"Obama: Alone Again, And Loving It

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By Donald Sensing
MoDo piled onPresident Obama last week again by noting his long-recorded preference for solitude.
But what started as an affectation has turned into an affliction" as Obama intentionally becomes more and more withdrawn and more isolated not merely from the whole country, not simply from the Republican opposition, but from members of his own party.
"His circle keeps getting more inner," says MoDo. Indeed.

Various commentators and bloggers are wondering whether the president's compulsion for golf is evidence of mental instability, perhaps of psychological inability to cope with the intense demands of the office. And this is not just a rightist view. Even on-the-left Ezra Klein wrote the same thing, though more obliquely,
As Ezra Klein wrote in Vox: “If Obama’s speeches aren’t as dramatic as they used to be, this is why: the White House believes a presidential speech on a politically charged topic is as likely to make things worse as to make things better.”
Which is to say, the president does not know what to do to make a given situation (Ukraine, Gaza, Iraq, Libya, the southern border, Obamacare, etc. ad infinitum) better, cannot assess in advance whether anything he does will make any difference for better or worse, and therefore decides not to decide. Fore!"...

I don't think he has the stomach for the job. I think he was excited to become president so he could end two wars and bring the world together with his words. When he started to realize the world is an ugly place and it will never be a liberal socialist utopia, he got depressed and withdrawn. It also had to be a shocker when his rock star image quickly faded around the world.

Yep, it turned out to be a bigger job than he thought and with more demands. People right now are piling on the man for not having a strategy in Syria for ISIS, but I would prefer he think the problem out and meet with other nations about what to do. Not to mention, we also have a Russian invasion of Ukraine at the same time. I can see how it would be tempting to retreat to the golf course.

It has nothing to do with not having the 'stomach' for the job. It is a direct reflection of why people like myself would not vote for him. Prior to his election in '08 anyone who was paying attention noticed that Obama

-never served in the military
-never ran a business
-was never a governor
-was never a mayor
-really never assumed the role of a leader in any relevant capacity.

What we are seeing is a President who is clearly in over his head and the responsibilities of the office are beyond his ability. This is what happens when you elect an unqualified community organizer to the most important office on the planet. Truly an empty suit a this point. Syria, Ukraine, border problems, health care, economy, etc etc. Without question the worst President of my lifetime.

OmniScience wrote: It has nothing to do with not having the 'stomach' for the job. It is a direct reflection of why people like myself would not vote for him. Prior to his election in '08 anyone who was paying attention noticed that Obama

-never served in the military
-never ran a business
-was never a governor
-was never a mayor
-really never assumed the role of a leader in any relevant capacity.

What we are seeing is a President who is clearly in over his head and the responsibilities of the office are beyond his ability. This is what happens when you elect an unqualified community organizer to the most important office on the planet. Truly an empty suit a this point. Syria, Ukraine, border problems, health care, economy, etc etc. Without question the worst President of my lifetime.

Well you're right now that I think about it more... of course we all knew his complete lack of executive experience was going to be a problem and it has been proven true. The other issue Obama has is his obvious desire to be loved by as many people as possible. The only people left are the hard core base of special interest groups which he has to continue throwing bones to at the expense of decisive leadership. That's got to be tough for him considering he started as a world wide rock star (based on words alone) and was given the Noble Peace Prize (again based on words). Now we are seeing that his words were about as accurate as Carl Rove's election predictions, so all he has left is action that would please whoever is left.

All he has left are empty words, for Labor Day, he gave a speech about minimum wage that was dead on arrival. His immigration amnesty ideas are so unpopular that other Dems are forcing him to shelve any executive orders until after the election. The press continues to insist American latinos want a new amnesty but why doesn't Obama win their support with executive orders?