Obama Failures and the Proverbial “Failure to Communicate”
Democrats simply cannot understand when they are wrong. At least their fumbling around for excuses makes for good comedy if not disastrous public policy.
In advance of His much anticipated State of the Union message on Wednesday, President Obama is trying to understand why His Stimulus Bill and Budget measures have not created any private sector jobs, why the public dislikes the Health Care proposal (actually the public harbors something closer to genuine hatred for it, but we are being nice here), and why reliably leftist Massachusetts voters were eager to toss out generations of northeastern liberalism in a special Senate election. As the President slumps in his Oval Office chair wondering why the masses let Him down, it seems to most Americans that Obama’s chickens are finally ‘coming home to roost.’ All the grand talk of hope and change prevalent in 2008 has been smacked upside the head by that 2 x 4 called reality.
It is the absolute height of irony that the death of stalwart liberal Senator Edward Kennedy provided Americans with that one last ‘Hail Mary’ opportunity to stop the takeover of US Health Care. The Senator’s passing, coming when it did, necessitated a special election early in 2010. Not only did a Republican take over the seat, but a Republican sounding an awful lot like Ronald Reagan managed a win that really wasn’t all that close. Democrat Senators and Congress folks don’t understand much about economics except the issue of unemployment – especially when the prospect for their own job loss has been made a significant possibility. The Scott Brown win made this a strong likelihood for everyone in Washington with a “D” beside his or her name.
Following the Massachusetts Senate loss, DC Democrats were left to fish about for whatever excuse they could lay their little fingers on. Finding their excuse cupboard nearly empty, Obama and the Democrats rolled out their tried and until recently, true excuse of blaming Bush and ‘not doing a good job of communicating’ with voters.
Interestingly, anyone living in Massachusetts saw thousands of political message ads, communications notes, press releases and received countless telephone calls. The Democrats in fact did a great job of communicating. The mistake they made was telling the truth. Democrats told the truth that takeover of American Health Care would be final if Martha Coakley prevailed in the election.
Now Team Obama is sorting through the wreckage to find a way out of their future unemployment prospects. Democrats, if they are good at anything, are especially good at blaming others for problems of their own creation. Unfortunately, George W. Bush has been gone from office for over a year and the continued effort to pin the nation’s woes on his policies shows off the administration’s childish attitude. And without any positive accomplishment to crow about at the State of the Union, even Chris Mathew’s leg is getting impatient. (Apologies for the visual.)
Yesterday, Obama feebly attempted to blame Himself for a poor job of communicating as the chief reason for the Massachusetts massacre. Note to the Prez… it isn’t the communication that fell short it was the substance of the policies and your direction of the country. If nothing else, President Obama can take credit for at last uniting the population by providing a common adversary – even if the common adversary has turned out to be His own administration. But don’t look for Him to mention that at the State of the Union.
President Obama now undertakes His first State of the Union with the reality of His failures staring at him squarely out of the camera lens. He will try to make a silly effort at cost cutting by announcing a meaningless budget freeze instead of a major program of budget slashing. As MSNBC is getting tired of shilling for failed policies, they might not provide Him much political cover in the press this time around.
Still, Democrats are dense. After being handed the largest governing majority in modern history, this President and His party now face genuine anger in the heartland as well as reliably liberal New England. What will they do next? Bring in a liberal think tanker to ram through Health Care anyway because the country is too stupid to understand it? Oh wait… that is just what newly minted White House consultant David Plouffe has recommended. Should Plouffe get his way, the outpouring of anger towards this administration will dwarf anything seen in the nation’s 234 year history. The Tea Parties have laid the groundwork for massive showings of discontent and a slap in the face from liberal elites will surely ignite a firestorm.
If Obama thinks His fortunes are bad now, He might just look back on this in a year with longing.
Yup. It’s a sign of their incredible arrogance and distain for the American voter that liberals don’t see the problem as their failed policies. As such, Obama’s SOTU was otherworldly.
I know why voters rejected the GOP in 2006 and 2008; we failed to deliver. We preached fiscal conservatism and spent money like drunken sailors. We talked about morality yet were plagued with scandals.
We are reforming our party and you can see the initial results in Virginia, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. The Democrats do not look like they are learning, and unless things change they will pay a terrible price.