‘That Doesn’t Make Sense’: Obama Donor Infuriated by President’s Rhetoric Speaks Out
- Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:05pm by
Mytheos Holt
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Since the 2012 campaign began in earnest, the Obama campaign has tried to portray itself as the victim of a powerful, wealthy Republican opponent whose success renders him hopelessly out of touch with normal Americans, and who cannot possibly be seen as a viable alternative to the President precisely because he is so out of touch. They have also claimed that they are speaking truth to power and must be seen as a small, courageous band trying to keep government in the hands of the people and out of the mitts of the greedy, rich and powerful.
There’s just one problem. When you portray yourself as the defender of the poor and scourge of the rich, it’s rather hard to get donations from the people who can most afford to help finance an election, considering that those people are themselves rich. This fact has been driving away Obama donors consistently since the President began his drumbeat of class baiting, and now even some of his most loyal financial supporters are starting to get sick of it. Fox Nation brings us this deeply ironic, entertaining story:
Millionaire developer R. Donahue Peebles -– a 52-year-old D.C. native whose company website touts The Peebles Corp. as “the country’s largest African Americanreal estate development company,” is a top fundraiser for President Barack Obama…raising between $100K and $200K for this reelection.
R. Donahue Peebles
But in a 20-minute conversation with HuffPost Monday, Peebles blasted Obama’s campaign messaging. He said, as he told other press outlets, that his frustrationwas sparked by receiving an email from the DNC that mocked Romney as“out of touch” for having a boat that fit 12 people, accompanied by a picture of the Republican presumptive nominee on vacation.[...]
“What I get concerned about is the message from the Obama campaign that we only want someone who has not been successful to run for president. What do we want here? You can’t be successful and run the country? We don’t want somebody who has been successful to run it? That doesn’t make sense,” Peebles said.[...]
“So I look at that and I see that those things are becoming offensive to some of his strongest supporters, financially.”It would be unrealistic to think that that kind of thing would not impact the enthusiasm for those who are supportive of the president, financially, and certainly would turn off others who were on the fence to say, ‘You know, what the heck with it. I’m done,’” Peebles continued. “And they go on to Romney.”[...]
“I’m so tired of hearing that the rich are not paying their fair share of taxes. Yeah we are,” Peebles said. “The super vast majority of wealthy Americans do not wake up every day and say, ‘Let’s see how we can pay less than our fair share of taxes.’ They say, ‘We’re going to follow the law and we’re going to hire some good accountants to tellus how to do it. And we’re going to pay no more or no less than ourfair share.’”So to say that wealthy individuals are not paying their fair is unfair and delusional,” he said. “So what should be said is that the wealthy Americans should have their tax rates raised because we need more money. Now by the way, if they got all these tax raises it still wouldn’t put a dent in the national debt.”
There’s more like this, and you can feel free to read the rest of you click the link above to see Peebles’ epic rant. For now, we’re beginning to wonder how long it will take before the Obama administration figures out they have a problem with rich people – not just the supposed greedy, nasty ones, but any rich person who doesn‘t like their hard work questioned by people who probably haven’t worked as hard in a less demanding environment.
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Comments (187)
Moozmom
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 3:56amSounds like the guy finally woke up. No, we don’t want a capitalist in the whitehouse, guy. Obama is a communist and he wants a communist country.
Report Post »Too_Far_Gone
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 2:55amAre we there yet ?
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 7:02amMr Peebles and his friends are making the mistake of expecting logic from Sweet Old Barack. He will twist the truth to appeal to what he considers his base. H even has Joker Joe Bite me saying that the Bidens are Middle Class.
Sweet Old Barack wants the money and will tell them behind closed doors that he is really on their side.
The whole administration is so envolved in behind the scenes manuvering to subvert the constitution and make Sweet Ol Barack king, that they will say anything to get reelected, while doing the opposite.
Watch the other hand!!!
OMG Nov 6, 2012
Report Post »HKS
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 7:47amIf your goal is to turn the most successful country in the world to the largest ghetto on the planet you must surround yourself with the dumbest people you can find. Obama is really good at that and he’s not bashful about boasting it.
Report Post »mensa141
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 10:40am@HKS – that was a very good post!
Report Post »Jerry Frey
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 1:41amDon’t like Obama, you’ll like this.
