Wouldn't it be more interesting to poll "Should Obama be re-elected in 2012?" I get the feeling the results here would be the opposite of what they now show.
Obama won't stand a chance at re election if he keeps endorsing Janet Napolitano's TSA child molestations at airports. If he remains in the pocket of Michael Chertoff and the DHS and allows for further wiretappings and the installment of TSA to expand to train stations, bus stops, and stadiums, you can bet your ass Obama will take the heat in time for his re election. However, although he may not be popular now with the people. He can just get the pentagon to stage a terrorist attack and kill hundreds of people, blame it on an outside source, and re-unite himself with the people. Because it worked for Clinton in the Oklahoma bombing and it worked for the Republican congress in 2001. Like Rahm Emanuel says "Never let a good crisis go to waste" Obama could also save his ass by pulling an FDR and revamping the Civilian Conservation Corps. That shitty depression era government program that paid workers to build parks in rural areas and do tons of useless shit by digging holes and fill them back up for no reason. All that program did was prevent angry unemployed young workers and college age students from taking to the streets, rioting, and bringing down the government. Meanwhile creating more government debt. But the truth of the matter is that Obama was the perfect puppet for the global elite to prop up in a time of unrest. A perfect image to create false promises meanwhile continuing the "Bush" adgenda and policy. So if by 2012 all hope of change has failed, they'll find another puppet under a different name. So to answer your question, it's too early to tell if he's gonna win re-election; anything can happen in a two year period. Shit, his own party might get pissed off with him and run someone better than him in a primary. But in the end none of it will ever matter. Obama has done nothing more than continue Bush's old policies. So what the hell makes you think a new president will make things better?
No matter what form of government you begin with, it tends to morph into what the governed allow themselves to pay for.
Is this why you're getting frequent flier miles these days? j/k If the leftover measures of crisis are handled "appropriately" by his administration and party and the propagandists sculpt factual tidbits into a believable lie, people will feel they have no choice but to re-elect him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZM4Bpt3xZU"]YouTube - REALLY FUNNY!! SNL skit on TSA's Enhanced Screening Pat Down Procedures
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.co...in-going-in-different-directions/#more-141122 Will Obama win in 2012? Yes, he will... I don't say this because I think he is something special, or an agent of change the we thought he was... I say this because all the rhetoric and bullshit aside... the choice is going to come down to re-electing him, or electing Mitt Romney (likely although not assured)... Even I have more faith in the US citizen then that!!!
Personally.. i see Bill Clinton workin his way back into a role at the White House other than Obama's helper.. maybe running as VP for a candidate? Obama is weak.. no way he will make it another term.. and who even knows what WikiLeaks may have in their cables that'll influence future voting.. or the future of voting for that matter
I asked that a long time ago and don't remember if I ever got an answer... Can an ex pres, then run for vice pres?
Just because the majority of people on this particular forum are old hippies and druggies doesn't mean diddley-squat. Obama is now the kiss of death to democrats. (thank goodness) Hopefully he won't be able to destroy the U.S. anymore than he's done in the last 2 years.
Some of us here are just "old", neither hippies or druggies. Obama is a blessing in disguise, as are Pelosi, Reid, and many others both Democrats and Republicans who have expedited the Marxist socialist agenda under Obama. The only question now is, how are the American voters going to respond in 2012? Until then I'm doing like most of his wealthy supporters and shorting the dollar or turning them into something of value. As it is the choice he has brought forth is one of things getting worse, or things getting much worse. Over one hundred years of gradually government imposed socialism will have to be undone which has changed the U.S. from being the most productive nation in the world to being the most indebted nation in the world.
I can't see him as a Veep... ambassador... doubtful but maybe. I think he'll maintain a high profile but the only way I see him living in the White house is as Hillary's first lady. Besides.... I don't believe he can put himself in line to assume an office he's constitutionally barred from holding. (22nd amendment)
You have a deal, and just to show our appreciation we would like to send you Obama, Biden, their entire cabinet, and all the Liberal Democrats from both houses of Congress. We will even throw in George Soros, someone who really knows how to make the British Pound work. Just finished reading the December issue of the great British periodical, "Socialist Standard", how depressing.
That might depend upon the makeup of the Supreme Court and their modern interpretation as it states that "No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice", and makes no mention of assuming the office by means other than an election process. Don't forget, the Constitution is a living document, open to reinterpretation as the need arises.
Now I'm curious because I don't know what Psychedelic rocker's sig is about. But you asked if s/he did so that makes me think it's something ironic or funny. Please enlighten.
The DESTRUCTION of the environment? No. But the point is that many of these regulations are either unnecessary, don't actually protect anything or so cumbersome that they are not worth it. If it makes sense, then regulations are ok. But, a lot of regulations are extraneous.
Unfortunately for the weed smokers, a conservative probably would be hard on the war on drugs. Say, the reminds me; in another thread we were talking about places to cut go'ment spending. This is one place that I would definitely cut spending, stop this stupid ineffective war on drugs. Concerning the gays, I'm ambivalent. I don't care if they get married or not. The majority of soldiers seemed to like DADT, so I think it should have stayed, but whatever. Wasn't that a Clinton policy anyways. How can you fight for something, then 10 years later (or whatever) fight for it's repeal on the grounds that it's unconstitutional. However, these two issues are minor compared to the economic freedom, and financial success that a true conservative president will bring for all Americans who are willing to work. Anyways, conservatism has nothing to do with the rest of your quote. I don't even understand why you would say that someone who is not white, not christian or not wealthy would not benefit from a conservative president. What does race, religion or wealth have to do with anything? What is important is drive, ambition and intelligence.