An Unserious Presidency On View

IBD Editorials ^ | July 28, 2010 | Investors Business Daily staff

[Kaslin]

Leadership: As Americans suffer economically, President Obama golfs, vacations, campaigns, appears on a frivolous talk show — and vacations some more. Gee, don't we have a war and other problems to attend to?

Will history record that Barack Obama's only great achievement as president was getting his golf handicap down to the teens? The president played more than two dozen rounds of golf in his first year in office — as many as George W. Bush did over his entire eight years.

This week, he traveled to New York City to be swooned at on ABC's daytime gal fluff-fest "The View." It led Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell to remark, "I think there should be a little bit of dignity to the presidency... I think the president of the United States has to go on serious shows."

The city's Transit Authority warned that between 2 p.m. and 10 p.m. at least 32 bus lines in Manhattan and the Bronx "could be either severely delayed or detoured" as a result of the president's trip.

And while tying up traffic in the Big Apple, the president also headlined fundraisers at the Four Seasons Hotel and at a big donor's home. This week has him on for two other moneymaking events for the Democratic National Committee too. He will soon travel to Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas and Austin for more.

[bigbob]

He’s an unserious President when he’s behind the desk in the Oval Office.

Unseries too.

[STONEWALLS]

...oh come on!...this is news?....the guy is an empty suit....Freepers have known it all along.

[Citizen Soldier]

I predict He will be on a daytime soap opera next

[Ann Archy]

He IS a daytime soap opera! His life is a made up one.

[jwalsh07]

I would be happy if he played 36 holes a day and took Congress with him. Preferably in China.

[Freedom56v2]

I called it yesterday. He will book on Jerry Springer and Maury (if those shows are still on?). So much debt, so little class.

[Mortrey]

Hey!

He’s ZERO, after all!

[Past Your Eyes]

"I think the president of the United States has to go on serious shows."

Like Laugh In

Say good night, Dick.

[OneWingedShark]

Considering my HOURS playing the SimCity and Civilization series-of-games I believe that I have more executive experience than Obama did when he took office... how sad is that?

[madinmadtown]

You are correct. Everything about him is a fabrication as if he were a television script and his lines are all on the teleprompter as well.
He's an actor and celebrity; only he doesn't get that he is in a melodrama. Unfortunately, while those of us who have seen through the transparency are going to have to try to deal with the consequences. I doubt that things will end well for Obama....soap operas thrive on melodrama and tragedy and the powers that be who govern obama decided even before he was chosen to be the nominee that his fate would be tragic.

[Rocko]

Nixon on prime time television: "Sock it to me?"

[Kaslin]

The presidency is nothing but but a joke to that lazy arrogant pos who currently resides at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave

[A_Former_Democrat]

“Sock it to me”

[Michael Barnes]

What happened to BP?

[Patton@Bastogne]

i won’t argue that point ... “mmm mmm mmm” ...

[The Duke]

It’s just a cultural thing.

[Jerrybob]

The president played more than two dozen rounds of golf in his first year in office — as many as George W. Bush did over his entire eight years.

At some point in his second term (I believe), GW Bush gave up golf; he figured that, with men and women he had sent into harm's way, he had no business being seen on a golf course. It's called "class" -- something the current occupant of the WH wouldn't understand in a million, billion, trillion years....

[dennisw]

He is flaming out like the flamer he is. A puke inducing pre___residency.

[Graybeard58]

Considering my HOURS playing the SimCity and Civilization series-of-games I believe that I have more executive experience than Obama did when he took office.

I played a lot of "Monopoly" as a kid. Managing Park Place and Broadwy gives me way more experience than zero has.