FIDDLING
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During the 50 years before the coming of Christ, the Emporer of Rome was Nero. He was not one of the great ones, and is mostly remembered by the phrase “Nero fiddled while Rome burned”. I can still recall the picture in the History book — A befuddled Nero standing on his balcony holding his violin watching the major fires in Rome. It is still the classic example of a leader preoccupied with trivia while major tasks go undone.
That brings me to appearance of BHO on the the Jay Leno show last week.
Granted, the Prez is a busy guy without much time for fun, and he is certainly entitled to a bit of levity and light humor. No argument here. But his preoccupation with the NCAA basketball brackets seems a bit out of character while his pet spending projects and key operatives are floundering in Washington. He has painted the critical need for swift action in his doom and gloom scenarios on TV any time he gets the chance. If these bills are so important, why isn’t he in Washington twisting arms? No doubt, the left wing press will not draw the Nero comparison, but other journalists may well wonder about his fiddling in LA while Washington is ablaze.
Maybe he needs more time to make Chris Dodd look salvagable