Posted by
Mike Silverman on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 11:30:06 AM
I observed, from the time of his rising through the primaries, that the biggest liberals in government were rushing out to praise and endorse Obama over Hillary Clinton. Initially that struck me as a bit odd. My theory was that the Clinton's made some political enemies in thier own party by being such dominating figures. I think that is absolutley true now and i am really convinced that this is what carried Obama into office. Much as I disagree with both the Clinton's political views, they both knew how to play the middle of the road and how to keep the ultra liberal left wing of thier party from going overboard. I think , people like Ted kenedy, Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry.. etc.. extemist liberals who were playing up Obama early on... saw a useful fool in Obama. They saw a puppet who could be a tool of the ultra left wing socialists to drive thier agenda through congress. It strikes me that this is coming home to roost now. President Obama is fast draining the political capital that carried him into office with grossly out of proportion spending bills that even those with little to no economic background can clearly see is not a good thing. There is rising anger across the country at the tidal wave of spending. I think we are seeing the lack of experience rearing its head. I suspect..., that Obama is thoroughly overwhelmed with the task of being President and is so caught up in the volitile pressures of security, economy, and foriegn affairs..., a hideous pressure that all Presidents face...the like of which he never really understood till he got into position... that he is not capable of stepping back to analyze the impact of his own drive to get all these big liberal agenda items accomplished. And I think that is exactly what the hard core leftists in congress want. They want him as thier rubber stamp and they bascially have accomplished that. I think... part of the reason for the rushing of the big ticket liberal economic bills through congress is because he is getting pressure from the elitist constituent groups and politicians who propped him up during his campaign and are expecting payback. Also, he does believe in central planning. Obama is a big government liberal and the idea of big government control comes naturally to him. But I also think..., he's being manipulated to some degree by puppet masters around him who are much more experienced and have big socialist agends they want to see happen. I never thought Obama was ready to be President, and I think he's proving it. I don't think we have a president who is in control.
- Mike Silverman