One Guy's Opinion on the Political Scene By: Jim Herndon
Obama declared last week that the national crisis is "not as bad as we think" and that his plans will speed recovery.
Yes, borrowing a few trillion dollars and giving it to government bureaucrats to use to build bridges to nowhere will really heal an economy that is nearing collapse, won’t it? President Clueless just told us a couple of weeks ago that things are going to get worse before getting better, that recovering from this recession was going to take a long time. His handlers must have informed him that the President was supposed to give the public hope, not doubts. He blithely said, "The stock market is sort of like a tracking poll in politics. It bobs up and down day to day, and if you spend all your time worrying about that, then you're probably going to get the long-term strategy wrong." Does he simply not get it or is he blowing smoke up the public’s collective butt? The market is in free fall since his election, greatest stock market loss since the great Depression. Our leader said in a recent speech that his would be a “post-partisan presidency.” He had the gall to say we Americans must learn “not to spend what we don’t have,” and we must “return to fiscal responsibility and stop living beyond our means.” This is coming from the most fiscally inept President in history, except Carter, and creator of the most partisan political atmosphere. To the Republicans who wanted to debate the spending spree, he said, “get over it, I won.” Amazing.
