Liberal Commentator Warns White House: Too Much ‘Hero Worship’ Around Obama
- Posted on November 22, 2010 at 7:19pm by
Meredith Jessup
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Voters have struggled for months to get their message across to the Obama administration. But even after sweeping victories during the midterm elections, it seemed to many that the White House was tone deaf, missing the message completely. Longtime liberal commentator Eleanor Clift says the White House has some soul-searching to do.
“Part of Obama‘s problem is that there’s too much hero worship around him,” Clift writes in Newsweek, “and that translates into a reluctance to fault him for anything, except maybe that he didn‘t make a good enough case for all the wonderful things he’s done.”
Democrats got the lowest share of the white vote in this midterm election than in any congressional election since World War II, losing key races in Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Michigan, and every contested election in Ohio, which spells trouble for President Obama’s reelection…
Soul-searching is under way at the White House, but so far it looks pretty sterile…Part of Obama’s problem is that there’s too much hero worship around him, and that translates into a reluctance to fault him for anything, except maybe that he didn’t make a good enough case for all the wonderful things he’s done…
Obama’s storied political career took him from the relative obscurity of the Illinois State Legislature to the presidency in such a short time that he didn’t get much of a feel for the nitty-gritty politicking that consumes so much of today’s partisan bickering. He didn’t have the benefit of getting beaten badly at the state level, like Clinton was in Arkansas, and having to learn how to reinvent himself…
In his post-election press conference, Obama said there must be easier ways to learn the hard lessons of politics than getting the shellacking he and the Democrats got. There are, and if his aides weren’t so in love with him and wrapped up in the idea of him as a transformational president, they might have seen this coming…
Obama is an undefined figure to much of the country, and to his fellow Democrats…. Though he’s portrayed as a liberal, it’s not clear what he’ll fight for, and he keeps that deliberately vague, perhaps hoping to deliver on the post-partisan promise his election represented. The fight over whether to extend Bush-era tax cuts is a perfect example. The White House needs to settle on a strategy and then execute it, whatever it is. Hope is not a strategy…
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Comments (68)
wash1776
Posted on November 23, 2010 at 7:51amI really think that is changing. Especially since a liberal is now saying this. There is such a thing as being too liberal, which most of them are. Seems like some are starting to wake up.
Report Post »Ghostrider
Posted on November 23, 2010 at 7:45amOkay, you all can talk about Sarah Palin quitting her job as Governor. You can talk about no policy. I wouldn’t vote for her either, only because she is not conservative enough. Comrade Chairman Obama quit his job as senator. He was not qualified either. But what we should be talking about is where our once free country is headed to. It is no longer about being a Republican or a Dumbocrat. It is about electing who will do what is RIGHT. The dumbocrats talked about how Bush ruined our relationships with the rest of the world, and how Obama is fixing it. Crap, he made it worse. Now we have no respect. We bow down to kings of Arab countries, we kiss the rings of kings, but liberals say okay, it’s respect. God made this the greatest country on teh face of the earth period. It is time we start acting like it again. But, rest assurred, the end times are upon us. Jesus is coming soon to get His church.
Report Post »mark t
Posted on November 23, 2010 at 7:43am@neverending&pelon, so if it’s SP aginst bo, yo would vote socialism?
Report Post »look at the prospect’s romney(former governor,business man)and to far to the center,:
hucabee(former governor from arkansas)too far center and know‘s the clinton’s well:
Palin(former governor)and staunch conservative!!!!!!!!!
WTF libitard‘s in sheep’s clothing***********
SnowballDidIt
Posted on November 23, 2010 at 7:09am“Elections have consequences.”
Hopefully the crazed fans who voted him into office based on his hopey/changey b.s. have learned their lesson.
Report Post »EP46
Posted on November 23, 2010 at 6:49amHero..a man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities.
Report Post »Sorry, obama does NOT qualify.
When they were revising the textbooks in Texas they wanted to take out Neil Armstrong and add Oprah.
