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Originally Posted by Bond
It's really a question of why this is even an issue at all? My answer would be the deteriorating respect for the office of the Presidency, beginning with Bush. "He's not my President!" Etc. Etc.
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Agreed. I think politics and public service have melded into a singular beast that confuses winning elections with serving the people.
I don't think anyone trusts their elected officials anymore, and they're more likely to believe crack-pot conspiracy theory than anything their representatives say. This isn't the fault of the people in totality, quite honestly, it's the fault of politicians not living up to their rhetoric and/or operating in their own best interests. This is also why I think you see the approval rating of President Obama fall, but not see the Republican's approval really improve. They're sick of everyone.
President Obama specifically, I think those that are against him refuse to believe a word that he says; they believe he speaks one way and acts another and therefore you have all this conspiracy theory surrounding him. While right wing talk shows and the like have some responsibility in fomenting this outrage, the biggest fault lies with the president himself because of his lack of clarity. He speaks in long, grand language about nebulous ideals, but he rarely takes a specific stand on anything or backs specific legislation as being something he really supports. He is VERY hands off when it comes to lawmaking, an area that is a big weakness of his when it comes to confusing and universally impactful subjects such as government run healthcare. America is looking for a leader on this subject, and to date President Obama hasn't filled that need, mainly because I think he fears the reprocussions of taking a stand on something so volitile.
Also, he is very good at working the media. Example: Van Jones resigned at midnight over the labor day weekend, an obvious attempt to make the issue go away. This avoidance of direct answers is building the same distrust on the right that Bush's avoidance of WMD clarity did on the left (and lets keep the comparison's to that alone). If President Obama or Gibbs would simply answer questions regardling Jones clearly and honestly, there would not be so much theory surrounding the entire issue. It's bad when Glenn Beck gets an advisor fired, which gives him more credibility with the American people as being more than just a quack, and now that the "resignation" was done literally
in the cover of night it gives Glenn even more to rant about! This is what I talk about when I say this adminsitration is making one fumble after another. It's almost like they want the reaction they're getting.
The biggest problem with President Obama right now is that we know he gives great speeches and has wonderful ideals, but no one really knows who he is or specifically how he believes he can fix the issues he believes are hurting us as a nation. In the absence of clarity, his supporters have given him blind trust and his detractors oppose him with blind hate, IMO. This is why MY criticisms tend to concentrate on the specific actions he has taken and/or approved, because that is the only thing we can really judge him on.
His speech on Healthcare will hopefully clear some of this up, as it is supposed to outline HIS plan and ideas on the subject, and not just broad strokes.
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