Obama: After 54 health care speeches, I neglected “marketing and P.R. and public opinion.”

Washington Times ^ | 10/13/10 | Mark Hemingway

[Nachum]

Yes, he actually said this in the monster New York Times magazine piece that just came out:

“We probably spent much more time trying to get the policy right than trying to get the politics right. There is probably a perverse pride in my administration — and I take responsibility for this; this was blowing from the top — that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who’s occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can’t be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion.”

Oh where, oh where to begin. First, we have the arrogant assumption that the administration’s crime here is getting the policy right. The fact that majority of the country that hates, say, health care reform with the fire of a thousand suns is presumably because they don’t know what’s good for them. Then the idea that Obama neglected “marketing and P.R. and public opinion.” The president gave 54(!) speeches on health care reform, including a special joint session of Congress and prime time infomercial. And yet, he’s still of the opinion he just hasn’t explained it properly or something? We’re gonna like this turkey any day now! (Also, the fact he’s explaining his policy approach in his eleventy billionth magazine profile should tell you something — as president, Obama’s even posed for the cover of The American Dog.)

[PghBaldy]

Thankfully, at least they still have the stimulus to talk about. Granny and the new baby are shovel-ready!

[WayneS]

The New York Times Magazine piece quoted in this article IS a work of satrire, right?

Right?

RIGHT?

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[AmericanInTokyo]

Now they are starting on this "we did not get our message across" or "we did not package ourselves correctly", or "we did not break it down for the American People to understand how good it was what we were doing for them."

The ONE thing you will NOT hear out of Obongo's mouth is simply, THE TRUTH:

"Our policies simply were a failure, made little to no economic sense, and essentially are out of step with Americans and the very Essence of America, as a free market, limited government nation whereas what we tried to as college professors drunk on power with little to now real-world private-sector, paycheck-meeting experience, was suddenly and shockingly foist upon them was a Eurosocialism model, the results being completely disastrous despite all saged warnings to the contrary. My fault. My fault completely."

[WayneS]

The New York Times magazine piece [on Obama] that just came out — aka, “The Mother of All Puff Pieces”.

[WayneS]

The New York Times magazine piece [on Obama] that just came out — aka, “The Mother of All Puff Pieces”.

[WayneS]

What was it he once said about putting lipstick on a pig?

[TheCornerOffice]

So typical... they think they can convince us of ANYTHING as long as they TALK about it correctly. You can see this again and again in comments from him and his admin and Dem leaders.

That's the only way Nancy's famous "pass it so we can find out what's in it" makes any sense at all (to them). It's always an arrogant assumption that they can "message" us correctly, with the MSM supporting their way of talking about it... talking points, etc.

With these clowns, it's always about the message and how the message can cover up what they are trying to do.

[libs_kma]

"We probably spent much more time trying to get the policy right.."

Shouldn't broadcast your failures so loud there Obummer...

Spend all that time to get it that wrong?? Lucky you didn't spend even more time huh?