My post calling this an unsupported partisan rant has been questioned so let's look at the facts related to it:
Provided is a 5 second video taken out of context and the statement isn't even being made by the President.
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But how out of touch is the Community Organizer in Chief, really?
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This much we know:
- He was unaware that he was attending a church (for 20 years) with a racist pastor who hates America .
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No evidence is presented that the Rev Wright is either a racist or that the Reve Wright hates America nor is any evidence presented that the President was ever present when the Rev. Wright made inflamatory statements. The President clearly condemned the radical statements which were made by Rev Wright and is not associated with them at all.
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- He was unaware that he was family friends with, and started his political career in the living room of, a domestic terrorist.
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Bill Ayers has never been convicted of any crimes related to terrorism nor is there any evidence that President Obama was close personal friends with Mr Ayers. It can also be noted that any actions of Mr Ayers occurred twenty years prior to Obama meeting him and at the time Obama met Mr Ayers he was an upstanding member of his community.
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- He was unaware that he had invested in two speculative companies backed by some of his top donors right after taking office in 2005.
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It is doubtful if even 1/10 of 1% of individuals know who the principle investors are in companies in which they invest. The belief that someone should know this information are absurd.
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- He was unaware that his own aunt was living in the US illegally.
- He was
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She had moved to America on a visa which expired and while technically this could be called illegal it was nothing but an oversight. I seriously doubt that most individuals even know when their own drivers license expires and certainly wouldn't expect a relative to know when a family members documents expire. To expect someone to know the expiration date on a family members documents is an absurd expectation.
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unaware that his own brother lives on pennies a day in a hut in Kenya .
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This is a half brother who Obama had never met nor had any dealings with. The position that anyone should have knowledge about relative they had never met living in a foreign country is absurd.
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- He was unaware of the AIG bonuses that he and his administration approved and signed into a bill.
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The AIG bonuses were a contractual issue which existed prior to the bill ever being drafted and there was no reason for the President to address specific contract issues in the bill. It would have actually been illegal under the US Constitution for the bill to remove the contract provisions because it would have constituted ex post facto legislation which is expressly prohibited.
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- He was unaware that the man he nominated to be his Secretary of Commerce was under investigation in a bribery scandal.
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Bill Richardson has not been indicted for any crimes and the investigation was a routine investigation which did not present any evidence or allegations of wrongdoing. Of course the OP fails to mention that Sarah Palin was under several investigations when nominated as the Vice Presidential candidate by the Republicans.
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- He was unaware that the man he nominated to be his Secretary of Health and Human Services was a tax cheat.
- He was unaware that the man he nominated to be his Secretary of the Treasury was a tax cheat.
- He was unaware that the man he nominated to be the U.S. Trade Representative was a tax cheat.
- He was unaware that the woman he nominated to be his Chief Performance Officer was a tax cheat.
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Delinquent filings of a federal tax returns does not constitute being a tax cheat and isn't even a violation of IRS tax codes if the individual is entitled to a tax refund. No evidence is provided in any of these cases that the individual attempted to cheat on their taxes.
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- He was unaware that the man he nominated to be #2 at the Environmental Protection Agency was under investigation for mismanaging $25 million in EPA grants.
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This link doesn't even work. If providing allegations it is best if one provides an actual source for the allegations. Of course investigation how tax dollars are spent is an important function of our government and audits are conducted all of the time related to them. No wrongdoing has been established so this, once again, constitutes nothing more than a partisan rant.
Amazingly if someone wanted to slam Obama I would choose the appointment of Hillary Clinton which violated the US Constitution. The Constitution prohibits the appointment to a position of a serving legislator if the compensation for position has been raised during the individuals time in office. The compensation had been raised twice while Hillary Clinton was in office and even though Congress reduced that compensation the action still violated the US Constitution which does not make allowances for that. Congress cannot change history and the fact that the compensation was raised twice is a fact.
But no, instead we get these partisan rants which are based upon absurdity.