‘Embarrassment’ is misdirected
A recent letter writer is “embarrassed” by President Obama, but apparently not by the appalling misdeeds of the George W. Bush administration.
He is just fine with the incompetent antics and wanton trashing of the federal treasury by G.W. Bush and his cronies. He’s fine with their ignorant and arrogant invasion of Iraq based on phony “intelligence” manufactured by Cheney and Rumsfeld. He’s not appalled that thousands of American soldiers were sacrificed to that folly, nor that the unnecessary invasion was ill-planned, nor that it metastasized terrorism and anti-American fevers around the globe. He’s not embarrassed over policies that subsidize big industry while strangling the struggling middle class, nor by the squandering of resources on no-bid contracts with crony cowboy CEOs. Nope.
Instead, he is embarrassed to have an articulate, well-educated, thoughtful president who wants to improve the lives of the average American despite rabid Republican resistance and hate-filled sneers from people who ought to know better.
JESSICA K. FRAZIER