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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Obama: Dems’ Troubles Have Nothing To Do With My Policies
By Tim Cavanaugh
May 9, 2014 12:17 AM
During his fundraising trip to Los Angeles Wednesday, President Obama
discovered anew that the United States is in bad shape, and he was again
left in puzzlement about what could be the cause.
“You get a self-fulfilling prophecy,” the president told supporters,
urging them to help Democrats avoid potentially significant losses in both
houses of Congress in the November midterm elections. “The people who have
the most at stake in a government that works opt out of the system. People
who believe government doesn’t work are most empowered. Gridlock reigns and
we get the downward spiral of even more cynicism.”
Speaking to a group of millionaires during a $10,000-to-$34,000-a-plate
dinner at the Bel Air home of Walt Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn, Obama
explained that the Democrats’ problem is that they’re just too committed
to the poor.
“The congenital problem that Democrats have is in midterms especially we
don’t vote,” Obama told donors including living legend Barbra Streisand
and Dreamworks SKG co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg. “Our voters are younger,
they’re more likely to be minority, and because they’re more likely to be
struggling they’re not always paying attention when the president is not –
the presidential candidate isn’t on the ballot.”
During his L.A. sojourn, Obama, whose achievements include stopping the rise
of the oceans and healing the planet, also received an “Ambassador for
Humanity” award from Steven Spielberg’s Shoah Foundation. (“President
Obama’s commitment to democracy and human rights has long been felt,” the
powerhouse filmmaker said.) And his second-term fundraising has outpaced
that of most or all previous two-term presidents.
Still, Obama is stumped as to whose mismanagement of national affairs has
left the country in such a state of “disquiet” and “frustration.” In
addition to speculating about his party’s “congenital” problems, the
president has attributed his party’s fading hopes in 2014 to Republican
obstructionism and theorized that Democrats usually “get clobbered” in
midterm races.
Even more baffling about the Democratic stagnation is that Obama has boldly
avoided the cautionary example set by Bill Clinton following the Democrats’
steep losses in the 1994 midterms. Clinton responded by changing course
pursuing policies of welfare reform and reduced spending that contributed to
an economic boom and the elimination of the deficit by the time he left
office. Clinton won re-election in 1996 and defied both expectations and
historic precedent by leading the Democrats to pick up congressional seats
in the 1998 midterms.
By contrast, Obama has stuck to his principles, betting that “getting
people talking” about Obamacare, using his “pen and phone” to bypass
Congress, and appearing on web shows with Zach Galifianakis will win over
voters. Yet the stiff-necked electorate has failed to turn its frown upside
down.
The president remains optimistic that, come November, voters will show their
dissatisfaction with Democrats by electing more Democrats.
“I’ve got to make sure we have a Democratic Senate, and I want a
Democratic House of Representatives in Washington,” Obama told the audience
, which also included Streisand husband James Brolin, who played Pee Wee
Herman in Warner Bros.’ big-screen biopic. “My main message to you is feel
a sense of urgency about this election.”
With a freer legislative hand after November, Obama may finally be able to
persuade Americans that they’re better off than they were six years ago. | m********8
发帖数: 7463 | 2 没大错吧。巴马在消灭贫困，赈济穷人上面，确实做的狠不错
而且最近发表了很多令人振奋而激动的言论（比如非法移民功效随便上）
离共同富裕又走近了一步。狠赞～～
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: Obama: Dems’ Troubles Have Nothing To Do With My Policies
: By Tim Cavanaugh
: May 9, 2014 12:17 AM
: During his fundraising trip to Los Angeles Wednesday, President Obama
: discovered anew that the United States is in bad shape, and he was again
: left in puzzlement about what could be the cause.
: “You get a self-fulfilling prophecy,” the president told supporters,
: urging them to help Democrats avoid potentially significant losses in both
: houses of Congress in the November midterm elections. “The people who have
: the most at stake in a government that works opt out of the system. People
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