I know many American find Barack Obama a man of hope. He inspires millions but I don’t think I’ve ever heard a more depressing politician in my life. Our economy is in ‘dire’ shape. Every moment we’re on the “brink” of disaster or calamity. The time is now, NOW, NOW! There’s no time to wait or debate. He has me totally freaking out every waking minute of the day. Where’s the hope?
A typical President Obama statement on the economy:
The United States is going through a devastating time in history. Banks are failing. Millions of jobs are being lost. The Stock Market is tanking. Other nations hate us. The future is bleak. Today is worse than any nightmare we could conjure up in our minds and tomorrow only a poke at futility. The stimulus plan I and the Democratic Party are proposing will help stop the bleeding, reverse the catastrophic imminent collapse of our financial institutions and shine a ray of light onto an otherwise dismal, depressing, hopeless, awful, pathetic, never ending hell hole of a nation. We must brave icy currents, volcanic eruptions, mud slides, tornadoes, hurricanes, dust storms, blizzards, high humidities, low barometric pressures, meteor showers, and gamma ray bursts, to get to the other side – to the shore of prosperity. That shore is beyond our sight now, as we drift on an ocean of turmoil and uncertainty. As we ride the waves and experience the nausea and discomfort of never-ending, pounding, relentless waves against our nation’s hull, we must never forget how deeply depressing and awful these times are. I will remind you day and night of just how awful these times are until our nation is again sailing on a sea of hope and prosperity. Goodnight. God bless you and I sure hope the sun rises again tomorrow – though I wouldn’t make a bet on that.
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Before I get attacked with broken beer bottles and bricks from Obama supporters, I actually like Obama’s honesty on the subject of the economy. I complained in the past when President Bush or any other president sugar coated economic downturns but I understood why they did it. Today, our economy is consumer-driven. If we scare consumers to death and convince them not to spend a nickle of their money, are we not only making matters worse?
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