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The end of the road for Barack Obama?Barack Obama seems unable to face up to America's problems, writes Simon Heffer inNew York.

By Simon HefferPublished: 8:16AM GMT 08 Mar 2010

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It is a universal political truth that administrations do not begin to fragment whenthings are going well: it only happens when they go badly, and those who thinkthey know better begin to attack those who manifestly do not. The descent ofBarack Obama's regime, characterised now by factionalism in the DemocraticParty and talk of his being set to emulate Jimmy Carter as a one-termpresident, has been swift and precipitate. It was just 16 months ago thatweeping men and women celebrated his victory over John McCain in theAmerican presidential election. If they weep now, a year and six weeks into hisrule, it is for different reasons.

Despite the efforts of some sections of opinion to talk the place up, America ismired in unhappiness, all the worse for the height from which Obamania hasfallen. The economy remains troublesome. There is growth a good last quartersuggested an annual rate of as high as six per cent, but that figure is probablynot reliable and the latest unemployment figures, last Friday, showed a

levelling off. Yet 15 million Americans, or 9.7 per cent of the workforce, have no job. Many millions more are reduced to working part-time. Whole areas of thecountry, notably in the north and on the eastern seaboard, are industrialwastelands. The once mighty motor city of Detroit appears slowly to be beingabandoned, becoming a Jurassic Park of the mid-20th century; unemploymentamong black people in Mr Obama's own city of Chicago is estimated atbetween 20 and 25 per cent. One senior black politician a Democrat and asupporter of the President told me of the wrath in his community that a blackpresident appeared to be unable to solve the economic problem among his ownpeople. Cities in the east such as Newark and Baltimore now have drug-dealingas their principal commercial activity: The Wire is only just fictional.

Last Thursday the House of Representatives passeda jobs Bill, costing $15 billion, which would give taxbreaks to firms hiring new staff and, through statesponsorship of construction projects, createthousands of jobs too. The Senate is trying toapprove a Bill that would provide a further $150 billionof tax incentives to employers. Yet there is a senseof desperation in the Administration, a sense thatnothing can be as efficacious at the moment as asticking plaster. Edward B Montgomery, deputylabour secretary in the Clinton administration, now

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spends his time on day trips to decaying towns thatused to have a car industry, not so much advisingthem on how to do something else as facilitatingthose communities' access to federal funds. For aland without a welfare state, America starts to do aneffective impersonation of a country with one. Thismassive state spending gives rise to accusations byRepublicans, and people too angry even to beRepublicans, that America is now controlled by"Leftists" and being turned into a socialist state.

"Obama's big problem," a senior Democrat told me, "is that four times as manypeople watch Fox News as watch CNN." The Fox network is a remarkablecultural phenomenon which almost shocks those of us from a country where a

technical rule of impartiality is applied in the broadcast media. With little rest, itpours out rage 24 hours a day: its message is of the construction of thesocialist state, the hijacking of America by "progressives" who now dominateinstitutions, the indoctrination of children, the undermining of religion and theexpropriation of public money for these nefarious projects. The public loves it,and it is manifestly stirring up political activism against Mr Obama, and alsoagainst those in the Republican Party who are not deemed conservatives.However, it is arguable whether the now-reorganising Right is half as effective inits assault on the President as some of Mr Obama's own party are.

Mr Obama benefited in his campaign from an idiotic level of idolatry, in whichmost of the media participated with an astonishing suspension of cynicism. Thesound of the squealing of brakes is now audible all over the American press; butthe attack is being directed not at the leader himself, but at those around him.

There was much unconditional love a year or so ago of Rahm Emanuel, MrObama's Chief of Staff; oleaginous profiles of this Chicago political hack, aveteran of that unlovely team that polluted the Clinton White House, appeared inotherwise respectable journals, praising the combination of his religiousdevotion, his family-man image, his ruthless operating technique and hiscommand of the vocabulary of profanity. Now, supporters of the President areblaming Mr Emanuel for the failure of the Obama project, not least for hisinability to construct a deal on health care.

This went down badly with friends of Mr Emanuel, notably with Mr Emanuelhimself. His partisans, apparently taking dictation from him, have fillednewspaper columns and blogs with uplifting accounts of the Wonder of Rahm:as one of them put it, "Emanuel is the only person preventing Obama frombecoming Jimmy Carter". They attack other Obama "sycophants", such asDavid Axelrod, his campaign guru, and Valerie Jarret, a long-time friend of Mrs

Obama and a fixer from the office of Mayor Daley of Chicago who now manages or tries to manage the President's image. These "sycophants" have, theyargue, tried to keep the President above politics, letting Congress run away withthe agenda, and gainsaying Mr Emanuel's advice to Mr Obama to get toughwith his internal opponents. This nave act of manipulation has brought its owncounter-counterattack, with an anti-Emanuel pundit drawing a comparison withour own Prime Minister and ridiculing the idea that Mr Obama should startbullying people too.

The root of the problem seems to be the management of expectations. Themagnificent campaign created the notion that Mr Obama could walk on water.Oddly enough, he can't. That was more Mr Axelrod's fault than Mr Emanuel's.And, to be fair to Mr Emanuel, any advice he has been giving the President toimpose his will on Congress is probably well founded. The $783 billion stimulus

package of a year ago was used to further the re-election prospects of manycongressmen, not to do good for the country. America's politics remain corrupt,populated by nonentities whose main concern once elected is to stay elected;it seems to be the same the whole world over. Even this self-interested use ofthe stimulus package appears to have failed, however. Every day, it seems,another Democrat congressman announces that he will not be fighting the mid-term elections scheduled for November 2. The health care Bill, apparently sohumane in intent, is being "scrubbed" (to use the terminology of oneRepublican) by its opponents, to the joy of millions of middle Americans whosee it as a means to waste more public money and entrench socialism. For themoment, this is a country vibrant with anger.

A thrashing of the Democrats in the mid-terms would not necessarily be thebeginning of the end for Mr Obama: Bill Clinton was re-elected two years afterthe Republicans swept the House and the Senate in November 1994. But MrClinton was an operator in a way Mr Obama patently is not. His lack ofexperience, his dependence on rhetoric rather than action, his disconnectionfrom the lives of many millions of Americans all handicap him heavily. It is notabout whose advice he is taking: it is about him grasping what is wrong withAmerica, and finding the will to put it right. That wasted first year, however, isanother boulder hanging from his neck: what is wrong needs time to put right.The country's multi-trillion dollar debt is barely being addressed; and a countryengaged in costly foreign wars has a President who seems obsessed withanything but foreign policy as a disregarded Britain is beginning to realise.

