I did read what he said.
On paper, his words sound grand. In person, he speaks well, perhaps one of the best speakers - which is why he was selected.
Without his teleprompter he is as unintelligible as Bush was, on a bad day. He desperately needs that teleprompter. God forbid the electricity goes out. The empty suit will be just that - empty.
His speech, in words only - soaring. Aspirational, and just as divisive and empty as every other speech he has given. He speaks of an interest in all ideas - yet he has not spoken to Republicans since May, about any idea.
Either Republicans have no ideas - possibly, or he is a liar (which, given the evidence is also possible). He was just as divisive in his speech tonight as he has been in every other speech he has given- us versus them. He has defined the battle - them versus us, and it is THE ONE he utilizes again and again.
To understand Obama, one needs to understand how Chicago politics works and has worked - grease the palms, look the other way, utilize every resource possible, with every possible means of denial, and divide your enemy to make it easier to conquer. Play everyone against everyone and then swoop in and play the peacemaker, while ignoring the facts of your role in creating the mess.
The other prerequisite to understanding Obama is Marxist thought - struggle. Us versus them. Rich versus poor. the Have's versus the Have Nots. The right (those who care) versus the wrong (those who don't care), and in every revolution one appeals to the poor while speaking to the masses.
When you marry the two - Marxist process with Chicago politics we see several overlapping areas - and it is these areas Obama excels in. It sounds great - us versus them, we who want to help versus they who want to obstruct, except it requires you to feel and emote, not think.
If you think, if you evaluate and analyze what he says, a fraction as much as you dissected anything Bush said, it is clear how divisive what he said really is, and worse - how empty his words.
It is a risk he is taking. A serious risk. If he loses, his entire playbook goes down in flames - he has nothing else. His methodology is always the same - us versus them. If it succeeds, he wins again, and we risk even more. My 'feeling' is many people will emote - his popularity will jump. His disapproval rating is at 49% as of Tuesday. I suspect his disapproval rating will drop into the mid - 30s. That is all great for Obama - except you cannot use the same dog and pony show EVERY TIME you speak. In time, eventually, people will tire of it, and you end up with disapproval ratings you cannot lower, because you only have one program and the voters grew tired of being manipulated.
We have a little less than 14 months and the Congress will have to put the decision before the people. Today over 1.5 million petitions were delivered to Congress - keep your hands off our medical care. There are about 80 million voters. 1 out of 80 people said no. That is significant even if Pelosi doesn't care. Apparently Obama and the Democrat's don't care - they plan to ram it through one way or another.
Independent voters have, until tonight, abandoned Obama. He will get some back, but they will be wary. All voters are not like Chicago voters.
Things are changing Mr. Obama, and hopefully in the next 14 months we will see some change. Change that will result in your liberal friends being swept out of Congress, followed in three years by your retirement. Hopefully, God willing (and you know a lot about God, you have invoked Him enough) you will all be swept away to the dustbin where you, and those ideological values you espouse and promote, belong.
[Of course his medical plan (which he doesn't have) would not cover illegals - first, find his immigration proposals. Anyone in the US for 24 hours would be eligible to be made legal. Therefore, no one who is illegal would get medical care. Absolutely true - they would all be made legal before hand. Apparently his disapproval numbers on health care just hit 52%. Maybe I was wrong. We will see by Monday night with new polling data from Thursday through the weekend.]
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