Joan is usually right on with her indications. On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]>wrote:
> Interesting perspective Travis, and although I don't necessarily rule it > out, I think that Obama and the Obama Administration are way too > narcissistic and in love with themselves to throw in the towel. If his > popularity continues to decline, thereby opening up the door for Hil Clinton > to quit as Secretary of State and announce her candidacy; then yes, I could > possibly see Obama doing an "LBJ" similar to when Bobby Kennedy announced > his candidacy. > > Also, if Obama realizes that he cannot win, and by example, if the election > was today, or this month, it doesn't matter who ran against him from the > other side of the aisle, (including Palin) I believe that they could beat > Obama right now. > > It will be an interesting year, to say the least. > > > > > On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> >> >> Obama Won’t Run…His Work Is >> Done<http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/30140> >> >> http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/30140 >> >> *Obama Won’t Run…His Work Is Done* >> *Joan Swirsky, Canada Free Press.com* >> ** >> >> [image: image]*The drivel the media are blathering about Obama’s 2012 >> race for reelection is absolute baloney! All those talking heads and print >> [so-called] journalists should be ashamed of themselves for prattling on >> about this unserious subject while studiously avoiding the urgent issues >> that threaten the very life of our country.* >> >> *These are issues that a maniacal Nancy Pelosi, as House Minority Leader >> in the lame-duck session, is intent on cramming down the already-gagging >> throats of American voters who loathe her fetish with Marxism so much that >> on November 2 they decisively returned the House she had appropriated back >> to We the People. As columnist Ralph R. Reiland writes, it was “...the >> greatest defeat for a newly elected president in a midterm since…1922.”* >> >> *Make no mistake about it, when the Obama-Pelosi-Reid-orchestrated >> disasters listed below take place, this triumvirate will applaud them, as >> any disaster that befalls our country fits neatly into their vision of Big >> Bad America. Yes, the very same America that brought them to the pinnacle of >> prominence, wealth, and power is the country they’re working overtime to >> destroy.* >> >> *Here is just a sampling of what’s in store:* >> >> - *A second Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac implosion, this one immeasurably >> worse than the last in terms of human suffering and billions lost.* >> - Galloping >> inflation<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704327704575614853274246916.html> >> *and hyperinflation that will inevitably result from the Fed’s rash >> rush to print what amounts to $600-billion-dollars worth of essentially >> worthless Monopoly money.* >> - Acts that cede control of agriculture to the international community >> and give control over our waterways and land to the federal >> government<http://gulagbound.com/8699/alert-s-510-food-takeover-act-s-787-water-takeover-act-in-lame-duck-congress-for-immediate-vote-contact-senators>, >> *both eerily reminiscent of Communist Russia and China.* >> - Intention to reduce the number of our nuclear weapons to >> zero<http://links.heritage.org/ct/4867225:7407833716:m:1:198365040:53781638450E89366E860C0FFCBA0399>, >> *the goal of which is to make the strongest nation on earth both weak >> and defenseless. * >> - *Continuing to undermine our military by enacting plans, verbalized >> by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, to* cut back military pay and >> reduce the cost of military health >> care<http://www.aim.org/aim-column/interview-with-jed-babbin-on-america-at-war-and-the-state-of-the-union/>. >> >> - Bringing a stealth Amnesty DREAM >> Act<http://weaselzippers.us/2010/11/15/obama-meeting-with-dems-on-bringing-stealth-amnesty-dream-act-to-a-vote-during-lame-duck-session/> >> * to grant young illegal aliens citizenship, as well as intensifying >> the attack on Arizona for following established federal law in going after >> illegal—and often drug-trafficking and murderous—aliens. * >> - *Continuing to bully our reliable Middle East ally Israel and, >> worse, as Carolyn Glick points out,* supplying her >> enemies<http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=195474> >> *with the means to destroy the Jewish state. According to the >> Congressional Research Service, the Palestinian Authority—under the de >> facto >> control of Hamas terrorists—is the largest recipient of foreign assistance >> in the world, having received $1.2 billion in 2009 and due to receive $1.8 >> billion by the end of this year.