They told me that if I voted John McCain, I’d be electing a president so polarizing, that he would tell half the country “they can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back” — and they were right!
President Barack Obama attacked Republicans with gusto Monday as he plunged into a final week of midterm election campaigning, but his party’s prognosis remained darkened by the feeble economy and his itinerary was designed largely to minimize losses.Nor was his greeting totally friendly in Rhode Island where Obama has pointedly declined to endorse his party’s candidate for governor.
Obama can “take his endorsement and shove it,” declared Democrat Frank Caprio, battling Republican-turned-independent Lincoln Chafee in a gubernatorial race rated tight in the polls. Chafee endorsed Obama during the 2008 campaign for the White House.
AdvertisementIn a little more than five hours in the state, Obama was booked for a factory tour and for a pair of fundraisers that party officials said would bring in $500,000.
He said Republicans had driven the economy into a ditch and then stood by and criticized while Democrats pulled it out. Now that progress has been made, he said, “we can’t have special interests sitting shotgun. We gotta have middle class families up in front. We don’t mind the Republicans joining us. They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back.”
Rosa Parks could not be reached for comment.
The president does realize he’s elected to govern all of the voters, not just those who get their news from MSNBC, right?
Related: To paraphrase Scott Brown, it’s the people’s car; and you really don’t want the ideological successor to Teddy Kennedy behind the wheel.
Almost every day a key Democrat says something so foul/stupid/ignorant it beggars belief. And yet these quotes never get their MSM closeup.
This Obama quote is particularly ghastly.
Christian,
Why would it get an MSM close-up, when legacy journalists likely agree with the sentiment, and hence don’t find it at all controversial?
Christian, the Pocket Water Carriers WRITE the lines, if they don’t poll well, they bury them. If they resonate, they trumpet them.
The “distinction” between the Pocket Water Carriers and the far left wing of he Democratic Party used to be “blurred”. The filter on that lens has been removed, permanently.
And Juan Williams allowed us to move in for a closeup.
“The president does realize he’s elected to govern all of the voters, not just those who get their news from MSNBC, right?”
Wrong.
He thinks he’s elected to rule, not govern.
wretchard at the Belmont Club has a five part series with Peter Robinson on Uncommon Knowledge, Dr. Thomas Sowell is the guest and they discuss the “realization of the President on governing” in quite some detail.
http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/
What Dr. Sowell suggests, is that the President is on the path of those who really don’t like this country very much and deign to replace its principles, it’s self-governance, it’s exceptionalism and pride…and replace it with an abject apology for its very existence.
That is, it is not just the present voters that they despise, it is America itself that they and they alone will change…by any means necessary. Including, but not limited to, within the rules by which we agreed to self-govern…or completely and wholly outside of those rules.
Dr. Sowell says that November 2nd is a date with destiny. And with…the point of no return.
If we do not stand up and stop the inexorable march toward the fall of the American exceptionalism, we will face the consequences of bequeathing our children a fallen, shrunken nation. We will have passed on a ship with no anchor in a sea of rogue waves. “Weep not for me, but for your children” is a passage that should be reread and studied this coming week.
Remember that clip from the radio interview where our racist (and sorry, but to use the “sit in the back” phrase is racist) Dear Liar calls the Constitution a “charter of negative liberties?” It is clear that He has either no deep understanding of the founding principles of this country or else He does and utterly rejects them in favor of some flavor of marxist theology — it may just be a watered down version of Western European socialism, it may be softcore fascism, or it may be the first few steps towards a totally administered society with the State dictating how we live our lives.
How often does The Whine use the word “liberty?”
Rosa Parks asserted that any citizen of the USA had the right to sit in any available seat on the bus.
And now, Obama has thrown Rosa Parks under the bus. It does not surprise me, that he does so with no shame.
Er… what has race got to do with this?
He’s talking about the fact that the Republicans literally trashed the country, they failed to defend the country on 911, launched two wars, (which they managed badly), destroyed American’s reputations by becoming a bunch of lousy torturers, battled science with religious mumbojumbo, and presided over the US entering the worst economic crisis in 70 years. All while acting with the emotional maturity of a bunch of kids.
