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Agravan
05-27-2013, 11:27 PM
President Obama’s arrogance is undoing his presidency (http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/25/4254229/what-barack-obama-has-lacked-from.html)By STEVE ROSE
Updated: 2013-05-26T18:22:07Z
May 25By STEVE ROSEThe Kansas City StarBarack Obama just had his worst week in a deeply flawed presidency.


http://media.kansascity.com/smedia/2013/05/24/14/48/z5Aau.St.81.jpegKristoffer Tripplaar A “we know what’s best” approach has fueled scandals during President Obama’s second term


It’s not as bad as Jimmy Carter’s presidency, but it’s still one that can make even the most right-wing conservative long for Democrat Bill Clinton.
What Barack Obama has lacked from the beginning is humility, and what he has displayed consistently is arrogance.
He could have nipped the Benghazi fiasco in the bud, but Obama apparently decided that since only Fox News was beating the drums for the truth, he could finesse the ugly matter. Instead of coming clean from the get-go, that this was an act of terrorism, Obama stone-walled. Now, he has a bonafide scandal on his hands.
It still is not clear how far up the chain of command it went, possibly to Obama himself, but there was an order for our troops to “stand down” when the Benghazi consulate was under attack. Who gave that order? How much did the president know, when did he know it, and what did he do about it?
We know for certain the “talking points” following the attack corrupted the truth. We were told Benghazi was a spontaneous mob protest over a video rather than a planned act of terrorism.
It was sheer arrogance that turned a tragedy into a scandal.
This same arrogance bled into an Internal Revenue Service politically motivated witch hunt on Obama’s watch.
That the IRS would be targeting conservative groups could only germinate in an atmosphere where those conservatives were seen as bitter rivals, sure, but not co-participants in a democratic process. Rather, those opposition voices were seen worthy of being silenced.
Vice President Joe Biden even acknowledged such disregard publicly, asserting that, the tea party Republicans “acted like terrorists,” without even a shred of self-awareness as to what this charge really means.
The Justice Department “spying” on The Associated Press is but another example of this toxic “we know what’s best” approach that thrives under Obama.
The Obama administration has had a chilling zeal for investigating leaks and punishing leakers and now perfectly in character has failed to offer any credible justification for the Justice Department secretly combing through the phone records of reporters and editors at The Associated Press. This looks like the Justice Department was on a fishing expedition for sources in an effort to frighten off whistle-blowers.
But as bad as these examples look, the poster child for arrogance is, appropriately enough, Obamacare.
It was obvious almost from day one, when Obama rammed through Obamacare — a 2,000-page law with now 20,000 pages of regulations — that he would ignore anyone who disagreed with him, whether non-partisan experts or partisan critics. Only he knew the truth, and everyone else was either on board or misguided.
Already, we are starting to see the predictably bloated effects. Take a few examples: St Luke’s Health System and Liberty Hospital have already announced they are laying off hundreds of employees as a result of Obamacare. And that is just the beginning of the bad news.
Just getting an appointment with your doctor is bound to become more challenging when Obamacare takes full effect in 2014, and, meanwhile, the cost of health care will skyrocket, not decline, as Obama predicted.
Had Bill Clinton been president (never mind his total lack of character) and succeeded in passing “Hillarycare,” we might have had broad-based health care reform but never would have ended up with the Obamacare monster. I’ll bet it even makes Bill shiver a little in private.
Obama bashes heads with Republicans. Clinton would negotiate and compromise and, in the end, usually find common ground with Republicans. We probably would have ended up with comprehensive tax reform, not the meat-ax cuts from the sequestion, had Clinton been president.
Perhaps these recent jolts — from Benghazi, to the IRS, to the AP — will bring the president down to earth, where he will become less aloof and less arrogant.
At least, we can hope.


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jillian
05-27-2013, 11:39 PM
damned uppity black guy

too funny

Agravan
05-27-2013, 11:42 PM
damned uppity black guy

too funny

Yeah, the author is just being racist, right little girl?

