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Despair Inside the Beltway

By Arnold S. Trebach on 1.14.13 @ 6:08AM

Reflections on the upcoming second inauguration of President Obama.

The second inauguration of our sitting president will take place this coming weekend as this is being written. It is a time of great happiness for most of my neighbors and friends inside the beltway, indeed for most people in the country.

But I find myself in despair for our beloved country. It is quite likely that a large minority of the nation’s citizens agree with my pessimistic mood. The reasons for that despair are not difficult to discern.

Our beloved country is in terrible condition. The awful evidence is easily seen everywhere, for those willing to look. Our economic situation is unsustainable. Yes, the government of the richest country in the history of the world is, by all reliable measures, broke. Our national government cannot pay its bills and every day sinks deeper in debt because it is addicted to spending at extravagant rates. We are on our way to becoming the sad equivalent of Greece or another failed state.

There is plenty of blame to pass around for this condition and it should be shared by Democrats and Republicans, by George Bush and by Barack Obama, but the major part of the blame must be placed squarely on the shoulders of Mr. Obama and his administration. He has been in power for four years and he promised that he would deal with all of our major problems. He has not done so.

To put fine point on the matter, our president terrifies me, even though during most of my life I have been a liberal Democrat and voted for him in his first election.

If viewed honestly his first term has been an unmitigated disaster. The national debt is at an historic high. So is unemployment. Despite these sad, undeniable facts, he was elected to another term. That of course is typical of his history for much of his life. He is a master politician of the Chicago school and yet a disaster as a manager and practical leader.

His political skills helped him get selected as the editor of the prestigious Harvard Law Review. Yet he proved a failure as the leader of that publication. There is no evidence that he authored one written comment or publication during his entire tenure.

His political skills also led to his election in 1996 to the Illinois State Senate where his work there was without any sign of major distinction. Often, he voted “present” rather than show the guts to fight for significant new laws.

Despite this lackluster record in Illinois, his political savvy led to his election to the United States Senate in 2004. His record in the Senate was equally without distinction in part because he spent most of his time there running for president. Yet, he was elected president in 2008 and, as I said, I voted for him. Like many millions of citizens, I managed to overcome my disgust at his association with his bigoted, racist, anti-Semitic pastor, Jeremiah Wright.

Mr. Obama now is seeking to take the lead in getting the country beyond the so-called fiscal cliff. In my view, had he been a proper leader, the country would have avoided the fiscal cliff months ago. His failures of leadership were the main causes of the horrors around the fiscal cliff.

Yet, again his political mastery has again produced a situation in which he is given credit for being a good leader and the press and the public are placing the lion’s share of the blame for our dire economic situation on Congress and the Republicans.

If history is to be repeated, which is likely, somehow the country will move beyond the fiscal cliff and Barack Obama will move forward with governing the country while basking in the warm glow of press and public applause.

And again if history prevails, he will be a disaster in his second term as he was in the first. Race relations will continue to get worse under his leadership; so will black crime. The nation’s status in foreign affairs will also continue to deteriorate. Israel will continue to be treated as the major problem in the Middle East rather than our most trusted and valuable ally in the region and the world. The master politician will continue to be a failure as a leader and manager — and all the while he will be applauded as a great chief executive by the slavish major media and by a majority of the public.

When the country finally collapses in a sea of debt and red ink, or even in a race war, neither he nor his Democratic Party will be blamed. It is likely that another Democrat will be elected to the White House in 2016.

Those in brief are the reasons why I am in despair and why we all should despair for our wonderful country as the inauguration day approaches.

I pray that my pessimistic forecasts do not prove to be true in the near future, but I fear that the forces of history do not allow for much hope in this regard — except in one way. If millions of good Americans agree with these awful forecasts then perhaps — just perhaps — there will be a groundswell of popular demand that drastic measures must be taken very soon to change the disastrous direction of the precious American nation.

About the Author

Arnold S. Trebach, J.D., Ph.D., the author of several books, is professor emeritus of public affairs, American University. He was involved as a front line protester in the original civil rights movement and has been a federal civil rights official.

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Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 1.14.13 @ 6:14AM

You have described a political weasel.

Obama exists in a city of political weasels and that's why he is right at home.

Jack in Wi| 1.14.13 @ 7:16AM

Obama is where he is because the Republicans have run bad candidates in the last 7 elections. They have done a terrible job both as a ruling party and has an oppostion. G.W. Bush was a fool to get us into Iraq. McCain and Romney were fools for following him over the cliff on foreign policy. The Republicans can never come back until they return to a policy of peace, sound finace, Life, and prosperity. Let the Democrats be the party of death, war, and taxes.

Aristocat| 1.14.13 @ 7:26AM

If you just realize that Obama is a Communist, that explains everything. He is also a disciple of the anti-Christ, or perhaps himself.

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 11:52AM

As 1/3 of the government - "Blame Yo'self" if nothing gets done with an attitude like that.
At least you still have 1/3 of the government - and you may lose that next year too. Good.

CJW| 1.14.13 @ 4:30PM

Purp the Village Idiot

Now purpie descends into racism:

"Oh, and YOU'RE a LOSER ... can't even beat the black man... you're so awful... hahahaha (that's for your last line, you wanna dish it out, then take it)"

Can't even beat the "black man?" So you believe blacks are inferior and easy to beat.
Keep posting moron, you provide fresh material every day.

You are truly an idiot and a racist

Americanpatriot| 1.16.13 @ 11:30PM

Amen! He is the epitomy of evil and corruptness. The guy who wrote this article ought to be ashamed of himself for voting for Obama the first time. Anyone with any sense knew a man that voted present more than half the time,that had no credible experience, that opened up sealed records on his opponents was not fit to be president. He, Axelrod,and all his cohorts are the most corrupt people our nation has had to endure. No morals, values, hates this nation and for the rest of the people that voted for this man may God forgive your souls. You voted for your children and grandchildren to be schackled with a debt they will never pay off and a president that is clearly out of control.

Americanpatriot| 1.16.13 @ 11:30PM

Stephie| 1.14.13 @ 8:50AM

While I agree with you Jack that the Republicans have run less than stellar candidates, obama is where he is because he has the fawning slobbering media to prop him up, lie for him and in essence, carry his water for him. And don't forget, the money. He raises more cash from the entities he says he hates and are to be reviled. It's not just because of the repubs. He has more now on welfare, food stamps and unemployment than ever before, keeping blacks on the "plantation" and white riddled with "white guilt". He's not even a "black man" but the majority believe he is.

Didn't mean to ramble. But had to say, there is more too it than bad GOP candidates.

devan95| 1.14.13 @ 5:13PM

The media - much of which is unionized - has become the enemy of the Constitution. Get to know your local tv, radio & newspaper contacts & let them know how you feel - daily! March on the media!

Oldefarte| 1.14.13 @ 11:28AM

No as usual you are incorrect! He is where he is because OF THE STUPIDITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN ELECTING HIM IN 2008 AND IN 2012. Forrect Gump said it correctly: STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES!!!!!!

vtwin| 1.14.13 @ 12:18PM

Oldefarte, you're right about the STUPIDITY of the AMERICAN PEOPLE. The source of the nation’s economic woes are a greedy investor class that outsources jobs and leaders too eager for war in the middle-east. So what do the Republicans do? They run a greedy investor and job outsourcer that wanted to go to war with Iran, Thank God the STUPIDITY was limited to 47%.

Doctor Right| 1.14.13 @ 12:42PM

The "greedy investor class" you speak of is also called "the middle class."

And if you have a 401-K, genius, you're part of it.

vtwin| 1.14.13 @ 2:01PM

A 2002 study by the Mutual Fund Industry found only 50% of “US Households owned equities in some way shape or form” and “less than 20% owned individual stocks outside an employee sponsored plan.” so for most Americans investments if they are lucky enough to have any are limited to savings accounts and home equity.

http://www.ici.org/pdf/rpt_02_equity_owners.pdf

Pecos Pete| 1.14.13 @ 3:00PM

Wow! Stupid Communist vtwin says, "only 50% of “US Households owned equities in some way shape or form” and then says, "for most Americans investments if they are lucky enough to have any are limited to savings accounts and home equity."

Can't fix stuck on stupid.

Doctor Right| 1.14.13 @ 3:24PM

ONLY 50%?!?!?

You do realize, Einstein, that's 150 million "covered" lives???

I guess the remaining 50% are the Obama Voters..?

You know...no jobs, no 401-K's, just leeching off of the rest of us...

Occam's Tool| 1.15.13 @ 3:51PM

By the way, Professor, he was "President" of Harvard Law Review, not editor. Like Kagan, he was a medicore scholar.

Pecos Pete| 1.14.13 @ 1:11PM

Stupid Communist vtwin:

How come Nissan is producing cars in the USA? Could it be that states where it manufactures products are Right To Work states?

“In 1980 Nissan chose Tennessee, a state with almost no auto jobs. Today auto assembly plants and suppliers provide one-third of Tennessee's manufacturing jobs. Tennessee is the home for production of the Leaf, Nissan’s all-electric vehicle, and the batteries that power it. Recently Nissan announced that 85 percent of the cars and trucks it sells in the U.S. will be made in the U.S.— making it one of the largest ‘American’ auto companies."

Outsourcing is not a criminal endeavor. It simply means that manufacturers produce goods where costs are lower. That' management's job.

But you, as a good Communist, want all production of goods and services to be a function of government.

vtwin| 1.14.13 @ 1:31PM

Manufacturing jobs in Tennessee have declined from 501,836 in 2000 to 372,763 in 2010. That's a 25.7% decline in manufacturing in ten years despite the fact that Tennessee is “Right to Work” state.”

Doctor Right| 1.14.13 @ 3:26PM

How about a list of the corporations that have closed-up shop in Tennessee?

And being "Right to Work" does NOT necessarily imply a manufacturing union, Einstein.

Ever hear of the Teamsters? SEIU?

Here's a clue: They DON'T manufacture.

vtwin| 1.14.13 @ 1:41PM

In the United States today manufacturing jobs number about 11.5 million down from the peak of 19.5 million in 1979 with 80% of the decline occurring since 2000.

Doctor Right| 1.14.13 @ 4:18PM

1979 was over 30 years ago.

A lot has changed since then, Einstein.

In other words, a lot of the stuff that was manufactured in 1979 is now obsolete.

But I guess in your l'il Commie world, we should keep paying drones to manufacture 45-records and turntables because Obama voters need jobs, right?

We don't live in a manufacturing economy anymore; we live in a service economy, and that has produced more wealth than this nation has ever seen.

Please...learn something. ANYTHING.

Anthony| 1.14.13 @ 5:46PM

Yeah, and California screwed the statistics big time. Send California back to Mexico.

vtwin| 1.14.13 @ 2:33PM

"China...carries out another anti-satellite test...ringing alarm bells among U.S. military analysts."

http://www.space.com/19171-chi.....cerns.html

Chinese labor no cheap as we thought.

TLP| 1.14.13 @ 2:40PM

And, WHO has been running the Show, for the last 4 Years?

Out of your own mouth, you tell us how Stupid you are.

Thanks.

You saved me a lot of typing.

vtwin| 1.14.13 @ 3:05PM

Four years ago, the economy was in free fall.

Jobs December 2008: -750,000.

Today, it is steadily recovering.

Jobs December 2012: +155,000.