I can come up with at least 100 words to describe obama, but ‘hero’ would never make the list. Perhaps the limited vocabulary on the left makes it difficult for them to pick a descriptive word to use for obama, unless it is one of the vulgar profanities they seem to choose so often.
superfide
Posted on November 23, 2010 at 6:40amFinally someone on the left acknowledges the unbridled sycophants surrounding POTUS. I wonder if this story will get any play from the MSM???
Report Post »Eagle07
Posted on November 23, 2010 at 6:36amYep Obozo is a legend in his own mind.
Report Post »Anne G
Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:54amWhy can’t the democrats (not the ultralibtards) admit they were wrong. Its really not that hard.
Report Post »If they are afraid to say it out loud (and I don’t blame them because the ******** will eat them alive)
then they just need to do it in their secret vote! Well, so far its still secret.
trishrich
Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:38amObummer is not that intelligent. He was shaped and molded for this position , the man has never shown any records for anything. According to an investigator he never really completed anything and manipulation and money got him into Harvard….I do not believe for one minute this man is intelligent, savvy yes, a con and fraud yes, a narcissist double yes… He has been playing with Soros and Muslim Radicals and he is going to get burned. You cannot sit on the fence forever. You have to take a side and either side is not good. The Communist and the Radical Muslims are working together to destroy America but eventually one of those factions will destroy the other. One Big Ass Mistake America…
Report Post »I pray for his safety…We want him to leave the right way, through the election process…
eyestoseeearstohear
Posted on November 23, 2010 at 1:28pmHe’s not leaving through any election…..Or regardless of the outcome of the election.
Don’t you get it?
At this rate….In 2 years, we won’t have a say in what happens.
Do we have a “say” in it now?
And what we have said….Did it change anything?
Report Post »What has it kept obama from doing?
Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:05pm“You cannot sit on the fence forever” —— so true! Not with the players in THIS drama.
Report Post »Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on November 23, 2010 at 3:58amSince I do not believe in “Collective Salvation”, I am not beholden to Obama, and his pain is not my pain, and I don’t pray TO him, but I will still pray FOR him.
Report Post »New-American-Saviors
Posted on November 23, 2010 at 3:43amSo when did they figure that out. WE KNEW from before the Election !
Report Post »teddie888
Posted on November 23, 2010 at 2:27amThey’re setting up communist Hillary next.
Report Post »General K
Posted on November 23, 2010 at 2:34amAnother Soros lapdog. God help us all!
Report Post »PC-FIDE
Posted on November 23, 2010 at 2:00amHero worship is what got him elected.
Report Post »Some people voted for him because they were shocked that he was a light skinned person of color that could speak articulately .Ask Harry Reid .Some people were caught up in the historical event . No fault of theirs, but human nature to want something that is positive.
Problem is that Obama is a socialist/Progressive he has been pushing the progressive agenda since he took office.He is an intelligent person but has no wisdom.He has embarrassed himself and our nation.It is a shame that we had to have a progressive for the first black POTUS.
But did we have a choice in McCain not really another progressive that was the Republican choice and not the Independent choice. This was the mistake of the party, most likely pushed by the left media.
Only good thing that came out of this was Sarah Palin was introduced to our nation. And the Tea Party was born .
peezee
Posted on November 23, 2010 at 1:27amWow. Nothing gets past these liberals. What amazing powers of observation. Now if they had only listened to us… scratch that. They never listen, only talk. Nothing sounds better to a “progressive” than the sound of it’s own voice.
Report Post »neverending
Posted on November 23, 2010 at 1:19amSame is true of palin – too much hero worship around her. Just starting to find out the real sarah and it is not encouraging – began with her quitting the governorship in Alaska – please don’t start in that she had no other choice – that is just plain bs – that is the excuse she gave and many are falling for it hook, line and sinker – I say just keep on if you want 2 + 4 more years of the bastard in chief.
Report Post »Pelon
Posted on November 23, 2010 at 6:28amI agree with you. While I consider myself conservative, I haven’t heard anything from Pailn about serious policy. It’s easy to be witty, harder to come up with solid policy.
Report Post »liberty1111
Posted on November 22, 2010 at 11:58pmNot in Central Texas! He is not even welcome in my business.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on November 23, 2010 at 12:28amShhhhuuuu …. don’t tell him you “still” have a business.
