The Awakening
Posted: September 3, 2011 Filed under: 2012 presidential campaign, Surreality, Team Obama, We are so F'd, WE TOLD THEM SO | Tags: Cave In, Obama, Villagers 17 Commentsa little too late … oh, and some of these folks deserve a swift kick for what they did a few years ago
I’ve actually been avoiding thinking about the latest Obama cave-in, on ozone regulation; these repeated retreats are getting painful to watch. For what it’s worth, I think it’s bad politics. The Obama political people seem to think that their route to victory is to avoid doing anything that the GOP might attack — but the GOP will call Obama a socialist job-killer no matter what they do. Meanwhile, they just keep reinforcing the perception of mush from the wimp, of a president who doesn’t stand for anything.
Obama’s re-election chances depend on painting the Republicans as disrespectful. So why would the White House act disrespectful by scheduling a speech to a joint session of Congress at the exact time when the Republicans already had a debate planned?
And why is the White House so cocky about Obama as a TV draw against quick-draw Rick Perry? As James Carville acerbically noted, given a choice between watching an Obama speech and a G.O.P. debate, “I’d watch the debate, and I’m not even a Republican.”
The White House caved, of course, and moved to Thursday, because there’s nothing the Republicans say that he won’t eagerly meet halfway.
No. 2 on David Letterman’s Top Ten List of the president’s plans for Labor Day: “Pretty much whatever the Republicans tell him he can do.”
On MSNBC, the anchors were wistfully listening to old F.D.R. speeches, wishing that this president had some of that fight. But Obama can’t turn into F.D.R. for the campaign because he aspires to the class that F.D.R. was a traitor to; and he can’t turn into Harry Truman because he lacks the common touch. He has an acquired elitism.
MSNBC’s Matt Miller offered “a public service” to journalists talking about Obama — a list of synonyms for cave: “Buckle, fold, concede, bend, defer, submit, give in, knuckle under, kowtow, surrender, yield, comply, capitulate.”
And it wasn’t exactly Morning in America when Obama sent out a mass e-mail to supporters Wednesday under the heading “Frustrated.”
It unfortunately echoed a November 2010 parody in The Onion with the headline, “Frustrated Obama Sends Nation Rambling 75,000-Word E-Mail.”
Barack Obama has pretty much caved in to the Republican contention that budget deficits are the biggest problem our economy faces. He’s pretty much caved in to the Republican contention that higher taxes are bad for the economy. And he’s pretty much caved in to the Republican contention that nothing big can done to improve the unemployment picture.
So what’s his next cave-in on the economy? Apparently this. I guess regulatory uncertainty is what’s holding us back after all. So much for the agenda-setting power of the presidency.
Open thread … have at it!!!
(Here’s some info on Chris Britt who penned this great political Cartoon.)
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The Awakening well they might be awake now but they have been near comatose for the past few years.
Jawbone was wondering if the village could shame him into a LBJ capitulation.
i hope hes does and LBJ then we just need HRC to step up to the plate and we’re good to go.
Probably will depend on if he listens to the likes of Valerie Jarret or some one who lives in reality instead of a box.
I just saw this on memeorandum:
Life in Hooverville
That’s a great analysis. He really spells it out on how the Obama team got it all wrong. For some reason, they think people are going to give him kudos for tackling the deficit while the economy still sucks. What nonsense!
He won’t LBJ. Even if he could get past his ego, and suddenly acquire some sort of honor, his owners won’t let him. His job is to continue to suck the life out of any part of the (truly) left-leaning public, ruining the Democratic party and their silly (mostly former) impulses toward populism, and block out anyone with genuine FDR ideas from running, nevermind winning, in 2012.
Obama has an “acquired” elitism? WTF does that mean…I guess my brain cells are a bit fried tonight. Does MoDo mean he just appreciates the elitist? Like discussing an “acquired” taste…as in liking the taste of caviar? Am I reading this right?
I dunno … I always thought when you’re parents go to Harvard you’ve got that silver spoon firmly in hand
I always thought elitist can spot their own kind…guess not.
Looks like Lee’s headed your direction midweek … tornadoes and rain
Yeah, I’d better watch out…flying banjos and pigs really squealing something fierce in the wind and rain.
This link may have been posted in the comments today, but just if it hasn’t: Looks Like Obama Intends To Propose A Jobs Program That Gets People To Work For Free | Crooks and Liars
As punishment for shoving this fraud down our throats with the scheming, lying, manipulative words, Krugman, Dodd, et al, should all be locked into a dark room and be forced to listen to Barack Obama’s mouth spew his bullshit for the rest of their miserable, lying Obama-pimping lives. They shouldn’t be allowed to ever write another word for public consumption again.
Uppity, How do you really feel? Glad to see you are still at it.
I meant Dowd. Ah to hell with her. She doesn’t deserve to have her name spelled correctly anyways.