Thoughts of Obama From Bama

Weeks 89: The Exaggerated Presidency

“There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying.”
Josh Billings, American Humorist

Rahm Emanuel, the profane hyper partisan ultra liberal Chief of Staff to our 44th President, turned in his resignation this week. The White House hatchet man plans to strong arm; intimidate; extort; bribe; and swindle his way into the epitome of dream jobs for a corrupt Illlinois politician, Mayor of Chicago.

Following the lead of three fellow left wing head cases and senior staffers, Peter Orszag, head of the Office of Management and Budget; Christina Romer, Chairwoman of Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers; and Larry Summers, the Director of the White House National Economic Council; Rahm “The Enforcer” Emanuel is the fourth close advisor to the President to jump ship right smack dab in the middle of the Obama Administrtion’s train wreck of a first term.

During one of our “Great Orator of Empty Rhetoric-In-Chief’s” multiple daily TV appearances this week he made the official announcement of Emanuel’s resignation and a thinly veiled endorsement of his Mayorial candidacy. The President then made several obligatory farewell remarks and turned the microphone over to his departing trusted advisor and political attack dog.

Uncharacteristically the famously caustic, abrasive and imposing Emanuel got extremely emotional and literally cried like a little girl when addressing the press. He went on to thank the President profusely and then made some of the most remarkable, historically incorrect, dishonest, and incredible exaggrerations ever uttered in the White House:

1. He congratulated the President for averting "the second great depression".
2. He then declared our mild mannered; intellectually eliite; academic egg head; policy wonk; pacifist; war protesting flower child of the sixties wannabe; advocate of a bend over, grab his ankles, thank you sir may I have another foreign policy was "the toughest leader any country could ask for, in the toughest times any president has ever faced”.

After we all pick ourselves up off the floor, wipe the tears from our eyes, and stop laughing are collective happy asses off one more look at his second remark is certainly called for:

"…the toughest leader any country could ask for, in the toughest times any president has ever faced”.

For an Administration that has told more lies; created more fantastical crisis; deceived millions on multiple occasions; implemented a stealth and insedious propaganda campaign promoting their Marxist/Socialist agenda; arrogantly disregarded the will of the people the comment "…the toughest leader any country could ask for, in the toughest times any president has ever faced” just might be their most absurd, outrageous and gross exaggeration to date. It’s truly amazing this gang hasn’t all died from exhaustion from patting each other on their own backs.

As for his comment about averting the “next Great Deppresion” nothing more than silly, dillusional, arbitrary hyperbole not really worthy of further comment. However, Emanuel’s statement "…the toughest leader any country could ask for, in the toughest times any president has ever faced” demands a response to protect the honor and integrity of the Office and former Commander-in-Chiefs.

So Rahm and Barack think they have had a tough time. Following are some the challenges they have confronted:

-• Recession brought on by housing bubble and irresponsible lenders. Measures taken by W, TARP, averted the potential of another Depression. Actions by Obama have prolonged and deepened the economic downturn. Most likely intentional to advance their hidden agenda.
• Iraq War – Won by W. True to form Obama/Biden tried to take credit but even their adoring media elite press corps found this claim adsurd.
• Healthcare – Fabricated crisis.
• Energy – Fabricated crisis
• Global Warming – An unproven theory and another fabricated crisis.
• Nuclear Iran – Real threat totally mishandled by the Administration
• Afghanastan – Indecision and set withdrawl date smacks of weakness and lack of resolve.
• Gulf oil spill – Totally inept response and gross incompetence from day one.

• Their three most difficult challenges are probably muzzling VEEP Uncle Joe Biden. Keeping Hillary “Queen of the Order of the Butt Ugly Pants Suit Clan” Clinton safe from enemy sniper fire and also keeping all the tax cheats in his Cabinet and on his staff one step ahead of the jailer

For comparison purposes following is a listing of Presidents who confronted real crisis and truly tough times in stark contrast to the blatant exaggeration; total disrespect; intellectual dishonesty; and arrogance of Emanuel’s remarks:

George Washington

• Governed a fragile new nation deeply in debt from the war; still greatly divided over poltical issues; and a rebellious Congress understandably hostile and mistrustfull of a Central Government.
• Fully aware of the historical significance and establishment of precedents his Presidency was responsible for.
• Maintaining peace while literally surrounded by the likesof the British Empire, French, Spanish, and Native Americans all hell bent on making their claim to the New World.
• Eating with wooden teeth. Corn-on-the –cobb and Chinese take out in particular were a real bitch.

Thomas Jefferson

• Dealt with most of the same issues Washington confronted.
• Defeated the Federalist Party, the strong centrlal government crowd, leading to their ultimate demise and influencing politics in this Country to this day.
• More than doubled the geographic size of our new nation with the Louisana Purchase which was adamantly opposed by the Brits, Spanish and Native Americans.
• Keeping his illegitament children resulting fom multiple liaisons with hisown slave girls a secret.

Andrew Jackson

• A notable crisis during Jackson's period of office was the "Nullification Crisis", or "secession crisis," of 1828 – 1832. South Carolina basically decided to succeed and Jackson was forced to tell them what for if they carried out their threat.
• Jackson’s wife Racheal died right before he took office. He blamed political enemies who had called her a tramp and harlett during the campaign.
• The Jackson Administration ‘removed” tens of thousands of Native Americans west of Mississippi with more than half dying along the way. Came to be known as Trail of Tears.
• An expert shot refraining from dueling during his term of office was quite a challenge

Abe Lincoln

• The man freed milions of slaves, preserved the Union, and led the Yankees to victory in the War for Southern Independence
• Author and orator of some of the most profound and inspirational words ever spoken with unparralleled credabilty, conviction, and respect. The polar opposite of the empty suit morally bankrupt socialist revolutionary currently occupying 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
• His biggist challlenge might have been keepen the Mrs’ from breaking the bank decorating the White House.

FDR

• A misguided domestic Socialist but brilliant war time President that played a large role saving the world from Nazi Facsist tyranical world domination.
• Rallied an apprehensive US populace to arms to lead the world in a global conflict pitting good vs. evil
• Promoted and aggressively advocted American exceptionalism
• Biggest challenge – keeping control of his wheelchair and not running down GOP Congressional members like dogs in the street after getting sideways on a few too many dry martinis

Harry Truman

• Sure enough quite possibly confronted with toughest challenge/ decision of all his predacessors and successors. Certainly in the running for one of the toughest decisions of all time by a world leader. Truman’s decision to drop two atomic bombs on Japan unltimately killing over one million changed the geopolitical military landscape permamently.

Emanuel’s claim Obama faces tougher decisions than Truman and these other esteemed gentlemem insults the integrity of the Office of the Presidency and diminishes the credability of any real accomplishments achieved by this bunch of insecure yahoos as few and far between as they may be.

Finally, each and every President starting with Truman and ending with Papa Bush were all confronted with what most folks with half a brain would consider a tough problem - a little conflict known as the Cold War. Thanks to his mostly courages pervious Commander-in-Chiefs who fought the tough fight; made the tough decision; and stood resolute and tough in the path of great adversity Mr Obama doesn’t have to worry 24/7 about mass mutual destruction with the former USSR

"….the toughest leader any country could ask for, in the toughest times any president has ever faced.”

A statement so emblimatic of this Presidency – disrespectfull, decietful, factualyl challenged, insecure, dishonest, exaggerated, dillusionary. Just more of all that good ole change we all can believe in.

I am, “American by Birth and Southern by the Grace of God”

Ron W. Garikes

Alabama, (5-0) 31 – Florida - 6