© 2014 Rick Adamson
By Rick Adamson 2.9.14
He is so removed from the legislative process that he does
not know what is going on. He would
rather fly around the Country campaigning (for who knows what, I mean he has
already been elected) than to set down with members of Congress and work out a
deal.
Obamacare is a good example, (which really should be called Pelosi
care because she and her minions along with the big insurance companies wrote
the law) he just delegated the task to Pelosi and Reed and happily signed into
law what ever came back. Pelosi herself said “But we have to pass the bill so
you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy.” This
indicates the she delegated it further down the line and did not know what was
in it.
Obamacare has become his signature legislation and I predict
that it will forever taint his presidency.
I believe that Obama and the Democrats (Progressives) found
themselves in a unique position in 2009 in that they controlled the Presidency,
the House and the Senate for the first time in a long time. They had a long list of wishes that they had
not been able to get into law so they took the opportunity to slam dunk as much
as they could while they had the chance.
The problem was at the same time we had a recession. And although some of their ideas might have
been good it was not the right time. But
the timing and the state of the economy did not matter to them they just
wanted to pass as many laws and regulations as fast as they could while they
could.
This just illustrates how unprepared and incompetent the
leaders were to deal with the problems of ordinary people. Take the war on coal as an example. Sure it would be nice to move toward natural
gas or other cleaner energy sources but in the middle of a recession is not the
time to press such as issue when it puts people out of work. But did they care? No.
What about the Keystone pipeline? It has been on hold for
five years while Obama studied the issue.
Heck, we need the jobs, Mr. President.
You see, the tree huggers were against it because they believed it might
result in more pollution. I recently
heard a California Congresswoman say that she was against it. My advice to her would be to stay in la la
land and that the pipeline is of no concern to her or her State. Moreover, the pipeline is for the purpose of
moving Canadian oil to the refineries in the Gulf States . Does anyone believe that Canada
will halt the harvest to their oil simply because there is no pipe to take to
the U.S. ? That is crazy. The oil will be harvested no matter
what. The only question is whether we
want to participate in its refinement.
The list goes on and on.
In 2012, the Country missed a golden opportunity to have
elected a career problem solver, a turnaround expert and manager when we most
needed it. We should be ashamed that we now elect Presidents based on
popularity rather than substance, ability and experience.
"Don't expect anything good for America until this guy
is gone" Alan Simpson, retired Senator
“Simply put, Barack Obama is a petty, petty man, concerned only with himself, his political agenda, and his "legacy" as he sees it.” Ken
“Simply put, Barack Obama is a petty, petty man, concerned only with himself, his political agenda, and his "legacy" as he sees it.” Ken
