Obama Watch: Saying Nothing, But Sounding Good While Doing It

Two things I took away from tonights press presidential conference:

1. President Obama will raise the deficit to unbelievably soaring heights before the deficit, through the magic his administration will weave, is brought back down to the level it's at now, at which point he can truthfully claim to have to have lowered the deficit.

2. Unfortunately, President Obama falls back on the old standby of the Democratic tax platform: tax the wealthy at a higher percentage than everyone else, the feeling being that the rich should be able to give a little more. Essentially, the really successful amongst us, financially speaking, should be punished for their success. To single out any one particular sector of the American public to pay a higher tax rate than any other sector may be Democratic, with a big "D," but it is certainly not democratic with a small "d." It is just flat wrong, un-American, and immoral.

Credit where credit is due. I've said it before, I'll say it again: It's nice to have a president who speaks English. Like any other politician, Obama doesn't say anything when he speaks, but it sounds good coming from him.