"FEAR! FEAR! FEAR!" - As Economy Tanks, Rightbloggers Say Obama is Just Trying to Scare Us

[Stephanie]

Why do they hate America?

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2009/02/as_economy_tank_1.php

As Economy Tanks, Rightbloggers Say Obama is Just Trying to Scare Us
Posted by Roy Edroso at 12:00 AM, February 9, 2009

==snip==

To stop the bleeding, President Obama last week http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/04/AR2009020403174.html">pushed hard for a giant stimulus package, arguing that a fast response is needed. This meant rightbloggers had to act fast, too, to oppose it.

But having no plan of their own with which to replace Obama's -- except for the traditional Republican miracle cure, tax cuts -- they focused on an emotional appeal, claiming that the recession really isn't anything to get excited about, and that the President was trying to terrorize Americans into supporting his plan. Their cue-card read "Fear," and rightbloggers big and small scribbled it down:

"Fear is the new hope," said Libertarian Christians. "The Politics of Fear," said Big Dog's Weblog. "Fear You Can Believe In," said Sheepdog's Blog. "Obama Turns From Peddling Hope to Spreading Fear," said The Freedomist. "The Audacity of Fear," said Wizbang. "FEAR! FEAR! FEAR!" said American Glob. "I guess we all know what 'CHANGE' is by now," said Desert Conservative. "It is 'FEAR MONGERING' conducted by no one other than Barak Obama himself!"

"Flailing and desperate, he has resorted to the very 'politics of fear' he ran against during the campaign," wrote Michelle Malkin. When Obama argued that "this recession might linger for years" -- an assessment that is hardly controversial -- she said, "he invokes Chicken Little tactics to scare Washington into ramming his massive, ineffective, debt-stimulating plan through Congress."

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This may seem odd, as the stimulus bill is widely expected to pass in an amended form. But to rightbloggers, its defeat is beside the point, which is to spin it as a negative. Republicans in Congress got this message, as Representative Pete Sessions showed in his remarks about the GOP's Taliban-style insurgency. So did National Review's Jonah Goldberg, who admitted the bill will pass, but said nonetheless that "Obama's moment is gone," because "voters are souring" on the stimulus and "Republicans finally discovered testicular fortitude." It's an interesting definition of victory as the country slides deeper into recession. But having decried, for the moment, fear, rightbloggers have to cling to whatever hope the moment brings them, however perverse.

[aquart]

1. I'm thinking their parents still have jobs?

[valerief]

2. By the time they graduate from high school, they'll think differently. nt

[zbdent]

5. if they have enough skills to go out and try to get a job ...

but please, a little warning ...

I'm not going to frequent that McDonalds ...

[Ikonoklast]

7. They just finished reading 'Atlas Shrugged' for English Lit 1

They are astounded how powerful and omnipotent they are.

Until gym class, and the jocks pound on them.

[Deja Q]

8. Yeah, but who knows what'll happen in 10 years' time.

And the fact any of them made it to 9th grade already is a shock too.

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

3. Yes, because Obama controls the economy by fiat.

Idiots.

[Stephanie]

4. They seem to believe he is behind the gloom & doom economic reports

Do they think he controls the news? Are they trying to liken it to Bush's false terra lerts?

[Median Democrat]

6. Tennessee Senator Corkin Said That Economy Will Improve Anyways...

Regardless of any stimulus package. On CNN, in a response to Candy, Corkin attributed the current recession to normal business cycles. Of course, CNN did not follow-up and ask why Republicans were then demanding deficit busting tax credits if the economy was going to improve anyways.

[bdamomma]

9. I think its Corker, and he can put a cork in it!!!

oh, baby, Obama got them backpeddling. I love it.

[old mark]

10. I just heard that Obama is trying to "scare us into a depression",

I guess the motive being so he can "socialize" the US, as in make us a socialist state.

These people are determined to hate, and are really digging to find something to hate, facts notwithstanding.

mark

[Kansas Wyatt]

11. And after receiving their "social" benefits, they would scream bloody murder...

If anyone suggested taking their new social benefits away from them. Hmm... Like "Social" Security.

[Blue_Tires]

16. i overheard that exact talking point at lunch yesterday

i was about to reason with him, but found out he was a flat-taxer and realized he was a long-lost cause

[Stephanie]

20. It's beyond insane

They want to deny the recession/depression just to confound Obama on the bill. Then, if the bill fails, or fails to do the trick, they will blame Obama for the recession/depression, that Bush created.

[old mark]

25. You would be wasting your breath....

"Reason" doesen't enter into it - they are fanatical haters.


mark

[Mari333]

12. as opposed to the last 8 years of terra alerts....pffft n/t

[Stephanie]

21. Where do you think they're getting this from?

It's just insane.

[HughMoran]

13. I was just laid off today

...after 14 years of ups and downs - this time for real :(

[Stephanie]

14. I'm sorry to hear that

And it sucks to have these dingbats insisting that it's all in our heads.

[HughMoran]

15. Republicans are just ass holes

I'm so not interested in their perspective right now as I worry about my family going forward.

[merh]

18. I'm so sorry to read this.

:hug:

[HughMoran]

19. I still feel sick to my stomach

Thanks for the hug :)

[merh]

26. I wish I had some wisdom to share, something more than just

cyber hugs - all sorts of energies and good wishes sent out. Wish I could do more. :hug:

[Stephanie]

27. Daily Kos has a jobs networking site

If you're a member at Kos, sign up and check it out. I'll send you the link if you can't find it.

[HughMoran]

28. Thanks!

I've got a lead through networking (vendor) that I'm looking into. I'm also hoping to hit up one of the many companies that others laid off before me are at. I haven't even updated my resume yet - lol.

[merh]

17. The right are projectionists.

They have always projected their failings and their misdeeds on the dems, just like the petty thefts they are - the pick pockets of society, distract and abuse.

[RamboLiberal]

22. I heard CNN Female News Toadie say that this morning

around the 8:30-9:00 am hour.

[Stephanie]

24. Who's handing around the Talking Points these days?

Does Rove still distribute them in a morning phone call?

[ColbertWatcher]

23. ...

[uppityperson]

29. "he ran on a platform of Hope and now he is talking about all these bad things happening, going back

on what he ran on". I heard this on NPR today from a person calling in. I'm glad I wasn't driving yet as I'd have crashed trying to get my eyeballs back in straight again after picking them up rolling around under my feet.