When listening to Barry "Almighty's" sales pitch for his current "jobs bill," one notices that there appears to be two separate and very distinct versions of reality. There's the one in his speeches and then there's the one actually unfolding in Washington. When Barry accuses Republicans of standing in the way of his nearly $450 billion plan, he's not being quite truthful when making that assessment. In other words, he's lying. Because, he's making a conscious effort to ignore the fact that his own party has struggled to unite behind his proposal, which by the way, does nothing whatsoever to create jobs. And when Barry says Republicans haven't explained what they oppose in his plan, he glibly skips over the fact that Republicans who control the House actually have done that, and in great detail. And when he calls on Congress to "pass this bill now," he slides right on past the little point that it's the Democrats in the Senate who were never prepared to move immediately on his plan. Senators are expected to vote Tuesday on opening debate on the bill, making it a full month since Barry first unveiled it with a call for its immediate passage.
To be sure, Barry is not the only one busily engaging in rhetorical excesses. But he is, after all the president, and as such, his constant dishonest, and very juvenile, remarks on the bill draw the most attention and scrutiny. The disconnect between what Barry says about his jobs bill and what stands as the political reality, flow from his broader aim, which is, what he out there saying is nothing more that rhetoric that's part of his re-election campaign. His aim here, is to rally the public behind his cause, no matter how damaging it may be in reality, and the prodding of Congress to act, or, if not, then to pin blame on those Republicans who he accuses of being quite content regarding the fact that millions of Americans remain out of work. He is waging a public relations/re-election campaign, one in which context and competing responses are either not used or are somewhat distorted if they don't help make his case for quick passage of the bill. For example, when Barry says his jobs plan is made up of ideas that have historically had bipartisan support, he stops the point there. Not mentioned is that Republicans have never embraced the tax increases that he is proposing to cover the cost of his plan.
Likewise, as he travels from city to city, Barry continues with his demands that Congress act, but what he really means is for Republicans to act. Even though it has been very clear for weeks that the GOP will not support all of his bill, to say the least. That's not to says that there are not elements of it with which the Republicans agree, such as Barry's proposal to extend and expand a payroll tax cut. But Republicans remain adamantly opposed to Barry's proposed new spending and his plan to raise taxes on millionaires to pay for the package. In the process, the fight over the legislative proposal has become something much bigger, in that it has become something of a critical test of Barry's powers of persuading the public heading into the 2012 presidential campaign, and of Republicans' ability to deny him a win and to perhaps reap victory for themselves. "He knows it's not going to pass. He's betting that voters won't pick up on it, or even if they do they will blame Congress and he can run against the 'do-nothing Congress,'" said Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, a senior fellow at the University of Southern California's School of Policy, Planning and Development.
John Sides, who is a political science professor at George Washington University, has made a point that I find it hard to disagree with. He stated that Barry's approach on the jobs bill is "more about campaigning than governing." "He's mostly just going around talking about this and drawing contrasts with what the Republicans want and what he wants and not really trying to work these legislative levers he might be able to use to get this passed," Sides said. "That just suggests to me that he is ready to use a failed jobs bill as a campaign message against the Republicans." But, in an attempt to be fair and balanced, the president's opponents aren't exactly laying it all out, either. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., tried to force a vote on the bill last week, innocently claiming that the president was entitled to one. McConnell knew full well that the result would be failure for the legislation and an embarrassment for Barry. House Speaker John Boehner, meanwhile, claimed that Barry has "given up on the country and decided to campaign full-time" instead of seeking common ground with the GOP.
The current approach be used by Barry, who is seeking a second term in a dismal economy, is far different than the one he took when running for president. He criticized the GOP then, but talked about ending blue-state and red-state America, replacing it with one America, fixing the broken political system, and fundamentally changing Washington. Well we now know from watching Barry in action for the last three years that that was very obviously a lie. He has not demonstrated in any way a desire, or a willingness, to be the president of red-state America, as he has repeatedly mocked those people and their values practically nonstop ever since being elected. Now analysts say Barry may have little choice but to campaign more narrowly by attacking opponents rather than trying to bring people together. Of course, to say that Barry has, at any point during his presidency, worked to bring together anyone other than the parasites of our society would be more than an exaggeration. Barry's attempts at compromise with the GOP on the debt ceiling and budget brought about a great deal of frustration from Democrats who saw him as caving to Republican demands. He sees himself as now having to work to reverse that sentiment.
So our new, more combative Barry isn't really looking for compromise any longer. What he's looking for is a win, ant win. And he is willing to do or say anything to get it. If he can't get the legislative victory that he says he wants, then he has made it very clear that he's more than willing to settle for a political win. It is, as he himself acknowledges, a result his campaign for his jobs bill is designed to achieve. Talking up the bill in an appearance last month with African-American news websites, Barry said: "I need people to be out there promoting this and pushing this and making sure that everybody understands the details of what this would mean, so that one of two things happen: Either Congress gets it done, or if Congress doesn't get it done, people know exactly what's holding it up." Well no, people don’t know who it is that's actually holding it up, nor do they know the details of the bill, because neither Barry or our state controlled media is going to tell them. Thus far the Republicans haven't had the opportunity to say no, because "Dingy" Harry hasn't even brought the silly thing up for a vote. And if those in the African-American community could bring themselves to look past Barry's race just long enough, they would, I can only assume, see that the bill the Barry wants Congress to "pass right now," accomplishes nothing. Like that's ever gonna happen.
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