Another Failed Presidency

[cwo_ghwebb]

Barack Obama is on track to have the most spectacularly failed presidency since Woodrow Wilson.

In the modern era, we've seen several failed presidencies--led by Jimmy Carter and LBJ. Failed presidents have one strong common trait-- they are repudiated, in the vernacular, spat out. Of course, LBJ wisely took the exit ramp early, avoiding a shove into oncoming traffic by his own party. Richard Nixon indeed resigned in disgrace, yet his reputation as a statesman has been partially restored by his triumphant overture to China.

George Bush Jr didn't fail so much as he was perceived to have been too much of a patrician while being uncomfortable with his more conservative allies. Yet George Bush Sr is still perceived as a man of uncommon decency, loyal to the enduring American character of rugged self-determination, free markets, and generosity. George W will eventually be treated more kindly by historians as one whose potential was squashed by his own compromise of conservative principles, in some ways repeating the mistakes of his father, while ignoring many lessons in executive leadership he should have learned at Harvard Business School. Of course George W could never quite overcome being dogged from the outset by half of the nation convinced he was electorally illegitimate -- thus aiding the resurgence of the liberal wing of the Democratic Party.

But, Barack Obama is failing. Failing big. Failing fast. And failing everywhere: foreign policy, domestic initiatives, and most importantly, in forging connections with the American people. The incomparable Dorothy Rabinowitz in the Wall Street Journal put her finger on it: He is failing because he has no understanding of the American people, and may indeed loath them. Fred Barnes of the Weekly Standard says he is failing because he has lost control of his message, and is overexposed. Clarice Feldman of American Thinker produced a dispositive commentary showing that Obama is failing because fundamentally he is neither smart nor articulate; his intellectual dishonesty is conspicuous by its audacity and lack of shame.

American Thinker: Another Failed Presidency

I completely agree.

[Nonno]

Wishful thinking! by loons!

[MMDad]

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Originally Posted by Nonno

Wishful thinking! by loons!

Any rebuttal of the message? Or do you just attack the messenger?

[Vince]

Originally Posted by MMDad

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Any rebuttal of the message? Or do you just attack the messenger?

You'll have to forgive Nonothing. He can't do much more than cut and paste. This thread required actual thought.

[Larry Gude (Premo)]

Originally Posted by cwo_ghwebb

I completely agree.

Not me.

The failings of W are widespread, profound and deep and will haunt this nation for generations and will be remembered by history for specific, heavy duty mistakes; two quagmire nation building missions, the epic collapse of housing and the stock market, $150 oil, TARP and bailing out the unions. His medicare expansion is only going to be a silver star for the same people who thought medicare and Social Security were great things in the first place.

The fact that he faced a hostile media and political opponents will, like every other president, not even be footnotes, any more than the the weather. History will, however, treat him kindly about New Orleans and torture.

We can play games and blame it on the media or liberals bent out of shape over Florida 2000 or his failings to adhere to his conservative principles that he, supposedly abandoned, to placate them. Or we can accept it for what it is and move on; George Bush was in no way, shape or form a conservative. That was his problem and that's just how simple it is.

Now, Obama. There is nothing quite like being a disaster on the Gong Show, just an embarrassing mess and the very next act is FAR worse.

The stimulus mess, the GM and Chrysler deals and the overt law breaking, LAW breaking therein, the cap and trade farce, the mess of building his administration, a tax dodger at treasury, lobbyists galore in spite of huge campaign promises, the utter embarrassment of the cop episode and his childish global apology yet his refusal to apologize for his own stupidity in the matter, add to that the regular and steady dose of arrogance and condescension he has heaped on the nation over health care/insurance care/medical takeover care.

All of that is bad enough. However, the worst, and the thing that completely disqualifies Obama, as least to this point, to lead this nation is the dark hearted evil, yes, evil, he is orchestrating and leading over 'terror'.

Any analysis, at all, begins and ends with one simple thing; did it work. Never mind it, water boarding, bugs, saying boo, was not what any rational person was recognize as torture in the first place. Did it work?

If you want immoral, if you want rule and law breaking, if the US government sat on it's hands while some gomer played solitaire and watched Americans die because we refused to beat information out out of him that would have saved their lives, then the government had FAILED on a structural level.

We're not talking about pulling the finger nails out of some kid who knows who knocked over the liquor store. We're talking about stopping, with water boarding and otherwise scaring someone, to STOP mass murder of US citizens.

