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Obama’s Governing Problem

February 8, 2010 – 8:16 pm

FT.com / Comment / Analysis - America: A fearsome foursome
Just over a year into his tenure, America’s 44th president governs a bitterly divided nation, a world increasingly hard to manage and an America that seems more disillusioned than ever with Washington’s ways. What went wrong?
Pundits, Democratic lawmakers and opinion pollsters offer a smorgasbord of reasons […]

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The American Ideal Is Dead! The Looting Commences

February 27, 2009 – 2:51 pm

Soak the rich, legislative tax panel hears - Oregonlive.com
SALEM — ‘Tax the wealthy’ was the rallying cry as state legislators took up the contentious task of raising personal income taxes to shore up government services.The House Revenue Committee opened hearings Friday on four proposals that would create a new 10 percent tax bracket for higher […]

By John Dunshee | Also posted in Obamatons, The Church of the Painful Truth, Meltdown!!, Big Pork Sandwich, Congress, The Stupid Party, Oregon Stuff, St. Obama, Media, The Evil Party | Comments (0)

The Epic Poetry Of Hawk of Iowa.

January 23, 2009 – 1:47 am

The Idiossey
Now behold him, brave Obamacles,
Who strides triumphant down Pennsylvania Avenue,
With Victimia at his side in a gown of golden brocade,
Hewn from the finest hotel draperies.
Behold his ascent to the marble dais to swear his oath,
Which Justice Roberts flubs; so dazzled is he
by our hero’s pure magnificence.
And behold the crowd whose number has grown to […]

By John Dunshee | Also posted in Obamatons, Media, The Clintons, St. Obama, WTF?, The Evil Party | Comments (0)

Earth To Obamatons; He Was Elected President, Not King.

January 21, 2009 – 2:18 am

As challenges mount, ardor for Obama cools abroad
That’s the problem, said Reginald Dale, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington: People everywhere simply expect too much, practically ensuring Obama will disappoint.

“The United States can’t solve all the world’s problems,” he said in an interview. “It doesn’t have enough money […]

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Things Are Different Now

December 3, 2008 – 10:21 am

It wasn’t all that long ago that the news media was lecturing President Bush on expecting support for his policies from the various agencies. They were telling him that he should tolerate dissent and not expect everyone to be supportive.
Obama Transition Teams Scrutinizing Federal Agencies
Wearing yellow badges and traveling in groups of 10 or more, […]

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Commenters

November 17, 2008 – 4:22 am

On the KGW Channel 8 in Portland’s website there is a comment who recently started showing up in the comments section to various news stories. He is very good.
He writes in the style of the extreme left commenter but if you read his comments closely they resemble Frank J’s “In My World” series which is […]

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Tolerance and Diversity

November 13, 2008 – 7:18 pm

Tolerance fails T-shirt test
Only a few times did anyone say anything remotely positive about her McCain shirt. One girl pulled her aside in a corner, out of earshot of other students, and whispered, “I really like your shirt.”
That’s when you know America is truly supportive of diversity of opinion, when children must whisper for fear […]

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Wow. I Never Would Have Know If She Hadn’t Said So

November 8, 2008 – 11:51 pm

Deborah Howell - An Obama Tilt in Campaign Coverage - washingtonpost.com

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Hopenchange

November 7, 2008 – 1:55 am

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At Least We Know Who To Blame

November 7, 2008 – 12:49 am

Labor Leaders: We Did It

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