Posted on 07/26/2011 5:17:43 AM PDT by markomalley
With all of the spotlights on the high-stakes debt maneuverings by President Obama and Speaker John Boehner the last few days, few people noticed what Vermont's Sen. Bernie Sanders said:
"I think it would be a good idea if President Obama faced some primary opposition."
This is political treason 469 days before a presidential election. Yes, yes, this is just a crusty old New England independent for now, albeit one who caucuses loyally with Harry Reid's Democratic posse.
But while most of the media focuses on Republican Boehner and the tea party pressures on him to raise the debt limit not one Liberty dime, Sanders' mumblings are a useful reminder that hidden in the shadows of this left-handed presidency are militant progressives like Sanders who don't want to cut one Liberty dime of non-Pentagon spending.
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Strong support among liberal Democrats for Obama's jobs record has plummeted 22 points from 53% down below a third. African Americans who believe the president's measures helped the economy has plunged from 77% to barely half.
Obama's overall job approval on the economy has slid below 40% for the first time, with 57% disapproving. And strong disapprovers outnumber approvers by better than two-to-one.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimesblogs.latimes.com ...
Obama is not to the right of Sanders. Obama no longer needs big spending to keep the presidency. He could scale back anything; military would be his preference, to reign in spending.
He believes in the destruction and reformation of the banking and economic systems. He spent his entire education with that communist dogma and has never held any business jobs to re-orient him to how the world works.
Obama is not to the right of Sanders. Obama no longer needs big spending to keep the presidency. He could scale back anything; military would be his preference, to reign in spending.
He believes in the destruction and reformation of the banking and economic systems. He spent his entire education with that communist dogma and has never held any business jobs to re-orient him to how the world works.
Hitlery’s too freaking hideous for most people to vote for. Even if “fixed up” by experts in the field.
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