You probably already knew
that if you oppose de facto open
borders, if you support at least making an honest effort to stop importing
welfare looters, criminals, terrorists, and other future Democrats, then you are a BIGOT.
What you may not know is
that Our Dear President Obama has come out and said so – to a Hispanic audience, of course. He also
decried all the “inflammatory” rhetoric on immigration. . . .
Yes, Obama can be a bit
weak on self-awareness.
Or is he? For both his divisive, inflammatory
rhetoric and the angry backlash of opponents is probably calculated, an old
Leftist tactic really. Jim Geraghty summarized this insightfully Wednesday morning (and before
Obama’s remarks):
Another big reason Republicans are angry is because they
have a president who embraces a political strategy of deliberately and
consistently enraging conservatives. Major Garrett detailed the White House’s calculated
effort to be controversial and provocative in 2014:
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This is the White House theory of “Stray Voltage.” It is
the brainchild of former White House Senior Adviser David Plouffe, whose
methods loom large long after his departure. The theory goes like this:
Controversy sparks attention, attention provokes conversation, and conversation
embeds previously unknown or marginalized ideas in the public consciousness.
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Mickey Kaus characterizes the approach as
“gaslighting” -- giving your opponent a legitimate reason to get angry, then
turning around and pointing to their anger as evidence they’re unhinged,
obsessed, incapable of governing responsibly, et cetera.
Which is exactly what Obama was doing
in his aforesaid speech. I would
say Mr. Geraghty is a prophet
except we’ve seen this game before.
I saw this juvenile tactic in action
from Leftist students more than once during my Duke days. It is sad that we now have a President
who shamelessly exercises this same tactic and divides this country as few
have.
Obama is a Leftist student who never
grew up.
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