October 17, 2010
— Gabriel Malor No, it couldn't be his deeply unpopular policies or the the economy-destroying legislation his allies in Congress have been passing around. The President says Democrats are failing in the polls because Americans aren't thinking clearly.
Seeking to explain his party's troubles, the president focused not on controversial legislation like national health care and the stimulus but on evolutionary psychology. "Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now, and facts and science and argument do not seem to be winning the day all the time, is because we're hard-wired not to always think clearly when we're scared," Obama told the assembled Democrats, who paid $15,200 a person to attend. "And the country is scared."To "break through the fear and the frustration that people are feeling right now," Obama told the crowd, will require high-end donors not just to "write checks" but also to "lift up people's spirits and make sure that they're not reacting just to fear."
As with his unscripted "bitter clingers" remark two years ago, the President is entirely ignorant of his own insulting elitism. He simply has no idea what an utter douchetool it makes him to tell Democratic high-rollers "Give me your money because Americans are being dumb; we'll show them." I bet you a beer that he was off his telebinky for this too.
Via Slublog.
More: Thinking about it, Obama's done more than his share of fearmongering this election cycle. If Americans are afraid, they've got good reason to be.
The President says that the GOP repeal of ObamaCare will lead to increased premiums and reduced benefits. He must have missed the massive rate hikes that went into effect to pay for ObamaCare mandates. He must have missed his own CMS actuary who found that ObamaCare has reduced benefits for seniors.
The President says that the GOP will hurt the economy by scuttling his stimulus, especially "green energy subsidies" and "thousands of green jobs." Of course, he just admitted the other day that there's no such thing as a "shovel-ready project" and no magical "green economy" has materialized. His promise to keep the unemployment rate under 8% turned out to be a big fat lie. As a result, Americans are still without work, the economy is still in the dump, and our children will get to pay the bill for Obama's failed "stimulus".
Obama continues to fearmonger on tax cuts, claiming in a blatant lie that the GOP will not renew tax cuts for the middle class. The truth is, the Bush tax cuts (which included cuts for the middle class) are expiring because of his own party. They would have been permanent but for Democrat opposition. For the GOP it's not about "giving" the middle class a tax cut. It's about keeping the greedy government from taking money that's already rightfully theirs. In the two years they've been in power, the Democrats haven't done more than pretend to be interested in cutting taxes for the middle class, though they've certainly enjoyed passing wealth redistribution measures in the form of tax credits.
Lauraw reminds me that it's not just the Democrats in the White House or in Congress. Democratic cronies in executive agencies like the EPA are also set on economy-killing regulations. No amount of reasoning -- "Hey, maybe never's a good time to raise energy prices for every American." -- will penetrate the Democrat's global warming fearmongering.
Obama asked his rich donors to "lift up people's spirits." In fact, Americans' spirits will be higher and their futures brighter after the Democrats get a big old whack on the nose in November. I know you can do it.
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Posted by: Barack Obama at October 17, 2010 11:44 AM (kCT7A)
Of course not. Voters were smarter two years ago. Now, they're scared. Whenever Dems get elected the voters are rejecting the Pubbies. When Pubbies get elected the voters were snookered, hoodwinked, tricked or SCARED
Posted by: GW McLintock at October 17, 2010 11:46 AM (i4sIv)
--B.H. Obama, Master Communicator, 10/17/10
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at October 17, 2010 11:46 AM (jCkEy)
"At a Saturday-evening fundraiser held in the home of a wealthy Massachusetts hospital executive
...
Obama's host, Ralph de la Torre, is chief executive officer of Caritas Christi Health Care, a large New England hospital chain. According to a White House pool report, Obama was introduced by Sen. John Kerry, "who joked that there were so many physicians in the houseÂ…that the DSCC should be renamed 'Doctors Sending Campaign Contributions.'"
Really? REALLY?
Those tonsil-stealing, foot-amputating bastards wouldn't be looking for a little favorable treatment under Obamacare now, would they?
