President Obama Grades Self: "A Good, Solid B-plus"

ABC News ^ | December 14, 2009 | Jake Tapper

[pepsi_junkie]

This is a tough question to answer, in fact it's a trap. Give yourself a C or lower and you are admitting mediocrity or incompetence, a B or higher and you are bragging about how wonderful you are. Of course, since Obama is arrogant, he felt he would cleverly answer just "B+" and seem modest, or so he expected.

A smart person would say something like "Well, Oprah, that's a tough question. We set a pretty aggressive agenda and I think we've made some strong progress but we've still got a lot to do. In the end, the American people will decide what grade I get and I hope that when they do, it will be a good one."

[dumpthelibs]

Of all the companies I had the pleasure to lead and in coaching my kids, I always told them that "self praise is no praise". Guess they don't teach these sort of lessons in Kenya. What a narcissistic a**hole this guy is.

[Eva]

I guess Obama was reacting to his latest poll numbers. Rasmussen has him down to 44%.

[Eva]

I guess Obama was reacting to his latest poll numbers. Rasmussen has him down to 44%.

[Tax-chick]

I make the same point to my children (and to my husband, when I get distracted and don’t realize it’s he bragging, not one of the boys).

Maybe it’s a form of autism, not realizing how *tacky* his smug self-satisfaction is, especially under the circumstances.

[DPMD]

In a recent conversation with the dean of a graduate school, he remarked about a man who’ been in his class and received a B+: He wasn’t a very good student.

Some people have high standards. This White House clown clearly doesn’t.

[WillT]

This guy is delusional - he gets a “D” overall from me. Near disastrous presidency after the first year.