President’s Job Is More Important than Livelihood of the People
Published in Huanqiu
(China) on 20 June 2011
by Tan (link to original)
The most prominent feature of U.S. democracy is the presidential race, which has overwhelmingly become the top priority. With a four-year presidential term, every president has already been busy for two years prior to his first term in the White House, and only two years into his term, must again focus attention to campaigning for the next election. Obama is in this situation.
In 2009, not long after Obama rose to power, he said during an interview with the ABC network that he would rather seek only one term than be associated with mediocrity. Now he does not speak of such things, and in fact his actions show him moving in the opposite direction; that is, for the sake of his political career, he will not hesitate to sacrifice perfection.
American political columnist [David] Brooks recently said in an edition of his special column in the New York Times that he will “protest” the current mood of the presidential campaign because he feels that the Republican and Democratic Parties are both unable to grasp the election's theme: how to prevent a U.S. recession.
Right now the United States, regardless of international prestige and domestic developments, is without a doubt in decline. The United States' decline did not start at the beginning of the Obama administration. Experts have observed that the income of the average American worker has been in a 30-year downward trend. There is a widening gap between Wall Street and "Main Street" (mainstream America). Obama's presidential campaign sharply pointed out that the United States is ruled by "vested interests" groups, and then [Obama] spoke of change, leading the people in chanting "Yes we can (change)!” But after he came to power, not only did he continue his predecessor George W. Bush’s Wall Street "fire" policy, but he did so much more.
During his campaign, Obama often said that in the United States, there is no "Democratic Party of the United States" or "Republican Party of the United States." But early on in his administration, Democrats insisted on promoting the implementation of health care reform, a vote in Congress that had no Republican support. Many Republicans stated publicly that voting against Obama’s health care was not about party lines, but rather about letting Obama have a second chance. Obama vigorously rushed a "health care reform bill" through Congress, which Republicans speculated "harmed the interests of the people" and had a stench to it. As for the 2010 elections to Congress, even Democratic candidates have avoided talking about it. Since then, Obama has been all about big change for U.S. domestic and foreign policy, especially in Libya. He simply became the embodiment of George W. Bush.
In fact, next year’s presidential race has already become very heated. People call Bush's policy "ABC" (Anything but Clinton). Obama now promotes disguised extensions of many of Bush's policies, but the Republicans are still “Anti-Obama’s will." The United States is on the decline, but politicians do not seemed overly concerned with this fact. Now Obama's opponents are focusing their firepower to try to rob Obama of his job. Obama’s own top priority is protecting his job, which is not related to what really matters. This is the American democracy "party system" feature: We would like to ask, who in America is taking into consideration the economy and well-being of the people?
In 2009, not long after Obama rose to power, he said during an interview with the ABC network that he would rather seek only one term than be associated with mediocrity. Now he does not speak of such things, and in fact his actions show him moving in the opposite direction; that is, for the sake of his political career, he will not hesitate to sacrifice perfection.
American political columnist [David] Brooks recently said in an edition of his special column in the New York Times that he will “protest” the current mood of the presidential campaign because he feels that the Republican and Democratic Parties are both unable to grasp the election's theme: how to prevent a U.S. recession.
Right now the United States, regardless of international prestige and domestic developments, is without a doubt in decline. The United States' decline did not start at the beginning of the Obama administration. Experts have observed that the income of the average American worker has been in a 30-year downward trend. There is a widening gap between Wall Street and "Main Street" (mainstream America). Obama's presidential campaign sharply pointed out that the United States is ruled by "vested interests" groups, and then [Obama] spoke of change, leading the people in chanting "Yes we can (change)!” But after he came to power, not only did he continue his predecessor George W. Bush’s Wall Street "fire" policy, but he did so much more.
During his campaign, Obama often said that in the United States, there is no "Democratic Party of the United States" or "Republican Party of the United States." But early on in his administration, Democrats insisted on promoting the implementation of health care reform, a vote in Congress that had no Republican support. Many Republicans stated publicly that voting against Obama’s health care was not about party lines, but rather about letting Obama have a second chance. Obama vigorously rushed a "health care reform bill" through Congress, which Republicans speculated "harmed the interests of the people" and had a stench to it. As for the 2010 elections to Congress, even Democratic candidates have avoided talking about it. Since then, Obama has been all about big change for U.S. domestic and foreign policy, especially in Libya. He simply became the embodiment of George W. Bush.
In fact, next year’s presidential race has already become very heated. People call Bush's policy "ABC" (Anything but Clinton). Obama now promotes disguised extensions of many of Bush's policies, but the Republicans are still “Anti-Obama’s will." The United States is on the decline, but politicians do not seemed overly concerned with this fact. Now Obama's opponents are focusing their firepower to try to rob Obama of his job. Obama’s own top priority is protecting his job, which is not related to what really matters. This is the American democracy "party system" feature: We would like to ask, who in America is taking into consideration the economy and well-being of the people?