Posted on 01/29/2010 8:09:31 AM PST by Edisto Joe
There is a disturbing trend developing with President Obama that not only relates to Democrats but to everyone and everything in the country. There is no other way to explain it other than the "Obama Jinx". In the recent past every time the President has thrown his support to someone or something disaster strikes and more often than not failure and defeat follow.
As proof you can look at the failed Democratic elections in New Jersey, Virginia, and Massachusetts. In each case Obama lends his support and they lose. One may also look at what happened when he tried to bring the Olympics to Chicago, another crash and burn moment. Similar results seem to be headed his way on the health care and energy bills.
Need more proof? On Tuesday of this week, President Obama made a personal call to the University Of Kentucky basketball team. They had just taken over the number one ranking in NCAA men's basketball and he was calling to thank them for their Haiti Relief Telethon that raised over a million dollars and to throw his support their way for continued success in an undefeated season. The result? Kentucky went out and played an unranked University Of South Carolina team and lost! Bye-bye undefeated season and number one ranking. Thank you President Obama!
I know there are people out there that still remember Al Capp and his popular comic "Li'l Abner" that featured Li'l Abner and Daisy Mae as the main characters. Among all the characters in that comic strip, there is one that stands out above others as it relates to Obama. That character is Joe Btfsplk, the world's most loving friend and worst jinx who always travels with a dark cloud over his head. No matter how good Joe's intentions were toward those he encountered, misfortune would soon follow.
I rest my case. President Obama is the new Joe Btfsplk and unfortunately for America he is the President. As in the comic strip, those who knew of Joe would take off running when he would approach. That might be sound advice for the rest of us to follow.
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Excellent.
Any time Obama fails is a win.
1st thing that came to my mind was that scene in The Color Purple, when Celie threatens her abusive husband with a hex:
“Until you do right by me, everything you touch is gonna fail!”
;o)
Every con is based on illusion.
His speech the other night was just his latest State of the Illusion address.
Right I hadn’t thought of Al Capp / Li’l Abner in quite a while. Al Capp was a genius IMHO.
The other aspect of the analogy is that democrats have always looked on the taxpayers as Schmoos. When they are hungry (for more taxes to buy votes) they expect us to throw ourselves into that frying pan or lay those eggs etc.
Very good..., now who is the Shmoo...?
Bingo...!
Nice move Ohaha.....showing up in MA, which gutted your Senate majority. ROTFL. Now keep in mind, that in no other state was Ohaha as heavily invested as he was in NJ.
THE FLOP OF AGES Ohaha was electorally castrated when he invested time, money and WH resources in NJ 2009 Nov. The NJ race was considered a "squeaker" that would go on till all hours. The Repub was declared the winner two hours after the polls closed with a comfortable 4-point margin (would have been higher were it not for Dem voter fraud). Coakley conceded 45 min after the polls closed.
THE OBAMA SLAPDOWN Ohaha was heavly invested in the 2009 NJ gubernatorial race. Pulling out all the stops made Ohaha a VERY good target for voters disgusted with Ohahas policies. The NY Times reported:
(a) every TV ad incumbent governor Corzine put on the air was screened by Obama's WH team.
(b) Corzine's aides gave the WH daily briefings.
(c) Obamas pollsters took over for Corzines polling team,
(d) White House operatives were on the ground for internal strategy sessions,
(e) White House operatives were orchestrating obscure pep rallies with Latinos (kept secret from voters),
(f) Ohaha campaigned in the state three times, Biden was there twice.
(g) Ohaha TV ads ran relentlessly in costly NY media markets.
(h) The crooked NJ Democrat Machine was also running at warp speed.
OBAMA WAS DESPERATE FOR NJ's CORZINE TO WIN.
>> Incumbent Dem Jon Corzine (the wealthy loser) outspent the Repub winner about 4-1.
>> New Jersey has a huge Democratic registration.
>> Corzine bragged he had 20,000 paid union helpers on the ground election day to get out the vote.
>> There was a third party candidate siphoning off Republican votes.
>> Corzine had the power of incumbency.
>> Corzine had the power of a crooked Democrat Machine cooking the vote.
>> Ohaha hid $17.5 BILLION stimlulus in New Jersey.....for Corzine's reelection campaign.
And still Corzine lost decisively.
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THE UPSHOT The WH's lack of political savvy was glaringly on display. According to Ohaha's slimy Press Secretary, Robert Gibbs, Ohaha was "busy with other matters" election night and "wasn't really concerned" with election results...an indication the WH was sucking up valium and vodka in order to anesthetize themselves from the aftermath.....trying to convince themselves the election was not a referendum on Obama.
Despite the fact that the WH was heavily invested in every aspect of Corzine's campaign. Obama also gifted Corzine w/ $17.5 BILLION stimulus that according to the AP Press, simply disappeared.....never to be seen or heard of again once it hit Jersey.
The Obama WH's involvement in Corzines campaign was political stupidity at its nadir and put an end to Obabas hopes for a permanent Democratic majority.
Then came the Mass earthquake.
Yet, hope springs eternal and naive Obama is hoarding about 85% of the stim to finance endangered Dems in 2010-12.
Healthcare, yes......but Sen-elect Scott Brown also tapped into America's disgust with this admin's coddling of terrorists.
EXCERT FROM BROWN"S VICTORY SPEECH "And let me say this, with respect to those who wish to harm us, I believe that our Constitution and laws exist to protect this nation - they do not grant rights and privileges to enemies in wartime. In dealing with terrorists, our tax dollars should pay for weapons to stop them, not lawyers to defend them."
Nice how Brown slapped down an arrogant SOB posing as a president who appointed Eric Holder---the dumbest USAG America has ever seen.
HEY, SCOTT GET A LOAD OF THIS VERY DISTURBING GOVERNMENT MINDSET INSIDE OUR WHITE HOUSE Obama-Incompetano pulled out all the stops to go after Americans few months back but are coddling bombers and terrorists. No more proof is needed than Obama-Incompetano's profiling Americans as rightwing extremists.
On April 7, 2009, the admin's hatred of Americans spewed full force as DHS Incompetano's Office of Intelligence and Analysis sent out a nationwide alert to US L/E to act against "evil" conservatives. DHS identified rightwing extremists as a "danger" and defined rightwing extremists in a footnote, as follows.
EXCERPT--- DHS' Office of Intelligence and Analysis nationwide alert to US L/E. Rightwing extremism in the United States can be broadly divided into those groups, movements, and adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of particular religious, racial or ethnic groups), and those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration.
DHS later said that the report was not an attempt to squash First Amendment Rights for conservatives----only "hate groups"---- but, there was NO attempt to exempt anyone from these broad generalizations. Obama/Incompetano's report paints EVERY ASPECT OF AMERICAN CONSERVATISM as "suspect."
Biden................
Al Capp was a regular on the Tonight Show when Jack Parr was host. Man, that dates me...
Good analogy, but I Think Obama has become more like Typhoid Barry.
Joe Shlabotnik type people will have to come to the rescue.
Similar spelling, f’sure.
Nah, no curse or jinx or hex, it is the age old formula of hubris, inexperience, and a pathologically inflated ego.
He has never done anything.
As Rush said yesterday, no matter what he attempts, no matter where he goes, he is always the most in experienced guy in the room.
His rejection of this, his inability to grasp this, is what’s doing him in.
I hope Obama is a Colts fan.
Like he picked Kentucky to win their last game.
Bad news for Saints fans...........
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