1 Obama saw the destruction of the Twin Towers and was emboldened to finish the job with the rest of America.  Piece by piece, he seems to be succeeding.

2 I know today is mostly solemn, but could we please have a football thread to cut a little loose?

3 sure, to teach us to feel empathy and compassion towards the sad terrorists plight?

actually i just don't want to think about Obama  or his ideas today.

4 When one's actions cannot be distinguished with another's enemies' actions, The One is on the other side.

5 Yes, because every event in our nation's history is ALL ABOUT OBAMA!    There is no other path....event = Obama.

Effin' boot lickers ....

6 I have one.. bringin it now

7 Imagine that you fell asleep on Sept 10 and woke up on Oct 10, 2001 and saw this newspaper front page.

--Sweet.  Thanks!

8

So,  9/11 inspired Obama's Jihad?

 

9

President Obama, Inspired to Lead by Prey On 9/11

There. Fixed it.

10

2 I know today is mostly solemn, but could we please have a football thread to cut a little loose?

 

A bunch of half-wits toss a rubber ball around.  Does that pretty much cover it?

11 actually i just don't want to think about Obama  or his ideas today.

This.

12 I saw Bush yesterday --- he's the only one I cared about.  So, I didn't watch anything this morning.   I got so tired of the MSM trying to revise history yesterday with their Monday morning quarterbacks and the "I told you so" and the roosting chickens, I just got angry.  On Friday I was sad -- today I'm angry again.

Please God deliver us from these stuttering...............failures.

13

9/11 was cowardly sneak attack on innocent civilians, using our freedoms against us.

Obama's rise to power was a sneak attack on our country, using our freedoms against us.

There are similarities.

14 In short, 9/11 in many ways compelled Barack Obama to become a national leader.

Uh huh. Too bad he didn't pick a different nation to "lead".

15

Obama saw the destruction of the Twin Towers and was emboldened to finish the job with the rest of America.  Piece by piece, he seems to be succeeding.

+++10000000

The fundamental truth of our society, 10 years later.  We've gone from murder victim to suicide in a single decade. 

Why do we have to ever stipulate that Obama has the best interests of the nation at heart?

16

Does that pretty much cover it?

No, it's a leather ball.

And they're quarter-wits.

17 The origins of BHO's rise are clear:  the long-marginalized hard left of the Democratic party (financed primarily by Hollywood and organized labor money) saw an opportunity in 2008 and exploited it ruthlessly.  Bush's unpopularity was toxic, and all but doomed the GOP nominee (McCain did himself no favors, but no GOP-er would have won in 200 .  Support for a Clinton II presidency, which would have put "moderate", NAFTA-supporting, Kosovo bombing DLC-ers in charge, was tepid.  The hard left enticed BHO to run as their champion, took no prisoners, plumbed every depth, and won.  Since then BHO's single duty has been to shovel piles of money at organized labor.  Everything else is incidental.  The persistently high profile of Trumka, Stern and Hoffa prove this.  Any sane politician who actually had control over his operation-- rather than being the tool of an operation--would have put these clowns in a closet a long time ago.  But there they are, giving speeches.  In public they implore Obama to do a better job fighting for them.  In private, they likely threaten him.  In short, 9-11 had zero to do with the ascent of Obama.  Organized labor, its hatred of the Clintons and the Democrats' feckless lack of support for the Iraq war, had everything to do with it.

18

You read it wrong. "empathy on the part of the attackers" means the terrorists can empathize with their victims.

 

There are over 500 words for 'murder' in Arabic, but none for 'empathy'.

True Fact.

19 I was thinking just last night.... does anybody know where Barack Obama was on 9/11?

It just seems odd to me, because one would think that a narcissist who finds a way to make himself the central figure of every single event would be babbling endlessly on this day about where he was and what he was doing.

Hell, even the Clintons didn't disappoint on this score, with their bullshit story about Chelsea jogging in Manhattan near Ground Zero.

Anyone have any idea?

20 I wouldn't put your interpretation past Mr. Tapper, but my reading of that section was that "a fundamental absence of empathy on the part of the attackers" was referring to the attackers lack of empathy, not our lack of empathy for them.

I could be wrong, but it seems to me that is how that locution would usually be phrased/read.

