Posted on 12/11/2010 7:16:15 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Or another, bigger Oklahoma City.
So says Mark Halperin
The astonishment is palpable in Byron York’s column:
Everyone knows Barack Obama is in a political fix. The coalition that elected him in 2008 has collapsed, and the independents whose support lifted him to the White House have now abandoned him. What to do?
York notes that any effort by Obama to compromise with Republicans will be met by scorn from Obama’s base, and compromise is antithetical to Obama’s core in any case.
What Obama really needs, Halperin says, is a stroke of good luck. “Busy as he’s been, he has not yet experienced a single major moment that has benefited him politically,” Halperin writes. Events like the Gulf oil spill have been harmful, rather than helpful. So what would brighten Obama’s political prospects? Here’s Halperin:
No one wants the country to suffer another catastrophe. But when a struggling Bill Clinton was faced with the Oklahoma City bombing and a floundering George W. Bush was confronted by 9/11, they found their voices and a route to political revival.
So there. Obama needs an American disaster. Anything with a considerable loss of life will suffice. Desperation often causes awkward situations:
Maybe a bin Laden capture or Iranian revolution would help, although it seems highly unlikely that a dramatic technological innovation would revitalize American manufacturing in time for Obama to be re-elected in 2012. But the fact is, presidents have often shown their true mettle in the face of tragic circumstances. And Obama’s partisans appear to be coming very close to hoping for a tragedy to revive the president’s political fortunes.
That’s no exaggeration. Halperin makes it sound as though the Obama Presidency depends on catastrophe.
While he negotiates his way through the lame-duck session of Congress, prepares for his State of the Union address and budget, and braces for the new normals of 2011, the President had better figure out how to react when the moment comes. Without that moment — whatever it is — and strong leadership in its wake, Obama may find his luck has run out.
It’s a curious moment in history when an American President needs a multitide of Americans to die in order to save his own political future. If many Americans die, it would be good luck for Obama. What sort of person even permits himself the luxury of this kind of fantasy?
His 9/11 could be a financial collapse.
I don’t give a flip what he thinks Obozo needs.
FUBO!
What WE the People need is for RecordsGate to begin. Uncover this pile of steaming cow dung. Expose it all. The information is out there if the “right” people want it revealed.
IT IS TIME!
Bill Clinton viciously exploited OKC for personal political benefit.
No comparison with President George W. Bush who took considerable (personal and party) political risks long after the first few months of relative “unity” in the wake of 9/11, in order to enhance US and global security as he understood it.
Disgusting to think of how the Demagogues “never let a crisis go to waste” (Rahm Emmanuel) but that is indeed their operating principle.
He could spend less time on the golf course as well.
That’s all we need...Another excuse for an Obama Power Grab! I would hate to imagine what the Man Child would do....Besides probably BOW and say he is SORRY! I think Barry knows he is finished and is preparing to give the Nomination to Hillary in 2012. He practicly GAVE Slick Willy the podium at the Press Conference the other day....
This guy should be beaten with a 2 x 4”
You pathetic piece of sh*t; people people fell to their deaths so they wouldn’t be burned alive...and all you see this as is a way for this POS Obama to get some good publicity!
I hope you meet up with a 911 victim’s family member real soon, and I hope they kick you a$$ all over the street!
The window for a Reichstag Fire moment for Obama has long since come and gone. If we get 9/11’d now it will be the last straw for him and us. He’ll be impeached.
Why, spawn of the odious Morton Halperin of course.
God forbid that we have any kind of crisis but it would be the undoing of Obama, he could not handle it.
What Good Can a Handgun Do Against An Army?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2312894/posts
I hope you meet up with a 911 victim’s family member real soon, and I hope they kick you a$$ all over the street!
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Halprin needs a Sonny Corelone type Arse Woopin for making this type statement at the expense of fellow Americans who lost their lives to radical Muslim Scumbags!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjYsAxM0XA4
The problem is, obama is not adroit enough to seize the advantage when it is thrust in his face.
The oil spill was a classic opportunity to take charge, show himself in command, with his hand on the throttle. Instead he weaseled and waffled and basically blew it. No excuse.
Any mayor would have done better. Anyone doubt Sarah Palin would have been far more effective, as an experienced executive, marshalling resources and cutting through red tape and getting it done?
There is plenty of time, but it is a lot harder to pull off than the original in 1933. The internet can create doubt pretty fast.
Leftist ‘RATS all think alike, don’t they?
Dem Rep. Ellison: We Need To “Create A Real Crisis” To Raise Taxes
Real Clear Politics Video ^ | 10, 12 2010 | Minesota Public Radio
“I think that we need to create a real crisis here so that the Republicans will have to answer for denying Americans unemployment benefits on the eve of the Christmas holiday,” Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) said. “We let them off the hook, in my opinion.”
Yes, the internet can create doubt, but if the mainstream press is carrying your water...
Isn't it already?
I wouldn't put anything past this Administration, this government.
When the SHTF, shouldn’t Keith Ellison be subpoenaed for inciting violence? Why shouldn’t he be indicted for conspiracy to incite violence right now?
The more these people write this unconscionable crap, the more I realize that Sarah Palin has to be elected, right along with a TEA Party Congress.
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