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'Amateur' hour inside Obama's Oval Office
The Lowell Sun ^ | 6/1/2012 | Peter Lucas

Posted on 06/01/2012 5:55:52 AM PDT by pietraynor

The book will make you shudder.

It is Edward Klein's The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House, a devastating picture of a president so far in over his head as to make your own head spin.

And, if you have not already heard, Klein, former editor-in-chief of The New York Times Magazine, takes his title from remarks he attributes to former President Bill Clinton, remarks Clinton made at a private gathering at the Clinton home in Chappaqua, N.Y., in August.

The Clintons were arguing in front of guests over Bill Clinton urging a very reluctant Hillary to challenge the sitting president in 2012 primaries, to unseat the man who defeated her four years earlier, but who had appointed her secretary of state.

Chelsea Clinton sided with her father. "You deserve to be president," Chelsea said to her mother

Read more: http://www.lowellsun.com/columnists/ci_20758864/amateur-hour-inside-obamas-oval-office#ixzz1wXuIcFPB

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


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: clinton; obama
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1 posted on 06/01/2012 5:55:58 AM PDT by pietraynor
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read it. pretty scary book, but rings true.

the parts about michelle are really awful, if true, it is all way worse than you thought.

book is short and a quick read.

bottom line, a lot of people that supported and helped O last time, are really really turned off this time.

blow out prediction, Mitt in a landslide.


2 posted on 06/01/2012 6:00:51 AM PDT by beebuster2000
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Hillary is every bit the anti-American communist/socialist/collectivist/totalitarian/statist that 0bama0 is.

She would probably be more dangerous, because she would be much more effective.

Glad she’s not running.


3 posted on 06/01/2012 6:00:58 AM PDT by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it.)
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Chelsea Clinton sided with her father. "You deserve to be president," Chelsea said to her mother

The grifting clan known as the Clintons has a sense of entitlement unmatched in the world.

4 posted on 06/01/2012 6:02:51 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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"Chelsea Clinton sided with her father. "You deserve to be president," Chelsea said to her mother. "

Dear, ill-informed Chelsea; the only thing your criminal parents "deserve" is a long stint in some federal prison.


5 posted on 06/01/2012 6:03:45 AM PDT by ex91B10 (We've tried the Soap Box,the Ballot Box and the Jury Box; one box left.)
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To: beebuster2000

blow out prediction, Mitt in a landslide.

We are so stupid. If Obama can be beaten so easily then why not FINALLY get a third party or is this all BS and Romney is a horrible candidate who MIGHT win in a squeeker.


6 posted on 06/01/2012 6:08:32 AM PDT by napscoordinator
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“You deserve to be president,” Chelsea said to her mother


While even I’ll admit that Hillary’s resume is more impressive now than it was in 2000, I’m not sure why she “deserves” to be President. I can’t think of any big accomplishments she has had as either a Senator or Sec State.

Putting up with Bill’s many infidelities does not qualify one to be President.


7 posted on 06/01/2012 6:09:21 AM PDT by rbg81
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To: pietraynor

My word, if this is the Peter Lucas who used to write for The Boston Globe, Mr. Obama is in more trouble than I thought.

This piece is damning. Wow. Just wow.


8 posted on 06/01/2012 6:09:42 AM PDT by RexBeach (Mr. Obama Can't Count.)
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Barack Obama is a made for Television President. The media adoration for him shows what little respect they have for the office or the talent and qualifications it takes to do the job. From Chicago organizing to world crisis diplomacy, the media mob thinks a smooth presentation and a good speech will meet any challenge and accomplish any task.


9 posted on 06/01/2012 6:10:49 AM PDT by Baynative (REMEMBER: Without America there is no free world!)
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Further quotes from the book:

Chelsea Clinton sided with her father, Webster Hubbell. “You deserve to be president,” Chelsea said to her mother. “How could you have sex with that animal ... that criminal sociopath rapist hillbilly Clinton?”


10 posted on 06/01/2012 6:13:35 AM PDT by Blado (THIS IS NOT AMERICA)
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To: Westbrook

If Hillary was the Democrat candidate she’d probably get a lot more independents and Republicans out to vote against her.


11 posted on 06/01/2012 6:18:46 AM PDT by meatloaf (Support Senate S 1863 & House Bill 1380 to eliminate oil slavery.)
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Bill is smart enough to knows that without a challenge to King Barry from within the Party it'll be impossible for them to rebuild as quickly as they did after Carter if they can ever rebuild at all.

Rather than someone running to placate the radical wing who think even Herr Choom isn't fascist enough, the fascist democrats have try and show there really is still a broadly based fascist party or they're down for the count. If no one from within the fascist party challenges King Barry, the democrat fascist party will probably fracture into multiple parties. The Vichy Republican Party may fracture as well, but it's more likely that Conservatives can take over the Vichy Party and reorient it the same way the fascists took over the democrat party in the sixties and seventies.

JMHO

12 posted on 06/01/2012 6:26:46 AM PDT by Rashputin (Only Newt can defeat both the Fascist democrats and the Vichy GOP)
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Getting Hilliary for President after surviving the Obama Presidency is like surviving a Train Wreck only to be hit by a car after-wards.
13 posted on 06/01/2012 6:27:59 AM PDT by Falcon4.0
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Hillary’s best chance is to hope that Romney gets elected and does as bad as Obama did. Then she can ride in on a white horse in 2016 as the Deus Ex Machina.


14 posted on 06/01/2012 6:28:12 AM PDT by circlecity
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". . .FINALLY get a third party . . ."

People who don't have the drive and fire they need to take over and gain control of the Vichy Republican party the same way the radical fascists took over the democrat party don't have what it takes to make a third party work, either.

15 posted on 06/01/2012 6:29:39 AM PDT by Rashputin (Only Newt can defeat both the Fascist democrats and the Vichy GOP)
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Chelsea Clinton sided with her father. "You deserve to be president," Chelsea said to her mother

The entitled arrogance of the Left is just disgusting. Watching Bush yesterday, you could feel the man's humility and respect for the office. The Clintons and Obamas believe power is theirs to seize and abuse as they will.

16 posted on 06/01/2012 6:31:37 AM PDT by montag813
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Obama isn't an amateur per se. He's exactly qualified for what he's really there for. Calling him an amateur only bolsters the hopefully deluded that he's really trying but besieged by racist conservatives.

Obama doesn't give a tinker's damn about traditional America. He's there to transform the Constitution, via minimalization, into a redistribution order - confiscation of rights and transfer of wealth. And, in those respects, this man is no amateur.

17 posted on 06/01/2012 6:32:11 AM PDT by Gaffer
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The fact Obama is a guy who’s talent and ability levels are those not even at College Intramural level, and is now tryring to play in the majors has been blindingly evident from day one to anyone who bothered to look. This administration is romper room in every aspect.


18 posted on 06/01/2012 6:32:26 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: napscoordinator

third paties never win


19 posted on 06/01/2012 6:32:51 AM PDT by brivette
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To: brivette

parties that is.


20 posted on 06/01/2012 6:33:42 AM PDT by brivette
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