- Posted by Christopher Estep on April 14, 2008
Have you ever known anyone who says whatever the boss and other decision-makers want to hear but insults them when they think nobody is listening?
I've worked with them for years, decades even. They're all the same. They're very charismatic and know all of the right things to say. They're big on generalities and small on specifics. They tout what grand transformations can occur if only they had more authority. Anyone that questions their plans or their motives is immediately characterized as an "enemy of change" or a "steward of the status quo".
But how do they act away from wherever they're maneuvering for power? What do they do when they're with people who already like them? Those people get to hear what he really thinks of his bosses.
In business we call them toadies or climbers. In politics we call them "Senator" or "Candidate for President"
So, when Barack Obama speaks before an ultra-liberal, wealthy, big city crowd, how does he talk about those in the middle of the country:
"You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them," Obama said. "And they fell through the Clinton Administration, and the Bush Administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not. And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."
To a liberal, if you don't jump on their bandwagons there is obviously and inherently something wrong with you. It is clearly unfathomable to Barack H. Obama, Esq. that anyone could support gun rights, want closed borders, or even be religious unless something is wrong with them. They must be just ignorant of the facts or maybe they're angry, frustrated or simply confused. To Obama, if you own guns, give 10% to your church, oppose a semi-black candidate, don't want people from other countries flaunting our laws or disagree with him on trade policy, it's not a disagreement in policy. You're broken and you just don't know it yet.
The paper maché facade that Obama has crafted is quickly tearing apart before our eyes. And it's beautiful.
Hat Tip: Michelle Malkin