The unemployment rate is still way too high, but it's declining. In other words, things are getting better, albeit not as fast as everyone would like.

Doctor Right| 1.14.13 @ 3:27PM

It's recovering?

Really???

Een though unemployment is STILL >8%...and has been for 4 years???

You are really clueless.

vtwin| 1.14.13 @ 3:49PM

Yes, the economy is “really” getting better, hence +65 million Americans voted to reelect Obama, but it hard to see with your head stuck up Rush Limbaugh ass.

Doctor Right| 1.14.13 @ 4:20PM

You're as dumb and incoherent as usual.

Millions of people voted for Obama to ensure their receipt of federal largesse, NOT because the economy was improving (which it's NOT.)

I guess you don't understand that Obama does not want the economy to improve, do you??

No, you don't.

But I'll give you time to think about it; maybe you'll have an epiphany.

vtwin| 1.14.13 @ 5:21PM

“I guess you don't understand that Obama does not want the economy to improve, do you?”

Borderline delusional better be careful Doc or they'll be coming for you.

Pecos Pete| 1.14.13 @ 6:45PM

Stupid Communist vtwin:

King O is doing a swell job for the unemployed and the under employed.

Unemployed 2008 = 8,924,000
Unemployed 2012 = 12,565,727

Under employed 2008 = 7,659,000
Under employed 2012 = 11,800,000

You can't fix stuck on stupid.

Anthony| 1.14.13 @ 5:50PM

Don't bother DR with twit vtwin. The San Fran biker boy is hoping Obozo will finally get some shovel ready jobs up and running, starting with a fence around Oakland, to keep the gang bangers from violating vtwin's tender butt.

AFPilot00| 1.14.13 @ 6:00PM

Vtwin, those #s do not adjust for population growth. The nation needs to make 300K+ jobs a month to improve the economy, currently we have been making 100K-150K a month which doesn't even break even with population growth.

I have a question, at what point in the future would you renounce your allegiance to Obama? How many more months of the economy stagnating until you would change your ideology. Would you be willing to pierce the veil of manipulation and deception and not jump on the "Blame Bush/Republicans" bandwagon and recognize; ok Obama's policies are bad for the country.

Lets say 2 years go by, and nothing improves in the economy. It's still just floundering, unemployment still high, only 150K jobs a month, taxes going up. Would that be your breaking point? Bear in mind all this time Obama will be blaming all the problems on republicans. What would you do?

KennesawJack| 1.14.13 @ 7:36PM

He would ask Obamarx to get a glass belt buckle so he could see where he's going. His head is THAT far up Obamarx's ass.

Occam's Tool| 1.15.13 @ 1:39PM

vtwin: How many of those jobs are in the private sector? Public sector jobs are NOT productive of Capital.

Aristocat| 1.14.13 @ 7:24AM

Things are not going to change until there is a complete collapse of the federal government, which is coming sooner than most people think.

Von Mises Jr| 1.14.13 @ 9:35AM

Bingo. The sooner one understands and accepts reality, the sooner we stop groveling and swooning like Arnold whom voted for barry and now frets. I am actually getting sick and tired of whiney, defeatist metrosexuals like our boy Arnie. I know many real men that are not pantywaists like our scared little author.
Get real. Have you ever seen some of these people up close? Chucky "Cheese" Schumer is an old frail guy about the same weight and fragility as our POTUS that throws like a freaking girl. I have never seen such a collection of weirdoes than our Czars. Nancy Pelosi and Chris Van Holland are only scary since they are insane. You have a punk like Tony Weiner who whiles half my age would not have a prayer standing toe to toe with the real men I hang around with. I caught fish bigger than half these sissy-la-la effeminate girly men.
Come on Arnold, stand up and be a man like the guys I know in rural fly-over country. Hell, I know women who would kick most of the DC male politician’s asses.

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 11:54AM

That's ridiculous - Japan has had over 200% of GDP to debt ratio for 20 years - and they CAN"T print their own money. Stop the scaremongering - it's really lame and getting old.
But if it does happen - "Blame Yo'self" - you elected idiots that think Blackmail is a good tactic. Radical morons the House of Raperesentatives is.

CJW| 1.14.13 @ 4:30PM

Purp the Village Idiot

Now purpie descends into racism:

"Oh, and YOU'RE a LOSER ... can't even beat the black man... you're so awful... hahahaha (that's for your last line, you wanna dish it out, then take it)"

Can't even beat the "black man?" So you believe blacks are inferior and easy to beat.
Keep posting moron, you provide fresh material every day.

You are truly an idiot and a racist

C. Vernon Crisler | 1.14.13 @ 9:24AM

I am playing my violin again: voters deserve what they vote for.

Rhoetus| 1.14.13 @ 10:36PM

I think I'll put on Shostakovitch's Fifth on full volume for all the Obama lovers on my street.

Robbins Mitchell| 1.14.13 @ 6:47AM

Well,I'm sorry,Arnold...but you're a chump....or you just wanted to be suckered...or you voted for him simply because he is black...don't expect any sympathy after the fact..it's pompous clowns like you that are to blame for putting him in office in the first place....because you just knew he would be a good president because of the crease in his trousers..or because he read the teleprompter so well...or because you wanted to pretend you were morally superior to the rest of us by voting for this four star fraud.....and it's taken you this long to realize how stupid you were?...just shut up and go away...for a long long time

TLP| 1.14.13 @ 8:12AM

I'll take: How I Got Elected for $1000, Arnold.

For $1,000. "In my 1996 and 2004 Political Campaigns, I had Federal Judges do this, which caused both of my Opponents to drop out of the Race".

"What is.......Get those Judges to UNSEAL my Opponents SEALED DOCUMENTS, on the grounds that The People have a right to know everything about the Person who's Running. Including his Divorce Records?"

Correct!

Just don't ask for HIS Sealed Documents.

That's Racist.

Can somebody tell Mr. Trebach that he sounds like an Old Woman, when he writes? Then again, he did say he was a Big Lib/Wuss/Old Woman.

Do any MEN write at this site, besides Ross? (Now, we're even) Anybody with scarred up hands? Anyone with calluses? Anyone who's done Physical Labour Man Work in the last 40 years? Is there anyone here that Bites their Fingernails, owns a pair of Work Boots, or Drives a Pickup Truck?

Is there anyone here, NOT out of touch with regular folks, and what they're going through, every day?

Just thought I'd ask.

Maxwell| 1.14.13 @ 8:55AM

TLP, with all due respect, it did not take much mental horsepower to figure out that Barry was a disaster before he even took office. He was for late term abortion even when a baby was born alive, kill it off. What was said in his Black Liberation church, kinds of guest speakers like crazy Louie. If a bad guy breaks into your house you don't have the right to nail his ....backside, yeah, that is the nice way to say it. I'm no rocket brain child, just a grunt but it don't take much to see if you open your eyes & engage your brain.

And Arnold here is a Ph. D.?

TLP| 1.14.13 @ 9:33AM

You're preaching to the Choir, my friend.

This is gonna be a tough year. Obama's Political Base just Rioted, day before yesterday, in Detroit, as they stood in line for Section 8 Housing.

Wait til is 100 degrees, outside.

It'll look like another Arab Spring, only Darker.

Oldefarte| 1.14.13 @ 11:36AM

You're both correct, in your respective ways! It was and is the STUPIDITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, sadly and for various reasonings. In a general sense, it's their belief that this nation had to bury is shame of slavery by electing a Harvard Law-degreed minority as POTUS, while completely ignoring the radicalness of the interior nature of that minority individual. Sadly, we will all pay an extreme price for our collective stupidity [ you can never recapture spilled milk into it bottled container] !!!!

Myron| 1.14.13 @ 8:30AM

Well said. There was no mystery about this man before he was elected the first time and it wasn't only Jeremiah Wright that was a red flag. For Arnold to come here, wringing his hands and bemoaning his error is ridiculous. Go away, please, Arnold!

C. Vernon Crisler | 1.14.13 @ 9:26AM

You said it Robbins....

Butch| 1.14.13 @ 6:10PM

He is a damn fool Robbins, and I don't say that readily. Anybody who couldn't read the tea leaves on this radical before his first election was willfully blind, deaf, and dumb. No doubt he was expiating American "racism" for the benefit of "history."

And even in this apology, he still blames things on the Dear Leader's incompetence, when his malevolence was clear before the first election. Hello, Arnold: what part of (a) "G*d damn America" and (b) marrying this 20-year member of the congregation and baptizing his two children do you not understand?

Matthew Quigley| 1.14.13 @ 6:53AM

Anyone with a brain knew Obama was a zero with a messiah complex, and you knew he had accomplished NOTHING in his life, was just a product of affirmative action run wild, and was utterly UNQUALIFIED for the office he sought, yet you voted for him.

You say you "overcame your disgust" with Hussein's association with Jeremiah Wright...when any thinking person knows that you can tell what kind of person someone is just by looking at what kind of friends he has. You were aware of this, and you say you voted for him.

The traitor, usurper and soon-to-be-dictator squatting in the White House had spoken about his dislike for our Constitution, and how it was an impediment to what he wanted to do, yet you voted for him.

Hussein's economic plans AS HE DESCRIBED THEM DURING HIS CAMPAIGN were marxist, redistributionist and disastrous, and were intended to devastate the economy, yet you voted for him.

Why should anyone reading this article not think you're a complete idiot, or a fool of Biblical proportions, and ever take you or anything you write seriously again?

Oh, and thanks for the dictatorship! I hope you're enjoying WHAT YOU VOTED FOR! Apparently not, based on this article, so here's some advice: Shut up. Be a man. Quit whining about the choice you made when you knew it would mean the devastation of our nation and our liberties.

Gary B| 1.14.13 @ 7:11AM

Another loathsome creature from inside the beltway. He runs to close the barn door four years after the horses have escaped. His speech is just noise. His credibility is zero.

PJ| 1.14.13 @ 9:27AM

Perfectly said!

Your post is something to keep & use again many many times. ----The numbnuts are starting to have buyer's remorse. They need to be continuely reminded on what an *ss they truly are. Your post does the job succinctly. Thank you.

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 12:00PM

Well other than your obvious dislike for this President, you really have nothing new to offer.

This article is wrong in so many ways and shouldn't feed you rabid dogs - you don't need any more red meat.
You make sh*t up and stretch the truth and place blame where it shouldn't be ...

And, those are just some of the reasons you lost in the last 4 elections and will continue to lose.

America is on to your 30 years of failed policies favoring the wealthy and powerful over the middle class and the poor, and they can clearly see how your people (House) stand in the way of the policies that would pull this country forward faster.
2014 can't get here fast enough to rid us of the Tea Party radicals and install more moderate Republicans or even better, a Democratic House.

Doctor Right| 1.14.13 @ 1:47PM

How is it "wrong"?

Care to offer real specifics..? Or just idiotic assertions?

TLP| 1.14.13 @ 2:42PM

Just idiotic assertions.

Surprised?

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 3:32PM

Oh, I feel fully put in my place now, wow.... that hurts timmy. LMAO

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 3:31PM

Read further, Dr Dum-Dum ... you'll learn something

Doctor Right| 1.14.13 @ 4:21PM

I've forgotten more about anything than you'll ever know....

