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 don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t 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 Obama’s 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 doesn’t 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 can’t 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 appreciate your solid stoicism on all the topics discussed in your scholarly reply.
Now to the matter at hand: Thread on Mental health.
Just punch post and follow Jim Rob’s instructions. Forget about the ping list, and just include me in your initial “To” slot.
My vetting concern is that we have not yet become “ THE PARTY OF HELL NO ! “, and are content to be just “The Party of no, and sometimes maybe. “
In 2008, the National Debtocrat Party was worthless, as usual, and the hostile tabloid MSM, - - - well, better not go there just now, as my blood pressure is starting to go up.
Got weeds to pull. Gotta git!
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