Posted on 01/01/2009 5:31:13 AM PST by Kaslin
As he stands on the sidelines, seemingly oblivious to what's going on in the world, President-elect Barack Obama opts out of the game by proclaiming that there's only one president at a time.
That's another way of saying, "Let George do it," when the Middle East erupts in violence, the economy continues to slump, and the governor of his state defies demands that he step down.
His almost nonchalant approach to the turmoil around him has thus far protected him from adverse reactions from his real base -- the media -- but that immunity from harsh criticism has not extended to his political base, the far left. They are after him hammer and tongs.
Barack Obama will not become president until January 20, but the far left of his party is already blaming him for all sorts of alleged omissions. He seems to have violated the liberal's major shibboleth, "No enemies to the left." He's suddenly acquired a whole slew of them.
He may have chosen a few bomb throwers to serve in his Cabinet or the White House, but that hasn't satisfied the more dainty of the lefties who are appalled at his selection of Pastor Rick Warren, who committed the unpardonable sin of not only opposing gay marriage, but actually promoted Proposition 8, which banned the aberration in California.
Up on Capitol Hill the Democrats are out of sorts because he failed to act more quickly on his planned stimulus package, and Barney Frank -- an openly homosexual Democrat from Massachusetts -- is enraged over the choice of Rick Warren.
They simply don't buy his only-one-president-at-a-time alibi. They want him to start acting presidential now, and all he's been doing in Hawaii is physical exercise (when he's not showing off his pecs to the gaga media).
The left is also unhappy with the economic team he's assembled -- a group of moderates who embrace traditional approaches to economic policies rather than the openly socialistic nostrums the Marxist wing of his party cherishes.
His problem with Congress lies in the fact that Congress never accepts responsibility for anything. They shift whatever blame there is in any situation downtown to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., but wallow in the glory of anything that goes right.
The boys and girls on Capitol Hill were more responsible for the current economic mess that any other entity, but they shift the blame to the Bush administration, which had in fact tried to forestall the crisis and was blocked from acting by such top Democrats as Barney Frank and Sen. Chris Dodd, who were drinking heavily at the money fountains of Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac.
The fact that they haven't done anything worthwhile is all Obama's fault, and starting on January 20 they'll blame him for anything that goes wrong. His honeymoon will more quickly resemble a marriage on the brink of divorce rather than a joyous romp at Niagara Falls.
All this, sadly, is simply a sign of the decline now evident in Washington with the utter absence of backbone and leadership.
The taste of Barack Obama's triumphant victory could well turn out to be ashes in his mouth rather than that of honey. He has climbed the hill to the top and found it covered with thorns and thistles and poison ivy, instead of the roses he expected.
Shortly after the Bay of Pigs fiasco, Sen. Barry Goldwater dropped by the White House to see his friend and former Senate colleague President John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
When Barry asked him how he was, JFK looked at him, threw up his arms and said "What a lousy fouled up job this has turned out to be."
Welcome to the White House, President Obama. Enjoy your stay. Have a great New Year. You are in our prayers.
And Happy New Year to one and all.
I am seriously considering to take the flag off my house on January 20, and leave it off as long as the zero occupies the Peoples House. On the other hand I will probably keep it up because of our troops
Oh, man - money quote!
Same here. My daughter tells me to “let it go”. Sorry, but I’ll be clinging to my Bible and guns until we get an administration change.
I've seen this sorry act before, and there's little reason to doubt that Duh!1® will be Clinton v.3.0, with the press and entertainment industry covering up, shilling for, and promoting him all the way, probably for eight years.
As you can see from that link, I'm documenting everything. But damn, I'm getting tired of this nonsense. I really thought we were rid of this stuff.
Yeah, some “landslide”. They simple play to those warm and fuzzy feelings to keep the mystique alive. I’m waiting for the empty suit exposure. And I hope I don’t have to wait long.
What is all the screamin about. He CAN NOT do anything. He is not president yet. President Bush is for another 19 days. He still runs the foreign policy. After that Obama can and probably will make Israel surrender.
I understand. I learned a lot from the Clinton years. I now think it was a mistake to go forward with the impeachment. I think we need to win elections, not lawsuits. But I do think your documentation is going to have tremendous value as opposition research. I think we are on the verge of a tremendous swing back to the fundamentals which is really another way of saying conservatism. Carter gave us Reagan. Clinton gave us the 1994 Congressional victory. I think Obama will be the gift that keeps on giving. We will come out of this better than ever.
This column is somewhat misleading.
Barack is NOT standing on the sidelines. He has been hogging the TV cameras ever since the election, with his “Office of the President Elect” podium. Even in Hawaii, all attention is focused on him, at the beach or the golf course, or leaving his fitness club.
He gives regular speeches as well.
The only thing is, he never actually SAYS anything. Nothing new about that. It’s the chief plank he ran on. Hope, change, and vagueness.
They voted for the American Idol and NOW they expect him to sing?
What ingrates
Michael Reagan may pray for Hussein, but the former is cutting his radio program from three hours to one."sidelines"?
The Muslim is not a natural born citizen--that's fine with Michael Reagan.
The Bogus Potus continues to perpetuate the Bush's Fault vis-a-vis the CRA-Raines-Frank-Soros destruction of the U.S. economy.
Hussein was well-paid by Freddie's Fannie.
Is there any doubt the Democrat International Socialist Workers Party will fall in line to slash the military, kill babies, pack the Court, nationalize medicine, et cetera.
I do not share the confident, optimistic, cheerful tone of Michael Reagan as America looks up at the approaching meteor from planet Soros.
I still can’t look at or listen to him. He is not my President.
I hear you loud and clear and he’s not mine either, never will be.
Translation: “WASHINGTON (CNN) — A media poll suggests that three-quarters of the public keeps buying into media bias”
True, but the GOP could have done something when they controlled both houses and the presidency, but they didn't. They let themselves be cowered by identity politics instead of doing the right thing.
That was my reaction also. He'll have plenty of time to prove/disprove his abilities after Jan. 20. In that regard, methinks we are in for a world of hurt.
He somewhat reminds me of a black Pee-Wee Herman.
Bogus POTUS !!!
ROTFLMAO !!!
I’m not taking mine down - but I am flying it at half-mast...
We need to take back those states that went blue this time.
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