October 14, 2010
The Classless President
A few lines from this blog post by Victor Davis Hanson brought back a relevant memory:
The final irony? The more Obama goes out on the campaign trail, slurs the Chamber or the new enemy of the week, and blatantly appeals to bloc voting from particular minority groups, the more unsympathetic to voters he becomes. (I don't recall George W. Bush going after Keith Olbermann, Bob Shrum, MoveOn.org, or the AFL-CIO).
President Bush played the game to an extent, but the big difference is that Obama is classless. The contrary image that comes to mind is when President Bush walked to his helicopter with a copy of Bernie Goldberg's book about media bias under his arm. Subtle, almost a good-humored jab.
Nowadays, we get personal attacks from the president against particular people, from Nancy Reagan to Cambridge police officers, and a villain of the week declarations.
You can take the community organizer out of the ghetto, but you can't take the ghetto out of the community organizer.
Posted by: Justanotherjoe at October 15, 2010 12:45 AMThe legacy of Alinsky in the White House.I hope everyone who voted for this thin skinned nasty operative is happy now.
Posted by: joe bernstein at October 15, 2010 5:22 AM Bush was smart enough to know he didn't have to. He let FNC and talk radio do his dirty work. Maybe Obama should be doing this through surrogates too, but you'd probably still complain.