With Super Bowl Sunday finally over, we need to take a look back at just what that extravaganza accomplished. In the metro New York area, we did have terrible traffic problems in midtown near the large swath of Broadway that was converted into Super Bowl Boulevard. There were more people in the hotels and restaurants. There was extremely costly security that seemed to be everywhere. There were endless stories about the extremely costly security that seemed to be everywhere. There were also constant stories about the dislocations to everyday life the were brought about by the extremely costly security that seemed to be everywhere. Oh yeah, there was also a football game in New Jersey that most people in New York really did not care about much. Would Seattle or Denver win? Neither one inspired much passion. The best summary of the last week is that it was over reported, over analyzed, and over hyped. In reality, though, it truly wasn't much.
In many respects, the Super Bowl week in New York was much like president Obama's agenda. For all the hoopla, analysis, reportage, and shouting, it really was no big deal. If you think about it, you quickly realize that Obama has run out of ideas. He tried the usual stuff when he got into office. For two years he got everything he wanted. By the end of those two years, however, America realized that Obama's prescriptions did not work. A better president would have changed course to seek out remedies to our problems that might actually improve conditions for most Americans. Of course, Obama was not a better president. He was and is a stubborn ideologue who still thinks that the answer to most problems is a speech. He has never actually understood that as president his role is to propose solutions and then to work with Congress to try to come up with the best plan. Somewhere in his childhood, Obama must have learned that working with someone means that one person has to do exactly what the other one wants. Obama just cannot bring himself to consider compromise. The end result is that nothing gets done. Now we are at the point where nothing even gets proposed. We have Obama's Super Bowl agenda -- its all flash but no substance.
In many respects, the Super Bowl week in New York was much like president Obama's agenda. For all the hoopla, analysis, reportage, and shouting, it really was no big deal. If you think about it, you quickly realize that Obama has run out of ideas. He tried the usual stuff when he got into office. For two years he got everything he wanted. By the end of those two years, however, America realized that Obama's prescriptions did not work. A better president would have changed course to seek out remedies to our problems that might actually improve conditions for most Americans. Of course, Obama was not a better president. He was and is a stubborn ideologue who still thinks that the answer to most problems is a speech. He has never actually understood that as president his role is to propose solutions and then to work with Congress to try to come up with the best plan. Somewhere in his childhood, Obama must have learned that working with someone means that one person has to do exactly what the other one wants. Obama just cannot bring himself to consider compromise. The end result is that nothing gets done. Now we are at the point where nothing even gets proposed. We have Obama's Super Bowl agenda -- its all flash but no substance.
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