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There are lessons from the stumbling of Mr Obama for our own country as weapproach a general election. Vacuous promises of change are hostages tofortune if they cannot be delivered upon to improve the living conditions of apeople. The slickness of campaigning that comes from a combination of heavyfunding and public relations expertise does not inevitably translate into an abilityto govern. There is no point a nation's having the audacity of hope unless it alsohas the sophistication and the will to turn it into action. As things stand, BarackObama and America under his leadership do not .

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I think America needs a bluecollar candidate this time. One who knows what it is liketo suffer the days in and outs of the new American Life. One that will not put up withall the B.S. that seems to surround the whitehouse. One who can visualize the ideasof creating jobs, one that is not reluctant to fine the hell out of major companies who

profit 160 billion dollars a year. One who see's the actual problems that we as anation face. One who believes in NOT fighting a pointless war, draining more andmore from the economy and killing the soldiers who are fighting someon elses war.One that will not keep governmental secrets from the nations population. One to putthe power into the hands of where it belongs, that is you and I! We as a nation haveabsolutely no say so any longer about anything. If I was elected President, I would fixall these problems from day ONE, and not just blow smoke up my citizens asses.Lets face it, there is only one reason that hitler, oops, I meant Obama, won thePresidency, and we will leave it at that. I am a blue collar nobody, but I have made asuccess in looking out for other people, rather it be helping tha, gain revenue,managing a budget, building up from being in the hole. POWER TO THE AMERICANPEOPLE!the rest is B.S. anyone have any comments you can contact [email protected]

YoYo Stephenson March 08, 2010at 09:31 PM

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I Obama's socialist program get's voted in, you can expect that there will be anexodus of doctors out of the U.S. Simple math. The place the world will go for woldclass medical attention will be India, if the flawed Obama/Pelosi/Reid governmenthealthcare bill gets passed. Bigger government is not the answer to anything, it isthe problem! Big government is what stand in the way of economic growth in the U.S.

GlobalSailingon March 08, 2010at 09:30 PM

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Ballack Obama has never actually run anything in his life. Anyone with an ounce ofexecutive experience would not have abdictated the formulation of the stimulouspackage or healthcare reform to a congressional clique. That is elementary.Changing his inner circle od advisors and enforcers will change nothing. It isObama himself is the problem. We have an utterly incompetent US President.

Gene Carron March 08, 2010at 09:30 PM

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Sure, Fox News dominates because they tell the truth while the rest of network newsfawns over Obama and the liberal left. There is a market for truth and Fox's successtells us that most Americans do not want a socialistic state, and believe in ourConstitution.Here's another fact: one of the few newspapers (maybe the only major one) whosecirculation is actually going up is The Wall Street Journal. Check out their dailyeditorials and you'll learn why The WSJ is gaining while most newspapers aresliding into oblivion. Simply put, it the same reason Fox is successful.

Rick Uhligon March 08, 2010at 09:30 PM

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Barak Obama is a complete disaster to common, ordinary, upright citizens. Hisparadigm is strangely warped and twisted by those he associated with. Herepudiates free market capitalism, the goose that laid the golden egg for America. Ifthat weren't enough, he wants to spread the wealth of honest, hard workingAmericans around to those who never earned it and do not deserve it simplybecause he believes that America has mistreated particular classes of people in thepast and he believes it is his time to right the wrongs that have been done. His ethoswas shaped by Jeremiah Wright, the fire brand American hater whose theology isneither Christian nor American.

shearwateron March 08, 2010at 09:29 PM

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For the first time in recent history Americans, courtesy of cable news and theinternet, have a ring-side seat into the workings of the cleptocrats in DC lead by theThief in Chief....and the guy on the street is disgusted by what he sees. Biggovernment serves only itself.....at our expense.

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Cantillon - are you kidding me? Obama has blamed the Bush administration atnearly every turn since the day his swearing in was bungled. The whole thrust of hisadministration has been to push the progressive agenda without a shred ofmeaningful involvement from across the aisle. Until recently, when the election of Mr.Brown in MA forced him to at least publicly display a gesture of bipartisanship.

Conservatives don't blame Obama for the problems he inherited -- they have been inthe making for decades with help from hundreds of government and big businessleaders. But we sure do blame Obama (and Congress) for using the current "crisis"to recklessly and arrogantly push through legislation and bailout spending that is theexact opposite of what needs to be done to restore economic freedom, strength andsanity to our country.

Gregon March 08, 2010at 09:29 PM

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Obama, the community organizer, is a total failure and a tool to Wall Street and theelites. The destruction of the U.S. continues as 'the president' issues executiveorders going around congress and entangles the nation in nefarious UN treaties.Things are going to get much, much worse, possibly fomenting full-blown revolution.No, I don't watch Fox news.

jeromon March 08, 2010at 09:29 PM

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The only reason Obama won was because he ran against a horrible candidate, andhe lied his ass off to the American people. People should have seen that this wasgoing to be a hugly partisan administration as soon as Obama put Joe Biden on theticket, and added Rahm Emanuel, (the spawn of Satan,) to his staff. He's appiontedtzar after tzar with questionable associations and radical political views. People arefinally waking up to this Communist in Democrat clothing, and they are pissed thatthey were lied to over and over.

Redgaron March 08, 2010at 09:29 PM

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More people watched Fox in 2008 too. If Fox News is the problem, Obama wouldn'thave been elected.

One problem is Obama's lack of experience. His organizing skills are about usingthe threat of the race card to avoid confrontation and gain more entitlements. Similarattempts to rally Americans against Wall Street or Insurance Companies don't work.

The other problems documented in this article are on the right track. Republicansmade these same arguments during the election.

