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The last Newsweek Op Ed
Jan 17, 2017 15:39:21   #
ldsuttonjr Loc: ShangriLa
 
By Matt Patterson
(Newsweek Columnist -- Opinion Writer)

Years from now, historians may regard the 2008 election of Barack Obama as
an inscrutable and phenomenon, the result of a baffling breed of mass
hysteria akin perhaps to the witch craze of the Middle Ages. How, they
will
wonder, did a man so devoid of professional accomplishment beguile so many
into thinking he could manage the world's largest economy, direct the
world's most powerful military, execute the world's most consequential
job?

Imagine a future historian examining Obama's pre-presidential life:
ushered
into and through the Ivy League, despite unremarkable grades and test
scores along the way; a cushy non-job as a "community organizer;" a brief
career as a state legislator devoid of legislative achievement (and in
fact
nearly devoid of his attention, less often did he vote "present"); and
finally an unaccomplished single term in the United States Senate, the
entirety of which was devoted to his presidential ambitions.

He left no academic legacy in academia, authored no signature legislation
as a legislator. And then there is the matter of his troubling
associations: the white-hating, America-loathing preacher who for decades
served as Obama's "spiritual mentor;" a real-life, actual terrorist who
served as Obama's colleague and political sponsor. It is easy to imagine a
future historian looking at it all and asking: how on Earth was such a man
elected president? There is no evidence that he ever attended or worked
for
any university or that he ever sat for the Illinois bar. We have no
documentation for any of his claims. He may well be the greatest hoax in
history.Not content to wait for history, the incomparable Norman Podhoretz
addressed the question recently in the Wall Street Journal: To be sure, no
white candidate who had close associations with an outspoken hater of
America like Jeremiah Wright and an unrepentant terrorist like Bill Ayers,
would have lasted a single day.

But because Mr. Obama was black, and therefore entitled in the eyes of
liberal Dom to have hung out with protesters against various American
injustices, even if they were 'a bit' extreme, he was given a pass. Let
that Sink in: Obama was given a pass - held to a lower standard because of
the color of his skin. Podhoretz continues: And in any case, what did such
ancient history matter when he was also so articulate and elegant and (as
he himself had said) "non-threatening," all of which gave him a fighting
chance to become the first black president and thereby to lay the curse of
racism to rest? Podhoretz puts his finger, I think, on the animating pulse
of the Obama phenomenon - affirmative action. Not in the legal sense, of
course. But certainly in the motivating sentiment behind all affirmative
action laws and regulations, which are designed primarily to make white
people, and especially white liberals, feel good about themselves.
Unfortunately, minorities often suffer so that whites can pat themselves
on
the back.

Liberals routinely admit minorities to schools for which they are not
qualified, yet take no responsibility for the inevitable poor performance
and high drop-out rates which follow. Liberals don't care if these
minority
students fail; liberals aren't around to witness the emotional devastation
and deflated self-esteem resulting from the racist policy that is
affirmative action. Yes, racist. Holding someone to a separate standard
merely because of the color of his skin - that's affirmative action in a
nutshell, and if that isn't racism, then nothing is. And that is what
America did to Obama. True, Obama himself was never troubled by his lack
of
achievements, but why would he be? As many have noted, Obama was told he
was good enough for Columbia despite undistinguished grades at Occidental;
he was told he was good enough for the US Senate despite a mediocre record
in Illinois ; he was told he was good enough to be president despite no
record at all in the Senate. All his life, every step of the way, Obama
was
told he was good enough for the next step, in spite of ample evidence to
the contrary.

What could this breed if not the sort of empty narcissism on display every
time Obama speaks? In 2008, many who agreed that he lacked executive
qualifications nonetheless raved about Obama's oratory skills, intellect,
and cool character. Those people - conservatives included - ought now to
be
deeply embarrassed. The man thinks and speaks in the hoariest of cliches,
and that's when he has his Teleprompters in front of him; when the
prompter
is absent he can barely think or speak at all. Not one original idea has
ever issued from his mouth - it's all warmed-over Marxism of the kind that
has failed over and over again for 100 years. (An example is his 2012
campaign speeches which are almost word for word his 2008 speeches)

And what about his character? Obama is constantly blaming anything and
everything else for his troubles. Bush did it; it was bad luck; I
inherited
this mess. Remember, he wanted the job, campaigned for the task. It is
embarrassing to see a president so willing to advertise his own
powerless-ness, so comfortable with his own incompetence. (The other day
he
actually came out and said no one could have done anything to get our
economy and country back on track). But really, what were we to expect?
The
man has never been responsible for anything, so how do we expect him to
act
responsibly?

In short: our president is a small-minded man, with neither the
temperament
nor the intellect to handle his job. When you understand that, and only
when you understand that, will the current erosion of liberty and
prosperity make sense. It could not have gone otherwise with such an
impostor in the Oval Office.

WALTER D. LAYTON

Vice President

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Jan 17, 2017 15:56:25   #
tugboat
 
ldsuttonjr wrote:
By Matt Patterson
(Newsweek Columnist -- Opinion Writer)

Years from now, historians may regard the 2008 election of Barack Obama as
an inscrutable and phenomenon, the result of a baffling breed of mass
hysteria akin perhaps to the witch craze of the Middle Ages. How, they
will
wonder, did a man so devoid of professional accomplishment beguile so many
into thinking he could manage the world's largest economy, direct the
world's most powerful military, execute the world's most consequential
job?

Imagine a future historian examining Obama's pre-presidential life:
ushered
into and through the Ivy League, despite unremarkable grades and test
scores along the way; a cushy non-job as a "community organizer;" a brief
career as a state legislator devoid of legislative achievement (and in
fact
nearly devoid of his attention, less often did he vote "present"); and
finally an unaccomplished single term in the United States Senate, the
entirety of which was devoted to his presidential ambitions.

