Showing posts with label partisan politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label partisan politics. Show all posts

Obama begins his 2nd term with as partisan a statement as can be made by a sitting president. He is the first sitting president to identify the opposing party - to the exclusion of his own party -- and half the nation it represents, as guilty of petty politics in its opposition of his ungodly socialist efforts . . . . the first.


 New Republic interviewee:   When you talk about Washington, oftentimes you use it as a way to describe this type of dysfunction. But it's a very broad brush. It can seem as if you're apportioning blame not just to one party, but to both parties

Obama responds:  Well, no, let me be clear. There's not a—there's no equivalence there. In fact, that's one of the biggest problems we've got in how folks report about Washington right now, because I think journalists rightly value the appearance of impartiality and objectivity. And so the default position for reporting is to say, "A plague on both their houses." On almost every issue, it's, "Well, Democrats and Republicans can't agree"—as opposed to looking at why is it that they can't agree. Who exactly is preventing us from agreeing?

And I want to be very clear here that Democrats, we've got a lot of warts, and some of the bad habits here in Washington when it comes to lobbyists and money and access really goes to the political system generally. It's not unique to one party. But when it comes to certain positions on issues, when it comes to trying to do what's best for the country, when it comes to really trying to make decisions based on fact as opposed to ideology, when it comes to being willing to compromise, the Democrats, not just here in this White House, but I would say in Congress also, have shown themselves consistently to be willing to do tough things even when it's not convenient, because it's the right thing to do. And we haven't seen that same kind of attitude on the other side.

Until Republicans feel that there's a real price to pay for them just saying no and being obstructionist, you'll probably see at least a number of them arguing that we should keep on doing it. It worked for them in the 2010 election cycle, and I think there are those who believe that it can work again. I disagree with them, and I think the cost to the country has been enormous.   

Editor’s notes:  and there you have it:  according to Hussein O.,  the GOP is partisan driven and the Democrats are not. The Democrats want to get along,  the Republicans do not.  The Democrats want what is best for the nation,  and the GOP is only concerned for its own special interests.   And that is the opinion of the man who claims to be King of all the people. 

What is lost in all this,  is the fact that during Bush,  the Democrats were the obstructionist . . . . . . . in spades.

Bush wanted to fix immigration, but the socialist labor unions of America,  rejected his efforts,  and the Dems shot down that legislative effort. 

Bush wanted to forestall the financial collapse and fix Social Security.  The Dems turned him into a baby killer and the enemy of senior citizens and that effort failed. 

Bush wanted his tax cuts to be permanent,  but the Dems rejected this effort until this year,  and refused to make permanent,  tax cuts for the middle class. 

He reduced the nuclear arsenal without getting any credit,  for doing so.  He captured and destroy WMD's out of Libyan,  receiving Gadaffi's entire nuclear arsenal,  moving it out of the region and destroying it,  yet most folks are not even aware of the monumental accomplishment because of a failed American press.  

Bush appointed gay leadership to his staff without notice and did more to fight AIDs in Africa than any Administration in history, again,  all without note in the media.  

His education bill,  "no child left behind,"  criticized by the Progressive Anarchists,  was the result of a bipartisan effort that included the efforts of the drunk,  Ted Kennedy.  The Dems want you to forget about that fact.  

I could go on and on, but,  in short,   that is the way of politics. 

“Obstructionism”  is a tool in the purse of any political party in a multi-party system.  Tired of the political battles,  vote for a dictator.  That is your only choice.    There is no alternative,  and Obama has capitalized on this fact,  and is trying to turn our constitutional process against itself in an effort to win a permanent victory for the one-world elitists. 

For Obama to demonize the GOP for doing what he and his party did for 8 stinking years, during the Bush Administration,  is as cheap a political stunt as there is.  He and his Democrat buds are fond of saying,  “Elections have consequences,  and we won the last election.”  Never mind the 2010 elections,  or the two Bush elections,  or the 1994 midterms,  or the Reagan election.  The Democrats simply do not mean what they say,  when it applies to them.  And, now,  we know that they could not care less for a two party system if they are the party in power.  

In one of Obama's most partisan interviews, he sets out his agenda for the next four years - and a monumental wish list it is (kind of like his first list, back in 2008).


In a recent interview with the very liberal New Republic,  Hussein Obama laid out his plans for the second term and the issues standing in his way,  working against what he hopes to accomplish.

The truth is that most of the big issues that are going to make a difference in the life of this country for the next thirty or forty years are complicated and require tough decisions, but are not rocket science. We know that to fix our economy, we've got to make sure: that we have the most competitive workforce in the world, that we have a better education system, that we are investing in research and development, that we've got world-class infrastructure, that we're reducing our health care costs, and that we're expanding our exports. On issues like immigration, we have a pretty good sense of what's broken in the system and how to fix it. On climate change, it's a daunting task. But we know what releases carbon into the atmosphere, and we have tools right now that would start scaling that back, although we'd still need some big technological breakthrough.

