Obama Approval hits 50%...again....teeters

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Banjo said:
You are absolutely correct! I am not an American, instead, I am a patriotic Canadian!
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I'll take your brand of patriotism anytime, Banjo. Can't trust the other sort.
 
kokonut said:
I honor him and the sacrifices he has done for America, as well as those who have served or are serving now. Just as I have honored my great uncles and other relatives of the past I have never met but still I honor their courage to serve and protect America. I have long since placed a US flag in memory of Major Stone and know the value and the cost it took to keep the U.S. flag flying. But you don't. That's the difference between you and I. A patriotic American versus someone who isn't.
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now now there... let's try not to use them in vain for your cause. There's an incredibly huge difference between you and them - they have served for this country and they saluted to every Commander-in-Chief - regardless of their political party and view. and most importantly - they do not wish for their President to fail this country.
 
Waving the flag and singing jingoistic songs make one a patriot? Good lord.
 
jillio said:
That isn't mine. It's a Sinclair Lewis quote.:wave: But just think about what those that wave the flag the hardest and hide behind claims of patriotism are proposing.
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Yep. Sinclair Lewis also said "Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country, emotionally I know she is better than any other country."
It is a darn shame some people cannot separate their emotions from their intellects.
 
Jiro said:
....they saluted to every Commander-in-Chief - regardless of their political party and view. and most importantly - they do not wish for their President to fail this country.
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Well said. Mirrors my points. Object to his plans, but don't harbor so much resentment and disrespect towards the legally elected leader of our great country. To wave the flag; then turn around, and wish for more economic hardship for others, is a really sad result of all those that fought for your freedom to speak.

I harbor no ill will towards you or your kind; I believe in tolerance. Good luck convincing the others here that you are a patriotic American citizen. I learned the truth in your reply to Banjo.
 
saywhatkid said:
Well said. Mirrors my points. Object to his plans, but don't harbor so much resentment and disrespect towards the legally elected leader of our great country. To wave the flag; then turn around, and wish for more economic hardship for others, is a really sad result of all those that fought for your freedom to speak.

I harbor no ill will towards you or your kind; I believe in tolerance. Good luck convincing the others here that you are a patriotic American citizen. I learned the truth in your reply to Banjo.
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Excellent post. I must say it's sad to wish this on fellow Americans simply because one person harbors a very real hate for our President who won fair and square.

As Samuel Johnson famously said, "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel."
 
Obama's polls continue to crater...implodes further...

Now at 47%. Worse than all the recent presidents in their first December in office starting with Eisenhower in the Gallup poll.

After Brief Uptick, Obama Approval Slips to 47%


For combined polls let's look at Real Clear Politics' results.

Whoops. At 49% on average.


Poll Approve Disapprove Spread
Gallup 47 46 +1
Rasmussen Reports 49 50 -1
CNN/Opinion Research 48 50 -2
USA Today/Gallup 50 44 +6
FOX News 46 46 Tie
CBS News 53 36 +17
Democracy Corps (D) 50 44 +6


RealClearPolitics - Election Other - President Obama Job Approval
 
saywhatkid said:
Well said. Mirrors my points. Object to his plans, but don't harbor so much resentment and disrespect towards the legally elected leader of our great country. To wave the flag; then turn around, and wish for more economic hardship for others, is a really sad result of all those that fought for your freedom to speak.

I harbor no ill will towards you or your kind; I believe in tolerance. Good luck convincing the others here that you are a patriotic American citizen. I learned the truth in your reply to Banjo.
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Pretty much off the point there you're saying you just don't know it.

Of course people do not want to see hardship occur but that is exactly what Obama is doing to us by creating more and more hardships for us while sullying and disrespecting the war dead who fought so hard for this not to happen. And see our freedom curtailed. But it is happening. This is what we don't what to see it happen and which is why many of us oppose Obama's dangerous policy of wrecking the economy for the sake of greater control over people lives and freedom. Patriotism isn't an inate thing. We weren't born with it. But we learn to value the importance of what it means to be a patriotic citizen when it comes to ensuring that govt be responsible stewards. But with Obama waving white flags at every stop in his travels signify ineptitude and a weak leadership. No wonder his polls continue to drop. This is what get our enemies from other countries to lick their chops when they see signs of weakness from a U.S. President. Waving white flags is sure isn't a sign of a patriotic leader.

I feel sad for those who actually think spending 5x as much as Bush's deficit spending is a good thing because that makes Obama an even more irresponsible President to everybody else because bankruptcy, continuing job loses, and higher taxes that create less and less tax revenues aren't a solution in getting America out of her hole when we don't have the money to ensure that into the future. It's better that more Americans be able to find a job and work instead of expecting free handouts and money from the govt as the solution to everything. I thought people knew better but even then I'm wrong when that happens.

Here's "Obama's money" from a captioned video clip (at bottom) in YouTube (at the 8:42 mark) from a radio station interviewing people on the streets of Detroit out to get their "free money," which is a path to pure socialism. And that is by no means a definition of what it means to be a patriotic American. No wonder Obama continues to shrink and see for who he is.

Obamamoney.jpg


His stash?

Really sad to see that kind of attitude. Obama encourages these things to happen.


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQzmZAJbSyc]YouTube - Glenn Beck 20091113 Part 2/4[/ame]
 
Banjo said:
Oh you silly boy and your imagination, and to think that it took you a few weeks to make a weak comeback.
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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRI-A3vakVg]YouTube - I Am Canadian[/ame]

Performed by Jeff Douglas


Transcript of 'I Am Canadian' Molson commercial said:
Hey.
I'm not a lumberjack, or a fur trader, and I don't live in an igloo or eat blubber,
or own a dog sled, and I don't know Jimmy, Sally or Suzy from Canada,
although I'm certain they're really, really nice.
I have a Prime Minister, not a President. I speak English and French, not
American, and I pronounce it "about", not "aboot".
I can proudly sew my country's flag on my backpack. I believe in
peacekeeping, not policing; diversity, not assimilation; and that the beaver is
a truly proud and noble animal.
A tuque is a hat, a chesterfield is a couch, and it is pronounced "zed"; not
"zee"—"zed"!
Canada is the second largest land mass! The first nation of hockey! And the
best part of North America!
My name is Joe! And I am Canadian!
... Thank you.
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Banjo said:
Oh you silly boy and your imagination, and to think that it took you a few weeks to make a weak comeback.
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Well, son, just asking cause one never know how youngesters think nowadays when they're at the govt teats on a daily basis.
 
kokonut said:
Well, son, just asking cause one never know how youngesters think nowadays when they're at the govt teats on a daily basis.
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(chuckles)

Thankfully, I work full-time in the private sector, I get paid vacation, health and dental benefits. Not to mention paid sick days to go with it too as well. The government isn't compensating my employer for any of them.

I also own both a house and a car and I didn't rely on the government to pay for any of them.

Not to mention that I have a wedding coming up next year and we're paying for the interpreters, not the government.

Now to talk about people being at government teats, you have a government job. Every single dollar you make is paid by the taxpayers of the USA. So who's really at the government teats now?
 
Canada's a socialist country. That's all there is to it and self-explanatory.
 
Canadians don't consider themselves as socialists. If we wanted a socialist country, we would had voted NDP as a majority.

By your logic, America is a socialist country too since the roads are built with taxpayers' money and many of the public services such as police forces are paid with tax dollars. In fact, many services in the States are "socialist."

Really, the only country that fit your idea of "non-socialist" in its pure essence would be in Somalia.
 
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