Mmm, mmm, mmm
Glenn Reynolds says the “Obama magic has faded.”
The glow is gone.
The swagga has sagged.
In fact, the elections underscored Obama’s political weakness just one year after his triumphant victory over Republican moderate John McCain.
The Obama invincibility that was so much in evidence then seems to have lost its power. People can argue the reasons why these elections, all in places Obama carried handily, were so close. But if he were the political marvel he was thought to be, these races wouldn’t have been contests, but walkovers. So one consequence of this Election Day is the end of his special political magic.
That’s no surprise — as that magic was a largely substanceless froth whipped up by campaign consultants and compliant big-media cheerleaders.
Yes, reality is finally settling in.
Whether it ever reaches the cult of Obama in the classroom is another story…
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That’s because people never voted for Barack Obama, the man. They voted for carefully selected vague sound bites and tingly feelings running up their legs. I’m sorry, but that doesn’t make a president.
And in a classic hissy fit and because it is not about him, our dear leader has refused to attend the anniversery of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The snarly arrogance of this administration is breathtaking.
Obammy is above state/local politics, not watching the returns of some races he supported. This means nothing to his highness, and he watched him some b-ball last night instead. His Presidency is a joke to him, he is an empty-suit-figure-head for the socialist puppet masters.
Biggsy will be on the defensive at his press conference today. Let’s hope Jake Tapper and Major Garret give him a whippin’and leave him stuttering and stammering with a sheen of sweat pouring off his balding head.
On November 4th, 2009 at 9:05 am, stillontheroad said:
But of course! Why would a Communist want to celebrate the anniversery of the fall of the Berlin Wall?
The right will get blamed for Obama’s failings. It will not be portrayed as there was no substance. It will be portrayed by saying the right wing snuffed out Obama’s shine.
Obama could have succeeded and the world would be a perfect place except for those extreme right wing zealots who crushed his every effort.
It will be our fault. I’d bet my mortgage on it.
Just what we would expect from you Typical White People and BitterClingers!
IT IS ALL ABOUT HIM mmm mmm mm.
Barack Obama The Magic Negro will not be mocked.
McDonnell who ran as a conservative won liberal Fairfax County with 51%. That has to be scary to Obama. It should also send a strong message to our two Democratic senators, who pretended to be center-right Democrats when running and have been voting as left wing lunatics since tricking Virginians.
And now lets hope for the 3 year duck walk from barry hussein while his crimes against the country eventually take him down the drain.
I think DenizenZERO hit the nail on the head, a lot of people voted for the carefully-crafted campaign “message”. I know a lot of Bush43 voters who (to me inexplicably) voted for “O” who now are saying they understand what I meant.
I think that’s what’s most dangerous about this, is that this guy is whatever you want to call him (crypto-marxist?), whose true beliefs come out whenever he’s not on the ‘prompter, and it’s very far from the unifying centrist that a lot of people thought they were voting for (we warned them).
I see this going one of two ways. The guy will be crippled politically unless he steers to center (or more likely continues the charade of centrist policies while doing back-door stuff to move left). My conspiracy-mongering side says that these guys are going to get angrier and more desperate to get their way. If there are dirty tricks planned by the administration and their allies to maintain control/message, they’re going to show up here soon.
What we must watch for now is how viciously and ferociously Soros and his minions will furter lash out against and attack America.
BadIdeaGuy, glad they came around.
At least they were Bush43 voters and may have been open minded to begin with.
I’m still trying to figure out how to approach some of the stupid people (Gore/Kerry/BHOs I know (without putting them on the defensive – hands over ears). Suppose I need to buy Becks book…
Well as they say, all politics is local. The one race for a federal office went to the Democrat. I wonder why Michelle Malkin’s not mentioning that yesterday’s voters in NJ and VA actually approve of Obama’s job peformance.
