The State of the Campaign

I could not have been more wrong when I typed that Obama seemed to be getting the message that we the people were sending to Washington. If you watched the State of the Union Address as I did, then you know exactly what I mean. He was on the campaign trail again saying the same old things wrapped up in a slightly different package.

I call it a campaign speech because that was what it felt like to me. Obama feigned indignation at the banking system that Barney Frank and Chris Dood created, but of course he blamed it on George Bush, he touted the stimulus bill and how it has created two million (2,000,000) jobs, that's a laugh, and told the Republicans that they were showing poor leadership. Why is that, Barry? Is it because they won't let you pass massive legislation that will ultimately turn us into Sweden? The one thing that the One won't say is that the Dems have had total control of Washington for the past year and couldn't get health care and cap and trade passed because of the infighting on their own party.

So Obama yammered on for a while about how we as a country needed to export more of our goods and services. He is correct in that regard, but gave no indication on how to accomplish this goal. He thinks that just by saying this we will automatically start exporting more goods. He said that the goal was to increase exports and thereby creating another two million jobs. Well, here we go back to Economics 101, Barry. First of all if a country is successful exporting it's goods it's because the goods can be produced for less costs than the importing countries. So for America to be a successful exporter we must produce goods for a reasonable price. With our system of labor unions we will fail miserably in this endeavor. Remember how unions have the "what's in it for me" mentality?

We then got to the give away portion of the program. The part that got me was the student loan program. Obama said that he was proposing that a person wouldn't have to spend more than 10% of their annual income to pay back their loans. He also pledged that the loans would be forgiven after 20 years and 10 years if the person went into a "public service" job. Did I mention how there would be no more tax break for banks that give the loans? Yep, that's right, if a bank makes a risky loan at the behest of the government then they get no credit for it and are just expected to maybe eat the loan. Wait a minute, won't the taxpayer get stuck with that bill? I think so.

How could I have waited so long to get to health care. Well, for starters, Obama did. He said that the Congress shouldn't walk away form health care when they are so close. He's right about that, they should run as fast as they can. After all, Auntie M and Jill Biden are starting some program to combat childhood obesity. If they are successful then we will all be healthier and won't need the government to provide our health care.

Speaking of someone named Biden and health care. Did anyone else notice "Bobblehead" Joe as he was listening to the campaign speech? His head was in constant motion, nodding back and forth. I bet he now needs the same surgery I had to replace worn out vertebrae in the neck, plus get a metal plate and a few screws. I'm sure my surgeon can squeeze him in. He does a great job when stitching you back up too. I can hardly see the scar.

Last and certainly least I can give my opinion of the purple pogo stick, Nancy Pelosi. She got a great work out jumping up and down applauding about every other sentence of the One. If the message Obama was delivering wasn't so frightening, then Pelosi's antics would have been comical.

So to sum it all up, it was the usual manure being spread by this pompous president. I hope he continues to campaign for all his liberal buddies this fall.

We've seen how well it's been working so far.