Mr. Disproportionate Response

Last night, I saw this little gem:

“Let’s stop the posturing and positioning, stop catering to the political base and let’s start compromising.” –Pres. Barrack Obama

I have now seen this quote in three other articles, and it just sort of gets breezed over like it’s no big deal. For me, it’s like a sucker punch to the gut that just knocks the wind right out of me.

This man–our President–is sitting in a room with members of Congress, trying to work out a deal to fix problems with the nation’s debt. That’s OUR money, Americans! Your tax dollars are what they’re arguing over. Anyway, Obama’s sitting in a room with a group of people whose job it is to represent us, and in an effort to allow us to go $2.4 TRILLION further into debt, he tells those representatives, “Stop catering to the political base?!”

IT’S THEIR JOB. They represent the people. The people have said, “Are you NUTS?! We don’t WANT to go $2.4T further in the hole, we want our government to be fiscally responsible!” But, no. Our President, the Constitutional scholar, before having a pissy fit and storming out of the room, advised our representatives to stop representing us.

Upon joining Congress, these people swear an oath:

“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.”

As a veteran, I took a very similar oath. It’s one that I take very seriously, to this day, and it’s one that I would HOPE that our representatives would likewise take to heart. It is their duty to represent the political base, and when the President tells them NOT to do so, then they need to tell him to STOP being a fucking wanker.

I look forward to the 2012 election, JUST so I can cast a ballot that’s NOT Barrack Obama.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/07/14/politics/main20079379.shtml