Our liberal elites in action: liberal talk host Bill Press says Obama’s polls are collapsing because Americans are a bunch of spoiled brats; Brian Maloney transcribes:
I think this says more about the American people than it does about President Obama. I think it just shows once again that the American people are spoiled. Basically, spoiled– as a people, we are too critical. We are quick to rush to judgment, we are too negative, we are too impatient. Especially impatient. We want it all solved yesterday, and if you don’t, I don’t care who you are — get out of the way.
And again, basically spoiled. To the point where it makes me wonder if it’s even possible to govern today. I gotta tell you, I don’t think Abraham Lincoln — who certainly didn’t get everything right the first time — could govern today. I’m not sure Franklin Roosevelt could govern today, the way we are again. Just about like spoiled children. And it’s Americans, and it’s the media, and if we don’t get instant gratification, then screw you is basically our attitude.
Bill Press: Get a grip.
You think Ronald Reagan got carried to success on the shoulders of the entire American people right after his election? Please – the media certainly sniped at him nonstep (then as now).
And yet he succeeded (not that you can tell that to people like Bill Press).
Competence helps.
Jesse Ventura or Barack Obama or Jimmy Carter, the American electorate has the occasional brain fart and usually lives to regret it.
You may not have liked Bill Clinton or agreed with his politics, but he was undeniably a skilled executive (he did tend to micro-manage too much), and did not hose things up as badly as the current Comrade-in-Chief.
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What this proves is that ultimate success doesn’t automatically equate to poll numbers at the time. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn’t. Truman is ranked as one of the best presidents in our history; yet his numbers stunk when he left office. Teddy Roosevelt is ranked as another of our best presidents of all time, and he couldn’t get re-elected when he wanted to return to office, but we put him on Mount Rushmore.
I find for example that the longer it has been since the pass
age of the health care reform legislation, the more popular it is becoming.
It is too soon to make the determination of success or failure yet; at this point the score is mixed, with some significant successes and some major obstacles like BP.
Polls are fickle things; sometimes they are good for predicting elections and sometimes they aren’t.
…but we put him on Mount Rushmore
Huh. I hadn’t realized that Mt. Rushmore was a WPA project.
What this proves is that ultimate success doesn’t automatically equate to poll numbers at the time.
It “proves” no such thing; that’s a pretty well-known truism, though; many great presidents start out, and even finish up, with terrible poll numbers.
But Obama is not a great president.
When you see a small aircraft take off, and then hit a wind shear and see the wings dipping in a characteristic sign of a low-speed stall, what do you do? If you know the pilot is experienced and has been through it all before, you look and nod your head and say “wow – that’s how he does it”. If it’s a rookie pilot on his first solo flight, you reach for your phone and call the tower to send an ambulance.
Reagan started out rough, and ended as one of history’s great presidents – but then, most people knew he would. He’d run a huge state. seen it through incredible difficulties, and run it well; he gave sense that he knew what he was doing.
Even Democrats are seeing what all us conservatives warned y’all about two years ago; that Obama is out of his depth; that two years as a (very mediocre) Senator are no preparation at all for the Presidency; that he is an elegant but largely empty vessel.
Truman is ranked as one of the best presidents in our history; yet his numbers stunk when he left office. Teddy Roosevelt is ranked as another of our best presidents of all time, and he couldn’t get re-elected when he wanted to return to office, but we put him on Mount Rushmore.
Neither of them voted “present” when the chips were down. Both of them were happy to “waste a crisis” for the good of the nation.
To paraphrase Lloyd Bentsen, “I know about Teddy Roosevelt; Barack Obama is no Teddy Roosevelt”.
I find for example that the longer it has been since the pass
age of the health care reform legislation, the more popular it is becoming.
You may “find” it, but the polls certainly don’t.
It is too soon to make the determination of success or failure yet
Of course. It’s just that none of the signs are good.
some major obstacles like BP.
The biggest “obstacle” in this crisis has been Obama himself.
Polls are fickle things; sometimes they are good for predicting elections and sometimes they aren’t.
Right. Which is why I only pay them the attention they deserve.
Because what really matters is this; two years ago, when I predicted Obama would be the next Jimmy Carter? It’s looking like that was a best-case scenario.
Teddy Roosevelt is ranked as another of our best presidents of all time, and he couldn’t get re-elected when he wanted to return to office
Study history, Doggie. TR pledged to only serve two terms. When he got pissed off at Taft he tried and failed to take the nomination from him. Then he ran as a third party candidate on the Bull Moose Ticket.
All he accomplished was getting that miserable fascist Woodrow Wilson elected president.
It is too soon to make the determination of success or failure yet
Better now than later. November should be soon enough.