You all know the drill by now.
Barack Obama uses his famed judgment to associate himself with someone he probably shouldn’t.
Obama’s own words come back to haunt him
Obama’s first response is to dismiss the problem.
Obama supporters come out of the woodwork to support both The Senator and the man responsible for the latest scandal.
Obama throws the problem under the bus, expects everyone to forget it and vote for him based on his judgment.
Rinse. Repeat.
I’m just sad that we didn’t get the standard “[X] is not the man I thought he was.” response.
Tags: Barack Obama, Jim Johnson, judgment, mortgage crisis
June 11th, 2008
I noted in Republicans Economics 101 that the McCain campaign needs to do a better job at explaining why Republican economics work. Personal responsibility is the key element that needs to be addressed. There has been much talk about how the candidates would fix the mortgage crisis, and for the Democrats this consists of bailouts. However, actions have consequences, and irresponsibility should not be rewarded. The challenge is that opposing bailouts is often portrayed as uncaring or greedy. In reality these bailouts punish responsible people. Encouraging wastefulness and government dependance harms the economy and society as a whole. There is a role for government when people have been duped, or have extreme circumstances, but the idea that government is supposed to fix my life if I mess up is both poor economics and condesending.
Tags: bailouts, economics, economy, mccain, mortgage crisis, personal responsibility, responsible
April 4th, 2008
