Posted on 02/06/2010 6:18:52 AM PST by Kaslin
A few months ago, I wrote an article for Parade magazine about what President Obama could teach America's kids. Basically, the piece told children that despite having no father present and a rather loopy mom, the president was able to prosper and achieve the most powerful position in the world. If young Barry Obama could overcome his chaotic upbringing (which included a stint in Indonesia), most American kids in difficult circumstances can do the same.
There is no question that Obama is a brilliant man. After graduating from Harvard Law, he worked his way up the political ladder quickly, using Chicago's South Side as a launching pad. That's tough turf, so Obama had to combine book smarts with guile, which he did.
And so it is simply stunning to see how poorly Obama is faring in the common sense zone as president. The best example of his failure to anticipate trouble is how he's handling Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
I remember sitting there with some friends in New York City last November when Attorney General Eric Holder announced that old Khalid would be leaving Guantanamo Bay and heading for the Big Apple to be tried by civilians instead of by a military tribunal. We looked at one another incredulously. Is Obama joking? Doesn't he know how raw emotions still are in the city? And then the expense estimates began rolling in -- it would take hundreds of millions of dollars to try Mohammed and four other al-Qaida thugs.
Then I was reminded that Congress had passed a law specifically allowing captured overseas terrorists to be judged by the military. Since a military trial would cost about $39.95 a day (participants are already on the federal payroll), why on earth would anyone OK an incredibly expensive dog and pony show for these murderers?
Remember, Mohammed already admitted to planning 9/11 and gave up his confederates in the effort, most of whom, upon capture, confirmed that he was Mr. Big. Also, Mohammed says he personally slit the throat of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. He has admitted doing this. So why are we wasting time?
Holder says it's because we want the world to see the U.S. justice system on display. Again, why? The people who hate us are not going to change their minds because a jury condemns the terrorists to death instead of military officers. Do Holder and the president not get that?
Polls show that most Americans realize the Mohammed decision is stupid. Now big-time Democrats like Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Chuck Schumer have publicly told the president to wise up. And he has. Last Friday, the White House announced it was looking at other venues. Swell.
But why was this deal allowed to get out of control? That is very troubling. If Obama is so smart, why did he not realize the absurdity of the situation?
At this point, I simply don't know.
I don’t think BOR pays enough attention to what Beck has to say. That is going to show that HE lacks intelligence. (or common sense, or both)
Means nothing, except that he made guilty white academics and do-gooders feel better about themselves by inflicting him on the rest of us.
O'Reilly's in the latter catatory too, I'd imagine.
What facts would cause someone to arrive at this conclusion??
Not only is he not brilliant, he barely shines at all.
And, the worst part is, HE doesn't learn!
If cunning street thugs and community organizers really were smarter than the rest of us, they’d already be running the planet
and whatever IQ Barry had, he smoked and snorted some of it away
That's as far as I could read.
Not only does Obama NOT learn, he might not have a firm grasp of reality - he does similar things over and over and expects different results ...
The ability to memorize and regurgitate political talking points is not, by itself, an indicator of superior intelligence.
You win the prize for summing it all up in 50 words or less.
I believe there's a term for that affliction.
Where he LOST his American citizenship...if he ever had it.
Excuse me? Have you ever seen one Law Review paper written by this man? Have you seen anything other than his two books, written by others who can write? One of his professors said Barack was a lousy writer.....his syntax, grammar are saved by the Teleprompters...otherwise his choice of words reflect who he really is..........
BOR’s remarks about Obama’s “brilliance” reveal nothing as much as how stupid BOR is. As Mark Steyn likes to say, Obama was “wafted up” on affirmative action his entire life, never stopping anywhere long enough to actually accomplish anything. His career proves he has no leadership skills and the attention span of a gnat. Couple that with a deeply engrained “hate America” belief system and ugly Hussein is what you get.
BOR is really willfully ignorant.
Obama is only smart by progressive, populist, socialist measure.
And Obama’s MSM minions are even less smart promoting a populist candidate with a complete disregard for objectivity.
Majority America does not embrace liars and deceivers.
The POLLS do not LIE. Over 2/3 of America now understand Obama is not leadership material on any stage outside of Chicago.
The lack of common sense is the defining characteristic of liberalism/leftism.
Oh, COME ON, BOR! Are you really that stupid? Isn't it transparently obvious that it's all about 1) blaming Bush and 2) eviscerating American intelligence?
[There is no question that Obama is a brilliant man.]
BS, Bill.
he can’t memorize them, he has to read them
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