I find it fascinating that those who point out the obvious failures of George W. Bush are called traitors and those who want the new policies of President Barack Obama to fail are promoted as real Americans. Real Americans voted for the changes that President Obama is trying to implement and, true to form, the wealthiest Americans (and their ultra paranoid middle class counterparts) are trying to sabotage all that, in favor of a return to the “Reaganomic” policies that are largely responsible for our current financial meltdown in the first place.
The ’80s mantra “Greed is good!” needs to be abandoned once and for all, and real solutions that help all Americans need to be promoted. We should all stand behind our new president as he works to correct the damage done by greedy conservatives and come up with governmental policies that reflect democracy in the truest sense of the word.
This article appears in Mar 5-12, 2009.