Failure Of Leadership?

"The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. ... Increasing America's debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that 'the buck stops here.' Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem".
-----Senator Obama 2006

Disappointment is an understatement. Failure is the correct word. Typical politician who says what people want and need to hear, then when in office, they pursue their own agenda. He shall go down as one of the worst Presidents that America has had to suffer. I can't wait until he and his hand picked band of idiots are gone. America deserves better.

Total lack of leadership. Lead from behind. And then a press conference where he was like a child. He has no plans not even his usual bad ones. And then calls everyone in to class today. Wow. And we will be paying the price for a long time.

Terry

I just looked in the dictionary for the term "Failure of leadership" and was quite surpised to see, next to the definition was a picture of George Bush(:

One of my favorite quotes that i will ever remember from a president "..forget what you tell reporters..FORGET WHAT YOU TOLD PEOPLE WHAT HAD PROMISED THEM WHEN RUNNING...,forget what you told..".

I'll never for get that as long as i live. I wasn't even listening to the TV that much,but definitely did a head turn at that.

J

I think that partying has got to your head.

See how long these "leaders"** serve if you take their pensions away. They are in theory guests.... and shouldn't be on the dole from day one (no offense to Bob Dole)


** edited the pass the censors

Looks like the Stock Market has weighed in on the effectiveness this awesome "debt deal" is going to have on the economy and jobs going forward. It seems counterintutitive to think that yanking a trillion dollars out from under the economy might somehow have a detrimental effect...yet that seems to be the consenus.

Maybe the t-party can get us another awesome deal in November....although they wont have the debt ceiling to hold hostage anymore. Maybe they can circle the wagons around the Butterball Facotry and hold Thanksgiving hostage unless we pull out another trillion and kill another million jobs.

Do not criticize someone until you've walked a mile in their shoes. By then they won't be able to hear you because you'll be a mile away and .................. you'll have a new pair of shoes!

Larry from Las Vegas, NV

You guys crack me up. The so-called failure is a national failure. Blames squarely resides with the Ds, Rs, Congress, White House, voters ... ALL Americans. Until BOTH sides give up protecting their respective sacred cows there will be little credible progress made on resolving this very pressing problem. If entitlements are run amok so to is the Department of Defense. Tax rates too high on some? Well, yes. And tax loopholes favor too many, as well. Go ahead and slug it out D v R and R v D, with your heads FIRMLY planted in the sand, and watch it all go to shit.

BTW, if you are a member of a union are you a socialist?