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| Almost a quarter of Republicans think Obama 'may be the Antichrist' |
| 2010-03-25 |
| And the other three quarters are sure of it. Americans who suggest Barack Obama should rot in hell are apparently deadly serious. Nearly a quarter of Republicans believe the Democrat president 'may be the Antichrist', according to a survey. From the Eternal Sea, He rises, Hawaii is a volcanic island that rose from the Pacific creating armies on either shore, Obamabots vs Tea Party turning man against his brother, a uniter, he ain't till man exists, no more." An even greater number compared him to Hitler. Funny, I thought Bush was Hitler Mr Obama was jubilant this week after securing his £626billion healthcare reform plan. But his triumph seems only to have inflamed his critics among the evangelical Christians from America's heartland who kept George Bush in power for eight years and have demonised his successor. More than half of the Republicans quizzed by Harris Poll, 57 per cent, believed the president was secretly Muslim, something he has consistently denied. And 67 per cent of Republicans who responded believed Obama was a socialist, despite his central leanings. Central according to who? Ah yes, this is a UK rag. The startling results came as lawyers representing 14 U.S. states filed lawsuits yesterday challenging an overhaul of the country's $2.5trillion healthcare system, minutes after President Barack Obama signed the landmark legislation. One joint lawsuit by a dozen Republican attorneys general and a Democrat claims the sweeping reforms violate state-government rights in the U.S. Constitution and will force massive new spending on hard-pressed state governments. Virginia went to court separately, while Missouri Republican Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder said he would like to join the suit. The joint suit, led by Florida, was filed with a federal court in Pensacola, according to the office of Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum. In addition to McCollum, the Republican attorneys general from Alabama, Colorado, Idaho, Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and Washington joined the suit. The lawsuit says the law - which expands government health plans for the poor, imposes new taxes on the wealthy and requires insurers to cover people with pre-existing medical conditions - violates the Constitution's commerce clause by requiring nearly all Americans to buy health insurance. Mr McCollum said: 'It forces people to do something - in the sense of buying a healthcare policy or paying a penalty, a tax or a fine - that simply the Constitution does not allow Congress to do.' They got the idea from Bill Clinton when he redefined "$ex". Mr McCollum, who is seeking the Republican nomination to run for Florida governor, said the healthcare reforms would add $1.6billion to Florida's spending on the Medicaid health program for the poor. The Justice Department, which is responsible for defending U.S. law in court, pledged to vigorously fight any challenges to the new healthcare law. 'We are confident that this statute is constitutional and we will prevail,' said Justice spokesman Charles Miller. The White House agreed the suits would fail. 'There have been hearings about the constitutionality of the law, and I think there's pretty much widespread agreement that it is constitutional,' Nancy-Ann DeParle, director of the White House Office of Health Reform, said. 'I think we have governors who might be aiming for higher office who are starting to just send a message.' The suits were filed just moments after Mr Obama signed the healthcare reforms into law. But on the most historic occasion of his presidency so far, vice-president Joe Biden managed to put his foot in it. Gaffe-prone Mr Biden inadvertently broadcast the F-word to America after he introduced the President to sign his much vaunted health reform bill into law yesterday. After hugging Mr Obama at a ceremony in the White House, Mr Biden leaned in and whispered in the President's ear: 'This is a big f****** deal.' Even better than the New Deal. I'd prefer to call it the "Fuc&ed Up Deal". The remark was caught on microphones recording the event that was shown live across the country. By last night, the clip was being replayed all over the internet. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #10 Thus this poll is BS. James Taranto of Best of the Web fame says the same as our own lord garth, but in greater detail. |
| Posted by: trailing wife on the other computer 2010-03-25 19:44 |
| #9 I wonder if Dark Lord Cheney is happy about this because it gets him off the hook, or pissed off about the competition? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-03-25 19:34 |
| #8 Just a another lefty loser, he's too dumb to be the anti-Christ. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2010-03-25 19:32 |
| #7 This "poll" used an opt-in protocol. Thus the people answering it were self selected. and most of the questions were of the "do you agree that..." and thus they were leading questions Thus this poll is BS. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2010-03-25 17:58 |
| #6 Damn, I'm getting sick and tired of the lefty British rags trying to influence American politics. They seriously need to bugger off and worry about their own 2nd rate country. Is there any way we can switch April and November around so we can drain the swamp in D.C. now? |
| Posted by: Jefferson 2010-03-25 15:11 |
| #5 From what little I know, he fits the mold pretty well, certainly better than Bush! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2010-03-25 12:30 |
| #4 And yet it's Obama who thinks the British can go to hell. |
| Posted by: ed 2010-03-25 12:16 |
| #3 despite his [Obama's] central leanings. What central leanings? |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2010-03-25 11:57 |
| #2 When Ol' Frank Roosevelt had New Deal legislation overturned by the SCOTUS, he threatened to pack the court, so they backed down. And the SCOTUS has knuckled under to clearly unconstitutional acts ever since. But you have to wonder if the 5 conservative justices will finally say enough, and tear down this monster. If they don't, then only the individual States are left to do so. And if they do, I doubt they will stop with Ol' Frank, but may even tear down a lot of the Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson progressivism. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-03-25 09:48 |
| #1 The best Obama Bitch-slap was when Democratic Candidates didn't want Obama to show up For their Campaigns. Now that's a serious smackdown. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2010-03-25 05:04 |