“In the 18 months since I began writing columns focused on the presidency, virtually every post critical of Obama has originated from conversations with Democrats. Members of Congress, consultants, pollsters, lobbyists, and executives at think tanks, these Democrats are my Obama-whispers. They respect and admire Obama but believe that his presidency has been damaged by his shortcomings as a leader; his inattention to details of governing; his disengagement from the political process and from the public; his unwillingness to learn on the job; and his failure to surround himself with top-shelf advisers who are willing to challenge their boss as well as their own preconceived notions.”
—–National Journal reporter Ron Fournier, in a post titled “‘I’ve Had Enough’: When Democrats Quit on Obama”
That’s all right, Curley; we respect and admire you.
What? They respect and admire a leader who displays “shortcomings as a leader” and “inattention to details of governing”; who is disengaged “from the political process and from the public;” is unwilling “to learn on the job;” and fails “to surround himself with top-shelf advisers who are willing to challenge their boss as well as their own preconceived notions”? That’s irresponsible and destructive. Good heavens, who else do these people “respect and admire”?
We ought to respect leaders who recognize the difficulty of the job they have accepted the challenge of performing on behalf of the entire nation, not just their supporters, and who don’t allow arrogance and ego to interfere with their acquiring the skills and expertise necessary to meet that challenge. We should respect leaders who have the courage to sacrifice and compromise to solve problems rather than make excuses and blame others because they are ideologically rigid and more adept at political maneuvering than governing.
We should admire leaders who have the character to be honest with the public, place the needs of the country over cronyism and personal loyalties, who overcome obstacles and who succeed.
Respecting incompetent leaders and admiring dishonest and failed leaders shows flawed character and distorted values on the part of those who inflict them on the nation in the first place. Do they respect and admire plumbers who can’t fix a leaking faucet, and blame others? Do they respect and admire restaurant owners whose establishment serves bad food and has rotten service? Do they respect and admire lifeguards who never bothered to learn how to swim very well, and who allow bathers in distress to drown?
Democrats respect and admire a President that they acknowledge is incompetent, a poor leader, and unwilling to change.
We should remember that.
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Source: National Journal
Ethics Alarms 
But, they are NOT repeat NOT raaaaacist.
I think I like Curly Joe better. Jack you should see “Disorder In the Court”. As far as admiring Obama, it’s difficult to teach the blind to see. Especially if they don’t want to.
Better than Obama, I presume. You cannot be saying that Curly Joe was superior to Curly Howard…that would be insane. I never got Curley Joe… he seemed like a complete punt. What was he good at? What was his schtick? Even Joe Bessa had a schtick.
Ok, Curly Howard was the greatest I agree. Like Stan Laurel, he was a genius. Definitely better than Obama or Jay Carney who are not funny in the least.
Toss up between Shemp and Curly. I can’t decide.
Three cheers for the Horowitz brothers: Moses, Jerome and Samuel! They were talented showmen and good citizens. Despite their outrageously silly characters, they were also pretty smart guys in real life. And they gave us a lot of honest laughter… and still do! Compare their modest contributions to those of the current White House gang. It’s already evident who’ll be remembered best and more fondly.
Woowoowoowoowoo! Growf! Growf! All silliness aside, Jack, do you ever get the feeling that these Obama incompetence posts are becoming, well, repetitious? We’re 3/4 of the way through Obama’s time in the White House and he shows no sign of altering his approach to things, and I submit it’s too late in the game to expect him to. It’s very likely the Senate will flip this year, and I submit that if it does we will see no further government activity of any kind, as his agenda goes dead in the water and he vetoes anything that Congree does send him. Might that be a blessing in disguise as he gets to point to a do-nothing Congress and call for a Democratic congress to pass the next Democratic president’s agenda and “keep moving forward” or something like that? We shall see. But the sad fact is I think there’s nothing more o say about the incompetence and failure to learn that hasn’t been said already, and it’s falling on deaf ears.
Not so much deaf as resigned. The man has managed to totally destroy a country in just 6 years.
Apparently melanin is good for protection from something other than the sun.
Never occurred to me that melanin in one person was capable of affecting IQ in another.
Yup. It’s repetitious. I agree. It’s also an ongoing ethics issue largely misunderstood by the public. I do not believe in the “it’s all been said before” theory. Say it again, and better.
Democrats are impressed with him because he remains fairly popular despite his rank incompetence.
When you look at it like that, it is kind of impressive.
Kind of frightening, actually. Admiring and respecting someone without having a good reason to do so.
To Steve-O and others: The reason the posts on the Obama Administration are repetitious is because their screw-ups never stop. And get worse and worse. We should just resign ourselves to just letting him/them make ridiculous ideology-based decisions to the detriment of our country and often, in contradiction to the Constitution? I appreciate every single call on this Administrations’ (and its Democratic supporters’) unethical and/or illegal and/or just plain stupid decision-making (or lack thereof) if only because the evidence mounts and mounts and mounts against this two term president and his minions, and one hopes that people stop and think about who they elect next time around. Let Hillary do her thing — passing off Benghazi now on ‘the security professionals’ she hired (but couldn’t supervise, apparently); she’s learned that tactic well over many years but has perfected it with Obama. But the more excuses she makes, the worse she looks. Good. Keep up with her, too, Jack.
Today it was reported that Obama said that Sec’y of Defense Hagel was the “final decision-maker” in the trade of the Taliban leaders. As Ronald Reagan would have said, “There he goes again.” Every day the story is different. Every day the blame falls elsewhere. And every time it happens we should be alerted to it, enraged by it, and remember it when the next Presidential election rolls around.
What they WANT is for us all to be tired of it all, to be enured to their behaviors, however horrible. Don’t fall for it. Don’t stop reporting on it, Jack, Most voters are morons, and will vote for the person the most recent charlatan told them to… Memories are short in this country: keep the record clear, up to date, and honest to the bitter end (which can’t come soon enough).