Obama's marriage was on brink of collapse, says book

The Telegraph ^ | 6/6/2009 | Leonard Doyle

[Dosa26]

Good points all. Across America this morning, Single black mothers are telling their little munchkins, “If you study hard and succeed in school you could grow up to be president.” It is a valuable tool in their almost empty toolbox and an easy out. Obama himself could do much more by speaking out and telling black fathers the unpleasant truth that they are the ones responsible for raising their sons and daughters up right. He’s popular enough in that demographic that he could get away with it.

[bustinchops]

Yep, he could do more - a lot more. I really haven’t heard him say much yet on these subjects (he has said a little).

Even though he’s done little to advance these themes, the fact that black Americans idolize him, and that idol dresses well, is married, fathered no kids out of wedlock, speaks well (like whitey, as a matter of fact), and has no criminal record may well prove to be helpful in and of itself. Most black Americans whom I’ve heard discuss their support for zero cannot articulate anything about him that they know or like or respect except the fact that he’s black: “We should have a first black president. It gotta happen.” That really is all they seem to care about. Tragic and dangerous as that is (especially for the rest of us), he nevertheless presents a non-stereotypical positive black culture image, so that may well turn out to be the ONLY positive value he has because WE know what he’s really all about.

Yeah, very, very scary times we’re in.

[GovernmentShrinker]

I do not want a President who only wants the job because of the benefits.

Anyone who's even remotely qualified to be President is already giving up a huge amount of money in salary and bonuses vs. what they could earn in the private sector. The "benefits" that cost the taxpayers money don't even come close to making up the difference. Anybody whose primary motivation is money doesn't consider the job in the first place. If President Obama was after money and perks, he could have gone straight from a stint as a first-term Senator to a job with a big law firm with a 7 figure compensation package, and endless trips to theaters, sports events, conferences on tropical paradise islands, etc, all billed as business expenses because one or more clients or potential clients was along for the occasion.

[Aurorales]

I don’t give a rat’s butt why he took the job. He is a piece of garbage who wants to destroy my Country.

(by the way, one of the perks of being President (power) is far greater than any thing you would get from the private sector.

My point still stands. Anyone who isn’t honored by having the job, or deserving of receiving the job should not apply.

If you can’t put aside making a public spectacle of your “date night”, you shouldn’t be Commander in Chief of our Country.

[Aurorales]

I just went back over my post above.

Missed a capital, a closed parenthesis, and who knows what else.

Also meant to say, “If you can't put aside making a public spectacle of your “date night” for at least 4 years, you shouldn’t be Commander in Chief of our Country.