Master of Projection
He is still the best thing democrats have. Still the best political speaker in my memory. Without a doubt the most dangerous and radical President America ever had. On Friday, September 7th, the former President departed from the accepted norm of former President's not engaging in political campaigns. He gave a speech at the University of Illinois (the first in a series) calling on voters of all stripes to vote in the November midterm elections. His speech, as usual, was well delivered though full of projection.
Here are a few examples, from the speech:
"The status quo pushes back. Sometimes the backlash comes from people who are genuinely, if wrongly, fearful of change. More often it's manufactured by the powerful and the privileged who want to keep us divided and keep us angry and keep us cynical because that helps them maintain the status quo and keep their power and keep their privilege."
Really? Who is dividing us with a statement like that?
"And you happen to be coming of age during one of those moments. It did not start with Donald Trump. He is a symptom, not the cause.
He's just capitalizing on resentments that politicians have been fanning for years. A fear and anger that's rooted in our past, but it's also born out of the enormous upheavals that have taken place in your brief lifetimes."
Here again Mr Obama is insinuating something sinister, a view he has always held, questioning American's motives and moral character. From calling his grandmother a "typical white person " to his indictment of millions of Americans as being "clingers" who "clung to their Bibles & guns" it was always obvious that Obama had a deep resentment and distrust of the American people.
"And then the reckless behavior of financial elites triggered a massive financial crisis, ten years ago this week, a crisis that resulted in the worst recession in any of our lifetimes and caused years of hardship for the American people, for many of your parents, for many of your families."
No, the financial crisis was triggered by a government policy that put people in homes who couldn't afford them
"So we pulled the economy out of crisis, but to this day, too many people who once felt solidly middle-class still feel very real and very personal economic insecurity. "
That may be the most important sentence in the speech. Here Barak Obama actually stumbles upon what was the most important factor in the 2016 election - the death of the middle class!
"And even though your generation is the most diverse in history, with a greater acceptance and celebration of our differences than ever before, those are the kinds of conditions that are ripe for exploitation by politicians who have no compunction and no shame about tapping into America's dark history of racial and ethnic and religious division"
Here Obama openly charges "racism" is the reason for the 2016 election results. A false and dangerous statement from the great divider, who has the blood of murdered cops on his hands.
"Appealing to tribe, appealing to fear, pitting one group against another, telling people that order and security will be restored if it weren't for those who don't look like us or don't sound like us or don't pray like we do, that's an old playbook."
And nobody used it better than Barak Obama.
"Now, understand, this is not just a matter of Democrats versus Republicans or liberals versus conservatives. At various times in our history, this kind of politics has infected both parties. Southern Democrats were the bigger defenders of slavery. It took a Republican President, Abraham Lincoln, to end it. Dixiecrats filibustered anti-lynching legislation, opposed the idea of expanding civil rights, and although it was a Democratic President and a majority Democratic Congress, spurred on by young marchers and protestors, that got the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act over the finish line, those historic laws also got passed because of the leadership of Republicans like Illinois' own Everett Dirksen."
Followed by a grain of truth - the best way to project on others
"But over the past few decades, the politics of division, of resentment and paranoia has unfortunately found a home in the Republican Party."
True projection - It is Barak Obama and like minded people who have a deep resentment towards America.
They're undermining our alliances, cozying up to Russia. What happened to the Republican Party? Its central organizing principle in foreign policy was the fight against Communism, and now they're cozying up to the former head of the KGB, actively blocking legislation that would defend our elections from Russian attack.
Really? Who was in power when this Russian meddling took place?
"How hard can that be? Saying that Nazis are bad."
Why are they even relevant? Is America facing a threat from Nazis? Or is America facing a threat from the violent, radical left? Somebody should ask Mr Obama that question, of course nobody ever asks Barak Obama direct or difficult questions. That's part of the problem.
I could go on dissecting this offensive speech but I will leave it to the American people to respond in the best way possible on Tuesday, November 6.
The full text of the speech can be found here:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/barack-obama-speech-full-transcript-2018-09-07/
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Without a doubt the most dangerous and radical President America ever had."
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R U Kidding
That clown resides at Pennsylvania Avenue currently,
but
not for too long
We do have a bet, you & I. I believe I'm halfway home.
Wanna double ?
Six months?
You got it!
"The status quo pushes back. Sometimes the backlash comes from people who are genuinely, if wrongly, fearful of change. More often it's manufactured by the powerful and the privileged who want to keep us divided and keep us angry and keep us cynical because that helps them maintain the status quo and keep their power and keep their privilege."
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Obama describes your kind to a dotted T, with eyes crossed
My kind? I'll have to address that seperetely.
The statement exposes Obama's inner feelings. That recent trip he made to South Africa exemplifies the kind of change he stands for.
You cannot seem to grasp the true reasons for the serious division in our country, and it is sad.
Far too many [(deleted)] seem unable to see the actuality of the true reality, and I nfind it disturbing that even intelligent, thinking, individuals
as well as the herds that believe whatever heard,
can't see how the division IS what got Trump elected, as well as a little help from his friend Putin.
The one HE NEVER criticizes .
You do not find this odd ...
His faux outrage at Football players making a valid statement, his attacks on immigrants, Muslims, POW's, etc,
all while defending chanting Klansman, David Dukes and such.
He is a sick twisted unstable individual, and it is truly embarrassing that so many attempt to defend the INDEFENSIBLE, in fact, one could even take offense, and wrap it around small minds, without a gate
Oh but I do. They are rooted in the complete disregard for the middle class, which has suffered tremendously from global internationalist policy, bad trade deals and blame for every sort of past offense against every type of minority group. Equal responsibility goes to those who tenaciously attempt to impose their world view on the rest of us.
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It's okay, Vic, I flagged it for you - not only was that a sweeping generalization, but it was derogatory and personal.