Only a fool would think a thug from Chicago with no executive experience would be competent enough to be President of the United States.
--- On Fri, 5/28/10, Publius Maximus <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Publius Maximus <[email protected]> > Subject: [OT] He was supposed to be competent > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, May 28, 2010, 1:23 PM > http://bit.ly/dzuUUN > > - - - > The disaster in the Gulf may well spell the political end > of the > president and his administration, and that is no cause for > joy. It's > not good to have a president in this position—weakened, > polarizing and > lacking broad public support—less than halfway through > his term. That > it is his fault is no comfort. It is not good for the > stability of the > world, or its safety, that the leader of "the indispensable > nation" be > so weakened. I never until the past 10 years understood the > almost > moral imperative that an American president maintain a high > standing > in the eyes of his countrymen. > > Mr. Obama himself, when running for president, made much of > Bush > administration distraction and detachment during Katrina. > Now the > Republican Party will, understandably, go to town on Mr. > Obama's > having gone only once to the gulf, and the fund-raiser in > San > Francisco that seemed to take precedence, and the EPA chief > who > decided to skip a New York fund-raiser only after the press > reported > that she planned to attend. > > But Republicans should beware, and even mute their > mischief. We're in > the middle of an actual disaster. When they win back the > presidency, > they'll probably get the big California earthquake. And > they'll > probably blow it. Because, ironically enough, of a hard > core of truth > within their own philosophy: when you ask a government far > away in > Washington to handle everything, it will handle nothing > well. > - - - > > Peggy Noonan is one of those Republican "moderates" who > writes well > but occasionally really needs to buy a clue. > > All of the things unfolding about the reality of El > Presidente's small > character, corrupt Chicago-brand political style, and > chronic > incompetence were easily knowable about him before he was > elected. > Somehow, for far too many people, Peggy included, his > soaring > teleprompter-prompted eloquence negated the petty, unkind, > and > self-exalting attacks on Bush that were his > far-more-standard stump > fare. > > - Publius > > -- > > "It ought never to be forgotten, that a firm union of this > country, > under an efficient government, will probably be an > increasing object > of jealousy to more than one nation of Europe; and that > enterprises to > subvert it will sometimes originate in the intrigues of > foreign > powers, and will seldom fail to be patronized and abetted > by some of > them. Its preservation, therefore ought in no case that can > be > avoided, to be committed to the guardianship of any but > those whose > situation will uniformly beget an immediate interest in the > faithful > and vigilant performance of the trust." [Federalist Papers > #59] > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
