Posted on 09/30/2009 10:56:46 AM PDT by BigKahuna
These last few weeks in the presidency of Barack Obama -- filled with missteps on health care (where nobody in the Congress fears him, and his demands to get something done go unheeded by even those in his own party) and his seeming false bravado when it comes to a nuclear-armed Iran -- has begun to prove out the notion that our current president is most likely temperamentally unsuited to handle the rigors of the presidency.
Proof of such a thesis lies all around us. Jay Cost, writing in today's Real Clear Politics, says that he thinks Obama is having a problem with small 'r' republicanism. In other words, the President doesn't seem to get that the republic which he helps to govern derives its powers from the governed; which means he shouldn't believe himself the be-all, end-all royal personage his demeanor seems to suggest he really thinks he is.
… Polls indicate independents are deserting Mr. Obama in droves, and his uncertain and sometimes-confusing handling of the matter of additional troops for Afghanistan and what to do about an Iranian leadership that seems hell bent on acquiring nuclear weapons -- which they'll certainly use at some point in the future -- point out the truth that Obama's affected brainy exterior is just hiding a man who's great at running for office but hasn't a clue when it comes to what to do with the office once he attains it.
Instead, we're forced to watch a U.S. president stand before the United Nations and tell that … body … that we're done as a force on the world stage and that he, as de facto leader of the free world, would be uncomfortable in continuing to handle the reins of world leadership. The Grand Apology Tour continues unabated, it seems.
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There is 12% of our society that will NEVER admit this.
12% that is 100% behind him, no matter what. I live outside Detroit and it’s been that way here since the early 70s, when Coleman Young was elected mayor of that once-great city and proceeded to run it into the ground.
Rush said Alan Greenspan forcasts a slow down in the economy next year.... slow down from this??
Yes. he fell right out of an jackass’ rear end.
I don’t know about whether he’s fallen to work, but he doesn’t look quite as wierd as David Bowie used to look. I said “quite.”
There’s 54% of this country that said he’s good enough for them, and they got pie.
No, no, no...he and Joe Biden say that the stimulus is going great. We’d have been better off if they’d just taken that 787 billion and cut each of us a check than the nonsense they’re inflicting on us.
where nobody in the Congress fears him, and his demands to get something done go unheeded by even those in his own party
You know those Iranians must be thoroughly frightened by this guy. He not only walks softly, he carries no stick. Wow, we have a two front war and we elected Erkle - remind me, why did we do this to ourselves??
Sure. We call that a Depression.
If his over exposure continues - folks will be 'shovel ready' to cover him over in that crater to shut him up.
His failure to get the Olympics to ChiTown will be the end of Obama. That and the coming crisis/war will show the world he is not the stuff of a president. He will be pulled from power by the very people who put him in place. He has no one to blame but himself.
"How can you be so sure?" asked my colleague.
"Because," said I, "a sense of responsibility is necessary to have a nervous breakdown."
It looks like they’re going to pass Cap N Trade while everyone is focused on healthcare. Its the Rules for Radicals again, overwhelm the system.
I saw the title and my first thought was Lucifer cast out of Heaven.
Has Barack Obama Fallen to Earth?
No, he came up from hell!
Yup. Things are probably going to get worse. Obama and the Dems want it to get worse so they can grab more power.
better keep calling and faxing about Obama DeathCare.
www.faxzero.com or www.gotfreefax.com allows you to send two FREE faxes per day from each service.
Type up a quick note, save it then copy and paste each day.
Go to google and type the name of your Rep and senators. Write down ALL the voice and fax numbers in DC and in-state. Use them. Rotate you faxes every day.
He hasn’t come up from the bowels of hell yet.
Because there were too many idiots last year who voted for "O" without doing their research first.
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