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precisely, in Obamaland, it is "America" that is to blame. The Land of
the Free, where hard work means success, a better life — better, at
least, than those who have not worked as hard, sacrificed as much, to
rise up, sometimes over generations of back-breaking labor — does not
make sense to the community organizer from Chicago. He
sees only two groups, the Haves and the Have-Nots, and he has one
simple explanation for the world as it is: The Haves stole from the
Have-Nots, robbed them of their rightful fortunes.
To
the president, health care is a birthright. An education at an
excellent college? A birthright. A job with an always increasing salary,
a long and steady career? Birthrights. A wonderful home? Birthright. An
early retirement in luxury? Birthright. All 300 million Americans have
all that and more as their God-given birthright, says the president. Who
will pay? "They" will.
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Obama’s hunt for a legacy — the politics of division
With
his signature second-term agenda priorities — gun control and amnesty —
all but dead, President Obama has once again begun to search for
someone — anyone — to blame.
See,
none of this is his fault. Five years of sky-high unemployment, an
out-of-control federal deficit, spending run amok, gas prices twice what
they were in 2008: Not His Fault.
Yes,
he did promise to be the great savior of America (he even pledged that
the sea levels would drop under his leadership, remember?), but that was
before "They" rose up to fight his every valiant effort to save the
nation. And this week, the president of the United States rode out of
into the hinterland to declare war on "Them."
Who
are "They"? Well, us — Americans. Some, even, who voted for Mr. Obama,
but, mostly, those who didn't. And don't fool yourself: In the
president's world, if you're not with him, then you're an enemy to be
struck down where you stand. America be damned — it's Us or Them. And
for Democrats, the ends always justify the means, no matter how
divisive, how destructive.
More
precisely, in Obamaland, it is "America" that is to blame. The Land of
the Free, where hard work means success, a better life — better, at
least, than those who have not worked as hard, sacrificed as much, to
rise up, sometimes over generations of back-breaking labor — does not
make sense to the community organizer from Chicago. He sees only two
groups, the Haves and the Have-Nots, and he has one simple explanation
for the world as it is: The Haves stole from the Have-Nots, robbed them
of their rightful fortunes.
To
the president, health care is a birthright. An education at an
excellent college? A birthright. A job with an always increasing salary,
a long and steady career? Birthrights. A wonderful home? Birthright. An
early retirement in luxury? Birthright. All 300 million Americans have
all that and more as their God-given birthright, says the president. Who
will pay? "They" will.
Now,
"They" are, of course, "We" — Americans. In fact, "They" are the very
ones living the American dream Mr. Obama alludes to when he cites "the
engine of our economy" — those middle-class Americans working hard,
rising up, earning their way, striving for better, maybe even that
once-vaunted but now vilified "1 percent."
Of
300 million Americans, some rise, some fall, some do better, some do
worse, hard workers succeed, loafers fail. But the Harvard-educated Mr.
Obama, in his own words, finds that "inequality" "morally wrong." For
him, the successful "owe" the failures some, even much, of their
hard-earned money. It's just that simple: They don't "deserve" what
they've worked to achieve. No, everyone should have a piece of their
success. That, to him, is America.
And
America's first half-white, half-black president has taken his politics
of division to his favorite place, The New York Times, with an explicit
threat, enough to scare post-Trayvon America.
"Racial
tensions won't get better; they may get worse, because people will feel
as if they've got to compete with some other group to get scraps from a
shrinking pot," he told two star-struck reporters in an interview last
week.
Of
course, the president — one-third of the Founders' co-equal trio of
power — blames Congress (forget that Democrats control the Senate).
"With
an endless parade of distractions, political posturing and phony
scandals, Washington has taken its eye off the ball," the president said
in Galesburg, Ill. Already, word has leaked he plans a budget strategy
that could lead to a government shutdown, which he will no doubt blame
on those "obstructionist" Republicans.
Of
course, everything now — especially the president's "pivot" to the
economy, his 19th since taking office — is geared toward the 2014
midterms. Blame Congress, especially Republicans in the House, for all
of America's woes, and perhaps he can win a majority for his final two
years and "fix" America — his way.
But
his second term is, except for the shouting, over. He has legacy on his
mind now, and with his woefully weak record, he's thinking, "Who can I
blame for this dismal mess of a presidency?"
The
New York Times, as always, was there to facilitate, even as its
reporters stammered and stumbled over their softball questions. But they
did, in a dead giveaway of their liberal tilt — and a glimpse inside
the president's soon-to-be daily mantra — punch the one word the
president most wanted to hear: "Obstruction."
"Do
you worry, Mr. President, that that description of that sort of
standing pat, what happens if you stand pat and the sort of slower than
expected — do you worry that that could end up being your legacy simply
because of the obstruction that — and the gridlock that doesn't seem to
end?"
"I
think," the president thought, "if I'm arguing for entirely different
policies and Congress ends up pursuing policies that I think don't make
sense and we get a bad result, it's hard to argue that'd be my legacy."
Not His Fault.
• Joseph Curl covered the White House and politics for a decade for The Washington Times and is now editor of the Drudge Report.
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