Obama’s New Scapegoat

A few weeks prior to the debt ceiling deadline,  the leaders of both parties and President Obama had got so close on their agreed on numbers that both parties declared that the deal was almost finalized.  Then, at the last minute,  the President changed his offer by a huge amount and sent legislators from both parties scrambling.

Now, Obama’s new scapegoat (after President George Bush)  is “the gridlock in Congress”.   His new campaign ads bear this out.  Here’s a crisis that was created by Obama’s political game playing and procrastination that he now wants to pin on conservative Americans who think balancing the national budget is a matter of national security and survival.   Almost every liberal friend I have who voted for Obama is disgusted with his leadership… (or should I say lack of leadership?). 

The Republicans in Congress are not Obama’s problem,  he just wants us to think it is.  Remember that the last time the US budget was balanced was with a Republican House of Representatives (Newt Gingrich, Speaker) and a Democrat President (Bill Clinton).  Most Americans of both parties are waking up to the fact that our biggest problem in Washington is a lack of true leadership. – Jeff Burke

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