We are headed for interesting times.
by Patrick J. Buchanan
To hear the Obamaites, those raucous crowds pouring into town hallmeetings are “mobs” of “thugs” whose rage has been “manufactured” by KStreet lobbyists and right-wing Republican operatives.
Press secretary Robert Gibbs compares them to the Young Republicans of the “Brooks Brothers riot” during the Florida recount.
But is it wise for the White House to denigrate and insult scores ofthousands with the fire and energy to come to town meetings in August,and who appear to represent millions? Is this depiction fair oraccurate?
Most K Street lobbyists could not organize a two-car funeral. Theydon’t storm meetings. They buy friends with $1,000 checks. And if GOPoperatives are turning out these crowds, why could they not turn themout for John McCain, unless Sister Sarah showed up?
The Obamaites had best wake up. Opposition to health-care reform issurging, and Barack Obama’s campaigning has gone hand-in-hand withcollapsing support, just as George W. Bush’s barnstorming did forSocial Security reform.
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Since 2001, Hispanic employment has increased by 3,627,000positions, while non-Hispanic positions have fallen by 1,362,000. Forblack and white America, the Bush decade did not begin well or endwell, and it has gotten worse under Obama.
African-Americans remain loyal, but among white folks, where Obama ran stronger than John Kerry or Al Gore, he is hemorrhaging.
According to the latest Quinnipiac poll, which showed him falling to50 percent approval, whites, by 54 percent to 27 percent, felt Obamabehaved “stupidly” in the Sgt. Crowley-professor Gates dustup.