Obama Biographer: 'The World Seems to Disappoint Him'

Weekly Standard ^ | 8:11 AM, May 6, 2014 | Daniel Halper

[Hoodat]

Bill Clinton has made a fortune on the lecture circuit. To his credit, he is brilliant, highly entertaining, and can talk about any topic off the cuff. He can memorize an hour-long speech after one reading, and can by his nature add insight to any audience or situation. In other words, Bill Clinton delivers value for the fees he collects.

With Obama, I see no one who would be willing to pay him to come to their company/forum just to hear him read a speech from a teleprompter that was written by someone else. Obama simply has no value to give.

Flash back to his graduation from Harvard. As head of the Harvard Law Review, he should have had his choice of jobs clerking for US Appellate judges or even a stint at the SCOTUS. At the very least, a 6-figure salary at a prestigious Manhattan law firm. Yet Obama did not get a single offer. That should tell you something about his value.

[Hoodat]

Obama has given up the charade of being his own biographer.

Obama is too lazy to write a book.

[98ZJ USMC]

Oh, boo-fricking-hoo for the poor widdle lightbringer. "For Narcissus shed a tear, as he scanned the horizon and it did not bow to him".

Pound it out your ass.

[wbill]

I (politely) disagree. I think that you're underestimating the number of people who would like (would beg, actually) to be fleeced by him.

Think Al "Lemme Tell You 'Bout Global Warming" Gore. Gore made a fortune by selling garbage to people, who desperately wanted to believe in it.

[Chewbarkah]

“I think an enormous amount has been achieved.”

Is this an empty dodge, or does Remnick detail exactly what?
It would be instructive to see what the true believers consider achievements.

[bboop]

Truly, and yes, I had no expectations of him.

[Moonman62]

Obama Biographer: 'The World Seems to Disappoint Him'

I would say this is common with extreme narcissists.

[jumpingcholla34]

Obama strikes me as a lazy, disengaged guy who’s been carried by affirmative action his whole life and never has had to run anything. It would take a very high-energy character to do the work needed to make up for his lack of knowledge and experience, and Obama just doesn’t want to do the work. That he’s also a leftist is a given. Maybe I’m relieved that he’s at least a lazy leftist. It could be worse.

[Falcon4.0]

Kinda reminds you of ALL of them, doesn’t it?

[Pollster1]

"I think an enormous amount has been achieved."

I agree. None of it is good, but Obama has inflicted an enormous amount of damage on our country. I pray that we will be able to recover.

[Rocky]

What really disappointed him was that the world did not immediately make him king.

[shoff]

Ditto with the insane. They think what is wrong with the world? They just don’t understand me.