So instead, I'd like to request that the source of this email come up with his or her sources. I received this email from someone who received it from hcc4649@hotmail.com. Hey, there, hcc4649: how about some sources for these accusations?
If not, I'll wait until the next time I have nothing better to do than look a few of 'em up myself. I'll try to separate exaggeration, inaccuracies and downright lies from those that do hold up as having come from a reliable source, or any source who's willing to explain the sin in question in greater, verifiable detail.
The people of this country overwhelmingly voted Barack Obama into office because they had high expectations of him. It's indeed true that not all of those expections are being met. He wasn't that experienced in politics, but he was highly trained in community leadership. Barack Obama is a follower of the Communitarian way of thinking.
That's NOT Communism; it's Communitarianism. As Wikipedia so aptly puts it: "communitarianism emphasizes the need to balance individual rights and interests with that of the community as a whole." That's balance, folks. This country's been out of balance for so long, hardly anyone can remember when it was in balance.
I'm sure you don't believe Barack Obama represents your culture and values. That's ok; hold your nose, but stop trying to destory him -- that's un-American. He was sent to Washington to represent the culture and values of the majority of voting Americans. It's called democracy with a small "d." When the majority of American voters did so, they took a chance that his abilities would match his vision.
Barack Obmam promised the American people--all of us--that he would repair our badly broken health-care system. He promised to slow the increase of greenhouse gases that threaten our atmosphere. And he promised to improve our economy long-term by improving our education system.
So far, all he's been able to do is deal with the big, ugly mess he inherited. Like the mess created by an overheated economy for the last 30 years, which finally had the plug pulled out from under it by the banks and ponzy-schemers. Or an unwinnable war, which began as a search for the bad guy and continues as an ongoing quagmire. Or a vicious minority that doesn't waste its time opposing his agenda; it just stands in the way of his getting anything done at all. As the Onion put it so succinctly last year: "Black man given world's worst job."
The people who voted for Barack Obama understand his vision, but they're not convinced that he'll be able to deliver in face of the brilliantly coordinated attack that has been mounted against him by defenders of the staus quo.
Nice job, folks.
The text of the email follows. The subject was: "If George W. Bush..."
If George W. Bush had been the first President to need a teleprompter installed to be able to get through a press conference, would you have laughed and said this is more proof of how he inept he is on his own and is really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes? If George W. Bush had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to take Laura Bush to a play in NYC, would you have approved? If George W. Bush had reduced your retirement plan's holdings of GM stock by 90% and given the unions a majority stake in GM, would you have approved? If George W. Bush had made a joke at the expense of the Special Olympics, would you have approved? If George W. Bush had given Gordon Brown a set of inexpensive and incorrectly formatted DVDs, when Gordon Brown had given him a thoughtful and historically significant gift, would you have approved? If George W. Bush had given the Queen of England an iPod containing videos of his speeches, would you have thought this embarrassingly narcissistic and tacky? If George W. Bush had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia , would you have approved? If George W. Bush had visited Austria and made reference to the non-existent "Austrian language," would you have brushed it off as a minor slip? If George W. Bush had filled his cabinet and circle of advisers with people who cannot seem to keep current in their income taxes, would you have approved? If George W. Bush had been so Spanish illiterate as to refer to "Cinco de Cuatro" in front of the Mexican ambassador when it was the 5th of May (Cinco de Mayo), and continued to flub it when he tried again, would you have winced in embarrassment? If George W. Bush had mis-spelled the word "advice" would you have hammered him for it for years like Dan Quayle and potatoe as proof of what a dunce he is? If George W. Bush had burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel to go plant a single tree on Earth Day, would you have concluded he's a hypocrite? If George W. Bush's administration had okayed Air Force One flying low over millions of people followed by a jet fighter in downtown Manhattan causing widespread panic, would you have wondered whether they actually get what happened on 9-11? If George W. Bush had failed to send relief aid to flood victims throughout the Midwest with more people killed or made homeless than in New Orleans , would you want it made into a major ongoing political issue with claims of racism and incompetence? If George W. Bush had created the position 32 or more Czars who report directly to him, bypassing the House and Senate on much of what is happening in America , would you have approved. If George W. Bush had ordered the firing of the CEO of a major corporation, even though he had no constitutional authority to do so, would you have approved? If George W Bush had proposed to double the national debt, which had taken more than two centuries to accumulate, in one year, would you have approved? If George W. Bush had then proposed to double the debt again within 10 years, would you have approved? If George W. Bush had spent more than all the Presidents combined since George Washington, would you have approved? So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant and impressive? Can't think of anything? Don't worry. He's done all this in 10 months -- so you'll have 3 years and 2 months to come up with an answer.
No comments:
Post a Comment