I’m getting particularly tired of Obama blaming every problem his administration must deal with on his predecessor. Or, when criticism comes his way, as it does for all people, not just Presidents, he takes it as an opportunity to deflect his own failures as an executive upon President Bush. When, during this term, will these problems become his own? Clearly it’s not coming this year. In 2010 can we start criticizing Obama? What about 2011? When will the time come for him to step up and take ownership of the war in Afghanistan (funny we don’t talk about Iraq any longer), or the economy?
Charles Krauthammer said, and I agree, “I want to point out one thing about what Obama had said when he talked about “the long years of drift.” There is something truly disgusting about the way he cannot refrain from attacking Bush when he’s being defensive about himself. I mean, it’s beyond disgraceful here.”
Ed Morrissey, in his commentary on Krauthammer’s commentary, says, “[I]f he wants to be President, he’ll need to start acting like it and quit sniveling about the fact that he won the election after Bush — which he himself chose to do.”
This is something I’ve been thinking for awhile. Obama didn’t get drafted into the Oval Office. Had he, I’d agree he’d have the right to complain, and complain often, about the problems he inherited – and inherited problems he did. I’m not arguing otherwise. However, he wasn’t drafted. He asked the American people for this job. And in his pitch he promised he’d do a better job than both Bush did and McCain would do.
Now that he has it, consistently complaining about the problems isn’t an answer. You don’t get to complain about the problems when you asked to be The One to fix them.
Un-Presidential? It’s downright un-messiah-like!
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