Obama Hope
An Open Letter To President Obama – Seeking Unity But Sowing Disunity
I found your words on national unity, at the end of your recent speech on the Afghanistan war, both empty and frustrating:
“This vast and diverse citizenry will not always agree on every issue – nor should we. But I also know that we, as a country, cannot sustain our leadership nor navigate the momentous challenges of our time if we allow ourselves to be split asunder by the same rancor and cynicism and partisanship that has in recent times poisoned our national discourse.
It is easy to forget that when this war began, we were united – bound together by the fresh memory of a horrific attack, and by the determination to defend our homeland and the values we hold dear. I refuse to accept the notion that we cannot summon that unity again. I believe with every fiber of my being that we – as Americans – can still come together behind a common purpose. For our values are not simply words written into parchment – they are a creed that calls us together, and that has carried us through the darkest of storms as one nation, one people.”
Here you are hoping and yearning for unity but your actions and silence sow disunity:
- When Americans were rising up and demanding answers to unclear health care reform issues and legislation, you condescended to those in disagreement and told them to stop “bickering”, as if they were children bickering over the last piece of cake.
- When Air Force One and an accompanying Air Force fighter made very low flight passes over New York City, causing panic and fear in those New Yorkers on the ground who were reliving the horrifying memories of the 9-11 attacks, you displayed an arrogant insensitivity by working the incident into a joke you told several days later at a banquet.
- When Nancy Pelosi called those in disagreement with health care reform plans “un-American”, you were silent.
- When Democratic Congressman Grayson of Florida called all Republicans “knuckle dragging Neanderthals”, you were silent.
- When one of your czars, Van Jones, called all Republicans a–h—s in a public forum in Berkley that was captured on videotape and YouTube, you were silent.
- When Henry Reid stated publicly that American tourists, the very taxpayers that pay Congressional salaries, physically smell when they visit the nation’s Capital in the summer, your were silent.
- When Pelosi and Reid and a small cabal of Democrats took the health care reform legislation effort behind closed doors and into quick, no review votes, bypassing formal, vital, and democratic debate, you were silent.
- While you graciously and quickly accepted the apology of Congressman Joe Wilson who yelled out “Liar” during your health care speech to Congress, when Pelosi went for a pound of partisan flesh by censuring the Congressman, you were silent.
- When ACORN came under scrutiny for voter registration and child prostitution shenanigans and misuse of taxpayer money, you were silent.
National unity usually manifests itself in one of two ways. First, an overwhelming tragedy such as the attack on Pearl Harbor or the 9-11 attacks can pull a nation together. Second, a great leader such as Churchill in World War II or President Kennedy’s Camelot vision can pull the citizenry together for a greater purpose. However, allowing fellow citizens to be called a–h—s, un-American, smelly, knuckle dragging Neanderthals is no way to become a great leader of a unified nation. By speaking to American adults as if they were children, telling them to stop bickering when they were only freely expressing their opinions and concerns is no way to become a great leader of a unified nation. Making light of American fears by telling a joke about an incident that negatively impacted a lot of people is no way to become a great leader of a unified nation.
In less than a year you went from an approval rating over 70% to an approval rating under 50%, not because you made difficult and heroic decisions but because your were silent, condescending, and insensitive. Such a high approval rating provided an unprecedented opportunity at national unity that you yearn for. You missed that historic opportunity when you went from being the hope for a better national future to becoming just another partisan politician like the rest of the political class in Washington. What a shame.
About the Author
Bruno Korschek is the author of the new book, “Love My Country, Loathe My Government – Fifty First Steps to Restoring Our Freedom and Destroying The American Political Class.” It is now available at www.loathemygovernment.com and online at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
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