Poor Obama confronts a grueling day today

To hear President Obama tell it, he's a sad fellow these days.

The problem, it seems, is that he's president of the United States. "I miss being anonymous," the melancholy man moaned to a few White House visitors the other day.

Some Americans agree; they miss this Chicago pol being anonymous too.

The poor man, who turns 50 this summer, does live with his mother-in-law. But he said he especially misses Saturday mornings -- "rolling out of bed, not shaving, getting into my car with my girls, driving to the supermarket, squeezing the fruit, getting my car washed.”

Instead, Obama must endure 24-hour free room service, servants, drivers, a giant....

...helicopter, world travel, fawning celebrities, never gasping at a whirling gas pump and getting a salary that many of America's unemployed millions would take a tiny fraction of if they could.

“I can't take a walk," whined the most powerful person in the world, who spent $745 million of other people's money to get into that White House detention center.

As a sign of his sincere sadness, Obama will ride his presidential 747 with the bedroom and shower to Chicago today.

And there in a desperate bid for privacy Obama will attend and speak at not one, not two, but three political fundraisers for his Democratic National Committee. Including one in the stylish Grand Ballroom out on Navy Pier.

This is the big bucks kickoff for what Obama aides gleefully predict will be a $1 billion political extravaganza of "Vote for me."

A billion bucks. Think, a president once suggested, what that kind of money could do for the most vulnerable members of our society.

But it's more important right now that sum goes to people like television station owners for the broadcast and cable time to convince Americans over the remaining 572 days that they should disregard Obama's profound desire to return to private life in that faux Hyde Park.

And instead those Americans should voluntarily opt to keep the poor guy locked up for four more years in the Churchill bust-less Oval Office with VP X.

Some people might suspect that 81 weeks of campaigning could be somewhat more than sufficient for U.S. voters to come to know better the man and the record they've been living with now as a regular visitor in their lives for more than four years.

But suspecting that would reveal those people don't understand there are really two parallel elections underway already these days. And neither involves Republicans.

One race is for the votes to be counted on Nov. 6, 2012. And one race is for the Democrat's dollar votes to be tallied after June 30 this year.

Obama bundlers are under enormous pressure to make the first campaign quarter's numbers overwhelming in size. $200 million? How about a nice round quarter-billion?

Not as a sign of obviously overpowering American excess. But as a potential counter to the puny poll numbers their man has earned in his first 814 days of imprisonment.

-- Andrew Malcolm

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Comments

[newageblues]

Obama's poll numbers are mediocre, not puny. Not bad considering all the messes that fell into his lap from the worst administration in American history.

[bitterclinger]

Heh. Apparently Mr. Malcolm is among those of us hoping to have some change left after O's gone in '13. Gird your loins. Every day, the noose tightens a little bit more.

[DonM]

FREE OBAMA!

[eatmilos]

Next time we will elect a celebrity like Donald Trump. At least he won't complain about not being anonymous.

[dad]

us constitution article II qualifications to be President

"natural born Citizen"...what does that mean?

a citizen born on US soil with 2 CITIZEN PARENTS

1st father British subject
2nd father adopted him was an Indonesian citizen

at best DUAL citizen, but definately not "Natural BORN" because of fathers

[Kobe Rules]

Obamas numbers are so so low and shameful that the Kenyans are now saying he was born in the U.S.

[Bryson]

BO: A menace to humanity.

[Nan Emou]

Obama's poll numbers are mediocre, not puny. Not bad considering all the messes that fell into his lap from the worst administration in American history.

Posted by: newageblues | April 14, 2011 at 05:43 AM
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Oh please newageblues. Blaming Bush 2 plus years after the fact is the sign of a weak weak wussy boy, not a leader as he purports to be. At some point Wacky Baracky and his lickspittles and fawning toadies will have to admit to HIS mistakes, although I'm sure that will be in private.

[Ives]

If Obama is all we have left for president, this country is headed for a dismal future. He wants his privacy and freedoms so much, why is he running for a second term? He is one of the most lying people I know, and he's a total failure as president.

[shane]

I believe Jimmy Carter was the worst president in american history, that is up until now. To say that the bush era was the worst is just left wing looniness. Why does he get a freepass on gas prices, or everything for that matter.

[Ag]

America is the sad one, for voting Obama president. He said he is the president of the world, so he is fighting everyone in the world, the corporations healthcare, the rich to the poor, the races to the middle east dictators, and he has started a costly third war.

[Granny Jan]

I did a pretty funny dramatic reading of the Obama Hearst interview in a video a couple of days ago setting aside my tinny sound system and awful Boston accent.

All By Myself, Barack Obama Wants To Be All By Himself

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEAMeGTVCGA

[Diogenes]

Zero couldn't run a lemonade stand.Petulant,arrogant,and narcissistic the little boy emperor cowers in private as he knows that no bigger fraud than he roams the earth.

[Mary]

Yeah right, He loves the cameras flashing, the spotlight, the fame, the notariaty, he thinks he's a celebrity

[MaryA]

Maybe after his grueling day and three campaign speeches, he can relax and rid himself of his tension at his old hangout, Man's Country in Chicago. That outta do the trick!

