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| Obama Disillusionment Watch: "...the slow trajectory of disappointment..." |
| 2009-04-27 |
| Richard Fernandez,* The Belmont Club ...It was nobodyÂ’s fault, really, that councilwoman Edith Childs had such high expectations. She followed the election of Barack Obama with mounting expectation and rode the slow trajectory of disappointment to its still-plunging depths. Slowly it dawned on her that Obama had no box of magic tricks in his repertoire; that nothing that would stave off the relentless deluge of bills in the mailboxes of her constituents and slowly shrinking job base of her community.... ...Will a downturn, taken far enough, result in a desperate search for extreme political solutions by a people tired of making applications without result, of making job calls without return? Men on white horses are far more common in history than nations with a belief only in themselves. Except in America, the first country in modern times to try the tides without a king are men on white horses rare. But the ocean is wide, perhaps endless; and the distant shore behind still beckons to those who imagine safety there.... Permit me to suggest another interpretation: maybe Obama was the "man on the white horse", and as disillusionment with him sets in, white-horse-ism will go out of fashion again. Agree or disagree, you whould read the whole thing. *Richard Fernandez is he artist formerly known as "Wretchard the Cat." |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #1 Home foreclosure is now a fact. The hot line for help is great if you can cough up $1000 - $2000 dollars for a Lawyer to represent you to the lender. "Disillusionment" no question but when people are not working ,the unemployment runs out and people can't afford air conditioning - well this summer looks interesting. Farmers are quitting Dairy, and other farming (in Maryland and West Virginia) because of no return and I would think they are unable to barrow money to plant their crops. I remember the migrations then the riots. It didn't matter if you black, white, green or gray. If you had any perceived wealth you were a target. TKY Dale |
| Posted by: Dale 2009-04-27 17:39 |