CJW| 1.14.13 @ 4:31PM

Purp the Village Idiot

Now purpie descends into racism:

"Oh, and YOU'RE a LOSER ... can't even beat the black man... you're so awful... hahahaha (that's for your last line, you wanna dish it out, then take it)"

Can't even beat the "black man?" So you believe blacks are inferior and easy to beat.
Keep posting moron, you provide fresh material every day.

You are truly an idiot and a racist

Anthony| 1.14.13 @ 5:52PM

Don't forget, Purpie said gays spread AIDS through casual contact.

Occam's Tool| 1.15.13 @ 3:52PM

So, 50% of Americans are "greed monsters."

Russel| 1.14.13 @ 12:14PM

He may have been either a low-informed voter or plain idiot , but now perhaps does he not see that his American way of could be in serious jeopardy ? . That what he voted for poses a threat to his luxurious way of American life ? . Or maybe that living in a real socialist country ain't all that grand ?. It's becoming all too clear to even a retarded moron that this wanna-be dictator didn't fist bump Chavez just to be diplomatic but had quite a case of brotherly love .

Virtue| 1.14.13 @ 7:01AM

Actually, it won't be red ink that drowns us but a mountain of worthless paper that sinks us. Once the debt limit is eliminated we will have hyperinflation followed by collapse of the currency. It's the evil party versus the stupid party inside the beltway, and we are doomed.

itsy_bitsy| 1.14.13 @ 7:24AM

The terrible fiscal condition of our country, due in most part to Obama, is the real reason he wants gun control, and by that I mean eventual gun confiscation. His only concern, now, is a possible rebellion due to his atrocious governance!

Alan| 1.14.13 @ 8:08AM

He wants one, read his book.

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 12:02PM

Actually, the Republican Party is responsible for most of the National Debt (over 10T worth) .

"Deficits don't matter" came from your side, not the Democratic side. And now, we're living your dream - so "Blame YoSelf" for electing the irresponsible idiots that didn't care about deficits.

Doctor Right| 1.14.13 @ 12:44PM

"Actually, the Republican Party is responsible for most of the National Debt (over 10T worth) ."

Guys...when someone is stuck on stupid, there's no talking to them.

Purp...you're a joke who spouts talking points; nothing more, nothing less.

Simon Templar| 1.14.13 @ 2:21PM

This troll is so stupid, he literally can not see his own crazy contradictions and self imploding arguments. He tells us apparently deficits do matter.
He tells us republicans are responsible for huge debt.
He tells us we are irresponsible for electing irresponsible idiots.
He admits these deficits are ballooning and have gotten worse.
And then he tells us that we should spend more, not cut spending, raise the debt limits, his messiah has helped the nation by his deficit spending, and that these deficits do not matter. Insanely stupid.

Doctor Right| 1.14.13 @ 3:34PM

Constant denial of the truth - even of stated, on-the-record opinions - has been a characteristic of the Left for over 100 years.

For example...

Before WWII, the CPUSA (Communist Party of the USA) was publicly against Fascism...until Stalin signed a Non-Aggression Pact with Hitler; then they were for "Neutrality."

Then Hitler invaded the Soviet Union...and the CPUSA was Pro-War.

Kind of like how John Kerry was for the bill before he was against the bill...

And how Obama was against Bush's use of drones, even though he (Obama) has used 10X as many drones to kill 10X as many people.

To be a Leftist is to live in constant denial - of the truth, of one's self, of logic, and reason.

That's because Leftism is not really a political philosophy; it's the political expression of pure narcissism.

The leftist wants power and praise because power and praise please him. They are the means, and the end. NOTHING will deter them from this goal, no matter how many lies they have to tell, or people they have to kill.

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 3:46PM

Let me get this straight - because President Obama adopted Bush era tactics, he is now worse than Bush?

All that other blather is just nonsense about Hitler,and who knows why you are obsessed with the Communist Party.

If you want to know who's in denial - just look at your wages over the last 30 years, versus Corporations and the Wealthy ... You have lost buying power, but they have gained double or triple in that time.
And, yet you still believe their crap? Good Luck with that.

Luckily, America is taking her country back from those Greed mongers. You don't see it, and you call me blind?
Ever wonder what happened to the promise of High-Speed Internet? Why we pay so much for cable and internet in this country, while Koreans have 4x the speed of internet than we do?

No? Maybe you should start wondering, thinking and checking out your Corporate Masters and their Shills in the Republican Party.

Doctor Right| 1.14.13 @ 4:31PM

Listen up, idiot:

It was THE LEFT that opposed Bush's drone-strikes; and it was candidate Obama who ran AGAINST the idea of drone-strikes.

But President Obama has increased drone-strikes ten-fold.

I have NO problems killing lots and lots of Muslim terrorists, but you and your leftwing buddies and your idiot-boy President did.

So the question is: Do you like being lied to? Or were you really just a poseur, and killing is OK as long as a Leftwing President does the killing?

I'd hate to be you, now, because either choice reveals you for the moron you are.

Secondly, jackass...I don't get paid "a wage." I get a salary. I haven't been paid a wage since my last summer-job in college.

And I don't look at the successful people with envy; I look at them with awe, and aspire to succeed like they do.

As far as the cost of your cable bill is concerned...I guess you're blissfully unaware that in the USA, cable companies are granted (by Government, dumbass) local monopolies.

That means that you have ZERO choice as to your choice of your cable company, and since most people receive their internet via high-speed cable, you get screwed with the price!

I'm sorry to keep saying this, but you REALLY are ignorant.

The solution to your internet woes is a CAPITALIST solution, genius! Allow local competition, and your bill will decrease. But of course, that would run counter to your idiotic philosophies, so you'll continue to suffer.

BTW...if you like South Korea, go live there.

Occam's Tool| 1.15.13 @ 1:42PM

You might want to contact a friend of mine who was stationed in Korea first, Purp: the pollution is terrible there.

CJW| 1.14.13 @ 4:31PM

Purp the Village Idiot

Now purpie descends into racism:

"Oh, and YOU'RE a LOSER ... can't even beat the black man... you're so awful... hahahaha (that's for your last line, you wanna dish it out, then take it)"

Can't even beat the "black man?" So you believe blacks are inferior and easy to beat.
Keep posting moron, you provide fresh material every day.

You are truly an idiot and a racist

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 3:40PM

No, you aren't paying attention. No listen HARDER ....

We are in a JOB CRISIS now, not a DEBT CRISIS.
Provide enough jobs and it will be easier to deal with the looming debt crisis.
When the private sector isn't spending, somehow we have to provide economic activity.
Cutting spending is cutting your nose off to spite your face.
One person's spending is another's job. You cut spending, you cut jobs. Simple.

Over the long term debt is a problem, but not the immediate problem. Of course, the Bozos running the House of Raperesentatives are so stupid they don't get that either.

And, maybe now you'll finally get it. Or not.

And, you call me stupid?

Doctor Right| 1.14.13 @ 4:36PM

The debt is larger than the GDP...

but we're NOT in a debt crisis.

I was wrong; you're not ignorant. You ARE stupid.

You're like a wind-up toy. You will repeat ANYTHING Obama says, and think it's fact.

"Provide enough jobs and it will be easier to deal with the looming debt crisis."

What the HELL are you talking about???

Provide WHAT jobs? And who should "provide" them? Jobs aren't "provided"...they're created by the free market to fill a business need. Unfortunately, when the business environment is over-burdened by Government interference and regulation, job creation suffers.

There is simply so much you don't understand about simple economic...You're pathetically funny.

Occam's Tool| 1.15.13 @ 3:57PM

Taxing people to spend their money through Government rather than lettingthem spend it themselves is the craziest way of stimulating an economy I have ever heard of. We are in a jobs' crisis because the private sector can't properly plan the costs and profits of expanding hiring because of the erratic economic policy of this administration---on a micro level, I had to wait to see what my 1st paycheck would be this year with the nex tax regimen to see if and how I was going to be able to fund my SEP. Imagine that writ large, Purp.

Yeah, you're a rich guy working for a rich company with exquisite economic skills.

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 3:34PM

So you take issue with 5.6 T from Baby Bush, 2.8 T from Papa Bush and 1.8 T from Ronnie?

Can you read tables. It's public knowledge and record.
Oh, and please don't forget to include the "Off Budget" Wars of Baby Bush. They count too....

Doctor Right| 1.14.13 @ 4:38PM

Let's make sure we understand your position:

Under Obama, the debt burden belongs to Congress?

But under Reagan, Bush, Bush, etc, it belongs to the President?

How does that work?

Oh...which branch of Government controls spending???

KennesawJack| 1.14.13 @ 7:42PM

Doc, sometimes it's just TOO easy isn't it? Excellent reply to Purp, the fool.

JAWilson| 1.14.13 @ 7:31AM

I wonder who the author voted for this most recent election?

JJC| 1.14.13 @ 7:48AM

Dear Professor, the rest of us knew this all along. What took you so long, bright boy? Head stuck somewhere it shouldn't be? Thanks, many many thanks for what people like you have done to our country. If you think that mea culpas are adequate to expiate your egregious, ruinous and wildly irresponsible foolishness, you are mistaken again. Bit of a habit with you people, no? Go far away and sulk where you can't be seen or heard. No greater contempt is possible than that which I bear towards the likes of you.

notfooled| 1.14.13 @ 8:01AM

JJC - Could not have said it better myself; so I won't!

Stephie| 1.14.13 @ 8:59AM

I have un-friended 2 friends of many years because they campaigned and voted for the harpe. It hurts me to do it but seems necessary considering what's happening to our nation and that they were and are complicit in it.
We are a nation divided now.

Tina B| 1.14.13 @ 10:05AM

Oh Stephie, I have stopped posting on fb and read very briefly now and then. And one of my (ex)best friends actually joined the Obamaniac campaign and was the iconic Hispanic retired teacher used to make scripted speeches and introduce people. Gag me with an Inauguration Program. How sad he has divided us so. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 12:04PM

Thus it has always been and will always be - but not worth losing friends over - just ask Thomas Jefferson and John Adams.
Reconsider...

Occam's Tool| 1.15.13 @ 4:05PM

It depends on how much the poison affects them in other areas of their lives. For example, the way my sister is raising her kids, and the way my parents babysat for my kids, I don't really want any of them around. It is much more peaceful when they are gone.

vtwin| 1.14.13 @ 12:37PM

Holy shit girl, get a grip on reality.

Tina B| 1.14.13 @ 3:30PM

Life is too short to suffer fools, ya know? I am still kind to her and occasionally meet with her in a group, but no more traveling together, my treat, or any of the other closeness we shared. Life goes on.

Tina B| 1.14.13 @ 3:34PM

In addition, I have several friends who are died in the wool Dems, and libs of course, and we have , for many years agreed to disagree. However this one colleague jumped ship as Obamaniac wooed her race. I felt this was a total sellout and as a Catholic all her life, was even selling out her Lord.

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 3:47PM

Just a bit of an overreaction, dontcha think? "selling out her Lord"? How would you know? You speak to HIM now?

CJW| 1.14.13 @ 4:31PM

Purp the Village Idiot

Now purpie descends into racism:

"Oh, and YOU'RE a LOSER ... can't even beat the black man... you're so awful... hahahaha (that's for your last line, you wanna dish it out, then take it)"

Can't even beat the "black man?" So you believe blacks are inferior and easy to beat.
Keep posting moron, you provide fresh material every day.

