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Obama Listens to Rich Liberals, at His Own Peril

Reed42 Wrote: Jun 14, 2012 7:22 AM
Except govern well......
Dan107 Wrote: Jun 14, 2012 12:57 PM
Governing well would be the only way for Obama to be a two term president. He is so out of step with American values and American viewpoints that it is not possible for him to change. What it comes down to is that Obama doesn't have an understanding of America becasue he has always had an insulated worldview given to him by very anti-capitalist, anti-American friends and mentors.

I use this analogy: If you spent your life locked in a closet and your teachers told you that the sky is green and the grass is blue, you would believe that the sky is green and the grass is blue.

Who told him there ar 58 American states? That's a puzzler. Maybe he picked that one up in Indonesia.

Who does Barack Obama listen to?

Not Republican politicians. Evidently weeks go by between his conversations with Speaker John Boehner, who determines what legislation comes to the House floor.

Not Democratic politicians. We have it on good authority that he seldom talks to Democratic members of Congress. Lyndon Johnson used to be on the phone constantly, cajoling and inveigling but also on the alert for shifts in opinion.

Speaker Tip O'Neill walked around the Capitol, asking member after member, "What do you hear?" In contrast, Obama, a former adviser told Vanity Fair's Todd Purdum, "is a total introvert. He doesn't need...

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