The question, rather, is “how dumb does Obama think his base actually is?
“We had reversed the recession, avoided a depression, gotten the economy moving again,” Obama told a crowd in Decorah, Iowa. “But over the last six months we’ve had a run of bad luck.” Obama listed three events overseas — the Arab Spring uprisings, the tsunami in Japan, and the European debt crises — which set the economy back.
Leave aside the fact that two out of those three bits of “bad luck” could have been avoided by scrupulously avoiding policies like Obama’s (Obama’s bobbling of Mideast policy, the gundecking of domestic oil drilling which has extended and institutionalized America’s dependence on imported oil, and the running of catastrophic debt levels), perhaps it’s a sign that Obama’s growing up; he’s stopped blaming Bush, and turned to blaming unaccountable, intangible “luck” for his administration’s failure.
The question isn’t so much “is it dumb”. The question is “why does his base fall for this claptrap?”
Well, maybe because the majority of them really are that dumb! I have coworkers who sound like Chris “Tingles” Matthews they spew so many left wingnut talking points!
But…. he was the chosen one!
All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
Let me be clear. Our economy….is…uh…being held hostage…uh….by circumstances beyond our control. Thankfully…uh…our administration has saved or created 2.5 million jobs…uh…and has paved the way for a new, greener future.
“the gundecking of domestic oil drilling which has extended and institutionalized America’s dependence on imported oil”
You can stand on the shoulders of giants, or keep your boots on the necks of industry. We can see which on works better, but I guess he cannot.