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Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013 | 2:01 a.m.
President Barack Obama tried to galvanize the country to progressive purpose in his inaugural speech, arguing that in this era, advancing time-honored individual aspirations requires collective action. As attempts to square the ideological circle go, this was a rhetorical triumph. Yet if Obama is to realize his goals, he will have to rally the country on a continual basis. A reasonable man, Obama craves a return to a time when agreeable people were able to work out sensible compromises. That, however, doesn’t describe this period in American politics. Mind you, House Speaker John Boehner has some of the same adult ...
Scot Lehigh writes for the Boston Globe.
Since I don't agree with your first sentence and the premise that goes with it. I also don't agree with the third paragraph. I'll just move on to the next article...
Scot claims "President Barack Obama tried to galvanize the country to progressive purpose in his inaugural speech..."
and failed
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Obama's Inauguration speech re-ignited and inflamed the negative tone in America.
This was Obama's annihilate the Conservatives speech
No - I repeat - No Obama call for National Unity
Obama in his WE THE GOVERNMENT inaugural speech told us he won again and his manifesto would expand the liberal progressive bigger government agenda.
This was an unyielding restatement of Obama's in your face campaign nomination speech. This was also a 50 year old inaugural speech only for gays, women, blacks, and Hispanics not the rest of the country.
Obama inaugural declared war on, and demeaned and stigmatized conservative polices and values. Fiscal responsibility and working, freedom and liberty.
And Obama declared war on the job creators saying "We the people understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it," It is interesting to note that under Obama's collectivism there are a lot fewer rich and many more middle class are poorer. Everybody is getting poorer.
No hint of concern about fiscal responsibility or of the growing infringement on personal liberties.
For foreign policy Amazingly Obama used the famous Neville Chamberlin phrase "Peace in Our Time." Chamberlin's quote of course followed his appeasement of Hitler to avoid Germany attacking England. Obama wants desperately for us to believe that al-Qaida is vanquished - is in decline.
Scot says "Given today's politics, the third source of power will prove particularly important to Obama's success. But that will mean going outside the capital and waging a campaign for what he wants done inside the Capitol."
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Obama has created an off the books 501(c)(4) non-profit campaign agenda PAC "Community" organization "Organizing for Action" to avoid negotiating with conservative that opposite his policies. Thats right Obama pays no taxes on this multi-million dollar business.
The sole purpose of the Obama 501(c)(4) non-profit is to denigrate and vilify the opposition while Obama can sit smugly in the WH and claim to being above the mean spirited brawl.
Why is this necessary - Obama is seeking a legacy - but a legacy needs a great national decision for a great national crisis. Washington brought forth a new Country and Lincoln ended slavery. Something Obama who has a listless lackluster agenda and is incapable of.
Obama is using the same campaign team (Jim Messina and Stephanie Cutter) that implemented his "KILL HIS ENEMEY strategy (they are murderers and racists and felons) - bad faith ressentiment character assassination and vilification of an honest opposition - right out of the Sal Alinsky play book.
What will be Obama's legacy - increasing national debt from $10 trillion to $23 trillion in eight years. We are half way there today with 23 million underemployed and 50 million on food stamps
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No hint of working across the parties. No extended hand.
- The WH (Pfeiffer) said "We do not have an opposition party worthy of the opportunity..." to work together
- CBS News' political director John Dickerson wrote in Slate.com and urged Obama to "pulverize" and destroy his Republican opponents -- even "go for the throat" -- in order to "cement his legacy." Dickerson wrote. "The president....can only cement his legacy if he destroys the GOP. If he wants to transform American politics, he must go for the throat."
Obama is just a corporate guy at heart. Do not expect much. have a drink and go back to bed.
President Obama puts only a dollar price tag on a huge bloated social welfare state. He ignores the moral cost to the fabric of society by making people who are not needy takers of government benefits. To such a degree, that generations of Americans don't know anything except living off the government and believe it is their right to do so without EVER giving anything back.
CarmineD
often to indulge,
Wasn't that the tactic used by someone in Europe during the 30s?