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4-3-2009 11:25 PM
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merrie says:
Having created the mob, he threatens to use it.

Which fascist dictator does this remind you of?


“These are complicated companies,” one CEO said. Offered another: “We’re competing for talent on an international market.”

But President Barack Obama wasn’t in a mood to hear them out. He stopped the conversation and offered a blunt reminder of the public’s reaction to such explanations. “Be careful how you make those statements, gentlemen. The public isn’t buying that.”

“My administration,” the president added, “is the only thing between you and the pitchforks.”

The fresh details of the meeting — some never before revealed — come from an account provided to POLITICO by one of the participants. A second source inside the meeting confirmed the details, and two other sources familiar with the meeting offered additional information.
Watch the bank CEOs' news conference after last week's meeting:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/20871.
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4-6-2009 7:47 AM
davboz
Obama's got such a powerful goon squad in the field that the best and brightest of the biggest companies grovel and whimper to him, until after 3 minutes of praise and thanks they feel they can gently ask if His Most Holiness in Awe" might look into possibly, this, or if you could see your way clear, My Supreme Being of Light" take a minute to consider that.
You know at least a few of these guys would talk to him man-to-man if they didn't think he could seriously damage their livelihoods, smear their reputations, or any number of things, either by presidential edict; or a nudge to Congress who would do his bidding in a moment; with instant cooperation from an eager press, or with who-knows-h...
4-6-2009 7:59 AM
davboz
I clipped a cpl. items on the signs and diagnosis of narcissism and at 2 or 3 cmntd. that they didn't get it but they'd lived with one before, had been damaged to a degree by the experience but...Nope.....couldn't see it here. You aren't going to get the exact level of personal abuse on this but I guess you have to be in touch with a sense of humility and authentic humanity within yourself first in order to have those signs jump right out at you from Obama. You have to have a sensibility/sensitivity for which the narcissism to violate from afar - thru the media.
And, yes it would be a bit psychotic for a more personal experience to imagine being transmitted thru the media. In this case you j...
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