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Title: The Obama Regime: A Failed Presidency on the Brink of Collapse
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URL Source: http://reaganiterepublicanresistanc ... ency-on-brink-of-collapse.html
Published: Oct 11, 2010
Author: reaganiterepublicanresistance
Post Date: 2010-10-11 09:51:44 by no gnu taxes
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"Forget the myth of an Obama recovery" says Nile Gardiner, writing in The Telegraph (UK) yesterday. Noting how last week was yet another "disastrous" one for Team Obama and a bewildered American Left, he serves-up five key reasons for the Administration's accelerating political nosedive... one they have almost no chance of pulling-out-of by November 2nd: 1. A new Gallup poll suggests the November mid-terms could result in the biggest victory for Republicans in the House since 1894 (!) Gallup’s latest poll is absolutely devastating in its analysis of the Democrats’ prospects for November 2, projecting a 13 point lead for the Republicans based on higher overall turnout, and a staggering 18 point lead if turnout is low. In Gallup’s view: If there is a widely disproportionate skew in turnout toward Republican voters and their national vote lead ends up being in the double digits, the Republican gains would be very substantial. As leading election analyst Michael Barone noted, the Gallup numbers “suggest it looks like 1894, when Republicans gained more than 100 seats in a House of approximately 350 seats.” If the Gallup poll proves accurate, we could be looking at a GOP victory in the House of Representatives of absolutely historic proportions, a scenario frightening enough to give even the most seasoned Obama White House adviser nightmares. 2. The Senate now hangs in the balance Rasmussen’s latest projection has both the Democrats and Republicans with 48 seats in the Senate, with Florida moving into the solid GOP camp, and West Virginia moving from toss up to leans GOP. Four states (all Democrat) are now in the toss-up category: California, Illinois, Nevada and Washington. This is a highly significant development, as this is one of the first polls to show the Republicans and Democrats neck and neck in the Senate race. Over at RealClear Politics, the current projection with no toss-ups has the GOP and Democrats at a dead heat of 50 seats each, with a projected Republican gain of nine seats. 3. The economic figures are grim On the economic front, the news has been unremittingly grim for the Obama administration over the past few days. The latest jobs data shows that a net 95,000 US jobs were lost in September, significantly higher than the 57,000 jobs lost in August. Unemployment also rose to 10.1 percent, up from 9.3 percent in August and 8.9 percent in July according to Gallup. Among Americans aged 18 to 29, that figure was 15.8 percent. The influential Investor’s Business Daily is now warning that the United States won’t recover the more than 8 million lost jobs until March 2020: At this year’s pace, the U.S. won’t recoup all those 8.36 million lost jobs until March 2020 — 147 months after the December 2007 high. That would obliterate the old post-World War II record of 47 months set in the wake of the 2001 recession. This is extremely bad news for the president, as his party heads towards an election where his Big Government economic agenda will be the leading issue. 4. A quarter of Democrats have turned against the president Last week’s Washington Post/ABC News poll had an astonishing but barely reported revelation – nearly 25 percent of Democrats now believe “a return to Bush’s policies would be good,” a staggeringly high figure. As The Washington Post reported: Obama and the Democrats have argued that if Republicans were to gain control of Congress, they would return to the policies of President George W. Bush. Two-thirds of Democrats share that view and say it would be bad for the country. But almost a quarter of Democrats say a GOP-led Congress would take the country in a new and better direction or say a return to Bush’s policies would be good. 5. George W. Bush is now as popular as President Obama As I noted in an earlier piece, President Bush is making an extraordinary political comeback, even though he is nowhere to be seen on the campaign trail and has kept completely out of the political limelight since leaving office. A new CNN poll reports a surge in popularity for the former president, who is now almost neck and neck with President Obama in terms of approval ratings. As CNN concluded: By 47 to 45 percent, Americans say Obama is a better president than George W. Bush. But that two point margin is down from a 23 point advantage one year ago. “Democrats may want to think twice about bringing up former President George W. Bush’s name while campaigning this year,” says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. To describe this as a monumental embarrassment for Barack Obama, after relentlessly bashing his predecessor’s leadership and policies for the past 20 months, would be an understatement. That CNN poll -showing Obama's job approval nearly even with Bush- is of-course deeply humiliating for our Deflector-in-Chief... and comes at the worst possible time, just three weeks before vital midterm elections. Alas, other than "soaring rhetoric" consisting largely of BS, playing the anti-Bush was all this hack Obama ever really had... that and a trendy, exploitable racial heritage. Gardiner noted that George W. Bush’s current resurgence in popularity is in large part due to mounting opposition to the Obama presidency’s left-wing agenda, but it is also spurred by Obama’s image as "an out of touch, aloof and elitist president, divorced from economic and political reality on the ground." And how does The One's version of reality jive with all of this? Great, in a way- it's all jive, lol. Sounding like he's come-in from some parallel universe where still everybody just loves Barrack, Obama claimed in Philly yesterday that "The Republicans are messed-up so bad..." that "millions are still out of work". Of course this is nothing but farcical trash talk, as Barack Obama is the worst job-creation president in US history... he's lost us 4.4M already, including another 95,000 vanished just this past month, and up sharply from the previous month's -57K. But Boooosh! Small wonder these clowns are about to get beat like a rug...
