The Clown-In-Chief
Who would have thought that the presidency of the United States could have been degraded any more than it had been in the Clinton years? Oh but it has. In the short span of two years, President Obama has managed to sully the office every bit as much as President Clinton did in eight years. Maybe it’s not so surprising. He is after all an overachiever. This law professor, who we found out after the election wasn’t … this senator, with the thinnest of resumes … this radical leftist that sought, in his own words, to “fundamentally change America” and “cause energy rates to necessarily skyrocket,” and encouraged Hispanics to target his “enemies” has done more damage to our nation than any other president in our history. I’m including Carter here. So why am I surprised to see the so-called leader of the free world hitting the comedy shows before an election that is expected to wipe out Democrat majorities in Congress?
With six days remaining before the election President Obama hit The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Let me say for the record that The Daily Show is one of the most entertaining shows on TV. Is it a forum where serious people go to talk about serious issues? No. That fact was on display during this “interview” with President Obama. Stewart, with plenty of goading from the left-wing audience, proceeded to tease Mr. Obama about the perception that he hasn’t been liberal enough as president. Stewart reminded the commander in chief of all the sycophants that cheered when Obama made statements like, “We can’t expect different results with the same people.” Stewart went on to reflect the progressives’ collective frustration when the president hired a Clinton retread, Larry Summers, as director of the White House National Economic Council. Stewart lamented, “That seems like the exact same person.” Obama retorted, “In fairness, Larry Summers did a heck of a job trying to figure out how to …”
“You don’t want to use that phrase, dude,” Stewart cautioned. DUDE!? … DUDE!!?? Now who could have seen that coming? Why would anyone expect to have a comedian refer to the leader of our nation as “dude”? I don’t blame Stewart really. I have little respect for Mr. Obama’s ideology and worldview. But the office he holds requires the utmost respect from any citizen regardless of party or ideology. I doubt the president would have been called “dude” on a hard-hitting news program that addressed other concerns that 80% percent of the country who don’t identify themselves as liberal might have wanted addressed. But that was the point, wasn’t it? Mr. Obama will appear on a show where he won’t get challenged and where everyone expects to laugh. And the nation stared in amazement as Mr. Obama was the biggest joke of the night.
How appropriate. A clown being interviewed by a clown. SEEKING out the interview. How low can you go? Will he ask for a reality show next? Will Moochelle try to have eight babies?
But they have been kicking dignity in the teeth from day one, haven’t they? The flyover of the Statue of Liberty. A smoking room in the White House. The tacky manners, the embarrassing clothes. The dangling wrists. My God, they sent the bust of Winston Churchill back. He gave a gift of his own speeches. It’s all too stunning to even think about. The white house is the hood now.
I know people say it’s possible to have no shame at all, but until now, I never thought it could be true. Even dogs can be embarrassed.
Truth is stranger than fiction?
I don’t normally comment about witty retorts, but that second paragraph gave me a good chuckle.
Thanks for the best laugh of the day.
proreason, in Israel we are used to uncouth shenanigans from some-not all-of our leaders. But this one takes the proverbial cake. IF I had not seen it, via my YES satellite hook up, I would not have believed it.
In fact, to take the Pretender-in-Chief seriously, is to pretend that my golden retriever really speaks, when she ruffs ruffs.
The White House has become a laughingstock in Israel, and THAT is a very strange (and dangerous) development.
You are so right!
“Primarily, we are being ruled by children on Capitol Hill. They are thin skinned. They are ill equipped.”
You forgot “They are incompetent.”
Animal: Career politicians don’t need to be competent. “Competency” is not in their lexicon. Look at those economic and financial wizards, Barney Frank and Nancy Pelosi, for example. Competency is not a required ability. Nor is knowledge. Nor is giving a damn if they’re caught in a lie or “mistatement.” They don’t hold themselves accountable to reality or to the electorate. They’re indemnified against any disastrous consequences of their policies, consequences borne by you and me and everyone else who actually live productive, honest lives. The only thing the Obamas and Franks and Pelosis and their ilk are good at is destroying what they never created and could never imagine. Looters don’t need to know how or what they’re doing. They depend on us “to think of something” to pull their chestnuts out of the fires they light.
They are also good at getting elected and even better at staying elected.
Clown is right. And a malovelent clown at that. Obama has not one clue about behaving in a presidential manner, thus he doesn’t even try. I’m surprised that his handlers don’t try to reign him in. Meanwhile, keep it up, Obama. Let the American people get a good look at who you really are.
