I am looking for president Obama to lay out how we got to this point as a country....

[WCGreen]

How is it that the GOP unceremoniously raised the debt ceiling several times while republican president Bush was spending our money like a drunken sailor on shore leave...

How is it that this incarnation of the GOP keeps moving the goal post as time after time president Obama caves to every whim thought up by Eric Cantor and his giggling band of numbskulls...

How is it that president Obama has given up on any kind of stimulus to increase the number of Americans working...

Anyway, if he doesn't address these concerns, explain to me what is he doing other than trying to get re-elected...

[Armstead]

1. A bit of straight talk and honesty would be a refreshing change

Unfortunately, I think the honest answer would be "I have no clue what I'm doing and I'm grasping at straws."

[WCGreen]

4. Unfortunately, that just may be the gist of it...

If he isn't going to be forceful and grab hold of the Bully pulpit, and I really, really hope he does, then what is the point of going on national TV...

If he doesn't take people to task then he will diminish himself in the eyes of the American people.

[TDale313]

7. Either that...

Or "I know these Republican ideas are crap, but taking their frames is the only way I think I can look reasonable and attract those sexy independants."


At least I hope he knows their frames are crap.

[BeyondGeography]

2. He's more likely to say both parties share the blame

Which would be an asinine thing to say.

Setting my sights low. Please don't say anything asinine.

[TheKentuckian]

3. That wouldn't be looking forward

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. Those ARE excellent questions...

But I'm afraid even if he did answer them, he wouldn't be straight with us...

Do politicians ever really answer a question honestly? I'm sure you did, and there might be a few others...

Most of them walk around it, and won't really answer.

I find it disgusting.

I have a lot of trouble respecting anyone who won't answer honestly.

[RagAss]

6. Forget it...he fears them !

[kenny blankenship]

8. I was looking for him to do that immediately upon taking office.

I posted about the dangers of NOT doing that, and not prosecuting the crimes of Wall St. and the Bush Admin. NOW it's a little late to be starting - NOW that the shit is hitting the fan. The danger, as I tried to explain it way back when, is that these festering boils of criminality just gather their strength for a comeback if they are left unlanced. It doesn't matter if they're down. It doesn't matter if they're discredited. It doesn't matter if you think "well, they must have learned their lesson." They never give up. NEVER. Meanwhile you have all these colossal problems created by the conversion of the economy to a giant fraud scheme, and from the conversion of the republic into a military empire. You have to deal with those effects. Unless you call a halt to these crimes, which are the causes of those diseased effects, from Day One of your new Administration, you will become part of the coverup. You will become part of their comeback - even though that comeback may involve or envision removing you from power. You have a window of opportunity to tell the people HOW WE GOT HERE, and to begin prosecuting the culpable parties. But if you don't jump through that window IMMEDIATELY it will soon be too late. The guilty who've escaped jail or criticism begin to swiftly reassert their rank within society. They will set their plans in motion for their counterrevolution even though you have not brought any revolution. And if you then decide you must oppose these rich criminals, and you criticize them and begin legal and political campaign against their power and influence, the people will just wonder why you think you can reverse yourself. They will wonder why you are NOW telling them there's a fox in the henhouse, now that YOU are the one in trouble politically. They will silently ask themselves, if this is so, how come you didn't get right on it from the start and tell us about the great crimes that have been committed and the huge clean up that must be undertaken to make the government work for the people again? Yesterday you were talking about how these folks were the job creators, not the government, etc...

Obama missed his window, and he deliberately shut it down in the interests of "bipartisanship" and "looking ahead" and "working together" - and all the other puke-worthy excuses for political cowardice and for restoring the Reagan Regime that fucked this country up for thirty years. It was the biggest wasted opportunity I've ever witnessed. Now he has to live with the consequences of that, as we all will.

[WCGreen]

9. KB, you are sure right...

He let the tea party take over the whole political agenda.

[robinlynne]

10. He wont. sorry. I wish.

[nc4bo]

11. I think he did - first few paragraphs....not sure though. nt

[XanaDUer]

12. He did

nt

[nc4bo]

13. k, good - glad I'm not losing all my faculties just yet. nt

[WCGreen]

14. By god he is doing it.....