Failure to Learn

It is obvious from the recent State of the Union address by the Thin Skinned One as well as other recent statements he has made that he has not learned from his errors. When Bill "Pants on the Ground" Clinton had a disastrous first year as President and then saw the Order of the Elephants sweep into power in Congress in his second year, he was smart enough to change his ways. He abandoned the left wing and moved to the center and enjoyed a sudden "market correction" where his poll numbers were concerned. Not so with Obama. He has chosen to cling to the left wing and is trying a different tack that will also ultimately fail. He is still trying to blame all the Realm's problems on the Bush the Younger but is also trying to capitalize on "wealth envy" by grouping Wall Street into the blame kennel. However, the financial problems we are experiencing today have more to do with bad government policy than the mistakes made on Wall Street. The failure to recognize the causes of the "Great Recession" and instead focus on populist distaste for the rich will only breed more failure. The causes of the recession have still not been corrected because to do so would require an honest assessment of poor policies implemented and defended by the Order of the Donkeys. While the Elephants are certainly not blameless in the policy errors, they at least made a token effort to correct them. Your Emperor despairs to see the Thin Skinned One digging in and clinging to certain failure. The Realm will suffer as a result.