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Home Front: Politix
Well-Meaning or Not, Obama Threatens America
2011-02-28
Very well written essay on why Obama is a threat to our country in response to Michael Medved. Some of the ones that stick out:
Consider then the following examples, not by any means an exhaustive list:

(1) Mr. Obama's 2012 budget flies in the face of fiscal and political reality. Not only does it fail to actually cut spending, it dramatically increases spending -- and the deficit -- far into the future, while raising taxes, ignoring the entitlement crisis, and continuing the promulgation of policies that can have no result other than to destroy the creation of wealth, jobs, and the economy. America is broke, beyond broke, and the utter dissolution of our existing entitlements -- not considering ObamaCare -- is imminent. Unemployment is arguably at 10.3%; virtually every economic indicator is in the toilet. Any responsible president, any president for whom the welfare of the nation is his first concern, will not propose a budget that spends, now and into the future, far more money than America produces and can possibly take in or repay. Yet Mr. Obama wants to spend billions on projects like high-speed rail, a boondoggle the public neither wants nor needs.

(2) Since taking office, Mr. Obama has serially and crudely insulted our strongest and most faithful allies, such as Great Britain and Israel, while extending "outreach" to virtually every thuggish, repressive, anti-democratic regime on the planet. His repeated threats to establish yet another deadline when Iran violates the last have established only his impotence. Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons, and all Mr. Obama can do is threaten to trot out even more threatening rhetoric.

(5) One of the only constants in Mr. Obama's foreign policy is a reflexive, mindless support for Marxist and/or Islamist despotism. Take the example of Honduras, where a Marxist president attempted to overthrow the Honduran Constitution and install himself as ruler for life. Adhering to the rule of law, the Hondurans threw him out of office and out of the country. Mr. Obama immediately sided with the Marxist, and has personally, and through the State Department, supported him against the Honduran rule of law ever since.
Posted by:DarthVader

#10  Actions speak louder than words.

If obama were actually an enemy of America what would he do differently? Nothing.

Posted by: Hellfish   2011-02-28 22:00  

#9  In some ways he reminds of a woman. He likes to shop! Oh looky, high speed rail, fire engines, mo town, pizza and stuff! Who wouldn't like these? Could somebody Republicans in the house please remind Bozo that spending money for cool toys is for personal shoppers not presidents?
Posted by: Fire and Ice   2011-02-28 19:03  

#8  "Well meaning", my ass. He knows exactly what he's doing.
Posted by: tu3031   2011-02-28 18:46  

#7  He also is not an original thinker

He absolutely is not. Dale you nailed it in my opinion. He defers to others and waits (Oh, and spends). That is it for having any strategy (if you can call it that) at all. And yes, really approval seeking.
Posted by: Fire and Ice   2011-02-28 18:40  

#6  Fire and ice "he is a peril". I have long believed he is so insecure and needs the props of others. Before he won the election I said he would be in for 8 years if he won. The pressure is too much for him. I have looked for cracks such as outbursts, health issues etc.. In my opinion he is accident waiting to happen. He most definitely is not a leader(organizer only). He also is not an original thinker. Judge by what he does rather than what he says. Shell game.
Posted by: Dale   2011-02-28 18:33  

#5  While working in DC I heard Jimmy Carter ridiculed many times. The Georgia peanut farmer and such. He was a very intelligent man believe it or not. Tip O'Neill was the real power, media and dems in congress. His problem was he had to do everything himself and his way. Just as he has done since leaving office.Well-Meaning fits Carter much better.
Posted by: Dale   2011-02-28 18:12  

#4  Sorry I disappeared, wasn't feeling well.

Onto topic then. Obama is a follower in a leader's position. He bought in to Rev. Wright and Ayers, but later waffled, he gets direction from those around him with strong personalities hoping some of that personality rubs off on him rather than leading and acting from his inner ideals which are fluid. Later, he might have realized it a little, but he is a peril.
Posted by: Fire and Ice   2011-02-28 18:07  

#3  People used to say that jimmuh carter meant well, that he was just in over his head. I never believed it with jimmuh and I don't believe it with Bummer. If he's incompetent, he's an incompetent socialist.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2011-02-28 17:38  

#2  Both Medved's and Mike McDaniel's articles worth a read. Can't quarrel with McDaniel's thesis. The best indicator of Obama's intentions are his behaviors, actions, and inactions.
Posted by: JohnQC   2011-02-28 16:17  

#1  The credibility of O'Reilly, Medved and god know how many supposed conservatives (John McShame and his trollette daughter)who regularly dismiss that Obama is even a socialist is laughable.
Posted by: Jack Salami   2011-02-28 11:47  

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