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Obama the Alien - Opinion - PatriotPost.US

By Lawrence Kudlow (Archive) Thursday, October 14, 2010


Believe it or not, with jobs falling for four consecutive months and
unemployment stubbornly high near 10 percent, President Obama is out on the
campaign trail bashing businesses and promoting class warfare. Huh? Oh my gosh
is he off message.


He's slamming the Chamber of Commerce for allegedly using foreign money in
campaign ads, even though there's not one shred of evidence of this. Huh
(again)? Is the Chamber really a big election-year issue? Is it causing high
unemployment?


Of course, Obama never mentions the unions, including the SEIU and AFL-CIO,
and all their foreign money from their big international affiliates. Instead,
he extends his own cast of villains, attacking special interests, Wall Street
banks, corporations, the oil industry, the insurance industry, credit-card
companies, AIG and ExxonMobil. ExxonMobil? What did it do? Oh, they're an oil
company.


Phew Kind of anti-business, wouldn't you say?


Obama then blasts millionaires and billionaires, waging war on capital and
investors, too. Next he talks about getting young people, African-Americans,
and union members to the polls. Even more division. Even more class warfare.


All this, of course, from the "post-partisan" president who was
going to bring
us all together for change.


But what's truly incredible about Obama's pre-election performance is how it
totally misses the mark on the issues that really matter, like high
unemployment, low growth, big-government spending, Obamacare and tax hikes.


That's the stuff people are really talking about.


It's as though Obama is from another planet, completely disconnected from the
political reality as we march toward Nov. 2.


A series of investor-related polls shows how totally detached the president is
from the nearly 100 million folks who directly or indirectly own stocks.
A survey conducted by Citigroup Global Markets of 100 mutual-fund, hedge-fund
and pension-fund managers finds that institutional investors fear a government
policy mistake far more than inflation, terrorism, a housing double-dip, poor
earnings or any other potential risk to the economy. (Hat tip to CNBC producer
John Melloy.)


One-third of the survey's participants list government policy missteps as
their biggest worry, ahead of the more than 15 percent who cite protectionism.


But these investors believe the chances of a big policy error will decrease if
Republicans take back the House of Representatives in November.


In another poll conducted by Reuters, 75 percent of respondents believe the
employment situation is the most important issue for Wall Street, followed by
41 percent who point to consumer confidence. Fleshing out the survey, nearly
two-thirds of respondents say extending the George W. Bush era tax cuts should
be a high priority; just over a third say the budget deficit is the main
concern; more than two-fifths say interest rates will start to rise and the
dollar will weaken more if the deficit is not addressed; more than a quarter
want Obamacare repealed; and only one-fifth say additional action by the Fed
is crucial.


Then there's a new poll from Investor's Business Daily. It shows 56 percent of
respondents saying they want tax cuts extended even for households with more
than $250,000 in income. Only 39 percent in the poll want the rich to pay
more, while support for making tax cuts for the rich permanent hit 63 percent
for both Republicans and independents. By solid majorities, that includes
taxes on capital gains, dividends and estates, all to be frozen at current
rates.


These polls reveal how utterly alien Obama is to the investor class. And it's
worth noting that investors are among the most likely voters to turn out for
elections.


But the absolute key point here is that while Obama is bashing businesses,
rich people and all the rest, and while he continues to wage class warfare, he
is talking about issues that are not on anyone's mind. It's the economy,
stupid, and the low-spending, low-taxing and minimal-regulating policies that
would set the stage for a stronger economy, lower unemployment and more
confidence.


It's as though the president is stuck in a 1930s time warp. His policies have
failed to rejuvenate economic growth. But he will not address this. That's his
political failing. And that's why he is going to suffer a huge shellacking on
Nov. 2.





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