Joe Doakes from Como Park writes:<\/p>\n
I feel sorry for President Obama. He\u2019s running for re-election but I don\u2019t think he truly wants it. The job\u2019s no fun anymore.<\/p>\n
Look, here\u2019s the bottom line: Barry was an affirmative action kid his entire life and Thomas Sowell is correct that affirmative action is harmful to minorities because it throws them into the deep end when they\u2019re not prepared for it. A student who would have succeeded at a second-rank school will struggle against those who made it into a top-rank school on merit. The results show in low minority graduation rates, grades and class rank. Anyone who works with an affirmative action hire knows \u201cminimally qualified\u201d is not the same as \u201cwell qualified.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nobody knows President Obama\u2019s grades, test scores or class rank at Columbia University or Harvard Law School. He was elected President of the Law Review by popular vote but never wrote a law review article. He worked for an undistinguished law firm and tried no cases. He was an adjunct teacher at the University of Chicago Law School, which there is no performance review. Chicago Democrat Machine trickery got him into the Illinois state senate – where he did nothing of note – and the United States Senate where he voted \u201cpresent.\u201d Obama stole the nomination from Hillary because in the Democrat hierarchy of victim worthiness, Black trumps Woman. Voters picked the Black guy to assuage their guilt, not for his competence.<\/p>\n
Nobody ever expected anything of him, they were happy to have him fill a quota and do nothing embarrassing. Joe Biden nailed it: an articulate, clean, non-threatening Black man who looks good in a suit.<\/p>\n
\u201cPresident Of The United States\u201d sounds like a cool gig but it’s no fun. People criticize every move and that’s a tough adjustment for a pampered kid. Notice how quickly Presidents age in office and ponder the reason for it. Nothing in Barack Obama\u2019s life prepared him for that relentless pressure.<\/p>\n
Yes, the Greek columns, stadia of fainting women and a Nobel Prize were cool. But three years on, Rahm is gone and free golf doesn\u2019t outweigh the irritation of everyone demanding decisions then bitching about them. Even worse is the sinking realization that he\u2019s in over his head, the economy sucks, the world is going to pot, he doesn\u2019t actually know what to do and he can\u2019t fake his way out of it. That\u2019s got to be an awful feeling.<\/p>\n
President Obama is going through the motions to get re-elected but his heart isn’t in it. The job\u2019s no fun anymore.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I’m at a loss to think of a President who was less prepared for the office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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