The majority of American's have gone out and TWICE elected a man who has proven he has no diplomatic experience or policy skills. If we go back through the past couple of President's and all elected officials for that matter, we see a distinct lack of policy making skills among the majority of the elected. We've made stars out of the people that should be doing the people's business. No longer do we hold diplomacy over slick tongue, sharp dressed snake oil salesmen. Now it's who can talk better and it doesn't really matter if what they are saying makes any sense. We've dismissed substance over flash and glam. As the rest of the world becomes more civilized and diplomatic, we become engrossed in reality television and vote in people who look the part.
Has anything that Obama has promised you (I say you because I never bought any of it) come to fruition? He keeps telling us that any strike against Syria will NOT come with boots on the ground...do you believe that? Kinda like when he said you could keep your insurance when ObamaCare kicks in? Tell that to the 100,000+ employees at IBM who are being ushered off their insurance. Or the folks over at Time Warner that are getting the boot as well. Or the myriad of businesses AND PUBLIC entities out their that are contemplating or enacting the same actions. What exactly is it that people find alluring about this idiot? So, he's a good speaker...take away the teleprompter and see how good he does. Even in debates (go ahead and go look, I'll wait) he just keeps spouting off memorized talking points and never really answers the questions. The people that voted him in are the same people that can't go a day without finding out what their favorite celebrity ate for lunch. This is the America that we have created. A nation of people who profess to have morals, values and standards, but subscribe to none. A nation that has taken the words of comedians (John Stewart, Bill Mahr) and used their opinions to drive their choices in politics.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is right in his op-ed to the New York Times when he stated at the end of his letter to Americans :"My working and personal relationship with President Obama is marked by growing trust. I appreciate this. I carefully studied his address to the nation on Tuesday. And I would rather disagree with a case he made on American exceptionalism, stating that the United States’ policy is “what makes America different. It’s what makes us exceptional.” It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional, whatever the motivation. There are big countries and small countries, rich and poor, those with long democratic traditions and those still finding their way to democracy. Their policies differ, too. We are all different, but when we ask for the Lord’s blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal."
(The entirety of his letter can be read here)
At this point in time, I'm sad to say that I have more respect for the President of Russia than that of my own President. I am truly ashamed of my country's ability to see past the bullshit slung by this charismatic con man they've voted into the highest office in our country TWICE. To date we still have NO WRITTEN POLICY ON SYRIA. John Kerry said that all decisions come from the President himself. So, with that said..when he went to bed the night of the Benghazi attack, did Hillary Clinton figure there was no sense in addressing the issues because the President WAS ASLEEP AS PEOPLE DIED?
That's my two cents, spend 'em or put 'em in the dish for the next person.
