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Skip menuI'm glad I'm not President
Other earlier tweets in the stream have suggestions that if Obama doesn't fix the job crisis he's done for, that the pending decision for troops in Afghanistan makes him a one-term President, that he hasn't arm-twisted enough on health care reform, etc.
From criticism of dinner menus to suggestions he is LBJ, all in one short tweet stream, and mostly from those who claim to be on the same side.
Criticism is great. It speaks well of liberals and progressives that they don't feel compelled to fall into lockstep with a conformed message that is shaped by PR hacks and lobbyists.
However, when the "one term President" stuff comes up, I confess to shuddering a little bit, because after all, don't you think he should make these decisions based on his judgment? Isn't that what we elected him to do? To me, making the unpopular decision in the face of sure criticism is a sign of integrity, not weakness.
These days, it seems like I come off sounding like an Obama apologist. Yet, I'm really not. It's just that if we really believe we elected someone who can fix all the crap left behind by Bush & Co, maybe it's worth not jumping to the edge of criticism. It feels a little bit like stepping on your race horse's foot when he's halfway to the finish line.