Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Obama Admits Failure to Unite Country

Ya think?

President Barack Obama says he has not succeeded in bringing the country together, acknowledging an atmosphere of divisiveness that has washed away the lofty national feeling surrounding his inauguration a year ago.

“That’s what’s been lost this year ... that whole sense of changing how Washington works,” Obama said in an interview with People magazine.

To be fair, he didn’t really try.

(6) Comments
Posted by Owen at 2019 hrs
Politics + Politics - General

  1. Exactly right, he didn’t even try, and that means that nothing was lost. His sanctimonious tone in regard to the era of transparency, and ending the culture of corruption has come off as nothing but hypocrisy. His only attempt to change the way Washington works was to blame Bush for everything and then continue the same exact destructive behavior.

    What is it that the people hate about Washington? For me, it is how our representative government has become a dictatorship. Congress has become almost wholly detached from those they represent, and have begun creating legislation for the sake of having something to do. Every problem or disparity in society has become a cause celebre upon which action must be taken, often the solutions are bureaucratic oversight, or archaic prohibition. In either case, freedom is limited, and money is wasted.

    Washington has become a country club, where the elites and wanna be elites hang out and rub shoulders. Where the only thing that matters is what University you went to, and how much time you have until the next campaign begins. Where hallway highfives are not related to how much good you are doing for the country, but for what creative manner you have come up with to screw the taxpayers of other states in favor of some ridiculous pet project in your own.

    Party distinction is a thing of the past. Even so-called conservatives are rolling in the pork to build multi-million dollar bicycle bridges right next to little used automobile causeways in Ozaukee County. The great hope that everyone seems to have voted for in the last election, seems to be George W. Bush who spends more money and is less concerned with keeping us safe. A man who is seeing his political star fall as quickly as it rose, desperately trying to make a mark on America. Unfortunately he doesn’t seem to realize that at the same time he is turning his back on all of the “change” he promised to begin with.

    I find it funny that he describes the feeling of the country as “lofty”, when he won the election there were millions of Americans who had a sinking feeling in their stomach.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 13, 2010 at 2103 hrs


  2. An idealist unable to deliver? I’m shocked, SHOCKED, I tell ya.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 14, 2010 at 1202 hrs


  3. When you win- you reach out- and when your opponents stall and attempt to stop what you got elected to do- you move on

    This complaint is laughable-especially after the mess made by the last administration that will take a decade to clean up.

    what do we look to the right for?
    fiscal mangement?
    war management?
    diplomatic relations?

    It’s amazing he reached out at all

    we had 8 years to test out and practice every kookie theory the right had-and it was a disaster.

    You folks have to take a time out.You had your chance- and your guys screwed it up

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 14, 2010 at 1427 hrs


  4. Ahhh Mark, the leftie reach around.  Well played.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 14, 2010 at 1527 hrs


  5. When/if a crackpot reaches out to me, I ignore him/her. Same difference with the New Messiah.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 14, 2010 at 1541 hrs


  6. Hey mark,

    I’d love to take a time out if it means there’s no more hands in my wallet!!

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 14, 2010 at 1722 hrs


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