How the GOP Should Deal With Obama's Incorrigibility
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.
Tell him any amnesty or other EO shenanigans and not a single
nomination will move through the senate and things like the EEOC, EPA and other alphabet agencies will find themselves defunded. Send bill after bill up to him that will force him to veto, and make them painful for any Rat who wants to keep his seat tough to NOT vote for. Border security, Keystone, removing painful provisions to O care, defund O care etc etc etc.
There is no mention of impeachment in this article. This should be the first order of business following sending up Obamacare repeal legislation tied to government funding.
How the GOP Should Deal With Obama's Incorrigibility
My two cents: IGNORE him! He’ll hate that more than anything else.
The Republicans should start passing popular legislation (Keystone Pipeline, Obamacare repeals, etc.) and let the president veto it. Then hold the Senate and House Democrats responsible for failure to override the vetoes.
It will be obvious to the voters who is the party of “No”.
Like all Amish mug shots is he wearing a VOTE OBAMA shirt?
Repubs should put forth a simple good for America agenda, promoting economy, jobs, security etc. One every American can respect and just IGNORE Obama. Send bills, if they get vetoed, send another one.
Don’t let him draw you into a big fist fight. Just keep repeating over and over your new agenda for America. Just like the Dems keep repeating their garbage about racism and womanism.
It will indeed
BTTT
He seems to be implying that it's the other two thirds of the people who support him.
Truth be told, many of those people are so tired of him and the government that they didn't even bother to vote.
I suspect that the GOP will attempt to cripple the entire Marxist movement not just the puppet president. This will require further passive jiu-jitsu. Impeaching Obama at this point would help the Marxists in the long run by making him a martyr to their cause.
I agree we’re not in a situation where impeachment makes much sense. That said, I disagree that it results in minority party status. When Clinton got impeached, we won the next two presidential cycles and build big majorities on both houses. I may have had a tiny impact on 1998, but not significant, but we quickly moved to get the White House and majorities for the first time in over half a century just after impeachment.
I don’t suggest it be done now, but I don’t think it would be catastrophic if we did. I’d rather see the congress work strategically over the next two years to move legislation (even if vetoed), and set up for 2016. Two years goes by quickly, and I’d rather focus on getting someone in the WH who will actually sign good bills.
“... elect a president who shares enthusiasm for the American dream and America’s uniqueness and exceptionalism.”
Equals: Senator Ted Cruz
I’m going to engage in what is often mistaken, an act of projection, to explain why the 2/3 didn’t vote this time. The one time I didn’t vote was the 1974 election, when I was so disgusted with Nixon that I didn’t. The other time I thought about voting for a third party was 2008 when I would have as a protest if McLame had been running against the Witch. IOW I will not vote for a DemonCrap but am willing to protest a really vile RINO or crook by not voting for that individual. That, I think, is just what many blacks and millennials did. Hence, by not voting, they actually and deliberately voted against Obola.
Good idea - I would add that if amnesty happens with an EO, that ICe be dismantled and defunded along with any other agency associated with dealing with illegal aliens. After all, why would they be needed once he grants ammnesty for all?
Well I think if he does something really outrageous the Rats may go along with it, especially if they think it’s going to hurt Repubs in the 2016 election which is probably the reason why Repubs won’t do it. But if he does something like grant 34 million green cards to foreign invaders, and Republicans really REALLY shove the consequences of that down the throats of the black community, make them really aware what an act of betrayal that is, then they probably get away with impeachment and still win the election. The whole problem with the Republican party is propaganda, the Democrats absolutely kill them every time when it comes to that even though 99% of what Democrats promote is utter nonsense. I mean just think: If Republicans turned only a small fraction of the black community to the right, Democrats would never win another election again, and Democrats constantly constantly give them every opportunity to do so and they NEVER take it which drives me NUTS! For example why don’t they send out mailers that describes the history of the Democrat party when it comes to blacks? Make them aware of how Democrats have screwed them at every single turn, how they use socialist programs to keep them on ice till election day then make them jump like dogs begging for scraps in exchange for votes? Just make them aware how they’re lives are being destroyed so some politician - usually a white one - can get rich. Stuff like that, if Republicans focused on that, just started a huge campaign to turn blacks, Democrats would be absolutely obliterated.
Think about it
My point is, we have to be cautious or we will be the losers in the end
One must always start with the first premise: Obama always starts with a lie. If you begin negotiations with that, you’ll likely be OK!
Only two ways to deal with this.
1) Impeach him
2) Cut off his funding (which will in turn shut down the government)
Anyone think they have the stones to do either?
I don’t.
And neither does Barry.
Who cares what you’re tired of? And we don’t need to get over it!
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