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Obama’s “Are You Better Off Now” Problem

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On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Aaron Blake to discuss Obama’s failed speech in Ohio yesterday, whether or not he can overcome the “are you better off now than you were four years ago” questions, and the role Super PACs this election cycle.

We’re brought to you as always by Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to email us, you can do so at bjackson[at]coffeeandmarkets.com. We hope you enjoy the show.

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  • http://stephenmartino.blogspot.com/ stevemartino

    Have Obama and the rest of his cabinet lost total touch with reality? With Obama?s recent comments that the ?Private sector is doing fine? it confirms all my beliefs that he?s living on his own world.

    Seriously, we must dissect his statement. Does he really think the private sector is fine? Contrary to all indicators such as the high unemployment rate, increased people on welfare, section 8 and other government programs and soaring underemployment rate, he could think private industry is doing fine. As mindboggling and as totally absurd as it sounds, he may actually believe it.

    Is there that much of a disconnect with him and the real world? Does he have any grasp of simple economics? Does he even understand how the economy works? Does he know how much people around the country are hurting for work? Does he understand how difficult it is, despite a good education, to find a quality job?

    The simple and most logical answer is that there is a disconnect and he?s as clueless as Kim Kardashian at a Mensa convention. It would explain his inexplicably naive comment and make sense of his whole tenure as president. We all realize by now that he was unqualified for the job and his entire resume consisted of a single speech (As eloquently pointed out by Hillary Clinton) at Senator Kerry?s Democratic convention. The truth of the matter is that being President of the USA is no joke. It takes skill, training and one heck of a resume. If you?ve really accomplished nothing significant in life like Obama, then taking on the job of president was well out of his league.

    I believe that this is the most probable cause for his statements. However, I still have a nagging feeling that he simply doesn?t care. It?s been about him since day one when he got into office. When the brave Navy seals killed Bin Laden, he took the credit. He took credit for Bush?s Iraqi withdrawal schedule. He took credit for the auto industry. When things went bad, however, he never took the blame. It was Bush, the European economy, the Republican in Congress, or the Supreme Court and the list goes on.

    When President Truman was in office he said that the buck stops here. Obviously the only thing that stops in the White House now is his media cronies, Hollywood elitists and his personal lobbyist. Well, Mr. Obama, I have some advice for you. As President of the great USA you should feel proud to serve the people and not feel as if we should feel proud to have you lead us. Remember that the next time you speak.

  • haumea

    Flight from reality, I mean.

    A defense mechanism. He simply refuses to accept reality because it would cause unbearable disillusionment and pain, possibly bringing back an expensive cocaine habit.

    The young Obama used drugs to escape from the pain caused by his outsized abandonment issues; eventually he allowed Marxism to become a substitute drug of sorts. (“I sought out all kinds of Marxists, communists, socialists in college etc.”)

    He will continue on his current path until the country literally smacks his upside the head and he can no longer continue to compensate for his deep inadequacies by being the little Marxist thuggie he is.

  • publious