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Obama smacked down for gaslighting about Americans being 'better off' under Joe Biden
American Thinker ^ | 12 Sep, 2022 | Monica Showalter

Posted on 09/12/2022 3:55:31 AM PDT by MtnClimber

In comparison to Joe Biden, Barack Obama appears to be a picture of probity, wisdom, and dignity.

But in reality, he's just a more unflappable liar, and now that Democrats are on the rocks in the polls, he's cribbed a page from Ronald Reagan, a man he's always had a curious fascination for, claiming that: “The country is better off than when you took office. We should all be deeply grateful for that.”

If Obama were ask that as a question, the way Reagan once did, the open-ended answer would not have been to his liking, so Obama supplied the answer, too.

He was all gaslighting.

The geniuses at Issues & Insights have a tremendous takedown of that ridiculous claim, going point by point, with hard numbers, showing just how phony that Obama statement was, beginning with this memorable lede:

When he wasn’t admiring his White House portrait, Barack Obama managed to say a nice thing about President Joe Biden. He must have been joking, though, because what he said defies reality.

“Joe, it is now America’s good fortune to have you as president,” Obama said. “The country is better off than when you took office. We should all be deeply grateful for that.”

Our “good fortune”? Let’s review just how much “better off” we all are thanks to Biden and his fellow Democrats.

COVID deaths: When Biden took office on the promise that he had a plan that would end COVID, the official death count was 424,318. Today it is over 1.044 million. In other words, there have been nearly 620,000 COVID deaths on Biden’s watch. And that’s despite all the interventions Biden claimed would end the pandemic. Are the families of those 620,000 people better off?

It goes on with eight additional bullet points on inflation, real earnings,

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
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1 posted on 09/12/2022 3:55:31 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

With politicians like Xao Bai-Dung looking out for us, who needs enemies?


2 posted on 09/12/2022 3:55:43 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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3 posted on 09/12/2022 3:58:18 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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THE DEEP STATE IS CERTAINLY BETTER OFF.

And to politicians like ObaMao, that's the only part of "America" that matters.

4 posted on 09/12/2022 4:04:38 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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We’d have been better off if Barry had stayed in Indonesia.


5 posted on 09/12/2022 4:04:47 AM PDT by turfmann
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I think Barry was talking more about how HIS personal finances have had a good upturn, now that he is worth 735 million up from the 38,000 he was worth when he got to the White House.


6 posted on 09/12/2022 4:21:14 AM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: Vigilanteman

Someone (some group or three letter agency/the Deep State) groomed Obama from his days at Occidental. He is deeply beholden.


7 posted on 09/12/2022 4:29:44 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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Yep and you’ve got to wonder why. There is absolutely no shortage of jerks willing to sell their soul in exchange for the perks of the deep state.


8 posted on 09/12/2022 4:33:51 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: MtnClimber

How the hell would Barry know if we’re “better off”? He doesn’t live the same life most hardworking American families have to live. That boy is living the Gold Edition of the American Dream while the rest of us are still on the Tin Foil Edition.


9 posted on 09/12/2022 4:46:17 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (I always thought a Merry Garland was a Christmas tree decoration.)
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Obama, like Pelosi, Biden, et al, is just another scumbag who has gotten FILTHY RICH via “government service”. They’re parasites who’ve not produced or been involved in the production of one good/service for which people would willingly pay.


10 posted on 09/12/2022 4:58:31 AM PDT by Smber (The smallest minority is the individual. Get the government off my back.)
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Barak is much better off. Inflation and $5/gal gas have no affect on his lavish life.


11 posted on 09/12/2022 5:47:35 AM PDT by bray (The Vax is fake and deadly)
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Just a guess here, but Obama must have moved to the front of the pack (of those being groomed) because of his physical appeal/attractiveness (he is half white after all), because of ability to deliver a speech (he is smooth after all), his fervor for Marxism, and his potential for fabricated charisma.


12 posted on 09/12/2022 5:49:58 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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“Joe, it is now America’s good fortune to have you as president,” Obama said. “The country is better off than when you took office. We should all be deeply grateful for that.”

That's not gaslighting, that's being kind. Like the Dad who tells his kid he has a pro baseball future after leading his little league in striking out and having the lowest batting average and being known for allowing balls to go between his legs.

13 posted on 09/12/2022 5:53:01 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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Obama the Ventriliouist.


14 posted on 09/12/2022 5:55:28 AM PDT by Rappini
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To: bray
I don't think Collectivism is, at its core, about sharing the wealth with the poor.

I suggest the sharing with the poor is simply a ruse.

The Collectivists just want power, but they know that they cannot compete with the cream of the crop in the Capitalist (meritocratic) system.

It's like a horse race.

In Capitalism, those who have the most real power are those who are in front--usually at a great distance ahead of the pack.

Collectivism is the mechanism that those Also-Rans in the pack--a great distance behind the leaders--employ to wrest power (and glory and wealth) from the winners.

And who are the Also-Rans, the members of the fair-to-middling pack, in America?

They are the bureaucrats, the politicians, the connivers, the schemers, the flim-flam men, the carnival barkers...

You will find them in Congress, the Deep State, schools and universities, and labor unions.

15 posted on 09/12/2022 6:03:00 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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0bama was the guy who told us that America needs to be knocked off its “high-horse”; needs to do “its share of suffering..”; “get used to $5-$10 gas…”, etc…. - for over eight years.

HE softened us up to it all during that time; Plugs was installed because a mannequin doesn’t mind heat while they’re implementing the stuff hardcore upon us.


16 posted on 09/12/2022 6:03:22 AM PDT by joethedrummer (We can't vote our way out of this, folks..)
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Because Joe is an 0bama puppet, and 0bama is a antichristian globalist puppet.


17 posted on 09/12/2022 6:09:16 AM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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“In comparison to Joe Biden, Barack Obama appears to be a picture of probity, wisdom, and dignity.”

An a shit sandwich appears to be a delicacy.


18 posted on 09/12/2022 6:09:53 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: MtnClimber

By complimenting Joe Biden Obama is celebrating his own policies.


19 posted on 09/12/2022 6:11:20 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: MtnClimber

Deport him back to Kenya


20 posted on 09/12/2022 6:12:30 AM PDT by butlerweave
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