They, the pundits and editors and bloggers and all that, say
that the President has problems. There
is a problem with an irrational GOP in both houses of Congress. There is a problem with the debt ceiling and
revenue versus expenditures. There is a
problem with unemployment. There is a
problem with gun safety. There is a
problem with immigration. There is a
problem with infrastructure (ours is terrible). There are concerns about education. And
there are problems not listed here because they are eclipsed by these.
But did enough of us ever stop to think: the realities of those problems are out here
where we live. Oh, I’m not minimizing
the difficulties, frustrations and responsibilities of the presidency. It must be maddening at times to have what
appears to be opportunity to make real differences where real need exists, only
to be delayed or stymied by the tiny minds with enormous egos which make up
much of Congress. The President can and
does propose all sorts of ideas, most of which are excellent and would be
effective, but friends, when every proposal is forced down only because it has
been proposed by the President, it looks as if it is we who have the problems.
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