To: Lakeshark
Have you ever noticed Obama's speeches when he's talking about an ongoing issue and the actions he's taking at the given moment he never fails to add "In the past..." or "Under the last administration..." and criticizes the Republican President or the GOP on how they had dealt with that same particular problem / issue. He must have a template for every speech that includes comparing himself to the past administration. And quite he lies about how he's doing it now and how it was done under Bush.
The last time he did this was with the Libyan War and how he went about gathering support from our allies and almost sounded like he was accusing Bush of not doing that.
6 posted on
03/23/2011 5:42:19 AM PDT by
tsowellfan
(http://www.cafenetamerica.com)
To: tsowellfan
he never fails to add "In the past..." or "Under the last administration..." It's been hard not to notice, it's also hard not to notice that it's now only working with Odumbo's moonbat base, and with this war, maybe not even for some of them.
Schadenfreude in the best sense of the word, and I love it.
12 posted on
03/23/2011 5:46:04 AM PDT by
Lakeshark
(Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
To: tsowellfan
16 posted on
03/23/2011 5:54:37 AM PDT by
cake_crumb
(Obama=Demon Spawn)
To: tsowellfan
Have you ever noticed Obama's speeches when he's talking about an ongoing issue and the actions he's taking at the given moment he never fails to add "In the past..." or "Under the last administration..." and criticizes the Republican President or the GOP on how they had dealt with that same particular problem / issue. Good observation -- but I think we can be more specific, and actually see an evolution of this little rhetorical technique.
When Obama first became president, he referred to mistakes made "over the past eight years".
As time went on, this became awkward, since his own track record became included in the 8-year span, while Bush's initial time in office dropped out of consideration. At this point, Obama started talking about problems "over the past 10 years".
Now Obama is in his third year. It's harder to make the allusion which he wants to make -- but he does so by now saying "in the past".
It's quite childish, but that's the sort of person he is.
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