{"id":31608,"date":"2015-06-11T20:13:50","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T00:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=31608"},"modified":"2015-06-11T20:13:59","modified_gmt":"2015-06-12T00:13:59","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-wednesday-june-10th-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=31608","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Wednesday, June 10th, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s Wednesday, June 10th, 2015…but before we begin, like so many of The Dear Misleader’s previous patent prevarications, his claim to have “ended” the U.S. effort in Iraq leads us to conclude he’s either grossly mistaken…<\/strong><\/p>\n

U.S. Prepares Plan to Send Hundreds More Trainers to Iraq<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n

Move follows Iraqi loss of Ramadi to Islamic State<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

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…or, as is far more likely, he’s once again lying through his teeth; that’s “trainers”…as in “troops”!<\/b><\/p>\n

Now, here’s The Gouge!<\/strong><\/p>\n

First up, as the Washington Examiner<\/em>‘s Noemie Emery so eloquently observes,…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Temperament Counts<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

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“President Obama, wrote the Washington Post’s Greg Jaffe in a recent story about the president’s view of his country, articulates “his vision of a nation that can acknowledge and, learn from, its mistakes.” Would that this vision applied to himself.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Not only does Obama never learn<\/em><\/span> from mistakes, he doesn’t think that he makes them<\/span><\/em>, and he denies that they even exist<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span> Any regrets for the way he passed healthcare? Not that you’d notice. Any regrets about leaving Iraq? Nope \u2014 he still thinks he “ended two wars,” which the other side keeps on fighting.<\/p>\n

The conventional view of what has gone wrong \u2014 that Obama lacked experience, and that first-term senators should be viewed with suspicion \u2014 is undercut by the fact that he has had six years of experience, and failed to learn from it. At home and abroad, Obama makes mistakes over and over, with the same result, and takes nothing from them<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> He disses his friends, placates aggressors and seems surprised that aggressors advance and whole regions catch fire.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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He refuses to bargain with Congress, insults opponents, imposes unpopular policies by fiat and seems surprised when his measures result in court challenges, when polarization increases, opposition solidifies, divisions harden and gridlock prevails. Deal-making is the essence of politics, but Obama finds it demeaning<\/em><\/span>, so he resorts to brute force when he has the means to (as in the still-festering matter of healthcare).<\/strong> <\/span>Alternatively, as with immigration, Obama resorts to executive actions that stir angry resistance and are frequently halted by courts.<\/p>\n

This has gone on since 2009, but Dana Milbank noticed only when Obama began slighting Democrats, whereupon he began taking offense.<\/strong><\/span> “Rather than accept that they have a legitimate beef, he shows public contempt for them,” the Washington Post columnist complains, writing that Obama dissed fellow Democrats to friendly reporters as being short-sighted and dense. (Of course, he’s done that for years to Republicans, but they seem not to matter.) If Franklin Roosevelt was described as having a commonplace intellect but a brilliantly tempered political character, Obama seems to be his ultimate opposite: A man with an intellect that delights the elite but a temperament that is counterproductive in matters of government<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong> <\/span>This combination seems to work much less well.<\/p>\n

Presidents can sometimes repair their mistakes, but only after they realize they’ve made them, which is something Obama can’t do<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>…”<\/p>\n

In other words, to Noemie’s point, if temperament counts, count<\/em> The Obamao OUT<\/em><\/span>! \u00a0No plan for ISIS, a foreign policy devoid of any semblance of sanity, a contracting economy and utter contempt for America’s allies, Congress, the SCOTUS, taxpaying Americans…and anyone else not in slavish servitude to his Socialist agenda.<\/strong><\/p>\n

None of which comes as any surprise to our regular readers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On the other hand, the latest from The Gang Who At This<\/span> Rate Will NEVER<\/span> Learn<\/em>…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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…to Shoot Straight<\/em> should not only shock Conservative<\/em> sensibilities, it should prove, quite literally, unforgivable to any<\/em><\/span> right-thinking American:<\/strong><\/p>\n

EXCLUSIVE \u2014 Busted: Freshman GOP Rep Admits She Hasn’t Read ObamaTrade, Backs MSNBC\u2019S Defense of Deal Secrecy<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

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The Obamao rubber stamp: now available for House Republicans!<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

“Freshman GOP congresswoman\u00a0Rep. Mimi Walters <\/span>has been on television pushing Obamatrade\u2014appearing Monday on Morning Joe<\/em> on MSNBC to do so\u2014but her office admits publicly she hasn\u2019t read the bill she wants to fast-track through Congress.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Walters, whom Mika Brzezinski noted is the official \u201cliaison\u201d between House GOP freshmen and Speaker\u00a0Rep. John Boehner<\/span>\u2019s leadership team, appeared on Morning Joe<\/em> to push Obamatrade.\u00a0Walters said:<\/p>\n

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Currently, what we are working on is Trade Promotion Authority. That issue we expect to take up by the end of the month. And what Trade Promotion Authority, known as TPA, is it\u2019s really the framework of giving the president the opportunity to negotiate trade agreements with other countries. It\u2019s very, very important<\/span> that we pass this piece of legislation.<\/span> It\u2019s bipartisan.<\/strong><\/span> One in five jobs in America are created because of free trade, 95 percent of consumers are outside of the United States and if America doesn\u2019t take the lead on trade then China is going to. I want America to take the lead and set the standards on trade.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

But when Breitbart News asked Walters\u2019 spokeswoman Christine Hardman later on Monday\u2014after she blasted out video of the congresswoman\u2019s appearance on Morning Joe,\u00a0<\/em>highlighting her support for Obamatrade\u2014if Walters has been to the secret room inside the Capitol to read the text of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) that TPA would fast track<\/em>, collectively known as Obamatrade, Hardman\u00a0confirmed Walters has not been there to read it<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>…”<\/p>\n

In all seriousness…<\/strong><\/p>\n

As noted at American Thinker<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“In December, Obama will negotiate a multi-country climate agreement in Paris.\u00a0 We already know from Obama\u2019s\u00a0joint announcement with China<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0that he will commit the United States to a huge reduction in carbon emissions of 26%-28% from 2005 levels, but he will let China, already a much larger carbon emitter, continue to expand its carbon emissions until 2030.<\/p>\n

Obama would not<\/em> need<\/span> to get Congress to approve the unfair climate change treaty terms that he negotiates.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 Instead, he could get the Commission set up by the Trans-Pacific Partnership<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/em><\/span> agreement to add those terms to the Trans-Pacific Partnership.<\/p>\n

After that, the<\/strong><\/span> Investor-State Dispute Settlement Provisions<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/em><\/span>, set up by that agreement, could enforce Obama\u2019s terms through the threat of multi-billion-dollar fines upon the U.S. government.<\/span><\/strong>” \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s the juice: we’ve said it before, we’ll say it again; if Barry’s for it, we’re agin’ it. \u00a0Call us whatever you like: racist, reactionary, unyieldingly ideological…whatever. \u00a0The fact remains, we don’t trust the man any further than we can throw…<\/b><\/p>\n

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…his wife’s big backside! \u00a0And we’re beginning to believe the Republican leadership in Congress…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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…ain’t on our side<\/em><\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since we’re on the subject of those living off the teats of American taxpayers, in today’s installment of Tales From the Darkside, we learn of…<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mayhem Outside MetLife Stadium During Summer Jam\u00a0Concert<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

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