The video of school kids singing the praises of Barack Hussein Obama was not only indoctrination, but ironic.
"For all your great accomplishments," the kids sang, "we all doth say 'hooray! ' "
Other than getting elected, what accomplishments could they be singing about?
Even Saturday Night Live, not exactly a right-wing production, lampooned the president last week for having accomplished two things: Jack and squat.
None of the president's domestic initiatives have caught fire - in fact, his health care proposal is more unpopular the more he talks about it. And soldiers are dying in Afghanistan while the president seems to be waffling about whether to commit to winning what he called a "war of necessity."
George Stephanopoulos, a former Bill Clinton aide and host of This Week on ABC, noted the White House had tried to intervene in a handful of state political races recently and been ignored.
This is more than a matter of politics, though. It's of grave concern to American prestige and power to see the U.S. president viewed as entirely feckless, weak and irrelevant.
"The world adores him and ignores him," quipped columnist George Will on This Week.
Mr. Will methodically and devastatingly ticked off the ways in which the world has ignored our president besides the now-infamous Olympics rebuke: He asked Israel to stop building settlements, and it said no; he asked Palestinians to engage with Israel and they said no; he asked Saudi Arabia for a gesture toward Israel and it said no; he asked Iran to do this or that and it said no; he asked Honduras to restore its power-grabbing president and it said no; he asked India and China to join the U.S. in reducing greenhouse gases and they said no; he asked NATO to take terror detainees and to send troops to Afghanistan and it said no.
"Saying no to (this) president is a habit," Will said.
Both Will and liberal colleague Cokie Roberts said Sunday the president's ill-fated trip to win the Olympics for Chicago - without any indication beforehand they'd succeed - showed poor judgment.
"What's alarming," Will said, "is whether it indicates a belief on the part of the president, which is that there is no problem that will not melt before the sunshine of his charm."
You needn't just take a conservative's word for it. Editor Marty Peretz of the liberal New Republic magazine wondered, "If Obama could not get Chicago over the finish line in Copenhagen, which was a test only of his charms, how will he persuade Tehran to give up its nuclear weapons capacity? ...
"What I suspect is that the president is probably a clinical narcissist."
What's worse is that Mr. Obama springs from a wing of the Democratic Party that is ashamed of America and its power. Even the New Republic editor writes, "I know that the president believes himself a good man. My nervy query to him is: 'Does he believe America to be a good country?'"
Ultra-liberal editor Katrina vanden Heuvel of The Nation amazingly defended Obama's speak-softly-but-carry-no-stick approach on This Week Sunday, saying, "The world is marching on its own terms. America's no longer a superpower."
If so, that seems to suit some people just fine.
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All those problems mean nothing. Everyone is to carry a little red book in his or her pocket called The Thoughts of Obama. Praise HIM and be done with worrying about how he runs the country. Anyone who questions HIM will be ridiculed on MSNBC nightly and if the person doesn't stop, marched into the stadium. Intellectual discussion of the human faults of HIM are not allowed. The educated will be rounded up at first, those who wear glasses eventually. Socialism has no tolerance for those who don't worship HIM.
After writing this horribly honest editorial about the messiah, the ACES finally gets around to listing his greatest accomplishment. "The world is marching on its own terms. America's no longer a superpower."...without any competition. Can 2012 get here soon enough to prevent any more accomplishments? Will the "independent moderates" wake up soon enough to remove the congress from the control of the enabling Dems in 2010? Stay tuned for the ongoing saga of "The fall of America", brought to you by Marxism on parade.
Hmm, Hmm, Hmm, Barrack Hussein Obama. The "ego" has landed. The "ego" has landed with flawed plans for this country and the arrogance to ignore the wishes of the people. 2012 can't get here fast enough.
I still maintain that anybody who still supports him for any reason other than his skin color belongs in an asylum. Don't even try it, libs - it's impossible to defend this poseur.
Katrina vanden Heuvel's statement "The world is marching on its own terms. America's no longer a superpower" is absolutely correct. This is not something that Barack Obama accomplished in 9 months. The neoconservative Project for a New American Century (PNAC) was formulated in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union in the late 1980s. PNAC proposed that United States should seize the "unipolar moment" when it was left as the world's only superpower & use its military might to make United States' political & economic model dominant throughout the world THROUGH THE USE OF MILITARY FORCE. After 9/11 the Bush Doctrine was devised which stated that the U.S. President could order military force against any nation or group which he/she though MIGHT become a threat to United States sometime in future. The Bush Doctrine further stated that United States would retain military superiority & dominance on land, at sea, in the air & IN SPACE! The Bush Doctrine of "preventive war" (not just "preemptive war" which may be justified if there is an imminent threat) is utterly illegal. American unilateralism & "cowboy diplomacy" did not work. This is why "The world is marching on its own terms."