If Bush and/or Cheney ever deserve to go to jail, it is for NOT making captures uncomfortable and getting information out of them. If Obama deserves the label of failure, he has already earned it for poor and misguided leadership which he has time to straighten out.

However, if he does not put a stop to this insanity and I mean this week, he deserves impeachment for high crimes against the people and the constitution of the United States of America on the most fundamental level.

It is THIS simple;

[aps45819]

Originally Posted by Nonno

Wishful thinking! by loons!

So you're saying it's always been a personal goal of the populace to have a president that loaths America.


Actually, that's probably true for a lot of the communist/socialists that elected Obama

[Bann (Premo)]

Originally Posted by cwo_ghwebb

American Thinker: Another Failed Presidency

Originally Posted by Larry Gude

Now, Obama. There is nothing quite like being a disaster on the Gong Show, just an embarrassing mess and the very next act is FAR worse.

The stimulus mess, the GM and Chrysler deals and the overt law breaking, LAW breaking therein, the cap and trade farce, the mess of building his administration, a tax dodger at treasury, lobbyists galore in spite of huge campaign promises, the utter embarrassment of the cop episode and his childish global apology yet his refusal to apologize for his own stupidity in the matter, add to that the regular and steady dose of arrogance and condescension he has heaped on the nation over health care/insurance care/medical takeover care.

All of that is bad enough. However, the worst, and the thing that completely disqualifies Obama, as least to this point, to lead this nation is the dark hearted evil, yes, evil, he is orchestrating and leading over 'terror'.

These points tie in to the article I posted in another thread. Who's behind the quashing of the BC issues means we have to look at who's behind the puppet Obama?

...Even more significant is that no one in the media thought Obama's missing birth certificate worth even casual mention. Their thinking seemed to be: We're not going to check on his eligibility to be president, if we don't even question why other crucial documents were — and continue to be — sealed? For instance: his baptism certificate; elementary, high school, college and graduate school transcripts; visa(s); selective service record; alleged multiple Social Security numbers; Illinois attorney's license; Illinois State Senate records; law practice client list; Univ. of Chicago scholarly articles; financial records while a community organizer in Chicago; and medical records. I'm also curious about why Michelle Obama's law license was suspended in 1993 by the Illinois Supreme Court, but then again she wasn't running for president.

Instead, the media were frantically busy trying to divert public attention away from those pesky things known as credentials with gossip-driven tabloid reportage of Sarah Palin and Joe the Plumber in order to avoid the bigger-than-Watergate potential scandal of whether or not Obama was eligible — according to the U.S. Constitution — to become President of the United States!...

...who exactly paid the tuition for Obama's stint at Harvard Law School? What role did Obama's long-time friend, Khalid al-Mansour, a key advisor to a Saudi billionaire, play? Writer Kenneth Timmerman describes al-Mansour as "well known within the black community as a lawyer, an orthodox Muslim, a black nationalist, an author, an international deal-maker, an educator, and an outspoken enemy of Israel." This is not to omit that al-Mansour was originally contacted to intervene with Harvard on Obama's behalf by Percy Sutton, former Manhattan Borough President and the lawyer of Malcolm X. Ah...the tangled web of it all!

Then there is the question of what role was played by Saudi Prince Alwaleed, the nephew of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia? You remember Prince Alwaleed, who offered then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani $10 million after September 11 if he would only blame America for the terrorist attacks of which 15 of 19 perpetrators were Saudi Arabian — a "gift" the mayor promptly and with appropriate contempt rejected!

In short, what influence have the Saudis exerted on Fox to muzzle the issue of Obama's birth certificate? I don't ask this about the network TV channels or cable channels like CNN and MSNBC, which are still issuing daily hagiographies of Obama.
Who is behind quashing the birth certificate issue?

[wintersprings]

I have an idea

when Chairman Obama is thrown out

lets investigate this stimulus mess

that should be entertaining

[Larry Gude (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Bann

These points tie in to the article I posted in another thread. Who's behind the quashing of the BC issues means we have to look at who's behind the puppet Obama?

I think that's legitimate. Clinton was 'owned' by the big chicken people and the big retailer in Arkansas.

The Bush's have rather intimate relationships with the Saudi's over the years.

[FredFlash]

Obama's Presidency has been very successful.