Posted on 12/13/2010 12:09:34 PM PST by Bob Leibowitz
He thinks of himself as an amalgam of the best of presidents past, ascending past them into his own historic greatness. He may have a soaring intelligence, though the jury is very much out on that, but the greatest share of it seems always to be taken up with his own self-awareness, leaving never quite enough left over for the issues he faces.
Yes, the man can talk. He certainly can talk. He's really quite good at talking. But talk is about all he's got.
In his mind, he has the coolness under pressure and the foresight of Lincoln, while sharing the transformative powers of Wilson in foreign affairs and FDR in domestic matters.
During the campaign, the press played to these strengths, treating seriously his views of the progress he had already created, where under his magic spell the oceans stopped rising and the earth began to heal.
Even Joe Biden, widely remarked as the dumbest man ever to score 1600 on the SATs, commented that Obama represents a previously unexperienced paradigm for America, a clean and articulate black man.
What more can one ask?
Two years into his presidency—which is about his single longest work experience—in a time of grave threats to the nation, we're finally acknowledging the reality: President Obama plays more golf than Ike. President Obama suffers more from maladroitness than George H. W. Bush. President Obama is every bit as feckless as Jimmy Carter. He's as personally ambitious as Richard Nixon ever was. And he parties heartier than Billy Carter.
President Obama is Marie Antoinette masquerading in the role of President of the United States in order to keep the goodies flowing and the flattery of his/her courtiers in full fever.
He brings President Clinton halfway around the world for 90 minutes of advice on the economy, an area Obama has bollixed so thoroughly that it will take America decades to dig out, a crisis he describes as the worst ever faced by any American president. Then he bails out to a higher priority.
Hey, man, I gotta go. It's party time!
Dan Surber describes it best, as another of Obama's Mommy moments.
Classic case of the “Peter Principle”. None of his superiors/colleagues can admit that they made a terrible mistake in putting this guy out there as the savior! Clinton gets it!!
At a time when America desperately needs a REAL MAN or WOMAN to be president, we have this femme fatale masquerading as a leader.
Just Pathetic!
re: the origin and circumstances of this TOTAL FRAUD
I am convinced he will be shown to be one of the greatest frauds ever perpetrated on the people this country. Sadly it won’t come out until after he’s out of office, and “I told you so” is just so lame, but I will certainly enjoy knowing my first impressions of him as a zero were correct.
I think his kingdom is a house of cards and bigger it gets the more unstable it becomes. At some point every house of cards comes tumbling down. I am quite sure his day will come.
I don’t really care what happened to Obama, as long as what WILL happen to him involves investigation, castigation, then RESIGNATION. (Hopefully followed by incarceration.)
Obama - All hat no cattle.
“What happened to Barack Obama was that when time finally came to put up or shut up...he couldn’t do either.”
Great way to put it. You can tell he’s always looking for a way to vote ‘present’.
Sources: Shit Talk Really Flying at Dem-Obama Unity Meeting, But You Didn’t Hear That From Sources
WASHINGTON DC - An afternoon White House closed-door unity summit between President Obama, congressional Democrats and progressive activists decended into a bitter, profanity-laced screaming match of backstabbing, recriminations and total shit talk, according to sources who request you not mention you heard this from sources.....
READ AT:
http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2010/12/sources.html
HORSESHIT
Re: Whatever Happened to Barack Obama?
The curtain was pulled back.
Now the world sees what he is — a big, fat zero.
Reportedly, his longest work experience was writing Dreams from My Father — until he gave up and dumped the project on Billy Ayers's kitchen table.
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