Is he the President of Wall St. or Main St.?

How is the DOW on the upswing when gas prices are $5 per gallon? …and unemployment is climbing back towards 9%? Glenn’s answer? “I think the market is bogus.”

Pat agrees, adding, “It’s fantasy land.”

The markets swings use to be somewhat related to what was going on in the lives of the average family. Glenn points out, saying, “It used to be connected with something real about, okay, well, this, you know, this is happening and this. You could see the correlation on people’s lives, some extent.”

It is going to be hard to beat President Obama in November when the mainstream media can hammer how great the market is doing. Pat says the Republican candidate will have to “hammer gas prices, because people feel it every day.”

As gas prices climb the price of food will rise as well. “If your gas prices are at $4 or $5 a gallon, which means your bread is almost unaffordable for a lot of Americans. You’re not going to be able to have the money,” Glenn says.

If the average American is not going to be able to afford to buy bread, much less fill up their car with gas to go purchase the bread, but the DOW is on the rise, does that make Obama the President of Wall Street and big business? “He’ll be the President of Wall Street, not Main Street. Main Street will be looking for food,” Glenn says.

So how does Obama plan on winning an election in a scenario like this?

Unfortunately the left will still control the media, who, as Stu points out, “will paint him in the most positive light possible.”

  • http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm snowleopard (cat folk gallery)

    Obama will continue on his socialist tyrade and rampage to devour and destroy the nation while getting people to fall into the trap of communist/socialist changes he is making. Most will not wake up until it is far too late.

    Understand clearly, Obama is a narcissist, god-complex, messianic-complex, pathological liar and delusional wrapped up in fanaticism and a plan to make his nightmare utopia a all too clear reality for most of the nation.

    He will see it all happen and under his control or he will destroy everything in the end.

  • Anonymous

    Snow, I have studied this Potus. I could not have stated his intent more poignantly. He is everything you’ve posted, and worse.

    He will not win, not in the end.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LHXV4ZALVVFUWQ5VN5OV2UFHAU A A

    “If the average American is not going to be able to afford to buy bread, much less fill up their car with gas to go purchase the bread, but the DOW is on the rise, does that make Obama the President of Wall Street and big business? “He’ll be the President of Wall Street, not Main Street. Main Street will be looking for food,” Glenn says.”

    This paragraph is exactly what the Occupy Wall Street movement is all about. Obama accepts more campaign contributions from the ‘Big 6′ banks of Wall St. than any other candidates, in ’08 and certainly this year as well. He also continues the practice of the revolving door between top financial positions in his administration and big bankers, most notably Goldman Sachs’ guys (paulson, geithner, corzine, Goolsby, Orzag, etc.)

    The fact is that we no longer have a democracy in this country. Our politicians, of whatever stripe, need millions in order to make it into office. In order to get these funds, they solicit donations from corporations. and others Of course, these special interest groups expect something in return, and that is favorable laws out of DC. The ratio of lobbyist to congressmen is absurd and rising, groups like the ALEC, made up of industry leaders, literally write the laws of this country.

    No republican candidate other than Ron Paul will do anything about this, either. Sure, they may pander to a different base and the choice of granfalloons used while giving hollow stump speeches may be different than dems, but as soon as they are in office they will realize how much their hands are tied.

    Both parties are broken, we are living in an increasingly fascist nation, Europe is going up in flames, and the planet is dying and all we can talk about is partisan politics and contraceptives. And noone does a thing about it. My post will probably just be lambasted for speaking favorably of OWS, and my main point fall on deaf ears, but that just illustrates how insane the world we are living in is.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LHXV4ZALVVFUWQ5VN5OV2UFHAU A A

    “Obama is a narcissist, god-complex, messianic-complex, pathological liar and delusional wrapped up in fanaticism…”

    And you, snowleopard, must be a first-rate psychologist to be able to make such a damning diagnosis without ever meeting the man.
    Consider the fact that everything you have been told about him has come from someone else, most of these people with their own agendas. It is likely that, over time and due to the constant barrage of negative things said about him, an irrational hatred has been built up against him and is evident most in these sorts of ad hominem diatribes.

    The one thing mentioned that has at least some substance was the accusation that he is a socialist. He is, and so was Bush, and you must likely are as well, if you believe in public roads and the like. The question then becomes, is he that much more socialistic in policy formulation than the previous administration? And I think that on most fronts, Obama is merely continuing the neoliberal agenda that was also expanded by Bush and predating Bush.

  • General Kota

    Ignore A A he or she is an occupy pooper that can’t see the poop their stepping in.

  • General Kota

    More like Marxist line!