“Lies from Obama seem especially bad
It’s becoming increasingly clear that President Obama is not burdened with too heavy a commitment to honesty.”
http://napoleonlive.info/politics/obama-and-his-record/
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 2:48amIt’ll be interesting to see how he deals with his lies during the debates.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 5:24amThe Wealthy use Profit to from Capital to Invest & Expand Business. But, you desire to destroy a Capitalistic System… you do not need the Wealthy/Capitalists!
Report Post »nattybrooks
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 7:43am@had enough
do you really think barry will debate? romney/rubio will tear him apart stem to stern
Report Post »Ethereal
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 12:50pm@nattybrook
Report Post »Dont underestimate the ability of a liar and cheater working with a team of liars and cheaters to find a way out of looking like a fool in front of others. The have this special area of their brain that is very well developed from years of practice. One on one Obum doesnt have a leg to stand on but sometimes just being cleaver is enough. It happened in 2008.
ChiefGeorge
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 1:40amDuh!
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 5:37amI guess you have to be a Black failure to be president today….
Report Post »watersRpeople
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 12:24amHaha. Romney if he gets in there will pull the same stuff Obama is pulling because he won’t have a choice, because the elites sure ain’t gonna sacrifice.
Report Post »The-Real-Enrico
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 12:41amWe not to keep kicking them out. If he can do right by record then can get a pass if not ever primary we need to challenge them.
I will vote for Romney this year and then vote against him 2016. We need not let these people stay in office. If we can kick put a sitting president in the primaries we will truly send the GOP a message.
Rand Paul, Bachmann or maybe West 2016. Rand should have run this year. He would have won.
Report Post »nelbert
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 12:56amSo your whole argument is based on speculation.
I know what we’ve had under Obama, and that’s a disaster. So I’ll go with Romney. I‘ve got good reason to believe he’ll be infinitely better than Obama. Should someone better come along for 2016, I’ll vote for them.
Report Post »boomboom
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 1:42amHolyMole that was one dumb-azzed comment, @waters!
Report Post »WTH are you talking about?
Did you even READ the article AND what the man said in the article?
Dumb-azz.
RightUnite
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 5:11amYeah well, seeing how you DON’T have a crystal ball, so don’t know what the h*ll you’re talking about, I’ll take my chances with Romney. I’ve seen the destruction Obama is capable of, and I don’t need to see any more… Thanks anyway though….
Report Post »Mapache
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 9:18amWhy should the elites (whoever they are) or anyone else have to sacrifice? Sacrifice is not something the government can ask. The government orders and takes. The idea that Obama wants the wealthy to sacrifice is ludicrous. If he can get the congress to agree to tax hikes then go for it. But call it TAXING and not SACRIFICE and call it SPENDING and not INVESTMENTS. I invest in Fidelity, I spend money on vacation, a new chair, a dvd, a cowboy poetry festival, organized crime museum, etc etc.
Report Post »Listen_then_think
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 9:26am@ waters is a card carrying commie/muslim/democrat/lesbian.
Report Post »That statement carrys the exact same weight that your comment about Romney had. Nice parroting of the progressives talking points. Proving once again that progressives will never use FACTS because facts prove them wrong and stupid.
cowgirl
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 12:13amIt’s sort of like that james bond film in which the freak with the steel teeth finally realized the bad guy was going to throw him and his short girlfriend off the moonracker once it was in orbit. Wake up blacks and wealthy dems.
Report Post »Red Meat
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 12:29amIt took this chump 4 years to figure this out?
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 3:24amHe hasn’t figured anything out. He’s still a big Obama supporter. Unless he’s afraid to say otherwise, which could be the case.
Report Post »romadave
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 9:29amAh yes, that scene was quality. The realization hits his eyes. Then he looks at the girl. Then ‘The H3LL you are!” and he turns on the bad guy.
What a great comparison.
Report Post »Getoffthecouch
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 10:53amCowgirl you got it right, I tip my hat to that….It is a blessing to see the hard working Americans figure this out, the Democrat trance is only a dream, their stronghold on baby boomers is coming to an end. We understand the principals of liberty and equal justice and faith in a greater power than ourselves.
Report Post »GIRTHMAN
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 12:01amMore and more sensible blacks are coming out and realizing just how badly this guy has steered us straight off a cliff and we are in SERIOUS trouble. THE GAME IS ON !!!
