Once again we have that faux journalist, and perennial Obama apologist, Juan Williams, doing his best to defend his pal. This time we find him busily warning those in the Republican Party that they shouldn’t be too confident about their chances of taking control of the Senate. He claims that they can expect there to be some political bombshells going off in the weeks leading up to this November’s midterms caused by what he referred to as being "the ISIS effect."
Writing in The Hill, old Juan confidently claims that the Democrats are now gaining steam ahead of the November elections as voters now appear to be rallying around Barry due to his recent, yet less than stellar, handling of (ISIS) terror threat. So am I actually to assume, judging by what Juan is saying, that most Americans actually do agree with Barry’s assessment of the situation when he says that the group that calls itself the ‘Islamic State’ has nothing to do with Islam?
And in what I guess must be Juan’s attempt to add support for his rather questionable claims, is the fact that he takes the time to point out that a Fox News poll from last week now shows that terrorism is just as important to people as is the economy, at least when it comes to how they will vote. According to this poll, 41 percent of Americans say that they are both "extremely important" to their decisions. I’m just not quite sure how that translates into support for Barry.
Juan also noted that it is pollster Dana Blanton who has referred to this surge in public opinion, "the ISIS effect," saying that Barry’s approval numbers have been climbing since he announced plans to "degrade and ultimately destroy" ISIS with U.S. air power. If that is in fact the case, it says much more about the ignorance of the American people than it does about anything that Barry has actually done. Because most experts see Barry’s strategy as being doomed to fail.
Previously, the beheadings of two American journalists and Barry’s rather idiotic admission that he lacked having any sort of a strategy to deal with the Islamic terror group had hurt his ratings. But Juan, ever the enthusiastic Barry "Almighty" cheerleader, and someone who is very obviously a registered Democrat, pointed out that because of Barry’s brilliant leadership, the polls have been "shifting in the president’s favor." I’ve seen precious little actual leadership.
Williams wrote that a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll reported 62 percent of voters supported Barry’s decision to take action against ISIS with airstrikes in Iraq and Syria. Pew polling last week even found support for Barry’s plan is coming from both sides of the political aisle and a Rasmussen poll similarly found 66 percent of likely U.S. voters support Barry’s plan. But many of these folks will likely be forced to admit that Barry’s effort is half-hearted at best.
And though many Republicans have attacked Barry for not putting boots on the ground in the Middle East conflict, most polls would seem to show that many Americans back Barry’s decision not to send combat troops back to the region to fight the Islamic extremists. But like it or not, there is going to be only one way to take care if this problem in any meaningful way, and it’s going to require a lot more than a few air strikes. Americans must come to realize that.
Juan said, "The president’s leadership role during this fight has the potential to pump up his public approval and that will benefit several Democrats locked in close Senate races," adding that Republicans ‘could’ face an "October Surprise" with polls showing a major turnaround for embattled Democrats. ‘Could’ doesn’t mean will, despite Juan’s best efforts to make it appear as if it is a certainty. And I’m sure we haven’t heard the last from this pathetic fraud.
Juan wrote, "An upswing in the president’s approval rating as the nation gets in line behind the commander-in-chief could tip the outcome of a political fight now based on voter turnout and last minute advertising." Williams concluded by saying, "To be clear, Republicans remain a slight favorite to win enough seats to claim the majority of the U.S. Senate. But the twists and turns of war have the capacity to create one legendary October political surprise."
If the American people prove themselves ignorant enough to be played in the manner laid out by Juan, then there is, quite literally, no hope for this once proud nation. Barry’s response to those who he has said have nothing whatsoever to do with Islam, is half-baked at best. Instead of taking the advice of those who know how to fight these extremists, Barry has, like always, chosen instead to base his decisions entirely on politics. That’s not leadership, by anyone’s definition!
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