Posted by: Andy at October 17, 2010 11:46 AM (5Rurq)
Who the hell is advising this knucklehead? At some point wouldn't you have to question your policies? His learning curve seems pretty steep for someone so gifted. BTW, I never bought into the "superior intellect" meme regarding zero.
The DNC should just run an ad saying something like: Prove you're not an idiot by voting Democrat.
Posted by: directionally challenged guy at October 17, 2010 11:46 AM (V+DKx)
Posted by: pep at October 17, 2010 11:47 AM (8zlLq)
Dems are never wrong.
Stimulus didn't work? Biden asked an unanswerable question: "How do you know that unemployment wouldn't have gone to 15 percent without the stimulus?"
Health insurance rates going up? Greedy insurance companies.
Polls showing a Dem wipeout? Don't worry, they'll figure out a way to blame Karl Rove.
War in Afghanistan going badly lately? Bush's fault.
A black guy didn't get his Whopper His Way? Racism...
Tea Party turnouts? Koch Brothers.
Posted by: mallfly at October 17, 2010 11:48 AM (bJm7W)
Posted by: David Brooks at October 17, 2010 11:49 AM (j4xgZ)
Posted by: CAC at October 17, 2010 11:49 AM (Gr1V1)
That's fucking hilarious coming from a guy who got into the highest office in the land, a job he wasn't even remotely qualified for, purely on the basis of emotion.
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 17, 2010 11:50 AM (gHffa)
Seriously, I laughed out loud watching that clip. Sean Bielat was just incredulous that that moron would do something so half-witted in front of a bunch of reporters with cameras (not that they will report it voluntarily). You just know Sean was thinking about how to build a Festo robot arm that would rip the BF's limbs off.
Posted by: pep at October 17, 2010 11:54 AM (8zlLq)
This guy is headed for a breakdown in some way. He doesn't get it, he's never been told no, he's never been sharply and bluntly criticized.
His 1st 47 years were spend in leftist cesspools filled with yes men and fellow travelers. In some cases he was more conservative than his peers.
It will be fascinating to see how he reacts after November. Unless he has the ability to change his personality on a dime, the notion of him not seeking reelection isn't so far fetched.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at October 17, 2010 11:55 AM (AZWim)
Posted by: gesc at October 17, 2010 11:55 AM (UZJNY)
Posted by: Comrade Zombie Arthur at October 17, 2010 11:56 AM (1R4EO)
Telebinky?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
+ 47 Nobel Peace prizes and 1 month of free car washes courtesy of Drew.
Posted by: Rosetta at October 17, 2010 12:00 PM (bhpVw)
"...we're hard-wired not to always think clearly when we're scared."
Here is where the lefty-liberal projects his own emotional inability to cope with life's difficulties, onto all of us.
Posted by: lauraw at October 17, 2010 12:00 PM (DbybK)
It's linked in the Top Headlines sidebar.
Posted by: Andy at October 17, 2010 12:00 PM (5Rurq)
"To "break through the fear and the frustration that people are feeling right now," Obama told the crowd, will require high-end donors not just to "write checks" but also to "lift up people's spirits and make sure that they're not reacting just to fear." "
Yeah, what the hell does he expect Soros etc to do to lift up people's spirits? Buy every voter a bottle of Grey Goose?
"Thinking about it, Obama's done more than his share of fearmongering this election cycle. If Americans are afraid, they've got good reason to be."
No no no, telling the truth is telling the truth. Fearmongering requires people like Beck and Palin.
Posted by: mallfly at October 17, 2010 12:04 PM (bJm7W)
Obama is engaged in academic/lawyeristic claptrap.
Lawyers think about winning arguments, but just because an argument is a winning one, that doesn't make it correct.
