Will Secret Service Scandal Hurt Obama's Campaign?

by SodaHead Politics Posted 2012/04/17 23:21:21

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(▪‿▪)DoctorWhoGuru(▪‿▪) 2012/04/18 04:15:05

No

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This is nothing to do with President Obama
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ProudPr... to Mark Ho... 2012/04/20 15:15:04

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The President had nothing to do with this incident.

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bob 2012/04/20 13:13:45

No

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I guess the secrete service need to keep their zipper zipped or at least pay the young ladies for their services.

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enaud 2012/04/20 13:08:33

No

The same agent was responsible for Sarah Palin during the 2008 campaign. Much to do about nothing, at least as far as President Obama is concerned.

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BARRY0619 2012/04/20 12:59:34

No

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His campaign is already hurt by his lack of leadership and destruction of our economy.

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lstl5 2012/04/20 12:37:22

No

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No it wont affect his campaign. He cant oversee every department in the army.

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Aader to lstl5 2012/04/20 14:00:06

um... the secret service isn't the army. it is a Federal BodyGuard detail.

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lstl5 to Aader 2012/04/20 14:08:27

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It is still within an agency of the government.

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lisa 2012/04/20 10:25:25

No

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What??? I thought this was Bush's fault!?! (<:Sarcasim)

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Liv 2012/04/20 05:05:27

No

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Unfortunately, but really it's ridiculous. It has nothing to do with Obama. Note the *Secret Service* Scandal... but unfortunately, people will be sheep, and lump *their* scandal, with him. I personally think it's quite ridiculous. Obviously not everyone but.... it's ridiculous. It has nothing to do with him.

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Bureauc 0webama 2012/04/20 04:43:19

Yes

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Obama's culture of corruption. New scandal every week, seems to be a pattern.

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bob to Bureauc... 2012/04/20 13:14:14

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oh my god it's fake GOP outrage

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ProudPr... to Bureauc... 2012/04/20 15:16:27

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LOL no, it's "new phony attempt to lie and distort reality to accuse the President of a scandal where none exists" every week. This one won't work any better than any of the other failed attempts by the Right Wing Media.

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Chris C... to Bureauc... 2012/04/20 17:34:09

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Hope you have jam for that toast come November.

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Bureauc... to Chris C... 2012/04/24 06:08:27

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Got shellack, same as 2010.

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Liv to Bureauc... 2012/04/30 04:45:31

thats not true. Most politicians have a lot of scandals, its not just him.

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Axe Grinder 2012/04/20 03:48:37

No

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Shouldn't.

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Calm down! 2012/04/20 02:57:09

Yes

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This and just the last three years in general will be impossible to just blame away on other people, weird media spin, and even weird fake poll numbers wont even help things. At the end of the day, most people are not happy with the last three years!

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bob to Calm down! 2012/04/20 13:14:23

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oh my god it's fake GOP outrage

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ProudPr... to Calm down! 2012/04/20 15:17:49

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The President had nothing to do with this incident. And the people's unhappiness with the last three years focuses mainly on an increasingly reckless and activist Supreme Court and the most obstructionist Congressional minority in American history which has spent the last three years doing everything they could to stifle our economic recovery and deprive Americans of their most basic rights.

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diane RN 2012/04/20 02:57:02

Yes

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Hopefully.....every little bit helps.

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FairLady 2012/04/20 02:51:21

No

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I doubt it will. Those who are determined t vote for BO will anyway., by inertia.

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JustTheFacts 2012/04/20 02:33:14

No

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I don't see how it can, but it should.

Any leader this corrupt, crony, and fake will inspire those around him to stray. He IS the problem, but many won't see it that way.

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Torchmanner ~PWCM~JLA 2012/04/20 02:27:30

Yes

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Really, he does enough on his own to hurt his campaign.

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boatnectar 2012/04/20 02:21:42
biggerman 2012/04/20 01:49:23 (edited)

No

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With all the failures on his record, this matter is small potatoes. If people would still vote for him after ObamaCare, Solyndra, Fast and Furious, the Bank bailouts, his inept foreign policy, 5 Trillion in Debt and all the stupid things he has said about the American people and the country at large, etc. etc. etc., this will not have any affect.

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freedom... to biggerman 2012/04/20 10:41:57

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Exactly!!!

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ProudPr... to biggerman 2012/04/20 15:21:07

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Failures? The Health Care Reform Law is the most beneficial legislation for the American people in the last hundred years. Solyndra was one company out of a hundred that are successfully helping us end our dependency on foreign oil. Fast and furious was a well intentioned plan that was poorly executed and those who actually were responsible have already been fired or disciplined. The Bank Bailouts where Bush's idea. Our foreign policy is better now than it has been in a decade. We have regained the international respect that George Bush pissed away with his "freedom fries" and his illegal invasion of Iraq. The President has added less to the national debt than the Bush tax cuts for millionaires ALONE added and less than Bush's illegal war in Iraq ALONE added.

With "failures" like this he's not only earned a second term, but I'm sure many Americans would love to see him serve a third one if it were possible.

