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What the Experts Say About Obama's First Hundred Days
"The good news for President Obama is that he has repeatedly persuaded the American people of his sincerity, earnestness, and concern. Michelle Obama comes across as warm, genuine, and committed. Both carry themselves well and represent their country well. The bad news is that neither Obama's team nor his message has been as effective as their principal. One week we hear that he is Lincoln, (but) his failure to set priorities appears more reminiscent of Carter than Lincoln. Then we hear that Obama is Franklin Roosevelt, giving rise to pressure for a 'first hundred days' checklist. Yet the action has not matched the rhetoric."
Alvin S. Felzenberg, political scientist and author of "The Leaders We Deserved (and a Few We Didn't): Rethinking the Presidential Rating Game."
"President Obama has seen that neither his rhetorical skill nor his cyberspace followers can convince Republicans in the public or in Congress to support his policies. Thus, he is sensibly concentrating on exploiting the opportunities for change resulting from the financial crisis and comfortable Democratic majorities while doing a good job of maintaining the support of those predisposed to back him. Drawing the line between overreaching and under-exploiting opportunities is the central political challenge of the Obama presidency."
George C. Edwards III, political science professor at Texas A&M University and editor of "Presidential Studies Quarterly." His latest book is "The Strategic President: Persuasion and Opportunity in Presidential Leadership."
"With breath-taking speed, the Obama administration has set in motion a remarkable set of domestic initiatives, from health care reform through the health care czar in the White House, to upgraded technology across the administration, to an economic stimulus plan. The federal government is again proactive in dealing with social and economic crises, as it was during FDR's administration. With equal speed, the administration has moved to distance itself from the Bush administration in foreign policy, creating dialogues across the political spectrum of nations, removing troops from Iraq, and recognizing international standards of interrogation and detainment of prisoners."
Shirley Anne Warshaw, presidential scholar and Gettysburg College political science professor, and author of a new book, "The Co-Presidency of Bush and Cheney."
"If Obama's goal was to 'remake' America, as he has said in the past, then he is off to a good start. Obama is the mirror image of Ronald Reagan. Reagan believed in the goodness of people. Obama believes in the goodness of government. These are two diametrically opposing views."
Craig Shirley, conservative media consultant and author of "Reagan's Revolution: The Untold Story of the Campaign That Started it All."
"The first three months of his presidency is a reminder that Obama remains a very formidable political figure, in possession of some extraordinary political skills. The question is whether his policies are as wise as his political talents are obvious."
Peter Wehner, director of the White House Office of Strategic Initiatives during the George W. Bush administration.
"Barack Obama gets an unqualified 'A' on substance and politics. On policy, he is moving the country in the direction he promised during the campaign. His ability to communicate with the voters-on many levels-is superb. And, frankly, as a political professional, I just enjoy watching him perform."
Leslie Francis, longtime Democrat and former White House congressional liaison aide in the Carter White House.
"The first 100 days of a presidency...is an arbitrary measure, and not always a good one. The September 11 attacks that shaped Bush's presidency were months away when he reached the mark in 2001. The start of Obama's administration has answered one question that hung over his improbable White House bid: whether a freshman senator, still shy of his 50th birthday and just a few years removed from the Illinois statehouse, was prepared to face the responsibility and wield the awesome powers of the presidency. It will take much longer to determine whether Obama's actions were wise or successful. But from the start, he took the reins, and pulled hard."
Mark Barabak and Faye Fiore, White House correspondents, The Los Angeles Times.
"President Obama is off to a solid start as president, as far as his job approval ratings are concerned. His 63 percent first-quarter average is better than the averages of each of his four predecessors, and the fourth best since 1953. Perhaps the biggest legislative accomplishment of his first quarter has been the passage of the economic stimulus bill. In the second quarter, Congress will likely begin work in earnest on his proposed budget. How that process plays out, whether the economy shows definite signs of improvement, and how well Obama deals with ongoing international challenges, will determine whether his ratings stay strong or begin to show decline."
