Obama Critics are great at being “Critical.” Where are the Solutions?

March 27, 2009

Article from CNN: Obama is flunking economics

The rhetoric is thick, I think I’m choking to death. Seriously, this Ruben Navarette Jr. fella is totally clueless or all about driving the Republican “denial” machine. Let’s break it down for people who get it…

“Many Americans are so emotionally invested in the Obama presidency that they consider it too historic to fail.

They won’t tolerate any criticism of the president or his administration, finding it easier to simply attack critics. And whatever goes wrong that they can’t defend or deflect, they just blame on George W. Bush.

But to many of the rest of us, it’s clear that President Obama is flunking economics. He is trying to do too much at once, and so he is not doing any of it well. He vows to cut the federal deficit while proposing an avalanche of new spending that will — says the Congressional Budget Office — increase it by as much as $9.3 trillion over the next decade.”

You are absolutelty right about one thing, we are emotionally invested and we should not want Obama to fail, regardless of your political preference. But to be sure, it is OK to criticize the Obama administration. Constructive criticize should hit the mark. However, the criticism from the Right is based on principles which have failed us. It is OK to bash Bush because he failed us. Wake up Navarette, eight years of Bush - only two of which had Democratic majority in Congress, have lead our country to the brink of no return.

Flunking economics? Sir, I’m not sure what math you are doing, but if I inherited this debt and was asked to fix it when people are losing their jobs quicker than people are getting jobs = less tax income to spend, then drastic measures must be taken. Remember, we have a failing education system, health care, infrastructure, and everything else Bush overlooked the last eight years. The system is so flawed we have no choice but to fix the problems. This means big spending. The great thing is, if you get it right it will save you tons of money in the future. If we do nothing, which is what Bush did for eight years, the system continues to crumble and costs us exponentially more to fix once we figure out we should have done something in the first place.

WE still have yet to hear from the Right on a great solution to spend less and make our dollars go further - to address health care, infrastructure, etc. It is about time the critics on the Right huddle and come up with a plan worthy of Obama’s attention. If you are not going to be a part of the solution you should keep your fucking mouth shut.

“It’s become more common for people to say that they want President Obama to fail. I don’t want him to fail. I want him to succeed. I just don’t see how we get there from here.”

My point made. You have no idea where to go, so let Obama right the ship and go back to your hole. Or offer a plan, a solution, which can reduce spending and re-build our failing systems.