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Anonymous asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 1 decade ago

Why does the Obama administration create false enemies instead of touting their successful policies?

In order to help their fellow Democrats win in November?

Throughout the year, we have been treated to Obama-led attacks on George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, Rush Limbaugh, Congressman Joe Barton (for his odd apology to BP), John Boehner (for seeking the speakership — or was it something about an ant?) and Fox News (for everything). Suitable Democratic targets in some cases, perhaps, but not worth the time of a busy Commander in Chief. In the past few days, we have witnessed the spectacle of the President himself and his top advisers wading into allegations that Republicans are attempting to buy the election using foreign money laundered through the Chamber of Commerce, combining with Karl Rove and his wealthy backers to fund a flood of negative television commercials. Not only is this issue convoluted and far-fetched, but it also distracts from the issues voters care about, frustrating political insiders and alienating struggling citizens (not that many are following such an offbeat story line). Feinting and gibing can’t obscure those job numbers.

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,2...

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  • Bill
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    I agree, the Obama administration is creating false enemies because they can not run on their non -successful policies. Barack Obama's latest straw-man style of attack is focused on the United States Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber has earned his ire by being a free-enterprise group, and one that is practicing its First Amendment rights to criticize an administration bereft of officials with real-world experience but chockablock with animus toward capitalism. Obama's latest claim is that the ads run by the Chamber are funded by foreign sources.

    Who is helping perpetuating this claim -- for which there is no evidence? George Soros: Obama's pal and donor, and a man who wielded his power over his 527 groups to help power Obama to the Oval Office.

    The New York Times charts the path of the "foreign money" charge:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/09/us/politics/09do...

    > >" "The issue of the chamber's funding first gained notice this week when ThinkProgress, a blog affiliated with the Center for American Progress, an influential liberal advocacy group, posted a lengthy piece with the headline "Exclusive: Foreign-Funded ‘U.S.' Chamber of Commerce Running Partisan Attack Ads."

    http://thinkprogress.org/

    The piece detailed the chamber's overseas memberships, but it provided no evidence that the money generated overseas had been used in United States campaigns. Still, liberal groups like MoveOn.org

    http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timesto...

    pounced on the allegations, resulting in protests at the chamber's offices, a demand for a federal investigation by Senator Al Franken, Democrat of Minnesota, and ultimately the remarks by Mr. Obama himself.

    http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopic...

    White House officials acknowledged Friday that they had no specific evidence to indicate that the chamber had used money from foreign entities to finance political attack ads." " < <

    Soros is pulling the strings of his puppets -- again.

    Think Progress is a branch of the Center for American Progress, the think-tank founded and funded to a great extent by George Soros and his political allies, Herb and Marion Sandler. The Center has been described by Bloomberg News as the "Soros-Funded Democratic Idea Factory."

    http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=washingtons...

    The CAP also provided the administration with many of its officials, including the controversial Green Jobs Czar, Van Jones (he returned to his sinecure at the CAP when he was "resigned" in the wake of revelations about his radicalism). The head of the CAP, John Podesta, managed the transition from Senator Obama to President Obama. The Obama administration has plenty of alums from the Center for American Progress. o_O

    Source(s): BTW -- being liked is over rated.
  • 1 decade ago

    They have been very successful in their policies because the administration with the help of the ultra leftists in Congress is actually looking to tear apart American society.

    They also have a lot of enemies that they have successfully done tremendous damage to. Those enemies are called the American Taxpayers, and the future generations of Americans.

    I guess you can see why they aren't exactly bragging about all of their successes.

  • 1 decade ago

    What else do the progressives have going for them. I just read the latest news from Mike Allen's Playbook on Politico, and he is saying that Barack Obama and his supporters will continue to spread the Big Lie and "double down on it." Arrogance and impunity in action.

    http://www.politico.com/playbook/

    How is that hope and change mantra that lulled so many Americans to suspend their disbelief coming along? The strategy may be clear and despicable, but the network behind it remains murky to the general public. So much for Obama's transparency pledge and the politics of hope and change.

  • Jim B
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    When you can't run on your own accomplishments you have to do something. If any body knows about taking illegal money Obama sure does. When the President has to remove his coat and tie and scream like a drunken Sunday Preacher trying to rally what few supporters he has left it tells me he is getting desperate. Notice Democrats are running their campaigns without admitting that they are democrats. They want you to believe they are just one of us. They Don't want Obama even in the same state. Notice Obama is making no appearance with any of his cronies because they know it is the kiss of death. WE THE PEOPLE ARE WISE TO YOUR SOCIALISTIC AGENDA MR. OBAMA and WE ARE NOT BUYING.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Now their latest accusation is foreign money going to GOP campaigns. They have absolutely no evidence and their attitude is "prove me wrong."

    are they freaking serious?

    this is an outrage.

    I can't believe how nasty the Democrats have become. We need to take our government back from these thugs

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    it is easier to create false enemies than to find any successful policies under democrat rule

  • 1) I don't know but I like you.

    2) Deter from the main issues; it bothers me that mainstream media is biting the bait.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    they are not false enemies...liberals see any opposition as the enemy(except terrorists)...this is why they have NO problem attacking tea parties...they have a "war room" for everything BUT actual war...

  • 1 decade ago

    In the absence of boasting about accomplishment they have to talk about something.

  • 1 decade ago

    unless you call policies that will destroy usa a success that is only kind he knows

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