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#1. To: no gnu taxes (#0)
better: Title: The Obama Regime: Hoover ReDux, A Failed Presidency on the Brink of Collapse of the US Empire. Until the Freedom of Information Act. Stinnett: Yes. Is this statement true?—If America was intercepting and decoding Japan’s military messages then Washington and FDR knew that Japan was going to attack Pearl Harbor. Stinnett: Oh, absolutely. You feel it’s as simple as that? Stinnett: That is right. And that was their plan. It was their "overt act of war" plan that I talk about in my book that President Roosevelt adopted on October 7, 1940. AFGHANISTAN TIMETABLE Some analysts said the most recent flare-up appeared to be driven by the U.S. need to show some progress ahead of President Barack Obama's December strategy review for the Afghanistan war, which is expected to set the stage for the start of a U.S. transition out of the country in July 2011. "What seems to be driving all this is the shortening U.S. timetable for beginning the transition out of Afghanistan and the need to create some military momentum and space," Nawaz said. http://alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N09292036.htm
The myth of Obama's "falling poll numbers" Rasmussen: January 4, 2010: Strong approve/disapprove index: -15 Rasmussen: October 11, 2010: Strong approve/disapprove index: -13 And for comparison: George W. Bush final approval rating: Strong approve/disapprove index: -30 Last week’s Washington Post/ABC News poll had an astonishing but barely reported revelation – nearly 25 percent of Democrats now believe “a return to Bush’s policies would be good,” a staggeringly high figure.
Citing Bush's approval numbers at the end of his SECOND TERM in comparision to Owe-bama's 22 months into his FIRST TERM is laughable.
Obama's first all-by-his-lonesome budget, btw, calls for a $1.17 trillion deficit.
The Obama administration is filled with people just like him -- radical academics who have never run anything except their mouths. They are every bit as incompetent as the Carter Administration. At least Carter wasn't part of the lunatic left like the Obamunists. The administration and the Democrat Congress are also corrupt to the bone. It was bad enough that they used the $780 BILLION "stimulus" to pay off government bureaucrat unions, instead of using it to fix and expand our infrastructure. Now they are allowing government bureaucrat unions and politically connected companies to opt out of Obamacare!!! The sheer arrogance of these people and their level of political corruption is breathtaking. Here's the problem: the GOP have proven to be untrustworthy. They are also completely devoid of leadership. So, my bet is that they are going to under- perform in November. Given the situation, they should win 80 House seats. My guess is that they will pick up about half that many.
OK, how's this then (Reagan in red, Obama in blue): If we apply your logic to Reagan, his policies were soundly rejected by the American people when his part lost 27 seats in Congress in 1982.
The biggest problem, IMHO, with the stimulus was Obama's bone-headed move to use $300 billion of it on tax cuts that his own economists told him had little to no stimulative value, but he thought by giving the GOP a bone, he could get their support. I agree, the focus should have been much more on infrastructure. And, I agree as well with you on Obamacare, the program is a mess. Again, Obama made the mistake of trying to appease Republicans (the plan that eventually passed is nearly identical to the plan the GOP proposed as an alternative to Clinton's program and is based in part on proposals offered by the Heritage Foundation).
Even more pathetic, since last week it was clearly noted the difference is Reagan focused on the economy during his first term, and reaped the benefits in 1984. As you were told, and as the record shows, Owe-bama did no such thing. And its going to cost him dearly in 2012.
Obama's first all-by-his-lonesome budget, btw, calls for a $1.17 trillion deficit.
Even more pathetic, since last week it was clearly noted the difference is Reagan focused on the economy during his first term, and reaped the benefits in 1984 Personally I'm fine with the parties trading off every four years since it's the second term where all the mischief occurs. The Reagan second term was a prime example.
I'd cheerfully take Reagan's second term over the horrific first term we are witnessing with Owe-bama.
Obama's first all-by-his-lonesome budget, btw, calls for a $1.17 trillion deficit.
Every administration shows the ability to surpass the previous in negatives.
