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Desperately seeking substance - from Obama : Comments

By Ted Bromund, published 1/5/2009

Barack Obama will find - as Jimmy Carter did to his cost - that appeasing your enemies doesn't calm them down.

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Ginx ,you miss the point.This is not an argument of right v's left.Bush was a facist ars!hole and Obama will just be a more sophistocated one.

It is the corporate elite behind the scenes who hold the real reigns of power.That increasingly is becoming more evident as Obama's impotence is revealed.
Posted by Arjay, Saturday, 2 May 2009 8:34:05 PM
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First of all RJ, I haven't missed the point; YOU have.

The point was that this IS a Left/Right thing. If you see Bush in the manner you state-AND your point is about control/influence, then go into the same detail re Bush that you did with Obama. THEN I will see political balance.

Btw, I disagree with you. Bush was an incredibly weak man in a powerful position. Obama is a much stronger character, I doubt that this guy is anyone's puppet; particularly if it cuts across his image in any way.

Do I see Obama as shiny clean? Hell no! He's a politician for crying out loud! None of these people here/there, are of any substance in my view.

BUT: I would settle for anyone; ANYONE other than Bush. Same for Howard. Because they were ultra-conservative? yes! But specifically because they did not govern; they dictated. They collected those around them like a damn gang, and dominated their countries, whilst protecting the wealthy and adroit. THAT is why I despise both men so intensely;-and why I loathed Thatcher. And for the record: the biggest hypocrite of them all; Tony Blair.

What irritates me is the type of detailed criticism that you have put up, suggesting you're not biased..? When America has just gone through one of the most corruptED (that does not make it libel!!), regimes in American political history.
Posted by Ginx, Saturday, 2 May 2009 9:19:32 PM
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Obama Kills babies and drinks puppies blood. Also he is guy, has aids and he started the global warming myth. oh and he hates jesus.
Posted by Kenny, Saturday, 2 May 2009 9:24:31 PM
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Bush left to Obama the bigest economic crisis after 1933, a broken healthcare system, two wars with trillions of dollars costs, poverty, inequality and Americans to lose their hope for a better future, ONLY 11% of Americans then believed they was going to the right direction.

Mr Obama is honouring his promise to change America
two thirds of Americans believe that Mr Obama is doing a good job – far higher than for either of his two predecessors at a similar stage – the approval rating is not as positive as for either Kennedy or Eisenhower.
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-mr-obama-is-honouring-his-promise-to-change-america-1675701.html

An Associated Press-GfK poll shows that 48 percent of Americans believe the United States is headed in the right direction — compared with 44 percent who disagree.
The "right direction" number is up 8 points since February and a remarkable 31 points since October, the month before Obama's election
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090423/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama100_days_ap_poll

Several national polls taken in advance of Wednesday's 100-day mark suggest is widespread. Obama's approval rating stands at 62 percent — the highest of any president at this point in his first term since Ronald Reagan. And for the first time in years, the same AP poll found, more Americans think the country is going the right way than the wrong way.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/national/article995485.ece

Americans know better what is good for them, than australian conservatives

Antonios Symeonakis
Adelaide
Posted by ASymeonakis, Saturday, 2 May 2009 9:45:34 PM
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Sorry ASymeonakis,
"Americans" don't "know better what is good for them, than australian conservatives" because the news they receive is being severely distorted by the left-wing liberal media.
That's the same media that lynched Palin while fawning over their poster boy.

"The nonpartisan research group Center for Media and Public Affairs along with California's Chapman University released a study that found the nightly newscasts devoted 27 hours, 44 minutes to Pres. Obama's presidency in his first 50 days. That compares to 7 hours, 42 minutes for Pres. George W. Bush and 15 hours, 2 minutes for Pres. Bill Clinton during the first 50 days of their first terms.

Not only has Obama gotten more coverage, but that coverage has been more positive than his predecessors.

On the ABC, CBS, and NBC evening newscasts, 58% of all evaluations of the president and his policies have been favorable, while 42% were unfavorable. That compares with 33% positive in the comparable period of Bush's tenure and 44% positive for Pres. Clinton."
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/network_newsing/evening_newscasts_have_covered_obama_more_than_bush_clinton_combined_115055.asp

That's 6.33 times as much positive prime time Obama coverage as Bush coverage.

It's called propaganda and it works.
After all, you're falling for it.
Posted by KMB, Saturday, 2 May 2009 10:34:40 PM
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KMB how you can sit there and type such utter rubbish,with a straight face, are you sure your not Glen Beck or Hannity in disguise.
Do you pine for FAUX NEWs.the birth certificate is an out and out lie, only believed by those on the outer reaches of the lunar right.
Next thing you will be telling us Rush Limbaugh is sane,The KKK are just misunderstood and everyone should have access to a machine gun.
Posted by John Ryan, Saturday, 2 May 2009 11:57:46 PM
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