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Obama Tries Reverse Psychology: Maybe If I Said I Opposed Raising Minimum Wage
by Matt Wilstein | 4:00 pm, March 5th, 2014
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama traveled to New Britain, Connecticut, where he made his case for a national increase of the minimum wage to $10.10 for all workers. Towards the end of his speech there, the president toyed with the idea of using some reverse psychology on his Republican opponents. Maybe I should say I oppose raising the minimum wage, he said. Then, theyd be for it.
Obama cited statistics that say nearly 75% of all Americans and 50% of Republicans support raising the minimum wage, but somehow Republicans in Congress almost uniformly oppose it. Now, I dont know if thats because I proposed it, he joked.
Maybe I should say I oppose raising the minimum wage, Obama said. Theyd be for it, thats possible.
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/obama-tries-reverse-psychology-maybe-if-i-said-i-opposed-raising-minimum-wage/
Frank Cannon
(7,570 posts)You'd have right wingers chug-a-lugging Drano from coast to coast.
LumosMaxima
(585 posts)reformist2
(9,841 posts)Enraged_Ape
(6,107 posts)I'm sure we could get them to accept Liquid-Plumr as the clear patriotic alternative.
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,416 posts)They don't want Barack and Michelle telling THEM what to drink!!!!
radiclib
(1,811 posts)Don't worry. I'll be sure to credit Frank Cannon of DU!
IkeRepublican
(406 posts)"I want to make a toast. A toast...to Benghazi."
(glug glug glug)
/sarcasm
...but you good folks already knew that...I hope.
Cha
(297,366 posts)in congress want Kochs and the rabid dawg teabaggers to see them agreeing with the President on Anything?!
Rozlee
(2,529 posts)Reverse psychology worked for Bugs and Br'er Rabbit. But, the wabbits were the smart ones there. I can't think of anything organic or inorganic despicable enough to describe our Republican congress.
Lucky Luciano
(11,257 posts)First thing I thought of too!
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)liberal N proud
(60,338 posts)The republicans hate him so much that they will go the opposite direction regardless of what the President says.
yuiyoshida
(41,833 posts)now they are the party of HELL NO...and the President is finally seeing it.
bemildred
(90,061 posts)Token Republican
(242 posts)Reminds me of this golden oldie:
If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: 'President Can't Swim.'
Lyndon B. Johnson
riqster
(13,986 posts)bigwillq
(72,790 posts)rpannier
(24,330 posts)They'd all die holding their breath
svpadgham
(670 posts)Opposing a minimum wage increase is something that helps the wealthy continue to steal money from the working poor, and they looove that shit. If President Obama came out with a new tax cut for the wealthy, the R's would laud it as the greatest idea since invading Grenada.
CJCRANE
(18,184 posts)Reduce wages for everyone from top to bottom so that the lovely corporations can make more profits.
Then the Tea Partiers would be screaming to increase wages.
(Just remember what happened in the Syria crisis. Repubs were shouting to attack Syria. Then Obama and Kerry went all in with the war rhetoric and Repub attitudes flipped from 35% against to 70% against military action in a week).
47of74
(18,470 posts)Then watch. The GOP Klux Klan will be opposed to it.