Obama: Actor in Chief

Last week when President Obama came to Los Angeles, the buzz about his arrival was not about how cool it would be to see him, nor about his presence in the Greater LA Area being something of a boost to the depleted and unemployed urban center. There was plenty to talk about his arrival to LA as the cause for traffic jams in a city already used to too much traffic.

News agencies were reported the President's arrival schedules, street closures and of course alternate routes. Hollywood, Obama's biggest supporters were the main supporters at the $35,800 a head fundraising dinners took place for him. Obama, who ran his last election on "hope" is now running his 2012 reelection campaign on fumes, literally. He is talking about having cleaner and more efficient cars in addition to putting people back to work (something that is very difficult to do without raising taxes).

Obama has been an advocate of protecting the poor and less fortunate classes of people throughout his presidency, yet he ONLY reached out to Hollywood moguls, and the people who he doesn't need or want to protect financially. This elbow-rubbing excursion delayed several people who are dependent on hourly wages in getting to work. While I understand the importance of fundraising for a presidential election, something that I have done successfully (but not successfully enough). The President who wants to be reelected should be reaching out to the workers who really want and need his welfare programs.

We all know that Los Angeles is an attention hungry city. Catering to the superficial needs of high society is part of life in LA, however this should not come at the expense of the taxpayers (read: me) getting home late from work and having my quality of life, even temporarily decreased because the Hollywood execs want to eat mediocre food for obscene prices.

Obama claims to be a man of the people, in Los Angeles he is the man of the people everyone tries to look like.