The problem Obama faces, alas, is that you don’t get much political credit for preventing non-events. He’d be blamed if the 2008-09 depression had gotten worse, but he gets no applause for preventing any number of Very-Bad-Things-That-Might-Have-Occurred-But-Didn’t. In addition to the Even-Greater Depression of 2009, other non-events include the 2009 Israeli attack on Iran, the Venezuelan-Colombian border war of 2010, and al Qaeda’s successful attack on Yankee Stadium last week. I could go on but presumably you get the point: we’re not very good at giving our leaders credit for the bad things that don’t happen on their watch. And to be fair, that goes for Obama’s predecessor too.
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Is Obama’s Record Better Than It Looks? Like? (via afghanibanani) Although a very bad thing did happen during his predecessor’s watch. Actually more than one. We can talk about 9-11 and Katrina to start, then of course the Great Recession…. ooh how about the anthrax threat? GW Bush was a failure as a business owner (Arbusto or bust!), a sports team owner (Texas Rangers) and as a President. End of story. (via savagemike) |
