Newt nailed that right but I would go further and say that the obamashit machine has now transformed the USA to the CSA. (Communist States of America).
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 7:42 AM, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]>wrote: > April 29, 2009 | Vol. 4, No. 17 > > > *100 Days of Devastatingly Swift Success > *by Newt Gingrich > > To mark President Obama's 100th day in office, I'm going to say something > you might find unexpected, even shocking: > > President Obama's first 100 days have been spectacularly successful. > > President Obama is the strongest domestic Democratic President since Lyndon > Johnson. His ability to get Democrats in Congress to give him things that > undermine their own power is impressive. > > In just 100 days, President Obama has been devastatingly effective in > moving forward swiftly the most radical, government-expanding agenda in > American history. > *Successfully Moving to a European Model of Government Control* > ** > At home, in everything from his economic policy to his energy policy to his > just-announced science policy, President Obama has successfully moved the > country from a traditional American model of entrepreneurship and private > initiative to a European model of regulation and government control. > > Abroad, he has succeeded in his apparent goal to be the un-George W. Bush; > replacing aggressive, if sometimes flawed, American leadership with a > humbled, weakened America on the world stage. > > Judged by these standards, President Obama's first 100 days have been a > remarkable success. > > *Getting Congress to Give Him Things That Undermine Their Own Power.* > > The Obama record in the first 100 days includes three instances of > spectacular political impunity: > Under the guise of "economic stimulus" he was able to pass a $787 billion > gift for his liberal special interest base. And he did it so quickly that no > member of Congress was able to read it before they voted. > > After campaigning on a pledge to end earmarks, he signed an appropriations > bill loaded with 8,000 earmarks - and paid no political penalty. > > President Obama has kept congressional Democrats marching with him in > lockstep. House Democrats tow the party line an amazing 94 percent of the > time and Senate Democrats vote Democratic 91 percent of the time. > > *Two Historic Bureaucratic Power Grabs* > > In these first 100 days, the Obama Administration has achieved two historic > bureaucratic power grabs: > President Obama has transformed the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit > Insurance Corporation (FDIC) into giant engines of unsupervised spending. > Together, they've spent the equivalent of the entire federal budget for > 2007, without having to disclose where the money went. > > Just two weeks ago, the President presided over an unprecedented > bureaucratic power grab when his Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ruled > that greenhouse gases pose a threat to public health. This seemingly > innocuous decision opens the door to wholesale regulation of American life > by government. The threat is so great that politicians and activists are > using the specter of an out-of-control EPA to force Congress to pass a $1 > trillion to $2 trillion energy tax in the form of cap-and-trade legislation. > > *In Foreign Policy, Weakness and Self-Delusion* > > The Obama 100 days record also includes remarkable weakness and > self-delusion overseas: > In an attempt to overcome anti-Americanism abroad by agreeing with it, > President Obama has gone on a global apology tour, labeling America as > "arrogant, dismissive and derisive" in front of foreign audiences. > > President Obama has unleashed a domestic war over the meaning of guilt by > caving in to the anti-American left and leaving the door open to prosecuting > Bush Administration officials over the interrogation of terrorists who > plotted to kill Americans. > All Other Obama "Accomplishments" Are Only a Prelude to His $3.5 Trillion > Budget > > *All Other Obama "Accomplishments" Are Only a Prelude to His $3.5 Trillion > Budget* > > But all these successful expansions of government at home and retractions > of American leadership abroad are merely a prelude to President Obama's > looming crowning achievement: His 2010 budget which remakes our health care > system, remakes our energy system, raises taxes and forecasts an amazing $9 > trillion increase in the national debt. > > As I write this, Democrats in Congress are fashioning a deal to pass the > budget's provisions on health care by preventing Republicans and moderate > Democrats from having a voice in the debate. > > Think about that. The Obama-Reid-Pelosi political machine is going to pass > legislation that fundamentally affects every single American - as well as 17 > percent of our economy - by cutting the elected representatives of half of > all Americans out of the process. > > If they succeed, the budget will be President Obama's most enduring - and > devastating - accomplishment. > > *Will the Future Bring Change We Can Believe In? Or a Change in What we > Believe?* > > One thing is clear at this point in President Obama's presidency: His > control of Washington Democrats has been so masterful, and his policies so > successful, that he has officially claimed ownership of the American > economy. > Going forward, it won't be possible to continue to place blame on former > President Bush and the Republicans. If President Obama fails, it will be his > failure and his alone. > > As for us, the "success" of the first 100 days of the Obama presidency > raises a threatening possibility. > As my daughter and columnist Jackie Cushman put it, if we're not careful, > instead of change we can believe in, we're going to have change in what we > believe. > > It's something to ponder for the next 1,361 days. > > > > -- *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
