ATLANTA, Jan. 2,
2012, 2:30 a.m.
- A new book says that neither
President Obama nor the Republicans can solve the problems
confronting the country.Where's the Change?: Why Neither Obama, nor the GOP
Can Solve America's
Problems, written by syndicated independent talk radio show host
Rob Redding, says that Obama is part of the problem.
"When President Obama took power and talked about
'hope' and 'change', many people thought that a new day in America
was close. Americans quickly had to face reality - they had changed
the president and not the system. The system is the problem,"
Redding writes.
Of the Tea Party, he writes: "Putting race aside
for a minute, a party that comes to town, after the midterms, and says
there will be no unemployment extension, in the midst of one of the
worst recessions in our history, until the very richest Americans
are given a tax break can not argue that their ideology gets things
done. A party that ordered Republicans not to negotiate with the
president on the debt ceiling, jobs bill and the budget until they
get what they want can not argue that their ideology gets things
done. The Tea Party is thwarting any change at every turn. Not even
allowing a debate on the floor for the budget at the end of last
year is a strategy that is diametrically opposed to policymaking
for the American people who they say they represent."
On Occupy Wall Street, he writes: "The rule for
both Democrats and Republicans has become, 'If we can not control
Occupy then we will take away their tents and send them to jail.'
The system of both Republicans and Democrats are working in concert
with each other to make sure that Occupy is a moment and not a
movement. But it may be too little too late, as Time magazine puts
the protester on its cover as the "Person of the Year", it appears
Occupy is here to stay."