ACL Live at the Moody Theater
Liberals Are Their Own Worst Enemy
RECEIVED Fri., Nov. 19, 2010
Dear Editor,
So we can add Michael Ventura [“Letters at 3am,” Nov. 19] to the list of disenchanted liberals who are piling on Barack Obama after his midterm drubbing? If you don't think things can get any worse, then you have a very short memory: Iraq invasion? Secret energy meetings? Dick Cheney? I'm not surprised that Obama has turned centrist; in fact, I expected it. He got through a health reform bill that just a couple of years ago everyone was clamoring for. He got through a stimulus package that for all its flaws (and considerable resistance from the Mitch McConnells of the world) kept our country afloat and saved GM from bankruptcy. Instead of abandoning Mr. Obama, why don't we for once act like Republicans and support our president that we elected? I doubt that Mr. Ventura or any of the numerous commentators from the left or right have the stamina or intelligence to actually deal with the drudgery of making the laws in this land. As usual, the liberals are their own worst enemy.
So we can add Michael Ventura [“Letters at 3am,” Nov. 19] to the list of disenchanted liberals who are piling on Barack Obama after his midterm drubbing? If you don't think things can get any worse, then you have a very short memory: Iraq invasion? Secret energy meetings? Dick Cheney? I'm not surprised that Obama has turned centrist; in fact, I expected it. He got through a health reform bill that just a couple of years ago everyone was clamoring for. He got through a stimulus package that for all its flaws (and considerable resistance from the Mitch McConnells of the world) kept our country afloat and saved GM from bankruptcy. Instead of abandoning Mr. Obama, why don't we for once act like Republicans and support our president that we elected? I doubt that Mr. Ventura or any of the numerous commentators from the left or right have the stamina or intelligence to actually deal with the drudgery of making the laws in this land. As usual, the liberals are their own worst enemy.
Russell Scanlon