Posted on 04/27/2011 2:02:05 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
When I covered George W. Bushs White House, my job was made easier by the simplicity of the subject. The president had a few defining mantras Cut taxes! Rally the base! Terrorists hate freedom! With us or against us! and most of his decisions could be understood, even predicted, by applying one of the overarching philosophies.
With President Obama, there is no such luxury. The political right is befuddled as it tries to explain him: First, Obama was a tyrant and a socialist; now hes a weakling who refuses to lead. The political left is almost as confused, demanding to know why Obama gave away so much on health care and in budget negotiations. Nearly everybody puzzles over Obamas ad hoc responses to Egypt, Libya and now Syria, grasping for a still-elusive Obama Doctrine.
Seeking a template to understand the enigmatic president, I consulted three leading academics in the fields of psychology and behavior. With their help, I put Obama on the couch and came away with a reasonably coherent diagnosis: Theres too much going on in the poor guys head.
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...........In an ideal world, complex and rational thought would be virtues. But in politics, these attributes can make Obama seem ambiguous, without toughness or principles. It isnt because he lacks a moral compass its because he understands there are a lot of moral forces at play, U-Va.s Haidt says. This is why people get frustrated with him. The more of a partisan you are, the more simple-minded you are.
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This thread is absolutely devastating for Hussein. He is finished, an object of ridicule.
Not quite. The political right has an exceptionally target-rich environment.
Ann Landers had a license to steal. Whenever she couldn’t bear the agonizing burden of spouting cliches in response to inane letters from clueless readers, she would - wait for it - REPRINT OLD LETTERS. She claimed that this or that reader had asked for it but if the reader was so impressed why didn’t he/she clip and save the column to begin with?
Milbank cannot countenance the fact that he’s backed a loser who has no idea - literally and figuratively - of what to do next. And so, they pull an Ann Landers and reprint the ‘Obama is so brilliant even we can’t figure him out and you shouldn’t even try’ column. It’s used every six months or so but this bumbling fool of a president is beyond rehabilitation regardless of his supposed IQ.
This guy is finished. I wouldn't be surprised to see him resign or be impeached. I can't see him being reelected. Course, I couldn't see him getting elected in the first place.
The real liberal thinkers I know could never survive in the tree service business. They would prop a long ladder against a limb, climb up and cut the limb off on the tree side of the ladder, if they survived the fall they would then explain that they had done the only sensible thing and it actually worked out well in the end but the “right wingnuts” were just too stupid to understand. They would rant unceasingly about how stupid Sarah Palin is because she advocates cutting the limb on the side of the ladder away from the tree. Regardless of how many times they fell they would never change their method and would keep on doing the same thing as long as they could climb the ladder again.
The only reason I still get it is for the comics.
I would say he is doing a damned fine job of not being rational and fully honest!
“Theres too much going on in the poor guys head.”
Or... He could just be stupid!!!!!
There was a photo awhile ago where he had it all set up so he could talk to a group of 6th graders in their classroom!
re post 44. Good post. You might be right.
controtions the elite go through as they try to avoid facing the fact that their Chosen Won basically has a functional IQ about 95.....and his main asset is a sometimes pleasant public demeanor and baritone!!!!
Contortions...sheesh...
They don’t really think anything, they only IMAGINE that they think.
baraq has to use a teleprompter for a staff meeting?
That picture speaks volumes.
baraq is a parrot/puppet.
He even had to use the teleprompter to speak to a bunch of 3rd graders.
unbelievable that he was even on the ballot in ‘08.
Affirmative action taken all the way to the top.
drjcarlucci
Obama's "comtemplative" look?
My dog makes the same expression when he hears a sound he can't figure out.
I guess that's one way of looking at it. In the New Testament, I recall they called themselves, "LEGION".
Well played, Mulberry, well played.
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