We were the change

Maureen Dowd has a devastating column based on this statement from President Obama: “So you see, the election four years ago wasn’t about me.  It was about you. My fellow citizens, you were the change.”  She goes on to list the numerous mistakes of the past 3+ years and concludes:

We are grateful to the president for deigning to point out our flaws and giving us another chance.

“I’m the president,” he intoned.

But We, the People, must do the work.

The buck stops with us.