And he did it without a B.J.! That’s CHANGE!!
Boxers, or briefs?
Dude- where’s my unicorn?
It is hidden under the asshat over in the corner amongst the moonbats and dipshits!
Just watched segments on Greta. The man who is the president of the USofA looked like a total fool.
How could Americans not see through him back in 2008?
Winston,
I have asked myself that same question more times than I care to count.
People say he wasn’t properly vetted, or he was protected by the Odumbo-adoring progressive media. I say that’s true but only to a point. All the anti-American, marxist indicators were clearly present for anyone with eyes to see and ears to hear. Americans are so easily distracted by sex, drugs, sports, and rock and roll to know when their country is ablaze.
I refuse to give up on America. But the disturbing thought keeps creeping into my mind that maybe America wants to move left, even if it means the loss of everything we hold near and dear, including our freedom. We are dangerously close to the 51% “point of no return” where the majority of Americans depend upon some form of government handout for their subsistance and will therefore sell their very souls to the democrats. What else explains the fact that this marxist douchebag’s approval ratings are still hovering in the 40% range when it should be down to 4% if truth be told?
And then there’s amnesty for illegal aliens, which will push us well over the 51% figure if implemented by the democrats. God, this is making my stomach hurt.
Brilliantly put and the exact way I feel. I wonder how many of us there are out there who feel this same way?
“But the disturbing thought keeps creeping into my mind that maybe America wants to move left, even if it means the loss of everything we hold near and dear, including our freedom.”
As understandable as this fear is, it must be countered. You won’t know if America wants to move left until you have done absolutely everything to get them to move right. Make it hard for them. Force them to defend every leftward move. Don’t hand them a victory because you paid attention to the idiotic media and gave up too soon! Would you give in to your teenager’s hedonism simply because she ‘wanted’ it? No, you’d insist on accountability and responsibility.
Look around and see what you personally can do to move things rightward.
ditch digger, his approval rate won’t get much lower than 40% because that’s the percentage of Americans that pay no taxes. They want more services and more “free” stuff.
BHO was elected because he was black and a democrat. That, and a huge bank-roll by George Soros.
Well said – that’s it in a nutshell.
The Puppet and the Puppet Master. Omuslim and Soros, respectively.
Shoot, who’s kidding whom? George Soros IS our president. And his money and his progressive, anti-American legacy will be around decades after the puppet master is dead.
And a campaign built on platitudes and hiding everything about the candidate. It was like a marketing effort to sell Fruit Loops as a health food. Ignore the sugar and carbs, talk about the whole grains, make the main theme a song about world unity, and hint that tiny magnets in the box will improve your sex life.
Because those of us who pointed out his shortcomings in 2008 were all called racists and nazis.
Remember how (even more) vicious the libs got after losing the 1994 midterm elections? Despite their losses, they were still able to control much of the national debate using their fellow progressive tools in the media. Republicans were going to throw old people into the streets, starve children, and implement “Draconian budget cuts.” It’ll only get worse if they lose their majority in 2010. In fact, expect unrelenting, full-on insanity on the part of the left.
A wild animal is far more dangerous when wounded. Odumbo and his fellow progressives will never compromise. He and they have too much invested in their Hate America Campaign.
Stay vigilant my fellow Patriots. The far left is only getting warmed up.
If only Draconian budget cuts had been implemented back then and would be implemented now. The Left acts like it’s a bad thing.
Cheeky,
I couldn’t agree more.
And do you recall how they defined “Draconian budget cuts?” When the libs were in power, they budgeted an average 10% increase in annual federal spending. The Republicans cut this number down to around 4 or 5%. So even though the federal budget was still growing, it just wasn’t at the higher rate proposed by the libs. This is what the libs defined as “Draconian.”
Patriots, be forewarned. There is unrest coming the likes we haven’t seen since the left tried to burn down our cities in the ’60′s. Are you prepared in every way possible?
Well,they don’t call him Barokeydoke Hubris Obozo for nothing.
Obama may be a clown and for certain is the laughing stock of world leaders but, in the shadows of all his moronic escapades, goes on the quite workings of transforming America into a socialist dictatorship by the Executive Branch. Obama is an expert of diversion, drawing attention to himself and away from what is going on quietly in the Executive Branch. He is NO dummy! He knows exactly what he is doing! He knows full well the constitutional and labor intensive difficulties of any congress reversing all the abuse of power handed to the Executive Branch over the past many decades. He and his administration are using “every” tool hand them by many congress’ to transform America bypassing the constitutional congressional process.
