PHONE +PEN < WALKING SHOES.

PHONE + PEN < WALKING SHOES.  The recent SOTU speech delivered by our president was one of the most pathetic oral exercises I have ever witnessed.  Listening to The One read his speech (praise the teleprompter!), one would think he just showed up on the scene.  Instead, he is making the very same promises that he’s made for the last 5 years.  The problems he complains about are the problems he has either created or exacerbated.  The solutions he offers are the very things that worsened our problems.  With O, it is all about the show.  Some in the media have labeled him No Drama Obama; I would call him All Drama Obama.  Drama and shallow partisanship is all he brings to the table.  He misrepresents reality with false or outright fake ACA stats, he goes on and on about a War on Women, he praises the courage and sacrifice of our military while working with his fellow Democrats to cut their pensions, he rails against a Do Nothing Congress while promising to go it alone with executive actions, and he promises to fix the economy with a new investment acronym and a raise in the minimum wage. 

After 5 years on the job, he has not one accomplishment to stand on; think about that.   Universally acclaimed by all to be his signature accomplishment, the ACA had to wait until 40 minutes into the speech to get a mention and then it was clearly presented as a work in progress.  This is what we get when we elect an incompetent as President.

A real statesman, a real executive, a real leader, and a true President would put his pen and phone in the desk drawer.  He would stroll over to Capitol Hill where his party controls the Senate.  He would roll up his sleeves and begin the arduous, frustrating, and extremely difficult task of building bridges of compromise with our elected representatives so that our government could once again gain some semblance of relevance, effectiveness, and efficiency.  Obama has pretty much wasted the opportunities that existed with his significant and historical victory, but he still yet has a chance to do some good before he wades into the private sector.  Against all expectations and experience, here is hoping he is willing to work hard to accomplish something of value in his remaining time as President and leave some type of substantial legacy for his terms in office.