If it’s been said once it’s been said hundreds of times by Barack Obama and his administration, “I inherited (blank)”. The term has been the automatic refrain when it comes to the unemployment rate, the financial system, the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, America’s global image, and now the BP oil spill. It was all George W. Bush’s fault and President Obama inherited the problems.
For once though I’d like to see the President give a speech that tells of the other things he inherited. There have been 43 presidents previous to him and he has inherited them all. He inherited the legacy of the greatest nation on Earth. He inherited a world devoid of German Nazis, Italian fascists, Imperial Japanese, or Soviet communists. He inherited a world where slavery is banned, institutionalized racism in America is no more, and the American people have elected him, an ethnic minority to be its Commander in Chief.
The world has come a long way in the past 234 years and so has the Untied States of America. The truth about the Presidency is that every President inherits his predecessor’s problems the same way they inherit the White House as their home, the Oval Office as their work space, and a Limo and Air Force One as their travel. To blame past President’s for one’s problems ignores all the good the past 43 President’s have done. When you put your hand on the Bible and recite the Presidential Oath, you get everything, including the problems.
President Obama has had almost 17 months and it’s high time he accepts responsibility for the office he sought over 3 years ago. If he wanted to be President, he has no excuses when he gets the job he wanted, perks and problems in all.
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