You are truly an idiot and a racist

ssabmud| 1.14.13 @ 7:58AM

Hey Benedict, try this one. He's doing it all intentionally. That's correct, on purpose. As "the author of several books" you obviously can read, so if you do just a little research, the light bulb may go off in your head.

MelvinNC| 1.14.13 @ 7:59AM

To hell with Obama and to hell with Congress, and the Senate. We have gnashed our teeth just shy of four years now. We've rung our hands and got down on our knees and prayed to the Gods to save of from our own ignorance.
For those of us that saw through this charlatan's smooth talking exterior we were derided as, "Extremists and enemies of the State," and thus publicly executed with vile condemnation from the very academics that posted this article.
No one likes to admit they got, "Suckered," but suckered this Country did, not once but twice.
Who do I blame, I blame the academics, they have supported this, "Used Car Salesman," and continue to do so, because they're protected, they have tenure, and if they make a mistake, then it's just, "Oops."
Obama represented the epitome of the hatred that the academics have towards this Country and the citizens that do not share they're ideology that this Country is to blame for what ails the world.
You smart geniuses with academic pedigrees as long as your elitist noses have gotten us into this mess, now figure out how your going to get us out, for you'll receive no sympathy from me.

squalis| 1.14.13 @ 10:02AM

Don't forget we are all racists and Nazi's.

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 12:10PM

It all started with Ronald Reagan - "Deficits don't matter" ... aided by the Bush Twins ... slightly by Clinton and we dumped it all in Obama's lap - so "Blame YoSelf" .
Blame yourself for electing people that didn't like Government, weren't good at Governing but were good at propaganda - and Here We Are... "Blame YoSelf" for creating this mess over the last 30 years.
You cannot blame the man that is reversing the damage - with little or no help from your buddies in Congress, I might add.

Doctor Right| 1.14.13 @ 12:55PM

LOL!

The mere idea that Democrats are responsible spenders AND not responsible for this massive sucking sound called the deficit is hysterically funny!!!

Social Security: President Roosevelt. 1939. Democrat. $16 trillion in debt.

Medicare and Medicaid: President Johnson. Democrat. $84 trillion in debt.

Welfare:
President Woodrow Wilson, Democrat.
FDR, Democrat.
J F Kennedy, Democrat.
Lyndon Johnson, Democrat.

Cost: $1.2 trillion/year by 2014.

Food Stamps:

FDR, Democrat. 1939.
Lyndon Johnson, Democrat (expanded program in 1965)
Democrats.

48 million Americans get an average of $233 per month (it was 36 million when Obama took office).
Over $1 billion/year in taxpayer’s money spent on this program since Obama put on an ‘advertising campaign’ to promote ‘Free Food Stamps’.

Follow the money...or lack thereof...all the way back to the Democrat Party.

vtwin| 1.14.13 @ 3:31PM

“48 million Americans get an average of $233 per month, [was] 36 million when Obama took office… in Food Stamps.”
Sounds like more like an indictment of capitalism as practiced in American than a problem with Obama.

Doctor Right| 1.14.13 @ 3:35PM

Really?

How so?

Because anyone with a brain would look at it as a massive and shameful expansion of the Federal Gov't.

vtwin| 1.14.13 @ 5:26PM

You said it yourself, 48 million Americans on food stamps out of a nation of +300 million.

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 3:52PM

Explain why the Republicans don't want to pay for all their spending ... you completely ignored that.

Social Security is not in debt, nor does it add to the debt. You don't know very much do you.

Welfare, Food Stamps (which Baby Bush quadrupled under him) - peanuts. Sh*t, the Iraq and Afghan Wars cost more than that for decades of welfare. Not even close. Estimates are 4 Trillion for both Wars - unpaid, on the debt.

Try again, Chuckles ... Republicans spend, but they borrow, they don't tax .. .remember.

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 3:59PM

Oh, and the Republicans of today are NOT the Republicans of 50 years ago - but neither are the Democrats - so your history lesson is useless basically.

Doctor Right| 1.14.13 @ 4:41PM

Are you the special type of fool who asks "How are we going to pay for it???" whenever a REAL tax cut is proposed?

Social Security does not ad to the debt??

That's interesting; so...how come it's broke?

vtwin| 1.14.13 @ 5:35PM

Wrong again Doc, Social Security is not broke.

http://www.dailyfinance.com/20.....-security/

Simon Templar| 1.14.13 @ 2:10PM

So.....Purv, your suggesting deficits do matter? The way to deal with them is more deficit spending and create an even bigger mess?
Keep writing your ridiculous post...
What a useful idiot you are...

Doctor Right| 1.14.13 @ 3:36PM

This is the Leftist opinion on the deficit:

"We have spent ourselves into a massive hole...and the only way out is to spend."

Once you realize how absurd this position is, there's really nothing more to say.

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 3:57PM

Short term, yes.

Long term, no.

How much more simple can we make it for you simpletons?

What don't you get about that?

Go talk to Sen. Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles if you need more details.

Otherwise you are cutting today from tomorrow's growth ... it's simple economics.

BTW - let's not let Wall Street dictate financial policy in the future, huh? We can avoid this mess then.

Doctor Right| 1.14.13 @ 4:44PM

Dummy...

Simpson and Bowles proposed the exact OPPOSITE of what Obama is doing; that's why he ignored them.

So you've admitted that the best way to get out of debt is to spend??

Yet you claim to be a really successful businessman?

LOL!!!

And if you don't like Wall Street, you should HATE Obama; many of his biggest bundlers are Wall Street "fat cats."

But I forgot...you're not only dumb, you're a hypocrite. Like all leftists.

vtwin| 1.14.13 @ 3:37PM

Yes, deficits do matter so conservatives calling for more tax-cuts sound "ridiculous."

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 4:01PM

They do matter - but not in the short term.

Over the long term they do.

This is really something you guys simply cannot understand, can you ?

Businesses do it all the time. Spend money now and invest in the future for growth down the road. If you have to stock up on inventory in the short term, you do it. It's called managing cash flow.

For a country its more complex, but similar idea.

We aren't Greece, aren't even close to where Japan is, and we will never be Greece, so you can stop the fearmongering.
It's really lame and wrong.

CJW| 1.14.13 @ 4:32PM

Purp the Village Idiot

Now purpie descends into racism:

"Oh, and YOU'RE a LOSER ... can't even beat the black man... you're so awful... hahahaha (that's for your last line, you wanna dish it out, then take it)"

Can't even beat the "black man?" So you believe blacks are inferior and easy to beat.
Keep posting moron, you provide fresh material every day.

You are truly an idiot and a racist

Doctor Right| 1.14.13 @ 4:45PM

You're NOT "investing," genius.

You're spending. That's it.

Obama is not "investing."

This is really something you guys simply cannot understand, can you ?

Occam's Tool| 1.15.13 @ 4:09PM

Like Solyndra? Purp: pissing money down a rathole is not investing. Our Universities are getting CLOBBERED under this jerk.

Occam's Tool| 1.15.13 @ 4:08PM

He has MASSIVELY increased the debt, DWARFING all the Presidents before him IN TOTAL, purp.

The Congress has NOT passed a budget during his time, and NO ONE votes for his budgets. Yeah, I blame Obama.Passive Aggressive archetype.

Albert Constantine Jr.| 1.14.13 @ 8:00AM

“To put fine point on the matter, our president terrifies me, even though during most of my life I have been a liberal Democrat and voted for him in his first election.”

Is there anyone else who thinks the above statement is the equivalent of Victor Frankenstein bemoaning the damage wrought by the beast he created when he chose to tinker in God’s domain?

R Martin| 1.14.13 @ 8:16AM

Contest winner?

Occam's Tool| 1.15.13 @ 4:10PM

Yup. Congrats, Albert.

CJW| 1.14.13 @ 9:02AM

I bet he voted again for Obama in 2012. I have heard this same lament from many who said they voted for Obama, but cannot really explain why. It made them "feel" good.

I started an argument at a Christmas (Holiday for the secularists ) by saying anyone who voted for Obama should voluntarily pay more taxes. Most of the doctors, all of whom praised Obama, started chocking. It was me and a few small business (restaurants) against the rest.

I liked Gene Wilder as Dr. Frankensteeen and Peter Boyle as Frankstein. Too bad Michele is no Madeleine Kahn to occupy the monster and save us.

Albert Constantine Jr.| 1.14.13 @ 9:27AM

Assuming Obama got some new voters who weren't eligible to vote for him in 2008 due to age (either they or their felony convictions were too young) or citizenship status (they were not yet illegally registered by ACORN), some five million who voted for him last time didn't this time.

Unfortunately, 65 million did, and that was more than Romney got.

I do wonder now about all of those union members in places like Ohio and Pa., who are also steadfast gun owners. How do you like him now ?

Of course, perhaps the local can negotiate a paid day off for the opening day of bow season, as that might be the only weapon that they can retain, until Obama decides to impose arrow control.

TLP| 1.14.13 @ 1:07PM

Obviously, you haven't been paying attention, lo these past 4 Years.

He'll just give them all Waivers.

TLP| 1.14.13 @ 4:17PM

It's Monday, and I'm already bored with this B*llsh*t, from the likes of Dreck,an, Purp Nathan, Arnie, and vtwin.

What are we doing here?

Von Mises used to quote the best minds, the world has ever known.

Now, he makes me sound like a Choir Boy.

And, that's not a dig on him. I love Jr.

It's what these freaks do to our minds.

And, for the Record: Drackman is a POS as well.
I'd rather read Alan Brooks all day.

CJW| 1.14.13 @ 4:48PM

Tim and Albert
A new contest. What name do you think the old Clint is currently using?

CJW| 1.14.13 @ 4:49PM

Hint: Constant reference to male anatomy.

TLP| 1.14.13 @ 6:18PM

Drackman?

Pecos Pete| 1.14.13 @ 6:52PM

Arnie?

Albert Constantine Jr.| 1.14.13 @ 8:31PM

I haven't detected Clint. Among his tells were a desire to bash Israel, and repetitive cutting and pasting.

I'm not seeing that in any here currently, though he might have changed up.

Do you have a suspect?

CJW| 1.14.13 @ 9:03PM

Drackman constantly uses the same sexual jokes, taunts, and insults as Clint, but claims to be a Jewish doctor, probably to annoy OT and Dr Right. He has been fighting with both the last week, and Clint always fought with OT and DR.

There is no Israel bashing, but I supect it is Clint having fun.
Hard to believe that an anasthesiologist can be on the net all day. Easy for many of us when we are in the office,and with I phones.

Albert Constantine Jr.| 1.14.13 @ 10:04PM

Of course, anything is possible, but I seem to recall Drackman clashing with Clint in the pre-registration era when he began posting in early 2012. Likewise, while he and OT were sparring somewhat Friday, before that time, OT was an admirer.

Drackman is bad at manners, grammar and spelling, but displays a fair amount of knowledge about some of the subjects he writes about consistently, and if he was cutting and pasting, his spelling would be much better.

He does share some of Clint's combative personality, but if Clint is able to consistently post under a pretextual identity as different from his previous one (Jewish military brat son of B52 pilot and East German mother pawn shop owning MD who served as a Navy Doctor, owns many firearms Steve Carlton loving left handed fan of the Three Stooges) vs. (Main Line-Philly Ron Paul loving cutting and pasting Jew hating Iranian loving fan of the Three Stooges), I would be impressed.

