Sunday, January 10, 2010

Maureen Dowd and No Drama Obama

On Sunday, January 10, Maureen Dowd did another of her numbers on Obama to which I could not resist responding. Here's what I had to say:

It’s so refreshing to have a smart guy in charge who keeps cool and manages well. It’s so refreshing to have a guy who examines the facts and makes reality-based decisions.

It’s not refreshing that we still haven’t figured out how to completely stop young aspirational/operational crazies from Al Queda from getting on American airplanes with dangerous materials.

But that is as much a failure of Congress not passing legislation to implement the 9/11 commission suggestions as it is in the executive branch.

No drama works for me. I wished it worked for Congress as well (not to mention the occasional columnist). We have too much junk politics, too much fake drama, in this country. Please refrain from encouraging more.

In fact, next time you have the urge to complain about Obama’s style, turn that urge on its head and tell readers why no drama is good and why junk politics is bad. I’m pretty sure you would quickly be rewarded with the number 1 spot on the most e-mailed list if you did.

John Woods