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President Obama in trouble
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 24.10.10, 18:08
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1. loosing president
Anna M Sedda ,   Italy   (10.24.10)
the sooner the better...get him out
2. Clinton Democrats may also abandon Obama.
Chaim ,   Israel   (10.24.10)
In a recent speech, reprinted on his website, U.S. conservative icon Rush Limbaugh urged Clinton Democrats to abstain or vote Republican in the upcoming midterm elections. Limbaugh's reasoning is impeccable. If Obama is soundly defeated in the midterms, Hillary Clinton will have an excellent chance to replace Obama, as Democrat leader and run for the presidency in 2012. It could resonate strongly among many U.S. Democrats distraught at the treatment of Clinton by Obama and his acolytes.
3. Junior senator, meaning inexperience and it shows.
BoW   (10.24.10)
Worst is being untrustworthy, not keeping to promise.
4. Common Sense
Brod ,   USA   (10.24.10)
How could an inexperienced, incompetent member of a Minority group be ever allowed to run for and be President of the World's Super Power of White America-the Majority group? This is plain ridiculous. On top of that he is eroding America's greatness. He talks and acts as a leader of a Third World country . He apologizes to the world over crap. He bows to the Saudi Chieftain in a meeting in Rome, obvlivious to the fact that Saudi Islamist-Jihadists attacked America, destroyed the Twin Towers, destroyed part of the Pentagon Building, destroyed 3 American Jet Liners full of passengers, and murdered more than 3000 Americans in cold blood on 9/11. He cows to Islam and the Islamist-Jihadist world. He supports the Islamist-Jihadists in building a Mega Mosque near Ground Zero which is an affront to America (70% of Americans are against it). He bans prominent Judeo-Christian preachers like Franklin Graham from attending and praying at a Pentagon Prayer Meeting. He sides with the Islamist-Jihadist world in crusading Jihadism on Israel. He approves the sales of multi-billion dollar offensive weaponry to the Arab Islamist-Jihadist states such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, etc, while stopping the sale of needed weaponry to Israel-America's friend and ally in the region. He seems blind to Iran nuke threat and growing influence in the region that threaten America, Israel and the Free World.
5. A con man & a fraud.
Terry ,   Eilat - Israel   (10.24.10)
So, how long can a con man keep up the act. Eventually, reality comes knocking at the door, everyone sees him for what he really is - inexperienced, out-of-touch, incompetent, not that smart, a far left ideologue. Even many in his own party are having doubts. You can bluff your way through an election campaign - governing is another story. Wait - this is not the end. I expect his popularity to take an even bigger drop as more & more of the truth about him emerges. The rumour is that the White House is in complete disarray, that the president is depressed, smokes more than a pack a day, that there is constant bickering & in-fighting. Look how many of his team have left or have announced that they are leaving. Rats leaving a sinking ship.
6. Obama tried to sell himself as the messiah in 2008
zionist forever   (10.24.10)
As a result of his talent to make speeches, the fact the public were fed up with Iraq & Afghanistan and wanted a change to Bush era politics so Obama captured the hearts and minds. When he first became president first thing he did was go around the islamic world to let them know America loves you. Then it was healthcare which was his baby not something that was designed to help get the country on its feet. Healthcare was about making sure Obama left a legacy. His stimulus plans were all spend no recovery and he wants to keep spending more on stimulus. He has shown his first loyalty is to muslims and not to the feelings of the American public by endorsing the Ground Zero mosque. He has been looking for friends by doing the unpopular thing. The US jews might still love him along with the black & hispanics who will support him no matter what but the rest of the public is a little more skeptical these days. The people who might in the end up getting Obama reelected are the Republicans because if they take Congress and turn things around Obama will take the credit for it in 2012. I promised you I would solve the economic problems and look I have solved them..... thanks to a Republican controlled Congress stopping me from printing money. Obama needs to be brought down he is a danger to America economically and its loosing the respect and fear its enemies once had. Ahmadinejad laughs at Obama and his weakness.
7. We are days away from the truth.
Thomas ,   Dixieland USA   (10.24.10)
Therefore all opinions are pure conjectural and my supposition is just as good as the ice cream maker's nearby. Being culturally E.European I believe the US already passed the tipping point toward Marxist New America with strong ethnic minority voices that cannot be muted. Bigots! Racist! Corporatist! (=new Kulaks) Fascist! and all opposition is silenced. The mythical belief - that by destroying the "class enemy" (bankers, corporations, non-Communist Plutocrats etc.) and redistributing the wealth among the Proletariat will bring the Ultimate Happiness - lives on forever. With some exaggeration - only to underscore my point - we are in 1920. Russia's Lenin's New Economic Plan redux...with the same expected result that E. Europeans already know but Americans still don't. We'll see.
8. Save A Buck Or Two
Chris ,   USA   (10.24.10)
Part 2 of the analysis" after the election.
9. To #5:
Beth Goodtree ,   NYC, USA   (10.24.10)
More like ships leaving a sinking rat!