I’d say they’ve rightly lost their driving AND shotgun privileges.
But you, you had to turn it into a race thing. Poor, besieged white guy strikes again.
Shotgun privileges? There you go, bitterly clinging to your guns!
Really John? You don’t understand that saying somebody has to sit in the back has strong ties to segregation? I assume you’ve heard of Rosa Parks?
I think you are being willfully obtuse.
Pitiful.
John,
You seem to have missed the point. It’s not up to you or Obama to decide who rides where,it’s up to the American people. If the November election turns against Obama, it is his DUTY to accept it as the will of the people. He works for all of us, not just the people he likes.
Dear John -
Consider these words carefully: we too have a dream. We fully expect it to come to fruition on Jan 20, 2013.
launched two wars, (which they managed badly),
That’s funny.
Um, in case you missed it, the AUMF for Iraq passed Congress with more Democratic votes than the one for Operation Desert Storm.
Further, Iraq was “managed” so “badly” that Joe Biden was recently saying it is a great success for Obama.
and presided over the US entering the worst economic crisis in 70 years.
Er, the unemployment rate when Nancy Pelosi was sworn in as speaker was 4.6%.
It is now at 9.8% with 9 + million jobs lost.
Your comments are parody.
These liberals just can’t decide: either he is the most brilliant president ever elected, or he is so dull and ignorant that he can utter something like, “Republicans gotta ride in the back!” without even realizing that it is a racially charged statement.
Which is it? Neither. He isn’t that smart, but he knows he can say almost anything he wants (“Lipstick on a pig? What?”) if he makes it only slightly ambiguous; because he knows that no one in the media will call him on it except FoxNews, talk radio, and conservative bloggers. People who get their information from these sources will never vote for him or his ilk, anyway.
Thirty years ago if any politician of any party at any level said anything as stupid as “They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back” a delegation of Elders would have walked into their office and said “You’re through.” Ever since 1968 all the brakes and checks have been removed from our political system. The old machines were terrible and corrupt and inefficient but they were supposed to do one thing right. Like the Parliamentary system the clubhouse served to vet that is screen rising party operatives. Self interest served to motivate party bosses and other politicians to weed out the manifestly incompetent or delusional. Honesty was not the desired criteria but a degree of self control and the guile not to get caught were rewarded. The old system produced some spectacular failures but also had its successes. Harry Truman and Al Smith rose through the most corrupt machine politics but, even if you disagree with their policies, were far more effective and less gaffe prone than Obama.
The domination of politics by outside special interest groups and manipulators who specialize in crafting campaigns as if they were selling a media product is what has allowed untested mediocrities to rise. People like David Axelrod and special interest fundraisers like Emily’s List work with advocacy groups, like the Tides Foundation, to control the Democratic Party and advance candidates. Thirty years ago they would have been viewed by the politicians as simple sources of money to be shaken down. Now the outsiders run the show and a politician’s actual track record means little. In fact in both elective office and in appointed positions such as the Supreme Court having a paper trail that can be examined is considered a liability.
In their defense senior Republicans may be afraid that the Tea Party movement may expose the GOP to a similar wave of unqualified ticking bombs. It is important to focus the energies of the base into capturing local offices. This will serve not only to crowd out the breeding grounds of much of the money and many of the foot soldiers for the Democrats but will also provide for a tested cadre of office holders that the GOP can run for higher office.
The truly wonderful part of this is that all of DC’s elites are now fully aghast at fact that the country is being governed by the political equivalent of the Insane Clown Posse.
The fact that they are the ones who dragged this empty suit into office just makes it that much better.
A more apt description of this administration I have yet to hear, and not just because I’m from Detroit. The Faygo spraying never stops every time they fire up the TOTUS. One of the ‘best and brightest’ came up with that line and the rest of them agreed that it was a great idea; and then Obama, he of the ‘first class temperment’ (remember that mularkey?), fired it off with zeal because in his heart he wishes it was so.
