Posted on 07/02/2010 9:25:45 PM PDT by smokingfrog
I can't wait for Barack Obama's second term.
Oh I know, 2013 is a long time from now and it would be nice to have decisive leadership to help deal with the odd double dip recession, Iranian nuclear threat, massive fiscal imbalance, remaking of the world order, that sort of thing.
But honestly, I just don't expect it. It is clear from events of the past few weeks that while it's July in most of America, it's already November in Washington. Every decision is cast in the context of the mid-term elections. No risk is too small to sidestep. No decision is too trivial to triangulate.
Getting reports of growing unemployment rolls? Compounding them with signs of sluggish growth and appalling developments in the housing market? A time for action? You might think so. But instead this president and this Congress hem and haw and propose effectively nothing. It's not just the Republicans blocking with appalling callousness the extension of unemployment benefits (while also fighting hard to ensure that big banks don't have too much of a tax burden). It's that the Democratic leadership is content to let the Republicans beat back the bill figuring they can use it against them in the election.
Lost in all this? Oh, right, the 9.5 percent of Americans who are "officially" unemployed not to mention the almost equally large number who don't make it into government statistics.
Is the reason for this fear of the exploding budget deficit? While one can debate the merits of government intervention vs. battling that deficit, we know the president and his team are not letting the economically disenfranchised suffer purely for reasons of economic orthodoxy.
(Excerpt) Read more at rothkopf.foreignpolicy.com ...
Like I can't wait for my hair to catch fire.
We have to elect him so we can find out what’s in his second term.
I can’t wait for my next hemorrhoid flare up either.
I've tried writing a response to that five times, and I'm giving up.
You missed something in the title
Barack Hussein Obama, hear us, loyal Americans whose family blood lines run deep in this land, having watered it to maintain our liberty and our Constitution...Molon Labe-Sic Semper Tyranus-De Oppresso Liber. Your marxism shall not stand, so help us God.
I vote post of the day!
Really shouldn’t this have a Barf alert?
I laugh when someone says “the last eight years”. It is so burned in their brains they don’t realize those eight years ended nearly a year and a half ago. I have heard more frequent use of “the past administration” and even that sets off my giggle button.
Jeff, you’re back! All is well, I trust.
HAHA! You made me laugh with that one... LOL And that is saying something right now ! LOL
It's the new stupid shorthand. They say it and they mean "the last eight-year term of George Bush" or they're still locked into thinking it's the campaign. It's ALWAYS campaign time for these people.
I'm seriously thinking of simply stopping to follow politics. Toss out the books, stop going online. It's madness, and life's too short for dealing with such IDIOTS.
I try to imagine what living inside a liberal mind must be like, with all the mental contortions necessary to avoid any hint of logic from affecting one’s thought processes—and I fail.
Released from the hospital yesterday...but now in for 6-8 weeks of intensive rehab. Gotta learn to walk again.
Love your post! It’s a keeper! In fact, I copied it so I could save in my quotes on my desktop.
No one knows like an ex-Dem.
To paraphrase, ahem, Janeane Garofolo in the Matchmaker, “is being Liberal, like, being high?”
Prayers Up for a speedy recovery.
Jeff, sorry to hear you have been having health issues. Good to see you back.
I thought it was more of a jaw-dropping koolaid alert.
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