Reply #85: Why do you folks keep bring up the peas? [View All]

[JoePhilly]

If you want to claim to be honest, at least get the peas thing right.

He was not telling the American people (or you) to eat your peas. He was saying that CONGRESS needs to get serious and make the tough decisions that are necessary to move the country forward. He was saying that the elected official in Washington need to "eat our peas".

This may seem like a small point. But it gets to the heart of the "honest criticism" discussion.

When folks complain that Obama ran on single payer, when he did not, that's not an honest criticism.

When some claim he promised to get us out of both wars, when he in fact promised to increase troops in Afghanistan, that's not an honest criticism.

And then on things like the PO, or the size of the stimulus, an honest criticism would describe how exactly he gets the votes for those things. And saying "bully pulpit" one day, and then, "that was just another pretty speech" the next, beyond not explaining how he gets the votes, comes across as disingenuous.

So, don't eat the peas, after all, he didn't ask you to.