Obama has his Thomas Friedman moment:
A beleaguered President Obama has told aides it would be so much easier to be the president of China, The New York Times reports.
There are two ways to read the remark, which is attributed to anonymous aides. One is that Obama resents the burden of global leadership that comes with the American presidency. The other is that he longs for an authoritarian system, where he need tolerate no dissent.
Under either or both interpretations, his confession carries a dose of self-pity that means Obama has hit a wall.
Really? Because I read it as a kind of Amazon wish list for would-be kings — and a goal for the country once the man who has “hit a wall” wins a second term.
Otherwise, why is he running again?
Think about it.
Provocative.
(thanks to Danger Dave)
The problem is that the dissent is from bitter clingers. You can’t explain ANYTHING to them (they’re so dense), yet they have rights and a vote.
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I heard Rush mocking Obama’s “woe is me, why do I have to waste my time explaining myself to impertent, insignificant cretins?” Friday.
Obviously he’s running again because he likes the pomp. Harry and Nan can take care of the circumstance for him.
Mao had the benefit of just killing anyone who disagreed with him. I can see why Obama would admire that.
And I suppose you could make a comparison to Jiang Qing and Michelle Obama.
A RINO I used to work for predicted before the election that Obama might just end up being the bestest president ever! I sort of wish I still worked for him, because beating him up on a weekly basis with Obama’s latest whine would have been sweet.
A beleaguered President Obama has told aides it would be so much easier to be the president of China
Well sure, what with the jailing of dissidents and whatnot. Can this guy be a bigger dirt bag?
Maybe he still will be president of China, once he finishes his assignment here.
Can this guy be a bigger dirt bag?
That’s one of those “How long is a piece of string” questions, isn’t it?
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Sorry to do a hit and run but I have much to do this afternoon.
This book and it’s review may be of interest on this subject.
Let’s see… awesome waffles prepared by a private chef and served, with butter and real maple syrup, in your private office where no one can bother you, or a couple of whole wheat Eggos, burnt on one side, soggy on the other, served with a pat of Benocol margarine and “Lite” maple-flavored corn syrup and eaten from a paper plate in front of your disapproving wife and two school aged daughters who wonder aloud why you never wear the ties that they get you for father’s day?
I’d run for President too.
I wish he was president of China too. In fact, I think I’d prefer Chinese president Hu Jintao to The Dear Leader.
Ditto, but I’d be afraid to suggest a trade, lest the Chinese people regard that as an act of war.
Geez guys, Give the man a break. He’s just playing to his base! After the whole Wisconsin deal, and the Gitmo thing, he’s gotta throw them a bone…
Certainly. Having an actual dictatorship under your thumb would be easier than the process of maiming a representative democracy into a dictatorship.
You useless, contemptible hack. You can’t even do that right.
Also, we hear so often about Obama “hitting walls” that I’m inclined to think that his presidency is to him analogous to playing Snake on a very tiny field while drunk so his reflexes are really terrible.
If Obama keeps hitting the wall, maybe we should give him evergreen’s headgear.
Pres**ent Obama whined about being pres**ent then took off to play 18 holes on Saturday.
Pres**ent Obama already treats the presidency as a part time job and the job is still to tough?
Yet a good percentate of the population still adores Obama.
I really just don’t get it.
*percentate” should be “percentage”
“hitting walls”
Lifestyles in the trash compacter.
Imagining geoffb’s@20 made me laugh indecently hard in my head.
Men want to be him, women want to be with him. What does it matter he’s a do-nothing wastrel who doesn’t care about the country or his job? He’s got power and he looks good.
And waffles. Mm, waffles.
Does Obamao put fruit on his waffles?
It would be lower-calorie and more heart-healthy than the usual butter and maple syrup. (Well, depending–real animal fats do have a comparative higher protective value over [there’s science here har blurr a bluh, Pellegri babbles too much] … BUTTER IS BETTER FOR YOU THAN MARGARINE.)
But has Obamao really bought into his wife’s smart-eating agenda? Does he really feel it? Or is he secretly, inside, like the rest of us, and prone to putting two tablespoons of raspberry jam and half a can of whipped cream on his waffles?
At least I kinda get a serving of fruit and dairy that way.