The New York Times is batting a thousand today. A columnist Bill Keller tries to explain to us how awesome Obama is and that’s why he’s so unpopular these days. He begins by telling us how hopeful he was that the ‘partisanship” of the Bush years had ended while he meandered through the crowd at the last inauguration. i had tickets to the Inauguration, too, but I didn’t bother to go because my PTSD acts up when I’m surrounded by thousands of morons – like Keller. Well, keller enumerates the reasons Obama is unpopular; <\/p>\n
The decline in Obama\u2019s political fortunes, the Great Disappointment, can be attributed to four main factors: the intractable legacy bequeathed by George W. Bush; Republican resistance amounting to sabotage; the unrealistic expectations and inevitable disenchantment of some of the president\u2019s supporters; and, to be sure, the man himself. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
“The man himself”. i was curious about that and not so much about the empty bullshit about “unfunded wars” (meaning that Bush didn’t raise taxes and not that the Democrats could pass a budget). Well it seems that Obama is too much of a gentleman, and that’s why he’s losing in the popularity realm;<\/p>\n
Obama can be faulted for periods of passivity (his silence as Republicans have sought to defund financial reforms), for a na\u00efve deference to Congress (his belated engagement in the details of the health care bill), for a deficit of boldness and passion, for not doing more to stiffen the spines of his caucus on Capitol Hill, for not understanding \u2014 at least until his latest barnstorming on the jobs bill \u2014 that governing these days is a permanent campaign. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
When did Obama stop campaigning? Did I miss that day? but, see obama is too nice of a guy to effectively government and, of course, us mean old conservatives took advantage of his naivete. I guess it couldn’t be that he lost popular support because he’s an incompetent boob? And he’d be an incompetent boob no matter what his level of melanin. No it has to be because he’s too nice. that’s why in the opening days of his administration he said he didn’t have to consult with his opponents because “I won”.<\/p>\n
He is one of our more elusive presidents, not deeply rooted in any place or movement. David Remnick\u2019s biography called Obama a shape-shifter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
A shape-shifter, huh? He’s not elusive, he has no principles and he expects everyone to just do as he tells them to do. That’s not a leader.<\/p>\n
keller is another vacuous, paranoid Leftist who is not interested in examining the faults of his ideology. I hope the entire left is listening to him. Since the conservatives can’t present an acceptable candidate this year, we need the Kellers of the world to win the election for us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"