In 2012 Barack Obama will win a second term as president of these United States. Â
And all because people are finally seeing the right's malicious methodology with every passing smear, relentlessly peddled historical inaccuracy, knee-jerk flavor of the week endorsement and garish scheme it spawns.
It's like when the Gracie's dominated grappling and MMA stuff for years: only they knew the ground game and they dominated their opponents because all fights eventually end up there.
But eventually it dawned on even the most accomplished martial artists that that's where they were losing. Their own failures taught them; they studied and trained and now compete with -- and often defeat -- the Gracies using the very techniques that won them their deserved success and renown. And if you've never been choked out by a professional, you don't know what you're missing (that was a blatant "fear" plug). Â
And so goes the country after having lived through the trouncing of Democracy courtesy of the corporate right-wing neo-cons whose mission is to perpetuate and expand their profiteering at The People's expense. These shrewd gamers have played the democratic process and the people who believe in it for all it's worth, from the grassroots all the way to the bloomin' fruits, themselves apparently impervious to the charms of living in a democratic society and always with the overarching aim of thwarting it;Â The People are starting to wriggle out of their stocks and bonds (see what I did there?).Â
Because having jettisoned all subtlety and reason to make their case for a "conservative" approach to governance, the bald application of their methods have instead thrown a harsh light onto their motives.
And instead of rallying, they've repelled: it simply DOES NOTÂ make sense to pepper spray peaceful protesters; it DOES NOT make sense to vilify teachers; it DOES NOT make sense to make seniors and the infirm pay and pay and pay; it DOES NOT make sense to let these people lead through treachery anymore. Any ideology that has to rely on Orwellian doublespeak and fear in order to gain support is probably, let's say, lacking validity.Â
And so, in spite of the 'round-the-clock punditry parsing and dicing and regurgitating any and every possible and impossible scenario in order to fill the airwaves, in 2012 Barack Obama will win a second term as president of these United States. Â
Because, when the dust settles (not that the dust-makers would ever consider letting it) it will have also become clear that this president has had to do what he has done solely because of the 24 hour a day onslaught by the right to prevent him from governing in any way. His priority has been to tame the wildly malicious elements that comprise his -- and Democracy's -- zealous opposition.
People's senses (if not always their sense) are being woken up. The Tea Party has, in its basic thrust, more in common with OWS than their corporate underwriters would have them think. But even the Tea Party is starting to shake the cobwebs from their heads and soon -- who knows? -- might even join forces with their ideological (though perhaps aesthetically opposing) allies, who also see a system rife with greed and corruption, who also understand the grip corporations have on the legislative process, who know the value of regulations, who understand the pride in serving one's community and country, who see their own parents and grandparents suffering at the hands of unscrupulous corporate shills and who also realize that their dreams and lives have been co-opted by sociopaths in shepherd's clothing.
So, emboldened by the stirring of The People, and more by the obvious panic in the eyes and actions of those who would take their submission for granted, I say that In 2012 Barack Obama will win a second term as president of these United States. Â
At least, let's hope so.
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Clinton's actually clicked into gear so well during his second term, that even the Lewinski scandal couldn't bring him down. The people, very wisely, saw what the hypocritical Republican Party, filled with their own womanizers, was doing with their Ken Starr witch hunt, and public opinion stayed with the boom-time President.
Eisenhower was before I was born, but we sure could use a man like him.
Clinton's 2nd was just painful. Too much scandal - thisgate, thatgate, And he did PMFN for China and combined that with the subprime loaning, missing Osama bin Laden when he had several chances to capture or kill him and voila, major economic corrections that continued throughout Bush, not that Bush didn't make the mistake of subprime loaning too.
It can be like the four years we missed from Carter not having a second term.
Whoopee……..four more years of social policy masquerading as economic policy (and probably the reason for three years of D-grade economic and employment results)……viva Obama and four more years!
The OWS has sparked what seems to be a growing recognition of the plight of the 99%'ers. And, the idea is catching on. Do you think the 1%'ers are not prepared for a counter attack?
