First Month Jitters
| February 21st, 2009 by Robert | Word Count: 813 | Reading Time 3:15 | 3,447 views |
This week completed the first official month of Barack Obama’s Presidency. Obama was riding a sentimental wave of enthusiasm into office with millions of supporters welcoming him into the White House as he swore upon the Bible to uphold the Constitution of the United States. After all the campaign promises were made with the assumption that he could easily direct the country’s lawmakers, the Democratic and Independent Obama voters were expecting nothing more than a smashing success which no political party has ever witnessed. Well, it appears there are a few bumps along the expected golden brick road to political “fairytaledom.”
Even with an overwhelming majority in both the House and Senate, Obama has faced some difficult experiences in his first month when trying to push through his ideology and policy decisions. Yes, the majority of what he wants has come to pass, but not without spending a considerable amount of his theoretical and generally worthless, political capital. There have been disastrous cabinet appointee failures and there have been unfavorable responses to some of his proposed stimulus bill policies among many other minor disturbances.
I distinctly remember the night Obama invoked his awe inspiring acceptance speech on the night of our general election. I also distinctly remember him telling the millions of Americans who did not vote for him how he was going to be their President too. He told us that he was going to walk down the aisle of bi-partisanship. He told us he was going to bring change to Washington. He told us he was going to work for the people to make our nation what it once was. Little more than 30 days into his Presidency, is he keeping his promises he made that night? Is he keeping the promises he made on the campaign trail?
Well, number one, Obama brought no change to Washington as he did nothing more than appoint Washington insiders to every post he has been given a chance to fill. He has mined the standby Democratic powers that be to the fullest. Where is the new blood? Where is the “Yes we can” ideology? Why do we have to sit back and watch the same politicians who have been running our government for generations continue their abuse of power over the American citizen? Why… when the single most important aspect of Obama’s campaign was change?
If I had voted for Obama, I would be sitting pretty uncomfortable right now because the man I would have voted for is not the man sitting in the Oval Office at this point in time. Sure, he has another 47 months to change how we perceive him, but hey, there is something to first impressions… I’ve got some numbers from the latest polls that show all is not well with the savior of the free world’s first month.
In only 30 days, Obama’s approval rating has dropped by nearly 10 percentage points. Two out of three Americans currently approve of how Obama is doing. That is still an extremely high number, but a nine percent drop in one month should be extremely worrisome for Obama supporters. Where did the drop come from? There are three segments polled, Democrats, Independents, and Republicans. Of course the Republican vote dropped the most from 50 percent to a drastically reduced 31 percent. Hey, even half of the Republican crowd gave Obama the benefit of the doubt… only to be shown his true colors in less than one month how the liberal Obama would govern our country.
The other two segments dropped as follows: Independents (the ones who actually voted Obama into office) dropped to 61 from 67 percent. Democrats basically held steadfast to their banker, err, I mean President with 92 percent, slightly down from 96 percent. If I were a Democrat, I would be pretty happy with what has transpired during the first month because by selling my vote, I now have more federal money coming my way that I haven’t worked for at the expense of those who do. I’ve also got more tax rebates coming my way that I don’t deserve because I didn’t pay anything in taxes during the year. It’s a great system at this juncture for a Democrat and the Democratic voting bloc.
First month jitters or the real Obama? Which one is it? My vote is that it’s the real Obama. The one with puppet strings tied to massive bank accounts of unknown campaign contributors. He is the one with ultra liberal policies who lied to the American public about his stance regarding bi-partisanship. As my bank account, 401k, home value, and confidence shrinks, there are others in the country receiving the benefits of selling their vote by sharing the shrinking wealth of those who work and earn their living. The first month jitters are costing millions of Americans jobs, money, and their future.
on February 21st, 2009 at 9:32 pm:
I agree, and would like to add.. if the majority thinks President “Hope” is doing so great out of the gate, then why has the stock market tanked? Isn’t hope of better change what drives the market up? Doesn’t add up with what I’m seeing and what the media is trying to feed us.
on February 21st, 2009 at 11:02 pm:
Yes, the stock market rides puts about as much faith in hope, aka confidence, as it does the balance sheets of the companies listed. I guess the people with money aren’t as hopeful as the people without it. I wonder why?
Could it be the “share the wealth” mentality that Obama professes? I think that has a lot to do with it and I also think the economy is in worse shape than everyone truly thinks or is shown. An all out panic is what they are trying to avert, but even now, we see more and more people mentioning that dreaded “depression” word.
on February 21st, 2009 at 11:20 pm:
The “share the wealth” plan that he has.. he means it for everyone else, not himself. He pays for NOTHING and gets a salary of $250,000 for life. I’m not an economics major and know only the basics, and even I can see the plans that he speaks of now, is going to absolutely destroy so many many more people than are currently struggling.
on February 21st, 2009 at 11:30 pm:
Yes, how many thriving socialist countries do you know of? Eventually, people will say no to the government and exercise their Constitutional rights or leave the country all together. The problem is, what happens in the years before these decisions are made? I can only hope that in 2 years, we vote enough change back into the House and Senate to at least put a roadblock in the way of the Democratic fleecing of America’s wealth.