Teleprompteron March 08, 2010at 09:28 PM

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This country amazes me. To think it would take this long to see and understand thesocialist handwriting on the landscape of our country. I for one have been watchingsince the end of Bush seniors(A new world order) first and thankfuly last term.B Husein Obama and his left wing Democrat hacks did not work a miracle to takeover our country, we the people gave it to them. Conservative voter apathy, bigbusiness greed, and shear political ignorance paved the way for their victory. Nowthese low life (Rham Emanuel) Democrat scum bags (Obama,Pelosi,Reed) are onthe run. The great silent majority has awakened, or maybe not? Let us not forget theR.H.I.N.O's and other Republican moderates that were asleep at the wheel, whileour country was being hijacked by Bush, Clinton, and Bush. Not to mention over 20years of a totaly ineffective Congress and House. Obama and his crew didn't do thisto us overnight, let's not forget that, not ever. All hail a resurgent and ConservativeAmerica. I hope an able leader will emerge that can both read and interpet ourconstitution under God. We Americans are waiting.

Rick mongelloon March 08, 2010at 09:28 PM

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Mr. Huffer finds Fox News shocking because of it lack of impartiality?

What, then, does he think of MSNBC? Let me guess: Keith Olbermann is the middle-of-the-road voice of reason and logic.

Yes, Britain is surely the center of the universe with regard to professional journalism. Page 3, anyone?

Tedon March 08, 2010at 09:28 PM

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well articulated...now, for youo-belivers out there... what, if anything, is incorrect about these thoughts? Anexample of not paying attaetion...Detroit is not O's fault..."Dtroit's collapse is a sign ofObama's failure" What was written was O has be unable to help Detroit. Not that he

distroyed it.

Wilbur Tibbettson March 08, 2010at 09:28 PM

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This is from the UK. Now correct me if I am wrong, isn't the BBC a bastion of leftistwackyness? Fox News has some conservative hosts as well as some liberal hosts.These hosts will never claim to be something that they are not unlike the CNN,MSNBC and AL Jezzera. Frankly, I hear more hate just surfing past MSNBC then I doin listening to Fox.

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Your column fails to delve into just why Detroit, Chicago, Baltimore and other areasare so depressed. I would suggest you look at who has been in control of theselocalities for the past 40 years. You will find, with little suprise, that Democrat leftistsand unions have controlled the vast majority of places like Detroit. Overspending,overtaxation, overregulation and unionization have all killed the golden geese, and ifthe American person (not people) does not wake up soon, Detroit will be a sign ofthings to come for us all.

Jedi-Juriston March 08, 2010at 09:27 PM

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If CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, and MSNBC were in fact impartial Fox News would not beabsorbing all of their watchers and listeners. Fox like any other competitive businesssaw a niche of unprovided information from those other, "impartial" 'news' outletsand stepped in to provide what the public wanted to see and hear. Competition isgood for bus iness. Maybe CNN, ABC, NBC and CBS might finally get the message

and stop being the unimpartial state-run media outlets that they have become, oflate.

Jameson March 08, 2010at 09:27 PM

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I don't understand the fixation on FOX news by you writers. Odumbo has ever majornetwork and newspaper kissing his butt. Fox in only one channel.People tune in to itbecause they know the rest do nothing but cover up and make excuses and NEVERask the hard questions of the Failure And Chief. I mean the idiot is still pushing theDeath Care bill when we don't want it. His pathetic ego just can't accept a defeat.Heis a Marxist and cares about nobody but himself. He is a spoiled little brat who neverhad to grow up as all has been given to him his whole life.

Harley2002on March 08, 2010at 09:26 PM

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The senior Democrat that blames Fox News for their problems, is part of theproblem, also. Fox News may very attract 4 times the CNN viewers, but the networknews has 10 times the number of viewers that Fox has. The networks are all leftleaning. There is no unbiased reporting from the major networks. That seems to getoverlooked.

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Mr. Heffer is spot on for most of his observations; the one exception being hischaracterization of Fox News. The reason that Fox News is so wildly popular isprecisely because most of the time it presents a viewpoint consistent with that of asignificant number of TV news-watching Americans. Most of us can sense whenwe're being "spun", and the old networks - ABC,CBS,NBC,PBS,CNN, and MSNBChave engaged in blatant leftist spinning for years. Unless you have unusually shortmemory, Fox news analysts were fairly tough on Pres. Bush and the Republicanswhen they engaged in actions that went "against the grain" of the majority of middleclass American sentiment.

TheUnwashedMasseson March 08, 2010at 09:26 PM

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Mr. Heffer,FOXNEWS actually gives EQUAL time to liberal viewpoints vs. conservative. On theother news channels there is only ONE side presented.. that of the socialist LEFT.Your article brings up some good points,, but you are LOST about the FOXNEWSchannel and WHY it has been growing.

Thomason March 08, 2010at 09:19 PM

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When was Detroit mighty. I lived most of my life just outside of Detroit and is wasnever mighty. It was always riddled with problems.

'scotton March 08, 2010at 09:19 PM

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Come on People. Stop lieing to others and lieing to yourself!The Democrats have had control of Detriot for many years and they and the unionshave destroyed that city! Now the Democrats are breaking down our nation the samefreaking way!For all of you that scream Social Justice, Lets me say this. You may get what youthink is payment for past wrongs but what you will have left of a nation will beworthless just like Detriot

Hollyon March 08, 2010at 09:19 PM

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Jeez, reading the comments was much, MUCH harder than reading the article. Toput my perspective on Fox News; yes, it is right leaning no matter how any one putsit. People claim the usual line-up is fair and only guys like Hannity and Beck beingthe far right, that's not what I see. Fox & Friends in the morning leans right, then it'sdecent until the afternoon, when the top "draws" come in. A truly "impartial" newssource would have Beck and Olbermann on one after the other. Or on the sameshow, even. THAT is impartial as both are radical in their beliefs.

As far as Obama goes, I consider him weak. Very weak. The one thing I supported inhim was the "Public Option," and yet now that's practically off the table becauseDemocrats and Obama gave up on it once it got flak in Congress. The guy hasn'tstood his ground on beliefs until now, and now seems too late. The Republicansare gaining steam with the outrage of the public. By and large, Obama is getting a lotof flak, but most is deserved, unlike the praise he got during the election.

