W. clearly had this title
sewed up; one hoped for generations to
come. But the ever competitive Barack
Obama looks to overtake Bush in a walk. Back
to back disasters staggering our great nation.
It is interesting to remember the hatred for the awful Bush while
watching the lack thereof for a President who perpetuates all of Bush’s
policies – while steadfastly claiming he hasn’t – and occasionally making
things even worse.
Try these two excellent columns:
Obama
Hits a Wall in Berlin
By
George F. Will, Washington Post, June
20, 2013
The
Great Disconnect
By Ross
Douthat, NYT, June 22, 2013
Nobody does sarcasm like
George Will; he’s a pleasure to
read. Between them, these two men on, separate
days, point out that that our political class out of control; dysfunctional on both sides but sadly not sufficiently
so as to at least stop making things worse.
Put down the shovel please.
There will be no work on the
big issues of our time, jobs, the economy, entitlements, the tax code and corporate
welfare. Personally, I’d like to see an
immigration bill but the excellent bill crushed by Republicans in 2007 has been
replaced by a disaster – no doubt this one will pass.
The President intends to use
his Executive Branch authority to push the climate crazy agenda despite 16
years of no warming and the fact that these moves will cost jobs.
I
have always hated the climate propaganda that claims “all scientists agree” –
they don’t – and says their critics are “science deniers” when the reverse is
the actual case. Thus I love it when
Will points out the President’s – and the true believers’ – “strange
understanding of respect for science ... forswears skepticism".
And don’t miss Douthat’s
punch line:
“Republicans
[are] … sticking with an agenda that’s even more disconnected from the
anxieties of the average voter than the White House’s second-term priorities. Their assumption seems to be that eventually
the public will simply have to turn to them.”
Turn to whom? Sarah Palin?
Michelle Bachman? Eric Canter? Don’t bet on it. In what way exactly are these jerks different
from Nancy Pelosi?
It’s past time for Congress
to try governing.
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