Jeffrey M. Jones, managing editor of The Gallup Poll.
Alvin S. Felzenberg, political scientist and author of "The Leaders We Deserved (and a Few We Didn't): Rethinking the Presidential Rating Game."
"President Obama has seen that neither his rhetorical skill nor his cyberspace followers can convince Republicans in the public or in Congress to support his policies. Thus, he is sensibly concentrating on exploiting the opportunities for change resulting from the financial crisis and comfortable Democratic majorities while doing a good job of maintaining the support of those predisposed to back him. Drawing the line between overreaching and under-exploiting opportunities is the central political challenge of the Obama presidency."
George C. Edwards III, political science professor at Texas A&M University and editor of "Presidential Studies Quarterly." His latest book is "The Strategic President: Persuasion and Opportunity in Presidential Leadership."
"With breath-taking speed, the Obama administration has set in motion a remarkable set of domestic initiatives, from health care reform through the health care czar in the White House, to upgraded technology across the administration, to an economic stimulus plan. The federal government is again proactive in dealing with social and economic crises, as it was during FDR's administration. With equal speed, the administration has moved to distance itself from the Bush administration in foreign policy, creating dialogues across the political spectrum of nations, removing troops from Iraq, and recognizing international standards of interrogation and detainment of prisoners."
Shirley Anne Warshaw, presidential scholar and Gettysburg College political science professor, and author of a new book, "The Co-Presidency of Bush and Cheney."
"If Obama's goal was to 'remake' America, as he has said in the past, then he is off to a good start. Obama is the mirror image of Ronald Reagan. Reagan believed in the goodness of people. Obama believes in the goodness of government. These are two diametrically opposing views."
Craig Shirley, conservative media consultant and author of "Reagan's Revolution: The Untold Story of the Campaign That Started it All."
"The first three months of his presidency is a reminder that Obama remains a very formidable political figure, in possession of some extraordinary political skills. The question is whether his policies are as wise as his political talents are obvious."
Peter Wehner, director of the White House Office of Strategic Initiatives during the George W. Bush administration.
"Barack Obama gets an unqualified 'A' on substance and politics. On policy, he is moving the country in the direction he promised during the campaign. His ability to communicate with the voters-on many levels-is superb. And, frankly, as a political professional, I just enjoy watching him perform."
Leslie Francis, longtime Democrat and former White House congressional liaison aide in the Carter White House.
"The first 100 days of a presidency...is an arbitrary measure, and not always a good one. The September 11 attacks that shaped Bush's presidency were months away when he reached the mark in 2001. The start of Obama's administration has answered one question that hung over his improbable White House bid: whether a freshman senator, still shy of his 50th birthday and just a few years removed from the Illinois statehouse, was prepared to face the responsibility and wield the awesome powers of the presidency. It will take much longer to determine whether Obama's actions were wise or successful. But from the start, he took the reins, and pulled hard."
Mark Barabak and Faye Fiore, White House correspondents, The Los Angeles Times.
"President Obama is off to a solid start as president, as far as his job approval ratings are concerned. His 63 percent first-quarter average is better than the averages of each of his four predecessors, and the fourth best since 1953. Perhaps the biggest legislative accomplishment of his first quarter has been the passage of the economic stimulus bill. In the second quarter, Congress will likely begin work in earnest on his proposed budget. How that process plays out, whether the economy shows definite signs of improvement, and how well Obama deals with ongoing international challenges, will determine whether his ratings stay strong or begin to show decline."
Jeffrey M. Jones, managing editor of The Gallup Poll.
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shamrockgn
12:30AM Apr 27th 2009
I wonder were the people jumping out of buildings in the twin towers treated fairly? Did they have a choice on their treatment that awful day. Do you think the prisoners of these horrible crimes deserve any less? May the 911 victims never be forgotten!
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Marsha Bailey
12:54AM Apr 27th 2009
Well said shamrockgn. It does seem that some Americans have very short memories.
