Thoughts on Obama From Bama

Week 151: “Captain Barack, Edward Smith, Obama”

Now away in the near future
Southeast of disorder
You can shake the hand of the mango man
As he greats you at the border

Haul the sheet in as we ride on the wind
That our forefathers harnessed before us
Hear the bells ring as the tight rigging sings
It's a son of a gun of a chorus

Where it all ends I can't fathom my friends
If I knew I might toss out my anchor
So I cruise along always searchin' for songs
Not a lawyer a thief or a banker

But a son of a son, son of a son
Son of a son of a sailor
Son of a gun, load the last ton
One step ahead of the jailer

I'm just a son of a son, son of a son
Son of a son of a sailor
The sea's in my veins, my tradition remains
I'm just glad I don't live in a trailer Son of a Son of a Sailor, Jimmy Buffett

During our Campaigner-in-Chief’s most recent media propaganda fest on CBS’s 60 Minutes with left wing extremist head case Steve Croft, who really should make a little effort to hide his man crush on the President, Mr. Obama used a nautical analogy to describe his ship wreck of a presidency. Captain Obama said the following:

• You know, sometimes when I'm talkin' to my team, I describe us as, you know, I'm the captain and they're the crew on a ship, goin' through really bad storms. And no matter how well we're steerin' the ship, if the boat's rockin' back and forth and people are gettin' sick and, you know, they're bein' buffeted by the winds and the rain and you know, at a certain point if you're askin', 'Are you enjoying the ride right now?' Folks are gonna say, 'No.' And are they gonna say, 'Do you think the captain's doing a good job?' People are gonna say, 'You know what? A good captain would have had us in some smooth waters and sunny skies, at this point.' And I don't control the weather. What I can control are the policies we're putting in place to make a difference in people's lives.

We agree with the nautical analogy but would suggest a comparison with the Titanic and its arrogant and reckless Captain, Edward Smith, by far more accurately describes this Administration’s failed first and hopefully only term of office. Truth be told the Titanic is the perfect metaphor to describe the entire Obama presidency.

All of the following are sure enough applicable:

• Arrogant disregard of reality
• Gross/criminal negligence
• Unbelievable incompetence
• Blame others (the iceberg)
• Sunk and still sinking – the economy
• Lost at sea – VP Biden
• Man the life boats – Obama’s foreign policy
• SOS – our country’s desperate call for help
• Full speed ahead – the President’s Marxist/Socialist agenda

True to form Croft didn’t challenge the President’s ridiculous analogy including his blaming the weather for the turbulent voyage. Consistent with previous interviews Croft just let our Great Orator of Empty Rhetoric–in-Chief dribble on with his lies, race baiting, class warfare, and wealth redistribution diatribes.

In our relentless pursuit to educate and inform our fellow citizens we retained the public watchdog group Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire (LLPF) to rank the truthfulness and veracity of the President’s remarks. On a scale of 1- the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth to 10 – lying like a cheap rug, the president scored a 52.

Following are a few examples of his most outrageous comments and the LLPF rating:

