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The Wall Street Journal’s Dan Henninger on the president’s views of the country and why they’re outdated.
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Six data having got from the Wall Street Journal is here are down welcome back to you again -- Your latest article out today is titled Obama's mythical America.
You're saying that Obama is cheering on an America that no longer exists.
Explain that one well.
He did the cheering in front of the United Auto Workers -- convention.
Not Detroit was in Washington because that's where the money is -- which he pointed out to them in his speech.
Which goes something like this.
American manufacturing was flat line.
Very very being Republicans -- being Mitt Romney and -- being.
The opposition rich people were against you.
I came along and put it that on you eighty billion dollars and -- in bailout money I saved you.
They still present -- so we're in a fight for the long term I'm going to stand by your side.
Fighting against them we're trying to keep you down.
The point here is.
Barack Obama police -- American society is totally static.
People arrived here in in comments status and they always stay either done or people here than there are people here in those categories never change in the mind of the laughed.
But in fact.
Mobility in United States is always going up and down people are rising rich people are falling.
But he doesn't get that he is positive and America that just doesn't exist.
And he's done it because well he believes -- I think and also because he have to run in those working class states Ohio Pennsylvania.
Wisconsin and Michigan well.
Is that danger in the presence position because that is his position going into the -- -- that's his campaign message essentially -- is that danger -- that.
Well there's date that the danger is well -- political danger in the sense that.
As I say in this piece he is defining his opposition he gave this speech in the state of the union it's the basis of on America built to last which -- The campaign and he gets a speech every single week.
Meanwhile Romney and Santorum are out there cutting each other up.
He accusing each one of not being the true conservative a conservative explaining why it great like.
The Republicans in the general voters are saying I cannot get a fix on Mitt Romney or Rick Santorum I don't know who they are.
Obama -- Obama is telling you every single week who they are and in politics the finding your opposition it must they define you is is the road to victory don't -- just look at both realities and say these.
Candidates are not describing Democrat or Republican the world we're living.
Well I think it if you repeat something like Obama does this often -- -- I think.
That's the sort of narrative that's the myth that people get in to their heads and -- question ultimately is.
For voters is.
Is this candidate going to help me persist candidate going to hurt me and Obama is saying over and over again I'm going to help you.
Billy are going to hurt you and unless they start dismantling his argument I think it could prevail -- interest.
-- I think a great column is always and we thank you for joining us and he's always thank you --
