Strategists Worry Obama's Popularity is Dropping

Trillion-Dollar Bank Shakedown Continues:

Obama’s attack on our free market economy began long before the current crisis. The following legal documents, news articles, and videos show his part in causing this crisis over the past fifteen years. Now he uses it as an excuse to do even more damage. To him, our free enterprise system is a giant merciless beast that he and his allies have succeeded in wounding. In a free market, your choices as a consumer, select against society’s losers, which he represents. This is why the Obamabots, having won, are still seething with hatred for their opponents. Having wounded the beast they are now closing in for the kill. The recovery of our free market economy is not their objective. They would rather replace it with something else. So their policies are only making matters measurably worse. They want revenge for the unfairness they perceive in the free market.

These legal documents show Barack Obama suing Citibank under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) from 1994 to 1998, where he and other lawyers got $950,000 in legal fees without finding any evidence of wrongdoing:

http://clearinghouse.wustl.edu/chDocs/public/FH-IL-0011-9000.pdf

http://clearinghouse.wustl.edu/chDocs/public/FH-IL-0011-0007.pdf

This was part of a legalized protection racket perpetrated on our nations banks, and part of a widespread systematic shakedown, described in detail in this article published in the year 2000: "The Trillion-Dollar Bank Shakedown That Bodes Ill for Cities":

http://www.city-journal.org/html/10_1_the_trillion_dollar.html

The New York Times reported on this in 2003, and explained what additional regulatory action the Bush administration tried to initiate to protect the banks, in "New Agency Proposed to Oversee Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae", only to be blocked by Democrats in congress:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/11/business/new-agency-proposed-to-oversee-freddie-mac-and-fannie-mae.html?sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1

Obama, ACORN, Bill Clinton, the Clinton Administration, and members of congress explain what happened here in their own words in these videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN31-nKndg8&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-TyH6Yupso

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr1M1T2Y314

This video connects the dots:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RZVw3no2A4&feature=iv&annotation_id=event_597487

Thomas Sowell summarized it all in his column, "Do Facts Matter?":

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NGRjODM1MTJlOGZiZDk2ODI4NTUzMWMxYjgwMjliMGQ

The Washington Post provides additional detail: ("Where Was Sen. Dodd? Playing the Blame Game On Fannie and Freddie"):

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/11/AR2008091102841.html

The Wall Street Journal provides additional detail: ("Blame Fannie Mae and Congress For the Credit Mess "):

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122212948811465427.html

This pattern of behavior must be stopped to protect the economic future of our country.

Barry of CA
Aug 10, 2009 17:08:37 PM [permalink] [report comment]

Bob of MO, (part 1 of 3)

You wrote:

"Barry... have you ever tried thinking outside the box. More that Democrats are WRONG and Republicans are RIGHT? Hardly anything is black and white any more."

That was already cliché more than ten years ago. The box you need to be thinking outside of is the one known as the boob tube. I always think for myself.

You wrote:

"too many links to click everyone of them, so your thoughts will go as incomplete."

They weren't intended for you. Intelligent people not fully informed can be persuaded. Polls show this happening now, as we see at town hall meetings. You’re not interested in getting the truth get out. I won’t persuade you with evidence; I intend to defeat your political objectives by informing others.

You wrote:

"You say Government is the problem not the solution. Great. Lets disband the Govt. Local too! No more police, no more fire department... if you[r] house burns down, it's up to you to get your neighbors to help u put it out. Roads? Hope your Escalade is in great shape cause a year of driving over those potholes will mess it up quickly and the repair shops will start price gouging everybody.”

Escalade? Hardly. My car is more than 20 years old.

You wrote:

"Why? Well because they can, cause you see, there will be nobody to complain to. No State Attorney General Office. Lemon Laws? All gone. I wonder who will inspect all the cattle to make sure it's safe to eat? Which one of your buddies will get up and do this? And how will they let me know when they find a problem?

Now of course I’m exaggerating. But really the problem with health care is that in fact there aren't enough people to stick up for the little guy. The big company's like Blue Cross spend millions on lobbyist to make sure it get little attention. Why do you think this is?"

There is a proper roll for government. When government goes beyond it's proper roll as it already has in the case of healthcare, it does far more harm than good. Creating your 'strawman argument', you indicate you have no principled understanding of where to draw a line between the proper roll of government and the proper roll of a free-market in a free society. The free market is the only real protection for ‘the little guy’, among which I count myself as one of many. Your examples only create a false sense of security, and fail to recognize your own responsibility for how you spend your money, as you chose whom to give it to. Companies that can please us best will prosper most. Those that can’t will go out of business to be replaced by others, if they can’t run to government for protection from our decisions in the free market. Once we start down your slippery slope, the history of Europe, Asia, and South America already tells us where we will end up. This is why our founding fathers were unique in explicitly describing the principles of our rights government exists to defend.

Barry of CA
Aug 10, 2009 17:08:01 PM [permalink] [report comment]

Bob of MO, (part 2 of 3)

You wrote:

"Also if government health care is soo bad why are we the ONLY 1st class country in the world without it? Sometimes it's better to admit we were wrong that to be stubborn and continue doing things the old way just so it doesn't interrupt your nightly viewing of Nightline."

We are the only 1st class country, and we have the only 1st class healthcare system. I've traveled to two-dozen cities and towns in Europe, and a dozen cities and towns in Japan. So I know for a fact that no one else in the world has a standard of living equal to ours. They do not even come close. Traveling the world would help you to appreciate that the lifestyle available to the average American is only available to rich people in Japan and rich people in Europe. A tenant in a high-rise public housing project on Chicago's Southside, gets a larger apartment than an average Japanese family in a Tokyo high-rise. Yet Japan has the second most powerful economy in the world, second only to our own, with a population equal to half of ours. Keep in mind that they have passed up every nation in Europe even after loosing WWII. Japanese people also have a work ethic that allows them no time for a life outside of work. They are far from catching up with our lifestyle, and yet far ahead of every nation in Europe. Returning from trips abroad always makes me feel thankful that I happened to be born an American. I quit watching Nightline nearly twenty years ago for the reasons I gave previously.

