http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/06/02/obama.oil.spill.tone/?iref=obinsite

http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/06/02/borger.obama.spill.image/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/06/03/obama.lkl/index.html?hpt=T2

I will sincerely try to limit the amount of posts that are focused on this type of political bullshit. But let me use this one as an example.

President Obama has been getting a lot of heat from his supporters who say that he should be more “angry” towards the tragic BP oil spill. Many, including Director Spike Lee in the article above, claim that the president is too laid-back and that he needs to use the same powerful rhetoric that he used during his campaign to motivate workers to speed up damage repair.

In a response, writer Gloria Borger argues that the laid-back Obama is the president whom we elected. She makes the assertion that a president should earn the trust of the people by showing that he is compassionate, caring, and emotional.

There are agreements and disagreements everywhere, but let’s focus on speculation. I’ve lost interest in the Spike Lee article because really, who cares what Spike Lee says about Barack Obama? The point of this article was to use some prominent figure to spotlight Obama’s reaction to the oil spill. In this country, we criticize are presidents way too much. In many ways, criticism is a good thing, but pragmatically, how does criticizing his amount of anger help in any way whatsoever? What exacerbates the situation is the White House’s participation in this gameplay. I do think that Robert Gibbs knew his words would make headlines when he addressed Obama’s frustrations to “plug the damn hole”. Gloria Borger, while in defense mode, still plays into this game by introducing it from a different angle.

I think overall, the president has himself straight throughout the interview with Larry King when he states that his purpose as president is to get the job done. Many will argue that his purpose is more than that – he should also show compassion. But then again, wisdom is knowing what you can or cannot change. As our country continues to age, these bullshit politics will become less and less important. What will be more important will be performance, efficiency, and ideals. In such a young country like ours, conservatives push for a smaller government, one more in tune with the people, and liberals push for one that progresses towards a set of ideals. And together, they form the beautiful balance of this country, and along with that… bullshit politics.

That’s the only way one man’s emotional response is headlined and the reason why the three posted articles will mean nothing, dissipating like a fart in the wind, in due time.

It’s the damn pundits that make a deal out of it… And they even got me writing about it. Damn.