WTF? Get the water tested, check for gas leaks. I too have run into dummies who tell me they did not know the Bambi/Pelosi/Reid Troika would be so extreme.
Bite tongue/walk away/get the water tested/check for gas leaks. That or “Can you REALLY be that stupid“, but I am not that is not the best way to win friends and influence dummies.
Oops, oops, oops
-or-
Ohh, ohh, ohh
-and for the Christmas Season:
Ho, ho, ho
Not only that, but the Dems have been showing us for decades that they are unified in their agendas, so it makes hardly any difference in voting for conservative dems, because a dem is a dem at the end of the day.
You really need to put down the crack pipe.
If that’s true, then why did Obama throw everything he had into NJ. If this was no big deal like you and the rest of the media is trying to make it out to be, why did Obama spend so much trying to drag Corzine to the finish line?
Good one, b-cat!
That silly post you refer to looks exactly like something the first, original LGM would have posted.
Could that poster be yet one more of Sybil’s personalities?
I disagree with the premise of this discussion. That there is ‘Obama magic’ or ‘Obama invincibilty.’
Had there been such a thing it would have been demonstrated in the Georgia run-off between Chambliss and Martin for US Senate. Any notion of ‘magic’ and/or ‘invincibility’ should have ended right there.
The little punk is in a funk, and his funk be done punked.
How about “BullChit talks, and action walks” The voters are in touch with their pocketbooks, if not political reality.
The democrat only won due to a split vote anomaly, no big whoop!
So? They didn’t approve enough to support Obama’s choices in governors, nor do they believe health care is the overriding issue facing the US economy.
And just what nonsense will Sean Hannity allow Bob Beckel to spew forth without challenge. When these Leftist decide they are not going to let anything so inconsequential as a Constitutionally mandated election (that Bill of Negative Rights) stop them what are we willing to do?
Lexington 1775
or
Germany 1933
It actually is mentioned over on Hotair.
Or if you’re RSS
spin, spin spin
It’s already here: to read the news sites this morning one would think the only race that counted in yesterday’s election was the Owens victory in NY’s 23!
I believe many people internally change the question around when asked. I believe they prefer to interpret the question as whether or not they like the man v.s. his policies/performance.
I’ve watched some people interviewed on TV and when asked whether they approved of BHO’s job performance, they give this tentative (fearful looking) response of “yes”. Who wants their faces to be seen saying they don’t support him and possibly be branded racist or whatever.
To me, one scenario of BHO having approval ratings of over 50% but not being re-elected wouldn’t surprise me.
Red State Skeptic said:
I bet you are just beside yourself this morning aren’t you? I think it will take a long time to wipe that dumb founded look off your mug. Now go back and stare at that bowl of mush.
And all of those independents who voted for the messiah and all the hope and change now want their votes back..many have vocally come out and have said” What have we done”?
they are saying yes because they don’t wan to be called a “racist”. PC still at work. From now on, we must call a spade a spade even if the truth hurts. We want the truth, so don’t hold back any longer.
It will be interesting to see how the Dems spin this today but Drudge already has several headlines that make me laugh–the best was that The Won wasn’t following the election results. The NJ and VA elections will be glossed over by the State Run Media as “no big deal”.
They can’t even lie convincingly.
America is a right-of-center nation of people, and we know a rat when we smell it.
I beleive the desperate will end up doing desperate acts. They will pull the trigger first, but blame us for it.
Restaurants and grocers ‘sell the sizzle, not the steak’. Images trigger appetite, a sale is made, and the product must deliver on its promises of quality.
Obama’s pet peacock, NBC, and the rest of the sycophant press sold the tingle, not the truth.
Voters are beginning to discern steak from shoe leather.
It wasn’t so late last night, but sure is now that they’ve had a few hours to collect the foggy thoughts and get something on the mainpage up before their fringe left base coughs up the morning cobwebs.
