Cry Me A River

Obama thinks the economy might have improved on its own by now, according to an interview on 60 minutes. Lamenting his lack of authoritarian control, Obama wants to emphasize the fact that he didn’t have complete control as being part of the problem.

“There are times when I thought that the economy would have gotten better by now, you know, 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, right?”

Is he coming to a realization concerning the nature of the job and his constitutional limitations; who could have foreseen that his was part of the problem.

He is not worried about another depression: one of the few in the world who are literate and can honestly say they are not worried; although, the unemployment is a matter of concern. (Narcissism is a mental disorder, rational thought can be difficult to discern from people who are afflicted with this incapacitating disease.) The White House gig pays well, but the expense account is where you really make out. Free helicopters, big jet, and 34 war ships when you travel overseas, now that is high styling. The rest of America should just get used to high unemployment, its the new normal.

What is a danger is that we stay stuck in a new normal where unemployment rates stay high, people who have jobs see their incomes go up, businesses make big profits, but they’ve learned to do more with less, and so they don’t hire.

Its those dastardly businesses that have pared down their operating costs and have learned to do more with less, who have caused much of the problem by not hiring. Thus Obama identifies another scapegoat for his incompetence and stupidity.

And as a consequence, we keep on seeing growth that is just too slow to bring back the eight million jobs that were lost. That is a danger. So that’s something that I spend a lot of time thinking about.

Much of his time on the golf course is spent needlessly stressed over other people’s problems. Consequently, his concern for others as well as being focused on good policy has precipitated a political cost that he thinks is unfair.

We were so busy and so focused on getting a bunch of stuff done that we stopped paying attention to the fact that, yeah, leadership isn’t just legislation, that it’s a matter of persuading people and giving them confidence and bringing them together, and setting a tone.

We haven’t always been successful at that, and I take personal responsibility for that. And it’s something that I have to examine carefully as I go forward.

Mark that last sentence, it is the first time he has taken responsibility for anything. Could this be an epiphany when he realizes that he is supposed to display leadership and integrity

I think first and foremost, it was a referendum on the economy. And the party in power was held responsible for an economy that is still underperforming and where a lot of folks are still hurting.

Actually Mr Obama, it was a referendum against you, your Marxism, your profligate spending, your metastasizing federal government, your Marxist Czars, your Crap and Tax, your health care disaster, your spending, your work ethic, your disregard for the American people and our troops, please don’t take it personally, but you are the number one problem. If you are impeached or decide the job is too overwhelming for your humble talents and quit, America will breathe a sigh of relief.