Posted on 12/03/2012 1:40:55 PM PST by Kenny Bunk
The key to understanding Barack Hussein Obama is that he does nothing.
This proposition is at the heart of a grave misapprehension of this Presidency. An American might be forgiven for feeling that a contribution to the common good is based on performance; productivity, some meaningful place in a functioning enterprise that fulfills one and contributes to the furtherance of some cause, or to one’s family and thus to God. What we cannot be forgiven for is continually attempting to apply this now remarkable cultural artifact; this mindset, to this Presidency.
For example, the airwaves resonate as the right-wing talkers decry Obama policies. They ought to wise up. By now the yakkers ought to have realized that there are no policies. There is nothing. That, as hard as it may be to grasp, is by design.
Pundits tirelessly discuss one event after another as it relates to Obama. ”He did this. He did that.” He does nothing. Neither does it take long. His “working” hours are far shorter than even those notorious shirkers Clinton and JFK. (Clinton especially understood the concept of nothingness.) Presidents used to, sometimes vaguely to be sure,campaign on proposed policy,perhaps trying to give voters some idea of their ability to perform; to work toward achieving the result of those policies by personal accomplishment.
Please, all those in opposition to Obama, forget about that. Those days are gone.
Nothing is the key.
Barack Hussein Obama holds an office, but the office certainly doesn’t hold him, or hold him accountable. Consider recent history.
For some 18 months, Obama’s irregular attendance days in Washington were invariably spent in his “den.” It is a room in the White House equipped with multiple big-screen TV’s always tuned to various ESPN broadcasts, and also used to replay recorded commentary by loyal media outlets. The President was not alone in this “Den.” On most days, he was accompanied in his trivial pursuits by a live-in friend and constant companion, Mr. Reggie Love. Intrusions from the outside world were and still are reported by Valerie Jarrett, orchestrating, evaluating, and above all filtering stimuli from sources like David Axelrod, Cabinet members, or “Czars.” There is no question of performance. The machine doesn’t need it. Set on “spin,” all it need do is react or not react to events in a way that enhances a projected image.
(This pattern of course continues, although there has been a personnel change at the White House in that Mr. Reggie Love was whisked out of town very early in the campaign,as sordid details from his former life were simultaneously suppressed by a most cooperative media. It would be surprising if even 2% of those who voted for Obama had even heard of “Reggie Love.”)
In this completely deconstructed Presidency,Barack Hussein Obama does nothing for the very good reason that whether anyone on this planet does anything or not, events will occur. In Obama-world, events occur, too. But do those who practice the “Nothing” approach, the nature of the events matters not a whit.
The President and his team know that after any event has occurred, any event can be managed in such a way that the President gets: (a) credit for handling it properly; (b) is credited with a successful outcome no matter what happened; (c) because what happened has absolutely nothing to do with it. It even does not matter whether the events are “positive,” or “negative.” If the event is “negative,” in some way, a s was for example, “Benghazi,” blame may be directed away from the President, and others will be seen to own the “problem.” Repeat: “The President gets: (a) credit for handling it properly; (b) is credited with a successful outcome no matter what happened; (c) because what happened or didn’t happen has absolutely nothing to do with it. The President has done nothing.
Move on toward the “Fiscal Cliff.” By calculated design, the President has done nothing. There never was a “Budget.” There is no “Administration Plan.” There being nothing, the opposition party is forced to do something, even as they are ridiculed as “obstructionist friends of the wealthy.” “We are not!” They stupidly posture and struggle, as if there were some rational way to counter that claim. The President needs to do nothing. Repeat: He will get: (a) credit for handling it properly; (b) is to be credited with a successful outcome no matter what happens; (c) because what happened has absolutely nothing to do with it. It does not matter whether the events are “positive,” or “negative; blame may be directed away from the President, and others (The Republicans in the Congress) own the “problem.” It is impossible to ”win,” against this disarmingly simple philosophy.
Since any outcome will have many unpleasant effects, the team that does “nothing,” takes the advantage.
Please note that I do not mean to discount the absolute power the Left has in the media. More important, one must never forget the obvious socialist ideology that makes up the greater part of Obama’s scant intellectual baggage. But it is “Deconstruction” that is at the very core of the means chosen by, or more likely for him and has a very specific socialist revolutionary goal. While the means chosen are classically deconstructionist, the day-to-day tactics used to cover the President’s “nothingness” are the battle-proven tactics of the Communist Party as codified in Alinsky’s manuals. Since these are tactics are alien to most of the ordinary “American Experience,” they are devastatingly effective and apparently are never to be understood, appreciated, or much less effectively countered, by what passes for the opposition.
This is also not to say that the do-nothing Obama Administration cannot see events taking shape, either internationally or domestically. However, they very carefully choose to, or make it known that they intend to, do nothing about these events. In that way, they may take immediate advantage of whatever occurs, whether to take credit, cast blame, or ignore entirely. A fine case in point: “The Arab Spring.” The administration takes credit for “democratic reforms.” The crucifixion of Christians or the rape and murder of Americans, including an ambassador are the problems of others. Explanation if required: this administration had nothing to do with them, because obviously they are the result of misguided policies carried out by former administrations.
Of course this, leaves us who may disagree with the goals of the Obama Administration with the problem of effectively countering it. Perhaps the answer lies in applied psychology. Counseling a patient faced in daily life by passive aggression with malignant intent, some therapists might suggest withdrawal. In the context of the “Fiscal Cliff” situation, that might mean adopting a hands-off approach.