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The sooner we vote this "failed social experiment" out of office, along with his"spawn of the devil" brother , the faster this country can start healing

Rationaliston March 08, 2010at 09:19 PM

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Obama is a wolf in sheeps clothing and best decribed as a socialist - As Lenin said,"Medicine is the keystone to the arch of socialism" (see 'Obama's College Years:Barry's Marxism' @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgOy71oa3hw). ThomasJefferson apparently saw Obama, Rhambo, Pelosi, etc. (ok Bush too) coming - "Ifonce (the people) become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congressand Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to bethe law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions." & "When once arepublic is corrupted there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils butby removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction iseither useless or a new evil." - Something you Brits could learn from.

citizen serfon March 08, 2010at 09:19 PM

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The lack of experience shows just how empty this suit is !! He does not think or actlike an American. He is not a true Christian, but favors Muslim. How in the world didthe "fools" of the voting public put these two in our White House???????

Henry Stumpfon March 08, 2010at 09:18 PM

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The Tea Parties have done more for the conservative cause than the conservativemedia, in my view.

Meanwhile, it's absurd to hear a voice from a monolithic media culture criticizing a

U.S. media network winning out in the marketplace of ideas, which is allowed tooperate relatively untethered, here. Clearly, the author does not believe in such amarketplace.

Anil Petraon March 08, 2010at 09:17 PM

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We who believe that Karl Marx had it exactly correct have waited for the opportunity toreorganize a fully developed industrialized country into a centrally controlledeconomy.Managed by the enlightened elites for the benefit of the masses.Some of the Anglo-Irish will resist but over time their numbers will be reduced.Wealso have an opportunity to redirect the education of the young to have a proper worldview and instruct them as to the need to redistribute the fruits of their labor for theworld good.Control of the teaching and media class have insured a smooth transition and anunderstanding of the bright new future that awaits the peoples sacrifice.We ahvebeen able to convert the faithful to benefit of the collective state.The auto industry is nearly in our grasp and the trade union movement will bringundercontrol all manufacturing.The financial world has been made to see thatgovernment control can mean success for those who contribute to a world vieworganization.We need only remove the chains of organized faith and the archaic morality to reachthe summit.Individual free will has been replaced by the simplicity of educated group thinking.When the people understand that there was never such a thing as individualcapital,thought and identity our job will be complete.For a better good for all we can be one.

firebrandon March 08, 2010at 09:17 PM

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The mention of Fox News is correct. I know many who refuse to watch any of thenetwork's programming solely because of what seems to be an open campaign to

remove the present administration. We can hear and read the terms "communist","socialist" "Marxist" and "fascist" used in the same breath to describe theadministration as well as Obama himself. And, in turn, he is called a Muslim, 'not aUS citizen' among other things.

What are truly concerning are the apparent willingness of many US citizens to speakout with loud voices and repeat the same slurs and claims, and the fact that they doseem to have the loudest voice of all in the country today.

Anyone who speaks out against them for any reason (even if to point out the obviouserror in some of their wilder claims) is shouted down almost rabidly.

The future looks bleak for freedom, democracy, and honesty in the land that holdsitself up as a leading example of those things.

Added to which, it speaks volumes about the increasing willingness - or is it desire?- of people to believe anything about anybody provided that it's told to them withstrong emotions, use of the word "patriot" and a waving flag.

But there are still those Americans who have a clue.

expat99on March 08, 2010at 09:17 PM

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The end for Obama? I can only hope so. Each day more formerly mind numbedAmericans are learning who he truly is and what the results will be if he gets what he

Kathyon March 08, 2010
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wants. We've been led to believe that the rest of the world hates us. If true, think longand hard before you wish for our demise.

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I predict the DNC will not allow Obongo to run again. I predict that in a year you willhear rumours of health problems and that he will announce he is not running for re-election for 'health reasons'.

Douglas Cainon March 08, 2010at 09:16 PM

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Fox News is Obama's problem?!?Wow. It may as well be, but why have we not heardBEFORE some media being blamed by the Telegraph?? Like CBS, ABC, NBC,CNN, NYT, Time, Newsweek being Bush's problem.

Michael Trilliumon March 08, 2010at 09:16 PM

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"Obama's big problem," a senior Democrat told me, "is that four times as manypeople watch Fox News as watch CNN."

There's a reason why CNN is known as the "Clinton New Network" and why FoxNews dominates the ratings.

Because Fox News didn't fall for the Obama worshipping unlike CNN and even moreleft wing MSNBC.

Jim from Bostonon March 08, 2010at 09:16 PM

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I have never read so much ignorant hatred as I have here. We know Obama is afailure but to blame it all on him is indicitive of the historical amnesia so manyAmericans suffer from. The Boosh admn. run by zionist necons and their cadre ofcorrupt clones aided and abetted the financial rape of America. The Boosh regimewas one of the most corrupt and Constitution destroying crimminals of the 20thcentury. besides getting us involved in Iraq and Afganistan based entirely on LIESwhich was parroted by none other than guess who? Faux News of course. Shill OReilly is a proven liar. Glen Beck is just another overpaid corporate media whore andHannity is not a jounalist. Come to think of it, none of these people are journalists nodifferent than the rest of the mainstream media as well as the press.Oh yeah, I just love the so called journalism on Faux news. let's see: there's apolice/car chase in L.A. 10 minutes of celebrity news, followed by a mugging inCentral Park and then the propaganda about our great success in Iraq( 15 sec.worth)As in the song "Dirty Laundry" by Don Henley; "in the end , they haven't told you athing."BTW Murdoch is a screaming zionist which means he hates America.

John Zon March 08, 2010at 09:16 PM

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If Robert used to be a Republican, I used to be Napoleon. You have a right to youropinion, but please do not insult the intelligence of other readers by pretending to besomeone who you are not. There are very few former Republicans, but thousands oftrolls who profess to be.

JCIllon March 08, 2010at 09:15 PM

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eMM said: "Idiots are the ones that are stupid enough to quickly forget that whenObama got on the wagon, it was ALREADY BROKEN!! He's only trying to fix whatOTHERS BROKE....GET IT THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULLS" Your right eMM, it wasbroken before Obama took over, it was broken by the 2006 democratic Congresswho continued the social engineering of Bill Clinton by forcing banks to give homeloans to people, mostly minorities, who could not afford those loans. Bush tried to

stop and regulate it, but the Dem controlled Congress would not allow it becausethose loans were going to their welfare leftist supporters. Obama didn't start it, buthis party did and with his leftist super majority in power he has been trying to forcetheir progressive agenda on us, not in bits and pieces, but as an all-out assault. Heis is destroying our country, but in the end HE WILL BE STOPPED.

