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2010-08-05 Home Front: Politix

Obama will become a 'born-again moderate,' says GOP's McConnell

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Posted by Fred 2010-08-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Not likely.

Posted by Iblis 2010-08-05 00:06|| 2010-08-05 00:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Once again, McConnell (R-Incumbistan) demonstrates (1) his utter cluelessness and (2) why he absolutely, positively must be run out of his leadership post on a rail if the good guys win in November. This jackass and his equally worthless careerist-hack House counterpart Boehner are two of the biggest reasons why the Trunks lost both houses in 2006.

Posted by Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2010-08-05 01:24|| 2010-08-05 01:24|| Front Page Top

#3 Obama's had a great run. Now he tacks to the middle and starts politicing and campaigning.

Yeah, Mitch "Charlie Brown" McConnell will give him another shot, and all the Charlie Browns in the country will sigh and relax. Barack "Lucy" Obama will squeak through in 2012 and veer hard left again.

Losers. Vote them all out. If we don't, we deserve what we get.

Posted by KBK 2010-08-05 02:05|| 2010-08-05 02:05|| Front Page Top

#4 Obankrupt lied his way into the WH once. Think he'll balk at doing it again?

Posted by gorb 2010-08-05 04:43|| 2010-08-05 04:43|| Front Page Top

#5 McConnell is presuming that because Clinton did this, Obama will as well.

This is a grave error. Clinton had an agenda of Clinton. Obama is a true-believer leftist. If some guy on a blog can figure this out, why can't McConnell and his staff?

Posted by no mo uro 2010-08-05 05:57|| 2010-08-05 05:57|| Front Page Top

#6 Obummer a moderate? Taqiyya.

Posted by JohnQC 2010-08-05 10:32|| 2010-08-05 10:32|| Front Page Top

#7 Watch the hand, McConnell. It will still be steering a leftist and socialist agenda despite what the mouth says.

Posted by DarthVader 2010-08-05 11:01|| 2010-08-05 11:01|| Front Page Top

#8 Obama is Bolshevik to the bone.

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2010-08-05 11:23|| 2010-08-05 11:23|| Front Page Top

#9 Moderate? How about the latest rumor that the August surprise from Zero will be to direct, by Executive power, that Fannie and Freddie forgive all the underwater portion of every mortgage in America that they insure (which is the vast majority). The self-imagined Emperor is simply going to direct we the taxpayers absorb trillions of dollars of debt, buying gratitude and votes. Should that come to pass, there cannot be a greater theft in the history of mankind......

Posted by NoMoreBS 2010-08-05 12:48|| 2010-08-05 12:48|| Front Page Top

#10 My basic rule: Never trust anyone who talks about themself in the third person.

Posted by tu3031 2010-08-05 13:15|| 2010-08-05 13:15|| Front Page Top

#11 Pigs flying graphic please.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-08-05 15:01|| 2010-08-05 15:01|| Front Page Top

#12 McConnell is presuming that because Clinton did this, Obama will as well. This is a grave error. Clinton had an agenda of Clinton. Obama is a true-believer leftist.

A few other differences:

1) Clinton was a quick study who loved to immerse himself in and master the details of complex subjects-- free trade, fiscal matters, etc. Barry is a BS artist who has no expertise in anything and who, acc. to his pal Valerie Jarrett, is "easily bored" by the stuff that we mortals have to contend with.

2) Clinton had substantial executive experience prior to coming to Washington, having served as a governor for 8 years. Zero has zero executive experience, or managerial experience of any kind at any level.

3) As a son of the white rural lower middle class, Clinton was focused on the needs of people who, in his formulation, "work hard and play by the rules"-- IOW, middle America in the flyover states. Barry's milieu is that of his mom and his pals in Hyde Park: the academic leftist and race-baiting identity politics crowd. His people and his policies serve the people who work hard to GAME the rules.

Posted by lex 2010-08-05 17:10|| 2010-08-05 17:10|| Front Page Top

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