[Darrell Elvik]

After being in office for 2 years and never getting to spend your own salary on all the things you want is probably very depressing. Just think how boring it must be to always have to buy your luxuries with tax dolllars. After awhile you just run out of ideas of how to be extravegant, but thats why he has all those aides to help him come up with ideas of how to waste our hard earned dollars.

[Woofie]

Mr. Obama don't worry, after the election in 2012, you'll have plenty of free time again.

[Jack]

Newagblues, Bush administration was the worst, until Obama came along and snatched the title. He managed to become the Worst president ever in just 2 years and that's with the American media being in his pocket. If the Media covered for Bush as they do for Obama, Bush would look like George Washington. It's only because the Leftists who control the Media worship Obama and won't say anything negative about him even though there's plenty to say. You same morons who hate Bush for attacking Iraq are cheering Obama on for attacking Libya. Bunch of hypocritical idiots, no wonder you are used as pawns for the Democrats. Like lemmings you'll follow your "Dear Leader" off the cliff.

[deeb]

hey newbieageblues. BO should have realised all the problems he was getting into by running for office, after all that's what his campaign platform was about. It's not the same as playing tiddlywinks in Chicago. Tearing down a country takes a lot more work. Capice?

[sjohnhenry]

Bush was a disaster as president. Obama will be regarded as a catastrophe. Only the most foolish and sheeplike among us will believe otherwise. There are many conservatives who will acknowledge that W. was a poor president but at least he did less damage than either Gore or Kerry would have. Let's not forget that Bush began his presidency with perhaps the most difficult challenge of any president in modern history with the attacks of 9/11. He tried to unite the country but the Left saw this great opportunity of a united America as a political disaster for themselves (Bush, of course, would have been given credit for this achievement) and chose to politicize everything about his effort to retaliate and defend ourselves. But Bush was never found blaming Clinton for his now obvious weakness in National defense and his preoccupation with his own personal shortcomings. Instead, Bush moved ahead (sometimes making mistakes, yes. Some big mistakes, for sure) but Bush accepted responsibility for his decisions and did not try to blame previous administrations for everything he did wrong. Obama, however, is starting to come across as very weak, indecisive, and dangerously naive. I have a well educated American friend who has run a business in China for the past ten years and who knows the country well. He says the Chinese loved Bill Clinton because he was weak and corruptible. They consider Obama naive and insignificant. Of course, this is his viewpoint but I think an objective critique of Obama's first two years would lead one to become rather uneasy about this man's ability to lead this country.

[Jim Oz]

Congratulations, America. We elected the 1st black President of the United States of America. Hurray! Let's pat ourselves on the back.
Now...can we elect a president who can actually do the job? Please.

[Yammo]

Oh, poor, poor man!! Don't worry Mister, we'll make sure that you (and many of your cronies who have been stuck in their seats for too long) can go back home. You will never be anonymous, though - many will cringe or walk away when they see you. Oh well, Mister. I can't say you've made many friends over the last few years. At least not here in the US. Maybe in Saudi Arabia.

[Leslie]

Really??President Obama is supposed to raise funds for his campaign--what do you expect? For the life of me I cannot figure out what it is about this man, Barack Obama, so many dislike personally. We need a smart person in the top leadership position who understands work and poverty and success. Most people do not own the means of production but draw a paycheck. These days, companies are getting to the point where they no longer want to extend medical benefits, are eliminating positions and make the worker retire early--saving themselves money on the backs of their overworked labor force.
Just think, those tax refunds would be a whole bunch smaller without President Obama's intervention. That paycheck would be smaller too. That is where the average American lives: paycheck, bills, tax refund, consumerism. President Obama understands this. The president fights to protect the little guy and it is often the little guy who whips him the most.
Most of us workers would be working almost for free if it were not for unions, the democratic party and President Obama. Have you ever heard a Republican fight for a raise in the minimum wage? Big Business feels as if the best labor force is the cheapest--that is why we have slow hiring. Republicans historically look out for the best interests of Big Business and the Democrats for the worker. Know what side your bread is buttered on. As I stated, most of us are workers getting a paycheck signed, not signing paychecks and owning the means of production like Big Business.
President Obama is the fairest and best negotiator of the presidents thus far, in my recent memory. Many of the negative comments sound like school yard envy. Grow up and pay attention.

[Barry Hussein]

Poor Obozo, he must really be pining for the days when he was worshipped just for being able to give a speech. Life is so much harder when you actually have to translate words into actual workable policies. Unfortunately for the rest of us, his failure is also America's failure as he positions himself as the multiethnic Woodrow Wilson for the new Century.

[Christine]

Leslie, I want whatever drugs you are taking. Whatever world you are living in sounds much better than the real one.

[disenchanted]

Well, he wont have long to wait until he can roll out of bed on Saturdays and go to the market because he will be unemployed. I bet then he will start complaining about 4-5$ gas prices when he has to start paying.

Just remember people that when someone talks about the word 'change', it might not mean the same thing that you believe it does. barack's definition is to fundamentally change the Constitution, the country and the citizens that reside within the United States. It didn't work in Russia, it isn't working in Cuba and didn't work in France AND being socialist/communist will not work in the United States.

[empresas de consultoria]

"Next time we will elect a celebrity like Donald Trump. At least he won't complain about not being anonymous." The best comment ever.