So expect to see him continue all his moronic diversion practices luring the media’s focus away from the corrupted power grab of socialist Washington, until he is finally forced out of office. Then next big diversion will be the 2012 election circus starting in January and he will take it on the road and around the world…anyplace but in Washington.
Nobody has a clue what policies and memorandum of laws have been and are being written by the EPA, Health and Human Services, Energy, Homeland Security, Department of Labor, Department of Education, State Department, Commerce Department, etc. In the meantime, the media is busy chasing the diversion king around the countrysides and around the world focused on all his silliness.
It is difficult to make heads or tails of Mr. Salcedo’s thesis.
Was this a puffball opportunity for the president, or did he in fact get challenged, on various exchanges, quite uncomfortably?
Does he honestly decry the lack of respect Mr. Steward showed the president in his ‘dude’ remark? If so, why does he refer to the President of the United States -his president- as a ‘clown’?
To call our leaders thin skinned while adscribing to the president all sorts of descriptors short of the Antichrist, rather reveals a lack of temperament and fortitude on the author, not the recipient, of his critique.
‘Stained’ the Oval Office in two years, more so than Clinton did in eight? It seems Mr. Salcedo was in a Tea Party-sponsored sabbatical during that eight-year sojourn in our nation’s history known as the George W. Bush presidency. The blood of patriots killed or hurt in Iraq – a war entered into more for bravado than for legitimate reasons- the stain of our personal liberties being shreded, as The Patriot Act was enforced on law-abiding Americans, the physical/mental torture and humiliation of human beings, without regard to our Constitution, American international treaty obligations and the express declarations of the President himself; and the abuse of power in the unjustified firings of Department of Justice lawyers, targets of the White House’s political-advisor-in-chief Karl Rove, to name only a few, quite sullied the office Mr. Obama now holds, long before he took the Oath.
To use an old expression, Mr. Salcedo is entitled to his own opinion, not his own facts.
And I voted for John McCain, for the record.
Gustavo A. Bujanda
Dallas, Texas.
Gustavo,
You make some very good points, against the very man you are attempting to defend.
Odumbo has both kept and enhanced all the security measures implemented by the Bush Administration after 9/11. He has tripled drone attacks in Pakistan. He has increased the growth of government and government spending exponentially. He has done nothing for the economy and everything to further his far left agenda.
He is a disgrace to the office (think world apology tour, etc.) and invoking the name of the anti-christ George W. Bush won’t change that fact one bit.
And I must ask since you bring it up. Use your imagination and pretend you were president of the United States when we were attacked. What steps would you have taken to protect Americans in the aftermath of 9/11? What would you have done if you were the anti-christ George W. Bush, whose first job as president is to protect the American people?
You’re throwing stones when if fact the anti-christ George W. Bush may very well have kept you and your family alive these past nine years.
And he didn’t trash the constitution. Stop with the Keith Overbite talking points. It’s Odumbo and the libs who are trashing the constitution AND compromising the integrity of our electoral process through their rampant voter fraud.
Two thousand page bills, not knowing what’s in them until after they’re signed, bowing to foreign leaders, calling his opponents racist enemies and stupid, 57 states, lie after lie after lie. And all under the protective cover of an adoring progressive media.
At least Clinton moved to the center after the 1994 midterms. As for the cigar sodomy performed on Easter Sunday of all days, only a far-left loony president could have survived something so diabolical and still be considered politically viable. A republican would have had to go into exile and his or her name banished for all eternity.
The libs are the epitome of the double standard.
Gustavo A. Bujanda (D-TX), Dallas, Texas.
Employment History, Media Matters 2003-2007, MSNBC 2008-2009, DNC 2009 – Present
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Gustavo – another lying sack of crap supported by Soros.
Barack and Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton and Eric Holder are an embarrassment and a disgrace to this country for reasons too numerous to list here. If you had any morals or even any self respect, you would recognize that fact. The reason why you don’t is because you are as sleazy as they are.
Obama’s traveling dog and pony show is dismaying, no alarming, as the man has not a whit of knowledge regarding the dignity that should be accorded the office. That he panders to the immature and to those who have not yet grown old enough to participate in the real world of responsibilities, those he calls “his base,” is troubling , as it reflects his own empty thinking. That we have to endure two more years of this yokel as this nation struggles to right its ship, makes me yearn for “I Like Ike” lawn signs.
