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Thursday, January 28, 2010

Can Palin punch or what!!

Why do people think that she will fail in her bid for the Presidency, IF she ever decides to run, is a never- ending mystery to me.  She is what the doctor has prescribed for the ailing  USA.

While I don’t wish to speak too harshly about President Obama’s state of the union address, we live in challenging times that call for candor. I call them as I see them, and I hope my frank assessment will be taken as an honest effort to move this conversation forward.

Last night, the president spoke of the “credibility gap” between the public’s expectations of their leaders and what those leaders actually deliver. “Credibility gap” is a good way to describe the chasm between rhetoric and reality in the president’s address. The contradictions seemed endless.

He called for Democrats and Republicans to “work through our differences,” but last year he dismissed any notion of bipartisanship when he smugly told Republicans, “I won.”

He talked like a Washington “outsider,” but he runs Washington! He’s had everything any president could ask for – an overwhelming majority in Congress and a fawning press corps that feels tingles every time he speaks. There was nothing preventing him from pursuing “common sense” solutions all along. He didn’t pursue them because they weren’t his priorities, and he spent his speech blaming Republicans for the problems caused by his own policies...... read further

5 comments:

  1. The reason Obamas supporters are dissapointed is because they are educated, experienced human beings that believe change is possible but don't realize the millitary industry and big corps/spcial intrests are really running the show.
    The reason Palins supporters wont be dissapointed even when she causes WW3 is because they are expecting rapture.

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  2. Zoe - oh really! What Pearls of wisdom.
    So, according to you, wars are the cause of "rapture" ?

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  3. Credibility gap is just a polite way of saying "the s.o.b. was lying through his teeth." That's real candor.

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