Not Right Now: Real Soon Now (via AoSHQ). Apparently the plan is to wait until after the current wave of spending, then convince the Democratic party to stop spending taxpayer money that does not, in point of fact, quite exist. Except for funding a new jobs bill, which somehow isn’t expected to ‘count.’
But can he do it, after… oh, let Bryon York get this one:
I asked whether Obama, after presiding over the stimulus, the bailouts, the big Democratic budget, the House cap-and-trade vote, health care reform, and finally, a tripling of the already-high federal deficit, could plausibly position himself as a spending hawk. “Their principle failure is that they have allowed themselves to be defined as government interventioners and huge spenders,” the strategist told me. “If he becomes the great expander of government and the great increaser of spending, he’s going to get destroyed in 2012.”
Actually, the principal failure is that they are government interventionists and huge spenders - and have revealed this blatantly enough that independent voters have noticed. In other words, it’s not ‘If he becomes;’ it’s ‘he has become.’ That’s the primary reason why his economic marks are so poor Right Now - and why waiting for Real Soon Now is contraindicated.
Contraindicated.
Moe Lane
Crossposted to Moe Lane.
it’s not ‘If he becomes;’ it’s ‘he has become.’
douglast Friday, November 13th at 3:50PM EST (link)actually, it’s “he always has been.”
And always will be nt
djemi Friday, November 13th at 3:59PM EST (link)“If I can’t shoot rabbits,then I can’t shoot fascist”
“With age, comes Wisdom, but only if you are paying Attention, son” my ‘Old Man’
RS Help files (h/t JLenardDetroit) Grassroots in Michigan
Moes Strategy
Yeah, Too Late By Far
farstar99 Friday, November 13th at 5:11PM EST (link)His pet press will try to rehab his rep and fail with all but the dumbest of the idiots who voted him in.
President to embrace fiscal sanity Real Soon Now...
erod Friday, November 13th at 3:54PM EST (link)“And if a frog had wings he wouldn’t bump his @ss everytime he hopped.”
-Red Foreman, That 70s Show
President to embrace fiscal sanity Real Soon Now...
erod Friday, November 13th at 3:54PM EST (link)“And if a frog had wings he wouldn’t bump his @ss everytime he hopped.”
-Red Foreman, That 70s Show
Contraindicated -- nice. nt
mschmitt Friday, November 13th at 4:03PM EST (link)It's very clear that "If he's talking, he's lying,"
Flagstaff Friday, November 13th at 4:53PM EST (link)except on those occasions when he’s admitting that his policies will cause heating and electric costs to ’skyrocket.’
President Obama has a new lie for us daily. Day-before-yesterday’s was that the stimulus package has created or ’saved’ a million or so jobs. Yesterday’s truth was that the numbers relied upon by the spokesmen were from books that were more than slightly singed. Jobs were mis-defined, mis-counted, multiplied by ten, then doubled. ‘Five’ became ‘one hundred.’ Everyone but the administration admits it, but because the Obama insists upon standing behind his numbers the lamestream press acts as if there is some question about what is true.
It’s up to us to keep pressure on about every lie the President tells. We can’t leave it as simple error, or a different way of looking at things. Candidate and President Obama has been straight with us about almost nothing except his intention to pander to the radical left.
This administration is an unmitigated disaster for the United States, on every front. And this time there doesn’t seem to be a Ronald Reagan sitting in the wings to save us.
Pluto, the Ninth Planet - Forever!
A great strategy, tell so many lies your opponent doesn't know where to begin and gives up. nt
Common_Cents Friday, November 13th at 5:09PM EST (link)“Never interrupt your enemy when he’s making a mistake.” Napoleon - Well, unless he is ruining your country! Common Cents
A cult of personality arises when a country’s leader uses mass media to create a heroic public image, often through unquestioning flattery and praise.[1] Cults of personality are often found in dictatorships.
It worked for Clinton,
Flagstaff Friday, November 13th at 5:45PM EST (link)Obama has just taken it to a new level.
Pluto, the Ninth Planet - Forever!
Real soon
Steph C Friday, November 13th at 6:47PM EST (link)probably means just about the time he’s ready to campaign for ‘12 and then he’ll pull a Clinton and rob some entitlement program and replace the money with worthless vouchers.
“[I]f the public are bound to yield obedience to laws to which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those who make such laws and enforce them.” –Candidus in the Boston Gazette, 1772
Hillbilly Politics
Yeah right as soon as he embraces sending reinforcements to Afghanistan?
jeannieology Friday, November 13th at 7:15PM EST (link)That soon?
http://www.jeannie-ology.com
Barack only knows how to campaign against the incumbent
6eorge Jetson Friday, November 13th at 9:00PM EST (link)which means he’ll have to run against himself in 2012
Hold off on that Mammogram for 10 years
Who Cares?
charleskirtley Friday, November 13th at 10:03PM EST (link)If the Republicans get in power the spending will continue to increase just as quickly as under Obama.
Obama to be a fiscal hawk? Sure, as soon as Colonel Sanders becomes a vegan
Next93 Saturday, November 14th at 2:16AM EST (link)N/T
Constitutional limits on the powers of the federal government:
It’s not just the law, it’s a good idea!
yeah ok whatever Barack
redpens Saturday, November 14th at 3:04AM EST (link)this joker suddenly is going to become a fiscal conservative? Excuse me while i LOL!
"Obama remains the most talented political figure of the age"
jacon4 Saturday, November 14th at 5:16AM EST (link)Hmmmmm, i was struck by that line in David Brooks column the other day, whatever one thinks of brooks he’s not a dumb guy. While driving from Greensboro to Charlotte NC yesterday i was listening to NPR radio ” all things considered” where all the panelist were peddling this same line that Byron York referred to in the above post ” that after O gets his health care bill passed he will turn his attention to the economy & jobs”. My question is, will it be that easy, even if all this recent propaganda is true?
OK, back to Brooks line about Obama, is he correct and why did he write that. After all, didnt Obama vanquish the clintonistas and win the nomination to run and then go on to trounce Mc Cain? Yeah, i know, even the dems were tired of the clinton family drama and MAC ran a horrible campaign but still, theres no denying O got the job done and won.
Brooks may very well be on to something here, that despite all the stumbles & bungling of the Obama admin, it’s not going to be so easy to beat these guys.
There's a possible BIG twist here that will make Al Gore's head explode
bk Saturday, November 14th at 5:48AM EST (link)Earlier I entered a diary based on the Politico article referenced by AoSHQ. It says that Obama may be willing to toss cap and trade under the bus next year as part of the new “I have to be a deficit hawk since its an election year” version of Obama. Of course cap and trade is probably a dead duck anyway in 2010 because it won’t pass the Senate, but he might as well try to take advantage of that.
Shut the barn door, the horse is gone!
rfpzzzzz Saturday, November 14th at 5:23PM EST (link)Glad the bowing Pres wants to get at that deficit since he already spent our credit limit. I understand why Joe Wilson had to just scream ” you lie!” He’s counting on our wonderful public education system to make sure enough stooges still think he is a nice , honest guy.