Led by their noses.
I feel like I have been doused with a bit too much of American politics coverage to last me a few months at least. Haha. Can't say the midterm result was very surprising but here's my short take on the recent Republican/Democrats big bang: -
The Americans are a weird bunch. Haha.
It appears that many of them have the delusion of Obama being God, whose touch will heal all crises immediately. (2 years might seem a long time but hasn't their economy been in the reds since.... uh forever?) I've been asked countless number of times whether I liked Obama and my reply had always been, "Compared to the alternative, yes." I am not his biggest fan but I respect his intelligence and genuine desire (I believe.) to want to alleviate the dire state of the economy.
In his 2 years in office, he might not have lived up to his over-hyped reputation, and he might have made a fair number of wrong moves. His policies and the due processes are slow, painful and harsh. So very harsh. The health care bill was a huge achievement in his book although I'm not so sure with regards to specific details, for example the effectiveness of the individual mandate: Paying an annual $695 penalty or couple of hundreds/month for insurance? Doesn't seem too difficult a choice. It also seems more like a regressive form of taxation on the normal working class, rather than the progressive taxation that it claims to be, with the 2.5% clause. Nevertheless, he has started to lay some sort of foundation for the rebuilding process to begin. Not to mention that he did this against some crazy uncooperative attitude from the Republicans.
To be honest, I doubt there is any man out there who can bring America out of the hole it dug itself into, painlessly. There's no going around the harsh way of fixing their blistering economy. It really is a "No pain no gain" route. So you have to give him credit, he might not have lived up to everyone's expectations, but it does not override the fact that he is, quite a brilliant man and a man better fit as President than Cain or Bush :p
So will he last beyond 2012? I ..... believe and I hope so. Unless there's a Roosevelt or Clinton in the making? Heh. I'll end this off with something Scotty posted on my wall,
Annnd since it is the Deepavali weekend, 2 Swedish phrases ... en indisk högtid, which means an Indian festival :) and en riktig långhelg means a really long weekend.
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