Posted on 11/03/2010 4:10:20 AM PDT by Colofornian
Creators Syndicate – In one of his latest attempts to get his face on every television network in America before the election, President Obama appeared on "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart to plead his case to the hip, young, leftist voters who love that show. Obama claimed he had done so much, "We have done things that some folks don't even know about!"
In a more serious interview, Obama told the Los Angeles Times the economic mess he "inherited" required him to take so many rapid actions that he could not "communicate effectively to the public in any coherent way."
This has to be the most ridiculous spin to emerge to explain the "Why Republicans Massacred Us" question: Obama somehow failed to communicate his "accomplishments." This man has been everywhere from MTV to CNBC to Univision to the entire NBC-Universal slate of channels selling his policies. And when he's not there, the reporters do his bidding regardless. How can a man who was sold to us as an absolutely magic combination of Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt now suggest he was made "incoherent" by the economy?
First of all, in almost everything Obama did, the "inherited" economy always seemed like a lesser priority to other mountains he wanted to climb. That disinterest (also the disinterest in Afghanistan) was telling. But more importantly, perhaps no president in modern times has been granted more forums with more ring-kissing interviewers to explain himself. These people in no way ruined the effectiveness of his communications by asking hardball questions...
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I carry and will shoot you first.
Wait a minute, you are supposed to ask questions first?
Really find out what really happened. And if that includes finding out that Bush dropped his opposition to those toxic policies, then that should be loudly proclaimed also.
Agree with your assessment and the bottom line as stated.
The more we saw him the more we despised him and his utter arrogance.
Please let the Democrats believe this. I heard this Dem talking point all night. The Dems are smoking crack if they believe this.
Yep ... instantaneously I ask myself a question, make a decision and act on that data.
It's called clear thinking judgement ... or something like that.
Agree completely. Obama’s problem was not that he failed to get his messsage across or that the MSM failed to give him adequate opportunities to speak. His problem WAS his message. Enough people finally woke up and declared their independence from centralized control. Not enough of them did, but enough to swing the House. The question now for the Repulicans is whether they will learn the right lessons from their victory. It’s easy to learn the wrong lessons.
Or maybe there was major CHEATING!
Take a look at Nevada. Reid got in BUT, his entire state, over 50%, loathed him. How did he “win”? Also the others were ALL republicans that won in Reids state? It just doesn’t add up. It makes NO SENSE that Reid, the villian, would win in his own state that hates him.
let me fix that headline to the way it really is.....
Obama Failed
There you go!
For once, Sheik Obama has told the truth.
Yeah, there's one reference in the article to Obama's lack of humility...how he so desperately seemed to receive adulation of expectations of grandeur in what he would "accomplish."
Yeah, they didn't call him Governor Moonbeam for nothing. He's still running on the fumes from the 70s.
Obama’s recent public appearances—especially in Ohio!—just drove American voters nuts. He often sounded like a slightly toned-down version of Rev. Jeremiah Wright, and that really didn’t look or sound Presidential.
Borrowed this from yahoo post. Never forget America!!
It would be beneficial for the American people if a member of the maninstream media found the courage to ask Barack Obama why he continues to conceal virtually the entire paper trail of his existence.
Unfortunately, such a question is very unlikely to be asked of him The current president’s original typewritten long form birth certificate, school records, SAT and LSAT scores, college and law school admission records and grade transcripts and thesis papers medical records, passport history and other relevant records and documents have all never been released or allowed to be subjected to any sort of scrutiny, despite several years of repeated requests for disclosure by numerous individuals and non-traditional media organizations The Obama 2008 campaign and subsequent administration have to date spent a considerable amount of money on legal fees, estimated in the millions of dollars, to fight Freedom of Information Act filings and other requests to examine this material On his first full day in office, Januray 21, 2009, the current president signed Executive Order 13489, effectively prohibiting the release or disclosure of any of his personal records and papers without his specific authorization
Barack Obama’s true origins, past associations, idealogical convictions, behavioral motivations and ongoing relationships are matters of great importance to a fast growing number of Americans of all political persuasions who just want to know the truth What is being hidden and why are they hiding it
It makes NO SENSE that Reid, the villian, would win in his own state that hates him
Yep, mystifies me as well. I guess the get out the Union vote was what swung it, unless as you say there was cheating going on.
“It’s going to be a lot of fun witnessing the coming financial collapse of California under Gov. Moonbeam and the looter labor unions...”
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No fun for me, that gangrenous mass is attached to the body of the same nation I live in. California’s insanity is bad for all of America.
The part of communication that Obama failed at...is listening.
Ha! We had him pegged before he was ever sworn in. Those propagandists must be pretty stupid to think we believe them. I heard the same spin about Comrade Pelosi - “we never got to know her”.
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