Politics

Obama’s ‘Occupy Election’ Moment?

Oct. 31, 2012 12:58pm

A New York native and graduate of Vassar College, Jay Severin is a veteran conservative campaign strategist. As a strategic advisor to Republican incumbents and candidates for the Presidency, U.S. Senate and House, and Governorships, Severin produced and directed campaign media in races in 25 states.

Jay Severin worked as a political analyst with NBC News, CNBC and MSNBC, and has been interviewed by Tom Brokaw on Dateline NBC, was a Clinton Impeachment analyst for Brian Williams, and has also appeared on Fox News, CBS, ABC, Nightline, The John McLaughlin Show, PBS, CNN, NPR, and media abroad (Iceland, Japan, Australia, Ireland, et. al.). Severin was a regular guest for ten years on the Imus in the Morning Show, and has also served as a guest correspondent for BBC Television.

A prominent on-record source for national print/radio/television political news coverage for publications including NY Times, Washington Post, LA Times, Time, Newsweek, Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, Business Week, and Ad Age among others, Severin has authored Op-Ed articles for the New York Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, and The Boston Globe. Severin has presented lectures for organizations including the United States Information Agency, US Naval Command War College at Harvard, Wellesley, and Vassar.

Jay Severin has served as host of nationally syndicated and regional radio programs (in New York and Boston), for which he has been nominated for the Marconi Award for Top National Radio Major Market Personality, and named by NewsMax Magazine as one of America's Top 25 Radio Hosts.

Political Strategists get paid to strategize over everything – including natural disasters.

Hello Sandy.

If Obama’s advisors are remotely as good as self-advertised, they have reckoned how this hurricane can help their man. Here’s how I think he may try to play it: Turn Hurricane Sandy into the next incarnation of the Occupy Movement – Occupy The Election.

(1) Stage One: Prolong, magnify and validate Hurricane Sandy as the epic event of ALL epic events.

Given the nature and magnitude of this awful event, it doesn’t require Obama to make this a story – but the President’s general posture toward the disaster (i.e. departing campaign trail, camping out in the White House) Will magnify, prolong and validate continuing national media coverage.

(2) Stage Two: Introduce and argue, in advance, the notion of a postponed, extended or otherwise perverted election day(s), “so everyone can vote.”  In this case “everyone” means Obama supporters.

The real purpose here is not to actually change election day but rather establish the premise that serious people – and the media – must  consider as legitimate matter the demand for extra voting.

(3) Stage Three: There is a single election day, Obama loses.

But Obama has established the principle that any election not extended shut out “his voters” – on the basis of which, Obamunists demand an election re-do: Yell, moan, scream (and when Debbie Wasserman Schultz is finished) sue! Again, the real purpose here is not to actually secure another, or extended, election day – but to establish “Obama would have won but for the natural disaster – and, of course, the Fascist/Racist/Homophobe Romney supporters who denied Obama a “fair chance.”

(4) Stage Four: Denied an unprecedented (and poisonous) affirmative-action, second bite at the electoral apple, the Left (because at this point, Obama fades to bit-player status) claims foul, e.g. “Yet another Republican President selected, not elected,” “It wasn’t a legitimate election.” Yada, yada, yada.

The strategic purpose of which is, of course, to endeavor to delegitimize in the media (and the 47 percent of non-taxpaying public mind) the Romney victory, and his presidency.

(5) Stage Five: Democrats’ reason for existing: “America didn’t Really win. Obama didn’t Really lose. Our message/ideas were fine, approved by most Americans.” A Democrat defeat must NEVER, EVER be allowed to be even hinted at as failure of politics – only of messenger or evil extenuating circumstance – e.g. U.S. Supreme Court, ignorance of American voters or Weather! Mitt Romney is thus an illegitimate president; his ideas did not prevail; etc. etc.

Ergo: America was again duped and cheated by Republicans (NEVER by their message/policies/ideas). Need only await a restoration to the Natural Order of Things: A Democrat President.

(6) Stage Six: Just wait for Hillary Clinton.

Obama couldn’t be president the night our SEALs begged for help and he watched them murdered – but he will play president during Sandy to execute Occupy Election Day.

Post Script: Someplace circa Stage Three, the Democrats will dump, disown, renounce, denounce, ignore and stiff Obama, as old news.

 

Comments (5)

  • YourVoiceMatters
    Nov. 1, 2012 at 11:15am

    Well what else would you expect? They are an evil bunch and if there is a way to cause descension, chaos, confusion, division, contention the democraps know just how to do it! To push buttons and shout loud and long are their expertise! Never forget the 2000 election when the hanging chads were still around and in the news front page a full 10 months after the election in some places the day before 9/11 which were all but forgotten after that day! So they do not know when to just go away….and believe you me they will milk it 6 ways from Sunday! Progressives are aggressive, consummate driven evil! in collusion with a liberally biased media!

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  • trinity76
    Nov. 1, 2012 at 8:51am

    I agree…I actually thought last night that the reason Obama is not calling for delayed elections (other than the fact that he can’t, but how has that stopped him prior to now?) is so he, his surrogates, and other progressives can use the storm to de-legitimize a Romney victory that they have been anticipating for at least a few weeks. And you can bet there will be lawsuits coming.

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  • piper60
    Oct. 31, 2012 at 2:28pm

    Unfortunately, I have to agree with your analysis. Obama has been lawyered up for months at the least. My one question is this: How many weeks/months of re-counts, etc., will follow election day?

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  • kevinharper
    Oct. 31, 2012 at 2:20pm

    Jay, you’re the best kept secret of TheBlaze! I discovered your online radio show on my iHeartRadio app under TheBlaze. I encourage everyone to check it out: http://www.theblaze.com/radio/

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    • Jeffcontonio
      Nov. 6, 2012 at 10:07am

      I’ve been a fan of Jay ever since discovering his show in Boston. Jay is without a doubt one of the great ones. Mark my words, Jay is going to be huge! He knows how to push the envelope, and provoke intelligent discussion in a way that is uniquely Jay.

      I listen to blaze on my I-phone via I heart radio. I hook it up to my radio whenever I’m on the road.

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