Report Post »shane2813
Posted on November 23, 2010 at 5:28amDon’t mention the B word. Or they will send in the Tax Goons
Report Post »printdesignchicago.com
Posted on November 22, 2010 at 11:47pmoh, the Obamunist is well defined. as the one one-term president who tried to destroy america outright.
two more years and this clown is history.
Report Post »eteme
Posted on November 22, 2010 at 11:46pmWell while the White House is away with the pixies and shouting Barrack! Joe Bloggs has been yelling like mad that we got a shonky for a President…
Report Post »Alvin691
Posted on November 22, 2010 at 11:46pmYea, I love a good sandwich too.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on November 22, 2010 at 11:37pmno “HERO WORSHIP” for obama among anyone WE know…
Report Post »CatB
Posted on November 23, 2010 at 12:27amMe either … !
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on November 22, 2010 at 11:37pmYou know, right after Obama’s election, just before the inauguration, a friend sent me a photo of him dressed in a Roman style toga, holding a staff, surrounded by grand architecture and huge pillars. I laughed at it then…………CRYING at it now!
Report Post »Gita
Posted on November 23, 2010 at 12:04amAfter the pres election I had a dream that I walked into the oval office and the pres chair was turned toward the wall as I approached the pres desk the chair slowly turned and there was Obama with a turban on his head. Frankly that dream scared the heck out of me!
Report Post »hikinggussie
Posted on November 22, 2010 at 11:36pmgood article. too much hero worship definitely.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on November 22, 2010 at 11:33pm“Hero worship” Not in these parts, partner………….
Report Post »winterhawka7ac
Posted on November 23, 2010 at 11:01amNiether in these. Hero? That word cannot be used in the sme sentence that obama is.
Report Post »shane2813
Posted on November 22, 2010 at 11:30pmI didn’t know Eleanor was still alive????
Report Post »Pelon
Posted on November 23, 2010 at 6:26amI agree- haven’t heardfrom her in 10? years.
Report Post »M31Sailor
Posted on November 22, 2010 at 11:26pmAll Hail O
Report Post »CatB
Posted on November 23, 2010 at 12:27amLOL .. too much hero worship of Obama BY Obama ….
Report Post »No1YaKnow
Posted on November 23, 2010 at 12:29amAnd maybe if we hadn’t been so busy trying to be a part of history to begin with–maybe we wouldn’t have to write this article—-now would we Ms. Clift? History can be good OR bad. Guess we know which one this turned out to be.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on November 23, 2010 at 12:55amClift, you are absolutely right. Hope isn’t a strategy. Hope in the mouth of a politician is pure demagoguery. You knew that, and yet you voted for hope, you imbecile lib.
Report Post »quiet little lamb
Posted on November 23, 2010 at 2:05amhero worship is close, but i’d go farther and say that the democrats are like 13 year old girls. Of course he can do no wrong. He’s so dreamy!
Report Post »JKN
Posted on November 23, 2010 at 8:12amAll the “soul searching” in the world won’t “change” the damage Barack Obama and his Administration have done… We need true leadership – a President who represents the majority will and best interests of the American people; not unions, “green” groups, global entities and special interest groups!
Report Post »HKS
Posted on November 23, 2010 at 11:49amHe has made a career of flim flam, he is a pied-piper going no where.
Report Post »paleoconservatarian
Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:25pmObama has never been remotely challenged in his rise in politics. He was handed his state legislature seat, a gerrymandered seat where there was no real competition, by a retiring pol. He won the US Senate bid against token opposition after his rival, carrying a party’s banner which was saddled at the time with a corrupt Republican Governor who eventually went to jail, had to step down amidst a sex scandal. He won the presidency on the coattails of one of the most unpopular Republican administrations in polling history.
The man was never ready for prime time. His bubble is so small, Don Ho sings of it.
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on November 23, 2010 at 11:41pmSounds like the blind leading the blind. Can you imagine what kind of idiot worships a moron?`
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIoEUTqhYmA
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