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How Obama Can Win the Next Election

by Timbre Wolf - Open-Publishing - Saturday 8 October 2011
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While campaigning, for the office of President, Barack Obama made promises. He made these promises to the American people. 

Generally speaking, he promised to "bring the troops home," to close Guantanamo prison, to embrace renewable energy (biofuel, solar, and wind) and address the problem of climate change, to address poverty, and to otherwise make changes we could believe in. 

But today US troops are still abroad, Guantanamo is still open, the tenacles of poverty and homelessness are reaching further and further into the lives of citizens, and renewable energy has been shoved to the back burner. And an amazing new "green" technology has, however, made it into the spotlight. This new wonder energy source? Are you ready for this? It is none other than our old friend - deadly nuclear power. 

So can Mr. Obama run on his 3 year record? . . . uh, well, let’s just say . . . that wouldn’t really work, would it?

So, if you’re a president who is up against the ropes, you’re popularity is faltering, and the stunning array of witless Republican challengers threatens your presidency, what can you do?

Here’s an idea. 

Mr. President, you have shown us how easy it is to renege on your promises to the American people. So throw the switch the other way. Renege on your promises to your corporate sponsors. 

Bring the troops home Mr. Commander-in-chief. Issue an executive order to close the Guantanamo torture facility. Force Congress to put some teeth into environmental legislation and fund it! The public will go crazy for you. 

Corporations cannot save your political career in the next election anyway. Their money, should it come at all, won’t buy a disappointed voter’s ballot. It would be a really good idea to start a populist appeal campaign by adhering to your campaign promises. When you leave office in 5 years you will be the most popular president in a generation or two. 

You have one year to turn this around Mr. President. Git ’er done.     

Forum posts

  • ...his net value went from under 1 million to 70 million.

  • wait you forgot the promises of "Open Government" " 72 hour posting of any bill before voting" " No more lobbiests" We were promised "Change" then he picked Joe Biden for V.P. a guy who has been in the senate for 40 years since Nixon ( so much for change) then we were promised no more partisian "gridlock" then he named Rahm Emanual (the most partisian politician alive today) as his chief of staff. oops Oh well . then he was going to bring "terrorists" to New York for trial, to show the world "how fair we are" remember that? and when that did not work we changed from "fair trial " to flying into Pakistan , invading Osama’s house, shooting an unarmed man in his bedroom in his pajamas in front of his wife and children and then dumping his body in the ocean (or burial at sea ,depending on your point of view) . Then of course we have the new war in Lybia, were bomb Gadafi’s house and kill his 3 grandchildren all under the age of 12 . Yes the above is indeed the makings of the "best president in history" anyone who disagrees is of course "a racist"

  • its pretty obvious how obummer can win the election.
    just like the elections where bush was declared the winner.
    don’t actually count the votes and announce the winner