'Obama to New York: Drop Dead'
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.AUTHOR: The New York Post's Kyle Smith
LENGTH: 810 words
HEAVY-HANDED TAG LINE: "Obama to New York: Drop Dead"
THESIS: Obama's policies are killing New York's economy
HISTORICAL PARALLEL: Gerald Ford denying New York a bailout in 1975
MODERN-DAY TWIST: "Mayor Bloomberg isn’t asking for a lifeline. So Obama throws him an anvil."
OBAMA'S ANTI-WALL STREET RHETORIC IS: "anti-banking jawboning"
ITS PURPOSE: "meaningless drivel meant to excite the rubes"
GROUPS OBAMA WANTS TO 'DROP DEAD': New York, Wall Street, tenants, sandwich makers, mom-and-pop bodega owners, illegal immigrants, people who pay their health bills
ARGUMENT YOU COULD ONLY TRY IN NEW YORK: "Obama has vowed to target his tax hikes at “rich” individuals making over $200,000 a year (and couples making $250,000 a year). That’s rich in Manhattan, Kansas. Here a couple earning $250K is middle class."
BRUTALLY INSENSITIVE (AND CLICHÉD) CONCLUSION: "Oh, you thought Obama was one of us, a Columbia grad and urban sophisticate? You’re like a dependent spouse. Every fresh bruise just proves how much he loves you."
ITS PURPOSE: "meaningless drivel meant to excite the rubes"
GROUPS OBAMA WANTS TO 'DROP DEAD': New York, Wall Street, tenants, sandwich makers, mom-and-pop bodega owners, illegal immigrants, people who pay their health bills
ARGUMENT YOU COULD ONLY TRY IN NEW YORK: "Obama has vowed to target his tax hikes at “rich” individuals making over $200,000 a year (and couples making $250,000 a year). That’s rich in Manhattan, Kansas. Here a couple earning $250K is middle class."
BRUTALLY INSENSITIVE (AND CLICHÉD) CONCLUSION: "Oh, you thought Obama was one of us, a Columbia grad and urban sophisticate? You’re like a dependent spouse. Every fresh bruise just proves how much he loves you."
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