{"id":10209,"date":"2009-11-04T11:35:31","date_gmt":"2009-11-04T18:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=10209"},"modified":"2009-11-04T11:36:14","modified_gmt":"2009-11-04T18:36:14","slug":"voters-discover-a-cure-for-obamania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/10209\/voters-discover-a-cure-for-obamania\/","title":{"rendered":"Voters discover a cure for Obamania?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I actually feel kind of bad for the should-have-known-better folks who voted for Obama. It was obvious to me last fall that he was a false-flag candidate, a stone liberal masquerading as a centrist. And I understand that, for true stone liberals, he’s actually been somewhat of a disappointment. But for people who can do math, their misplaced faith in Obama has to sting twice, once for having been so dreadfully wrong, and once again because snarky assholes like me just won’t let it slide.<\/p>\n

But here’s the good news, from my point of view: Last night’s results may have the immediate impact of putting the brakes on all this tax-and-spend stupidity. The larger stupidities will endure, of course, but we just might have gotten ourselves shut of the home-buyer’s tax-credit last night. Surely this is an event worth celebrating.<\/p>\n

This is Instanpundit.com’s Glenn Reynolds in today’s New York Post:<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

But [Obama] was right the first time about not being ready for the Oval Office. As president, he seems confused and a bit distant on the issues, leaving the details to congressional Democrats and an ever-growing number of “czars” while he golfs and launches attacks at Rush Limbaugh and Fox News.<\/p>\n

With the economy tanking (unemployment is much worse after Obama\u2019s deficit-swelling stimulus than Obama\u2019s advisers predicted it would be with no stimulus at all), with the promised post-partisanship dissolving into witch-hunts against hostile media and the promised post-racial America devolving into the awkwardly staged “beer summit,” with the “necessary war” in Afghanistan the subject of endless dithering and the promised “smart diplomacy” materializing as a series of awkward missteps by Hillary Clinton, the froth has become a lot less frothy.<\/p>\n

Republicans, who were prepared to give Obama the benefit of the doubt a year ago, now can\u2019t stand him. Independents who voted for him are deserting in droves. And Democrats don\u2019t seem that happy either.<\/p>\n

The good news for Obama is that he doesn\u2019t have to run for re-election for three more years, so he still has a chance to get his feet under him. But for Congress members facing elections in a year \u2014 including Read more<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I actually feel kind of bad for the should-have-known-better folks who voted for Obama. It was obvious to me last fall that he was a false-flag candidate, a stone liberal masquerading as a centrist. And I understand that, for true stone liberals, he’s actually been somewhat of a disappointment. But for people who can do […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[251,29,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10209","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-big-mother","7":"category-group-therapy","8":"category-real-estate","10":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4922,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/4922\/obama-ups-the-stakes-in-his-contest-with-mccain-over-who-can-do-more-enduring-damage-to-the-crippled-economy\/","url_meta":{"origin":10209,"position":0},"title":"Obama ups the stakes in his contest with McCain over who can do more enduring damage to the crippled economy","author":"Greg Swann","date":"October 13, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Witness:Democrat Barack Obama is calling for a 90-day moratorium on foreclosures and a two-year tax break for businesses that create jobs as part of a plan to heal the nation's ailing economy. The presidential candidate says banks that participate in the federal bailout should temporarily postpone foreclosures for families making\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Investment"","block_context":{"text":"Investment","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/investment\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10233,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/10233\/looking-for-peace-and-prosperity-nothing-gets-good-things-done-like-a-do-nothing-federal-government\/","url_meta":{"origin":10209,"position":1},"title":"Looking for peace and prosperity? Nothing gets good things done like a do-nothing federal government","author":"Greg Swann","date":"November 7, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"This from my Arizona Republic real estate column: The elections this past Tuesday were not a referendum on President Barrack Obama or his plans and policies. How do we know that? 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