Monday, November 8, 2010

BloggeRhythms 11/8/2010

I was reading a synopsis of the president's comments made during a Sunday night CBS 60 Minutes interview. And I was struck by two things as I read it. First, that he related some of the information the way he did, and second, the magnitude of what he actually said.

The president said the political cost of overhauling the health care system turned out to be higher than he had expected. And admitted he gets discouraged at times when dealing with the economy.

He went on that the health care system itself is huge and complicated, and that changing it eluded previous presidents because it was so difficult. But, "I made the decision to go ahead and do it, and it proved as costly politically as we expected, probably actually a little more costly than we expected, politically." He also thought he'd find common ground by advancing health care proposals introduced by Republican administrations as well as potential presidential candidate Mitt Romney when he was governor of Massachusetts.

Then he said, "I do get discouraged. I mean, there are times where I thought the economy would have gotten better by now. One of the things I think you understand as president is you're held responsible for everything. But you don't always have control of everything, especially an economy this big."

Lastly he stated "But I think that in terms of how I operated on a day-to-day basis, when you've got a series of choices to make, I think that there are times where we said let's just get it done instead of worrying about how we're getting it done. And I think that's a problem. I'm paying a political price for that."

After reading the forgoing encapsulation, I sat back for a minute and absorbed it, because in a couple of short paragraphs the president described exactly what's wrong with his administration.

For starters, he knowingly took on a problem that was decidedly too big for his administration to handle in health care, yet he demanded it be done. He also admits that he opted for speed in completion, with little or no regard as to what any of the details or impacts were. He also alluded to Romney and his views on health care, but apparently didn't consider that both Romney and his health care plan were defeated by the voters.

He then seemed surprised to find out that the public doesn't just bow down and say yes to whatever presidents wish, because this is a democracy. And he woke up too late to realize that many politicians are simply tolerated, or flat out ignored, if they get in the way of the people's real goals and desires.

So, in a nutshell you have the thoughts of a man who took on a job he knew little to nothing about, and then instead of learning what he needed to know before proceeding...he dove right in and began dismantling the greatest health care system on the planet. And, of course, almost every other aspect of American life and business that he's touched.

Consequently, I still have to wonder if these all have been his decisions, or if he's just a loyal employee of Soros. And the reason for my bewilderment is that I simply can't see this hack from Chicago coming up with a plan to weaken and dismantle this country piece by piece for personal gain. Because he hasn't the machinery or resources to fulfill the end game of buying up the residue after the economic collapse.

But, right now, it doesn't really matter about their plans for the end game at all, because they've both blown themselves totally out of the box, and for the president certainly...this ballgame is over. He's not Favre, and he's not coming back at all.

That's it for today folks.

Adios

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