I've made my political posts before, usually jabs or pot shots at the Tea Party or Romney and sometimes in defense...
I've made my political posts before, usually jabs or pot shots at the Tea Party or Romney and sometimes in defense of the president or left-leaning policies, but I rarely ever post pro-Obama items.
http://jasonisms.blogspot.com/2012/09/obama.html
http://jasonisms.blogspot.com/2012/09/obama.html
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Seriously, though, I address that point in my blog post. Stated clearly, I thought, that the sitting President doesn't need to speak about every little item the media is telling us is important this week, but there is a difference between a campaigning man and a sitting person. We see it all the time where a campaigning politician will tell us what s/he thinks we want to hear (think Romney) but turns around and ignores or changes his/her public remarks regarding that position once in office.
However, there are other times when he needs to remind those who voted for him and those who were on the fence what his platform supports and condemns. Did he make a public call to reason when states and cities were treating OWS protesters like terrorists? Aside from the DNC has he said anything about the GOP's agenda regarding a woman's right to her own body?
No. And yet these are important issues. One demonstrates his belief in civil liberties and the other in equality under the law. Both are larger issues and reminds people of where he stands on those issues, for better or worse.
Time and time again we hear of people who just want to know who their candidates are, that they actually believe in their platforms. How many times have you heard or seen someone say "I don't like the candidate, but [s]he sticks by their guns and I respect that?"
People want that straighforwardness and they want to know that the guy they vote for hasn't succumbed to the isolation of the office they hold.
I think because we now have a thoughtful and intelligent President, his slow to spout off-the-cuff statements, people think he is not doing anything or doesn't care. Obama speaks out when it time and the White House is ready to deal with the fall-out. Which is why we don't see alot of PANIC even in these tuff times. We see people protesting and feeling free to do so. Why would he speak out yea or nay on these activities, it's a right & choice. I am sure he is listening and making adjustments.
Lastly. I realized from a few jobs I took in the past hoping to make a positive change: When you are outside looking in, it's easy to say what you will do and would do IF!. Once you are inside, there are a different set of truths. Example: Obama bringing the troops home within a promised deadline when campaigning. Once Elected & briefed and made privy to the FACTS about the war that the public will never know, thangs had to change. It took longer than promised. I am sure this is the case for several of his Agendas.
It's these types of lessons learned that make me less apt to Blame or point fingers these days. I can only control myself and sometimes I disappoint me. Great discussion. Thanks ~emma
As for Sandra Fluke, I mentioned that Obama finally had something to say at the DNC, and the DNC organizers invited her to speak. However, speaking up to defend on woman against Rush the Idiot Limbaugh and speaking up against the tyranny of the christian conservatives trying to outlaw a woman's right to her own body are two very different animals.
As a first term president faced with such crises upon taking office, Obama has had to do things that have left him with very little political capital. That has meant really having to choose his battles. Is that ideal? No, but it is a reality that I can appreciate.
Ultimately, Obama fell into the same trap that nearly every presidential candidate does, over-promising with imperfect knowledge of the challenges they will face in office.