Haven’t you noticed, this is the way Team BO operates.
“it was the video”, “it was terrorism”
“the economy is doing great”, “the economy is hitting bumps in the road”
“the healthcare law is a tax”, “the healthcare law is not a tax”
At different times they or their spokesmorons say different things...so that WHATEVER THE OUTCOME of a situation, they and their buttlickers in the media can say, “Like the administration said, xxxx”
I know how these criminals operate, I just wanted to point out that these two opposing stories came out on THE SAME DAY.
For all their fumbling and bumbling, the Obama administration should be noted for one thing: they have changed the way the political-media axis operates by condensing the process or even removing a few steps.
In past years, if an administration did something mostly right with a few wrongs thrown in the mix, they might trumpet the right, defend or downplay the wrong, and eventually come clean on it since they had, on balance, succeeded. If they did something mostly wrong, they might defend it until nobody believed them or until someone proved they were in error, then ‘fess up.
The Bammies have no time or tolerance for antiquated concepts like right and wrong. Instead, they hatch their plans with one single goal: to reflect credit on Barack Obama. This is often – and erroneously – called politics but politics at least tangentially involve elections, parties, downticket races, positioning for future elections, speakerships, chairmanships, etc. But, as Obama wistfully noted, he’s done running for office. He is a lame duck determined to fly or at least disguise his bad wing.
‘But he’s worried about the midterms!’ you say. Hogwash. Sure, a Democratic House and/or Senate might be a nostalgic return to the 2009 sausage factory days but Obama has demonstrated that he can’t work with anyone - even raving delusional partisan hacks like Pelosi and Reid – because he is unwilling, even unable, to share credit for anything. It’s a lonely place but one quite familiar to him due to his sociopathology. He and his wife literally have no friends – only political allies and toadies. The House is a lost cause through 2016, even with the weak GOP opposition leadership, so what use is the Senate? To the extent he cares about the midterms it will only be because they represent another popularity poll for him. But if the midterms are a disaster what does he care? Will he change his approach? Will he need to? He’s already perfected his finger-pointing routine. He’s got two arms and can easily point at two houses of Congress not just one.
Obama’s urgency in manufacturing his own pathetic little political trophies has made him sloppy. It’s clear he regards at least half the nation not just as political opposition, but as genuine enemies and he can’t be bothered to disguise it any longer. He’s even isolated himself from traditional Democrat allies.
His vanity projects (read: executive orders etc.) will only get more brazen and bizarre as he grows more desperate.