Posted on 03/17/2011 10:10:24 AM PDT by Windflier
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"...on the day of the disaster in Japan, Barack Hussein Obama responded with a golf outing (his 61st as president) followed by an evening hobnobbing with major donors and his media sycophants at the annual Gridiron Dinner. While horrifying images of the quake and tsunami were seen around the world, Obama kept to his schedule, unwilling to interrupt it long enough to support Japanese leadership via the basic gesture of a reassuring interview with its national news service, NHK. He did find time, however, to record a presidential address on "Women's History Month."
To be fair, Obama issued a brief statement through the White House communications office: "Michelle and I send our deepest condolences to the people of Japan... The friendship and alliance between our two nations is unshakeable..."
"UNSHAKEABLE"? Perhaps he meant to say, "The friendship and alliance between our two nations will never melt down..." Who could make this stuff up?
By contrast, recall, if you will, 8 January, the day Arizona Democrat Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was among those shot by a sociopath, who killed six others. As that event unfolded Obama's PR team released real-time photos of their boss looking very "presidential" in the White House Situation Room, the intelligence management center run by the National Security Council staff.
Apparently, the crisis in Japan offered no immediate opportunity to convert tragedy into political triumph as did the attack in Tucson, so his tee time took precedence.
In the days since the Tohoku Earthquake, Obama has agreed to several televised interviews, all with domestic TV stations in 2012 election battleground states. Oh, and he took time to fill out his March Madness brackets and share his NCAA tournament picks with an ESPN reporter and camera crew before he and the First Family are head off to sunny Rio de Janeiro for the weekend. (Sometimes it is hard to distinguish Obama's lifestyle from that of a lucky lotto winner, except that the lotto winner is spending his winnings, not taxpayer earnings.)"
“I know it’s fun, so while you are filling out your NCAA brackets, make sure you log on to USaid.gov and think about possibly donating to the people of Japan.” -— Barack Obama 3/16/11
Good Lord. Obama is a walking talking faux pas. I can’t believe he actually said that. We’re looking at a person who is utterly, and completely disconnected from reality.
1) He knows that his re-election is absolutely assured due to massive voter fraud by unions...
..or
2) He knows that his re-election is absolutely not possible due to massive voter turnout by the Tea Party, so he is going to make the most of the time left.
Why?
Oenophiles of the world, UNITE! Liberate Sonoma and Napa from fascist control! The time is now! Carpe Diem! Hick, up...oh, never mind...
3) He know that his re-election is not possible due to independents, Republicans, libertarians, conservatives of all stripes, and the progressive left abandoning him.
Well, it is St. Patrick's Day. I guess you're allowed ;-)
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