Obama slams Republicans and Independents, praises Democrats.

Yesterday (video below), President Obama in his usual elitist manner accused a majority of Americans being brainless zombies, while praising Democrats for being " an opinionated bunch" while the other side just "do what they are told". There are several problems with this statement, beyond the glaring partisanship exhibited by our President.  First of all Obama's popularity is in the toilet and has been there for quite some time, perhaps this fact is bringing about more elitism than usual.  According to Rasmussen.
For the first time during Obama’s time in office, the Approval Index has been in negative double digits for seven straight days. Fifty percent (50%) of Democrats Strongly Approve while 66% of Republicans Strongly Disapprove of his performance. Among those not affiliated with either major political party, 18% Strongly Approve and 42% Strongly Disapprove.
Interesting to note that his opinionated bunch still blindly support him while the rest of country erodes.  Now let's face it folks, Obama so far has been a terrible president and here are some major reasons.
  • Transparency: Where is it?  This was promised to us and after the age of Cheney, it is hard to imagine that the White House and Congress have become more secretive.  People are instructed to report "fishy" behavior to the white house.  Czars with radical pasts circumvent Congressional oversight.   Nobody is reading the bills in Congress and some even refuse to post them for the public.  Obama's henchmen are attacking Fox News and the country is growing more and more divided.   
  • Wars:  Obama was supposed to be the anti-war candidate, but nothing changed.  Waffling on Afghanistan is not leadership and there is no reason why anymore Americans need to die in that useless place.  Withdraw our fellow citizens out of that wretched country and grow a damn backbone!
  • Debt:  Obama blasted Bush for sinking us into a massive defecit and crushing debt, but what has he done?  He quadrupled Bush's defecit with reckless fiscal policies like his Stimulus package, auto bailouts, cash for clunkers and threatening to bankrupt us further with ObamaCare and Cap and Trade.  
  • Personal freedoms:  Obama's global warming agenda and "health care crisis" threaten to deprive Americans of the one thing we desperately need - choice.  As economic restraints are implemented, taxation goes up and companies are driven out of business, our choice becomes diminished.  Instead of making difficult decisions and shrinking government spending, we are not facing prospects of additional wealth distribution and skyrocketing energy prices.  What the hell?
So where are these smart Democrats and why have they not noticed the glaring pitfalls?

Obama is acting like a big baby and instead of understanding the nature behind his low approval ratings, he slings thinly veiled insults at the opposition.  He can't quite figure out where he went wrong, winning the presidency is still a referendum in his mind and he thinks that Americans enjoy the direction he is going.  He is still stuck in campaign mode and instead of lowering our deficit (the most important thing right now) sets records for television appearances, campaign appearances and late night talk show appearances. 



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