Comments on: Can Obama recover? *UPDATED* http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/08/21/can-obama-recover/ Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:49:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bookworm Room » Changing name to KennedyCare may relieve pols, but it won’t comfort the public http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/08/21/can-obama-recover/comment-page-1/#comment-73279 Bookworm Room » Changing name to KennedyCare may relieve pols, but it won’t comfort the public Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:52:32 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=7969#comment-73279 [...] sends shivers of revulsion up and down their spines.  (There’s also the problem, as I’ve noted before, that, unlike Bill Clinton, who was able to escape some of the taint of “HillaryCare,” [...] [...] sends shivers of revulsion up and down their spines.  (There’s also the problem, as I’ve noted before, that, unlike Bill Clinton, who was able to escape some of the taint of “HillaryCare,” [...]

]]> By: Ymarsakar http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/08/21/can-obama-recover/comment-page-1/#comment-70771 Ymarsakar Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:49:39 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=7969#comment-70771 The baby shield one? The baby shield one?

]]> By: socratease http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/08/21/can-obama-recover/comment-page-1/#comment-70755 socratease Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:32:52 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=7969#comment-70755 I don't know, media coverage counts for a lot in an election, and the media are totally in the tank for Obama. We can expect they will trash any serious contender on the Republican side, enough to make their treatment of Governor Palin look like a pillow fight, rather than allow the election to prove they were wrong about their favorite President. Personally, Obama makes me think of the politician character in The Dead Zone. I don’t know, media coverage counts for a lot in an election, and the media are totally in the tank for Obama. We can expect they will trash any serious contender on the Republican side, enough to make their treatment of Governor Palin look like a pillow fight, rather than allow the election to prove they were wrong about their favorite President.

Personally, Obama makes me think of the politician character in The Dead Zone.

]]> By: roylofquist http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/08/21/can-obama-recover/comment-page-1/#comment-70706 roylofquist Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:56:48 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=7969#comment-70706 Ah, the Oscar Mayer wiener song. The version I sing to my grand kids is slightly different than the original. The last line goes "'cause if you were an Oscar Mayer wiener, we wouldn't have to go to the store for a week". As to this post - stingingly accurate. Ah, the Oscar Mayer wiener song. The version I sing to my grand kids is slightly different than the original. The last line goes “’cause if you were an Oscar Mayer wiener, we wouldn’t have to go to the store for a week”.

As to this post – stingingly accurate.

]]> By: suek http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/08/21/can-obama-recover/comment-page-1/#comment-70632 suek Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:36:49 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=7969#comment-70632 A couple of good articles at America's Right today... http://www.americasright.com/2009/08/downside-of-being-held-accountable.html Then this one - not totally on topic, but still http://www.americasright.com/2009/08/you-say-tomato-i-say-public-option.html A couple of good articles at America’s Right today…

http://www.americasright.com/2009/08/downside-of-being-held-accountable.html

Then this one – not totally on topic, but still

http://www.americasright.com/2009/08/you-say-tomato-i-say-public-option.html

]]> By: suek http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/08/21/can-obama-recover/comment-page-1/#comment-70623 suek Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:20:14 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=7969#comment-70623 Interesting analysis. Remember too, that the Clinton health care bill was defeated partially because of the change in party majority in Congress. Another reason it didn't stick to Bill. This time, it's going to belong to the Dems, part and parcel. I'm not sure what effect that will have, but if it's defeated, it's going to be because Dems defeat it - GOPers just don't have the power. I _think_ that means that if the Dems lose the majority in 2010 (and I agree, it's not a given by any means), _they_ will lay it directly at the feet of Obama, and may not even consider him for nomination in 2012. Now...thinking about that. Let's say the bigwigs in the Dem party advise O that they will not support him in 2012. Who else do they have? Hillary? Dean? Anyone else? Suppose that O pushes back...what then? Is there enough in the blackmail files to get him nominated if the big guys in the smoke-filled back room decide against him? It seems as if in 2008 the big guys were in favor of Hillary - or did it just look that way? He pulled off a major upset because he bussed in supporters in states where they had caucuses instead of primaries - this time they'll be wise to his methods. Hmmmm. I never was all that good at chess...! Interesting analysis. Remember too, that the Clinton health care bill was defeated partially because of the change in party majority in Congress. Another reason it didn’t stick to Bill. This time, it’s going to belong to the Dems, part and parcel. I’m not sure what effect that will have, but if it’s defeated, it’s going to be because Dems defeat it – GOPers just don’t have the power. I _think_ that means that if the Dems lose the majority in 2010 (and I agree, it’s not a given by any means), _they_ will lay it directly at the feet of Obama, and may not even consider him for nomination in 2012.

Now…thinking about that. Let’s say the bigwigs in the Dem party advise O that they will not support him in 2012. Who else do they have? Hillary? Dean? Anyone else? Suppose that O pushes back…what then? Is there enough in the blackmail files to get him nominated if the big guys in the smoke-filled back room decide against him? It seems as if in 2008 the big guys were in favor of Hillary – or did it just look that way? He pulled off a major upset because he bussed in supporters in states where they had caucuses instead of primaries – this time they’ll be wise to his methods.

Hmmmm. I never was all that good at chess…!

]]> By: Danny Lemieux http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/08/21/can-obama-recover/comment-page-1/#comment-70622 Danny Lemieux Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:11:35 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=7969#comment-70622 <blockquote>The media sang Hallelujahs about intangible things such as brilliance, charm, grace and an even-temper, but Obama was so carefully scripted that we never saw those traits tested.</blockquote> I believe that Obama is his own worst enemy. Unlike Clinton, he's not a personable figure and there is an ugly side that he struggles vainly to keep buried under his exterior. The more he gets challenged, the more that ugly side will emerge. None of his supposed virtues highlighted in the quote above was ever verified, much less tested. I think that his image (and that of the fawning MSM) will rapidly collapse once people reexamine him and realize that there was no there there. Also, I suspect that Obama will be subjected to a very strong test of character, probably involving a foreign policy crisis, and that (unlike Bush) he will fail that test. This could make him even more ineffective. That being said, I truly believe that Obama is a sock puppet. Whatever happens to Obama's image, it is those other people (Emanuel, the Chicago Combine, Soros, et al) behind him about whom we should be worried. They won't just roll over.

The media sang Hallelujahs about intangible things such as brilliance, charm, grace and an even-temper, but Obama was so carefully scripted that we never saw those traits tested.

I believe that Obama is his own worst enemy. Unlike Clinton, he’s not a personable figure and there is an ugly side that he struggles vainly to keep buried under his exterior. The more he gets challenged, the more that ugly side will emerge. None of his supposed virtues highlighted in the quote above was ever verified, much less tested. I think that his image (and that of the fawning MSM) will rapidly collapse once people reexamine him and realize that there was no there there.

Also, I suspect that Obama will be subjected to a very strong test of character, probably involving a foreign policy crisis, and that (unlike Bush) he will fail that test. This could make him even more ineffective.

That being said, I truly believe that Obama is a sock puppet. Whatever happens to Obama’s image, it is those other people (Emanuel, the Chicago Combine, Soros, et al) behind him about whom we should be worried. They won’t just roll over.

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