The three faces of failure: ideology, corruption, incompetence.
It’s laughable to think that just a few months ago, the radical left and their cronies in the news media were quick to assert that George W. Bush was the worst President ever. Oh really? The jury will be out on the effectiveness of the Bush Presidency for some time, but one thing’s for certain, the longer Barack Obama is in office, the more people will remember the Bush years as the good old days.
Any one of three areas can render a presidency a disaster: corruption, incompetence, ideology. Corruption besought the Nixon Administration, which if it were not for its not getting the United States out of Vietnam quickly enough handled many tough situations in a direct effective way. Incompetence was the legacy of the Carter administration whether it was its weak foreign policy which helped facilitate the rise of radical Islamic forces seizing power in Iran or its miserable failure dealing with the economy, the Carter administration was the most incompetent administration at least since Warren Harding’s brief tenure in the early 1920’s. It would hard to detect a Presidency that failed for its ideological stance. Most presidents lean one direction or another but are generally centrists. Ronald Reagan’s conservative vision benefitted the country tremendously. Perhaps, historians could look to the liberal vision of Lyndon Johnson’s “Great Society” as such an example as the Great Society was responsible for unprecedented growth in the role of the Federal Government and damned millions to poverty and second class citizenship through the servile welfare state.
Let’s get something out of the way right now. Concerned citizens who are on to the massive failures and extreme danger the Obama administration will surely hear others say, “For goodness sake, he just got elected. He’s still getting his feet on the ground. Let’s give him a chance to let things work.”
No way, the Obama administration will fail. We need it to fail on some levels, but other failures will seriously hurt every citizen. Obama’s ideology must fail. We cannot allow his rapid march toward restructuring society tying the hands of business, seizing wealth, and using it to grow an ever more intrusive and all-powerful Federal government. In theory, this money “spreads the wealth” but aside from enlarging the entitlement or welfare class, most of America will still be working for a living. Every person’s spending power will be reduced and whether or not a person pays higher income taxes, taxes on businesses and some of the taxes in environmental matters will result in higher prices for everyone regardless of income. It’s no accident, the person identified as the most Liberal Senator in the last congress should be ideologically so extreme left wing. The Administration has used the economic crisis as a means to induce panic so that his allies united behind Nancy Pelosi and their rubber stamp in Harry Reid’s Senate can push through a myriad of left wing measures under the guise of an economic stimulus. That they support the “card check” provision doing away with secret ballot elections for union membership allowing intimidation and coercion to drive up union membership is a perfect illustration of just how radical the Obama administration is.
What could be a better indicator of the ideological nonsense the Obama administration represents than their new approach to the “war on terrorism?” Homeland Security chief, Janet Napolitano, has gone out of her way to avoid any mention of the words, terror or terrorism. She seems focused only on disaster recovery. So then what does she call terrorism? A man caused catastrophe! In this concept, incompetence and ideological nonsense unite.
The Obama administration’s incompetence is obvious. Look no further than the difficulty the administration has had filling cabinet positions. There has never been a Presidency that has had to remove more nominees for consideration for so many reasons with the most often cited reason, tax difficulties. Treasury Secretary, Geithner, was supposed to be some kind of economic wiz-kid capable of brilliant mastery of economic matters, but so far has looked dazed and confused when attempting to account for the economy on Capitol Hill.
Corruption is at the heart of the Obama administration’s approach to many matters. The extent to which organized labor and interest groups have undue influence in administration policy matters is alarming. After attempting to move census management from the Commerce Department to the White House, now the White House has sought to contract the corrupt, radical left organization, ACORN, to help recruit manpower for the Census. Given their record across the country for voter registration fraud, what could be a more dangerous fox in the hen house for the census count? How could anyone who respects American democratic tradition possibly advocate “card check?” Selling out to organized labor, that’s how.
There have been many embarrassing episodes that might smack of incompetence such as the superficial and disrespectful treatment the British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, is the kind of stuff the American people could brush aside and forgive as being the behavior of an inexperienced President who is still learning the ropes. However, from another point of view, it speaks to the arrogance and hubris of the President who puts himself above the protocol required of American presidents since George Washington’s wisdom started many time honored successful practices that have made the President of the United States the most powerful position in the world.
The United States is in a dangerous situation. Nothing the Obama administration has done raises to the level of justifying impeachment. As much as Vice President Joe Biden comes across as a total yutz, he is at least a seasoned Washington professional with substantial experience in foreign affairs and while a committed liberal, Biden is far more mainstream that the radical influences that have formed and nurtured Barack Obama’s political orientation. Concerned, aware citizens have to pray that some how the Obama administration can at least keep the machinery of government working so that catastrophes can be dealt with and terrorist threats repelled. Massive public pressure must rain down on both houses of Congress to make even the most left wing nuts fear their career will be over in their next election if they don’t moderate their approach, stay away from left wing extreme positions, and resist the temptation to provide pork barrel goodies for their traditional cronies.
No one should have any reservations about being outspoken about wanting Barack Obama to fail. In fact those who understand what is at stake should be proud to have the conviction to be honest about the challenges the United States faces if it is to remain the world’s unquestionable superpower and force for good on the planet. If individual liberty, personal responsibility, and free enterprise still mean something, Obama must fail. The essential truth is for one to desire America to succeed contradicts the desire for Obama to succeed. It’s one or the other, and it’s time for every American to be responsible, learn the issues, and unite to minimize the harm the extremist, Barack Obama, truly is.
