The Obama Administration thinks it accomplished a lot, but that we weren’t paying attention. Actually, they were the ones not paying attention.
The Message
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication, WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal, a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "The Stringer."
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Whose the dude next to him?
Obama claims they got clobbered in the mid-terms because of “bad messaging”. That’s as good a phrase as “bad optics”.
Maybe it’s Axelrod.
From AP:
Searching for help half a world away, President Barack Obama on Saturday embraced India as the next jobs-creating giant for hurting Americans, not a cheap-labor rival that outsources opportunity from the United States.
Oh yeah, this guy is a genius.
I love how that statement was phrased by the AP, it is easily reinterpreted. I wonder if this is intentional.
“…India … the next jobs-creating giant for hurting Americans….”
India sure will hurt Americans (and has).
The AP should have replaced “for” with “to help” to resolve this ambiguity. Of course, it might again be intentional the way it is. I certainly find the statement more plausible as is.