Posted by
Vansword on Friday, October 16, 2009 12:10:16 PM
You were elected in November of 2008. You took the oath of office in January 2009. You've stood in the Rose Garden, Mr. Obama, a few hundred times, or so it seems-The Rose Garden, you know, the back yard at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, that place of residence famous for housing the Chief Executive? With your faithful companion, Teleprompter, by your side, you've given State of the Union addresses-talks to the American public reserved only for our President. You've been a frequent guest on the late-night talk show circuit. where you were introduced by both Jay Leno and David Letterman as the President of the United States.
Yes, I am relatively certain that you are indeed the President. You have visited overseas with world leaders such as Russia's Putin and France's Sarkozy where you were instantly recognized as our Commander in Chief. In the capacity of this nation's leader you have already signed numerous bills into law-and thrown out the first pitch at a Chicago White Sox game(of course, I won't mention how you threw like a girl) After ten months in office, there is no way for you to blame George W. Bush for the troubles you find yourself in.
You and your out-of-control Congress have launched us into the worst deficit in history, saddled our children with an insurmountable debt, verbally encouraged racial divisons, called Americans foul names and delighted us constantly with threats to the First Amendment. Adding to this conglomeration of problems are the scandals of ACORN, SEIU, Van Jones and reasonable worries about other so-called 'czars'.
The above circumstances were instigated by you, your White House staff, the Democrat-led Congress, and officials either appointed by you or associated with you through campaigning. None of them have anything to do with former president Bush, who's probably home in Crawford, TX branding cattle or tutoring students in speechmaking!
While W. did his fair share of landing us in the financial disaster we found ourselves in last September, and while he did enact such widely unacceptable policy as the Patriot Act, he had nothing to do with the whopping monetary disaster you called a stimulus. Legislation under you has unnecessarily exacerbated the already disastrous. Bush is not advising you to drag your basketball shoes while our boys fighting the war against Al-Queda and the Taliban wait and wonder why you don't seem to care what they endure. At least Bush kept America safe from a repeat of 9/11. Advocating for a strong national defense and ensuring the safety of the citizenry is, if I'm not mistaken, one of your chief responsibilities.
It is way past the time for you to stop blaming your predecessor for the country's current crop of woes! You knew what you were getting into-surely when you were running for the presidency you didn't think your job would merely be one continuous string of televised press conferences, glib commentaries, planned photo ops and White House parties?
I believe that the true weight of the highest office in the land has finally found its way to the area around your shoulders. At last, you possibly see that decisions are not so easily made along partisan lines-your decisions affect millions of people in this country and around the world. What other explanation is there for procrastinating so long on the issue of Afghanistan if not for fear of alienating the progressive left who put you where you are?
The fun of the campaign is over. The wheels have been set in motion by the actions of your administration. Many of your electorate are highly suspicious of your agenda. You, no one else, since you are the leader, have to make firm and timely decisions that impact our future. You, President Obama, have to face the consequences of your decisions. You need to address the will of the people and their concerns. You must step up and handle the day to day issues in a studied and timely fashion. Partisan politics won't solve the crises in Afghanistan and Iran.
This is the Majors. It's the bottom of the ninth, you're the third out, the count is full and the pennant is on the line! You cannot spend eternity in the on-deck circle, blaming the last guy who struck out for the position you find yourself in. This is not Little League-it's not the city government of Chicago or the state government of Illinois. There's no time for vascilating and whining. Because, as we all know, there is no crying in baseball! It is high time to move on from the excuse of George W. Bush. Your country is waiting for the strong leader you promised last year. You must think things through with all due haste so you can act when actions are needed. You have to walk up to the plate and swing-at something!