack Obama and his job-creating plans for clean energy focused in NH, CO and OH have included 140,248 phone contacts and 478,540 pieces of mail. 2) Our independent canvass knocked on 60,000 doors in PA, OH and VA to discuss Obama’s plans for 5 million new green jobs in the U.S. through clean energy and fair trade.3) The Sierra Club is also engaged in an extensive independent canvass on campuses in Denver, Colorado educating young voters on Barack Obama and key ballot initiatives in the state. 4) Organizers for the independent program are conducting outreach and voter education about the Presidential and targeted Senate candidates NH, NM, CO, PA, OH, MN, WI, NV and OR. 5) Separately, Sierra Club’s largest-ever grassroots program coordinated with campaigns deployed 55 staff and thousands of volunteer Sierra Club members to the Obama campaign and targeted Congressional races in 15 states--5 senate races and 33 house races.

Moreover, on the Sierra Club’s politics home page(sierraclub.org/politics/) one finds the listing of eight new senators, six Democrats and two Republicans. Of these senators, five received the Sierra Club endorsement, all five were Democrats even though the Sierra Club commends the Republican senators for having forward looking green energy policies. A study out of San Diego State University done in 2004 reveals the political bias of the California branch of the Sierra Club. An excerpt from their study reads:

“Looked at in another way, the pattern of endorsements suggests that the Sierra Club is more focused on supporting the Democratic Party than on supporting the environment. Of the 17 Democrats with the lowest OE scores, 82% were endorsed by the Sierra Club in 2002. Of the 16 Democrats with the highest scores, 88% were endorsed by the Sierra Club. (Senator Boxer was not running and is not counted here). Of the 20 Republicans, none was endorsed.

Thus, a Democratic candidate has roughly an 85% chance of being endorsed regardless of how bad their overall environmental record is, while a Republican has, at least in California, a 0% chance of being endorsed regardless of how good their record is.” (http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/salton/CEVR2004.html)

The Sierra Club, like Greenpeace, either has an active role in promoting the Democrat party, or are unwitting participants in a political game. The following paragraphs will detail the damage done by the global warming movement, and the potential human suffering as a result of the current economic policies in the United States of America.

The NRA supports the Second Amendment. They are not tax exempt, and they actually are nonpartisan. We need to go after other front groups too that are tax exempt, especially ACORN. When one of the Dakotas passed a very strict anti-abortion law, NOW or NARAL got an injunction in the federal district court quicker than you could spit, IIRC. We need to get an injuction against ACORN having anything to do with the next census.

39 posted on 06/11/2009 10:16:15 PM PDT by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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To: Big_Monkey

Putin... No More like STALIN.


40 posted on 06/11/2009 10:42:35 PM PDT by Typical_Whitey (Hey Obama how many Freedoms have you taken away from Americans today?)
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