Aw Shucks Mr. Obama, Did Little Ol' Me Do That?
Posted on 01/25/2010 6:37:44 PM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner
We’ve now seen three landslide Republican victories in three states that President Obama carried in 2008. From the tea parties to the town halls to the Massachusetts Miracle, Americans have tried to make their opposition to Washington’s big government agenda loud and clear. But the President has decided that this current discontent isn’t his fault, it’s ours. He seems to think we just don’t understand what’s going on because he hasn’t had the chance – in his 411 speeches and 158 interviews last year – to adequately explain his policies to us.
Instead of sensibly telling the American people, “I’m listening,” the president is saying, “Listen up, people!” This approach is precisely the reason people are upset with Washington. Americans understand the president’s policies. We just don’t agree with them. But the president has refused to shift focus and come around to the center from the far left. Instead he and his old campaign advisers are regrouping to put a new spin on the same old agenda for 2010.
Americans aren’t looking for more political strategists. We’re looking for real leadership that listens and delivers results. The president’s former campaign adviser is now calling on supporters to “get on the same page,” but what’s on that page? He claims that the president is “resolved” to “keep fighting for” his agenda, but we’ve already seen what that government-growth agenda involves, and frankly the hype doesn’t give us much hope. Real health care reform requires a free market approach; real job creation involves incentivizing, not punishing, the job-creators; reining in the “big banks” means ending bailouts; and stopping “the undue influence of lobbyists” means not cutting deals with them behind closed doors.
Instead of real leadership, though, we’ve had broken promises and backroom deals. One of the worst: candidate Obama promised to go through the federal budget “with a scalpel,” but President Obama spent four times more than his predecessor. Want more? Candidate Obama promised that lobbyists “won’t find a job in my White House,” but President Obama gave at least a dozen former lobbyists top administration jobs. Candidate Obama promised us that we could view his health care deliberations openly and honestly on C-SPAN, but President Obama cut deals behind closed doors with industry lobbyists. Candidate Obama promised us that we would have at least five days to read all major legislation, but President Obama rushed through bills before members of Congress could even read them.
Candidate Obama promised us that his economic stimulus package would be targeted and pork-free, but President Obama signed a stimulus bill loaded with pork and goodies for corporate cronies. Candidate Obama railed against Wall Street greed, but President Obama cozied up to bankers as he extended and expanded their bailouts. Candidate Obama promised us that for “Every dollar that I’ve proposed [in spending], I’ve proposed an additional cut so that it matches.” We’re still waiting to see how President Obama will cut spending to match the trillion he’s spent.
More than anything, Americans were promised jobs, but the president’s stimulus package has failed to stem our rising unemployment rate. Maybe it was unfair to expect that an administration with so little private sector experience would understand something about job creation. How many Obama Administration officials have ever had to make a payroll or craft a business plan in the private sector? How many have had to worry about not having the resources to invest and expand? The president’s big government policies have made hiring a new employee a difficult commitment for employers to make. Ask yourself if the Obama Administration has done anything to make it easier for employers to hire. Have they given us any reassurance that the president will keep taxes low and not impose expensive new regulations?
Candidate Obama over-promised; President Obama has under-delivered. We understand you, Mr. President. We’ve listened to you again and again. We ask that you now listen to the American people.
- Sarah Palin
(((PING)))
but wait, wait...aren’t we suppose to bitch and nitpick against Sarah now???? Shouldn’t we astroturf and whine about the McCain stumping???
(sarc)
If I may,...I am pissed off about the McCain thing, but...by god, I do love this woman!!!
If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Might have worked with old Napoleon, but it’s not working for Obonehead.
NO JUANnabies!
She's probably counting on it. She's in his grille anyway.
Stick it to him Sarah!
Everything she just wrote should have been coming from Steele in all of his media interviews this past year. Instead of bashing Republicans, he should have been getting this message across.
Quiet, I’m hunting for half-white, narcissistic,lying Kenyans!
-Saracuda
Okay, try these:
In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
-Napoleon Banaparte
Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.
-Napoleon Banaparte
I just can’t take Sarah seriously anymore after hearing her say she will campaign for mccainiac.
Aw Shucks Mr. Obama, Did Little Ol' Me Do That?
And she will give a proper response when the SOTU speech is delivered...this is just a preview.
LOL.
I hope he does!
Love her repeated use of “Candidate Obama” = WHACK!
I don’t like that she supports McCain. At all. But I’ve got news for you, if you agree with another person 100% of the time, it’s because you’re looking in the mirror when you’re talking.
Are you married? Do you agree with your spouse on everything? I disagree with Palin on McCain but I've been married 40 years and we don't agree on everything either.
Never mess with a woman with a gun. Palin will clean his clock everytime.
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