Report Post »TurboCat
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 2:46amI hope they do. I heard Romney’s speech to the NAACP today and I was very impressed. They applauded him many times except he was booed when he said he’d repeal Obamacare. But Romney took that in stride and got more positive than negative response. Good for him! He did not pander but offered respect and mostly got the same in return. Can’t wait to hear what that nasty piece of work Biden will berate Romney with tomorrow. There will be a clear choice to make because there will be a side by side comparison between the two and it is pretty
Report Post »obvious who offers solutions and who does not.
Simonne
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 5:06amHe says that but still supports Obama. When are these people going to wake up?
Report Post »countryfirst
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 9:08amSome of my family is like this guy, completely discouraged with the democrats but will never vote any other way. I am truly the black sheep and proud of finding the truth on my own.
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 1:18pmYeah but I have talked to many of them and they are STILL so on Obama’s side that it is truely amazing. They are being kicked down to bottom rung by illegal immigration and other policies and they are too stupid to even realize it. It is unbelievable that they are that stupid. But they are.
Report Post »RLNoland
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:59pm“TEA”…Taxed Enough Already”…..How can anyone argue with that?….unless of course you are a Gov leech.
Report Post »The-Real-Enrico
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 12:58amI agree. We need to just quit using the abbreviation and go the full name to remove confusion. That way it would be harder critics to mock.
It would be hard slam. Make them say it as they attack us. The public would respond as well if they mocking Americans who don’t want taxes increased.
Make them say the full name. The left is all about how to package a message better their argument. We need to do the same. Appearances matter. We already know as civil and they’re still attacking us so we fight back through verbiage with the same message. We already have the fact on are side.
Report Post »TexasKnight
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 3:54amWow, you support TEA? What a racist.
Report Post »lol gotta love the media that thinks reducing taxes is racist.
David in OKC
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:57pmFinaly. Someone with money speaks out. It’s about time. I‘ve been wondering for a long time now why it is that Obama continues to demean anyone that’s rich and succesful and yet they keep sending him money. Since Obama has become president he’s called me a racist, a bigot, lazy, uneducated, an extremist, violent and out of touch. And I’m not anywhere close to being rich. What‘s even more ironic is that while he’s busy tearing me down, he also claims to be standing up for people like me. Seems like nobody’s on his level. Wouldn’t it be great if all the rich people quit donating to his campaign and he had to depend on all the welfare parasites to support it? Maybe he could try fueling up Air Force One with food stamps instead of using everyone elses money.
Report Post »Barack Obama’s number one problem is the mouth of Barack Obama. He doesn’t know when to keep it shut.
RLNoland
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 12:04am“Maybe he could try fueling up Air Force One with food stamps instead of using everyone elses money.”………..food stamps are someone elses money!!
Report Post »Constructionist
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:53pm“I’m gonna be REALLY angry as I send my check off to the Obama campaign.”
Well, that will show ‘em.
Report Post »richauthor
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 1:30amThe prosperous in this country… or “the rich,” according to the liberals, are a lot smarter than most people think. They became prosperous because they ARE smart, and they’ve watched their stocks and real estate fall victim to a blowhard phony who knew nothing about the economy. They’ve always watched the economy with a practiced cautious eye. But even while the Republicans might have also cost them some money, the GOP never demonized them. Obama has. And the prosperous long ago wrote him off… they just never expected his hypocritical rhetoric, like the rest of us did. The fact that only one wealthy American, black or otherwise, has the courage to speak the truth is only the beginning. Many more are simply standing by eagerly with their ballots.
Report Post »capitalismrocks
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:51pmYeah, kinda tough sell, running around for 3 1/2 years holding non-stop fund raisers with $35,000 a plate dinners and such…. Obama blew McCain away with his massive campaign coffers in 2008 and he threatened to have $1 BILLION for 2012…. real hard time playing the poor little poor man
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:44pmI’ll go with all that, but I’m also glad that a mid-wealthy lib is waking up we need more, it’s gona be a long conflict either way.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:38pmFinally, late in the game one more has seen the truth; now what will he do about it?
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:35pmAt least some are waking up to reality. It’s apparently too late for this guy, and I certainly would not want to be in his shoes. His next anal examine will not in any way resemble a colonoscopy. He will be quieted and loose a lot of his wealth.
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:31pmLike I heard tonight on TV—WHEN did RICH become a 4 letter word?
Report Post »Why not use the word PROSPERUS or HARD WORKING?