OklahomaBoundon March 08, 2010at 09:15 PM

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Yes, Obama is afflicted with "tunnel vision," a neurologicaol affliction associated withepisodes of "idee fixee," "ideological OCD," and culminating in "health care malaisesyndrome." The prognosi s is grim. - Tea Party Patriot

john brookeson March 08, 2010at 09:14 PM

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Childish Americas cast a vote for this person based on perceived skin color, makingtheir vote racist by defiition. Dude's not black. He's supposedly half Caucasian, two

thirds Arab, one third African Negro. The constant drumbeat of black this and blackthat is quite simply, RACIST. Bottom line, we behaved like children, now allAmericans, and indeed the rest of the world, will pay the price. For our stupidity, wedeserve what we've got coming.

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Obama's biggest problem is that Fox News gets more viewers that all the other hackoutlets combined? REALLY? That's IT? Wow. If they can't see the hand in front oftheir face, they're in for a rude awakening come November 2010. Wow. Well, I guessblaming on Bush has run it's course, so now it's blame it on Fox!

bethon March 08, 2010at 09:13 PM

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Another democrat who figured out Obama is in over his head and wants to blamerepublicans. Had the liberal press done their job during the election we would not behaving this conversation right now. Typical democrat - always someone else's fault.

Zekedon March 08, 2010at 09:13 PM

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Bara Ombama is the Emperor Caligula of our time. Joseph Chiuon March 08, 2010at 09:13 PM

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"The Fox network is a remarkable cultural phenomenon which almost shocks thoseof us from a country where a technical rule of impartiality is applied in the broadcastmedia. With little rest, it pours out rage 24 hours a day: its message is of theconstruction of the socialist state, the hijacking of America by "progressives" whonow dominate institutions, the indoctrination of children, the undermining of religionand the expropriation of public money for these nefarious projects."

The author's first sentence proves the author to be either a hopelessley naive liberalat best, or a complete raging leftist idiot, at worst. The second sentence undoubtedlyconfirms the latter.

"impartiality"?.......LMFAO!

Pitbullllon March 08, 2010at 09:13 PM

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Obama is well spoken and handsum... I very proud to be an American that voted thefirst negro president... the right wing religieus fanatics are to stupit to offer anythingnicer

Geoff

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Robert,

1. Cut EVERY government budget Federal, County, State by %2 every year untilincome = expenses.2. Get the feds out of our lives. They are responsible for the defense of the countryand other tasks delegated by the constitution.3. Let ALL school kids have vouchers at underperforming schools.4. Stop TARP5. Stop the Stupid Stimulus act

6. Elimate the capital gains tax7. Eliminate the Alternative Minimum Tax

This is just a start.

Now go pee yourself!

Frank Castleon March 08, 2010at 09:08 PM

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There is a serious issue here, and it's a matter of who individuals are as opposed tothe state. Commenter MacAnou said it well, that we are (theoretically) self-ruled asAmericans, that a president is not a ruler. This is a struggle for the Europeanmindset (not all, mind you, but the standard). Self-rule is the very purpose of ourConstitution, which is unique in its design as a largely immovable, immutablefoundation of government. Citizens' rights aren't given by the Constitution, butprotected by them. It does not empower government, but limits it. True, it has longbeen ignored in large part, but here's the thing: A few comments here suggest thatAmericans are barbarian for not being a people in "harmony" with a gently totalitarianstate. It's funny, but it's not individual freedom that is barbaric. No, ratherauthoritarian government is, even if it says, "Now don't you fuss, sweetie" while it tiesyou up and locks you in a closet.

Individualon March 08, 2010at 09:07 PM

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It is a well known fact blacks can not lead.Just look at africa and you'll see theresults of so called black leadership..look what blacks have done to south africa.Obama should be arrested for treason and usurping the presidency..he still has notprovided a long form birth certificate.And he is obviously a dyed in the woolmarxist.JUst do the damn research and see who this man ..obozo emulates..ALLCOMMUNIST.

John BlackNEXT TIMETHINK WHITE

John Blackon March 08, 2010at 09:07 PM

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This Obama guy really doesn't know what he is doing. He scares me!

If George W. Bush had been the first President to need a teleprompter installed to beable to get through a press conference, would you have laughed and said this ismore proof of how inept he is on his own and is really controlled by smarter men

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behind the scenes?

If George W. Bush had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to take Laura Bushto a play in NYC, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had reduced your retirement plan's holdings of GM stock by 90%and given the unions a majority stake in GM, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had made a joke at the expense of the Special Olympics, wouldyou have approved?

If George W. Bush had given Gordon Brown a set of inexpensive and incorrectlyformatted DVDs, when Gordon Brown had given him a thoughtful and historicallysignificant gift, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had given the Queen of England an iPod containing videos of hisspeeches, would you have thought this embarrassingly narcissistic and tacky?

If George W. Bush had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia, would you haveapproved?

If George W. Bush had visited Austria and made reference to the non-existent"Austrian language," would you have brushed it off as a minor slip?

If George W. Bush had filled his cabinet and circle of advisers with people whocannot seem to keep current in their income taxes, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had been so Spanish illiterate as to refer to "Cinco de Cuatro" in

front of the Mexican ambassador when it was the 5th of May (Cinco de Mayo), andcontinued to flub it when he tried again, would you have winced in embarrassment?

If George W. Bush had misspelled the word "advice" would you have hammered himfor it for years like Dan Quayle and potatoe as proof of what a dunce he is?

If George W. Bush had burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel to go plant a single tree onEarth Day, would you have concluded he's a hypocrite?

If George W. Bush's administration had okayed Air Force One flying low over millionsof people followed by a jet fighter in downtown Manhattan causing widespreadpanic, would you have wondered whether they actually get what happened on 9-11?

If George W. Bush had failed to send relief aid to flood victims throughout the

Midwest with more people killed or made homeless than in New Orleans, would youhave made into a major ongoing political issue with claims of racism andincompetence?

If George W. Bush had created the positions of 32 or more Czars who report directlyto him, bypassing the House and Senate on much of what is happening in America,would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had ordered the firing of the CEO of a major corporation, eventhough he had no constitutional authority to do so, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had proposed to double the national debt, which had taken morethan two centuries to accumulate, in one year, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had then proposed to double the debt again within 10 years,would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had spent more than all the Presidents combined since GeorgeWashington, would you have approved?

