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Does Obama just hate his job?
Salon, by Alex Pareene

Original Article

Posted By:StormCnter, 10/5/2012 6:05:56 AM

Hey, maybe Obama just doesn’t like being president? And that’s why he was so “off” last night? It’s as good a theory as any. Here’s Kevin Baker, at Harper’s: Instead, Obama signaled that he wants out. His diehard supporters are already trying to wave away this weirdly awful, unengaged performance as just his latest turn of Zen mastery, but that dog won’t hunt. They should steel themselves for more shocking displays of indifference over the next month on the part of this strangely diffident individual. It’s quite possible that he means what he says,

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Aw, man.....nobody told him this job was going to be hard!!

  

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Reply 1 - Posted by: GOP_U_BET, 10/5/2012 6:14:27 AM     (No. 8911159)

Yes, but, don't worry, ValJar just loves doing it for him.


Reply 2 - Posted by: JAN, 10/5/2012 6:15:14 AM     (No. 8911160)

He has always hated the 'job' part.

Loves 'recess'

Typical spoiled brat


   

 

  


 
Reply 3 - Posted by: sinic, 10/5/2012 6:22:50 AM     (No. 8911168)

He's had everything handed to him all his life...never had to lift a finger for much at all. An Affirmative Action life if you will. Why on earth would he change now? He looks at himself like he's some sort of rock star!


Reply 4 - Posted by: beca, 10/5/2012 6:24:49 AM     (No. 8911169)

we dont need a self centered rock star in the WH....we need mitt romney for our kids to have any chance for a future


Reply 5 - Posted by: jalo1951, 10/5/2012 6:34:03 AM     (No. 8911174)

I don't think he hates the job he just hates the work attached to it but loves the perks. Let's give him what he wants. A one way ticket out of town.


Reply 6 - Posted by: Cato the elder, 10/5/2012 6:34:36 AM     (No. 8911175)

I was just reading something a few weeks ago in which aides close to Obama were supposedly relieved that Obama's dislike for Romney had stoked his competitive instincts. They had an unnerving feeling that the president was just mailing it in.

The bottom line, I think, is that he wanted this job mostly so that he could give speeches and feel important. I don't believe he is terribly interested in those areas of the presidency that involve work. And I think his much-ballyhooed magical oratory is starting to wear thin, even to himself.


Reply 7 - Posted by: FunOne, 10/5/2012 6:42:57 AM     (No. 8911186)

A review of Obama's "job" record, including his present one, indicates that he always had a "job" wherein if he didn't choose to show up for work, no one really made an issue of it.

He possesses no value system as to responsibility. As such, he likes to be President, but has assigned those unpleasant tasks related to the job to others. So, for the first time in our history, we have czars in our government.


   

 

  


 
Reply 8 - Posted by: Janjan, 10/5/2012 6:44:46 AM     (No. 8911187)

He's never really done anything at all as President but fundraise, vacation and appear on talk shows. His signature stunt, Obamacare, was turned over to Reid and Pelosi. His 'executive orders' were hatched by the motely crew of incompetent moonbats he surrounds himself with. What stood out most in his debate performance is his complete lack of understanding of his own policies. He can't defend them because he can't even explain them. He is by far the biggest mistake America has ever made.


Reply 9 - Posted by: Hank Reardon, 10/5/2012 6:47:12 AM     (No. 8911188)

He hates his job almost as much as he hates the USA.


Reply 10 - Posted by: bighambone, 10/5/2012 6:47:22 AM     (No. 8911189)

Why would he want to stay locked up in a White House apartment when he could move to a 35 million dollar estate that some liberals are reported purchasing in his behalf in Hawaii with yearlong golf courses nearby?


Reply 11 - Posted by: wyspen, 10/5/2012 6:50:30 AM     (No. 8911191)

He hates everything and everyone, especially America.


Reply 12 - Posted by: HicksvilleKid59, 10/5/2012 6:56:04 AM     (No. 8911198)

He's lazy. Too easily distracted. Probably comes from too much choom.

Just a lazy child. "Mommyyyyyyy, this is too hard."


   

 



 
Reply 13 - Posted by: antiquegolf, 10/5/2012 7:02:45 AM     (No. 8911206)

Poster 8 cites the radicals that obama appointed to powerful regulatory positions who answer to no one. Iit is frightening that Americans are mostly unaware of this threat from a gang of really foul people who have never worked outside of academics or social activism can exercise unrestrained power. If obama is reelected, grab a tight rein.


