Friday, May 25, 2012

Only if it is considered a horse race.

...So nothing inspires (click here) more angst than when that same Obama stumbles, as he has leaving the gate in 2012....


People can try to tell me he didn't mean it, but, they are so very wrong.


I often get the feeling no one really knows yet understands President Obama. What you see is what you get. He isn't the 'average' politician. Compared to Romney, President Obama is a seasoned veteran. I sincerely don't appreciate the insult to one of the most decent men we have had in office in the modern era.


When anyone looks at history and wants to see it reflected in the eyes of honesty and dedication look no further than Barak Obama. All greats didn't worry about the political circus, they worried about the nation. He is on his game, if one wants to call it a game.


He is campaigning not for his own ego. He is campaigning to protect the country from one more time falling into a long held and repeated trap. He loves this country. He loves the people of this country and he is at much at war with his hope for us as he is the slacker Congress that has no hope for most of the people of this nation.


I suppose Politico believes it is inspiring him to greatness, but, he is already there. He is setting the tone for this Presidential race and I believe it is a very clear message. No President in the history of this country has had to face the circumstances Barak Obama did when entering office. I am not just referring to the financial crisis, I am quite sure FDR had the same worries; but; he came to office hated and despised with lies and distortions about his character and priorities by an entire party in this nation. I don't believe FDR had to face that.


President Obama has done remarkably well and if the people of this country listens to the rhetoric rather than the facts and believes a FORMER CEO can do better than they aren't thinking about their country, they are 'believing' the were never held hostage by the ruthless.


Mayor Booker unfortunately looked at the statements made about Romney and changed the dialogue. The President's dialogue was never about anyone but Mitt Romney. The hysteria surrounding the talk about Bain Capital and the money it made at the cost of Middle Class Americans wasn't about equity or equity markets, it was about the CEO, Mitt Romney and how he leveraged the future of a stressed industry into the dust. Maybe everyone missed that part.


Whatever.

But, President Obama has been faced with a changing GOP, a divided camp even the Speaker can't find loyalty from, a country rebounding from a depression and this time it was worse than FDR's, it was global, not just the USA. Not a Dust Bowl. But, a global economic collapse where no loyalty from a bank bailout he counted on stabilizing when he voted for the bailout in the first place. 

He didn't stumble, the press did. The press doesn't understand him, doesn't care to understand him and certainly can't match his character and dedication to this country. He doesn't look to Wall Street as the answer for hope anymore, he has realized a sustainable economy begins with a strong Middle Class and burgeoning small local business. He would have been satisfied to simply have everyone back at work after the bailout and work on things from there, but, he wasn't afforded that comfort. 

I have and I do admire President Obama. There is no other time in this country's history when a President had to deal with a bizarre political environment and worse economic structure with the wealth of the world sequester among so few. I don't know how he did it, but, something tells me his embrace of a very diverse Cabinet and his youthful vigor carried him through these past few years; I only hope he can continue for four more. There should no doubt he is the best President in the modern era, it could have been far worse. FDR entered a war and Obama ended one. Very different and very tough going . I love his devotion to the truth and to a path of peace. He did and does deserve the Nobel Peace Prize and I am grateful he was recognized so early for his strong character and loyalty to those outcomes that would serve the world the best. 

Stumble? I don't see how.