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To: Alighieri who wrote (458929)	2/23/2009 7:34:47 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574342

This guy is going to get himself fired... I wrote an email to CNBC. I think the guy is bonkers.

To: Alighieri who wrote (458929)	2/23/2009 7:48:04 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1574342

we told you Ophoney is in over his head. Howard Fineman of Newsweek says Obama has been "grim and a little distant at the same time . . . Tim Geithner hasn't inspired any confidence anywhere, as far as I can tell." Matthews: "He seems like Barney Fife to me." Eugene Robinson: "I actually referred to him as Doogie Howser, Treasury Secretary, and I think it's a little unfair." Much laughter ensues. More Fineman: "Despite his high approval rating and obvious intellect and goodwill, he hasn't quite yet seemed to convey the sense that he knows the way forward and that he can get us there . . . I thought the first fifteen minutes of this show were devastating. Not that Jim Cramer is the only person they have to convince, but they have to convince people that they know what they're doing, that they're not just feeling their way forward." Robinson points out that they are feeling their way forward.

To: Alighieri who wrote (458929)	2/23/2009 7:58:44 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574342

Al, > This guy is going to get himself fired... There's a term among blackjack card counters when a pit boss is paying close attention to a suspected counter. It's called "laying on the heat," and it's a time-honored technique to make counters feel nervous or otherwise move on. I think the Obama press secretary is laying the heat on Rick Santelli, then letting the media follow suit. It works if you still have political capital to spend, which Obama does. Tenchusatsu

To: Alighieri who wrote (458929)	2/24/2009 10:34:31 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1574342

Sen. Shelby: I Haven’t Seen Obama’s Birth Certificate Sen. Richard Shelby has revisited an earlier controversy by suggesting that Barack Obama is foreign-born and not eligible to be president. The Alabama Republican met with constituents in Cullman County on Saturday, mainly to discuss the economic stimulus bill, which he opposed. But a local resident asked Shelby if there is any truth to allegations that arose during the presidential campaign concerning Obama’s place of birth, the Cullman Times reported. “Well, his father was Kenyan and they said he was born in Hawaii, but I haven’t seen any birth certificate,” Shelby said. “You have to be born in America to be president.” Shelby is correct in stating that Obama has not released his birth certificate. Instead, Obama’s campaign released his certification of live birth — not his actual birth certificate. The certification acknowledges birth but does not include such details as place of birth. State officials in Hawaii sought to stem the controversy during the campaign, claiming that they had checked health department records and determined that Obama was in fact born in Hawaii. Also, Factcheck.org reproduced an announcement of Obama’s birth that was published in the Honolulu Advertiser on Aug. 13, 1961, nine days after his birth. It included his parents' address in Honolulu. Arch-conservative Alan Keyes is among those who allege that Obama has failed constitutional muster to become president. Keyes, a former U.S. ambassador who ran against Obama in 2004 as the Republican Senate candidate in Illinois, said in a recent interview that Obama was born in Kenya. Obama could put the urban legend to rest by simply releasing his actual birth certificate, but he has declined to do so. Since his place of birth in Hawaii is identified on his still undisclosed birth certificate, he is one of the few U.S. presidents whose location of birth is still not known to the public. © 2009 Newsmax. All rights reserved.