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Mr. Obama’s anger was on display last week as he attacked those who dared disagree with him, blaming them for the nation’s current problems and suggesting that if things get worse, as he sadly predicts they will, it will be their fault and not his. It was on display when he attacked radio host Rush Limbaugh, of all people, for being critical of what he and his administration want to do for us, and it is on display as his supporters in and out of Congress suggest that people like Limbaugh must be denied access to the airwaves because they have the temerity to actually continue to disagree with President Obama.
The president whined last week that he and his team have had to work long into the night since the Inaugural as they wrestle with the nation’s economic problems. And by week’s end, Obama surrogates began to argue that since Republicans over-spent while in power, they have no right to complain as the new administration takes spending to an entirely new level.
There is no denying the seriousness of the current recession, but the specter of a still-popular president on television night after night to predict that things are going to get much, much worse is not something one would call confidence-inspiring. One can lead by inspiring or by trying to scare the heck out of people. In our country, at least, successful presidents have used the inspirational approach — the approach that Mr. Obama took during his campaign, but which he seems to have abandoned.
http://thehill.com/david-keene/from-hope-to-doomsday-2009-02-09.html
The president whined last week that he and his team have had to work long into the night since the Inaugural as they wrestle with the nation’s economic problems. And by week’s end, Obama surrogates began to argue that since Republicans over-spent while in power, they have no right to complain as the new administration takes spending to an entirely new level.
There is no denying the seriousness of the current recession, but the specter of a still-popular president on television night after night to predict that things are going to get much, much worse is not something one would call confidence-inspiring. One can lead by inspiring or by trying to scare the heck out of people. In our country, at least, successful presidents have used the inspirational approach — the approach that Mr. Obama took during his campaign, but which he seems to have abandoned.
http://thehill.com/david-keene/from-hope-to-doomsday-2009-02-09.html