The lame stream media is finally beginning to hammer Obama. Even the most left-wing of sycophants have taken to questioning Obama's competence.
Susan Estrich
Thomas Friedman
Amazing.
Amazing on several levels. Wrong, however, I think, on all.
The right blogosphere is all atwitter with cries of "Gotcha!" Right wing pundits engage in volleys of "Told ya so!" directed towards the left and the traitorous right (Noonan and fellow travelers). They were warned that Obama's lack of executive experience was inviting disaster -- and that lack of experience has now (again) resulted in unmitigated disaster in the Gulf.
Could be. Could be.
But, what if it's not? What if his mis-steps in Israel, his bowing to foreign leaders, his betrayal of allies, his disrespect of the U.K., his insane over-printing of currency, his attitude towards events in Iran (now and the "uprising"), his abandonment of Israel, his failure to address North Korea, etc. etc. etc. aren't acts of incompetence but, instead, purposeful?
How stupid do we believe him to be?
Assuredly, he can read a poll. Or several polls. Or every poll. He can see what effect his actions are having on the chances his party will retain power in 2010. No matter how "teleprompter dependent" he might be, no sane person can think that he doesn't see what's happening. And has been happening since before the "health-care" debate became so inflamed against him and the Democratic party.
Certainly, he could see what his inaction in the Gulf (and his actions which were contrary to actually cleaning up the mess) was doing to his, and his party's, chances in 2010.
Again, just how stupid do we believe him to be?
Me? I think that most of the pundits simply read Obama wrong. They think he's a politician, a run-of-the-mill (albeit a Chicago) politician.
If viewed as such, then, of course, many of his actions, destructive not only of the potential continued supremacy of his Party but of his own re-election in 2012, are either the result of insanity or of incompetence.
But, if viewed, instead, through the eyes of a true believer who cares only about his agenda -- and nothing and no one else -- then, events take on a whole other meaning, don't they?
He wanted Health Care. He got Health Care. He may have lost the House and perhaps the Senate in the process, but he got Health Care. The camel's hump is under the tent.
He got Cap & Trade through the House. It stalled in the Senate. The oil spill presents new opportunity to push it through. But, not if it is stoppered quickly and cleaned up with little damage. So, it isn't stoppered quickly and the clean up is stymied at every turn. And, he pushes his Green agenda -- including Cap & Trade.
So, are his actions here (and elsewhere/when) "incompetent?" Or, is he simply uncaring about everyone/everything else other than his AGENDA?
Personally, I don't think he's stupid. Nor, do I think he's utterly incompetent. I simply believe that he doesn't care whether the Democrats retain the House or that he be re-elected. These would be nice, but the agenda is all.
Health Care has been passed. It is highly unlikely that it will be fully repealed. And, if it isn't fully repealed, it, like every other government program, will grow. The same with Cap & Trade, if it gets passed -- in any form.
When it is your goal to "transform America," you must be willing to make sacrifices. Of anyone and of anything -- except your agenda.
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I hear ya... And I'm tempted to go down that same path. But I'm not quite there yet.
ReplyDeleteOh, I am sure that the agenda is paramount with Obama. I view him as an almost pure idealogue. But even as an idealogue, if he is doing what you are doing, the scope of his machinations is so vast that it beggars the mind.
Yes, I suppose you could hypothesize that Obama has cleverly manipulated events to achieve specific goals over and over again where his stated objectives have failed while his secret objectives have been advanced. And yes, I suppose you could use current events as evidence of those diabolical machinations.
But incompetence serves as a quite acceptable explanation as well. And someone once said that it is generally unnecessary to suspect evil intentions when mere incompetence is a perfectly suitable explanation.
Which is a sort of sociological translation of Occam's Razor, and I'm a big fan of Occam's Razor.
So while I agree that your interpretation can be an explanation for events, I still think pure incompetence is a more likely one.
Plus it allows me to sleep nights....
Well, think about his mentors...throughout his life. Think about who he chose to associate with and what those thought/taught/preached. At every turn, he chose to associate with radicals who not only wished to transform America, but who HATED America -- hated main-stream Christians, hated whites, hated Jews, hated the military, hated, hated hated...
ReplyDeleteIt's really difficult to say that he is "incompetent" when HE does so little, ultimately. Most of his actions are taken through his radical cronies.
There are just so many examples of actions taken which are purposeful actions which seem to correspond to the actions of a person who hates (as above) without being "incompetent."
Just think of what he's doing in the case of Israel. How he has reacted to Iran (both now and during the "uprising.") How he has distanced us from our allies. How he has attempted to diminish the U.S. in every fashion possible.
Did he "incompetently" take over the auto industry, the financial sector, the insurance industry, the health care industry.
What of the attempt to take over the Internet? The attempts to insinuate a cult of personality in our schools? The persecution of our agents and soldiers while failing to go after ACORN and the Black Panthers?
The list is almost ENDLESS.
Obama doesn't act alone. He has SURROUNDED himself with fellow travelers who implement his agenda. Some for personal gain, I'm sure. But, others are likewise minded.
Yes, it makes for some restless sleep at times, but I'm firmly of the mind that he's trying to push the Progressive agenda across the finish line while, an agenda which has, at its core, an absolute hatred of that which America has stood for over these past centuries.
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