{"id":14992,"date":"2010-11-03T15:47:06","date_gmt":"2010-11-03T20:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=14992"},"modified":"2010-11-03T15:50:35","modified_gmt":"2010-11-03T20:50:35","slug":"big-boys-dont-cry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=14992","title":{"rendered":"Big Boys Don’t Cry"},"content":{"rendered":"

I watched some of the Obama press conference in my office today and was not surprised in the least that the President, his ass in hand, could not bring himself to answer some pretty pointed questions on whether “what happened last night” was less an endorsement of the GOP and more a damning of he and his policies.<\/p>\n

He gave pause, then looked like he was going to cry. For a second I thought he was going to go all “Moss” and say something like “I will axe the questions.”<\/p>\n

Instead he decided not to answer the question and chose to ramble on about the economy and the American people rightfully expecting more progress from their government…blah blah blah.<\/p>\n

He just doesn’t get it.<\/p>\n

“Some election nights are more fun than others<\/a>. Some are exhilarating. Some are humbling,” Obama said. “Yesterday’s vote confirmed what I’ve heard from folks all across America. People are frustrated, they’re deeply frustrated with the pace of our economic recovery.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Some nights are more fun than others? Saywhat? For a man whose sole accomplishment is political in nature, that may be the understatement of a lifetime. Furthermore, I was not aware of the President stooping down to listen to “folks across America.”<\/p>\n

Maybe the President, will all due respect (or is that now all done<\/em> respect), needs a few more days to come to grips with the fact<\/em> that America has rejected not only his policies on spending, stimulus, health care and his golf handicap, but he himself as a President and a leader – certainly as a folks-listener<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Exhibit A: the outright desertion (the in-bag press read that as “distancing”) of late, if not mutiny, of liberal colleagues that just months before held hands and sang Cumbaya at <\/em>the signing of a national wealth transfer apparatus called the health care bill. A fatal career move for many a tenured Democrat it turns out.<\/p>\n

Exhibit B: what happened last night.<\/p>\n

The next two years will be excruciatingly difficult.<\/p>\n

…and lonely.<\/p>\n

…for him<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I’ll drink to that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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