Why can't they grasp the truth

The never ending spin machine called Newsweek is out with a long article questioning whether or not the presidency is just too big to be handled by one man. Funny isn't it? Less than two years ago, according to Newsweek, obama was going to revolutionize the presidency and the country. Every problem from the economy to world peace would be dealt with successfully by the great Obama. Now, the whole country and the entire world has seen Obama's policies fail and then they watched as Obama's agenda was totally rejected by the American people in the election. Would Newsweek ever admit this? No, the problem is not with Obama's agenda according to the spin-meisters at Newsweek; the problem is with the inherent intractable nature of the American presidency.

Thirty years ago, after Jimmy Carter had let the presidency get away from him (with disasterous consequences for the country), we were told by these same geniuses that the job was just to big for one man. Then in came Ronald Reagan who these self proclaimed experts told us was intellectually lazy, ignorant, disconnected from reality, and utterly incapable of handling the presidency. There followed eight years of a man who was able to get nearly his entire agenda accomplished, including, among other things, starting the largest economic expansion ever in peacetime, beating the Soviet Union in the Cold War, and opening up the path to opportunity for millions of Americans who might otherwise have been denied it. Suddenly, the presidency was manageable again.

In 2000, George W. Bush was elected and Newsweek again told us how Bush was in way over his head. He was an idiot who was just not qualified to be president. Yet, when 9-11 came, Bush stepped forward and led the country to safety. As problems arose, Bush was able to come up with workable solutions that moved the country in the right direction. for all the up-turned noses at Newsweek among the all-knowing elites, Bush accomplished much for the country.

In 2008, the Newsweek folks finally got what thye wanted, one of their own became president. Obama would right all wrongs and create nirvana on earth. Of course, he failed. but the story here is not Obama's failure, but the refusal of the cognoscenti at Newsweek to accept the reason for that failure: the policies that Obama espouses and that Newsweek supports do not work! Hence, the claim that the presidency is just too big for one man to handle.

If the Newsweek folks were coming in for a psychological evaluation, they might be adjudged unfit for duty since they are incapable of recognizing reality. Sadly, the media does not get such evaluations. Of course, the public is not a dumb or credulous as the Newsweek folks believe. that may be the reason why Newsweek was sold for $1 earlier this year. As the saying goes, "You get what you pay for."