Prognosis Negative - Patient Obama

VDH's Private Papers:: Patient Obama

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April 19, 2011
Patient Obama
by Victor Davis Hanson
Pajamas Media

Last week the president gave a speech on the deficit [1], rightly trying to convince Americans that it is now beyond unsustainable. Yet his theme was that the Republicans’ attempts to reduce it were cold-hearted, endangering the most vulnerable among us, such as those with Down’s Syndrome, while protecting the proverbial “rich” from commensurate sacrifice. Let us, then, look at Obama, and the context of his speech, as a doctor might a patient.

Symptoms of the Illness

a) Obama just introduced a $3.5 trillion dollar budget with a $1.6 annual deficit-

b) Obama ignored so far all the recommendations of his own blue-chip debt committee. -

c) Obama demonized his opponents in precisely the manner that he had earlier warned against, -

d) Obama wants now to raise taxes on the “rich,” though right after the elections he had agreed that these hikes were a bad idea in such uncertain times.

e) Obama warns against shutting down the government in protest of unsustainable debt

He is the Chronic hypocrite!

g) Obama still talks about ObamaCare-

Diagnosis of the Malady

a) An erratic, unengaged president is bored with the work part of the job

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Prognosis

None of this symptomology is mutually exclusive, and, in fact, these indications are more likely complementary. Indeed, the president’s speech is a good harbinger of the campaign to come. Contradictions mean nothing. Quite blatant reversals are irrelevant. For Obama to win, our patient simply counts on three therapies in 2012.

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