Or it could just be a fundamental lack of perception on the part of this reader.

21

A bunch of half-wits toss a rubber ball around.  Does that pretty much cover it?

Posted by: bernverdnardo at September 11, 2011 12:53 PM

You have profaned the Sacred Sunday Sacrament of Texas, sir.  Also Friday nights, Saturday and Thursday JV games.

22 Eating a waffle with Bill Ayers on the South Side?

23

Exactly. The outrage isn't in the talk about lack of empathy - it's talking about the terrorists lacking empathy. The outrage is a little later, where Obama claims that it comes from: "Most often, though, it grows out of a climate of poverty and ignorance, helplessness and despair.”

So - according to Obama - it's not because they're religious fanatics, it's because they're poor.

24

Let's face it Obama is not the kind of leader who inspires.  He does not project honesty, courage, or honor.  He does project rage, envy, a sense of inferiority, dishonesty and entitlement.

 

In short he is a good representative of the give me class of America.

25 "Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at September 11, 2011 01:03 PM (KxADM)"

Enjoying the sight of roosting chickens?

26 The events surrounding 9/11/01 were simply the first opportunity for Obama to take advantage of his new mantra:  Never let a crisis go to waste.  He capitalized, all right, and as long as his doctrine of fundamentally changing America is allowed to continue, we shall pay a very dear price, literally and figuratively. 

27 Too bad the troll patrol isn't out on all conservative websites.  The conspiracy "it's Bush's fault" trolls are out in full force. 

28

The Left wanted the polar opposite of GWB  and they found it in Barack Obama.

Bush shames him every time he opens his mouth and speaks. 

Obama shames us every time he opens his mouth and speaks.

 

29

But the real outrage of the article is that it represents an attempt by the left to make 9/11 all about THEM, and their empty-suit hero, Obama - to add to their phoney mythology about him - when it really has more to do with Bush & Co.

iIt doesn't strike me as neutral at all, not really even at the beginning. They even use Obama's little girl to pull at heartstrings, for cryin' out loud.

30

21.......I was thinking just last night.... does anybody know where Barack Obama was on 9/11?
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On a conference call....with George Soros and Bill Ayers.

31

does anybody know where Barack Obama was on 9/11?

In a Bath House in Chicago?

32

does anybody know where Barack Obama was on 9/11?

W/ Reggie Love.

In the Shower.

Without a Glove.

33 31 optimizer,

They will airbrush out everyone from the text and pictures but themselves....

I've seen this TV show before in the '30-'52 in the Soviet Union it was called "everyone Loves Dear Leader-or else"...

Their wild gauche overreach is yet another chance for the people of America to judge the seriousness of the Obamas and their enablers....

at some point it stops being about the idiots on the stage and starts becoming about the audience I think this little farce is about that point....

if the electorate claps and embraces this bait and switch and does not wonder why the suddenly hot for "unity" types now weren't so hot then they will never punish the liberals for their antics IMHO, and frankly part of me will die.....

of course the left's last game like this was Vietnam and their antics cost them dearly I still believe the American people know shitty performance when they see it.

34 While some flew planes into buildings others were elected to high office, all goals the same, bring her down.

35 25

Exactly. The outrage isn't in the talk about lack of empathy - it's talking about the terrorists lacking empathy. The outrage is a little later, where Obama claims that it comes from: "Most often, though, it grows out of a climate of poverty and ignorance, helplessness and despair.”

So - according to Obama - it's not because they're religious fanatics, it's because they're poor.

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Yup....and that is the climate change that he is seeking to inflict on us.

 

36 I'v never been a Tapper fan. And it bugs me when people fluff him when he might have said something that might be unbiased.

37 Has anyone mention that Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure yet?

38

Obama had no part of 9/11: the attack, the grief, the anger nor the leadership. He is only at these ceremonies as he is in office. No one cares about him today. He is an after thought for many. "He" did not kill Bin Laden, our SEALS did, carrying out orders from President Bush ten years prior. For him to have to appear next to President Bush has to irritate his little cockles. Please note that I have never put Barky's title and name together in a comment and never will. He is not my president, he is a place-holder for President Perry or whoever the GOP nominates.