So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant andimpressive? Can't think of anything? Don't worry. He's done all this in a short periodof time -- so you'll have 3 years to come up with an answer.

Do you miss George Bush yet?

As a conservative, I agree Obama has failed. I also think the backlash from FoxNews and the Tea Party movement lacks credibility. Here are people who couldn't

care less about spending and big government when Bush and Republican wererunning the show. America has become unsustainable and lacks the ability tochange policy or try new ideas.

Most conservatives seem to blame government for all the issues we face. The realityis government in conjunction with corporations and voter apathy have placed us inthis mess. Policies that outsourced our manufacturing base and removed commonsense financial regulations have taken a massive toll on our society and oureconomy.

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Fox News is an exercise of majoring in minors. The search for and exploitation of thenegative. It offers plenty of rage but little as far a solutions. If you can actually sitthrough an hour of without being sick your intelligence should be questioned.

Obama's ideas may not be the answer however, the lack of ideas from the right inthe US gives me absolutely no confidence that we can effectively solve the problemswe face today.

The last point I want to make is that our country has become so partisan itresembles an English football match. "Our side is the best" is just chanted over andover again regardless of the facts. Politics have become sport here and havecompletely removed any sense of honesty or commitment to making governmentwork for the people. The 24 hour news cycle, partisan blogs, etc. have fueled thisinferno to the point where no one can figure out what is real and what is rhetoric.

The fact that Bill Clinton is still considered the best prsident by the majority of thepeople in the U.S., and the fact that President Obama would easily defeat "W" in anelection gives me hope for the U.S. We may beat this Republican recession andpass health care reform yet.

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As an American and a Conservative, I applaud your observation that Obama sradical, leftist policies are antithetical to the core values of most Americans and thebasis forthe populist backlash that have sent his approval ratings down the toilet. At the sametime, allow me to react with utter disbelief that you choose to assign the popularity of

FOX news to mere partisan theatre, to do so ignores that FOX news best reflects thevalues of its paying consumers, most of whom agree with your argument that theleftist policies of this President have run afoul of the values that have made Americathe world s engine of economic growth, innovation, stability, productivity andphilanthropy by embracing small government, low taxes, individual freedom and astrong national defense

If partisan theater drove ratings by influencing core values as you suggest, thenMSNBC - which is owned by corporate giant GE and whose unabashed lobbying ofthe Obama administration undermines the very legitimacy of their news subsidiary -spews the most vile political hate speech on cable news and would, using yourlogic, match FOX viewer per bloodthirsty, partisan viewer. It goes without saying, andwatching for that matter, that MSNBC often fails to beat evening gossip talk shows.As free citizens who are allowed to imbibe in a myriad of privately owned newsofferings, we vote with our ratings. In a free market where government does not ownthe media, the news provider that can best reflect the views of the largest audiencewins. Overwhelmingly, the voters have spoken and we choose FOX because it mostclosely matches our political beliefs and values.

Perhaps the bigger story is how Obama, a man with such obvious radical personalassociations - he did kick start his campaign from the home of a unrepentant,domestic terrorist - was given a pass on what are radical, leftist ideological views.What was seen as an advance in race relations, his election could, arguably, beseen as a step back, after all, we failed to realize Dr. Martin Luther King's dream andmissed the opportunity to gauge the man by the content of his character.

Beetruckon March 08, 2010at 09:07 PM

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To get a handle on how fast and how smoothly Obama has fallen from grace, thisgraph may be instructional: http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-

Job-Approval.aspx

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@eMMYep, that's Bush's fault ;)

Joseph Spierdalajon March 08, 2010at 09:06 PM

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The mainstream NY/Hollywood media who invested their reputation on gettingObama elected, will not let him fail. Be assured they are searching high and low tofigure out a way to redeem his popularity.

Vince Hughon March 08, 2010at 09:06 PM

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Your comments about President Obama rang t rue to me. It is true that the Presidentand his idealistic supporters have run into the proverbial wall. At this point it is notclear if they will drive off the cliff but it is possible at this point that uncompromisingidealism will do that for you - does anyone remember Adolf Hitler's version ofidealism?

I would say this however about Fox News. You are correct that they have becomevery popular in the cable news business. However, you imply that it is they that is

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stoking up the anti Obama feeling in the country resulting in his failures to date. Ohcontrer my friend. Please remember it is his party that has the balance of power inCongress and it is only through bumbling within his own party that this result hasbeen produced. The noble opposition has cooperated with the refusal, but this ispurely a failure of one party with all the votes failing to compromise its way tosuccess. If he goes down as a one term president, he like Jimmie Carter will be textbook examples of what happens when narcissism meets idealism.

If any of the trillions Obama and Dems have spent worked this article wouldn't exist.The anger in the US has nothing to do with Fox News and everything to do with thedishonesty and incompetence of Obama and the Democrat leadership.Everything Obama does enriches his wealthy pals and hurts small businessmen,ranchers and farmers. His "Jobs Bill" is a clone of the failed bill Jimmy Carter

passed. It will accomplish nothing. There can be no surge in investment and hiringas long as BHO and socialist pals are threatening every private business withmassive cost increases to pay for Health Care and Cap & Trade.Until it's clear Obama has FAILED America will be held hostage to his party'ssocialist ambitions.

rlaycockon March 08, 2010at 09:06 PM

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Fox spews hatred like Morning Joe interviews conservatives...right?Fox spews hatred like Oberman speaks kindly of conversatives...right?If the MSM news really wanted some respect they would quit interviewing newsreporters and talking heads from Salon.com, HufPo, Politico etc..Citizens of the USA are intelligent enough to see bias when it slaps us in the face.At least Fox has pundits from both sides...and it is without a tingle up their leg.If the MSM had just vetted one aspect of Obam's past we could trust them...but theydid not!

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It's Obama's job to at least try to fix the problems. He's not even trying. But man, I betthose weekly parties at the White House are great! That's all that really matters to thedemocrat party, spend spend spend.

hahahaon March 08, 2010at 09:05 PM

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Obama, the change sucks Jon March 08, 2010at 09:05 PM

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After reading all of whats wrong with the direction of this country, it would sure benice to see someone do something in congress besides line their pockets withmoney. And, If anyone had bothered to read the campaign promises of RobinWilliams and elected him over any Democrat or Republican, we would have nodemocrats or republicans and all so much better for it.

