UK newspaper rips Obama. --------------------------------- Barack Obama flops in Knox: the president’s speech was a disaster Americans deserve better than the failed statism that has bankrupted cities like Detroit, and threatens to do the same to the rest of the country. ...the president spoke in deeply partisan terms, often with bitterness and anger, lambasting his political opponents, dismissing criticism of his policies, and launching into his favourite theme of class warfare, attacking the wealthy and what he calls the “winner takes all economy.” In a display of extraordinary arrogance (even by his standards), he condemned what he called “an endless parade of distractions, political posturing and phony scandals,” a direct reference to the Congressional investigations into the IRS and Benghazi scandals, which most Americans don’t see as phony. He also defended his increasingly unpopular Obamacare proposals, attacking what he calls “a politically-motivated misinformation campaign,” while failing to acknowledge that moderate Democrats are “steadily turning against Obamacare” This was a highly defensive speech, with President Obama in full campaign mode. There were no fresh ideas, just a tired rehash of earlier campaign rhetoric. It was also another love letter to big government, with a clarion call for yet more federal spending on environmental measures, infrastructure, manufacturing, and a laundry list of liberal pet causes. blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100228011/barack-obama-flops-in-knox-the-presidents-speech-was-a-train-wreck/
Posted on: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 16:48:12 +0000
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