Leading Dem: Obama Should Make Consistent, Compelling Indictment of Conservative Ideas
Posted by Jim Hoft on Saturday, May 22, 2010, 8:39 AM
Obama’s trillion dollar Stimulus failed.
Barack Obama and the Pelosi Democrats tripled the national deficit last year by nearly a trillion dollars – something unheard of in our nation’s history.
Democrats are off to another roaring start this year.
The US unemployment rate has nearly doubled under the Obama-Pelosi regime compared to the Bush or Clinton years. It is expected to surge above 10% again in the next few months.
But facts don’t matter to the democratic-media complex.
Leading Democrat Paul Begala wants Obama and democrats to make a “consistent, compelling indictment of conservative ideas” despite the fact that democrats have destroyed the economy this past year.
The Politico reported:
The White House’s mid-term election strategy is becoming clear – pit the Democrats of 2010 against the Republicans circa 2006, 2008 and 2009, including Bush.
It’s a lot to ask an angry, finicky electorate to sort out. And even if Obama can make the case that the economy took a turn for the worse under Bush’s watch, he’s already made it – in 2008 and repeatedly in 2009.
It’s not clear that voters still want to hear it.
“If you’re the leader of a large corporation and you’re in power for a year and a half and you start off a meeting with your shareholders by blaming your predecessor, that wouldn’t go over very well,” said Merle Black, a political science professor at Emory University. “This is a very weak approach. … And I can’t imagine it having an impact on these very swing voters.”
Some Democrats would like Obama to shift his argument.
“The president needs to indict not simply Bush or even Republicans. He is a visionary thinker, and his rhetoric should reflect that,” said Democratic strategist Paul Begala. “I want President Obama to make a consistent, compelling indictment of conservative ideas.”
The first glimmers of Obama’s 2010 message came in New York last week where he rallied the party faithful with a charge that Republicans drove the economy into a ditch, obstructed Democrats’ efforts to pull it out and now want back the keys. “Sounds like he wants to run against George Bush one more time, doesn’t it?” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell quipped when shown the clip on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
Good luck with that Bush-bashing strategy, libs.
More on liberal ideology… Only 72% of U.S. voters believe the democratic Congress has no idea what they’re doing when it comes to the economy.
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Bill Mitchell commented:
The Democrats took control of Congress in 2006. How’s that workin out for ya?
Insufficiently Sensitive commented:
Paul Begala (Clinton’s attack dog against all the women he molested) knows from ‘compelling’, all right. It’s Chicago politics at its worst.
When he recommends that Obama make a partisan attack against conservative principles, the ‘compelling’ part has nothing to do with the marketplace of ideas. It is more like, ‘nice little business you’ve got there, it would be a shame if anything happened to it’. Political brutality on stilts.
This radical President has no intention of being President of all Americans – just of a temporary majority artificially maintained by legal coercion, using mendacious allies in the mainstream media.
Tar and feathers for all Chicago politicians.
Barack Obama commented:
Obama is a true Marxist. He cannot and will not embrace anything conservative.
Opus #6 commented:
Recently heard from a liberal:
Unemployment used to be an issue. Why is it that nobody cares much about that anymore?
Even the dimmest liberals are starting to smell the coffee.
Slappy commented:
“The Forehead” Begala is a joke. “Making a consistent, compelling indictment of conservative ideas” has been the same tired advice that he’s offered for the past two decades, regardless of the situation and despite the historical successes of those whom govern as conservatives. I never see him advocate a strategy that involves appealing to any voters to the right of the political spectrum — especially since he appears to loathe anyone who is to the right of Jesse Jackson.
Then again, maybe Begala is pushing this strategy because he knows how weak the Democrat brand is right now and figures it will minimize their losses this November by getting the Democrats’ base enthused. It is certainly not a strategy for winning elections in a center-right country, as Democrats need to appeal to moderates and nominal conservatives to win presidential and mid-term elections. After all, Clinton and Obama would never have been elected President and Democrats would never have regained control of Congress in ’06 if they campaigned as far Leftists like Begala wants them to do. So we should take this proposed strategy as probably another sign that the Democrats know how weak their prospects are in November.
