Keller Should Know Better

The former editor of the New York Times explains in a column why Barack Obama is having some much trouble. Mainly, it is the fault of George Bush and the republicans in Congress who are sabotaging everything he does no matter what the cost. Keller should know better. Instead he spouts this crap.

First, let's look at the easy stuff. Blaming the Republicans in Congress is truly ridiculous. After all, Obama had two full years with total Democrat control. Even if they wanted to stop Obama, the GOP did not have the votes to do that. Bill after bill was passed by the Democrats. The main focus for over a year was on Obamacare which hurt rather than helping the economy, but the Republicans could not even slow down that bill. The stimulus passed by Obama and the Obamacrats sailed through. Of course, it did not do any of the things that Obama said it would. It was just a big run up in debt to achieve nothing. Now we hear from the Democrats that it should have been bigger. Why didn't they make it bigger if that was required? They had the votes.

Even Keller cannot give a single example of something that the GOP sabotaged. The big fight in the few months since the Republicans took the House has been on the deficit and the debt ceiling. Obviously, getting Obama to finally focus on lowering the deficit has not been sabotage. Obama now says that he agrees that the deficit has to be reduced.

Second, Keller's blaming of Bush for the nation's current problems is more than a bit tired. There is no question that things were not good when Obama took office. But he has had three years to do something about it. He has had the federal government spend trillions of dollars. But things have only gotten worse. Indeed, if there is ever a short summary of the Obama presidency it is this: HE MADE THINGS WORSE.