After President Obama delivered his State of the Union address this past Tuesday night, some were inspired, some remained hopeful, some criticized, and some were still skeptical. It is election year and Obama has every right to boast of his accomplishments during his term. We know politicians like to make promises and we also know that sometimes they are not always able to follow through with these promises. But it becomes unfair when we expect everything and nothing less from one single human being. People fail to realize that this isn't a dictatorship and our president isn't running the country all by himself. People are also failing to recall that there are three branches of government: legislative (Congress), judicial (Senate), and executive (President). All three are in charge of making decisions which affect our livelihoods here in America. We like to blame Obama for everything but how come Congress is currently getting a pass?
All you're doing is pointing fingers at a man whose hands are tied. The State of the Union was an address (in this case it is defined as a speech or written statement, usually formal, directed to a particular group of persons) which was directed at Congress, the senate, and us as a nation. He was addressing the other two branches of government ESPECIALLY Congress to make the right decisions when it came down to passing bills which will benefit the US and to stop insider trading something which is currently affecting politics making it more about profit than people. He was addressing the nation to make the right decision when voting in November 2012. Obama was delivering promises but if it was up to him to make them come true he wouldn't need the State of the Union to tell us his plans, he would just execute them and sign them into law right then and there.
People like to say they've done their research and they know all that Obama has and hasn't done. But if you truly did your research you would see that a Republican controlled Congress has made it increasingly difficult for change to really come into effect. That's where Americans should be blamed. You allowed Congress to be filled with Republicans and conservatives who accept insider trading and allow themselves to be swayed by big corporations. Yes, America, YOU. Republicans in Congress didn't magically appear. Voting doesn't take place every four years. Election day happens every year. It's to give you the chance to vote for someone who you WANT to make political decisions for you. Decisions that will affect education, healthcare, and the economy. Voting for your Congressman and Senators is important too!
In the end, we are all to blame. We are all pointing fingers at each other instead of accepting responsibility for our own actions. President Obama has his strengths and weaknesses and should be well aware of them when it comes to decision making. Congress should be well aware that their approval rating is practically down the toilet and instead of asking Obama where's change, they need to ask themselves how come they're not giving us any either. Our judicial branch needs to aware of the fact that we matter too. That the decisions and cases they take on go beyond numbers, statistics, and profit. The decisions affect all of us but we sometime aren't aware of it. And we as a nation need to raise our self-awareness on a higher level because right now we can't see past blaming our president for all our woes. Yes, you're in pain but you're not taking action as well. You wanted change? You're mad at Obama for not bringing that change? But what have you done as well to bring in that change? You thought just by voting once in 2008 and then four years sitting on your ass that change would come busting through your door? WAKE UP. We're all in this together. A democracy.
Democracy: government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
YOU, the NATION, AMERICA--it's by the people. You need to take the reins and not only vote for a president, but your Congressman, and Senator. Get it out of your head that if you vote once every four years, you'll find a president who will make your problems go away. That's not their job alone. It should be your job as well and the jobs of all the branches you elect.
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