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What’s wrong with President Obama?
Politico ^ | 9/18/13 | JOHN F. HARRIS, TODD S. PURDUM

Posted on 09/18/2013 5:48:18 PM PDT by Libloather

President Barack Obama says that he is less concerned with scoring “style points” for his improvisational handling of the Syria crisis than in “getting the policy right.” This dismissive defense comes at the precise moment that Washington is awash in brutal critiques of the Obama leadership style.

The president’s harried, serial about-faces on Syria — coupled with the collapse of Larry Summers's candidacy for chairmanship of the Federal Reserve — have combined to highlight some enduring limitations of Obama’s approach to decision-making, public persuasion and political management.

Across the capital, anxious friends and chortling enemies alike are asking: What’s wrong with Obama?

**SNIP**

• His mind

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhojobapproval; kenya; miserablefailure; obama; president; rat
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To: Libloather

What’s wrong with the president? Geez, this is kinda like posting thread asking “which handguns should I buy.” We’re gonna see lots of opinions.


41 posted on 09/18/2013 6:09:50 PM PDT by umgud (2A can't survive dem majorities)
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To: OldNavyVet
"Syris'a Assad, about an hour ago, was on Fox News Channel for the entire hour."

Bill O'Reilly's idea?

42 posted on 09/18/2013 6:10:18 PM PDT by cookcounty (IRS = Internal Revenge Service.)
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To: Libloather

I believe he is a sociopath: http://www.mcafee.cc/Bin/sb.html Profile of the Sociopath


43 posted on 09/18/2013 6:10:43 PM PDT by Bronzy
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To: Libloather

Amazing. They take all of his shortcomings and turn them into positive attributes. He really is Chance the gardener.


44 posted on 09/18/2013 6:11:41 PM PDT by Excellence (All your database are belong to us.)
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To: Truth2012

Hmmmmm....yes substance abuser...

I’ve been thinking lately he is strung out on something...

Just prop him up in front of the podium and have him read the teleprompter...just don’t let him go to far off the plantation himself...

As much as I dislike 0bama, it is very sad that I would even remotely think there may be some truth to what I just typed. Very sad and very dangerous as the democrats should remove him from office.


45 posted on 09/18/2013 6:11:51 PM PDT by EBH
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To: nascarnation

Exactly. Seems we few have any skin in the game. *SPIT*


46 posted on 09/18/2013 6:14:19 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Libloather
What’s wrong with President Obama?

EVERYTHING.

47 posted on 09/18/2013 6:15:01 PM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: Libloather

Well, what can one expect from an Illegal alien, Marxist/Communist community organizer from Kenya?

Why, he is just perfect for Marxist/Communist faction of the new USSA.


48 posted on 09/18/2013 6:16:35 PM PDT by AlexW
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To: Libloather

There is nothing wrong with Obama that wasn’t obviously wrong with him in 2008, and visible to anyone willing to take an honest look.

All of his supporters and enablers and race-baiting ideologic water carriers in the political world, in academia, in the media, in the financial world, on the street and in our neighborhoods deliberately turned a blind eye in 2008, and for the five years since.

Now all of a sudden, they are shocked at what they see, and even now deny their own responsibility for inflicting him on us to destroy our beloved country. It isn’t their fault. He was wonderful in every way.

It’s just that he changed somehow.

Right.

And even now, they presume to look down their sanctimonious noses at those of us who saw the truth and tried to stop what was happening. They call us names, they say we lack intelligence, all the while insulting that very intelligence that we exercised while they exercised nothing but willfully blind denial about the man they were supporting.

Every person who supported Obama in any way needs to sit down and shut up and repent for the damage the have inflicted on our formerly great nation. They can do that by sparing us any further exposure to their mean-spirited and delusional political opinions.

Let them sit out future elections altogether, recognizing that they have failed to demonstrate the moral and intellectual integrity that is the responsibility of every voter.


