Posted by
Dennis Pemberton on Saturday, January 24, 2009 7:18:41 AM
I felt it was my duty to watch the Inauguration, and have my girls watch it as well. They got pretty bored halfway through it, and kept asking me "Is that true?" when it was just the President talking nebulously about his "plans." But later in the day, we were in the car listening to the radio, and heard a replay of the "remaking America" part of the speech. I said "What the heck does that mean? 'Remake America?'" And my oldest, six year old daughter said, "I know what it means, Daddy... It means he wants to destroy this country, and start all over again."
It is possible that, having achieved the highest office in the land, the most powerful position in the world, President Obama has the ego and self confidence to to dismantle the foundations of our country (didn't he say the Constitution was an impediment to economic justice?). But his past has shown no sign of wanting to do heavy lifting of that sort. I mean, I don't think he worked on the inaugural address longer than it took to type it and memorize it. No, Obama is the personification of the minority hire. He may be smart, he may even be brilliant, but has shown no evidence of having the intestinal fortitude to do anything approaching hard work. Sure (maybe) he wrote a good book, then (more likely) a so-so one, and, of course, got elected President. But really, was it that hard to beat McCain? Especially once the economic crisis hit, what did Obama do that made people think he was better suited for the Presidency than McCain? Exactly nothing. By his doing nothing, everybody said, "Look how cool he is in the midst of crisis, he's a real leader." Not, "Where's your plan, slick," but "Oooh, he's so calm while all of us are really scared." For Obama, being elected, as when someone is hired for their genetics as opposed to their resume, reinforces his worst aspects- aloofness, conceit, laziness- and suppresses whatever inclination to industriousness and cracking heads he may have.
Which, if his purpose is to remake thee United States, is a good thing.