That is the conclusion of John Hinderaker, who blogs at PowerLine. He attended the Claremont Institute’s annual Churchill Dinner, and heard Ryan speak. Here’s an excerpt from that speech:
Instead of changing his failed policies, the President has turned to the politics of division. Instead of appealing to the hope and optimism that were hallmarks of his first campaign, he has launched his second campaign by preying on the emotions of fear, envy,
and resentment.
This has the potential to be just as damaging as his misguided policies. Sowing social unrest and class resentment makes America weaker, not stronger. Pitting one group against another only distracts us from the true sources of inequity in this country – corporate welfare and cronyism that enrich the powerful, and empty promises that betray the powerless.
It’s disappointing, but it seems that the President is using the politics of division to distract from his record of inaction on our nation’s most pressing fiscal challenges:
He still has not put forward a credible plan to tackle the threat of ever-rising spending and debt.
He’s deferred the task of solving these challenges to one commission after another, only to ignore their recommendations…
… and it’s been over 900 days since his party even bothered to pass a budget in the Senate.
Read the entire text of Ryan’s speech here. The data about the number of regulations that the Obama administration has promulgated in the last two years will floor you.
