It is impossible to overstate the level of chaos and self destruction in the Democratic Party. Instead of focusing on what matters, like approving the budget, and extending the Bush tax cuts, they tried to jam through highly controversial legislation, like the Dream Act and repealing “don’t ask, don’t tell.” Then Obama announced that he had reached an agreement with the Republicans without bothering to get approval from his own party. At least you have to give Obama credit where credit is due. He appears to be just as willing to disregard Democrats as he has been willing to ignore Republicans. Democrats disintegrated into a screaming, incoherent mob literally dropping the F bomb on their own President.
This decision was a good move by Obama, but his incompetence quickly surfaced. He had to give back to back press conferences to try and sell it, because obviously the first attempt failed. Then, instead of embracing the deal as a good compromise, he described it as giving in to the hostage taker Republicans. It is hard to sell a deal when you say it is a terrible deal signed only under duress. In addition to being an unprecedented public display of weakness by a U.S. President, it was incredibly stupid. Finally, in an act of desperation, Obama invited Bill Clinton to come in and help him sell the deal. Obama said he had to go to a Christmas party, so he just walked out and left Clinton to carry on. Even Clinton was shocked. It was pathetic.
To make things worse, this deal has already been approved by the Senate, with a huge bi-partisan majority. That leaves the Democratic House in a total meltdown. If they pass this bill, they will get no credit and it will be viewed as a major loss. On the other hand, if they don’t pass this bill, everyone will get a huge tax increase, they will get the blame, and Republicans will pass it in January. This is the ultimate lose lose.
While it is always fun to watch Democrats self-destruct, this really isn’t funny at all. We just had a President of the United States publicly give up. Every leader in the world knows that and will respond accordingly. When the going gets tough, Obama gets going, usually to a golf course or a Christmas Party. (Oops…in the Obama White House there are only “holiday parties.”
The following article by Walter Shapiro, who has been an Obama supporter, is very interesting. Shapiro is apparently unaware that most experts don’t believe Obama wrote either of his books. This was confirmed by interviews reported in a very pro-Obama biography. So while Shapiro still believes these books show Obama’s brilliance, his analysis also shows a very troubled individual based on Obama’s own statements. One would suspect that even though Obama probably didn’t write the books, these statements accurately represent his world view.
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/12/11/ready-obamas-autobigraphy-revisited-dreams-from-a-beleague/
The result is a curiously detached individual who lucked into the Presidency and while he likes the trappings of the office, does not really want the responsibility. That is why he allowed Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid to push through their liberal agenda while he vacationed and played golf. Obama just didn’t care enough to get involved. He showed a remarkable lack of interest in the details of his cornerstone legislation. When confronted with the need to make a major decision, Obama routinely punts. This has been demonstrated many times, with regard to Afghanistan, Iraq and even the BP oil spill. If you don’t know what to do, you just delay until the decision become obvious.
Unfortunately failing to make a decision is a decision, usually the worst decision. Let me give an example. A young boy has a cancerous tumor. The doctor approaches the parents and asks for authorization to amputate the leg. The parents do not want their son to die, but they cannot bring themselves to authorize the amputation. They decide to wait, to ask for more tests, to get another opinion in a desperate search for some option other than making that horrible decision. But, the delay results in the cancer growing, and when they finally decide to approve the operation, it is too late and their son dies.
At least this time Obama made a decision, but at this point he has almost no credibility. To at least some extent he turned over the Presidency to Bill Clinton, for at least a few moments. There are a lot of reports that Joe Biden is going to take a more senior role in the administration. Joe Biden? Please! I do not know what will happen, but this is a very serious problem. While there are constitutional provisions for a President who commits high crimes or misdemeanors and there are provisions if the President is incapacitated and unable to performs the duties of President, what options are available for a President who is simply not up to the job and apparently no longer wants the responsibilities of the job? A lot of people were justly worried about Obama’s radical agenda. They should have been more worried about his naivety and inexperience.
Whenever Obama speaks and attempts to explain things, it get worse. Perhaps the only solution is imspeechment. We still let Obama pretend he is President, we just don’t let him speak in public.
We need a President. We have Obama. A significant amount of prayer is appropriate.
TDM