Reagan's didn't.
Obama's first all-by-his-lonesome budget, btw, calls for a $1.17 trillion deficit.
I must have missed the banking scandals during the previous administration. Reagan led directly to this. "The Bush family and the S&L Scandal" Neil, George Jr., George Sr., and Jeb Bush (I'll spare you the picture) "The Savings and Loan industry had been experiencing major problems through the late 60s and 70s due to rising inflation and rising interest rates. Because of this there was a move in the 1970s to replace the role of S&L institutions with banks. In the early 1980s, under Reagan, regulatory changes took place that gave the S&L industry new powers and for the first time in history measures were taken to increase the profitability of S&Ls at the expense of promoting home ownership. A history of the S&L situation can be found here: www.fdic.gov/bank/historical/s&l< /a> / What is important to note about the S&L scandal is that it was the largest theft in the history of the world and US tax payers are who was robbed. The problems occurred in the Savings and Loan industry as they relate to theft because the industry was deregulated under the Reagan/Bush administration and restrictions were eased on the industry so much that abuse and misuse of funds became easy, rampant, and went unchecked. Additional facts on the Savings and Loan Scandal can be found here: http://www.inthe80s.com/sandl.shtml There are several ways in which the Bush family plays into the Savings and Loan scandal, which involves not only many members of the Bush family but also many other politicians that are still in office and still part of the Bush Jr. administration today. Jeb Bush, George Bush Sr., and his son Neil Bush have all been implicated in the Savings and Loan Scandal, which cost American tax payers over $1.4 TRILLION dollars (note that this is about one quarter of our national debt). Between 1981 and 1989, when George Bush finally announced that there was a Savings and Loan Crisis to the world, the Reagan/Bush administration worked to cover up Savings and Loan problems by reducing the number and depth of examinations required of S&Ls as well as attacking political opponents who were sounding early alarms about the S&L industry. Industry insiders were aware of significant S&L problems as early 1986 that they felt would require a bailout. This information was kept from the media until after Bush had won the 1988 elections. Jeb Bush defaulted on a $4.56 million loan from Broward Federal Savings in Sunrise, Florida. After federal regulators closed the S&L, the office building that Jeb used the $4.56 million to finance was reappraised by the regulators at $500,000, which Bush and his partners paid. The taxpayers had to pay back the remaining 4 million plus dollars. Neil Bush was the most widely targeted member of the Bush family by the press in the S&L scandal. Neil became director of Silverado Savings and Loan at the age of 30 in 1985. Three years later the institution was belly up at a cost of $1.6 billion to tax payers to bail out. The basic actions of Neil Bush in the S&L scandal are as follows: Neil received a $100,000 "loan" from Ken Good, of Good International, with no obligation to pay any of the money back. Good was a large shareholder in JNB Explorations, Neil Bush's oil-exploration company. Neil failed to disclose this conflict-of-interest when loans were given to Good from Silverado, because the money was to be used in joint venture with his own JNB. This was in essence giving himself a loan from Silverado through a third party. Neil then helped Silverado S&L approve Good International for a $900,000 line of credit. Good defaulted on a total $32 million in loans from Silverado. During this time Neil Bush did not disclose that $3 million of the $32 million that Good was defaulting on was actually for investment in JNB, his own company. Good subsequently raised Bush's JNB salary from $75,000 to $125,000 and granted him a $22,500 bonus. Neil Bush maintained that he did not see how this constituted a conflict of interest. Neil approved $106 million in Silverado loans to another JNB investor, Bill Walters. Neil also never formally disclosed his relationship with Walters and Walters also defaulted on his loans, all $106 million of them. Neil Bush was charged with criminal wrongdoing in the case and ended up paying $50,000 to settle out of court. The chief of Silverado S&L was sentenced to 3.5 years in jail for pleading guilty to $8.7 million in theft. (Keep in mind that you can get more jail time for holding up a gas station for $50.) Today Neil Bush is working on closing a deal in Florida, where his brother Jeb is governor, to sell a software package to schools with his startup company Ignite. Update 11/28/2003: Some of Neil Bush's business deals have been exposed in his recent divorce case. For more on this see: www.truthout.org/docs_03/11 2703A.shtml www.salon. com/news/wire/2...1/26/neil_bush/index.html It should also be noted that shortly after news of Neil Bush’s involvement in the S&L scandal hit the press his father, George Bush Sr., announced the Desert Storm campaign in Iraq, which subsequently had the result of making Neil’s name quickly fade from the headlines. In addition, while Neil Bush's divorce proceeding