There’s a Time For Campaigning
Monday, August 9th, 2010When President Obama stopped past the view, he gave the Republican campaign committees some ‘chalkboard material’ to bludgeon Democrats with. Thanks to President Obama’s gift, the NRSC has used footage of his appearance in this video:
While appearing on the View, President Obama said that “there’s a time to campaign and then there’s a time to govern.” The NRSC inserted that footage into a web ad full of Obama campaign appearances. The images of him at fundraisers are particularly powerful against the backdrop of the opening voiceover.
In the opening voiceover, ominous music plays while the announcer briefly references “oil being pumped directly…possibility of a double dip recession, illegal immigration, wage two wars that we’re fighting…” It then cuts away to his fundraiser for Barbara Boxer, “mob banker Giannoulias” before showing him hitting the links.
It’s bad enough when Chris Matthews says “When will see him actually do something?” What’s most damaging is Chris the final screen, though. It simply says “Mr. President, If you had actually created more American jobs, you wouldn’t have to spend so much time trying to save Democrat senators’ jobs.”
It’s an effective ad that will rock Democrats because it plays into the image that President Obama has created that he isn’t that interested in the day-to-day governance of the nation. What he’s shown the American people is that his ideological playlist is his only priority until he’s forced to address the issues that matter most to people.
President Obama hasn’t shown the least bit of attention to the routine duties of the office. For that matter, he’s refused to consider the possibility that his policies are failures. His narcisissism won’t let him consider the fact that he’s wrong.
The American people don’t have that difficulty. They’re seeing that he’s being exposed as underqualified for the job. They’re seeing that he’s far better at talking than he is at governing.
There was great enthusiasm for President Obama’s agenda when congressional Democrats took up his ideological agenda. They spent our money with glee as they paid off their political allies in the public employee unions with the stimulus money. Many Democrats willingly sacrificed their political careers for helping liberals achieve their Holy Grail moment of passing massive tax increases…I mean, passing universal health care.
It’s no secret that this is the most ideological-driven administration in history. Likewise, people know that this Congress, especially with Speaker Pelosi running the House, is highly ideological, too. Together, they’ve made a mess of things.
BTW, when President Obama shot his mouth off that he wasn’t going to give Republicans the keys back after he’d supposedly pulled the car out of the ditch, GOP activists and independents alike laughed.
First, President Obama didn’t steer the car back to the blacktop. His policies are disastrous. Second, they’re not his keys. The keys belong to the American people and they’re fixing on telling this arrogant, narcissistic president that they’re rejecting his policies.
The NRSC’s ad illustrated just how disengaged this president is. This one’s gonna hurt.
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Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog