Hey Obama, it's the economy STUPID!

[Fieldmouse]

Does anyone know where Obama is at these days and what he's doing? I watch the TV and I see him on his little rock star tour funded by the tax payers on the best RV money can buy. Does he eve know the unemployment rate in the country is officially at 10.2% and unofficially at 18%? Does he know consumer cofidence is falling? Where is he Will? Does he even care about the American citizen or is he still just doing the President of the USA instead of being the President of the USA?

[FlDeerman]

He's in China trying to learn how to govern the "little people".Next stop Cuba then Venezuela,North Korea.He's learning form the best. But it's all Bushes fault!!

[Alsatian]

The president is responsible for a lot of things, and he has to keep all these balls in the air -- without dropping one -- at the same time. I do not blame him for applying himself to his foreign affairs duties. I think your comment is a cheap shot or at least not a focused and well articulated criticism.

What you can criticize him for, perhaps, is (1) why so many foreign trips?, (2) what are your foreign policy goals and how are you acting to achieve them? (isn't there some sort of maxim that if you don't know where you are going you aren't liable to get there?), and (3) what are your foreign policy principles? Maybe Charles Gibson ought to ask the Vice President to state "the Obama Doctrine" as he so famously asked Sarah Palin to state "the Bush Doctrine." I imagine Biden might fairly reply "Doctrine?!!! You gotta' be kiddin' me! Like you think there is some underlying principled and coherent foundation under the MAN's foreign utterances, statements, appearances? Ha!"

I have thus far not observed any coherent, unifying theme to Obama's presidency and/or policies and/or public utterances. He does seem to think the government can cure all ills and should actively exert itself to cure all ills and has infiinite resources. But aside from this I discern no coherent world view or strategy or agenda. Maybe I'm jez a dumba$$.

[Fieldmouse]

The president is responsible for a lot of things, and he has to keep all these balls in the air -- without dropping one -- at the same time. I do not blame him for applying himself to his foreign affairs duties. I think your comment is a cheap shot or at least not a focused and well articulated criticism.

He is doing all this traveling in order to hide from his job killing policies that he himself has implemented on the American people. His 1.5 trillion budget deficit this year. His continued plans of out of control government spending on steriods is sucking all the private investment out of our economy. Couple that with his continued attacks on every private industry out there. We are in serious trouble with a president who is operating like a deer in the headlights!

[Alsatian]

Originally Posted by Fieldmouse

He is doing all this traveling in order to hide from his job killing policies that he himself has implemented on the American people. His 1.5 trillion budget deficit this year. His continued plans of out of control government spending on steriods is sucking all the private investment out of our economy. Couple that with his continued attacks on every private industry out there. We are in serious trouble with a president who is operating like a deer in the headlights!

I substantially agree with your criticism. I think your simile -- 'like a deer in the headlights' -- is apropos and agrees with my characterization that, in my opinion, Obama's actions so far show little evidence of underlying principles or coherent political view. It is as if Obama is selecting positions from a smorgasbord of policies and eating a smidgin of labor union spaghetti red sauce with a dollop of healthcare peppermint ice cream accompanied by a side order of domestic economy sourkraut washed down with a tall glass of foreign policy sparkling wine. I don't have high expectations for such an unharmonized, unprincipled combination of policies achieving any good.