Friday, January 18, 2008
Forget Reagan and Listen
All Barack Obama said was;
I don't want to present myself as some sort of singular figure. I think part of what's different are the times...I think Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that Richard Nixon did not and in a way that Bill Clinton did not. He put us on a fundamentally different path because the country was ready for it. I think they felt like with all the excesses of the 1960s and 1970s and government had grown and grown but there wasn't much sense of accountability in terms of how it was operating. I think people, he just tapped into what people were already feeling, which was we want clarity we want optimism, we want a return to that sense of dynamism and entrepreneurship that had been missing.
Sadly, everyone STOPPED listening at Ronald Reagan. So, typical of the way things are today. I doubt Barack just said this off the top of his head without giving it much thought beforehand. I have always viewed Barack as a THINKER, and someone who has the ability to put things into context and see them in a whole picture. Barack is not a man of rhetoric and empty talking points. But, because you just might be, you STOPPED LISTENING as soon as Ronald Reagan was mentioned.
Ok, forget Ronald Reagan, and read this as a stand alone statement.
"I think they felt like with all the excesses of the 1960s and 1970s and government had grown and grown but there wasn't much sense of accountability in terms of how it was operating."
What was America going through during these times? Do you even remember? How did you and the rest of America feel during these years? Were you happy and confident with the direction of America? Or were you ready for "change" and a new direction? Barack did not say,"let's go back to the Reagan years", and he surely didn't in any way praise Reagan's policies.
And what about now, today, 2008, how do you feel?
Now let's take this part of Barack's statement as a stand alone also.
"..tapped into what people were already feeling, which was we want clarity we want optimism, we want a return to that sense of dynamism and entrepreneurship that had been missing."
What, you don't want "clarity" as to just what the hell direction America going anyway? Would you just rather continue to fight among one another, let alone the world, than to have a clear vision for America and just bicker over the use of Ronald Reagan's name?
Is "optimism" and hope and positive thinking ways for leadership not your idea of a better America?
Maybe you're just upset because Barack didn't inject "God" into his statement or, military, and most powerful nation, and flag, and prayer, AFTER he mentioned Ronald Reagan. Then again maybe your 're upset because this is all you thought of when you heard Ronald Reagan's name.
American's need to learn to LISTEN, and get out of the mentality that Ronald Reagan did bring to America. Stop thinking division and left and right, and Clinton, Reagan, and start thinking about America and where we want to go from here. I choose a path.
I don't want to present myself as some sort of singular figure. I think part of what's different are the times...I think Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that Richard Nixon did not and in a way that Bill Clinton did not. He put us on a fundamentally different path because the country was ready for it. I think they felt like with all the excesses of the 1960s and 1970s and government had grown and grown but there wasn't much sense of accountability in terms of how it was operating. I think people, he just tapped into what people were already feeling, which was we want clarity we want optimism, we want a return to that sense of dynamism and entrepreneurship that had been missing.
Sadly, everyone STOPPED listening at Ronald Reagan. So, typical of the way things are today. I doubt Barack just said this off the top of his head without giving it much thought beforehand. I have always viewed Barack as a THINKER, and someone who has the ability to put things into context and see them in a whole picture. Barack is not a man of rhetoric and empty talking points. But, because you just might be, you STOPPED LISTENING as soon as Ronald Reagan was mentioned.
Ok, forget Ronald Reagan, and read this as a stand alone statement.
"I think they felt like with all the excesses of the 1960s and 1970s and government had grown and grown but there wasn't much sense of accountability in terms of how it was operating."
What was America going through during these times? Do you even remember? How did you and the rest of America feel during these years? Were you happy and confident with the direction of America? Or were you ready for "change" and a new direction? Barack did not say,"let's go back to the Reagan years", and he surely didn't in any way praise Reagan's policies.
And what about now, today, 2008, how do you feel?
Now let's take this part of Barack's statement as a stand alone also.
"..tapped into what people were already feeling, which was we want clarity we want optimism, we want a return to that sense of dynamism and entrepreneurship that had been missing."
What, you don't want "clarity" as to just what the hell direction America going anyway? Would you just rather continue to fight among one another, let alone the world, than to have a clear vision for America and just bicker over the use of Ronald Reagan's name?
Is "optimism" and hope and positive thinking ways for leadership not your idea of a better America?
Maybe you're just upset because Barack didn't inject "God" into his statement or, military, and most powerful nation, and flag, and prayer, AFTER he mentioned Ronald Reagan. Then again maybe your 're upset because this is all you thought of when you heard Ronald Reagan's name.
American's need to learn to LISTEN, and get out of the mentality that Ronald Reagan did bring to America. Stop thinking division and left and right, and Clinton, Reagan, and start thinking about America and where we want to go from here. I choose a path.
