Ya know, Democrats are a strange bunch, as they continue to demonstrate that in the name of politics, anyone can be thrown under the bus. And if I didn’t know better, I’d swear that by the reaction we continue to see coming from a growing number of Democrats, with them seeming to bend over backwards in trying to avoid having any connection with Barry, you’d think the guy had come down with the Ebola virus.
The most recent Democrat to join the growing chorus of Democrat voices refusing to even use Barry’s name, is none other than DNC Chairman Debbie Wizzerman Schultz. It was while appearing on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" and asked about whether a vote for Democrats in the 2014 midterm elections was a vote for Barry's policies, Wizzerman Schultz sidestepped the question entirely, referring instead to particular Democrat initiatives.
After repeated questions by host Joe Scarborough about whether a vote for Democrats was a vote for Barry's policies, Wizzerman Schultz chose, instead, pivoted away from Barry. She said, "If you vote for Democrats, you are voting for candidates who are focused on creating jobs, getting the economy turned around, and continuing to move us forward, creating more opportunities for people to succeed." Actually, it’s just the opposite.
We have thus far had quite a number of Democrats who have refrained completely from tying themselves to Barry, including Democrat candidates for the Senate Alison Lundergan Grimes in Kentucky, Natalie Tennant in West Virginia, and Michelle Nunn in Georgia and Mark Begich in Alaska. In listening to these folks talk, you’d think they had never heard of Barack Obama. It’s really something to behold.
And yet, despite the best efforts of these same folks to put as much distance as possible between themselves and Barry, it’s Barry himself who seems to be trying to make their efforts all for naught. It was in a radio interview with Alvin ‘Bull Horn’ Sharpton on Monday that Barry said Democrat candidates running for office were "folks who vote with me" and were "strong allies and supporters of me." But wait, how can that be?
And yet instead of admitting that she has been a very ardent supporter of Barry’s policies, Wizzerman Schultz, instead, sought to contrast Democrats with the GOP, saying that a vote for Republicans will be a vote "for someone who has embraced the tea party agenda, who would double down on obstruction, and who would stop us from moving forward." The primary obstructionist in Congress is…’Dingy Harry’ Reid.
Throughout the entire interview Wizzerman Schultz only called Barry by name once, opting instead to refer to him as "he," "his," or "the president", and credited "extreme" Republicans for why there were "still competitive races all over the country and Democrats well positioned, for governors, for the House, and the Senate." But judging but the tactics currently being employed in Georgia and North Carolina, it’s the Democrats who appear, "extreme."
Wizzerman Schultz said, "Barack Obama was on the ballot in 2012 and 2008. The candidates that are on the ballot are Democratic and Republican candidates for Congress, for the U.S. Senate, and governors across the country." So, because Barry doesn’t happen to be on the ballot this time, no one is allowed to say his name? He may not be, but those who supported the vast majority of his policies certainly are on the ballot.
Scarborough wondered why Democrats couldn't say, "Yes, Barack Obama has done a great job for six years, and I look forward to being his partner another two years." He said, "It is so ridiculous that you have people that voted with the president 95, 96, 97, 98 percent of the time who can't say his name. It's like, 'You send me up there, I'm going to be a pain in his back side.' It's a joke. It's a clown show."
So, I’m curious. How many more Democrats, over the course of the next two weeks, will we see trying to sever their connection to this guy, Barry? The very same guy that they have very enthusiastically supported on every issue, right down the line, for the last six years. But more importantly, how many voters are going to buy the story that any of these Democrats are as far removed from Barry as they claim? Probably more than you’d think.
No comments:
Post a Comment