Based on his actions to destroy the economy and political system here, I think Soros has violated his oath of citizenship. He should have his naturalized citizenship revoked and his lard butt sent back to Hungary. He is wanted for crimes in Europe anyway. Good riddance.
I’m less concerned about that than I am, “How the heck did we end up nominating John McCain?”
Naw, let the poor lad smoke away his sorrow, b-cat; if last night was the result of voter’s approving of Obama then we can really look forward to even more such “approval” in Nov 2010!
I’m for trading Soros for Polanski, if that’s what you’re suggesting…
I don’t know about NJ, but I am very familiar with VA. The GOP SWEPT the vote yesterday. We even have a Republican majority on the Albemarle Co. Board of Supervisors. In the past, we were lucky if we had one member.
Obama approval indeed.
I think the big story in New York is that in a few weeks, a third party nobody candidate unseated the gop candidate and damn near won the election with no major party support. That should be impossiable.
Red state bigot should be very worried. If he actualy believed anything but huffpo spin. The GOP should be EXTREMELY worried.
every time these lunatic liberals are given a chance to govern, they spend all their momentum on the agenda items instead of governance. bill clinton, jimmah carter, johnson/kennedy. the only democrat president of the last century who governed instead of agendized towards socialism was harry truman.
Isn’t that your job? To parrot useless, but nonetheless cherry-picked, exit polls?
Donkeys should hide under their desks.
Beck nailed NY-23 this morning. An accountant with no political experience runs as a thrid party candidate. The Democrat and Republican parties actively run against him. The Republican candidate endorses the Democrat and works with him.
The net result was the accountant in for eight weeks, loses by 3 points.
I hope RSS and the DNC keep thinking the way they are pontificating. That would be too much to hope for. The RNC needs to understand that if they run a RINO they will get no suport from us.
HA has integrity. EM and AP are more than willing to present data that contradict their arguments, or what they want to be true. Unlike…
And sure, Obama probably had an effect on the NJ race, and even VA where the Dem distanced himself from Le One.
But just consider this: blue states elect Republican governors all the time. Romney in Mass, Pataki in NY, the Schwarz in California. Did their victories mean those states fell under a wave of right wing fervor? Of course not, those states remained as liberal as it gets. That’s because state politics is — obviously — local. And again, the one race for federal office went to the Democrat for the first time since Reconstruction.
If you’re so dissatisfied w/ MM, then why read articles and visit her site? HuffPo and D-Kos are just a few clicks away -
Did anybody catch the interview with historian Alan Brinkley, a long time Obama worshipper? Brinkley actually said that Obama’s problem is that “he is so good and so smart” and “so noninterested in partisan politics or confrontation” “or in revenge” or “in taking the credit for his own accomplishments” that he may be too good for the country.
When I read the interview with Mr. Brinkley, all I could think of was that Mr. Brinkley should listen to the Broadway showtune that goes “He’s just a man. He’s just a man”.
Trainwreck appeal. What do you care?
Nope there isn’t.
However, it would be hard to make a case that the Democrats didn’t want people to believe there was.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
It’s almost time for fascists to ‘burn The Reichstag’.
When people realize that Obama and congress has bankrupted the country, there will be an even more of an uprising. When countries refuse the dollar, trade will decrease, prices for goods will skyrocket, and more taxes will clean out accounts, It will be felt most at the local/city level. People don’t care about health insurance when they can’t pay their bills and see local services cut.
Remind me again. Who do EM and AP call “The Boss”?
Ah yes, our dear “leader” is at it again. He has shut down Yucca Valley. A place we have worked on for 30 years, and poured billions into, in order to be able to store Nuclear waste. Which means possible shut down of the few Nuclear plants we have, and of a certainty, no new ones.
Another way to try and destroy America!!!
If there is no ‘magic’ or ‘invicibility’ why are people like Glenn Reynolds advancing a false premise? What Democrats believe is one thing, and what their opponents believe and accept, is another. Why begin from an inaccurate theory and make arguments based on it? By definition isn’t that an example of a straw man?
