Two years into the Obama presidency, and this kind of thing really shouldn’t be a surprise.
Obama told the several dozen donors that he was offering them his “view from the Oval Office.” He faulted the economic downturn for Americans’ inability to “think clearly” and said the burden is on Democrats “to break through the fear and the frustration people are feeling.”
The President believes that we are not “thinking clearly,” and that our attitudes and behavior stem from “fear and frustration”. It is one thing for Obama to think that, but it is yet another for the President of the United States to say it out loud – about his own nation’s citizens.
But this is no surprise, is it? This is the same man who accused those who disagreed with him of being hyper-religious, violent xenophobes:
And it’s not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.
Yes, we remember that one well, don’t we
Commentary: Back in 2007 when Barack Obama read the job description of the President of the United States, he interpreted the description of Commander-in-Chief to Condescender-in-Chief. Many unemployed Americans would have read the job description carefully to get a job. Even though Barack Obama got the job, he still did it differently from the the real job description.
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- Progressives Bite Back At ‘Condescending’ Obama, Biden (towleroad.com)
- ‘Fear and frustration’ – Obama: ‘The country’s scared’ (politico.com)
- Obama Clings Again! Blames “Scared” Voters. (newsweek.com)
- Obama: Dems Are Losing Because Voters Are Irrational, Cowardly (minx.cc)
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