Niall Ferguson: Obama’s Gotta Go

Newsweek ^ | 08-19-2012 | Niall Ferguson

[MNJohnnie]

I was a good loser four years ago. “In the grand scheme of history,” I wrote the day after Barack Obama’s election as president, “four decades is not an especially long time. Yet in that brief period America has gone from the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. to the apotheosis of Barack Obama. You would not be human if you failed to acknowledge this as a cause for great rejoicing.”

Despite having been—full disclosure—an adviser to John McCain, I acknowledged his opponent’s remarkable qualities: his soaring oratory, his cool, hard-to-ruffle temperament, and his near faultless campaign organization.

Yet the question confronting the country nearly four years later is not who was the better candidate four years ago. It is whether the winner has delivered on his promises. And the sad truth is that he has not.

[MNJohnnie]

This is Newsweeks COVER story this week? If 0 has even lost Newsweak just who does he have left on his side

[Armaggedon]

Obama is an Islamo-Marxist-Chicago Gangster, planted in America's midst. We must cast him out.

[HoneysuckleTN]

Funny! I put this up on my FR homepage a couple years ago...

Theme song for 2012: Hit the Road, B’rack

BHO:
“America, America, don’t treat me so mean.
You’re the meanest old nation that I’ve ever seen.
I guess if you say so,
I have to pack my things and go.”

We the People:
“That’s right!
Hit the road, B’rack, and don’t you come back no more, no more, no more, no more.
Hit the Road, B’rack, and don’t you come back no more!”

FUBO!

[radpolis]

I hope every Freeper passes this story along to others, because it is a pretty strong indictment against Obama on the facts and empirical evidence.

I share your shock that Newsweek is publishing it.

[katana]

Just my opinion, but a) they can read the tea leaves and don't wish to look like idiots come Nov. 7, b) if the s***storm that's expected comes they'll want a Republican in office who can be blamed as of 12:01 January 20, c) business is business and nobody in the media to the left of Fox is making any money ... preaching to a left wing choir is uniquely unprofitable, and d) describing People Magazine and Entertainment Tonight as equally credible to the dinosaur news media was a Jump-the-Shark moment vis a vis the increasingly fragile egos of said "serious" (snicker!) journalism.

[Psalm 144]

“If 0 has even lost Newsweak just who does he have left on his side”

Chicago. Neo-Leninists. Paleo-Leninists. Jihadis. Anti-human greens. Planned Parenthood.

I think that about covers it.

[SamuraiScot]

Yet in that brief period America has gone from the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. to the apotheosis of Barack Obama. You would not be human if you failed to acknowledge this as a cause for great rejoicing.

Mebbe I'm a plankton, then. It wasn't a cause for rejoicing then, and it's sure not now. King was a sneaky Commie who used a lot of good, patriotic people to get where he did. 0bummer is a . . . well, they do have a lot in common. Give me a mass movement led by Thomas Sowell or Walter Williams, and then we'll talk about rejoicing. These America-hating socialist hypocrites are evil.

[Billthedrill]

A BTT for a very interesting piece. Thanks for posting.

[CyberAnt]

“Despite having been —full disclosure— an adviser to John McCain, I acknowledged his opponent’s remarkable qualities: his soaring oratory, his cool, hard-to-ruffle temperament, and his near faultless campaign organization.”

THIS WAS THE WHOLE PROBLEM .. all these people were so eager and falling all over themselves to tout the “remarkable qualities” .. they forgot to look under the covers and find out what Obama was really all about.

Lord have mercy!!!

[bray]

Perhaps they realized there is another 3/4 of a nation who could become customers?

[Hatteras]

"...his cool, hard-to-ruffle temperament,..."

Bull crap. It was quite easy to ruffle BO's feathers. So, the MSM stopped quite quickly when they realized he was so thin-skinned (and big-eared).

[StarFan]

This is Newsweeks COVER story this week? If 0 has even lost Newsweak just who does he have left on his side

Well he always has Paul Krugman who rates this piece as an Unethical Commentary citing all the errors in reporting the CBO numbers. Comments left by the readers shows Romney still has his work cut out for himself.

[Tucker39]

“And his near faultless campaign organization.....

If you have a lapdog media covering for you and spiking any newsworthy incident that might harm your campaign, it’s pretty easy to have a “faultless” campaign. Obummer did not have to campaign in the REAL WORLD!

This time around, the pajamas media is making it a bit more difficult for him. And our shiney new VP Candidate, plus the POTUS Candidate who actually WANTS TO WIN, makes LOADS of difference.

[Chewbarkah]

Ferguson’s article is worth a read — an inspiring recap of why the Romney-Ryan ticket gives some cause for hope of recovery from Obama’s broken promises and empty dreams. But I really hope everyone will read some of the Beast “Comments”, to remind themselves how aggressively, relentlessly, deluded the Obama minions really are. These folks cannot let themselves creep out of denial — they still blame Bush, or x, or y, or z.

As Ferguson points out, Obama has “narratives”, not plans. Narratives make for pretty fairy tales, but I sure am glad Eisenhower had an operational plan for D-Day rather than a narrative. Obama doesn’t know the difference. His supporters know it and don’t care. The latter is scary.

[Jim Scott]

A rational argument from Niall Ferguson on the many ways Obama has failed and why he should not be re-elected. That it is in Newsweek with a cover of Obama and the phrase 'time to hit the road' next to his name and photo is remarkable. If its a ploy for readers and national attention, it works. However, it also signals that the left sees the Obama presidency as the Titanic and Obama as the hapless Captain Smith and is deciding to get into a lifeboat while they still can. That is, retain a shred of credibility. However, for Newsweek, its too little and far too late.

[Albion Wilde]

If 0 has even lost Newsweak just who does he have left on his side

But isn't Newsweek the magazine that was sold a couple of years ago to the Daily Beast for $1, and now only publishes online?

Still, I hope the Ferguson piece is widely quoted.

[Publius]

Too little, too late, yes, if it's about accepting the inevitable loss of this election. However, it may be because the people at Newsweek have seen the internal polls and understand that they only have a few weeks to make it clear to Obama that it's his duty to the party to stand down his candidacy and anoint Hillary as the new nominee.

[Tau Food]

Newsweek is a liberal magazine. Why shouldn’t they support Romney?

[DoughtyOne]

Ouch! That’s going to leave a mark.

The White House story will be...

We’ve asked magazines to please not support us this time around in the interest of fairness.

Ala the sparse event numbers explanation...

[Bratch]

It was quite easy to ruffle BO's feathers.

Sarah Palin could do it with a twist of her head.

That's why Obama went after her so hard; she was the perfect candidate to push his buttons. It's a shame the McCain campaign muzzled her (because of MSM blow back, IMO).

A good excuse to play Ray Charles