Posted by
AJH on Thursday, January 15, 2009 8:16:10 PM
The Progressive Policy Institute (PPI), associated with the supposedly moderate Democratic Leadership Council (DLC), has just released a document entitled Memos to the New President (PDF) which they interestingly call a book. I would hope any “memos” to me are a bit briefer.
After a short perusal, reading it would appear to be a huge waste of time. Just review the Table of Contents and you will get a sense of what I mean.
Two gentlemen, unknown names to me, have written a foreward for this underwhelming “memo” and I use the word gentlemen very loosely. They begin by writing how amazing the American sinners are in turning from their wicked ways and how Obama's ascension showed "our country's amazing capacities for self-correction and reinvention."
It is ironic how conservatives are so partisan and the lefties just never are. Their sermon continues with the hypocrisy stating that "hyperpartisan grandstanding is a luxury [we] can no longer afford." Perhaps the boys should send this along to Pelosi and Reid.
Sadly the "Memo" is merely a rehash of stale liberal ideas, repackaged to look brand new, like the candy and treats I bought at a train station in Beijing. I threw most of that sorry waste of sugars in the garbage where it belonged.
With so many whack jobs in office, of all stripes and political parties, the American people are in for a rough ride over a very long haul. Fortunately Obama looks to be less partisan than many fear. I really never feared his partisan nature, but his leftism. Hopefully he will be the one to rein the radicals in.
Like Clinton before him, Obama seems to want to please as many people by speaking in platitudes while really saying essentially nothing. His inauguration speech will be the key. Will he continue his odd lofty rhetoric of the campaign trail or will he get down to serious business and let the nation have a glimpse of who he really is and what he represents.
By trying to cast himself as something he is clearly not, I am hoping he alienates most voters by the 2012 election.
AJH