Where's the hope mongerer?
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 07:17AM During the primary, candidate Obama famously declared that he was accused of being a "hope mongerer" -- a great laugh line during his speeches.
This morning on the Today Show, and later on GMA, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was asked where the hope mongerer had gone; that the president seemed to have lost his hopeful tone in an effort to downplay expectations.
Gibbs denied it all -- as any press secretary would -- but it underscores a good point: is there a happy equilibrium between honest expectations and hopeful optimism? FDR seemed to strike a right balance in his speeches and fireside chats, and Reagan too during the recession of '81.
Barack Obama was elected, in part, because of his optimism about our future. We know times are tough ... I'm not sure we need a daily reminder from the President. We need a little more inspiration and a little less explanation.
Reader Comments (1)
What do you expect from a Jr Senator with a Law Background. Obama doesn't know how to LEAD anything, he is simply making his case like a lawyer or someone in the debate club, like he is trying to prove that this is Bush's fault - as opposed to providing a solution. Nick this is typical liberal BS, pointing to everything that is wrong with America and never providing viable solutions beyond larger Gov't. All Obama's speeches about this being the new era of responbility was just rhetoric to get elected, NOTHING he has done speaks about responsibility - it's the same left ideals that the Gov't is the answer to all of your problems so a larger Gov't is better. Obama believes the Gov't knows how to spend our money better than we do - hence why the stimulus package gives us only $13 back every two weeks - yet spends hundreds of billions on nothing but pork and non-stimulus projects that won't have any immediate affect on our economy - the very point of stimulus