Posted on 09/27/2011 11:18:09 AM PDT by ransomnote
At a speech before the Congressional Black Caucus this weekend, President Obama told the crowd, I dont have time to feel sorry for myself. I dont have time to complain. He also told the CBC to take off your bedroom slippers and put on your marching shoes. And he scolded them to stop complaining, stop grumbling, stop crying.
I have written before about Obamas deep, almost desperate, need to portray himself as the opposite of what he is, to conceive of himself in a way that is at odds with reality. We have seen it in all sorts of areas, including claiming himself to be a voice of civility, portraying himself as a champion of bi-partisanship, lecturing others about profligate spending, and saying he is the only responsible adult in Washington. Now we see this habit in a new arena this time, the president as Obama the Stoic, a man so committed to pressing on for the cause of social justice he just doesnt have time to feel sorry for himself. Indeed, he has now decided to sermonize to others not to complain, not to grumble, and to stop crying.
This is akin to John Edwards hosting a weekend seminar on the importance of marital fidelity.
If there has been a president in my lifetime who has felt more sorry for himself who has laid the blame for his failures on more people (George W. Bush, the Congressional GOP, the Tea Party, conservative talk radio hosts, millionaires and billionaires) and more things (ATMs, Japanese tsunamis, the Arab Spring, Fox News, Wall Street, et cetera) I cant think of who that might be. As the wheels on the Obama presidency come off, as his record of ineptness becomes more indisputable, Obama is becoming more intemperate, more aggrieved... SNIP
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I remember that berm fondly and not so fondly.
Barry has NO time when he spends his days doing this....
Tuesdays Obama Schedule
10:25 am PDT || Departs Los Angeles
1:25 pm MDT || Arrives Denver
2:15 pm MDT || Delivers remarks at Abraham Lincoln High School
3:50 pm MDT || Departs Denver
9:15 pm EDT || Arrives White House
exactly like that. Thanks
” - - - He lies to all precisely because he can never admit the truth to himself. - - - “
I always knew that Obama was a pathological liar, and up till I read your reply I had no idea that there was a rational explanation for it. Thank you for the explanation.
BTW, what should we be watching for as Obama continues to melt down?
Heck, I played football for you guys at Camp Lejeune! We didn’t have enough people interested to make our own team, so I (and a few other Dragoons) went up the road to 10th Marines and played with you guys! I still have the football jersey!
Thank you for your service - we obviously chewed on some of the same sand! I can appreciate your feelings about that berm! LOL!
So I’m guessing you guys wore boots like Obama and not bedroom slippers?
And cool map on the soda/pop/coke. I grew up with “pop”, moved and learned “soda”, moved to a “pop” place again but have stuck with “soda”.
I wonder what some of the “others” are? (Soda-pop was also used as a kid).
He has stated that he “has a gift” regarding his speechifying. I think he thinks that “gift” overshadows everything else, as convoluted as that thinking is.
-PJ
I wonder what some of the others are?
“Soft drink”?
In Knoxville some called a soft drink “Dope”. This was years ago.
Thank you. Glad it helps someone.
Let’s just say such understanding was hard-won, when it was somewhat of a matter of survival that I *understood* rational explanation(s) for such crazymaking thing(s).
I know he was speaking to the CBC, but I also believe by extension he was talking to black Americans. March with me!
No, but he said in college that’s what everyone called them. Besides, he grew up in rural Kentucky, apparently not a hotbed of flip-flop wearers.
Of course! (I feel like we’re playing “Family Feud”!)
Last time I visited Denver it was in Colorado.
I guess it hoped to change and wound up in Wyoming.
“over yonder”, “sit a spell”,
LOL I wish the deems would decide what they want to do....they are the ones who made them into victims now they complain about them acting that way? *eyeroll* You made your bed....
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