{"id":146,"date":"2014-02-08T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-08T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/68.169.38.31\/?p=146"},"modified":"2014-04-06T17:18:06","modified_gmt":"2014-04-06T17:18:06","slug":"how-things-work-obamas-likability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormogons.com\/index.php\/2014\/02\/how-things-work-obamas-likability\/","title":{"rendered":"How Things Work: The Obamas&#8217; Likability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. J., as you know, is not a fan of the Obama administration, but in addition to good willed disagreements with the President on policy, his perception of the President and the First Lady, is that they do not strike him as likable folk.<\/p>\n<p>Chalk it up to a legion of lies and in addition, mean-spirited comments on the President&#8217;s part over the last six years, even towards regular folk. Similarly, the First Lady has often given the appearance of having a chip on her shoulder. Couple that with tone-deaf flaunting of the wealth they&#8217;ve accumulated during their time in office and you have a duo that one could imagine not being fond of.<\/p>\n<p>So, for years it has baffled Dr. J. as to why he and even Mrs. Obama had such high personal approval ratings.<\/p>\n<p>But a couple of events this week helped him figure it out.<\/p>\n<p>Remember the patriotic opening to the Super Bowl featuring the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, a bunch of retired football players, Mrs. Obama and Dr. Jill Biden\u2122?<\/p>\n<p>Dr. J. watched it and snarfed] his milk when they came on, but when you watch them, on this, a forum watched by <i>every single American beyond the Downton Abbey diehards, <\/i>they come across as very likable.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"225\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NtsQeXBuOUw\" width=\"400\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Similarly, listen to the words of the President at this year&#8217;s National Prayer Breakfast from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/370478\/little-sisters-sue-obama-president-says-freedom-religion-under-threat-andrew-johnson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">NRO<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Highlighting the importance of religion and the liberty to freely practice it as central to the United States\u2019 prosperity, President Obama touched on both domestic and international policy areas during his annual National Prayer Breakfast speech. \u201c<b>Around the world, freedom of religion is under threat<\/b>,\u201d the president Thursday in his annual speech at the National Prayer Breakfast.&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>His remarks come amid a series of legal cases surrounding the Affordable Care Act\u2019s contraception mandate and legal cases claiming that it impinges the freedom of religion. Earlier this week, the Department of Justice filed a legal brief opposing a religious exemption to the mandate for the University of Notre Dame.&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>The Supreme Court has extended a temporary injunction exempting a number of religious groups from the mandate, including the Little Sisters of the Poor.  Later this year, the court will hear a case regarding Hobby Lobby\u2019s challenge that the mandate violates the company owners\u2019 religious beliefs.&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>In his remarks, the president called on Iran and North Korea to free persecuted pastor Saeed Abedini and missionary Kenneth Bae, respectively. Both Abedini and Bae have been imprisoned for over a year for reasons tied to their Christian faith.  <b>President Obama also condemned the \u201ckilling of the innocent,\u201d calling it the \u201cultimate betrayal of God\u2019s will.\u201d<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div>Despite appearances, his administration is a force against freedom of religion within the United States via the contraception mandate in Obamacare and other erosions of conscience rights, many of which were overturned by large majorities, and unanimous decisions by the Supreme Court. Furthermore, he&#8217;s not terribly worried about the killing of the innocent when it comes to the unborn. He&#8217;s the most radically pro-choice president we&#8217;ve ever had.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The majority of Americans are seeing something that Dr. J. hasn&#8217;t seen until this week. It never made sense to him, but it now does. Dr. J.&#8217;s problem has been that he&#8217;s stopped watching the cream puff media sources that most Americans rely on for news.<\/div>\n<p>Folks, this is what the low-information voter sees, and consequently, how could they not like the guy?<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. J., as you know, is not a fan of the Obama administration, but in addition to good willed disagreements with the President on policy, his perception of the President and the First Lady, is that they do not strike <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/gormogons.com\/index.php\/2014\/02\/how-things-work-obamas-likability\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[130,129,306,307,308,309,24],"tags":[],"coauthors":[2959,2988],"class_list":["post-146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-hhs-mandate","category-low-information-voters","category-nro","category-propaganda","category-the-michelle-obama-amateur-hour","category-the-obama-amateur-hour"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How Things Work: The Obamas&#039; 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