Joe College commented:
The dems will run in November on 3 things:
Racism, Racism, Racism
In fact, they’re already running.
BackwardsBoy commented:
I’ll posit that Obama has already made his arguments against conservative ideas by rejecting them wholly. He’s anti-business, anti-Wall St. and sadly, anti-American.
Obama has no idea how free market capitalism works: every program that he’s supported does more to impoverish his fellow countrymen by ignoring or impeding capitalism with excess regulations and laws. His economic plans are a disaster and the stats prove it.
Is it November yet?
Skandia commented:
When Obama attacks Capitalism and conservatism, the GOP had damn well better defend both or they will be replaced with someone who will.
bill-tb commented:
Democrats took control in 2006, the recession started in 2008. Hmmm, I see a pattern. The deficits also started skyrocketing in 2007.
Well that’s consistent.
olm commented:
Blahblahblahblah out of the marxists.
Regardless of party the only thing that is going to win is anti obama.
The challenge is going to be to weed out the fakes, Scott Brown comes to mind.
bg commented:
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SMUGGLING MUSLIMS
He noted that the three politicians’ campaign war chests are
heavily funded by radical Islamists who support the mosque.
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jomojava commented:
And you can bet that the State-Run Lamestream Media Machine will do everything in their power to advance the agenda.
Auntie Em commented:
That’s funny. There are no compelling indictments against Conservative ideas.
The only way to counter common sense is with sociopathic ideation.
Get out your popcorn folks.
wanumba commented:
Of course he’s trying to use “blame Bush and the Republicans.” The “messaging” they constantly evoke is a form of “suggestion” as in “hypnosis.” The “Bush Conditioning” was 8 years long. It still has some shelf-life amongst the usual suspects.
They know they’ve screwed up when people start to get that glimmer back in their glazed eyes. Recall Rahm Emmanuel this past week gathering the rabbis in to “apologize” about their “messaging failure?” People starting to be convinced they hate Israel? Wonder how THAT got past the “message?”
Notice how people like Katie Couric just unblinkingly STARE into your eyes during their “reporting” when they TELL us what we SHOULD DO? Thought for a while it was a 2nd grade teacher off-meds effect, but no, it’s trying to get people to accept the drivel by force of mental will.
Doubtful? Just tune in for a minute or two – see? Couric and Obermann are the two most obvious. It’s safe, no one can be hynotized if they are aware of what’s going on.
Only being half sarc/. It’s very common in Third World – it’s how witchdoctors manipulate people – pre-conditioning them to accept their claims that they have supernatural powers. With that pre-conditioning, one word or a shout can turn a normal bustling marketplace into a deadly panic as terrified people run for the exits or attack an innocent bystander for an innocent move, interpreted by jittery people as an act of harm.
Old time mesmerizers in the USA, in the traveling carnivals, would send ahead rumors of what they could do before they arrived, so the audience was primed before they even walked on stage.
It’s well-documented and still used, but not so many people understand how effective and simple a tool it is for unscrupulous people who want power.
Robert commented:
I predict that the Republicans will NOT come out with a coherent hard-hitting message of conservatism. I believe that we will continue to see the watered-down generic ads that do not focus on the shortcomings of the opponent, thereby letting those opponents off the hook.
They could make ads using clips that are present here and on other conservative websites, and draw simple but very stark contrasts in ideology. They could coordinate among candidates to paint a clear picture of liberalism and governmental intrusion run amok.
Instead, we will see the same dull boring ads that spout the same dull boring pablum, with no observable coordination from the top of the heralded party leadership.
Cynic commented:
Not only has the economy been destroyed our whole culture is just about gone.
Neo commented:
If these problems are all Bush’s fault, why do we need Obama ?
Sandy commented:
Obama’s beginning to sound like a broken record and the electorate is sick of his blame game. He has divided this country with his cries of racism and his disgust for everything American. Now he’s going to launch an investigation of British Petroleum yawn. How about helping BP stem the oil flow? I guess if Obama announced that we were all on board to help BP then he might get the blame if it doesn’t work. Obama and the Dems have bankrupted this country–but its all Bush’s fault–been there done that.
Andreas K. commented:
Time to start wearing a toga and drink wine all day, cause we’re heading down the road of Greece. All of us. The US, the UK, Germany, Austria, etc. We’re all screwed.
Thanks to the marxists in our governments.
No, I don’t even make a distinction anymore. Let’s take the German CDU/CSU, which is supposed to be a Christian, conservative party. They’ve been slipping so far towards the left wing in the past few years that it’s not even remotely funny anymore.
Chisum commented:
I guess we had better keep the matches handy. We’re about to be buried in strawmen.
chuck in st paul commented:
Yeah, trash those conservative ideas and their results. Like: 5% unemployement, 3.5 to 5% annual growth in GDP, continuously rising per capita family wealth, falling crime rates, cars that don’t kill you, cheap and abundant energy, etc., etc.
We will much prefer living like the old USSR where you stand in line for two hours at the bakery in hopes they don’t run out of bread before you get in. Reading by candlelight from candles made of human fat from boiling down bodies of the dead. Yeah. Things like that should really appeal.
Sandy commented:
Obama takes more power over private industry everyday and the economy gets worse. All he’s proven is that Socialism is a loser. Only the illegals and the braindead are on board with this now. Time to use the golden oldie racism against the American people. Perhaps there are 2 or 3 guilty people left who will be moved.
bg commented:
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RobertNo Gravatar
the Deranged Dhimis are launching US into the NWO..
the Retro Republicans are lulling US to inaction..
the old good cop bad cop routine.. *sigh*
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bg commented:
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the Islamist-Marxist aka: IslaMarxist goal..
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Valerie commented:
Meanwhile, graceful comment from someone who lost an election, but is not a loser.
Bob Bennett making good sense, abstracting the lessons of Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/21/AR2010052103216.html
Unlike Carter, Reagan had more than slogans. He came to Washington with a clear plan to revive the economy and overhaul the tax code, revitalize the military, and, most important, boost the national spirit. He saw the Republican Party as a “big tent,” and he successfully did what is considered political suicide today: He worked across party lines and tried to find compromise.
Chisum commented:
SPIN-FREE OVERSEAS: In audio obtained by Naked Emperor News, Paul Volcker explains to a London audience that Obama has raised spending to 25% of GDP and there must be a massive new tax to cover it.
http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/99792/
Saint commented:
Poor guy, he’s asking Obama for red meat. He’s a true believer, someone who believes that there IS evidence that socialism works, and while he doesn’t have it, surely a communist leader like Obama must?
Too bad its all a lie, and if Obama takes his advice, he’s going to get disgraced by the counter arguments.
LimoLibsStink commented:
0bama:
What is the big deal? My cronies need money. My campaign war chest needs money!
Charles Ponzi is my hero. He had expensive clothing and made flowery pitches while paying off his early investors with his late investors money. What a smart guy!
So what if I screwed the pooch or Barney Franked the Tax Payer? I am no worse than Charles Ponzi – except I steal in the trillions.
I have never been held accountable. Heck, I even stole money from my White Granny to buy pot and got away with it. It’s just my grand theft automatic nature.
I know what you are thinking “Barack Ponzi Obama is pathological thief. Just look at him dipping his hand into the cookie jar to bailout Jan Piercy and Bob Nash of ShoreBank.”
But, I say they deserve it because ShoreBank donated $12,000 to my campaign. I would not want do disappoint my early “investors.”
http://tinyurl.com/27xlyct
I know it is duplicitous of me to scold Goldman Sachs while cheating the Tax payers out of money – but it is so easy that I can’t help it! Who would ever want to be a tax payer?