Simply say, Pres Obama has no coattails and support for him does not translate to other candidates. His lack of coat tails was evident early on as demonstrated in the US Senate run off in Georgia. And, I am glad that you agree.
Just because there are dellusional people who accept the notion of ‘magic’ and ‘inviciblity,’ does not mean every one should accept it.
I am concerned that people like Glenn Reynolds accept and use false premises to make a point. Setting a discussion upon a weak foundation, subjects the entire house built upon it to crumbling.
Will The Republican Party listen to us now? I doubt it.
Soros must be a bit upset today. The One, not so much. After all, he’s only a puppet. Others here have already said what I’m thinking: Watch for some dirty tricks from Soros soon.
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The real GUT CHECKS will come when the economic damage to our country comes home to roost. Just wait until the “sheeple” notice the sunsetting of the Bush 43 tax cuts next year. Higher withhholding from their checks, more taxes to pay in April 2011.
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And the drop of the dollar with respect to foreign currencies will force the cost of imported oil to rise dramatically. Six buck a gallon gas, anyone? And the refusal to use our own resources (coal, oil) and to build nuclear power plants will make it even worse.
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John Bibb
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sour grapes
Harry Reid is behind closed doors today working on his resume.
I’m quite sure Obama WAS NOT watching the election results- he has minions for that who gave him steady updates. See, saying he would not be watching is not the same thing as he would not be following. Go ahead and spin. The day of reckoning approaches steadily.
Actually for a real train wreck the Dems are providing a better and much more high profile show. They control the Presidency and Congress but due to massive infighting can’t even pass their own government healthcare takeover. Shoulda been a done deal on day one, they don’t need even one Republican vote to do it.
But it’s good that you feel the need to hang in conservative forums, RSS. It’s commmonplace for those thinking of “converting” to conservatism to do so – they just cannot help themselves. Very often such folks are also mugged by reality and then have their come-to-Jesus, Damascus conservative moment.
Do you ever notice in movies how there is always ONE bad guy that causes all the misery until someone finally shoots him? Somehow, I am sure this world would be better off without George”Dr. Evil” Soros. Come on death, pay him a visit already.
Reality won’t sink in for a while. In fact, I’d expect more of a retrenchment and doubling-down, as the lesson that libs will no doubt draw is that their defeats yesterday simply mean that the electorate is to blame — and their efforts to turn your kids into “The New Soviet Man” must be redoubled.
But trust the kids to figure things out on their own. I recall in the run-up to the 1980 election passing a schoolyard and hearing several children singing to the “Oscar Meyer” tune:
“… ‘Cause Jimmy Carter has a way
Of screwing up the U-S-A!”
Somehow, I suspect the same treatment is coming for Hope-a-Dope, just as soon as somebody can come up with lyrics that rhyme with his name.
This might help Obama & his staff..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liikQMq4R1k&feature=related
To be fair, he’s in favor of new ones in Iran.
Aloha wins !
Regarding Iran, today is a very important anniversary. Anyone remember? We in the US may continue to ignore it, but it’s still fairly popular in Iran.
RTater–yes; I remembered this morning. Aren’t they spending the day in Iran alternately hosing down those against the regime & serving tea to those who say ‘death to Israel/USA’?
When will Real Clear Politics stop allowing this clearly bogus poll to be posted. It’s so far off every other poll it’s painfully obvious that it’s skewed in favor of Obama..
ABC News/Wash Post 10/15 – 10/18
1004 A 57 40 +17
Speaking of which – did y’all see this story at BreitBart’s Big Hollywood?
11 Uncovered Videos Show School Children Performing Praises to Obama
Red State Skeptic said:
I’m sure that’s a source of great comfort to Deeds and Corzine.
Why? TheOne did the same thing during his campaign. It all has an expiration date (or time) shortly after being sworn in.