President Barack Obama boasted during a campaign stop last week in Ohio
that, “The (health care) law I passed is here to stay.” It was classic
Obama — he loves to take credit when the news is good, and equally quick
to point blame elsewhere when it's not.
He used “I” a lot in remarks at the anniversary of Osama
bin Laden's elimination. That was the high point of his presidency, and
he deserved credit for giving the order, but his “look at what I did”
theme was off-putting and a disservice to the brave men who carried out
the mission.
The health care bill, one of the president's two signature
initiatives (the other being the stimulus), is something for him to crow
about because the Supreme Court declared it constitutional. So it's
become in Obama's view “the law I passed.”
But what about the economy, which remains a disaster? For that he has
blamed the policies of his predecessor George W. Bush, or economic
problems in Europe, or obstructionist Republicans in Congress, or even
last year's tsunami in Japan. Anyone but his administration and his
policies.
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