Reply 14 - Posted by: freightdog, 10/5/2012 7:04:04 AM     (No. 8911207)

If he loses in November, he'll be "quietly grateful"?
Well, there's a considerable number of other citizens who will share the same sentiment.


Reply 15 - Posted by: heneverlies, 10/5/2012 7:07:53 AM     (No. 8911212)

Sorry I'm late in writing this post...had to go the corner store for more Kleenex...tears just streaming from reading this sad piece of cover...

Late at night, after Michelle falls asleep and Valerie has taken away the warm milk glass and empty cookie plate, our dear leader begins his nightly thoughts about his...Daddy.

And what happened to his daddy? Daddy wasn't as smart as this son, though. He is planning his "retirement" early.

Sun and golf, then speaking engagements that will make the bank account of "man about town" Bill Clinton look cheap.

You've got to know how to play this game folks...especially when you are the smartest and greatest leader this country has and will ever have.

You should feel blessed, if not now, then he will spend the rest of his life explaining to you why you should!


Reply 16 - Posted by: Raisedright, 10/5/2012 7:09:50 AM     (No. 8911214)

It must be frustrating when the brilliance of your leadership is no longer apparent. Having to stoop to the menial task of convincing the electorate that we will be much worse off absent his presence in the Oval Office, the president cannot find the words to compel that conclusion. It is becoming difficult to sell failure and despair.


Reply 17 - Posted by: WildRedWolf, 10/5/2012 7:09:51 AM     (No. 8911215)

You're gonna hate every job for which you are unqualified AND your accountability for performance in that job is suddenly required. B.O. hates all the parts of the job of POTUS that require real work and demonstrable results. But, we knew that.


   

 

  


 
Reply 18 - Posted by: Not your typical New Yorker, 10/5/2012 7:13:14 AM     (No. 8911217)

He hates it because he has found that he can't do it and will be happy if he has to move on to his next flim-flam scam.

Head of the U.N. General Assembly.


Reply 19 - Posted by: radvet1, 10/5/2012 7:17:09 AM     (No. 8911223)

He doesn't want to win - I said it Wednesday night.
Laughable is the quote where he hates the drones and killing innocent people. I thought he likened it to a video game and that was the only part of working as president he did like.


Reply 20 - Posted by: cobieone, 10/5/2012 7:19:33 AM     (No. 8911227)

Very good #8! And I will add... Not only can he not explain his own policies, but Zero knows he is nowhere near as qualified and experienced as Romney and is scared to death of that fact!


Reply 21 - Posted by: thelmalou, 10/5/2012 7:22:25 AM     (No. 8911231)

I totally agree with #8, and I also think he doesn't want to win. I think he's tired of the whole thing and bored and ready to go on to something else. Excellent explanation by #8 of his tenure in the WH.


Reply 22 - Posted by: steveracer, 10/5/2012 7:27:14 AM     (No. 8911241)

Barack is lazy. But the Mooch and Valerie will whip him good for the sprint to the finish line. A passive agressive needs supervision. The ladies will make it happen.


   

 



 
Reply 23 - Posted by: chance_232, 10/5/2012 7:36:57 AM     (No. 8911270)

I suspect that Moochelle would happily leave the White House. Zippy the wonder dummy, I'm not so sure about.

Obama would define leadership as: Hehas an idea, a directon to go, a goal to meet....it's up too you peaons to work out the details. Its why he has a shadw government staffed with 47 unelected un confirmed czars. Obama's idea of work is signing the paycheck.

I believe that it was Mark Stern who stated that the United States is the largest democracy in the word where the "Head of State" and the "Head of the Government" is the same person. Most democratic countries have a Prime Minister to run the government and a President, King or Queen to be head of state. Head of state gets to do the ribbon cutting ceremonies, state dinners and foreign travel. The prime minister ha t herd the cats.

Obama wants to be head of state ...... not head of the government.


Reply 24 - Posted by: Attercliffe, 10/5/2012 7:42:01 AM     (No. 8911281)

I've said previously I think this all goes back to the time when Michelle and her entourage ran away to Marbella. Gossip was that she did so because Obama had invited Oprah to his birthday party without asking her first.

I thought at the time, as now, that he had told the Mooch of his reservations about re-election and she had exploded. No doubt pressure was immediately brought to bear and he realized his only way out was to lose the debates and lose the election. In the meantime he could have interesting times orating to adoring crowds.