Peebles finally woke up and OH MY HE SPOKE OUT!!!
Congrats. Now enjoy your millions until Obummer takes them away from you.
Welcome to Barrys World where ACHIEVEMENT is punished!!!!
OMG 2012
RebelPatriot
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:21pmThe difference between voting for Rich people who want to control the economy and the progressives who want to control the government, the rich people will sell use as many guns as you can afford, the progressives want to come to your house and take them away.
Someone becoming wealthy because of my labors doesn’t infringe on my rights and freedoms, someone coming into my home to take away my weapons does.
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:44pmGREAT POINT REBEL!!!
Report Post »I never got a paycheck from a POOR person.
OMG 2012
TEXASGRANNY73
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 1:25amYes these are good points. Condoleeza Rice in her memoires wrote the right to carry a gun is the reason she became a Republican. Like your comments.
Report Post »Leopold
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:21pmIt’s about time some of these people wake up.
If O wins this next election America is over.
What will O do in October?
Start a war in the Middle East? He will do anything to destroy this country.
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 1:24pmThat is exactly what he is going to do. You watch. But it will backfire like you would not believe. He is going to get trounced.
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:20pmRomney OWNS a boat that he paid for and Obama has Air Force one and Marine one which we pay for. Obama sent the princess to Mexico with 25 secret service agents and BOUGHT all the rooms (92) average cost 240$/night/room for a week to send the darling on a school trip. Really, who is more out of touch? Hawaiian Christmas (or winter solstice) vacation 4 million dollars because the family “couldn’t” travel at the same time and Air Force one makes two trips. On the trip to Spain the Obama daughters are listed as “senior advisers” for accounting purposes.. I call BS!
Report Post »chips1
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:30pmWhat are the odds that she will be punished with a child? What she needs is a father figure.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:20pmHow in the world did Peebles become one of the wealthy? It took him quite a while to figure out what Americans already knew. I’d say he is a bit slow on the up-take.
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:27pmOut of touch?
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:33pmMany businessmen and entrepreneurs are so caught up in work that they don’t have time to follow politics closely, and donate according to the advice they get at the local Rotary Club meetings. Seriously.
There’s an awful lot of “pre-awareness” Hank Reardons out there.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:41pmTotally!!!!!
Report Post »Choctaw25
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 8:12amI second that thought.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:19pmHe will soon be audited…………
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 11:35amread my mind
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:16pmObama and the democrats will not be happy until this man and his family are on foodstamps…….. Then it will be fair……
Report Post »Tankertony
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:16pmCry me a river, fool. You supported someone born of marxists, raised by marxists, taught by marxists, surrounded himself with marxists. What the hell did you expect idiot?
Welcome to the modern democrat party, party of the progressive marxist left. (ie. anti-American)
Report Post »MAX0O1
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:24pmAMEN Brother
Report Post »The-Real-Enrico
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 12:31amWe still have the same problem in the GOP. We still have to keep kicking out the progressives out of the republican party as well. We are still neck deep with them. Look first and for most at their record then their word.
Report Post »Tankertony
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 11:43amYes, progressives have been a big problem in the Republican Party. Thanks to the Tea Party and the awakening of the American People, the purge has begun.
You see don’t see any such movement in the democrat party. It would literally tear them apart.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:13pmWelllllll. We don’t want no success around here, we just want simple folk like us. If your rich, you raped and pillaged your way up on the backs of us simple folk. We don’t like your rich, white buts around here. We just want simple folk, like us.
So, if you are smart and rich, we don’t want you, just that guy who went to Columbia and Harvard, and is worth 100′s of millions, and is the smartest man in the world, but is like us, the simple folks. you know him….MMMM……MMMMM…..MMMMM….Barrack Hussein Obama. He is just like us simple folk, except he is smart and rich……but no one else should be. Or they are EVIL.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 4:07amThey especially don’t want rich BLACK butts around the Smartest Guy In the Room, either. That goes against the message about the Man keeping the homies down.
Report Post »Cavallo
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:10pmWhat cave has this guy been hiding to be shocked by this stuff?
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:16pmE Trade Baby: Let me show you my shocked face…WHAAAAA.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:10pmLuck… is an Evil Bitch… that make the Stupid Rich!
Report Post »Mousey
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:21pmLUKERW I had to log in just to reply to this bizarre comment of yours what meds are you on??
Report Post »Plan B
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