"Obama Thinks Differently From Most Americans"
This quote from Roger Ailes is a banner headline on Drudge, no small matter. The headline is from a piece by Howard Kurtz in the Daily Beast, where Kurtz recounts his interview of Ailes.
In a discussion about the alleged conservative bias of Fox News, Ailes apparently offered this observation about Obama: "He just has a different belief system than most Americans."
Freeze that in your mind before considering Kurtz' reaction: "That seems a rather loaded phrase--different belief system--even if you strongly disagree with most of Obama's policies. It fits the view of those who are trying to paint the president as being outside the mainstream."
Don't let Kurtz' glib response escape your scrutiny. The reality is that Obama DOES have a different belief system than most Americans -- demonstrably so, inarguably so. Most Americans strongly disagree with his policies, Howard, precisely because his policies proceed from a different belief system.
Do you think most Americans agree with Obama's unending world apology tour? His addiction to reckless spending? His approach to national security? His militant pro-abortion stance? His unmistakable disdain for capitalism? His comfort at the heels of a pastor who cursed America and said we had 9/11 coming -- in effect?
It's so obvious to me that Obama has a different belief system I've said as much on hundreds of interviews during my book tour. I said that it's obvious to me he has a grudge against pre-Obama America. If I'm right, what does that say about his belief system? Do most Americans share that grudge?
With all respect to Matt Drudge, maybe the headline should be: "Ailes: Obama 'Different Belief System Than Most Americans' -- Duh!"
So, Mr. Kurtz, Roger Ailes' assertion is not "a loaded phrase." It's your reflexive depiction of it as such that is skewed. With everything Obama has done, it seems to me that the burden of proof is not on those, such as Ailes or myself, who recognize the obvious about Obama's belief system, but on those who deny it.
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Jul '10
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That's because Obama is "intellectually curious."
May '10
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Hence, the popularity of figures like Sarah Palin. Whatever her faults, voters long for representatives who actually... you know... represent us. Obama got elected by pretending to understand the mainstream.
Sep '10
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"A rather loaded phrase" -- Kurtz is starting to sound like one of those effete brie and wine liberals on the coast who you meet at the swanky dinner parties that Frum is always pining to get into. There are certain types of people you can hire in a business when you don't actually want to know what is going on; same thing for corporate boards. I'll kindly skip Howard Kurtz's latest non reporting and read Stanley Kurtz's pain staking research instead.
Question: since liberals don't want to ever make waves, I assume that they don't buy surfboards?
Aug '10
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Pseudodionysius: I'll kindly skip Howard Kurtz's latest non reporting and read Stanley Kurtz's pain staking research instead.
Question: since liberals don't want to ever make waves, I assume that they don't buy surfboards? · Nov 17 at 12:18pm
There are a bunch of pretty obvious Apocalypse Now references here Psuedo.....
Has somebody been out in the jungle too long ?
SIncerely,
Charlie Sheen's Dad
(writing from yet another trashed hotel room somewhere)
Or is that extremely prejudiced to note that despite his resume, he has left the reservation.
Just another postcolonial dream from the heart of darkness I guess.
Edited on Nov 17, 2010 at 12:55pmOct '10
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I've finally managed (hopefully) to explain why budget deficits hurt the working class.
And I'm not even being hyperbolic; I have a link to Paul Volcker in there. I think this is one reason moderate politicians worked so hard--in both parties--to balance the budget in the 90s.
And, um, yeah I know, I'm shamelessly promoting this. :) But it drives me insane that no one ever talks about this, outside of obscure C-Span videos.
Jul '10
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This is the reactionary left's meme that "socialist" is a code word for "black", morphed into the accusation that any observation that Obama exhibits a non-American world view is back door birtherism is code for "black". All skipping quickly over the fact that no white Democrat presidential candidate in forever drew a higher percentage of the vote than this blatantly and irrevocably black man.
The bad news is he obviously and painfully does not share a recognizably American world view and takes pains to offend those with that world view with nearly every breath. (An American president bowing to tyrants!) The abject and irrecoverable failure of this presidency is a tragedy for us and the world. The risks to families throughout the globe as this error plays out are terrifying.
On the plus side, the whole declinus Americana meme is a sham, we have not lost track of who we are and what that means, the depth and breadth of errors made in the 2008 election have been recognized and the deep hole it has put us in can still be answered the same way that Reagan answered the deficit, by growing the economy out of it.
Edited on Nov 17, 2010 at 12:35pmMay '10
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David, did you happen to see the coverage of his new children's book featuring his 13 most admired Americans? It makes your point pretty clearly I think. And yes, I am shamelessly promoting my own post here.
Jun '10
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It is and always has been apparent to me that Obama's world view is very different than mine. It is obviously different than our fellow Ricocheteers. He got elected with 53% of the vote. A lot of people must not have been paying attention. Thank God he seems to have our attention now.. Like you, David, I believed from the moment he got elected with a vast majority and his party controlling both houses of Congress, that this was the moment of truth. This was the time when the American people would be shown with zero deniability the Democrats' end game. They pushed too hard and too fast this time. They woke us up. We must remain diligent, however, because the left never gives up. While us conservatives just want to be left alone to enjoy and live our lives, the left is constantly scheming, sliding, like the snakes that they are, into the inner sanctuaries and cavities of government. Embedding and waiting for their next moment to pop out with mouths wide open, ready to devour our country and our way of life.
