The Obama Apologists

There is nothing more pathetic then the current Obama apologists; it generally shows itself in the phrase I have heard several times in the past week or so: “he still has time to turn it around.” The “it” of course is his presidency. These are folks who elected a man with virtually no real political track record, fueled by autobiographies, the promise of “hope and change” and some great speeches. God knows we need a lot of both hope and change, but it is a fool’s quest to elect someone who is both untested and untried and “hope” for “change.” In this scenario what exactly is the basis for being disappointed? President Obama is clearly a very intelligent and thoughtful man which is something you cannot say about our last President, but it is proving to not be good enough as he appears to not have any clear leadership abilities or core vision. He seems to be more of a manager then a leader. His chose of Rahm Emanuel as chief of staff signaled that Mr. Obama was going be a good corporate Democrat and do what he was told, with Mr. Emanuel doing the side deals on his behalf to make sure the campaign money kept rolling in.


One of the great ironies of the last presidential election is that it was a race between a largely unknown candidate, Mr. Obama, and one with a substantial track record, Senator McCain, but quick as a wink the “maverick” John McCain morphed into some sad shill of his campaign manager Steve Schmidt. While, no doubt McCain rolled out of the Presidential campaign severely bruised he had the ability to emerge as one of our elder statesmen but that is not to be. John McCain sadly has now fully bought into the obstructionist Mitch McConnell (right) wing of the Republican Party and is now groveling in Arizona, begging to keep his job and even calling on Sarah Palin to campaign for him!

It is hard to know where the Obama presidency with wind up, he has made some severely tarnished attempts at major legislation with health care and financial reform, both pieces of legislation shot full of holes by the intensive lobbying by both the health related industries and Wall Street. These 2 bloated and half-assed pieces of legislation will do little for the American people but I suspect will haunt us for many years. Of course the real downfall of the current administration may end up being the decimation of the Gulf Cost by BP, time will tell. Meanwhile all we can do is “hope” for “change.”