…President Obama is acting like a jackass. When searching for asses to kick, the first target should be his own. When Americans elect a president they don’t want an Ass-Kicker in Chief whose job it is to fix the blame. They want someone who provides leadership during a crisis and will work without complaint to fix the problem. Instead, this president uses each and every crisis as an excuse for whiny bitch-baby partisan politics.
With all due respect, I don’t think it’s in our nation’s best interests for President Obama to be Buddy Hinton to our Cindy Brady. “Baby talk, baby talk!” Enough already!
When Mr. Obama first took office I was certainly skeptical, but I was also willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. By and large, I knew his policies would not be all that popular with me during the course of his term in office. I also knew that if he was true to his rhetoric during the campaign – the post-partisan reform he promised – I might even be somewhat pleased with his presidency.
Now, however, when Mr. Obama says, “Let me be clear,” I know I’m about to hear the least transparent version of the issue possible. I’m exhausted by the continuous campaigning. It never stops. Mr. Obama presents a stark contrast to all of his predecessors in this office who at least pretended to represent all Americans.
When there’s a massive oil spill in the Gulf, for instance, Americans scream for leadership. Blame, ass kicking and the usual partisan politics can come later. Unfortunately, all of the post-crisis hand-wringing is taking precedence over what’s really needed now. The whole thing’s backwards.
In Obama’s case, all that’s needed is at least the illusion of leadership. Better yet, how about real leadership? Why the hell would he waste time kicking people’s asses? Who is he anyway? Buddy Hinton?
His term in office has been surreal. When you call the Supreme Court on the carpet during the State of the Union address, ensuring that the Justices have to sit and take their lumps on national television while a bunch of ass clowns leap to their feet to shove it in the Justices’ faces, it shows a childish lack of integrity. That’s not leadership; that’s mean-spirited Chicago playground politics (“Baby talk, baby talk!”).
That’s what really sends me through the roof with this guy. Despite all the evidence from Mr. Obama’s past – his voting record, his associations, the dozens of books he’s written about himself – I thought that maybe, just maybe, he would elevate the presidency, that it would be truly post-partisan and a new era of good feeling would permeate Washington. Boy was I ever wrong.
Let me be clear. This is not about hating a black man, racism “straight up,” or whatever it is our 21st Century John Lockes believe any opposition to Mr. Obama’s policies reveal about those who don’t agree with his policies. With all due respect, if you believe that opposition equals racism I’d like to make sure you’re at the top of Mr. Obama’s ass-kicking list.
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