WHERE OBAMA STANDS – AT 9:26 A.M. ET: This is one of the best statements about the condition of Barack Obama that I've read. Andrew Malcolm lays it on the line, with nothing held back. It's a must read. From IBD:
President Obama took no media questions after his Monday Pentagon photo op on ISIS.
Smart move.
Because Obama's sad little PR offensive against terrorism these days raises more questions every time he tries to talk coherently. And it's taken and is taking a heavy toll on his already low job approval numbers. In the aftermath of Paris and San Bernardino's lax immigrant-vetting and his minimalist handling of terrorism and ISIS, now the nation's top concern, according to polls.
Obama is on a terrorism talking tear right now because he's about to disappear into the Hawaii sunshine for another half-month of vacation. Yes, Obama's get-away trips are very expensive by the standards of normal Americans. His weekend golf trips alone this year cost taxpayers almost $2 million, or $20,000 per hole.
But Obama looks tired. Or bored. Watch his body language and face in the C-SPAN video below. He's clearly mailing it in. Notice how in his recited remarks, written before the meeting they purport to describe, Obama says "with a great sense of urgency" with the least sense of urgency imaginable.
Or around the 3:10 mark how he zips through what was supposed to be an emphatic presidential threat, just to get it over with: "Their leaders cannot hide andournextmessagetothemissimple Youarenext."
No wonder America's enemies don't take this president seriously. They see energy, vigor and commitment in his yada-yada global-warming remarks. And then this blah-blah-blah on a real national security issue. And the country's top military brass become human props, forced to stand there mute as uniformed gravitas.
Worse, Obama's still got another photo op to act out during a visit to the Counter-Terrorism center this week. He's trying to calm us down because Americans see right through his ISIS is "contained," "we are on the offensive" "we're going after terrorists everywhere" malarkey.
Obama has always counted on swell rhetoric to mask his shallowness. But now he's reaping the rewards of a public trust seriously corroded by his serial lies on so many issues -- thousands of new jobs just around the corner, ObamaCare, Benghazi, Fast and Furious, IRS, VA reforms, Guantanamo terrorist recidivists, decimated al Qaida.
The untruths are legion, part of the political burden that Hillary Clinton, his partner in blame, must answer for next year.
COMMENT: That certainly says it. Obama is a greater disaster than even Jimmy Carter, who at least was shoved out of office after one term. Now Obama is going for a third term, with the character of the president to be played by that great actress, Hillary Clinton.
December 15, 2015 |