Unpopular? Hardly. Bush was unpopular; so was Nixon. Obama is way beyond ‘unpopular’. Obama is a menace.
Obama need not rally his troops for the midterms. They’ll understand why he’s saying what he’s saying. They understand that he needs to convince whoever’s in the middle that he’s not Left. They understand that without the middle, their cause is lost.
In the time he’s been in office, Obama has clearly demonstrated where he stands. He’ll say that his work is not yet finished; that once it is, people will see the difference. We see the difference already. We see that the way to the bottom is infinite. We could get to be like some nation in Africa, always at war, no food, organized slaughter and rape, escalating to periodic genocide. So much for the noble savage - and yet, the salt of the earth everywhere is innocent. Leadership makes all the difference.
Yes, there’s still a ways to go till we reach that bottom from which other bottoms may look like tops, but we’re dropping awfully fast. Maybe in two years time we can claim sister cities in Somalia.
I think people know what’s at stake. The polls pretty much confirm it. When even major media says that the Dems are in trouble, it must look really bad for them. Congressional approval numbers hover around 11. I’d say, subtract 10. The people know what’s going down.
Obama can be expected to do a lot of talking in the next couple of weeks. Was Rahm pushed or did he flee? He’ll likely not be mayor of Chicago either. Guilt by association. All Democrats suffer from it - even that nut job, Grayson from Florida.
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I am still sticking with my theory. Obama and his boys (Axelroad, Rahm, Clinton) were strategically placed to save the banks. The mission has been accomplished. (thank you gifts will be doled out to each at the appropriate time) Nationalization of the banks - what should have happened IMHO - and then rebuilding them from scratch has been averted (or some believe just delayed for a few years) Rahm is just the first to cash out when he goes. Quite frankly, I'm surprised he has bailed this quickly. Dems and Replicans are the same these days; they are all corrupt and have been bought out by Wall Street and corporate America. Very sad.
ReplyDeleteThe banks can't be saved. The only thing left to do is to pretend that they can, and have been. The shit will hit the fan.
ReplyDeleteThe metric that will determine the hierarchy of country, state, city, bank will be determined by how far under water each entity may find itself.
Rahm is finished with his little socialist diddy. The banks have no more use for him. If I were AG I would look very closely at his next assignment in Chicago. He has been nothing but an errand boy from the start. The whole thing reminds me of a line out of an 'ole Paul Newman movie. " How much are they paying you; you know, to do this?" What's really tragic, Peter, is they are playing with our freedom. My wife and I have our emergency list nearly complete. What may be "crying uncle" to some could simply be survival to others, and I mean that with no disrespect.
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