One and done: To be a great president, Obama should not seek reelection in 2012

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Douglas E. Schoen and Patrick H. Caddell  "We do not come to this conclusion lightly. But it is clear, we believe, that the president has largely lost the consent of the governed. The midterm elections were effectively a referendum on the Obama presidency. And even if it was not an endorsement of a Republican vision for America, the drubbing the Democrats took was certainly a vote of no confidence in Obama and his party. The president has almost no credibility left with Republicans and little with independents.

"The best way for him to address both our national challenges and the serious threats to his credibility and stature is to make clear that, for the next two years, he will focus exclusively on the problems we face as Americans, rather than the politics of the moment - or of the 2012 campaign."

Dead Souls

Victor Davis Hanson "Here is a daily inanity: “The great majority of Muslims are moderates,” and its ancillary “Only a tiny percentage of Muslims are terrorists.” Both are true, but they have value as admonishments only if there were a widespread Western effort to demonize Islam and persecute Muslims, or we knew that mass destruction required millions of conventional troops. But neither is true.
"Last year anti-Semitic hate crimes far outnumbered attacks in America on Muslims."

Barack and unintended consquences

American Thinker "This man and his administration are completely oblivious to the unintended consequences of their policies and actions."....
"Don't you think that players like George Soros, (who said, with no regrets, that the main lesson he learned from his collaboration with the Nazis' persecution of Jews, was to think ahead) is preparing to "have a good year" much like he had in profiting from the global fiscal crisis of 2009? And at who's expense?"

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'Vanity, thy name is Obama'  ""American Narcissus" (article below) may deal with a familiar subject to AT readers. Several contributors have highlighted this aspect of Obama's personality since before he was elected. But Last has a good eye for the absurd, as well as being able to place Obama's vanity into a context that shows how it damages his presidency and the nation:"

Narcissus "was a hunter from the territory of Thespiae in Boeotia who was renowned for his beauty. He was exceptionally proud, in that he disdained those who loved him. As divine punishment he fell in love with his own reflection in a pool, not realizing it was merely an image, and he wasted away to death, not being able to leave the beauty of his own reflection."

This is the Moment "On the night that [Obama] defeated Hillary Clinton in the primaries, the hand of fate was so clear to him he could proclaim:

I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal; this was the moment when we ended a war and secured our nation and restored our image as the last, best hope on earth. This was the moment—this was the time—when we came together to remake this great nation so that it may always reflect our very best selves and our highest ideals.

American Narcissus/ The vanity of Barack Obama "Obama’s vanity is even more jarring when paraded in the foreign arena. In April, Poland suffered a national tragedy when its president, first lady, and a good portion of the government were killed in a plane crash. Obama decided not to go to the funeral. He played golf instead. Though maybe it’s best that he didn’t make the trip. When he journeyed to Great Britain to meet with the queen he gave her an amazing gift: an iPod loaded with recordings of his speeches and pictures from his inauguration."

Man up, Media and Open Your Eyes! (Updated)

Big Journalism  "Which brings me full circle to why the libs and the media seem so intertwined. They have a nearly identical mindset. Every time Dear Leader does a one-on-one interview and talks about “changing America,” real Americans sit there and yell at their TV sets and say, “ya, we know what you mean about change, you said it to Joe the Plumber,” the reporter nods and acts delusionary and moves on to the question about what Michelle is planning to wear during their next vacation. Blind leading the blind. Reporter and subject cannot see themselves for who they are."

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Obama: ‘What About Compliments?’  By WILLIAM KRISTOL  "But the vanity that Jonathan V. Last elaborates on elsewhere in this issue seems to be standing in the way of such learning. President Obama has been mugged both by the voters and by reality—but he thinks that he’s still looking good, that he deserves plaudits, and that the only problem is people don’t know about all the compliments he’s been getting."

Who’s Who in the American Muslim Brotherhood

Big Peace

"A succession of MSA leaders have made statements condemning the United States and/or calling for the killing of all Jews. Several MSA presidents have publicly supported jihad, and in the case of at least one, Omar Hammami from Alabama, have actually participated in violent jihad overseas. MSA members routinely express admiration and support for terror organizations such as Hamas and Hizballah and for the foundational leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood such as Hasan al-Banna and Sayyid Qutb."