Posted on 12/09/2013 9:18:09 AM PST by hattend
Guess how many times President Obama met one-on-one with Secretary Kathleen Sebelius from July 12, 2010 to November 30, 2013? According to Peter Schweizer of the Government Accountability Institute (GAI) writing in Politico, that number would be ZERO.
We have an absent president whose best attribute is his ability to deflect responsibility and blame others.
When I was in the military we prided ourselves in conducting meetings, briefings, that kept commanders informed, enabling them to make necessary decisions. A fundamental part of conducting business was preparing “Commanders Intent and Guidance” which provided the purpose, key tasks, and end state allowing the staff to plan, brief, update, and execute critical missions.
As a staff officer myself, I always held pre-meetings to make sure we had all the possible issues covered before going to the boss. As a Battalion Executive Officer, second in command, it was my responsibility to prepare the staff prior to our weekly Command and Staff briefing to the Battalion and subordinate commanders — after all we worked for them.
At any time I could articulate the maintenance, supply, budget, and personnel issues of the Battalion. That was my duty, to know the details and keep the Commander informed. My time as a young Battery (Company) Commander, Brigade Operations Officer, and Battalion Executive Officer prepared me to be a Battalion Commander myself. I knew how to issue guidance and intent in order to improve the functionality of our staff.
Obviously, that’s not the case with our so-called Commander-in-Chief.
Remember when he said in a November 14 press conference, “I was not informed directly that the website would not be working as—the way it was supposed to. Had I been informed, I wouldn’t be going out saying, ‘Boy, this is going to be great.’ You know, I’m accused of a lot of things, but I don’t think I’m stupid enough to go around saying, ‘this is going to be like shopping on Amazon or Travelocity,’ a week before the website opens, if I thought that it wasn’t going to work. So, clearly, we and I did not have enough awareness about the problems in the website.”
Oh come on, clearly you are that stupid, not to mention irresponsible and incompetent. What leader would hold not a single one-on-one meeting with the person responsible for his “signature policy initiative?” What leader would then come out and speak as though he had complete knowledge of the operation and that it was running smoothly? What leader would then come back and say “uh, I didn’t know anything and no one told me anything — and expect us to believe him?
Schweizer says close advisers like Valerie Jarrett say the problem is Obama “knows exactly how smart he is” and has “been bored to death his whole life. He’s just too talented to do what ordinary people do. He would never be satisfied with what ordinary people do.”
I have a response for that assertion and it’s two words: first word, large bovine animal with horns. I think President Obama describes himself aptly when he says the trait he deplores most in himself is that “there’s a laziness in me.”
America has an absent, absent-minded president who possesses no skills beyond the delivery of rhetoric. Too many people felt a tingle running up their leg and voted for this brazenly empty suit – TWICE (in fact some people voted more than twice in the election, but that’s another story).
Obama doesn’t know what questions to ask, and is too lazy to do so anyway. But hey, he plays an awesome round of golf!
Chime in, what’s your assessment of the intellectual capacity of President Barack Hussein Obama? You know, back in 2010 I referred to him as one of the dumbest individuals ever. I stand by my assessment — community organizers are just low-level socialist agitators, perfect for campaigning, but not much else.
Money quote from President VJ
One wonders whether or not those who say that the Obamadork has anything greater than sub-normal IQ realize what that does to their believability.
Note to them: YOUR president is not smart.
At all.
Sorry, but those of us who have actually completed demanding intellectual projects see this immediately.
If you do not, you are obviously even more stupid than he.
He’s been too bored his whole life? He’s been stoned his whole life.
"A Mind Strong Back Is A Terrible Thing To Waste"
“Oh come on, clearly you are that stupid, not to mention irresponsible and incompetent.”
WooHoo! Way to go Colonel! Let the Lyin King have it!! Keep the pressure on him, he will crack. He has some serious mental problems.
I'm sure he sucks at that as well.
Obama is like the demolition crew in a building project. When the old is torn down and no longer functioning, his job is done. He can’t build anything and he doesn’t care as long as the old is destroyed.
Maybe Obama is real smart. I would not want to meet with her one time.
Don't forget liar, pervert, and a crackhead.
Not so much “too talented” as “no idea what his job is supposed to be”. Willful ignorance and operating on automatic pilot, without reference to the actual conditions outside the bubble in which he has confined himself, may not be enough to establish “plausible deniability” later on.
Valerie Jarrett is sure giving it a valiant try. But even she cannot yell loudly enough to get The Won to pay attention to the rapidly deteriorating circumstances that are encompassing the entire Current Regime now squatting in the White Hut (or “Spite Hut”).
Very few.
why would a narcissist mental giant hide his college transcripts?
Wouldn’t he want the world to see how much smarter he is then the rest of us?
Please provide evidence to support this theory.
Oh come on, clearly you [0bama] are that stupid, not to mention irresponsible and incompetent.
I believe that 0bama is not incompetent or stupid. Every manager should know that you can delegate duties, but you can never delegate responsibility.
Imho, this "health care" law and website were designed to fail.
5.56mm
Be honest. What would they say to each other that would help?
I hope Allen West is aware the IRS will now audit him.
“He would never be satisfied with what ordinary people do.”
His “job” is to read a teleprompter and act cool. Who is running the country? Obviously it ain’t BO.
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