Posted by: looking closely at October 17, 2010 12:04 PM (KNy97)
This guy is more in touch with mars than the American people/Voter. This guy is more dangerous than I originally thought. And I thought he was extremely dangerous to begin with
Posted by: Zakn at October 17, 2010 12:05 PM (zyaZ1)
Posted by: mallfly at October 17, 2010 12:07 PM (bJm7W)
Posted by: Ombudsman at October 17, 2010 12:07 PM (c1oyg)
Posted by: mallfly at October 17, 2010 04:07 PM (bJm7W)
And yet Bush is the moron.
Posted by: Ombudsman at October 17, 2010 12:08 PM (c1oyg)
That's our political class, Congress and The White House, in a nutshell.
"It wasn't me!"
Posted by: Warren Bonesteel at October 17, 2010 12:10 PM (ERw7X)
Posted by: Average Joe at October 17, 2010 12:10 PM (wyl+S)
Back in Nam when I was in the shit, we smoked Thai-stick and hashish and could still think clearly.
Posted by: Dick "Dick" Blumenthal at October 17, 2010 12:11 PM (beewJ)
The President was using Biden's telebinky.
Posted by: YIKES! at October 17, 2010 12:12 PM (ELHzb)
This goes right along with "you'd think they'd be thanking me."
Obama thinks he's doing good. We just don't understand his vision.
Posted by: Senator Soothsayer (R-AoS) at October 17, 2010 12:13 PM (3qlrf)
Or a non-native English speaker.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at October 17, 2010 12:13 PM (Vz9lf)
Posted by: mallfly at October 17, 2010 12:19 PM (bJm7W)
Affirmative action does more damage than good, cuz' when you fail, and you will, you will be totally unprepared.
obama has not a clue...maybe I'll just keep talking!
Nov 2 is gonna get much worse for the dems...because he's GONNA keep talking!
Posted by: sane person at October 17, 2010 12:21 PM (XSD4n)
Posted by: mallfly at October 17, 2010 12:21 PM (bJm7W)
Posted by: directionally challenged guy at October 17, 2010 12:23 PM (V+DKx)
You stay classy, Obama.
Least American president evah!
Posted by: Drinky Crow at October 17, 2010 12:27 PM (mAm+G)
That would cleanse the spirits, too, because alcohol is a stronger disinfectant than sunlight!
Posted by: Meanchelle O. at October 17, 2010 12:34 PM (mHQ7T)
Posted by: Museisluse at October 17, 2010 12:39 PM (DTfXb)
Slight problem - "facts and science" aren't part of either Obie's or the Democrats' arguments.
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at October 17, 2010 12:41 PM (fxACH)
Posted by: Redriverted at October 17, 2010 12:43 PM (WN22T)
Posted by: directionally challenged guy at October 17, 2010 12:46 PM (V+DKx)
It's called putting the fear of God in Teh Won.
Posted by: PA Cat at October 17, 2010 12:54 PM (FykH7)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop at October 17, 2010 12:57 PM (S2+uh)
Posted by: mallfly at October 17, 2010 01:03 PM (bJm7W)
Really?
Posted by: gebrauchshund at October 17, 2010 01:06 PM (ADeN1)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop at October 17, 2010 04:57 PM (S2+uh)
I've said it before and I'll say it again, pride comes before the fall.
Oh, and has anyones else noticed the complete lack of media coverage on global warming/climate change lately? Cap n Trade is definitely gonna be priority number one over the next few months.
Posted by: ErikW at October 17, 2010 01:09 PM (xArXe)
I'm not scared. I'm pissed beyond description.
If I were scared, he'd still be wrong. I'm one of those people that when afraid seem to see very clearly & do what needs to be done, as if lazer focused. It is only after the crisis & the loss of the adrenalin that I even realize how bad it could have been. But, at that point, I have already worked my way through it and come out on top.
I can't help it, if he is the kind of person that loses focus when afraid, but don't try to hang that bullshit on everyone.