John V.on March 08, 2010at 09:05 PM

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I wish I could disagree. Robert USAon March 08, 2010at 09:05 PM

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It is amazing that people think the other networks are unbiased. If only you could

have heard the curses and yelling at the liberal news reporting before there was aFox News. Fox News is doing well because the other networks are soo blinded bytheir ideology and biases the couldn't recognize the opportunity.

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This is the most perfect, insightful, and truthful article I have ever read about theObama debacle!! You have accurately expressed the sentiments of millions ofAmericans who have realized that we made the biggest electoral mistake in thehistory of this nation. We only hope that we can survive long enough to correct it in2010 and 2012.

Pat Rioton March 08, 2010at 09:04 PM

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Listen, it started after the election. This bozo huddled with his genius economistsand what did he do with all this planning? He left the stimulus to his left wing partywho thought they were Santa to their l eft agenda. The man is not presidentialmaterial. No matter how good he appears during the campaign, no matter how goodhis speeches are, the office reveals the man, and Obama's weak, vacillating, petty,vindictive, devoid of executive experience and not good at it.

stevoon March 08, 2010at 09:03 PM

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Here's a REAL News Flash:

Faux News is the apologetic sycophant of the RINOs.

Many have awakened that when it comes to DC, the power play is between the GOP

jtsgrandmomon March 08, 2010at 09:02 PM

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and Democrats, to them, the people are non-sequitors.

There are THREE power plays now in America, the Democrats, the GOP and thepeople.

The GOP has Faux as its voice, the Democrats, most of the other media.

The people are silenCED there, media won't even take a grass roots' ad.

But KNOW effectively, when it comes to governing, when push comes to shove,BOTH Parties are Big Gov't parties and when pressed, they stand shoulder toshoulder against the people.

THAT will be changing, soon.

545 on the Hill, all but Ron Paul must go.

FOX is where sane viewers go for a bit of common sense. If you want lib crazy youcan go everywhere else.

Ronon March 08, 2010at 08:59 PM

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Obama is like viagra for the conservative movement in the United States. Hisincompetence and his socialist policies will ensure that the Dems stay out of powerfor at least a generation.

Jonathanon March 08, 2010at 08:58 PM

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If you buy a house in disrepair and bring a friend to visit, all the while complainingabout the mess it is in, they would say "Wow you're right! Look at the terrible messyou inherited."

If you had that same friend visit a year later and nothing had been fixed or changed,they wouldn't be blaming the previous owners any more. They would be looking atyou saying, "Why haven't you fixed anything!"

Wise up!

Weson March 08, 2010at 08:49 PM

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I am with Sicario.

I will not vote for an incumbent of any party. After 3 elections, we shall see if it startsto change.

RunsOnCoffeeon March 08, 2010


Is another massive federal entitlement program on top of the others no one knowshow to pay for the change we need? Some have their doubts. For spirited and civildebate, Fox News is the only game in town.

Doug, Anchorage AKon March 08, 2010at 08:47 PM

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Now Obama wants to sink us more into the vat of acid with tying ten and a halfmillion illegals around our necks. he's nor bankrupting us fasy enough

RUSSELL CHRETIENon March 08, 2010at 08:47 PM

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I'm guessing Mr. Heffer never contemplated the probability that the greatest vitriolwould be reserved for his comments about FOXNews.

What people of his "ilk" don't comprehend is that FOX has 4X the viewers becauseFOXNews reflects their view more closely (not exactly). In his world he's picturing 1.5million viewers sitting around their TV sets exclaiming "why do I watch thesemorons?"

This, in itself, tells me the elite are out of touch. More to the point, if Washington DCtruly wants to give the "folks" what they want...just tune in to FOXNews. They'll find outexactly what that is.

So the proof is in their actions. Instead of "lighting a candle," they curse thedarkness.

Lee Tompsonon March 08, 2010at 08:46 PM

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Seriously, I used to be a Republican and even I can admit that FOX News has onepurpose and that is right wing propaganda.

Nice thing is I got smart and stopped watching it. Heck, the're more one sided thanDick Cheney/

Roberton March 08, 2010at 08:45 PM

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When you weed out the childish rants by teenies who cannot spell, or apparentlyread,('Berkley' and 'Matt 6:38 pm'), almost every comment here is supportive of Foxnews and negative about lying propaganda sheets like WaPo and the NYT. Almosteveryone is disgusted with the clownish would-be Stalinist in the White House, andmany saw it coming.

The unbelievable nonchalance (Berkley) and almost total ignorance of facts (Matt6:36 and Matt 6:43) shocks anyone who has spent much time reading or studyingactual history - not the pablum in the now worthless public schools. As many, manynow know, Fox is by far the most popular for one reason: it provides a source ofactual reality information to a public from which that type of knowledge has beenlargely censored - BBC style.

What is most laughable, of course, is a Brit telling us how 'impartial' their so-called'news' is.

For all you immature whelps, not yet able to speak or write intelligently, NO: Mr.Obama will NOT win an election anywhere again. And this year's midterms willprobably be the biggest wipeout in history.

Watch and weep.

thx1139on March 08, 2010at 08:45 PM

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Just because unemployment numbers are slowing coming down, only goes toshow that there are only so many jobs that can be cut. You cannot get more bloodout of the turnip, and a person who has lost all their blood, is not on the way tobecoming healthy. Every job in American that can be cut, has been cut. Skeletoncrews work double time, for the same pay, and companies are at the bareminumum in order to stay in business. This does not mean a recovery, it simplymeans there are no more jobs to be lost. We have hit the bottom.

Johnon March 08, 2010at 08:44 PM

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"This naive act of manipulation has brought its own counter-counterattack, with ananti-Emanuel pundit drawing a comparison with our own Prime Minister andridiculing the idea that Mr Obama should start bullying people too."Obama bullying someone!?! Get a grip! Mother Theresa could tell him to getscrewed!

ghoston March 08, 2010at 08:44 PM

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It matters little who is the President of the United States. The present crisis is acrisis of the debt-based, fiat money system managed by fractional-reserve banks

worldwide. We have created a monster and shouldn't be too surprised that ourclever offspring is like Chucky on steroids.

