Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

The Increasingly Self-Pitying Obama White House
Commentary Magazine ^ | August 9, 2010 | Peter Wehner

Posted on 08/11/2010 10:33:35 PM PDT by SloopJohnB

SNIP...I’ll reserve final judgment until I read the entire piece. But based on these excerpts — which presumably reflect the thrust of the 10,000-word article — what is striking is the degree of self-pity we find in Obama’s advisers, which is reflected in the president’s words and attitude as well. Team Obama sounds nothing so much as overmatched and overwhelmed, unable to understand what has gone wrong, and increasingly bitter toward the nation’s capital and the pace and nature of politics.

(Excerpt) Read more at commentarymagazine.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blameshifter; bushsfault; disappointment; disaster; everymanforhimself; fail; implosion; incompetent; irresponsible; juvenile; lameduck; obama; obamafail; rushisright; sinking; titanic; typicalliberals
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-51 last
To: SloopJohnB

Team Obama: “overmatched and overwhelmed.” Yes, and I can still hardly believe that the American people blindly put these Chicago political hacks into the White House in a time of crisis and peril.


41 posted on 08/12/2010 3:49:26 AM PDT by Malesherbes (Sauve qui peut)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Artcore

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aahtK6W7l78


42 posted on 08/12/2010 5:20:39 AM PDT by RipSawyer (Trying to reason with a leftist is like trying to catch sunshine in a fish net at midnight.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: SloopJohnB

President Charlie Barry Brown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv3QNWyjRQg&feature=related


43 posted on 08/12/2010 5:27:22 AM PDT by RipSawyer (Trying to reason with a leftist is like trying to catch sunshine in a fish net at midnight.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: rbosque

“I remember the throngs of idiots cheering on as the “community-organizer”-in chief was sworn in.”
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

It cured me of a lot of my wondering, I no longer wonder how Germany fell under the spell of Hitler, I no longer wonder how people can worship a stone idol etc. If people can be stupid enough to perceive Barack Hussein Obama as their deliverer there is not even a theoretical limit to human insanity.

By the way the proper title would be “Community Organizer in-THIEF, not chief.


44 posted on 08/12/2010 5:32:00 AM PDT by RipSawyer (Trying to reason with a leftist is like trying to catch sunshine in a fish net at midnight.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: SloopJohnB

I’d love to be proven wrong, but I don’t think he will leave office early; in fact, I think he just might pull off two terms (voter fraud and October surprise, i.e., windfall to some group or other). He’s like a cuckoo clock—the bird makes an appearance/announcement every now and then and goes back in while time marches on. Every day, the media, spinners, and spokespeople try their best to make chicken salad out of chicken feathers. They pretend that he is a real president and that the illogical is perfectly logical. Perfect example is Contentious Brewer defending the indefensible.

People think he will resign because of health/mental issues, but with perpetual vacations, games, parties, how can he be stressed? His release is his 24/7 party mentality. All of his character and moral weaknesses now have unlimited supply of “rewards” from which to feed.


45 posted on 08/12/2010 5:33:38 AM PDT by 1951Boomer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: AmericanInTokyo

Narcissists do not have breakdowns; they snap in two..


46 posted on 08/12/2010 5:40:56 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Playing by the rules only works if both sides do it!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: bayareablues

I really really hope you’re wrong. Being a major league narcissist he’ll not quit w/o taking the ship with him. Everything about this guy (and liberals in general) can be summed up in this: death, destruction, mayhem.


47 posted on 08/12/2010 6:23:08 AM PDT by 556x45
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: SloopJohnB

48 posted on 08/12/2010 7:49:24 AM PDT by cranked
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SloopJohnB

Excellent analysis. This is what I have believed for a for a long time now. He is the most incompetent person in any room, he will either use a teleprompter to cover it up or find a excuse, such as golf, vacation, campaign stop, etc. to avoid the situation all tougher.


49 posted on 08/12/2010 7:58:35 AM PDT by matt04
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: RipSawyer

So true.


50 posted on 08/12/2010 11:14:15 AM PDT by rbosque (11 year Freeper! Combat Economist.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 44 | View Replies]

To: SloopJohnB

Obama’s comments several months ago about how too much information is available to people these days backs up the premise of this article.


51 posted on 08/12/2010 11:17:59 AM PDT by GSWarrior (I'm from the government and I'm here to change the climate.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-51 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson