Obama is No Captain Jean-Luc-Picard — USS Enterprise
by Lurita Doan“Make It So!” Jean-Luc Picard, the intrepid, clever and compassionate leader of the USS Enterprise, often issued this directive to his loyal crew to execute a plan, to save the ship, themselves, or entire worlds. And, the Enterprise crew got it done. Consider President Barack Obama, worlds to appease, a nation to cajole, and a Congress with more plans to assimilate than the Borg. With jobless numbers at 10.2%, Obama is likely wondering: what went wrong?
Picard’s introspective and analytical nature bluntly assessed his actions, refusing excuses, with a plan to improve his performance. Obama may spend time on the White House holodeck, envisioning “what if” scenarios, but an assessment of the year since his election, shows that few of Obama’s campaign promises have come to fruition.
The deficit of $459 billion, which President Obama inherited from George Bush has grown to $1.4 trillion, while the economy has shrunk. The 3.5-million-jobs-created campaign promise has been watered down to claim 600,000 jobs “saved” .
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