The Deconstructed Presidency has been. Deal with it.

Kenny Bunk ^ | 12/03/2012 | Kenny Bunk

[Kenny Bunk]

The key to understanding Barack Hussein Obama is that he does nothing.

This proposition is at the heart of a grave misapprehension of this Presidency. An American might be forgiven for feeling that a contribution to the common good is based on performance; productivity, some meaningful place in a functioning enterprise that fulfills one and contributes to the furtherance of some cause, or to one’s family and thus to God. What we cannot be forgiven for is continually attempting to apply this now remarkable cultural artifact; this mindset, to this Presidency.

For example, the airwaves resonate as the right-wing talkers decry Obama policies. They ought to wise up. By now the yakkers ought to have realized that there are no policies. There is nothing. That, as hard as it may be to grasp, is by design.

Pundits tirelessly discuss one event after another as it relates to Obama. ”He did this. He did that.” He does nothing. Neither does it take long. His “working” hours are far shorter than even those notorious shirkers Clinton and JFK. (Clinton especially understood the concept of nothingness.) Presidents used to, sometimes vaguely to be sure,campaign on proposed policy,perhaps trying to give voters some idea of their ability to perform; to work toward achieving the result of those policies by personal accomplishment.

Please, all those in opposition to Obama, forget about that. Those days are gone.

Nothing is the key.
Barack Hussein Obama holds an office, but the office certainly doesn’t hold him, or hold him accountable. Consider recent history.
For some 18 months, Obama’s irregular attendance days in Washington were invariably spent in his “den.” It is a room in the White House equipped with multiple big-screen TV’s always tuned to various ESPN broadcasts, and also used to replay recorded commentary by loyal media outlets. The President was not alone in this “Den.” On most days, he was accompanied in his trivial pursuits by a live-in friend and constant companion, Mr. Reggie Love. Intrusions from the outside world were and still are reported by Valerie Jarrett, orchestrating, evaluating, and above all filtering stimuli from sources like David Axelrod, Cabinet members, or “Czars.” There is no question of performance. The machine doesn’t need it. Set on “spin,” all it need do is react or not react to events in a way that enhances a projected image.

(This pattern of course continues, although there has been a personnel change at the White House in that Mr. Reggie Love was whisked out of town very early in the campaign,as sordid details from his former life were simultaneously suppressed by a most cooperative media. It would be surprising if even 2% of those who voted for Obama had even heard of “Reggie Love.”)

In this completely deconstructed Presidency,Barack Hussein Obama does nothing for the very good reason that whether anyone on this planet does anything or not, events will occur. In Obama-world, events occur, too. But do those who practice the “Nothing” approach, the nature of the events matters not a whit.

For Team Obama, it is what happens after the event
before which Obama did nothing.
That concept goes a long way toward explaining the success of this presidency in maintaining and increasing its power. For example, as he watched events in Benghazi unfold on live television, by a careful calculus of design, he did precisely nothing.

The President and his team know that after any event has occurred, any event can be managed in such a way that the President gets: (a) credit for handling it properly; (b) is credited with a successful outcome no matter what happened; (c) because what happened has absolutely nothing to do with it. It even does not matter whether the events are “positive,” or “negative.” If the event is “negative,” in some way, a s was for example, “Benghazi,” blame may be directed away from the President, and others will be seen to own the “problem.” Repeat: “The President gets: (a) credit for handling it properly; (b) is credited with a successful outcome no matter what happened; (c) because what happened or didn’t happen has absolutely nothing to do with it. The President has done nothing.

Nothing being there, the issue is over.
If the situation is serious enough, or if it looks as if there might even be some slight negative consequence to the President, we have seen the deft maneuvers by the Team to: (1) easily cast any “blame” elsewhere; and (2) set up a diversion to accomplish that. “Sandy,” wiped out the littoral of 3 states. FEMA has failed miserably in this disaster that dwarfs New Orleans. Obama do something? Why bother. He has done nothing but has reaped the credit for “addressing the problem.” Many thousands are still power-less. Thousands of families are without shelter. Looting was widespread. So what?

Move on toward the “Fiscal Cliff.” By calculated design, the President has done nothing. There never was a “Budget.” There is no “Administration Plan.” There being nothing, the opposition party is forced to do something, even as they are ridiculed as “obstructionist friends of the wealthy.” “We are not!” They stupidly posture and struggle, as if there were some rational way to counter that claim. The President needs to do nothing. Repeat: He will get: (a) credit for handling it properly; (b) is to be credited with a successful outcome no matter what happens; (c) because what happened has absolutely nothing to do with it. It does not matter whether the events are “positive,” or “negative; blame may be directed away from the President, and others (The Republicans in the Congress) own the “problem.” It is impossible to ”win,” against this disarmingly simple philosophy.

Since any outcome will have many unpleasant effects, the team that does “nothing,” takes the advantage.

Please note that I do not mean to discount the absolute power the Left has in the media. More important, one must never forget the obvious socialist ideology that makes up the greater part of Obama’s scant intellectual baggage. But it is “Deconstruction” that is at the very core of the means chosen by, or more likely for him and has a very specific socialist revolutionary goal. While the means chosen are classically deconstructionist, the day-to-day tactics used to cover the President’s “nothingness” are the battle-proven tactics of the Communist Party as codified in Alinsky’s manuals. Since these are tactics are alien to most of the ordinary “American Experience,” they are devastatingly effective and apparently are never to be understood, appreciated, or much less effectively countered, by what passes for the opposition.

This is also not to say that the do-nothing Obama Administration cannot see events taking shape, either internationally or domestically. However, they very carefully choose to, or make it known that they intend to, do nothing about these events. In that way, they may take immediate advantage of whatever occurs, whether to take credit, cast blame, or ignore entirely. A fine case in point: “The Arab Spring.” The administration takes credit for “democratic reforms.” The crucifixion of Christians or the rape and murder of Americans, including an ambassador are the problems of others. Explanation if required: this administration had nothing to do with them, because obviously they are the result of misguided policies carried out by former administrations.

Of course this, leaves us who may disagree with the goals of the Obama Administration with the problem of effectively countering it. Perhaps the answer lies in applied psychology. Counseling a patient faced in daily life by passive aggression with malignant intent, some therapists might suggest withdrawal. In the context of the “Fiscal Cliff” situation, that might mean adopting a hands-off approach.

Since the consequences of the Republicans “doing nothing” in the House cannot possibly be worse for the country than the consequences of supporting a President who does nothing, but will seek to blame them for anything and everything, perhaps the Republicans should now take a leaf from his book and do precisely the same thing about the “Fiscal Cliff.” Nothing. Leave the man to face the consequences of doing nothing all by himself.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Kenny Bunk.

The key to understanding Barack Hussein Obama is that he does nothing... the airwaves resonate as the right-wing talkers decry Obama policies. They ought to wise up. By now the yakkers ought to have realized that there are no policies. There is nothing. That, as hard as it may be to grasp, is by design... His "working" hours are far shorter than even those notorious shirkers Clinton and JFK.

He does not do nothing -- he merely has hardworking lackeys who are of like mind and carry out his illegal and unconstitutional agenda. I'm just glad he's been our President since 2009, because McCain and Romney would be worse. /s