Albert Constantine Jr.| 1.14.13 @ 11:46PM

An example:

Frank Drackman| 5.3.12 @ 2:25PM

Clint,
like Hawk-Man said, ya gotta change up your game..even Roger Clemons through a curve ball every now and then...
its like this,
"Hey Clint, you still suckin the Cock?"
see, I've never said that before, mainly cause I'm not a C-word sucker like you, but it works, try it some time.
A different protein source I mean,

Frank

Clint| 5.3.12 @ 5:10PM

Uh Oh !

Frankie The Fascist Faggot Is In The Building.

CJW| 1.15.13 @ 7:20AM

If your are correct, where is Clint? He was here constantly then disappears. The registration was simple, name and email. You make good points, and there are no anti Israeli or tea party comments, but the sexual taunts and insults are the same, maybe Clint has multiple personalities. He always wanted to be a doctor?

Albert Constantine Jr.| 1.15.13 @ 8:56AM

Tehran?

Occam's Tool| 1.15.13 @ 4:21PM

I dunno. I try to avoid Blue on Blue exchanges whenever I can.

For example: Cheesehead Jack is the biggest jerk here, just as Mountain Jack is one of the nicest. I have little respect for Purp, and not much more for King. Nathan is not only on the Left a lot, but he has no intellectual flexibility, although he is better than Purp and King. After those four, I really try not to be mean to anybody.

DRed can be argued civilly with, as can Vtwin, and certainly RCV, who can be fun to play with as he is a Lieberman type Democrat.

And after that, I love you guys. I worry that Frank likes to go after his natural allies, as I view that as counterproductive, especially when Purp ALWAYS gives us fresh targets. And yes, Frank, I did work with Ron Sutton, Don's bro.

Ultimately, our current administration always gives us things to despise. About the only policy of theirs that I agree with and thought was described with wit and flair was the answer to the Deathstar proponents, and that was a joke! They are, for example, really hurting Minnesota industry with their Medical Device tax, which is going to be nightmarish. Even Al Franken wants that eliminated. The problem with Leftists is that they fail to realize that if the Market has "an invisible hand," then the Government has "an invisible Spastic Clubfoot."

Von Mises Jr| 1.14.13 @ 9:46AM

Have you seen the shoulders and thighs on Michelle? A couple of bolts in her neck and we don't even need a make-up artist.
Truth be told, our Dear Leader is more like Ms. Kahn while everyone acts as if he is some brave and fearful warrior such as Genghis Kahn.

Albert Constantine Jr.| 1.14.13 @ 10:00AM

OOOhhhh ♪♫ Sweet Mystery of Life♪♫ , At Last I've Found You♪♫...

Tina B| 1.14.13 @ 10:11AM

Hahahahahahahaha! Love you Albert.

Von Mises Jr| 1.14.13 @ 10:47AM

Seven or eight times and you probably forget all about a girl in the morning.

TLP| 1.14.13 @ 1:11PM

Remember when you used to Wax Eloquently, with quotes from Von Misus, and other great thinkers?

Maybe, I should be Banned?

TLP| 1.14.13 @ 1:12PM

Vagina Boob.

Von Mises Jr| 1.14.13 @ 3:35PM

I figured if Perp can talk trash here, there are no standards. You apparently don't even need an Eight Grade Diploma or a GED.

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 4:02PM

Well - you're here, aren't ya? So I guess you are correct. You just need to know "Hayek" or "Rand"... see now I'm brilliant!

CJW| 1.14.13 @ 4:32PM

Purp the Village Idiot

Now purpie descends into racism:

"Oh, and YOU'RE a LOSER ... can't even beat the black man... you're so awful... hahahaha (that's for your last line, you wanna dish it out, then take it)"

Can't even beat the "black man?" So you believe blacks are inferior and easy to beat.
Keep posting moron, you provide fresh material every day.

You are truly an idiot and a racist

CJW| 1.14.13 @ 4:28PM

Purpie flunked his GED because he could not spell GED

Pecos Pete| 1.14.13 @ 6:54PM

Wait, CJW, don't you remember that Violet has several higher education degrees, makes enough money to be in the upper 2%, and either works for, manages or owns a major corporation? I'll grant you that he might have failed his GED before he did all the other stuff he brags about.

CJW| 1.14.13 @ 9:10PM

Senor Pete
Anyone who manages or owns a major corp, or any business, knows you cannot pay women a lower wage than men for the same work. Yet purpie argued last year that Obama passed a law to require equal pay.

After I repeatedly told the idiot that has been the law since at least 1964 on the federal level, and told him that Obama's law dealt only with the statute of limitations on continuing violations, he still kept repeating his drivel.

It was clear he did not understand the law and was just posting the DNC emails. That convinced me he does not have a job ,and is a parasite, at best a student at a third rate school.

Occam's Tool| 1.15.13 @ 4:25PM

Yes, Von, but some of us want to learn something from you, just as I love it when Stuart posts. My area of expertise is fixing depressions, manias, obsessions, and psychosis. Leaves a lot of areas to learn other things.

Occam's Tool| 1.15.13 @ 4:22PM

Thanks, Albert, for making me change my clothes. :-)

PolishKnight| 1.14.13 @ 11:29AM

I have white male liberal friends who didn't vote for Obama this time around. Perhaps this is an epiphany for them similar to what working class white males (the Archie Bunkers) experienced in the mid 60's as the so-called party of working class white males threw those guys under the bus. Now, it's the white male elites turn. Half of the Democrat party is now "diverse" and, to their credit, representing a party that now represents mostly non-whites and women. For all their talk of inclusiveness, what they really mean by that is that they include their groups and shut out others and project their own bigotry upon them.

First they came for working class white males. But who cares? You gotta break an egg to make an omelette.
Then they came for the remaining white males. So they stayed hom.
Then they starting coming for someone else and the whole mess collapsed.

My heart bleeds.

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 4:03PM

White males - yep that's the future...

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 12:11PM

No, the guy's off his meds. I don't believe he was a Democrat.

I do however, believe Colin Powell, and his characterization of the Republican Party today.

Doctor Right| 1.14.13 @ 12:56PM

Whatever.

We believe Mark Levin's characterization of the Democrat Party:

1. Greedy
2. Dishonest
3. Treasonous

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 4:04PM

That's your problem - you believe in the Conservative Entertainment Media Whores ...

They feed you crap and keep you in the dark .. you are their little mushroom army.

Doctor Right| 1.14.13 @ 4:46PM

Uh-huh...

And you voted for an utterly unaccomplished poseur - twice! - because he's black...

...and you're a dupe.

Simon Templar| 1.14.13 @ 2:05PM

What you believe is irrelevant, there is an objective reality, his books, his claims, his past voting record, his statements, his associations, and his actions. It applies to all of us, including your fraud and god in the white house.

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 4:07PM

Objectively, shall we consider Legitimate RAPE - ya know where a woman can shut that kind of thing down so she doesn't get pregnant.

Or maybe we should consider Enjoyable RAPE, where she should just lay back and enjoy it.

Or how about FORCIBLE RAPE (can you explain any other kind) ...

All of these have been either spoken on the floor of the House by Republicans or even in bills passed by the House Republicans. Really.

Now, what reality are you speaking from?

Occam's Tool| 1.15.13 @ 4:26PM

Uh, right: SecState under Obama has been a woman White as White can be, followed by a White Rich Guy. Under W, it was a Black Guy followed by a Black Lady.

notfooled| 1.14.13 @ 8:09AM

Liberal jack*ss-you got what you wanted Mr. Naivete. Now you start whining and begging the rest of us who know what an America hater the Bum is to bail you out.
Par for the course Lib behavior.

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 4:09PM

Not at all. He's a Republican plant.

We are all happy as Clams to take our country back from you radical right wing nutcases that would be happy to destroy the country to save a buck.
But we didn't let you, and we won't let you, we have more votes than you and you are done.

R Martin| 1.14.13 @ 8:11AM

Mr. Trebach is right to be in despair. He cites Obama’s strong political skills but weak management skills as part of the problem. I agree, but that complaint could (and should) be raised against the entire United States Congress, and that condition has existed for decades. That’s why the hole we’re in is so deep.

I found this piece somewhat offensive, because Mr. Trebach admits to being a liberal Democrat, yet he still whinges about what liberal Democrat policies have done to the country. And he only whinges. He does not suggest an alternative course of action other than to hope others rise up and demand drastic action be taken. Doctor, heal thyself.

Albert Constantine Jr.| 1.14.13 @ 8:26AM

To keep the contest going, on “I Love Lucy”, after Mr. Ricardo would advise Mrs. Ricardo not to do a particular act because a bad consequence would result, Lucy would inevitably do it anyway, and the predicted chaos would ensue. In response, usually Mr. Ricardo would have to come in and rescue her from her bad decisions.

Professor Trebach is Lucy, and this article is the famous “Waaaaaahhhhhh!Waaaaahhhhh!” cry she would emit while being surrounded with the issue of her malfeasance.

Oldefarte| 1.14.13 @ 11:42AM

True true, but sadly IMHO there is no Mr. Ricardo in our life capable of rescuing us from this disaster[the rescue was possible in 2008 and again in 2012, but the American people failed to become the rescuer]. I only wish that there was such an individual/source possible!!!!!

Deborah D| 1.14.13 @ 8:39AM

Dr. Trebach -- I see you've stirred up a hornets' nest. But, you see, we've seen these things since 2007 when Sen. Obama decided to run for president. That's why you're being met with disdain here. It is and has been obvious to those of us on Spectator and many other conservative sites that his election would be the death of the country. His re-election only clinches it. People are buying guns and looking to their states for their future -- not this country. I suggest buying property you can plant crops on and keep some canned goods and bottled water on hand. You think the aftermath of Sandy was bad? Wait until the country collapses. If you don't have a gun, I suggest you invest in one.

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 12:15PM

You're ridiculous with your hyperbole. "death of the country".

America has taken the country back from the rabid radicals that would destroy her.

The Doomsday Prepper nonsense is just that - but I'm sure the vendors selling you all that crap are laughing all the way to the bank.

You think a gun or room full of guns will stop more than 1 or 2 people from taking what you have? Ridiculous. These are NOT desperate times.
You might as well shoot yourself if you believe such nonsense.

Doctor Right| 1.14.13 @ 12:57PM

"You think a gun or room full of guns will stop more than 1 or 2 people from taking what you have?"

Yes. It has, and it will.

Stupid question.

But when they come for you, Purpie, what will you hit them with? Last year's Pradas?

TLP| 1.14.13 @ 1:14PM

I'm thinking that he'll hit them with the Free Vibrator he got, in New York, from the people at TROJAN.

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 4:13PM

Still didn't get laid, did you Timmy ? Sex on the brain still I see.

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 4:16PM

Ah, no... soon as you have to reload, you're done. No matter how much you have, it WILL run out - then what?

You fully expect someone to run right at you and your guns? How stupid is that? Saddam Hussein mentality.

Military men know better;
But you go ahead and have your little fantasies while the gun mfgers, gun lobbyists and doomsday suppliers bank millions on your stupidity.
Did you buy your ammo with Food Stamps?

CJW| 1.14.13 @ 4:32PM

Purp the Village Idiot

Now purpie descends into racism:

"Oh, and YOU'RE a LOSER ... can't even beat the black man... you're so awful... hahahaha (that's for your last line, you wanna dish it out, then take it)"

Can't even beat the "black man?" So you believe blacks are inferior and easy to beat.
Keep posting moron, you provide fresh material every day.

