One can only imagine how Marines at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay, subjected to working out at their gym with President Barack Hussein Obama must feel when reading the general email he sent under the cover of “-Friend”, just one day later.
In Obama’s own defiant words:
“I've got 12 months left to squeeze every ounce of change I can while I'm still in office. And that's what I intend to do.”
Yet, only on Christmas Day the Associated Press reported that in spite of Obama being “one of the most powerful men in the world” and commander in chief of “one of its mightiest militaries, too”, Obama “feels inadequate from time to time”--”especially when he’s vacationing in Hawaii and working out alongside strapping Marines at their gym”.
Oozing with artificial charm at the base after reportedly opening gifts and “singing Christmas carols with his family in the morning”, was the commander in chief trying to take the Marines off guard with flattery?
“The only problem I’ve got when I’m here is having to work out with Marines in the gym,” Obama said during his annual Christmas Day visit with U.S. troops at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay. “Because I generally feel like your commander in chief is in pretty good shape, and then I get next to some guy, you know, curling 100 pounds and it makes me feel small.” (
Blaze, Dec. 26, 2015)
“Obama works out at the base gym just about every day when he vacations here. With New Year’s Day approaching, though, he told the troops he’s inspired “to work harder so I can keep up with you next year.”
Does the president who feels “small” when among the military talk one way to the Marines and another way when he’s addressing the entire Christmas holidaying nation via email?
You can bet next month’s rent that he would never dare to admit to patriotic Marines ready to protect their motherland that:
“I've got 12 months left to squeeze every ounce of change I can while I'm still in office. And that's what I intend to do.”
No one has to read between the lines that a boldly stated mission “to squeeze every ounce of change I can” is as aggressive as it is defiant; a mission that would be better used on the Islamic State.
In his email, Obama goes from aggressive to a somewhat begging stance when he asks Americans to “say you’ll watch the State of the Union”.
“On January 12, I'll be giving my last State of the Union address. I want you to watch, and say you're ready to keep up the fight in 2016 -- because your voice matters just as much as mine does.
“OFA is one of the groups getting people fired up to take action in 2016. Say you'll watch the State of the Union, and commit to taking action next year.”
The fancy footwork of his administration on climate change, he boasts, is creating jobs.
“...America is now leading by example on climate change. The Clean Power Plan will cut carbon pollution from power plants by 32 percent by 2030. We've cut our oil imports by more than half, while doubling clean energy production from wind, solar, and geothermal -- creating steady sources of good jobs that can't be outsourced.
“Even as our economy is growing, America has cut our carbon pollution overall more than any other advanced nation on Earth. And we just helped secure the most ambitious global climate agreement in history.
“These are your accomplishments, and that's what I want to celebrate with you on January 12. As long as you're out there organizing, on whatever issue you're organizing around, America has a bright future ahead.
“Let's lean into that in 2016. Add your name today to say you'll watch the State of the Union, and OFA will be in touch soon:”
The holiday season will soon be over and the president who feels small among the Marines but brutal against American citizens, is coming for them.
There’s no other way to take his stated intention, “I've got 12 months left to squeeze every ounce of change I can while I'm still in office. And that's what I intend to do.”
Even so after more than seven long years of Obama taunting and harassment, there are millions of patriots who would fire back: “We’re waiting, Mr. Obama”.
Friend --
I've got 12 months left to squeeze every ounce of change I can while I'm still in office. And that's what I intend to do.
We've done a lot of remarkable things together this year, and it's because of committed citizens like you that this country keeps moving forward. You keep proving the cynics wrong.
On January 12, I'll be giving my last State of the Union address. I want you to watch, and say you're ready to keep up the fight in 2016 -- because your voice matters just as much as mine does.
OFA is one of the groups getting people fired up to take action in 2016. Say you'll watch the State of the Union, and commit to taking action next year.
When we took office, we were losing nearly 750,000 jobs a month. But over the last 69 months, our businesses have created more than 13.7 million new jobs -- the longest streak of private-sector job growth on record -- and the unemployment rate is down to 5 percent.
For the first time more than 90 percent of Americans are now covered, and more than 17 million people have gained health insurance under Obamacare. Insurance companies can't discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions, or charge women more just for being women.
And America is now leading by example on climate change. The Clean Power Plan will cut carbon pollution from power plants by 32 percent by 2030. We've cut our oil imports by more than half, while doubling clean energy production from wind, solar, and geothermal -- creating steady sources of good jobs that can't be outsourced.
Even as our economy is growing, America has cut our carbon pollution overall more than any other advanced nation on Earth. And we just helped secure the most ambitious global climate agreement in history.
These are your accomplishments, and that's what I want to celebrate with you on January 12. As long as you're out there organizing, on whatever issue you're organizing around, America has a bright future ahead.
Let's lean into that in 2016. Add your name today to say you'll watch the State of the Union, and OFA will be in touch soon:
Thanks -- and happy New Year,
Barack Obama
Judi McLeod——
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