Advisers: Obama Should Forget Diplomacy and Blame Bush for the Economy
By Paul Bedard, Washington Whispers
Maybe he's being a political diplomat, or maybe he's just trying to forget the past. But President Obama's reluctance to blame his Republican predecessor by name for the financial mess irks Democrats. "He should be out there going coast to coast blaming George Bush for this mess. He doesn't have to own it," says one key party adviser. Of concern: If the situation gets as bad as feared, voters will blame Obama. "He doesn't have to do the dirty work; others can. But they have to blame Bush every day so people don't forget. That way, they get the credit for the recovery, if that comes, and not the blame for the recession," says another glum administration adviser.
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Stay at home
I think that he needs to stay home for awhile and see if he can actually get something done. Pretty soon we will be so tired of seeing him five or six times a day, we'll just close hime out altogether.
Unpatriotic for GOP to Bash Pres. Obama's Plans
It is very Unpatriotic that every morning Morning Joe opens up with how Team Obama is so Confused and so muddled, when in fact he has been very clear about getting America back on track in the many avenues which have been neglected for all of these years. This assumption is false when in fact Team Obama has been clear that they are doing Stress Tests on the banks to figure out how to proceed. Why that cannot be allowed to take place by some in the media, well we know the answer to that, Politics. And, actually is Unpatriotic to the American people to continue to falsely accuse Team Obama for actions that are not real and to pretend things are so confused when they have never been so clear. Daily they come out with their plans for the American people, plans which have long been ignored. And, please media, stop saying Main Street is confused, we are not. They are instituting policies for us now. When GOP brings up the era of "easy money" is over, we could ask, easy money for whom and to whom? Not us, not Main Street...
As of yesterday, robocalls are going out to ask people to sign up to restructure thier mortgages (that is not confusion but action on behalf of the American people.) It is too bad that when Republicans had their chance they did nothing for the people but use the word No, No, No, so it is no wonder they think Team Obama are doing to many things at once, being the party of no action that they were.
Let this Team have their chance to bring in real change. The American people are not confused! Please stop being so falsely and deceptively unpatriotic, because we know as Rush stated so blatantly, they want Pres. Obama to fail, which means the American people also fail.
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With the economy in freefall, Americans have a chance to reshape society for a more equitable distribution of wealth....
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/opinion/10herbert.html?ref=opinion
Advise The President That HE TOOK THE OATH JAN 2009!
If President Obama adheres to the advice of the Democrats making these foolish recommendations (based on emotion -- not rational thought), then he will be JIMMY CARTER II, but with a staff from CLINTON I. He needs to remember what happened to Clinton in 1994, and what happened to Jimmy Carter in 1980!
I thought he was a bright light last fall after watching and tracking him throughout the campaign. Today, he is appearing as a dull bulb -- the dullest since 1976! This is sad!
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