“And I voted for John McCain, for the record.”
Your unicorn is on its way.
I got the impression that Jon Stewart was disgusted with Obama, and that he could barely keep his nausea from showing.
Stewart clearly ridiculed Obama’s answers on a couple of occasions, by calling Obama “dude” he plainly put the President down.
Even Stewart was worried that the President of the United States had gone “slumming” by appearing on Stewart’s comedy show rather than appearing on a more serious and influential program.
I still figure that they are both rather mediocre people, the difference being that the mediocre Barack Obama has the power to cause tremendous harm to America and has done so, whereas the mediocre Jon Stewart only makes bad jokes.
A key point. Many on the near left are disturbed by Obama and his behaviour but have loyally said nothing, hoping that their faith in him was not misplaced and quieting their growing doubts. This is the constituency which holds the key in 2012. The far left can never be won over. The right, suspicious and wary in many cases, knows exactly what is plans to do. The near left can be convinced by fairness, decency and respect. Winning over these people will take principled arguments and meaningful encounters but it will be worth it.
President Dude? Heck that was good!!
Scientists came out with their conclusions yesterday that liberals have a gene that causes them to make the choices they make. It is a recessive gene that mutates from one generation to another and as a result we have mentally, morally, spiritually ill people who are allowed to vote. Perhaps in order to save America from self-destruct, when one registers to vote, they must be screened for this gene and if found, will be refused a ballot. This would be one way to take back America! It would also eliminate 50% of the voting population, i.e. demon-crats!
Judy,
You know why it’s so EASY to be a liberal? Because then you don’t have to stand for anything. Just shake your head, drool and mumble “Yeah/Whatever” to every issue.
And as an added bonus, a liberal will never, ever be called a hypocrite. Why? Because they don’t stand for anything! See how easy that works!!??
The Path of Least Resistance was created for and by liberals.
The worst/best part of the whole “…Summers did a heck of a job…” exchange came after Jon Leibowitz told Obama he shouldn’t use that particular phrase: Obama himself begins to laugh and says “pun intended.” Now think about that for a moment. When Leibowitz catches him in a blunder, Obama tries to back-track and act like he meant to say it. However, if he really meant “pun intended” then what he is really saying is that Larry Summers was equivalent to Michael Brown, the disgraced former FEMA director. So which is it Mr. President?
I’m glad you brought up the “pun” comment. It shows Obama’s refusal to ever admit that he’s made a mistake (other than not communicating enough). It also shows his intellectual sloppiness, as countless previous statements have. There was no pun there, by any definition of the word. Also no intention, of course. After two years, he just can’t get used to being in a position where people will actually take a critical look at what he says or does.
Exactly right. My choice is Obama tried to back-track and act like he meant to say it. But being the dolt he is, Mr. Obama doesn’t know what constitutes a pun. Here’s one: “Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war’s alarms: But a cannonball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms.” ‘Punster’ has been defined as “a low wit who endeavours at reputation by double meaning.” Mr. Obama has neither a grasp of what is a pun, nor was his use of the ‘heckuva job’ phrase a pun, but this exchange proves he’s moved one step closer toward being a low wit.
When Obama said “pun intended”, there was no play on words. “Heckuva job” is a phrase that does NOT have a double meaning to liberals; to them, it now means doing a terrible job after W uttered it in describing the job Brownie had done. Perhaps Obama’s intellectual sloppiness (as Sowell Disciple accurately describes it) lead him to think that somehow his uttering it would convey a different, real & honest description, when it fact, to Stewart’s audience, it meant just the opposite. Obama’s attempt to backtrack by saying “pun intended” was a misguided, unfunny effort to slam Bush & Brownie, and simultaneously praise Summers, but, thanks to Stewart’s comment, it ended up doing just the opposite and simultaneously slamming Summers. In short, Obama confused ‘double meaning’ with ‘opposite meaning.’
What Obama should’ve said in response to Stewart’s “You don’t want to use that phrase, dude”:
“Dude? Would you mind addressing me as Mr. President, I worked so hard to earn that title.”
Stewart meant to say “DUD” but it came out wrong….
Zing!
I think it only natural the Obama be the Butt end of a joke as he really is an azwhole
I remember when the President appearing on TV meant a significant speech or announcement made with the dignity you would expect of the leader of the most powerful nation in the world. This type of appearance by either a current or past president demeans the office. Do other world leaders make such appearances?