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(4) Truth
12:59AM Apr 27th 2009
Marsha, Shamrock,
Their memories are not so much short as selective. Here is something that put's this all into perspective. If only Clinton had acted....
Clinton Let Bin Laden Slip Away and Metastasize
Sudan offered up the terrorist and data on his network. The then-president and his advisors didn't respond.
By MANSOOR IJAZ
President Clinton and his national security team ignored several opportunities to capture Osama bin Laden and his terrorist associates, including one as late as last year.
I know because I negotiated more than one of the opportunities.
From 1996 to 1998, I opened unofficial channels between Sudan and the Clinton administration. I met with officials in both countries, including Clinton, U.S. National Security Advisor Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger and Sudan's president and intelligence chief. President Omar Hassan Ahmed Bashir, who wanted terrorism sanctions against Sudan lifted, offered the arrest and extradition of Bin Laden and detailed intelligence data about the global networks constructed by Egypt's Islamic Jihad, Iran's Hezbollah and the Palestinian Hamas.
Among those in the networks were the two hijackers who piloted commercial airliners into the World Trade Center.
The silence of the Clinton administration in responding to these offers was deafening.
As an American Muslim and a political supporter of Clinton, I feel now, as I argued with Clinton and Berger then, that their counter-terrorism policies fueled the rise of Bin Laden from an ordinary man to a Hydra-like monster.
Realizing the growing problem with Bin Laden, Bashir sent key intelligence officials to the U.S. in February 1996.
The Sudanese offered to arrest Bin Laden and extradite him to Saudi Arabia or, barring that, to "baby-sit" him--monitoring all his activities and associates.
But Saudi officials didn't want their home-grown terrorist back where he might plot to overthrow them.
In May 1996, the Sudanese capitulated to U.S. pressure and asked Bin Laden to leave, despite their feeling that he could be monitored better in Sudan than elsewhere.
Bin Laden left for Afghanistan, taking with him Ayman Zawahiri, considered by the U.S. to be the chief planner of the Sept. 11 attacks; Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, who traveled frequently to Germany to obtain electronic equipment for Al Qaeda; Wadih El-Hage, Bin Laden's personal secretary and roving emissary, now serving a life sentence in the U.S. for his role in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya; and Fazul Abdullah Mohammed and Saif Adel, also accused of carrying out the embassy attacks.
Some of these men are now among the FBI's 22 most-wanted terrorists.
The two men who allegedly piloted the planes into the twin towers, Mohamed Atta and Marwan Al-Shehhi, prayed in the same Hamburg mosque as did Salim and Mamoun Darkazanli, a Syrian trader who managed Salim's bank accounts and whose assets are frozen.
Important data on each had been compiled by the Sudanese.
But U.S. authorities repeatedly turned the data away, first in February 1996; then again that August, when at my suggestion Sudan's religious ideologue, Hassan Turabi, wrote directly to Clinton; then again in April 1997, when I persuaded Bashir to invite the FBI to come to Sudan and view the data; and finally in February 1998, when Sudan's intelligence chief, Gutbi al-Mahdi, wrote directly to the FBI.
Gutbi had shown me some of Sudan's data during a three-hour meeting in Khartoum in October 1996. When I returned to Washington, I told Berger and his specialist for East Africa, Susan Rice, about the data available. They said they'd get back to me. They never did. Neither did they respond when Bashir made the offer directly. I believe they never had any intention to engage Muslim countries--ally or not. Radical Islam, for the administration, was a convenient national security threat.
And that was not the end of it. In July 2000--three months before the deadly attack on the destroyer Cole in Yemen--I brought the White House another plausible offer to deal with Bin Laden, by then known to be involved in the embassy bombings. A senior counter-terrorism official from one of the United States' closest Arab allies--an ally whose name I am not free to divulge--approached me with the proposal after telling me he was fed up with the antics and arrogance of U.S. counter-terrorism officials.