Clowns indeed.
Great. Do we have to use separate water fountains, too?
Hey John, good water carrying for Obama and the progressives. But you left out the most important info. Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden and Barack Hussein Obama, were the congress who actually trashed the Country, with Pelosi leading the way. As far as failing to defend the country, You are right about that, BILL CLINTON failed, 9-11 happened. How many more Islamic attacks have to happen under Obama before you recognize his failures?
As far as the worst economic crisis in 70 years, it does make one wonder why when Bush and the Republicans called repeatedly to reign in Fannie and Freddie, and wall street, every EVERY Democrat voted NO, including Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, Reid, Biden, Obama, Barney Frank, and more…
My first thought when I heard the comment this morning on Fox was “Rosa Parks.” I see I wasn’t the only one.
Coming from the party which sees racism under every rock, it’s impossible to believe that O. didn’t know exactly what he was saying. He’s declared a race war.
John:
He’s talking about the fact that the Republicans literally trashed the country, they failed to defend the country on 911, launched two wars, (which they managed badly), destroyed American’s reputations by becoming a bunch of lousy torturers, battled science with religious mumbojumbo, and presided over the US entering the worst economic crisis in 70 years. All while acting with the emotional maturity of a bunch of kids.
Hmm, I sense some projection. “Literally trashed the country”… isn’t it Democrats who leave trash behind at their rallies for Other People to pick up? And hasn’t it been the Tea Partiers (not at all congruent to Republicans, mind you) who do clean up after themselves?
“Failed to defend the country on 911″ — it was a surprise attack, John, just like the one at Pearl Harbor on FDR’s watch. Why don’t we forgive them both for being blindsided and look at how they dealt with the results, okay?
“presided over the US entering the worst economic crisis in 70 years” — that would be after two years of a Democrat-controlled Congress, right? (And a President with approval ratings so low that he had difficulty getting much of anything done.)
“All while acting with the emotional maturity of a bunch of kids” — more projection, I’d say. It was a Democrat president, not a Republican, who spurned suggestions that he reach across the aisle by saying: “I don’t have to. I won.” It was a Democrat, not a Republican, who demonized cable news channels and talk-show hosts — by name! — if he didn’t like them. And it was a Democrat, not a Republican, who was thin-skinned enough to warn reporters not to make fun of his ears… and to cancel press conferences for months because he didn’t like the pressure.
And now that same Democrat president says: “We gotta have middle class families up in front. We don’t mind the Republicans joining us. They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back.” Ignoring the unbelievable symbolism of sitting in the back of the bus, does President Obama mean to suggest that middle-class families are not Republicans? (By his logic, with middle-class families in front and Republicans in back, where does he expect the middle-class Republicans to go? In the trunk? Or under the bus?)
You would not let a Republican president get away with any of this. I suggest you not let our current president get away with it either.
respectfully,
Daniel in Brookline
The president does realize he’s elected to govern all of the voters, not just those who get their news from MSNBC, right?
No. He doesn’t.
A democrat politician making a minority party sit in the back. It’s good to see the democrats getting back to their roots. Someone call Alex Haley!
Too bad we couldn’t read all the writings and thesis submitted by our dear President before the last election. Nothing I see or hear surprises me.
That Obama would make such a remark shows once again how little the POTUS knows about our country. The reaction of not only blacks, but also of whites to his “gotta sit in back” remark is Rosa Parks. The connection of “gotta sit in back” and Rosa Parks never crossed Obama’s mind.
“but they gotta sit in back”
Folks, it is unfathonable to think that the President of the United States actually said this. He most certainly has some racist hang-ups, doesn’t he! He is the great unifier……so long as you worship at the feet of his socialistic doctrine!
if middle class families are going to be in the front the democrats will be in the back. unless obama means that the entertainment industry is middle class, the ivy league elites are middle class, the rich multi-millionaire politicans are middle class. if he makes the republicans ride in the back there will be more middle class people in the back than in the front.
So glad we have a post-racist, uniting, bipartisan president now, how awesome! IMPEACH!