Posted on 09/06/2012 10:14:26 PM PDT by jwb0581
If Obama's "I am the president" line from tonight's speech sounded familiar to you, it might be because it was ripped from Aaron Sorkin's "The American President". Toward the end of the movie, fictional president Andrew Shephard says "I am the president" in a line remembered by many who have seen the 1995 film.
“Iam the President” — that ain’t Sorkin, that’s Nixon; David Frye’s lampoon LP from the early 70’s.
I call BS on that. I have seen no proof that he was legally elected.
Maybe he meant "I am the precedent". That would make more sense.
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Snakehead’s had four years to practice saying just that at this night that he knew would come as soon as Barry won in 2008.
Same with all the GOP pundits. They’ve had their effusive praise whipped up and ready to go.
Mitt Romney has suggested that being president of this country was, to a certain extent about character, and although I have not been willing to engage in his attacks on me, I've been here three years and three days, and I can tell you without hesitation: Being President of this country is entirely about character. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... 
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For the record: yes... 
I am a card-carrying member of the ACLU. But the more important question is why aren't you, Mitt? Now, this is an organization whose sole purpose is to defend the Bill of Rights, so it naturally begs the question: Why would a senator, his party's most powerful spokesman and a candidate for President, choose to reject upholding the Constitution? If you can answer that question, folks, then you're smarter than I am, because I didn't understand it until a few hours ago. America isn't easy. America is advanced citizenship. You gotta want it bad, 'cause it's gonna put up a fight. It's gonna say "You want free speech? Let's see you acknowledge a man whose words make your blood boil, who's standing center stage and advocating at the top of his lungs that which you would spend a lifetime opposing at the top of yours. You want to claim this land as the land of the free? Then the symbol of your country can't just be a flag; the symbol also has to be one of its citizens exercising his right to burn that flag in protest. Show me that, defend that, celebrate that in your classrooms. Then, you can stand up and sing about the "land of the free". I've known of Mitt Romney for years, and I've been operating under the assumption that the reason Mitt devotes so much time and energy to shouting at the rain was that he simply didn't get it. Well, I was wrong. Mitt's problem isn't that he doesn't get it. Mitt's problem is that he can't sell it! We have serious problems to solve, and we need serious people to solve them. And whatever your particular problem is, I promise you, Mitt Romney is not the least bit interested in solving it. He is interested in two things and two things only: making you afraid of it and telling you who's to blame for it. That, ladies and gentlemen, is how you win elections. You gather a group of middle-aged, middle-class, middle-income voters who remember with longing an easier time, and you talk to them about family and American values and character. And wave an old photo of the President's not holding his hand to his heart when the National Anthem is played and you scream about patriotism and you tell them, he's to blame for their lot in life, and you go on television and you say he has not fixed the economy. I have done nothing to you, Mitt. I have done nothing except represent the interests of public school teachers and implemented strict rules on oil and coal to save our children from Global Warming. You want a character debate, Mitt? You better not mess with me, 'cause I am way out of your league!
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The second I am reelected, the White House is sending a bill... 
to Congress for its consideration. It's White House Resolution 455, an energy bill requiring a 20 percent reduction of the emission of fossil fuels over the next ten years. It is by far the most aggressive stride ever taken in the fight to reverse the effects of global warming. The other piece of legislation is the crime bill. As of today, it no longer exists. I'm throwing it out. I'm throwing it out writing a law that makes sense. You cannot address crime prevention without getting rid of assault weapons and handguns. I consider them a threat to national security, and I will go door to door if I have to, but I'm gonna convince Americans that I'm right, and I'm gonna get the guns. We've got serious problems, and we need serious people, and if you want to talk about character, Bob, you'd better come at me with more than a burning flag and a membership card. If you want to talk about character and American values, fine. Just tell me where and when, and I'll show up. This is a time for serious people, Mitt, and your fifteen minutes are up.
My name is Barack Obama and... 
I am the President!
Well, if you missed this acceptance speech... 
it is available at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112346/quotes It is the 11th quote down the page.
Of course if he had any real business, leadership, or executive experience going into this, he'd have known this. How's that on the job training thing people were joking about going? Not so funny now. Look at the record of debt, unemployment, and rising prices.
He says it, but won’t take responsibility for anything.
Always someone else to blame.
He is the poster boy for Affirmative Action.
At least he could have said “I am your president”.
Douglass' line worked because his challenger's catchphrase was "I'm (so-and-so) and I'm RUNNING for president". It was a slapdown.
Coming from BO, it's just arrogant. When you're older than 6, and have the need to tell people what you think you are ("I'm really smart / funny / presidential") ... well, you're probably not.
BTW, skip the movie. It was a liberal's dream of what presidents / politics / republicans should be, rather than what they are.
Obama is just the front man for the smoke filled back room socialist, and one world order bilderbergers.
Both were handled by Axelrod....go figure.
Not for much longer.
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