Posted by
Marc T. on Thursday, February 05, 2009 2:21:53 PM
Another week, another bunch of embarrassing stories for the President Obama's Administration in its infancy. I was correct in my last post that none of these storying are sticking to him he is truly a Teflon president so far. Some of it's is probably “just give him a chance” but as more and more of these stories are coming out, you really have to question the motives of the main stream media. Nobody and I mean nobody outside of conservative talk hosts are questioning President Obama's judgment. Maybe he really is too inexperienced for the position. One, he should be vetting his candidates for cabinet positions better. The list goes on Bill Richardson, Tom Daschle, Tim Geithner, Nancy Killefer, Hillary Clinton and now Leon Panetta. While the Geithner and Clinton nominations were passed (albeit without many questions) and Panetta will probably pass also with little questioning, all of this stink will never stick to President Obama and his decision to put up these flawed candidates up for nomination. In the media, President Obama is getting a pass from scrutiny just with saying“it was just a mistake.” He is stumbling out of the block with the “most ethical administration ever” We all know that if this was George W. Bush, he would be racked over the coals constantly by the likes of CNN and MSNBC if these were his nominees.
Another topic that President Obama is getting a pass on is the growing unpopularity of this stimulus package that he is continually trying to push though congress. All we hear is that the Republicans aren't cooperating, that they are not going along with the President's plea of “bi-partisanship.” If President Obama wants to work with the Republicans and be truly bi-partisan, he needs to scale back his desires of trillions of dollars of stimulus starting with trimming billions off the first 890 billion dollar package that congress is working on. I know that Republicans would be open to a lot smaller stimulus package if the dollars were smaller, the pork is eliminated and guaranteeing that the money will actually get funneled to the economy ASAP.
For all the heat Republicans got for constantly saying that Barack Obama isn't ready to become the next President of the United States and he has made poor decisions (Resco, Rev. Wright etc) it is coming to light that they might just be right. If he is making mistakes with an easy task like vetting out candidates and their tax issues, what is he going to do when it comes down to making serious decisions like how to deal with Iran and North Korea and their search for nuclear weapons.