• Kroft: But they're not happy with the way you're doing your job. You've got 75 percent of the people in the country think it's headed in the wrong direction. Seventy-five percent. And 54 percent don't think that you deserve to be re-elected. I mean, those are not good numbers with 11 months to go before the election.
• Obama: Well, look. We've gone through an incredibly difficult time in this country. And I would be surprised if the American people felt satisfied right now. They shouldn't feel satisfied. We've got a lot more work to do in order to get this country and the economy moving in a way that benefits everybody, as opposed to just a few. LLPF-5. FIRST CLASS WARFARE SALVO
• Obama - This is a make or break moment for the middle class and for all those who are fighting to get into the middle class. Because what's at stake is whether this will be a country where working people can earn enough to raise a family, build a modest savings, own a home, secure their retirement Their philosophy is simple: we are better off when everyone is left to fend for themselves and play by their own rules. I am here to say they are wrong. LLPF- 43.
• Kroft: I mean, you were really talking about income inequality, which suggests redistribution of wealth. There are gonna be people who say, 'This is the socialist Obama and he's come out of the closet.'
• Obama: Look, the-- everybody's at-- concerned about inequality. LLPF-57. Those folks in there, who were listenin' to the speech, those are teachers and small business people, and probably some small town bankers, who are in there thinking to themselves, 'How is it that I, we're workin' so hard,' and meanwhile, they know that corporate profits are at a record level, that a lot of folks are doin' very well. What's happened to the bargain? What's happened to the American deal that says, you know, we are focused on building a strong middle class? PURE D SOCIALIST DOCTRINE
• Kroft: Look, we're getting close to the start of the presidential campaign. Does this mean no more governing for the next year until next November? I don't mean just for you, I mean, for Congress. Do you have any hope that anything is gonna get accomplished between now and the next election?
• Obama: If I have anything to do about it, absolutely. LLPF-73. We're gonna keep on pushing to get things done. I want to work with Congress. LLPF-95. I want to work with both parties in Congress. LLPF- 107. I think that we can still make progress on a balanced approach to deficit reduction. LLPF- 78
• Kroft: Since the midterm elections, you made an effort at bipartisanship. LLPF- 54. It hasn't worked out that way. And it seems to me, it appears, watching you the last month or so, that you're-- stopped reaching out to Republicans. That you're being-- that you're going on the offensive.
• Obama: I think that when I came into office in 2008, it was my firm belief that at such an important moment in our history, there was no reason why Democrats and Republicans couldn't put some of the old ideological baggage aside and focus on common sense, what works, practical solutions to the tough problems we were facing. And I think the Republicans made a different calculation, which was, 'You know what? We really screwed up the economy. Obama seems popular. Our best bet is to stand on the sidelines, 'cause we think the economy's gonna get worse, and at some point, just blame him.' And so we haven't gotten the kind of engagement from them that I would have liked. LLPF-32
• Kroft: They don't like you much better. It's only seven percent approval rating.
• Obama: Yeah, no, I understand. But I think that they like the ideas that we put forward. I mean, the interesting thing is the majority of Republicans actually think we should have a balanced approach to deficit reduction, including tax increases for the wealthy. The majority of Republicans do think that we should make investments in roads and bridges and improving our airports and investing in basic research and medical research. LLPF-79
• Kroft: There's a general perception that the stimulus was not enough. That it really didn't work
• Obama: Let me stop you there, Steve. First of all, there's not a general perception that the stimulus didn't work. You've got John McCain's former economist and a whole series of prominent economists, who say that it created or saved three million jobs and prevented us from goin' into a Great Depression. That works. So that's not true. LLPF- OFF THE CHARTS
• Kroft: Why do you think you deserve to be re-elected? What have you accomplished?
• Obama: Not only saving this country from a Great Depression. Not only saving the auto industry. But putting in place a system in which we're gonna start lowering health care costs and you're never gonna go bankrupt because you get sick or somebody in your family gets sick. Makin' sure that we have reformed the financial system, so we never again have taxpayer-funded bailouts and the system is more stable and secure. LLPF-48. PRESIDENT SMITH IS CRAZIER THAN A RUNT OVER DOG
• Kroft: You're being judged now on your performance.
• Obama: No, no, no. I'm being judged against the ideal. And, you know, Joe Biden has a good expression. He says-- "Don't judge me against the Almighty, judge me against the alternative." THE ANOINTED ONE SURE ENOUGH HAS A BONA FIDE GOD COMPLEX

Sticking with the nautical theme Captain Obama has been busier than a one legged man at an ass kicking contest bailing water trying to keep his presidency afloat. Hopefully like Captain Smith before him President Obama’s Administration is sailing into an electoral shipwreck of Titanic proportions.

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

Ron W. Garikes

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