The President as Pest

The American Thinker ^ | January 23, 2015 | J.R. Dunn

[Cincinatus' Wife]

With the SOTU behind us, what’s left for Obama in his lame duck years?

Looking at his record, it’s difficult to see any promise of accomplishment. His entire tenure has been one vast Gobi of negative achievement unparalleled in the history of this Republic. His domestic record--to mention only the highlights--consists of the Stimulus (“shovel-ready jobs”), ObamaCare, forcing tens of millions out of the workforce, decoupling the stock market from the economy as a whole, and a still stumbling recovery. His “post-racial presidency” is a sad joke, with race relations in a state of tension unseen since the late 60s. His party is in near-terminal disarray, with most of the states in the hands of the GOP and, apart from a pair of questionable female celebrity candidates, no one to take up the reins once he leaves.

As for foreign affairs, where do we commence? About his “victory” over Al Qaeda, the less said the better. He alienated Israel among only the most prominent of our allies. Putin’s Russia is on the rampage, and China is about to start a regional war over the South China Sea. Bush’s emphasis on assistance to Africa was abandoned by the first African-American president. A promising opening to India, a rising regional superpower, was tossed aside. But all this is a lagniappe to the greatest foreign-policy disaster since the 1970s--the “Arab Spring”, a policy initiative so apocalyptic that media, academics, and left-leaning politicians don’t dare mention it. Thanks to Obama, along with his witch’s coven of Hillary Clinton,Susan Rice,and Samantha Power, the entire region, minus only Israel, is in chaos, with no sign of an end and a potential butcher’s bill in the tens of millions. (Nobody ever realized that Power’s epic study of genocide was actually a handbook.)

Moving on to scandals, we find another cornucopia.....

[Cincinatus' Wife]

~~~~~~FRAMEABLE~~~~~~~ piece.

[Dr. Ursus]

Excellent article!

[txhurl]

along with his witch’s coven of Hillary Clinton,Susan Rice,and Samantha Power,

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Left out VJ?

[Lazamataz]

Simply one of the best pieces I have ever read.

Makes me mad I didn’t write it.

[Old Sarge]

Beat me to it: no ValJar?

[dead]

That's a beautiful summation of the past and a rather horrifying vision of the next two years.

What are we going to do, exactly, if for example he starts deploying troops to global hotspots for his own personal and political reasons, starts "awarding" money to political cronies, begins handing out "honors" to people undeserving (Medal of Freedom to Michael Moore, Kennedy Center Honors to Lil' Wayne), etc.

[ExCTCitizen]

A pest? Can we call Orkin Pest Control?

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“and so on… the possibilities are endless.”

Whatever happens, it’s going to be awful for all involved - save for those at the very top of the political Food Chain. I truly believe he is a sociopath.

But, Karma is going to do Her thing in the end. :)

[Liz]

Obama's witch’s coven of Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice, Samantha Powers....and the execrable Psaki and Harf-----are a huge embarrassment.

Their only credentials seem to be that they wear skirts in public, and have bad hair days whenever there's a presser.

The entire Mideast is in chaos, as a zillion powder kegs erupt daily. None of these airheads realized that Amb Power’s epic (gag) study of genocide was actually a State Dept handbook.

[ripley]

“I truly believe he is a sociopath.”

Revolutionaries and sociopaths are one in the same.

IMHO

[Rummyfan]

Wonderful. So dead-on balls-accurate that it’s extremely depressing.

[txhurl]

Is the author hinting at Article 25?

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The duty of Congress is obvious. An adolescent mentality inhabits the Oval Office. All procedural means must be taken to prevent him from doing the damage he’s capable of. (Forget impeachment. By the time that got rolling we’d be in the midst of Election 2016.)

[Rummyfan]

So what’s left for him?

That has been obvious for the past several months, clearly evinced by his senseless executive orders, his annoying appointments, and his unwillingness to face up to the facts. Obama plans to be a pest

[KyCats]

Excellent article which however leaves out the area where Obama could prove most dangerous: providing cover and assistance to Iran as they acquire nuclear weapons.

[RetSignman]

[Jabba the Nutt]

Barry Soetoro Obama has zero respect in Congress. The day after his State of Delusion show, Democrat Senator Melendez slammed the unconverted Muslim Obama for his enabling of the birth of a nuclear Iran. Many other Democrats and all Republicans backed Melendez. This is a huge slap.

This slap was only possible because sensible people see the incredible danger to Israel, to our semi-allies in the Middle East, to Europe and not least to the US by a nuclear Iran. They recognize that President Ayatollah Obama is helping Iran to become a world menace.

The only questions is: Will Congress do too little too slowly?

Bibi will set the record straight next month.

Obama's delusions are likely to get tens of millions of people killed. Obama's progressive like cancer is progressive.