Typical right-winger...Oh wait,
http://voices.kansascity.com/entries/only-kansas-senate-can-stop-extremism/

Cigar
05-28-2013, 06:40 AM
Ladies and Gentlemen; we now pause for the truth:

Obama approval ratings remain steady, riding through the ups and downs of economy, controversyThe economy is recovering, the White House is dealing with multiple controversies, and President Barack Obama appears generally unaffected either way.He’s getting no significant uptick in approval from gains in housing, jobs and the stock market. Likewise, he has so far seen no downtick from the recent storms over the terror attack in Benghazi, Libya, the targeting of conservative groups by the IRS and a leak investigation that has swept up the phone records of Associated Press journalists.
All in all, recent polls show the president sustaining an overall approval rating around 50 percent.

http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-05-23/politics/39456109_1_unemployment-rate-economy-president-barack-obama


You are now free to return to your fantasy :grin:

http://businessthinker.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/barack-obama.jpg

Mainecoons
05-28-2013, 06:44 AM
Gosh, you don't suppose we've got yet another far left newspaper here do ya?

Nawwww!

:rofl:

Agravan
05-28-2013, 07:08 AM
You are now free to return to your fantasy :grin:

http://businessthinker.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/barack-obama.jpg

This guy is YOUR fantasy, not ours.

jillian
05-28-2013, 07:28 AM
Yeah, the author is just being racist, right little girl?

Typical right-winger...Oh wait,
http://voices.kansascity.com/entries/only-kansas-senate-can-stop-extremism/

Right. Nothing racist about the Obama-deranged right. You just use every racist stereotype you can think of.

Also, why do you feel so emasculated that you need to call an adult woman, professional and mother a "little girl"? You should probably seek help for that. I'd think that type of self-hatred might be damaging to your opportunities.

Agravan
05-28-2013, 07:39 AM
Right. Nothing racist about the Obama-deranged right. You just use every racist stereotype you can think of.

Also, why do you feel so emasculated that you need to call an adult woman, professional and mother a "little girl"? You should probably seek help for that. I'd think that type of self-hatred might be damaging to your opportunities.
the guy who wrote the article is a lefty and at a far left newspaper. Do your research. I even provided a link to one of his previous, foaming at the mouth, leftist rants (article).
As for calling you, an adult woman, blah blah, a little girl, let me remind you of this:

don't patronize me, little boy

Just another liberal hypocrite.

Cigar
05-28-2013, 07:46 AM
Right. Nothing racist about the Obama-deranged right. You just use every racist stereotype you can think of.

Also, why do you feel so emasculated that you need to call an adult woman, professional and mother a "little girl"? You should probably seek help for that. I'd think that type of self-hatred might be damaging to your opportunities.

It's all they have left in the tank ... they are dieing off and becoming less and less relevant and the remaining part of their base is just a few remaining bitter dinosaurs

truthmatters
05-28-2013, 08:22 AM
Pretending obama is arrogant is just one opf the stupidiest things the right has done.


No one who is not already filled to the brim with HATE of anything Obama does buys this stupid meme.



Yes it is racist to pretend he is arrogant.

Cigar
05-28-2013, 08:34 AM
Pretending obama is arrogant is just one opf the stupidiest things the right has done.


No one who is not already filled to the brim with HATE of anything Obama does buys this stupid meme.



Yes it is racist to pretend he is arrogant.

Arrogant?

Do they mean President Obama won't do as he's told ... like a good Boy?

I wonder if they know those days are gone ... forever, and are never coming back.

patrickt
05-28-2013, 09:20 AM
Right. Nothing racist about the Obama-deranged right. You just use every racist stereotype you can think of.

Also, why do you feel so emasculated that you need to call an adult woman, professional and mother a "little girl"? You should probably seek help for that. I'd think that type of self-hatred might be damaging to your opportunities.

Look at the bright side. He didn't use Bill Maher's preferred phrase for referring to an adult woman, professional, and mother, did he? Of course, Bill Maher is hilarious.

The problem isn't that President Obama has such an amazing inflated ego but that it's so unjustified. The man is a narcissist whose vision of himself defies reality. He's had a lifetime of getting away with it and can't imagine that will ever stop.

Agravan
05-28-2013, 09:50 AM
I love this. The lefties here are too stupid to realize that the author of the OP was a left wing nutball from a left wing newspaper. That's why I put this up here, to see how many on the looney left would call him a "typical Conservative", racist, or anything else they call those on the right. It worked beyond belief.

