I never said he was a good president. I'm just not happy with the whole "it's all his fault" mentality I'm seeing. He didn't personally trash the economy. He may have contributed and was the president on watch but it was started well before him and was continued in places outside his area of direct influence.
A president does not have control over the senate and house and a prime example of this is a senate sub-committee. He also does not work in a vacuum and there are solid examples of his efforts to make things good/right being blocked by his political opponents. He did not have them shot or fired - he didn't have the power. If he can't stop them then he is not in total control and does not have sole responsibility. The argument that "he was in control" is a false one when it's looked at by the facts. Obama deserves every chance as president and I'll support him all the way but I'll still argue for or against him when anyone tries to assign total anything to him. He isn't the "one" who will save us all and if/when something goes south, he will most probably not be the only one responsible. He will be the leader but not the ruler. He is where the buck stops when the buck is passed but he doesn't control the buck. It's that all or nothing attitude I reject. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > Michael, > > Despite I deep respect for you personally, you are totally wrong on > this. I don't hate Bush and I don't think Gruss does. I think he was a > bad president not because I don't like him but because he trampled the > constitution, trashed the economy, and blew off the rest of the world. > I am amazed and relieved that we survived him. > > Obama deserves a chance to actually take office before I criticize > him, but I am telling you know that I have doubts about some of his > choices and no, he does not get a free pass. > > So shh. America decided that it believed in itself after all. Stop a > moment and be thankful. > > On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Michael Dinowitz > <[email protected]> wrote: > > No, I'm suffering from TAS - true accountability syndrome. This is where > no > > single person or group has TOTAL accountability when they are not TOTALLY > in > > charge. As the article shows, it is impossible to assign total > > accountability to Bush for all the things you want to. Your argument that > > its all his fault is false and will always be false. It will be false on > > Tuesday when Bush is no longer accountable and Obama is. > > > > I want to see you bash Obama with accountability like you do Bush. I want > > you to blame him for the Democrats and non-Bush appointees who are > > responsible for some of this mess. I want to see if you can see past your > > hatred for Bush and your argument that the 'captain' has total and > unshared > > accountability for everything bad (but nothing good). > > > > Tuesday is the day. Lets see when there's a new captain. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:285545 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
