A Man for No Seasons

 

 

"Anticipation of pleasure is often times better than pleasure itself..."

Many pundits have said our current President is the best campaigner in modern times. Even better than Clinton. The main difference between Clinton and Obama is once in a while Clinton would get around to governing. Obama never has. It is as the chase to become President was what he was really after. He does give the impression the job frightens him, it overwhelms him.

Why do I say that? In the middle of the biggest international crisis of his presidency, he did two very strange things. The first was another delay in parts of the problem ridden ACA. Again, like the other delays, it was for political reasons. The car is a lemon, and he does not want the new owner to know it until he is out of town.

The second thing was his GFY 2015 budget. It was straight out of the Twilight Zone. If the President had a sense of humor, many would have thought it was a joke. Nope - he meant every word of it. Raise taxes a trillion dollar in an economy which refuses to heal. Raise the Earned Income Credit which would throw even more people off the tax roles. Not address one penny in entitlement reform, and (get ready) spend like a drunken sailor.

It as if the President said, "I have to turn in the rental car, so I am going to beat the heck out of it one final time." He really does want to rescue Jimmy Carter from the dumpster of history. This is almost hard for me to say - the President seems to have a habit of turning left when he should either be going straight or turning right. Instead of being the man for all seasons he promised us in both campaigns, he has turned out to be a man for none. Not even winter.

More than one of my friends has said the next two years is going to be dreadful and dangerous for our country. I really was hoping this guy would have learned something from his first tour. He has not. I just hope when he turns in the rental car at the end of his term, it is not totaled.