Obama’s New Era Of Responsiblity?
Obama has been making a lot of noise about ushering in a “new era of responsibility.” And yet, I look at his performance since getting elected and I can’t help but ask: What responsibility is Obama taking?
For instance, look at the Blagojevich scandal. It’s clear to any honest observer that, while they weren’t quite playing the quid pro quo game with him, Obama and/or members of his staff knew full well that Rod Blagojevich was trying to sell Obama’s old Senate seat to the highest bidder and not one of them raised a finger to alert federal authorities.
Where’s the responsibility for that?
Since coming onto the national stage a few years ago a bevy of Obama’s close friends and associates have also come onto the national stage in disgrace and scandal. Ayers. Rezko. Wright. Obama’s FTC pick Bill Richardson, who had to resign after shady connections to a public works contractor came to light.
When is Obama going to take responsibility for a long history of bad judgment?
And then there’s Obama’s pick to run the IRS, Timothy Geithner. A man for whom the complexities of Turbo Tax are apparently overwhelming. Obama is still backing this man to be in charge of the Nation’s checkbook, so to say, and yet he has in his past a history of multiple instances of tax evasion totaling tens of thousands in unpaid taxes.
Who is going to take responsibility for that?
Personally, I’d be a whole lot more satisfied with Obama if he’d realize that words are more than just pretty sounding things to utter when convenient. They mean things too, and if you’re going to call for responsibility how about displaying the courage of your own convictions?