Posted by: Steph at October 17, 2010 01:14 PM (ZfkPl)
What if he isn't stupid and incompetent? What if he knows exactly what he's doing? Suppose you wanted to wreck the US economy and maximise social unrest - what would you do differently?
Crap, I hate finding myself running down these conspiracy ratholes, but I keep wondering - suppose he's doing this all on purpose?
Posted by: Steve Skubinna at October 17, 2010 01:15 PM (QQ9sc)
Of course he's doing it on purpose.
The real question is: does he think it will make America better, or does he want to purposely destroy us, so he can turn our nation into his own Communist utopia?
The motivation doesn't really matter until the metaphorical trial.
We just have to stop him. NOW.
Posted by: shibumi at October 17, 2010 01:18 PM (OKZrE)
Hysterical, coming from the leader of an Administration trying to tell the public there is such a thing as "jobs saved."
Posted by: Jay at October 17, 2010 01:20 PM (EKpAZ)
This guy is more in touch with mars than the American people/Voter
There is something truly scary about Teh Won's detachment from reality; he comes across as an example of what the shrinks (paging The Hammer) call delusional disorder. Some of the criteria:
The patient expresses a belief with unusual persistence or force.
That idea appears to exert an undue influence on his or her life.
Despite the patient's profound conviction, there is often an attitude of secretiveness or suspicion when the patient is questioned about it.
The individual tends to be humorless and hypersensitive, particularly about the belief.
Any attempt to contradict the belief is met with an inappropriately strong emotional reaction, often with irritability or hostility.
The individual experiences a heightened sense of self-reference. Events that are insignificant to others are of enormous significance to the delusional individual, and the atmosphere surrounding the delusions is highly charged.
The illness is chronic and frequently lifelong.
In other news, Justice Alito has stated his intention to cut next January's SOTU address. Guess he's just scared stupid.
Posted by: PA Cat at October 17, 2010 01:24 PM (FykH7)
The real question is: does he think it will make America better, or does he want to purposely destroy us, so he can turn our nation into his own Communist utopia?
Posted by: shibumi at October 17, 2010 05:18 PM (OKZrE)
In his mind both are one in the same. I don't claim to know his intentions better than anyone else but to him America can indeed be a great country only when the concept of God is wiped out and all us children come to know the true father, Big Gubmint!
Cradle to grave, baby!
Posted by: ErikW at October 17, 2010 01:26 PM (xArXe)
What if he isn't stupid and incompetent? What if he knows exactly what he's doing? Suppose you wanted to wreck the US economy and maximise social unrest - what would you do differently?
Crap, I hate finding myself running down these conspiracy ratholes, but I keep wondering - suppose he's doing this all on purpose?
Posted by: Steve Skubinna at October 17, 2010 05:15 PM (QQ9sc)
Of course, he's doing it on purpose. What makes him stupid is his belief that the American people would not catch on and allow him to do it. His ignorance in the deep held beliefs of the majority of the electorate that America is built on love/pride of country & individual freedom is his downfall. Those principals were not something he learned in the Alinsky playbook, and certainly not shared among the progressive left.
Posted by: Steph at October 17, 2010 01:32 PM (ZfkPl)
Posted by: OCBill at October 17, 2010 01:55 PM (p28Ei)
Wasn't that the basis of his campaign? I'm not Bush, so it'll all be hopey changey greatness and unicorns. Fifty-two percent of you morons bought it.
It's too late to get back on that "unemployment without the stimulus" line.
Elections have consequences, and we're going to suffer them for at least two more years.
Posted by: MarkD at October 17, 2010 02:08 PM (rM33Q)
Posted by: A.G. at October 17, 2010 02:14 PM (oAVyq)
"we're hard-wired not to always think clearly when we're scared," Obama told the assembled Democrats.
Because clearly, this was the path to homosapiens' evolutionary success.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 17, 2010 02:17 PM (2g2ex)
Guess what! We're still here!