Since the consequences of the Republicans “doing nothing” in the House cannot possibly be worse for the country than the consequences of supporting a President who does nothing, but will seek to blame them for anything and everything, perhaps the Republicans should now take a leaf from his book and do precisely the same thing about the “Fiscal Cliff.” Nothing. Leave the man to face the consequences of doing nothing all by himself.
Allen West will rise again.
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Oh, please, God, let that be so....
G-d would be VERY pleased. LOL
And so would I.
My dream ticket was Sarah Palin and Allen West...then Allen West and whoever after that. The man is destined for great things and I do SO pray his destiny is fulfulled.
Anybody remember the movie “Chance”?
The other problem is that nobody wants to be that guy whose failure paves the way for later success -- especially if the success isn't sure to come. Politician's egos are too strong to want to play the fall guy. They don't want to sacrifice whatever chance they have at fame and power and reputation to be somebody else's Herbert Hoover or Jimmy Carter (or I guess we have to add George W. Bush now). If Obama is that twisted and that clever, he's not going to want to be somebody else's second banana. He may just be really incompetent, not some evil genius pretending to be incompetent so that someone else could take the credit.
“Being There” (1979)?
Excellent, and you have captured the Obama presidency in a nutshell.
I am gonna say this for about the millionth time. soros does NOT guide obama. clinton does and has since little o gave his “I Am the Dream” speech at the J effing K convention. THAT is when bill picked him and THAT is where and when the deal was made. And THAT is why mccain stepped back.
There is a very long and interesting story here starting with the financial meltdown, but I am tired of repeating myself since no one will connect the dots.
Why do you think it is ALWAYS bill clinton who rescues little o? ALWAYS.
Between clinton and bush, everything was in place for the whole financial meltdown, and every single appointee obama has ‘chosen’ is, and has been, a clintonista all the way to hacks like van jones and sotomeyer.
soros invests money in everything left, but clinton is the brains behind little o. Everything o has done was what clinton tried to do but couldn’t because he had to go through the Republicans first. Gingrich kicked his a$$.
Gays serving openly in the military. hillary’s health care.
The repossession of many of the homes bought through fannie and freddie because of laws clinton put in place. The green energy scams. The hatred of Israel and especially Netanyahu who he tried to literally destroy. arafat was the most frequent visitor at the clinton whitehouse.
Anyone who thinks emanuel or greg craig were working for obama needs medication.
It just goes on and on and on.
ALL OF IT.
Geffen is responsible for the idiot. Think about it.
Ahnold?
Get ready for jebbie in short order. Mark my words.
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The Deconstructed Presidency has been.
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Obamanation Communism File.
It has nothing whatever to do with what he does or does not do. With media communications as balkanized as they are, enough people will know nothing about any particular situation that the the consequences are immaterial. The MSM controls the bulk of public conversation, even here.
There is SO much more to this. It would literally take volumes to get to all of it now. But dinna forget where hillary came from and why bill married her. It was a political marriage from the gitgo. This was the fusion of the bubba mafia and the Chicago machine. Carter mentored bill until the Mariel boatlift. After that it was ghwb, (who involved clinton in the Mena cocaine smuggling.)
Like I said, this goes back a long way and you keep believing that it’s the cfr or the whatever. But the jarrett connection is the clinton connection and was long before obama...as was tony rezko. clinton RULED the welfare reform group that finally emerged as acorn. It’s headquarters was in Arkansas. He sent the first contingent to open a branch in Chicago and the rest is history. jarrett is rich because of clinton.
It’s a long game. The pieces are all there and they all fit.
LOL. Perhaps I ain't the guy to explain Deconstructionism. Try Camille Paglia.
In a way though, I think with this guy as the front man, with a completely controlled media, and with Valerie Jarrett, the Clintons, and George Soros as the ideological brains (and they are "brains"), this philosophical approach has a fighting chance of taking over. Hell, it already has to a very large extent!
I don't see Obama or his team having anything like the discipline or patience to follow a long-term strategy that the old Communists had.
The East German Communists, among whom Obama has very strong ties, including his half-sister and Raila Odinga, not to mention Clintons (especially Bill), Soros, and Jarrett, always held that the reason Communism wasn't more successful was that those untermenschen russki schiesskopfs were screwing it up. So, IMNSVHO, There's a good chance they are in this for the long haul.
He may just be really incompetent
The Point: Spectacularly ignorant but presentable, he is perfect out front and just the right guy to do nothing. Of course, as any PR guy can tell you, sometimes the dummies get to believing their own publicity!
Senator Barasso added really important corroboration and some much needed straightening out. Viz
It really looks like the Mombasa Marxist MF Team has completely trashed the Establishment Republicans, who were stupid enough to come out with their own laughable, unsound "Plan."
Now, Team Obama can continue with their original plan of leading us over the "Fiscal Cliff" and placing the blame for the sure-to-be-trashed economy squarely on the Republican doorstep. The GOP RINO Brigade is playing checkers and losing at chess. This is about sweeping the midterms back into the Democrat fold and completing the socialist revolution. Team Obama will do nothing. The MSM Campaign and Script:
"Can't, you know. We tried to help you, but those damned friends of the rich, those Republicans, screwed it up and are making you suffer."
And suffer we will.
It will all end on December 21 so as hammity would say, “Let not your heart be rubbled.” Or words to that effect.
Hannity's Brain is nothing more than a life-support system for Hannity's Hair.
At least I haven't heard of him hosting that despicable Dick Morris lately.
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