OPINION:
President Obama disarms criticism with humor. I doubt that it is his humor, of course; he likely openly borrows from his numerous writers. But if he can get you to laugh along with him and identify with his chuckle he can prevent your being disgusted by how he tears America down, insults Christianity and praises the contributions of Islam.
The only original thought Mr. Obama ever had was that he could fool all of the people all of the time instead of some of the time. No modesty there. Hubris should have been his middle name.
Mr. Obama has remonstrated against the ’right-wing media’ assault on his poor buddies. Oh, wait — he has no poor buddies. He lives in the White House mansion among servants and Secret Service men. He flies private jets and rides in limousines. He doesn’t know a poor person from his dining room opulence.
Then, as if he were in communist Russia in the 1950s, he attacks the press, particularly Fox News. It seems that the president is trying to censor the press by innuendo. He wants freedom to enslave the press and the freedom to mock it. He turns the First Amendment on its head by shaking it by its heels through satire.
I’ve seen the greedy “Obamaphone” fanatics on television. There’s no way that they deserve free phones when others have to work for them. Why not give them free cars and boats, too? The idea that giving them a phone will help them to get a job is a joke almost as cutting edge as Mr. Obama’s jokes aimed at Fox News.
The real problem is that Mr. Obama is not capable of a “broader conversation” because he is trapped in a restrictive, liberal, so-called “progressive” trope.
It must be wonderful to live in the most beautiful mansion in America and get to identify with the poor while having the pleasure of feeling sorry for yourself.
DAVID LAWRENCE
New York
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