Obstructed Vision

I just watched President Obama try and explain why the unemployment rate just went up, even after all the hard work that he has done to put the U.S. on a path to recovery and prosperity.  Like an overweight child, our economy just won't behave like it's supposed to, even after a strict diet of sticky sweet stimulus, additional rewards, and effusive praise for sitting on the couch and not going out to play.   Our President continues to plead with us to just bear with him, that this economy took years to get this way and it might take a similar amount of time to properly recover.  He remains confident that things are going in the right direction.  Really Mr. President, the right direction?  Based on what evidence?  A clear majority of Americans do not believe we are headed in the right direction.  I suspect a clear majority of those same Americans believe that if we continue with the policies of this administration, things can and will get considerably worse.

Honestly, how does he see that an exponential growth in spending will reduce the deficit?  How can he be trusted to curtail entitlements, when he expands them?  How can he cut unemployment when everything he's for encourages it?  None of this makes sense to us anymore and he and his party are feeling it.  But it's our fault.  In a column in the Washington Post, Eugene Robinson says the "American people are acting like a bunch of spoiled brats."  We just don't understand the wisdom behind Obama or his parties' policies or tactics.

Thank God that for many Americans, the beginning of the end of Obamanomics may be just a few weeks away.  The American electorate is poised to sweep away the Democrat majority who through their own policies have obstructed the path to their own sustainability.  Republicans offer a renewed vision for long-term economic growth and personal well-being.