Obama Paying The Price For Insisting He's Right...
Jul 10, 2014 09:36:51 #
by; Michael Goodwin...an interesting observation.
The joke about the obsessively doting mother comes to mind.
Watching her son parade with rows of fellow troops, she notices he is on his left foot when they are all on the right.
Why are they out of step? she asks.
So it is with Barack Obama. The nation is turning against him, yet he shouts to the heavens that he is right and the country is wrong.
Mothers can get away with that sort of thing. Presidents and their parties get shellacked.
The Quinnipiac poll showing that Obama is now considered the worst president since World War II offers him no silver lining. There were 12 choices and the voting wasnt close he got the highest worst vote, 33 percent, with George W. Bush the next worst, at 28 percent.
Jimmy Carter, routinely mocked as a disaster, drew only 8 percent. Even Richard Nixon did better, seen as the bottom of the barrel by only 13 percent of those surveyed. And we know how Nixons tenure ended.
Too bad America didnt come to its senses sooner. Indeed, the Q poll shows a huge amount of buyers remorse, with 45 percent saying Mitt Romney would have been a better president, while only 38 percent think Obama was the right choice in 2012. Mulligan, anyone?
Let me be clear: Obama is flirting with disaster. This and other polls show he is losing ground with every group, including African-Americans.
Most important, clear majorities no longer trust him and no longer believe he is capable of leading the country.
His policies, especially ObamaCare, were never popular, but the accumulation of his failures has eroded his ability to defy political gravity.
Thats what happens when you get caught in too many lies and broken promises about fixing the economy. And dont underestimate the impact of the global chaos on Americans sour mood.
Losing the consent of the governed is a profound event, and there is no easy path back to public grace. The one certainty is that Obamas angry defiance will dig him a deeper hole.
The joke about the obsessively doting mother comes to mind.
Watching her son parade with rows of fellow troops, she notices he is on his left foot when they are all on the right.
Why are they out of step? she asks.
So it is with Barack Obama. The nation is turning against him, yet he shouts to the heavens that he is right and the country is wrong.
Mothers can get away with that sort of thing. Presidents and their parties get shellacked.
The Quinnipiac poll showing that Obama is now considered the worst president since World War II offers him no silver lining. There were 12 choices and the voting wasnt close he got the highest worst vote, 33 percent, with George W. Bush the next worst, at 28 percent.
Jimmy Carter, routinely mocked as a disaster, drew only 8 percent. Even Richard Nixon did better, seen as the bottom of the barrel by only 13 percent of those surveyed. And we know how Nixons tenure ended.
Too bad America didnt come to its senses sooner. Indeed, the Q poll shows a huge amount of buyers remorse, with 45 percent saying Mitt Romney would have been a better president, while only 38 percent think Obama was the right choice in 2012. Mulligan, anyone?
Let me be clear: Obama is flirting with disaster. This and other polls show he is losing ground with every group, including African-Americans.
Most important, clear majorities no longer trust him and no longer believe he is capable of leading the country.
His policies, especially ObamaCare, were never popular, but the accumulation of his failures has eroded his ability to defy political gravity.
Thats what happens when you get caught in too many lies and broken promises about fixing the economy. And dont underestimate the impact of the global chaos on Americans sour mood.
Losing the consent of the governed is a profound event, and there is no easy path back to public grace. The one certainty is that Obamas angry defiance will dig him a deeper hole.
Jul 10, 2014 13:50:09 #
Jakebrake wrote:
Disaster? What sort of disaster could befall the president? Why would anyone think that any of the politicians need to care about what we think?Obama is flirting with disaster.
Why don't people simply make an intelligent case for the opposition rather than endlessly beating on Obama? Or, better yet, develop a coherent political philosophy that actually addresses the conditions that have led to leaders such as Bush and Obama. Yes, millions of people who supported Obama's candidacy have been betrayed. But when those people listen to the absurd ramblings and baseless attacks from the right they are more resistant to speaking out against him. The same thing happened with Bush.
What sort of sense does it make to alienate all of the betrayed and disaffected Obama supporters and voters?
Mike
Jul 11, 2014 10:29:01 #
Blenheim Orange wrote:
Disaster? What sort of disaster could befall the p... (show quote)
Hahahaha you think there are 2 parties in Washington.
Jul 11, 2014 13:29:24 #
yhtomit wrote:
If you think that you haven't read very many of my posts.Hahahaha you think there are 2 parties in Washington.
There are, in fact, two parties in Washington, so I assume you mean that there is not much if any difference between them. I agree with that.
Mike
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