Truth, Lies and In Between

Is it me? Is it we? Has anyone else noticed that Obama never says “I did this, or I did that,” but almost always uses “we” when talking about policy?

There seems to be a lack of responsibility in Teh One. Either he refuses to accept responsibility, or is afraid of it. I haven’t figured that one out yet.

An old Army leadership principle; “Seek responsibility, and take responsibility for your own actions.” I think he could stand to brush up on the leadership manuals a tad.

Example:

From Politico:

“No, I think it’s the right thing to do; where we’ve got to make some difficult choices. Here’s what we did with respect to tax policy. What we said was that over the last decade the average worker the average family have seen their wages and incomes flat; even at times where, supposedly, we were in times of an economic boom.”

The last “we” doesn’t count.

Also from Politico:

“As a practical matter [working families’] incomes didn’t go up. And so what we said let’s give them a tax cut, let’s give them some relief; some help; 95% of American families. Now, for the top 5%, they’re the ones who typically saw huge gains in their income. I fall in that category.”

Here’s some more:

“And what we’ve said is, for those folks (top wage earners) let’s not renew the Bush tax cuts. So let’s go back to the rates that existed back in the Clinton era, where wealthy people were still wealthy, were doing just fine.”

At any rate, here’s the article that piqued my interest and caused me to notice this.

Obama’s Most Telling Answer

By Joseph Ashby

Liberal columnist E.J. Dionne got it right when he recognized that the charitable deduction question was the most significant moment of the recent presidential press conference. (Now no one can say I never agree with a liberal.)

Like so many of President Obama’s off-prompter remarks, his answer on charitable deductions exposes him for what he is: an ideologically driven man whose philosophy is based on falsehoods and whose public persona is merely a marketing scheme to acquire the power he really wants.

In the press conference, The Politico’s Mike Allen asked: “Are you reconsidering your plan to cut the interest rate deduction for mortgages and for charities and do you regret having proposed that in the first place?”

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