Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Presidency for Dummies

The oil in the gulf keeps flowing and Obama assures us his administration has been in control of the situation from day one. It has now been over forty days. When attempts to stop the oil flow fails, Obama claims BP is in control. Hmmmmm.

The trillion dollar debt keeps growing, yet we still have record unemployment and the Democrats ceremonious commitment to a "pay-as-you-go" policy has proven to be just a catch phrase.

President Obama is sending the National Guard to the U.S./Mexican border. But they aren't going there to enforce federal immigration laws. Apparently they are just going for the photo op.

...and Obama takes another vacation...and plays another round of golf. The President seems to be from that same mentality so prevalent in our society, the people who never take personal responsibility and want all of the glory while spending all of their energy avoiding the hard work.

Barry has always been handed his successes and never had to earn them. Have we ever read of any of his accomplishments? No. Do we have any examples of his pre-presidency leadership? No. Like the Nobel prize, he was given all the accolades for a job he has yet to do. But he speaks well. At least when the teleprompter is working.

Every time a presidential candidate gets the youth of this country out to vote in record numbers, be prepared for a bumper sticker being elected. My experience tells me that experienced leadership counts, not "Kennedy-esqe" images or speeches prepared by a staff of writers. When choosing a leader of the free world, we should not be sold by slogans and pipe dreams of a Utopian society, we should scrutinize the preparedness of the person to handle the unexpected crisis. Candidate Obama never had a 3 A.M. phone call situation to tackle. And apparently, as President, he lets them go to voice-mail.

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