The problem is attitude and the arrogance that goes with it.
He has an attitude.
There are not so subtle undertones of payback and back-talking that have been
part of this. The "wee-weed up" bit and Van's a-hole remark.
Usually followed by giggling, high-fiving, and the Urkel attitude,
as if there is something funny about being rude, back-talking,and talking in
condescending ways to Americans. This is not the way to behave and to talk to
Americans. Maybe this works on the basketball court or in a locker room at a
slick Hawaii prep school or at Columbia and Harvard where preferential
treatment and pampering are part of the affirmative action system.
But it's no way to lead this nation.
You would think the author who wrote about "no sudden moves"
in Dreams from My Father would be sharp enough to know this.
But maybe it's just been a game for him all along.
