Is Obama a Shoe-In for Re-election?

Surely I think the whole thing is rigged. Whoever is elected is a shoe in.

 

Maybe- maybe not. I will be blissfully unreached by the campaign rhetoric- particularly the attack ads and gaudy promises of reform that any thinking person would see right through- but the abundance of them indicates that they do work- that people buy into the bullshit election after election.

The above rings pretty true. The thing is that the actions of both parties seems to reflect that their true priorities are NOT the economy and employment because they are just too damned valuable as blunt rhetorical instruments that they can beat one another with while gullible sheep gobble it up.

 

Correct. Just like they made John McCain -- one of the weakest Republicans -- Obama's opponent in 2008.

But if I say some of the things you just said, I am attacked and made to look like a conspiracy theorist.

I do think it is likely the Democrats will win re-election, but possibly not with Obama. I think it's possible either he will be forced to step down, be exposed in some "scandal," or something else.

The Republican candidates are pathetic, but Obama's credibility is so tarnished it's going to be hard to rig the elections in his favor without it looking obvious, unless the Republicans cannot come up with any more convincing stooges than what they have now. I do believe the powers that be would rather have a Democrat in office, because even though both parties are controlled, it's easier to continue forward with Obama's domestic agenda (which is not his at all) under a Democratic president, and probably someone other than him, like perhaps Hillary.

When you boil it all down, it doesn't mean shit who wins or what corporate party they belong to. Presidents are put in office to work for the system -- not the people. It's all the same shit with a different mask.

 

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For the record , I think you make some great points . Some strange ones too . But don't we all , make some strange ones sometimes ?

Most people believe what they are told to believe . They are brainwashed by the media to scorn , ridicule and label those who dare think for themselves outside the box as "conspiracy theorist " . A term that represents a lunatic fringe element , because they dared to wonder off the reservation . Because they research and search for truth in an insane world .

It's easier to live in denial , with ones head buried in the sand . Then to face the truth alone against the rest of the herds acceptance of what truth they are told to embrace and accept at face value . Because it takes work to find truth , and once found , it means leaving the herd . Leaving the security blanked and will ultimately have to become at odds with the rest of the herd , and their sheep mentality .

As far as the "re-election" , does it really matter ? two sides of the same coin .

 

I don't visit conspiracy websites (haven't for years), let alone cut and paste the bullshit most conspiracy websites are riddled with to make legitimate information appear bogus. No, I have had pretty much consistent views for the past ten years now, and my views are entirely my own. The only thing that has changed is my understanding of just how manufactured this so-called reality is, and how easy it is to manipulate and control people.

But I have about as much tolerance for conspiracy people these days as I do political people who parrot left and right wing talking points they heard on CNN or FOX.

Alex Jones is at the top of my shit list.

 

Well stated. Thanks.

 

C'mon Skip, when is the last time I posted a link to a conspiracy site? Even back before I was banned in '09 I was beyond that stage. Please try to be a little more accommodating when it comes to people with different opinions, even if you think they're strange. Anything the media doesn't talk about will sound strange to most people.

 

Well, you could say that about anyone who's adamant in their beliefs, regardless of what they are. Is it any better when partisan political people parrot the half-assed shit they read in some big money funded publication or hear on the tube?

Anyway, I need to get some sleep and don't wish to argue right now.

 

Yeah, he is. Who of the republican candidates do you think can actually win in 2012 against him?! I'll wait....

 

If I don't complain, I soon find i have fewer complaints. If I am at peace then I do not feed a competitive system that needs competition to survive. Everything
must eat.

 

I think what Ron Paul says resonates with most relatively informed people, but the media seems eager to ignore him or discredit him over stupid shit. Other than that, the Republican candidates are a joke. But so is Obama.

Like always, there is no real choice.

 

The establishment seems to have learned its lessons from that period- those lessons being how to manipulate, placate, and mollify a population that is cultured into accepting a premise that it's the government's job to cure all social and societal ills- which is accepted despite repeated evidence that those in charge hold an almost sociopath's contempt for the general public.

In the 60's and 70's it was accepted that we had to be the agent of change but now we just assume that the responsibility will be outsourced and we whine because the change we feel entitled to does not happen when we do little or nothing to effect it because we believe it's someone else's responsibility... whether that "someone else" happens to be a political candidate or a contrived third party whose real purpose is to create the illusion of change.

I see Obama's role as being an agent of illusion- create the perception that real change is at hand when in reality he is working in cahoots with the banksters whose agenda he is compelled to sell as though it were in our best interest. People will still believe the sales pitch and the repugnicans are probably going to have a paper tiger as a nominee so he's most likely going to have four more years.

 

Ron Paul's purpose may well be to induce a head count of the citizenry that those who are really in charge can identify as dangerous.

 

No one's a shoe in. It all depends on the economy. If we go into another recesion next year I think Obama's out.