For any of you reading today, who signed up to serve and protect the USA after 9/11 (or prior service): thank you from my family's heart. Our military is the greatest force on this earth and bow to no one. (please go listen on youtube to Toby' Keith's "Red, White and Blue" to boost spirits today) May God bless and protect you all.

For any of you reading today, who lost loved ones on 9/11 we will never forget: may God comfort you and give you peace. Know a country grieved for them and still do. You are in my prayers.

For those who have connections to Flight 93: know our country changed from those heroes and a commercial airliner will never, ever be used as a weapon again. Our eternal thanks to those heroes who we will never forget.

The only person I want to hear today is President Bush. I have read his transcript from the Flight 93 Memorial and will listen to his speech later today, as well as watching the National Geographic channel at 9pm tonight. I will not watch our current president. He has no place there.

I will write a check for Soldier's Angel's this week for our troops. I will, and have, continue to pray today for those who are grieving, for our military (77 were wounded today by a barbarian's suicide bomb), and for our country's protection from radical Islamic terrorists: three words Obama and his administration refuse to say.

And may God bless Ace, his co-bloggers, and all Morons and "ettes.

39 President Obama wants to compare te service and sacrifice of men like Rick Rescorla and Orio Palmer to helping-out in a soup kitchen. While we are called to help our fellow man, there is a great difference between acting charitably and willingly giving your life to save others.

40 So - according to Obama - it's not because they're religious fanatics, it's because they're poor.

That is the standard leftist analysis of terrorism.  Which is why dirt-poor Africa is a hotbed of terrorism....

41 Why were clergy banned from the commemoration this morning...and crosses not allowed ....but the SCoaMF reading from the Book of Psalms from the teleprompter OK?

42

How about this phrase?:

*On issues ranging from the War Powers Act to the indefinite detention of accused terrorists, the former constitutional law lecturer has certainly show a certain willingness to get beyond the theoretical and make decisions his advisers call “practical.” In this the responsibility of the presidency is what may have changed him, not 9/11.*

Huh? So in this 9/11 article, they throw this incoherent whatever-that-is - that has nothing to do with anything - and then say it has nothing to do with it. Sounds like maybe their fellow liberals are faulting Obama for something, and are trying refine their rationalizations for how it's somehow OK anyway. This whole quote is so weird in so many ways, it's not funny.

 

But if you really want to get outraged, skip to near the end, and this little gem:

*Extremists thrive, he said, “in conflict zones that are incubators of resentment and anarchy” where they “encourage the exploitation of these hopeless places on their hate-filled websites.” He said then, as he did with different language in his Cairo speech to the Muslim world in 2009, that “America is a compassionate nation that wants a better future for all people.”*

So, on the anniversary of 9/11, this asshole has the nerve to blame the US for these fascist religious fanatics attacking us. But, then, he's quoting Obama, so I guess there are two assholes involved.

43 Actually I don't mind the service aspect associated with 9/11.  Just as long as it doesn't supplant remembrance.

44 43 beedubya,

well as "Secular Messiah" and all he understands how to use religion better than anyone...

I notice that Couric, O'reilly. et al never ask Barry if his faith interferes with his reasson or ability to lead....

there is a reason why.

45

Posted by: ChristyBlinky at September 11, 2011 01:17 PM (fNdyx)

Kieth's Made in America ain't too bad either.

46 fundamental absence of empathy on the part of the attackers: Humm, I thought the reason they did it is because they knew precisely what sort of pain and death they were going to cause. Obviously, they had reasons for doing so, & that is what made them evil.

47 Good afternoon Morons. I have a host of "news" links that I built up this morning waiting for an open thread. I didn't want to trash up the 9-11 threads w/ off topic news so I have waiting. Since we are at the theoreticl 50 post number for O/T I was wondering if ya'll want the news links????

