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Obama The Fraud
October 24, 2007:
"To be clear: Barack will support a filibuster of any bill that includes retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies."
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That was then. Now:
The Senators then voted for "cloture" on the underlying FISA bill — the procedure that allows the Senate to overcome any filibusters — and it passed by a vote of 72-26. Obama voted along with all Republicans for cloture.
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It is now obvious that the guy is a fraud.
The democratic primaries were looking quite enthusiastic with a record number of voters and plenty of small donations. Obama is doing his very best to change that for the general election. To what end I do not know.
Does he really believe to pick up more voters on the right than he is losing on the left? If so, I think he is wrong.
Prediction: Voter participation in the general election will be at a record low.
dude’s a craven, lying, triangulating, pandering, AIPAC fellating little bitch.
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He is a politician. Now, he belongs to the upper reaches and must buckle in. In any case the job of president is essentially a ‘figurehead’ post, pushed in front of the cameras to reassure. Yes, I know, the US president has real, raw power. It rests on his supporters, circles of influence, commitments, deals made, etc. and so ‘personality’ or whatever does play a role, though it is impossible to figure the degree and in what fashion.
Americans elected, or saw selected and did not object, Bush junior, *twice*, despite the fact that he is a drunken, stumbling, ignorant, illiterate, unappealing, dull, badly dressed idiot, with absolutely no charm or so-called leadership qualities, and zero qualifications, in fact a long list of failures on his CV.
So personal qualities don’t count. The problem lies with the US electoral/political process, all thru the system.
Bush was a good liar, because he also never told the truth, he was never himself involved in anything he said. He never knew anything, had any opinion, and just played a role, taking that role seriously, as he has done most of his life. It is -was- a life lived by a script, by mouthing words, formed by seeking approval, the short flush of applause or acceptance, admiration, deference. The need to dominate to avoid criticism, but mostly to be protected, to be safe, to be ‘validated’ in psycho-babble. This explains his loopy matey-ness .. it is the only way he has of getting in touch. (More could be said, onions have many layers.)
The perfect patsy for evil-doers.
Obama is a different kettle of fish. (Sniff.) Knowledgeable, educated, sophisticated, aware, smooth, controlled; ambitious, and either narcissistic and a self-believer – thus both a sucker and a manipulator – or in above his head. Or worse. Far worse.
— I thought Pat had said she was a woman, in the past I mean? In any case she showed somehow she was a she.
Posted by: Tangerine | Jul 13 2008 16:12 utc | 109
Uncle $cam, thanks for 126-130. I need to pay more attention to Vermin Supreme (127), met him outside Dem Boston convention ’04 and Inauguration metal detectors ’05, I with 2 Plushtowns blown up to 2′ x 3′ and laminated on double sided sign, he with microphone, followers and bombast. First had the “free speech zone” in isolated area and inward leaning barbed wire, 2nd had Vader storm trooper outfits/training.
Re u-tube (126), vulnerability of internet participation reminds me of story of inception of French Foreign Legion as a way to have troublemakers left over after Napoleonic Wars assemble themselves for deportation, then realization that deportation as fighting units could be useful: “The French Foreign Legion was created by Louis Philippe,{son of Louis Philippe II Joseph, Duke of Orléans (April 13, 1747 – November 6, 1793), called Philippe Égalité, rumored to have bought up grain in 1789 as stimulus to peasants unpleasant} then King of the French, on March 10, 1831. The direct reason was that foreigners were forbidden to serve in the French Army after the 1830 July Revolution. wikipedia
The purpose of the Legion was to remove disruptive elements from society and put them to use fighting the enemies of France. Recruits included failed revolutionaries from the rest of Europe, soldiers from the disbanded foreign regiments, and troublemakers in general, both foreign and French. Algeria was designated as the Legion’s home; as the colony was proving to be a very unpopular posting with regular regiments in the French Army, the introduction of the Legion was well received.
In late 1831, the first Legionnaires landed in Algeria, the country that would be the Legion’s homeland for 130 years and shape its character. The early years in Algeria were hard for Legionnaires because they were often sent to the worst postings, received the worst assignments and were generally uninterested in the new colony of the French.
The Legion’s first service in Algeria came to an end after only four years, since it was needed elsewhere.
The French Foreign Legion in Spain
Main article: First Carlist War
To support Isabella’s claim to the Spanish throne against her uncle, the French government decided to send the Legion to Spain. On 28 June 1835, the unit was handed over to the Spanish government. The Legion landed at Tarragona on 17 August with around 4,000 men, and were quickly dubbed Los Argelinos (the Algerians) by locals because of their previous posting.
The Legion’s commander immediately dissolved the national battalions to improve the esprit de corps. Later, he also created three squadrons of lancers and an artillery battery from the existing force to increase independence and flexibility.
The Legion was dissolved on 8 December 1838, when it had dropped to only 500 men. The survivors returned to France, many reenlisting in the new Legion along with many of their former Carlist enemies.
Mexico
Main article: Battle of Camarón
Battle of Camarón.
It was in Mexico on 30 April 1863 that the Legion earned its legendary status. A company led by Capitaine Danjou, numbering 62 soldiers and 3 officers, was escorting a convoy to the besieged city of Puebla when it was attacked and besieged by two thousand members of the Mexican Army,[3] organized in three battalions of infantry and cavalry, numbering 1,200 and 800 respectively. The patrol was forced to make a defence in Hacienda Camarón, and despite the hopelessness of the situation, fought nearly to the last man. When only five survivors remained, out of ammunition, a bayonet charge was conducted in which three of the five were killed. The remaining two were brought before the Mexican general, who allowed them to return to France as an honour guard for the body of Capitaine Danjou. The captain had a wooden hand which was stolen during the battle; it was later returned to the legion and is now kept in a case in the Foreign Legion museum at Aubagne, and paraded annually on Camerone day.”
{Remember that what kept England and France out of US Civil War was likely the Emancipation Proclamation, effective January 1863, and Czar Alexander II’s fleet of the east and west US coasts fall 1863 to spring 1864 2nd color cartoon.}
Anyway, internet is place where troublemakers can prove themselves guilty of thought, but I doubt anything as nice as “March or die!” awaits.
Toddler Nietszcheites (130) are great!
Posted by: plushtown | Jul 14 2008 11:24 utc | 132
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