I may be alone on this one, but I HATE seeing presidential candidates or presidents going on entertainment shows. Call me old-fashioned, but I don’t think people running for the most powerful position on this planet should lower themselves to the level of organ grinder monkey begging for coins. This is NOT what America should be all about. If young people are too stupid to watch the news to get a handle on what a president or presidential candidate stands for, then they shouldn’t be voting in the first place. And spare me the argument that “Nixon appeared on the TV show Laugh-In.” That was one appearance and it was a lark.
Today, people running for president feel as if they can’t get elected unless they are constantly on Letterman, Leno, or Stuart. These are hardly modern-day forums from which the Webster-Hayne debates sprang from, let alone Lincoln-Douglas. And I couldn’t picture Eisenhower or Truman on the Daily Show, could you? Those were different generations and they had it right. They believed in respect for the office and they also believed that there were certain things that, even as a politician, you shouldn’t do because it simply was undignified. Undignified, now THAT is a term you don’t hear much of today. Perhaps we should resurrect it for the next election, once this socialist in the White House is gone.
I believe that in 0bama’s case, his rediculous appearance in Stewart’s venue is more of a function of his need for adulation. It’s more than an addiction. One of the common traits of leftist malignant narcissists such as 0bama is that they not only seek dominion over every sphere of human thought an endeavor, they seek praise from their victims. IOW, they expect, no, DEMAND that those whom they have enslaved applaud them for doing so.
This is sick – sick AND monstrous.
I’m with you 100%, LS46 – you’re not alone. This President’s narcissistic need for constant adulation & praise is insatiable – he could (& would) appear on The View, The Daily Show, Ellen, Oprah (liberals, all) et al every day if it were possible. But by doing so, it lowers, degrades & demeans the Office of the President, not to mention inflating the egos of the hosts such that they think they have grand political influence. And yes, I know Stewart was just voted #1 most influential person, but I’ll be watching to see how his so-called influence holds up on election day tomorrow.
I do think, however, that Obama’s appearances on comedy shows are apros pro since his administration is such a comedic tragedy.
No, the proper conclusion in BHO hates the unemployed. Heck of a job… people crushed by a hurricane… people crushed by an economy…
Be nice! Obama is doing the best he can.
Sorry but I will never be nice to someone who is harming me or my family or especially the entire country, regardless of the intentions!
“Be nice. Obama is doing the best he can to destroy America.”
The O is such a pitiful fool that he couldn’t even adjust to and play along with a comedian on a comedy show. Did any of the intellects on his staff have the brains to advise him to play it for laughs, with a serious note here & there? These people are so dumb they can’t even handle a comedy appearance, ah but give the the economy.
Speaking of which, GDP for 3rd qtr came in at a almost dead 2%, up from a more dead 1.7%. Gone are the days when the media during Republican administrations would call 3% anemic.
Morons of the left, take note. And try not to blame Bush.
“Intellects on his staff”? What a contradiction in terms.
It is part of the Progressive agenda that they want to degrade the entire structure of our Government. That includes the current occupent of the oval office and his entire executive administration. I would say they are doing a great job of it.
If you don’t know what the communist concept of “Cloward and Piven strategy” means it is time to google it before they complete the total destruction of our nation and it’s Constitution.
Barack Obama……..you are pathetic! What is next? An appearance on Comedy Central? You bow and accept gifts from dictators, yet you apologize to the world for America’s past!
When the liberal/progressive co-horts in crime, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Barack Obama closed the doors of transparency during the healthcare debate, a campaign promise to not to do this, they opened a new door for themselves and that is the door to the unemployment office, now and again in 2012.
Hey Tater salad didn’t you say “you can’t fix stupid” I like that and your handle!
Neither man showed proper respect for the office. However, only one of them can be excused for not doing so. Take your pick.
In business, we analyze significant actions from two directions: the known opportunity and the LOST opportunity. If we choose to pursue known Opportunity A (appearing on a comedy show), what other important task, project, effort will we be unable to pursue? Let’s call that Opportunity B (pick one: tackling the economy, unemployment, war, immigration, energy independence, passing a budget, business revitalization, the Middle East, etc., etc., etc.).
Obambast’s “opportunity” choices and actions reveal all. Every time he bows to foreign leader, slides out to the links, hops on a plane to campaign, buzzes the Statue of Liberty, flies his dog to a vacation, or appears on the View or Daily Show … he’s telling us who he is and how screwy his priorities are.
