Many pundits and other "talking heads," continuously run their mouths about the turn out in November. They started in January 2009 speaking on who would run again President Obama in 2012. He hadn't adjusted to his new surroundings or completely unpacked before they began comparing the current lot of potentials. Consequently, everything has been a referendum on his presidency. Everything. Did everyone forget that the Republicans lost the election and the Democrats won?
This administration has accomplished more in its short tenure than any other in my lifetime. From Kennedy to present, no other administration has accomplished as much. The Johnson Administration signed the Civil Rights Act and began the "War on Poverty," both were quite contentious pieces of legislation. This administration has passed Health Care Reform, Education Reform, Financial Aid Reform, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Kept the Automobile Industry afloat, Funded "No Child Left Behind," Ended the War in Iraq and several other accomplishments (visit White House.gov for additional enactments.). This administration has done all of these major feats and yet the Democrats are afraid. What is there to fear?
Under the former administration (a Republican administration), America was hemorrhaging jobs to the tune of 600,000 one month to 700,000 the next to 875,000 the next. Month after month after month, employers who received tax breaks were laying off workers all over this country. Additionally, because of the war in Iraq, were were despised by other nations around the world. We were perceived as the bully of the globe. Our method of negotiation was through military force. All of this has changed and yet the Democrats fear. It's mind boggling.
I can remember the health care debate of 2009. The Democrats were working on something to benefit the indigent, working poor and middle class citizens of America and held their heads in the sand. They sat back and allowed the Republicans to distort the truth - to lie - about what was being proposed. They should have gotten in front of the message or at the very least, countered the false propaganda set forth by the minority party and its extended members. They waited until the Republicans saturated the airwaves with lies and deceit. By the time Democrats started to speak up, people were so angry until their message was muffled out.
And they remain afraid to speak like little children on the playground afraid that the bully will beat them up and take their lunch. It's amazing. I would be remiss not to mention (and with pride) the confidence of Speaker Nancy Pelosi; the absolute moxie of Congressmen Anthony Wiener and Barnie Frank and the tenacity of Senator Sherrod Brown. We do have a few in Washington that are not afraid of the minority party. I wish my local representative would be an adult and display a willingness to stand for those of us who elected her. Just because the dog barks does not mean it should be feared. It could have something else wrong with it.
I thought the Democrats got the message when we elected them and gave them the majority. They got and and are now hiding in the shadows like vampires. They sit back and run the president around the country like "Step and fetch it." I hate this analogy. It's as if the sun is too hot for them to do any work so this president must do it all as they sit on their porches and sip lemonade. "Cowards die many times before their deaths."
