WEXTRY! WEXTRY!: Electing a Moron
It’s not that long ago that former President George W. Bush was being characterized as a dimwit. In truth, because he was not a smooth talker, he often came across as less than a deep thinker. I am not sure the job requires a deep thinker because those who fit that description often turned out to be a disaster. The job’s best description is “leader.”
It is important to remember that the decade in which Bush served was one of consumer confidence, a healthy economy, marred initially by 9/11 and later by the decision to invade Iraq and depose a vicious despot who had warred with Iran and invaded Kuwait. Many Americans grew tired of the war and the subsequent occupation.
Only at the very end of Bush’s term, September 2008, did the nation suddenly encounter the financial turmoil that the mortgage “bubble” generated. It was long in coming and fearful in its immediate consequences. Congress voted a $700 billion bailout program for banks and insurance companies.
Candidate Obama had almost nothing to say about the crisis, but all during the campaign the mainstream media kept telling us that he had a giant IQ. He had already written two books even if both were about himself.
And, yes, he had taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago, but few on the faculty have any recall of him. Indeed, his college transcripts, as well as his birth certificate, are all still carefully hidden from public view.
So we have only the last six months by which to judge him by his actions. A delightful blog by Theo Sparks has posted two lists demonstrating that just over half the voters in 2008 elected a moron.
So far on Obama’s watch:
He has doubled the national debt.
Announced the termination of the space defense system the day after the North Koreans launched an ICBM.
Against the advice and urgings for his own CIA director and the prior four directors, he released information on intelligence gathering.
Announced that he would close Guantanamo without having any idea what to do with its detainees, all of whom are hard-core jihadists. Several of those released have since returned to the terrorist trade.
Spent a lot of time in foreign nations apologizing for things about which most Americans take pride.
Told Mexicans that the violence in their country was our fault because some of the guns they use to kill each other had been purchased in the U.S.
Appointed an Attorney General who orchestrated the forced removal and return to Cuba of a nine-year-old whose mother died to give him a life of freedom in America.
Caused panic in New York by authorizing the flight of Air Force One over New York for a photo you can purchase with Photo Shop for less than a dollar. The flight cost $400.000.
Told the Iranian protesters in the streets of Tehran that the U.S. would not “meddle” in the affairs of their nation, but did not hesitate to tell the Prime Minister of Israel that his nation had to stop building new settlements to house its growing population.
Initiated the nationalization of the U.S. auto industry and gave a lot of money to insurance giant AIG without any pre-conditions.
Intends to nationalize the health insurance industry.
Is pushing a Cap-and-Trade bill that would be the largest tax in the history of the nation.
When the Honduran Supreme Court deposed a communist president, he sided, along with Cuba’s Raul Castro and Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez, with the exiled president.
President Obama, a former community organizer, claimed through a spokesperson that he was unaware of the initial nationwide “tea party” tax protests involving thousands. On July 4, an estimated million Americans participated in still more protests coast to coast.
Among his choice of friends, he was unaware that he started his political career in the living room of a former domestic terrorist, a member of the Weather Underground.
He was unaware that the pastor of the church he attended for twenty years was a racist who hates America.
He was unaware that his own aunt was living in the U.S. illegally or that his brother lives on pennies a day in a hut in Kenya.
Among his first choices for cabinet positions, he was unaware that he nominated a man to be Secretary of Commerce who was under investigation in a bribery scandal.
He was unaware that his choice for Secretary of Treasury was a tax cheat. Indeed, he was unaware that several of his top choices fit that description.
As President and the representative of the American people, he managed to offend the Queen of England, insult the British people by returning a bust of Winston Churchill, and make a deep bow to the King of Saudi Arabia, something no President in history has ever done before any monarch.
It is evident to all that President Obama is (a) incapable of delivering any kind of speech without the use of a TelePrompter and (b) incapable of answering any question from a member of the press in under ten minutes’ time.
So what do we know about the people who voted for him? According the Rasmussen Consumer Index, among Democrats confidence is up from 53.7 a year ago to 79.5 this year. Among Republicans, it has dropped from 99.4 last year to 68.6 today,
Democrats apparently think the economy has improved despite the loss of more than 2.5 million jobs in the first quarter of 2009. Under Obama, the U.S. unemployment rate has risen from 7.6 to 9.5%, the highest in 26 years.
To put it another way, the U.S. has lost 16,000 jobs each day since Democrats passed a multi-billion dollar “stimulus” bill. The nation’s Gross Domestic Product fell at 5.5 percent in the first quarter of 2009.
The stock market is down 3,000 points from a year ago.
This means that Democrats, voters and members of Congress, are either deluded and/or as moronic as the man they elected President.
The only justification for the debacle the President has offered thus far has been to blame everything on George W. Bush.
Meanwhile, his Vice President is candidly telling anyone who will listen that the geniuses Obama selected to advise him are clueless, having failed to grasp the gravity of the situation or offer solutions other than those that will put more people out of work, raise taxes, increase inflation, and further bankrupt a bankrupt nation.
How do I know it’s bankrupt? Because President Obama is on record saying, “We’re out of money.”
When you’re in a hole, stop digging.
Unless, of course, you’re a moron.
© Alan Caruba, 2009
~ About the Author ~
Federal Observer contributor Alan Caruba writes a weekly column, “Warning Signs”, that is posted on the Internet site of The National Anxiety Center, a clearinghouse for information about scare campaigns designed to influence public policy and opinion. Visit Alan Caruba’s blog at http://factsnotfantasy.blogspot.com.
