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To: Cogito who wrote (168319)	8/8/2011 12:56:58 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 544008

He is playing to the bagger and fanatical right wing base of the republican party. The good news is, there are not enough of those folks to elect a president- so he's probably going to be out of the running if he tacks that far to the right.

To: Cogito who wrote (168319)	8/8/2011 1:02:02 PM
From: Steve Lokness	Respond to of 544008

<<<But with his deep-seated aversion to conflict and his profound failure to understand bully dynamics — in which conciliation is always the wrong course of action, because bullies perceive it as weakness and just punch harder the next time>>> Apologies if this has been posted; nytimes.com

To: Cogito who wrote (168319)	8/8/2011 1:29:10 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 544008

Notice what the S&P said when it downgraded. And the mention of the extreme wing of the Republican party. The right wing extremists need to take note of this and seriously consider their re election prospects in 2012. That is if before that there is no right wing extremists attack on the US on the lines of the Oaklahoma bombing. And off course you have the panderers-in chief Romney & Co. as usual doing and saying anything to get elected. ============================== excerpt.... S&P noted that its downgrade was partly attributable to its belief Bush-era tax cuts will now not expire at the end of next year, depriving the Treasury of fresh revenue. “We have changed our assumption on this because the majority of Republicans in Congress continue to resist any measure that would raise revenues, a position we believe Congress reinforced by passing the [debt ceiling] act,” the agency wrote. read it all at boston.com

To: Cogito who wrote (168319)	8/8/2011 2:59:53 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 544008

Obama Prays for Solution to Debt Crisis By Paul Bedard Posted: July 21, 2011 -- President Obama on Wednesday prayed with several Christian leaders to find an answer to the debt ceiling crisis that doesn't undercut federal programs to the poor. Opening a White House meeting with a diverse group of Christian religious leaders, Dr. Barbara Williams-Skinner said she reached across a table to hold the president's hand "to pray for God's wisdom." ...... "It would be a powerful thing if our pulpits could be linked to the Bully Pulpit here and together we could say, however else we do this, however we put our fiscal house in order, we can't do it with more sacrifice from those who are already sacrificing and hurting so much. So we'd like to link our pulpits with the Bully Pulpit here and help the American people understand what's at stake and who's really going to be impact by all of this. So I felt encouraged." usnews.com Well now, there is a President bringing in Christian ministers to have a prayer meeting with him on government property. And vowing to take his message back to their pulpits and link their pulpits to his. Talk about mixing church and state. ------------------------------------------------------------------ As for Perry, if you think he wanted to generate a political backlash that would benefit him, wouldn't it be smart for people who oppose him to not create a backlash? Maybe they aren't as smart as Perry or simply so emotionally driven they can't help themselves. For some reason, there was no backlash against Obama's prayer meeting. I will not object to it.