: "NEWSWEEK
COVER"!! This was
sent to me ,I'm passing it on.
"NEWSWEEK COVER"!!
An interesting read particularly when you
consider the
magazine's usual perspective. The best
article written about the
dismal reign of the president. It illustrates
the finest example of
the "Peter principle" of
management ever seen.
He is finally getting the attention he so deserves and earned...
He is finally getting the attention he so deserves and earned...
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AMAZING!!! The Cover of
Liberal Newsweek Magazine!!!
Finally, Matt Patterson and Newsweek speak out about Obama.
This is timely
and tough. As many of you know, Newsweek has
a reputation for
being extremely liberal. The fact that their editor
saw fit to print
the following article about Obama and the one that
appears in the
latest Newsweek, makes this a truly amazing event,
and a news story
in and of itself. At last, the truth about our
President
and his agenda
are starting to trickle through the protective wall built
around him by
the liberal media....
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By Matt Patterson (Newsweek Columnist Opinion Writer)
Years from now, historians may regard the 2008 election of Barack Obama as an inscrutable and disturbing phenomenon, the result of a baffling breed of mass hysteria akin perhaps to the witch craze of the Middle Ages. How, they will wonder, did a man
By Matt Patterson (Newsweek Columnist Opinion Writer)
Years from now, historians may regard the 2008 election of Barack Obama as an inscrutable and disturbing phenomenon, the result of a baffling breed of mass hysteria akin perhaps to the witch craze of the Middle Ages. How, they will wonder, did a man
so devoid of
professional accomplishment beguile so many into thinking
he could manage the world's largest economy, direct the
world's most powerful military, execute the world's most consequential job?
Imagine a future historian examining Obama's pre-presidential
life:
ushered into and
through the Ivy League, despite unremarkable grades and
test scores along the way; a cushy non-job as a "community
organizer;" a brief career as a state legislator devoid of
legislative achievement (and in fact nearly devoid of his
attention, less often did he vote "present"); and finally an
unaccomplished single term in the United States Senate, the
entirety of which was devoted to his presidential ambitions.
He left no academic legacy in academia, authored no signature legislation as a legislator. And then there is the matter of his troubling associations: the white-hating, America-loathing preacher who for decades served as Obama's "spiritual mentor;" a real-life, actual terrorist who served as Obama's colleague and political sponsor. It is easy to imagine a future historian looking at it all and asking: how on Earth was such a man elected president?
Not content to wait for history, the incomparable Norman Podhoretz addressed the question recently in the Wall Street Journal:
To
be sure, no white candidate who had close associations with
an outspoken hater of America like Jeremiah Wright
and an unrepentant terrorist like Bill Ayers, would have lasted a
single day. But because
Mr. Obama was black, and
therefore entitled in the eyes of liberal Dom to
have hung out with protesters against various American injustices, even if they were 'a bit' extreme,
he was given a pass.
Let that
sink in: Obama was given a pass - held to a lower standard - because
of the color of his skin.
Podhoretz continues: And in any case, what did such ancient history matter when he was also so articulate and elegant and (as he himself had said) "non-threatening," all of which gave him a fighting chance to become the first black president and thereby to lay the curse of racism to rest?
Podhoretz continues: And in any case, what did such ancient history matter when he was also so articulate and elegant and (as he himself had said) "non-threatening," all of which gave him a fighting chance to become the first black president and thereby to lay the curse of racism to rest?
Podhoretz puts his finger, I think, on the animating pulse of the Obama phenomenon - affirmative action. Not in the legal sense, of course. But certainly in the motivating sentiment behind all affirmative action laws and regulations, which are designed primarily to make white people, and especially white liberals, feel good about themselves.
Unfortunately, minorities often suffer so that whites can pat themselves on the back. Liberals routinely admit minorities to schools for which they are not qualified, yet take no responsibility for the inevitable poor performance and high drop-out rates which follow. Liberals don't care if these minority students fail; liberals aren't around to witness the emotional devastation and deflated self-esteem resulting from the racist policy that is affirmative action. Yes, racist.
Holding someone to a separate standard merely because of the
color of his skin - that's affirmative action in a nutshell, and if
that isn't racism, then nothing is.
And that is what America did to Obama. True, Obama
And that is what America did to Obama. True, Obama
himself was never troubled by his lack of achievements,
but
why would he be? As many have noted, Obama was told he
was good enough for Columbia despite
undistinguished
grades at Occidental; he was told he
was good enough
for the US Senate despite a mediocre
record in
Illinois ; he was told he was good enough to be
president
despite no record at all in the Senate.
All his life,
every step of the way, Obama was told he was good
enough for the next step, in spite of ample evidence to the
contrary.
What could this breed if not the sort of empty narcissism on display every time Obama speaks? In 2008, many who agreed that he lacked executive qualifications nonetheless raved about Obama's oratory skills, intellect, and cool character. Those people conservatives included - ought now to be deeply embarrassed.
The man thinks and speaks in the hoariest of cliches, and that's when he has his Teleprompters in front of him; when the prompter is absent he can barely think or speak at all. Not one original idea has ever issued from his mouth - it's all warmed-over Marxism of the kind that has failed over and over again for 100 years. (An example is his 2012 campaign speeches which are almost word for word his 2008 speeches). And what about his character? Obama is constantly blaming anything and everything else for his troubles.
What could this breed if not the sort of empty narcissism on display every time Obama speaks? In 2008, many who agreed that he lacked executive qualifications nonetheless raved about Obama's oratory skills, intellect, and cool character. Those people conservatives included - ought now to be deeply embarrassed.
The man thinks and speaks in the hoariest of cliches, and that's when he has his Teleprompters in front of him; when the prompter is absent he can barely think or speak at all. Not one original idea has ever issued from his mouth - it's all warmed-over Marxism of the kind that has failed over and over again for 100 years. (An example is his 2012 campaign speeches which are almost word for word his 2008 speeches). And what about his character? Obama is constantly blaming anything and everything else for his troubles.
Bush did it; it was bad luck;
I inherited this mess.
Remember,
he wanted the job, campaigned for the task.
It is embarrassing to see a
president so willing to
advertise his
own powerlessness, so comfortable
with his own
incompetence. (The other day he actually
came out and
said no one could have done anything to
get our economy
and country back on track). But really,
what were we to
expect? The man has never been
responsible for
anything, so how do we expect him to
act
responsibly?
In short: our president is a small-minded man, with
In short: our president is a small-minded man, with
neither the
temperament nor the intellect to handle
his
job. When you understand that, and only
when
you understand
that, will the current erosion of liberty
and prosperity
make sense. It could not have gone
otherwise with
such an impostor in the Oval Office.
