Posted on 10/14/2012 7:48:20 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Jay McInerney, 56, is the author of Bright Lights, Big City and Brightness Falls. His latest book is the short story collection How It Ended
Last week I was at a party in a Manhattan art gallery attended by the inevitable mix of artists, journalists and wealthy art collectors. I ran into a friend, a painter, who is a strong supporter of the Democratic party, but she told me she wasn't donating money to the Obama campaign this year. "He's been a huge disappointment," she said. "Not one major Wall Street banker has been held accountable for the financial crash, and he's extended the Bush tax cuts on the wealthy. I just can't get enthusiastic about him. I don't even know if I'll vote."
In another part of the room a group of art collectors, most of whom worked in the financial industry, were clutching plastic glasses of cheap white wine and complaining about Obama from the opposite end of the political spectrum. "He's a socialist," said one, a short, bald man who runs a huge hedge fund. "He hates people like us." His friends all nodded in agreement.
"Socialist" is the nastiest thing you can say about an American politician in some quarters. For years the Republican party depended on the spectre of the evil Soviet Union to stir up nationalistic impulses and demonised the left as unpatriotic; many on the right interpreted the collapse of the Soviet bloc as proof of the bankruptcy of socialist principles. For his part, Obama has done precious little to deserve the "socialist" title – he has yet to repeal the massive Bush tax cuts to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans – although his healthcare reform package, which cost him so much time and political capital to get through Congress,
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Psychosis is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome - you wacko......
Now, now. I’m sure McInerney was willing to give GWB a second chance in 2004 as well.
Obama lost a debate on Economics, he has been President for 4 years and took 3 days to prepare, yet can’t talk professionally about macro-economics in an intellectual debate? Obama has questionable aptitude that doesn’t deserve a second chance.
Burst of incredulous laughter !
Give him a second chance, Why? The President, himself, said that if couldn’t do it the first time that he didn’t deserve a second chance.
What a pin-headed loon. The only thing nobama should get a chance is defending himself in court for treason.
Not enough Bolivian Marching Powder on earth, Jay.
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