Posted on 08/22/2014 4:33:20 AM PDT by blam
By Howard Kurtz
August 22, 2014
FoxNews.com
President Obama has few remaining friends—either in his own party or in the media.
That’s the unmistakable conclusion of two pieces this week in the New York Times. Just about everyone, it seems, is down on his single, solitary nature.
I’ve been saying for a year now that the president’s liberal media allies have soured on him. It started with the ObamaCare debacle and continued through his seeming passivity or slow reaction time in the wake of the VA scandal, the Bowe Bergdahl mess, the military collapse in Iraq and so on. At this point they’re basically Waiting for Hillary.
What is striking now is a growing sense, fairly or unfairly, that Obama is not capable of rising to the occasion, that he just doesn’t like politics, that he’s disengaged, that despite his soaring rhetoric in 2008 he has a passion deficit.
All the criticism about him playing golf and being at Martha’s Vineyard is kind of a code for his supposedly being unplugged from the job.
A Times news story opens with a killer anecdote about the president meeting with Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell, which turned to Democratic complaints that the GOP was bottling up a number of Obama’s ambassadorial nominees.
“Mr. Obama quickly dismissed the matter. ‘You and Mitch work it out,’ Mr. Obama said coolly, cutting off any discussion. Mr. Reid seethed quietly for the rest of the meeting.”
Wow. And the nut graph: “Nearly six years into his term, with his popularity at the lowest of his presidency, Mr. Obama appears remarkably distant from his own party on Capitol Hill, with his long neglect of would-be allies catching up to him.
“In interviews, nearly two dozen Democratic lawmakers and senior congressional aides suggested that
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Obama has had the sleaziest and most incompetent press secretaries in history. Carney replaced Gibbs when there was a level beneath which Gibbs was not willing to go and then Ernst replaced Carney when there was even lower level that carney was not willing to go.
You are exactly right. Obama doesn't give a damn about being president. He just wants to be a celebrity.
I believe this headline. I bet the MSM nitwits are baffled by their messiah.
Obama has one job, nominate liberal judges.
I believe he or his personality disorder is on full-blown display. He is mentally ill to the point he can no longer run the country. As much as I’d hate to have Biden step in, Biden might be our only hope to stop a full swing into 0bama’s fantasy world.
obama just wants to eat his waffles
I'll bet you a year's subscription to FR that Obama puts Holder on SCOTUS.
And as I've said elsewhere, wait til these bozos get out the Pardon Pen in December, 2015.
actually, I believe it is not a “clever illusion.” They’re desperately trying to hide his mental illness. Can you imagine if he were to step down due to mental illness? The first black President ‘cracked’ under the pressures of the job...
The shame on the democrats...
...and then the massive blame on Republicans for being so uncooperative to the point it drove the President into mental illness?
When was the last time we heard about the annual Presidential physical? I can’t recall when. Last time the doctor told him not to drink so much...that’s the one I recall.
It’s the first report on Obama’s health that the White House has released in nearly three years.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/06/12/president-obama-is-in-excellent-health-white-house-says/
Interesting timing...just about when we’re all wondering ...’what’s wrong with 0bama?’
there is a saying:
“It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt.” - Abraham Lincoln
I am guessing this is the code Obama lives by.
“...Obama is a TelePrompter reader only, no leader, no brain, no passion except for vacations and the good life his reading skills have afforded....”
Clint Eastwood was right: It’s an empty chair.
An empty chair would be an improvement.
“...It’s the first report on Obama’s health that the White House has released in nearly three years....”
Obviously, IF the liars are saying it’s “excellent”, you can darn well conclude it’s just the opposite. He’s either riddled with HIV or cancer, and just doesn’t care about the country...not that he ever did. Just look at him (if you can): does that look like excellent health to you? They take us for idiots. He may actually pass from whatever it is before his term is up...and we will be then stuck with a 24/7 6-week funeral, martyrdom and Plugs!!!
Don’t harsh his buzz.
Perhaps he will do the honorable thing and hang himself.
Sir, I think beck’s enthusiasm for immigration is his inner mormon recruiter talking. Notice some catholics have that same inner voice whispering to them: immigrants are potential pew fillers...
also, why is beck for same sex marriage? The answer to that stems from mormonism as well, it’s a misguided desire to ultimately restore polygamy, with the aim of accelerating “homegrown” birth rates. And also in general, to appear welcoming and modern to the youngsters who’ve been programmed to mindlessly embrace SSM...
It’s really not about Obama anymore. It’s about promoting the larger leftist agenda.
With Obama in the White House, the left can still do this on a grand scale.
“Iranian born Valerie Jarrett continues to struggle running the country from the shadows.
Her Kenyian born student is awol.”
You are really on to something. Obama is nothing more than a vehicle. A cult of personality to mask the leftist cabal running things from the shadows.
Obama does what he is told. He has now become “bored” with this role.
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