Are You Happy Now?

At the height of Obamamania, between the election and Obama's inauguration, I challenged liberal readers to look into the future and ask themselves if there was anything Obama could ever do to lose their support. To my everlasting surprise, I got some answers...

Is there anything Obama could do to lose your support? If so, what?

Easily. For instance, he could...

1. Fail to end the war in Iraq.

2. Have a heavy-handed, questionably legal foreign policy in which he has the US invade countries and conduct attacks that result in killing innocent people or breaking US and int'l law.

3. In general, act as if the US is above the law

4. Continue to prop up the auto and oil industries, and in general provide welfare to corporations

5. Fail to begin to wean US over-dependence on fossil fuels.

For starters...

Twenty-seven months later...

• Protesters arrested marking Iraq war anniversary
• Eighth Anniversary Of The Iraq War’s Beginning, And Now Libya!
• WAR NO. 3: US Launches Missile Attack on Libyan Forces
• Drilling moratorium? What drilling moratorium? Obama boosts Brazil’s offshore oil industry...
• Obama and Hackett in Brazil: The Democrat Party Halliburton Connection
• President attacks oil-rich nation while traveling abroad with oil industry executive
• At current share prices, the U.S. government would lose $9.8 billion on its $49.5 billion bailout of GM. It holds a 33 percent in the automaker.
• President Obama to Resume Guantanamo Bay Trials
• A record number of Americans worry about gas prices and U.S. dependence on oil imports

You voted for Obama ― Are you happy now?

Serve Obama!

Post-American Humble Pie

They surely got what they deserved. Here are some "highlights" from the Obamas' awkward post-American pitch to the International Olympic Committee:

• Barry: No one expects the Games to solve all our collective challenges.

• Michelle: Chicago's vision for the Olympic and Paralympic Movement is about so more than
 what we can offer the Games — it's about what the Games can offer all of us.

• Barry: One of the legacies I want to see coming out of the Chicago 2016 hosting of the Games is a reminder that America at its best is open to the world...I think that over the last several years sometimes that fundamental truth about the United States has been lost.

• Barry: Nearly one year ago, on a clear November night, people from every corner of the world gathered in the city of Chicago or in front of their televisions to watch the results of the U.S. Presidential election. Their interest was wasn't about me as an individual.

• Michelle: I am dreaming of an Olympic and Paralympic Games in Chicago.... that will expose all our neighborhoods to new sports and new role models; that will show every child that regardless of wealth, or gender, or race, or physical ability, there is a sport and a place for them, too.

• Barry: I lived in Indonesia for a time.

• Michelle: My dad was my hero.

• Barry: There is nothing I would like more than to step just a few blocks from my family's home, with Michelle and our two girls, and welcome the world back into our neighborhood. [Let's make the Olympics convenient for the Obama family.]

• Barry: We know how to put on big events and scores of visitors and spectators will tell you we do it well. [Fewer than 100 people?]

And don't forget these golden oldies:

• Barry: I'm always worried about using the word "victory."

• Michelle: "For the First Time in My Adult Lifetime, I'm Really Proud of My Country" [After 44 agonizing years]

• Barry: I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism.

After loosing, Obama's attempt to save face was just as pathetic as his effort to win: "One of the things that I think is most valuable about sports is that you can play a great game and still not win."

Obama's senior adviser, David Axelrod: "This president will go anywhere he can to promote this country." ...You know, given Obama's poor performance and his defeatist philosophy, I think he should probably stay home.

"It Was All About Them"

"He Got What He Deserved"

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