More powerful than magic
Published January 13, 2015
by Carter Wrenn, Talking About Politics, January 12, 2015.
Obama stands on a stage in Tennessee and promises nine million people he’ll give them $3,800 a year each (on average) and the press coos he’s made a “dramatic announcement” then a skeptic asks how Obama’ll come up with the money and Obama has the White House staff tell him, ‘That’s beside the point.’
As cynical politics it’s breathtaking.
In our modern world of five second sound bites, promising something for nothing is more powerful than magic: The President says he hasn’t given much thought to whether he’ll borrow, raise taxes, or cut spending to make every Community College (from the redwood forests to the Gulf Stream waters) free and instead of saying, This fellow’s pulling the wool over our eyes promising us something for nothing – a five second sound bite puts Obama back on top of the world, riding the crest of a PR wave.
January 13, 2015 at 8:35 am
Frank Burns says:
Indeed, have we ever in our history had a more irresponsible president than Obama? Its like teenage behavior. You don't have a plan if you have no way to pay for it.
January 13, 2015 at 9:29 am
Rip Arrowood says:
His predecessor easily set the standard for irresponsibility.
January 13, 2015 at 2:36 pm
Frank Burns says:
His predecessor always submitted a budget on time and actually developed plans instead of just making speeches.
