The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 24% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-two percent (42%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -18.
2010 CPAC blogger of the year, Ed Morrissey, brilliantly summarized this poll result:
It took George Bush almost six years to get to this level of job approval. Obama’s managed it in 14 months. That’s change no one can believe in, apparently.
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When I first heard that a suburban Philadelphia woman was charged with recruiting terrorists, I immediately thought of Susie Madrak of Suburban Guerrilla or the Director of the Chester County Peace Movement. There are so many angry women residing in the Philly suburbs these days, it took a while for me to sort out which one was caught. This time, it was Colleen LaRose or JihadJane who was charged with aiding terrorists and plotting murder.
LaRose is a convert to Islam who actively recruited others, including at least one unidentified American, and her online messages expressed impatience to take action, the official said.
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LaRose, 46, lived in Montgomery County, Pa, before moving to Europe, authorities said. She called herself JihadJane in a YouTube video in which she said she was “desperate to do something somehow to help” ease the suffering of Muslims, the indictment said. According to the 11-page document, she agreed to obtain residency in a European country and marry one of the terrorists to enable him to live there.
“Today’s indictment, which alleges that a woman from suburban America agreed to carry out murder overseas and to provide material support to terrorists, underscores the evolving nature of the threat we face,” said David Kris, assistant attorney general for national security.
The Jawa Report details how Jihad Jane was brought to justice – thanks YouTube Smackdown Group!
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SEN. BARACK OBAMA (D-IL): “In short, the reconciliation process appears to have lost its proper meaning. A vehicle designed for deficit reduction and fiscal responsibility has been hijacked to facilitate reckless deficits and unsustainable debt.” (Sen. Obama, Congressional Record, S .14150, 12/20/05)
This is what happens when you try to practice Keynesianism in the real world. I could do the same by maxing out all my credit cards. It would work really well as long as I had a perpetual ‘bailout’ to save me from bankruptcy.
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Around 300 guests attended the Obama’s first state dinner – not sure if Peggy Joseph made the guest list. Wonder how much this shindig cost the taxpayer?
Meanwhile, outside the specially designed white tent, American’s are struggling with a 17.5% unemployment rate and young black men ( 16-24) are struggling with a 34.5% unemployment rate – the highest since the Great Depression.
Change. You want more?
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Today the White House stepped up its attack on Fox News, announcing that the network would no longer be able to conduct interviews with officials as a member of the Press Pool. The Pool is a five-member group consisting of ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News and NBC organized by the White House Correspondents Association. Its membership is not subject to oversight by the government.
The press corp, to their credit, rebuked Obama and refused to interview the newly minted Czar unless Fox News was allowed to as well. For once, they did the right thing.
Perhaps the honeymoon is over?
Time will tell.
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Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) this week suggested that the Obama administration is attempting to interfere with investigations conducted by government watchdogs and said he will continue to press the White House for information regarding the recent dismissal of Gerald Walpin, the inspector general for the Corporation for National and Community Service. “I kind of get the impression that there’s kind of a crusade early on in this administration to, how would you say it, short circuit inspectors general,” Grassley said earlier this week during an interview.
Apparently it is too uppity for Walpin to actually do his job of auditing tax payer funded operations. Especially when there is a suspicion of corruption, how dare he!
How dare Obama obstruct justice.
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