September 16, 2009 7:40 AM
Obama: overexposed?
Maybe instead of Commander-in-Chief, he should be called Campaigner-in-Chief.
Washington residents are very aware of the President's comings and goings, and it is simply amazing how this man is NEVER at home. How much more dignified and productive it might be to stay here and do the work we're paying him to do rather than continuing to run up a huge travel tab campaigning for something the majority of Americans do not want crammed down our throats.
And what a lie - yes, a lie - about listening to the other side. Obviously that is not happening as he whips his union fans into a frenzy.
This weekend will be the stand-up-and-salute Obama Quinfecta, with appearances on all five Sunday news shows - pointedly ignoring Fox - and following up with his famous relaxed, casual, one-of-the-folks appearances on David Letterman.
Last March he appeared on Leno, without TOTUS, Obama managed to slur Special Olympics and developmentally disabled individuals with low bowling scores. You never heard that? Why am I not surprised?
So what do you think? Is Obama overexposed? What do you think will be the long-range effects on the office of the presidency? And don't you wonder why Obama gets credit for being a great father when he is almost never at home?
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Comments
YES and YES
and just like I keep saying to my husband if his policies were something that America wanted (like he and some of the left seem to believe) then he wouldn't have to keep getting out there shoving it down our throats! It's all getting very old.
Posted by: Malissa Coy | September 16, 2009 8:11 AM
Malissa - I was just thinking this today when I saw how much he was going out to the public to push these policies. I don't understand - if the Dems have control of Washington right now, why do they need the public support? Just go vote on what you want to do? Why bother getting the public on your side? Didn't matter for the bailouts when polls show that most Americans think those were a bad idea so why bother trying to get our support now? Just keep ramming this stuff through since you have the votes to do it. Oh wait. Are they worried about all those pink slips we'll be handing out next year?
Barbara - my thoughts about his non-stop speeches and campaigning: at some point, being a celebrity with good looks and smooth words only gets you so far. People grow tired of celebrities after a while. A good speech goes down in history. 300 good speeches start getting blurred and no one can figure out what you really said that stood out in history and what you were really about because you talked so much. Silence and hard work making good decisions sometimes goes a lot farther in both reality and history books. And, by the way, not that it's trademarked or anything but Obama was not the first with the Yes We Can slogan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%AD_se_puede
Posted by: Elle | September 16, 2009 8:23 AM
I'm finding recorded shows I forgot on had when this pompous president is on AGAIN. I agree with the previous poster... if he trusted his work and believed that what he was doing was right, and in turn, WE believed he had OUR best interest at heart, then he'd not try to sell it so dang hard.
Posted by: dirtdartwife | September 16, 2009 8:27 AM
Thanks for the illumination Elle. More union identification by Obama in his campaign slogan. Wow- funny how it all connects.
Posted by: Sarah | September 16, 2009 8:39 AM
I think he's just a face with a mesmerizing voice and empty words to assuage the American people as some dark, hidden surgeons remove their organs of Freedom and prosperity. They will be further crippled after the surgery. Maybe it's more like plastic surgery, and we'll never look remotely like we were intended to look?
I have been criticized by other parents (many who voted for McCain/Palin) for being the only parent in my child's 3rd grade class to opt my child out of Obama's speech to students. It wasn't the speech that made me choose opting out. . . it is the big picture, the principle of the matter. Too many Americans are sheeple.
Posted by: Emily | September 16, 2009 8:44 AM
Elle, thanks for the link. Figures, doesn't it? That's a Farm Workers Union slogan.
Posted by: Sue from Buffalo | September 16, 2009 8:58 AM
I TOTALLY agree with you! I never listen to any of his speeches, just listen to FOX or Rush afterwards to tell me what he said because they can say it all in less than one minute. He is in constant campaign mode because he does not know how to be President, he just knows how to talk. And we still have over 3 more years of this! AGH! Julie
Posted by: jklekas@citlink.net | September 16, 2009 10:41 AM
Yes, he's overexposed, and it's already coming back to bite him. First, Americans have a short attention span, and every time he gets up there and repeats the same ol' rhetoric (like he has ad nauseaum with his health care claims), people get bored and don't want to listen anymore.
Even better, they start to realize that for all the opportunities to say something new, he STILL manages to avoid answering questions directly - so he's either deliberately dodging or completely out of touch. Neither is good for his image.
Third, he's got his "name brand" logo and personal sales pitch on the really important things, like health care, which are very likely to go up in flames or fall severely short of what he wanted. Any failures in these issues will be hung around his neck personally, not just blamed on his party.
He's a marketing genius, but eventually, when people sample and find themselves dissatisfied with the product, they stop buying. So keep it up, Obama! Your fall will likely be even more grandios than your rise!
Posted by: Rachel | September 16, 2009 1:02 PM
I only knew about the union link because of a children's book I'm reading to my kids right now about historical women. Dolores Huerta was one of those women in the book with her slogan.
I actually am completely ignorant re: the union issue(s) - can someone illuminate the concerns/problems/debate for me?
Posted by: Elle | September 16, 2009 1:17 PM
