Posted on 11/05/2009 2:14:23 PM PST by lancer256
The White House arrogance on display in denying that Tuesday's election results were a repudiation of President Barack Obama's radical agenda is of a piece with its arrogance in attempting to advance this agenda against the people's will.
One of the great ironies of this administration is its promise of returning power to the people but governing with an iron fist and its back turned to the expressed wishes of the voters. The White House claims a mandate for its extreme blueprint to restructure America, but the voters had no idea Obama would go this far, even if many of us listening closely to his statements and studying his relationships and voting record did.
It's possible, given the relatively monolithic embryo in which Obama was politically incubated, that Obama believed the majority of Americans held the same contempt for America's political and economic system as he did. It should be clear to him now, though, that he's not on the same page with them -- perhaps not even in the same book. But if you're paying attention, you know that this cold, hard slap of reality hitting Obama in the face isn't slightly deterring him from pressing forward. If anything, it has strengthened his resolve to implement his agenda with increased urgency, before the public turns even more against him.
Obama's attitude in over-reading his mandate and dismissing the significance of Tuesday's elections is, I believe, consistent with the liberal mindset that liberals know better than the people what is in their best interests. Sen. Jim Webb, whose fellow Virginia Democrat was soundly defeated Tuesday, said the election results indicate that "people up here on our side need to get their message straighter."
(Excerpt) Read more at davidlimbaugh.com ...
e.g. #1 - Sept 17, 2009 - Zero renegs on Poland missile defense on the 70th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland
e.g. #2 - Nov 7, 2009 - Pelosi has scheduled Healthcare Vote on the anniversary of Red October ... the Lenin/Soviet takeover of Russia and declaration of a new Socialist Dictatorship
Now tell me these communists don't know their Soviet Ancestry!
Methinks the man-child protests too much!
In this case arrogance is a good thing. It blinds them to the reality of the situation so they will keep on pushing their agenda. When it all collapses on them in a 2010 landslide they won’t know what hit them.
Arrogance defines Obama and his administration. It is not just post election.
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