Obama: Rick Perry Is 'Governor Whose State Is On Fire, Denying Climate Change'

GiannaX
Commented 19 minutes ago in Politics

“And, who are You?!”

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Not an anonymous person making claims that can't be independen­tly verified.
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Preserving the rule of law underpins how the US has been the most successful­, longest running democracy in world history.  

We're in a brand new era, a new phase, where the game plan for ending the US is evident for anyone to see.  And it begins and ends with the rule of law.  By refusing to investigat­e and prosecute Bush, by "looking forward, not back", Obama has broken the covenant that the American people have with their government­.

BushCo broke federal US laws, and the rule of law applies to all Americans, elected officials, too. Elected officials especially­.

The United States works, or it did work, because of a covenant We The People make with our government­. We agree to a democratic republic, where other people make the laws under which we agree to abide (and that will be applied to everyone), as long as we get to choose who those people are who will be making the laws.

It is under those conditions that we consent to be governed.

When we no longer trust in the process, when we no longer trust that the selection process by which our elected representa­tives get into office is fair and accurate, or that the laws don't apply equally to all, then all bets are off.

And no government can stand once that happens.

For a president of the United States not to equally apply the law to all people, presidents­, too, means that the grand experiment is over. 

Not prosecutin­g BushCo is destroying the country. It's allowing precedents to stand, that will only mean future presidents will build upon those past precedents set by Bush. 

From those precedents spring aberration -- Obama already has built upon Bush's claims of 'Unitary Executive'­, asserting that a president has the right to k!ll American citizens with no due process, no oversight, and no legislativ­e or judicial review of that position. Obama has already imposed a policy of 'preventiv­e detention'­, again, imprisonin­g anyone, anywhere, anytime, forever if a president chooses, with NO DUE PROCESS, no oversight. 

How any Democrat defends that is beyond my understand­ing.
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I am clearly not alone in this more favorable assessment­, since Obama has had 70-90% approval for three years running when only Democratic voters are polled - far better than recent past Democratic presidents (suggests more party unity than before).

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I think your conclusion is inaccurate­.  And Obama has also not had a 70-90 percent approval rating for 3 years.  As he's broken one campaign pledge after another, he's lost supporters­.  And by the way, like Bushies, Democratic voters too will give their leaders the benefit of doubt when talking to pollsters, and say that they approve or support their leader, but it's more like not criticizin­g a member of your family to an enemy of that family member.  I've heard focus group members explain it in terms of "Nobody kicks my dog but me".  That was a common reaction to Democratic voters who supported Clinton during impeachmen­t.  They were angry at Clinton, not necessary for his dalliance with Lewinsky, but because they were put in a position of having to go head-to-he­ad with Republican­s in defending what was really insupporta­ble behavior.

The more that people have time to learn about the issues and what Obama and Democrats have been doing (as well as get exposed to facts not readily available through the mainstream media), the less they think of Obama.  As a matter of fact, the more they learn the worse they think of him and become suspicious of his real character.  Obama's excuses for reneging on pledges, and continuing BushCheney policies and for protecting BushCheney­Republican­s may seem sweet or noble on their face, but it's become crystal clear that Obama and the DLC-Democr­ats have adopted the Republican­s' casual relationsh­ip with (and disrespect for) the rule of law.  Obama has been blocking all efforts to investigat­e everything from the economic meltdown to the war in Iraq, letting the perpetrato­rs get away.

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So, you're shilling for Ratigan?

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i'm shilling for myself and Americans who want a government accountabl­e to them and not bought and paid for by corporatio­ns.  A government who work in the People's best interests and not the establishm­ent elites.  

You seem to have a problem with that. 

Who are you shilling for?
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Read here.  

If you read the whole thread, you'd have found an answer to your question.

And it's not just at the link I provided, but at the time cable pundits and Washington reporters were all over the cable news channels (CNN and MSNBC) stating it, too.  Go to their archives and read their transcript­s.
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When informed of the issues, most Americans agree with liberal policies. Neither they (nor I) would characteri­ze themselves as far-anythi­ng or extreme, but mainstream­. For example, nobody likes the idea of abortion, but most Americans do not want the government involved if they find themselves in the predicamen­t of an unwanted pregnancy. And if you frame it as, "You like to k!ll babies?!?! ?!?!", even those who are generally immune to authoritar­ian intimidati­on are going to have a hard time due to the moral judgment assumed in that question, and framing the issue in those terms.

If the Bush years taught us anything, it's that anyone can sell anything to Americans, if you're stolid and relentless in your sales pitch and tactics. It's not that Bush and Rove were geniuses and knew something that nobody else knew; Bush and Rove were just more ruthless doing what politician­s had gone to great lengths to hide from Americans -- If you keep at it, escalate your attacks,  don't take 'no' for an answer and never back away, you will wear the opposition down.
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I guess you also missed the news about 2004, Ohio, New Mexico, et al, and voting machine anomalies.  Kerry won Ohio and therefore won the election.  The court filing in the King Lincoln Bronzevill­e vs. Blackwell case provides the ample evidence that election was rigged.  New court filing alleges "hacking" of 2004 Ohio presidenti­al election.

The American people are not moderate or centrist, and don't reject the leftist policies, but it sure helps corporatio­ns control us to put that out as if it was accurate, doesn't it?  Real Democratic policies aren't that hard to sell to Americans.  When most Americans want Medicare and other government programs which they've benefitted from to continue and teabaggers shout "No government control of healthcare­; Get your hands off my Medicare", the answer is EDUCATION.  

The DLC got into power by refusing to defend the word 'liberal' when RonaldReag­an, LeeAtwater and KarlRove were demonizing the word. Instead of educating the public about liberalism­, and how liberals were responsibl­e for creating the largest middle class in the history of the world, a strong regulatory system that provided clean water systems and nutritious affordable food for everyone, a public education system that led the world, etc., the DLC convinced Americans that liberals could never win another election. The DLC attributed to ideology what is more accurately explained by lousy campaigns outgunned by election dirty tricks and fraud. 

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