FEELING SORRY FOR OBAMA

© 2014 Rick Adamson

By Rick Adamson 2.9.14

I have begun to feel a little sorry for Barack because history, I think, will consider his presidency to be one on the worst. It is partially his own doing but his trusted supporters bear a significant portion of the blame. They have blind sided him over and over again.

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