Behold, Our New Savior; Real or Failure?

April 29, a day that will live in infamy. Union Square in New York City will unveil a "crowned" image of President Barack Hussein Obama on April 29, reinforcing the stereotype that the Messiah has come and our day of reckoning is near. All hail Him; He who is holier than thou; He who will lift the United States from its terrible, humility void, worldly image. Yes, He, the most humble of us all, He who refuses to read anything but a teleprompter for fear that he wont see the faces of His servants (critics thought Bush was bad for making up words, Obama can't do that, no jokes, no "fill in the blank" until the people realize they made an error in the prompter position; too bad).



There seems to be quite a bit of Church and State unification from a party that so avidly denounces its presence in government. So why is there a resurgence in Obama iconography?

This week marks Obama's first 100 days in office and the verdict is still out on whether he's doing a great, good, fair, poor, or horrible job as Commander in Chief. It isn't surprising that the Washington Post sees his tenure as positive thus far. The article on Sunday April 26 said "Obama off to a Solid Start," according to polls. Frankly though, I don't understand how the Post can simultaneously report this and have another article saying "A Hundred Anxious Days...Obama Supporters...Going From Fired Up to Tired Out."

I also don't see how there can still be claims that Obama is doing well when you look at the net changes in approval. Rasmussen tracks the POTUS performance on a daily basis, and Obama's is less than stellar. Between January 21 and today there is a net increase in total disapproval of 14% and a net decrease in total approval of 10%, but worse, there is a 23 point drop in the Presidential Approval Index. MSNBC has also done a poll asking readers to give Obama a grade. When World Net Daily wrote their associated article, 60% of the 110,000 responders gave Obama an "F!" (I got a lot of those in high school and you really have to work hard to get them.) That same questionnaire now breaks down 3.25 million responders, 37% gave an "A," 38% an "F;" there were 12% "D's," 7 "B's," and 4.5% "C's."

Regardless what all the skewed news services say, Obama's losing approval and supporters. Obama is also starting to have his beloved media, like CNN, ask the tough questions he never imagined or wanted. This, to me says he's failing. If Obama makes promises he can't keep and subsequently breaks them, he's doing his constituents a disservice. Now that the media is turning, it wont be long before Obama has to ask approval of his agenda rather that telling America what he's doing.

I want to end this post with a great quote from a great man, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. I hope Obama can heed this advice and I hope all constituents follow it through the electoral process. If we fail at this, we have failed as a nation and certainly we, as a country, would face dissolution.


“When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.”

Thomas Jefferson