The offer, which would have brought Bin Laden to the Arab country as the first step of an extradition process that would eventually deliver him to the U.S., required only that Clinton make a state visit there to personally request Bin Laden's extradition. But senior Clinton officials sabotaged the offer, letting it get caught up in internal politics within the ruling family--Clintonian diplomacy at its best.
Clinton's failure to grasp the opportunity to unravel increasingly organized extremists, coupled with Berger's assessments of their potential to directly threaten the U.S., represents one of the most serious foreign policy failures in American history.
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Mansoor Ijaz, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, is chairman of a New York-based investment company.
For information about reprinting this article, go to http://www.lats.com/rights/
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Their memories are not so much short as selective. Here is something that put's this all into perspective. If only Clinton had acted....
Clinton Let Bin Laden Slip Away and Metastasize
Sudan offered up the terrorist and data on his network. The then-president and his advisors didn't respond.
By MANSOOR IJAZ
President Clinton and his national security team ignored several opportunities to capture Osama bin Laden and his terrorist associates, including one as late as last year.
I know because I negotiated more than one of the opportunities.
From 1996 to 1998, I opened unofficial channels between Sudan and the Clinton administration. I met with officials in both countries, including Clinton, U.S. National Security Advisor Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger and Sudan's president and intelligence chief. President Omar Hassan Ahmed Bashir, who wanted terrorism sanctions against Sudan lifted, offered the arrest and extradition of Bin Laden and detailed intelligence data about the global networks constructed by Egypt's Islamic Jihad, Iran's Hezbollah and the Palestinian Hamas.
Among those in the networks were the two hijackers who piloted commercial airliners into the World Trade Center.
The silence of the Clinton administration in responding to these offers was deafening.
As an American Muslim and a political supporter of Clinton, I feel now, as I argued with Clinton and Berger then, that their counter-terrorism policies fueled the rise of Bin Laden from an ordinary man to a Hydra-like monster.
Realizing the growing problem with Bin Laden, Bashir sent key intelligence officials to the U.S. in February 1996.
The Sudanese offered to arrest Bin Laden and extradite him to Saudi Arabia or, barring that, to "baby-sit" him--monitoring all his activities and associates.
But Saudi officials didn't want their home-grown terrorist back where he might plot to overthrow them.
In May 1996, the Sudanese capitulated to U.S. pressure and asked Bin Laden to leave, despite their feeling that he could be monitored better in Sudan than elsewhere.
Bin Laden left for Afghanistan, taking with him Ayman Zawahiri, considered by the U.S. to be the chief planner of the Sept. 11 attacks; Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, who traveled frequently to Germany to obtain electronic equipment for Al Qaeda; Wadih El-Hage, Bin Laden's personal secretary and roving emissary, now serving a life sentence in the U.S. for his role in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya; and Fazul Abdullah Mohammed and Saif Adel, also accused of carrying out the embassy attacks.
Some of these men are now among the FBI's 22 most-wanted terrorists.
The two men who allegedly piloted the planes into the twin towers, Mohamed Atta and Marwan Al-Shehhi, prayed in the same Hamburg mosque as did Salim and Mamoun Darkazanli, a Syrian trader who managed Salim's bank accounts and whose assets are frozen.
Important data on each had been compiled by the Sudanese.
But U.S. authorities repeatedly turned the data away, first in February 1996; then again that August, when at my suggestion Sudan's religious ideologue, Hassan Turabi, wrote directly to Clinton; then again in April 1997, when I persuaded Bashir to invite the FBI to come to Sudan and view the data; and finally in February 1998, when Sudan's intelligence chief, Gutbi al-Mahdi, wrote directly to the FBI.
Gutbi had shown me some of Sudan's data during a three-hour meeting in Khartoum in October 1996. When I returned to Washington, I told Berger and his specialist for East Africa, Susan Rice, about the data available. They said they'd get back to me. They never did. Neither did they respond when Bashir made the offer directly. I believe they never had any intention to engage Muslim countries--ally or not. Radical Islam, for the administration, was a convenient national security threat.
