Obama re-election theme: Champion of the middle class

by Dr. John

http://news.yahoo.com/official-obama-reelection-campaign-highlight-defense-middle-class-024811330.html;_ylt=Auwoonbjtm_soWqGzfvio1Y6cOF_;_ylu=X3oDMTRsZGlxcTcwBGNjb2RlA2dtcHRvcDEwMDBwb29sY2ZuZXd1cARtaXQDTmV3cyBmb3IgeW91BHBrZwMyOTE1YzNiMi0zNDE4LTM2NGMtOTRiNy1lMmQ5MmU0NTZjYjAEcG9zAzkEc2VjA25ld3NfZm9yX3lvdQR2ZXIDZDI5ZjdlMzAtMzA4Zi0xMWUxLTllZjctMTVlMTg1ZjM4Njg5;_ylg=X3oDMTM2YWVtdXZ1BGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDYTE3MjA1YjUtNTUyZi0zNGZlLWFmNjYtNTlkY2U2OWViYmQyBHBzdGNhdAN0ZWNofHdpcmVsZXNzBHB0A3N0b3J5cGFnZQR0ZXN0Aw--;_ylv=3

…increasingly, Obama and his aides have switched to a longer view, trying to focus attention on what they portray as the president’s defense of the middle class…The theme of giving the middle class a “fair shot” potentially works against whoever survives the demolition derby among the Republican hopefuls…The “fair shot” theme also provides a more positive message than previous Obama formulations, which some analysts saw as harder-edged attacks on the wealthy.

I loved this part:

“Obama set the stage for the new approach this fall as he told friends that he felt a need to deliver a speech that would look at the nation’s economic troubles from a ‘higher altitude,’” reports Parsons and Lautner.

Indeed. From about 35,000 feet. On the way to Hawaii.

The champion of the middle class is on a $4 million dollar Hawaiian vacation right now.

President Barack Obama, fresh from his battle to save average Americans “$40 a paycheck” by preserving the payroll tax cut, landed in Hawaii last night and headed directly out for sushi at $5-$9 per piece.

But not just any sushi. Less than half an hour after reaching his vacation hideaway, the middle class warrior was out the door and making his way to the fabulous Morimoto Waikiki, the restaurant of the famous Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto.

Perhaps the president whetted his appetite with one of the hot appetizer selections, like the Oyster Foie Gras at $22 a pop – a whole week’s worth of Social Security tax savings – or the Spicy Alaskan King Crab for $26.

Hawaii is boku expensive but the word is Queen Michelle demanded it.

Political sources are now saying that Mrs. Obama has been spending money like crazy and that her husband has asked her to tone it down. In the recent Hawaiian vacation that the family took together, Mrs. Obama allegedly demanded to take the massive trip, when President Obama would have been just as happy heading to Camp David.

But the Obama’s have kept the middle class and those less fortunate in mind:

Each of us can do our part to serve our communities and our country, not just today, but every day.

And nothing says service and sacrifice better than golf:

President Obama Monday set a new personal one-year golfing record while serving as president.

And, as he vacations in Hawaii, the First Golfer still has time to add to that record.

After golfing at a Marine Corps base Monday, Obama has so far totaled 32 golf outings this year, topping the totals in each of the first two years of his presidency.

And Queen Michelle offers her support for the middle class by wearing a Resort Collection Sophie Theallet sundress valued at between $1000 and $2000.

Ah, the life of the middle class.