* >> - Actively encouraging >> >> <http://www.rightsidenews.com/2010111112093/us/islam-in-america/chilling-report-the-legal-political-and-military-path-of-shariah-in-the-united-states-today.html> >> *the legal, political and military path to Islamic law—Sharia—in the >> United States, which Peter Wallsten and Sudeep Reddy of the Wall St. >> Journal >> call “the preeminent totalitarian threat of our time.” Sharia law >> affects every aspect of human behavior, from diet to worship, and includes >> the *stoning >> deaths<http://www.rightsidenews.com/2010071210971/world/terrorism/terrorizing-muslim-women.html> >> *of female rape victims for marital infidelity,* honor >> killings<http://www.rightsidenews.com/200908135946/us/homeland-security/a-slow-motion-honor-killing.html>, >> *genital mutilation, et al.* (Read the entire riveting >> article<http://www.rightsidenews.com/2010071210971/world/terrorism/terrorizing-muslim-women.html> >> *by Nonie Darwish). * >> - *Continuing the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) >> egregiously-intrusive body-search-and-x-ray policy to insure a drastic >> reduction in passengers and the ultimate destruction of the airline >> industry, the better to nationalize yet another market-driven industry. >> * >> - Placing in serious >> jeopardy<http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/energy/7296471.html> >> *the future of offshore drilling, further damaging the Gulf’s economy, >> and threatening the jobs of more than 100,000 workers.* >> - Enacting S-510, the Food Safety Modernization >> Act<http://visiontoamerica.org/story/senate-bill-s-510-food-safety-modernization-act-vote-imminent-would-outlaw-gardening-and-saving-seeds.html>, >> *which would effectively grant the U.S. government authority over the >> public’s right to grow, trade and transport foods and arrest and imprison >> people who so much as plant tomatoes in their backyards! * >> - *And don’t count out an amendment to our Constitution about what >> author Paul Sperry calls **“*Obama’s Stealth >> Reparations.”<http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=32892> >> *Sperry quotes Obama as saying that more needs to be done to “cleanse >> America of its original sin.” * >> >> *According to TheDailyCaller.com, to accomplish this draconian agenda, >> John Podesta, head of the Center for American Progress—which is funded by >> George Soros—issued a* >> report<http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2010/11/executive_orders.html> >> *in which he* suggested to the >> “president”<http://www.newmediajournal.us/fifth_column/1117a.htm> >> * that he use federal agencies and executive branch power to circumvent >> Congressional approval, as well as rulemaking, and even the armed forces “to >> accomplish important change,” and that such means “should not be >> underestimated.”* >> >> *The Armed Forces? Is Podesta mistaking America for Nazi Germany? This is >> nothing less than horrifying, but, I must add, vintage Leftism!* >> >> *In other words: “Damn the torpedoes (in this case, the Congress)—full >> speed ahead.” The hell with the November 2nd vote, the will of the >> people, the U.S. Constitution, and the law! They’ve meant nothing for the >> past two years…and to the Obama regime, they still mean nothing!* >> MISSION ACCOMPLISHED >> >> *After the midterm shellacking and a decidedly less-than-successful Asian >> tour, Obama has been featured in tabloid headlines around the world, all >> saying that he’s having a “nervous breakdown.” Even Sean Hannity said on his >> radio show that, “The feeling among some people in the White House is that >> this president is unhinged, that he’s detached, that he’s losing it. He’s >> obsessed with critics, very specifically obsessed with Fox News. He can’t >> stand Biden, he hates the Clintons, and the Clintons hate him. If the >> president is brought bad news on the economy, he has a meltdown every time >> he hears it. And this is what people—and I’m telling you my sources are >> reliable—are telling me.”* >> >> *I don’t buy it. Many people, including me, have written about Obama’s >> pathological narcissism, his out-sized self-regard, and an insecurity that >> impels him to use a teleprompter* to speak to a kindergarten >> class<http://navitor.blogspot.com/2010/01/obama-teleprompters-up-in-front-of.html>! >> *And now we see that he is psychologically unable to acknowledge any >> accountability for the massive midterm losses.* >> >> *But this kind of loss makes people like Obama angry, which will fuel and >> energize his lame-duck efforts.* >> >> *While the Obama-Pelosi-Reid destruction is taking place, the >> perpetrators will be exulting. Although they tout “equality” for the masses, >> meaning widespread mediocrity, they—like the communist oligarchs they >> admire—never tire of indulging in crass materialism, non-stop partying, and >> decadent excesses.