Is it too early to criticize Barack Obama for his program, his appointments, and his policies? He is not yet president but he is dominating the news and influencing markets and foreign-policy as though he had already been inaugurated. At the same time, he tells us that we have only one president at a time and that president is George W. Bush.
Personnel indicates policy, often determines policy, and Obama's appointments are from the establishment on both domestic and foreign affairs. Yet Obama's prime message during his meteoric rise to power was "change". How can establishment figures from both parties install significant change?
Obama’s foreign and military policies will be developed by four power centers: Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and National Security Adviser, Marine General James Jones. All supported the invasion of Iraq; none advocate immediate withdrawal from that country or revision of US world-wide military involvement.
Obama's economic team is dominated by veterans of the Clinton and Bush administrations, who participated in the repeal of financial regulations, an act that precipitated the current crisis. Robert Rubin guided Citicorp to its current bankrupt position, Lawrence Summers was the prime mover for the repeal and Timothy Geithner is a Bush appointee. How can Obama entrust the American economy to these failures? During his campaign Barack Obama exhorted the adoring crowds of supporters with, “We are the people we have been waiting for". Well, where are these people? He promised reform ideas for fundamental change of the system. The voters projected on him their personal ideals and idiosyncratic hopes for change. They are sure to be disappointed at Obama’s emphasis on traditional experience by establishment figures who brought us to the current crisis.
And a large part of the Obama vote came from liberals. It's fair to ask, "Where are the liberals in the Obama administration?" Obama is seeking support from conservative Republicans, offers to include their ideas and opinions in his programs, and appoints them to key positions, a process that pushes the Obama agenda in a conservative direction. Do the liberals have the abilities and experience to manage these bureaucracies, to furnish the necessary ideas? For answers consult the Nobel Prize winners, the faculties of our finest universities, the managers of some of our largest businesses. The liberals are there, in big numbers, but not on Obama’s list. Obama needs to answer important questions about his administration. Where are the liberals? Where are the people who voted against the war? Where are the prescient who warned against financial deregulation? Where are the advisors who will give Obama a full range of policy options to make him a better problem solver and successful president? Relentless Liberal
I firmly believe Obama at heart is righteous and well intentioned. He absolutely will do the right thing for average Americans, our America, and the world as a whole if given the chance! Most of Obama's hand is forced! He is the President elect, he has placated those needed to get elected and He will have to fight the so called war on terror that was instigated and used as a tool to further our global desires and he must battle the allowed failing infrastructure of America and the purposely created financial collapse. The timing of all this coming to a head right now in the perfect storm is no coincidence. Obama has the right temperament to do this and he will! In my mind and in his own words not only would we criticize him for it but he can not do it with people new to the game of Politics or Washington!
He must out of necessity chose proven leaders in their prospective fields. The change will come from him and he is the purveyor of change! He will take care of average Americans and our America and he will placate liberals whose voice is needed but You see what is happening in India and in America and around the world and we are winning nothing as it is just beginning. We will prevail but Americans and those we are allied with must wake up and realize this is all just beginning!He is the best we have right now but I am afraid Bush already laid the foundation of the future and we must have knowledgeable people to deal with it tempered by the voice of change coming from Obama the new Decider!
James Joiner
Gardner, Ma
www.anaveragepatriot.com
7 comments:
Agree en toto James!
HillBlogger
You know, I was just putting something together on the MDS Russian crisis, thinking of our Financial crisis, the just beginning terrorism problem, etc. and I keep falling back to give Obama a chance! He will do the right thing for the world. Give Him A Chance!
HillBlogger
You know, I was just putting something together on the MDS Russian crisis, thinking of our Financial crisis, the just beginning terrorism problem, etc. and I keep falling back to give Obama a chance! He will do the right thing for the world. Give Him A Chance!
Right you are, James. And I sincerely hope he will do the right thing.
With that for a backdrop and as I said earlier on, in the scheme of things, the international/geopolitical dynamics have changed with Bush gone or soon gone from the scene so to me, an attack on Obama is an attack on all (the free world).
And tell you what, those folks who think that just because Obama is recycling some of the brilliant brains that served under Clinton isn't change, they better think twice: Obama's "dream team" will make a world of difference from Bush's incompetent surrogates who served for bloody 8 years!
Those whinos are speaking from their backside.
Hill Blogger
I agree with you 100% Funny but with Bush going against the wishes of the US was perceived as an attack on Bush and it was because of the instigating war monger! Now though as you say, is is against the world as Obama has its best interest in mind!
Hill Blogger
Right on! In his own words using the best and the brightest from the past who know the system is necessary but the change will come from him! I am very excited about the possibilities!
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