And that was not the end of it. In July 2000--three months before the deadly attack on the destroyer Cole in Yemen--I brought the White House another plausible offer to deal with Bin Laden, by then known to be involved in the embassy bombings. A senior counter-terrorism official from one of the United States' closest Arab allies--an ally whose name I am not free to divulge--approached me with the proposal after telling me he was fed up with the antics and arrogance of U.S. counter-terrorism officials.
The offer, which would have brought Bin Laden to the Arab country as the first step of an extradition process that would eventually deliver him to the U.S., required only that Clinton make a state visit there to personally request Bin Laden's extradition. But senior Clinton officials sabotaged the offer, letting it get caught up in internal politics within the ruling family--Clintonian diplomacy at its best.
Clinton's failure to grasp the opportunity to unravel increasingly organized extremists, coupled with Berger's assessments of their potential to directly threaten the U.S., represents one of the most serious foreign policy failures in American history.
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Mansoor Ijaz, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, is chairman of a New York-based investment company.
For information about reprinting this article, go to http://www.lats.com/rights/
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(2) Republican Whine List
9:20AM Apr 27th 2009
Isn't it funny that neo-con republicans can't even stick to a topic? They have to immediately run off at the mouth about things that aren't even relevant to what is being discussed. But then, that is also TODAY'S so-called "christian" behavior as well. So, the two DO go hand in hand.
Now with that said.... Barry has done a bang up job, stayed on task, committed to his campaign pledges and brought honor back to Americans and the White House. Good job and God Bless, President Obama. You have restored our Patriotism (at least you have to those of us that don't threaten your life, the US constitution, the US Congress nor don white robes with hoods).
Now with that said.... Barry has done a bang up job, stayed on task, committed to his campaign pledges and brought honor back to Americans and the White House. Good job and God Bless, President Obama. You have restored our Patriotism (at least you have to those of us that don't threaten your life, the US constitution, the US Congress nor don white robes with hoods).
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(-3) Vet2
2:00PM Apr 27th 2009
What world are you living in?? A US President that declined the French Pres. invitation to view Normandy. A US pres. that "bows" to an Arab Sheik, says America has been arrogant, has his picture taken with a hate America book..given to him by a dictator, his new happy "buddy"?
No. Korea launches a missle, against our allys protests..and this Pres., next day, talks about world disarmament! Waits 4 days without a decision or action against pirates holding a US citizen..other than "do not fire on them". Thank God the Navy Capt nade the decision to take them out!! BO has paved the road to our nation's bankruptcy with unrealistic, and "pay back, bribes" spending..(8500 "earmarks"), historical Govt. "Takeovers" of corporations...& banks. Now, with terrorists watching with joy, publicizes our nation's CIA secrets, condemns a US President..and Govt employees..while our enemies plot more attacks!
Has appointed more tax cheats, and law breakers than any other President, as well as some of the most bizarre, unqualified individuals,
to critical Govt. positions! I am an American, and the facts about this man were shown..and ignored..dismissed by the liberal press and the Soros popaganda machine. Open your mind and face the truth..this man is a disaster!!
No. Korea launches a missle, against our allys protests..and this Pres., next day, talks about world disarmament! Waits 4 days without a decision or action against pirates holding a US citizen..other than "do not fire on them". Thank God the Navy Capt nade the decision to take them out!! BO has paved the road to our nation's bankruptcy with unrealistic, and "pay back, bribes" spending..(8500 "earmarks"), historical Govt. "Takeovers" of corporations...& banks. Now, with terrorists watching with joy, publicizes our nation's CIA secrets, condemns a US President..and Govt employees..while our enemies plot more attacks!
Has appointed more tax cheats, and law breakers than any other President, as well as some of the most bizarre, unqualified individuals,
to critical Govt. positions! I am an American, and the facts about this man were shown..and ignored..dismissed by the liberal press and the Soros popaganda machine. Open your mind and face the truth..this man is a disaster!!
