Welcome to the Punk Presidency

Pajamas Media ^ | February 24, 2009 | Tom Blumer

[AJKauf]

Here’s how I greeted the news of Barack Obama’s victory on election night last November: “Say hello to the punk presidency.”

I was hardly out of line, basing the president-elect’s moniker on his poor behavior during the primary and general election campaigns, best exemplified in May and November YouTube videos. In each case — the first in reference to Hillary Clinton, the second to John McCain — Obama scratched his face with his middle finger and seemed, along with part of each crowd, to smile at the “cuteness” of what he had just done. As I said on election eve, “Once might be an accident; twice is proof.”

I fervently hoped that the former Illinois senator had decided during the campaign that such conduct was required for victory, to be discarded upon achieving it.

I thought that this misstep might be a “thrill of victory” mistake made in the flush of impending power.

I was wrong...

[Kansas58]

I wish McCain had run ads showing Obama using his middle finger.
That would have turned at least a few of his supporters off.
“Can we have a President, who will have his hand on the nuclear trigger, who behaves this way? Will Obama treat our foreign adversaries this way? Is this the way a “man of peace” behaves -— or is this the behavior of a Chicago THUG?”

[subterfuge]

No. It’s more of a “THUG” presidency.

[WayneS]

You insult some quite talented punk rock bands and artists by using the term “punk” when describing our new Butthead in Chief!!

;^)

[EGPWS]

I was wrong...

Yep!

Punks tote nose rings, tattoo's, and have a blackberry as an extension of themselves permanently and refuse to give them up.

They have a nasty little habit of being a liar too.

They destroy lives without concern of an individual life, group together with other punks to feel good, tote a vision of change and insist that ALL who don't accept change are evil.

DON'T even consider our present POTUS wanton of tainting the Oval Office with such!

[Man50D]

Welcome to the Punk Socialist Presidency

[LibertyGrrrl]

Spot on!

[MrB]

[DGHoodini]

Really? I’ve been thinking of it as the *Jive Turkey* Presidency..Since the Smooth Criminal is always jive talking, while the LLM (Lying Leftist Media) keep propping up his Eminence Front image, of this *Other Peoples Mojo* Thief, phony.

[usshadley]

twink is another appropriate adjective

[proud2beconservativeinNJ]

I still would like to obtain a collage of the three salutes. To me, Obama’s deliberate and repeated gestures made by Obama during his campaign and directed to Hillary (twice) and then McCain epitomize the nature and character of this crude man/child. The MSM did indeed hide this repeated behavior.

[lonestar]

No. It’s more of a “THUG” presidency.

Yes

[dfwgator]

[steel_resolve]

hear hear...nice article

[momincombatboots]

I thought it was the affirmative action presidency.