Obama figures that the only candidate he can beat is himself. I'm not so sure about that.
Michael Oke, II 661-349-6221 Contents of this and all messages are intended for their designated recipient. On Apr 28, 2012, at 1:39 AM, Pete Theisen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Everybody, > > http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spot/297152/obama-im-blue-dog-heart > > First, a fascinating bit of self-perception on the part of the > president, p.312: > > The president had been taking questions for almost an hour. He had > apologetically told the mostly liberal crowd that he had been forced to > take a centrist point of view in his presidency because of divided > government. (Never mind that Obama had told conservative Democrats in > Congress that he was one of them, too: “I’m a Blue Dog at heart,” he had > said in more than one meeting.) > > (Insert dog jokes here.) > > Second, a fascinating statement from the president at a fundraiser on > the last day of June last year, p. 313-314: > > “When you ran for president, you awakened something in this country > I haven’t seen since President Kennedy,” [Obama donor Judee von > Seldeneck] said, looking directly at the president. “Why don’t you > provide the leadership we all expected from you and desperately need?” > It was the elephant in the room: what had happened to the Barack Obama > of 2008? > > The other donors applauded. > > His answer was weak, von Seldeneck said later. Looking irritated, > the president used a line he deployed a lot that summer, about being > wiser, grayer, battle-tested. He blamed some of his ills on Congress, > and said he needed to see the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations > through. “I can’t come untethered yet,” he said, and von Seldeneck > wondered what that meant. > > He acknowledged the way his former success hung around his neck. > “I’m running against the Barack Obama of 2008,” he said, but he also > made what sounded like an unrealistic promise. “If you thought the last > campaign was something, you just wait for the next one. It’s going to be > better,” he finished. > > Man, when the Obama of today runs against the Obama of 2008, I cannot > wait to see the attack ads. > -- > Regards, > > Pete > http://pete-theisen.com/ > http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
