The Liberal Tipping Point Away From Obama (Empty Suit Alert)

Commentary ^ | 6/16/2010 | Jennifer Rubin

[mojito]

....That iconic moment for Obama may well be the image of him last night, hands folded behind that huge empty desk. He was revealed as an impostor, someone play-acting as president and an interloper in serious matters. There wasn’t anything particularly wrong with what he said – it was that image. He and his presidency seemed shrunken, with the man once considered a political colossus now hiding behind and dwarfed by the props of the office.

Part of the reaction is certainly the steely political calculation by the left that Obama may be a lost cause. But there was also, I think, the flash of insight and the pang of panic by those invested in this president: it is impossible to maintain the pretense that he’s larger than life. The man looks entirely out of his league.

[US Navy Vet]

This picture is just plain SCARY...the guy has been in office for well over a year and the Oval Office looks EMPTY! This guy is just plain wierd!

[alice_in_bubbaland]

It’s a shock, I tell ya! /s

[GonzoGOP]

The likes of Chris Matthews can still tingle in his loins when Obama moves.

I know it might cause you distress but go watch the Olberman/Matthews tag team on Obama after the speech. They were a heck of a lot harder on him than O'Riley, Hannity or Krauthammer were. Chrissy the Sissy said that every time Obama talked about the Nobel Prizes of his staff it made him want to barf. Olberman said he didn't just shoot low, he didn't shoot at all. Face it on the extreme left the love is gone.

[alice_in_bubbaland]

Wow you’re right! That/he is strange. I guess he never uses the office, so why make it look like there is actual work going on there. The golf course probably shows more wear and tear.

I didn’t watch the wimp’s speech last night, I just don’t have the stomach for it anymore.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

While this would be nice, I'm not convinced. The likes of Chris Matthews can still tingle in his loins when Obama moves. Liberals need to believe the lie. They still will.

Liberals will always be liberal, but there's an entire generation of wishy-washies out there; people who missed the lessons of the Carter years, who desperately need to be mugged by reality. Once they've had their mugging, a good percentage of them will come around.

[stevem]

Chrissy the Sissy said that every time Obama talked about the Nobel Prizes of his staff it made him want to barf. Olberman said he didn't just shoot low, he didn't shoot at all.

I saw that.

Face it on the extreme left the love is gone.

I certainly hope so. We shall see.

[Zionist Conspirator]

I'm thinking of that dinner scene from Citizen Kane where the camera pans back ever so gradually.

[chris_bdba]

The empty desk just made him look lost behind it. Whoever decided to do it like that made him look over whelmped and lost.

[US Navy Vet]

Even when I was on my ships I had more personal stuff in my work center than this guy. WIERD!

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Great pic! He looks like his feet don’t reach the floor.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Ok, now I see it. It’s Forrest Gump.

[crazyhorse691]

What was his pr people thinking? He just keeps reinforcing the reality that he is a total joke. The symbol of a cleared desk doesn't work when the occupant is a small statured unhealthy looking person dressed in a suit that is wearing him. But, it fits in with his latest speeches where he is trying to get patriotic Americans to join the War on Spilled Oil. Crazy man is POTUS.

[AFreeBird]

Still has that Emporor Nero look going for him there. The only thing missing is his fiddle.

[okie01]

Face it on the extreme left the love is gone.

What's more, it's gone for two different reasons...

1. One group of liberals now recognize that the man is an incompetent.

2. Another group of liberals are pissed because he didn't announce a government seizure of BP and a total shutdown of the oil industry.

[colorado tanker]

[colorado tanker]

I think that's why Olby and Chrissy were so angry last night, they know it's over, the putz is failing and their agenda is going down with him.

[RonDog]

:o)

[uncbob]

Problem is there isn’t one damn democrat who is competent in anything but lies corruption

His handlers haven’t the faintest idea of what is needed to solve our problems

So Barry has no where to go and is left holding his teleprompter

[Buckeye McFrog]

a Democratic Presidential Primary is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get.

[This I Wonder32460]

He is the catastrophe.