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To: Cautious_Optimist who wrote (89109)	7/6/2012 1:11:53 PM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

BREAKING! Detective Probes Obama SSN Mystery - Files Suit in Ohio!

To: Cautious_Optimist who wrote (89109)	7/6/2012 4:15:41 PM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Respond to of 89467

And if Obama had let OBL slip away, it would have hurt him politically too. in the mid 1990's. Hardly a criticism of Clinton. We didn't have a PDB warning of 9-11 yet, OBL DID sponsor attacks on American targets prior to 2001, which is why the Clinton administration indicted him. fas.org Clinton later ordered the killing of Bin Laden. You could have gone further and note that Clinton ordered cruise missile attacks against targets in Sudan and Afghanistan ... unfortunately he informed Pakistan before the strikes and Obama wasn't around to be hit. Clinton advocated ample funding of domestic law enforcement against Republican budget hawks Yeah, Republicans are notoriously soft on crime and Democrats are tough law and order types.

To: Cautious_Optimist who wrote (89109)	7/6/2012 5:19:42 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Obama had let Egypt "slip away" to the murderous muslim brotherhood. Does that "hurt him politically"?

To: Cautious_Optimist who wrote (89109)	7/8/2012 9:27:04 AM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Respond to of 89467

Vegas Oddsmaker: Why Obama Will Lose in a Landslide Townhall.com ^ \| July 6, 2012 \| Wayne Allyn Root townhall.com As an oddsmaker I play no favorites. I simply use common sense to call them as I see them. Back in late December I released my New Years Predictions. I predicted back then- before a single GOP primary had been held, with Romney trailing for months to almost every GOP competitor from Rick Perry to Herman Cain to Newt- that Romney would easily rout his competition to win the GOP nomination by a landslide. I also predicted that the Presidential race between Obama and Romney would be very close until election day. But that on election day Romney would win by a landslide similar to Reagan-Carter in 1980. Understanding history, today I am even more convinced of a resounding Romney victory. 32 years ago at this moment in time, Reagan was losing by 9 points to Carter. Romney is right now running even in polls. So why do most pollsters give Obama the edge? First, most pollsters are missing one ingredient- common sense. Here is my gut instinct. Not one American who voted for McCain 4 years ago will switch to Obama. Not one in all the land. But many millions of people who voted for an unknown Obama 4 years ago are angry, disillusioned, turned off, or scared about the future. Voters know Obama now- and that is a bad harbinger. Now to an analysis of the voting blocks that matter in U.S. politics: Black voters. Obama has nowhere to go but down among this group. His endorsement of gay marriage has alienated many black church-going Christians.* He may get 88% of their vote instead of the 96% he got in 2008. This is not good news for Obama. Hispanic voters. Obama has nowhere to go but down among this group. If Romney picks Rubio as his VP running-mate the GOP may pick up an extra 10% to 15% of Hispanic voters (plus lock down Florida). This is not good news for Obama. Jewish voters. Obama has been weak in his support of Israel. Many Jewish voters and big donors are angry and disappointed. I predict Obama's Jewish support drops from 78% in 2008 to the low 60’s. This is not good news for Obama. Youth voters. Obama’s biggest and most enthusiastic believers from 4 years ago have graduated into a job market from hell. Young people are disillusioned, frightened, and broke- a bad combination. The enthusiasm is long gone. Turnout will be much lower among young voters, as will actual voting percentages. This not good news for Obama. Catholic voters. Obama won a majority of Catholics in 2008. That won’t happen again. Out of desperation to please women, Obama went to war with the Catholic Church over contraception. Now he is being sued by the Catholic Church. Majority lost. This is not good news for Obama. Small Business owners. Because I ran for Vice President last time around, and I'm a small businessman myself, I know literally thousands of small business owners. At least 40% of them in my circle of friends, fans and supporters voted for Obama 4 years ago to “give someone different a chance.” I warned them that he would pursue a war on capitalism and demonize anyone who owned a business...that he’d support unions over the private sector in a big way...that he'd overwhelm the economy with spending and debt. My friends didn’t listen. Four years later, I can't find one person in my circle of small business owner friends voting for Obama. Not one. This is not good news for Obama. Blue collar working class whites. Do I need to say a thing? White working class voters are about as happy with Obama as Boston Red Sox fans feel about the New York Yankees. This is not good news for Obama. Suburban moms. The issue isn’t contraception…it’s having a job to pay for contraception. Obama’s economy frightens these moms. They are worried about putting food on the table. They fear for their children’s future. This is not good news for Obama. Military Veterans. McCain won this group by 10 points. Romney is winning by 24 points. The more our military vets got to see of Obama, the more they disliked him. This is not good news for Obama. Add it up. Is there one major group where Obama has gained since 2008? Will anyone in America wake up on election day saying “I didn’t vote for Obama 4 years ago. But he’s done such a fantastic job, I can’t wait to vote for him today.” Does anyone feel that a vote for Obama makes their job more secure? Forget the polls. My gut instincts as a Vegas oddsmaker and common sense small businessman tell me this will be a historic landslide and a world-class repudiation of Obama’s radical and risky socialist agenda. It's Reagan-Carter all over again. But I’ll give Obama credit for one thing- he is living proof that familiarity breeds contempt