You wrote:

"Please understand that it won't be a perfect system. Nothing is ever perfect the first time around. There is a learning curve. Some things won't work. Some things will."

That's why we need such things to be decided in the free market, where each of us can decide what works best for our own circumstances, rather than being forced to pay for the government plan, even if we don't want it.

You wrote:

"Barry I'm gonna take back my first comment. I think you probably were an outside the box thinker years ago. I am not interested in name calling or insults. But I wonder, when did you stop deciding for yourself instead of actually forming an opinion. All the links, youtube, ect... this is somebody else's fight and you just jumped right aboard. You watched a youtube vid, said yep and that's it. Found a gazillion more just like it to support THEIR agenda. Remember two sides to every story. Your a smart man. Why not try to listen to both sides?"

I was against 'Hillarycare' before I ever heard of YouTube, for the reasons I gave above. I do not expect to change someone’s philosophical beliefs with what I write. But I know that more people will turn against nationalization of healthcare if they know the truth about it.

Barry of CA
Aug 10, 2009 17:07:29 PM [permalink] [report comment]

Bob of MO, (part 3 of 3)

The Democrats cannot afford to be honest with what they are trying to force us into, which is why none of them will give us straight answers, and why they try to pass all legislation before anyone has a chance to read it, before the public has a chance to find out what's in it and turns against it. They also choose to exclude themselves from having to participate in their own public option. They only speak to fool the gullible. Only the gullible listen to them. This is why I mostly cite video of those I disagree with, to show how they contradict themselves. Citing video evidence of what Democrats have been saying in their less guarded moments puts the lie to what they are proposing. You are welcome to cite all the video evidence you please, but it cannot refute what mine shows. People only need to rely on their own eyes and ears, and their mind ability to think. The Democrats are hoping people will support them without thinking.

You wrote:

"What is your agenda?"

My agenda is to preserve my freedom, by doing what I can to preserve the freedom of my fellow countrymen. This is what unites us as Americans. Patrick Henry expressed my priorities best when he said, "I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"

http://libertyonline.hypermall.com/henry-liberty.html

You wrote:

"Or are u just a bored retired grandpa with too much time on your hands?

Go outside, go to the park, watch some kids play, feed the fish. It's a nice day out."

While people like you forfeit our freedom trying to avoid the responsibility of paying for your own healthcare? Don't count on it! People with grandchildren have a good reason to think of posterity, as our founding fathers did, and remember the principles that will preserve freedom for generations to come.

You wrote:

"p.s. don't reply... I won't ever find this page again. too busy."

If all I was doing were replying to you, I wouldn't waste my time. This is a rebuttal.

Barry of CA
Aug 10, 2009 17:06:58 PM [permalink] [report comment]

Poll

I see that some of the people on here are saying "See we were right, he's failing" based on the poll on the right.

Hmm. What is the sampling of this poll? I see the percentages, but how many people does this represent? And who does it represent. Right or wrong, I don't think the average college student, the future of our country is tuned in to USN daily. I'm guessing this particular rag has a mostly white older republican base. I would like USN to grab some other demographic too.

Just an observation.

Bob of KS
Aug 08, 2009 15:29:40 PM [permalink] [report comment]

Wow. just wow!

Barry... have you ever tried thinking outside the box. More that Democrats are WRONG and Republicans are RIGHT? Hardly anything is black and white any more.

too many links to click everyone of them, so your thoughts will go as incomplete.

You say Government is the problem not the solution. Great. Lets disband the Govt. Local too! No more police, no more fire department... if you house burns down, it's up to you to get your neighbors to help u put it out. Roads? Hope your Escalade is in great shape cause a year of driving over those potholes will mess it up quickly and the repair shops will start price gouging everybody. Why? Well because they can, cause you see, there will be nobody to complain to. No State Attorney General Office. Lemon Laws? All gone. I wonder who will inspect all the cattle to make sure it's safe to eat? Which one of your buddies will get up and do this? And how will they let me know when they find a problem?

Now of course I"m exaggerating. But really the problem with health care is that in fact there aren't enough people to stick up for the little guy. The big company's like Blue Cross spend millions on lobbyist to make sure it get little attention. Why do you think this is?

Also if government health care is soo bad why are we the ONLY 1st class country in the world without it? Sometimes it's better to admit we were wrong that to be stubborn and continue doing things the old way just so it doesn't interrupt your nightly viewing of Nightline.

Please understand that it won't be a perfect system. Nothing is ever perfect the first time around. There is a learning curve. Some things won't work. Some things will.

Barry I'm gonna take back my first comment. I think you probably were an outside the box thinker years ago. I am not interested in name calling or insults. But I wonder, when did you stop deciding for yourself instead of actually forming an opinion. All the links, youtube, ect... this is somebody else's fight and you just jumped right aboard. You watched a youtube vid, said yep and that's it. Found a gazillion more just like it to support THEIR agenda. Remember two sides to every story. Your a smart man. Why not try to listen to both sides?

What is your agenda? Or are u just a bored retired grandpa with too much time on your hands?

Go outside, go to the park, watch some kids play, feed the fish. It's a nice day out.

p.s. don't reply... I won't ever find this page again. too busy.

Bob of MO
Aug 08, 2009 15:24:30 PM [permalink] [report comment]