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A Small President on the World Stage.(The World Laments Obama Unfit Even As Ruler of Lilliput)
Wall Street Journal ^ | September 26, 2013 | Peggy Noonan

Posted on 09/28/2013 3:50:26 AM PDT by lbryce

The world misses the old America, the one before the crash—the crashes—of the past dozen years.

That is the takeaway from conversations the past week in New York, where world leaders gathered for the annual U.N. General Assembly session. Our friends, and we have many, speak almost poignantly of the dynamism, excellence, exuberance and leadership of the nation they had, for so many years, judged themselves against, been inspired by, attempted to emulate, resented.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: obamafromlilliput; peggynoonan
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To: Artie

” I sure don’t see anything approaching leadership coming out of DC by anyone.” Have you seen Ted Cruz lately?


21 posted on 09/28/2013 5:07:10 AM PDT by jakota (jakota)
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To: Stosh

Wow; what a nausea inducing quote! Personally, I can’t stand her high-minded style.


22 posted on 09/28/2013 5:13:39 AM PDT by miss marmelstein ( Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: lbryce

Narcissist never see themselves as an embarrassment, it’s always someone else’s fault that things aren’t going right.

A narcissist will convince themselves nothing is going right because everyone is out to get them and even their most trusted allies are plotting against them.

This is when they get dangerous.


23 posted on 09/28/2013 5:17:00 AM PDT by IMR 4350
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To: lbryce

obozo is not qualified to run the local Dunkin Donuts.


24 posted on 09/28/2013 5:17:59 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Stosh
Great find!
Well, not to say she's not unentitled to change her mind but she's had her issues regarding just this very sort of thing. At the time she was probably pimping herself for some job as White House Teleprompter feeder and some new ways to say "a thousand points of light, Now, it's more like a "ten thousand points of blight".
25 posted on 09/28/2013 5:21:26 AM PDT by lbryce (Obama:The Worst Is Yet To come)
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To: musicman

You misread Obama’s vanity. He would not settle for being merely a king. He truly believes he is entitled to be emperor of our universe.


26 posted on 09/28/2013 5:23:29 AM PDT by monocle
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To: monocle

He’s going to have to settle for septic tank cleaner in hell.


27 posted on 09/28/2013 5:26:11 AM PDT by lbryce (Obama:The Worst Is Yet To come)
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To: monocle; newfreep

Actually , he sees himself as head of the Islamic world. Did you notice the part where he said Iran won’t build a nuke because it “ conflicts with Islamic norms”? It doesn’t
conflict at all, of course, but who is Mr Dumb-But-Arrrogant to tell these people about their religion (and state, since they’re one and the same in Islam).

He’s crazy.


28 posted on 09/28/2013 5:29:45 AM PDT by livius
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To: Artie

Yep... old peg here had some serious womb flutter for the boy king.

LLS


29 posted on 09/28/2013 5:34:35 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
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To: livius

It’s like when the pilot of the Egypt Air 757 crashed the plane into the ocean with over 200 poor souls while all the way down shouting ‘Allah Hu-Akbar!, and airline officials saying he couldn’t have been complicit in the killing of all aboard because......Islam forbids suicide.


30 posted on 09/28/2013 5:37:19 AM PDT by lbryce (Obama:The Worst Is Yet To come)
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To: lbryce
I think can distill Ms Noonan’s several hundred words down to a single sentence.

"The world now knows what some of us have known for six or seven years, Mr Obama is an empty suit."

FYI. I tried to keep it on a high tone and oh so civil as Ms Noonan usually does.
Yuck.

31 posted on 09/28/2013 5:38:09 AM PDT by Tupelo (There are no Republicans or Democrats in Washington. Just Millionaires protecting their turf.)
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To: jakota

What do you expect from the District of Criminals?


32 posted on 09/28/2013 5:51:25 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (IÂ’m not a Republican, I'm a Conservative! Pubbies haven't been conservative since before T.R.)
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To: livius

He’s not crazy. He’s just a liar.


33 posted on 09/28/2013 5:52:40 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (IÂ’m not a Republican, I'm a Conservative! Pubbies haven't been conservative since before T.R.)
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To: lbryce

Are you talking about this one?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EgyptAir_Flight_990


34 posted on 09/28/2013 5:53:53 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (IÂ’m not a Republican, I'm a Conservative! Pubbies haven't been conservative since before T.R.)
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To: lbryce

Narcissists have an unparalleled ability to ignore reality when evaluating themselves.


35 posted on 09/28/2013 5:58:55 AM PDT by monocle
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To: lbryce

Above his paygrade...


36 posted on 09/28/2013 6:07:01 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ("Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
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To: lbryce

Typical African: Never a statesman, just an abuser of privilege. Zero only cares about golfing and vacations.


37 posted on 09/28/2013 6:08:35 AM PDT by CodeToad (Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off. -786 +969)
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To: newfreep

Fry boy at McDonalds or maybe shoe shine boy.


38 posted on 09/28/2013 6:15:49 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) ( Hey Rubio, eat pooh pal))
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To: spokeshave

Canute knew that he wasn’t anything special and that those who said he was were fools. 0 has his fools just as Canute did, but 0 is the bigger fool because he really believes them.


39 posted on 09/28/2013 6:16:01 AM PDT by skimbell
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To: lbryce

Never forget who brought us this national nightmare.
The dimrat party and their media.
They knew who he was and who he is.


40 posted on 09/28/2013 6:21:01 AM PDT by Texas resident (Watch the other hand.)
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