The U.S. moving in the right direction? Well, sure, from Obama’s point of view.

Written By : TrogloPundit

Imagine a chess player, moving his rook into danger for no apparent reason, except for the real possibility of advantage seven moves down the line that only he can see.

Or a general, calling a retreat from a long-defended and beloved city. Neither the troops, nor the people, nor the general’s bosses will be happy, until the withdrawal proves strategically decisive later on.

Or a football coach, calling three straight running plays that go nowhere at the beginning of a game, despite his Pro-Bowl quarterback. A wasted possession, unless he learned something about the defense that will come in handy later on.

Now read this:

President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he has “never been more confident that our nation is headed in the right direction.”

“We are doing what is needed to move forward, and we’re doing what’s necessary not just to rebuild the economy for the short term, we want to rebuild it for the long term,” the president said at a Seattle fundraiser for Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash).

Over at Weasel Zippers, they asked:

See what happens when you don’t take your Thorazine?…

But hang on. What if your goal is to keep the economy down (or make it worse), thereby increasing public demand for government services, thereby increasing the size, scope, and power of government?

We may well be headed in the right direction for that.

What if your goal is to increase voter dissatisfaction with your own party, thereby increasing the chances of a GOP takeover of Congress, thereby creating a political enemy you can fight? Which, let’s all remember, can only help Obama’s re-election campaign in 2012.

We may well be headed in the right direction for that.

Or: what if your goal is simply to secure your own financial, influential, historical future? Which, by becoming the “first black president,” Obama has already done?

Given any or all of the above possibilities, from Obama’s perspective, we may well be heading in the “right” direction.

Now the question becomes: is Obama (or, possibly, Obama’s behind-the-scenes handlers) that smart? Is he that prescient? Does he have that ability to look into the future, and to realize that today’s setbacks might be necessary for tomorrow’s victories?

I don’t believe he is. You don’t, either, probably, even if you’re an Obamaniac yourself.

Even so: if we let ourselves be satisfied with today’s polls, and today’s public opinion, and today’s Democrat embarrassments, and even with November’s (we hope) Republican tsunami, it’ll prove exactly one thing. We don’t have that foresight, either.

In other words: don’t get cocky.

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http://www.wordaroundthenet.com Christopher Taylor

I think President Obama would really rather the economy be doing better, but otherwise is pretty happy with how things are going so far in government. He just has to talk up things in an attempt to shape public perception and especially the media and his supporters.

gfchicago

I think President Obama would really rather the economy be doing better

I don't know about that CT, it appears to me he wants to bring this country to it's knees in order to satisfy his overlords. I just don't think he is bright enough do all of this crap on his own.

Someone is pulling his strings, or as I've said before he is the most arrogant narcissistic little prick I've ever seen and doesn't flat out give a rats ass about this country and only cares for his political and financial gains at the expense of the rest of us..

http://www.wordaroundthenet.com Christopher Taylor

I actually think he's just really mistaken about how the world works and what is good for the country. I think he's one of those pointy headed intellectual academic types who has a head full of theories but little comprehension of the real world. He thinks he's got it all figured out, has been applying those theories and its just not working.

gfchicago

CT, I know that you are willing to give the man the benefit of the doubt and that you are a decent person that likes to think the best of people. I used to be that way as well.

Funny thing is that when you reach a certain age, you become very cynical, and you have learned to trust almost no one. That's the stage that I'm at right now.

Even if it is as you suggest, I'm still plenty pissed, at Obama and this congress. None of their initiatives are working out worth a damn and they wont listen to any of us the unwashed masses, they tell us to shut up and sit down, that we don't know what we are talking about and they are going to decide our futures for us.

My husband and I are hanging on by our fingernails, and since this whole debacle started I can't find a job. Mind you I'm a Sr. Systems Analyst with a great deal of experience, I've applied for minimum wage jobs had haven't been able to get squat.

I'm sorry I still think that someone else is pulling his strings.

http://www.facebook.com/jayhoffer Justin Hoffer

I don't think anyone is pulling his strings.

I think he is a robot, programmed in a joint conspiracy by the Nazis and Communists, sent to America to destroy it from the inside. What better way to spread their influence across the world?

For those who don't know, I am not being serious.

Or am I?
http://www.wordaroundthenet.com Christopher Taylor

I'm not trying to give him the benefit of the doubt, I just am not willing to presume evil of my foes. I prefer to presume incompetence and sloth, which is almost always the actual case.

He's not deliberately trying to screw up the economy and make things worse, he's doing it because he doesn't know any better. He has a head full of stupid ideas and multi-culti- leftist nonsense and cannot comprehend how the real world works. He and his leftist buddies who he insulates himself with against anyone who'd dare disagree have all kinds of theories about how things should work and how to fix the world like a bunch of college kids around a bong eating pizza and saving the world, but they never grew out of it.

In short, all that stupid lefty faux intellectual nonsense colleges spew? He bought into all of it and is trying to apply it to policy with all-too-predictable results.

Mr. EMT

Well, if there are two options to explain the total lack of jugement and stubborn will to drive this nation through the dirt… and you could only chose between whether obamao is stupid or corrupt…
I can see a lot of evidense about why you would think he is stupid.
He is a gafe machine that constantly gets himself into trouble with his mouth by writing checks his ass cant cash…literally.
However, I have a believe that it is a combination of moral corruption and stupidity.
I can not see why anyone would ever embrace communism, except for mental impairment.

UFKA_Smithwick

Would have been hard to buy GM for his buddies if the economy was doing well.

UFKA_Smithwick

Not an unreasonable assumption. The flaw with such a plan is that we get to toss out these bums every so often. So any long term plan will be hindered by the fact that the Dems will soon lose both congress and the whitehouse.
Rhgtwngrckr

Even so: if we let ourselves be satisfied with today's polls, and today's public opinion, and today's Democrat embarrassments, and even with November's (we hope) Republican tsunami, it'll prove exactly one thing. We don't have that foresight, either.

Then of course we'll be having this same conversation when the Republican is in office.

After all, we can't honestly expect the Republican party to offer an appropriate candidate.

RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com

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