Good read, and excellent graphic.
While it is arguable that Barry Soetoro, AKA the Usurper-in-Chief, is a moron, that theory would turn on the premise that Barry actually failed in his efforts to “help” the country with his domestic and foreign policy. That being said, Barry’s re-adoption of the historic failure of Keynesian economics would tend to indicate that he’s either a moron or, simply insane – that is – if one still holds the premise that his intent is to help the country. (Remember that old adage that insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results?)
If one looks at his likely agenda, his performance is stellar. If one looks at his cabinet and previous and current associates, his performance in destroying the country, with the help of “the voters” – that is, the sheeple who actually believe that voting matters, and don’t understand that Diebold’s computer voting results can be corrupted at multiple levels – is right on track. (No wonder he didn’t make waves about the Iranian elections – it may have been just a little too much hypocrisy for even No-Birth-Certificate Barry to indulge in…)
I understand and appreciate what Alan wrote here. But in my view, Obama’s exactly on track. The country should, and probably will be, toast by the end of his term. Arguing about who is the biggest idiot – Bush or Obama – is playing right into their hands. Obama didn’t undo any of the unconstitutional federal controls that Bush put into place. He and Dubya are peas from the same pod. And alleged “conservatives” and “liberals” are arguing about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. It’s all smoke and mirrors, and has been for years.
Barry’s just the one currently driving the bus that previous administrations built – with the help of all the morons glued to the TV watching re-runs of “Friends” and Michael Jackson’s endless memorial.
There just haven’t been enough people interested enough to actually make a stand. I fear that now it’s too late. And the fact that people are arguing about who is worse – Bush or Obama – demonstrates that the state-run media is controlling the argument.
Hopefully folks will get a grip and see what’s really going on, but I doubt it. Anyone with more than two brain cells to rub together have seen this coming for decades… but those of us who have seen it are the Cassandras to whom no one listens. I appreciate that The Federal Observer has been trying to get people to listen to the truth for years, but I’m sure Mr. Bennett feels the same way I do.
Please don’t fall for the Hegelian argument crap.
levotb says:
July 9, 2009 at 11:02 PM
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One other thing. Mr. Caruba states that Bush’s tenure “was marred by the decision to go to war against a vicious despot who invaded Kuwait”. Unfortunately, Mr. Caruba is about 12 years off. …”
No, Mr. Levotb. The words you misquoted above read:
“…depose a vicious despot who HAD warred with Iran and invaded Kuwait.”
Perhaps you should learn something about the past perfect tense in English grammar. Bush W. (#43) did go to war against Saddam who HAD indeed waged war against Iran & invaded Kuwait. The past perfect tense is used to refer to a previous event. Bush warred against Saddam (past tense used there), but it’s not correct then to subsequently say “Saddam invaded Kuwait. ” This is why the author says Saddam “HAD warred against Iran and (HAD) invaded Kuwait. ” The compound predicate only needed the one helping verb HAD for both verbs “warred” and “invaded.”
Saddam had no business violating all the UN mandates and the ceasefire agreement and shooting at US & British planes. He also had no business gassing the Kurds and ordering mass killings of Shia, and other endearing habits of having live people put into meat grinders.
The US was roundly criticized for not having helped the Iraqis overthrow Saddam after the Persian Gulf War and was seen as walking away. Saddam readily retaliated against Iraqis when he saw that nobody would stop him. Unfortunately, nobody would honor the int’l sanctions that were supposed to put pressure on his regime, and the UN just issued a long list of resolutions against the tyrant.
But maybe you might want to start with English grammar and reading comprehension and then review your history again.
OOPS! I mistyped. Saddam was NOT a threat to the U.S. in 2002. His supposed nuclear program was a joke.
Bush WAS a moron! But what he did–by creating an unecessary war that is still going on in Iraq–helped the 2000 recession extend for 4, long years–5 years in CA. So for Mr. Caruba to say that it was only in Bush’s last 2 years that he erred with the economy is a purely false statement.
One other thing. Mr. Caruba states that Bush’s tenure “was marred by the decision to go to war against a vicious despot who invaded Kuwait”. Unfortunately, Mr. Caruba is about 12 years off. Bush Sr. went to war against Saddam for invading Kuwait. Saddam was a threat to the U.S. We had no business invading and occupying a sovereign country. We got our oil from Saudi Arabia, not Iraq.
Sey! Sey! Lookah heah Mutha Fuggah’s – don’t be pickin’ on mah BOY – Hussein. Ya cain’t pluck his azz out de watermellon patch and into de fried chitlin’ bucket on de same day, an ‘spect hizz azz to come out lilly-white on de same day.
Oh datz right – de BOY is mostly white.
It’s very strange that when Bush was in office the Dow was @14,000 Gas was down ect, ect. Now the Dow is @ about 8,000 we are Trillions in debt, unemployment is skyrocketing, ect, ect. Most likely the Obama-Bots(some have) will blame it on bush. What the F@ck! Obongo’s been in office for a half a year. I guess this must be the change he promised.
In my humble opinion…..Were doomed!!
“On July 4, an estimated million Americans participated in still more protests coast to coast.”
But Uncle Alan, if this were the Barrio, and the subject was “Illegal Immigration” (the invasion of America), 4 MILLION questionable “non-citizens” would have been trashing American flags and DEMANDING their “rights.”
300 MILLION Americans, and most were pissing away their “Dependence Day” drinking beer, barbecuing and committing general apathetic revelry.
WHAT’S WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE???