Barack Obama: Papa in Chief

Esquire Magazine ^ | Feb. 2010 issue | Tom Junod

[Mac from Cleveland]

I understand Barack Obama. It is not always easy, but I do. I can even relate to him. Of course, we weren't supposed to need to. He was supposed to be above that. He was never supposed to be an everyman, and never pretended to be. He transcended beer tests, barbecue tests, and the rest — the tests of whether he was "likable" enough as a politician. It didn't matter whether I wanted to have a beer with him or not, and nobody asked. He was Barack Obama. What he represented was much larger than any individual, even himself. It is not necessarily a good thing that I've come to understand him.

(snip)

Am I frustrated with Barack Obama? Of course I am. Everybody's frustrated with Barack Obama. We like him, we're glad he's president, but we're frustrated with him. Sure, he's done a lot more than he's gotten credit for. Sure, he's basically governed as he said he was going to govern in The Audacity of Hope. He's even been audacious, especially if audacity can be measured by expenditure. But when does the "hope" part start? When does the Obama part start? It's as if we voted for Miles — that ease, that seething grace — and got Wynton instead, a careful custodian of a tradition that nobody likes as much as they say they do.

(snip)

People who try to explain or excoriate Obama try to do so in terms of his influences, in terms of Saul Alinsky, Bill Ayers, Jeremiah Wright, Rahm Emanuel, or his wife, Michelle. I explain him in terms of Sasha and Malia.

[Mac from Cleveland]

See, the problem is US--We just don't get how great he is and all the good he's doing for us. Yeah, that's the ticket.......

What a load of crap.

[y6162]

This is an insane info commercial.

The Kenyan is the anti poppa. He’s papa doc.

[Carley]

And don’t forget that sharp crease in his slax.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Queue this up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89IRGoggjWM&feature=related

[Mac from Cleveland]

Lest we forget—here’s Esquire a little over a year ago, before their boy Obama had to, you know, actually do anything for the first time in his life. Make sure you click on the links at the bottom for all the slobbering horsecrap coverage by these MSM weinerboys...

http://www.esquire.com/print-this/obama-historic-election-0109

[DugwayDuke]

I read the whole article and I think I can summerize it this way: Obama is acting as a wise parent to the world implimenting the principles of positive discipline as an approach to the world’s problems. If this is true, then we can expect that if President of Iran nukes Tel Aviv, Obama won’t punish him, Obama will simply tell him he has made an inappropriate choice and we can all get on with our lives without pain or worry resulting from confrontations.

Somehow this is supposed to make us appreciate Obama even more.