Dylan Ratigan’s Rant and President Obama’s failed leadership

There is a Shakespearean sentiment that is brewing within America.  Republicans and Democrats alike have been completely ineffective in dealing with the economic crisis that is beginning to jeopardize, at least the perception, of America’s place in the world and for that reason the American people seem to be unified in declaring ” A Curse on both your Houses” towards their elected representatives.

That sentiment was expressed admirably (and quite passionately) by MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan where he exploded in a video clip that has gone viral on the internet:

Those of you that follow Beyond the Pale know that I have tried to be a Republican that refrains from bashing President Obama simply because he exists. In fact I often take a bit of heat from my GOP cohorts for not seeing past his nice guy, family loving, reasonable mannerisms smokescreen to the Kenyan born, socialist / fascist anti-Christ he obviously is…at least to them.

But I gotta say it… America needs a leader right now and President Obama just ain’t doin what needs to be done.

When President Reagan talked about America being the greatest country on Earth and that our best days were ahead of us he meant it. It oozed out of the very fiber of his DNA and we all caught what he had. Like the classic line from When Harry Met Sally we looked at the Gipper on TV and said, “we’ll have what he’s having.”

When President Obama talks about American greatness however it seems like its something he knows you want him to say and although he’d like to help, well…you see… his hands are tied.

I wrote in 2008 that one of my fears of Obama was that we were electing another Jimmy Carter. Carter was a nice guy but an ineffective President who created a depressed state of affairs for America. Likewise, Obama has that nice guy thing which really helped get him elected (as did Carter) but is increasingly demonstrating the lack of ability to lead the American people with any sense of conviction or urgency.

Mike Barnacle on the MSNBC show Morning Joe says it best in this short clip where he seems perplexed and frustrated by Obama’s apparent inability to say and do what needs to be done:

For all of our sakes, lets hope the President and the Congress get their acts together soon…