Legislature Stymies Obama Agenda
By: Mildred Robertson
We have faced self-imposed
crisis, one after the other, for no other reason than to keep this president
from implementing his agenda. Any victory for President Obama seems
unacceptable to partisan politicians who have lost sight of the real reason
they are in Washington D.C.
Whether I voted for them or not,
they are SUPPOSED to represent me and the majority of other Americans who
decided that Barack Obama’s plan for America is the best choice.
It appears that many of our
legislators, although they refer to themselves as “The Tea Party” have
forgotten the foundation of our Democracy. The American Revolution was not
about taxation. It was about taxation without representation. Because of their
single-minded opposition to the president, our government has stalled and no
one is being represented. I have watched the pundits on various news broadcasts who insist that the President “DO” something. What is it that they would have him do?
He has offered compromise. He has
introduced proposals almost identical to those the opposing legislators
introduced themselves. He has sent out surrogates to schmooze and negotiate. He
has used his bully pulpit to appeal to the American public. But the opposition
is so entrenched in the idea that the President should win no victory that they
resist all such overtures.
Now, while they are doggedly
fighting to ensure he doesn’t win, he seems to win anyway. He won the Detroit
bailout, he won the Stimulus battle, he won the election, and he won healthcare
reform. While slipping in the polls from time-to-time, he continues to win the
hearts and minds of the American people. He has even won a shaky economic
recovery. All of these victories came hard fought, and without any meaningful
support from across the aisle.
The pundits are right. Something HAS to be done. But it is not up to the
President to do it. It is up to us. We sent them to Washington D.C., and we
need to bring them home!
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