Originally Posted by
LuvAirFrance
The president needs to shorten the leash on his law enforcement people. Terror is way behind jobs as a political imperative in 2012. His determination to be seen as "tough" on terrorism is going to raise more ire than the law that requires people buy health insurance. TSA is becoming a millstone around the neck of the administration. The notion of "everything normal but more about jobs" isn't really going to be a winning package.
Not to get too political, but I agree that his "get tough" approach is the worst kind of failure. It combines the previous administration's disregard for civil liberties but completely fails to send said administration's "don't f*ck with us" message. In short, our current president is too scared to either take a real stand as did Bush (probably a good thing) or deliver the promised hope and change (definitely a bad thing).
I guess it's like Bart once said to Homer (perhaps the reverse): "You know, your half-a$$ed underparenting was a lot better than your half-a$$ed overparenting."