Bnpositive Communication

The video above is just one of the reasons I don’t have much support for Barack Obama in this election. I will say that Barack says many things that sound good and are areas that need to be changed. My belief is that he’s not going to be changing much as President because I don’t believe the President of the United States actually has that much power. Most of what’s changed in this country comes from Congress.

A recent article has even now shared that Barack and his own advisors are preparing people to not expect maybe as much change as they were initially promised and the change that does happen may take quite a bit longer than anticipated as well.

How about this (emphasis added by me):

Barack Obama’s senior advisers have drawn up plans to lower expectations for his presidency if he wins next week’s election, amid concerns that many of his euphoric supporters are harboring unrealistic hopes of what he can achieve.

Or from Barack himself:

In an interview with a Colorado radio station, Obama appeared to be engaged already in expectation lowering. Asked about his goals for the first hundred days, he said he would need more time to tackle such big and costly issues as health care reform, global warming and Iraq.

"The first hundred days is going to be important, but it’s probably going to be the first thousand days that makes the difference," he said. He has also been reminding crowds in recent days how "hard" it will be to achieve his goals, and that it will take time.

More politics as usual I guess. Overpromise and under-deliver. It seems like they never heard it’s usually better to reverse that pattern.

In conversations yesterday though I stated that what I hope will happen after this election is that the discourse and information about what’s happening in government with opinions from both sides receiving adequate coverage. If Barack wins, I want Republicans, Independents and Democrats being vocal about what’s broken and how they propose to fix it. With emphasis on how to fix it, than just identifying there’s problems. If you can’t propose a solution for the problem, shut-up until you’ve thought about the problem long enough to offer more than just BEWARE!

Voters need to continue to be interested and engaged in what’s going on in this country and not wait for another four years to start paying attention.

Of course that’s just my 2 pennies worth.