48 Just watched 102 Minutes. You all have a good day, I don't want to hear about politicians, football or any other crap. Turn off TV, listen to some classical music and remember. Bye

49 Where was Obama on 9/11 http://tinyurl.com/4x4jfkd In 2001, Barack Obama was a lawyer, a professor and a state senator. We have this look at the president's 9/11 story. As personal memories of September 11th go, President Obama's are remarkable in how unremarkable they are. Mr. Obama recounted the day as "one bright, beautiful Tuesday morning" a few years ago in an August 2007 speech captured by C-SPAN. "I remember that I was driving to a state legislative hearing in downtown Chicago when I heard the news on my car radio, that a plane had hit the World Trade Center," he said. Then an Illinois state senator, Barack Obama recalled he was on Lake Shore Drive. He continued to the Thompson Center, the state building in downtown Chicago, for a meeting of the policy wonky Joint Committee on Administrative Rules. Vicki Thomas is the committee's director. She and her staff rushed to the Thompson Center when they heard of the attacks. "And on the plaza outside, we began to see members arriving, so we all kind of clustered," Thomas recalled. "They decided to cancel the meeting." "As members arrived, we told them that that had been the decision, and everyone was sharing news, of course, about what had happened, what they had heard," Thomas said. Obama recalls the measures he took that night to assuage his pain. "Michelle and I made love," he said. "In some sense, we were concerned that we were dishonoring the memories of those who perished, but we ultimately concluded that the act was a reaffirmation of life, and of the future. Obama added, however, that Michelle later terminated the resulting pregnancy out of respect for the resources of the planet and the burgeoning population crisis.

50

48 "Humm, I thought the reason they did it is because they knew precisely what sort of pain and death they were going to cause. Obviously, they had reasons for doing so, & that is what made them evil."

Good point. I guess the whole empathy thing is a sort of denial about the real evil afoot here. So Obama's got that "going for him" as well.

51

The collective left feel sorry and stand in solidarity with the human filth that killed so many innocents.

52 Welcome back Vic, I would like to see news links.

53 Do we have any further news on the soldiers injured in Afghanistan?

54 Didja scan the reader comments at the Tapper/ABC piece?

Priceless.

55

43 Why were clergy banned from the commemoration this morning...and crosses not allowed ....but the SCoaMF reading from the Book of Psalms from the teleprompter OK?
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Because Barry didn't want any competition from the clergy at this campaign event.......It's all about him. It's all about the optics: "Here's our dear leader paying homage to the 9/11 victims, and look! He's even reading bible stuff!"

56

That is the standard leftist analysis of terrorism. 

 

...and one of the foundational tenets of the Clinton Foreign Policy.

Never forget that 9/11 was a gift from the Clinton Presidency. 

Born of ignorance rather than avarice, imho.   More than anyhting else, it gave us Bin Laden/Al Qaeda and chose to treat them like 'Bad Guys' in a made for TV drama. 

It was the Clinton administration's insistence on a police approach to international terrorism that netted us this solemn anniversary.  Always waiting for the 'smoking gun' or 'red hand' before acting against terrorists. 

Cowardice and naivete. The Clinton Legacy...oh, and a Cum-Stained Dress.

57

#51

They're making that last stuff up, right? That's a bit over-the-top.

58 Turn off TV, listen to some classical music and remember. Bye

Posted by: Ma Bell at September 11, 2011 01:26 PM (H/MnC)

You have good tastes! I have some Aaron Copland lined up. "Appalachian Spring" is a particular favorite because Copland borrowed the tune from a really cool church hymn titled, "Lord of the Dance."

59 Today is all about how tough it is to be a muslim. I know that because the daily newspaper in my area has been hammering that home for a week.

60 have at 'er, vic

61 It was our fault

62

51......Obama recalls the measures he took that night to assuage his pain. "Michelle and I made love," he said. "In some sense, we were concerned that we were dishonoring the memories of those who perished, but we ultimately concluded that the act was a reaffirmation of life, and of the future. Obama added, however, that Michelle later terminated the resulting pregnancy out of respect for the resources of the planet and the burgeoning population crisis.

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This is one of the most pukeworthy things I've ever read.

63

That hymn, BTW, is a rather light hearted sounding tune about Jesus beating Satan's ass.

64 Got home a little while ago from an extremely moving memorial at our church.  Our pastor gave the most passionate sermon I've heard him give.

He almost angrily asked, "Do we need another 9/11 to bring us back together?  To get over our petty differences?  Do you remember how we gathered together ten years ago, prayed, held hands, and one another?"  I was in tears.

