by the Left Coast Rebel
....on the issue of Obama's culpability regarding the Gulf oil spill. I understand that Ron Paul is attempting to make a philosophical point (in that the President should never be considered the end all to be all) but the philosophical point is beside the point considering what the press and poliltical machine sold Obama as. Heck, Obama himself thinks that he is the Messiah, can 'fix' America in his image (because he is an authoritarian and knows better than the peasants). Anything is fair game, in my opinion to show that Obama is fallible, and ludicrously elitist - not to mention ragingly incompetent. It is a valuable, teachable lesson for the American people to see this with their own eyes.
Ron Paul is wrong:
Rep. Ron Paul, the libertarian Republican lawmaker from Texas, said that people were expecting too much from the president in his ability to react to the ongoing spill into the Gulf.Ron Paul would have been smarter here to say that Obama deserves all the blame he gets because he is part of an authoritarian regime that thinks they can micro-manage every aspect of American life. Perhaps he should have said that the oil spill shows that the Federal government has no business in the health care industry too.
"I'm a pretty big critic of the president," Paul said during an appearance on "Imus in the Morning" on the Fox Business Network, "but I just don't see the justification for coming down hard on the president." "I think it represents the idea that the American people think the president is everything to everybody that he should fix an oil leak," Paul added.
Then again, there wouldn't be much chatter if he had said that.
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Did you listen to the actual interview? Ron doesn't go all bombastic, he tries to constructively aid the debate. He made the philosophical statement you mention but also said the President could best help by removing federal regulatory barriers to letting the states defend themselves. specifically, the states would need months of environmental review and hearings to build protective temporary barrier reefs, and there is no time for that. If they use commonly accepted procedures, why shouldn't the president give them a waiver for the reporting and hearings? Does anyone truly think leaving the coasts WITHOUT protection would be better for the environment?
ReplyDeleteOR Ron could have just been one of a chorus of voices dumping on someone who really isn't in a position to do much. There is a REASON control should be more local. It truly works better that way.
Anonymous: I didn't hear the view, so I cannot comment on that as yet. In principle, I do agree with you, though, that more control of government should be local.
ReplyDeletelcr: Great picture! It looks like Obama may be trying out for CSI Miami when his current gig runs out in 2012!
Anon - I agree with you but also believe the point I made here.
ReplyDeleteProof - Thanks! Fitting, no?