Is it possible Barrack Hussein Obama intends to be a one-term president

United States
August 26, 2010 5:33am CST
His presidential bid had been based on the power of his life story and his ability with the spoken word. Doubtless he was as surprised as anyone else that he pulled it off. Governing has been altogether more difficult for him and there are signs he is already tiring of it. After all, it has long been a truism that every politician wants to cling to power and a reality that presidential campaigns are planned years in advance. Obama's intervention on the so-called "Ground Zero mosque" issue is a case in point. There was no need for him to get involved - the Islamic community centre two blocks from the 9/11 site is unlikely to get built and there was no political advantage in his making a statement. What he said about religious freedom was typically Obama - high-minded, principled and legalistic. He is, after all, a former constitutional law professor. What his words lacked were any real empathy with what Americans felt and practical considerations about resolving the issue - never mind the political downside for him. [b]Doubtless he has been advised to prove he is "connected" to ordinary Americans by doing things like be seen attending church and taking "regular" holidays. But Obama seems happy to act as a European-style secularist, vacation in Martha's Vineyard and send his daughters to one of America's most exclusive private schools. Obama does not suffer for self doubt. He has long seemed so convinced of his own virtue that to question his motives is illogical. Increasingly, his pronouncements carry the tone of one who believes those who disagree are stupid or bigoted. [/b] Before departing for Martha's Vineyard last week, Obama spent three days on the campaign trail raising money and support for Democratic mid-term election candidates. Don't give in to fear," he said in Milwaukee. "Let's reach for hope." It was a message that worked once but is unlikely to appeal this time, with America in the grip of a recession, unemployment still stubbornly close to 10 percent and blame-it-on-Bush rhetoric wearing very thin. Elite opinion among liberal Ivy League types - of which Obama is the embodiment - holds that we are already living in a post-American world. Obama is the first black American president, an established author, multi-millionaire and acclaimed figure beyond American shores. It seems highly unlikely that Obama will decide not to run in 2012. But he might well be calculating that a embarking post-presidential role as the leading global thinker in the post-American world as a Republican successor enters office is more attractive than being sullied by the political compromises and manoeuvrings necessary to win. http://visiontoamerica.org/story/shock--is-it-possible-barrack-hussein-obama-really-does-intend-to-be-a-one-term-president.html?utm_source=Vision+to+America+Announcements&utm_campaign=0891c4259b-Vision_to_America_Announcements_8_23&utm_medium=email What is your opinion on this article? Do you think that Obama could be thinking that embarking post-presidential role as the leading global thinker in the post-American world is more attractive than being sullied by the political compromises and manoeuvrings necessary to win.
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@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
26 Aug 10
Well. it's been difficult getting Jimmy Carter to shut up and mind his own business, I imagine that a post-term Obama would continue to be used by George Soros and the rest of those who have engineered his election to promote their world view. However, I don't think that was the plan originally although it may be a contingency plan. I don't think the progressives believed one term was enough to consolidate their agenda and transform the US governmental system and economy. They seem to have thought it all out in that provisions of the healthcare bill that might cause the public to turn against Obama were scheduled to go into effect AFTER the 2012 elections. Unfortunately for them, the backlash to the bill began even before it got passed, and I don't think they expected that. The "fundamental transformation" that Obama promised has hit resistance from the public, more so than they counted on. He's not continuing to be popular and judged on his charm and rhetoric alone. No, I don't think he planned to be a one-term president, that's why ACORN was supposed to do the census and why the WH planned to be in charge of the census - the wheels were in motion to ensure victory for Obama. I just hope that their machinations are not sufficient to overcome his increasing unpopularity and that he becomes the most famous one-term president in American history.
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• United States
26 Aug 10
Rollo1 thank you for a very interesting response! I am inclined to agree with you on all your salient points.
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• United States
27 Aug 10
I am not sure Obama has a future as a post Presidential thinker, since it appears that all his great thoughts have pretty much bombed out in his 2 years of Presidency. My fear is that he won't run again because he knows he can't clean up this mess he has personally made. My other fear is that he has done just exactly as he wanted to do....weaken the nations economy, start a recession, and drive wedges into the political system. I think his goal was to weaken us and make sure we are no longer a world power that has to be feared. Ultimately I can do nothing other than consider this President a virtual traitor to everything I hold dear as an American. It is most definite that I do not trust him at all.
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@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
26 Aug 10
I think he is a jerk! a camera hog and just plain wants to ruin America as much as he can. also thinking he see writting on the wall
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@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
26 Aug 10
thanks hugsssssssssssssss
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• United States
26 Aug 10
Good for you Lakota!
