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.

[BIGLOOK]

Thanks...my brother says similar things but with mostly unprintable expletives.

Keep in touch, Victoria. Eyes and ears on the ground carry more weight than the print services.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Thanks, BL!

See you soon.

[lucias_clay]

Go to the transcript at the link

A. I am absolutely committed to making sure that our financial system is stable. And so I think people can be assured that we’ll do whatever is required to keep that from happening.

[lucias_clay]

More answers at the link “....every single day, we will spend at least an hour of my time just talking through how we are approaching the financial markets. “

Shazam a whole hour at least.

[Marine_Uncle]

"Excellent statement....and why did they want HIM....?"
Because none of them are really American patriots, only some of them play the game on occasion, sort of pretend a bit.

[USA means Freedom]

You know it. The Oprah generation has killed us. Dumb women- I’d be ashamed to be a woman- but I am wise to the fool that is obama. In my perfect world, Oprah and obama will become the butt of every joke. That is what they are. The closet case and the fraud.

[SW6906]

Gotcha. Thanks.

[Chief Engineer]

My responses in no particular order to Jr are:

What? Do I look like a sympathy card?
I’d feel for you but I just can’t reach
Cry me a river and I’ll pi** you a pond
If you can’t stand the heat stay out of the kitchen
Be careful what you wish for, you may find it is more than you wanted!

[philman_36]

His wife has to be held in check by his mother-in-law.
How so, philman?

Transcript of President Barack Obama’s interview with NBC News
OBAMA: Fortunately, I love my mother-in-law. And —

Snip...OBAMA: She is actually — she defends me whenever I screw up. So, Michelle, you know, she’s about to come down hard, my mother-in-law comes in, intercedes. So —
LAUER: Everything’s copacetic.
OBAMA: It’s — the — the longer she stays, the better off I’m gonna be.

[Bahbah]

Thanks, philman. I had forgotten about that.

[philman_36]

You'll note that he doesn't say when all of this occurred or what his "screw up" was.
And as much as he has been screwing up lately...well, I'd be willing to bet that he is really glad his mother-in-law is around.

[Bahbah]

LOL. And I thought the Clintons were the epitome of the definition of low rent.

[philman_36]

Thanks, philman. I had forgotten about that.

[philman_36]

Being as the interview was Feb. 1, 2009 the incident had to have been fresh in his mind. So that means that the "screw up" had to have been a recent event.
Sure makes you go hmmmmmm...

[markman46]

bump for later

[Doctor Raoul]

Wonder if he’d resign if it got to be too much like work?

[little jeremiah]

I am sure he will require a “peace officer’s mental hold” - that’s what they call it in my small town once a week newspaper Police Blotter.

[April Lexington]

WHAT did this guy think he was getting himself into? A four year campaign trashing the capitalist establishment? Being CEO of anything is a huge and exhausting job, especially POTUS. It ain't all just reading teleprompters!

Plus, the enemies of America (most of who have worked much harder in their lives than Obama) are hearing this stuff and understanding he is a pushover (which means, Americans are going to die because mean people are going to take advantage of Obama's youthful incompetence and laziness) He heeds to resign before America comes under attack.

[April Lexington]

The somebody was probably W trying to explain to this disaster how the job works!

[LucyJo]

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