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Obama Advisor: "He is bored to death and too talented for ordinary people"
Pittsburgh Live ^ | November 15, 2010 | Ralph Reiland

Posted on 11/15/2010 6:35:44 PM PST by GlockThe Vote

In his biography of Obama, "The Bridge," David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker, quotes White House senior adviser and longtime Obama friend Valerie Jarrett: "I think Barack knew that he had God-given talents that were extraordinary. He knows exactly how smart he is. ... He knows how perceptive he is. He knows what a good reader of people he is. And he knows that he has the ability -- the extraordinary, uncanny ability -- to take a thousand different perspectives, digest them and make sense out of them, and I think that he has never really been challenged intellectually. ... So what I sensed in him was not just a restless spirit but somebody with such extraordinary talents that had to be really taxed in order for him to be happy. ... He's been bored to death his whole life. He's just too talented to do what ordinary people do."

Talk about a "yes man" -- or a devotee woman. The boss is so "extraordinary," so above the "ordinary" man, that he's been long-term bored to death -- untaxed, unhappy, uncanny and unchallenged.

And now unappreciated -- simultaneously called "pathetic" and "tone-deaf," respectively, by the left in The Progressive and the right in The Washington Times.

Turns out that Jarrett's wrong -- there's nothing "extraordinary" about Obama's talent in reading people or understanding economics.

(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburghlive.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: nobama
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To: bigheadfred
Image and video hosting by TinyPic "Wile E. Coyote, Super-Genius. I like how that rolls out..."

201 posted on 11/16/2010 3:28:29 AM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: GlockThe Vote

If Jarret continues to blow that much smoke up Zero’s a$$, his head will explode!


202 posted on 11/16/2010 4:26:46 AM PST by Sarajevo (You're jealous because the voices only talk to me.)
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To: kbennkc

That and just seeing the GREATNESS and BEAUTY of this world!


203 posted on 11/16/2010 4:57:55 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion......the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Sarajevo

I’m sure everyone around obama feels this way.


204 posted on 11/16/2010 5:09:52 AM PST by GlockThe Vote (I'm not Anti-Obama - I'm Pro-America)
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To: GlockThe Vote
I am eternally grateful to you for posting this article by Valerie Jarrett.

You see, before this startling breakthrough, I thought the former Barry Soetoro, late of Hawaii and points East was the dumbest SOB that ever held the job.

My bad! The man is preternatural. Far beyond my undeveloped and mortal powers to understand. Thank you, Glock, this will be a wonderful Thanksgiving for me and my family at the shelter.

Mr. Soros has promised us a big turkey, and now that I have read your illuminating post of the words of Ms. Jarrett, I know he'll deliver, just like before.

205 posted on 11/16/2010 7:55:35 AM PST by Kenny Bunk (Obama. A Ray Nagin for everyman.)
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To: MamaB
That is one of the craziest articles I have ever read. He is dumb not smart. LOL

Did you actually read the article? The point of the article is to bring out his flaws.

206 posted on 11/16/2010 8:01:35 AM PST by SeeSac
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To: SeeSac
The point of the article is to bring out his flaws.

SeeSac shoots! He scores! People are so po'd at Obama that we, including me, are forgetting the basics.

207 posted on 11/16/2010 8:19:25 AM PST by Kenny Bunk (Obama. A Ray Nagin for everyman.)
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To: Steely Tom
Think how childish and stupid this Valerie Jarrett.

Finding a complete narcissist, and feeding him compliments is what got her in the White House.

Neither you nor I would even be allowed in the door.

She's smart enough to know what works.

208 posted on 11/16/2010 9:44:52 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post)
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To: GlockThe Vote
Funny how leftwingers always see their leaders as Copernican supergeniuses. The question is - how long until she has her emperor-has-no-clothes moment.
209 posted on 11/16/2010 9:50:43 AM PST by Yardstick
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To: GlockThe Vote
He knows exactly how smart he is.

He knows, but others don't. Huh, WTF is that? I'll believe Obama is smart when we see a transcript of his college grades, or maybe a peer-reviewed scholarly publication from his days at Harvard Law. What's that? No can do? Why not? I guess Obama is "too smart" for stuff like that, too.

210 posted on 11/16/2010 9:51:57 AM PST by chimera
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To: GlockThe Vote

So she admits that he has royally screwed up. She just has a riduculous excuse as to why he sucks as President.


211 posted on 11/16/2010 9:57:45 AM PST by Hatteras
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To: chimera

If he isso smart - why does he keep the SAT , LSAT, and academic transcripts under wraps?


212 posted on 11/16/2010 9:57:55 AM PST by GlockThe Vote (I'm not Anti-Obama - I'm Pro-America)
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To: chimera

If he isso smart - why does he keep the SAT , LSAT, and academic transcripts under wraps?


213 posted on 11/16/2010 9:58:30 AM PST by GlockThe Vote (I'm not Anti-Obama - I'm Pro-America)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Obama Advisor: "He is bored to death and too talented for ordinary people"

My answer to this headline: screw 0h0m0!

On other thought, we should leave that to Reggie Love!

214 posted on 11/16/2010 12:19:49 PM PST by melancholy (It ain't Camelot, it's Scam-a-lot!)
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To: GlockThe Vote

Just wow. That guy’s lipstick must cover Obama’s entire butt.


215 posted on 11/16/2010 12:37:17 PM PST by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: GlockThe Vote
Wow, since he's that smarter than we are, the only scientifically valid thing for us to do is vivisect him, and subject his brain to invasive, destructive experimentation.

Can I get a Nobel Prize for vivisecting a Nobel Prize Winner?


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

216 posted on 11/16/2010 12:45:44 PM PST by The Comedian (I enjoy progressives, especially in a light cream sauce.)
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To: DollyCali
Obama Advisor: "He is bored to death and too talented for ordinary people"

then send ship 'em back to Saudi Arabia / Indonesia!
...or any other Islamic / Sharia-Ruled Country


217 posted on 11/17/2010 10:42:20 AM PST by skinkinthegrass (Imam Zer0: DeathCARE, Is my only "health" plan....to hell w/ free enterprise. :^)
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To: GlockThe Vote
“Pathetic” is a superb description of his Royal High....Ness, Barry of the Zero.

A Pathetic incompetent.

218 posted on 11/17/2010 3:08:27 PM PST by roaddog727 (It's the Constitution, Stupid!)
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To: roaddog727

If he is so smart he should release his sat scores.


219 posted on 11/17/2010 3:19:25 PM PST by GlockThe Vote (I'm not Anti-Obama - I'm Pro-America)
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To: Nachum; null and void; Impy; TigersEye; blackie; MaggieCarta

“He’s so above us, we’re like ropes on the Good Year Blimp.”
[What About Bob?]


220 posted on 11/19/2010 4:08:19 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (Economic reform? Great. But without education reform -- history will repeat itself.)
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