Posted on 01/16/2012 3:57:01 PM PST by neverdem
Why Are Obama Critics So Dumb? Thats the question posed by Andrew Sullivan in the cover story of this weeks Newsweek.
But youd have to be stupid, fanatical, and dishonest to argueas Trig Truther Sullivan doesthat Barack Obamas failures are part of an ingenious long game that is destined to succeed.
If this is the best Obamas supporters can do, Obamas 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 Obamas 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 Obamas auto bailout succeededwhen 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. Bushs bank bailoutsbut 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 lawfrom higher cigarette taxes to the many ObamaCare taxesas 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.
Sullivans defense of ObamaCare is that it is more moderate than it might have been. That is hardly a measure...
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Did Sullivan pick the cover photo? It’s soooooooo gay!
Reading an article written by a leftist who describes himself as a “right-leaning Independent” is like testing every weak artery wall in ones’ body.
It is hoped that progressives get in spades what they hoped to perpetrate on the rest of the population with their specious arguments inspired by Mr. Alinsky.
IMHO
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