Posted on 06/24/2016 8:49:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Former Conservative MP Louise Mensch cited President Obama sticking his beak in a British issue over the then-looming vote over whether the nation would remain in the European Union. Yesterday Britain made their choice known: they want out. And Mensch noted that once Obama decided to overreach and tell British voters that they should remain in the EU, support for the Leave camp increased. In the end, it seems to have been a contributing factor in the UK’s decision to say goodbye to the massive political project, long criticized, among other things, for usurping sovereignty among its member nations.
That point was referenced during the coverage of the vote last night by Fox Business’ Stuart Varney, who said that President Obama planned on calling Prime Minister David Cameron at some point today over the results, quipping that he’s probably going to apologize for “ruining the vote.”
In short, one could argue that Obama stepped in it—and it’s not the first time the president’s mouth has cost him or his allies politically. This is one of many failures brought on by Obama’s arrogance that his learned diction can sway minds. It certainly hasn’t worked on the Russians, who view him (rightly) as a lightweight. That’s how they’re able to buzz our warships with fighter jets and annex Crimea from Ukraine. It’s how Syria is still a mess. It’s how the security concerns over absorbing 10,000 Syrian refugees, some of which could be infiltrated by ISIS, haven’t subsided.
As I mentioned in a previous post on Obama and Brexit, the most thorough takedown of Obama’s false power of speech came from conservative commentator George Will, who said in 2011:
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“He [Obama] went to Massachusetts to campaign against Scott Brown; Brown is now a senator. He went to New Jersey to campaign against Chris Christie, who is now governor. He went to Virginia to campaign against Bob McDonnell, who is now governor. He campaigned for the health care plan extensively; it became less popular. He campaigned in 2010 for the Democrats; they were shellacked. He began, in a sense, his presidency flying to Copenhagen to get Chicago the Olympics, Chicago is the first city eliminated. There is no evidence that the man has rhetorical powers that he’s relying on.”
Now, we can add Brexit to the list, and it’s a mighty consequential failure; one that is going to impact a whole generation of British citizens. For Obama, it’s just another failure. For Cameron, it could be the end of his political career.
UPDATE: UKIP’s Nigel Farage said that Obama getting involved in the Brexit referendum gave the “Leave” camp a big boost (via The Hill):
“Threatening people too much insults their intelligence,” the United Kingdom Independence Party head said.
“A lot of people in Britain said, ‘How dare the American president come here and tell us what to do?’ ” Farage continued on Sirius XM’s “Breitbart News Daily,” citing Obama’s U.K. trip in April.
“It backfired. We got an Obama-Brexit bounce, because people do not want foreign leaders telling them how to think and vote.”
Stepped it it? The feckless fool walks in a never ending puddle of the sort he will never escape from; it’s up to his neck and .....
An empty suit with a big mouth.
Obama? Fail.
Obama also put his nose in Israel’s business, he wanted BiBi to lose so badly, and he FAILED miserably..I hope that George Soros lost MILLIONS trying to have Remain win I hope he chokes on his losses
He stepped in a big pile of obama.
Doesn’t matter. His base loves him and they always will.
And this treasonous bastard is still going to let 100,000 islamic heathens in.
Remember when he tried to get an Olympics for Chicago.
Obama’s so ham-handed in everything he does and says it’s a wonder he ever survived this long as POTUS. He should have been run out of town a long time ago. He would have been if he were a white republican.
Can you think of anything he’s been successful at, besides winning the election?
That's why 50% of the American people don't like the bum. We don't want "American leaders" telling us how to think and vote.
That sort of talk always nauseated me 8 years ago-- and now you don't hear the Obama drones saying it now.
What a schmuck! Vlad the Invader and other foreign hard cases know it. The pro-Brexit forces knew it--and even some of the European Establishment is admitting to it.
Just sittin’ here thinking about that fond memory......THE EGO HAS LANDED the headline on Drudge...I remember it well :)
Stepped in a pile of 0bama? The guy is nothing but a mouth and a shoulder with a giant chip on it.
Unfortunately he’s been good at destroying our country and setting the world on fire. Oh wait, it’s all the Republicans’ fault. He’s especially good at skating through and not having anything blamed on him by the media. We have too many ignoramuses who think everything he touches turns to gold.
He’s been incredibly embarrassing at least twice clowning around in group photos with world leaders. He probably has no idea how dorky they consider him.
the kenyan is a moron.
however, he’s so used to people patting him on the head and tell him how “bright” he is since he was a little boy, he honestly thinks he’s the smartest person in every room.
he’s not only ignorant, but shockingly lacking self-awareness.
>> The feckless fool walks in a never ending puddle
The foolish, peddling feck.
I hope his political “clout” will redound to the extreme detriment of the Hildebeest.
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