Posted on 08/17/2011 6:31:42 PM PDT by MontaniSemperLiberi
The guys at the New York Times editorial page are cleverer than they look. We're the first to admit that's a very low standard, but today they have an editorial that seems pathetic at first glance but turns out, on close reading, to be a gem. The title is "His Anger Is a Start." The reference, it hardly need be said, is to Barack Obama. When we saw the headline, we rolled our eyes at the prospect of this once-great newspaper cheering on the latest show of presidential petulance.
But it turns out there's a hidden message in the editorial for those--surely including a brilliant intellectual like Obama--who are familiar with the Kübler-Ross model, popularly known as the five stages of grief. With Obama's presidency consumed by sickness and facing a grim prognosis, the Times offers the president the therapy he needs to work through his grief:
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...
Stage 2, Anger: "Now, on a bus tour in the Midwest, he is bitterly pointing the finger at his opponents for their refusal to consider any new revenues to tackle the deficit and their insistence on deep near-term spending cuts that will only cause more economic pain. His anger is long overdue."
Stage 3, Bargaining: "Faced with a divided Congress and an economy in desperate straits, President Obama tried bargaining with Republicans, he tried adopting some of their ideas and he pleaded with them for reasonable policies to help stave off disaster."
Stage 4, Depression: "For his efforts, he got nothing but a cold shoulder and the country got a credit downgrade. . . . Fearing the real possibility of a default (something that never seemed to concern the Republicans), the president stayed largely mild-mannered through the whole debt-ceiling hostage ordeal."
The Times advises Obama to move to Stage 5, Acceptance: "It would be much more effective if he [offered] strong ideas of his own for how to fix the economy, rather than the thin agenda he is now promoting."
“It would be much more effective if he [offered] strong ideas of his own for how to fix the economy, rather than the thin agenda he is now promoting.”
Obama couldn’t come up with an original idea if his life depended on it. And the usual lefty solutions he loves will not do the job.
How about we make #5 Prison and call it even.
post du jour. :-)
” How about we make #5 Prison and call it even. “
WINNER!
That’s HYSTERICAL!
Stage Six: He takes a rope and hangs himself.
MLK isn't the only one with a dream
Kübler-Ross model, popularly known as the five stages of grief, if I remember correctly, are the stages one goes through when told you are terminally ill.
Why did the Slimes forget that piece of information? Is that what they think of Barry’s chance of re election?
And if the super duper Congress committee doesn’t agree to submit anything (i.e. they deadlock), Obama gets to see the Defense Department gutted. He wins. God help us.
That’s the nicest pic I’ve seen of the Thief-N-Chief. Many thanks. ;D
The Emperor has no freakin clothes.
And his new ride looks like a giant Quaalude on wheels.
Absolutely - it was a bad deal for us.
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