Of course and per Obama,  there is nothing in this statement as to specifics.  Who in the world would argue with wanting (and needing) to “fix our economy,”  or working to improve our [centrally controlled] education system,  or developing the most competitive workforce in the world?  To add to the impossibility of what he wants to effect,  he included a desire to oversee a “world class” infrastructure,  reducing healthcare cost {I thought he already did this], fixing immigration and tackling the “daunting task” of climate change.  

Wow.  And to think,  back in the days when we suffered under one party rule (2009/2010),  he was able to accomplish three legislative goals:  the 2009 stimulus, his so-called “financial reform” (the Dodd/Frank bill) and, of course, ObamaCare.  The last two years of his first term was spent campaigning,   accomplishing a number of scandals along the way.

As you might guess,  I am critical of nearly all that he put forward,  in this interview. It is not that I think his goals are unworthy.  Rather,  I see no "plan,"  just glowing words and lofty sounding goals. 

Understand that we are out of money.  While that is “no big deal” to those who have control of the printing press,  it is a serious issue,  one that has become the dominate negative force in state politics,  across the nation.  And this negative bleeds upward, effecting party politics and the national agenda,  exclusive of all other influences.  

Obama's policies have dug us into a hole that promises to be our grave if he doesn't stop digging but that would require that he become a rational member of society.  

With his wish list in mind,  here is a list of his coming failures and accomplishes: 

At the top of my list,  is his wish for a "world class infrastructure."   If you are not a political junkie,  you have no idea how much money a repair of this nation's infrastructure, will cost.  Just know that the total will be in the trillions of dollars.  Our nation spends [currently] 3.8 trillion per year,  borrowing 42% of that money from itself  (yes,  we lend ourselves billions of dollars per year) and outside sources  (China,  Japan,  and several other countries).  At any rate,  this goal has no chance of getting done.  

Educational repair.  To date,  there is nothing in the "pip-line" with regards to educational reform,  except to test teachers and give teacher unions more money.  Give this effort an "F" as well. 

Climate change?  He has already made it clear that this "reform" will be accomplish via presidential fiat.  It has no chance in the legislature,  but Obama controls the EPA and the courts have given that agency the authority to regulated "dirty air."  so this will get done,  like it or not.  

Gun control - not included in the above quote but part of the New Republic interview - will not the be world changing effort many on the Right,  fear.  Most definitely,  he will get nothing done that is meaningful to the solutions we seek.  

He will use presidential edict to accomplish more reforms as to immigration reform.  He could have passed comprehensive legislation,  during his first two years,  but did not even try.  

Updated comments:  today at 2:30 et,  a joint announcement on immigration involving 8 Senators,  will present an immigration plan of some sort,  beating Obama to the punch,  with his announcement planned for tomorrow. 

Reducing the cost of healthcare?  This is perhaps,  the most ridiculous part of this New Republic interview.  There is simply no hope for more healthcare reform.  His expressed goal,  here,  is an admission that his reforms did not bring down healthcare costs.  And that historic failure will not be corrected during his term in office.  He and his fellow Dems [obviously] don't know how.

The economy?  Here is another mystery for the Lefties.  Since they do not believe that increasing regulations,  increasing business taxes,  and the continuation of the blame game against the business community have any effect on jobs and related issues,  we will continue to struggle,  in this regard.  

Updated commentary:  apparently,  "economy" and "jobs" are two different things. Obama seldom speaks of jobs and never with a plan. 

Of all the above,  this circumstance is the most critical.  It effects our nation's GDP,  the amount of record setting debt we can expect to accrue,  and the amount of funding available for some of Obama's wish list.   

I expect to see a struggling economy,  four years from now,  and in that forecast,  there is hope for a GOP and conservative resurgence. 

Organizing for America is being used to harrass and disrupt other demonstations rather than simply organizing their own demonstrations.

click on pic to enlarge. Picture is of OFA radicals trying to interfere with a much larger demonstration. Note the cars in the picture outnumber the Obama radicals.

Over the weekend, the OFA loaded buses of volunteers and sent them to a parking lot outside a Chicago TEA party gathering - the Right Nation Conference of 2010. They tried to corner Andrew Breitbart, spitting on him and calling him "homo."

Breitbard went into the crowd and put their complaints and actions on video.

Understand that the Marxist radicals' worst nightmare is the video camera. Over the past 21 months, the Marxist demonstrators have been filmed beating conservative type demonstrators, spitting on them, calling them all sorts of names, talking down their speakers, and generally revealing themselves to be the hate machines Obama intended them to be.

Obama has done nothing to end partisan politics. In fact, quite the opposite. And it is his intention to continue the practice, elevating left-wing partisan anger to a campaign strategy. An aspect of "community organization" activism that is seldom discussed in the media is the use of sheer blunt force as a "method of change." Expect to see this type of "change strategy" as election day draws nearer.

Note: the Right Nation Conference was a religious service.