10. I am a Jewish woman and registered as independent. I shall
Barbara J. Singer ,   Cleveland, OH   (10.24.10)
never vote for anyone who supports the President and in two yeas there is no chance I'm going to vote for Obama either. I say it after having supported Obama with my vote, money and volunteer work two years ago. Obama's hostility to Israel and its Prime Minister, and his insistence that Jews must not reside in parts of Jerusalem have done it for me. I take the call NEVER AGAIN very seriously.
11. No "smearing on racial on religious grounds"
Raymond in DC ,   Washington, USA   (10.24.10)
Liberals who can't defend their case on the facts and merits are quick to scream "raaaaacist" at their critics. But such charges have no foundation. Those Independents, for example, who provided the edge for his victory but have since turned against him, didn't suddenly discover that he's (half-)black. As to the "religious" matter, Obama underplayed his Muslim heritage throughout the election, only trotting it out as part of his outreach to the Muslim world. (That strategy of outreach, of course, has been an epic failure.) But sucking up to the OIC, the UN, and the Arab world, and his promotion of internationalist rather than American values were bound to spark resistance. None of that, of course, fully explains the growing opposition to his leadership. Beyond not "delivering the goods", his instincts and policies run in opposition to popular will. He ran as a centrist and conciliator, but governed by tacking left; the US however remains predominantly center-right. The claim that "We're from the government and we're here to help you" is mocked by most Americans, but the liberals believe it.
12. 3
zionist forever   (10.24.10)
Tell a black senator he doesn't have the experience to be president and he will reply you just want to keep the black man down and a slave to white men. The tea party crowd who don't like Obama re constantly refused of racism. When people held town hall meetings over health care Obama said they were all Republican plants and brownshirts because they were out there because they were against the policies of the black president. Its a shame that there is no law saying that to be president you must be a minimum age and have served in Congress for a minimum number of years. Then you wouldn't have inexperienced Obamas who are good at election campaigning but presidents who dont know what they are doing.
13. BH o set in place Snr Carter & Clinton
MARTIN ,   SA   (10.24.10)
Remember and keeping Saudi and Iran in mind these senior democrats using lots petro dollars lobbied and moved round Mid east and Asia to sell their new found brand product B O. Well tDemocrats need to do some re-branding. I hope they realise that also HC is not a good choice for 20-12either. Its time these allegedly bought/paid officials are scrapped Cartr and clntn also passed sell-by date and dont belong at the point sale rather rotten eggs relegated with b o to the heep of failed products of US history.
14. Obama
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (10.24.10)
The president is going to have a major shock come November 2nd. The Democrats have lost the house -- he's not even campaigning for Democratic candidates of the House. If you look at some of the races in the Senate, some seats that have been Democratic for as long as anyone can remember are looking as if they will become Republican. I have to believe that the Democratic National Committee is kicking themselves about Obama. Democrats are fleeing the party in droves, citing as their reason for so doing merely one word: "Obama." Well, that is what you get when you elect a "community organizer" to the presidency. The simple fact is that Obama was the worst possible choice. The president is supposed to represent the American people. He is not supposed to unroll a private agenda. Did he really think that the American people wanted his first meetings with heads of state to be Turkey and Egypt? Closely followed by the King of Saudi Arabia? No, the American people wanted nothing of the sort. The keystone to Obama's presidency has been reaching out to the Islamic world. Remember that pathetic televised speech he made to the Iranian people? Was that embarrassing, or what? And all this before he bothered to meet with the Canadian and British prime ministers, which have always been the first two meetings of a newly-elected American president. Then, he started with the incessant bullying of Israel -- a loyal ally and a linchpin in America's war on terror. Obama has failed to disengage himself from the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, a violent anti-Semite. In fact, Obama's Middle Eastern policy is so bewildering, even the State Department -- not exactly big fans of the State of Israel -- has questioned his policies. Most people have come to realize that Obama isn't the author of his Middle Eastern agenda. His agenda has been written by the likes of his good friends Rev. Wright and Louis Farrakhan. Obama is simply not smart enough to craft his own agenda. His own close appointees and advisers are abandoning him in droves. The United States is in serious trouble. Big? Yes. Powerful? Sure. Crippled economy? You bet. Serious domestic issues? Oh yeah. Come November 2nd, roughly half the Democratic governors will be voted out of office. The legislatures of the individual states will become remarkably "red" (i.e., Republican). Does that matter in national elections? Oh, you bet it does. The American president is not elected by popular vote, but rather by what is known as the "Electoral College." Do you know who selects the Electors? I will tell you. The individual state legislatures. Which will be incredibly, overwhelmingly red. This country needed -- and wanted -- a sea change. They put their hopes and expectations in Obama, and he has failed us all.
15.  OBAMA ,THE FRAUD!
OZ   (10.24.10)
here is a case of a politocal con of the 10th dgree , if there's one. this unknown enigma, that no news organization in the usa ,except fox, bothred to check him out prior to the elelctions in '08, took america by storm on empty promises and declarations. this questionable citizen has all the markings of a soclaist- marxist operator, whose disdain for america and its values are clear. many of his acts, proclamations and inuandoes are impeachable. but , america is a lot bigger and fundumentally stronger than one man. nov.2nd is only the begininig of taking america back from the obama abyss. tfu on him !
