I disapprove of many of the things Barack Obama has done since he has been in office, and even more of several things he’s failed to do, but DAMN!, the man has style.
But, it's a dry crazy...
I was thinking about this the other day while reading about the Navy Seals rescuing the two hostages – an American woman and a Danish man – in Somalia the other day. They’d been kidnapped by Somali “pirates” (who can’t be called pirates any more since they got kicked off the ocean, basically, in another one of Obama’s understated military actions).
Of course, it was the Navy Seals who actually carried out this American Entebbe. One can’t expect the president to actually parachute into hostile territory in the middle of the night in a real life version of Call of Duty, and Barry’s not the type to strut across an aircraft carrier wearing a codpiece below a huge banner saying “Mission Accomplished,” but he made the call, after months of quiet, behind the scenes negotiations had failed.
I was reminded of the slogan of Theodore Roosevelt: speak softly and carry a big stick.
I was reminded of that again in the incident with Jan Brewer, Arizona’s governor. They had a little chat yesterday at Phoenix airport. Nobody was close enough to hear the actual conversation, and only Brewer is talking about it. It’s the finger wagging picture that’s got everybody talking.
Brewer wrote in her absurdly titled book, “Scorpions for Breakfast” that Obama, during a meeting at the White House, was condescending. That he’d lectured her like a schoolgirl. Well, what did she expect? He’s the president. She’s a governor. He’s younger, smarter, more eloquent and better looking than she is. It would be condescending if he weren’t condescending.
Obama told her (according to her) that he wasn’t happy with her characterization of the meeting. She said he was thin-skinned.
After watching him for over 3 years now, I must say I have never seen anybody with a thicker skin. He takes nonsense like this from a leather faced, bigoted old crone like Brewer and just moves on.
Speaking softly. He’ll bring down the big stick in November.
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