Posted on 07/31/2011 10:43:12 AM PDT by Signalman
Bill O'Reilly thinks the only thing that can save the Obama presidency is the extremism of the Tea Party followers in Congress.
And he's right.
Maureen Dowd compares Obama to Jimmy Carter today in her Sunday New York Times column, clearly overwhelmed by the job, bowing to Republican demands at every turn, out of his depth.
And she's right.
Both leading Irish American columnists essentially agree that the only thing that can save this ineffectual president is the extremism on the right .
The two leading Irish American voices (pictured together at an Irish Central/Irish Voice event above) rarely agree on anything, but see Obama increasingly as a failed leader.
Dowd worries why Obama didn't just cite the 14th amendment clause that the Democrats including Bill Clinton believe allows the president to raise the debt ceiling an challenge Republicans to take him on in the courts.
Not this president unfortunately.
Here is what Dowd wrote today;
"The world is watching in fearful — and sometimes gleeful — fascination as the Tea Party drives a Thunderbird off the cliff with the president and speaker of the House strapped in the back. The Dow is hiding under the bed with a glass of single malt. Can it get more excruciating? Apple has more cash than the U.S. government.
Amid the chilling anarchy, there’s not a single strong leader to be seen — not even a misguided one. All the leaders are followers. You have to wonder if President Obama at some level doesn’t want to lead. Maybe he just wants to be loved."
Here's what Bill O'Reilly said;
"The only thing that can save Barack Obama at this point is craziness on the right…It’s not only going to hurt the Republican party, which has already been hurt, but it’s going to save President Obama who they hate…The irony is, the people who dislike President Obama the most…are helping him the most. You’ve got to stop this hateful rhetoric. Some of the rhetoric is so hateful…it’d spin your head around. You have to say, listen, we’re at a point in the history when we have to save the country…But I just hope they’ll all just say let’s do what’s good for the country."
O'Reilly is absolutely right. Obama can still energize the power Democratic base by pointing to what will happen if he is defeated. 'After me, the deluge' indeed.
But even that may not be enough to save Obama.
If the Republicans choose a half decent candidate such as Mitt Romney and the economy is still foundering, then Obama is toast .
But if they slew off and follow the siren call of a Michele Bachmann or a Rick Perry then they will lose out badly.
O'Reilly is right, Obama is there for the taking only Republican extremism can save him.
Dowd is right that Obama has gone from 'Yes we can' to 'No we can't. '
But given the current level of hateful rhetoric among Republicans they may fail to defeat the weakest American Democratic president in generations.
Apparently in order to support my president, I should donate money to Bachman or Perry or Palin. Sigh. Guess I gotta support the guy. I’ll get my checkbook out.
There is nothing extremist about a bunch of old and middle-aged middle class middle Americans gathering to protest unreasonable taxation and government control of their lives.
Extremism describes the Leftists running our government, who are using their usurped powers to poison the American way, by imposing the entire Communist manifesto of Karl Marx onto our culture. They are the extremists.
The Tea Party is Middle-Of-The-Road.
Leftists don't need to be understood. They don't need to be debated. They just need to be defeated.
Couple of things if I may,
Growing up in Gitmo?
I would think the fishing, diving, snorkeling, Etc
would make it an ideal place as a kid with time to goof off.
Add all the kool military stuff and WOW???
Also how tense was it there during the Pigs fiasco?
You’re right, it was a great place for kids and for families. Single sailors and marines didn’t like it that much.
Things were very tense during The Bay of Pigs, the Missile Crisis, and when Castro cut off our water supply. We were friends with a lot of Cubans, who would come over to the base to work, and with several who were refugees and lived on base. They unanimously hated Castro. On Christmas, the refugees on base would get together, drink themselves into oblivion, and cry on each others’ shoulders. Their beautiful nation had become a hellhole.
The Cubans would come work on base as laborers. Castro took their wages when they went home. But it was worth it to eat their meals on base and let their families eat off of their unused ration cards. We gave our maid a couple of tiny green army men as a Christmas gift for her kids. The guards at the gate found the toys, tied her up for the holidays, and beat her with their rifle butts day and night. She had several broken bones and a concussion when she came back after the holidays. For some unknown reason the wonderful Castro healthcare didn’t cover her injuries. The US Navy gave her treatment.
The extremism in the Tea Party is in the eyes of the MSM.
“We got to stop this hateful rhetoric. Some of the rhetoric is so hateful…it’d spin your head around.”
What hateful rhetoric?
The sunbathing Kenyan lizard king and his minions have trashed the Tea Party and Sarah and Michelle. What have we said about the lizard king that’s so hateful??
Why would anyone listen to Bill O’Reilly when they can listen to Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi or Debbie Wasserman?
Who are these extremists with the hate speech? Name names, show a video if they exist.
Why would anyone listen to Bill O’Reilly when they can listen to Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi or Debbie Wasserman?
Who are these extremists with the hate speech? Name names, show a video if they exist.
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