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@elmiko (6630)
• United States
26 Aug 10
i don't really think obama is focused on making statements based on if people approve or don't approve. he probably just has the mindset that they either like me for who i am or the don't. he certainly has been outgoing to make comments especially on the building of the mosque near ground zero without thinking about how it may hurt his re-election process. i personally thought he shouldn't of made that comment even if he felt that way due to the feelings from families of victims from the 9/11 attacks.
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@dloveli (4366)
• United States
26 Aug 10
I, myself, havent heard anything of that nature. However, it wouldnt surprise me. He did what his backers wanted him to do. Got elected. First almost black president. Maybe he's done. We'll see.
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@lacieice (2060)
• United States
26 Aug 10
Actually, he calls himself a mutt.
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• United States
26 Aug 10
Yes but a very rich nutt...oops mutt.
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@carpediem17 (1315)
• Singapore
27 Aug 10
Obama was like a breath of fresh air when he entered the White House, after Bush Jr.and his war games. He had restored some of America's credibility in the world and his directions in withdrawing troops from the Middle East which had cost the americans dearly - monetarily and socially - had met with the thumbs up generally. I believe Obama is looking beyond a 1 term presidency as it would take some time for his long term policies to be carried out. No doubt he is a good orator but I believe his more noble intentions can be carried out without the bickering of a squabbling family but with the blessings of the american society at large. It is not easy to handle the big corporates or banking financial institutions in expending government financial support. Continuous support and pressure on these organisations require the efforts of both the politicians, business community and the ordinary man in the street. Obama has his shortcomings but I believe he is holding up to the best of his abilities. He comes across as being sincere.
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• United States
27 Aug 10
I absolutely and totally disagree with your statement..."He comes across as being sincere." IMO he comes across as phony, stilted, supercilious and 100% insincere with not one noble intention for the USA. Oh-oh! I should have checked your profile before I wasted my time commenting ....of course you are another foriegn (Signapore) female who has the hots for Obama. Which IMO makes your opinion, to which you are entitled, MOOT!
• Singapore
30 Aug 10
hi whiteheather, sorry for rankling up your sensitivities. I am in no way suffering from obama-mania although I am on the other side of the world. But his early days in the White House have been watched carefully and he had appeared quite positively. Only in recent months or days that his "ranking" or popularity appeal has fallen. The asian world had perceived him in a better light than Bush jr. But enough said, you may have your unfavourable opinions of him. What then do you make of Bush jr.?
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@laglen (19759)
• United States
27 Aug 10
My first reaction is no he will just dry up and go away. But watching people these days, I just dont know. I am losing HOPE
@laglen (19759)
• United States
27 Aug 10
I keep worrying what if he is re elected??
• United States
27 Aug 10
I never give up hope but I must say it looks very bleak. Looking into the future USA after Obama's destruction makes me kind of happy I am in my "Golden Years"? I am so afraid my 3 great-grandsons will never know just how wonderful our country was in the pre-Obama days.
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@irisheyes (4370)
• United States
27 Aug 10
Religious freedom -"high minded, principled and legalistic." Isn't that exactly what they said about William Penn's relgious freedom in Philadelphia? Yet, Penn's example in the City of Brotherly Love was the model the framers chose when they declared independence and wrote the constitution. It's also what brought my ancestors on both sides to this country almost two hundred years ago. So now, we are "high minded, principled and legalistic." Well, so be it BUT we still revere Wm Penn's "Holy Experiment" & Jefferson's constitution and we thank God that the current President of the US does the same.
@cheribam (448)
• United States
27 Aug 10
Actions speak louder than rhetoric and statistics never lie unless someone fixed it to mislead the people. I can't see any economic recovery yet and it's been 19 months, a lot of Americans are still out of jobs and can't provide food for their families. Obama always pick on the rich people who provide and create jobs. He hasn't done anything yet, zero, nada, none. Well, he had vacations and TV appearances, parties in the WH, Michelle, daughter and friends' luxurious Spain vacation while America is in the ditch needing a lift. The Bush tax cut will end soon and I've heard that Obama will have a tax cut too, but to think, his administration had already spent 3 Trillion Dollars and still counting and that grinds my gears. It's possible that he'll just have one term. America wake up!
@liuyh0619 (108)
• China
27 Aug 10
I sense that Mr Obama is good at speaking. I heard his national address to school children, which make me a very strong impression. He told the story that his mother didn't have much money to send him where American kids went to school and taught him ertra lessons herself. And associate that with a president, he was a good example to realize the American dream of fame,wealth and success through hard working. But after we look back two year he take the office, the American economy have not turned around and unemployment rate is still high, and he couldn't impute it to Bush's failed economic policies again. If he want to run in 2012, it seems that he has much to improve.