Obama Hates New York?

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  Back on January 14, Michael Goodwin of the New York Post wrote a front page op-ed that said that the President of the United States hates New Yorkers. He sites 4 reasons for this: tax hikes because of the health care law, telling the governor to drop out of this year’s race, trying to block or dissuade anybody from running against Sen Kirsten Gillibrand, & for coming down hard on Wall Street & bankers.

     I’ll take these points one at a time. While it may or may not be true that there will be tax hikes because of the health care bill, I highly doubt that New Yorkers are targeted for an abnormal amount of it. If it’ll make Mr Goodwin feel better, he can think that everybody’s being targeted with higher taxes.

     As for getting the governor to drop out of the race, there’s a simple reason for that. The guy’s less popular than a Red Sox Fan at Yankee Stadium. If he were to somehow get the Democratic nomination, he’d go down in flames extremely badly.

     Goodwin trying to make people feel bad for Obama coming down on Wall Street & bankers with tough regulations is really stretching things. If any group deserves to be slammed with tough regulations right now, it’s the financial sector. After all, they’re one of the main reasons why we’re all in this mess. Therefore, me felling any sort of pity for those guys? Not gonna happen.

     The only point that Goodwin has is the White House’s interference in the senatorial race by trying to dissuade Harold Ford from running for senator. Personally, I’m supporting Mr Ford. He’s a moderate, like myself, with a very good track record. If the White House thinks that Senator Gillibrand is such a good candidate, then she should be able to win on her own credentials & not because of any heavy handed tactics from Team Obama.

     Overall, Michael Goodwin’s op-ed is way off target & definitely was not good fodder for a front page screaming headline about how Obama hates New Yorkers. Even for the New York Post, that one was low.