You are truly an idiot and a racist

Pecos Pete| 1.14.13 @ 6:57PM

When I run out of ammo there won't be any of what I'm shooting at left. But, I guess I could use hammers and knives if I had to.

Pecos Pete| 1.14.13 @ 1:24PM

Stupid Violet:

30,000 Fight For Housing Vouchers in the Sweltering Heat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CODBj9eEfOo

Riot Breaks Out At Housing Assistance Event In Metro Detroit
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/20.....in-taylor/

Jeff67| 1.14.13 @ 8:14PM

The people damaged most by the collapse will be the liberals, because you're delusional enough to believe it isn't coming. It is financially and mathematically inevitable. This is not disputable. The numbers don't lie.

I'm sure you'll keep wallowing in ignorance though. I mean, really, all Obama has to do is point his finger at the republicans and you'll keep falling for it, every time. Do you ever get tired of being a sheep? Just curious.

Deborah D| 1.15.13 @ 8:50AM

Apparently, you were never a Boy Scout -- "be prepared" is their motto. Look, you can denigrate me all you want. I'm used to it from your type. I suggested that the author -- who said he was afraid -- should prepare himself. When we have a president who thinks he is king, a president who refuses to cut spending while our country continues to borrow unheard of amounts of money, the next four years will not be like any we've had before. If you think you'll be protected from the ramifications of Obama's delusional thinking, then I truly pity you. If a mob comes to my door, I will take down as many as I can. I don't plan to surrender to tyranny or a mob or both. So you can ridicule all you want. I plan to prepare.

Occam's Tool| 1.15.13 @ 4:29PM

2.5 acres, with another 2 laying fallow next to me, water on my land, hundreds of miles form the nearest large city. I hear ya, Deb.

Don't forget Gold and Silver.

TankerCMD| 1.14.13 @ 8:54AM

As an alumnus of The American University (BA, Political Science, 1987-1991) where Dr. Trebach teaches, I can assure you that the man deserves some credit for daring to stray from the liberal plantation that is "AU" to (gasp!) express doubt about the Emperor Obama. The American University is so nauseatingly liberal, and stuck in a strange Twilight Zone world where George McGovern/ Hubert Humphrey are considered the middle of American politics, that conservative students were regarded as exotic curiosities; gays and Palestinian sympathizers enjoyed more support than conservatives did. ...which is why I have never donated a cent to the school, in spite their clueless solicitations. Give Dr. Trebach a little credit for daring to suspect there might be another wordly beyond the American U lefty plantation.

MelvinNC| 1.14.13 @ 9:26AM

He and the other academics dug their hole, not let them fall into it.
I respect the good doctor for his accomplishments, that cannot be taken away from him. But he and his colleagues common sense is appalling.
The academics created this monster, and now they will be destroyed by it.

C. Vernon Crisler | 1.14.13 @ 9:32AM

We are having a Jonah moment. If the good professor shows fruits worthy of repentance then we won't be so angry. See, e.g., David Horowitz & Peter Collier.

notfooled| 1.14.13 @ 9:07AM

Well, I'll be dammed. Little Arny Whinny wants a "bailout" from conservatives!
Now there's an original suggestion.
Hmmm, where have I heard that word "bailout" used before?

Bill Woffle| 1.14.13 @ 9:09AM

I can sympathize with Mr. Trebach's despair, since I have been in that state since an evening in November of 2007, but he need look no further than a mirror to see the root of this despair. Obama, for all his failings, is more of a symptom than a cause. He didn't simply walk into the presidency. A majority of the electorate wanted him there. Whether that desire was rooted in ignorance or knowledge makes no difference, the pathology remains the same. Why blame the Prince of Fools than the fools who made him Prince? That a majority of the electorate would willingly choose such an individual for the highest elective office in the land is the real reason for despair.

PetarK| 1.14.13 @ 9:09AM

Despair . . . You cite all of Obama's failures going back to college and yet you voted for him? Now you claim you are despondent? Where were you in 2008? I am saddened by the current state of affairs that our country faces and do agree that both Democrats and Republicans share fault. However, this does not give a pass to this president nor those of you who voted for him. Shame.

Lullabys Legends and Lies| 1.14.13 @ 9:19AM

There's no need to kick Arnold S. Trebach, J.D., Ph.D., (the author of several books, and blah, blah blah) while he's down, at least he had the honesty to admit he's made a big error (a very BIG ERROR)!! The question to ask now is, what are you going to do now, from here on out, to help change the way we're going? What are you going to do differently at your beloved American University? Are you finally going to condemn your fellow professors, when they continue to push their Liberal/Socialist ways? If not, then why'd you write this? We didn't really need to hear that you're sorry (that kind of rings hollow)!! We need to hear that you've changed your ways, and you finally seen the light!! We need more voices of opposition, wherever they may come from, to stop our Government from continuing down the path we are on right now (which is the path to Hell itself)!! So if you are willing to step into the ring and start fighting this battle with us, then I say welcome to the fight!! If not, then thanks for wasting our time!! I for one believe that people can change for the better, and hopefully you can become a new ally in this never-ending battle between Freedom and Tyranny!!

R Martin| 1.14.13 @ 10:17AM

I know you are reading this, Professor. Please favor us with a reply. And also address the comments of Louis Jenkins below. Thanks,

Albert Constantine Jr.| 1.14.13 @ 11:24AM

Yes, now that Lucy is done 'splainin', get to work with all of us on cleaning up the mess.

TLP| 1.14.13 @ 1:16PM

Is it just me?

Or, are you BEGGING for a Contest, this Friday?

Pecos Pete| 1.14.13 @ 1:24PM

Yes plssseeeaseee.

TLP| 1.14.13 @ 2:47PM

Really?

TLP| 1.14.13 @ 2:49PM

Seriously.

Was I the only one Bored S**t this weekend, with nothing to do on the Computer?

It's Winter.

There's not that much to do.

Pecos Pete| 1.14.13 @ 2:58PM

Chop wood, split same. Make fire in stove, keep stove hot. Drink vodka by the gallon. Play Tim's Game.

Albert Constantine Jr.| 1.14.13 @ 4:14PM

It is definitely a preventative (dare I say prophylactic?)/cure for Seasonal Affective Disorder.

TLP| 1.14.13 @ 4:20PM

I don't know how much more of this, I can take.

TLP| 1.14.13 @ 4:24PM

No more.

I'm just gonna make my one comment, and then go live my life.

I can do better than this.

And, so can you all.

R Martin| 1.14.13 @ 8:08PM

Shane! Come back!

Albert Constantine Jr.| 1.14.13 @ 8:44PM

TLP: Where I'm going, you can't follow. What I've got to do, you can't be any part of. I'm no good at being noble, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of one obscure website don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you'll understand that.

CJW| 1.14.13 @ 8:18PM

Albert
Seasonal Affective Disorder, the old winter blues dressed up so shrinks can charge you for it. I was surprised when I first saw it in a medical report years ago. I think they also linked lack of sunlight to it.

Albert Constantine Jr.| 1.14.13 @ 8:45PM

Like so many other things, it's only a disorder if you let it get to you.

KennesawJack| 1.14.13 @ 7:51PM

It's called livin' the good life, Pete.

Kwan| 1.14.13 @ 9:24AM

When Neo ("The Matrix") took the red pill he discovers that what he thought was the real world was actually a simulated reality ( called The Matrix). It would seem that the red pill for author Trebach was 4 years of total disaster by the most unqualified bum to be elected President in the history of the United States. The leftist MSM continues to try and perpetuate the Matrix of Illusion that Obama has the country on the right track, but the red pill of reality rejects such nonsense and reveals the ugly truth.

Albert Constantine Jr.| 1.14.13 @ 9:29AM

...the contest continues...

Kwan| 1.14.13 @ 10:57AM

Or you can take the Blue Pill and stay locked into the left's simulated reality http://funnypages.org/tag/obama-what-me-worry

TLP| 1.14.13 @ 1:18PM

Mr. Kwan.

Just say the word, and we'll be Contesting in 4 Days.

Kwan| 1.14.13 @ 8:16PM

I'm ready and so is Albert.

CJW| 1.14.13 @ 8:20PM

It is better than swatting away the same old lefty drivel from purpie and his basement brigade.

Pecos Pete| 1.14.13 @ 9:29AM

Definition of fool, sucker, stupid: Arnold S. Trebach, J.D., Ph.D.

fmm| 1.14.13 @ 9:32AM

given your background you would have been expected to be a fool the first time. But, despite your protestations, this article indicates you still are. Where do you explain the efforts you made to overcome your first foolish vote?

sickofit5| 1.14.13 @ 9:37AM

The last line of his bio says it all. "He was involved as a front line protester in the original civil rights movement and has been a federal civil rights official." In his little pea brain he overcame any semblance of common sense by ignoring the obvious because of white guilt. My conservative black friends blame people like Trebach as the reason we are living this nightmare. Idiots all.

Occam's Tool| 1.15.13 @ 4:35PM

So don't accuse him of racism for opposing Obama. Damn. Wow.

Dickhead, I spend my time saving the lives of impoverished native Americans in a rural area where the winter can get down to below MINUS thirty. Both my adopted kids are Hispanic Indians. And I ain't never voted for Obama and realized he was a semantic null from moment one.

Of course, I'm an MD, not a JD, PhD (I am guessing NOT in a hard science). My job included evaluating psychopaths for years.

Dr. Trebach, if you didn't vote for Romney, shuddup. If you did, when you going to join the Tea Party?

David Scott| 1.14.13 @ 9:42AM

When I first became aware of Obama in '07, I was immediately struck by the fact that he had no experience or accomplishments inside of any empirical, meritorious system; he was a pure academician/politician. That's a horrible shallowness, in terms of practical experience. Recognize: He had NO executive experience (much less any underlying foundational experiece) - not in business, but also not in government; he was never a Governor of a state, and never a Mayor of so much as a small town. But, people voted to make him the Chief Executive of the Federal Government, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces? The collective intelligence of this country is truly diminished - and how in hell does a J.D., Ph.D., etc., vote for an empty suit like Obama? Well, the world is full of educated fools. The disaster that is Obama will not be fully revealed until everything he wishes to manifest, manifests. America will be America in name only after the next four years - and I wouldn't be surprised to see a manufactured crisis materialize, to suspend Constitutional adherence, in order for Obama to suspend the next election....... If you think that sounds crazy, imagine describing an Obama-type person occupying the White House to someone 20 years ago: They'd tell you there'd be no way for it to happen...

Stormy| 1.14.13 @ 9:47AM

It is liberals such as Arnold that got us to this point. Many of the red flags he mentions were clearly available before the first election. Heck, even I saw them. so, how did a distinguished educator not see them? Arnold did not mention it, but who did he vote for in he recent election? Did he think that he was not pleased with Obama's first term, but was frightened by the fake campaign against Mitt Romney? No, Arnold, you are the people that got us where we are. You are the people that will be among the first to suffer.

Louis Jenkins| 1.14.13 @ 9:48AM

Praise the Lord! My son was lost, but now he is found! We would give him another inheritance to squander, but there is none left since Obama is raising taxes. But I have this fancy decoder ring to put on your hand, and you may sit in the rickitty chair next to me. Yes, it is sacreligious, but if you couldn't have seen through the man in 2007-2008 with the rest of us, why are you protesting so much now?

