Obama’s Iraq?

Posted by Marc Hodak on February 10, 2009 under Politics | Read the First Comment

My theory of the failed Bush presidency is pretty simple. Bush spent all his political capital on tax cuts and Iraq. The tax cuts were nice, except that they were accompanied by higher spending. I’m sure Bush didn’t personally care for most of that spending, but in order to maintain support for his war, he put away his veto pen. So, in the end, the cost of the war was not just defense appropriations, but also cash for wood use research and bridges to nowhere.

Obama now realizes that this spending stimulus bill MUST PASS. His nascent presidency depends on it. He will sign anything that reaches his desk, no matter what it costs, no matter how imperfect.

He may end up having to explain why, after spending four times on the recovery what Bush spent on Iraq to stop WMD, we still can’t find any signs of one.

Berk said,

Succinct and correct I believe. Don’t forget that until the economy started down Bush’s deficit was rapidly decreasing due to fast increasing tax receipts.

How do freedom loving Americans stop the huge momentum. Maybe take a page from the MSM and Community Organizers’ playbook:

RULE 12: Pick the target (They Picked George Bush), freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.”

Cut off the support network (Republicans stop believing) and isolate the target from sympathy (no sympathy but word wide ridicule for Bush). Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions. (This is cruel, but very effective. Direct, personalized criticism and ridicule works.)