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You aren't alone, David. It didn't make the news when this guy said it either (see the last line):
http://ricochet.com/main-feed/Obama-Never-Called-the-SF-Giants
Why does Roger get all the good coverage? :-)
Aug '10
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No question about it, the man is almost diametrically opposed to everything America has aspired to and stood for since its founding. Other presidents - like FDR and Jimmy Carter - also were seriously skewed, but Obama is on steroids. Last June 10, Dorothy Rabinowitz of the Wall Street Journal made the call of the year by labeling him The Alien in the White House. That says it all, almost. When you take into account the revelations of Glenn Beck, which have not been disputed seriously, I say Obama's The Alien in the Black Ops House.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703302604575294231631318728.html
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Yes, Trace, I just read your post and you said it first. My hat's off. Sorry I missed it yesterday, but it was just as good today. In any event, we agree on the worldview thing.
Jun '10
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Actually, Barack Obama and I do think alike. Why just the other day when I was having champagne on George Soros' private jet, I turned to Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dorhn and asked them if they had brought the enemies list with them when Van Jones woke up from a snooze and said, "We might want to give that list another name." We all laughed and...
Oh, I'm sorry...wait a minute...is this not the Daily Kos?
Aug '10
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Brian Watt: Actually, Barack Obama and I do think alike. Why just the other day when I was having champagne on George Soros' private jet, I turned to Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dorhn and asked them if they had brought the enemies list with them when Van Jones woke up from a snooze and said, "We might want to give that list another name." We all laughed and...
Oh, I'm sorry...wait a minute...is this not the Daily Kos? · Nov 17 at 2:11pm
Yes, Brian this is the Daily Kos, go on please...Van Jones was just saying ?
Oh look, there's Juan Cole ! Juan, you want a drink, some foie gras, oxycontin ?
Gawd I heard they took away Nancy's jet !
May '10
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A "loaded phrase"? On the contrary it is one of the few observations about Obama that both his strongest supporters and harshest critics will agree.
His friends voted for and continue to support him because "he doesn't think like most Americans!"
And his critics are comforted that, "Most Americans don't think like him!"
I take hope from Ailes' observation. So long as we stick to our belief system and eschew his, there is hope for us.
Aug '10
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More Manchuria than Manchester?
Jul '10
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I've started reading Stanley Kurtz' book, "Radical in Chief". He delineates in extreme detail Obama's continuing association with Mid Western fronts for socialist experiments.
But I can't help thinking that it is useful to ask who was using whom? I mean, if you are a good looking Black guy, with great educational credentials, and with a deep desire for power, how would you connect with the Machine in Chicago? I think the web of lefty organizations were just the ticket for Obama. And I think he will throw the lot under his bus, if he is able. Think. If you are surrounded by people who see you only as a Black guy who can "clean up good", and has good table manners, well, I don't think loyalty would be at the top of your priorities as you ascend the steps to the Presidency.
And I agree with Dinesh D'Souza that what really turns on our Barack is the anti colonial battle, the one being fought by the Anglo Saxon oppressor against the Third World.
May '10
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Mr. Limbaugh, you write, "Do you think most Americans agree with Obama's unending world apology tour?"
It seems to me that your premise is factually inaccurate. There is the fact that President Obama is prosecuting wars in two countries, drone attacks in at least two others, and a global war on terrorism, but even more than that, I challenge the premise that he has been particularly prolific in apologizing to foreign audiences.
Are you able to provide quotations from Obama speeches that ground your claim in evidence?
Jun '10
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"Are you able to provide quotations from Obama speeches that ground your claim in evidence?"
This must be one of those 2:56 am questions.
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Conor: Yes, I list a number of them on pages 328 and 329 of my book Crimes Against Liberty, and even note there that it doesn't really matter whether he delivers his apologies on American or foreign soil, though there are a number of examples of the latter. Frankly, I'm surprised at the challenge. Up to this point, I've never heard anyone dispute that Obama has routinely trashed America. Other than being contrarian, why would you even raise this point?
Jun '10
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@ Conor Friedersdorf -
Here's just a brief encapsulation of Obama's history:
Tutored by a member (or former member of the Communist Party of the USA) in Hawaii. Arrived at Occidental College in Los Angeles and described by a fellow (Marxist) classmate as a committed radical Marxist-Leninist. Attends Columbia University and at least two or more Socialist Scholars conventions in New York focusing primarily on destroying capitalism by activism through community organizing. Becomes a community organizer in Chicago employing Saul Alinsky organizing and protesting tactics. Works with other Marxists in Chicago including the reverend Jeremiah Wright who adheres to Marxist ideology. Never once castigates Marxism or socialism and in fact during his 2008 campaign for President tells Joe, the Plumber that "when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody". Appoints several policy advisors, aka czars who are Marxists, believe in massive wealth redistribution and in one case one want to dismantle capitalism "brick-by-brick". Another czar, Van Jones, is actually revealed as a communist and is forced to resign.
And after all this we are expected to believe that Barack Obama thinks like most Americans? Seriously?