To: Cautious_Optimist who wrote (89109)	7/9/2012 3:02:22 AM
From: joseffy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Man Who Introduced Obama At Rally Owes $500G To Former Employer July 8, 2012 cleveland.cbslocal.com President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event at Dobbins Elementary School on July 5, 2012 in Poland, Ohio. (credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (CBS Cleveland/AP) — An Ohio man who says he once lost his job and introduced President Barack Obama at a rally on Friday had been accused of stealing trade secrets by a former boss. Court records show that Daniel Potkanowicz and a business partner in the Youngstown area were ordered to pay $500,000 to Clearview Window & Door after a judge ruled in 2009 that they had violated trade secrets. The Vindicator newspaper in Youngstown reports that the two partners have not paid back the money. Potkanowicz told the newspaper that he didn’t want to talk about his past. “That’s part of my life I really don’t want to go into,” Potkanowicz told The Vindicator. “I’m not really talking about that.” A call to his home wasn’t answered Saturday. Richard Albright, owner of Clearview, couldn’t believe Potkanowicz would be allowed to introduce the president. “I’m wondering who put him up there,” Albright told The Vindicator. “He was involved in a scandal, and he’s introducing the president.” Potkanowicz now works for Summer Garden Food Manufacturing, a company Obama toured on Friday. He says the president’s campaign selected him to speak after talking with management there.

To: Cautious_Optimist who wrote (89109)	7/9/2012 5:24:33 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Respond to of 89467

“For 46 years, I taught political history, diplomatic history and one of the pioneering courses on presidential history, and every future politician of note who went through Columbia in those years took one or more of my classes – every one, that is, except Barack Obama.” Graff further told WND no professor he knew could remember having Obama as a student at Columbia. “Nobody I knew at Columbia ever remembers Obama being there,” Graff insisted.

To: Cautious_Optimist who wrote (89109)	7/9/2012 7:46:51 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Respond to of 89467

