Obama: Face the Signing of Bill with Sadness
I have a suggestion for President Barack Obama.
When he appears before the media to sign the Recovery and Reinvestment bill that
Congress just past, he should look sad or at the very least frustrated. He
should not 'celebrate' the bill. He can however, celebrate those that reached
an agreement in such a timely manner.
This bill is not what Barack Obama the candidate ran on. He ran on stopping the war in Iraq, getting the middle class a well deserved tax break, energy independance and health care for all.
He should remind folks that nobody knew that we were headed toward the worst recession since the Great Depression while they were running for the office of the President last year. He could even point to John McCain's own words about the, "fundamentals of the economy being sound." We Americans weren't told that something was up till the last couple of months of the election cycle.
The last thing that Barack Obama and the Democrats had planned on writing during their first 25 days in office, was the largest spending/stimulus bill in the history of United States. Nor had they planned on bailing out banks, insurance and car companies just to keep the economy running.
There were many that said Barack Obama (or any new president) would be tested in their first 100 days, even the Vice President, Joe Biden. They were right. This is a test nobody has ever seen. No one in history has had to face so much in so little time -- two wars, an economic crisis we've never seen before, an energy and environmental crisis and last but not least, health care costs skyrocketing along with medicare and social security problems.
So, I highly recommend that the President face the signing of this bill with sadness and regret. It's a huge step in a list of steps that must be dealt with in the very near future. It's not something he wanted to do; but it's his job to keep America safe and secure and that's exactly what he intends on doing.
I would also recommend that he think about asking Americans to all pray with him that it helps curb the pain that's coming. If he claims it 'will' work, and it doesn't, he will have no where to do but down.
Having a pep talk about the way Americans always pull together in trying times - might also help.
To those of you that think he should be more positive and more confident -- won't work. During 9/11 President Bush was able to tell American's to, "go shopping". He knew that not every state was involved in the attack. The bulk of the nation wasn't personally effected by the attacks (didn't lose their jobs or family or company). So, by asking them to go out and buy -- he actually helped those that 'were' effected in New York and elsewhere.
In this case, all States are hurting or see their neighbors suffering. They won't believe words like, "It's ok, go shopping now."
This bill is not what Barack Obama the candidate ran on. He ran on stopping the war in Iraq, getting the middle class a well deserved tax break, energy independance and health care for all.
He should remind folks that nobody knew that we were headed toward the worst recession since the Great Depression while they were running for the office of the President last year. He could even point to John McCain's own words about the, "fundamentals of the economy being sound." We Americans weren't told that something was up till the last couple of months of the election cycle.
The last thing that Barack Obama and the Democrats had planned on writing during their first 25 days in office, was the largest spending/stimulus bill in the history of United States. Nor had they planned on bailing out banks, insurance and car companies just to keep the economy running.
There were many that said Barack Obama (or any new president) would be tested in their first 100 days, even the Vice President, Joe Biden. They were right. This is a test nobody has ever seen. No one in history has had to face so much in so little time -- two wars, an economic crisis we've never seen before, an energy and environmental crisis and last but not least, health care costs skyrocketing along with medicare and social security problems.
So, I highly recommend that the President face the signing of this bill with sadness and regret. It's a huge step in a list of steps that must be dealt with in the very near future. It's not something he wanted to do; but it's his job to keep America safe and secure and that's exactly what he intends on doing.
I would also recommend that he think about asking Americans to all pray with him that it helps curb the pain that's coming. If he claims it 'will' work, and it doesn't, he will have no where to do but down.
Having a pep talk about the way Americans always pull together in trying times - might also help.
To those of you that think he should be more positive and more confident -- won't work. During 9/11 President Bush was able to tell American's to, "go shopping". He knew that not every state was involved in the attack. The bulk of the nation wasn't personally effected by the attacks (didn't lose their jobs or family or company). So, by asking them to go out and buy -- he actually helped those that 'were' effected in New York and elsewhere.
In this case, all States are hurting or see their neighbors suffering. They won't believe words like, "It's ok, go shopping now."