After church my husband and I were alone with him for a while.  We talked about that day, and what's going on in this country now.  Our pastor keeps his politics to himself, but said to us, "God gave us the leader the country needed at that time.  Imagine if it had been Gore." 

And I replied, "God help us if we suffer another 9/11.  I'm afraid we don't have the right man in the White House."  He just nodded.

Prayers for the families of those who lost their lives that day, and for all of us.

65 OK, got two yeahs and no nays so here goes

Terror alert not panning out. All that chatter was jerking our chain

66

Florida Set for Big Role in GOP Presidential Race

I have some news for you Fox, FL has ALWAYS had a big role, this year is no different. And yes, the top three candidates WILL divide Iowa, NH, and SC because the RNC rules have set that very thing. If only they had done the same thing for the rest of the primaries it would be a lot better. As it is, they only made bad winner take all rules worse.

But, as I see it, a big surge by Perry could rap it up totally by FL. If he knocks of favorite daughter Bachmann in Iowa, gives a strong second in NH against favorite son Romney, and then takes SC he would be in the cat bird seat going in to FL. A win there would at the very least knock out all the “noise” candidates.

67 And welcome back, Vic. I'm glad you're doing well!

68 Another civil suit against the union thugs Obama appointed to be "neutral" labor relations monitors

69 51 That report is surely a sick joke, yes? Unbelieveable that anyone would give that as a rationale for an abortion. Equally unbelievable that the two of them made love (to each other).

70 If Al Gore had won the presidency in 2000, would the world beÂ…?

And now this month's fantasy hypothetical question. Twenty-five percent of Americans think the world would be a better place if Al Gore had won the 2000 presidential election and 16 percent think it would be a worse place. Predictably, the former group had more Democrats and the latter more Republicans (surprise!). The majority of Americans (56 percent) led by Independents did not think that the world would be very different at all. Based on the current activities (or lack thereof) occurring in our nation's capitol the majority has it.

71

Bachmann jumping on the SS train now but not as an outright attack on Perry

This is the way Romney should have done it.

72 AJ, you are a very naughty boy.

73

Break out the pudding

Dissatisfaction with President Obama is hurting DemocratsÂ’ chances in two House special elections that will take place on Tuesday.

Obama has lost “The Hill”.

74

Surprise coming in NV????

Early reports and polls on the special election in NV were predicting a D win in this Republican House district. At the end of the early voting period the R has a strong lead.

75 #59 As far as I can tell, nothing in the article I linked was made up. It may be that the quotes were obtained before he was fully focused on becoming President.

76

RIP Cliff Robertson at 88

Most recently remembered roll was Uncle Ben in Spider Man.

77

Four interesting charts for long term unemployment

Keep in mind that these use government numbers so conditions are actually much worse.

78 And that's it for news as of early this morning.

79 Paul Krugman takes a shit on a keyboard, and produces his very worst column yet (and this is Paul Krugman we're talking about, so that's really saying something).

What happened after 9/11 — and I think even people on the right know this, whether they admit it or not — was deeply shameful. Te [sic] atrocity should have been a unifying event, but instead it became a wedge issue. Fake heroes like Bernie Kerik, Rudy Giuliani, and, yes, George W. Bush raced to cash in on the horror. And then the attack was used to justify an unrelated war the neocons wanted to fight, for all the wrong reasons.

It gets worse.  However, one part did make me chuckle:

IÂ’m not going to allow comments on this post, for obvious reasons.

Because you're a chickenshit cock-sucking bastard, perhaps?

80 Posted by: ErikW at September 11, 2011 01:37 PM (biYc0)

Thanks

81

58....Cowardice and naivete. The Clinton Legacy.

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And also Apathy and Indifference.... He was already getting the wag-the-dog thing accomplished by killing Christians in Bosnia to apease Muslims.... Why screw that up by going after Bin Laden?

82 "Obama added, however, that Michelle later terminated the resulting pregnancy out of respect for the resources of the planet and the burgeoning population crisis." Also because you shouldn't be punished with a baby. Every time I think about that statement about his, I want to go to youtube and look at laughing baby videos.

83

Terror alert not panning out. All that chatter was jerking our chain

I was wondering about that. Terror doesn't necessarily mean an attack is imminent, the threat in and of itself is terror. It's a good thing we have 250,000 DHS employees and God knows how many others that can't seem to figure that out.

