The disconnect between Obama and the people

[thereisnospoon]

The only ‘disconnect’ exists with partisan republicans and conservatives, solely responsible for any lack of communication. Indeed, the record is clear and undeniable with regard to Obama’s efforts to reach out to the right, only to be rejected time and again.

Obama has reached to the right? Yewr kidding, yes?
The only time Obama acknowledges the GOP is to attempt to trap them into one of his political schemes.
Obama is an egomaniac. He cares only about Obama.

 

[thereisnospoon]

the funniest part of this funny thread is that the gop's remedy to this supposed disconnect is to offer us mitt romney, the squire of onepercentville,

the furthest thing from a man-of-the-people to run for president since, well, since who can remember when...

hey at least romney won't be a hypocrite piously preaching about "brother's keeper" while his own languishes in $12/year hut!

Or better yet piously saying "you can't go take a trip to las vegas on the taxpayer's dime'..."while his wife on the taxpayer's dime takes her 17th vacation in 3 years to guess what las vegas..baby....!

Or better yet.. Obama bitching and moaning about wealthy tax payers taking tax write offs and the bum writes off $100,000 a year in losses against his personal taxes!
I mean this is hypocrisy at it's worst!
The dick head can't even donate the same % of his income as bush who made 1/3 as much but donated 23% of his income .. Dick head.. 14% ..9% in 2009!

So don't give any garbage about obama being one of us!!!
He is the kind of eddie haskell of leave it beaver character that most people consider really slimy and he's proving it... I.e. "'i'll have more flexibility after election'. "!

the centerpiece of romney's economic plan is to cut his own taxes.

Sell that to the american people.

bullshit!

 

[thereisnospoon]

There is no disconnnect except where there was always a disconnect with the radical right wing extremist. he still connect with half the country and would win the election today and in nov.

Why are you voting for Obama?
Are you in support of his socialist agenda?DO you believe the US is an "unfair" nation?
Do you wish to see expensive energy? Higher taxes for ALL?
More dependency on government? An economy that because of Obama policies cannot grow at an acceptable rate? Falling real estate values?

 

[thereisnospoon]

I think Obama and the Dems believed that their Stimulus Bill would solve the problems with the economy, and they really wanted to move on to the liberal agenda while they still had a super majority in both Houses of Congress. I think they were so convinced it would eventually work, and weren't that concerned anyway.

Frankly, I don't think Obama really cares what the public thinks, he believes he can work his magic to make us go along with whatever he says. He doesn't care about public opinion because he's conceited enough to think he can change public opinion to whatever he wants it to be.

Obama and dems could have done anything they wished. Instead, their agenda got held up by their own actions. Or more accurately, inaction.
The administration as well as the Congress wanted the GOP on board for ONE reason...They wanted political cover in case their policies went into the crapper. They wanted to be able to blame the GOP...The GOP saw the trap and refused. For that, the GOP was labeled "obstructionist" by the democrats and regurgitated by the complicit main stream media.

 

[daveman]

The only ‘disconnect’ exists with partisan republicans and conservatives, solely responsible for any lack of communication. Indeed, the record is clear and undeniable with regard to Obama’s efforts to reach out to the right, only to be rejected time and again.

Ahhh, yes, Obama's efforts at "bipartisanship:

"Do what I say and STFU! I won!!"

 

[Amelia]

Get in the back seat.

 

[healthmyths]

In a hypothetical Election 2012 matchup, President Obama and Mitt Romney are tied at 46% apiece.
Daily Presidential Tracking Poll - Rasmussen Reports™

YOU were SAYING??? THAT's not HALF the country!!!

 

[8537]

In a hypothetical Election 2012 matchup, President Obama and Mitt Romney are tied at 46% apiece.
Daily Presidential Tracking Poll - Rasmussen Reports™

YOU were SAYING??? THAT's not HALF the country!!!

Rasmussen Tracking 3/28 - 3/30 1500 LV 46 46 Tie
CNN/Opinion Research 3/24 - 3/25 925 RV 54 43 Obama +11
McClatchy/Marist 3/20 - 3/22 846 RV 46 44 Obama +2
PPP (D) 3/15 - 3/17 900 RV 48 44 Obama +4
Reason-Rupe 3/10 - 3/20 1200 A 46 40 Obama +6
FOX News 3/10 - 3/12 912 RV 46 42 Obama +4

 

[Wiseacre]

Obama's idea of bipartisanship is to do it his way. He has never had any interest whatsoever in compromise or cooperation with the GOP.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

In a hypothetical Election 2012 matchup, President Obama and Mitt Romney are tied at 46% apiece.
Daily Presidential Tracking Poll - Rasmussen Reports™

YOU were SAYING??? THAT's not HALF the country!!!

Rasmussen Tracking 3/28 - 3/30 1500 LV 46 46 Tie
CNN/Opinion Research 3/24 - 3/25 925 RV 54 43 Obama +11
McClatchy/Marist 3/20 - 3/22 846 RV 46 44 Obama +2
PPP (D) 3/15 - 3/17 900 RV 48 44 Obama +4
Reason-Rupe 3/10 - 3/20 1200 A 46 40 Obama +6
FOX News 3/10 - 3/12 912 RV 46 42 Obama +4

And the margin of error for all the others?

 

[naturegirl]

What the left keeps forgetting is the Republicans have yet to start campaigning against Obama, right now they are embroiled in a nasty primary that is a waste of money.

Once the Republicans stand behind their mutually agreed on candidate, get back to me on those polls.

 

[Clementine]

The snippet below is from a column by Peggy Noonan in the WSJ. She talks about Obama basically losing the trust of many Americans and being out of touch with them. She talks about people feeling used, played for a fool by a con artist, tricked by the trickster. [My words, not hers.] It'll be very interesting to see if he wins re-election, as apparently he thinks he will.

I find myself asking the question: did Obama even try to figure what was on our minds? Did he even care, or was he so intent on completing his uberliberal agenda, and in his arrogance believed he could sell what he was doing to us and we'd love him for it. That's the way it looks to me.


snippet:

In terms of the broad electorate, I'm not sure he really has a relationship. A president only gets a year or two to forge real bonds with the American people. In that time a crucial thing he must establish is that what is on his mind is what is on their mind. This is especially true during a crisis.

From the day Mr. Obama was sworn in, what was on the mind of the American people was financial calamity—unemployment, declining home values, foreclosures. These issues came within a context of some overarching questions: Can America survive its spending, its taxing, its regulating, is America over, can we turn it around?

That's what the American people were thinking about.

But the new president wasn't thinking about that. All the books written about the creation of economic policy within his administration make clear the president and his aides didn't know it was so bad, didn't understand the depth of the crisis, didn't have a sense of how long it would last. They didn't have their mind on what the American people had their mind on.

Not-So-Smooth Operator - WSJ.com

I feel very disconnected from this president, more so than any before him.

I feel that he has a problem with America, particularly white Americans.

I feel that he considers me the enemy. He said so when he was addressing one of the special interest groups and told them to remember who the enemy was. It is people who want border securiy and immigration laws upheld. Remember how he ridiculed the enemies with the moat and alligators comment?

I want a president who simply addresses "my fellow Americans" and speaks to us all the same. Instead we have a guy who addresses each group in a different way. He promises them different things and pits them against each other.

It's been a one way relationship. We're supposed to adore him and believe everything he says even though nothing goes as promised. If we don't agree with him, we get reported to his soviet-style AttackWatch.