...would have spoken very differently than B.O. did. He would have lauded the vast numbers of people who have let their thoughts and opinions on his health care ideas be known in no uncertain terms. He would have said, "I can see, from the response of a majority of the citizens of this great nation, that I have been on the wrong track in terms of health care reform. Obviously, the people feel strongly about this issue, and they have every right to expect me to do their bidding. Therefore, I am calling a complete halt to any plans for health care reform at this time and dealing with more urgent matters, or should I say URGENT matters, since the health care issue is a manufactured issue with absolutely NO urgency whatsoever. I know that it is the American PEOPLE who have made this country great, with their independence, creativity, freedom and ambition, and far be it from me to try to strangle all that AMERICAN spirit by making them all dependent on a bloated, inefficient, and, yes, CORRUPT government. I don't know what I was thinking (head slap, like on the V8 commercials)! Well, I've learned my lesson, and I bow to the will of the people I am supposed to serve.
"And while I'm at it, I've decided to rethink my highly unpopular positions on some other lefty favorites, like late term abortion and nationalizing EVERYTHING from the banks to the auto industry. It's pretty apparent that none of what I've cooked up so far has worked, and my wacky ideas have, in fact, made everything worse. SO once again, I'm listening to the American people, and I am reversing my immoral, ignorant, know-nothing plans and stopping the bleeding of money that we don't have into black holes that do not benefit from the imaginary money anyway. I've decided maybe I WASN'T the one we were all waiting for, and plan to fade into the background accordingly. No more B.O. loony left. From now on, I will stifle my Marxist tendencies and try to act like a PRESIDENT OF A FREE COUNTRY, instead of a dictator in some 3rd world communist country.
"Since it has come to my attention that a majority of Americans identify themselves as conservative, rather than liberal--who'da thunk it?--I have decided to adhere to the capitalist, conservative, Judeo-Christian principles and values that made this the greatest country ever to exist on the planet. I have decided to stop apologizing for imaginary wrongs done by America, and stop pretending that there is another country or culture ANYWHERE that has ever come close to being the shining light that this country is and has been. I have decided to stop bowing to dictators from repressive, psychotic and evil societies, whether they have tons of oil or not. I have decided to actually BECOME a Christian, and give up the ridiculous singing of praises of islam, a religion not of peace, but of destruction, hate, and torture. I plan to support Israel to the fullest extent possible, and to tell Bibi to 'go for it' in both building settlements and dropping the big one on Iran's nuke facilities.
"In short, I'm a new man! I have woken up to the realities of this country and the rest of the world. I have come to realize that I am a product of Affirmative Action, and a woefully unqualified one at that, when it comes to being the president of the greatest country on earth. I plan to listen to the American people on every issue, and to tell Pelosi and Reid to knock off the crazy socialist babble. Apparently, the USA isn't interested in becoming Europe or Canada! Imagine that!
"While I'm at it, I've decided to put the kabash on coddling illegal aliens and acting like we can't survive without them. From now on, no freebies whatsoever for this bunch, and no jobs, or benefits of any kind. Bring on e-verify! Get 'em out of my country!"
That's what a REAL president of the USA would say. But we don't have one of those, do we? No, we have a would-be Marxist dictator with designs on our freedom, our money, our lives, our privacy, our safety and our Constitution. And those designs are, right down the line, the absolute WRONG ideas for America. Finally, most people have regained consciousness. Hope it isn't too late.