He left no academic legacy in academia, authored no signature legislation
as a legislator. And then there is the matter of his troubling
associations: the white-hating, America-loathing preacher who for decades
served as Obama's "spiritual mentor;" a real-life, actual terrorist who
served as Obama's colleague and political sponsor. It is easy to imagine a
future historian looking at it all and asking: how on Earth was such a man
elected president? There is no evidence that he ever attended or worked
for
any university or that he ever sat for the Illinois bar. We have no
documentation for any of his claims. He may well be the greatest hoax in
history.Not content to wait for history, the incomparable Norman Podhoretz
addressed the question recently in the Wall Street Journal: To be sure, no
white candidate who had close associations with an outspoken hater of
America like Jeremiah Wright and an unrepentant terrorist like Bill Ayers,
would have lasted a single day.

But because Mr. Obama was black, and therefore entitled in the eyes of
liberal Dom to have hung out with protesters against various American
injustices, even if they were 'a bit' extreme, he was given a pass. Let
that Sink in: Obama was given a pass - held to a lower standard because of
the color of his skin. Podhoretz continues: And in any case, what did such
ancient history matter when he was also so articulate and elegant and (as
he himself had said) "non-threatening," all of which gave him a fighting
chance to become the first black president and thereby to lay the curse of
racism to rest? Podhoretz puts his finger, I think, on the animating pulse
of the Obama phenomenon - affirmative action. Not in the legal sense, of
course. But certainly in the motivating sentiment behind all affirmative
action laws and regulations, which are designed primarily to make white
people, and especially white liberals, feel good about themselves.
Unfortunately, minorities often suffer so that whites can pat themselves
on
the back.

Liberals routinely admit minorities to schools for which they are not
qualified, yet take no responsibility for the inevitable poor performance
and high drop-out rates which follow. Liberals don't care if these
minority
students fail; liberals aren't around to witness the emotional devastation
and deflated self-esteem resulting from the racist policy that is
affirmative action. Yes, racist. Holding someone to a separate standard
merely because of the color of his skin - that's affirmative action in a
nutshell, and if that isn't racism, then nothing is. And that is what
America did to Obama. True, Obama himself was never troubled by his lack
of
achievements, but why would he be? As many have noted, Obama was told he
was good enough for Columbia despite undistinguished grades at Occidental;
he was told he was good enough for the US Senate despite a mediocre record
in Illinois ; he was told he was good enough to be president despite no
record at all in the Senate. All his life, every step of the way, Obama
was
told he was good enough for the next step, in spite of ample evidence to
the contrary.

What could this breed if not the sort of empty narcissism on display every
time Obama speaks? In 2008, many who agreed that he lacked executive
qualifications nonetheless raved about Obama's oratory skills, intellect,
and cool character. Those people - conservatives included - ought now to
be
deeply embarrassed. The man thinks and speaks in the hoariest of cliches,
and that's when he has his Teleprompters in front of him; when the
prompter
is absent he can barely think or speak at all. Not one original idea has
ever issued from his mouth - it's all warmed-over Marxism of the kind that
has failed over and over again for 100 years. (An example is his 2012
campaign speeches which are almost word for word his 2008 speeches)

And what about his character? Obama is constantly blaming anything and
everything else for his troubles. Bush did it; it was bad luck; I
inherited
this mess. Remember, he wanted the job, campaigned for the task. It is
embarrassing to see a president so willing to advertise his own
powerless-ness, so comfortable with his own incompetence. (The other day
he
actually came out and said no one could have done anything to get our
economy and country back on track). But really, what were we to expect?
The
man has never been responsible for anything, so how do we expect him to
act
responsibly?

In short: our president is a small-minded man, with neither the
temperament
nor the intellect to handle his job. When you understand that, and only
when you understand that, will the current erosion of liberty and
prosperity make sense. It could not have gone otherwise with such an
impostor in the Oval Office.

WALTER D. LAYTON

Vice President
By Matt Patterson br (Newsweek Columnist -- Opinio... (show quote)


Well said.That imposter was a total fraud.

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Jan 18, 2017 07:37:46   #
ronaldt
 
I have never read, nor heard it put so accurately.
tugboat wrote:
Well said.That imposter was a total fraud.

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Jan 18, 2017 09:26:21   #
snowbear37 Loc: MA.
 


This article describes Obama exactly right! The question now remains: What forces orchestrated his ascent to the Presidency?

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Jan 18, 2017 11:58:42   #
mongo Loc: TEXAS
 
snowbear37 wrote:


This article describes Obama exactly right! The question now remains: What forces orchestrated his ascent to the Presidency?
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Follow the money of all that prospered and became multimillionaires, or multiplied the billions they had prior to the Obama administration.

SEMPER FI

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Jan 18, 2017 13:51:14   #
Noraa Loc: Kansas
 
snowbear37 wrote:


This article describes Obama exactly right! The question now remains: What forces orchestrated his ascent to the Presidency?
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The forces of Satan!

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Jan 18, 2017 18:46:39   #
boatbob2
 
I never voted for obozo,AND,im hoping that Trump,has obozo investigated for everything he says hes done, Birth Certificate,college,SS,And I hope he over turns most of obozos so called rants.

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Jan 18, 2017 22:19:32   #
tugboat
 
boatbob2 wrote:
I never voted for obozo,AND,im hoping that Trump,has obozo investigated for everything he says hes done, Birth Certificate,college,SS,And I hope he over turns most of obozos so called rants.


I hope Trump does investigate Obama with every resource he has.Something tells me anything that is left to find is either as bogus as that fake birth certificate or totally non existant. Hang that traitorous sob and any and everyone complicit in his fraudulent acts.Time to take back our country.

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