Remember the movie, “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids?”
We are now witnessing “America: I Shrunk the Presidency,”
brought to us by the President of the United States.
It began when he went on his world apology tour, admitting
to America’s misunderstandings, mistakes and miscommunications. He never
actually used the word “apology,” but he conveyed the message.
He also bowed to foreign potentates, an act previous
presidents did not do.
Let’s skip to the present.
The President’s Campaign has spent half a billion dollars
trashing Governor Obama the past six months. The decision was made to savage
the Governor rather than campaign on the President’s accomplishments. Ignore
the economy, ignore TARP, ignore the Stimulus Bill. The economy is an albatross
hanging over the President.
The problem is that the President personally, and
incessantly, engaged in the Trash Romney Crusade, often exhibiting a malicious
delight in attacking the Governor. He smirks at his own humor, all the
while diminishing the Presidency.
He's losing the gender gap in the process.
The tradition is that the Vice President and surrogates are the heavy
hitters, taking the low road while the President takes the high road. The
purpose is to maintain the dignity and stature of the Presidency. The lower the
President sinks, the lower the Presidency.
The Presidency has shrunk this past year as the President
has been engaged in full time campaigning and part time presidency. He has not
been executing the responsibilities he was elected to four years ago. He has
not even listened to the daily security briefings, preferring to show up on The
View.
Forget press conferences – do Jay Leno, David Letterman,
John Stewart or Jimmy Kimmel. This campaign tour may help his reelection
campaign but does diminishes the Presidency.
These are some of his campaign themes the past half year:
Abortion
Bain Capital
Bayonets
Bayonets
Big Bird
Forward
Free contraceptives
Liar
Romnesia
Romney’s tax returns
Tax
the 1%
War
on Women
He just hit a new low though. A Rolling Stone Magazine
interview with the President will come out tomorrow, but is currently available
online. Eric Bates, Executive Editor of Rolling Stone, said to the President
near the end of the interview that he had asked his six year old daughter if she
had anything to say to the President. She responded “Tell him, you can do it.”
That’s a nice touching story.
President Obama’s reply was “You know. Children have good
instincts. They look at the other guy and say ‘That’s a bullshiter. I can
tell.”
So why the obscenity when talking about young children? He’s
desperate and sees his reelection headed south – “DDT,” as we called it in high
school – Down Da Tube.
He knows he losing. Even worse, he knows he blew it in the
first debate, and even if he won the next two on points, he realizes he lost
those by not winning. President Obama deep down recognizes he’s losing because
of himself. That is an unacceptable reality for one as narcissistic as
President Obama. He is becoming increasingly sarcastic and snarly. Sarcasm is
an escape mechanism.
The President is also projecting.
The challenger looks like a confident, successful incumbent
president, while the incumbent comes across as a beaten down contender.
We expect leadership from the President, - not a shrinking
president.
Four years of “Hope and Change” have now become Bullshit.
How low can it go?
