After releasing his all important picks for the final four, a sitting President is going on a chat show tonight.
I hesitated to call him tacky after the "give the blind British PM incorrectly formatted DVDs as a gift" moment - but it seemed like the only useful word.
A sitting U.S. President going on a late night chat show in which he will follow a comedy monologue is actually embarrassing to me. It is degrading to all of us and the office he holds. It is tacky.
I believe there is a real pathological narcissism problem with this President that might cause us true harm if he can't get over it. What is he doing going on the Tonight Show with the economy in crisis? Even his "blame me" moments are supremely self involved. He never claims any responsibility. He does get attention and a moment of "look how honest and upfront I am." Which is, of course, not true at all. ( We now know the AIG bonuses had everything to do with Obama's team. He was not up front in the least.)
For a sitting POTUS to go on Leno - and I have no problem with Leno - is just tacky.
W.T.F!?!? Department: The nation is livid. It appears that everyone except Ron Paul is on the take in D.C, hyperinflation is coming 'round the bend, unemployment is rising by the minute, and the Chosen One is going on LENO?
Obama truly is a punk. Is this guy remotely serious about his job? Can you imagine Clinton going on The Tonight Show during the government shut down, or Bush 1 during the the Gulf War? What f@*k*$g planet do he and his wife live on?
It is truly dangerous to install a man who has never earned anything in his life with hard work. He simply does not understand hard work - and very quickly comes to resent it. Corruption and backslapping are the norm in at least 2 of the major influences on BHO: Indonesia and Chicago. Frankly, Hawaii is not exactly known for its Puritan work ethic either.
We all know the type that Obama appears to be. Glad handing phonies. There is one in every office. Obama is a really, really good one - a sort of prom king of the glad handing phonies. Obama, never having had to exert much effort in any one job before someone pushed him along to the next, now finds himself on the top of the ladder - with nothing much to do except:
A. Actually work for once in his life. (not much evidence of this)
B. Delegate like mad, take credit for success, feign responsibility for screw ups while actually blaming others. Delegate more. Campaign because it is fun. Go on TV. Walk away.
C. Distract yourself with the perks of the top rung. Parties, Talk shows. Invite famous people with REAL accomplishments over for dinner. Insult people who you think wronged your daddy.
B and C are fully engaged after 50 days.
Feel free to hold me to this: Those who bought and paid for Obama are losing patience with him even as I type. My hunch is the clock is already ticking on Obama with some very powerful folks. Folks who can ruin presidents. BHO's job - as they see it is two fold:
1. To keep the melt down money flowing in the right direction (up).
2. Keep the people in line and believing he's on their team.
Call me crazy if ya like. Powerful folks neuter politicians regularly. They'll go after BHO if the crowd turns on him. That budget shocked a lot of people. Powerful people. The Treasury Dept ineptitude is shocking more people. Powerful people.
And Obama is not nearly as good as he thinks he is at controlling the meme and/or crowd. In fact, without a teleprompter he's closer to Bush than Kennedy or Clinton. (Clinton was brilliant at it as the Lewinsky saga proved. Also remember the state of the union when the teleprompter broke and he went on without missing a beat? Can you imagine Obi pulling that off? No. Why? Because he is not smart enough. He really isn't. The "Obama is so smart" meme is one of he hardest to defend for the Bots. Obi is not an intellectual in any sense. His only deep thinking has been about himself. Or, rather how to package himself.)
Distraction watch: A.I. G. bonuses getting wall to wall coverage...there is more here than we know. Wall to wall coverage in the current media era is a sign that A. someone is being warned. B. someone is going down. C. A much bigger story is being avoided.
Not a full proof sign - but be suspicious. Angry and suspicious. The bonuses should infuriate us.
Go on - call my loco. But when big business turns on you watch out for scandals falling from above (cable news).
Bet on the wrong pony? Uh oh, perhaps he can't fix it. Large constituencies, notably business, are voicing their scepticism openly. The President's much-vaunted $787 billion stimulus package is being widely interpreted, even by some of those (such as Warren Buffett, America's second-richest man) who openly supported Mr Obama for the presidency, as a serious failure. And we are only just past the first 50 days.
Music: Post 2000 pop from an American,Lebanese, Parisian, Gay adjacent, Freddy Mercury - ish, dee light full singer. I love me some MIKA (please tell no one as I am clearly too old to be dancing around to this music- but i do...) - Also very good singin' in the shower music.
