I hope this guy is right. But unless we have the will to tie Obama's hands, and undo his insanity,I'm afraid we'll end up with him for another four years. >:(


KUHNER: Demolishing the Democrats
Voters prepare to retaliate for Obama's overreach
By Jeffrey T. Kuhner
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The Washington Times
The Democrats are on the verge of a historical defeat. Just two years ago, the party seemed to be forging a majority governing coalition. It controlled Congress, key governorships and many state legislatures. And with the 2008 election of President Obama, the Democrats occupied the White House.

The country had shifted to the center-left. Voters had become disgusted with the administration of George W. Bush - especially Republican misrule, the sharp economic recession and the protracted wars in the Middle East. Bush-Cheney Republicanism had damaged the conservative brand. Democrats had a golden opportunity to build an enduring pragmatic liberalism upon the Republican rubble.

They blew it. Instead of focusing on economic recovery, job creation and winning the war on terrorism, the Obama administration used its massive congressional majorities to expand government power. In fact, had Mr. Obama exercised responsible leadership - cutting spending, slashing deficits and fostering pro-growth policies such as permanent middle-class tax cuts - he would be in a very different position today. The economy would be growing. Mr. Obama's poll numbers would not be tanking. His party would not be facing a political tidal wave.

Mr. Obama is a radical ideologue. He chose socialism over pragmatism, remaking America rather than reviving it. From the outset, Mr. Obama's goal was to erect a corporatist social democracy - the fusion of big government, big labor and big business. The political glue to Obamaism was the cult of personality: hero worship on a scale never seen in America and reminiscent of Marxist dictatorships. For the first 20 months of his presidency, he was everywhere and anywhere - receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (for doing nothing), repeatedly on the covers of national weekly magazines, making television appearances and enjoying nonstop fawning from the establishment media.

Yet, as the media coronated him the new leftist emperor, his subjects grew restless under Democratic imperial rule. Mr. Obama has alienated Middle America for one simple reason: His policies are bleeding the country white. They are breaking the nation's back.

Mr. Obama now is rightly seen as dangerously out of touch - so consumed by power, hubris and arrogance that he is oblivious to the contempt with which he is held by many Americans. They see him for who he is: a revolutionary post-national progressive who seeks to establish a new liberal ruling class. This has been the animating essence of his presidency.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/14/demolishing-the-democrats/

The Dems are having to defend seats that they had not planned on being in play.

Quote from: Indy on October 16, 2010, 07:35:23 PM
I hope this guy is right. But unless we have the will to tie Obama's hands, and undo his insanity,I'm afraid we'll end up with him for another four years. >:(


KUHNER: Demolishing the Democrats
Voters prepare to retaliate for Obama's overreach
By Jeffrey T. Kuhner
-
The Washington Times
The Democrats are on the verge of a historical defeat. Just two years ago, the party seemed to be forging a majority governing coalition. It controlled Congress, key governorships and many state legislatures. And with the 2008 election of President Obama, the Democrats occupied the White House.

The country had shifted to the center-left. Voters had become disgusted with the administration of George W. Bush - especially Republican misrule, the sharp economic recession and the protracted wars in the Middle East. Bush-Cheney Republicanism had damaged the conservative brand. Democrats had a golden opportunity to build an enduring pragmatic liberalism upon the Republican rubble.

They blew it. Instead of focusing on economic recovery, job creation and winning the war on terrorism, the Obama administration used its massive congressional majorities to expand government power. In fact, had Mr. Obama exercised responsible leadership - cutting spending, slashing deficits and fostering pro-growth policies such as permanent middle-class tax cuts - he would be in a very different position today. The economy would be growing. Mr. Obama's poll numbers would not be tanking. His party would not be facing a political tidal wave.

Mr. Obama is a radical ideologue. He chose socialism over pragmatism, remaking America rather than reviving it. From the outset, Mr. Obama's goal was to erect a corporatist social democracy - the fusion of big government, big labor and big business. The political glue to Obamaism was the cult of personality: hero worship on a scale never seen in America and reminiscent of Marxist dictatorships. For the first 20 months of his presidency, he was everywhere and anywhere - receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (for doing nothing), repeatedly on the covers of national weekly magazines, making television appearances and enjoying nonstop fawning from the establishment media.

Yet, as the media coronated him the new leftist emperor, his subjects grew restless under Democratic imperial rule. Mr. Obama has alienated Middle America for one simple reason: His policies are bleeding the country white. They are breaking the nation's back.

Mr. Obama now is rightly seen as dangerously out of touch - so consumed by power, hubris and arrogance that he is oblivious to the contempt with which he is held by many Americans. They see him for who he is: a revolutionary post-national progressive who seeks to establish a new liberal ruling class. This has been the animating essence of his presidency.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/14/demolishing-the-democrats/

I LOVE this guy, Jeffery Kuhner... He fills in for Michael Savage sometimes, and I love his intensity.

The country was never center left. This has always been a center right country. Obama ran as a uniter and a different kind of politician. He was basically a protest vote again the unpopular policies of the prior administration.

It took the Republicans in congress 14 years to he fired for not living up to their conservative principals. It took the Democrats 4 years to be fired exactly for living up to their liberal principals. That's because this is a center right country where there are 2 self described conservatives for every one self describes liberal.

Obama and Pelosi misread their mandate and over reached. That's why they are about to have their asses handed to them.

I don't think that our country has always been right of center.  FDR certainly implemented many left of center policies and was praised for it and won four elections for the Presidency.  He wasn't thrown out of office with the passing of those principles.

Left of center policies make a lot of people "feel" good.  They make me throw up, but that's not everyone's reaction.

We've always had left of center politicians and left of center press to praise them. But now the greater access to information from a more ideological diverse press. 24/7 cable news and talk radio have democratized the political process like never before and allowed people to make more informed decisions.