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2009-08-08 Great White North

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Posted by badanov 2009-08-08 06:40|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 I wish people wpuld get over wishful thinking. A majority of Americans supported obama and just wouldn't consider he could be less than he appeared. I haven't seen many of his supporters change their mind. They still support a man who can speak out multiple sides of his mouth at the same time.

Posted by Whaviling Borgia5650 2009-08-08 08:15|| 2009-08-08 08:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Maybe ... but I think the tide is turning. I have a regular blog at Open Salon, which is not quite as rabidly leftist as, say, the HuffPo, and I do not post my really overtly political stuff there, since I intend to use that venue more for books and cultural stuff ... but I am gratified lately with how many thoughtful OS regulars are also disturbed by the current actions. Any more bone-headed, nakedly fascistic moves by the Great O, and there will be a positive stampede by all but the hard-core lefties. I posted on this particular thread yesterday (my comments are way at the bottom)and not only got some support in the thread from fairly reasonable OS members- but also a number of private messages.
No, the mask is slipping, especially after those various town-hall meetings where tea-party types were roughed up by union goons. And that White House sponsored website to nark out your friends for passing on unfavorable opinions about Obamacare? That really went down like a cup of cold sick ... with others besides conservatives.
The crack-up is coming, and it's gonna be spectacular.

Posted by Sgt. Mom">Sgt. Mom 2009-08-08 08:59|| http://www.celiahayes.com]">[http://www.celiahayes.com] 2009-08-08 08:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Faster, please.

Posted by lotp 2009-08-08 10:30|| 2009-08-08 10:30|| Front Page Top

#4 that is a righteous rant, thx Bad

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-08-08 11:43|| 2009-08-08 11:43|| Front Page Top

#5 And thanks, Sgt Mom.

Posted by rhodesiafever">rhodesiafever 2009-08-08 14:20|| 2009-08-08 14:20|| Front Page Top

#6 Obama's approval ratings have actually IMPROVED over the past week at Rasmussen. So if he sees his poll numbers climbing with this sort of action, he is only going to take more of it.

Posted by crosspatch 2009-08-08 14:52|| 2009-08-08 14:52|| Front Page Top

#7 A majority of Americans supported obama and just wouldn't consider he could be less than he appeared.

A majority? Only by the slimmest of margins. Outside of the hard-core-left, most people that voted for O'Bumble, did so for a myriad of reasons ranging from:
*Gee, wouldn't it be cool to vote for a black guy.
* To name your idiotic reason here.

I know, I work with a bunch of them. Also, outside the aforementioned hard-core-left, most of the idiots that voted for 0 voted for the smooth talking huckster that beguiled them with his snake oil. Now that the mask is off and he has revealed himself for he really is, what we all here knew him to be, these people are horrified at what they have done.

I know, I work with a bunch of them. And every single one of them minus the few True Believers® are in shock at what they have wrought. Oddly enough, or, maybe not, they're the ones that are the most vehement that he should go and/or be stopped. Funny, huh?

I enjoy twisting the knife in their wound, as I told them all until they were sick of hearing it, just what was going to happen. The only thing I was off on was the rapidity with which he would move. Haste and hubris, it's a killer.

Posted by Galactic Coordinator Crinter8418 2009-08-08 16:09|| 2009-08-08 16:09|| Front Page Top

#8 You can discover exactly how bad the reaction to O'Bumble is by watching the comments on some of the right-wing websites. The degree of Kossism is up steeply, and many of the DU and Kos kiddies are literally SCREAMING their insults at anyone who badmouths "their" "president". They're worried, and are doing everything they can to stop the slide. The more they screech, the louder they yell, the more opposition to them increases. OBumble is toast. I once again state unequivocally that he will not finish his term, either for "health" reasons, or because he's been ridden out of town on a rail, covered with tar and feathers. He has already done serious damage to race relations, the military, and common sense. Destroying our current health care system will be the final straw.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2009-08-08 21:12|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2009-08-08 21:12|| Front Page Top

#9 Obama's approval ratings have actually IMPROVED over the past week at Rasmussen.

You've just proved Rasmussen is no longer n unbiased source.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2009-08-08 21:16|| 2009-08-08 21:16|| Front Page Top

#10 I once again state unequivocally that he will not finish his term, either for "health" reasons, or because he's been ridden out of town on a rail, covered with tar and feathers.

I agree, he won't finish his term. However, I think the Puppet Masters will decide that their puppet has become a liability to their goals, and that he would better suit those goals as a martyr.

So, the puppets strings will be cut and an attempt will be made to lay the blame at the feet of the conservative Right.

Posted by Galactic Coordinator Crinter8418 2009-08-08 22:01|| 2009-08-08 22:01|| Front Page Top

#11 So, the puppets strings will be cut and an attempt will be made to lay the blame at the feet of the conservative Right.

And we'll happily accept t, too...

Posted by badanov 2009-08-08 22:12|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2009-08-08 22:12|| Front Page Top

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