OBAMA takes on Republican Critics

In his 2d Prime time address
to The American Nation ,
President Obama answered "critics"
who have been quick to point out
he has yet to solve the massive problems
left over from The Bush/Cheney Administration.

“Bankers and executives on Wall Street
need to realize that enriching themselves
on the taxpayers' dime is inexcusable,"
the president said referring to the AIG scandal
and the Bush "Bailout".

"The days of outsized rewards and reckless speculation
[ which caused the current economic catastrophe ] are over.”

Directed toward those who accuse Obama
of leading the U.S. down a road to "communism"
the president declared he doesn't intend to
" demonize every investor or entrepreneur who seeks to make a profit".

However, his goals for the future are clear.
After thirty years of catering to Oil companies
and putting off the inevitable,
The president seeks to develop new technologies
retarded for years by oil company lobbyists

"Investment in renewable energy will lead to new jobs,
new businesses, and less dependence on foreign oil.”

Finally, President Obama had a word
for those baffled by the unavoidable
"spending" the new intitatives will require,

“At the end of the day,
the best way to bring our deficit down
in the long run is not with a budget
that continues the very same policies
that have led to a narrow prosperity
and massive debt.
Republican critics have a short memory,
because, as I recall,
I'm inheriting a $1.3 trillion deficit.
We will recover from this recession,
but it will take time, it will take patience,
and it will take an understanding that when we all work together;
when each of us looks beyond our own short-term interests
to the wider set of obligations we have to each other -
that’s when we succeed.
That’s when we prosper.
And that’s what is needed right now.”