In the Washington Times, Charles Hurt claims this “has been, without any doubt, the worst week yet for President Obama.” He cites the fatal multi-car pile-up that is the Trayvon Martin controversy, the hot-mic incident with Dmitry Medvedev, Obamacare on the ropes at the Supreme Court, and the congressional defeat of Obama’s budget. It’s true this has been Obama’s worst week ever. But it’s also more than that. There are all sorts of ways to have a bad political week, and most don’t involve secretly colluding with the Kremlin and watching your signature policy initiative deliquesce at the Supreme Court.
For Obama detractors, this week was the mother of all “told-ya-so’s”: the disaster predictions of his presidency made manifest; all the contents of 2008’s dire prophecies conjured into the real world. The brazen courting of international bad actors, the constitutionally unfeasible leftism, and the political illiteracy have been summoned at last in the space of a few days. You no longer need conservative pundits to paint a worrisome picture when you can just go to the videotape.
Worst of all is the clear, bright line connecting the health-care showdown and the Putin pander: Barack Obama’s casual indifference to democratic principle. That the healthcare overhaul was a federally enforced protection racket is no more relevant to him than Vladimir Putin’s aggressive anti-freedom agenda. Expedience means the state compels the people to do what’s in their best interest. No one said change is easy.
The told-ya-so business is high risk. If in June it turns out that the Court didn’t shoot down all or part of Obamacare, the president will get a considerable lift. The larger context of this week from hell will be history and Obama critics will eat a plate of crow as large as the seeming political corpse on which they now feast. But that’s only politics. The essential nature of Obama’s presidency is fundamentally changed no matter what. Recovering support after the catastrophes of this week, which is certainly possible, would mean inaugurating a new kind of Obama advocacy. One no longer based on idealism or hope but rather on the kind of cynicism and opportunism that were brought to light over the last several days.
A haughty spirit comes before the fall and, we all reap what we sow!
Obama is a leftist liberal. Since when liberals have had the integrity to admit their mistake and defeat? IMO. they are wired differently and we should not relax till he is out of office. Unfortunately, the choice of Republican candidates are weak as Obama.
Rabbi Judah desired to wed the widow of Rabbi Eleazer, and he sent a messenger to her charged with his proposals. The answer which she returned thereto was this: n n"Shall a vessel once used for holy purposes be now used for those less sacred?" Implying that Rabbi Eleazer, the son of Simon, had been a greater man than was Rabbi Judah. Her answer was of the same import as the proverb, "Shall the shepherd hang his work vessels where the master of the house hung his ornaments?" n nOn receiving this answer Rabbi Judah sent another message to her. n n"You are right," said he; "your husband was a more learned scholar than am I, but in good deeds I am at least his equal." n nThe widow replied: n n"Still we differ; I know not that my husband was more learned than Rabbi Judah, but he was his superior in righteousness."
he's fine , no worries. this is all just politics. since GOP announced a school girl to beat, Obama needs some of his shine to come off, so the media can build a good election battle.
understand this: dws runs the show. she is to america what boiling water is to a frog. you can't count the number of women who hate anything conservative. they're angry they're powerful and they 're for sure going to vote for obama. married liberal women don't care what their hubby thinks. single liberal women don't care what anybody thinks. power, largesse and the assets of american taxpayers are in their grasp and nothing will change that. 18 days. that's how long it takes for an unborn baby to have a heartbeat. 18 days.
> It’s true this has been Obama’s worst week ever. n n"Worst week ever"? nEr, if this were so, shouldn't Obama's job approval ratings in the Gallup and Rasmussen polls be dropping like a stone? In the real world, this doesn't seem to be happening…Gallup's most recent poll is 46% approve vs.45% disapprove whereas Rasmussen has been remarkably consistent for weeks now (47% vs. 52%). n nMARCU$
I think he's had a GREAT week. The GOP has had a HORRIBLE six months. n nYou support the killing of unarmed black kids, and everybody now knows it. n nYou DESPISE American women, and they all now know it. n nYou are hoping to strip Americans of their ability to receive health care. n nYou are actually so stupid and have such a tin ear that you voted to cut Medicare but give millionaires tax cut. n nAmericans have HAD it with Republicans and their stinking games that HURT people. n nYou are going to be SLAUGHTERED in November.