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(0) Pundit
1:54PM Apr 27th 2009
Vet2, most disagree with you in that "Just 21% of Reps Remain", while ABC/Washington Post 4/21-24/09 69% Obama Approval 26% Disapprove and Gallup 4/22-24/09 66% Approve of President Obama, while just 27% Disapprove
Obama's First 100 Days: Rising Hopes, Partisan Politics
ABC News-Washington Post Poll: 50 Percent Say Country's Headed in Right Direction
GOP in Decline, Terrorism and Torture
PARTY and IDEOLOGY – Obama also has the fortune to preside at a time of continuing disaffection with the Republican Party, now deep in the political wilderness. Allegiance to the GOP has been declining since 2004; today just 21 percent of Americans identify themselves as Republicans, the fewest since September 1983 in ABC/Post polls.
Similarly, just 21 percent say they're confident in the Republicans in Congress "to make the right decisions for the country's future," compared with 60 percent who express that confidence in Obama. And the Republicans have lost 8 points on this measure since January, while Obama has held steady. (Apart from Obama, 36 percent express confidence in the Democrats in Congress, down 7 points. A striking difference is that 64 percent of Democrats express confidence in their own party, while just 39 percent of Republicans are confident in theirs.)
Confidence Inches Up, Still in the Deep Woods
While he's wildly popular in his own party, Obama owes much of his broader appeal to his centrist image. On an ideological scale 62 percent call him "about right," very near his 65 percent in January, the highest "about right" ideological rating in polls since 1979. (Thirty-three percent call him "too liberal," down from a pre-election peak of 40 percent.)
Among independents, the center of national politics, Obama has a 67 percent job approval rating; among moderates, 75 percent approve. http://www.abcnews.go.com/PollingUnit/Obama100days/Story?id=7429261&page=2
Obama's First 100 Days: Rising Hopes, Partisan Politics
ABC News-Washington Post Poll: 50 Percent Say Country's Headed in Right Direction
GOP in Decline, Terrorism and Torture
PARTY and IDEOLOGY – Obama also has the fortune to preside at a time of continuing disaffection with the Republican Party, now deep in the political wilderness. Allegiance to the GOP has been declining since 2004; today just 21 percent of Americans identify themselves as Republicans, the fewest since September 1983 in ABC/Post polls.
Similarly, just 21 percent say they're confident in the Republicans in Congress "to make the right decisions for the country's future," compared with 60 percent who express that confidence in Obama. And the Republicans have lost 8 points on this measure since January, while Obama has held steady. (Apart from Obama, 36 percent express confidence in the Democrats in Congress, down 7 points. A striking difference is that 64 percent of Democrats express confidence in their own party, while just 39 percent of Republicans are confident in theirs.)
Confidence Inches Up, Still in the Deep Woods
While he's wildly popular in his own party, Obama owes much of his broader appeal to his centrist image. On an ideological scale 62 percent call him "about right," very near his 65 percent in January, the highest "about right" ideological rating in polls since 1979. (Thirty-three percent call him "too liberal," down from a pre-election peak of 40 percent.)
Among independents, the center of national politics, Obama has a 67 percent job approval rating; among moderates, 75 percent approve. http://www.abcnews.go.com/PollingUnit/Obama100days/Story?id=7429261&page=2
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(-5) Glory2Obama
3:39PM Apr 27th 2009
Can You Handle 'The Truth' ?