* >> >> *All of which brings me to the conviction that Obama will never run for a >> second term, for the following reasons:* >> >> 1. *He doesn’t like the job. Above all, he doesn’t like the >> all-important decision-making part of his job, just as his serial >> “Present” >> votes as a state legislator and U.S. Senator demonstrated a distaste for >> or >> inability to make decisions, with the notable exception of his full >> support >> for late-term abortions. His wishy-washy indecisiveness in the White House >> can be seen in the endless months it took him to decide on an Iraq and >> Afghanistan strategy and in his failure to take any significant action at >> all regarding the BP oil spill that put thousands out of work and ruined >> entire Gulf Coast industries. * >> 2. *He’s not very good at the job. While wielding immense power from a >> Democrat-controlled House, Senate and White House, as well as over-40 >> czars >> unaccountable to Congress or the American people, Obama has actualized >> very >> few of his initiatives, and monstrosities like Obamacare were successful >> only through the time-honored Soviet tactics of threats, bribes and >> intimidation. In foreign affairs, the man who said he’d “restore respect” >> around the world saw his proposals rejected and repudiated by 19 world >> leaders at the G-20 this month; the Middle East “peace” fiasco is in a >> hopeless boondoggle; our traditional allies seem neither to trust nor >> respect Obama; and our enemies, sensing a weak man at America’s helm, have >> become brazen in their saber-rattling. * >> 3. *His work is done. As anyone with eyes and ears instinctively >> knows, Obama is a plant, an unsavory amalgam of a Trojan Horse and a >> Manchurian Candidate, the former ferreting a destroy-America agenda into >> our >> body politic, and the latter robotically delivering dulcet-toned >> platitudes >> and untruths to a public that, thank God, is no longer buying his >> snake-oil. >> * >> >> *Looking back over Obama’s nearly two years in office, it should be >> obvious to everyone that as things got worse and worse—the tanking economy, >> escalating unemployment rate, the BP oil spill disaster, even the recent >> slap-down at the G-20—he never lost the bounce in his step, his broad smile, >> his appetite for golfing (or vacationing, in general), or his predilection >> to entertain lavishly three or four times a week.* >> >> *This is because for DNA Leftists like Obama, two things are immutably >> true. The first is that if it’s bad for America, it’s intrinsically good! >> Remember Obama’s strange interview with Steve Kroft of “60 Minutes,” in >> which Kroft was so startled (horrified? appalled?) when Obama* >> inappropriately >> smiled and chuckled<http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/20339.html> >> *when discussing the plunging economy, forcing Kroft to ask: “Are you >> punch drunk?” But Obama couldn’t help himself… it made him happy!* >> >> *The second is that everything done to further THE PLAN is good, meaning >> the plan to destroy free-market capitalism, subvert the Constitution, bloat >> the size of government, raise taxes, coddle terrorists, indiscriminately >> open America’s borders, genuflect to the backwater tyrants at the U.N., and >> generally strip America of its exceptionalism.* >> >> *No, Obama won’t run in 2012, although he’ll be coy about it for at least >> a year. He has no taste for compromise and his over-weaning narcissism won’t >> allow him to be the head of a devolving minority party. Besides, I think his >> handlers are not pleased with the thwacking he took in the midterms, and >> will be looking hard for another puppet. In fact, George Soros, Obama’s >> premier benefactor and perhaps even the puppet master pulling his strings, >> * just told a group of >> Progressives:<http://celebrifi.com/gossip/George-Soros-Tells-Progressive-Donors-Obama-Might-Not-Be-The-Best-Investment-4023481.html> >> * “We have just lost this Election, we need to draw a line. And if this >> president can’t do what we need, it is time to start looking somewhere >> else.”* >> >> *Instead of running, Obama will become a man of the world, traveling >> widely (no doubt to his favorite dictatorships), maybe allowing a few >> ghost-written books to bear his name, accepting the multi-millions offered >> him for speaking engagements, and working on his golf swing for the next 50 >> years.* >> >> *Now wouldn’t that be fantastic for America!* >> >> ** >> [image: Author] >> *Joan Swirsky* >> Bio<http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/members/30140/Swirsky/> >> Joan Swirsky Most recent >> columns<http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/members/30140/Swirsky/> >> >> *Joan Swirsky is an award winning author and journalist. 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