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Obama: Embattled, Embittered, and Lashing Out (The Crack-Up Continues)
Commentary ^ | 9/30/2010 | Peter Wehner

Posted on 09/30/2010 10:54:50 AM PDT by mojito

Barack Obama’s recent interview with Rolling Stone magazine paints a portrait of a president under siege and lashing out.

For example, the Tea Party is, according to Obama, the tool of “very powerful, special-interest lobbies” — except for those in the Tea Party whose motivations are “a little darker, that have to do with anti-immigrant sentiment or are troubled by what I represent as the president.”

Fox News, the president informs us, “is ultimately destructive for the long-term growth of a country that has a vibrant middle class and is competitive in the world.”

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Set aside the discordance of these words coming from a man who said, on the night of his election, “I will listen to you, especially when we disagree.” There is a hazardous dynamic developing.

To understand why, let’s start with this: President Obama is a man of unusual vanity and self-regard. He considers himself to be a world-historical figure who deserves treatment bordering on reverence. That is why over the years he has surrounded himself with individuals who have a romanticized view of Obama....

When a powerful man like this is successful, it can make him impossible to live with. When a powerful man like this is failing, he can become dangerous.

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


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Reports keep coming in that King Hussein is having some kind of crack up. If it's bad now, just wait til after November.
1 posted on 09/30/2010 10:54:54 AM PDT by mojito
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To: mojito

somebody ought to send him a pair of little steel balls... adn some strawberries.


2 posted on 09/30/2010 10:56:29 AM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: mojito

Wow. It couldn’t be more clear that anyone who disagrees with this would-be-dictator is labeled an “enemy”. God help us if he should ever figure out a way to become President for Life.


3 posted on 09/30/2010 10:58:45 AM PDT by ChocChipCookie (TheSurvivalMom.com)
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Hussein is having some kind of crack up.

I feel a bumper sticker comin' on.... JOE BIDEN FOR PRESIDENT 2010!!!
(Well after all, he is tested and found to be pre-cracked!)

4 posted on 09/30/2010 10:59:55 AM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast ( A window seat, a jug of elderberry wine, and thou.)
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To: mojito

You know what he needs....His Birth Certificate pinned to his forehead.


5 posted on 09/30/2010 11:00:37 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (What)
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To: mojito

Well, we knew he had a severe case of malignant narcissism even before he won the election.

Want to know what happens when a malignant narcissist is crossed? Take a look at Hitler.


6 posted on 09/30/2010 11:00:40 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius.)
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To: mojito

Couldn’t happen to a nicer fellow. (snicker, snicker)


7 posted on 09/30/2010 11:02:19 AM PDT by paulcissa (The first requirement of Liberalism is to stand on your head and tell the world they're upside down)
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To: mojito

I still believe that if he and his agenda are repudiated, he will either resign and leave the country or have a nervous break-down. Probably the later so he can blame it on Fox and the Tea Party and get sympathy.


8 posted on 09/30/2010 11:02:31 AM PDT by MisterArtery
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“Fox - Angry, extreme charges”?

Let’s see if we can find examples on Fox;
Glen? No.
Bill? No.
Gretta? No.
Sean? No.

How about on MSNBC?
Mathews? Yes, at least once a week.
Olberman? Yes, nightly.
O’Donnel? Yes, daily.


9 posted on 09/30/2010 11:02:38 AM PDT by G Larry (Patty-cake diplomacy must give way to strong, decisive action!)
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"When a powerful man like this is failing, he can become dangerous."......
10 posted on 09/30/2010 11:02:38 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: mojito

Quite a few Freepers predicted this.


11 posted on 09/30/2010 11:04:24 AM PDT by riri
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To: mojito

I remember him in speeches after the health care bill was passed mocking people in his shrill shuck-n-jive voice about how critics said it would be Armageddon, he didn’t realize that the asteroid wouldn’t impact until November.


12 posted on 09/30/2010 11:06:21 AM PDT by Brett66 (Where government advances, and it advances relentlessly , freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
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To: Cicero

“Want to know what happens when a malignant narcissist is crossed? Take a look at Hitler.”

There are other parallels as well. Hitler was a “dilettante dictator.” He was a great campaigner who loved the hear himself speak before adoring throngs, but once in office he wouldn’t put in a hard day’s work. Oh, I guess in some ways it’s an unfair comparison. To my knowledge, Hitler never swung a golf club.


13 posted on 09/30/2010 11:06:28 AM PDT by henkster (A broken government does not merit full faith and credit.)
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Rush finally called Obama a Communist today. Hallelujah.
14 posted on 09/30/2010 11:06:48 AM PDT by screaminsunshine (counter revolutionary)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

Sounds like a good time for a re-Photoshop of the infamous Thorazine ad.


15 posted on 09/30/2010 11:07:05 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: mojito

The Tea {party. like Soylant Green, is People.

People who are fed up with the way this dipstick is crewing up OUR country.

It isnt lobbying groups or powerful special interest, but people , People who have had too much of Obama’s crap shoved down their throats.

Too much of borrowed money and trillions printed up with nothing behind it. People who earn their living being forced into living on less because he wants to distribute the money of hard working Americans to people who wouldnt hit a lick at a fly.

Enough of apologies to countries who hate us when Aemrica has nothing to apologise for.

Enough of Illegals coming into America and costing us Billions of dollars.

Troubled by what he represents as President. WTF does that mean?

He is playing the Race Card?/

Things are pretty bad when it comes to the President of the United States lowering himself to playing the Race Card. He should be ashamed of himself.


16 posted on 09/30/2010 11:07:46 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: henkster

I hate it when people compare Barry to Hitler; at least Hitler was able to secure the Olympics for his country.


17 posted on 09/30/2010 11:09:53 AM PDT by toolman1401
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To: MisterArtery

Ooooh, I pray it happens.(Resigning and leaving the country.) I would even volunteer to help them pack their stuff. The WH is going to need some serious decontamination after this sleazy administration leaves.


18 posted on 09/30/2010 11:11:14 AM PDT by bigredkitty1 (March 5,2010. Rest in peace, sweet boy. I will miss you, Big Red.)
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To: toolman1401

Good point; touche.


19 posted on 09/30/2010 11:14:31 AM PDT by henkster (A broken government does not merit full faith and credit.)
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To: ChocChipCookie
God help us if he should ever figure out a way to become President for Life.

The ballot box can't remove a President for Life.

If it gets to that point, it is time to move on to the next box ...

20 posted on 09/30/2010 11:14:39 AM PDT by cayuga (Can the US survive an electorate stupid enough to send 0bama to the White House?)
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