Et tu, “Game Change” authors! Then fall, Obama mythology?
N.B. #1. “Et tu, Brute. Then fall, Caesar.” – Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar recognizing his friend, Brutus, as one of the forty or so conspirators who were ending his reign over Rome and the Mediterranean world by the pre-Christian method of stabbing him to death.
N.B. #2. The problem with political jokes is that too many of them get elected. – Will Rogers
[I.] In other words: he claims credit for others' ideas, brags when "his" ideas turn out to work and –when he is not unnaturally apathetic (oh..sorry..calm) he is filled to the brim with hubris and ego. [/] Great guy....
[II.] This [attitude toward U.S. Senate], of course, reflects why he tramples the Constitution, congressional rules, traditions, engages in bullying and bribery, loopholes, etc. to push through his policies. Why should he care about other people or institutions (or checks and balances) because that is all so boring. No wonder he just cannot stop giving speeches and making appearances on television, in front of crowds, down Broadway-because that is ... what is fun
My question: why has the media ignored, at least so far, this unflattering portrait of our President? [My emphasis]
From two American Thinker blog entries by Ed Lasky, Game Change on Obama and More on Obama from Game Change , more below:
And Lasky has only gotten to page 30 - js
Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. - 2nd Corinthians 2:14
[I.] Game Change on Obama [/] January 15, 2010 [/] Ed Lasky [/] Within a few pages of the new book:
He could come across as cocky, that was for sure. He knew he was smarter than the average politician and he not only knew it but wanted to make sure everyone else knew it, too. He would interrupt aides at meeting, saying Look (he does this all the time) and be off to the races, reframing the point, extending it and then claim ownership of it. "Whose idea was that?” Was another of his favorites, employed with cheerful boastfulness whenever something he'd previously proposed had come up roses. His calmness and composure would veer into the freakish,., and sometimes concealed gaudy confidence in himself. When asked if he was nervous, Obamareplied "I'm Lebron, baby..I can play at this level. I got some game".
In other words: he claims credit for others' ideas, brags when "his" ideas turn out to work and -when he is not unnaturally apathetic (oh..sorry..calm) he is filled to the brim with hubris and ego. [/] Great guy....
[II.] More on Obama from Game Change [/] January 16, 2010 [/] Ed Lasky
This book by page 30 (where I am at) comes down pretty hard on Obama. Aside from today's post, just a couple of pages later he describes how bored he was with the Senate. [/] Excerpt:The glacial pace, the endless procedural wrangling, the witless posturing and petifoggery, the geriatric cast of characters doddering around the place: all of it drove him nuts. To one friend in Chicago, Obama complained, [/] "It is basically the same as Springfield except the average age in Springfield is forty-two and in Washington it's sixty-two. Other than that, it's the same b%%%s%%%".
After listening to Biden during a committee hearing, Obama passed a note to Gibbs that read "Shoot me now". [/] Time and again after debates on the floor, he would emerge through the chamber's double doors shaking his head, rolling his eyes, using both hands to give the universal symbol for the flapping of gums, sighing wearily, "Yak, yak, yak".
My question: why has the media ignored, at least so far, this unflattering portrait of our President?
This , of course, reflects why he tramples the Constitution, congressional rules, traditions, engages in bullying and bribery, loopholes, etc. to push through his policies. Why should he care about other people or institutions (or checks and balances) because that is all so boring. No wonder he just cannot stop giving speeches and making appearances on television, in front of crowds, down Broadway-because that is ...what's fun? [My ellipses and emphasis]