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/pub/s?f=PRN/prnpub&page=1&xtag=PRN-prnphotos-80981&redir=detail&TAG_ID=prnphotos080981
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/pub/s?f=PRN/prnpub&page=1&xtag=PRN-prnphotos-80981&redir=detail&TAG_ID=prnphotos080981
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(-3) Vet2
4:07PM Apr 27th 2009
Pundit...you're correct with the poll results...they do not reflect the facts I stated. The polls DO validate the effects of the continuous Obama propaganda campaign, the share the wealth attitude of minorities and the slavish Obama fawning of the liberal press!! They (polls) do indicate "The Bell Curve", written in 1994(95) is prophetic, relative to the voting numbers in our nation!! The past year confirmed emotion & personal benefits have displaced logic, patriotism and intelligence by the masses proven when they ignored the history of Obama i.e. a most critical gauge in his history..his voting record as Senator with the "Present"..or "Absent" votes..no commitment!!WHY? Either he was ordered not to vote..or he could not decide! Just as he failed to demonstrate common sense with his choice of associates now his same poor judgement confirmed with his international conduct! Conclusion of the polls..the "special interest" domestic groups (global warming, greens, Amnesty, Gay, Unions, Church/state separation, peaceniks, anti drilling, anti nuclear, anti military, anti Israel,
socialists, abortionists..and the international Soros globalism "down with USA" crowd...all are winning..with majority numbers and have put this "PUPPET" in office. Then there is the flagrant "pay back" to supporters in the "stimulus" bill ignored by the uninformed and his
pathetic selections of cabinet & senior positions. There's more..but it's too late..for now. I pray the USA that I know can survive this man & the Soros plan, and reverse his destructive influence!
socialists, abortionists..and the international Soros globalism "down with USA" crowd...all are winning..with majority numbers and have put this "PUPPET" in office. Then there is the flagrant "pay back" to supporters in the "stimulus" bill ignored by the uninformed and his
pathetic selections of cabinet & senior positions. There's more..but it's too late..for now. I pray the USA that I know can survive this man & the Soros plan, and reverse his destructive influence!
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(4) Pundit
4:24PM Apr 27th 2009
Vet2 your propaganda claims are unfounded for this administration, unlike the prior propaganda WMD claims of Rumy, w, Cheney, PNAC, etc via "Mission Accomplished" empty echos...
Reps are paying dearly for 8 years of unanimous failures by losing all elections since 2006, including the 4/1/09 NY-20, despite having 50% more Rep voters in the conservative upstate district. The accelerating trend is also illustrated by exit polling confirming just 5 solid Rep states remain in contrast to 29+ Dem Solid states.http://www.gallup.com/poll/114016/State-States-Political-Party-Affiliation.aspx
Reps are paying dearly for 8 years of unanimous failures by losing all elections since 2006, including the 4/1/09 NY-20, despite having 50% more Rep voters in the conservative upstate district. The accelerating trend is also illustrated by exit polling confirming just 5 solid Rep states remain in contrast to 29+ Dem Solid states.http://www.gallup.com/poll/114016/State-States-Political-Party-Affiliation.aspx
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(-1) n ryan
6:28PM Apr 27th 2009
Finaly an American President, who is intelligent, capable, diplomatic, and politically talented.
Let's ask him to run for a third term after his first two.
Let's ask him to run for a third term after his first two.
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(-2) LEE
6:56PM Apr 27th 2009
VOTING OBAMA WAS A MISTAKE, CONTINUING TO SUPPORT HIM IS STUPIDITY...
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(5) ebertmadwoman
11:42PM Apr 29th 2009
Vet2, I think I'm going to really like having you here. stick around it will get interesting. AND Pundit: while you have all these polls & percentages, statistics. You know what I think, I think they are just a little big to the left slant. Respectfully, your friend kathy
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(2) Don
9:26PM May 11th 2009
The first 100 Days were a disaster to the republic, and to generations of taxpayers not yet born. BO has set us on an economic course that will bankrupt the nation and cause future unemployment and inflation. Meanwhile he has paid back the union bosses and socialist agitators such as ACORN - who caused a masssive amount of voter fraud in the last election. BO is also in the process of destroying our ability to defend ourselves in the future. So much for the first 100 days of peril! Pretty soon his regime will cause gas prices to rise again, to force more Americans into buying unsafe vehicles. What a gas!
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