[JohnQ1]

A slip of the brain caused me to post half of a statement as reply 11, noting that many bad character traits can be tolerated in leaders, but cowardice is one that can’t, and Obama seems to suffer from an odd cowardice.

He needs — not wants, needs — adulation, and therefore has to tell everyone whatever he thinks his audience of the moment wants to hear. Most politicians do this to some extent out of hubris, but Obama needs to do it.

BHO and Company are doing or have done a “fine” job of creating chaos and destroying the US economy using Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Revolutionaries. They needed to be clever, but not necessarily courageous, to accomplish this. The trouble is, they’ll have to be brilliant and courageous to build something useful from the rubble they’ve created. They may have the brains among them, but I don’t think their figurehead has the necessary courage.

[ccruse456]

I’d be willing to bet good money W. had a higher SAT score than Barry. Remember how long it took to find out W. had not only better grades than Kerry but also scored higher on the officer candidate test?

[bogusname]

That was well said and I agree 100%.

[WVKayaker]

He needs — not wants, needs — adulation, and therefore has to tell everyone whatever he thinks his audience of the moment wants to hear

From the White House Press feed last night... I, I, I, me, my, I ...

There were some unexpectedly poignant moments. Most notable came during POTUS's tribute to Dave Brubeck.

"In the few weeks that I spent with my father as a child -- he came to visit me for about a month when I was young -- one of the things he did was to take me to my first jazz concert, in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1971. And it was a Dave Brubeck concert. The world he opened up to a ten year old boy was spectacular."

There were also some unscripted moments with Mel Brooks, as when VPOTUS was announced and Mel Brooks shouted, "Wow!"

POTUS used a number of Brooks's best lines to get laughs. "We're reading back all your golden moments," POTUS said. "Unfortunately, many of the punch lines that have defined Mel Brooks's success cannot be repeated here."

"I told him that I went to Blazing Saddles, and he pointed out that, I think, according to the ratings, I should not have been allowed in the theater. I think that's true," POTUS said, adding with a smile, "I got a fake ID. (pause)_The statute of limitations has passed."

As a side note from Wikipedia-

Of his early childhood, Obama recalled, "That my father looked nothing like the people around me—that he was black as pitch, my mother white as milk—barely registered in my mind."[15] He described his struggles as a young adult to reconcile social perceptions of his multiracial heritage.[16] Reflecting later on his formative years in Honolulu, Obama wrote: "The opportunity that Hawaii offered—to experience a variety of cultures in a climate of mutual respect—became an integral part of my world view, and a basis for the values that I hold most dear."[17] Obama has also written and talked about using alcohol, marijuana and cocaine during his teenage years to "push questions of who I was out of my mind."... -Wiki

-Examiner.com