  • General Kota

    Wow your last statement is an oxymoron seeing how every Occupier I talk to wants some form of Marxism. If you want small government then run away from OWS. Look up Vinny he will disagree with you. Yes the banks screwed us over but we can’t get rid of them now or we sink ourselves.  Think before you speak and take a real good look at the signs around you next time you are at a protest and don’t dismiss it as government propaganda.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LHXV4ZALVVFUWQ5VN5OV2UFHAU A A

    A lack of diverse viewpoints leads to a closing of the bubble and intellectual stagnation. Also, regarding your statement that all people involved in the occupy movement are marxists, in fact a small minority are marxists. Also, there is an anarchist contingent of about equal size who profess about the closest to Jeffersonian ideals you can get in a modern society, in terms of “small government.”

    You said: ” Yes the banks screwed us over but we can’t get rid of them now or we sink ourselves.” Perhaps this is true if not in the context of a drastic overhaul to the entire rotten system, but this doesn’t mean that we cant regulate them now so that they dont have the same ability to take down the economy in their quest for easy profits. As Hoover poignantly remarked a long while ago: “The only problem with capitalism is the capitalists; they’re just too damn greedy.”

  • http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm snowleopard (cat folk gallery)

    General like all trolls they disappear in the sunlight, which is the best antiseptic next to an abrams -1m1 (would love to drive one of them once over a parking lot full of cars; must be fun.

  • http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm snowleopard (cat folk gallery)

    Oitaci – I pray you are right and Obama does not win; if he gets in, or worse Newt does its the end of the nation. I have the feeling Obama is setting into play a modern ‘scorched earth’ move in which so much damage will be done before the next POTUS comes into office that there will be howls of pain for a generation or more to come.

  • Anonymous

    I just saw a map of the US of the areas we were drilling under Bush vs. the areas now. All of the drilling under Bush has been closed down under Obama. No wonder we are in trouble. Imagine how many jobs we lost on top of the energy loss?
    Obama said the gas prices would sky rocket with his administration and no one even cared. I don’t get it.

  • Anonymous

    Snow, what it is going to take is an overwhelming-monumental amount of citizens VOTING against this POTUS.

    He is going to set into motion so many elements to thwart
    the effect his re-election will have on this Nation, we will need those numbers to counteract it, also to convey his objectives at every turn. For this Potus is all about diversions created by him (Saul Alinsky, anyone?) as in keeping with his Acorn roots.

    This will serve counter balance to the graft that will be prevalent up to and including the election itself. For he has in all key positions, appointments to aid him in this quest.

    With a correct choice as President, we will suffer as a Nation, but Together we can put into motion a projection of strength to nations who secretly plot against us-within country, and abroad….
    Leaving us the sole purpose of correcting the direction
    Barry has us headed into-Fascism.

    The correct appointments to key positions will aid in the cuts we will have to employ. But freeing up citizens uncertainty of Governments nefarious intrusions into our lives will have an immediate affect, in that Americans are an industrious lot….our fears abated, we can get to work, thus in turn, returning to what we do best-innovation, true progress….not what this Potus seeks to achieve, which is Centralized power into the hands of a few, such as Soros (as example).

    If we don’t get this right, there WILL be another Revolution. Freedom seeking Patriots against tyrannical Government and the sheeple who blindly follow Barry.
    This, without the the Enemies who seek to destroy America and what we stand for-Freedom, Capitalism, a direct impediment to their aims.
    Islam who has great influence in our Presidents plans for
    us (The Muslim Brotherhood)….Russia / China, who as mortal enemies, have decided to form a union of sorts, and are running tactical maneuvers jointly in preparation of future endeavors. Coupled with this Potus’s dismantling of our Military, whether by cuts to our current updates already allocated from previous Administrations, or the application of DADT, serving to demoralize, and create division within ranks weakening moral strength (cohesion)in our Military, we have at this time and place in history, a moment in time to counter-act this Potus’s plans….which in no way, shape ,or form are in the UNITED STASTES of AMERICA’S INTERESTS.

  • Anonymous

    The repeated attempts to distinguish Wall Street and Main Street are dubious and rhetorical, if not completely naive (although I doubt that).  Given the way in which institutional structures have fused inextricably with the capitalist system–from top to bottom–the ‘two streets’ are now inseparable, although completely asymmetrical.  So: while what is great for Wall Street doesn’t necessarily translate into the good of Main Street, Main Street itself will not flourish if Wall Street flounders.  A natural and unfortunate consequence of dependency (ironically found in one of the ‘main’ symbols of independence itself).  

    Yet any attempts at substantive public debate about this issue, about the obvious dependency of one on the other, are quickly met with charges of ‘class warfare’ or cut off at surface level, limiting the range of questions posed within the political arena, both by ‘political professionals’ and pundits (left and right).  

    However, this is nothing new to political landscape of US politics.  Why engage in more systemic thinking about the nature and purposes of our institutions and social structures when it is much easier to dig political trenches and blame the other side (again, left or right), right?  

    Beck, Matthews; Hannity, Maddow:  they’re all just different perspectives from the same classical liberal doctrines.               

