Posted on 06/19/2010 7:59:26 AM PDT by lbryce
President Obama’s relationship with America, like many a young marriage, is growing sour.
That’s my surmise after reviewing recent polling and watching the carping that followed his Oval Office speech (which I thought was just fine, by the way).
It is becoming increasingly apparent that the magic has drained away. Even among his most ardent supporters, there now exists a certain frustration and disillusionment — not necessarily in the execution of his duties, but in his inability to seize moments, chart a course and navigate the choppy waters of public opinion.
What’s left for many is a big plume of disappointment and sadness lurking just beneath the surface.
Desperate to escape eight-years of an abusive relationship with a reckless cowboy and scared by a calculating John McCain who chose a feckless running mate, America was charmed by Obama’s supernal speeches and inspired by his vision of a happier ever after.
But once the marriage was official, reality set in and Obama tried to lower expectations. Life would not be lit by the soft glow of an eternal sunrise. Change would come slowly; pain would be felt presently; things would get worse before they got better.
In addition, he had to make tough choices (and not always the right ones) to steer us out of our darkest hour and secure a better future. He wasn’t always elegant in method or clear in message, and that allowed the more cynical side of America to find a footing and feed its fear.
This has left many on the left duking it out in a death match of finger-pointing, back-biting and navel-gazing. They have gone from applauding to defending, a turn many secretly resent and increasingly reject.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Scratch a bleedin heart liberal and you’ll find a cold-blooded fascist.
“...his inability to seize moments, chart a course and navigate the choppy waters of public opinion.”
This is what these idiots think leadership is. Smoke and mirrors.
“President Obama’s relationship with America, like many a young marriage, is growing sour.”
Let’s hope we don’t have to wait for the “7-year itch” before the public realizes this marriage was a huge mistake and takes the requisite action to terminate it.
To sum it up, people now recognize Obama is not qualified for the job but it is not their fault in electing him because Bush, McCain, and especially Palin forced them to do it.
What this joker did was use the headline to get more of his Obama propaganda into the media stream.
He knows it will draw attention, as this topic is on the minds of so many.
But when you read it, you see the method. Slamming Bush, McCain, Sarah Palin, Republicans, Tea Party, Conservatives...ANYONE who doesn’t kowtow to Obama worship.
He acknowledges the problem for Obama, but in reality he’s saying IT’S EVERYONE ELSE WHO HAS THE PROBLEM, NOT OBAMA.
Good grief.
“It’s just a matter of Time(s)”
Very good. I think he’s pulling an OJ hitting the games and the golf course looking for the real spillers.
Whoa! I'm surprised by the honesty of that assessment, and the fact that the NYT article is accompanied by a graph that shows O's precipitous drop in job approval.
Hey Charles...you blow!
Does this guy choose his adjectives by randomly pulling them out of a bag?
More like a young marriage in which the wife realizes that she married a narcissistic abuser. A very common scenario, btw. In this case, the MSM is waking up to it’s victim status. Too bad they still love his ideology tho.
http://joytiz.com/2010/battered-meidas-cry-for-help/
Hey Charles...you blow!
Zero didn’t need BP’s permission to protect the coastline of the GOM...but did nothing!
“President Obama’s relationship with America, like many a young marriage, is growing sour.”
Like he cares. Is there still plenty of fuel in Air Force One? Plenty of $100.00 wagyu beef for his parties? Can he still spend a few hours on the links whenever he feels like it, and play pick up basketball in between?
Okay then. He’s good to go.
Charles usually BLOWS, but he is close to the truth this time.
Having only seen brief video clips of his Oval Office speech, I had the distinct impression that BO is actually shrinking before our very eyes. The flags were tall and imposing, while he reminded one of a skinny middle-schooler sitting behind his father’s desk. Weird.
Just like that.
“President Obama’s relationship with America” remains unchanged. He hates everything America stands for. The people of America are finally waking to that fact.
“President Obama’s relationship with America” remains unchanged. He hates everything America stands for. The people of America are finally waking to that fact.
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