Posted on 05/12/2012 6:16:22 PM PDT by mandaladon
If this is what the left needs to tell itself to come to terms with the prospect of defeat, so be it. We all find our own paths through the Kubler-Ross model, my friends. Don’t mock someone just because they’re momentarily stuck on stage one.
Bill Clinton allegedly thinks O’s “incompetent” and an “amateur,” but I guess this theory works too:
As devotees of Barack Obama know all too well, qualities that made him so attractive as a candidate — an affinity for subtle arguments, a tendency to carefully weigh his options — have at times proved less useful in his role as president. That carefulness has been read as indecisiveness. The subtle arguments have sounded, to some ears, like hedging. In response, the president has simplified his rhetoric…
To many who were feverishly devoted to Obama’s candidacy four years ago, what was most exciting wasn’t just the idea that American voters could elect a black man. It was the idea that we could elect — and be represented by — someone who was unapologetically intellectual. But in the current political climate, intellectual can too often equal ineffectual. Thanks to a system that’s broken by partisanship and pandering to the lowest common denominator, being in politics — even being the president — may have less to do with holding your ground than holding your nose.
It’s hard not to come away from the Vanity Fair article without feeling, strangely enough, that the White House is holding Obama back.
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Cunning and cold maybe, smart and sensitive...not so much.
Absolutely right.
Obama should be replaced. As soon as possible.
America first.
Obama second.
If Obozo is such a bright guy, why are all of his records sealed?
As narcissistic as he is, one would think he would have
them engraved on a Natl. Monument .
I would put it this way : America first Obama last!
I’d laugh. Except, he’s president.
They’re finally having to admit he’s a failure, and now they’re grasping for some way for it not to be his fault.
Yes. Absolutely. Let’s go with that and choose a new prez.
The comments below this LATimes opinion piece are pretty amazing. Mostly anti-intellectual Obama.
57 states
Corpse-man
The Austrian language
I could go on and on. The guy is clearly not bright. And the Liberals who look up to him as a man of genius are simply showcasing how shallow and stupid they are.
Obama knows of what you speak and likely agrees with your philosophy. The thing is.. you have a difference in philosophy.
I’m betting he’s willing to sacrifice anything for his and the world’s ends, and that it will come to pass.
Fine by me. Send him packing. We need a dumber, more insensitive President.
He’s too something, but, “smart” nor “sensitive” were the words coming to mind!
New Theory: It doesn’t matter that he didn’t write either ‘autobiography’. He meant well by having Ayers write it for him. He’s just a good guy. Can’t we all grasp that!!!!?????????????? Ok, you may VOMIT now!
He is an evil psychopath. Bright-—yes, but not intellectual—he is too lazy and damaged his brain with drugs during teenage years and young adult years-—maybe still.
I remember them trying to defend Carter this way too when it was obvious he was a washout.
America is just not good enough for him, I suggest he move to where his abilities will be appreciated... like Kenya
Bright? Do 57 states and corpsemen agree with you on that?
He understands the evil eye, but an eagle eye, he simply cannot comprehend.
It’s not racialist or whatever PC word Lamont Hill wants to make up. It’s an American thing. 0bama and his type wouldn’t understand.
Yup, that guy is so bright he has to put a bucket over his head so the sun can come up.
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