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March 11, 2009
Buyer's Remorse Already Setting In
Posted by Dave Blount at March 11, 2009 10:03 AM
Liberals may be starting to realize that when the catastrophic farce of Obama's presidency goes down like the Hindenburg, they're going down with it. Grouses self-described Obama supporter Camille Paglia:
[F]ree the president from his flacks, fixers and goons — his posse of smirky smart alecks and provincial rubes, who were shrewd enough to beat the slow, pompous Clintons in the mano-a-mano primaries but who seem like dazed lost lambs in the brave new world of federal legislation and global statesmanship.
Heads should be rolling at the White House for the embarrassing series of flubs that have overshadowed President Obama's first seven weeks in office and given the scattered, demoralized Republicans a huge boost toward regrouping and resurrection. …
First it was that chaotic pig rut of a stimulus package, which let House Democrats throw a thousand crazy kitchen sinks into what should have been a focused blueprint for economic recovery. Then it was the stunt of unnerving Wall Street by sending out a shrill duo of slick geeks (Timothy Geithner and Peter Orszag) as the administration's weirdly adolescent spokesmen on economics. Who could ever have confidence in that sorry pair?
And then there was the fiasco of the ham-handed White House reception for British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, which was evidently lacking the most basic elements of ceremony and protocol. Don't they read the "Iliad" anymore in the Ivy League? Check that out for the all-important ritual of gift giving, which has cemented alliances around the world for 5,000 years. …
The orchestrated attack on radio host Rush Limbaugh … has made the White House look like an oafish bunch of drunken frat boys. … Has the administration gone mad? This entire fracas was set off by the president himself, who lowered his office by targeting a private citizen by name. … To attack Rush Limbaugh is to attack his audience — and to intensify the loyalty of his fan base. … Only ignoramuses believe that Rush speaks for the Republican Party. On the contrary, Rush as a proponent of heartland conservatism has waged open warfare with the Washington party establishment for years.
Paglia isn't ready to question The Anointed One's divinity; she seems to think the main problem is his staff failing to live up to his greatness. But it will soon be clear to one and all that this greatness is based on absolutely nothing but hype from an increasingly discredited liberal media establishment.
Artistic depiction of Obama presidency.
On tips from SK and Byron.
