Doing the right thing seems to be hard for everyone, except President Obama. He always seems to know the “right thing to do.” Indeed, he uses his presidential remarks to instruct the American people on the right thing to do over and over again.
At the NALEO conference June 22, Obama touted that passing health care legislation was the “right thing to do.” He issued a statement claiming “after a century of trying, we finally passed reform that will make health care affordable and available for every American. “Then, as if once weren’t enough, he joyously declared three times, “That was the right thing to do. That was the right thing to do. That was the right thing to do.”
A week prior, Obama spoke at the White House Rose Garden announcing his new policy on immigration and stressing the importance of the DREAM act. “The bill hasn’t really changed; the need hasn’t changed,” Obama said. “It’s still the right thing to do.”
“The third thing on our to-do list,” Obama said in his May remarks on Helping Responsible Home Owners, “Congress should extend tax credits that are set to expire for our clean energy companies. … Over the long term, that will help drive down gas prices and it puts people to work right now. It’s the right thing to do.”
