Posted on 11/07/2014 6:17:48 AM PST by Kaslin
resident Obama's remarks at his post-election news conference were instructive on his attitude about the election results and his approach going forward.
He always pays lip service to hearing the voters' message when his side loses but then reveals he hears only what he chooses to hear.
He said that what stood out to him was that the American people had sent the same message they had sent for the past several elections. How can that be?
If he had said the people had sent a similar message to the one they'd sent in 2010, it would have made more sense. But what commonality is there in the election results of 2012, when he was re-elected, and those of 2010 and this past week?
For the sake of argument, let's play along. What message did he divine from the voters Tuesday?
Well, he said the American people expect their elected leaders "to work as hard as they do." I assume he was not interpreting the message as a rebuke for his excessive golf playing, especially in the very moments of crisis, because he included all elected officials in his statement.
"They expect us to focus on their ambitions and not ours," he continued. "They want us to get the job done."
What ambitions? Finish what job? For Obama to imply that the people share policy goals that can be achieved by bipartisan legislative action is as insulting as it is misleading.
Liberals, for example, don't want to work with conservatives to repeal Obamacare and restore market forces to health care. They don't want to roll back the oppressive federal regulatory state. They don't want to simplify the tax code and quit punishing producers and businesses. They don't want to allocate sufficient resources to rebuilding our defense forces so that we can properly conduct this growing war on terror. They don't want to enforce existing immigration laws and secure the borders. They don't want to defang the Environmental Protection Agency.
Conservatives don't want their elected representatives to work with Democrats to further grow the government and restrict individual liberties and market forces. They don't want the administration to continue this charade that there is barely a war on terror going on.
It is a mistake for either side to assume that the two polarized sides of the aisle share many of the same goals. You might counter that both parties want the American people to be more prosperous. I'm not sure that's even true for Obama, who famously said that he'll tell us when we've made too much money. But even if most Democrats arguably share our goal of increasing prosperity for all Americans, they have an entirely different idea as to what policies are necessary to bring this about.
They are now fixed on this bizarre idea that we can grow the economy from the middle out. I have no idea what this even means -- and I'm quite confident they don't, either -- but look at how they propose to achieve it: through redistribution of existing resources. They never consider the idea of expanding the pie; they only think about transferring income and wealth from certain groups to others. That's how they believe you grow the middle class, as opposed to getting the government out of the way and unleashing the innovation and industriousness of the American people themselves through profit and other market incentives. So even if we agree on the goal of prosperity, we are 180 degrees apart on how to get there.
The same is true of health care. Conservatives don't believe that maximizing the numbers of insured is the best way to increase access to quality care and freedom of choice and to reduce costs to individuals and government. Indeed, we believe our experiences with Obamacare already demonstrate that these stated goals not only will not be achieved but also will be thwarted by increased government intervention. The invisible hand of the market always creates more efficiencies than the most brilliant of central planners.
Our respective ideas on the war on terror and foreign policy in general couldn't be further apart. Obama and his team barely want to acknowledge that we are involved in a war or that overt acts of terrorism are terrorism. They seem to believe that we can end these hostilities by sweet-talking radical Islamists and keeping ground troops out of the Middle East.
There is no end to the number of issues on which Obama and his party have an entirely different vision than what now appears to be a majority of American voters.
In his news conference, Obama revealed that whether or not he heard the American voters, he has no intention of changing his fixed ideological course.
That is why those in the newly elected Republican majority would be making a very serious mistake to pretend they can work with him. They need to present legislation to him that aligns with conservative principles, even if his vetoes are a foregone conclusion, and thwart all attempts he makes to continue on the same path of increasing the size and scope of government and subjecting us to further, existentially dangerous debt.
A realistic goal for them would be to roll back some of Obama's damage and prevent any more while biding their time until 2016, when we can hopefully elect a president who shares enthusiasm for the American dream and America's uniqueness and exceptionalism.
In the Prez’s twisted mind, the commonality between 2010, 2012, and 2014 is that the people adore him and his policies. That is why he made the reference to the 2/3 of the electorate that did not vote Tuesday. He essentially was saying that the Republican victory represents a minority of his adoring citizen. He sees each of those years as a call for our Dear Leader to proceed full-speed ahead with his strongman agenda.
If the Republicans wanted to play hardball, Obama could be absolutely humiliated. That would make a lot of people ashamed to be called a Democrat.
Impeach him if he does so. Try him in the Senate. Give Roberts a chance to correct his Obamacare ruling.
The Republicans need to seize the moment, take the initiative, and go the legislative offensive. Enough of the cheap political theater and passive grandstanding. It’s time for action and results. They need to stop talking and start working. Build momentum out of the gate with a string of small victories.
Playing defense all the time doesn’t score points. Its a losers game.
The comment about the two thirds who didn’t vote was the single most stunning and incredible statement I’ve ever heard from a politician. I guess everyone should always ignore every election if that logic is to hold.
Yep, time to play hardball. Start throwing the “high cheese” as they say in the game.
He must know that profit allows for increases in workforce and production. He never wanted a thriving economy. No matter how many lies he tells. The Republicans had better awaken to the danger we will be facing in the next two years. The American people see through the Obama facade and no longer want an Obama America. Period.
They should impeach him just for freeing 5 Taliban commanders for a traitor which BTW we are still waiting to hear about. Remember they said after the election we would get the results of the Army investigation into Bergdahl? I guess they are hoping everybody forgot.......
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/30/editorial-the-bergdahl-surprise/
He’s a sick puppy, that’s for sure. He claims to be able to devine the attitudes of millions of people who didn’t vote. Yes, it was a stunning claim of monumental arrogance. At the very least he’s a pathological narcissist.
The country has a real problem on its hands right now. We are heading straight toward a grave constitutional crisis.
He is in tinfoil hat territory. He thinks the 2/3s who did not vote support him?
Has he seen his disapproval numbers lately?
Amen to Cruz and Gowdy!!!
Get over your Boehner and McConnell derangement symptoms. I am tired of it .Why don’t you wait and see
Bump
Like most things, apply the KISS principle.
Every time he wants something, throws a temper tantrum and won’t compromise, have a press conference calling him out.
The immigration stuff is a prime example. The American people do not want it or anything to do with his amnesty. Put it out there that he could care less what the American people want.
Limbaugh had a great idea yesterday, put every bill on his desk with public polls showing the support of the American people. And do it, for all the world to see. Give a press conference stating that House Bill ??? was put on the presidents desk and attached were numerous polls showing overwhelming support for the bill, by the American taxpayer.
A laundry list of high crimes:
Bergdahl
Benghazi
IRS/Learner
Fast and Furious
...
If we do, then you can count that we will be the minority party forever
The GOP should cut off any and all Monies Obama might use to implement His Loony orders. Allow him NO discretionary monies of any kind. This self absorbed Misanthrope has damaged much to Much in this great country and it’s Exceptional People.
This guy has more Gall than Brains.
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