If O has too much of a hard time between now and the election, he might do a Jackson Jr. Otherwise, he'll blame the altitude, Romney's bullying and lies, golf withdrawal syndrome or whatever, but he'll still be able to follow in Blair and Clinton's footsteps with the nonprofit foundations and speaking gigs. He'll thrive on that routine. Someone to manage the foundation and himself to orate, receive adulation, and play golf while the Mooch shops or stays at home telling people what to eat. Or maybe she'll run UN healthy eating programs all over the world. Imagine that--"Growing Arugula and Beekeeping in SubSaharan Africa."


Reply 25 - Posted by: Bevan, 10/5/2012 7:43:24 AM     (No. 8911283)

Look at his life! He hates any job. He's lazy, the ultimate slacker!


Reply 26 - Posted by: canuckchopper, 10/5/2012 8:04:02 AM     (No. 8911323)

The article talks about him being down from dealing with so much death and war...
Where do these people get their truth from?


Reply 27 - Posted by: bpl40, 10/5/2012 8:23:24 AM     (No. 8911366)

Does he hate his job? At this point, I frankly don't give a damn. Just boot him out of there and lets get on with the business of America - putting people back to work and self reliance.


Reply 28 - Posted by: tonyl, 10/5/2012 8:24:10 AM     (No. 8911368)

I sensed he hated the job from the start. Remember he was complaining about being stuck in the house only weeks into the job. After the other night and today's news about Obama calling Mitt a " liar", his job is going to be over in a McGovern/Nixon kind of way. He'll be lucky to win his home state.


Reply 29 - Posted by: pineledger, 10/5/2012 8:25:15 AM     (No. 8911373)

Face it, he's a goof-off.


Reply 30 - Posted by: jinx, 10/5/2012 8:28:08 AM     (No. 8911383)

Obama hates any job. If he loses, he will become one more wealthy welfare recipient who doesn't have to work but who receives a check from the poor taxpayers for the rest of his miserable life. He will go off and play golf to his hearts content while his children go to private schools and Michelle goes on TV. They will all benefit from our hard work. Why should he want to be President?


Reply 31 - Posted by: Pilot222, 10/5/2012 8:35:33 AM     (No. 8911396)

I keep thinking how the USA is now stuck for the next 25 yrs. paying the retirement and perks for this wimp. He will become the next elder statesman following Carter and Clintooooon. A few lectures at $250,000 a pop , home on golf course in Hawaii , the Wookie on permanent vacation in EU, a truly fitting end to a perfect affirmative action life. Can't you see the steam coming from the heads of Rev's Jacksoooooon and Sharpten


Reply 32 - Posted by: jorgecito, 10/5/2012 8:54:05 AM     (No. 8911445)

OMG, read through this whole piece - what a deluded soul this liberal writer is!

The writer is so desperate to find a positive spin on Obama's pathetic performance that he come up with this utterly off-base theory:
That Obama is just such a sensitive, warm, loving, compassionate, mensch, that he (Obama) just can't handle all the sorrow and pathos of war!


Reply 33 - Posted by: kanphil, 10/5/2012 9:01:58 AM     (No. 8911470)

If he gets tossed to the curb after one term, he already has all the perks for life--full salary, secret service protection for his family, and own and own.


Reply 34 - Posted by: bobgray2, 10/5/2012 9:04:13 AM     (No. 8911476)

Obama thought being president would be just like every other job he has had. Lots of perks, sets his own hours, a bunch of people kissing his butt, lots of authority but not much responsibility, and plenty of people to do the real work while he claims the credit. The reality is such a bummer.


Reply 35 - Posted by: God of Irony, 10/5/2012 9:11:04 AM     (No. 8911495)

He became President to punish the colonialists in an attempt to seek approval of his dead daddy.


Reply 36 - Posted by: LadyVet, 10/5/2012 9:34:57 AM     (No. 8911546)

The author gets closer to the truth, I think, in the last paragraph: He just HATES Romney so much that he can't stand to be around him. In fact, he hates all Republicans because he can't stand to deal with them. In short, he IS a hater. He is what he and his party call other people. That's why Obama doesn't have a problem with Bill Ayers who hates his fellow Americans so much that he tried to kill them and still thinks he did not kill enough of them and thinks that another 20 million or more probably need to be killed. I'd venture a guess that Alex Pareene is also a hater.


Reply 37 - Posted by: melman, 10/5/2012 9:39:04 AM     (No. 8911553)

Janjan, don't blame Obama on America, he can be blamed on those who disavow the historic Kennedy statement; quote: "Ask not what your Country can do for you, but what you can do for your Country" end quote. Different Democrats back in JFK's day.


