Posted on 07/11/2010 10:52:05 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AFP) – President Barack Obama has decided that fiery self defense and withering mockery of Republicans are the best modes of attack, as he tries to save Democrats from a drubbing in November's elections.
Obama road-tested his pitch to grassroots Democrats and wavering independent voters during a two-day western campaign swing last week, flinging partisan rhetoric at foes of his 17-month presidency.
His swipes at Republicans and calls for change were a reminder of stump skills that few US politicians can match, recalling his 2008 campaign.
Obama adopted a sarcastic tone, rarely seen back then, likely distilled from months of frustrating political combat in Washington.
He branded Republicans as extreme and incompetent, mocking, for instance, an apology to BP by Republican lawmaker Joe Barton who described a compensation fund set up by the company for victims as a "shakedown."
And he lampooned Republican House of Representatives leader John Boehner, who criticized measures Obama used to rescue the crisis-riddled economy as tantamount to using a nuclear weapon to kill an ant.
"It should be a movie: "The Ant That Ate the Economy," Obama said, in a mocking tone while stumping for Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid at an event in Las Vegas.
On the economy -- probably the top campaign issue in November -- Obama reminded voters that Republicans were in charge when the economy pitched into the deepest recession since the 1930s.
Obama argued that he, by contrast, had made the tough decisions that staved off a second Great Depression.
"This is a choice between the policies that led us into the mess, or the policies that are leading out of the mess," he said in Las Vegas on Thursday.
Those words were echoed Sunday by his top advisor David Axelrod.
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He brings the office to new low levels of decorum, integrity and honesty.
He has a knack for it.
You’d have to be a fan of Beavis and Butthead to think of obama as delivering “withering mockery”
LOL!
US President Barack Obama speaks at a fundraiser in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 8. Obama has decided that fiery self defense and withering mockery of Republicans are the best modes of attack, as he tries to save Democrats from a drubbing in November elections. (AFP/File/Saul Loeb)
Reminds me of a psychopathic spouse blaming the other person for all the ills in a marriage, even though they are the prime reason for the problems.
I urge people to look up Hare’s test for diagnosing a psychopath and determine if Obama may just fit the description.
Hey Ears - when do we get that 8% unemployment we paid $850 billion for?
WAS ANYBODY LISTENING ?
The following is a narrative taken from a 2008 Sunday morning televised “Meet The Press’. The author (Dale Lindsborg) is employed by none other than the very liberal Washington Post!!
From Sunday’s 07 Sept. 2008 11:48:04 EST, Televised “Meet the Press” THEN Senator Obama was asked about his stance on the American Flag.
General Bill Ginn USAF (ret.) asked Obama to explain WHY he doesn’t follow protocol when the National Anthem is played. The General stated to Obama that according to the United States Code, Title 36, Chapter 10, Sec. 171...During rendition of the national anthem, when the flag is displayed, all present (except those in uniform) are expected to stand at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart. Or, at the very least, “Stand and Face It”.
NOW GET THIS!! - - - - -
‘Senator’ Obama replied:
“As I’ve said about the flag pin, I don’t want to be perceived as taking sides”. “There are a lot of people in the world to whom the American flag is a symbol of oppression..” “The anthem itself conveys a war-like message. You know, the bombs bursting in air and all that sort of thing.”
(ARE YOU READY FOR THIS???)
Obama continued: “The National Anthem should be ‘swapped’ for something less parochial and less bellicose. I like the song ‘I’d Like To Teach the World To Sing’. If that were our anthem, then, I might salute it. In my opinion, we should consider reinventing our National Anthem as well as ‘redesign’ our Flag to better offer our enemies hope and love. It’s my intention, if elected, to disarm America to the level of acceptance to our Middle East Brethren. If we, as a Nation of warring people, conduct ourselves like the nations of Islam, where peace prevails - - - perhaps a state or period of mutual accord could exist between our governments.”
“When I become President, I will seek a pact of agreement to end hostilities between those who have been at war or in a state of enmity, and a freedom from disquieting oppressive thoughts. We as a Nation, have placed upon the nations of Islam, an unfair injustice which is WHY my wife disrespects the Flag and she and I have attended several flag burning ceremonies in the past”.
“Of course now, I have found myself about to become the President of the United States and I have put my hatred aside. I will use my power to bring CHANGE to this Nation, and offer the people a new path..My wife and I look forward to becoming our Country’s First black Family. Indeed, CHANGE is about to overwhelm the United States of America “
WHAAAAAAAT, the Hell is that!!!
Yes, you read it right.
I, for one, am speechless!!!
Dale Lindsborg , Washington Post
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U.S. President Barack Obama walks back to the Oval Office after stepping off Marine One on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, July 9, 2010. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)
"Dead fish" -> McCain "Lipstick on a pig" -> Palin
Typical behavior of a narcissist.
The Republicans need to remind the public that Obama is all show, no go.
a reminder of stump skills that few US politicians can match, recalling his 2008 campaign.
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lol.. Kool-aid uhhhh anyone.. uhhhhh..
And just what have Barry’s economic policies done to bring us out of the recession? New jobs? For the public sector, sure. But other than that his “plan” for new jobs hasn’t created any.
‘Stump skills few politicians can match...’
Nah.Just a groveling, adoring state press, AFP for instance.
yes, I know it’s French but I rest my case.
Deer, meet headlights = Obama meet Sarah!
I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a Republican president go on the attack like 0bummer.
It’s beneath Presidential dignity.
In fact, the only DemoncRAT presidink I can remember acting like the 0bummer was Klintoon, and even he wasn’t as bad as the Stalinist 0bummer.
But neither of these men has any true dignity. All they have is their narcissistic self-esteem, based on zero accomplishment, neither having held a real job EVER.
Given the tone, pitch, and volume of the squeals emanating from the illegitimate 0bummer and his cabal of communist busybodies posing as an Administration, I would surmise they are in full meltdown mode.
Urban legend.
He said corpseman.
I really believed we’d never have a slimeball for a president, I was wrong.
That is his mantra. Blame others, like a psychopath does.
I say, attack back in-kind. We're continuing to win the hearts and minds of Americans on ideas ... now let's work the Democrat Socialists and the Left into a dizzying emotional frenzy. Should be fun to watch as well as a highly effective way to expose their lack of maturity and absence of ability to lead.
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