Talk Is Cheap

The other morning, Obama's Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, in rolling out a new $900 million initiative to fight the horrendous drop out rate in urban high schools, said President Obama is "committed to do the right thing by children."  He went on to say that "drop-out factories in low-income communities" are "morally unacceptable" and that Obama continues to show "tremendous courage" in standing up to intransigent forces like the teacher's union who have opposed similar efforts to force low performing schools to close.  Sighting high performance inner city schools like the Harlem Village Academy, that have narrowed the achievement gap between black and white students, Sec. Duncan said that "these are the projects we want to invest in."  I'm sure those are comforting words to the children and families living in the slums of Washington DC who's private school vouchers were just taken away by President Obama and his Democrat allies in Congress.

Once again the president's actions don't match his rhetoric.  What he says, or what anyone of his spokespersons attributes to him for saying,  should have a longer shelf life than the time it takes the words to leave their mouths.  Take this montage from Breitbart.tv » Obama ‘American Agenda’ Flashback: Dems Should Not Pass Healthcare With a 50-Plus-1 Strategy where Obama's own words contradict his latest attempt to pass healthcare over the objections of a majority of Americans.  Speaking of healthcare, again, I thought jobs were supposed to be his number one focus.  Again, ever since we learned that his administration would focus laser-like on jobs and the economy, all we've heard from the White House is that Congress must pass Obamacare.  Huh?

I am reminded of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech, wherein he hopes that one day black boys and girls "will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."  Likewise, the content of Obama's words and speeches should be judged on the   sincerity and commitment behind them, rather than the articulation and eloquence of their delivery.  If all we are looking for in our leaders is intelligibility, then let's elect James Earl Jones...."This is CNN."