Posted on 01/10/2010 10:27:15 AM PST by IbJensen
Yesterday, Barack Obama was called to task by the Washington Post for his lack of availability to answer questions following the Christmas Day terrorist attack of Northwest Flight 253.
While the president has read from a number of prepared statements regarding the incident over the past two weeks, he hasn't bothered to hold a forum in which the media could pose direct questions about it to him.
The Post is rightfully dismayed and calls his cowardice towards the matter, "unfortunate". It is unfortunate and unfortunately, this isn't the first time the president has acted like he was on the set of a Southwest Airlines commercial.
In September, while tens of thousands marched on the streets of Washington D.C. to demonstrate their opposition towards the president's domestic agenda, Obama hopped on a plane and escaped from the nation's capital. Apparently, it was more important to deliver a speech at a health-care rally in front of a mere 15,000 adoring supporters in the friendlier confines of Minneapolis's Target Center than it was to attempt to win the support of some of his naysayers.
Nearly two months later, just days following Nidal Malik Hasan's terrorist attack on Fort Hood, Obama hit the tarmac--fresh off an embarrassing display of insensitivity concerning the issue--for a little "much-needed" R&R at Camp David, while his predecessor quietly went to the grief-stricken army base to console the victims.
And most recently, in the aftermath of the aforementioned Northwest Flight 253, Obama displayed immediate interest in the well-being of a friend's child involved in a beach accident, but made the entire nation, which was searching for some leadership from its commander-in-chief, wait 72 hours before he reluctantly interrupted his vacation to deliver a statement.
The problem is, more often than not Obama is the guy who wants to get away when he has to deal with the difficult tasks that come with the territory of being President of the United States. It is further unfortunate that a media organization like the Post is just now realizing it.
There would be laughs abound if the president was instead the guy from the commercial who stupidly threw the video game controller at the television, but there's nothing funny about watching Obama's performance thus far which has been unbecoming of the president of the most powerful nation in the world. Now its citizens want to get away, but instead of catching a flight, we'll cast a ballot.
I think that a more accurate characterization would be "hundreds of thousands", if not "in excess of a million".
How can one man “deserve” so much Vacation Time? It seems like every other week he’s off on some vacation or another.
Surely the use of Air Force One and the Secret Service for personal vacation purposes is a “Taxable Benefit” — I wonder if he is paying tax on that. If he isn’t, perhaps he should.
I'd like him to go away too. 2012 can't come soon enough.
Full time jobs are an alien concept to the Left.
It must be incredibly tough on him, having a real job for a whole year straight. I mean, can any of us imagine what that would be like?
He just HAD a vacation. And that was after spending almost the entire month of December throwing parties in the White House, to a total of more than 50,000 guests.
Well, I suppose that must have been pretty tiring. But it was hardly in the service of our country. (I would have said “his country,” but I don’t believe it is.)
Im gonna let you finish but Obama is the least qualified president of all time
That could be taken a couple of ways
Anything that deviates from his desire to implement his Marxist Policies on the American People is not worth much of his time..
Republicans would be smart to contrast the amount of direct access he has given the media regarding Govt Health Care Socialist takeover with the amount of time he has given on the number 1 job of any President and that is keeping Americans safe from terror attacks....
Obviously Obama would have delayed his vacation to Hawaii to get a deal on Healthcare but wouldn’t cut it short to deal with a terror attack..
Very telling indeed.
Anything that deviates from his desire to implement his Marxist Policies on the American People is not worth much of his time..
Republicans would be smart to contrast the amount of direct access he has given the media regarding Govt Health Care Socialist takeover with the amount of time he has given on the number 1 job of any President and that is keeping Americans safe from terror attacks....
Obviously Obama would have delayed his vacation to Hawaii to get a deal on Healthcare but wouldn’t cut it short to deal with a terror attack..
Very telling indeed.
Oh I want to get away
I wanna fly away
Yeah yeah yeah
Oh I want to get away
I wanna fly away
Yeah yeah yeah
I love this man he tells it like it is..I just hope he stays safe..
http://radiopatriot.wordpress.com/2010/01/09/so-what-do-you-think/
no doubt in my mind.... makes you wonder what kind of arrogance the guy has to think he is qualified.
It’s hard to miss President Bush.
His lack of leadership on any issue other than terrorism is why we have a President Obama.
Perhaps if they expend the barrels of ink and the years of airtime they devoted to bringing down the country when Bush was president to 0bama instead, then perhaps he might make some time to address those peasants.
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