President Obama made news in his interview in the New Yorker when he commented on his low approval numbers by saying that there are many Americans who do not want to see a black president. Obama then said that others give him extra support because he is a black president.
When I first heard these comments, I found them truly annoying. For five years, all we have heard from the Democrats is that opposition to Obama is racist. It was phony five years ago, and it remains phony today. Until now, however, Obama himself had refrained from ever using his race and racism as the reason why people disagree with what he has done. It is a new low for Obama, and that truly is saying something.
Let's look at the record. In 2008, Obama beat McCain comfortably. Somehow, racist America voted for a black president. In 2009, Obama's approval numbers were up in the area of 70%. Again, all those supposed racists approved of a black president. Then the results started to come in. Despite doing exactly what he wanted in 2009 and 2010, Obama was unable to help the economy recover. Massive spending on a scale never before seen in world history did not work; the economy just limped on. People noticed and Obama's approval numbers fell. Instead of focusing on the things that mattered to Americans like jobs and economic growth, Obama then spent a year and a half on health insurance reform and the clearly unpopular Obamacare was the result. Obama's approval numbers fell. After the GOP took control of the House at the beginning of 2011, Obama refused to negotiate on any front; the result was gridlock in Washington. Americans blamed both side. Obama's approval numbers fell. Even so, in 2012, Obama squeaked through to re-election; those racist Americans chose him for a second term. Then in 2013, Obama oversaw the fiasco of his gun control efforts, the embarrassment of his Syria policy (apologies to the word "policy" for using it in this context), the endless series of scandals about which Obama claimed always to have no knowledge (was he really in the White House?) and, of course, the disaster of the Obamacare rollout which both showed the president's lack of competence and uncovered the extent of the lies he told while trying to get Obamacare passed. Obama's approval numbers fell through the floor.
So people who had supported Obama in 2008 and rated his performance good in 2009 considered him to be a failed president in 2013. That is not racism in action. If people's actions were the result of racism and hatred for a black president as Obama now claims, they would have disapproved of Obama from the beginning. They did not. Obama earned his falling numbers by his abysmal performance in office.
So why is Obama now claiming racism is to blame? The truth is a sad thing. Obama cannot bring himself to blame his own performance for his lack of approval, so he blames it on the evils of the American people. If he claims that those who oppose him are racist, then he need not consider the merits of what they say. After all, they are racists and he is their victim.
Let's hope that this is a ploy used by Obama to try to silence his opponents. No one wants to be called a racist by the president. Clearly, Obama is trying to shut his adversaries up. That strategy is despicable, but at least it is not delusional. On the other hand, if Obama truly believes his latest claim about racists and racism, then he has lost it. He is delusional.
It's not good to have a delusional president.
When I first heard these comments, I found them truly annoying. For five years, all we have heard from the Democrats is that opposition to Obama is racist. It was phony five years ago, and it remains phony today. Until now, however, Obama himself had refrained from ever using his race and racism as the reason why people disagree with what he has done. It is a new low for Obama, and that truly is saying something.
Let's look at the record. In 2008, Obama beat McCain comfortably. Somehow, racist America voted for a black president. In 2009, Obama's approval numbers were up in the area of 70%. Again, all those supposed racists approved of a black president. Then the results started to come in. Despite doing exactly what he wanted in 2009 and 2010, Obama was unable to help the economy recover. Massive spending on a scale never before seen in world history did not work; the economy just limped on. People noticed and Obama's approval numbers fell. Instead of focusing on the things that mattered to Americans like jobs and economic growth, Obama then spent a year and a half on health insurance reform and the clearly unpopular Obamacare was the result. Obama's approval numbers fell. After the GOP took control of the House at the beginning of 2011, Obama refused to negotiate on any front; the result was gridlock in Washington. Americans blamed both side. Obama's approval numbers fell. Even so, in 2012, Obama squeaked through to re-election; those racist Americans chose him for a second term. Then in 2013, Obama oversaw the fiasco of his gun control efforts, the embarrassment of his Syria policy (apologies to the word "policy" for using it in this context), the endless series of scandals about which Obama claimed always to have no knowledge (was he really in the White House?) and, of course, the disaster of the Obamacare rollout which both showed the president's lack of competence and uncovered the extent of the lies he told while trying to get Obamacare passed. Obama's approval numbers fell through the floor.
So people who had supported Obama in 2008 and rated his performance good in 2009 considered him to be a failed president in 2013. That is not racism in action. If people's actions were the result of racism and hatred for a black president as Obama now claims, they would have disapproved of Obama from the beginning. They did not. Obama earned his falling numbers by his abysmal performance in office.
So why is Obama now claiming racism is to blame? The truth is a sad thing. Obama cannot bring himself to blame his own performance for his lack of approval, so he blames it on the evils of the American people. If he claims that those who oppose him are racist, then he need not consider the merits of what they say. After all, they are racists and he is their victim.
Let's hope that this is a ploy used by Obama to try to silence his opponents. No one wants to be called a racist by the president. Clearly, Obama is trying to shut his adversaries up. That strategy is despicable, but at least it is not delusional. On the other hand, if Obama truly believes his latest claim about racists and racism, then he has lost it. He is delusional.
It's not good to have a delusional president.
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