Any one of three areas can render a presidency a disaster: corruption, incompetence, ideology. Corruption besought the Nixon Administration, which if it were not for its not getting the United States out of Vietnam quickly enough handled many tough situations in a direct effective way. Incompetence was the legacy of the Carter administration whether it was its weak foreign policy which helped facilitate the rise of radical Islamic forces seizing power in Iran or its miserable failure dealing with the economy, the Carter administration was the most incompetent administration at least since Warren Harding’s brief tenure in the early 1920’s. It would hard to detect a Presidency that failed for its ideological stance. Most presidents lean one direction or another but are generally centrists. Ronald Reagan’s conservative vision benefitted the country tremendously. Perhaps, historians could look to the liberal vision of Lyndon Johnson’s “Great Society” as such an example as the Great Society was responsible for unprecedented growth in the role of the Federal Government and damned millions to poverty and second class citizenship through the servile welfare state.
Let’s get something out of the way right now. Concerned citizens who are on to the massive failures and extreme danger the Obama administration will surely hear others say, “For goodness sake, he just got elected. He’s still getting his feet on the ground. Let’s give him a chance to let things work.”
No way, the Obama administration will fail. We need it to fail on some levels, but other failures will seriously hurt every citizen. Obama’s ideology must fail. We cannot allow his rapid march toward restructuring society tying the hands of business, seizing wealth, and using it to grow an ever more intrusive and all-powerful Federal government. In theory, this money “spreads the wealth” but aside from enlarging the entitlement or welfare class, most of America will still be working for a living. Every person’s spending power will be reduced and whether or not a person pays higher income taxes, taxes on businesses and some of the taxes in environmental matters will result in higher prices for everyone regardless of income. It’s no accident, the person identified as the most Liberal Senator in the last congress should be ideologically so extreme left wing. The Administration has used the economic crisis as a means to induce panic so that his allies united behind Nancy Pelosi and their rubber stamp in Harry Reid’s Senate can push through a myriad of left wing measures under the guise of an economic stimulus. That they support the “card check” provision doing away with secret ballot elections for union membership allowing intimidation and coercion to drive up union membership is a perfect illustration of just how radical the Obama administration is.
What could be a better indicator of the ideological nonsense the Obama administration represents than their new approach to the “war on terrorism?” Homeland Security chief, Janet Napolitano, has gone out of her way to avoid any mention of the words, terror or terrorism. She seems focused only on disaster recovery. So then what does she call terrorism? A man caused catastrophe! In this concept, incompetence and ideological nonsense unite.
The Obama administration’s incompetence is obvious. Look no further than the difficulty the administration has had filling cabinet positions. There has never been a Presidency that has had to remove more nominees for consideration for so many reasons with the most often cited reason, tax difficulties. Treasury Secretary, Geithner, was supposed to be some kind of economic wiz-kid capable of brilliant mastery of economic matters, but so far has looked dazed and confused when attempting to account for the economy on Capitol Hill.
Corruption is at the heart of the Obama administration’s approach to many matters. The extent to which organized labor and interest groups have undue influence in administration policy matters is alarming. After attempting to move census management from the Commerce Department to the White House, now the White House has sought to contract the corrupt, radical left organization, ACORN, to help recruit manpower for the Census. Given their record across the country for voter registration fraud, what could be a more dangerous fox in the hen house for the census count? How could anyone who respects American democratic tradition possibly advocate “card check?” Selling out to organized labor, that’s how.
There have been many embarrassing episodes that might smack of incompetence such as the superficial and disrespectful treatment the British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, is the kind of stuff the American people could brush aside and forgive as being the behavior of an inexperienced President who is still learning the ropes. However, from another point of view, it speaks to the arrogance and hubris of the President who puts himself above the protocol required of American presidents since George Washington’s wisdom started many time honored successful practices that have made the President of the United States the most powerful position in the world.
The United States is in a dangerous situation. Nothing the Obama administration has done raises to the level of justifying impeachment. As much as Vice President Joe Biden comes across as a total yutz, he is at least a seasoned Washington professional with substantial experience in foreign affairs and while a committed liberal, Biden is far more mainstream that the radical influences that have formed and nurtured Barack Obama’s political orientation. Concerned, aware citizens have to pray that some how the Obama administration can at least keep the machinery of government working so that catastrophes can be dealt with and terrorist threats repelled. Massive public pressure must rain down on both houses of Congress to make even the most left wing nuts fear their career will be over in their next election if they don’t moderate their approach, stay away from left wing extreme positions, and resist the temptation to provide pork barrel goodies for their traditional cronies.
No one should have any reservations about being outspoken about wanting Barack Obama to fail. In fact those who understand what is at stake should be proud to have the conviction to be honest about the challenges the United States faces if it is to remain the world’s unquestionable superpower and force for good on the planet. If individual liberty, personal responsibility, and free enterprise still mean something, Obama must fail. The essential truth is for one to desire America to succeed contradicts the desire for Obama to succeed. It’s one or the other, and it’s time for every American to be responsible, learn the issues, and unite to minimize the harm the extremist, Barack Obama, truly is.
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