Comments on: Obama’s failure to communicate on health care

By: timeisnow

timeisnow — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:07:20 +0000

and now Obama is sending Gibbs and his followers out trying to spread his message on Health Care. Sticking up for the most offensive bill I have ever seen made, on many levels. There is no amount of talking that will make Americans like that Radical Progressive Government Takeover thing he was trying to pass off as Health Care.

By: billbrady

billbrady — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:15:34 +0000

Strother Martin…….”Cool Hand Luke”………”What we have here is a failure to communicate”.

By: maggie45

maggie45 — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:41:05 +0000

I am constantly amazed by just how clueless he is. Or is he just faking it? Good lord.

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What we have here is… | The DC Trawler — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:25:08 +0000

[...] Jon “Supes” Ward: Obama’s failure to communicate on health care [...]

By: speebek

speebek — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:51:24 +0000

“He also admitted he has failed to ‘change the tone here in Washington.’”

Erm. He is the tone in Washington.

The man had national speeches on health care. He talked about it so often his teleprompter apparently seized up.

The fact that he doesn’t realize that people actually heard what he said (and don’t believe him) will make for some fascinating and self-destructive politics over the next few months. If I were a Democrat, I’d be advocating for an intervention right about now.

By: hurtzallot

hurtzallot — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:49:10 +0000

As my father would say….”It’s only true if YOU believe it.” Apparently he’s the only one who believes it.

By: campbell62

campbell62 — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:44:37 +0000

The spin coming from the White House is deafening. We hear it loud and clear. You want us to believe that the anger in Massachuttes is anger over the last 8 years. No, Mr. President it is anger over the corrupt government you are presiding over. Anger over the spin, the lying, the favors, the elitist attitude that you know so much better than us the direction this country should be heading.

By: spr8er

spr8er — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:08:19 +0000

so true,when gibbs and axelrod foolishly hinted that this election somehow reaffirmed the administrations agenda the media immediatly ran with that talking point.amazingly only chris mathews took issue with this idea,not counting fox of course.i had to laugh when obama had to explain the election as a vote against bush again,how many times is ol’ george gonna run.

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By: spr8er

spr8er — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:53:23 +0000

believe me mr president we know what it’s like to send a message that just doesn’t seem to get through.even with the volume cranked way up in massachusetts,many couldn’t hear it well enough to understand it.so,you keep sending your message, and we’ll keep sending ours and we’ll reach an understanding sooner than you think.

By: mariog

mariog — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:49:25 +0000

I think he communicated that it was garbage all too well. You can only fool most of the people for so long, and the people began to figure out they had elected a “pig in a poke” right after inauguration as demonstrated by the Rasmussen Daily Predidential Tracking Poll.

Keith Olbermann? Who’s Keith Olbermann?

By: moira1987

moira1987 — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:46:39 +0000

When Obama and his sycophants talk about “poor messaging” what they really mean is that they didn’t do a good enough job of lying to the American people. As others have said in this thread already… So now they’re trying craft new lies to tell and count on the Lefty media wing to promote it. Of course, the basic problem with Leftists is that they are incompetent when it comes to governing. All they know how to do is complain and mislead. That’s why even Obama is plagued by Leftist blowhards like Crazy Ed Schultz (to name just one…)

By: billbrady

billbrady — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:27:46 +0000

This entire administration needs to turn up the volume on their Miracle Ears.

By: rocketjsquirrel

rocketjsquirrel — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:19:47 +0000

It’s your fault too KEITH OLBERMANN. Maybe if you weren’t still harping about Bush & Cheney & the number of days since “mission accomplished” you could have informed your viewers more about Scott Brown and other current topics thereby helping to avoid the Massachusetts outcome you now bemoan. Shame on you for blaming others. Perhaps, dear Keith, the fault lies in you and “not the stars”.

IDIOT!

By: banjo

banjo — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:03:36 +0000

So Obama will be on TV more reading from the teleprompter to drive his message into our thick skulls. What he’s really saying is we’re more stupid than he thought. But weren’t his handlers worrying about overexposure not too long ago? It took George W. Bush six years to wear out his welcome. It took Obama something like six months. Now we have to hang on for three more lo-ong years.

By: After Massachusetts — The New Clarion

After Massachusetts — The New Clarion — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:40:34 +0000

[...] From the left: The president, making his first public comments after a Republican candidate on Tuesday won the special election to fill Sen. Ted Kennedy’s Massachusetts Senate seat, said he understands that some Americans view his administration as a bunch of “technocrats up here … making decisions.” [...]

By: redla

redla — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:10:57 +0000

Except the stuff we wish would stay there!

By: redla

redla — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:09:14 +0000

Amazingly, word on HP and the left is that MA voters were po’d over weakness of HCR and no Wall St. reform.
It’s hard to believe that is their takeaway, but just read Krugman. Or save yourself the pain and take my word for it.
These guys just don’t get it. To them it is that they didn’t grad enough power, not that it was too much!
Un-be-lieve-able.

By: redla

redla — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:06:31 +0000

I might differ on soulless. And I say that with the utmost respect Underdog!
(P.S. – where does one upload a pic? Haven’t found that area yet. Thanks)

By: vbspurs

vbspurs — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:07:03 +0000

Well said.

Fortunately, the American public has never had problems in communicating via the ballot box.