were exposing more backroom Bush dealings, America was once again bombarded with war propaganda for Operation Iraq Freedom. The S&L scandal is by no means the only incident of questionable, and actually illegal, financial activity that the Bush family has been involved in. The line of questionable, illegal, and unethical businesses practices goes back at least to Prescott Bush Sr., George Bush Sr.’s father. Prescott Bush was a Senator from 1952 – 1963. Previous to his time as a Senator Prescott was a banker and businessman. Prior to the American entry into WWII Prescott Bush was director of Union Banking Corporation. Union Banking Corporation helped to finance Hitler’s regime. The Concentration Camps of Nazi Germany were labor camps that the Nazis used to make products for their regime as well as for sale to raise money. Prescott profited directly from the Auschwitz labor camp. In 1942, after Hitler declared war on America the United States government seized the Union Banking Corporation under the Trading with the Enemy Act as a front operation that was supporting the Nazis. Much of the profits from the operation were already pocketed by Prescott however, and $1.5 million was put in a trust fund for George Bush Sr. For more on Prescott Bush's ties to the Nazis see: www.guardian. co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1312540,00.html www.nhgazette.com/cgi- bin/NHGstore.cgi?Title: The Obama Regime: A Failed Presidency on the Brink of Collapse
#2. To: no gnu taxes (#0)
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Approval: 47%
Disapproval: 52%
Approval: 48%
Disapproval: 51%
Approval: 35%
Disapproval: 62%
Reality check - Government spending is down, the deficit is down, government employment is down, and private hiring is up.
#3. To: go65 (#2)
#4. To: go65 (#2)
#5. To: no gnu taxes (#0)
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#6. To: Badeye (#4)
Citing Bush's approval numbers at the end of his SECOND TERM in comparision to Owe-bama's 22 months into his FIRST TERM is laughable.
Reality check - Government spending is down, the deficit is down, government employment is down, and private hiring is up.
#7. To: jwpegler (#5)
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The administration and the Democrat Congress are also corrupt to the bone. It was bad enough that they used the $780 BILLION "stimulus" to pay off government bureaucrat unions, instead of using it to fix and expand our infrastructure. Now they are allowing government bureaucrat unions and politically connected companies to opt out of Obamacare!!!
Reality check - Government spending is down, the deficit is down, government employment is down, and private hiring is up.
#8. To: go65 (#6)
OK, how's this then (Reagan in red, Obama in blue):
#9. To: Badeye (#8)
#10. To: mininggold (#9)
#11. To: Badeye (#10)
I'd cheerfully take Reagan's second term over the horrific first term we are witnessing with Owe-bama.
#12. To: mininggold (#11)
#13. To: Badeye (#12)
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Reagan's didn't.
The issues of WWII will be revisited again later.
This is actually just the tip of the iceberg as far as the Bush family and business dealings are concerned, the topic is a book in itself. In the interest of brevity I invite you to research the Bush family business ties yourself, including those in Saudi Arabia, where George Bush made millions as an oil well developer, and George Bush’s $14 million deal when he sold the Texas Rangers, while leaving tax payers footing the bill.
www.realchange.org/bushjr.ht m#rangers
For information on Prescott Bush Jr.'s economic ties to China see:
www.usatoday.com/news/was...2002/02/19/usat-prescott- http://bush.htm">www.usatoday.com/news/was...19/usat-prescott-bush.htm"
#14. To: Badeye (#12)
Actually,Ronald Reagan's legacy is a fraud created by right wingers. Reagan also bombed Libya, put the "war" in War on Drugs, allowed the continuation of Selective Service registration (despite his campaign promise to end it), helped the Khmer Rouge terrorize Thailand, imposed brutal trade sanctions on Nicaragua, funded the murderous brutal Contras, sold missiles to Iran, gave assistance to Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden, and lied to the American people. Over 135 Reagan officials were Indicted or forced o resign for criminal behavior. Reagan cost the American taxpayers almost two hundred billion after the Savings and Loans failed. The myth that he "won" the Cold War is a lie. The Soviets had all but collapsed by the late 1970's. As president, Reagan expanded the federal government by about ninety percent. Ronald Reagan was actually a complete Fraud, the greatest Revisionist History trick in the annals of United States politics, there was nothing 'great' about this clown.
Les personnes faibles ne peuvent être sincères.
#15. To: Ferret Mike (#14)
(laughing) Riiight. Thats why the entire nation, with the exception of a few insanely partisan shills, mourned his passing. And how many of those 'indicted' were convicted? You can indict a ham sandwich. The myth about us backing 'Osama' is just that, a myth, btw.
Obama's first all-by-his-lonesome budget, btw, calls for a $1.17 trillion deficit.
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