Posted on 01/16/2012 3:57:01 PM PST by neverdem
“Why Are Obama’ Critics So Dumb?” That’s the question posed by Andrew Sullivan in the cover story of this week’s Newsweek.
But you’d have to be stupid, fanatical, and dishonest to argue–as Trig Truther Sullivan does–that Barack Obama’s failures are part of an ingenious “long game” that is destined to succeed.
If this is the best Obama’s supporters can do, Obama’s only hope for re-election is the weak Republican field.
Sullivan, who claims to care about national debt, begins by arguing, contrary to reality, that Obama’s massive $787 billion stimulus (actually, $862 billion) turned the economy around. He offers no proof other than the post hoc, ergo propter hoc fallacy familiar from basic economics. Sullivan also ignores the composition of the stimulus, which shoveled cash to cronies and bloated big states with their massive public sector obligations.
In addition, Sullivan claims that Obama’s auto bailout succeeded–when in fact it pushed aside property rights and subsidized failed “green” cars, rather than allowing car makers to rebuild through normal bankruptcy. He also commends Obama for continuing George W. Bush’s bank bailouts–but does not mention the Dodd-Frank financial “reforms” that enshrine “too big to fail,” hurt small businesses and fail to address Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Next, Sullivan tries to defend Obama on taxes, pointing out that the president passed tax cuts as part of the stimulus. He ignores the numerous new taxes and tax increases that Obama signed into law–from higher cigarette taxes to the many ObamaCare taxes–as well as the glaring fact that Obama has been campaigning for the past several years on the promise to raise taxes on the rich, and would have done so if not for Congress.
Sullivan’s defense of ObamaCare is that it is more “moderate” than it might have been. That is hardly a measure...
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Maybe he has dementia from AIDS, or is he just HIV positive?.
The date is from the URL.
It has obviously passed the blood/brain barrier.
Because he’s a liberal/progressive, or vice versa—it’s an egg/chicken question.
Anyone who can’t figure out that “tab A goes in slot B” has a profound comprehension problem.
perhaps the editos at newsweek are aware of their last day of publication.
This is like a actor/actress comming out of the closet to save their career.
newsweek honchos must know thier last day and are going out with a leftist bang.
this cover is a death scream.
perhaps the editos at newsweek are aware of their last day of publication.
This is like a actor/actress comming out of the closet to save their career.
newsweek honchos must know thier last day and are going out with a leftist bang.
this cover is a death scream.
He’s not dumb; it’s just that there’s a huge disconnect between what he knows to be the truth and what he wants to be the truth.
He’s a ‘t’ick Mick’ me boyos!
Tapeworms got shoved into his cranium?
Would you believe there are articles defending him on Human Events?
It’s funny because it’s true. Newsweak is the same magazine that photoshopped an aged Lady Di walking down the street with Princess Kate.
Something has seriously diminished in his intellectual capacity and ethics, that is for sure.
It could be AIDS or drug abuse. It also could be obsession with a self destructive homosexual lifestyle and it’s destructive politics and attitudes.
It is a mental and spiritual disorder. It has natural consequences that are not pretty but that are not politically correct to discuss. They should not be promoting and pushing the behavior on children in the schools for psychological and medical reasons even if you want to ignore the ethical problems.
It’s because he thinks with the wrong head.
Interesting he chooses to count jobs gained since 2010, eliminating the job losses in the first year of Obammy but counts the lost jobs under GWB throughout his 8 years. Lets start at the point we started gaining jobs under GWB and see where we end up. 2 different starting points will give you skewed results.
He failed basic plumbing 101.
Being a Radical Gay will eat your brain.
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