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Now that Obama´s reelected, he´s
returning to the campaign
trail (Seriously)
Investor´s Business Daily, by Andrew Malcolm

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Posted By:LittleHoodedMonk, 11/28/2012 9:42:04 AM

Here´s a little something that could surprise some people: Remember that little election we had 22 days ago that gave President Obama a second term and the flexibility to do numerous things he´d promised the Russians? You might have thought the election victory was the end of Obama´s campaigning. Silly you. Now that he never gets to run again for anything, Obama is hitting the campaign trail once more this week to talk to supportive audiences about what he´s been saying for many months about this looming fiscal cliff business. It comes due in early January,

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The 0bamaNation is working toward being our pResident for life, at least in his small mind. But tax and spending more isn´t going to help.

Reply 1 - Posted by: Lcomstaff10, 11/28/2012 9:45:44 AM (No. 9037337)

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