I know I should be in Jail instead of being in the White House given all of this thievery and the stinky Sestak Payola scheme. But, I am not – which only shows the system worked! “The System” being Axelrod and Gibbs working with my old Chicago gang to keep me out of jail.
My limousine is spewing fumes and I have more cronies to pay-off. As they say: “If you can worm your way out of a crime you will not have to do the time.” The Tax Payer deserves to get Butt Mucked as does America. Good day.
http://tinyurl.com/25hj6ov
bg commented:
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Valerie @ 10:26 am #26
re:[He worked across party lines
and tried to find compromise.]
that was yesterday, and yesterday’s gone.. as all parties will be soon enough if we don’t wake the hell up & stand up to these IslaMarxist bullies who are not only seemingly changing the worlds demographics, but taking US over from within..
today’s Republicans may talk the talk & even walk the walk, but it matters not, as they have not only allowed themselves to be castrated by the RINO’s within, but the “Democratic Party No More”.. of whom i can state without fear of reproach, do not have an ounce of Jack or Bobby K’s political DNA running through it..
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Sojourner commented:
wanumbaNo Gravatar
May 22nd, 2010 | 9:37 am | #15
.. you’ve got it nailed.
.. ‘The snake that cannot shed its skin perishes. So too with those minds which are prevented from changing their views: they cease to be minds.’..
here:
Soros-funded group urges media run by government Marxist-led study has close ties to Obama White House officials
http://curezone.org/forums/fm.asp?i=1626179
more later.
Auntie Em commented:
Yeah, because dissing the conservatives has been working so well (according to the dhimmicrat forecasters) for the past 1-1/2 years.
Let’s force them down that road by increasing the rate of our pro-American message.
Nellie commented:
It’s the economy, stupid. Democrats are more than ever the tax and spend party. They are clueless about the economy, and hostile to business. There’s never been a booming Socialist economy and there never will be.
Republicans are pro-business, and business is what keeps us prosperous.
I wouldn’t want to have to make a compelling case that the Democrats should retain power. It will take lots of obfuscation, convoluted reasoning and outright lying to obscure the plain truth.
pjean commented:
Two points…….
One, I’d like to know WHEN Obama has to own the direction of this nation and it’s fiscal future.
Secondly, when an individual, in this case Paul Begala, is in denial of the truth,whether by choice or ignorance, doesn’t the truth ultimately force itself upon those deniers. See I just believe that unless you stand in total truth, acceptance of all the facts, and unafraid of any debate, you place barriers in your life. I just think this kind of denial held by many liberal, has a negative effect on their lives. Okay, that’s just my perspective.
The Caffeine Talking commented:
Nellie -
agreed. But, it also requires the Republicans running on more than a “we’re not those scumbags” platform, otherwise the odds are that the reckless ideologues that run the modern democratic party will retain power.
The republicans HAVE to make the case for limited government, and the free market, etc. Sadly, I don’t see much activity on that front (its still early, but I’m getting worried).
Take gov’t worker salaries and benefits – 40% greater than comparable private sector workers – a tailor made issue for the repubs – i.e., cut spending – how much do you hear about that? Part of it is, of course, the trashcan ‘legacy’ media in its death throes, doing its best to ignore, supress and dismiss the repubs. That’s just the way it is, for now – so the repubs had better get their act together and compensate. Its fine and good to point out how stupid and useless Reit Pelosi & Obama are (everybody knows it), but let’s also have a PROGRAM to push as an alternative (i.e., cut spending, cut taxes, free up the economy to start producing wealth again, repeal HC, etc etc). Anything else will mean gains, but less than could have been achieved (and probably less than enough to take back the house).
Obama is a walking talking case for the left’s failure and dishonesty – use it republicans.
