Posted on 09/03/2012 8:35:32 AM PDT by Justaham
President Obama's competitive, boastful nature and condescending advice rubs even loyal Democrats the wrong way, a new profile alleges.
The New York Times' Jodi Kantor airs complaints from "loyal" Obama associates -- not as a buried lede but explicitly in her introduction:
He has mentioned more than once in recent weeks that he cooks a really mean chili. He has impressive musical pitch, he told an Iowa audience. He is a surprisingly good pool player, he informed an interviewer not to mention (though he does) a doodler of unusual skill.
The article reports Obama's associates characterize this bluster and political zeal as "cockiness." Further, Washington Democrats say he is all too eager to offer unsolicited advice -- on handshakes, writing, and parenting, among other topics.
For those activities at which he feels inadequate, Obama reportedly dedicates considerable time to practice, no matter how trivial the pastime:
He has played golf 104 times since becoming president, according to Mark Knoller of CBS News, who monitors his outings, and he asks superior players for tips that have helped lower his scores. He decompresses with card games on Air Force One, but players who do not concentrate risk a reprimand (Youre not playing, youre just gambling, he once told Arun Chaudhary, his former videographer).
His idea of birthday relaxation is competing in an Olympic-style athletic tournament with friends, keeping close score. The 2009 version ended with a bowling event. Guess who won, despite his history of embarrassingly low scores? The president, it turned out, had been practicing in the White House alley.
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Of the many things I can’t understand, why does anybody like him? This kind of boorish behavior usually drives people away.
I don’t get it. Never have and never will I suppose.
I have to believe that, even though they’d never admit it publically, a lot of Rats will be privately relieved when he’s gone.
Daniel Greenfield is required reading.
This will be interesting to watch as the polls show Romney is going to be the clear winner. Obama is going to implode.
When a narcissus worth is based on what he thinks others think of him he will undoubtedly go nuts... as will his wife - when he finds out he was wrong.
“His idea of birthday relaxation is competing in an Olympic-style athletic tournament with friends, keeping close score. The 2009 version ended with a bowling event. Guess who won, despite his history of embarrassingly low scores? The president, it turned out, had been practicing in the White House alley.”
Remember the movie, Mr. Mom with Michael Keaton? He’s a layed-off automotive engineer whose wife has to go back to work to pay the bills.
Her boss is a jerk like Obama. They have a company picnic with games that all the employees let the boss win to stroke his ego and keep their jobs.
Keaton doesn’t know the games are rigged to let his wife’s boss win and when he tries to win at a race all his wife’s co-workers start sabotaging him for their own self preservation.
I bet that’s what’s going on with those up close and personal with Obama. It’s self-preservation first.
I asked that question, a bit obliquely, of my ultra-liberal and quite comfortable relatives.
The answer: “We play on public links.”
Do you know someone who likes Obama? The people on t.v. keep saying he is likeable. Does that mean he is likeable to them? Not sure most people like him spending all our tax money in a wasteful manner and the media wasting our time telling us stupid things like The chosen One is likeable.
Sorry, no.
Decompresses from what? Another Moochelle tirade?
I think "Uppity" better describes it....
This guy masturbates with a pair of tweezers.
Il DOUCHE Bag.
What will he do when he hits the wall? What have others done in the same situation with the same personality disorder?
I would guess he would become suicidal.
I can think of one other “faker”, and bambi is a fake, taking out the whole family and then himself. The one who was pretending to be a medical student and the wife found out the jig was up, I think in Utah.
A suicidal psychopath with his hand on the button.
Now that’s a warm thought.
Unfortunately W came pretty close to doubling the national debt himself. Only trouble is that means its twice as big when Obama comes and doubles it again.
What is his last day in office?
January ??
To rework Churchill’s slam of Chamberlain; Obama is a very arrogant man with little to be arrogant about.
“I would guess he would become suicidal.”
I sincerely doubt that.... I think he’ll go inward and stop all contact and the democratic party will be headless. Then the lib talking heads will start to spin out of control... this might be fun to watch.
Obama scammed a pile of cash. My guess is he’ll just say screw it and take off with his money, and worst case he’ll try to pile on a bunch of appointments and pardons, so he can get more kickbacks. (I read somewhere he’s buying a $35M house to close in Jan 13
The real entertainment will be the lib media as they start to leak the details of the Obama secrets they been holding back.
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