Who's Pulling Obama's Strings?

News Views — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:51:35 GMT

Obama fans are in a tight spot. As the White House turns ever harsher and more divisive, supporters are scrambling to explain why President Obama sounds so very different from Campaigner Obama. There are two possible explanations, neither of which is flattering. The first is that Obama was insincere on the campaign trail. The second is that his advisors – David Axelrod and Rahm Emanuel -- are in control. The latter view is bound to take hold and it will not boost the president’s flagging popularity ratings.

Many who voted for President Obama feel deceived. When he said in Florida last year “we cannot afford the same political games and tactics that are being used to pit us against one another,” people believed him. When he extolled “rejecting fear and division for unity of purpose,” people believed him. When he said on election night “I will listen to you, especially when we disagree,” people believed him.

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RE: Who's Pulling Obama's Strings?

Georgie — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:47:28 GMT

WELL, WE DO KNOW THAT BUSH & CHENEY YANKED OUR CHAINS FOR (8) YES, EIGHT YEARS, INVADED THE WRONG COUNTRY LIED, CONNIVED & KEPT SECRETS FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. YOU MUST SEE EVERY FILM THAT MICHAEL MOORE DID & YOU WILL GET THE TRUE PICTURE VIDEO & ALL OF BUSHES ACTIONS WITH BUSH IN THIS TRUE STORY & WHY ALL THE MYSTERIOUS & GOOFBALL THINGS HE DID. #1 BUSH HIRED ALL HIS FRIENDS FROM COLLEGE THAT HAD A SECRET SOCIETY. A MUST READ BOOK TITLED: THE BUSH DYNASTY BY AUTHOR KITTY KELLY WHO BY THE WAY HAS NEVER BEEN SUED BECAUSE HER BOOKS ARE BASED ON FACTS. DID YOU KNOW BUSH WAS BORN IN CONNECTICUT & NOT TEXAS? I QUOTE FROM BUSH,"PEOPLE WHO ARE POOR DO NOT WANT TO WORK" AFTER SADDAM WAS FOUND IN THAT WHOLE? BUSH GAVE HIS FATHER A PRESENT....IT WAS SADDAM'S HAND GUN! PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU READ THE BOOK & YOUR THOUGHTS. I WILL ANSWER ALL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME & LOOK WHAT WAS LEFT ON OBAMAS PLATE.

RE: Who's Pulling Obama's Strings?

A Brown — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:49:03 GMT

Georgie, haven't you got tired of hearing about the poor mess of affairs that poor ole Mr. Obama inherited from the Bush and Cheney administration? I have and I'm sure there are millions more just like me.If you live so long and Mr. Obama gets through his term in office with the score card he has now, what are you going to be saying about his job performance when the next president blames the fall of AMERICA on the bailouts, health plan and just poor judgement all the way around during Obama's term of office? Will you be defending him then or will you look back and admit that it was the truth?I doubt it, so why are you so ready to blame everything on Bush and he has been gone almost a year.

Obama didn't need help to cause all the problems he has and is causing. The question had something to do with who is pulling his strings. Personally, I feel he is too bull headed for anyone to tell him anything. He went into this with his eyes wide open, and didn't seem to feel he was going to inherit too big a problem or he should have bailed himself out of the race.No one pulled the promises he gave from his mouth with a winch and a tow truck. He was acting Mr. Bigshot and wanted to play Superman. He knew the only way he could come close to winning with his political record was to make promises he wouldn't be able to keep, and he never intended to.He was and still is on a hugh ego trip.He is still doing away with some laws that Bush had, or had kept on the books untill Obama came in and couldn't wait to change them. The government paying for abortions is one. This law is outright murder in my book. I just hope your rose colored glasses don't turn into a bloody colored pair of red blinders. Obama will make his own bed, and he will have to lie in it alone.My opinion only.

RE: Who's Pulling Obama's Strings?

twocrows — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:27:08 GMT

Posting something, whole cloth, from FOX 'News' -- you really want to go there? Seriously?

RE: Who's Pulling Obama's Strings?

Michael Joel Held — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:44:59 GMT

I find it incomprehensible that you would say the ugly things that you are about my President. The campaign trail is one thing, but administering the office of the President is another. When Bush, Cheney, Condi Rice, and Rumsfeld sat in their offices allowing hundreds of children to die in Iraq and Afghanistan, did you complain then? Never heard a single complaint from you and your righty buddies. But I can understand you now. As long as it was Bush, who was the worst President (listed as number 8 in the scheme of things), was President and doing the terrible things he was doing, that was fine with all of you. But you now have a man of some sanity who sees the world as not a battleground, but as a peaceful place where enemies can sit and negotiate, you and your buddies find it makes sense to criictize Obama. Get off your soapbox and find a real life, or maybe a real life will find you. Michael Joel Held

RE: Who's Pulling Obama's Strings?

tennisguy — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:03:33 GMT

Obama is doing a great job, and is respected all over the world. Unlike Bush, et al., he is representing the people, not the special interests.

RE: Who's Pulling Obama's Strings?

kicked out gris — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:51:53 GMT

All right wingers are claiming Georgie boy did wonderful things.. like giving the millionaires and billionaires great big tax cuts.. Sorry, repukies, but Rotten Reagan dribble downs didn't work.and still don't work . instead of dribbling.. the super tax cuts went into overseas banks (which happen to be illegal) Halliburton and Cheney moved his billions to Dubai.. Georgie boy has his in Swiss Banks and in a previous Russian country.. Rush Limplard keeps his in Dominion Republic account, is working fine so he can along with his joy of raping little boys there.. Bradley Birkenfeld is his interest rate decider..

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