The Roar
For too long, America has been under the leadership of a President who, for all intent and purposes, consistently opts for the wrong course of action. This fact alone validates why our fuel prices have almost doubled, our unemployment hovers at or above nine percent and our housing market remains in tatters. And, it is this consistency which raises eyebrows.
In a curious sidestep, it has recently become the fashion to center our ire against those Wall Street profit seekers. The original gatherings of protest have since leap-frogged from the Big Apple to any and practically all metropolitan areas. Again, the President’s choice of action regarding this development becomes highly questionable if the betterment of our Nation remains paramount.
It probably seems slightly redundant to echo the inescapable fact that from Obama’s earliest Presidential campaign overtures, our media has been overly accepting of any and all of Obama’s shortcomings. This policy continues today as a local headline misleads, “Obama ups heat on GOP to pass jobs bill.”
While this jobs bill gains the reader’s initial attention, a more accurate headline may have read, “Obama once again shows impatience and Presidential irresponsibility.” His frustrations were evident from the first sentence as he stated his desire for Congress to pass his jobs bill or be “‘run out of town’ by angry voters.” Actually, Ben Feller of AP left the key word of “run” out of the quote which once again softened Obama’s threat.
Now I ask you, is this any way to be Presidential? Vote for what I want or you will be chased “out of town” by essentially a mob, which I condone? And talking about mobs, we return to Wall Street where there might be career openings for organizing and training the mob mentality.
Once again, Obama’s actions are irresponsible as he not only supports but seems to encourage this mob sentiment against our Nation’s financial center. While hyping his jobs bill, which is essentially just another stimulus package cut in half, he reflects the anticipated positions of both Republican Congressional leaders by a return to his former organizing skills. They may be the heart and soul of community organizing but as a National leader, the overall betterment of the country should be first and foremost when being President of “all” the United States. Not so with his embarrassing comment; “And, you know, all I can do is make the best arguments and mobilize the American people so that they’re responsive.”
Since the House became the purview of Republicans, the Obama Presidency has traveled rocky roads. The American voter is now witnessing the sudden change from his first two years of grinning to his current nine month state of perplexity. And his frustrations are without pretense, as his recent remarks suggests.
One last observance offers credence to his uncertainties. Supposedly, Obama’s unseen resume contains a reference to his professorship of Constitutional Law. So, it might just be the heat of the moment for him to misstate, as Commander-in-Chief,” We have a democracy…” Or, I wonder how many of his students got that question wrong in his tests? Again, his baffling consistency.
Jim Bowman
Author of
This Roar of Ours