In Barack Obama's struggle to explain his fall from grace, condescension and self-delusion dominate:
President Barack Obama said Americans' "fear and frustration" is to blame for an intense midterm election cycle that threatens to derail the Democratic agenda.He's working overtime not to get this: The trauma is Obama! And the massive rejection of his pernicious agenda is proof that plenty of responsible Americans are thinking clearly and acting rationally, at last.
"Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared,” Obama said Saturday evening in remarks at a small Democratic fundraiser Saturday evening. “And the country's scared.”
Obama told the several dozen donors that he was offering them his “view from the Oval Office.” He faulted the economic downturn for Americans’ inability to “think clearly” and said the burden is on Democrats “to break through the fear and the frustration people are feeling.
“You can respond in a couple of ways to a trauma like this,” Obama said, referring to the economy. “One is to pull back, retrench and respond to your fears by pushing away challenges, looking backwards. Another is to say we can meet these challenges and we are going to move forward. And that’s what this election is about.” [emphasis added]
Obama was speaking at a suburban Boston fundraiser for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which raised an estimated $900,000. His remarks were somber and at times emotional as he tried to make sense of the political climate that changed so quickly since he was swept into office with overwhelming nationwide support.He can't handle the truth. All he can do is philosophize about the childlike electorate's weak-mindedness.
Hey, what a coincidence -- John Kerry is saying the exact same thing as Obama:
“This is a tough year,” he said at the fundraiser at the home of Ralph de la Torre, the CEO of Caritas Cristi, a Massachusetts-based health care system. “Facts, science, truth seem to be significantly absent from what we call our political dialogue. It’s hardly a dialogue. It’s a shouting match, sloganeering.”So ultra-liberal politicians are now the font of "facts, science, and truth"? Like the fact that the stimulus worked, and government created (or saved!) zillions of jobs? Or the fact that Obamacare won't raise our healthcare costs?
Two weeks to go and this is what they've got? Oy.
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Not scared, Angry. Angry that our bloated government, which has seen public sector pay and benefits increase by 30% in real terms in the past decade could not prevent the debacle that has unfolded over the past 2 years. That Fannie Mae presided over the monumental mortgage debacle, that the SEC had no clue about Madoff, that 6 government agencies dropped the ball leading up to 9/11, that insane regulations continue to make it harder and harder to run a small business, that politicians think it's OK to do something that a clear, if not overwhelming majority of the public at large disagree with.
ReplyDeleteAngry as in incandescent with rage. Angry not scared.
Not sad, not bad, been had, am a dad, egad!, not a lad, gots some nad, off my pad, you're a rad, not a fad, more than a tad, but most definitely MAD!!!
ReplyDeleteAlso angry, and getting angrier every time Obama and the Dems come out with something like this. Mr. President, we are not dumb, toothless, unwashed hicks who just need your wisdom to get us all straight. As you will find out shortly.
ReplyDelete"acts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared,” B. Obama
ReplyDelete"Productivity is important, but how can I be productive if I have this one little thing in my brain that I cannot get out. And that one little thing is a soft pretzel. So I’m just gonna have my soft pretzel. When I get back to work I’m gonna be super productive." Michael Scott "The Office"
With each passing day, I am more convinced that the President is morphing into Michael Scott of the "The Office."
Actually, Obama deserves a smidgen of credit for insight: When the average guy is frightened badly enough, he does usually cease to think logically and recurs instead to panic. The claim that the American electorate has reacted against him and his because of fear-clouded thinking is plausible...if you haven’t been watching the course of actual, objective events.
ReplyDeleteI would say that “fear-clouded thinking” is actually what put the Obamunists into power. We see more clearly today than we did in 2006 and 2008, when our chiefest impulse was to punish the Republicans jointly and severally for having blown the Bush Boom with profligate spending. What we really wanted and needed was a way to discipline the Republicans without letting the greater evil back to the levers of power...and indeed, that’s still what we want and need.
“Put not your trust in princes.” – Jesus of Nazareth
Scientific Socialism.
ReplyDeleteSo....if we'd just take this blue pill, we'll be glad and then they can go on carving out this grand Utopia that would only happen if we let them do everything they want.
ReplyDeleteI'm with Francis. It was a lot of fear that elected Obama in the first place. The fear of a depression helped the Democrats, especially when they and the media painted McCain as an overreacting nut. They even used the ironic fear-based argument that Sarah Palin was not experienced enough to be one heartbeat away from the presidency. Because of the clouded thinking of the lamestream media/Democrats the more pressing point was not made to the majority of Americans that Obama was even more inexperienced than she was.
ReplyDeleteHonest to goodness,these socialist types think they are smart, rational, and scientific, despite being the next thing to innumerate and informed by fictions. They really do! And that's what's frightening -- that they can be elected by democratic majorities.
ReplyDelete"we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared"
ReplyDeleteWe're hardwired for self-preservation. When our safety is threatened, the adrenalin starts pumping and we react - as we are now. The threat posed by Obama and his policies is driving the same instinct that's kept us alive and well for thousands of years.
Congrats on the lanche Jill. You nailed this one, he is working overtime not to get the message.
ReplyDeleteGee, only 14 days and we can tell these economic moron socialist-Marxists to STFU and go away. And this is only just the beginning of a politcal "cleansing" of socialist-Marxists from our body politic.
ReplyDeleteA well-deserved Instalanche. Bravo, Jill!
ReplyDeleteQuoted from and Linked to at:
Dr. B.H. Morbius Explains All
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It's Time To ROC 'N' ROLL:
Restore Our Constitution & Restore Our Lost Liberties
WOLVERINES!
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ReplyDeleteMy first!
Well, at least he's got the letter of the alphabet right. F is correct as are the number of letters. Try fury instead of fear!
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