When the moment comes, they'll open the flood gates of job creation with this hoarded war chest and guess what? The American sheeples will go right back to their old habits of self absorbed consumerism, and the corporate capitolist oligarchy will contain the revolt from the "slaves" and status quo will be returned.
America hasn't suffered enough to sustain the will real change needs. Hell, this movement doesn't even have a focused core of leadership. That is still a very long way off.
He was warned by "experts," to not do anything to spook the fragile economy. That, coupled with a naive desire to get Washington working together on our nation's problems again, led to a watered-down version of what his Presidency possibly could have been had Obama been more experienced and aggressive in his first term.
But the progressive voters also let Obama and the progressive agenda down. Lacking sufficient pressure from the Left, Obama was pushed by unrelenting pressure from the Right. Did progressives channel their anger positively, by sending Obama even more Dems to Congress in 2010? We all know the answer.
And now I read comments here, threatening a repeat of 2010 in 2012.
OWS has provided the solution. President Obama has already shown a response to the pressure from that largely unorganized group. It's time to quit threatening further mutiny against this captain, and to begin helping him right this ship with organized pressure from the Left to counter the pressure from the Right. We must regain Congress.
All the Republicans are offering to steer this ship, are a bunch of Gilligans. Progressives must stop pining for the perfect candidate. He/She isn't running in 2012. We must become the change we seek. Reelect and pressure Obama to bring us to safe harbor.
President Gilligan won't afford us that chance.
As for the rest I'm in totally agreement with you. Fanned and faved.
After reading some very in-depth articles on the Obama White House, and how we got to this mess we're now in over the last 30 years, it is now clear to me that Obama's missteps have not been due to being a shill for Wall Street and the corporations as I once suspected.
Left with empty coffers by his predecessor, and faced with a possible Great Depression scenario, I believe the inexperienced President feared allowing the relatively inexperienced people from his campaign a shot at tackling the enormous financial crisis facing the nation.
Obama was actually for breaking up the banks and many other progressive moves, but his non-confrontational personality allowed those he surrounded himself with to take advantage of him.
Same with the Republicans, who have bitten his outstretched hand over and over again.
Some will ask why then support a President who is inexperienced and sometimes weak? Well, after three years, Obama is no longer inexperienced.
And if we progressives do our job by fighting to regain the Congress, Obama is a proven signature for progressive legislation.
We can still work with this President. That will NOT be true of any of the Republican nominees. Even if we win back the Congress, there will be a Republican veto standing in the way of every good thing that passes the House and Senate.
Maybe we could talk about Ron Paul's position on the appropriate use of the military.
Maybe we could talk about Jill Stein's position on global warming.
Why do so many, including the entire press want this to be about two competing parties with candidates who will do 90% of the same thing, when we so badly need to to something different for a while?
He MAY win, but it's way too early to plan a victory party.
Americans are almost totally bamboozled by the 24-hour hysteria machine and the right-wing spin doctors that use it so well.
I don't see them coming to understand anything of how well we are manipulated anytime soon.
But they will probably see through the three-ring circus that is the GOP primary.
So there is real hope for a second Obama presidency.
With any luck it'll be far more audacious than his first.
major issue of our time.
Both violate the constitution and the bill of rights, which is the very essence of America. How can American voters trust any politician, that has no respect for the constitution and bill of rights, to solve their problems?
- http://www.infowars.com/david-icke-the-one-party-state/
Ask the people of Ohio, who overwhelmingly voted to repeal their new Republican Governor's bill assaulting worker's rights, if there's no difference between the two parties?
Ask the people of Michigan, who are now seeing their Republican Governor instilling the equivalent of Marshall Law in their state, if there's no difference in the two parties.
Rick Perry: "Social Security is a Ponzi scheme."
Mitt Romney: "Corporations are people, my friend."
Newt Gingrich: "Child Labor laws are truly stupid."
The rest of the Pub's positions and quotes are just as ludicrous as those. The Repubs aren't even trying to hide their support for the 1% at the expense of the 99% anymore. To say they're no different than the Dems, is patently absurd.
Dude, that is an absolutely beautiful phrase! Well done!