49 posted on 09/18/2013 6:19:32 PM PDT by Maceman (Just say "NO" to tyranny.)
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To: vpintheak
THis is written like a plea to bammy from a couple of his lovers.

It really is. I thought that nauseating hero worship of Obama had died out by the time the 2010 midterms were finished.

50 posted on 09/18/2013 6:19:43 PM PDT by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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>> President Barack Obama says that he is less concerned with scoring “style points”

Interesting that he feels the need to point that out.


51 posted on 09/18/2013 6:20:45 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Lancey Howard

Good points. Obama is vindictive and likes to get revenge. He’s mean and nasty and will probably end up in a rubber room.

The evil bastard has not done one single good or decent thing for this country.


52 posted on 09/18/2013 6:20:47 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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To: laplata
The evil bastard has not done one single good or decent thing for this country

Ubama has never done a thing in his life that wasn't for the purpose of advancing himself.

53 posted on 09/18/2013 6:23:19 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: ExTexasRedhead

If Woodrow Wilson had a son he’d look just like Barry.

(Yes I know WW was an out and out racist)


54 posted on 09/18/2013 6:27:25 PM PDT by DManA
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To: Libloather

Let me count the ways...


55 posted on 09/18/2013 6:31:45 PM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINE http://steshaw.org/econohttp://www.fee.org/library/det)
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To: laplata

Once a politician gets elected to a Federal office, they promptly forget about the “Fecal Federal Finger” effect.

Every area of endeavor that the US Federal Government touches with its Federal Fecal Finger always turns to Obamadung, Obama”care” has proven that.


56 posted on 09/18/2013 6:34:42 PM PDT by Graewoulf (Traitor John Roberts' Commune-Style Obama'care' violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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To: Libloather

I read this article. It is far too kind to Obama.... however, I am delighted to see his friends start to pull away.


57 posted on 09/18/2013 6:35:05 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: magellan

He is a front for a dedicated and and competent coalition of Communists and Moslems who have the same immediate goal.


58 posted on 09/18/2013 6:35:15 PM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINE http://steshaw.org/econohttp://www.fee.org/library/det)
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To: Libloather

What is wrong with Obama? Boy, that is a question for a psychiatrist’s research paper.


59 posted on 09/18/2013 6:35:20 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (From time to time the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots.)
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To: laplata

Here is some more ammo, the next time you contact our sorry Federal Politicians:

GET THE DAMN FEDS OUT OF THE MEDICAL AND INSURANCE PROFESSIONS !!!!!!!!!

WE TAXPAYERS CANNOT AFFORD YOU DAMN PARASITE POLITICIANS !!!

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The best way to fix a broken system is to SHUT IT DOWN, and THEN fix it.

Speaker Newt SHUT DOWN the US Federal Government in the 1990’s and it WORKED!

Clinton then took credit for balanced Federal Budgets, fewer people were in poverty, and all because Newt said NO !

The Liberal Agenda Media and the Democrats boo-hooed to this day, but Newt achieved success.

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The only way to force a spoiled brat to behave is to punish, punish, punish.

The worst punishment that a Democrat, or RINO can imagine is to take away their ability to spend our tax dollars.

The best way to do that is to shutdown the non-essential parts of the US Federal Government, starting with mothballing Air Force One.

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Why not have the true Republicans require a BINDING, updated, “Federal Financial Impact Statement” for 2012-2013 fiscal year, and 2013-2014 f. y. for Obama”care?”

It should take a month or two to complete, allow for a vote to delay Obama”care” for a year, and then show the great financial harm to our Economy that the Statement’s numbers will document.

Wharton, Stanford, Michigan and Princeton could also file their independent Financial Impact Statements to compare to the Office of Budget and the Congressional Budget Office Financial Impact Statements.

As B. Hussein is fond of saying: “We need to get all the facts first.”


60 posted on 09/18/2013 6:37:01 PM PDT by Graewoulf (Traitor John Roberts' Commune-Style Obama'care' violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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