Strike at the root and return to a gold-backed currency. Require that loans only arisefrom previous savings, andnot fractional-reserve flim-flam. It doesn't take rocketscience to understand the problem of fraud and dishonesty among the moneychangers...even Jesus was driven to distraction by the greediness of these guys.

acudocon March 08, 2010


It's quite obvious that this author has never even watched Fox News. "rage 24 hoursa day"? Hardly. I guess this is what passed for journalism in the UK.

Bob Davison March 08, 2010at 08:43 PM

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Yes, please keep trying to deflect BHO's problems by blaming it on the previousadministration and Foxnews, that will go well with those with whom you disagree.Uh, hello, the financial crisis was caused by issuing mortgages to those who cannotpay them back, at the behest of Fanny May and Freddie Mac, both pressured byprogressive politics to give loans to the under financed and irresponsible. Ouranswer to that crisis is to print more money and just give it away? PresidentObama's current popularity is of his own making, with his party's help. MostAmericans don't want a free ride, instead they want the freedom of self-responsibilityand self-determination. If you really wanted to understand the economic issue, takea look at the Community Re-Investment act or the "Fair Housing" act. Both led to thispredicament, not conservative views (GWB wasn't a real fiscal conservative either).

Deanon March 08, 2010at 08:42 PM

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Amen,

Spoken by a man who is looking in our window, and has NO side to take. What partof his observation does the left see as WRONG? Forget about party lines! Put downyour party-think, and your union mantra, and vote for America! Find solutions, notblame. Find actionable ideas that benefit EVERYONE! This current plan is NOTworking! Wake up America...

Sisao Tresedon March 08, 2010at 08:42 PM

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We do NOT need large government programs to generate jobs. This administrationand the Dems fail to recognize the obstacles they place in the way of job creation.For example, over the past year proposal after proposal has been put forward to

GlobalSailingon March 08, 2010at 08:37 PM
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reform health care, reform the financial system, increase taxes, and add regulations,all with the intention of making the United States a better and stronger country.

Yet, as a business, trying to understand which of these proposals might becomelaw, what their impact might be on business prospects and competition, and whatadditional costs they might impose creates a great deal of uncertainty. It has ledmany management teams and boards to spend inordinate time trying to determinewhich investments we should make, defer, or cancel and which jobs to create,maintain, or eliminate.

The removal of this uncertainty and the constant drumbeat of new threats againstvarious businesses would go a long way to allowing American entrepreneurialenergy to be unleashed.

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A HUGE responsibility for this mess lies at the feet of the American press. Theirdemonstration of "an idiotic level of idolatry" is what has driven the popularity of FoxNews. Even those clinging to guns and religion know when they're not being told thewhole truth.

TManon March 08, 2010at 08:37 PM

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I am surprised that so many people believe as I do, as revealed by these comments.I think we should take steps, pursuant to any such provisons in the Constitution, tooust this man and all his czars from office immediately. The reason he has wantedto close Gitmo is now revealed; he realizes that is where he should eventually beplaced himself.

Camposon March 08, 2010at 08:36 PM

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We had 8yrs of Mr Bush. Obama had the barely 2yrs and he is the cause of all majoramerican problems.Wow.We must have pack of morons making stupid andsenseless comments. What do we call that,the same old racism.Wake upamerican, you suppose to be christian, i thought better than muslim but where is thefairness and tolerance towards someone of different color. How do you peoplesleep art night. We dealt with 8yrs of Mr Bush. Give me a break.Obama should wavethe magic twang and everything will be fine. Give me a break.People get a life.

Dele

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Isn't it strange how often the initial comments on every political article come from theleft? Even when the comments are 10 to 1 against the left's position. I wonderwhy/how that is? Just kidding! I know!

Davidon March 08, 2010at 08:36 PM

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The problem is negroes promoted on the sole basis of the colour of their skin: it'strue in business and government in the USA - ditto for women - women have beenpromoted to ever higher positions but have never produced anything innovative orprofitable. This is the true cause of the decline of America.

Gary Prussenon March 08, 2010at 08:35 PM

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The author writes:

"The Fox network is a remarkable cultural phenomenon which almost shocks thoseof us from a country where a technical rule of impartiality is applied in the broadcastmedia. With little rest, it pours out rage 24 hours a day..."

Stating that Fox News pours out rage is not impartial (or even true). The word"impartiality" in English translates as "leftwing views only" in American.

Scotton March 08, 2010at 08:34 PM

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Right on most parts but wrong about Fox News. They dominate the ratings becausethey tell the truth and people know it.

PAPPYJOon March 08, 2010at 08:33 PM

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Obama like Blair before him are plants by the NWO.Does any one seriously think the majority of the people of America would have votedfor a foreign born Muslim if they had known the truth at the start of his electroncampaign.

Eazi Overon March 08, 2010at 08:33 PM

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amazing what happens when an article gets linked to the drudge report. You get

comments from the worst of America. The ones that eat, sleep and drink Fox News.They think their getting something fair and balanced but it's the most biased News inthis country. Not only do these people use Fox for News but they seem to get theirhistory lessons from it too. Obviousl most of these people never bother to readbooks by historians or paid attention in school. America is as divided as it was 160years ago. Time to either split in two or have an all out war.

Bradon March 08, 2010at 08:32 PM

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Give a blackman a city, state or country everything gets worse! James mason
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Idiots are the ones that are stupid enough to quickly forget that when Obama got onthe wagon, it was ALREADY BROKEN!! He's only trying to fix what OTHERSBROKE....GET IT THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULLS

eMMon March 08, 2010at 08:26 PM

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I thank God for Fox News every day, if it were not for Fox the dissemination ofinformation in this country would be akin to that of N. Korea or China where thegovernment completely controls the message and therefore manipulates reality to fit

their own ideology. Comrade Obama was elected because he was supported by afawning liberal media who deliberately refused to vet him during the primariesdespite numerous question marks about his past and his radical associations.Even now, a year after Obama's assault on the US Constitution, on our f reedoms,our wallets, capitalism and our military they still cover for this enemy of all thingsAmerican. No terrorist in the world is more dangerous to the US than our currentPresident and his democratic Congress. A house cleaning of our enemies iscoming soon like a Spring rain, you can count on it!

OklahomaBoundon March 08, 2010at 08:26 PM

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WANT REAL HATE NEWS? Turn the channel to Keith Olbermann on MSNBC. Hatelike you've never imagined!

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