Thursday, May 16, 2013

Barack Obama Portrays the President on TV

Is it remotely possible that MSNBC host Chris Matthews read my blog entry from last September 20, 2012?  My ego would like to say yes, but it's much more likely that he and I have come to virtual identical conclusions on our own.

I'll still take it as a compliment that Mr Matthews has echoed my observation that President Obama really doesn't like doing the job of President.  He loves the pomp, the speeches, the crowds, just not the work.  Here's what Chris Matthews had to say yesterday:


"What part of the presidency does Obama like? He doesn't like dealing with other politicians -- that means his own cabinet, that means members of the congress, either party. He doesn't particularly like the press.... He likes to write the speeches, likes to rewrite what Favreau and the others wrote for the first draft."
"So what part does he like? He likes going on the road, campaigning, visiting businesses like he does every couple days somewhere in Ohio or somewhere."
"But what part does he like? He doesn't like lobbying for the bills he cares about. He doesn't like selling to the press. He doesn't like giving orders or giving somebody the power to give orders. He doesn't seem to like being an executive.



Last September I wrote:
President Obama loves to campaign and loves to play President, but is both unwilling and unsuited to actually do the work of the job. He is the first President in 20 years to not meet a single Head of State during his visit to the United Nations. He instead appeared on “The View.”
His avoidance of his National Security Briefings (he attends only 30% of the briefings) and his failure to hold a single meeting of his own Jobs Council in over 6 months are just two of dozens of examples of his avoiding the actual work of being President. He doesn’t love the work, he loves the role.
This is also why he avoids the work of actually compromising with Congress. By delegating his normal role to Pelosi and Reid, he abdicated the normal responsibilities of the executive branch.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Between the bulk of the press loving Obama and covering for him, and the right over-vilifying ad nauseum. Our majority of uninformed voters just keep facebooking, tweeting and watching the DVR, not caring about the cesspool we have voted.