Obama the Populist?

It would seem on the eve of the first State of the Union Address given by Pope Obama that he is now understanding the message that the masses have been aiming at Washington for the better part of the year. Less government, less spending and remember that those elected work for the people not the other way around.

Starting with his town hall meeting on Friday in Elyria, Ohio, Obama's feigned indignity was on display for all to see. He said that the same anger that swept Scott Brown into office in Massachusetts was the same anger that got him elected in 2008. Hah! The people's dismay with George Bush did not get Scott Brown elected. The people's dismay with a year of an overly left wing guy as president got Scott Brown elected. On the Sunday morning talk shows, I think it was, the ultimate pinhead, Robert Gibbs, got on one show and said that the election last week was not a referendum about the Obama agenda and that most people still wanted the health care reform bill. The exit polls showed it according to Bobby. Perhaps someone should have told him that there weren't any exit polls last Tuesday.

Also during this same speech the president said that some people think that if Obama losses, we win. Right. He couldn't have said it any better. If his agenda is allowed to become how we live here in the states, we're screwed. Taxes will go sky high, more jobs will be lost and incentive will wither and die. There is absolutely no way that we can sustain the amount of spending involved with his ideas.

So now Barry wants to freeze the domestic discretionary spending budget for three years starting with the year 2011. Ok, it's a start. This will save ($15,000,000,000) $15 Billion next year and $150 billion over the next ten years. I am listening to Stuart Varney right now say that this is "meaningless." I'm not sure that I agree. Anything is better than nothing when it comes to way this president is spending money that hasn't been printed yet. Now this is a drop in the proverbial bucket when the deficit for this year is over $1.5 trillion ($1,500,000,000,000). The far left is going bonkers and the far right is too because they will never give Barry the benefit of the doubt.

I think this is all a game. This is only bending to the political wind that is blowing today. If the mood of the country shifted tomorrow, then Obama would bend that way. Nothing more than politics as usual. When will we learn?

The idea that Obama will pull a Bill Clinton, no not chasing chubby interns, and move to the right is ludicrous at best. Obama is fully entrenched in the same camp as the likes of Nancy Pelosi, Howard Dean and Barney Frank. He is incapable of a move to the center where most of us live. Clinton moved to the right in 1994 after the defeat of Hillary-care and the Dems suffered massive losses at the ballot box that year. But according to Obama, the difference between '94 and now is that we have him. At least that's what he told Marion Barry.

Marion Barry immediately gave notice that he would not seek re-election this year for his Congressional seat.

Maybe Barry O' should do the same and announce he is not seeking another term. He did say that he would rather be a great one term president than a mediocre two term president. Well, he will never be considered a great president with his way of thinking.

Unless it's only about how well he travels and blames others for his shortcomings.