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Obama re-election is already paying off
Obama’s re-election has been profitable for us in the trading room. Unfortunately, the market is suffering just like the nation, from the election. But you get the government you deserve. The market is taking into account that he has no record of actually being able to accomplish anything except fooling most of the people part of the time, long enough to get re-elected. Expecting him to be unable to do anything about the fiscal cliff, the repositioning overseas and into Treasuries has begun. The best we have to look forward to is listening to 4 years of what his legacy will be, and listening to that smug hack Biden position himself for 2016
Official photographic portrait of US President Barack Obama (born 4 August 1961; assumed office 20 January 2009) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
the Obama effect: FUD
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George Lopez staying classy
Free speech is free. You get to judge it’s value. In the interest of fair play and equal opportunity, Lopex will turn his attention to the “authenticity” of Obama’s heritage, I guess, or whatever the point of his riff was.
In the same interest of transparency, democratic pundits are calling for Barack’s birth certificate, and college records just like they are calling fr Romney’s tax records and SEC filings
Being young in America means you get to pay
Upholding Obamacare means young people now get to learn what its like to pay for everyone else’s healthcare and not just their Social Security now. Maybe this is why we don’t teach them math skills, so that they dont understand what we are doing to them
The irreplaceable tax cheat Tim Geithner
That there are 36 Obama aides who owe back taxes is great news for the country which had just learned at the State of the Union speech that Tim “Tax Cheat” Geithner wouldn’t be around for a second term as Treasury Secretary.
We now have an expanded pool of candidates to take over from Geithner, possessing his same qualities and practices.
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“Playing” at being Presidential vs actually “Presiding”
Is this just a low cost way to appear Presidential and decisive? or part of the narrative of socialist/fascist power-grab using the Alinsky model?
If Obama really wanted to look Presidential he would take the NYT defense budget
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cutting quiz and start to make a difference in our finances by downsizing the military
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Bypassing democracy, the Democrat way
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It is typical of the elite to lose faith in the messy processes of democracy and the normal political friction of legislation. Without the intrinsic faith in the people (and the wisdom of crowds) its too easy for them to look for shortcuts.
For example, here is Peter Orszag, fresh from the Obama administration recommending less democracy and more “expert solutions”
Here is a Dimocrat governor considering a cessation of elections. It will of course be laughed off, but the message will be clear to many. Sure its a joke.
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Obama’s truthy truths
The writer cant wait to make the point that even though Obama’s story about his mother and her insurance strugglers arent exactly true, the LARGER ISSUES are still pertinent
Its truthy without being burdened down by the weight of actual truth.
Much like his claim that 80% of the people are in favor of tax increases to bailout Congress.
Dont tax you, dont tax me, tax that fellow behind the tree
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Bad form in Britain, when it comes to respecting our own legacy
Obama is willing to use Reagan for his own purposes when appealing to the moderate Right, but when the Brits offer a tribute to Reagan on Independence Day (remarkable maturity by the Brits dont you think?!), our ambassador, who’s chief qualification is his effectiveness as a fund-raiser, can’t be found. His absence was both remarkable and noticed by the Brits who used to have a special relationship with us, you may recall. Keep burning bridges, partisan hacks. we need more friends, not less. We need to act like grown-ups when in power whichmeans acknowledging our entire legacy, much of which we inherit, good or bad, from those who come before.
pretty shabby. Hilary at least should know better. Maybe she does, and did this to further spike Obama?
the next knee-jerk reaction
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now i suppose there is a good reason why Obama, who has been silent in public on his reasoning and authority to committ the US to another war in the Middle East, has now decided, in the face of pressure to address the nation.
The most obvious reason, ie the latest tap on the knee, is the simple and powerful essay by Peggy Noonan, whose insights are no more earthshattering than usual, but simply recounts the historical precedent that in a democratic republic the President MUST explain himself to the people (even if he has sidestepped their Congress)
In other words, here is the administration charting the next leg of its drunked dailor walk thru policy based on a knee-jerk reaction to public opinion
How many untapped knees yet remain?!
- he didnt act at first in Libya, except to mouth platitudes, until forced to do so by shame
- he finally acted, but without explaining it to anyone
- he didnt own the situation, but hoped it would just blow over
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- he would rather be watching the ballgame
- he wants to be President but not Presidential
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All the smooth hep-cats take a groovy step forward; not so fast Obama
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Obama: the man with a tin ear; he thinks he is legendary; he is becoming an urban legend, a walking punchline.
He is looking more like Alfred E Neumann everyday
He was supposed to be above politics; we now see he is just not very good at doing it. Oh, he can talk about it, if he has a script, but the doing? not so much
He’s from Chicago, home of savvy bare knuckle politicos….but he never got in the ring, and can’t punch or take a punch. He runs away at the first sign of contact and then disparages the gamers.
He couldn’t take the heat of having Rahm as his fixer, but now can’t do anything without him
When the world revolves around you, it only makes sense to criticize your friends and antagonize your enemies even more. Obama has turned advice of “Keep your friends close and enemies closer” on its head by single-handedly unraveling a historic coalition against the status quo. He is making the republican establishment look savvy, which seemed impossible just a year ago
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