http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/obamamessiah/ en-us Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:29:13 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282370/posts As the summer begins, White House watchers have spotted a new look by President Obama: The Evil Eye! Staffers have joked about the menacing glance, which comes when the president meets with world leaders who are not aligned with his progressive view. White House photographers have captured the "evil eye" in recent weeks, during sessions with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Colombia's Alvaro Uribev. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi got hit with the commander's malocchio last week in the Oval office. And at least one White House reporter has been on the receiving end of the daggers during a press... drudge report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282370/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:29:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282207/posts So, as it turns out, U.S. President Barack Obama is not "God" when it comes to dealing with the Islamic world, after all. This, contrary to that gushingly inane description of him by Newsweek editor-at-large Evan Thomas, following Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo, seeking reconciliation with Muslims. Unfortunately, just eight days after giving that speech, Obama was confronted by Iran's deadly crushing of citizen protests over an election now widely seen both inside and outside Iran as hopelessly corrupt. This would be the same Iran Obama had just finished telling the world in Cairo he was prepared to work... Edmonton Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282207/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:13:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281655/posts For much of the Bush administration, the media splashed stories of neoconservative conspiracies and cabals. Exposés about mostly Jewish liberals-turned-conservatives charged that they were adherents of the philosopher Leo Strauss and embraced the Platonic notion of the “noble lie.” In his Republic, Plato outlined an elaborate, ranked utopia, a good city (“Kallipolis”) run by a sort of benign natural selection. The philosopher-kings sat atop hierarchies in which occupations were assigned for the citizenry. To justify arbitrary selections, the rulers would make up “noble lies” about divine edicts, making clear that the occupations chosen for lesser folk were god-given. Once the... NRO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281655/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:21:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281568/posts So, as it turns out, U.S. President Barack Obama is not "God" when it comes to dealing with the Islamic world after all. This, contrary to that gushingly inane description of him by Newsweek editor-at-large Evan Thomas, following Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo, seeking reconciliation with Muslims. Unfortunately, just eight days after giving that speech, Obama was confronted by Iran's deadly crushing of citizen protests over an election now widely seen both inside and outside Iran as hopelessly corrupt. This would be the same Iran Obama had just finished telling the world in Cairo he was prepared to work... The Calgary Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281568/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:01:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2281276/posts That's what I was thinking about when I was reading this column by Obama supporter, Michael Crowley. Crowley lays out a very strong case for why things are in trouble. Then, he says not to worry. Only, the way in which Obama will succeed seems something akin to magic. First, Crowley lays out why Obama maybe on the brink of serious problems. The Provocateur http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2281276/posts#comment Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:31:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276693/posts The reader might be warned that reading this San Francisco Chronicle Father's Day piece serves as a most perfect emetic. In fact, it's a wonder that writer Jennifer Weiss could type with all those stars in her eyes. Her Father's Day adulation of Obama is so over-the-top that Obama suddenly becomes the "father of our country," and is determined to have "super-dad status." The most offensive part of this piece is, of course, the aforementioned assigning to Obama of the role of "father of our country." There is only one father of our country and that is George Washington, war... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276693/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:57:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276704/posts A while back, I heard Obama bragging about his first few months in the White House. When he claimed he had done as much in that period as any president in history, my initial thought was that for the first time in his life he was being modest. Frankly, I think he’s done more, much more, and I only wish that some of it had been good for America. He’s taken over car companies, banks and lending institutions. He’s printed so much currency that he’s the envy of counterfeiters and con men everywhere. He’s buried the nation in so much... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276704/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:25:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275621/posts Telegraph reporter Stephanie Gutmann describes her reaction to Barack Obama’s appearance in Berlin: “After it was over I picked up the phone and called a friend back home. ‘It’s worse than we thought,’ I told him. ‘The guy’s actually crazy.’” Guttman was talking about candidate Obama’s agenda as he presented it that day, in which he promised to take on the terrorists in Afghanistan, take on the drug dealers, rebuild Afghanistan, eliminate the building nuclear threat, secure all loose nukes, decrease arsenals from another era, form a new global partnership that will end terror networks, redistribute wealth, save the planet,... Canada Free Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275621/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:13:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2274085/posts Introducing Howard Dean, on Wednesday night's "Hardball," Chris Matthews indirectly compared Barack Obama to Jesus Christ as he introduced the former head of the DNC and 2004 presidential candidate as "the man who really laid out the path for Barack Obama. He was the St. John the Baptist...leading for that fellow." In the Christian faith St. John the Baptist is considered to be the precursor to Jesus Christ, so in Matthews' metaphor of Democratic presidential politics that would have to make Obama, Jesus. For his part Dean, justifiably, appeared uncomfortable with the comparison, as he appreciated Matthews' promise to "not... Newsbusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2274085/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:54:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273984/posts NEW YORK - Monica Weeks has met many men, but at age 51 she says she still hasn't found her "Barack." Among Weeks and her friends, President Barack Obama's name has become shorthand for a black man with integrity, character and spirituality, one who loves and values his wife and makes his family a priority — in other words, the kind of man that many black women had despaired of finding. Weeks said probably every single woman she knows is looking for her "Barack." "He absolutely makes me think it's attainable," said Weeks, a divorced mom in Somerset, N.J. "For... MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273984/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:30:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273895/posts MSNBC's Chris Matthews interviewed former DNC chairman Howard Dean about President Obama's health care plan. Matthews credits Dean for finding Barack Obama. Matthews told Dean he is like John the Baptist. Jesus Christ was a follow of John the Baptist and was baptized by him. Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273895/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:01:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273754/posts The common, everyday act of swatting a bug is something that happens countless times a day at picnics and ball games across the country, especially during the summer, but when Barack Obama was caught on tape by CNBC's cameras doing it, the fawning liberal press couldn't contain their excitement. All three broadcast network morning shows, on Wednesday, praised the presidential kill as they were impressed by the "ninja" Obama's "precision," and "cat-like quickness."[audio available here] On NBC's "Today" show substitute-host David Gregory opened the show declaring: "You just have to appreciate the, the concentration and the precision! Just a few... http://newsbusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273754/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:35:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2273190/posts Rush keeps saying that eventually this country will grow tired of 0bama, when is this going to happen? I knew this administratioin was as bad as advertised, in fact it is worse. When is this nightmare going to end? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2273190/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:01:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272447/posts Excuse my mastery of the obvious, but I have to believe the greatest obstacle to America's return to policy sanity is the electorate's cultish adoration of Barack Obama. If it weren't for this disturbing phenomenon -- not to discount a healthy dose of blind partisanship -- it is inconceivable that the majority of people would tolerate Obama's dismantling of America's free market system, his returning America to a pre-9/11 mindset against terrorists, his increasing usurpations of power, and his corrupt ties and practices, from the public funding of ACORN to the summary dismissal of the case against the Black Panthers... davidlimbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272447/posts#comment Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:22:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271533/posts When Gerard Baker a year ago wrote in the Times of London that Barack Obama had "Ventured Forth to Bring Light to the World," it was widely acknowledged to be a clever satire, but this past week we have broken new ground in divinity politics. Forget the comparisons to our Slain Prince (John F. Kennedy), to our Good Father (Franklin D. Roosevelt), and even to Abraham Lincoln, the closest thing to a martyred saint that Americans have in our secular lexicon. These are mere mortals. According to those who should know--Chris Matthews of MSNBC, and Evan Thomas of the New... The Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271533/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:30:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270365/posts When President Obama returned from his first European trip, I observed that while over there he had been "acting the philosopher-king who hovers above the fray mediating" between America and the world. Now that Obama has returned from his "Muslim world" pilgrimage, even the left agrees. "Obama's standing above the country, above -- above the world. He's sort of God," Newsweek's Evan Thomas said to a concurring Chris Matthews, reflecting on Obama's lofty perception of himself as the great transcender. -SNIP- For all of his philosophy, the philosopher-king protests too much. Obama undoubtedly thinks he is demonstrating historical magnanimity with... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270365/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:12:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269079/posts BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: What do Obama and God have in common? Neither has a birth certificate. How do they differ? God does not think he's Obama. And there's another difference between God and Obama, and that is that liberals love Obama. BREAK TRANSCRIPT RUSH: We have some more differences for you here between President Obama and God. God asks for only 10% of your money. God gives you freedom to live your life as you choose. God's plan to save us is actually written down for people to read. BREAK TRANSCRIPT RUSH: We have some more differences for you here... RushLimbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269079/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:44:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2267899/posts "Oddball" with Chris Matthews really lived up to its name - the sarcastic, pejorative name I call it - when he and Newsweek's Evan Thomas decided to take a moment to, while reviewing Obama's Cairo speech, reflect upon his (His?) divinity above us all.... Evil Conservative Radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2267899/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 12:42:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268255/posts [Evan Thomas:] "...he [Obama] has a very different job from Reagan was all about America and you [Chris Matthews] talked about it. Obama is 'we are above all that now.' We're not just parochial. We stand for something. I mean in a way, Obama's standing above the country, above the world, he's sort of God." YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268255/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 21:10:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2268366/posts UNBELIEVABLE! The Daily Change http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2268366/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 23:52:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267758/posts “In a way Obama is standing above the country, above the world. He’s sort of GOD. He’s going to bring all different sides together.” - Newsweek editor Evan Thomas MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267758/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 04:16:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266859/posts PARIS: The US first family took a long ramble through Paris' iconic Pompidou modern art museum Sunday as President Barack Obama stole a few hours for private time at the end of a breakneck diplomatic visit. The president and his family received a hero's welcome during their brief weekend stop in Paris, touring some of the city's top attractions. "They visited the museum from top to bottom, they saw it all," said a spokeswoman for the landmark glass-and-steel art space wrapped in colored pipes. "It was very relaxed, very unofficial and very very family," she added, quoting the head of... The Lebanon Daily Star / Agence France Presse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266859/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2009 00:39:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266728/posts PARIS (AP) — People gawked and cameras clicked as the Obamas cut a wide figure through the French capital even while confined to a presidential motorcade. It was more personal for the few kept not so distant — the restaurant owner who "saw God," the chauffeur reveling in a "magnificent mission." AP via Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266728/posts#comment Sun, 7 Jun 2009 18:55:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2266466/posts EVAN THOMAS: Well, we were the good guys in 1984, it felt that way. It hasn’t felt that way in recent years. So Obama’s had, really, a different task We’re seen too often as the bad guys. And he – he has a very different job from – Reagan was all about America, and you talked about it. Obama is ‘we are above that now.’ We’re not just parochial, we’re not just chauvinistic, we’re not just provincial. We stand for something – I mean in a way Obama’s standing above the country, above – above the world, he’s sort of... Stop the ACLU http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2266466/posts#comment Sun, 7 Jun 2009 03:19:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265867/posts Newsweek editor Evan Thomas brought adulation over President Obama’s Cairo speech to a whole new level on Friday, declaring on MSNBC: "I mean in a way Obama’s standing above the country, above – above the world, he’s sort of God." Thomas, appearing on Hardball with Chris Matthews, was reacting to a preceding monologue in which Matthews praised Obama’s speech: "I think the President's speech yesterday was the reason we Americans elected him. It was grand. It was positive. Hopeful...But what I liked about the President's speech in Cairo was that it showed a complete humility...The question now is whether the... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265867/posts#comment Fri, 5 Jun 2009 23:26:44 GMT