Couple of really bad weeks for the President

It sure has been a couple of bad weeks for the President. First the Abrahamoff scandal swirled around Washington seemingly getting closer and closer to the President. Then, his Vice-President shoots his friend and sends the owner of the ranch he was on to talk to a local paper. Then last week, the President is caught off-guard about a sale of our ports to a company controlled by the United Arab Emirates. No matter how we might about either of those issues, the administration failed in its poor handling of the media, its disrespect of other political leaders and its failure to recognize and deal properly with ethical issues.

Given the arrogance of this President, given the inherent evil of his war and anti-poor/pro-rich policies, its hard for a progressive not to gloat over the continued misfortune of this President.

As progressive, there is no time to be gleeful about Presidential missteps. Progressives must work hard to offer policies of hope and vision. We must work to win these mid-term elections by offering a different vision. We must all call out evil when we see it, and the fact is this President has brought us down a path in which we must reverse soon. We must balance our budget and expand programs for the poor by eliminating the tax breaks for the rich. We must extricate ourselves from a war in the Middle East that continues to be pigheaded and wrong. We must find a way to provide health insurance to all our citizens. We must stop corruption in politics and big business by getting money out of politics and holding corporate executives accountable for paying decent wages and being responsible stewards of environmental resources.

Let's work hard to accomplish the agenda set out by Progressive Christian Leaders at the Summit at the beginning of the month. (http://www.crossleft.org/?q=node/1165) CrossLeft for its part will be partnering with organizations and individuals who are committed to drive the changes we seek as stated in the 2006 policy agenda.