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Obama blames “bad luck” for America’s economic woes

Posted 16 Aug 2011 in 2012 election, Barack Obama, economy, incompetence, politics

As part of President Obama’s $2.2 million dollar taxpayer-funded bus campaign tour, he’s playing the blame game for everything that is wrong with our economy. In addition to scapegoating Republicans and President Bush for the consequences of three years of Obama policies — a tactic which is obviously getting no traction — he’s now blaming our nation’s current malaise on “a string of bad luck … a bunch of things taking place over the last six months that were not within our control.”

You had an Arab Spring in the Middle East that promises more democracy and more human rights for people, but it also drove up gas prices — tough for the economy, a lot of uncertainty.  And then you have the situation in Europe, where they’re dealing with all sorts of debt challenges, and that washes up on our shores.  And you had a tsunami in Japan, and that broke supply chains and created difficulties for the economy all across the globe.

Bad luck is not to blame for our current economy, it’s bad leadership. President Bush had equal amounts of unfortunate events that happened during his administration (e.g. the September 11 attacks, the recession he inherited, and Hurricane Katrina), but that hasn’t kept the Left from blaming him personally for everything. The standard remains the same when Obama is sitting in the Oval Office. The buck stops with him. He wasn’t elected to pilot the country only in fair weather. He were elected to deliver results regardless of the circumstances; to have the “judgment to lead,” even in tough times.

But now that his policies have proved to be utter failures, President Downgrade would rather tour the country on the taxpayer’s dime, whingeing that it’s not his fault. American humorist Arnold H. Glasgow once quipped: “A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.”  When Obama routinely does the opposite, I think it’s obvious what kind of “leader” he is.

Sounds like our President is getting his campaign ideas from an old episode of Hee Haw…

Gloom, dispair and agony on me!
Deep, dark depression, excessive misery!
If it weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all.
Gloom, dispair and agony on me!

Posted by FullMetalPatriot
12th gen. American, Constitutionalist, Harley-riding Texan, gun owner & NRA member, blogger, illustrator, Florida Gator alumnus. #TCOT

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