Will Someone Please Tell the President to Stop Talking?

I wish the President would stop talking about things he is either unwilling, or unable, to do anything about.

He had his chance to (to quote him) “put what’s best for the country ahead of self-interest or party or ideology”. Instead, he put self-interest (namely his own re-election chances), party and ideology ahead of what is best for the country by refusing to address our Nation’s biggest fiscal crisis. He had an historic opportunity over the last few weeks to mold a consensus on the Democrat side and take the road mapped out by Simpson/Bowles Commission, which he created (and who’s findings he has ignored). Instead, what he presided over was a sham of a negotiation which resulted in a non-solution. And no one was fooled by the charade, especially, it seems, Standard & Poors.

I think what he means when he says things like this is that the OTHER SIDE is the one that is pursuing its self-interest and ideology, but certainly not the President or Democrat leadership. The OTHER SIDE needs to set aside petty politics and get serious about addressing our Nation’s problems. The OTHER SIDE is selfish and obsessed with not raising taxes (which is the only way out . . . everyone agrees with this, right?) Obama is once again assigning blame, and strangely distancing himself from the issues at hand. The way Obama presents the political dynamic, he, the President, is powerless and an observer of other peoples’ actions. This is a constant pattern of this President who seems more interested in pointing his finger (or wagging it) at the daily “bad guy” group (“millionaires, billionaires, private plane owners, Goldman Sachs employees, bankers, hedge fund managers, S&P analysts, blah, blah, blah” . . . the list goes on and on . . . basically anyone who does not kow-tow to him).

THEY are all at fault and HE, had absolutely nothing to do with getting us into this mess. But, if you all behave a bit more like adults, then the President will be able to solve the problem. Today, Obama, once again, repeated the familiar canard that this mess was all created by his predecessor, and of course “the financial crisis”. At this point, nearly three years into his Presidency, this claim is such a tired old political hack line that not even his supporters are interested in hearing it. And, frankly, it is simply not true at this point. Obama has done, and said, many, many things to make matters worse. Much worse than he found them. But, there is no sense of responsibility for any of this on his part.

We pay this man to run our country.

He is not very good at it.

I think he would make a very good college professor. He likes to lecture people and he doesn’t like it when the “real World” misbehaves. He basically wants things to be a certain way and, not finding them that way, he lashes out at the World because it isn’t doing what he says it should. When you teach, you don’t have to worry about any of that. It goes back to being all theoretical, which is what someone like Obama likes better than reality anyway.

By the way, can anyone explain why he walked outside in a lightening storm holding aloft his 5-iron? In the midst of market meltdown, he turned the focus onto him, which can’t be good . . . for him.

Obama just does not know when to stop talking.