The Caffeine Talking commented:
Jim – you’ve reversed the numbers when you say “More on liberal ideology… Only 72% of U.S. voters believe the democratic Congress has any idea what they’re doing when it comes to the economy”.
Its only 27%, not 72%!
From your link to Rasmussen: “[t]he latest national telephone survey of Likely Voters finds that just 27% are at least somewhat confident that Congress knows what it’s doing when it comes to addressing current economic problems. An overwhelming majority (72%) are not confident in Congress to address these problems. These figures include six percent (6%) who are Very Confident and 43% who are Not at All Confident…”
see http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/may_2010/72_are_not_confident_congress_knows_what_it_s_doing_when_it_comes_to_the_economy
Chisum commented:
The feral vanguard
In “The Necessary Enemy,” one of the first posts I wrote for Hot Air over a year ago, I made this point about the violent and desperate nature of socialism:
Increasing levels of coercion are necessary to expand the socialist system, and keep wealth producers trapped within it. To maintain popular support, the socialist needs voters to stay angry at designated class enemies. The Obama style of total government control over private businesses tends to turn feral with frightening speed, because it attempts to preserve the illusion of private enterprise, even as the “entrepreneurs” are enslaved to the total state.
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/05/22/the-feral-vanguard/
Valerie commented:
bg @ # 31
Remember all the people that told us that Iraq was an unwinnable quagmire? Our troops won over the Iraqi people. That is how Anbar got turned around, much less the rest of the country. Yes, Al-Qaeda was brutal, but our troops proved trustworthy, and both elements of COIN were essential to the win.
The win in the US must be based on separating the normal people who just want to raise their families in prosperity and peace from the radicals. I submit that there are a lot of both centrists and Liberals who are appalled by the staggering immaturity of this administration.
Liberals have made enormous, wonderful contributions to this country, and so have the Conservatives. We need the best of both philosophies. Right now, we have a bunch of careless and ignorant people in high office, who have wholly failed to appreciate what this country and the rest of the world have learned about economics over the past 50 years.
And, they don’t know how to read, either.
We need to dump the pseudo-intellectual radicals.
kato commented:
“Visionary thinker”? More like delusions of grandeur. After the platitudes, there ain’t much that is visionary, or even sensible.
Unless, that is, stealing from the thrifty and handing their wealth to the parasites is visionary.
eaglewingz08 commented:
If 72 percent of americans believe that Congress has any idea on the economy, that is good for democraps and bad for republicans; but if 72 percent of americans DON’T BELIEVE that Congress (dem leadership) has any idea, that is BAD for democraps and good for republicans. The poster should insert the omitted “NOT” because otherwise the sentence does NOT make sense.
Opaobie commented:
Apparently they are serious about listing all of Obama’s and the Dem’s accomplishments AND showing a point by point comparison where THEIR ideas are better than “failed Conservative ideas”. The opening graphic pretty well sets the tone. We need to be worried.
Decisive Proof that “Progressive” ideas are better than failed Conservative ideas
DavidL commented:
Barack Obama lacks both the education and intellect to be a visionary thinker. Have him put down his teleprompter and prove me wrong.
Chisum commented:
As economic worries worsen, White House puts on the glitz
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/as-economic-worries-worsen-white-house-puts-on-the-glitz-94648609.html
bg commented:
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Valerie @ 2:29 pm #40
oh yes, how could i ever forget!!
dang, we sure gave those rabid liberal attack dogs a truth vs propaganda run for their pathetic anti Iraqi liberation lives didn’t we.. left them more or less dumbstruck (aka: tongue stuck between their lips) as i recall..
anyways, i’m so glad it’s over, also hope
you’re right about some being appalled..
re: [And, they don’t know how to read, either.]
only because they don’t know how to write..
wish i could think of more to say at the moment, but it’s been a long day,
and apparently what’s left of my brain just went to sleep without me..
at any rate, i always read your posts, and it’s been nice, albeit short, reminiscing with you, catch ya later Valerie, you take care lady..
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