Porkialism Under Assault
Best defense apparently is going to be loudly offensive. Politico on the Obama admin’s “post-Rush strategy” to defend the pork/socialism budget agenda by attacking the GOP. None of what is described actually looks new, seeing as the pre-Rush strategy was to characterize the Republican objections to rampant porkulism as ”do-nothing.” A little odd that the wildly popular new admin with control of both houses feels like it has to take the low road, but whatever, it’s his stumbling presidency. Sounds like someone’s sensitive.
The Obama grassroots network—now known as Organizing for America, a project of the Democratic National Committee—has launched an e-mail pledge drive on MyBarackObama.com in which supporters sign their e-mail address to the statement: “I support President Obama’s bold approach for renewing America’s economy.”
The pledge drive was announced with a video called “Ready for the Fight.” Plouffe e-mailed supporters over the weekend with a challenge labeled “The next few weeks”: “In the next few weeks we’ll be asking you to do some of the same things we asked of you during the campaign—talking directly to people in your communities about the President’s ideas for long-term prosperity.”
This is not an easy message war for Democrats. Obama’s budget calls for the largest deficit in U.S. history and a doubling of the national debt to $23 trillion in 2019. That is a big, juicy target for the GOP, which plans to hit this theme relentlessly all spring.
Should be interesting to see if all the Facebook Obamites, assorted young people, Hope-Changers of all stripes will rise out of the trenches for a big bayonet charge in aid of “President Obama’s bold approach … for long-term prosperity.”
Anyone else getting a retro commie slogan feel off that, by the way? Whaddaya think. Soviet five-year plannish or more Cultural Revolution? I’m leaning toward Mao on that one. Whichever, if I were a reactionary counter-revolutionary kulak, I’d watch out. Hey, wait a minute … I think I might be a reactionary counter-revolutionary kulak. Off to the Gulag with me!
Tigerhawk is shocked to find such cynicism among romantics.
Powerline likes the reflexively political quality to the “reflexively political” charge.
Surber begs Obama not to throw the Republicans into that briar patch.
Moe Lane declares an end to irony.
Jammie Wearing Fool wonders if they noticed their own rank hypocrisy.
Welcome, Instapundit, always so good to see you. Hearken, His Evilness Speaks. Hey, you’re not some kind of praisist, are you?
Addendum: I noticed some outclicks to MyBarackObama.com. You guys better not be signing on to that pledge drive as SocialismNow(at)unrepententexterrorist.com or VivaLaRevolucion(at)hugomail.com or anything like that. Because that would be wrong. And hurtful.
Topics: Obama
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 9:48 am Comments (3) on Sunday, March 15, 2009
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March 15th, 2009 at 11:47 am
Speaking as one reactionary counter-revolutionary kulak to another, I find this “community organizing” on the national level just a bit alarming. It isn’t for the benefit of the people. It’s for the benefit of the kleptocrats in government, and the Community Organizer in Chief.
March 15th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
“Rank” hypocrisy? Of course, it’s all about MyBO.
BO STINKS!
March 15th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
I wonder what all those “Facebook Obamites, assorted young people, Hope-Changers” will do once they realize they’ve been duped into robbing themselves of $7 trillion, which is what Obama’s 10 year plan calls for in deficit spending. Of course, the “bold approach” will cost far more than $7 trillion since Obama’s estimates of growth are ludicrously sunny and completely unobtainable. Gee, I wonder who’s going to have to pay for Obama’s “boldness”?
I also hope these young people wise up to the soviet-style sloganeering and empty rhetoric that Obama (and the left) makes them puppet every time they change tactic.