This diary is action oriented. Please bear with me :)
I just finished listening to Robert Reich on NPR. He leveled the fair and, in my opinion, accurate criticism that our President has given up the role of Educator-in-Chief. Call it using the bully pulpit, whatever. I've defended Obama against some accusations here (i.e. his fantasy is to gut social security), but in my mind Reich's point is spot on.
I've had a favorable reaction to what Obama says in his speeches. He does talk sense. He may be right in what he says, but he is playing the Tea Party game and even playing that game is wrong wrong wrong. He's ignoring jobs and the fact that cuts right now will hurt a fragile economy. He knows these things, but he's choosing only to talk about debts and deficits.
So that sucks. Now what? Do we continue sniping at him, ranting, and wishing we had a better leader? No. That would accomplish nothing. Actually, it would do harm to our cause because we could spend our time and energy in more productive ways. For example, we could become our own Educators-In-Chief and destroy the Tea Party. Which sounds better, ranting or destroying?
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