2010 Campaign Slogan – “No We Can’t!”
August 18, 2010
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Posted by Michael S. Langston
The campaign is in full gear, each side trying their best to paint the other side as evil itself…. enter the President (here via Politico):
MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. – President Obama, playing off the slogan of his 2008 campaign, mocked Republicans Monday as the party of “No, we can’t” and skewered Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for saying he wishes the GOP “had been able to obstruct more” of Democrats’ agenda.
“Obstruct more? Is that even possible?” Obama said with a laugh during a fundraiser for Tom Barrett, Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Wisconsin. “So apparently that’s their plan for the future: ‘No we can’t.’ Clean energy: ‘No we can’t.’ Health care: ‘No we can’t.’ Wall Street reform: ‘No we can’t.’ ”…
First, I’ve written about this before (here). The short version is just by using critical thinking one should come to the conclusion that obstruction isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It depends upon what is being obstructed and why.
But honestly, this whole stupid argument just needs to die.
The facts are: We have a President whose own party controls the Whitehouse, Congress, & the Senate….
Yet it’s someone else’s fault they are unable to manage being the party in power.
It would be as if Microsoft’s CEO went on TV to give an interview and complained that it was AOL’s fault they lacked success.
With all due respect Mr. President, a prior president set some precedent with the phrase “The buck stops here.” Maybe it’s time to start contemplating that more seriously.
Categories: Critical Thinking, Politics
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Tags: Critical Thinking, Obama Administration, Politics
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