From Dana Milbank in today's Washington Post:
President Obama gave one of the most impassioned speeches of his presidency when he addressed a joint session of Congress Thursday night. Too bad so many in the audience thought it was a big, fat joke.
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Obama rose to the occasion with a bold jobs proposal that delighted liberals but also had elements conservatives grudgingly endorsed. Yet long before the speech, both sides had concluded it didn’t much matter: Obama has become too weak to enact anything big enough to do much good.
“I thought it was a great speech,” said Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) But the odds of Obama getting his plan through Congress “are probably as good as the Nationals winning the league this year.”
Presidential addresses to Congress are often dramatic moments. This one felt like a sideshow. Usually, the press gallery is standing room only; this time only 26 of 90 seats were claimed by the deadline. Usually, some members arrive in the chamber hours early to score a center-aisle seat; 90 minutes before Thursday’s speech, only one Democrat was so situated.
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Even a mention of Abraham Lincoln, “a Republican president who mobilized government to build the transcontinental railroad,” brought no applause from the GOP side. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) yawned. One unidentified Republican backbencher chose this moment to hold up a sign demanding “Drilling for Jobs.”
So now even Lincoln doesn’t merit Republican applause when Obama invokes his name?...
2 comments:
That ain't all... from USA TODAY, which is liberal....
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Americans who watched President Obama's call for a new jobs bill Thursday night might have wondered whether they were stuck in a time warp. A proposal to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to put people to work: Is this 2009 all over again?In some ways, sadly, yes.Obama's new $447 billion program might help at the marginsThe question is whether the nation can afford Obama's "American Jobs Act" without worsening a debt problem that threatens to spiral out of control.
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Politico ...generally left of Ctr
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Strong words from a weak president
Another day, another speech. A speech that promised more speeches. And so Barack Obama, who once soared on the wings of hope, now plods on the leaden feet of reality.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0911/63055.html#ixzz1XSblStCw
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OY!
If he ever had any, he has pissed away his credibility and goodwill by spending $4.5 Trillion we do not have and being absolutely antagonistic toward the citizens of a hurting nation.
We do not want another government program. We want a smaller, more free-market-friendly government so that businesses can get back to investing in projects and putting people back to work. He either simply does not get that concept or he is trying to hurt our people and their futures.
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