Posted on 02/22/2009 10:46:55 AM PST by Nachum
In the Middle Ages, when a young prince suddenly became king, the royal court, the church leadership and other senior aristocrats would scrutinize his every word and habit for signs of what kind of mind would be deciding their country's fate and their personal prosperity and safety. Today, around the world, President Barack Obama's every word, every action, every inaction is being likewise scrutinized for similar reasons.
Since the election, we have begun to get hints of his management style in four items Mr. Obama himself has described as of the highest priority to him: Cabinet selection, closing Gitmo, the stimulus package and bipartisanship.
(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburghlive.com ...
His management style is based on Saul Alinsky and the book “Rules for Radicals”.
I wish somebody at a news conference would ask him about his devotion to Alinsky principles.
I wish somebody in the MSM would ask him the tough questions at news conferences, about Porkulus, about the chance of Porkulus the sequel later this year, about how exactly he plans to pay down the deficit, about how he intends to have the gov’t micro-manage the economy, which taxpayers are going to end up paying for it all, etc. etc.
If he’s so devoted to his liberalism/socialism he should tell us all about it. Heck he should have told us all about it during the campaign, rather than the hope/change mantra.
From the report one thing for sure, it confirms that he is an empty suit without a clue.
#1 Me 1st.
(as in 0bama)
“Smoking helps you lose weight — one lung at a time!”
“Today, if you ask a car dealer to let you see something for 10 grand, he’ll show you the door!”
“Medical insurance is what allows people to be ill at ease!”
“Prison inmates are treated to cable TV, hot meals and a college education, while on the outside some people can only afford these things through a life of crime!”
“Thank’s to the new welfare bill, the question “Paper or plastic?” now refers to many American’s sleeping arrangements!”
“In retrospect it becomes clear that hindsight is definitely overrated!”
“Most people are so lazy, they don’t even exercise good judgement!”
“If opera is entertainment, then falling off a roof is transportation!”
“A college jock is someone who minds his build instead of vice versa!”
“The only advantage to living in the past is that the rents are much cheaper!”
“Getting old is when a narrow waist and a broad mind change places!”
“How come stealing from one book is plagiarism, but stealing from many is research?”
“It takes one to know one — and vice versa!”
“Nowadays, a balanced diet is when every McNugget weighs the same!”
“Teenagers are people who act like babies if they’re not treated like adults!”
“A teacher is someone who talks in our sleep!”
“How come we choose from just two people for President, and fifty for Miss America?”
“Who says nothing is impossible? Some people do it every day!”
“You can be on the right track and still get hit by a train!”
“Blood is thicker than water... but it makes lousy lemonade!”
“The U.N. is a place where governments opposed to free speech demand to be heard!”
“A plastic surgeon’s office the only place where no one gets offended when you pick your nose!”
I agree that he's in over his head, but I don't think he's clueless on his intentions. This came from a member of his transition team(emphasis is mine):
Jarret told Brokaw that "given the daunting challenges that we face, it's important that president elect Obama is prepared to really take power and begin to rule day one."
This is exactly what he has tried to do. His apparent ineptitude with the economy is only superficial. I believe he's deliberately trying to destroy the free market system in order to establish a socialist replacement.
He is a very, very big-picture man, and he delegates decisions even on the central points of vital issues; he decided these matters were not worth using up political chits; he is either hesitant or unskilled at management, and he let matters drift until it seemed too late to intervene personally; or his personality type leaves him surprisingly uninterested in things that aren't personally about him.
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I think you are correct... what we are hearing is in the SOTU is only going to make the economy worse.
Obama doesn’t have priorities. He just follows what his handlers tell him too.
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Why is it so hard for these Commentators to come to the most Obvious conclusion that this guy is a Fraud and an Idiot. He only wants to get even with Whitey for all the years of Oppresion that Jeremiah Wright was talking about
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He is a very, very big-picture man, and he delegates decisions even on the central points of vital issues; he decided these matters were not worth using up political chits; he is either hesitant or unskilled at management, and he let matters drift until it seemed too late to intervene personally; or his personality type leaves him surprisingly uninterested in things that aren't personally about him.
Ouch.
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This is such a lie. If it were true, the DBM would have been all over O's having said he was glad to be in IOWA when he was in Ottawa, and then called Canada's leader the President, when he is the Premier. They have been scrubbed from the transcript and will never be mentioned by the DBM. For GWB, those two flubs would have been proof that he was stupid.
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