You wanted the man, and we certainly have him. You could have held your nose and pulled the lever for McCain like the rest of us, but the sweet smell of Chicago permeated the voting booth. We've got a man raised in Chicago politics, and a Marxist to boot! The best of all worlds. Re-distribution, ummm, ummmph.

Now, get off your dingle berried rump, and start working against Obama. Let your briars and brambles be a hinderance to his steps. Be an old plow mule and not move when Obama wants you to. Write articles about his astounding stupidity. Do everything within your power to show his ineptitude.

Give us a reason to rejoice that the wayward son has returned!

Tina B| 1.14.13 @ 10:20AM

Ooh, good job Louis!

squalis| 1.14.13 @ 9:54AM

Dear Mr. Trebach,

Given his lack of domonstrable leadership or accomplishment leading up to his 1st Presidential election, something you have detailed nicely, one can only guess at the irrational thinking that possessed you to vote for Mr. Obama the first time. It may be impolite to say, but it is people like you that handed Mr. Obama to us. It is people like you that shoulder the burden for the risks of your "pessimistic forecasts" we face.

Sincerely,
Squalis

JimP| 1.14.13 @ 10:23AM

Good analysis Mr. Trebach. So, what the @#$#% were you thinking in 2008? I can understand dumb college kids getting fooled by this transparent hustler, but a guy your age, with your analytical abilities. You have NO excuse.

Pecos Pete| 1.14.13 @ 10:48AM

JimP: Actually, the good PHD has no analytical abilities. Otherwise, I agree with your post.

Simon Templar| 1.14.13 @ 10:26AM

"I have been a liberal Democrat and voted for him in his first election."

Perhaps you could tell us why you posted this article you wrote with a conservative web magazine? If you are truly sorry then post it with the NY Times or the Huffington Post. Your preaching to the choir here. Shout it out to your fellow liberal democrats, ask for a spot on CNN.
I am not sure what value this is to us here.

Russel| 1.14.13 @ 10:27AM

Authors concluding paragraph will prob prove to be prophetic . Our Founders knew all too well how fragile liberty and freedom are and took the steps to give us the tools to keep it . That's precisely why the new American socialist party is trying to remove those tools . Zero and party are moving fast in order to cement themselves before the next four years expire . Reason why they're moving on immigration - to give themselves a permanent majority . Those of us who are vigilant won't take it lying down .

TankerCMD| 1.14.13 @ 10:29AM

Gentle Reader, I can assure you as an American University alumnus (1987-1991) that Dr. Trebach deserves credit, not contempt, for daring to sniff out and wander away from the electric shock invisible doggie fence that is political "discourse" at American University. During my years there the school's Kennedy Political Union (the name says it all) would hold "political debates" with a panel of 4-5 hard leftists in lockstep, and one token moderate liberal. The "debate" consisted of the hard leftists nodding in fervent agreement with each other and taking a few half-heated, feeble pot shots at the moderate liberal, who barely resisted. Given the state of academic "freedom" at AU, give the man credit for finally squirming in his lefty straight jacket after decades of indoctrination.

TankerCMD| 1.14.13 @ 10:31AM

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 11:42AM

You've never been to a Tea Party rally, I see.

Doctor Right| 1.14.13 @ 12:58PM

I have. On the Mall, in DC, in 2009.

It was fantastic.

Doctor Right| 1.14.13 @ 12:59PM

But you've never been to one, you lying, sniveling jackass.

TankerCMD| 1.14.13 @ 10:31AM

BackToBasics| 1.14.13 @ 10:53AM

Currently,the ONLY 2 things Obama or any of the democrats are good at are trumping RINOs and fooling enough Americans and illegals into voting for him / them.

In the near future, when the country unravels further, they will demonstrate one more ability; a heavy-handed control against the remaining productive and honest people in the country.

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 11:44AM

Democrat, Independents and Republicans are all productive and honest people.

Stop whitewashing everyone with a broad brush of generality.

I mean you have Rush Limbaugh and OMG, Glenn Beck and Alex Jones - rabid, radical voices that are hardly the pinnacle of sanity.

Doctor Right| 1.14.13 @ 1:00PM

Well, you have Perez Hilton and Toure'...

That's something, I guess.

CJW| 1.14.13 @ 4:33PM

Purp the Village Idiot

Now purpie descends into racism:

"Oh, and YOU'RE a LOSER ... can't even beat the black man... you're so awful... hahahaha (that's for your last line, you wanna dish it out, then take it)"

Can't even beat the "black man?" So you believe blacks are inferior and easy to beat.
Keep posting moron, you provide fresh material every day.

You are truly an idiot and a racist

BackToBasics| 1.14.13 @ 4:52PM

I never said who they were. You just assumed I was including all democrats. Why are you so sensitive about it?

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 11:41AM

" the blame must be placed squarely on the shoulders of Mr. Obama and his administration. He has been in power for four years and he promised that he would deal with all of our major problems. He has not done so." - But. of course, you are so wrong. The President doesn't control the money - Congress does.

Given that he had a Republican Party bent on destroying him, intransigent, racist and countering him at every turn for everything he did, he has done remarkably well.
And, don't bother to throw the "he had 2 years with complete Democratic control" canard - that's a bald-faced lie, and if you bother to check, you know why. (Hint: Filibuster and Blue Dog Democrats) .
He nowhere near had the majorities enjoyed by FDR or LBJ to get things done.

In Military, Diplomatic, Financial, Health, Social, and International Affairs, he has done an outstanding job of keeping us safe and away from complete economic disaster.
He has set us on a path to lower healthcare costs and better (altho not enough) financial soundness.

Since you and most, if not all, here did not live through the Great Depression, you have no clue what this President did to save the country from certain ruin.

Nor do you give him credit for finalizing a huge and costly stupid foreign adventure, the IraQ War. On top of that, he, and he alone, gave the order to go after Bin Laden and capture/kill him. He is winding down the Afghan War as well - no credit there, of course.

Oldefarte| 1.14.13 @ 11:47AM

Purp is the anti-Arnold....oh he who is too blind to see!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 12:17PM

To see what? What glorious news do you have that I cannot see? Hmmmm?

Doctor Right| 1.14.13 @ 1:00PM

Your impending demise...

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 3:22PM

Says the lunatic fringe...

Doctor Right| 1.14.13 @ 3:42PM

LOL!

Yeah...that's what the Left said in the Weimar Republic in 1932!

You fools are playing with a fire that you can't contain.

Your opponents aren't just angry; they're furious. And they're not going to simply sit by and watch you malcontents and left-wing losers destroy the country they love without a fight.

You don't like the Tea Party? Then keep up the crap, 'cuz what comes next will make the Tea Party look like...well, like a Tea Party.

And remember, dipstick...Not only are your opponents REALLY angry...

They're also heavily armed.

Have a gay ole day!

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 6:18PM

Stop the macho bs... you're a wimp and you know it. You're party will wimp out as usual.

You will agree to let illegals stay here and get citizenship, you will agree to gay marriage, you will raise the debt limit and you will agree to gun control.

You can be mad all you want, but luckily not all your side is stupid like you. Or maybe they are. Either way, you are in the minority for the forseeable future while we take our country back from the radical fringers.

Hillary in 2016!

Michelle Obama in 2024... !

Simon Templar| 1.14.13 @ 1:56PM

Maybe you need to reread the article written by your fellow liberal democrat..he will explain to you just what it is that is wrong that you refuse to see....

Simon Templar| 1.14.13 @ 1:58PM

When you are done there look for democrat Pat Cadelle's recent speech to Texas conservatives. He will also explain it to you.

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 3:24PM

Pat Cadell is no Democrat - not since Jimmy Carter's days.
He's another Dick Morris type .. a turncoat. I ignore him.

Doctor Right| 1.14.13 @ 3:42PM

Quick! Someone notify Pat Cadell!

He'll be very worried, no doubt...

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 6:32PM

If you don't know that he hasn't been supporting Democratic politics for decades now, you really are dumb.

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 3:26PM

No, I don't need to re-read a neocon plant's rant against Obama.
As I have pointed out elsewhere here, he is wrong in his estimation of this President.

Doctor Right| 1.14.13 @ 3:43PM

How so?

Please enlighten us, point-by-point.

...snicker...

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 6:33PM

Already did, pointy head. You really are thick as a brick, aren't you.

No need to discuss with your further - you don't want answers.

Controse| 1.14.13 @ 12:17PM

Quick all you Florida swampland salesmen get in touch with Purp. Sales hint: tell him Obama, or whoever he is, bought some.

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 1:06PM

Oh, so you were not sold a pig-in-a-poke with Mitt Romney? Karl Rove did you proud? You've been on a roll since GW Bush stumbled into office, is that it?
People in Glass Houses ... well, ya know.

Simon Templar| 1.14.13 @ 1:47PM

So, what's your point? People in glass houses should not throw stones at others in their glass houses? You were fooled less, but nevertheless fooled, than Republican voters? You were sold a pig-in-a-polk but at least you knew it?

Doctor Right| 1.14.13 @ 3:44PM

I voted for Bush. Twice.

And I don't regret it, either.

(Watching the Democrats get snookered in Florida in 2000 was a JOY!)

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 6:34PM

You WOULD support Baby Bush... and his "Strategery" ... LMFAO ... what a lame-ass president. Stupid drunk evangelical bobblehead.

CJW| 1.14.13 @ 4:34PM

Purp the Village Idiot

Now purpie descends into racism:

"Oh, and YOU'RE a LOSER ... can't even beat the black man... you're so awful... hahahaha (that's for your last line, you wanna dish it out, then take it)"

Can't even beat the "black man?" So you believe blacks are inferior and easy to beat.
Keep posting moron, you provide fresh material every day.

You are truly an idiot and a racist

squalis| 1.14.13 @ 12:59PM

Greatly surprised it took you this long in the thread to use the "r" word.

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 1:09PM

Oh, would that be like using "Shuckin' and Jivin'" to describe the President like one Republican Governor said or "Lazy" like another former Republican Governor said?
You mean that kind of "r" reference?
People in Glass Houses ... well, ya know.

Simon Templar| 1.14.13 @ 1:54PM

Well, it beats war criminal, nazi, racist, stupid, white trash, republican slut, media whore, tea bagger...
Yeah, people who live in liberal glass houses with state subsidized solar panels that do not work....

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 3:30PM

"Well, it beats war criminal, nazi, racist, stupid, white trash, republican slut, media whore, tea bagger..." - with descriptions of your side like that - do you think you just might possibly be wrong? Hmmmm?

What Americans do you know live like that?

Doctor Right| 1.14.13 @ 3:47PM

He is lazy.

He is an intellectual lightweight.

He's an over-rated intelligence.

Ever wonder why, although the Editor of the Harvard Law Review is REQUIRED to publish, that requirement was waived for Obama?

Ever wonder why he was NEVER a real Professor at the U of C?

No. You don't wonder. Because you're as lazy as he is. You're a leftist.

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 6:36PM

You have really drunk the Kool-Aid, haven't you? All your info comes from right wing media entertainment, doesn't it?
Well, you may enjoy being stupid.

The rest of America knows better.
Have a nice day! LMAO

squalis| 1.14.13 @ 7:16PM

Yep, that was pretty ugly of Governor Cuomo (D-NY).

