Never Good Enough

Albert R. Hunt of Business Week wrote about the charges that President Obama made towards former Florida Governor Jeb Bush. Mr. Bush said that Obama "is the most liberal president" in modern times pushing "an agenda that really is foreign to mainstream America." Many Republicans feel like the current president has "socialist" agendas. Not only is Obama being criticized on the right wing but also by his fellow left wingers who say that he has "failed to keep his campaign commitments." Hunt says that "ideology isn't the ideal prism to evaluate the Obama presidency." Going into detail about the many promises that the president made in order to be elected, both the left and right (and the people of this country) all have "a bone to pick" and believe that their ideas are so much better than what is being done.

"Journalists find themselves precisely where where they want to be: in the middle. This middle ground serves as a haven for reporters, criticism comes from both sides, then the news must not be ideological at all. Attacks from both sides make the center a defensible place" (Croteau & Hoynes, 169). Mr. Hunt has perfectly placed himself in the situation just quoted. He describes how the Republicans and Democrats both have issues with administration. I also found it funny how Mr. Hunt said, "ideology isn't the ideal prism to evaluate the Obama presidency." Though the definition of the term "ideology" is vague, he never attempts to establish the definition. Croteau and Hoynes even said that "we need to be careful to specify what we mean by the term" (159). Being called "ideological" could be a insult by calling someone out on saying and doing contradicting things to one's beliefs, it could also be defined simply as a set of beliefs.

Though I do not particularly care for Obama's plans, I do feel sorry for him in a sense. It's hard trying to please everyone; it's just not going to happen. People are always going to say you could do this better or change this. It's easy to say and think something but different when you're trying to do it. There's only so much you can do in four years and he hasn't been in office that long; give him time. I find it silly that people are attacking his ideology because he hasn't had time to totally go through all the motions of his various agendas.