This is happening even more quickly than I expected.
Posted on 03/08/2009 12:41:18 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
Perhaps it's just some Obama ally speaking out of school. But these are probably some of the most terrifying words to come from an unidentified source in some time:
Sources close to the White House say Mr Obama and his staff have been "overwhelmed" by the economic meltdown and have voiced concerns that the new president is not getting enough rest.
Allies of Mr Obama say his weary appearance in the Oval Office with Mr Brown illustrates the strain he is now under, and the president's surprise at the sheer volume of business that crosses his desk.
A well-connected Washington figure, who is close to members of Mr Obama's inner circle, expressed concern that Mr Obama had failed so far to "even fake an interest in foreign policy".
The American source said: "Obama is overwhelmed. There is a zero sum tension between his ability to attend to the economic issues and his ability to be a proactive sculptor of the national security agenda.
"That was the gamble these guys made at the front end of this presidency and I think they're finding it a hard thing to do everything."
It's at moments like this I'm reminded of this assessment of Obama, back in 2007: "I think he can be ready, but right now I don't believe he is. The presidency is not something that lends itself to on-the-job training."
That assessment came from . . . Vice President Joe Biden.
Oooh, I hadn't heard that one. Obama does seem to have a visceral dislike of Churchill, though, whatever the reason.
He voted present 119 times in the Senate. He’s got a track record of mailing it in.
What if those teleprompters malfunctions? They better keep Biden away from those plugs.
This is happening even more quickly than I expected.
I fully agree with you. I am just voicing what I learned when I first took on higher level executive tasks. He obviously lacks experience and capacity. In my estimation, he hasn’t even passed through the supervisor or managerial precursor steps to being able to handle higher executive tasks. This is a very painful metamorphasis for him and the country.
Perhaps voters will begin to recognize why Sarah Palin was fully more prepared than the lost of them for an Executive role.
Unfortunately, if Obama could not continue or resigned (don’t laugh, anything is possible), we would get Biden. Then if Biden could not function, it would be Pelosi I think. So it could actually get worse.
By the way, how long will it take Obama to start dressing like Hugo Chavez or Fidel Castro? :)-
“Sir, the invasion fleet is on our shores, what are we to do?”.......... “See me later, I’m much too tired to deal with it now.” “Besides its above my pay grade to make that kind of a decision, I’ll need a quick public opinion poll first.” “Let me ask Michelle first and see what she thinks.” ................ Aghrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, can’t ya see it happening? AGHRRRR!!!
He's not up to the job. He can't party with his buds late into the night and deal with the business on his desk; he hasn't got the depth of knowledge needed to do the job, even marginally competently. He's an arrogant punk, and we are so very screwed.
all I can think of in reading this is the chorus of my childhood hero, Superchicken...”you knew the job was dangerous when you took it!..cluck cluck cluck cluck”
Bush was berated, demeaned, belittled, and fought at every turn, but I never heard him say he was tired.
How long has he been in office? LOL!
When do the adults take over in Washington?
I’m tired of his Presidency, too.
Nah, let him break and run screaming into the night. That way no one can blame us.
A very lame excuse put out by anonymous for being rude to Brown.
obama not focused on foreign affairs? From the inner circle?
Why?
What? How could he not be able to handle the job, given the vast amount of previous experience he brought to the table. Like his brilliant managing of... um, his campaign? And his ability to keep funds working when he.... um, ran for president? Or how he was able to get people to line up behind him with a promise to get the job done when he single-handedly... ah... ran for president?
His campaign actually said this at one point during the primaries: his qualification to be president was that he was running for president. And if that mind-numbing circular logic raised some eyebrows, they trotted out the idea that he was qualified to be president simply because he was winning. None of which actually speaks to quality.
The only person who would have, possibly, made a worse president than Obama is John Edwards. I couldn’t stand 10 seconds, much less 10 minutes, of hearing that preening phony giving a press conference.
The lines of authority will be clearer with Joe. Just lobby his kids if you want something don3
LOL-—that creature nepotism is alive and well - one thing about these career politicians is that they will find a way to avoid the rules or create new ones in order to take care of their own-—but the rest of us should abort ours.
“Sir, the invasion fleet is on our shores, what are we to do?”.......... “See me later, I’m much too tired to deal with it now.” “Besides its above my pay grade to make that kind of a decision, I’ll need a quick public opinion poll first.” “Let me ask Michelle first and see what she thinks.” ................ Aghrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, can’t ya see it happening? AGHRRRR!!!
oh my! hahahahahahahahahahahahah
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