Too bad Newsweek didnt write this before 08. Date: Thursday, August 28, 2014, 10:01 AM > > > Subject: FW: NEWSWEEK IS NOW > HISTORY Newsweek Is Now > History The liberal Newsweek Magazine is > going out of business but not before it attacks the > President. Wonderful > story! This is quite an article, even > more so when you consider that NEWSWEEK finally had the guts > to admit it. WOW! Newsweek COVER!!! It is their > last cover before they fold. Also read the article at the > end. AMAZING!! Finally, Matt Patterson and > Newsweek speak out about Obama. This is timely and tough. As > many of you know, Newsweek has a reputation for being > extremely liberal. The fact that their editor saw fit to > print the following article about Obama and the one that > appears in the latest Newsweek, makes this a truly amazing > event, and a news story in and of itself. At last, the truth > about our President and his agenda are starting to trickle > through the protective wall built around him by the liberal > media... By Matt Patterson (Newsweek > Columnist - Opinion > Writer) Years from now, historians may > regard the 2008 election of Barack Obama as an inscrutable > and disturbing phenomenon, the result of a baffling breed of > mass hysteria akin perhaps to the witch craze of the Middle > Ages. How, they will wonder, did a man so devoid of > professional accomplishment beguile so many into thinking he > could manage the worlds largest economy, direct the > worlds most powerful military, execute the worlds > most consequential > job? Imagine a future historian > examining Obamas pre-presidential life: ushered into > and through the Ivy League, despite unremarkable grades and > test scores along the way; a cushy non-job as a > community organizer; a brief career as a state > legislator devoid of legislative achievement (and in fact > nearly devoid of his attention, less often did he vote > present); and finally an unaccomplished single > term in the United States Senate, the entirety of which was > devoted to his presidential > ambitions.\ He left no academic legacy in > academia, authored no signature legislation as a legislator. > And then there is the matter of his troubling associations: > the white-hating, America-loathing preacher who for decades > served as Obamas spiritual mentor; a > real-life, actual terrorist who served as Obamas > colleague and political sponsor. It is easy to imagine a > future historian looking at it all and asking: how on Earth > was such a man elected president? There is no evidence that > he ever attended or worked for any university or that he > ever sat for the Illinois bar. We have no documentation for > any of his claims. He may well be the greatest hoax in > history. Not content to wait for history, > the incomparable Norman Podhoretz addressed the question > recently in the Wall Street Journal: To be sure, no white > candidate who had close associations with an outspoken hater > of America like Jeremiah Wright and an unrepentant terrorist > like Bill Ayers, would have lasted a single day. But because > Mr. Obama was black, and therefore entitled in the eyes of > liberal Dom to have hung out with protesters against various > American injustices, even if they were a bit > extreme, he was given a pass. Let that sink in: Obama was > given a pass - held to a lower standard because of the color > of his skin. Podhoretz continues: And in any > case, what did such ancient history matter when he was also > so articulate and elegant and (as he himself had said) > non-threatening, all of which gave him a > fighting chance to become the first black president and > thereby to lay the curse of racism to > rest? Podhoretz puts his finger, I > think, on the animating pulse of the Obama phenomenon -> affirmative action. Not in the legal sense, of course. But > certainly in the motivating sentiment behind all affirmative > action laws and regulations, which are designed primarily to > make white people, and especially white liberals, feel good > about themselves. Unfortunately, minorities often > suffer so that whites can pat themselves on the back. > Liberals routinely admit minorities to schools for which > they are not qualified, yet take no responsibility for the > inevitable poor performance and high drop-out rates which > follow. Liberals dont care if these minority students > fail; liberals arent around to witness the emotional > devastation and deflated self-esteem resulting from the > racist policy that is affirmative action. Yes, racist. > Holding someone to a separate standard merely because of the > color of his skin - thats affirmative action in a > nutshell, and if that isnt racism, then nothing > is. And that is what America did to > Obama. True, Obama himself was never troubled by his lack of > achievements, but why would he be? As many have noted, Obama > was told he was good enough for Columbia despite > undistinguished grades at Occidental; he was told he was > good enough for the US Senate despite a mediocre record in > Illinois; he was told he was good enough to be president > despite no record at all in the Senate. All his life, every > step of the way, Obama was told he was good enough for the > next step, in spite of ample evidence to the > contrary. What could this breed if not the > sort of empty narcissism on display every time Obama speaks? > In 2008, many who agreed that he lacked executive > qualifications nonetheless raved about Obamas oratory > skills, intellect, and cool character. Those people -> conservatives included - ought now to be deeply > embarrassed. The man thinks and speaks in the > hoariest of clichés, and thats when he has his > Teleprompters in front of him; when the prompter is absent > he can barely think or speak at all. Not one original idea > has ever issued from his mouth -its all warmed-over > Marxism of the kind that has failed over and over again for > 100 years. (An example is his 2012 campaign speeches which > are almost word for word his 2008 > speeches) And what about his character? > Obama is constantly blaming anything and everything else for > his troubles. Bush did it; it was bad luck; I inherited this > mess. Remember, he wanted the job, campaigned for the task. > It is embarrassing to see a president so willing to > advertise his own powerless-ness, so comfortable with his > own incompetence. (The other day he actually came out and > said no one could have done anything to get our economy and > country back on track). But really, what were we to expect? > The man has never been responsible for anything, so how do > we expect him to act responsibly? In short: our president is > a small-minded man, with neither the temperament nor the > intellect to handle his job. When you understand that, and > only when you understand that, will the current erosion of > liberty and prosperity make sense. It could not have gone > otherwise with such an impostor in the Oval > Office.
Posted on: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 11:16:48 +0000
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