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Old 06-12-2014, 08:25 PM
 
Location: Chesapeake Bay
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when you become president ,you become president of united states, that everybody. when obama became president he made it clear he was president for the democratic party people, he made it clear. "I'm driving this car, yes you can come for the ride but you got to sit in the rear"

he made it clear, he wasn't my president
You got in the trunk? I mean, you ARE along for the ride.
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Old 06-12-2014, 08:55 PM
 
Location: Chesterfield,Virginia
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I didn't vote for him, but once Obama was voted in as president of the United States I remember thinking "Ok.....he's the president now. He's MY president now". I wanted him to succeed, because if he succeeded we ALL succeeded.

From the tax cheating, Mao loving, white hating people he appointed to cabinet positions right from the get-go, to Fast and Furious, to Benghazi, to the IRS, to Solyndra, to the VA, to shovel ready jobs that weren't as shovel ready as he thought, to the NSA and the Taliban 5, to phony lines in the sand and him apolgizing all over the world for our country and our people, to "the first I heard about it was on the news just like everybody else", to Obamacare, to having a phone and a pen and knowing how to use them, to hacking into reporter computers and calling reporters flight risks, to made up wars on EVERY SINGLE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP OUT THERE, to "not even a smigeon you can keep your doctor if you like your doctor I'm outraged and will get to the bottom of it this is another phony scandal........"

I'm sick and tired of it. I'm sick and tired of Obama. I'm not some partisan hack. I'm not an unthinking finger pointer. I'm not a blind loyalist. And I wasn't a knee jerk Obama-hater.

But I am absolutely, completely, thoroughly sick of him.
It is the Rules for Radicals by saul alinsky being used by the bummer administration.

It's 'meant' to wear you down.

bummer and the Hildabeast were both .. students of the tactics.

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Saul Alinsky’s 12 Rules for Radicals

Here is the complete list from Alinsky.

* RULE 1: “Power is not only what you have, but what the enemy thinks you have.” Power is derived from 2 main sources – money and people. “Have-Nots” must build power from flesh and blood. (These are two things of which there is a plentiful supply. Government and corporations always have a difficult time appealing to people, and usually do so almost exclusively with economic arguments.)

* RULE 2: “Never go outside the expertise of your people.” It results in confusion, fear and retreat. Feeling secure adds to the backbone of anyone. (Organizations under attack wonder why radicals don’t address the “real” issues. This is why. They avoid things with which they have no knowledge.)

* RULE 3: “Whenever possible, go outside the expertise of the enemy.” Look for ways to increase insecurity, anxiety and uncertainty. (This happens all the time. Watch how many organizations under attack are blind-sided by seemingly irrelevant arguments that they are then forced to address.)

* RULE 4: “Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.” If the rule is that every letter gets a reply, send 30,000 letters. You can kill them with this because no one can possibly obey all of their own rules. (This is a serious rule. The besieged entity’s very credibility and reputation is at stake, because if activists catch it lying or not living up to its commitments, they can continue to chip away at the damage.)

* RULE 5: “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” There is no defense. It’s irrational. It’s infuriating. It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions. (Pretty crude, rude and mean, huh? They want to create anger and fear.)

* RULE 6: “A good tactic is one your people enjoy.” They’ll keep doing it without urging and come back to do more. They’re doing their thing, and will even suggest better ones. (Radical activists, in this sense, are no different that any other human being. We all avoid “un-fun” activities, and but we revel at and enjoy the ones that work and bring results.)

* RULE 7: “A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag.” Don’t become old news. (Even radical activists get bored. So to keep them excited and involved, organizers are constantly coming up with new tactics.)

* RULE 8: “Keep the pressure on. Never let up.” Keep trying new things to keep the opposition off balance. As the opposition masters one approach, hit them from the flank with something new. (Attack, attack, attack from all sides, never giving the reeling organization a chance to rest, regroup, recover and re-strategize.)

* RULE 9: “The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself.” Imagination and ego can dream up many more consequences than any activist. (Perception is reality. Large organizations always prepare a worst-case scenario, something that may be furthest from the activists’ minds. The upshot is that the organization will expend enormous time and energy, creating in its own collective mind the direst of conclusions. The possibilities can easily poison the mind and result in demoralization.)

* RULE 10: “If you push a negative hard enough, it will push through and become a positive.” Violence from the other side can win the public to your side because the public sympathizes with the underdog. (Unions used this tactic. Peaceful [albeit loud] demonstrations during the heyday of unions in the early to mid-20th Century incurred management’s wrath, often in the form of violence that eventually brought public sympathy to their side.)

