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By Chuck Ring (GadaboutBlogalot ©2009 – 2010)
Quote Freely From The Article – Leave The Pseudonym Alone
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and more than likely, other such media, POTUS has stated his readiness to get tough. I suppose, getting tough is the opposite of bipartisanship. Bipartisanship, which is really what he promised, but passed by on his and the Democrats quick trips to cap and trade and the health care bill.
A lesson learned and then unlearned is the same as a lesson never learned and it appears that the lesson taught behind the woodpile of recent events in Massachusetts is already forgotten. That is, if members of Mr. Obama’s team mean what they have been quoted as saying in the WSJ:
Coming off one of the most difficult weeks of his presidency, Barack Obama has beefed up his political staff and is expected to deliver an uncompromising State of the Union address. Aides said Sunday that the White House wasn’t making any abrupt policy shifts, even as the message was retooled to focus more sharply on job creation.
David Axlerod, one of Obama’s hot rods, is now trotting out the old tired excuse, that everything wrong today can be laid in the lap of the previous administration:
…They’re falling behind. That’s been true for a decade. They look at a wave of irresponsibility from Wall Street to Washington that led to that. And those were the frustrations that got the president elected in the first place …
