Posted on 08/17/2011 6:24:41 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
Political observers of a certain age will remember the night of March 31 1968. At the very end of a long speech about the Vietnam War, President Johnson shocked the nation with his announcement that “I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President.”
Don’t be surprised if Obama makes a similar announcement.
To understand why, its worth looking at how we got the President we have.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
He won’t step down. But he is responsible for a jobless, housingless “recovery.” He should go.
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If Obama not seeking re-election is the premise, the article is garbage. Obama is a narcissist, it would be impossible for him to NOT seek re-election.
I would bet a lot on that.
He may be in the Big House by the time the next election rolls around...
This is wishful and fanciful thinking. “The One” not seek re-election? Are you kidding me?? Seriously? A better question will be if/when he loses re-election, will we have to send the Secret Service in to drag him and Moochelle out of the White House kicking and screaming while having a death grip on the front door.
I figure if it looks like there is no way Obama will be re-elected, the people who control him may make sure someone runs against him - or he can decide not to seek re-election on his own.
But the best part of the article is:
Four years on, there is a small but growing rumbling in the political underground that Obama was chosen precisely because of his light weight. The argument is that he was promoted over Hillary because he would be malleable and would “lead from behind”. In other words, he’d follow.
Party elders sensed that his charisma, effective speaking style and inspiring tale as a bi-racial success story made him a product they could sell to the voters. After the sale, he’d be easy to control.
Spot on, friend.
HA-HA-HA, dream on!
Maybe Pelosi will quit too, and Reid...LOL
If Obama does actually get re-elected he will inherit one hell-of-a-mess from himself.
1.) malignant narcissist, or a
2.) megalomaniac. Or both.
In any case, he is not connected to reality. In his warped mind, he is a success.
Mr. Obama is very, very proud. Even though he has no sand.
He is also devoid of a sense of humor.
Chose not to run?
Believe it when I see it.
For all we know, a deal may have already been cut for him to walk away scott free!
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He is too arrogant to make this decision on his own but could potentially be forced or blackmailed into it by the Clintons and other high-powered Democrats who fear for their party’s future.
The Buffalo News ran a stunning editorial yesterday calling for him to be replaced. Look for the leak-and-drip campaign to gather steam.
Campaigning and community organizing is all the narcissist knows, but he’s going to not run in 2012?
That’s what I expect. Obama is not a leader. He is a follower and does not make decisions on his own.
I think Hillary will run and get the nomination.
Beyond that, any inkling of retirement on his part would cause him to be slapped into reality by Michele who relishes living like royalty and playing the privileged elitist role to the hilt.
She is probably the one behind all the early fundraisers going on and will fight tooth and nail to hold onto those perks for as long as possible.
“pass”
Is that a new term, meaning lose in a landslide?
But that's exactly why he may very well consider not running...if his poll numbers are that bad and everyone hates him, his narcissism may not allow him to face a terrible defeat.
Too early to tell, but I think him stepping down is at least a possibility.
He just took possession of two taxpayer funded campaign buses and took them out on the campaign trail.
“The argument is that he was promoted over Hillary because he would be malleable and would “lead from behind”. In other words, he’d follow.”
I think it was science fiction writer Larry Niven who created the Puppeteers. The Puppeteers were a race of herbivores. The leader was the Hind Most, who lead from behind. The least valuable members of Puppeteer society went at the head of the heard where the predators were while the leaders stayed safe at the rear. I think that’s appropriate for the Hind Most in the White House. Arugula rocks!
Also, I don’t remember any magazines where any Republican president was shown air-brushed in as some other president. I suspect they’re doing that because without the seasoning of another image, Obama is politically unpalatable. I suspect Lincoln would be upset to have his image air-brushed with a scalawag carpetbagger. FDR would definitely veto the comparison if he could.
And, my last thought, Obama can’t even be ordered by his handlers to give the “will not accept speech.” He is living in a fantasy world and will continue to embarrass us as Jimmy Carter has in his declining years. Except, Obama will have many, many more opportunities as he’s much younger.
As a narcissist, I would think his ego would prevent him from running and suffering the ultimate humiliation of being defeated!
Unless his next gig will be as the operator of a Greyhound Bus, I don’t think he is planning on stepping down, NO WAY.
What we need to fear is where he issues an edict after the election declaring himself president for life.
FUBO GTFO 2012 !
Don’t be surprised if Obama makes a similar announcement.
No Way in Hades he will make that announcement!!!
Even though you never send a boy to do a man’s job, the guy is too much of a narcissist to ever do anything such as suggested. You can take that to the bank!!
