Hillary Rodham Clinton is perhaps the fiercest defender of the U.S.A. and its interests that I have seen, live, in my time on earth. I have often stated here that I thank God daily for allowing me to be her contemporary.
In this vitriolic, uncertain climate we have come to accept lately as our quotidian environment, many of us have lost faith that our great country and the Party of Roosevelt can endure in its historic, traditional position of greatness in the world. Hillary Clinton has been working very hard these past weeks to assure our friends and allies, partners that she has worked tirelessly to cultivate over two-and-a-half years as Secretary of State, that this is and will remain a great and solvent country. (See posts here of her past two weeks of travel from Europe through Asia.) Those years have yielded hundreds of trade agreements, entrepreneurial efforts and treaties, business summits, and MOUs all crafted under the seal of our current Secretary of State.
But do the American people share her faith? Current polls say "no," and last night's "pep talk" by President Obama is unlikely to alter that. He who made his career on oratory cannot sustain it without putting his words into action. Erosion of the public trust cannot be allayed by levees built of words. The people need to see concrete seawalls constructed against this AA rating tide and its predicted consequences. Perhaps the most serious deficit this country suffers is not economic, but rather a deficit of bold, sure leadership.
An incisive post by my friend Tanya Domi illustrates the situation brilliantly. Thank you, Tanya, for the outstanding analysis!
The Beginning Of The End Of The Obama Presidency
by TANYA DOMI on JULY 26, 2011
in ANALYSIS,ECONOMICS,NEWS,OPINION,POLITICS,TANYA DOMI
Before or on August 2, President Barack Obama, a Democratic Party nominated president, will in fact, sign into law a bill that cuts Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid as we know it.Obama will sign a Republican measure to cut the first and second rail of Democratic Party politics, established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who launched America’s social and political compact following the dark days of the Great Depression during the 1930s.
