It's really hard being president. *sniff* *sniff*
Posted on 01/10/2010 10:27:15 AM PST by IbJensen
Yesterday, Barack Obama was called to task by the Washington Post for his lack of availability to answer questions following the Christmas Day terrorist attack of Northwest Flight 253.
While the president has read from a number of prepared statements regarding the incident over the past two weeks, he hasn't bothered to hold a forum in which the media could pose direct questions about it to him.
The Post is rightfully dismayed and calls his cowardice towards the matter, "unfortunate". It is unfortunate and unfortunately, this isn't the first time the president has acted like he was on the set of a Southwest Airlines commercial.
In September, while tens of thousands marched on the streets of Washington D.C. to demonstrate their opposition towards the president's domestic agenda, Obama hopped on a plane and escaped from the nation's capital. Apparently, it was more important to deliver a speech at a health-care rally in front of a mere 15,000 adoring supporters in the friendlier confines of Minneapolis's Target Center than it was to attempt to win the support of some of his naysayers.
Nearly two months later, just days following Nidal Malik Hasan's terrorist attack on Fort Hood, Obama hit the tarmac--fresh off an embarrassing display of insensitivity concerning the issue--for a little "much-needed" R&R at Camp David, while his predecessor quietly went to the grief-stricken army base to console the victims.
And most recently, in the aftermath of the aforementioned Northwest Flight 253, Obama displayed immediate interest in the well-being of a friend's child involved in a beach accident, but made the entire nation, which was searching for some leadership from its commander-in-chief, wait 72 hours before he reluctantly interrupted his vacation to deliver a statement.
The problem is, more often than not Obama is the guy who wants to get away when he has to deal with the difficult tasks that come with the territory of being President of the United States. It is further unfortunate that a media organization like the Post is just now realizing it.
There would be laughs abound if the president was instead the guy from the commercial who stupidly threw the video game controller at the television, but there's nothing funny about watching Obama's performance thus far which has been unbecoming of the president of the most powerful nation in the world. Now its citizens want to get away, but instead of catching a flight, we'll cast a ballot.
Obama isn’t a Leader.. He’s a Frontman.
During the campaign we were told that Obama was a special type, a light-worker. What they really meant to say is that he is a light worker.
The critical nature of November is paramount in the effort to prevent the complete ruin of America.
No one is stopping you Obama. Be our guest and shuffle your butt right on out the door.
He thought the job would be easy, that everyone would bow down and throw flowers at him, but his ego is taking a beating instead.
Obama only understands Chicago and Chicago type people and they are nothing close to average America.
A real Job ! all he does is vacation...
Mr. Obama has been this way from the beginning. Remember a couple years ago when Jimmy Carter sparked controversy by meeting with Hamas? Obama was on the campaign trail and did not want to address the question. “Why can’t I just eat my waffle?” he said.
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/04/21/927731.aspx
The fact that they're realizing it at all is newsworthy in itself.
It's really hard being president. *sniff* *sniff*
“...If in the event that the President, cannot or will not perform the duties of his office....”
Obama is usually a good reader...but extemporaneously he is without a clue.
Obama is an arrogant intellectual - at least he tries to act like an intellectual. He has no come for common questions and common answers. If his teleprompter doesn’t print it than it doesn’t matter.
Arrogant, evil charlatan Mega-Liar who is a whining prissy utter incompetent.
Everything this socialist totalitarian does is severely (and intentionaly) destructive.
Obama is a classic jive talking con artist with an affirmative action fake Harvard education.
He is incompetent to to run a 7-11 for an eight hour work shift, without completely screwing everything up.
Great rant!
Obama is no doubt the most incompetent president to hold the office in my lifetime(seven decades and counting.)
He is an affirmative action President elected by an undereducated overstimulated generation of morons.
Obama is like a Muslim Televangelist.
Mike, you absolutely have NAILED it.
Obama thinks being president is offering up broad objectives for other people to do the scut work on; giving speeches to remind common folk about his “gift”; bowing to world notables to convey his “world citizen” fantasy; and enjoying the perks and attention of the office.
All these are more appropriate of a monarch than a steward of the Constitution and our Nation.
THAT’S what he meant when he said he was “pretty good at being president”.
And "Movin' On Up!"
Unfortunately,
the Wash Post has some nerve calling any entity a “coward”
pot, kettle
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