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8.5 years ago, after an unprecendented tragic event, we had a President who stood at the scene with a bullhorn and promised loudly that the people responsible for the calamity would face the consequences soon.
His poll ratings shot upward. The American people were seemingly united.
.... and then he didn't come through.
He was all bluster.... all image.... all "optics".
After 7 years of that crap, the American people finally realized what a joke that President was. His once lofty 90%+ approval ratings fell to below 30%. He became a national joke and most historians suspect he'll be one of the all time worst Presidents in American history.
So the people decided it was time for a President with a level of intelligence who engaged in reasoned thought processes. Who worked problems without worrying about what it did to his poll ratings. Who remained cool and contemplative in the face of major crises.
We have that guy now. And thank God we do.
I don't want my President standing at the scene of the crime with a bullhorn. Fuck that. That's worthless Hollywood optics.
I want a President who is taking the right actions, not worrying about what "feeling" he is projecting.
Maureen Dowd, take your daddy issues somewhere else. Your need for a "group hug" involving your President is of no interest to me.
James Carville, I don't care if you think he is "feeling your pain" enough. I want a President who is doing the right things, not feeling the right things.
Chris Matthews, quit comparing every Presidential action to your old boss. Obama is not Carter.
Maybe too many Americans have an infantile need to be reassured, but I'd like to think that I'm grown up enough that I don't need to be "soothed".
Media - take your bullhorn and shove it up your ass. We don't need that kind of moment.
We need quiet and effective resolve.
And we need to look in the mirror about where we want to go as a country with regards to energy, not crying to the government to save us from ourselves.
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