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/.....80914.html

squalis| 1.14.13 @ 7:16PM

Yep, that was pretty ugly of Governor Cuomo (D-NY).

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/.....80914.html

Denver Todd| 1.14.13 @ 11:42AM

Hi Mr. Tyrrell, Arnold Trebach here. I would like to pitch an essay idea in which I, a lifelong liberal Democrat, regret voting for Obama. I will point out all the terrible things Obama has done and may do in the future. I don't have too many ideas of my own, so I will read Spectator.org going back to before he was elected the first time. I know it will be a lonely endeavor, catching up to what everyone knew in the first place. Readers of the essay will write such in their comments. They need to realize that I am first a liberal, and after that an American. I believe that human nature is basically good and that cultural, political, and economic inputs are the only thing that keep people from realizing their full potential. I was only voting for Obama because I thought he could decide what was good for mankind and make it happen. After all, that's progress!

Controse| 1.14.13 @ 12:10PM

Blind spots materialize at the most unexpected times and in the most unexpected places. Here we have a professor emeritus of public affairs ably lamenting our peril and Obama's, or whoever he is,modus operandi without calling for a leader to step forward to aggressively counter the national demise rapidly approaching. A ground swell just won't cut it.

Tom Anderson| 1.14.13 @ 12:27PM

I am trying to understand something Mr. Trebach.

You cite a number of issues with our "President". About his activities with the Harvard Law Review. His lackluster performances and lack of any real work in law or in writings. His voting "present". His lack of experience.

All these factors were well known well BEFORE his election. Sarah Palin had much more experience and proven results than he did, and she was laughed off by the media as being ignorant and inexperienced, which is what Obama has proven he in fact is.

And now you are worried because a guy who had no credentials and no business running for this office can't do the job? Why should that be a shock? He is delivering on exactly what he promised, transforming the country. At least he is honest at that as he transforms it into a toilet.

So that brings us to the big question. If you are such a deep thinker, why did you vote for this guy? You either were in a cave when all the negative things about this guy was public knowledge, or you voted for him because he was black. Which one?

So sorry you are suddenly scared. You're like the guy that shoved me off the Titanic, then you get scared when they run out of lifeboats. You're now in the drink with the rest of us. Stop complaining.

Bandido| 1.14.13 @ 12:33PM

Obama is not a master politician. Most anyone who is articulate and affable can rise on the Left, especially a minority candidate. The press will create the aura and the mythology around the individual. He will not have to say or do much more than utter leftist banalities and platitudes. Has Obama ever done more than that?

Citizen Jerry| 1.14.13 @ 12:36PM

It appears that Mr. Trebach is trying to assuage his conscience by bethumping us with words. He may call the president a "disaster," but I live in Realityville. To me, he's a tyrant.

My advice to Mr. Trebach would be -- You voted for him. Now you have him. So stop whining.

Bob S| 1.14.13 @ 12:51PM

This is the man who can do no wrong, and any accusation of wrongdoing is racist.

Gotta love his Get Out of Jail Free Race Card.

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 1:10PM

Another word for it is the "Teflon President" ... remember that?

Was that racist too?

Simon Templar| 1.14.13 @ 1:41PM

Do you ever read your own commentary or are you just another knee jerk liberal? You contradict yourself.

Your own words, "Given that he had a Republican Party bent on destroying him, intransigent, racist and countering him at every turn for everything he did...."

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 6:38PM

Not so.
You really don't know what I'm talking about, do you? Beyond your comprehension, is that it?

Let's start here:
Who was the "Teflon President" - do you know?

Now, care to explain the contradiction, Chuckles?

PCPSmokerII| 1.14.13 @ 8:55PM

'Teflon President" would be acceptable is SOMEONE, anyone, dared to attack him. They don't. There are no attacks on Obama that do not start with "he's a nice guy and a great family man."
Obama is more an arrogant schmuck who is going up against retarded children named Palin, Boehner, McCarthy, NRO, Weekly Standard, Romney, and others.

Burlington| 1.14.13 @ 1:19PM

Dr. Trebach,
How could anyone with the smarts to earn a Ph.D. and access to 20 min. of internet time in 2008 admit to voting for BHO? JackCashill proved that communist and terrorist Bill Ayers wrote his lauded book, proving he is a liar. Drs. Sam Vaknin and Ali Sina pointed out his narcissistic personality disorder and others his genetic connection to ardent pornographer and Communist Franklin Davis.

atilla| 1.14.13 @ 1:26PM

hey arnie,
i'm no phd, but i saw the big zero coming the day he announced.

wtf convinced you to vote for him the first time......you're a self loathing white man.

Hardcard| 1.14.13 @ 1:46PM

Isn't this guy Trebach the host of Jeopardy ? TAS is going showbiz first Benny Stein and now Arnie Trebach, two game show hosts and counting. I'll take door #2 E.Bob.

Anthony| 1.14.13 @ 2:03PM

One cannot criticize Obozo without being called a racist. It's classic Alinsky and Orwell as practiced by the left.
All opposition must be silenced, ridiculed and marginalized.The whores in the media have done their jobs well.
What the left and Washington refuse to see however, is that the pressure cooker is about to explode, as they happily turn up the heat in their quest to destroy America.
And if I played as many rounds of golf as Obozo did these past 4 years, not only would I admit to being lazy, but my handicapp would be single digits.

Ralph Novy| 1.14.13 @ 2:29PM

"The national debt is at an historic high. So is unemployment."

Yes.

And those two things are causally linked! When employment goes up, the debt goes down. There are more payroll taxes and there is more economic activity that generates revenues. That's just Econ 101 (post 1932).

Certainly the Obama administration has not done enough to address the unemployment issue -- but why is that? Who have been obstructing efforts to "stimulate" the economy and create jobs? Yes, that's right -- the very Republicans Mr. Trebach wants to let off the hook. Their partisan-motivated and largely disingenuous calls for "austerity" measures are why we are in this situation.

There's quite a bit of blame to go around. But it is foolish, at best, to suggest that is mostly Obama's fault.

Pecos Pete| 1.14.13 @ 3:08PM

RN: "Who have been obstructing efforts to "stimulate" the economy and create jobs? "

King O's EPA, OSHA, IRS, HHS, DoE, in fact, all of the Administrative Departments within King O's regime.

Be gone ye KingOdreck.

vtwin| 1.14.13 @ 3:15PM

“The national debt is at an historic high.”

Technically true but misleading because this is also true for every year of every administration since at least 1980.

Job| 1.14.13 @ 3:45PM

WOW comments more than 20 to 1 for burn the witch; while were on the subject Obeah man has UN/agenda 21 in his sites and looks at the chicken bones and says:

"I see continued collusion, with my Republican allies who will convince the "other" sheep (here castigating Trebach) that they are still a viable alternative even though their agenda is the same as mine."

1ConservativeUSA| 1.14.13 @ 3:45PM

The author is one of many who chose to ignore the history and warning signs of this most fallacious and unworthy candidiate, and by doing so helped to usher tyranny into our nation.

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 6:38PM

Blah, blah, blah ... talking points again.

SukieTawdry| 1.14.13 @ 4:37PM

Obama was president of HLR, not its editor. Editors actually have to do work; Mr. Obama did none (he barely even showed up-the joke that year was, "Where's Barack"? "Working from home."). The Law Review over which he presided is the least cited in the Review's history. He himself contributed nothing and questioned why he should leave a paper trail that could some day come back to haunt him.

I have no sympathy for anyone who voted for Obama even the first time. You had to dig and certainly look beyond the media's circus surrounding the messianic creature they concocted, but the character of the man was plain to all who bothered to do that.

If, for instance, you had looked, you might not have so easily overcome your "disgust" with Jeremiah Wright. You might have learned about the Marxist, racist, separatist, anti-Semitic Black Liberation Theology Trinity United Church and Rev. Wright embrace (Obama talked about his search for a church that "spoke to me"-his choice of Trinity United is highly illustrative). That the good reverend was not only his pastor of 20 years, but his "spiritual guide" and his political mentor, a man with whom he consulted prior to making any political move. You might have found utterly ridiculous the claim that since he wasn't in church on those Sundays Wright made his most egregious pronouncements from the pulpit, Obama knew nothing about his anti-Americanism, his racism, his anti-Semitism.

But you didn't and you voted for him. Live with it.

Purp| 1.14.13 @ 6:45PM

Your Baby Bush cost the lives of 2800 Americans on 9/11 ... then again 1800 from Katrina... and over 6000 Americans from Iraq and Afghanistan, not to mention crashing the economy in 2008 under his watch.
Now, you think Obama is not a good President. In view of Bush, Obama is a miracle worker.

I know it hurts, but your boys don't know how to govern, and America knows now, and they won't be winning any elections anytime soon.

Enjoy Democratic Rule for the next 24 years. I know I will.

Please nominate that RINO NJ Governor Christie. Please. Ooh, ooh, or even better, Rick Santorum?
How about that token Cuban refugee, Rubik Cubio?
And to top it off, how about that dwarf, Dopey "Medicare for No One" Ryan with the radar ears?

Oldefarte| 1.14.13 @ 8:20PM

As two drunk Hisbanics stumbled out of the liquor -bar at 5AM into the blinding glare of the rising sun, one turned to the other and said: % OH JOSE CAN YOU SEEEEE..... BY THE DAWNS EARLY LIGHT......%%%%%

PCPSmokerII| 1.14.13 @ 8:56PM

Racist and unfunny. You are a piece of shit. Your mother is a whore too.

PCPSmokerII| 1.14.13 @ 8:52PM

Does anyone care what some asshole Obama voter has to say? Fuck this moron. Fuck his white guilt trip. Fuck Obama voters.

LobaAzul| 1.15.13 @ 12:17AM

Welcome to the party, pal.

hrgfue | 1.15.13 @ 1:57AM

2013 Happy New Year,NFL,NBA,fashion kickoff for u

CHAUSSURES FEMME AIR MAX LTD | 1.15.13 @ 2:31AM

His failures of leadership were the main causes of the horrors around the fiscal cliff.

Joe D.| 1.15.13 @ 10:39AM

Mr. Trebach, just remember there are some stupid liberal/socialist that read these columns who make stupid comments. They are not conservatives. I think most of them were not attaching you for your wake up article yesterday. I for one am glad you have join us. I hope for more than just civil rights.

trickard| 1.17.13 @ 5:16PM

Arnold, your worst fears are unfortunately far too optimistic. Thanks, pal, for helping to trash the country. My grandchildren will curse guys like you.

Longplay| 1.17.13 @ 7:39PM

"His political skills helped him get selected as the editor of the prestigious Harvard Law Review. Yet he proved a failure as the leader of that publication. There is no evidence that he authored one written comment or publication during his entire tenure."

For Obama, that he was able once more to get credit for doing something while not doing anything is a sign of success, not failure. His entire life he's made a career out of pulling the wool over the eyes of the gullible and those afflicted with "white guilt". He did this to his own grandmother and bragged about it in his book. We're fools if we expect him to do any differently by us lowly citizens clinging to our guns and religion, two items he's intent on wresting from us.

gray man| 1.22.13 @ 8:45PM

"To put fine point on the matter, our president terrifies me, even though during most of my life I have been a liberal Democrat and voted for him in his first election."
The sad thing about your article is that all you mention about obummer was evident before you voted for him the first time. And yet you still voted for him.

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