Already sounding old

I just had a look at President Obama's op-ed in the Washington Post. Is it me, or does the rhetoric sound very...2008?

Every day, our economy gets sicker -- and the time for a remedy that puts Americans back to work, jump-starts our economy and invests in lasting growth is now.

Now is the time to protect health insurance for the more than 8 million Americans at risk of losing their coverage and to computerize the health-care records of every American within five years, saving billions of dollars and countless lives in the process. 

Now is the time to save billions by making 2 million homes and 75 percent of federal buildings more energy-efficient, and to double our capacity to generate alternative sources of energy within three years. 

Now is the time to give our children every advantage they need to compete by upgrading 10,000 schools with state-of-the-art classrooms, libraries and labs; by training our teachers in math and science; and by bringing the dream of a college education within reach for millions of Americans. 

And now is the time to create the jobs that remake America for the 21st century by rebuilding aging roads, bridges and levees; designing a smart electrical grid; and connecting every corner of the country to the information superhighway.

Now is the time! It's the same bollocks and talking points that we heard over and over on the campaign trail. The rhythms and repitition are aimed at those who are charmed by such things -- the same drones who are prone to chanting his name, perhaps.

Obama's good at campagining. He's got no track record of doing anything else. Will 2009 be another campaign year?

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And did he really say "information superhighway"?! Holy 1998!

Comments

[Torsten]

Hi, Matt,

I agree. I had the same feeling when he kept on repeating his standard line of "the same tired old tested ideas that failed...on and on, in different contexts. I am afraid there is no there there. This guy is hollow. I hope we have this impression only because of his overexposure in the media...

[Tman]

I am just curious, but I am surprised that it doesn't seem to bother anyone that the president wrote an op-ed in a private newspaper that gave him exclusivity in writing the article. I think it's great that we have a president who wants to engage the public in ways that are unconventional, but I find it troublesome that a single newspaper gets exclusivity in publishing his essay.

Maybe it's me, but shouldn't this be some sort of red flag of the erosion between executive and the fourth estate?

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