16. Oh, Please Sarah B
American   (10.24.10)
Please do not speak on behalf of the American people. Once you stated that your loyalty? is to Israel and not to the USA. What are you doing in the USA anyway
17. He has caused enormous damage to Israel
Bella Mack ,   London UK   (10.25.10)
Since Obama has become president anti-Israeli and anti-Semitism has soared.Anti-Semitism is now world wide and racists are coming out of their rat holes.Just read the UK papers,the Guardian in particular,it leads the pack in anti Semitic articles and virulent ant-Semitic posters.
18. Sharia Law is Not To Be Dismissed
Dav Lev ,   Burbank.CAUSA   (10.25.10)
A reporter for the LA Times, who is liberal to moderate, says some Americans are paranoid over Muslims. They are emulating decades of histility to foreigners..blacks and hispanics, and anyone who is different. ( He excludes Jews in all of this, as if we have been above this all along). He claims the bias towards Muslims reflects an inner security and lack of self-confidence ( where did he get his degree in psychology?) He dismisses charges that Sharia law is not in our body of laws. Give them time. Go pass some mosques and bring an interpreter. Ask them, in moments when off guard their opinions of Jews and our supposed influence ("Youi Jews have 60% of the money and own the media, Hollywood and all the corporations'' Dont believe me..try it.
19. Vote the Rescals Out
Dav Lev ,   Burbank.CAUSA   (10.25.10)
According to Irans leader, if Iran is attacked, Israel will be eliminated ( The Zionist racist regime will dsappear). Saddam Hussein threatened to incinderate Israel, if Baghdad were attacked (we didnt). Ahamd blames US Jews and our supporters for 911..we did it..and the Mossad. Yet, Jewish libheral money pays for most of the campaigns. The college sheep crowd sent small contributions for Obamas campaign. Theh now have run out of money. Still Obama goes to Geffin, Spielberg, Streisand for gelt..who else? Blacks and Hispanics give a fraction of the donations. Its we Jews..again cutting our own throats, voting against our interests. Sarah Palin and McCain warned about Iran..while Obama want engagement and love between we peoples. And he sells 60b in F15s to Arabia..while they blast US for having Israel as our sewer. Chavez greets Obama, and now says he will meet in the Golan over Syrias victory. in 1973, Jews were emasucated by Syria. Yet they discuss giving it back.Oy vey! Something is wrong with us folks.
20. # 14
Jack. A   (10.25.10)
"he has failed us all" You sound as of you have voted for Obama and for the Democrats? What a Witticism
21. To: No. 16
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (10.25.10)
I am a United States citizen. I have every right to be in the United States and to vote in its elections. I never said I spoke for the American people. That said, have you checked Obama's popularity and approval ratings lately? You should; it would be a useful exercise for Obama supporters such as yourself. Basically, his ratings are circling the bowl. And the fact that the Democrats will lose the House is common knowledge. Most polls seem to indicate that the Democrats will lose the Senate as well. As to the gubernatorial races and the State legislature races -- its common knowledge that most states with contested elections will go red. I have dual loyalties -- the United States and Israel. Should it come to pass that I must choose, I would choose Israel. For the nonce, however, I am a taxpaying citizen of the United States as well as a taxpaying citizen of Israel. If you have a problem with that, too bad. At least I am not living on the backs of the American taxpayer while contributing nothing. There are plenty of Americans who do precisely that. Who the hell are you to criticize me?
22. white robes
GD   (10.25.10)
i am a sikh. white robes are not required nor as they "customarily worn" in the temple. its a bunch of BS!!
23. Barbara, #10: Glad you finally see the light, but...
(10.25.10)
why didn't you listen to us two years ago?
24. American #16... you have no idea...
Lobo ,   USA   (10.25.10)
Most Americans, including myself are going to vote against Obama because of the way he's destroying the country domestically. His Israel policy is just, for me, another excuse to get him outta Washington ASAP. And, just because some of us have loyalties to more than one country doesn't mean we love both places. I have loyalties to two countries: America and Israel, but, judging on your post, leftists like you love America less than those people who love multiple places.
25. Good Riddance
American   (10.25.10)
My unwavering and absolute loyalty is for the USA, that is the big difference, .. way out ... your "taxpaying" to Israel.
26. Barbara J. Singer #10
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (10.25.10)
Thank you!. P.S. I used to live in Medina.
27. Gee cry me a river ...cry me a river..
Al   (10.25.10)
Obama Nobama is despised in the USA today...I wonder why....gee whiz...
28. Obama the Elder
Arturo   (10.25.10)
One term president, Obama will be like Dhimmi Carter. An old man on the Saudi payroll that still hates Israel.
29. #28 Nice post. Short and to the point.
Noodles ,   Coney Island   (10.25.10)
A lot said with a minimum of words.
30. 16 and Sarah B
avrom ,   bet shemesh   (10.25.10)
16 just like you can express your opinion on israe land you try to bully Israel anyone in the world is entitled to express their opinion on the US Sarah B is just trying to save the US from itself before it commits suicide
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