washamericom
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has obama ever played the race card ??
Jonah Goldberg
Many people are to blame for the rise of Donald Trump as a political force, and most of them reside on my side of the aisle. But that story is familiar by now. And we’ll be hearing a lot more about it. Should Trump lose, conservatives will be lucky if the ensuing riot of recriminations falls short of outright civil war. Should Trump win, I’m hoping to get a tent upwind from the latrine at the reeducation camp (I kid, I kid).
Still, not all of the blame belongs inside the conservative family.
Consider President Obama. One of the central insights of both the Obama campaign and administration (the difference is subtle but real) is that Obama benefits when his critics overreact. In 2008, then-political advisor David Axelrod coined the phrase “no drama Obama” to describe not only his client’s personality, but his messaging. By seeming unflappable in the face of criticism, Obama comes across as presidential. The more heated the criticism, the more presidential he seems.
Obama often intentionally provokes the conservative base.
Is Obama a master of trolling?
Jonah Goldberg
Many people are to blame for the rise of Donald Trump as a political force, and most of them reside on my side of the aisle. But that story is familiar by now. And we’ll be hearing a lot more about it. Should Trump lose, conservatives will be lucky if the ensuing riot of recriminations falls short of outright civil war. Should Trump win, I’m hoping to get a tent upwind from the latrine at the reeducation camp (I kid, I kid).
Still, not all of the blame belongs inside the conservative family.
Consider President Obama. One of the central insights of both the Obama campaign and administration (the difference is subtle but real) is that Obama benefits when his critics overreact. In 2008, then-political advisor David Axelrod coined the phrase “no drama Obama” to describe not only his client’s personality, but his messaging. By seeming unflappable in the face of criticism, Obama comes across as presidential. The more heated the criticism, the more presidential he seems.
Obama often intentionally provokes the conservative base.
Is Obama a master of trolling?
