The Exodus of Hope
So, how’s that whole Hopey Changey thing workin’ out for you?
Barack Obama recently complained that Americans were being unfair in their criticism of his fiscal policies and his vision for the future. He said folks are mad at him for not eliminating the national deficit he inherited within the first six months of his presidency. But when you inherit a debt in the billions and within six months raise that deficit level to a projected $9 trillion there may be more than a little disingenuous, butt-covering, deflection in that assessment. At least I hope so. If Obama truly believes Americans are upset because of what he hasn’t done rather than by what he has done, or at least is trying to do, we are all in for a long three years.
With his approval rating dropping faster than Barney Frank’s pants at a Fire Island barbeque, Obama finds himself in completely unfamiliar territory. This personable community activist qua ghost written autobiographer qua political rock star has never had to face even feigning disapproval much less outright rebellion. Mostly because he has been carefully schooled in the fine art of duplicitous political rhetoric over real accomplishments and the exploitation of his almost unparalleled duende.
Mainstream media outlets like ABC, NBC, CNN and the New York Times are going to great lengths to prop up Obama’s policies, with ABC and NBC going so far as refusing to air conservative backed commercials criticizing it. Their goal is to convince Americans that it is recalcitrant Republicans creating the public tempest. But as usual these supposed barometers of national sentiment are completely missing the point. The days of Bill and Hillary claiming a right wing conspiracy are long gone. Obama is in the enviable position of not needing a single Republican vote to change his vision into law. It is Congressional Democrats, fearful of having to find a real job in 2010, that are now the biggest roadblocks to this caravan to nationalized medicine and socialized government.
While it has become apparent that mathematics was never one of Barack Obama’s best subjects, many House and Senate Democrats are working the numbers and they don’t like how they are adding up.
Americans voted for change, what they got was more of the same Democrat tax and spend. The nearly one trillion dollars passed under the banner of stimulus has done nothing but increase the country’s need for foreign investment to buy our ever growing debt. Even the Cash for Clunkers program, which actually stimulated new car sales, was so poorly run that it only increased the light of reality caste on government operational inefficiencies. If the government has a meltdown trying to handle a simple car rebate program how are they going to handle the entire nation’s healthcare?
This complete ineptitude has caused our consumer driven economy to languish in a quagmire of fear, causing discretionary spending to be reduced to all time lows and sending tax revenues into a downward death spiral. While Obama’s approval rating has dropped significantly it is still being artificially supported in the high 40% area by an almost 100% approval rating in the black community. As the reality of dramatically diminished tax receipts cripples the budgets of state, county, city and local governing bodies, deep cuts in the tax supported welfare programs within the minority communities will quickly erode Obama’s manic support. Once support begins to waver in the black community there will be a mass defection that will surpass even that of a stained blue dress and the definition of sexual relations.
Democrats had been banking on the historic cycle of recession and recovery to cover for their trillion dollar spend-a-thon. But their spending only helped to fuel a longer and deeper recession ending any hope of a normal recovery. The only answer this White House has for the prolonged spending-induced pain is more spending. Americans aren’t buying it and fearful Democrats in Congress aren’t willing to take a bullet for it.
So how will we know when the tide of black support has truly begun to ebb? Simple, when you begin to hear blacks referring to Obama by the most insulting, derogatory term they can use.
No not that one.
They will start calling him white.