Posted by: Trillions of $ in toxic MBS "assets" at October 17, 2010 02:18 PM (Ew1k4)
Who pays $15200 to attend anything? B+rry aside, that's GOT to be such a smidgeon of the population that anybody who does pay that much a) is so rich that they'll never miss the money or b) expects to get something FOR their 15 large.
I'm going with b).
Posted by: torabora at October 17, 2010 02:22 PM (gocul)
Guess what! We're still here!
Posted by: Trillions of $ in toxic MBS "assets" at October 17, 2010 06:18 PM (Ew1k4)
I'm...hic....not.
Posted by: Zombie Ted Kennedy at October 17, 2010 02:24 PM (gocul)
"we're hard-wired not to always think clearly when we're scared," Obama told the assembled Democrats.
Because clearly, this was the path to homosapiens' evolutionary success.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 17, 2010 06:17 PM (2g2ex)
Please don't tell me that was said in front of a group of college students.
Posted by: ErikW at October 17, 2010 02:25 PM (xArXe)
Which is why in the past week, your anti-obesity wife is shoveling in cheeseburgers and fries, your best puppets are running attack ads against you, and you are criticizing people for taking money from "foreigners" when your own party and campaign are collecting roughly twice as much from them.
In the next few weeks, we will get to the point where the Mocha Messiah is screaming, "BLACK SKIN! BLACK SKIN! I HAVE BLACK SKIN SO YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT I SAY!!!!!!!"
Jiffy Pop futures, folks. That's all I have to say.
Posted by: North Dallas Thirty at October 17, 2010 02:26 PM (bw46q)
Oh, he'll seek re-election. He's just going to cause a mass mental breakdown among the legions of brainwashed Obama Party members who have been taught since birth that they must never under any circumstances disagree with or criticize a minority member.
And of course, if that whole thought process breaks down, the Obama Party and progressivism are finished. Done. Without minority status as a bedrock for grievance-mongering, they literally have nothing.
Obama's election may have been the best possible outcome for this country. He will completely destroy the Obama Party itself or the psyches of the people who currently support it.
Posted by: North Dallas Thirty at October 17, 2010 02:31 PM (bw46q)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 17, 2010 02:32 PM (2g2ex)
Without minority status as a bedrock for grievance-mongering, they literally have nothing.
Except that that's their identity. The could hold every seat on Capitol Hill and they would still claim minority status just because of general population numbers.
Posted by: ErikW at October 17, 2010 02:49 PM (xArXe)
Posted by: ya2daup at October 17, 2010 02:50 PM (yOWl+)
Posted by: Bammy's Demons at October 17, 2010 02:52 PM (gbCNS)
Science and facts???? You mean the scientifiic 8% unemployment rate and the sciency 3000% reduction in insurance premiums? 57 states,Oh-ree-on, corpseman genious. Asshole cant operate a freaking umbrella without a diagram. ut Bush is a dummy.
Meggie Mac n Cheese was sexy on Cristianne Amapoor (journalist). The camera from behind showed the stacked rolls of fat. I hope someone posts a screenshot. Oh, she said we are too extreme, unlike the communists. Maverick, we are tired of you and your daughter's brand of Republican. The lay me down gently, Mr. Democrap, I'll be nice. GET OFF MY TV, the both of yoose!
Posted by: Schwalbe at October 17, 2010 03:42 PM (OiSVC)
There is another dead president (Johnson) who said "I will not seek and I will not accept my party's nomination for another term as your President." I wish BHO would say the same thing.
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Posted by: Steve L. at October 17, 2010 04:20 PM (/7n/7)
To "break through the fear and the frustration that people are feeling right now," Obama told the crowd, will require high-end donors not just to "write checks" but also to "lift up people's spirits and make sure that they're not reacting just to fear."
If all these cock wades would just drop dead my spirits would be lifted beyond belief.
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Silly Gabriel. The green economy HAS materialized. Unfortunately for U.S. compaines, it's in China.
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