84 I think they game the system by coordinating this "chatter" plus this was also from a sole source informant in Pockistaun.

85 I meant "that statement of his"

86

I read that puke Krugman's little turd of an article too. It was filled with more idocy than usual for that stooge. And then, the little girly man hides from the readers by not allowing comments "for obvious reasons."

He is a waste of protoplasm that deserves to have his ass kicked soundly.

 

87 Obama and Biden are totally out of place in these proceedings.  Biden sounded loud and obnoxious at the Flight 93 Memorial Dedication yesterday; Bush received a standing-O before & after his well spoken & solemn words there.  It was nice that Bill Clinton decided to help pick up the funding there so he could grab those coattails and appear on the stage, too, Hillary-less.  At the Ground Zero Memorial Obama read from Eccliastes I think and while the passage was great and his reading fine, he just seemed to be totally un-connected to everything ... after Bush read the letter from Abraham Lincoln he got a standing ovation and I think it was the first time any applause was given this morning and, after that, was given  more regularly, and really seemed to be what broke the ice there at that setting today.

88 Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Tea Party SOB at September 11, 2011 01:48 PM (d0Tfm)

There is a post up now dedicated to shitting on Krugman.

89

There is a post up now dedicated to shitting on Krugman.

Excellent! If anybody needs me, that's where I'll be. I hope there's a link to the Slimes email so we can describe our displeasure to them in more detail.

90 Yeah, we wouldn't want to waste a good turd when Krugman stuff is available.

91

And also Apathy and Indifference

 

I edited those out of that statement.  Really.  I did.

I always suspected he was ok with terrorist losses as long as the victims were american / allied servicemen and women who were overseas. 

He seemed like that kind of Utilitarian prick to me. Still does.  My opinin of him gets worse every minute he refuses to lay claim to the lions share of the blame. 

Instead, he runs from it and insists that nobody recount history in his presence.

92 Well isn't that special. President Present has a burning desire to "lead."

93 And Jake just recently got "irritated" w/ Breitbart & Beck on Twitter saying they did not know where he stands politically and he resented their assumptions that he was a "liberal". Although he is one of the few who dares to ask a tough question, I think write-ups like this clearly point to a left-leaning position on his part. Just sayin', Mr. Tapper.

94 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

95 I think Jake didn't make his point sufficiently clear: Obamabamba was inspired to run after 9/11 because he felt that, without his involvement, Jihadists would suffer a miserable defeat. Israel would be secure. Secular tolerant societies would reign supreme. Tapper was making the point that the President ran to preserve the battle hardened veterans of Jihad, prevent safety and security in the middle east and to promote the rights of extremists everywhere to act as they see fit against women, gay people and non-adherents generally. Perhaps Jake should have been blunter, but I think this was his meaning.

96

Obama doesn't do debate.  He has avoided debate his entire adult life.  He does not present his ideas and slug it out intellectually with his rivals.  He hides his position and attempts to force it through by backroom dealings and manipulation.  That's why he taught Alinsky's Rules for Radicals, which is all about manipulation and rejects intellectual persuasion.

A fellow radical said that when he met Obama at Columbia U, he was spouting the straight Marxist-Leninist party line.  Years later, one of Obama's colleagues at law school remarked that you could talk to him for an hour and never know his position at the end.  Somewhere between college and his stint at law school, Obama realized that he could not defend his radical ideas, even to his fellow radicals, and that it was best to keep quiet about his beliefs.  It was better and more effective for him to gain power and act behind the scenes.

That lack of intellectual testing is apparent in Obama's penchant for lecturing and monologue, for his reliance on the teleprompter to feed him his lines.  He's never subjected himself to the rigorous intellectual back and forth which allows him to think on his feet.

97 During his summer internship after his first year in law school, Obama revealed to new girlfriend, Michelle, his political ambition. He planned to run for mayor of Chicago, then US Senator, and after that... who knows, he said with a smile and a wink. 9-11 did not inspire him to go into politics. In fact, when the name "Osama" became notorious after 9-11, both he & Michelle were worried the political ambitions of a man named "Barack Hussein Obama" would be derailed.

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