Things are tough these days for the White House. Thankfully though, the Associated Press is doing their part to help out. AP writer Ben Feller is here to tell us that “anger is replacing hope.” From 2006 when the Democrats took over Congress until the culmination of Obama being elected President the press covered the American angst with the Bush administration as a popular uprising full of hope. Nothing has really changed with the average American. Americans are tired of big government and out-of-touch politicians. Obama is clearly out of touch, and clearly loves big government. Pay no mind to the current problems. Ben Fuller tries to remind us of that fateful November 2008 night.
Obama tried to caution people even in the celebration of his election night in 2008. “Our climb will be steep,” he said then. “We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there.”
This reminds me of all the Associated Press articles that reinforced President Bush’s message after 9/11 that the War on Terror would be a long and difficult conflict. Oh wait, the AP was too busy writing articles on how horrible things were every day to concentrate on “the past.” Now that Obama is in the White House the AP is changing its tune. Angst is no longer hopeful or positive. Angst is an angry, spoiled mob that doesn’t understand how awesome it is to have Obama running the nation.
A new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds that two-thirds of people are either dissatisfied by the way the federal government is working or outright angry about it. And that’s a problem Obama now owns. “The public is not this highly rational, nuanced creature,” Jamieson said. “When the public is unhappy, it blames the status quo. And when you’re the establishment, the ‘change’ election moves to the other party.”
If the public were only more like Obama; that perfect, highly rational, nuanced creature. If the public were more like Obama white doves would fly through the air. There would be peace on Earth. The federal debt would disappear and everyone would have free health care. The template is simple. When Republicans lose popular support it’s a beautiful political story. When it’s the other way around Americans have lost their mind and become an angry, racially-motivated mob. Thanks for reinforcing the stereotype, Mr. Fuller.
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