* RULE 11: “The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative.” Never let the enemy score points because you’re caught without a solution to the problem. (Old saw: If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem. Activist organizations have an agenda, and their strategy is to hold a place at the table, to be given a forum to wield their power. So, they have to have a compromise solution.)

* RULE 12: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.” Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions. (This is cruel, but very effective. Direct, personalized criticism and ridicule works.)
Most important is to overwhelm everyone with scandals/crisis and use that to your benefit.
(Never let a crisis go to waste)

Bummer and friends are well on their way to destroying the country and the People are too overwhelmed to care or even if they do care .. Where do you start?
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Old 06-12-2014, 10:06 PM
 
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Well, get ready for SOS-fat@ss to be an even more insane POTUS.......she will have Willy whispering insane ideas into her ear.
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Old 06-12-2014, 10:12 PM
 
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Sorry, but I am sick and tired as well. Of people screaming about the socialist, atheist, communist, crony capitalist, crazy christian, Kenyan, Indonesian, NWO pawn, idiot, master manipulator, part of the world conspiracy, parts of scandals no one can find evidence enough to do anything about....

So many mutually exclusive things about the same person and it gets silly, and dishonest, at the same time.

Maybe honest and consistency is not something people normally believe in...where it is important to me.
You mention things you are sick of with his vocal opponents, but do not mention a single thing you agree with the OP about, or list any of your own things you feel Obama messed up/ So why not let us in on a few?
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Old 06-13-2014, 12:21 AM
 
Location: Unperson Everyman Land
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When exactly did he do that?

2009, where were you?
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Old 06-13-2014, 12:32 AM
 
Location: Mountain Home, ID
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I didn't vote for him, but once Obama was voted in as president of the United States I remember thinking "Ok.....he's the president now. He's MY president now". I wanted him to succeed, because if he succeeded we ALL succeeded.

From the tax cheating, Mao loving, white hating people he appointed to cabinet positions right from the get-go, to Fast and Furious, to Benghazi, to the IRS, to Solyndra, to the VA, to shovel ready jobs that weren't as shovel ready as he thought, to the NSA and the Taliban 5, to phony lines in the sand and him apolgizing all over the world for our country and our people, to "the first I heard about it was on the news just like everybody else", to Obamacare, to having a phone and a pen and knowing how to use them, to hacking into reporter computers and calling reporters flight risks, to made up wars on EVERY SINGLE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP OUT THERE, to "not even a smigeon you can keep your doctor if you like your doctor I'm outraged and will get to the bottom of it this is another phony scandal........"

I'm sick and tired of it. I'm sick and tired of Obama. I'm not some partisan hack. I'm not an unthinking finger pointer. I'm not a blind loyalist. And I wasn't a knee jerk Obama-hater.

But I am absolutely, completely, thoroughly sick of him.
And I'm the Queen of England.
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Old 06-13-2014, 01:03 AM
 
Location: Alaska
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when you become president ,you become president of united states, that everybody. when obama became president he made it clear he was president for the democratic party people, he made it clear. "I'm driving this car, yes you can come for the ride but you got to sit in the rear"

he made it clear, he wasn't my president
He definitely made it clear he would punish his enemies and he has.. The middle class and the poor. He did however reward his terrorist comrades and make the rich richer than anytime in American History! How can someone not be pissed off?

Obama Explains His Remark About Punishing "Enemies" - CBS News

I just realized he told the truth for the only time in his Presidency and had to go back and tell a lie to cover for it.. Freaking unbelievable.
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Old 06-13-2014, 01:16 AM
 
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This time will be remembered as a blight on the US.
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Old 06-13-2014, 06:29 AM
 
Location: Annandale, VA
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when you become president ,you become president of united states, that everybody. when obama became president he made it clear he was president for the democratic party people, he made it clear. "I'm driving this car, yes you can come for the ride but you got to sit in the rear"

he made it clear, he wasn't my president

If you don't share my culture or values, you will never be MY president.
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Old 06-13-2014, 06:57 AM
 
Location: On the Group W bench
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Well, get ready for SOS-fat@ss to be an even more insane POTUS.......she will have Willy whispering insane ideas into her ear.
As always, you can count on RWNJs to make classy remarks about a woman's appearance. After all, that's the most important thing about a woman, right?
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