I don’t know, in 1968 there were protestors on the streets shouting Hey Hey Ho Ho LBJ has got to GO! Eugene McCarthy and Bobby Kennedy were already challenging him.
There’s a famous photo of LBJ taken in the White House that showed him with his head in his hands, looking defeated and exhausted.
It was really no wonder he didn’t run for re-election.
I don’t see Obama as being in anywhere near this situation.
The Zero is totally and completely unable to put is personal interests aside for the good of his party or country.
The whole premise is bogus.
No Won is stepping down!
BIG difference between Johnson and baraq.
Johnson had emotional ties to this country and it’s citizens. He also paid attention to pols and the media at the time was against the Vietnam war. He was micromanaging the war. So he did not have a media openly campaigning for him.
baraq is a foreigner and is on a mission to destroy us.
baraq will not pass on running for a second term. He would have to give up all the perks of living like a king. Plus moochele let him.
I’ve been saying this for weeks now, but my reasononing is that as it becomes more and more obvious that comrade zero will lose worse than fritz mondale, all of the corrupt unemployable scumbag dhim politicians who normally ride the coattails will want to get as far away as possible.
I learned from FR that the Baraqqi regime (aka Chicago Mob) has some type of tactical nuke they can use on the Clintons if needed. That's why Hillary was never willing to use Baraq's extremely dubious past history against him in the 08 primaries.
Between the FBI files and their vaunted private detective operation, you know the Clinton's had all the info on Baraq, but for some reason were unwilling to use it.
Obama is a narcissist, it would be impossible for him to NOT seek re-election.
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By the same token, if he knew he had no chance to win, his narcisism wouldn’t allow him to run because of the humiliation he would suffer by the loss.
“As a narcissist, I would think his ego would prevent him from running and suffering the ultimate humiliation of being defeated!”
If he’s sure to be defeated, I’d imagine he would drop out, to make it appear to be his choice.
But if it’s close, he won’t be able to imagine not taking “his rightful place” as king, er, president, of the US.
If Obama does actually get re-elected he will inherit one hell-of-a-mess from himself.
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He would still blame Bush!
BUT........ The real reason is closer to post #3. Sept 14th the U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii (Hawaii)
CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 1:11-mc-00158-SOM -RLP, will REQUIRE the state of Hawaii to allow Orly Taitz and her forensic team to examine Barack Obama’s birth records.
Game, set, match! No more “standing” issue, no more “privacy” issue, no more “state laws” issues. The jig is up! (jig is an Irish reference).
They will be ordered to comply with the lawful subpoenas that they were served with, IMMEDIATELY.
And just like last time, neither side will drop the big one. It’s MAD, so it’s a standoff in the dirt game, I guess.
I really admire your optimism, but don’t get my hopes up.
He really does however
Melissa
Obama is far too narcissistic not to run for reelection. Even if he wavered, his boss Soros wouldn’t hear of his declining another four years.
Obama pull an LBJ and call it a day? Never happen.
I'd almost be inclined to accept that deal if it meant a guarantee of ridding the country of his entire poisonous regime.
I'm kinda new to this deal but is Obama, as president, supposed to be campaigning during working hours? Is (taxpayer funded)campaigning for office more than a year before the election even legal? It seems at least an ethics violation to be campaigning for himself and his party when the campaign is being underwritten by democrats, republicans, independents and so forth.
I suppose this is another case of "no controlling legal authority" coupled by the acquiessence of the spineless quislings in the republican leadership and the lickspittle, bootlicking mainstream press.
Just asking . . .
| If Obama Gets Re-elected He'll Inherit a Hell of a Mess from Himself. |
...although a bit of a lengthy one!
“I’d almost be inclined to accept that deal if it meant a guarantee of ridding the country of his entire poisonous regime. “
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are we yet free of the effects of the lincoln regime...
You just know all the Dems who count are looking at their internal polling and seeing their party plunging into a black hole. And we all know they keep massive dirt files on one another which come in handy at “persuasion time”.
One of these days the call will come. “Coach wants to see you, bring your playbook”.
lol, no way obama gives this gig up, willingly.
Do you really believe Obama makes his own decisions? Remember, he couldn’t even decide whether or not to kill Bin Laden. If his bosses tell him he has to go, he goes. They won’t let him destroy the democratic party for his ego.
He already was facing challengers, if he had thought, for even a moment, that he would have won the primary, he would have taken his chances.
Zero has made sure there will be no primary challenger, no one will dare try and run against him, if they do so, the punishment would be so severe, their political career would be destroyed as well as that of anyone who worked for them or with them or supported them.
Zero has already started running for re-election, he won't stop, until we make him stop.
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