Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Can you smell the campaign season?

Abraham Lincoln said "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time." Well, that’s certainly what Obama is banking on. And he’s 'so busy' that he had time to write an op ed in the WSJ exuding his rhetorical turn-around. After his Wellstone II speech, Step 2 of the campaign: return to the appearance of a 'centrist' (afterall, it helped win the election the first time around!). Who believes Obama is capable of 'moderating'? Please...
“Toward a 21st-Century Regulatory System” by Barack Obama
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703396604576088272112103698.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop


Here's more elaborations on "Step 2":
“In Another Proverbial Move to Center, President Obama to Sign Executive Order Against Cumbersome and "Dumb" Government Regulations” by Jake Tapper
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2011/01/in-another-move-to-center-president-obama-to-sign-executive-order-against-cumbersome-and-dumb-government-regulations.html


ADDENDUM: Obama’s caught in a blatant BS moment in his 'move to the center'. Just another part of his 2012 campaign, folks...
“Obama now praises Reagan as inspiration; in '95, denounced his 'dirty deeds'” by Byron York
http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/01/new-op-ed-obama-praises-reagan-inspiration-95-autobiography-obama