Posted on 01/20/2010 5:39:32 PM PST by Michael Eden
Democrats don't seem to be finding any "hope and change" in their messiah. You know who is? Republicans. After all, it is really an incredibly amazing - frankly a miraculous - "change" that a Democrat president could actually turn Camelot Republican. That's FAR more than we ever could have "hoped" for.
How's THIS for a title from a Democrat regarding Barack Obama? "He's Done Everything Wrong."
Uber Obama lib Mort Zuckerman has written a mea culpa on the Daily Beast. Here's the essence of the article in bullet points:
He's Done Everything Wrong* Obama punted on the economy
* He reversed the fortunes of the Democrats in 365 days.
* He’s misjudged the character of the country in his whole approach.
* He was determined somehow or other to adopt a whole new agenda.
* He didn’t address the main issue.Zuckerman concludes by saying:* His health-care plan is going to be a fiscal disaster for the country.
* He said he would change politics as usual. He did change them. It’s now worse than it was.
* We've seen the kind of buying off of politicians like never before.
* This revolting political corruption started at the top.
* Five states got deals on health care—one of them was Harry Reid’s. It is disgusting, just disgusting.
* The unions just got them to drop the tax on Cadillac plans in the health-care bill. It was pure union politics.
* It’s a bizarre form of political corruption. It’s bribery.
* Obama is trying to boil the ocean, trying to do too much.
* This is not leadership.
* Obama has failed to connect with the voters since he’s been in office.
* He’s had so much overexposure. You have to be selective. He was doing five Sunday shows. How many press conferences? And now people stop listening to him.
* He’s done everything wrong.
* Liberal Mort Zuckerman don’t consider this a triumph. He considers it a disaster.
* Quote: “In the Clinton administration, the policy people were at the center,and the political people were on the sideline. In the Obama administration, the political people are at the center, and the policy people are on the sidelines.”
* Mort Zuckerman is very disappointed: "We endorsed him. I voted for him. I supported him publicly and privately."
* He’s already laid in huge problems for the country.
* The fiscal program was a disaster.
* Zuckerman concludes: "It’s very sad. It’s really sad."
* A major leader told Zuckerman, “We are convinced that he is not strong enough to confront his enemy. We are concerned that he is not strong to support his friends.”
* The political leadership of the world is very, very dismayed. He better turn it around.
* The Democrats are going to get killed in this election.
* His appointments present somebody who has a lot to learn about how government works... That’s why he’s plunging in the polls.
"I can’t predict things two years from now, but if he continues on the downward spiral he is on, he won’t be reelected. In the meantime, the Democrats have recreated the Republican Party. And when I say Democrats, I mean the Obama administration. In the generic vote, the Democrats were ahead something like 52 to 30. They are now behind the Republicans 48 to 44 in the last poll. Nobody has ever seen anything that dramatic."It's kind of nice to see such wisdom finally coming from the Daily Beast.
Back when Obama was adored as He-Upon-Whom-The-Sun-Rises-And-Sets, the Daily Beast took me to task for urging conservatives to take this clown down:
Ironically, some wingnuts on the right are blaming Democrats' techniques on their newfound commitment to tear down the next President of the United States. Take one particularly unhinged culture warrior, Michael Eden of TheAmericanSentinel.com, who writes: "Barack Hussein Obama and his Democratic lackeys get to wear the bullseyes on their foreheads for the duration of the next election cycle…don't let a bunch of appallingly blatant hypocrites tell you that you owe Obama one more iota of respect than they gave Bush… It’s time to start burning down their houses and salting their fields."I didn't like being referred to as a "wingnut," but I couldn't help but think that "one particularly unhinged culture warrior" had a rather nice ring to it.
The article I wrote was entitled, "Do Unto Obama As Liberals Did Unto Bush." I was livid that this man - whom I knew would be a miserable failure and a danger and disgrace to my country - was actually being elected to the highest office in the land through demagoguery while Republicans cowered in fear.
And, of course, the Daily Beast was infuriated that a conservative actually suggest that Republicans stop accepting the constant double-standard of the past 25 years and actually do unto Obama as liberals did unto Bush.
My very first entry into blogging revolved around the outrage that was Barack Obama's reverend, mentor, and spiritual guide, Jeremiah Wright. Barack Obama had spent 23 years in a Marxist, anti-American, racist church; a den of vipers otherwise known as Obama's fellow congregants leaped to their feet by the thousands and cheered wildly while Rev. Wright spewed one vile line after another. And nobody at the top ever bothered to talk about it - either out of partisan ideology or out of fear of violating some insane and morally idiotic norm of political correctness.
Now finally someone at the Daily Beast is beginning to understand something that I understood exactly 22 months ago last night.
I was that "wingnut" and "particularly unhinged culture warrior" who saw with crystal clarity that Barack Hussein Obama was a genuinely evil man with a radical agenda who would bring this country to ruin if his agenda got off the ground.
I’m very disappointed. We endorsed him. I voted for him. I supported him publicly and privately.I'm sure not the one who's lamenting his vote.
And the only thing that leaves me "very disappointed" is that so many of my own countrymen proved to be so utterly blind as to the unmitigated disaster an Obama presidency would be.
And now, to cite Barack Obama's demonic preacher for 23 years, "The Democrats' chickens are coming home to roost."
Who are the "wingnuts" now?
Oh, I’m happy to give ‘em hell.
But you know what’s even better?
Watching the voters from uber-lib Massachusetts give them hell.
Oh no he lied during a campaign? Seriously there should be a test sometimes for people to be able to vote, never vote for someone on their promises. I too knew people were going to be disappointed in Pres. Obama but hey sometimes you gotta learn the hard way.
I don’t disagree with you about being cautious about politician’s promises, biggien. That said, I think “the hard way” is going to be very, very hard.
Reagan started out with giant problems. But he was one of the rare few who COULD be trusted. He beat the crisis and set into motion 20 years of prosperity.
Obama’s got nothin’ to do anything but make big problems huge.
Then there’s the fact that Iran WILL develop nuclear weapons on Obama’s watch. And a lot of scary things will start happening when they get them.
Oh, are we ever going to learn the hard way.
It’s kind of funny: Bill Clinton got elected because George H.W. Bush said, “Read my lips: no new taxes.” And Democrats successfully held him responsible for a broken promise.
With Obama, the only difficulty is deciding upon which one of his 1,000 broken promises should rise to the top. There are so damn many giant lies that they make your eyeballs start rolling.
Well it is unfortunate, but this really might change the way politics is done for years to come. Some people won’t learn, MSNBC said to be more liberal that is what Democrats should have done. Too bad you can’t fix stupid!!!
I watched the MSNBC garbage after the election just to see what truly crazy people thought of Brown’s victory. It was amazing to watch the spin and self-deception.
Democrats fix stupid by subsidizing stupidity, such that they can get more of it.
Because on lib math, stupid x stupid = smart.
B4L8r
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