Monday, October 20, 2014

The Toxic President



Brit Hume: ‘Rock Star’ Obama ‘Is No More’ - Daily Caller

"It’s the X factor... X stands for trust. Obama has spent six years squandering it. - Discussion at Lucianne
A Toxic President - New York Post
...it will take a miracle worker to restore Barack Obama’s credibility. While there are many things to say about his tenure, the one thing you cannot say is that the nation trusts him.

Poll after poll, on subject after subject, show a collapse. Consistently now, a majority of Americans say Obama is not trustworthy. Most think he’s a failure, many say he is incompetent and the vast bulk — 70 percent in some cases — says his key policies are wrong for America.

He is so unpopular that members of his own party don’t want to be seen with him, lest his failures spawn a political plague.

Against that backdrop, any emergency will cause the national yips. The rise of the Islamic State and its beheadings of two Americans did it, and now Ebola is doing it.
As “Ghostbusters” asked, who you gonna call? Certainly not this White House.

Credibility is like a reservoir or a bank account. You make deposits in good times so you can make withdrawals when you need them.

Obama never made the deposits. It’s been all downhill since Day One. He blames others for failures, and when cornered or ambitious, reaches for a lie. Routinely....
This is featured on Drudge at the moment: - John Hinderaker/PowerLine


Far be it from me to kick a man when he is down, but note that those who walked out on Obama were all–presumably–Democrats. They didn’t leave because they disagreed with the president, but rather because they were bored by him. Which highlights a point I have made before: contrary to assurances the Democratic Party press has been giving us for eight or ten years now, Barack Obama is a mediocre public speaker, at best.

Ouch! Perhaps they had heard it all before. - Discussion at Lucianne

The Incompetence Virus: The Obama administration has all the symptoms. - David Catron/American Spectator
If the shoe fits... - Discussion at Lucianne

Forget Ebola. We have a crisis of leadership and confidence - Silvio Canto, Jr./American Thinker

AND ANOTHER Senate Dem Candidate Refuses To Say If Voted For Obama - Daily Caller