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Topic: President Obama´s socialist agenda
will divide America – or, rather, make
the existing divisions even more
bitter and rancorous |
President Obama´s socialist agenda
will divide America – or, rather, make
the existing divisions even more
bitter and rancorous
Telegraph [UK], by Toby Young
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Posted By:Attercliffe, 1/22/2013 7:01:43 AM
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| What a contrast last night´s Inaugural Address was compared to the one President Obama gave four years ago. Gone was any attempt to reach out to his Republican opponents. In its place was an aggressive assertion of modern liberalism, with the emphasis on gay rights, gun control, gender equality, combating climate change and--if his remarks about Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and income inequality are anything to go by--redistributive taxation. This is a fully-fledged socialist agenda that will leave the the 47.2 percent of Americans who didn´t vote for Obama feeling ostracised and angry. If this is going to be the
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Comments:
There they are--those two dreaded words. "Socialist agenda." Read them and weep indeed. Then get PO´d and fight.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
uno, 1/22/2013 7:13:55 AM (No. 9131682)
News in 2007. Not today. It´s what socialist, marxists do.
Such a pity that people simply don´t learn from history!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Spidey, 1/22/2013 7:25:09 AM (No. 9131697)
Obama was comfortable with himself yesterday because he didn´t have to lie or hide anything.
It´s really going to take a huge popular uprising to stop this insane clown.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
rabbit, 1/22/2013 7:43:27 AM (No. 9131724)
"Gone was any attempt to reach out to his Republican opponents."
Bridges work in both directions. Every Republican who has made even a feeble attempt to work with the president has been vilified by his own party. Does the GOP really believe that 4 years of screeching at every turn of phrase or every turn of the head of this president is going to win more votes in 2016?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Srhea, 1/22/2013 8:13:09 AM (No. 9131777)
"Instead, Obama will just end up dividing America – or, rather, make the existing divisions even more bitter and rancorous."
This is all he knows how to do. How can you expect anything else? He is a worthless president, worshipped by psycophants who clammer for a messiah.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
lifelonghuman, 1/22/2013 8:24:08 AM (No. 9131798)
America is already divided. I doubt that there´s anything the Republicans can do. The "takers" outnumber the "makers" so things will start going downhill until they´re totally out of control. Not to worry. That could take 20 years or more. Meanwhile, do what you can, but don´t expect anyone to wake up. People survived the Plague. Some will survive this.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Passion, 1/22/2013 8:48:05 AM (No. 9131840)
#3, bless your liberal heart, it is not "screeching" to speak up against a Socialist agenda. And yes, our "screeching" from late 08 (GOP wins senate run off) through Wisconsin (Walker wins recall) worked in every single election for almost four entire years. It took the sanitized polite Romney team to FINALLY LOSE to Obama.
But nice try (screeching indeed)
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
mws50, 1/22/2013 8:48:32 AM (No. 9131842)
Hello, United States of Texas.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
mws50, 1/22/2013 8:51:40 AM (No. 9131854)
Toby, FYI:
There were 68.5% of eligible voters that did not vote for obama; the 29.5% that voted for Romney and the 39% that stayed at home.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
JAN, 1/22/2013 8:56:00 AM (No. 9131864)
My consolation is that the very people who supported him are going to pay a terrible price.
Their standard of living can only deteriorate.
Very sad but this is the socialist/fascist plan. Keep the people down and out and dependent.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
civilservant, 1/22/2013 8:59:11 AM (No. 9131875)
#3, everytime I reached out to the cobra, it bit me.
So, my family kept telling me to stop reaching out to the snake, it was bad for me.
Was my family wrong to try to teach me to stop causing myself unnecessary pain?
OK, you´ve left your droppings, now hop on outa here........
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
coldborezero, 1/22/2013 9:29:25 AM (No. 9131951)
#7: That is the REPUBLIC of Texas. No other states will be part of it. Democracy sucks. But you are welcome to join us.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
viking diver, 1/22/2013 9:47:15 AM (No. 9131990)
I see the local troll is leaving "pellets" again
Hey #3 the president doesn´t have any law making powers, that is for the congress only, why don´t you read the constitution and find out what is what. we a republic not a democracy, but your "man" is taking the US down the socialist road at speeds that defy imagination.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
gator, 1/22/2013 10:09:22 AM (No. 9132050)
The Free States of America sound good to me!
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Chuzzles, 1/22/2013 11:05:02 AM (No. 9132206)
Hey now, we haven´t had a liberal semitroll posting regularly here to amuse us in a long time. That is the beauty of this website, we can welcome all to the table.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Chief1942, 1/22/2013 12:03:34 PM (No. 9132390)
So glad I´m old. I would like to be around long enough to be witness to the sorrow and misery of those that supported Obama actually face and see their shock when reality finally hits them in the face. I hope they are all well versed in the Chinese language since their generations have been sold to China and they WILL pay the debts, one way or the other.You simply can´t fix "stupid".
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