Arrogance of the Man

"Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now, the facts and science and argument (do) not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hard-wired not to always think clearly when we're scared. And the country is scared."

In a nutshell, this recent Obama quote tells the story of his first two years.  He believes that he and his team of so -called experts are the true intellectuals.  Only they are smart enough to know the answers.  Common sense and reality should be disregarded, because the facts are on their side.

The message to the American people is that we would understand if we were just as smart as he is.  We would understand why running up trillion dollar plus yearly deficits will ultimately save our economy.  If we were smarter, we could understand why America is the root of all evil in the world.  We would know that imposing onerous taxes on energy is the penalty we must pay for daring to be prosperous. 

We would be able to see how punishing corporations will benefit the middle class and poor.  I could excuse him for the 9.6 (actual 17%) unemployment rate because that is the previous administration's fault.  I would understand that even in the face of these problems and 2 wars, nationalizing health care was the most important thing to work on.  And I would understand why passing that law without knowing what was in it  was okay.

I think the message is that if I disagree with Obama, I should go back to clinging to my guns and religion.