Posted on 03/13/2011 6:00:49 AM PDT by fightinJAG
Since the November elections, weve heard innumerable references to 1994 and 1982. The well-worn narrative is that, like Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan before him, Barack Obama can rally from midterm losses to recapture voters confidence and win re-election.
Theres just one problem. Most of the breaks, especially recently, are going against the president.
Yes, its early. And no, we havent the faintest idea who will be the GOP nominee. But the emerging issues things we werent even talking about four months ago, such as gas prices, Mideast revolutions and government unions are shifting the political ground in ways that dont bode well for Obama.
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As Rush once said:
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.
His Alinski tactic of running on “America Sucks” is not working now that they are in charge. How can he win on America Sucks when he is running the show and can no longer blame Bush?
The DBM wishes for a severe crisis to occur so that Obama can demonstrate leadership and win back the confidence of the electorate.
Then when the crises do occur, they are disconsolate that everything is going against Obama.
Wasn’t it Rahm Emanuel who said to “never waste a crisis”.
We’ll, we’ve got a lot of crises going on and where is Obama - out on the links.
The tea parties arose from fear of private-sector annihilation by government.
Favoring our enemies in the ME, and shunning our friends have combined to destabilize the entire region.
It is now clear that unions are more a problem that anyone thought, as Obama has favored them every step of the way at the expense of taxpayers.
I think that Obama means us harm, so I don’t think he’s interested in any useful advice I might give him — nevertheless, I offer this:
If Obama gave a speech about the Bush presidency, and called for a reassessment, he could gain huge political points. It’s hard to be president. It’s hard to know what to do about Libya. Or Iraq or Afghanistan for that matter. Yellowcake? WMD? There are no easy answers. We have debt and deficits, and all kinds of things. Bush had Enron, and the tech stock meltdown. The president really doesn’t control all that much.
If Obama called for truly civil discussion, and a true bipartisan approach to our nation’s problems, he could become a really significant figure. By convincing the Democrats that the Republicans were not evil, and convincing the Republicans that the Democrats were not insane, he could really achieve something.
But he doesn’t have it in him.
Unfortunately, when America does not lead, people around the world die or are enslaved further.
They wanted a better looking Al Sharpton and they got him, sadly we are suffering the effects while his zombies still believe in the hope and change
Obama’s actions look more like a monarch (divine right to rule) or a tin-pot dictator (like Chavez, Castro or Mugabi).
All 6 nuclear reactors could meltdown in Japan and Obama would be out golfing than address the situation.
He can’t act Presidential.
Gas at 3 or 4 dollars a gallon will bury this tyrant and his administration.I have said that the morons that voted for him are the ones that can ill afford these prices.They will blame him because he is the messiah.
The saying goes You make your own breaks.
Lacking executive experience and decision making ability, the Messiah doesn’t save, he dithers. When decisions are required quickly for a broad range of simultaneous problems, he is in trouble. He is stifled by the pressure.
He plays golf for relief of the constant and ever increasing pressure.
You gotta be kidding.
In politics as in science, fortune favors the prepared mind. And misfortune apparently favors the unprepared mind.
Precisely.
I won't rest until that snake is chopped into bite size chunks and deep fried in oil!
Hey! Where’s the UP?
Nothing does that!
We (including the fictional and dead voters) elect an incompetent socialist with no interest in the actual job (thank God for that, as it would be worse if someone who hates America so much actually had ability and an interest in the job), and then we say it’s “bad breaks” when he’s indifferent to the job or otherwise fails to respond in a relevant manner? Luck has nothing to do with this outcome.
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