However, and I think this is important, he is the current President of the United States and the putative leader of the free world. That fact can not be changed - at least not easily and probably not until 2012. Therefore our best alternative, given that we are all in this together, is to use our efforts to help him help us. I have concluded that the best way to accomplish this task is to demonstrate to him & others (especially the main stream media) that "the Emperor as no clothes". It is my opinion that so long as the pandering press, mind numbed extreme left and tentative right behave as if Obama is the Anointed One, above criticism; he will never face the fact that he is not currently up to the task at hand.
Fortunately, his continued mishandling of the situation in the Gulf and the awful Oval Office Address has caused many of those that had been blind supporters to open their eyes and consider the possibility that maybe, just maybe, he isn't the smartest guy in the world; in fact, it seems that he might not even be competent enough to capably handle the basic requirements of the Office. We need to assist him in his "on the job training" - this is actually our fault; we elected this guy. It appears that we are no better than the Democrat voters in the South Carolina Senate Primary.
Today an interesting detailed analysis of the Address appears in Common Dreams written by David Michael Green a political science professor at Hofstra University in New York entitled "President Obama Doesn't Strike Again".
Professor Green takes no prisoners in his scathing parsing of the speech which he calls "absolutely pathetic". He concluded with a summary that nails the concerns that are dominating those of us that are fearful that Obama is incompetently leading this country to ruin:
"So this is what it has come to now, huh? A Democratic president, with all the power of the presidency at his disposal, refusing to act, refusing to be bold, refusing to lead, and now praying for the courage that he lacks, and calling on us to pray to some unseen fantasy in the sky for a solution to turn off this oily catastrophe in the Gulf? (Why the deity turned it on in the first place is, of course, not discussed.)
If I had to draw a portrait of the absolute depth of presidential impotence, that would be it. Hammered by adversaries, never punching back, afraid to seek real solutions to major problems, slow to even speak, and reliant upon the lamest of historical analogies to make a case before a tuned-out nation. And now, for the coup de grĂ¢ce, kneeling on the train tracks, asking for Zeus or Ba'al or Jesus or some other mythical dude in the clouds to come rescue us from our drought or pestilence or famine.
Christ, if we're down now to begging our deities for solutions to our problems, what's the point of having a president anyhow?
We can be stupid and frightened pagans on our own.
We're actually quite good at it."
A tidal wave of understanding is gaining momentum thanks to the continued arrogant ineptitude of Obama. Better late than never - it has cost us dearly in the past year and a half. The stimulus bill that will be a burden on taxpayers for generations, the health care bill that will benefit health insurance companies at our expense, the near nationalization of the auto industry, the ineffective actions towards Wall Street that have changed nothing, the continuation of high unemployment with all the consequences that flow through our society, the maintenance of a failed foreign policy in Central Asia, and the systematic transfer of power to Unions such as the SEIU have all been achieved by this Administration in that short period of time.
Imagine the destruction and havoc that would result if the Oil Spill hadn't come along to show us that Obama is actually incompetent - that event seems to have rallied both the Left & the Right as well as awakened responsible journalists to their ultimate responsibilities.
Imagine the destruction and havoc that would result if the Oil Spill hadn't come along to show us that Obama is actually incompetent - that event seems to have rallied both the Left & the Right as well as awakened responsible journalists to their ultimate responsibilities.
It's almost half time for the Obama Presidency and if we are fortunate the mindless cheer leading by the Left & the journalistic profession will not continue. There is still time for America to prevail - we just need to get our leader on track.
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