Multitask Gimmick
| September 26th, 2008 by Robert | Word Count: 670 | Reading Time 2:45 | 2,254 views |
Our current economic woes have handcuffed our running political campaigns. On one hand, it has given the two candidates specific talking points to showcase their ability to deal with imminent crisis. On the other, it has completely obliterated the need to focus upon education, tax reform, social security, military, and foreign policy as debating issues. Everyone is solely focused upon fixing our impending financial meltdown… and rightfully so.
Recently, John McCain settled upon the stance that he would be returning to the senate to hammer out the necessary federal involvement in the government sponsored bailout of the financial sector. McCain suspended his campaign for President with less than six weeks to go before Election Day. He chose to do this while embroiled in a neck and neck race separated by only a few percentage points that barely overcome the statistical margin of errors. The White House will be won by wooing the undecided voters.
Halting your campaign in such a critical timeframe comes across as one of two things. Number one, the Obama campaign and liberal media types will try and sway you to an opinion of “He’s blowing smoke. He’s only doing it for a media byte.” Secondly, he actually cares about his country and understands that face to face meetings and involvement solve more than any phone call ever can. McCain publicly gave Barack Obama a chance to join him in Washington (where Obama’s senate seat is waiting) so they could partner in an attempt to work out the best bailout bill possible. Obama rejected the idea and flatly said that “We should be able to multitask.”
Multitasking is of course one of the jobs of our leaders. No, they cannot ever sit down and worry about a singular thing, can you as a simple citizen? We are all multitasking every minute of our lives. McCain was, and is, trying to do what’s best for his country and that includes his presence in person at some of the most important debates and lawmaking discussions our generation has ever known. Obama, to simply respond with an inane rebuttal shows me something about his focus upon our country. Personally, I want a President who will confront issues in person, head on, and not give a percentage of attention to the dire issues we are facing.
I do not want a “Jack of all trades, King of nothing” as our commander in chief. I want someone who has the guts to take a step back, focus upon the major issue our country is facing and do something about it in person. I don’t want a conference call President. I don’t want an email or text message leader. I don’t want a public statement President. I want someone willing to get their hands dirty by showing their face, entering into the debate with opposition, and sweating with their patriotic blood boiling on the debate floor, trying to make our country better. Multitask? Sure, not the issue.
Obama, with his gimmick statement of “multitasking,” makes me believe that he doesn’t view our economic issues as being important enough to warrant his supreme presence. Stop campaigning? Delay the debates? Why? “I’m trying to win the White House can’t you see? These problems can wait until January when I take office and then I’ll multitask my way into making America my portrait of America…”
Some problems can’t wait, campaign or no campaign. McCain is right to suspend his run and return to his JOB! McCain’s and Obama’s JOB is to serve as elected United States Senators. They have voluntarily CHOSEN to run for President. Their JOB requires them to be present in Washington right now as we are facing disaster. If Obama cannot see this, then is he truly ready to lead our entire country? He has once again shown his lack of leadership when faced with circumstances requiring action now. The wait and see period is over. It’s time for Obama to state an opinion and live or die with it and stop being the hindsight is 20/20 candidate!
on September 26th, 2008 at 10:31 pm:
Monday morning quarterbacks are a dime a dozen, but to be a real quarterback in a real live game takes some major planning and thinking on your feet. I don’t think that it takes a lot of skill to make your decisions after the fact and place the blame on some one else. Could have, would have, should have, are very good sayings after the fact. But most people only listen to this for a very short time.
I get the feeling that if push came to shove, Obama would break and run, or sell us out to the highest bidder. That is just my opinion and you know what they say about opinions, that every body has one, among other things.
Whoever gets into the White House, will have to be able to work across party lines, and vice versa with our elected officials in Congress. If this don’t happen, we will be in a worse predicament in the next 4 years.
on September 26th, 2008 at 11:04 pm:
We are all subject to being Monday morning quarterbacks but eventually, the man in the game must make decisions in real time as you say. They must live with their decision and change direction if wrong. However, if a standard of waiting is applied to everything, it could be a recipe for disaster. Some things just cannot wait for further information.
I personally do not trust Obama’s wherewithal either. He is untested and he succumbs to stuttering rhetoric when pushed in live debates. Rarely does he follow through on a question without falling back on the standard Liberal Democratic Doctrine. I’m beginning to wonder if his entire campaign revolves around anything other than “Hey, I’m the opposite of George Bush. Vote for me.”