That quote, from a source I can not remember, pertains to Obama. I believe he wants to do well, but the manner in which he wants to do it is going to cause more harm than good.
In the world of doing good, there are billions of people worldwide who want to see their world improved. There are millions who work on improving it either for themselves or others. They do so through business, charity, and volunteering. Of the business routes the rich, who are often demonized by those who are not rich, get little heroic responses from the masses as the interpretation of the service the rich do for the community is a necessary return to the society that made them wealthy. In charity, you have the heroic figures of Susan G. Komen and others who have their efforts continued in organizations that recognize their efforts as so monumental as to make the effort named after them. In the volunteering realm you have Mother Theresa and Ghandi along with numerous saints and others. We have political and national heroes: George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin Roosevelt. In times of great need they founded our nation, united our nation, and defended our nation. They protected the freedoms of our people, and used their power to help as many Americans as possible.
How does this analysis of how these people are heroes apply to Barack Obama? Barack Obama wants to do good and we are in a crisis in which we need one of our heroes. The business realm of heroes has been villified, the charity route has been made almost mandatory and diminished in value as such, and volunteerism is a requirement for many to get what they want and thus it is no longer volunteering but a job like any other except you are paid in benefits and not in money. A political hero is who we need right now.
I do not believe Barack Obama is a political hero for our nation. His efforts have restricted freedom, and altered the other routes of heroism to make them ineffective at saving our nation. His approach in the stimulus and bailout spending bills have not been effective at keeping us below 9% unemployment and keeping the promised police jobs, and the auto making jobs present and viable. The banks were given the choice to accept TARP funds, but only by choosing of the government were they allowed to give the money back.
Our nation is divided. The exclusion of voices, and the hatred against those who dissent against Obama's policies are making those on the fringe that are not in favor of Obama become more disenfranchised. While I do not sympathize with violence, and do not support it, I feel I can explain it. I live in Maine and I am a Republican. In the youth community words are often very hateful when the discussion of politics and race comes into being. Those who are recieving the treatment of hate for having an opinion often form their own hateful feelings from those. The feelings of isolation leads to a reclusive life that fosters feelings of hatred.
When these feelings grow stronger and stronger they lash out and you get the radical killings we have seen recently. There were always these events, but in this time of social upheaval, the Fourth Turning if you read a ridiculous amount of books on history, we need a political and national hero who will unite our nation in this crisis and not be a figure of division. Barack Obama continues to follow through with laying blame. I don't care who he blames, sometimes Bush, sometimes the military, sometimes the rich. I don't care. That he blames anyone, instead of saying what the problem is and how to fix it, he also adds in who created the problem.
I can't say I do not want to take math because the teacher creates bad problems. I may give the answers but if I continue to complain people get annoyed. Obama has the problem, gives the solution, but continues to complain. A national hero does not blame the people within who want to support that hero, he unites them and makes them a part of the solution. Barack Obama does not do this and so I do not believe he is going to lead us out of this crisis. A national crisis, involving everything from racism, the economy, healthcare, war, everything. I think we need a national hero, I do not think we have that hero in Barack Obama.