Article: The People Ignored or Ignore?

A President should lead. A President should stand for something. A President should not be afraid of speaking bluntly - to those who oppose him politically, to those who support him, to the American people.

Today, these same individuals utter in disgust or with much "disappointment" in a man who is as he told us he would be, " You have on occasion demonstrated that you know how to do that. " Innumerable inquire with seemingly infinite support, Mister President," Why did we not hear that blunt speech as this crisis was developing?"

In 2008 you inspired people with your words, with your call to something better". Increasingly, many of us are giving up, pulling back, because we find we are not listened to. Our concerns, if not ignored, are dismissed.
So go ahead Mr. President. Ignore me. Ignore all the voices that have been trying to explain to you, trying to help you help this country. You might as well. It seems as if you have been ignoring us all along.

In truth, it took two. Hand-in-hand we traveled with our peers, the future President, and together we gave rise to the rally cries. Obama is the Change. We have hope. We believe, "Yes, we, he can!" Once we were all aboard we proclaimed in unison, Senator Obama has the Audacity to Reclaim the American Dream.. He was indeed the candidate with the compelling biography. His mere presence propelled us to become passengers. Today, together on the train once more, riders offer only remorse.

In the days and years to come, persons who never boarded the train, people who remained stalwart on the platform at the station will express the sentiment; once again. The public ignored the candidate who is now President.. Just as assuredly passengers will shriek as they have "There are achievements. I do not deny that. But they are far from what we were promised, far from what we had reason to expect." Indeed historians and scribes will reason. Nonetheless, proclamations will persist, and defensive postures will seek solace in the safety of a crowd..

People will adopt a plea ."Perhaps it is arrogant to think my personal thoughts are of any value to anyone other than myself. Yet when I offer them, people respond. So long as they do, I will from time to time offer them. As I did yesterday. As I am doing today." Hmm? Might these words be as candidate and President Obama would say? As long as there are people aboard I am "fired up." "Ready to go." Climb onboard Americans. Get ready for another ride.

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