  • General Kota

    First do have to show proof of the whole Marxism thing like I had to with the violence and flag burning thing. Everyone I talked to hat came from the movement been saying that. You’re the first I ran into that really didn’t like Marxism.
    Second how would you regulate the banks?

  • General Kota

    That would be cool my grandfather commanded a Sherman in World War 2.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Gerald-Scott/100002227796670 Gerald Scott

    Obama is going to be able to win this upcoming election because he’s going to appear to be the savior for many families by giving them more money when things get so bad that they have to depend on something other than their own abilities to survive. Of course he’ll be destroying our economy by doing this but most folks aren’t looking farther than the refridgerator to gauge how they are doing. That is if we aren’t under martial law and elections suspended by then. Which would also be considered a win for Obama.

  • Anonymous

    You, AA, post to me thinking I am the weaker of this series of post?
    After all, you address to SnowLeopard? In this you are under-estimating your perceived opponent.

    I may not have Snows’ talent of prose, yet I have passion in a cause that exceeds yours. For I have experienced Freedom in all it’s glory, and have traveled extensively
    to witness it’s dismal failure, AA.

    First: Snows “postulations” on Obama are based on known facts, policies totally abhorrent to our Constitution…and you apparently in twisted fashion embrace, no?
    You excuse his actions and reactions in a position of the highest order, with much influence on a world wide scale.

    Your second paragraph, is a supposition and deserves no response.
    Your 3rd. paragraph has some merit, yet where you veer off course, is the typical liberal bent….attack of ones character, assuming you in your vaunted wisdom know what is correct of ones character, or in this case political inclination(Socialist) as applied to Snowleopard.

    You are unequivocally wrong in your assumption.

    When you voice a legitimate question, do return without superfluous suppositions.

    Tina

  • Anonymous

    How to win an election—have the media on your side.  Then, as Stu said, ”(they) will paint him

    in the most positive light possible.”   There is a large part of the electorate who do not follow the

    events in this nation/world very carefully.   As the election time nears, they will tune into TV or

    read Time/Newsweek or a newspaper to see what or who the candidates are. Of course, they

    will know who B.O. is (may even have voted for him) and unless they are in dire circumstances,

    may vote for him again.  They’ll acquaint  themselves with the Rep. candidate, believing as

    gospel all that is said about him by the media.  Guess who will probably win in Nov.?

  • Anonymous

    Gerald, Oh, I think the elections will go forward.  With the help of ”friends” such as

    ACORN, B.O. may easily be reelected and, after all, isn’t that his goal for Nov. anyway?

  • Anonymous

    His titlte is that of president.  Does he look presidential?  Absolutely.  Does he act presidential? When it suits him.    Let’s talk about his actions.

    Would a president vacation while his constituents are suffering?
    Would a president favor some and not others?
    Would a president continue spending knowing it will bankrupt the counrty?
    Would a president turn his back on our closest ally?
    Would a president ignore his peoples will?
    Who would be stupid enough to vote Hugo Chevez in again……oh wait, his people have no say, do they?

    What exactly is the difference between him and our POTUS?   Absolutely nothing!

  • Anonymous

    Who?

  • Anonymous

    The anit-Christ came from the Middle East and now resides in DC.

  • Anonymous

    We here,  all make that diagnosis about Obama-all you need to do is look around; listen
      Are you perchance blind, deaf and dumb?    Obama is the only person we need to concentrate our efforts on.   Obama likes the limelight-quoting his own words was and still is a simple act.  No one has to tell us anything about him we haven’t already heard from his own lips and actions.

  • Anonymous

    The answer is simple, he is president of whomever Soros/Rothschilds/Morgans/Rockefellers tell him he is president of, unfortuately, that leaves the rest of us swinging in the wind.

  • Anonymous

    OBAMA LICKS THE WEALTHY WHITE MANS SHOES FOR HIS PORCH MONKEY NIDRO APPROVAL AND TELLS US EAT PEAS AMERICAS PROBLEMS OUR OUR FDALT AND PROBLEM -HE’S TOO BUSY PLAYIBG GOLF AND VACATIONING TO DO ANYTHING RIGHT FOR US————  WOULD SOME BODY PLEASE REMOVE THAT SPOOK.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_Q64VESC4TTIKUIFPKN4EMMKK4I Harry G

     Oh please stop spewing that garbage on here!

  • Anonymous

    JUST BECAUSE YOUR AN IDIOT DOSENT MEAN EVERY ONE ELSE IS AS STUPID CAS YOU AND CANT HEAR THE TRUTH-COMMUNIST–  BY THE WAY – 1ST AMENDMENT - FREE SPEECH  YOU IGNORANT ASS HOLE.  YOUR NOT SMART ENOUGH TO HAVE A REAL HONEST VALID OPINION ARE YOU DORK?