Our Callow Commander-in-Chief

National Review ^ | 7-18-2014 | Charles C. W. Cooke

[servo1969]

Obama is often caught on the back foot — more often than not being informed of the big political stories by the media and not by his staff. Still, given how quickly the rest of the world cottoned on to what had happened in Ukraine, it is difficult to believe that, when he stepped onto the stage in Delaware yesterday, he was incapable of changing his plans. He did not. Instead, the president spent a grand total of 38 seconds on the downing of the plane, describing what he knew to have been an atrocity as a “tragedy” that “might” have happened, and then going back to slamming Republicans for refusing to agree with him on infrastructure spending, to joking with his adoring fans, and to suggesting that America needed to stop indulging in what the more traditional among us like to refer to as “politics.” It would, as David Freddoso observed, have been as if George W. Bush had continued to read “Why Daddy Is a Republican” after he had learned of the attacks on the Twin Towers.

[servo1969]

in·sou·ci·ance
inˈso͞osēəns,ˌaNso͞oˈsyäNs/ noun - casual lack of concern; indifference.

synonyms: nonchalance, unconcern, indifference, heedlessness, calm, equanimity, composure, ease, airiness;
antonyms: anxiety

Origin- late 18th century: French, from insouciant, from in- ‘not’ + souciant ‘worrying’ (present participle of soucier ).

[SMARTY]

He’s our ‘rope-a-dope’ President. No two ways about THAT!!

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[Gritty]

If all this creep did was give campaign speeches and raise money, I could live with his fecklessness and shout-outs.

Unfortunately, he is an activist out to remake the United States and our Constitution into his own malignant image and he is getting away with it. This guy is no goofball like Jimmy Carter who was way in way over his clueless head. He (and the criminal cabal behind him) are well aware of their agenda and are single-minded in pursuing it.

[DaveA37]

“He’s our ‘rope-a-dope’ President”.......

You can drop the “rope” in that statement.

[Coldwater Creek]

Great piece, Thanks for the word meaning. I was just going to look it up.