http://bit.ly/4FJbzA - - - "If there's one thing that I regret this year is that we were so busy just getting stuff done and dealing with the immediate crises that were in front of us that I think we lost some of that sense of speaking directly to the American people about what their core values are and why we have to make sure those institutions are matching up with those values," Obama told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos in an exclusive interview at the White House.
... The president said he made a mistake in assuming that if he focused on policy decisions, the American people would understand the reasoning behind them. "That I do think is a mistake of mine," Obama said. "I think the assumption was if I just focus on policy, if I just focus on this provision or that law or if we're making a good rational decision here, then people will get it." - - - This was a classic case where it would have been OK to imitate Bush and not dwell on a mistake publicly. For in this supposedly humble admission of fault, it becomes clear how stupid he thinks we are. He wants everyone to think he was knee deep in wonkish policy decision making, but anybody who has been paying any attention at all knows he ceded all the work to Pelosi & Reid and in fact took a lot of criticism from some Congressional Democrats over the summer and fall months for letting that hideous sausage get ground up in his absence. Indeed he's had over 411 television appearances, jaunted off on over 140 AF1 trips, usually for a six figure date night with Michelle, spent more WAY time fundraising and vacationing than Bush did, and was also criticized for staying in perpetual campaign mode. But he claims his real sin was getting too much done and not keeping people in the loop? "You lie." A truer statement was never uttered on the floor of the U.S. Congress, and naturally the guy who said it got reprimanded. - Publius -- "It ought never to be forgotten, that a firm union of this country, under an efficient government, will probably be an increasing object of jealousy to more than one nation of Europe; and that enterprises to subvert it will sometimes originate in the intrigues of foreign powers, and will seldom fail to be patronized and abetted by some of them. Its preservation, therefore ought in no case that can be avoided, to be committed to the guardianship of any but those whose situation will uniformly beget an immediate interest in the faithful and vigilant performance of the trust." [Federalist Papers #59] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
