Just to get it out of the way: I don't like Obama's policies, the way he treats friends and enemies, the way he just takes large chunks of money from Americans and dumps it where he wants to, the way he weakens us...
That's done. So now I have to ask, "Does anyone really think he's that great of a speaker?" Really? I've heard him speak, and yeah, he can string words together easily, but what does he really say? All he has done is disparage prosperous businesses and "greedy" corporations, repeat the mantra that no one can get health care without the government's help, and lies (yes, LIES) to the American people.
Of course, the news media, particularly the television news, accepts what Obama says without critical scrutiny - at least until very recently. Not long after the passage of the "Stimulus" package, Obama triumphantly claimed that the economy had "turned a corner" and averted a crisis. He offered no proof. Really, what proof could he have had so soon after the bill's passage? No one in the media critiqued the statement; it was just presented as truth - and unfortunately people generally don't think beyond what the TV news presents them. Of course, health care is old news. Poor, poor Americans are dying by the hundreds because of a lack of affordable health care. Again, this naked statement, devoid of specific facts to justify it, not answering the question that begs to be asked is accepted by the media. How does he come by this statistic? If all Americans are given free health care, would they stop dying?
I can't listen to him any more, it was always very hard to do, but now it's just unbearable. The recent flop of a speech about the gulf oil spill is a prime example. He lied (yes LIED - the good conservative talk show hosts hesitate to use the word "lied" because they are at the core very civil people) about having no place to drill for oil. He lied about his administration's involvement to help the coast. All he did in this speech was to repeat: it's BP's fault, it's Bush's fault, BP will pay.
The general public thinks he's so good because they've been told he's so good...he's been told he's so good. But he's not. Those who don't like his policies or his bloodsucking our freedom are not allowed to criticize him because he's black (our second black president) and to criticize him would be racist. So just because he's black and he doesn't scream "whasssup" during his speeches or wear his presidential golf cap canted sideways he gets a pass? I don't think so.
He's not that good.
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