Poor Baby Obama: I Have To Make The ‘Really Hard’ Decisions

FinkelBlog ^ | Mark Finkelstein

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Two big stories emerged from Pres. Obama’s interview with New York Times reporters aboard Air Force One yesterday:

1. we have a whining, self-pitying president. 2. The Times scrubbed from its article the worst of the president’s comments, the ones that revealed him in that self-pitying light.

Fortunately, the Today show had the tapes, and played them this morning. According to Today, when President Obama met with reporters from the New York Times yesterday aboard Air Force One, his goal was “trying to sound hopeful and reassuring.” Mission not accomplished. As ambivalent as were the president’s putatively reassuring words on the economy, the delivery was even worse–halting and anything but assured. Be sure to view the video.

But much worse was his whining when it came to the burdens of his office:

PRES. OBAMA: I wish I had the luxury of just dealing with a modest recession or just dealing with health care or just dealing with energy or just dealing with Iraq or just dealing with Afghanistan. I don’t have that luxury, and I don’t think the American people do, either.

A bit later came this stunning statement, edited out of the Times story but broadcast by Today

View video here.

[maggief]

It's portable!

1Prompter15
15” Flatscreen LCD teleprompter with SVGA input. Also available as stand-alone or presidential/speech prompter

[Wolfstar]

Now we have this man-child in the Oval Office.

Thanks for the ping, Jonny. "Man-child" is entirely too generous. Obama is a lazy-assed Marxist bum who got where he is through a brew of dark skin color, affirmative action, superficial charm, an ability to play the "I'm half white" card soothingly, the financial backing of one or more wealthy hard-Left patrons, and a bit of typical communist thuggery along the way.

Saying that he makes me sick doesn't even begin to describe my loathing for him.

[maggief]

[SW6906]

Yeah, you wonder how much money we (the taxpayers) have had to pay this past month buying hundreds of teleprompters so that there is one anywhere and everywhere he might speak..........

[SteamShovel]

RR had a really bad economy when he got in as well.

He also had a press that HATED him.

[Mr. K]

OMG- this guy is too stupid even for On-The-Job Training if someone had to EXPLAIN to him that only the hard decisions make it all the way up to the top

[STARWISE]

Bush's fault!!!!!

[governsleastgovernsbest]

“I just gotta pile on here. Mark, I have enjoyed your Today Show and other pings for years. Thanks for your tireless efforts!”

Go ahead, pile on. I can take it ;-)

But seriously, many thanks. Very glad to hear you enjoy my stuff.

[STARWISE]

Maybe he needs to go on Oprah, the show that is.

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Trust me, that WILL happen. She’ll be right
there to sickeningly prop him up with her
swooning, if necessary. I could just barf
at the stupidity of American womanhood.

[STARWISE]

Political campaigns are tiring, but hardly challenging in the way the presidency is.

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........ or a real job, uncushioned by Soro and media sycophants.

[cookiedough]

Whining is right. I don’t let my kids get away with transferring blame to others, or pointing out that although they have done wrong, so have their siblings in the past.

I tell them, “No excuses!” They are to admit their mistakes, learn from them, and move forward.

[DakotaRed]

And yet, George W. Bush was lampooned for saying his job entailed “a lot of hard work.”

America sure chose a great Whiner in Chief! /sarc/

[silent_jonny]

"Man-child" is entirely too generous. Obama is a lazy-assed Marxist bum

I stand corrected :)

Saying that he makes me sick doesn't even begin to describe my loathing for him.

Same here.

[DakotaRed]

The real major crisis to hit America happened on January 20, 2009, as this phony was administered the Oath of Office.

[iopscusa]

Yep, BO is a lazy lying AA BUM, the Government is full of the same!

[RLM]

A leader is not a leader by declaration, but by demonstrated acts of leadership. A leader (executive) will always receive conflicting advice, based on the individual perceptions and biases of the respective advisors. After hearing the sum of the advise, the leader will form his own conclusion, and act according to his personal knowledge AND experience. In the case of Obama, we know little of his knowledge gained through his academic accomplishments, except to know he’s been enrolled in perhaps two schools of higher education, but we know little of the courses he took, or his success, because we won’t tell us. We do know something about the people that have influenced his views, which is not at all reassuring.
So far as experience is concerned, a man that votes present, instead of taking a position is not a leader. And, rabble rousing in a community is not problem solving, but only a vocal attempt to get others to solve the community problem. The man Obama has nothing in his background to recommend him as a true leader and decision maker. So it’s no wonder he flounders when confronted with complex problems since he has nothing in his background on which to draw to form a conclusion and make a reasoned decision.
Looking presidential, while reading from a teleprompter, is nothing close to being a real leader and president. My own granddaughter, a recent college graduate, said she voted for Obama because he “looks” presidential. That too is scary.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

First Clinton complained that 9/11 did not happen on his watch so he would have an opportunity to shape his posterity. Now we have the new Dem complaining that too much is happening on his watch.

OK Dems, which is it? Not enough or too much? You remind me of Goldilocks.

[Wolfstar]

...While under constant, viscious attacks from the media, the dems, and various far left radical groups.

Let's not whitewash the Right's Bush-bashing. FR was filled with hatred for President Bush for at least the past five years. The Right has only two emotional settings:

1. You agree with me 100%, so I'm for you.
2. You agree with me less than 100%. You're a "RINO" and I hate you more than I hate the Left.

The types of people who cannot distinguish between an Obama and someone like President George W. Bush are a big part of the reason why we are now governed by a Marxist -- a lazy-assed one, but a Marxist nevertheless.

[ßuddaßudd]

This along with his gray hair story is waaay too rich and I’ll refrain from comment to preserve the integrity of FR....

[norwaypinesavage]

Notice how The Messiah used improper english: “if it was easy...”, while the NYT corrected the transcript to say, properly “if it were easy...”.