A recent Wall Street Journal Opinion written by Kimberley Strassel seemed to pass with little attention this past week, but today on Fox News Sunday it became a topic worthy of review. That said, it will not be elevated to any degree by the mainstream media, but should be!
Brit Hume noted the campaign’s approach as ‘cheesy’ and the ‘individual targeting’ as unbecoming a President or Presidential campaign. Strassel is more deliberate in her concern making reference to Richard Nixon’s ‘enemies list,’ however, she stops short in comparison. She makes note of what might be and not necessarily what is. With Strassel’s concerns noted, we should look deeper into Obama’s campaign strategy and willingness to do and say whatever is necessary to stay in office. Whether stated or otherwise, there is a fear of loss underpinning the Obama campaign. The consequence of this foundational fear is a campaign of intimidation, demonization, distortion and division. It is going to be a brutal six months. Fortunately for the nation, Mitt Romney has the mettle and character to bear the onslaught. As the most qualified candidate in our lifetime for POTUS, the attacks on Mitt Romney will not stick and, I believe, will backfire on the Obama campaign.
Obama has a proven proclivity to obviate the checks and balances in our Federalist system through the appointment of czars and/or initiatives to work around Congress. As the President of the US, this inclination, enhanced with the fear of loss, is distressing when thinking about what intimidation tactics Obama might employ for his own advantage. Is this recent effort a sign of Obama’s campaign tactics of suppression and intimidation, where he targets individuals, seeking to impugn their character with inference and innuendo, as a deliberate attempt to intimidate them and others from publicly or privately supporting Romney?
It appears that the Obama machine will use whatever arrow they can find in their quiver, and the likely arrows will be racial divide, class warfare and character assassination. Within this framework, they may well turn to intimidation tactics, as illustrated by the above editorial and commentary. Strassel notes that as President, Obama can call for IRS audits, FBI investigations and other disruption in people’s lives – will he?
That said, with Peggy Noonan’s WSJ editorial in the previous post I am a little perplexed as to why Obama is fighting so hard to preserve his job when he has performed so badly. Wasn’t it Michelle Obama’s paraphrased fantasy to just walk out of the White House and not come back? And yet, we see the tactics emerging; we see according to Drudge that Obama has held more re-election fundraisers than every president since Richard Nixon – combined. The only reasoning that I can see for Obama’s want to preserve his position is his advocacy of a ‘bad’ ideology and pride, but as they say, pride goeth before the fall. Suffice to say the man can not be trusted and seems, from all viewpoints, to be filled with guile.
It is going to get interesting!
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Posting the names of donors is exactly what the anti-prop 8 people did in CA. Obama needs to remember that what goes around comes around.
You are so right. A campaign of division will NOT win at the end of the day.
his puppetiers want their money’s worth.
Obama Commander of “Divisive” will do anything for another 4 years vacation time in the WH.Obama camps are so predictable. I think they’re overrated.
What really furstrating me is that Obama and the Demo party scare tactics are so blunt, desperate and then GOP is like a dead party. Honestly, I feel Gov Romeny is doing a one- man show alone. I’ve no doubt Gov Romney will pull victory in Nov but, the republicans party must do a whole lot of work.
GOP must sell their brand, idea in a very attractive package to the Hispanics/Blacks, low income groups of people ( of course, without bribing, without false promises). Ed Gilipsie was awesome at Meet the Press show this past Sunday. We need an army of Ed Gillespie out there. Gov Romeny is not an issue for many voters even my lib friends, family members says” he seems a nice guy” (they may not vote for him). I believe for many people, the Republicans party is the problem.
Independents for Romney!!
This is just a sign that the Obama campaign is desperate. The demonizing of individuals along with tactics of diversion, distraction and distortion will eventually become apparent by the American people. Meanwhile Romney will stick to a truthful and consistent message while revealing Obama for the man that he is. Romney…2012!!
I urge Govenor Romney to again read THE FEDERALIST PAPERS!!!! That should get him all fired up again about being an American”! He should do what he can to emphasize on how are great nation is being devided!
The other issue at the forefront is 0 Net jobs albeit, 1 Trillion $’s has been spent to create jobs and we still have 0 Net jobs! Where did that money go?
@AfricansforRomney
You hit the nail on the head! 100% agreed!
Mitt Romney led the most liberal state in the nation back from a budget crisis to economic health. He did so by reaching intelligent compromise with MA’s extremely liberal state legislators; together they were able to set the state’s economy back on the right path. As a moderate, I consider this to be the most important talent that Romney can bring to the nation. I admire Obama’s oratorical skills, but the proven fact is that he cannot function as a political leader; he appears utterly unable to develop compromise solutions with Republicans. When Congress disagrees with him, Obama castigates Congress; when SCOTUS disagrees with him, he condemns them as being “unelected” – apparently because he was absent the day they taught constitutional law at Harvard Law School.
I realize that liberal ideologues try to blame this logjam on Republicans, but Romney already demonstrated his ability to reach sound political compromises – with even those at the far end of the political spectrum from himself. Obama remains a fine orator, but his economic policies are horrible. Recall that Germany’s Merkel faced just as big a crisis, but her more intelligent economic policies restored Germany’s economy far better and sooner than Obama’s. Obama didn’t begin to focus on fixing the economy until recently; Romney will make the economy his primary focus from day one.