Zach Gilliam's Thoughts

This is one of the best Press Conferences I’ve seen from a President about a specific issue. Fast forward to minute 27 where it gets the best!

Love the last line:

And at some point, I think if you want to be a leader, then you got to lead.

So many of our politicians forsake basic leadership principles when they are sworn into their office. Its so confusing to me how it happens that way.

Oh, and this part is good:

It turns out, actually, that the plan that Speaker Boehner and I were talking about was comparable in terms of deficit reduction.  The difference was that we didn’t put all the burden on the people who are least able to protect themselves, who don’t have lobbyists in this town, who don’t have lawyers working on the tax code for them — working stiffs out there, ordinary folks who are struggling every day.  And they know they’re getting a raw deal, and they’re mad at everybody about it.  They’re mad at Democrats and they’re mad at Republicans, because they know somehow, no matter how hard they work, they don’t seem to be able to keep up.  And what they’re looking for is somebody who’s willing to look out for them.  That’s all they’re looking for.

And for us not to be keeping those folks in mind every single day when we’re up here, for us to be more worried about what some funder says, or some talk radio show host says, or what some columnist says, or what pledge we signed back when we were trying to run, or worrying about having a primary fight — for us to be thinking in those terms instead of thinking about those folks is inexcusable.

(Source: whitehouse.gov)