Liz Peek has a great piece at Fox News taking Obama to task for his constant bailouts, handouts, and special deals for the union thugs that have given him millions upon millions in political donations.

The more President Obama talks to (some would say “at”) the American people, the lower his approval ratings sink. The most recent Reuters/Ipsos poll, released this week, shows that only 43 percent of the nation approves of Mr. Obama’s job performance, while 53 percent disapprove- the worst ratings yet. Why are Americans tuning out their president?

It starts with credibility. Beginning with the health care debate, the president has squandered an extraordinary stockpile of the public’s trust. A fourth-grader would have deemed absurd his core promise – that we could provide free health care for an additional 31 million Americans and not add to our deficit. According to Pew data gathered earlier in August, 78 percent of Americans distrust the government under this administration –an unprecedented level.

President Obama has only himself to blame. The current fracas over campaign spending is the kind of issue that further widens the credibility gap. Ever since the Supreme Court judged corporations free to engage in political advertising, the president has hinted of dark forces and “special interests” at work.

His demonizing of the decision has been robustly supported by The New York Times, which recently ran a lead editorial describing the Supreme Court decision as “opening the door to a new era of political corruption.” In other words, corporate views and practices are essentially dishonest; undeterred, Obama fans suggest, businesses will elect Republicans to further their greedy and self-serving agendas.

Here’s the lie behind Mr. Obama’s narrative: corporations are indeed big campaign givers, but unlike unions, they give to both parties. Unions, on the other hand, funnel almost all their contributions to Democrats….

Read the rest at FoxNews.com.

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