President Obama gave a commencement speech at the University of Michigan over the weekend and instead of encouraging and challenging the graduates to be the next Bill Gates or Carly Fiorina, he gave a self serving, political speech chastising Americans who disagree with his ideas and policies that are leading us to even bigger government. The recent Pew poll that showed 4 out of 5 Americans don’t trust the federal government didn’t cool his rhetoric a bit. From the transcript:
But what troubles me is when I hear people say that all of government is inherently bad…
Straw man alert! The One loves to do this. Set up an argument no one makes and then knock it down. No one in this debate is saying ALL government is bad. We are calling for the government to actually live up to the limits set for it by our constitution. The problem is Barry thinks the more government, the better.
When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening foreign entity, it ignores the fact that in our democracy, government is us. We, the people–[Applause.] We, the people, hold in our hands the power to choose our leaders and change our laws, and shape our own destiny.
See, you’re so dumb that you don’t understand your anger at government is really self hate. Oy.
Does he really not understand this? We know the government is supposed to be us, that’s why we’re so upset. We see our government as not representing us anymore. We are frustrated because we feel we’re losing the power to shape our destiny. (Funny how when Obama, Reid, Pelosi, Cindy Sheehan and Code Pink we’re screaming about our horrible government under Bush, they weren’t confused about the government being them.)
The truth is, the debate we’ve had for decades now between more government and less government, it doesn’t really fit the times in which we live. We know that too much government can stifle competition and deprive us of choice and burden us with debt. But we’ve also clearly seen the dangers of too little government–like when a lack of accountability on Wall Street nearly leads to the collapse of our entire economy.
But let’s not talk about government’s role in creating the atmosphere that helped create the crisis. It had nothing to do with the Fed’s easy money policy or the Community Reinvestment Act forcing loans to people who couldn’t afford them or Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.
Then Obama went into full hypocrite mode:
But we can’t expect to solve our problems if all we do is tear each other down. [Applause.] You can disagree with a certain policy without demonizing the person who espouses it. You can question somebody’s views and their judgment without questioning their motives or their patriotism. [Applause.] Throwing around phrases like “socialists” and “Soviet-style takeover” and “fascist” and “right-wing nut”–[laughter]–that may grab headlines, but it also has the effect of comparing our government, our political opponents, to authoritarian, even murderous regimes.
This from the man who personally attacked Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell during his presidential radio address, and insulted all Arizona police by stating they might racially profile American Hispanics and harass them. This from the man whose Sen. Majority Leader, Harry Reid, recently called the Republican senators “anti-American.” This from the man whose fellow senator from Illinois compared our military, and their treatment of prisoners in Gitmo to the Nazi’s, Pol Pot and Soviet style gulags. Pot, meet kettle. Whoops, I’m sure that’s a “racist” analogy now.
It coarsens our culture, and at its worst, it can send signals to the most extreme elements of our society that perhaps violence is a justifiable response…
Dissent is no longer the “highest form of patriotism” now that Obama is president. Now it leads to domestic terrorism. So, saying “Bush lied, people died,” that he “betrayed this country” and “played on our fears” is fine. Creating a movie that shows the assassination of President Bush is art, but complaining that Obama is leading us to socialism will create the next Timothy McVeigh. Got it.
The community organizer is trying to paint anyone who questions his policies as an extremist. He’s in tune with the MSNBC crowd who claim the only reason you could oppose him is if you are dumb, crazy or racist. But it won’t work this time. Americans know when it’s time to pull out the hip waders – and you need to every time this guy gives a speech. He is what he’s warning about. He is extreme. He seems obsessed with race. He personally attacks his opponents in very un-presidential ways.
The game Obama’s playing won’t work this time. Too many Americans know he’s lying, because they are the ones he’s lying about.
Don’t miss Obama’s lies about the anti-illegal alien bill in AZ and how Big Sis Napolitano is upset you don’t think the border’s secure.
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