As Proreason (#1) notes, this is the guy who found a STATUE of Churchill so intimidating he had to return it, and to add insult to injury, BO sends a package of his own speeches as a gift. Equating his feeble, plagiarized speechifying with the strength, power and leadership of Churchill … well, now THAT’s truly laff-worthy.
This is nothing new. Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and their families were/are white trash, also.
But what can you expect? Democrats are a coalition of creeps, losers, misfits and perverts, all of whom are immoral, and all of whom are either mentally retarded or mentally ill. Their presidential candidate is simply one of their own kind.
So why are you surprised that Obama is just another sleazy and decadent dilettante?
Al Sharpton has been the new face of the Democratic Party for the past 30 years.
To which Paul – Indiana would most likely say,
“Be nice! Sharpton’s doing the best he can.”
Is this it? Is this where we are headed? The most powerful man in the world feels the need to sit down and engage in self-serving banter with a smarmy stand-up comic so that he (the aforementioned most powerful man)can refurbish his bona-fides with his core audience of smug unemployable buttheads? Doesn’t Mr. Obama realize that whatever street cred he has picked up with upper-middle class dimwits who pose as intellectuals during his Stewart appearance, he has done major damage to the dignity of his office?
And lets not hear anything about “it’s just a comedy show.” Stewart and Co. are Democratic apparatchiks and the forthcoming “rally” is a Democratic election-year event. Why can’t everyone just say so? Imagine the insane screams that would have come from the Left if President Bush has guested on, say, Rush Limbaugh’s program.
Mark Steyn (quoting the American Spectator) had the best lines on Mr. Obama’s appearance on the Daily Show…”(I)n the old days, the jesters used to court kings. Today, an enfeebled king courted the jester”…. And that’s what it looked like. He’s (Mr. Obama) just retreated to his base which…is sad, pathetic, hip, white, upper middle class college layabouts, which is basically the Jon Stewart audience. And I think if that’s what he’s reduced to, it’s not enough to be President of the United States.”
Why doesn’t anyone else see this or is it all just me?
Oh, you’re not alone. Not by a long shot.
Well said though.
You’re right, chambers; Obama’s broke. He’s squandered what little he had to deal with in the first place.
What a disaster for the first black representative to be completely ignorant of reality, incompetent, and petulant.
Nothing but a recalcitrant juvenile.
His first presidential pardon will be exonerating his white half.
Hey I did notice one thing he forgot to wear his asshat or he could have presented his wifes rear end that is as wide as a jumbo jet!
We all see it, unfortunately some just won’t admit or accept it.
Somehow I believe that now the office of President of the United States has been so degraded that it will no longer be worthy of praise of any sort.
People will start to say years from now (unless things change drastically) well you know the president is doing the best he can but he is after all just one of us with a title.
The problem here is executive orders and all the Czars and Czarinas and no telling what else this communist is doing.
Perhaps the president from now on should only be allowed to sign or veto legislation and perhaps an occasional treaty and nothing else.
Instead of term limits on the congress we need need strict limits on actions that the president can take, especially taking over for national parks millions of acres of national land and putting it off limits for productive use.
Right; Congress should not be permitted to proceed on ANY legislation, without a current budget, and any president should not be able to appoint anyone (outside of a staffer)without Congressional approval, unless the United States is in a ‘declared war’.
This Juvenile in Chief has had way too much candy.
Consider the movie “Unforgiven” starring Clint Eastwood.
There’s a very powerful scene where Clint’s character (William Munny) enters the saloon and shoots down the bartender who had placed the body of Munny’s close friend, “Ned,” in a coffin in front of his saloon. Sheriff Little Bill Daggett responds angrily to the shooting by calling Munny a low-down SOB accusing him of shooting an unarmed man.
Remember Munny’s response?
“Then he shoulda armed himself.”
We live in very dangerous times. Just today the Jihadists had the world on high alert with bombs carried on airplanes. Then there’s the far left lunatics who, to quote one of them, “We’ll use the power of persuasion, and if that doesn’t work, then we’ll use the persuasion of power.” The man who spoke those words, Andy Stern, formerly of SEIU, was at the time the most frequent visitor to the Obama White House.
This is not fun and games. These people are deadly serious. So I will repeat the question I posed earlier: Are you fully prepared?
We have two choices in this world the way I figure it. We can either be the bartender or William Munny.
Stay safe, and stay alert.