Reply 38 - Posted by: snapper451, 10/5/2012 9:41:21 AM     (No. 8911557)

Other than the free trips for the 1st Mooch - the pension will be the same - AND he can start making Bill Clinton style money giving speeches. His problem is the "battle-axe" who likes the concerts and parties at the White House! He make take a couple of frying pans to the head over this - but that's okay - nothing in there anyway!


Reply 39 - Posted by: Eheu Fugaces, 10/5/2012 10:19:34 AM     (No. 8911664)

It has long been obvious that Obama loves the perks, the prestige and the playtoys, but that he hates the work, and he especially hates being held responsible for anything.

Looks like a bunch of Lefty writers are beginning to see the writing on the wall, and are scrambling to paper it over.

Mene, mene, tekel upharsin.


Reply 40 - Posted by: AlloySteel, 10/5/2012 10:43:17 AM     (No. 8911751)

The Democrats saddled up the wrong horse in 2008, and they all realize it now. But they are stuck with a limp noodle for a quirt, and it just does not get their guy energized any longer.

Mondale and Dukakis looked almost like serious contenders in comparison.


Reply 41 - Posted by: stablemoney, 10/5/2012 11:19:26 AM     (No. 8911882)

Obama doesn't do his job. Why should he hate it?


Reply 42 - Posted by: broken01, 10/5/2012 11:55:38 AM     (No. 8912002)

I used to work for a CPO in the Navy who was just like DA WON. Loved being a Chief but didn't do any work. The moron didn't even go to bat for his troops with the higher up on board the ship. Every crappy detail that was to be had we had it. Obowma loves the perks of the job but just like the CPO his execution of actual work left much to be desired


Reply 43 - Posted by: Japanorama, 10/5/2012 2:14:54 PM     (No. 8912386)

Get ready to fumigate the Oval Office.



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New York Post, by Tara Palmeri    Original Article
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Top ABC News editor Don Ennis walked into his Manhattan office on Friday in a “little black dress” and a brunette bobbed wig and announced to colleagues that from now on, he would like to be known as Dawn. The 49-year-old father of three said he’s splitting from his wife of 17 years to become a woman, or Dawn Stacey Ennis, as she is now known on her governmental records. “Today I begin anew,” she wrote on her Facebook timeline, where she debuted a flirty new profile picture. “Please understand: This is not a game of

Benghazi: Incompetence,
but no cover-up

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National Journal, by Michael Hirsh    Original Article
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There was tragic incompetence, plainly, in the Obama administration’s handling of the Benghazi attacks, and even possibly some political calculation. It is a record that may well come to haunt Hillary Clinton, the first Secretary of State to lose an ambassador in the field in more than three decades, if she runs for president in 2016. But the obvious Republican effort to turn this inquiry into the Democratic (Obama) version of the Iraq intelligence scandal that has tarred the GOP since the George W. Bush years -- led by that least-credible of champions, the almost-always-wrong Darrell Issa --

The High Cost of Rush: Talker
Bleeds Millions From His Carriers
as Toxic Talk Slumps, Cumulus Seems
Set to Part Ways With Rush Limbaugh

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Daily Beast, by John Avlon    Original Article
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“We´ve had a tough go of it this last year,” Cumulus CEO Lew Dickey said Tuesday morning. “The facts are indisputable regarding the impact certain things have had on ad dollars." Dickey told analysts on the earnings call that his radio empire’s revenue was down $5.6 million in the first quarter of 2013 on top of a boatload of debt. Why? Parse the weasel words (“the impact of certain things”) and you’ll see that Dickey is blaming one man for the precipitous decline of right-wing talk radio’s profitability: Rush Limbaugh. El Rushbo is still a giant in the industry,

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee: Constitution
implies a right to health care, education

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Washington Times, by Douglas Ernst    Original Article
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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee took to the House floor Monday night and implied that the right to health care and education exists in the Constitution. Ms. Jackson Lee, Texas Democrat, also made the case that the moral authority for such services is also derived from the Declaration of Independence. “One might argue that education and health care fall into those provisions of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” she said. Ms. Jackson Lee added, “I think that what should be continuously emphasized is the president’s leadership on one single point: that although health care was not

Mark Sanford wins South
Carolina special election

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Washington Post, by Rachel Weiner    Original Article
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Mark Sanford has won the South Carolina special election in a competitive race for what in normal circumstances is a safe Republican seat. The former governor beat Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch, the sister of comedian Stephen Colbert Busch, for the state’s 1st congressional district. The AP called the race for Sanford early in the evening, with the Republican leading Colbert Busch 54 percent 46 percent.


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