Posted on 02/06/2009 6:59:07 AM PST by reaganaut1
Barack Obama, a reputed master of the persuasive art, has settled on his central argument for the stimulus bill: I won.
That Obama is reduced to this crude appeal is a symptom of the intellectual collapse of the case for his stimulus bill, a congressional spendfest untethered from its stated goal of providing a rapid “jolt” to the economy.
As far as political arguments go, “I won” has its power—provided it’s made on behalf of an agenda ratified by the American electorate. But Obama didn’t campaign on a sprawling, nearly $1 trillion new spending plan. If he had pledged in October to double federal domestic discretionary spending in a matter of weeks—including increasing the budget of the National Endowment for the Arts by a third, spending hundreds of millions more on federal buildings and throwing tens of billions on every traditional liberal priority from job training to Pell Grants—he’d have been hard-pressed to win at all.
The president should read the transcript of the third presidential debate. He claimed his program represented “a net spending cut.” He called himself “a strong proponent of pay-as-you-go. Every dollar that I’ve proposed, I’ve proposed an additional cut so that it matches.” He added, “We need to eliminate a whole host of programs that don’t work.”
Now, circumstances change, and no president can adhere to every jot and tittle from his campaign, but the “I won” argument only works if the campaign program matches the governing program. Obama himself seems confused on what exactly “I won” means.
In a meeting with congressional Republicans, he brandished “I won” as a defense of his version of tax relief.
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"Shut up", he explained.
“No Trelayne.”
He didn’t put forth an argument for why he should be President when you think about it, just empty phrases about ‘Change’.
This shouldn’t surprise anyone.
Less than half of Americans of voting age vote. That means he won with something like 23% or so of the public. Take away the illegals and other unlawfull votes and he won with a solid 15%.
“Obama will be ready to rule from day one”
He’s a liar. Always was. Always will be.
He is going to crack up before his term is up he will make Brittany Spears look like pick nick
Many Americans are uniting against this porkulus bill. So maybe ozero is a uniter after all?
Who is this man, anyway? No one in the press ever deigned to ask pertinent questions about his past, about his religious ties, about his associations, or about his birth certificate. They just bought the package because it was pretty and said all the things they liked. Hope and Change have morphed into “I won.” How simply tragically JUVENILE. The man will be an utter failure before his first State of the Union address.
Every senator and representative can say the same thing.
Ill Douche.
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“I won”
He’s spent. He’s lazy. Every once of charm, wit, and intellect is gone.
The first president who was so weak he had to say, “I won.”
So, will he ever say, “I lost” when it happens?
Developing...
True. The work averse putz really had no idea what he was getting into when he campaigned for the office. He likes the trappings of office, but not the actual work.
Well, so he won.
And they have a majority in Congress, both houses.
Pass the bill with your majorities,
and OWN IT.
That’s the problem with Barry - he doesn’t want to own it.
Must not be very confident that it’ll work, eh?
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