When you can’t be constructive and effective, campaign…
President Barack Obama warned Republicans on Monday that he is back in campaign mode.
In a fundraising speech in Austin, Texas, Obama complained that while his administration has been governing the country since January 2009, Republicans have been trying to obstruct progress.
“There has been a fundamental lack of seriousness on the other side,” Obama said. “We’ve spent the last 20 months governing; they have spent the last 20 months politicking.”
In reference to the upcoming November congressional elections, Obama said: “Well, we can politick for three months. They forgot I’m pretty good at politicking.”
The speech repeated the main campaign themes Obama has mentioned in recent months, particularly his assessment of GOP proposals as a repeat of failed policies from the previous administration.
Republicans are counting on voter “amnesia,” the president said.
He framed the choice for voters as a decision on whether to return to policies that brought the recession or continue with policies that are “getting us out of this mess.”
You know, I was hoping I would be wrong when I claimed all voters would get was a snake-oil salesman. When Obama made all of his lofty claims that he would be for “change” in DC, I hoped that my instinct to get the shovel was wrong. For the person claiming that he would be a post-partisan president, I think he knowingly sold the The People a bridge. For people who expected a president that would focus on solving problems, they’ve got to have a pit in the stomach for the Constant Campaigner.
I can’t tell you how many people I’ve doled out my happy little ‘I told you so’s to. But if you’re over your snake-oil stupor, make sure you vote out anyone associated with this guy in November, so he stops ramming damage down our throats. And in 2012, make sure the check mark is anywhere ELSE but beside his name.
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