Why didn’t Obama come out to campaign for Tom Barrett in Wisconsin last week? He’s the prez, and he’s just too busy for that stuff.
In his first public comments about the election, Obama responded to a question about his decision not to appear in the state to support the Democratic challenger, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, by explaining that he has “a lot of responsibilities” as president.
The Wisconsin recall was on June 5. On June 1, President Obama was in Chicago for campaign fundraising. The president spent June 2 and 3 at Camp David for a little r&r, before hosting a reception at the White House. On June 4, he was in New York, campaigning. On June 5, he attended a briefing. On June 6, he went to California, to campaign. On June 7, he went to Nevada, to campaign.
The president may have a point. He was too busy campaigning to have any time for campaigning.
The president did manage to work in another lie in today’s interview.
In the interview, Obama dismissed the notion that the outcome was a referendum on his record and his popularity in Wisconsin.
“I think probably you have specific circumstances in Wisconsin,” he said. “Keep in mind, it’s pretty unusual when a governor attracts this kind of attention in the middle of his term. My suspicion is that all across this country, governors who are having to deal with tough budgets have to make tough decisions. But one of the lessons learned is that it is better to make them with people, as opposed to against people.”
Like ObamaCare?
Mr. Obama, if you have time for fundraising, you have time for Mr. Barrett.
If you have time for golfing, you have time for Mr. Barrett.
If you have time for campaigning for yourself, you have time for Mr. Barrett.
‘I was too busy to help Tom Barrett’ is part of Obama’s continuing narcissistic quest to fool us. (Psst, Mr. President, it’s not working.)
I believe he’s incapable of telling the truth, as the real reason he didn’t help Barrett was because he didn’t want another loss hanging around his neck, along with other major losses he’s had: 1. the Olympics in Chicago, an embarassment for the entire U.S.; 2. His latest proposed budget, which went down in flames 97-0; 3. Recent fundraising defeat (Rommey won May 2012 fundraising); 4. Martha Coakley’s MA senate campaign loss to Scott Brown (huge); 5. Jon Corzine’s NJ gubernatorial loss to Chris Christie, to name a few. To be fair, he’s had some victories, too – Obamacare and Bin Laden, to name two, although I consider Obamacare a defeat for the American people.
“Keep in mind, it’s pretty unusual when a governor attracts this kind of attention in the middle of his term . . . “ Au contraire, Mr. President. Governors, like Presidents, receive constant attention – every thing they do and say publicly (and sometimes privately) is scrutinized. What was unusual about Scott Walker was that a bunch of union thugs instigated a recall effort against him, not because he did anything wrong, but for no other reason than to line their own pockets. It backfired and has now set off a wave of union pay, pension & health benefits reform across our fruited plain.
This election was going to hurt Obama whether he got involved or not, considering it’s been obvious for quite some time that Walker was going to be the winner. The difference is, Obama could have lost on principle or lost on cowardice.
There’s a difference between supporting a lost cause and being a loser. Obama has chosen to be the latter.
“If they bring a knife, we bring a gun.” (Unless it is a really BIG fight–then we just don’t show up!
heh heh heh . . .
Yeah, “I’ve got your back” Obama left them in the dust of AF1.
It’s hard to make decisions with people when the people you’re supposed to be working with run away to another state and then come back with hate filled astroturfers every time they lose an election.