Cain, get some coffee in ya'. Your ramblings are more convoluted than usual this morning. The "it's Bush's fault" seems to lack originality.
I think its high time we withdraw ourselves from world affairs. End all "entangling alliances". Boot out the U.N. Cut all foreign aid. Bring the troops home. This would save us untold BILLIONS! Leave the rest of the world to its own devices. Take care of our own first.
Cain, If the United States of America was no longer a Superpower 9 months ago, why hasn't this great president done just one thing to bring back that title to this great nation. He has done nothing but completely split this country in half with hate and continue daily to make the USA look like poop to the entire world. Cain, where is your common sense and pride.
It's being reported this morning that the world is in talks to phase out the dollar as the world oil currency. Another of MMM, MM, MM Barack Hussein Obama's accomplishments. Sorry omnomnom but the untold billions you speak of will not amount to squat once the world changes its dominant currency. On the bright side the US can become completely independent of the entire world, just start drilling in ANWR.
AC, is the headline a rhetorical question? Of course the left wants a weakened America. Only an idiot doesn't see that.
The world is marching on its own terms, in all different directions. This is more evidence of the impotence of the UN. Let is leave American soil and go to France, where it shares a sense of impotence.
Can the Chronicle list any sweeping reforms or legislation by in President in the history of the US in their 9 months in office. All W had given us was deer in the headlights look after 9/11 and tough talk. Clinton had given us certain defeat on healthcare. Bush Sr I still nothing. Reagan unemployment went up from 7.6 to 9.5. So what is your point. Point to any historical markers of any prez in the first 9 months. He came in with a large agenda is the only difference and a whole lot of problems. Also, it is good to see the repubs falling back on the old left is unpatriotic argument. America addressed that in November.
the petrodollar has been dying for several years now. you mean they're talking about replacing the dollar as the world RESERVE currency. either way, America's imperialistic ways need to stop. It's only backfired.
nativeboy - This isn't about Pres Bush......
The gun control bill is coming, the Fairness act is behind it, the flag of surrender is about to rise, making every American solider who died for this great country will be for nothing and those that due come back, will come back to nothing. Lets just keep loving this great president and learn how to say mmm mmm mmm. How can some minds be so dam sick!
Does left want a weakened America? Why ask this question. Has it not already been proven.
Maybe, it was meant to be a rhetorical question.
Wow, the Brain Trust weighs in... (BTW, ACES, Cokie Roberts is hardly a liberal.)
Accomplished nothing? Funny. My stocks are up 100% and my 401K is up 50% since Barack fixed Wall Street. Thanks President Obama! If you don't see these effects then you are doing something wrong (besides voting GOP). Imagine the 20% unemployment rate if McCain had been elected and did nothing. Hmmm hmmm hmmm, Barack Hussein Obama. Good morning haters. PS: Don't waste time getting mad at me and attempt to "Argue" or "persuade" me (typical personal attack tactic when bitter GOPers hear something they don't like). I'm headed to work and will be too busy to get back soon.
PS2: The POTUS inherited the worst mess ever. A combination that is the trifecta of disasters. An intelligent person would not expect all to be fixed in 9 months. Fortunately he has Wall Street looking a LOT better, He and his wife are showing what spousal relationships and family values are all about. Pay attention and be patient.
bcs2k, yes, I will not try and "Argue" or "persuade" you. I would just like to debate you 9 months from today to see who is Right or Wrong! If I am Wrong, I will admit it.
Does the left want a weakened America? Is a frog's waste evacuation orifice water tight?
Now, that's how you turn a phrase!!!
And you still have him as your president, until his term expires!!Keep your asprins close at hand. Do you really think he gives a damn about what, the ones that don't like his policies, have to say? Not! You people just can;t keep up with him, that is why you don' t know what he has accomplished. You want him to get stuck on one project, but like he said,''He can walk, and chew gum at the same time''!! Unlike our last president, you did not know what he was doing, at any given time!! He had to keep so many secrets, FROM THE PUBLIC!!
He had to keep so many secrets, FROM THE PUBLIC!! Like his ability to walk on water!
No, the left DOESN'T want America weakened, they just want everyone in the world to be exactly the same in every way, except for the elite leaders and messiahs.
Does anyone realize two years inton Reagan's presidencey unemployment was higher than it is now. The repubs blame Carter to this day. But 9 months in Obama is a failure. You guys really defy common sense.
Yeah, concernednative, it's all Bush's fault. That's what Cain says, too.
If this great president makes it to the end of his term and the United States of America is busted, He will still say it is all Bush's fault.
For once I don't disagree with an AC editorial. I'm pleased to see Obama struggling because I disagree with him on many issues. I see this current tension as an idealist coming to grips with reality. This is actually the "moment" I have been waiting for with this president. It will define him or destroy him. I hope for our country that his best qualities rise from this challenge.