Disliking The President

I keep hearing about President Obama's "bailouts", so I did some checking. The financial institutions bailouts, the Auto Industry bailout, the AIG bailout, Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac bailout and the Bear Stearns bailout were all done under the administration of George W. Bush. So, I'm confused, what bailouts are people laying at the feet of Barack Obama? I keep hearing about the recession being the fault of our current President, but the recession began in December 2007, before Obama took office. In fact, we came out of the recession in June 2009, 5 months after Obama took office. I remember during President Bush's administration, in the final months of it, he and other governmental officials kept assuring us the economy was healthy and we were not in a recession.

And I keep hearing about "Obamacare" and how horrible it is, yet the framework of the National Healthcare plan known as "Obamacare" was modeled after the Massachusetts healthcare plan that current Presidential contender Mitt Romney crafted and introduced. No one is decrying his plan as "socialism".

I can understand not liking the policies of a President, but I don't understand blaming him for something that he's not responsible for. If you don't like the man, say you don't like the man, but don't try to rewrite history and make him responsible for things others brought to pass. And please don't tell me this President is responsible for things that you have stated the previous President could not be responsible for, such as the economy. All I heard when Bush was in office was how the President has very little effect on the economy, but now that Obama is President, everyone's saying the President is solely, 100% responsible for the economy. Ya can't have it both ways!!

I know there are many people who don't like Obama because of the color of his skin, though they won't admit that's their reasoning. They blame all sorts of other things for their dislike, but press them or look deeper into their reasons and you discover they're not being honest. Many people I know who are throwing stones at the President are doing so simply because he's a Democrat. Sad, but true, those people would never give credit to any one who is a member of the Democratic party because they are staunch Republicans. And in their opinion, nothing good can come out of the Democratic party. There are Democrats who hold the exact same views regarding the Republicans.

This is a time in our history when we should all be working together, regardless of the color of our skin, the political party we associate with or the denomination of church we attend. We are all Americans, and we must all work together to make this country a great place to live, again.