The Bully with the Pulpit

yesterday before the press, the president read off a series of poll statistics; 54% want an assault weapons ban, 48% want a limit on magazine size, etc. He has done this many times in the past with many different issues.

Now we face a fiscal cliff entirely of His and Congress' making, and he has made the political calculation that if he forces us over it, polls say that the majority of Americans will blame Republicans.

THIS IS NOT LEADERSHIP! A leader does not lead by polls, then give the public what it thinks it wants. A leader does what needs to be done, what is right, whether popular or not. A leader make the tough decisions. He does not make childish, petulant demands, then go on a campaign tour to whip up public sentiment for his off the cuff idea.

A PRESIDENT would realize that it is congress who writes the laws, and spends the money. A President would  like, Bush, Clinton, Bush, and Reagan before him, lay out the broad idea, then work with congress, even the hostile ones to get his priorities passed.

Our present wannabe dictator, does not seem to understand that, and evidently four years have not taught him what a lifetime failed to prepare him for.