Obama could be comeback kid if he mimics Clinton

[Geee]

Washington Examiner:

Here's a scary exercise for Republicans. First, make a graph of Bill Clinton's job approval ratings for the nine months following November 1994, when Republicans dealt him a crushing defeat in midterm elections. Then superimpose Barack Obama's job approval ratings for the nine months following November 2010, when Republicans dealt him a crushing defeat in midterm elections. The lines look pretty similar.
For one, they start out at almost exactly the same point. Clinton's job approval rating in the Gallup poll was 46 percent in the first week of November 1994. Obama's job approval rating was 45 percent in the first week of November 2010.

Starting from the same place, the lines then follow a comparable course. Clinton had a bumpy ride in the months after defeat, but his rating never fell below 40 percent and never rose above 51 percent. Obama has been doing much the same thing; in the latest Gallup survey, he is at 42 percent.

A turning point for Clinton came in late 1995 and early 1996, when he faced off against then-Speaker Newt Gingrich and congressional Republicans in a budget fight that resulted in two government shutdowns. Clinton's ratings were in the low 40s when the fight began. When he emerged victorious -- at least in the press and in some public opinion -- his numbers began a slow climb. In March 1996, Clinton was at 52 percent approval. In June '96 he was at 58 percent. In August he hit 60 percent. And in November he was re-elected.

Of course, Gingrich and the Republicans were re-elected, too; pundits who describe the '95-'96 shutdowns as a disaster for the GOP often neglect to mention that. So in a narrowly political sense, both Clinton and the GOP won the shutdown. The question now is whether Obama and his Republican adversaries might do the same after their current fight over the debt ceiling.

In his drive for re-election, Clinton needed Republican help, not just as a foil but as a source of policy initiatives. For a man who announced "the era of big government is over," Clinton had to be dragged kicking and screaming toward both balanced budget legislation and welfare reform -- now seen as key accomplishments of his presidency. Republicans did the dragging, and when Clinton moved the GOP's way, his prospects improved.

The public also found that it liked divided government. Republicans were elected in 1994 because voters wanted to place a check on Clinton. Republicans were elected in 2010 because voters wanted to place a check on Obama. With that check in place, Obama might find that if he, like Clinton, were to move the GOP's way, his prospects might improve.

[Evad]

The shutdown scare is a hoax that permeates the brain of weak kneed pubbies and RINOs (can we still use that term?)

Stick to your guns, make Dear Leader offer a plan and take whatever heat comes.

Do not let this marxist and his henchmen do any further damage than they have already inflicted.

[Pepper]

The shutdown scare is a hoax that permeates the brain of weak kneed pubbies and RINOs (can we still use that term?)

Stick to your guns, make Dear Leader offer a plan and take whatever heat comes.

Do not let this marxist and his henchmen do any further damage than they have already inflicted.

 

Evad

 

BTTT

Some things that William Jefferson Clinton and Barack Hussein Obama have in common:

 

Both are narcissistic.

Both lie.

Both screwed and are screwing around in the Oval Office.

Both have a main stream media on full knee pad duty.

Bot have a press that will spend the next year helping the Dems to rehabilitate this loser day in and day out (thank you, Geee ! )

Both claim to be post racial while being black and white.

Both sell America's values and assets to the first customer (China, Saudis).

Both are highly emotional.

Both are vindictive in nature.

Both have shrews as spouses.

 

Differences between William Jefferson Clinton and Barack Hussein Obama

 

Clinton was more publicly personal and engaging, IOW, he may be a lying SOB, but he's our SOB.

Obama is distinctly unlikable. "IOW, he's a dissembling SOB and 49% of the nation didn't vote for him and I am not so sure myself now, three years later."

 

Clinton could handle a presser 95% of the time.

Obama can't handle the pressure 95% of the time.

 

Clinton could fake it 95% of the time.

Obama can't fake it 95% of the time.

 

Clinton played rough like a thug but usually in backrooms making deals.

Obama plays rough like a thug but cannot conceal his emotion.

 

Clinton treats women like sex objects.

Obama acts like a woman with a bad case of PMS.

 

Clinton is somewhat mature at times.

Obama is immature.

 

Clinton can never become President again.

Obama has a chance of getting reelected.

 

Clinton was first and foremost a politician but not particularly principled (thank you, Pollyannaish! )

Obama was and will remain someone with a big chip on his shoulder.

 

From Casino67!

Clinton loved screwing females

Obama loves screwing America.

 

 

Clinton had political experience.

Obama is a political experience.

 

 

Clinton can lie spontaneously.

Obama must read his lies.

 

Clinton was a two-term president.

Obama will be a one-term president.

(Casino67!)

 

From Evad!

Bill Clinton actually cared about his country..at least he didn't hate it.

Barack Hussein hates his country and most of the people in it.

 

Bill Clinton was best when he got away from the script.

Barack Hussein can't put two cogent words together unless they are scripted. Every time he gets away from the script he's a disaster.

 

The world did not think Bill Clinton was a joke.

The world has figured out the great poser and hold him in complete contempt.

 

To my knowledge, Bill Clinton never sold Israel down the river.

Barack Hussein, well, we could go on forever.

Evad!

 

keep adding

[Geee]

One big thing that they have in common is that the press will spend the next year helping the Dems to rehabilitate this loser day in and day out

[Pepper]

One big thing that they have in common is that the press will spend the next year helping the Dems to rehabilitate this loser day in and day out

I wil add that to the list above, Geee

[pollyannaish]

Clinton was, first and foremost, a politician. He wasn't particularly principled.

 

I love it when people on the other side are politicians and our side is principled. I hate it the other way around.

[Pepper]

Clinton was, first and foremost, a politician. He wasn't particularly principled.

 

I love it when people on the other side are politicians and our side is principled. I hate it the other way around.

 

I added it, thank you!

[Casino67]

Clinton loved screwing females.

 

Obama loves screwing America.

 

 

Clinton had political experience.

 

Obama is a political experience.

 

 

Clinton can lie spontaneously.

 

Obama must read his lies.

 

 

Clinton was a two-term president.

 

Obama will be a one-term president.

[Evad]

Pepper!So true.

 

To add to the differences:

 

Bill Clinton actually cared about his country..at least he didn't hate it.

Barack Hussein hates his country and most of the people in it.

 

Bill Clinton was best when he got away from the script.

Barack Hussein can't put two cogent words together unless they are scripted. Every time he gets away from the script he's a disaster.

 

The world did not think Bill Clinton was a joke.

The world has figured out the great poser and hold him in complete contempt.

 

To my knowledge, Bill Clinton never sold Israel down the river.

Barack Hussein, well, we could go on forever.

[Pepper]

Evad! Casino67! Added, thank you See original post above

[righteousmomma]

Well, aside from pepper's list -HAS BYRON YORK LOST HIS MIND?? A "scary experience"??

More like a heart stopping nightmare whenever I can bear to even think there might be 4 more years.

[SrWoodchuck]

Pepper! [and all] Liked it.........

 

The Wun will still have 98% of the black vote & these nincompoops in 2012:

 

 

H/T:Magic Negro Watch [run by a black blogger, near as I can tell]