PrintFebruary 14, 2014
A Tale of Three Leadership Failures
Leadership Failure Number One: Dear Leader Barack Hussein Obama, on March 16, 2006, while a senator, said (emphasis mine):
The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the US Government can not pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government's reckless fiscal policies. Increasing America's debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that "the buck stops here." Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better.
Obama was, at that time, arguing against the policies of George W. Bush, but his words offer insight into his view of current conditions. Any debt he wants to run up is...(Read Full Article)