Report: 83 percent of doctors have considered quitting over Obamacare Published: 2:20 PM 07/09/2012 Read more: dailycaller.com Eighty-three percent of American physicians have considered leaving their practices over President Barack Obama’s health care reform law, according to a survey released by the Doctor Patient Medical Association. The DPMA, a non-partisan association of doctors and patients, surveyed a random selection of 699 doctors nationwide. The survey found that the majority have thought about bailing out of their careers over the legislation, which was upheld last month by the Supreme Court. Even if doctors do not quit their jobs over the ruling, America will face a shortage of at least 90,000 doctors by 2020. The newly passed health care bill increases the demand for physicians by expanding insurance coverage. This change will exacerbate the current shortage as more Americans live past 65. By 2025 the shortage will balloon to over 130,000, Len Marquez, the director of government relations at the American Association of Medical Colleges, told The Daily Caller. “One of our primary concerns is that you’ve got an aging physician workforce and you have these new beneficiaries — these newly insured people — coming through the system,” he said. “There will be strains and there will be physician shortages.” The DPMA found that many in the medical profession do not believe the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will lead to better access to medical care for the majority of Americans, co-founder of the DPMA Kathryn Serkes told TheDC. “Doctors clearly understand what Washington does not — that a piece of paper that says you are ‘covered’ by insurance or ‘enrolled’ in Medicare or Medicaid does not translate to actual medical care when doctors can’t afford to see patients at the lowball payments, and patients have to jump through government and insurance company bureaucratic hoops,” she said. (SEE ALSO: Jeremiah Wright: ‘White racist alien DNA’ running through synapses of Obama’s brain ) The American Medical Association, which endorsed Obama’s health care overhaul, was not able to immediately offer comment on the survey. Spokesperson Heather Lasher Todd said it would take time to review the information in the survey. Janelle Davis of the American Academy of Family Physicians said the AAFP could not provide thoughtful commentary without studying the survey’s findings and methodology.

To: Cautious_Optimist who wrote (89109)	7/10/2012 1:58:33 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 89467

Ex-Broward teachers union chief charged with theft, fraud By MICHAEL VASQUEZ miamiherald.com Pat Santeramo turned himself in at the Broward County Jail on Tuesday morning. Pat Santeramo, who led the union for 10 years, turned himself in at the Broward County Jail on Tuesday morning, according to a news release from the state attorney's office. He is charged with one count of racketeering, six counts of grand theft, five counts of campaign contribution violations; four counts of money laundering; three counts of Organized Scheme to defraud and one count of conspiracy to commit racketeering. Broward Circuit Judge Ilona Holmes signed the arrest warrant Monday. In a statement, Santeramo's attorney Benedict Kuehne said, "At no time has Pat acted dishonestly or in violation of his sacred trust to the teachers of Broward County. Unfortunately in today’s troubling political times, the righteous cause of organized labor is under assault." The charges follow months of turmoil at the union, beginning last August when a small contingent of the union’s 27-member executive board pressed the Florida Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers, the union's national parent organization, to look into its finances. The AFT conducted an audit of 2009-11, and its findings of possible mismanagement - including salary overpayments to Santeramo and three other union leaders, as well as $128,634 in unexplained credit card charges - prompted four board members to call for Santeramo’s expulsion. In November, the union's executive board voted to temporarily hand over the day-to-day operations of the union to the AFT and strip Santeramo of his powers. He resigned on Dec. 6, the day of a scheduled hearing before the BTU board and dues-paying members on whether he should keep the job. Among the charges filed by the state attorney's office: that Santeramo diverted about $165,500 in union funds to himself between 2001 and January 2012 through an "invoice-kickback" scheme with a construction company. In one instance, Santeramo had the construction company bill BTU $89,295 for repairing the BTU building elevators. The company gave $20,000 of the union’s payment back to Santeramo in cash, investigators found. Santeramo is also accused of making a series of illegal campaign contributions by having 25 individuals, including BTU members, make donations to a variety of candidates for which he then reimbursed them with BTU funds. Santeramo also improperly collected more than $121,848 by claiming false sick time and vacation time, investigators found. Bond was set at $480,000. Santeramo, a former middle school music and physical education teacher, rose through the ranks of the union’s leadership. He started as a union representative, then served as vice president, and, finally, president in 2001, when Tony Gentile was forced out after his arrest on charges that he tried to engage a teenager in an online relationship. Santeramo left his union job with $174,538 in accrued sick leave and vacation time Read more here: miamiherald.com