Chris
05-28-2013, 10:37 AM
damned uppity black guy

too funny

Why the racist comment?

Chris
05-28-2013, 10:38 AM
Arrogant?

Do they mean President Obama won't do as he's told ... like a good Boy?

I wonder if they know those days are gone ... forever, and are never coming back.


Why the racist comment?

Chris
05-28-2013, 10:40 AM
Obama is sometimes arrogant and sometimes humble. When he sees a positive, like killing UBL, he arrogantly claims responsibility. When he sees the IRS committing crimes, he humbly claims he only found out about it in the news.

Cigar
05-28-2013, 10:47 AM
Obama is sometimes arrogant and sometimes humble. When he sees a positive, like killing UBL, he arrogantly claims responsibility. When he sees the IRS committing crimes, he humbly claims he only found out about it in the news.

I'm sure he was involved in the Ohio Office Day-to-Day Operations

Mister D
05-28-2013, 10:48 AM
Arrogant?

Do they mean President Obama won't do as he's told ... like a good Boy?

I wonder if they know those days are gone ... forever, and are never coming back.


No racial baggage here folks.

Chris
05-28-2013, 10:53 AM
I'm sure he was involved in the Ohio Office Day-to-Day Operations

I doubt it. The fourth branch of government has become a Leviathan too big for anyone to control.


http://i.snag.gy/oyvvH.jpg

Cigar
05-28-2013, 10:55 AM
No racial baggage here folks.

http://www.funny-potato.com/images/usa/black-house.jpg

Agravan
05-28-2013, 11:00 AM
I'm sure he was involved in the Ohio Office Day-to-Day Operations
a leader is held responsible for the actions of his subordinates. Of course, Obama is not much of a leader.

Chris
05-28-2013, 11:01 AM
http://www.funny-potato.com/images/usa/black-house.jpg

Commie red...

http://i.snag.gy/NQFh4.jpg

More accurate.

Cigar
05-28-2013, 11:18 AM
Commie red...

http://i.snag.gy/NQFh4.jpg

More accurate.

Whatever helps people cope with their fears :)

Cigar
05-28-2013, 11:19 AM
a leader is held responsible for the actions of his subordinates. Of course, Obama is not much of a leader.

Ending two Wars takes time .... sport. :)

Agravan
05-28-2013, 11:33 AM
Ending two Wars takes time .... sport. :)
Well, yeah. Between the parties, concerts, and vacations, it's hard to find the time to end the wars.

Mister D
05-28-2013, 11:34 AM
http://www.funny-potato.com/images/usa/black-house.jpg

It's not about race at all with Cigar, folks.

Chris
05-28-2013, 11:40 AM
http://www.funny-potato.com/images/usa/black-house.jpg

Whatever helps you cope with your fears--to paraphrase someone around here.

Mainecoons
05-28-2013, 11:45 AM
He has a lot to fear. Obama is trying to throw him and his "brothers" under the bus in favor of hispanics. At some point, those hispanics will use affirmative action to displace him.

All at the hands of a mulatto. Pretty funny, eh?

Cigar
05-28-2013, 11:46 AM
It's not about race at all with Cigar, folks.

What's wrong ... don't like it when it's thrown back into your face?

Mister D
05-28-2013, 11:49 AM
What's wrong ... don't like it when it's thrown back into your face?

Just pointing out your obsession with race. Don't like that? Don't bring it up so often.

Agravan
05-28-2013, 11:50 AM
What's wrong ... don't like it when it's thrown back into your face?

The only thing you're throwing back is your own projections. Look in the mirror to find a real racist, fool.

Mister D
05-28-2013, 11:51 AM
The only thing you're throwing back is your own projections. Look in the mirror to find a real racist, fool.

Amazing, isn't it?

Mister D
05-28-2013, 11:52 AM
He has a lot to fear. Obama is trying to throw him and his "brothers" under the bus in favor of hispanics. At some point, those hispanics will use affirmative action to displace him.

All at the hands of a mulatto. Pretty funny, eh?

He'll always have the last two elections to remember. :wink: