Obama's empty words, and his politics of fear!

What happened to politics of HOPE that he run during his campaign? His words mean nothing anymore.  Here is what he said yesterday:

"A failure to act, and act now, will turn crisis into a catastrophe."
-- President Obama, Feb. 4.

 Catastrophe, mind you. So much for the president who in his inaugural address two weeks earlier declared "we have chosen hope over fear." Until, that is, you need fear to pass a bill.