So if you were lucky enough to see the President speak last night, you might for a moment start to believe that he knows what he is talking about. That is, as long as you don’t ask him a question that he does not want to answer. When asked why it took so long for the Obama administration to respond to the AIG bonuses that we have heard about for the last few weeks. The President quickly responded with a firm stare and a quick retort about how he “likes to know what he is talking about.”
Mr. President, is that not the exact same thing that President Bush did that you were so critical of? When someone asked you a legitimate question about your actions, instead of admitting that you were hoping that it would blow over, or that you wanted to see how the American public felt about what you really did not have any control over to begin with, why did you see it fit to make it clear to the reporters that it was not alright to stray from your agenda. You made it obviously clear to everyone that you were the one in control of the conversation and that you would not be make to look like a fool.
I know that you have been criticized for you few slip-ups in the last week or so, but what you fail to realize it that the simple mistakes, while sometimes offensive, help us to see that you are doing the best that you can with what you were given. When you force the people to hear only what you want them to hear, it seems that you are no longer trying to fix the broken system that you were given, rather that you are focused on your own agenda and will do what you want with no regards to what others may think… now where have I seen that before.
On the other hand, there is one place that I am mildly impressed. The Associated Press reported yesterday that several major health insurance companies are offering to discontinue the policy in which they charge higher premiums for clients who have major health problems. Wow, Obama has the health industry scared. So scared, in fact, that they are willing to stop an age old policy to prevent the government from attempting to create its own insurance company, who would then directly compete in the health care industry. Is this the right reason for the change in policy? Of course not, but it’s a move that no other administration has been able to accomplish. Yes it may be because Medicare and Medicaid are the largest single source of income for the medical industry, and if all that money is give back to a government backed company, many others could go out of business, but the final outcome is the same, Change.
As hard as it is for me to admit… in this one case, it seems that Obama’s plan is working. Let’s hope that all of the President’s programs will work as well as this one appears to have started out.
Mr. President, is that not the exact same thing that President Bush did that you were so critical of? When someone asked you a legitimate question about your actions, instead of admitting that you were hoping that it would blow over, or that you wanted to see how the American public felt about what you really did not have any control over to begin with, why did you see it fit to make it clear to the reporters that it was not alright to stray from your agenda. You made it obviously clear to everyone that you were the one in control of the conversation and that you would not be make to look like a fool.
I know that you have been criticized for you few slip-ups in the last week or so, but what you fail to realize it that the simple mistakes, while sometimes offensive, help us to see that you are doing the best that you can with what you were given. When you force the people to hear only what you want them to hear, it seems that you are no longer trying to fix the broken system that you were given, rather that you are focused on your own agenda and will do what you want with no regards to what others may think… now where have I seen that before.
On the other hand, there is one place that I am mildly impressed. The Associated Press reported yesterday that several major health insurance companies are offering to discontinue the policy in which they charge higher premiums for clients who have major health problems. Wow, Obama has the health industry scared. So scared, in fact, that they are willing to stop an age old policy to prevent the government from attempting to create its own insurance company, who would then directly compete in the health care industry. Is this the right reason for the change in policy? Of course not, but it’s a move that no other administration has been able to accomplish. Yes it may be because Medicare and Medicaid are the largest single source of income for the medical industry, and if all that money is give back to a government backed company, many others could go out of business, but the final outcome is the same, Change.
As hard as it is for me to admit… in this one case, it seems that Obama’s plan is working. Let’s hope that all of the President’s programs will work as well as this one appears to have started out.
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