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biggerman to ProudPr... 2012/04/20 17:11:29 (edited)

That is the biggest load of liberal BS rationalization and outright untruth that I think I've ever read. Obama has increased the debt by over $5T - that is more than Bush increased it in 8 years and Bush had two legitimate wars on his watch. The Solyndra "give away" is one a several "green jobs" initiatives for which American tax payers have paid that has failed. In fact, most of these intitiatives have failed or will. There is no sustainable market for this kind of thing, yet. And, what market there is is being supplied by the Chinese who make solar panels and other alternative energy products at half the cost that Americans can because of the high cost of union labor and liabiity insurance, among other things. Obama is clueless when it comes to understanding global economics.

The first bank bailout was on Bush's watch. The second was Obama's baby. Our foreign policy under Obama is a joke, frought with the appeasement of our enemies and no clear direction. ObamaCare is a joke (a bad one) that has the potential to bankrupt our economy and, in order to create the delusion of equal opportunity for health care for everyone, will actually create the reality of lousy and inefficient health care for everyone. To your so-called "progressive" liberal mind, that may sound li...

That is the biggest load of liberal BS rationalization and outright untruth that I think I've ever read. Obama has increased the debt by over $5T - that is more than Bush increased it in 8 years and Bush had two legitimate wars on his watch. The Solyndra "give away" is one a several "green jobs" initiatives for which American tax payers have paid that has failed. In fact, most of these intitiatives have failed or will. There is no sustainable market for this kind of thing, yet. And, what market there is is being supplied by the Chinese who make solar panels and other alternative energy products at half the cost that Americans can because of the high cost of union labor and liabiity insurance, among other things. Obama is clueless when it comes to understanding global economics.

The first bank bailout was on Bush's watch. The second was Obama's baby. Our foreign policy under Obama is a joke, frought with the appeasement of our enemies and no clear direction. ObamaCare is a joke (a bad one) that has the potential to bankrupt our economy and, in order to create the delusion of equal opportunity for health care for everyone, will actually create the reality of lousy and inefficient health care for everyone. To your so-called "progressive" liberal mind, that may sound like a good idea but, to me, it sounds foolhearty and unrealistic. Health Care is already available for everyone. It may cost you more than you can afford but you can get the care you need. ObamaCare will create, for the entire country, a debt we cannot afford. But, it is apparent that Obama doesn't care about that little detail.
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ProudPr... to biggerman 2012/04/20 19:27:07

As to the debt:

And if you think that Iraq was a "legitimate" war then it's obvious that you aren't even interested in reallity in the least.

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biggerman to ProudPr... 2012/04/21 03:33:25

You try to talk some sense in some liberals but they just won't listen.

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ProudPr... to biggerman 2012/04/21 13:12:01

When you have some sense to talk, let us know. So far you haven't had any.

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biggerman to ProudPr... 2012/04/22 03:44:28

Of course you don't think so - I don't agree with you. I would, obviously, say the same thing about your inane liberal, progressive BS. BTW, who is "us." You got a frog in your pocket are you doing a duet on the keyboard?

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Chris C... to biggerman 2012/04/20 17:38:33

Wow! "his inept foreign policy" at least give some credit where its dueafter the last 8 years before his presidency. The right conservative republicans as christians as apple pie hate Obama so much that God may allow Obama to win so he can help his people with their hate.

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biggerman to Chris C... 2012/04/20 19:11:21 (edited)

Where do you get "hate." I don't hate him - I don't hate anybody but the devil. I just don't like his socialist oriented philosophy and believe it is inconsistent with the Constitution and the principles that helped to make this country great. God may allow Him to get re-elected but it will only be because America deserves his kind of leaderhip because we have sinned away God's grace. Unlike Obama's pastor, I don't pray for God's condemnation upon America. I pray that God will continue to "shed His grace" on us. However, He may not, and we would have no reason to be surprised that God's judgment comes to this country in the form of Obama's second term. We, as Christians, can only pray that we can learn from this past four years so that God's judgment won't be necessary.

Again, I make the point that if all of His failures don't bother you, this Secret Service scandal surely won't. I'm right about that, aren't I.

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Proggy 2012/04/20 01:34:35

No

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Secret Service agents are grown ass men, and THEY'RE the one's who supposed to be looking after the President not the other way around. Anyone with two brain cells to rub together knows this and wouldn't even try to politicize it. Which is why Jeff Sessions made himself look like such a moron with his ignorant comment.

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HL to Proggy 2012/04/20 01:51:01

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The problem is most RW have one brain cell.

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Proggy to HL 2012/04/22 01:55:14

Exactly! And that ones operating at about 10% or less.

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ACE 2012/04/20 01:27:37

No

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it will help it by diverting attention from the real issues, like all his failed policies and government waste etc.

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bill 2012/04/20 01:18:13

No

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His record of failure is all that will hurt, He's a community organizer just look at the community he organized! Maybe the rest of America should be like his organized community!

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4gotten Israelite 2012/04/20 01:12:55

No

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How's it going to hurt Obama, if anything it hurts America. It just gives the world something else to laugh at us about.

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