Obama’s diversions no longer work
by OffSite (8/12/09)
President Barack Obama thinks of himself as a master political manipulator. And why shouldn’t he? Since 2004, Obama has catapulted himself from unknown Senate candidate to occupant of the White House. And he has done so largely by mastering the art of diversion. When Republicans targeted Obama’s association with Jeremiah Wright, Obama diverted Americans by making a vague and infantile speech about race. When Hillary Clinton raised Obama’s inexperience in foreign policy, Obama diverted Americans by blabbing about “hope and change.”
Now, Obama is in trouble on health care. Americans simply don’t like his plan to gradually nationalize health care – the latest Rasmussen poll shows that just 42 percent of voters support Congress’ proposal, while 53 percent oppose it. And Obama is going back to his tried and true strategy: diversion. And as usual, he has picked his three favorite targets: race, ex-President Bush and the American people. Full Piece
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